521: Can't afford it? Missing and regret (63k words, please subscribe to the monthly ticket)

It was originally agreed that after dealing with the Alien Race Old Ancestor, they would all return with Lin Yang to the Ten Thousand Universes to help Lin Yang get revenge.

But now, Old Devil Yuan Chen had escaped, which meant Tea Banquet couldn't go to the Ten Thousand Universes to help Lin Yang.

And he happened to be the strongest among them, so Tea Banquet felt very guilty at this moment.

Lin Yang smiled and said, “Your Excellency Tea Banquet, there's no need for that. After all, none of us expected Old Devil Yuan Chen to escape.”

“To be honest, I've seen the red light power on him before in a ruin within the Unknown Space, which you here refer to as the Mysterious Space.”

“The red light power in that ruin was much stronger than the power on him. Under its illumination, even planets would be affected.”

“Although the red light power carried by Old Devil Yuan Chen is not as powerful as the red light in that ruin, I speculate that it is at least of the same origin. With this power blessing him, it will be very difficult to kill him. Your Excellency Tea Banquet, you must be more careful and vigilant.”

Tea Banquet, Ziyun, and the others were immediately surprised upon hearing this: “There's also the same red light power in a ruin within the Mysterious Space, and it's even stronger??”

“Yes, my initial estimation is that it's power beyond the Old Ancestor level.” Lin Yang nodded.

“Is it that strong?” Tea Banquet and the others exchanged glances, their expressions becoming solemn.

Lin Yang then asked, “When you all explored the Mysterious Space together before, have you ever entered any ruins?”

Tea Banquet nodded: “We have entered, but it cannot be said that we fully entered.”

“Hmm?” Lin Yang was puzzled.

What does this mean?

Tea Banquet then explained: “There are very strong rule restrictions within those ruins. Once you enter, it's almost impossible to leave. Our power projection clones have entered, but they couldn't come out after entering and could only self-destruct on the spot. Therefore, we cannot say we have fully explored inside.”

“Exactly.” Ziyun also nodded: “After a power projection clone enters the ruin space, the consumption to maintain the projection instantly intensifies, making it almost impossible for the projection clone to explore within the ruin space. So, to this day, our understanding of those ruin spaces is probably not as much as Your Excellency Lin Yang's.”

“Ah? There's such a restriction?” Lin Yang was somewhat surprised, “Even your Old Ancestor level power projection clones can't get out after entering?”

“Yes, there are special power rules within the ruins.” Tea Banquet nodded.

“This... it seems the situation in those ruins is even more complex.” Lin Yang frowned.

If even Old Ancestor level power is restricted, then it is undoubtedly an existence beyond the Old Ancestor level.

Therefore, it is clear that the universe space within the ruins must have been transformed by an existence beyond the Old Ancestor level.

And an existence beyond the Old Ancestor level... “Your Excellency Tea Banquet, if I remember correctly, you and Your Excellency Ziyun mentioned before that once power reaches a certain level in the Universe Zone, one must enter the Endless Spacetime, right?” Lin Yang suddenly asked.

“Yes, after reaching the third stage of the Breaking Universe Realm, the spiritual power within the universe can no longer enhance oneself. One needs to rely on special resources that appear irregularly within the Time-Space Turbulence Zone. And when enough of those special resources are used, reaching a certain limit of power, one must enter the Endless Spacetime.” Tea Banquet nodded again.

Lin Yang's eyes flashed: “So, that means there can be no existences above the Old Ancestor level in the Universe Zone?”

“It can be generally understood that way. Although breaking through to beyond the Old Ancestor level after reaching the third stage of the Breaking Universe Realm is a very long and difficult process, one can forcibly suppress the breakthrough. But once a breakthrough occurs, one will be forcibly teleported into the Time-Space Turbulence by higher-level power.” Tea Banquet added.

“Can this forced teleportation not be avoided even in the Unknown Space?” Lin Yang asked again.

“No!”

Tea Banquet shook his head directly and stated decisively:

“This is not my speculation, but rather something some predecessors from previous eras experimented with. After reaching the third stage and accumulating power to a certain limit, one must enter the Endless Spacetime. Even in the Mysterious Space, or even within the ruins of the Mysterious Space, that forced teleportation cannot be stopped.”

“This is also why there are no existences beyond the Old Ancestor level in the Universe Zone.”

Lin Yang's eyes narrowed: “If that's the case, then how did those existences beyond the Old Ancestor level transform the universe space into ruins and place them in the Unknown Space?”

“This...” Tea Banquet and Ziyun exchanged glances again, then shook their heads: “We don't know about that. Perhaps some power far beyond our current understanding interfered.”

“After surpassing the Old Ancestor level, one must enter the Endless Spacetime, and can they no longer return to the Universe Zone?” Lin Yang then asked again.

Tea Banquet still shook his head: “I cannot give you an accurate answer on that, but at least on our side, we have never seen any of those existences beyond the Old Ancestor level return after leaving, nor have they even sent any information back.”

Ziyun also said: “Yes, therefore, we know nothing about what happens after surpassing the Old Ancestor level or what the Endless Spacetime is like. We are completely in the dark.”

“Oh... then, do you know about the Spirit Flash Land?” Lin Yang suddenly asked.

“Spirit Flash Land?”

Tea Banquet and the others all shook their heads, indicating they had never heard of it.

“Ah... you haven't even heard of it?” Lin Yang was somewhat taken aback.

That thing was called “Ten Thousand Realms Spirit Flash,” and he thought it might be related to the Ten Thousand Realms Universe.

But Tea Banquet and the others hadn't even heard of it.

This... “Alright then.”

Lin Yang stopped asking.

It seems the item System gave this time is also something beyond the Old Ancestor level.

“If it's something beyond the Old Ancestor level, then unlocking it for fifty billion isn't entirely unacceptable...”

Lin Yang muttered to himself, and at the same time secretly asked System, “Has there been any movement from the Space-Time Signal Beacon I placed on Source Star?”

Tea Banquet and the others just said that once they leave the Universe Zone, they cannot return.

But the instructions for the Space-Time Signal Beacon state that it can guide people lost in the Endless Spacetime.

And those who can get lost in the Endless Spacetime, it now seems, should all be existences beyond the Old Ancestor level.

That makes it somewhat contradictory.

Could it be that the Space-Time Signal Beacon can guide existences beyond the Old Ancestor level back into the Universe Zone?

“Responding to Host, System has not yet received any feedback from the Space-Time Signal Beacon, so it should not have guided any relevant personnel.”

“Oh... well, do you have any way to return to the Ten Thousand Universes?” Lin Yang casually asked again.

Although initial speculation suggested that the Unknown Space might be the link between the Ten Thousand Universes and the Ten Thousand Realms Universe.

However, Tea Banquet and the others had entered it together before, but none dared to go deep.

One can imagine how dangerous the depths of the Unknown Space are.

Even if Ziyun and the others were prepared to venture deep with him this time, if they still couldn't cross the Unknown Space to return to the Ten Thousand Universes, they would have to find another way.

Especially since that strange Stone Statue was not dealt with by the Silver Armor Heroic Soul Warriors seniors last time and is still in the Unknown Space.

If they encounter that Stone Statue again after entering, it would be difficult to smoothly pass through the Unknown Space under the power of that strange Stone Statue.

The power unleashed by that Stone Statue, from his current perspective, is also likely to be beyond the Old Ancestor level.

After all, even Tea Banquet, with his Old Ancestor level three strength, couldn't break the power restrictions within the ruins to enter and exit freely, only able to self-destruct his projection clone after entering, yet that Stone Statue could come and go as it pleased.

From this point alone, it can basically be concluded that the Stone Statue possesses strange power beyond the Old Ancestor level.

Moreover, thinking of this Stone Statue, Lin Yang inevitably thought of that Lord-level existence from the High-Dimensional Universe.

That fellow could allow ordinary members of the Mingye Clan to freely enter and exit the ruin space, and recalling it now, his strength was terrifyingly powerful.

At that time, he wasn't even in the Spirit Realm, and although he was shocked by that fellow's powerful methods, he didn't have a clear understanding.

Now he finally somewhat understood how strong the opponent was.

“An enemy at least beyond the Old Ancestor level, this is truly...”

Lin Yang couldn't help but laugh wryly.

He somewhat didn't know what to say about his luck.

“Also, that guy mentioned last time that there was a special existence on him that greatly interested him, but unfortunately, due to the dimensional barrier, he couldn't lay hands on himself. At the time, I thought he had detected the System's existence, but now that I think about it, he should have sensed the existence of the Boundary.”

After carefully recalling the conversation with that High-Dimensional Lord-level Life in the ruin space at the time, Lin Yang finally somewhat understood what the other party was referring to.

“However, although he said there was a special aura on me that greatly interested him, he didn't seem to directly recognize it as the Boundary...”

Lin Yang pondered.

“This suggests that the Boundary's existence might be even more unique.”

“And that strange Stone Statue, at the time, it craved to devour me but didn't harm me. Perhaps it was also because it sensed the Boundary's existence. It actually wanted to devour the Boundary, but was afraid that if it killed me, the Boundary would disappear with me?”

The more Lin Yang thought about it, the more he felt that many of the anomalies on him might be caused by the existence of the “Boundary.”

If it was indeed all because of the “Boundary,” then everything that didn't make sense at the time now seemed to be temporarily explainable.

And this instantly made him feel immense pressure.

Although he still didn't know what the “Boundary” was for, on one hand, it could cause the mysterious “Chu Country” to hunt down Senior Feng.

It could also make the Lord-level Life of the High-Dimensional Universe and the strange Stone Statue interested in it.

So, it's conceivable that the role of the “Boundary” and the things it involves are absolutely beyond imagination.

“It seems I still need to find a way to avoid exposing the existence of the ‘Boundary,’ otherwise, even if I become an Old Ancestor, it will be difficult to protect myself!”

Lin Yang secretly sighed.

He didn't even know what the Boundary was for, and he had already gotten himself into a lot of trouble.

How can he reason with that?

“No wonder they all say that the more you know, the less likely it is a good thing, and the more annoying things there will be. If you know little, you'll think the world is small, and you won't have much pressure.”

At this moment, Lin Yang truly realized that sometimes it wasn't that some powerful seniors were unwilling to reveal more information, and saying that knowing too much temporarily is not good was indeed not intentionally being mysterious.

But rather, it was truly for the good of the then-weak juniors... Of course, he was just sighing with emotion.

Being able to know a broader world and more mysteries is the pursuit and meaning of human Life.

If he had the choice, he would naturally still want to become stronger and even stronger.

The more one knows, the more one bears, and the greater the pressure.

But as the saying goes: if one learns the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening without regret.

Just as Lin Yang was pondering, the System replied, "Host, the System still recommends that you first try the Unknown Space."

"Can't you directly open a teleportation channel for me to go back? Here, you can still provide me with national treasure value for the 'Hometown Glory' title and sense the Space-Time Signal Beacon, which means you can perceive the existence of the Ten Thousand Universes. So, you should be able to pinpoint a location directly, right?" Lin Yang frowned and said.

"Host, theoretically, the System can open a spatial channel for you, but you cannot afford the cost of directly opening one," the System replied directly.

"Huh? I can't afford it?"

Lin Yang was startled:

"I still have over 50 billion national treasure value unused, and you say I can't afford it?"

"Could it be that you're saying I can't afford it after deducting the 50 billion for unlocking the Myriad Realms Spirit Flash?"

"No, Host, with your current strength, directly opening a spatial channel from the Ten Thousand Realms Universe back to the Ten Thousand Universes would cost 300 billion national treasure value. You are indeed temporarily unable to afford this cost."

The System stated an astronomical figure.

"I..."

Lin Yang instantly felt a lump in his chest.

How much did this damn System say?

Three hundred billion??

"Does it have to be so outrageous?"

He was a bit speechless, then asked with some confusion:

"Before, at the Source Star entrance, didn't you open an emergency escape channel for me? It only cost 10 billion, and I escaped here. Perhaps we can try twice more?"

"Host, the emergency escape channel the System opened for you back then was theoretically unable to cross Universe Zones. The reason you were able to cross Universe Zones and arrive here was because that mysterious existence intervened. He enhanced the emergency escape channel the System opened for you."

The System's words were astonishing.

Lin Yang was stunned: "You mean that Black Mist Figure senior?"

"Yes, him."

"This... he could directly make me cross Universe Zones?"

Lin Yang was greatly shocked:

"Could it be that he is an existence beyond Old Ancestor?"

That Black Mist senior made a move, killing an Old Ancestor of the Mingye Clan with one strike, and also sent him to the Ten Thousand Realms Universe.

This strength... he hadn't thought much about it at the time, but now, upon reflection, he found a problem.

Even Tea Banquet, an existence at the third level of the Old Ancestor Realm, couldn't instantly kill an Old Ancestor with one strike, not even the weakest Old Ancestor.

Yet, that Black Mist Figure only used one move to instantly kill that Old Ancestor of the Mingye Clan.

This... "Tea Banquet and the others just said that here, existences beyond Old Ancestor cannot return to the Universe Zone, and cannot even transmit messages back. Could it be that in the Ten Thousand Universes, existences beyond Old Ancestor can still remain within the Universe Zone?"

Lin Yang suddenly felt even greater pressure.

If Old Ancestor level existences could travel back and forth in the Ten Thousand Universes, then could Northern Branch Rock and the others contact existences beyond the Old Ancestor level?

If so, wouldn't it be even more difficult to kill them?

"Senior Feng could escape with 'Jie', Senior Yue You could fight six or seven Old Ancestors like Northern Branch Rock alone. Now it seems, it's possible both of them are existences beyond Old Ancestor..."

"Could it be that the Ten Thousand Universes can really accommodate existences above Old Ancestor to continue staying?"

The more Lin Yang thought about it, the more his head ached.

At the same time, more questions surfaced in his mind.

Because if, as he thought, the Ten Thousand Universes could accommodate existences above Old Ancestor, then the situation should be even more chaotic.

Song Qingfeng's faction must also have existences above Old Ancestor. It's impossible that even existences above Old Ancestor have been completely suppressed by Northern Branch Rock's side from beginning to end, right?

Also, if there were indeed existences above Old Ancestor, then when Senior Yue You was fighting Northern Branch Rock and the others alone, the existences above Old Ancestor on Northern Branch Rock's side should not have just sat by and watched, yet they never showed up at all.

This point is also highly questionable.

Various contradictory problems intertwined, making Lin Yang unable to sort out his thoughts for a while.

Ultimately, he could only temporarily force down all his doubts and stop thinking so much.

Anyway, he was about to return to the Ten Thousand Universes, and then these questions should be verified one by one.

Thinking too much now would only add to his troubles.

Immediately, he went to the place where Kong Shan Yu was in seclusion and sensed it.

This Old Kong had been in seclusion for nearly ten years and had not yet come out.

At that time, Kong Shan Yu had vowed that he would quickly succeed in breaking through to Old Ancestor.

Now, Lin Yang was a bit worried if something had gone wrong with him.

However, from his senses, he didn't find any problems with Kong Shan Yu.

"Let's just keep waiting. So many years have passed, a few more years won't make a difference."

Lin Yang silently went back to improve himself.

After Kong Shan Yu breaks through, with an additional Old Ancestor level existence with spatial power to jointly explore the Unknown Space, the success rate will only be higher.

Especially in terms of escaping.

An Old Ancestor level spatial expert using higher-level teleportation is a true Life-saving divine skill.

Pan Tian couldn't compare.

At that time, if they encountered danger in the Unknown Space, their chances of survival would also be greater.

Lin Yang waited patiently.

And this wait lasted for six years.

On this day, Kong Shan Yu's hearty laughter finally came from his place of seclusion.

At the same time, waves of Old Ancestor level power auras rose up ostentatiously.

Swish swish swish.

In an instant, Lin Yang and Tea Banquet appeared simultaneously before Kong Shan Yu.

"Old Kong, you've finally successfully broken through to Old Ancestor!"

Tea Banquet, Zi Yun, and the others felt Kong Shan Yu's Old Ancestor level power aura and were all very happy.

"Your Excellency Kong Shan Yu, this seclusion of yours really made us wait a long time!" Lin Yang couldn't help but say.

Although he was prepared to wait patiently, as the years passed, he still had a little desire to return to the Ten Thousand Universes sooner.

Now, this guy had finally successfully broken through and emerged from seclusion!

Kong Shan Yu laughed heartily: "I apologize for making everyone wait so long. It's mainly because I have to thank Your Excellency Lin Yang for that supreme spiritual universal substance; it helped me too much!"

As he spoke, he bowed solemnly to Lin Yang in thanks, and then continued:

"So this time my seclusion lasted much longer than previously estimated, but my strength has also greatly improved, beyond imagination!"

"Oh? Beyond imagination? How much exactly? What power level are you at now?"

Seeing this, Zi Yun couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Haha, we'll talk about that later. Have those old guys from the Alien Race committed any offenses these past years? I really want to go and slaughter a few of them!"

Kong Shan Yu deliberately kept it mysterious, not answering, but instead looked like he wanted to fight.

Seeing this, Zi Yun and the others exchanged glances and chuckled lightly:

"All of those old guys from the Alien Race, except for Yuan Chen, are already dead."

"Oh, ah? Wait, Zi Yun, what did you say? Everyone except Old Devil Yuan Chen... is dead?"

Kong Shan Yu almost didn't react. When he realized what he had heard, he was instantly dumbfounded.

All dead?

"How is that possible?!"

Kong Shan Yu was greatly shocked:

"Although Your Excellency Lin Yang could take my previous place to hold back one person, how could you possibly take down more than ten Old Ancestors?"

"Haha, Old Kong, I have to say, you missed a very important show!"

Zi Yun smiled slightly, nudged Lin Yang, and laughed: "The few of us indeed couldn't take down more than ten Old Ancestors, but Your Excellency Lin Yang alone took down seven, and they were seven Old Ancestors who had sacrificed their Forbidden Power, mind you."

"We few indeed couldn't take down more than ten Old Ancestors, but Your Excellency Lin Yang alone took down seven, and they were seven Old Ancestors who had sacrificed their Forbidden Power, mind you."

Boom!

Kong Shan Yu instantly felt a roar in his head, then said in disbelief:

"Old Man Zi Yun, what did you say? Your Excellency Lin Yang alone, took down seven Old Ancestors?"

"And they were Old Ancestors who had sacrificed Forbidden Power??"

"Are you kidding me?"

Zi Yun folded his arms across his chest and said leisurely: "Why would I joke with you? If you don't believe me, ask Tea Banquet and the others. Did I lie?"

Kong Shan Yu immediately turned to look at Tea Banquet and the others.

Before he could speak, Tea Banquet and the others all nodded with smiles:

"Old Kong, Zi Yun isn't kidding you, he's telling the truth. Your Excellency Lin Yang indeed alone took down seven Alien Race Old Ancestors who had sacrificed Forbidden Power, which is why we were able to kill everyone else except Old Devil Yuan Chen!"

"Old Kong, Zi Yun isn't kidding you, he's telling the truth. Your Excellency Lin Yang indeed alone took down seven Alien Race Old Ancestors who had sacrificed Forbidden Power, which is why we were able to kill everyone else except Old Devil Yuan Chen!"

"Ah?!"

After receiving confirmation, Kong Shan Yu was stunned on the spot, then slowly turned his head to look at Lin Yang, his face and eyes filled with shock:

"Your... Your Excellency Lin Yang, this, what exactly happened?"

He was completely bewildered.

The seven Alien Race Old Ancestors sacrificing Forbidden Power shocked him.

But Lin Yang alone taking down seven Old Ancestors who had sacrificed Forbidden Power shocked him even more!

Lin Yang looked at Kong Shan Yu's shocked expression, smiled, and softly said, "It was luck, I suppose. Their Forbidden Power after sacrificing just happened to be countered by me."

"C-countered??"

Kong Shan Yu was even more confused.

Forbidden Power could be countered?

"Hahaha, Old Kong, look at you, so surprised. You wouldn't know, but Your Excellency Lin Yang displayed divine might back then, you wouldn't believe how shocking that scene was..."

Seeing this, Zi Yun laughed again, getting the idea to tease Kong Shan Yu, and began deliberately exaggerating the scene at the time, completely bewildering Kong Shan Yu.

"Old Kong, now you know what a huge event you missed by not coming out of seclusion in time, don't you?"

After a flowery speech, Zi Yun asked with a smile.

"I... I... if I had known, I shouldn't have continued to cultivate!!"

Kong Shan Yu instantly became annoyed:

"I actually missed such a historic event!"

"Such a scene, I actually missed..."

Not personally witnessing Lin Yang's rampage, single-handedly eliminating seven Alien Race Old Ancestors who had sacrificed Forbidden Power, became Kong Shan Yu's greatest regret.

Lin Yang saw that Kong Shan Yu had been teased enough by Zi Yun, and lightly coughed, saying, "Your Excellency Kong Shan Yu, it's not as exaggerated as Your Excellency Zi Yun said. Now that you've come out of seclusion, we can begin to enter the Unknown Space!"

He was a little excited.

Finally, the journey home can begin! (End of this chapter)