601: Emperor of All Laws! Why don't you go in?

Xuan Xiao arrived at a secluded and tranquil place.

A middle-aged man sat cross-legged on the grass, with a stone table in front of him.

A pot of sake rested on the stone table.

"Father."

Xuan Xiao respectfully bowed to the man.

The middle-aged man was none other than Xuan Xiao's father, Xuan Lingqiong.

"Xiao'er, seeing your hurried expression, have you come about the current predicament of our lineage?" Xuan Lingqiong asked calmly.

"Yes," Xuan Xiao nodded, "Thirty percent of our current assets have already been seized. If this continues, within five hundred years, the remaining twenty percent will also be taken. By then, our lineage will lose the qualification to take turns guarding the Saint Xuan Spirit Land."

"Haha, Xiao'er, your urgency is useless. The Xuan Ming Barren Sacred Profound Sovereign Lineage has three Invincible Emperors. Our lineage has none. Losing fifty percent is only a matter of Time." Xuan Lingqiong, however, was very calm.

"Father, aren't you worried at all?" Xuan Xiao asked, puzzled.

"What's the use of worrying? Without an Invincible Emperor, worrying is useless!" Xuan Lingqiong shook his head, "Alright, you may go. Your father still needs to cultivate."

"Father, how far are you from becoming an Invincible Emperor?" Xuan Xiao didn't leave but pressed on.

Xuan Lingqiong immediately shook his head: "Still some way off. There's no Time."

Xuan Xiao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "Father, then I'll trouble you to visit Saint Xuan Ruler. We are about to lose even the qualification to guard the Saint Xuan Spirit Land. This is truly urgent!"

"Xiao'er!"

Xuan Lingqiong frowned slightly:

"Your father told you, worrying is useless. The Saint Xuan Rulers cannot interfere in worldly affairs, and our Saint Xuan Ruler is helpless!"

Xuan Xiao was stunned: "Then we can only watch as we lose our qualifications?"

"Xiao'er, your temperament still needs more tempering."

Xuan Lingqiong's tone was calm:

"As a prince of the Saint Xuan Ancient Country, you should know that nothing is eternal. Losing qualifications is merely a matter of Time."

"The strength of our Saint Xuan Ruler is already relatively average among all the Saint Xuan Rulers. In fact, we have long been prepared for this day, it just arrived a little faster than expected."

"Already prepared?" Xuan Xiao frowned, "Father, are you truly content to give up like this?"

"What can discontentment do?" Xuan Lingqiong retorted.

Xuan Xiao immediately said: "We can also recruit Invincible Emperors. Offering some good conditions might not make it impossible to recruit an Invincible Emperor."

"Recruit? Haha, Xiao'er, do you think at this juncture, any Invincible Emperor would be willing to offend Saint Xuan Ruler Xuanming Wilderness and his faction to join our lineage?" Xuan Lingqiong laughed.

"That's because the conditions offered aren't generous enough!" Xuan Xiao said, frowning.

Xuan Lingqiong smiled and shook his head: "No matter how generous the conditions, when compared to life, which do you think those Invincible Emperors would consider more important?"

Xuan Xiao fell silent.

"Alright, Xiao'er, go back. This Time, we can only say our luck was bad. It just so happened that Saint Xuan Ruler Xuanming Wilderness got that chance for advancement. Let them be proud for now. Be more patient in your future actions." Xuan Lingqiong said softly.

"I'm not reconciled! Father!" Xuan Xiao's gaze was firm.

Xuan Lingqiong also frowned, his tone growing heavier: "Xiao'er, some matters cannot be resolved by merely being reconciled or unreconciled. You must understand this principle! Haven't you seen that others in our lineage haven't taken much action these past years? Because even if they are unreconciled, they know that the will of heaven is hard to defy!"

"Father!"

Xuan Xiao still wanted to say something more.

"Enough!" Xuan Lingqiong let out a low shout, interrupting Xuan Xiao, "Say no more. What you can do now is focus on improving your cultivation and await the next rotation of governance! Go!"

Xuan Xiao showed a hint of bitterness, but still gritted his teeth and said: "Father, even if I can endure, our lineage is already quite ordinary within the main branch. Now with fewer resources, it will be even harder for us to obtain much in the future. Saint Xuan Ruler also places more importance on Xuan Ling Shi and Xuan Ling Ke's two lineages. With resources tightening, what we can get will be even less. Are you content with that?"

Xuan Lingqiong's face showed displeasure, about to reprimand him.

But Xuan Xiao spoke faster: "You're not far from becoming an Invincible Emperor. Are you content to be delayed even further like this?"

Hearing this, Xuan Lingqiong sighed inwardly. The words he had intended to reprimand with were withdrawn, and he slowly began to explain:

"Xiao'er, you only know that your father is one step away from an Invincible Emperor, but you have no idea how difficult this step truly is. Without a fortuitous encounter, perhaps I can only stop at this level for my entire life, do you understand?"

Xuan Xiao gritted his teeth: "Father, is that step really so difficult?"

"Difficult!"

Xuan Lingqiong sighed:

"More than just difficult!"

"If it weren't difficult, Invincible Emperors would be everywhere by now, and your father wouldn't have had to endure silently for so many years!"

"Precisely because it's too difficult, and your father sees almost no hope, I don't want to see you act impulsively, do you understand?"

Xuan Xiao's heart trembled: "Father, I..."

"Xiao'er, no need to say more. Your father has never interfered much with your affairs or your opinions before, but in the future, you must not again exhaust all your merits to purchase resources for a guest, as you did last Time."

Xuan Lingqiong raised a hand to stop Xuan Xiao from speaking further, and instead, with a solemn expression, instructed:

"In the future, our lineage will not have many opportunities to earn merits for a considerable period. You cannot act on impulse and do too much for a guest as you did before, even if you think highly of him, do you understand?"

Xuan Xiao lowered his head: "Understood, Father."

He naturally understood that after being targeted by the Xuan Ming Barren Sacred Profound Sovereign Lineage, the resources their lineage could obtain would only decrease. The basic resources allocated to this lineage would also be less for him, and he could no longer spend as freely on any matter as before.

However, he had no regrets!

"Alright, say no more. Go back and cultivate. Your father has also observed that guest of yours; he is indeed excellent in all aspects and worth nurturing, but you must also exercise restraint." Xuan Lingqiong instructed again, then closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Xuan Xiao had no choice but to bow and leave.

Outside.

Butler Fu was waiting. Seeing Xuan Xiao emerge, he quickly stepped forward and asked: "How was it, Your Highness? Did His Lord agree to meet Saint Xuan Ruler?"

Xuan Xiao shook his head: "Father said that the Saint Xuan Rulers had long been prepared for this day, and he refused."

"This..." Butler Fu had actually already guessed as much, so he wasn't surprised to hear this, but he was at a loss for how to comfort Xuan Xiao.

"Father also said to me to be more frugal in the future." Xuan Xiao gave a self-deprecating smile.

Butler Fu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Your Highness did spend too much before, especially on purchasing ancestor's protection, and even lost twenty percent of your merits for nothing. His Lord probably had some dissatisfaction about this, which is why he gave such an instruction."

"Butler Fu, do you also think I was too impulsive to spend everything on purchasing ancestor's protection?" Xuan Xiao asked.

Butler Fu shook his head: "I don't think Your Highness was impulsive, I just feel that what Your Highness did was perhaps too much."

"What height do you think Lin Yang will reach in the future?" Xuan Xiao asked again.

"This... it's hard to say. At any rate, Myriad Laws Emperor is no challenge for him." Butler Fu shook his head.

"Tell me, is it possible for him to reach Invincible Emperor?" Xuan Xiao suddenly asked.

Butler Fu was stunned, then smiled wryly: "Your Highness, Invincible Emperor is not that easy to achieve."

"His talent is good, but Your Highness is not unaware of the cruelty after the Ten Thousand Laws Realm."

"How many people with extraordinary talent, who astonished Endless Spacetime, ultimately remained at the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, unable to advance further?"

"As for Invincible Emperors, how many are there in this entire era?"

Xuan Xiao sighed: "Alright, I don't expect him to reach Invincible Emperor. Being below Invincible Emperor is sufficient."

"Your Highness, don't think too much. You should also go into seclusion and cultivate now. You are still some way from the Ten Thousand Laws Realm." Butler Fu said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll also go into seclusion. When Lin Yang emerges, he should be in the Ten Thousand Laws Realm. I can't fall too far behind him, no matter what." Xuan Xiao also smiled.

Butler Fu nodded: "Your Highness, most importantly, the rotation of governance is approaching, and Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven will open once as usual. Princes from all lineages can enter to seek fortuitous encounters."

"According to past experience, only those in the Ten Thousand Laws Realm can achieve good harvests within it. Your Highness must reach the Ten Thousand Laws Realm when Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven opens, as this will allow you to bring one guest with you."

"If all goes well, Your Highness should be able to enter with Lin Yang. With Your Highness and Lin Yang working together, you should achieve a good harvest. Not to say the best, but a middle-tier result should be no problem."

Hearing this, Xuan Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Butler Fu, you might be thinking a bit too much. Xuan Lie will definitely also bring an Invincible Emperor in. By then, even the Xuan Huang lineage, out of respect for Saint Xuan Ruler Xuanming Wilderness who is about to take office, will likely yield. The Xuan Huang lineage also has an Invincible Emperor. If they concede, this Time's first place will probably go to Xuan Lie."

"And with him being 100% certain of first place, he will definitely make Time to specifically target me. It would be good enough if I'm not given an opportunity to be thrown out of the Grotto Heaven, let alone achieve a middle-tier result."

Butler Fu was stunned, then also gave a bitter smile: "Alas, this is truly difficult now."

"Forget it, Butler Fu, don't think too much. We'll take it one step at a Time then. Anyway, so much has already been lost, losing the fortuitous encounter in Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven won't be much more..." Xuan Xiao, whether he had come to terms with it or was forced to accept reality, smiled helplessly and turned to go into seclusion... Dao Rhythm Great Hall.

Time flies, never stopping.

In a blink of an eye, over four hundred years passed.

On this day, Lin Yang opened his eyes, ending his meditation.

"There's still one day until the thousand-year period is up. Before going out, I'll organize my gains from these years and break through to the Ten Thousand Laws Realm!"

Lin Yang murmured, the aura around him beginning to constantly increase and intensify.

Finally, it seemed to break through a certain shackles, reaching a limit.

Crack!

It was as if some kind of chain had been broken.

Lin Yang's aura began to surge wildly, and the power of laws began to manifest and swirl around him.

"Ten Thousand Laws Realm, reached!"

Lin Yang clenched his fist slightly, extremely satisfied.

This thousand years of seclusion had yielded significant gains.

Not only did he naturally break through to the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, but he also progressed greatly in the Space Dao.

And not just the Space Dao.

The deepening understanding of complete Dao Rhythm had greatly enhanced the power of World-in-a-Flower.

Both its power and might had received an unprecedented, massive increase.

"That Emperor Qing Ying is an old-brand Emperor. Before my breakthrough, or rather, a thousand years ago, with two seconds of law power, I could only guarantee not to die under his hands, but defeating him was impossible."

"But now..."

Lin Yang condensed a World-in-a-Flower at his fingertip, its four petals fully bloomed.

Above it, the power of laws swirled.

"Go!"

Lin Yang murmured, and the World-in-a-Flower directly struck the Dao Rhythm Great Hall.

This Great Hall was built by some powerful existence of an unknown level. Besides being used for comprehending the Dao, it was also a place to test combat power, so there was no need to worry about damaging it.

Boom!

The stable space within the Great Hall trembled slightly.

"Now, a single World-in-a-Flower should be on par with that Emperor Qing Ying."

Lin Yang showed a hint of a smile.

The Emperor who once almost caused him to fail in guarding the Boundary Wall was no longer the unconquerable existence he once was.

"If I also combine it with Space Dao techniques, I wouldn't say I could easily kill him, but I could at least defeat him!"

Lin Yang recalled Emperor Qing Ying's power and made a judgment in his heart.

Although he had just broken through, his power and might were already completely on par with old-brand Emperors like Emperor Qing Ying.

Moreover, this was without using the 'World' to amplify his power.

Once he used the 'World' for amplification again, Lin Yang estimated that Emperor Qing Ying would only be able to flee when facing him.

Satisfied!

Extremely satisfied!

"Emerging from seclusion!"

Lin Yang no longer waited a day and left the Dao Rhythm Great Hall early.

Buzz buzz buzz.

As soon as he left the Great Hall, his communication tool rang incessantly.

There were messages from Bai Zi, Shang Chengfeng, He Linxue, Meng Zhantian, and Kunyu Country Lord, among others.

All of them expressed their worry and concern for him.

Lin Yang read through them one by one, not rushing to reply, as he had already learned about the previous events through his temporary clone.

However, Kunyu Country Lord's detailed explanation surprised him a little.

"Kunyu Country Lord seemed to be Quality Glutton's person last Time, but now he's told me the full situation. It seems the relationship between him and Quality Glutton is also a bit subtle."

Lin Yang murmured, expressing his gratitude to Kunyu Country Lord.

Regardless, this intelligence was still very useful to him.

"Quality Glutton!"

Following that, killing intent surged in Lin Yang's eyes.

This guy almost wiped out the entire Zhu Cang Country. If Lu Zhaolin hadn't appeared in Time, Zhu Cang Country would definitely be no more.

He would definitely avenge this grudge!

"Quality Glutton is Xuan Lie's person. His actions must also have Xuan Lie's backing. He should also be within the Saint Xuan Ancient Country now. I need to find an opportunity to kill him."

Lin Yang was not in a hurry to go find him immediately.

After all, there were Transformation Dao Realm existences within the Saint Xuan Ancient Country, and it was not allowed to slaughter one's own people within the Saint Xuan Ancient Country. He still needed to find another opportunity.

He was just thinking.

Butler Fu's voice suddenly rang out: "Your Excellency Lin Yang, have you emerged from seclusion?"

Butler Fu looked at Lin Yang, who had come out early, somewhat surprised.

"Butler Fu, I've comprehended almost everything, so I came out a day early." Lin Yang explained.

"No wonder. I was also thinking you'd be due out tomorrow, so I just came early to wait for you. I didn't expect to arrive so coincidentally." Butler Fu smiled.

"Thank you for coming to pick me up, Butler Fu."

Lin Yang also smiled, then said: "Please trouble Butler Fu to take me to see His Highness. I haven't seen His Highness since I arrived here."

"No rush, His Highness is in seclusion, also attempting to break through to the Ten Thousand Laws Realm. He'll probably be in there for a while longer." Butler Fu said.

"Oh, then I'll return to Zhu Cang Country first." Lin Yang said.

"You've just emerged from seclusion, so you know that Zhu Cang Country was almost wiped out a thousand years ago, right?" Butler Fu smiled, "There's no rush, Lu Zhaolin protected it, and now Zhu Cang Country is safe and sound under his protection."

"Butler Fu, do you have something to tell me?" Lin Yang, however, keenly detected a hidden meaning in Butler Fu's words.

Under normal circumstances, Butler Fu wouldn't stop him from returning.

"There are some matters. You've been in seclusion for a thousand years, so you might not know, but the situation outside has changed quite a bit now."

Butler Fu didn't beat around the bush and directly informed Lin Yang of the changes over the past thousand years and the predicament of their lineage, then looked at Lin Yang and said:

"Before the rotation of governance, Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven will open once. I hope you can work together with His Highness inside to try and secure some good fortuitous encounters for His Highness!"

"Oh? Butler Fu, you think so highly of me? If my current perception is correct, you are also an Emperor-level powerhouse, and a very strong one at that. Why don't you go in with His Highness yourself?"

Lin Yang raised an eyebrow.

When he met Butler Fu after breaking through to the Returning Origin Realm, he had already guessed that Butler Fu might be in the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, but only today could he be certain.

This also made him wonder why Butler Fu wouldn't go in himself, but instead entrusted him.