72: Three Great Treasures

A beam of brilliant golden divine light, spanning the ages and piercing through time and space, descended from the Nine Heavens, precisely enveloping Lin Yuan!

The Space Law surged like a raging tide; before the dizziness of temporal and spatial disorder could even strike, the scene before his eyes had already spun wildly!

As his vision refocused, he found himself within that grey hall.

The hall was vast and boundless, returning to simplicity.

There was no gold or jade splendor, only the eternal Chaos stone walls surrounding him.

In the center stood a jade table flowing with the clear radiance of dao rhyme, and upon it sat a set of tea utensils, ancient to the extreme, wafting with the fragrance of Enlightenment Tea that cleansed the Divine Soul.

Behind the jade table, an old man dressed in coarse linen robes was leisurely brewing tea with a pot that appeared to be forged from ordinary iron.

His movements were completely natural, as if he had merged with this space and time, and the rise and fall of the myriad worlds did not enter his heart.

However, Lin Yuan's pupils contracted to pinpoints in an instant!

In his ninth-rank Divine Thought vision, within the old man's body lay a nascent Universe, where the chaotic wonders of mountains and rivers collapsing, seas of stars floating and sinking, and the Creation of the world played out in turns, exhaling and inhaling the most primordial power of Creation and destruction of the Universe!

What made his Divine Soul tremble even more was that the old man's seemingly slow tea-brewing movements were each independent within different rivers of time dimensions—this was the supreme Realm of playing with the Great Dao of Time in the palm of one's hand!

Every gesture was the ebb and flow of the river of time!

"Sit."

The Grand Hall Master's voice was plain and unremarkable, yet it contained the supreme Dao Law of "speaking the Law into existence."

He pushed a cup of clear tea over.

The tea was as clear as a mirror, yet its surface reflected the birth, death, and Reincarnation of billions of worlds: prosperous divine kingdoms turned into ruins of stardust in an instant, and dead, desolate stars bloomed with the light of life in a blink!

Lin Yuan moved to take it as instructed, but his body suddenly stiffened!

The Grand Hall Master's gaze was like the primordial divine light of Creation, piercing through all his disguises and barriers without any obstruction!

The Chaos Law hidden under the Grandmist violet qi, that shocking red dao foundation, the Spirit Refining Realm constructed by ninth-rank Divine Thought, the already perfected Great Dao of Time and Devouring Law... all these deeply hidden secrets, under this gaze, were like snow under a scorching sun, instantly melting and exposed!

That gaze pierced through the river of time and space, as if taking in every trace of his trajectory from birth to this moment, and even into the future!

"Chaos Law..."

For the first time, the Grand Hall Master's voice had a ripple, like a slight disturbance in an ancient well, carrying a trace of astonishment that even he could hardly fully conceal.

He set down the iron pot, and the instant the bottom of the pot touched the jade table—Hum!

The flow of time in the entire grey hall suddenly underwent a fundamental distortion!

Lin Yuan felt as if he had been thrown into a solidified river of time amber, accepting the most thorough scrutiny within an infinitely stretched eternal moment!

Every cell, every wisp of Divine Thought, every trace of Law imprint was analyzed and insighted; he felt as if he had become a wordless heavenly book spread open at the end of the river of time, left for this supreme existence to peruse!

"Red dao foundation... ninth-rank Divine Thought..." The old man's fingers, imbued with dao rhyme, tapped lightly on the jade table; each tap caused the myriad Laws to resonate together, and space rippled with substantial waves.

"Sixteen years old... truly, interesting."

Lin Yuan's heart felt as if it had been struck by Chaos divine thunder, with turbulent waves surging endlessly!

He never expected that his greatest trump card, on which he relied to traverse the world, would be as clear as looking at the lines on one's palm in the other's eyes!

He forcibly suppressed the world-destroying storm rising in his Sea of Consciousness, maintaining a surface calm like water.

"Since the Central Continent first opened the Grandmist, nine hundred and two epochs have passed."

The Grand Hall Master slowly paced down, lotus flowers blooming with every step; each blooming Chaos golden lotus released holy Dao radiance that cleansed the Soul and nourished all things.

"Throughout the ages and epochs, those who could touch the threshold of the Chaos Law were few and far between.

Nine hundred and two epochs have passed leisurely, and those who could finally grasp the Chaos Great Dao... are only three."

"This epoch has reached its end, and you shall be the third person in this epoch to comprehend the Chaos Law.

As for whether you can touch that final Origin..." The Grand Hall Master's deep gaze fell upon Lin Yuan, as if wanting to see through his future river of fate, "that depends on your Opportunity."

"From this moment on, you are my closing Disciple."

The Grand Hall Master's tone was plain yet contained a cosmic will that could not be disobeyed.

"Your status is promoted to Spirit Martial Hall—First Sequence of the Ages!

You may take whatever you wish from the resources within the hall!"

Before the words had even faded, a token radiating crimson golden divine light that shot into the sky appeared out of thin air!

On the front of the token, the characters "Spirit Martial" were ancient and vigorous, every stroke seemingly imprinted directly by the divine patterns of the Great Dao; on the back, within the surging Chaos cloud patterns, the scenes of the world's Creation and the birth of the Universe were faintly visible!

Lin Yuan touched it slightly with his Divine Thought and immediately sensed that the core spatial coordinates of the entire Spirit Martial Hall headquarters were imprinted within the token; with a single thought, he could cross the endless Void Realm and return here instantly!

This was supreme authority, and also a Heaven-Defying Opportunity!

"Thank you, Revered Master!"

Lin Yuan suppressed the surging excitement in his heart and performed a grand salute with utmost solemnity.

The Grand Hall Master nodded slightly.

"Your Aptitude is the best of this epoch.

Since you have entered my sect, I will give you three 'small gifts'."

With a light flick of his sleeve, three beams of divine light carrying an Aura that shook the heavens shot out!

The first item: A crystal the size of a fist, crystalline and transparent, floated in the air.

Sealed within it was an unpredictable silver stream of light, which sometimes turned into a Dragon roaring, and sometimes condensed into a Phoenix singing; every transformation was accompanied by the tearing and restructuring of space!

On the surface of the crystal, complex and profound spatial divine patterns flickered, as if expounding the ultimate mystery of space!

"A Space Law crystal, formed from the life-long Dao fruit of a fallen powerhouse at the Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm."

The Grand Hall Master's voice was plain yet contained power.

"You may attempt to refine it.

If you can completely refine it in a very short time... the entire Space Great Dao will be in your palm!

This item contains his life-long insights into the Space Law, and its value is immeasurable."

The second item: A stone bar, three feet long and grey all over, its surface as rough as a stubborn Chaos stone, exuding an ancient heaviness originating from the beginning of the Grandmist.

However, the moment this item appeared, the chaos heavenly extreme sword within Lin Yuan suddenly awakened like an ancient Vicious Beast that had been starving for billions of years!

It emitted a hungry sword hum that tore through the Divine Soul!

On the sword body, billions of Chaos divine patterns flashed frantically, erupting with unprecedented light of desire!

"A Primordial Sword Embryo, born in the core of the Chaos Sea."

The old man's finger wiped lightly over the stone bar, and the rough stone skin peeled off with a rustle.

The Chaos Qi flowing inside gushed out like a divine spring of Creation, and the power of Creation contained within it made the Void Realm itself tremble!

"This item can help your divine sword awaken deeper levels of power... and even touch the Origin."

Lin Yuan's heart was once again filled with turbulent waves!

Even the desire of the chaos heavenly extreme sword was seen through at a glance by his Revered Master!

In front of this supreme existence, he felt like a mere child, with no secrets to speak of!

However... the Grandmist violet qi in the deepest part seemed not to have been completely seen through?

This made him quietly breathe a sigh of relief amidst the extreme shock.

The third item: A milk-white ball of light that constantly squirmed and changed shape was the most miraculous!

It sometimes expanded like a towering divine palace, illuminating the entire hall like a sacred Realm of Creation; sometimes it contracted into a chaos singularity the size of a grain of rice, emitting a soft divine radiance that nourished all things!

What was most Soul-shaking was that every time it changed shape, it was accompanied by the birth, death, and Reincarnation of a miniature Universe: endless stars condensed from the void and collapsed into black holes that devoured all things; vast continents rose from the ground, only to be completely swallowed by the surging Chaos Qi in an instant!

Within a square inch, it played out the ultimate Creation and annihilation of the Universe!

"World Origin Fetus!"

The Grand Hall Master's voice became rarely solemn, his eyes revealing unprecedented gravity.

"This is a miraculous item I accidentally obtained in the depths of the Chaos Sea.

Only below the Myriad Laws Realm can it be refined into a second avatar, equivalent to... a second life!

This item was born from the Origin of the Great Dao at the beginning of Chaos; even spanning a complete epoch, it is hard to find one!"

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently; he could hardly suppress the wild waves in his heart!

Any one of these three 'small gifts' before him, if it were to fall into the outside world, would be enough to trigger a bloodbath that would sweep through the heavens and myriad worlds, causing countless ancient traditions to fight crazily for it!

Especially that World Origin Fetus... a second life!

This was not only a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation, but also meant double the cultivation efficiency, double the exploration possibilities, and double the Opportunity and fortune!

This was a true treasure that could defy Heaven and change one's fate!

"Within ten days, how much you can refine depends entirely on your own Opportunity."

The Grand Hall Master's figure began to become blurred and transparent, as if about to merge into this space and time.

"This Storage Ring was made by me casually, and it has a wisp of my dao rhyme attached to it.

If you encounter a life-and-death catastrophe, it can protect you once.

When the dao rhyme is exhausted, this ring will also be destroyed.

Before the Secret Realm opens, I will see you again."

A ring flowing with the Aura of Chaos and with an ancient design landed lightly in Lin Yuan's palm.

"Do not waste this... Opportunity that is hard to come by in an epoch!"

The lingering sound drifted, and the Grand Hall Master's figure completely dissipated in the hall.

The dizziness of spatial transformation receded like a tide.

Lin Yuan focused his eyes and found that he was standing on the peak of an isolated mountain suspended above the endless turbulence of the Void Realm!

The entire mountain was shrouded in a semi-transparent barrier flowing with star-light dao patterns, like a supreme Dao seed embedded in the vast sea of stars, standing independently from the world!

Beneath his feet, a Dao platform carved entirely from Chaos divine jade bore the two characters "Chief" as if written by the Great Dao itself; every stroke contained supreme dao rhyme that made Lin Yuan's Divine Soul tremble and his dao foundation roar, emitting a majestic Aura that suppressed the ages and reigned supreme!