304: Mature Treasure and Early Stage Incarnation

"Senior Xiao, the source of malice and I are engaged in a conflict of paths, a situation where only one of us can survive. Now that I have your help, Senior, I will surely be the final winner."

Essence Lin Chen already knew he was the final victor.

Now with the help of the great universe consciousness, his win rate was maxed out, and the process of the struggle would be much easier.

"Do not lower your guard. The future has not yet happened, so it cannot be fully trusted. Every step taken now must be cautious."

"This Junior has been taught."

The great universe consciousness was gratified by Essence Lin Chen's confidence.

But it still offered a reminder: the future is the future, one cannot rely too much on the future; the present time is the most important time.

Every event in the present will influence the future, so there is an even greater need for caution. One can be confident, but not arrogant.

Essence Lin Chen also came to his senses, realizing he had been too optimistic about the future.

His future self is destined for transcendence; this is a foregone conclusion, but the process along the way is not necessarily pleasant.

Cultivating all the way to transcendence with the wind at one's back, versus cultivating to transcendence with every step being a struggle—the difference between these is vast.

The time required, the events experienced, are all different, and the future shaped by them is also different.

It is like reaching the finish line happily all the way, versus reaching it after struggling through the mud; the mood is certainly different, and the state of mind is different as well.

Essence Lin Chen would naturally choose the former; after all, he isn't a masochist who insists on suffering.

"Senior, may I ask where that source of malice comes from?"

"I do not know. Perhaps it is the final essence left behind after a Universe perished, or it could be the lingering obsession left by some creature that failed at transcendence."

The great universe consciousness did not know either.

Precisely because it did not know, Essence Lin Chen became vigilant.

He had underestimated the source of malice. He had always thought the source of malice was born within the Main Universe and that everything was under the observation and control of the great universe consciousness.

Now it seemed that was not the case.

A source of malice with an unknown origin cannot be taken lightly when dealing with it. One must adopt the most cautious attitude and use the most foolproof preparations to face it.

The great universe consciousness departed, not saying anything more to Essence Lin Chen. Currently, its primary goal was to suppress the Heavenly Abyss, completely shatter it, and merge it into one entity.

Although the source of malice was a malignant tumor, it had not yet erupted, so it would be left for Lin Chen to handle; it only needed to provide some necessary assistance.

No wonder existences like world consciousnesses and cosmic consciousnesses are so fond of Children of Destiny.

Because worlds and Universes will always encounter things they cannot handle, external forces must intervene at such times, and a Child of Destiny must be born to deal with these issues that they cannot manage themselves.

Lin Chen was clearly that Child of Destiny.

Now, Lin Chen had grown to a level where he could handle the malignant tumor of the source of malice. In the near future, perhaps he could also deal with the Heavenly Abyss, leaving the great universe consciousness with no further hidden dangers, allowing it to focus on accumulating power for transcendence.

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Dize Universe, Core Region of the Sea of Origin.

Essence Lin Chen returned, and Lin Chen was also very happy.

Now, the state of each Clone had been determined.

He only needed to wait for time to pass; Attaining the Dao to the Foundation Level was not a big problem.

The Foundation Level was merely a new starting point.

transcendence should be his pursuit.

Time was always passing quietly.

Another hundred years passed.

At this moment, time seemed very worthless.

Perhaps this is why when a deity goes into seclusion once, the world undergoes great changes.

Lin Chen belonged to the category of people whose seclusion time was short.

A hundred-year time span was still too short compared to thousands or ten thousand years.

"Hehe, my treasures are also about to mature."

Lin Chen stood in the shrunken Sea of Origin.

At this time, only the Core Region of the Sea of Origin was still functioning; the original middle and outer regions had completely lost their function and returned to the appearance of ordinary starry skies.

The indigenous creatures that originally relied on the Sea of Origin for cultivation had also left one after another. To them, this treasure land had withered and could no longer provide them with any assistance.

This was also because Lin Chen had concealed the Core Region of the Sea of Origin, so those indigenous creatures without enough strength could not discover the Core Region, and even if they sensed something, they dared not explore rashly.

The Universe is vast; a treasure land withering for no reason.

It is better not to delve into the reasons.

After all, the incident at the center of the Universe a hundred years ago had already proven that treasures are obtained by those fated to have them, and whoever has the bigger fist is the one who is fated.

Twenty-three treasures had all been forced to mature at this moment.

Seven Dao Fruits, eight Rule Supreme Treasures, and eight Dao Rhyme Spiritual Roots were all top-tier treasures.

Obtaining one of them would open the path to the Foundation Level.

Now there were twenty-three here, all belonging to Lin Chen.

Since Lin Chen began cultivating, apart from the period in his youth when he lacked resources and worried about them, he had never worried about resources at other times. Even if there were some gaps, they would be filled for various reasons.

As for these treasures now, apart from the Rule Supreme Treasures which were still somewhat useful to him, the Dao Fruits and Spiritual Roots could only maximize their benefits when used on the Human Race.

If he kept the Dao Fruits and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Roots for himself, he wouldn't be able to use them; it would be like letting them gather dust, a waste of resources, unable to utilize the resources effectively to generate returns.

The eight Rule Supreme Treasures were all Lower Dao Rhyme Level.

They were the Ice-type Ice Throne, the Thunder-type Thunder Abyss Pagoda, the Wind-type Xun Wind Sword, the Poison-type Heaven-born Cauldron, the Space-type Sky Mirror, the Death-type Death Spirit Banner, the Water-type Abyss Pool, and the Earth-type Kun Source Seal.

These Rule Supreme Treasures still had the potential to grow and had not reached their growth limit.

Lin Chen could not use them much, but that did not hinder him from taking them into his Soul to nurture and comprehend the rules within them.

He still had a backup plan for breaking through to the transcendence level—the Myriad Laws Dao Path.

The Myriad Laws Dao Path, where all laws return to one.

Therefore, these Rule Supreme Treasures could greatly increase his cultivation speed of the Myriad Laws Dao, allowing him to master several more Foundation Level rules, and using these Foundation Level rules to unify the myriad laws.

After Lin Chen put away all the treasures, only one pseudo rule embryo remained in the Sea of Origin.

The remaining power of the Sea of Origin was all used to nurture the pseudo rule embryo, which was barely enough to nurture it to success.

However, Lin Chen did not care.

The pseudo rule embryo was a treasure used to absorb the power of the Sea of Origin.

When the pseudo rule embryo sucked dry the final power of the Sea of Origin, it would be the time of its maturity, and also the time for Lin Chen to use it to enhance the Karma Divine Kingdom.

According to the absorption speed of the pseudo rule embryo, it was estimated that it would take a few more years to completely suck dry the Sea of Origin.

Therefore, Lin Chen did not continue to stay in the Sea of Origin.

Now that a hundred years had passed, according to the cultivation speed of his Clones, he had to set off immediately to return to the Main Universe.

Returning to the Main Universe would require consuming one hundred years of time.

In the cross-Universe passage, space and time were fixed; no matter what Lin Chen's cultivation level was, it would take one hundred years to pass through.

Arriving at the Main Universe in a hundred years, he estimated that he would be able to catch up with Mirror Lin Chen and Faith Lin Chen Attaining the Dao to the Foundation Level just in time.

When a Clone Attains the Dao to the Foundation Level, he, the Main Body, must be present; otherwise, the feedback brought about after the Clone Attains the Dao would not be received by him, and it would be lost in vain.

Returning to the Dize Human Race Origin Star Domain.

Lin Chen summoned all the gods for a meeting.

Before leaving, he needed to leave some trump cards for the Human Race here, and at the same time, place the seven portions of Dao Fruits he promised into the Dize Treasury, completing the ten portions of opportunities for Attaining the Dao.

In the Dize Treasury, in front of hundreds of gods, Lin Chen sealed the seven Dao Fruits inside.

Subsequently, he also deposited more than two hundred spiritual fruits produced by the first batch of Dao Rhyme Spiritual Roots into the treasury and set the corresponding exchange conditions.

These spiritual fruits had a very strong cultivation enhancement effect for the God Rank; a single spiritual fruit could shorten ten thousand years of cultivation time, which could be considered a rare and precious resource.

After finishing all this, Lin Chen derived an Incarnation.

The Incarnation possessed the strength of the Early Stage of the Foundation Level and would usually sit in the treasury. Once a Foundation Level enemy appeared, the Incarnation would take action, which was basically enough to look after the Dize Human Race.

As long as the Incarnation was not completely shattered, after the battle ended, the Incarnation could self-recover its power, and there were no restrictions on its actions, nor were there any existence limitations.

Because when creating the Incarnation, Lin Chen used the golden cup of life, a Rule Supreme Treasure, as the core. While it was called an Incarnation, it was actually the Rule Supreme Treasure with its combat power fully activated.

Otherwise, Lin Chen would not have been able to leave behind a Foundation Level Incarnation; after all, even a Peak Foundation Level existence like 'Old Deng' could not derive an Early Stage Foundation Level Incarnation out of thin air.

After making all the arrangements, Lin Chen finally stepped into the Cosmic Gate and embarked on the journey back to the Main Universe.

The next time he came to the Dize Universe, he would definitely be a true Foundation Level, no longer just comparable to the Foundation Level.