187: Ancestral Realm

At this moment, the terrifying pressure slowly dissipated, and he immediately felt his entire body lighten.

After letting out a long sigh, Lin Chen recalled what the old man had just said.

"Seed"? That's not a good term.

With a wary expression, he hastily asked,

"Senior, what do you mean by 'seed'?"

If this 'seed' was what he understood it to be, he would absolutely not allow it!

He would not become anyone's pawn!

The pressure on the old man had completely vanished, as if he were an ordinary person.

"The spatialaisle has only been open for a thousand years, and you have already cultivated to this level. It seems you possess great fortune, very good, very good!"

"Little fellow, having reached this level, I presume you already know something about the essence of this world."

The essence of the world?

Lin Chen thought of what Ancestor Jin had told him.

"Senior, are you referring to the dimensional worlds?"

The old man nodded slightly upon hearing this, and said,

"Yes, this world is composed of individual dimensional worlds."

"For example, the world connected to Blue Star is a four-dimensional world."

"And the world we are currently in is also a four-dimensional world."

"However, four-dimensional worlds also vary in strength."

As the old man said this, a faint trace of pressure flashed.

He continued,

"Four-dimensional worlds can also be said to be countless parallel worlds, and these countless parallel worlds form an even vaster world—the five-dimensional world!"

A five-dimensional world?

Lin Chen fell into contemplation. If a four-dimensional world is composed of length, width, height, and a single timeline, then what about five dimensions?

Seeing that the old man currently had no ill intentions, he couldn't help but ask curiously,

"Senior, what is a five-dimensional world?"

The old man smiled faintly and countered,

"Do you know about one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional worlds?"

Lin Chen pondered upon hearing this.

His true spirit was at Dao Realm Seventh Layer, and his logical thinking was extremely powerful. In just a moment, he understood.

A one-dimensional world is a point, a two-dimensional world is a line, and a three-dimensional world is a plane!

Combining what the old man had just said, the rule that these dimensional worlds followed was that countless lower-dimensional worlds combined to form a higher-dimensional world.

Just like in the four-dimensional world he was currently in, there were countless planes, countless points, countless lines... so there were also countless lower-dimensional worlds!

Higher dimensions had absolute rule suppression over lower dimensions!

Life in a higher-dimensional world could observe lower-dimensional life at will, while life in a lower-dimensional world could not discover life in a higher-dimensional world at all.

For example, the ants in the dimensional world Lin Chen was in couldn't discover the giant eagles soaring high in the sky.

Yet, the giant eagles could inflict destructive harm on the ants at any time.

Thinking this way, life in a five-dimensional world might have existed from beginning to end, but Lin Chen and other four-dimensional life forms simply couldn't discover it!

Countless four-dimensional worlds could only form a five-dimensional world, and the biggest difference among them was—the timeline!

The timelines of countless four-dimensional worlds formed a single temporal plane in the five-dimensional world.

Life in a four-dimensional world could only manipulate a single timeline. For example, after Lin Chen mastered the Great Dao of Time, he could freely revert time, and even foresee the future.

But all of this was accomplished only on a single river of time.

Life in a five-dimensional world, however, could control countless parallel worlds, countless rivers of time!

Herein lay a rule suppression.

It was like how Lin Chen could temporarily return to the past and change some history, but he would also suffer a backlash from the river of time. While the river of time self-corrected history, he himself would be erased.

Life in a five-dimensional world could manipulate different timelines, traversing between the past and future of different timelines, forcibly changing timelines!

It's just unknown if there would be any backlash... And the world where Blue Star was located and the Endless Realm were two worlds on different timelines. Only life in a five-dimensional world could connect these two dimensional worlds with human power!

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's gaze towards the old man suddenly sharpened.

Could this old man be a five-dimensional life form!

The old man understood Lin Chen's thoughts at a glance. He shook his head slightly and said,

"The five-dimensional world is too vast, too ethereal. I am like you, just a speck of dust in these countless four-dimensional worlds, and will eventually return to oblivion..."

"The reason I call you a 'seed' is because you might be able to touch the five dimensions!"

Hmm?

Lin Chen became confused again upon hearing this.

Could a four-dimensional life form reach the level of a five-dimensional life form?

The old man continued,

"To touch the five dimensions, one must reach a realm above the Eternal Realm, controlling all timelines!"

Eternal Realm?

Lin Chen was puzzled; this was the first time he had heard of this realm.

"Senior, what kind of realm is the Eternal Realm? Is it above the Emperor Realm of the world connected to Blue Star?"

The old man shook his head and chuckled,

"The Endless Realm is just a weak four-dimensional world. The Source Great Dao of this world is too weak."

"This world cannot give birth to beings above the Eternal Realm!"

"Above the Emperor Realm is the Great Emperor Realm, and above the Great Emperor Realm is the Eternal Realm."

"Above the Eternal Realm is the legendary Ancestor Realm!"

"Ancestor Realm beings can also be said to be five-dimensional world beings. Beings at this level can freely traverse different four-dimensional worlds and control the timelines of these four-dimensional worlds."

"Furthermore, they can ignore temporal backlash!"

"They are the masters of countless worlds!"

"The spatialaisle where Blue Star is located was indeed opened by an Ancestor Realm-level being."

"We respectfully refer to this being as—Yuan."

"He is also the only Ancestor Realm being we know of."

Yuan?

Emperor Realm, Great Emperor Realm, Eternal Realm, Ancestor Realm!

Are these realms universal across all four-dimensional worlds?

Lin Chen couldn't help but let his imagination run wild. Why did this Yuan open theaisle to the Endless Realm? Did hisCrossing and gaining the system have anything to do with this Yuan?

Just then, Lin Chen suddenly felt a great terror descend, as if an infinitely vast pair of eyes were watching him, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Silence!"

Suddenly, a soft shout rang out, and that feeling of fear vanished.

At this moment, cold sweat broke out on Lin Chen's forehead, and his mind was somewhat dazed.

What was that just now?

As he thought this, that subtle great terror was about to descend again.

"Little fellow, quickly stop thinking about anything related to this Ancestor Realm being. He will sense it."

"Ancestor Realm beings are omnipresent, and their majesty is inviolable!"

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. He immediately cast aside his thoughts, and that feeling of great terror slowly dissipated.

He took a deep breath, slowly regaining his composure.

At this moment, the old man handed Lin Chen a bead emitting a faint blue glow and said,

"This is the Divine Concealment Bead. It can, to a certain extent, conceal the perception of Ancestor Realm beings. Keep it with you; as long as you're not too deliberate, you won't be perceived by an Ancestor Realm being."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen immediately took the Divine Concealment Bead and expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you, Senior."

The old man nodded slightly and said,

"Yuan actually opened more than just this oneaisle. This four-dimensional world we are in is called the Primordial World, and it is a powerful four-dimensional world!"

"Yuan traveled through countless worlds. He appeared in the Primordial World 30,000 epochs ago."

"Since then, every epoch, he would open a dimensionalaisle."

"The purpose is to select 'seeds'!"

One thousand epochs!

Lin Chen knew this; Ancestor Jin had told him.

One epoch is 10,000 years, so 30,000 epochs is 300 million years!

The old man finally mentioned the 'seeds'... "Senior, is there any connection between this 'seed' and the opening of theaisle?"

The old man smiled faintly and said,

"Powerful four-dimensional worlds like the Primordial World will all have 10,000 dimensionalaisles opened."

"And at eachaisle's connection point, there will be a race. You Blue Star humans are one of them."

"This race will participate in a trial to select a 'seed'."

"And you are that 'seed'!"

"There are 10,000 'seeds' like you. At that time, these 10,000 'seeds' will undergo a life-and-death trial, and the sole 'seed' that survives will meet—Yuan!"

"And powerful four-dimensional worlds like the Primordial World, as far as I know, there are countless..."

"So many powerful four-dimensional worlds will determine the strongest 'seed', all just to cultivate one Ancestor Realm being!"

"An Ancestor Realm being on the same level as Yuan!"

Lin Chen was stunned upon hearing this. This was a grand scheme!

He was just one of countless 'seeds'!

And he still had to participate in a life-and-death trial later... At this moment, Lin Chen once again realized his own insignificance. He couldn't even think about certain things related to that Ancestor Realm expert without possibly being sensed by him.

At this moment, Lin Chen desperately wanted to become stronger quickly!

What if he was an Ancestor Realm being?

Now he was certain that hisCrossing and the system were not the work of this Yuan.

His system might transcend everything!

With such a cheat, how could he be willing to be a pawn at someone's mercy?

An invincible belief slowly rose from Lin Chen's heart.

The old man beside him saw this, his eyes lit up, and his emotions fluctuated for the first time.

"It's been 30,000 epochs. Will it succeed this time?"