226: Time Roulette

"Tenth Forging of Saint Rank. It seems the next advancement will be to Imperial Rank Golden Body!"

Master Xiong Lie said that for a body cultivator to reach the Emperor Realm, their Golden Body must break through to Imperial Rank.

30 billion Dragon Elephant Power?

Lin Chen now had a clear understanding of the strength of a Seven-Calamity Quasi-Emperor.

Previously, his 2 billion Dragon Elephant Power, when amplified by the God-Devil Battle Art, reached 20 billion Dragon Elephant Power, but he still couldn't defeat a Seven-Calamity Quasi-Emperor.

It turned out the gap was so huge!

In these three months, his Physical Strength had surged from 2 billion Dragon Elephant Power to 30 billion, a 15-fold increase!

"Let's see how much the God-Devil Battle Art can amplify it."

With a thought, Lin Chen began to circulate this body technique.

Boom—

His physical aura instantly erupted, and the void itself, unable to bear this terrifying power, developed cracks.

After a long while, the amplification was complete.

Lin Chen looked at the system panel.

Physical Strength: 60 billion Dragon Elephant Power.

Hmm?

Only a two-fold amplification?

Lin Chen's expression was utterly astonished.

He then felt his Physical Strength and realized that although it only increased by two times, he now felt he should be able to fight a Nine-Calamity Quasi-Emperor!

At this level, the base of Physical Strength was too immense; a two-fold increase, Lin Chen felt, was already incredibly abnormal.

"There's still over a month until the Multiverse War begins. If I continue to break through now, it'll be too late."

His last breakthrough took three months, and another breakthrough would only take longer... This Multiverse War would be exceptionally intense.

Lin Chen wanted to increase his combat power as much as possible within this month!

"First, let's deduce a body technique!"

Lin Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately consumed 20 million Energy Points.

The body technique deduction section on the system panel immediately began to flash wildly.

Looking at the billions of Energy Points on the system panel, Lin Chen felt very unwilling; if he had enough time, his true spirit and Golden Body could advance another realm!

Among them, his Golden Body could even break through to Imperial Rank!

The more Lin Chen thought about it, the more obsessed he became.

"The transition of the Golden Body from Saint Rank to Imperial Rank is a huge watershed. Breaking through to an Imperial Rank Golden Body is like a carp leaping over the Dragon's Gate..."

His experiences during this recent period made him even more eager to improve quickly!

If only there was a place with time acceleration, Lin Chen fell into deep thought.

"I wonder if Old Lei can achieve time acceleration..."

Lin Chen suddenly remembered that Old Lei had always used lightning power in his several interventions, so the Great Dao Old Lei cultivated should be related to lightning.

Old Lei might not be proficient in the Great Dao of Time... Taking a glance at the body technique still being deduced, Lin Chen, with a 'let's give it a try' attitude, headed to Mars.

The moment Old Lei saw Lin Chen, he was instantly shocked.

He could clearly sense that Lin Chen's true spirit power had reached the Emperor Realm!

Moreover, his body had broken through again... One must know, only a few months had passed.

Even in the Primordial World, the inheritors of those invincible Daoist traditions couldn't make such progress in just a few months.

Could he be an old monster reincarnated?

Old Lei's eyes narrowed slightly.

In the Primordial World, there were indeed some old monsters who, stuck at the Great Emperor Realm or Transcendent Realm with no hope of breakthrough, chose to reincarnate.

After a moment of thought, he shook his head again.

Even if he was an old monster reincarnated, what of it? They were merely getting what they needed from each other. He wouldn't care about Lin Chen's background.

The final trial 90 years later.

If it succeeded, he would have a chance to glimpse that supreme realm!

If it failed, at most he would continue to wait cycle after cycle... The more monstrous Lin Chen performed now, the more he anticipated it!

"Lin Chen, what brings you to me today?"

Old Lei asked with a smile after collecting his thoughts.

Lin Chen heard him and spoke bluntly:

"Old Lei, to be honest, I feel I'm about to break through, but this breakthrough might take a very long time, and I'm afraid I'll miss the opportunity of the Black Pagoda."

"I wonder if Old Lei has any time-accelerating treasures here..."

Old Lei dug at his ear; he thought he had misheard.

Breaking through again?

Golden Body, or true spirit?

Old Lei looked deeply at Lin Chen, and upon seeing his serious expression, his heart was shaken.

This young man's progress speed was too unbelievable.

But, he liked it!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Old Lei excitedly said "good" three times, then he took out a golden time wheel from his Inner World.

Lin Chen could sense an incredibly rich power of time from this time wheel.

His heart immediately filled with joy; there was a chance!

"This is a time wheel refined by the Time Saint Lord, an Eternal Saint Artifact capable of creating a time field."

"Within this time field, time can be made to stand still, or it can be accelerated."

"The manipulation of time depends on the realm of the user."

"You are currently at the Dao Realm Ninth Level, so you can use it for a maximum of one day, with a time acceleration limit of 100 times."

"After one day, you have to wait 10 days before you can use this time wheel again."

Eternal Saint Artifact? Saint Lord?

Could it be a treasure refined by an Eternal Realm mighty expert!

Lin Chen's expression was shocked. If he himself created a 100-times time acceleration field, he could only maintain it for a little over 10 minutes... This treasure could easily sustain it for a full day!

If he had this treasure, he would have enough time.

Moreover, as his realm improved in the future, this treasure would play an even greater role, and at critical moments, it could even be used against enemies!

However, Lin Chen was still very curious about this Time Saint Lord.

"Old Lei, what realm is the Time Saint Lord? Is he in the Eternal Realm?"

Old Lei nodded slightly and said:

"You could say that, but not entirely."

"A Saint Lord is an invincible powerhouse within the Eternal Realm. Such a powerhouse is only one step away from entering the Ancestor Realm."

"But this single step is like a chasm."

"Ancestor Realm represents truly transcending reincarnation and transcending life and death!"

"While a Saint Lord possesses supreme power, he, like countless beings, ultimately cannot escape death..."

Old Lei's series of words deeply shocked Lin Chen.

So there were such divisions within the Eternal Realm.

The sense of oppression from the Emperor Realm was already terrifying to him, and in the Endless Realm, even Great Emperors were extremely rare. How terrifying must this Saint Lord be?

The crucial thing was that Old Lei even possessed a treasure refined by a Saint Lord!

Old Lei's realm was also unfathomable... However, even a Saint Lord couldn't escape death, which left Lin Chen puzzled.

As far as he knew, reaching the Transcendent Realm already granted infinite lifespan!

"Old Lei, why can't even a Saint Lord escape death? Don't we have infinite lifespans?"

Lin Chen asked, puzzled.

Old Lei heard this and laughed, his laughter containing a hint of helplessness, a touch of confusion... "Lin Chen, that's just your misconception."

"What you call infinite lifespan is relative."

"Firstly, even a Saint Lord can be killed, let alone ordinary beings."

"And then, what you just said about infinite lifespan, that's just self-deception."

"Imagine, if you were locked in a dark, confined room, unable to do anything but stare blankly, how long could you last?"

Lin Chen's expression froze; he would be bored to death... He estimated he couldn't even last a day.

Suddenly, he thought of something and said in a deep voice:

"Old Lei, do you mean that we are all like beings trapped in a dark, confined room? It's just that we have many things we can do, which allows us to distract ourselves..."

Old Lei smiled and nodded, saying:

"We have infinite lifespans. Theoretically, as long as we are not killed, we can achieve immortality."

"However, the longer we live, the more experiences we accumulate, and we become disturbed by all sorts of emotions."

"Not only that, even though we can enrich our lives through cultivation, travel, and various hobbies."

"But when there is nothing left in this world that can attract you, and your cultivation realm has been stuck at a bottleneck for countless years without any progress."

"Your life will have no purpose. This is actually like what I said before, being trapped in a dark, confined room, unable to do anything. Then your true spirit will also gradually decay and eventually perish..."

"In fact, only by continuously transforming the true spirit can one's will become firm and undisturbed by various emotions..."

"When the true spirit reaches the Eternal Realm, it can fearlessly resist all negative emotional interference. As long as it is not killed, the Eternal Realm is theoretically immortal."

"Unfortunately, this world does not have an eternal lifespan..."

Under Old Lei's explanation, Lin Chen gained a completely new understanding of this world, and he nodded repeatedly.

However, what was this world Old Lei spoke of? Was it the Primordial World?

Lin Chen's eyes widened instantly. Would the Primordial World also head towards destruction like the Flame World?

Old Lei seemed to guess Lin Chen's thoughts. He nodded slightly and said:

"Every four-dimensional world constantly experiences birth and destruction. The smaller the world, the shorter the time dimension of birth and destruction."

"The Primordial World is the same. If one does not reach the Ancestor Realm, even Saint Lord-level powerhouses will eventually be destroyed along with this world..."

Lin Chen was deeply shocked upon hearing this; he understood now.

No wonder the trial set by Yuan attracted countless powerhouses to be guardians.

These powerhouses must have seen the hope of breakthrough from Yuan!

Lin Chen now also had an ultimate goal in his heart—the Ancestor Realm!