231: A country with hundreds of millions of people

Lin Chen was startled by Xuan Lingzi's sudden words.

Instantly, his brain began to race.

He had always suspected that there was a seed in the Lingxiao World, and this seed likely did not return to the Immortal Realm ten thousand years ago to participate in the final trial!

The seed trial was extremely dangerous, with a survival probability of only one in ten thousand!

This led many seeds to initially only want to reap the benefits, then hide in another four-dimensional world, thereby avoiding the final trial.

Due to rules, the Dao Protectors could not attack the seeds, nor could they enter another four-dimensional world; for example, Old Lei could not enter the Endless Realm.

And this Xuan Lingzi was very likely one of the seeds that had avoided the final trial ten thousand years ago.

In ten thousand years, he had already grown to a level comparable to the Seven-Step Emperor Realm!

After figuring this out, Lin Chen looked down on Xuan Lingzi.

He was just a deserter, and Lin Chen had nothing to fear.

After all, he was a dream-traveling body; at worst, he would just return once.

Seeds could devour each other; the seed imprint Lin Chen obtained last time was directly devoured by the system for energy.

He was not clear what he would gain after devouring with his seed imprint.

However, he guessed that he would likely gain some cultivation insights, or perhaps something that could boost his combat power during the final trial.

This reminded him that he needed to experiment with this during the Multiverse War.

The fragments that flashed through his mind took only an instant, and Lin Chen's initial panic turned into composure.

He glanced at Xuan Lingzi with a hint of mockery, then ignored him.

Xuan Lingzi stared at Lin Chen and let out a meaningful laugh.

"It seems that this generation's seed trial has begun again..."

A light voice once again echoed in Lin Chen's ears; Xuan Lingzi took one last look at Lin Chen, then turned and disappeared.

Qing Yunzi shook his head helplessly.

"Lin Chen, my junior brother is just like that, arrogant and proud, don't take it to heart."

"The battlefield of the Multiverse War is very far from here, so without further ado, let's depart now."

Lin Chen looked at Xuan Lingzi's disappearing back; he always felt that Xuan Lingzi was plotting something.

Ten thousand years of dormancy, for what?

And the words he said before he left.

Could it be... Lin Chen suddenly thought of the ultimate opportunity of the black tower.

This Xuan Lingzi likely knew something... Unable to figure it out for now, Lin Chen simply stopped thinking about it; after all, as a dream body, he could withdraw at any time.

He was inherently in an invincible position!

"Alright, Sect Leader Qingyun, let's depart then."

Lin Chen nodded and said.

Then, Qing Yunzi brought Lin Chen to a super long-distance World Gate teleportation array built by the Guiyuan Sect.

Lin Chen found that a Venerable Realm youth was already waiting there.

He instantly understood that this should be the person representing the Guiyuan Sect in the Venerable Battle of the Multiverse War.

"Lin Chen, he is my direct disciple, named Ye Li, and he will participate in this Venerable Battle."

Lin Chen nodded slightly, smiling at Ye Li in greeting.

"You're that ruthless character who replaced Gu Chen, well done!"

"That Gu Chen, relying on his master being Martial Uncle Xuan Ling, ran rampant in the sect; I've long been annoyed by him!"

"It's just a pity he wasn't crippled..."

"..."

Ye Li, dressed in a black tight-fitting battle suit with dark skin, praised Lin Chen endlessly after learning his identity, making Lin Chen feel a bit embarrassed... It seemed Ye Li had been bullied quite a bit by Gu Chen in the past... "The location of the black tower is over 28 billion light-years from us; we'll have to transfer 6 times midway."

Qing Yunzi heavily patted Ye Li's head, then turned to Lin Chen and said.

Lin Chen looked at Ye Li, who was grimacing on the side, and couldn't help but laugh.

Ye Li had a carefree personality and was an interesting person.

Qing Yunzi glared at Ye Li, then turned to two elders and instructed:

"Elder Ge, Elder Yuan, during my absence, you and Junior Brother Xuan Ling must take good care of the sect together."

"If anything major happens, remember to send me a message through the sect's secret art."

The two elders smiled upon hearing this:

"Sect Master, rest assured, we will guard the sect well and look forward to your triumphant return!"

Qing Yunzi nodded faintly, then waved his hand, opening the World Gate.

Buzz—

Lin Chen and the other two stepped into the World Gate together.

Immediately, a rapidly receding five-colored passage appeared before their eyes, and they floated within the passage.

Super World Gate teleportation was similar to space-time travel, but by utilizing secret patterns drawn with a rare material, it could amplify the distance of space-time travel.

Lin Chen, after comprehending the complete Space Dao, could also draw similar secret patterns, but that rare material was extremely difficult to obtain.

And it required a large amount of that rare material.

Only the Guiyuan Sect, or a Great Kingdom like the Heavenly Demon Kingdom, could afford such materials.

A day later, after several transfers, Lin Chen and the other two finally arrived at the gathering place for the Multiverse War.

A massive city, suspended in the void, had been built here.

This city was jointly constructed by tens of thousands of nations, with a diameter of over a hundred light-years, easily accommodating the tens of thousands of creatures from participating nations.

However, this time was different from before!

Lin Chen had spread the information about the black tower throughout the Endless Realm via Old Lei.

Countless powerful nations now knew about the black tower.

Although many nations didn't know what the black tower was, the fact that black tower projections appeared simultaneously across such a vast area of the Endless Realm, and coordinates were given, meant that these Great Kingdoms would definitely come to investigate.

Lin Chen learned about some major events that had occurred in the past six months through Qing Yunzi.

The difficulty of the Multiverse War had increased exponentially!

Originally, only tens of thousands of nations participated.

This time, every nation that could make it, came!

Many Great Worlds did not come because of the extremely long distance.

One reason was that the World Gate teleportation lines were not connected, and connecting them would require time to build super long-distance World Gate teleportation arrays.

Furthermore, even if the lines were connected, simply traveling through the World Gates would not be fast enough...

However, according to statistics, over 100 million nations came to participate in this Multiverse War!

Lin Chen couldn't even imagine how terrifying a number that was.

For a moment, he even felt like he had overplayed his hand... 100 million nations meant at least 100 million Emperor Realm Experts had arrived!

Lin Chen also learned through the boundary fixing pearl that 83 of the 108 seeds had arrived; the remaining ones that didn't come were likely too far away, or had not yet matured...

There were only ten thousand slots to enter the black tower, 5,000 for Venerables and 5,000 for Dao Realm.

Originally, if there were ten thousand Great Worlds, these ten thousand slots would have been enough to distribute.

Each Great World would have a high chance of getting a slot.

But now, to obtain a slot to enter the black tower, one would have to fight their way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!

The Multiverse War involved real bodies, and the danger of death was too great...