334: The Essence of Eternity

Lin Chen stared at the figure of the Late Stage Half-Step Eternal Realm (State/Class) that had vanished before him, and it took him a long time to regain his senses.

"He can instantly kill even a Late Stage Half-Step Eternal Realm (State/Class)..."

"What about an Eternal Realm?"

Lin Chen's fighting spirit was boiling at this moment.

But he knew that an Eternal Realm powerhouse was not so easily killed by transcending realms; his own Realm was still too low... The Eternal Realm and the Half-step Eternal Realm, although only a single word apart, were two completely different beings!

Lin Chen had specifically researched how to break through to the Eternal Realm before.

Breaking through to the Eternal Realm required three conditions, for which the Half-step Eternal Realm was divided into three minor Realms: Early Stage, Middle Stage, and Late Stage.

Strictly speaking, these three minor Realms were actually all one Realm.

For example, in the Late Stage Half-Step Eternal Realm (State/Class), the true spirit Realm was the same as in the Early Stage; the true spirit did not need to undergo three transformations in the Half-step Eternal Realm... The Late Stage Half-Step Eternal Realm (State/Class) meant that the three conditions for breaking through to the Eternal Realm had been met, but these were only the initial conditions.

Next, one needed to use the Eternal Emperor Seal as a foundation, the Grandmist Great Dao as a guide, and inject the true spirit, which contained immortal substance characteristics, into the Eternal Emperor Seal.

When the three formed a perfect cycle and resonated.

A wisp of eternal fire would be ignited within the Eternal Seal. The eternal fire symbolized the beginning of the transformation of the essence of life and was the core essence of the Eternal Realm!

After igniting the eternal fire, one had to use the Eternal Emperor Seal as a furnace and the eternal fire to refine the physical body.

At that time, under the baptism of the eternal fire, every cell of the physical body would evolve into a miniature world.

This step was a fundamental leap in life form!

After the physical body transformation was complete, it could be called an Eternal Body!

After forging an Eternal Body, the countless miniature worlds within the body would self-cycle and evolve the rules of the Great Dao.

This was equivalent to self-sufficiency; all sources of power would be extracted from the countless miniature worlds.

This had a fundamental difference from the Great Emperor Realm's life core world.

The life core world was a complete world where living beings would be born, and it existed independently of the physical body.

Conversely, the countless miniature worlds of the Eternal Body would not give birth to living beings.

It could be said that an Eternal Realm being, as long as his physical body was not destroyed, would not exhaust his power.

When the countless miniature worlds stabilized, they would autonomously evolve the rules of the Great Dao, and this evolved Great Dao would be the Great Dao he created himself.

For example, Lin Chen, at that time, his physical body's miniature worlds would evolve the Grandmist Great Dao.

After the Great Dao evolution was complete, it also needed to be verified with the external Great Dao until it was perfectly synchronized and fitted... Finally, the Eternal Seal, burning with eternal fire, would divide into myriad parts and integrate into the countless miniature worlds.

Henceforth, when an Eternal Realm being wielded the power of the Great Dao, he would not need to draw the power of the Great Dao from the outside world.

Instead, he would use the myriad Eternal Seals as bridges to mobilize the power of the Great Dao from the countless miniature worlds within his body!

Thus, he would truly be in the Eternal Realm!

The biggest difference between an Eternal Realm and an ordinary being was that one could rely on the endless power within his own body to survive and fight, while the other still needed to rely on the power of the external world... The essence of their lives was fundamentally different!

Moreover, by using the power of the Great Dao within his own body, it would be a better fit, and its power would naturally be even stronger!

As the Great Dao at the Eternal level continued to improve, the countless miniature worlds within the body would also continue to expand, and the evolved rules of the Great Dao would become stronger, forming a perfect cycle.

At the same time, this was also why only Eternal Realm powerhouses could traverse the dimensional worlds.

Beyond the dimensional worlds was endless darkness and void.

Laws, Great Dao, life—everything ceased to exist!

Beings below the Eternal Realm would quickly exhaust their internal power source beyond the dimensional worlds, and then head towards annihilation... Breaking through to the Eternal Realm seemed to involve these steps, but in reality, it was too difficult to achieve.

First, the first step, igniting the eternal fire, was a huge bottleneck.

The fuel for igniting the eternal fire was a trace of immortal substance transformed from the true spirit!

The true spirit, the Great Dao, and the Eternal Seal—the three must merge to form a perfect cycle before the eternal fire could be ignited.

Once the eternal fire was ignited, it would never extinguish.

This eternal fire could be said to be the life core of an Eternal Realm being!

As long as the eternal fire was not extinguished, even if an Eternal Realm being's physical body was destroyed and his true spirit annihilated, he could still recover by virtue of the eternal fire!

Not only that, but after the Eternal Seal was empowered by the eternal fire, it had a strong amplifying effect on the Great Dao... The second step, transforming the physical body into an Eternal Body, was even more difficult.

After the cells within the body transformed into miniature worlds, they were not stable.

It required the evolution of the rules of the Great Dao, and the higher the level of the self-created Great Dao, the more difficult the evolution.

After the evolution was complete, it still needed to be verified with the external Great Dao, which required a very long process!

The final step was for the Eternal Seal to divide into myriad parts and integrate into all the miniature worlds, serving as a bridge connecting them.

At that time, with a single thought, one would be able to mobilize the power of the Great Dao evolved by countless miniature worlds!

Of course, the power of eternity could also be replenished through the miniature worlds...

"Let's try to see if I can contend with an Eternal Realm powerhouse."

Lin Chen's fighting spirit was still boiling at this moment.

His previous Half-step Eternal Realm opponent died too quickly; he hadn't had his fill at all.

Buzz—

The next moment, another figure appeared in the void in front of Lin Chen.

This figure did not emit any aura, appearing like an ordinary mortal being.

But Lin Chen knew that it was because the opponent had already forged an Eternal Body, and all sources of power were within his internal miniature worlds.

Only at the moment he erupted could his terrifying power be felt!

Lin Chen looked at the figure in front of him and once again unleashed his strongest attack.

A dazzling blade light slashed out horizontally, instantly splitting the entire world into two halves.

The void was sliced open like tofu, and then endless spatial-temporal turbulence began to rage throughout the Origin Chamber.

This was not all; Lin Chen's long saber continuously slashed out, one strike after another, all of them his strongest attacks.

Boom—

The figure opposite him made his move!

A golden giant hand, covering the sky and obscuring the sun, appeared and instantly shattered all the blade lights Lin Chen had unleashed.

Lin Chen was horrified at the sight, and a terrifyingly oppressive aura swept over him.

Before he could react, the giant hand seized him.

Bang!

The next moment, Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes. He found himself returned to the point in time when he had set the Eternal Realm opponent.

Whew—

He let out a long breath, sighing endlessly.

He could instantly kill a Late Stage Half-Step Eternal Realm (State/Class), yet he couldn't even withstand a single move from an Eternal Realm powerhouse...

Lin Chen recalled the scene just now, still feeling lingering fear.

"What kind of ability was that? It seemed to be just a giant hand condensed from the power of eternity."

"Could it be that the power of eternity controlled by an Eternal Realm also gets strengthened again?"

He knew about the power of eternity.

Even a Half-step Eternal Realm could control the power of eternity.

After pondering for a moment, he realized that this power of eternity was related to immortal substance.

And an Eternal Realm powerhouse had ignited the eternal fire, which became the source of power for the power of eternity, so its might would naturally be even more terrifying...

After a long while, Lin Chen slowly reined in his aura.

Now he also knew his true combat strength.

Although he couldn't contend with an Eternal Realm, his combat strength could be said to be at an invincible level below the Eternal Realm!