450: Chapter 450 Just how strong is the master?

Hearing this, Lin Yun sighed softly in his heart.

This was the true path of a Martial Artist.

A hurdle at every step, perilous all the way.

Struggling in desperation, achieving a Breakthrough at the absolute limit.

Risking one's life to fight for that single ray of hope.

Every step was climbing upward while treading on blades; every step was gambling with life and death.

So many people were stuck at a Bottleneck, wearing away their Lifespan until it expired, dying in despair.

Sighs aside,

Lin Yun changed his train of thought.

He felt fortunate that he had the System.

What he lacked least was martial comprehension; seven thousand one hundred years of Cultivation comprehension gave him a far deeper understanding of the martial path than the vast majority of Martial Artists.

But understanding was one thing; actually experiencing that kind of near-fatal limit Breakthrough was something he truly had never tried.

His Breakthroughs had always relied on the System.

Marrying wives, having children.

The System rewarded resources, rewarded talent, and rewarded comprehension.

Every Realm Breakthrough came naturally and effortlessly.

It was so smooth it was as if he were being carried up step by step on a staircase.

Thinking up to this point, Lin Yun chuckled to himself.

Indeed, he had grown lazy on his path as a Martial Artist.

Too lazy to fight desperately, too lazy to risk everything.

Too lazy to stake his life for that slim chance of survival in desperation like Wang Tianming.

But who could blame him when he had a System?

What others fought to the death for, he obtained simply by marrying a beautiful wife and fathering a gifted child—the System just handed it to him.

Others could only take a step forward by dancing on the edge of a blade, while he increased his Realm while lying down.

Not taking a shortcut when one existed would make him a true fool.

Getting stronger just by marrying and having kids—what an absolute blast.

Pulling his thoughts back, Lin Yun focused his gaze on Wang Tianming once more.

After achieving a Breakthrough to the Sixth Rank,

Wang Tianming's Lifespan had increased from three thousand two hundred years to six thousand four hundred years.

He had gained more than three thousand years of life.

Wang Tianming himself sensed that newly rejuvenated vitality, and the excitement on his face was impossible to hide.

He knelt in the void, his voice trembling with emotion:

"This subordinate thought he wouldn't live much longer."

"I never expected to achieve a Breakthrough and be able to stay by Master's side to serve you."

"Thank you, Master. You have given this subordinate a second life."

"Without Master's supernova flare crystal, even if my barrier had shattered,"

"it would have been completely impossible to achieve a Breakthrough to the Sixth Rank and enter the Domain Realm."

"It was Master who granted me a second life."

Lin Yun didn't respond.

Soul servants were like this.

If the master died, they died.

If the master lived, they dedicated everything to him with single-minded devotion.

Wang Tianming's loyalty had been etched into his very marrow from the moment the Soul imprint was planted.

Lin Yun's Divine Thought swept over Wayne and Grant kneeling beside him.

Both carried their belongings on them, but their wealth wasn't particularly abundant.

One was at the Seventh Rank Early Stage and the other at Sixth Order Completion; Lin Yun truly looked down on the little they had.

Combined, their total wealth wasn't worth as much as the Universe Crystals he casually gave away.

However, the information that actively surfaced in Wayne's Divine Thought when he bowed earlier caught his interest.

The base of the Void Hunter Group was a gestating Universe Secret Realm.

Lin Yun's slit pupils brightened slightly.

"Lead the way."

Wayne and Grant bowed simultaneously: "Yes, Master."

Wayne mentioned that flying there in his Fifth Rank spaceship would take three to four days.

Lin Yun found it too troublesome.

That speed was far too slow.

With a thought, a dark red radiance expanded from the body of the Diyang Giant Beast, instantly enveloping the three of them.

Before Wang Tianming, Wayne, and Grant could react,

they were swept by that power into the Diyang Giant Beast's Internal World.

Their vision went dark, and when it brightened again, the three were already standing in a blazingly hot world.

The dark red sky was boundless, and beneath their feet was cracked black rock.

Violent fire element energy filled the air to the point of almost being tangible.

Every breath felt like swallowing fire.

The scorching heat poured down their throats straight into their lungs, making even their blood feel scalding.

It was also Wang Tianming's first time entering Master's Internal World.

Even though he was now a Sixth Rank Martial Artist, he still felt a tightness in his chest, barely able to steady himself by circulating his Cultivation Technique.

This fire element concentration was simply too violent.

Wayne was completely stunned.

He was a Seventh Rank Early Stage Martial Artist himself.

He also possessed an Internal World.

But his world was only a hundred kilometers in size, and the environment would at most cause discomfort to low-rank Martial Artists.

Yet Master's world felt oppressive even to a Seventh Rank Early Stage Martial Artist like him.

The wind element inside him circulated frantically to resist the omnipresent heat, but the effect was minuscule.

Looking up toward the deep depths of this world, he saw two objects.

Two things that made his very Soul tremble.

Two fragments floated in the core area of the world, surrounded by a churning dark red sea of fire.

One was the size of a small hill, its surface gleaming with an icy sheen, looking like matter compressed to the absolute extreme.

The other was as massive as a mountain, emanating a completely different, heavy aura.

That pressure emanating from the depths of his Soul came from those two fragments.

Enduring the discomfort in his heart, Wang Tianming straightened his spine, unable to conceal the pride in his tone:

"The two fragments you see—the hill-sized one is a Neutron Star fragment, and the mountain-sized one is a White Dwarf fragment."

"Both were collected into the Internal World by Master."

Wayne's mouth opened, unable to close.

Neutron Star?

White Dwarf?

Those were the remnants of collapsed stellar bodies, with mind-boggling densities.

Even Eighth Rank powerhouses couldn't necessarily collect them easily.

Master, a Seventh Rank... could actually fit such things into his Internal World?

And it appeared those two fragments were still being refined.

Just how strong was Master?

Wayne didn't dare think any further.

Grant cowered to the side, completely rendered speechless.

His legs felt weak, and he knelt on the ground, barely having the strength to even raise his head.

Wang Tianming stood in front of the two.

Although his body was also enduring the scorching pressure of this world,

his spine remained ramrod straight throughout.

With Master being this powerful, as Master's Soul servant, he felt unprecedented pride.

After pulling the three into his Internal World,

the Diyang Giant Beast spread its wings in the Dark Universe and flew toward the coordinates provided by Wayne.

Lin Yun's current speed was faster than a Seventh Rank spaceship, nearly matching an Eighth Rank spaceship.

From Magic Eye Planet to here, a Fourth Rank spaceship would take half a month to fly, whereas Lin Yun arrived in just over two hours.

Now that there was no hurry, Lin Yun naturally wouldn't fly at full speed.

Maintaining his ordinary size, he didn't even unleash the Wings of Eternity.

He just flew leisurely toward the Secret Realm.

Yet it was still faster than a Sixth Rank spaceship.

Lin Yun flew leisurely, too lazy to even flap his wings with force.

His massive body glided smoothly through the Dark Universe like an unhurried dark red meteor.

Inside his Internal World,

the three had all found a place to sit down, each circulating their Cultivation Techniques to resist the heat.

Wang Tianming sat cross-legged on a protruding black rock.

His Fire Domain unfolded slightly, offsetting the surrounding violent fire element erosion.

With his eyes closed, a subtle smile rested on his face.

More than three thousand years.

He could remain by Master's side and serve him for another three thousand plus years.