Chapter 202 Yuan's Gift

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"Yuan?" Upon hearing this name, Xu Qiankun relaxed and bowed to Yuan, saying, "Xu Qiankun greets Senior."

"Oh? You've heard of me?"

Yuan couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I was fortunate enough to witness the secret art of willpower created by my predecessor, the 'Art of Dimensions'."

Xu Qiankun answered honestly.

"Haha, in that case, we're quite destined to meet," Yuan said with a smile and nodded. "Now that you know me, things are much easier."

Yuan continued, "I travel through countless source worlds, cultivating geniuses and strong individuals for the cultivator camp. I will meet with each one who has reached the ultimate realm as an enlightened being, either to offer guidance on cultivation or to grant them opportunities."

"However, you are the most unique one among all the ultimate realm cultivators I have ever seen," Yuan said, directly changing the subject. He pointed to the miniature universe and asked, "Do you know why cultivators who become true gods would create such a seemingly useless universe?"

Miniature universes are useless?

Xu Qiankun was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized that for cultivators, small universes really did not serve any purpose other than as a backup energy source.

Especially at the God-King level, the role of the miniature universe is further weakened.

However, he had never thought about this question before, but now that Yuan had asked it, he began to think about it.

After three seconds, he replied, "Because among the nine Great Daos that constitute this Origin Continent, there is one Great Dao of the World. Cultivators who reach the level of World Lord condensing their inner world, Immortals opening up their divine kingdoms, and True Gods condensing their universes are all manifestations of the Great Dao of the World."

"Not bad," Yuan nodded. "It is the manifestation of the Great Dao of the World, so for most cultivators, this small universe can only be used as a backup energy source and does not have much practical significance."

"Even at the God-King level, they will open up their inner universe, which becomes the source of the God-King's power, and the role of the small universe will be further reduced."

Xu Qiankun didn't know what this person was trying to say; he just listened attentively.

"However, you are quite interesting. You directly integrate the Great Dao you have comprehended into this small universe, replacing it as the rule for the universe's operation. You treat the small universe as a secret treasure to be refined, and separate the control from the supreme rule."

"Huh?" Xu Qiankun was taken aback. "I'm being targeted by the supreme rules because of this?"

He had always thought that the reason he was targeted by the Supreme Rules was because he had revealed the Great Dao of Qiankun in this Origin World, which was completely different from this place. However, he did not expect that it was because he had integrated the Great Dao of Qiankun into the small universe, which was equivalent to competing with the Supreme Rules for control.

"What else did you think?" Yuan shook his head slightly. "The inclusiveness of the Origin World is much higher than you imagine. The Great Daos you have mastered, whether they have been integrated into this small universe or the Five Elements and Fire that have not been integrated, at most they will attract the attention of the Supreme Rules and make some noise to scare you, but they will not suppress you."

"After all, there are many beings on the Origin Continent who have mastered other Great Daos besides the nine original Great Daos of this Origin World, such as the Flame Wind Ancestor and the Thunder Ancestor. The Great Daos they master are outside the nine Great Daos of the Origin World, and they are doing just fine. Their strength is not even affected at all."

"I won't be treated specially when I get here."

"The reason why the Supreme Rule is targeting you is because you have indeed brought Him a strong sense of crisis." Yuan looked at the Great Dao of Qiankun, which had been completely integrated into the small universe, with great interest and a little excitement. "You have perfectly integrated a Great Dao into the small universe, seized ownership of this small universe, and then used this Great Dao as the foundation to add other Great Daos and improve the operating rules. This is simply opening up a new source world."

Creating new source worlds is a topic that Yuan has been researching.

For this reason, he created countless worlds like the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. However, although these worlds had richer resources and higher limits for the growth of strong individuals, they could only be used as battlefields and could not truly nurture potential geniuses.

However, upon seeing Xu Qiankun's miniature universe, he felt as if he had truly found the right path.

"You can walk this path well. Once you succeed, you can easily break free from the cage and at the very least become a world-class Chaos Origin Lifeform. It is not impossible that you will even be on par with us in the future."

Yuan really thinks highly of Xu Qiankun.

Not only this small universe, but with his insight, how could he not see that Xu Qiankun was not simply merging these Great Daos, but rather using the Great Dao of Qiankun as the foundation to perfectly integrate the other Great Daos into it, thus driving a qualitative change in this Great Dao.

If he succeeds, he will at least become a world-class soul source life form that breaks free from its constraints, and the probability of him becoming a lord-level being is extremely high.

"Yes, I will definitely continue on this path."

Xu Qiankun bowed deeply in respect.

"Hmm! Your miniature universe has given me a lot of inspiration, so let me give you a gift."

Yuan smiled and said that a silver-white three-story pagoda, exuding a strong aura of time, had appeared in his hand at some point.

"This is a Tower of Time, which I crafted from the 'Immortal Bone,' a world-class Chaos Origin life form I once slew. It should be of some use to your understanding of the Great Dao of Time."

As Yuan spoke, he directly delivered the Tower of Time to Xu Qiankun.

"Yes, thank you for bestowing this treasure upon me, senior."

Xu Qiankun accepted it with delight, showing no sign of refusal.

Upon acquiring the three-story pagoda, he was momentarily disoriented, as if time itself was distorted and its flow was changing.

"By the way, if you have time, you can go and visit the Infinite Space, read 'Swallowing the Starry Sky: Starting from the Innate God-Demon Avatar,' and enjoy your reading time. I created that space; it contains many inheritances and treasures that should be helpful to you."

Yuan reminded him again.

"Yes, I will remember. Once things are settled here, I will go to the Origin Continent to see for myself."

"Well, with your strength, you don't need to waste too much energy in this Origin World. Go outside the Origin World to fight against the Chaos Origin Lifeforms, see more of the methods of other powerful beings, and you can learn by analogy and go further."

Without waiting for Xu Qiankun's reply, Yuan's figure vanished, leaving only a sentence in Xu Qiankun's ears: "Little guy, keep up the good work. I hope there will be a day when we can fight side by side."

"Respectfully seeing off our senior."

Xu Qiankun bowed respectfully before carefully examining the small silver-white pagoda in his hand.

"Is the world-class primordial life form 'Immortal Bone' really just bone?"

He touched the small tower and felt a sensation similar to touching bones.

He imprinted his divine power into it, easily making this treasure his own, and a surge of powerful information flooded into his mind.

This information includes an introduction to the primordial life form known as "Immortal Bones" and a description of the various functions of this small tower.

"Immortal Bone" is a kind of naturally occurring primordial life form that is extremely rare even in the infinite primordial space. It is born with the great power of time and usually wanders in the river of time, hiding in the past and future. It only appears in the present when it is feeding.

It was precisely because of this characteristic that it was ambushed and killed by Yuan.

A dignified Hunyuan Lord, whose strength is many times greater than that of a world-class Hunyuan life form, had to resort to a sneak attack to kill a world-class Hunyuan, which is enough to prove the power of this life form.

After slaying this "Immortal Bone," Yuan simply refined its corpse, which then became the current "Tower of Time."

The tower has three levels, each with a large number of mysterious runes, and each rune contains special power.

Once you fully master the runes of the first level of the tower, you can begin to unleash its power and construct an independent spacetime domain centered on this 'Tower of Time,' isolated from the outside world.

If one is not at the ultimate level of the Great Dao of Time and has not gained the approval of the pagoda's master, there is no way to enter it.

Once you fully master the second layer of runes, you can hide a spacetime domain in the past or future, and even if you encounter an ordinary Primordial Ancestor, you can save your life.

Mastering the third layer of runes allows one to travel through the past and future for a short period of time using this pagoda. How short is this time? It's roughly a few minutes, but even that is extremely terrifying.

Moreover, the few minutes mentioned here are within the Hunyuan world.

If placed in a place with relatively weak spacetime rules, such as the primordial universe or the source world, this time zone would be much longer.

"As expected of Yuan, he played a royal flush!"

Xu Qiankun looked at the small pagoda in his hand, his face beaming with joy.

Although this small tower is not suitable for offensive attacks, it is an extremely powerful defensive treasure. After all, it has hidden itself in spacetime, and those who are not skilled in this art have no way to hurt it.

and...

"If I'm not mistaken, the rank of this Tower of Time should be similar to that of a Primordial Treasure."

Xu Qiankun's eyes flickered slightly, and a Pangu Banner appeared in his hand.

Although the two treasures have different functions, the auras they emit are not significantly different in strength.

"The supreme treasure corresponds to a sage, that is, a Primordial Golden Immortal."

"Therefore... a world-class soul source life form and a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal are on the same level."

Upon reaching this conclusion, Xu Qiankun frowned slightly. He had originally thought that since the Great Luo Golden Immortal corresponded to the God King and the Quasi-Saint corresponded to the God Emperor, then the Saint should correspond to the high-level Chaos Origin Lifeform.

Unexpectedly, it wasn't like that at all.

"In that case, the Lord of Hunyuan should correspond to the Supreme Saint Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, at most the same level as Pangu, or even far inferior to Pangu. After all, Pangu was a terrifying existence who reached the half-step Wuji Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal level."

Xu Qiankun was somewhat disappointed.

After all, according to his original idea, a saint corresponds to a high-level primordial life form, a supreme saintly golden immortal corresponds to a world-level primordial life form, and a limitless golden immortal corresponds to a primordial lord. In this way, he could use the cultivation system of the Devouring Stars world to touch the true ceiling of the primordial world.

Now it seems that this idea is clearly not going to work.

"That's good. It seems that the potential of the prehistoric world is much greater. With the Qiankun Great World in hand, I still have a chance to reach that point. At that time, I should be able to see the truth behind this Devouring Star World."

"There are gains and losses."

Xu Qiankun quickly prepared himself mentally, and then his clones divided the work among themselves. One clone was responsible for comprehending the 'Tower of Time', another clone was responsible for resisting the supreme will and rules, another clone transformed himself into the Qiankun God and Demon, and the remaining two clones continued to integrate the incomplete fusion of the Great Dao of Life Origin into the Qiankun Great Dao of the miniature universe.

Rumble

The miniature universe continued to expand, but it had to stop just as it began, because an uninvited guest entered the cosmic sea.

"Haha, so many primordial universes, this is the real delicacy!"

Beyond a primordial universe, a colossal beast with a divine body spanning thirty trillion kilometers suddenly appeared in the cosmic sea, perched atop a cosmic barrier not far from primordial universe number 1038, drool dripping from its mouth.