Creating Heavenly Laws

Chapter 782

In a certain region of the vast dimensional rift—

A terrifying rift stretched across space, its destination unknown. Every moment, it released an eerie aura that eroded the surrounding dimensional gap, like the gaping maw of an abyss, devouring all it could.

Far from the rift, clusters of dimensional spaces drifted. Yet, under the rift’s constant pull, these dimensions were slowly inching toward it.

It was clear that once they got close enough, they’d be completely devoured.

“I’ve arrived.”

Lin Yuan’s figure appeared nearby, gazing from afar at that devouring, world-swallowing rift.

“So the final tribulation of my 3.602 billion tribulations in phase one is to seal this rift completely?”

He thought to himself.

Ever since he reached the Third Realm and became a Time Lord ten thousand years ago—

Lin Yuan had poured most of his focus into the path of Endless Tribulations.

The path of Infinite Origin was too vague—no one knew where the source of time lay. Perfect Time-Life relied too heavily on fate, and Lin Yuan didn’t like gambling his life.

After much consideration, only Endless Tribulations among the three paths seemed reliable.

Even if it held great danger, that was only near the end of the path.

The early and mid stages were relatively safe, and every tribulation granted real, tangible power.

This was the feedback of the Infinite Dimensional Multiverse itself. Even for someone as powerful as Lin Yuan, while a single tribulation—or ten or a hundred—might seem insignificant...

After tens of thousands, millions, or billions of tribulations, the cumulative effect was substantial.

Once Lin Yuan had confirmed his path, and understood the difficulty level of the trials ahead through the first few dozen tribulations—

He started to accelerate, opening dozens or even hundreds of tribulations at once.

Then sent out incarnations to complete them.

This was how Lin Yuan had managed to complete 3.602 billion tribulations in just ten thousand years.

Otherwise, if he faced them one by one, forget ten thousand years—he wouldn’t be done even after millions or billions of years.

Of course—

Only Lin Yuan dared to undertake so many tribulations at once.

First, his strength was overwhelming—tribulations from the first phase of Endless Tribulations posed no challenge to him.

Second, he had boundary-breaking source energy as a safety net. If he ever encountered something truly difficult, he could brute-force his way through.

And in fact, over the past ten thousand years and 3.602 billion tribulations, Lin Yuan had never once used his boundary-breaking source energy.

He passed all of them with his own strength.

“Tribulations from the second phase will require more caution.”

As he observed the terrifying rift ahead, Lin Yuan was already planning ahead.

Tribulations in the first phase were mostly about achieving certain goals, which was why he dared to tackle many at once.

But second-phase tribulations? There was a small chance they could drag Lin Yuan’s consciousness into a unique world—a kind of spiritual trial—where he’d have to complete a challenge in that space.

Similar to the time loop worlds required to become a time-lifeform.

If he encountered one of those, he might not be able to split his attention across multiple tribulations.

“My current strength…”

He felt the vast power within him, immense as dimensional realms themselves. A smile surfaced on his face.

The accumulated gains from 3.602 billion tribulations were indeed impressive.

Combined with his own cultivation, the founding of the fourth of the Innate Five Tai—Tai Su—and further exploration of the Source World…

His strength had skyrocketed. Compared to ten thousand years ago, he was exponentially more powerful.

“I wonder how I’d fare against a Legendary Lord who’s passed three hundred million tribulations?”

He was curious.

Ten thousand years ago, the Violet-Light Legendary Lord could still exchange a few blows with him.

But now? The Purple Light Lord was no longer a match. With his illusory true body, Lin Yuan had an innate advantage, and just the ripple of any random attack could severely injure—or even kill—him.

“Too bad I haven’t had the chance to spar with a true three-hundred-million-tribulation Legendary Lord.”

He shook his head slightly, somewhat regretful.

Despite his terrifying strength, Lin Yuan hadn’t lived long enough.

He’d yet to meet a single Legendary Lord who’d truly completed three hundred million tribulations.

At that level, one was nearly at the end of the path of transcendence. The Lord of Return to Ruin had been in that realm.

Such Legendary Lords often slumbered for entire Great Extinction Cycles, and their locations defied spatial definitions—often drifting through ancient pasts or distant futures.

Unless some world-shaking event occurred in the present timeline, they wouldn’t return.

“But… the fifth Tai…”

In the depths of Lin Yuan’s eyes, four intertwining forces flickered—Tai Yi, Tai Chu, Tai Shi, and Tai Su.

The four Innate Tai energies were weaving together, trying to give birth to a fifth Tai.

“One step at a time.”

“I have plenty of time.”

He collected his thoughts and continued observing the terrifying rift.

“According to the pattern of how the Supreme Dao of Rules assigns tribulations, the very existence of this rift violates the natural order of the Infinite Dimensional Multiverse,” Lin Yuan thought. “A source of all-devouring power—even dimensional realms aren’t exempt? Definitely an opposing force.”

If such a rift were left unchecked, and the Supreme Dao of Rules didn’t intervene, the consequences could be catastrophic.

“A regular Time Lord at the first stage would probably have to pay a massive price to seal this. Might even need to call for help. No wonder this counts as the final tribulation of phase one.”

Lin Yuan smiled faintly. “But for me, it’s simple.”

After a brief period of observation, Lin Yuan had basically figured out the nature of the rift—time to seal it.

Whoosh!

The next moment—

He appeared near the edge of the terrifying rift.

The powerful suction it emitted couldn’t shake Lin Yuan at all.

With his arrival—

Waves of will suddenly echoed from deep within the rift.

“If you don’t want to die, get lost,” the will said coldly and cruelly. “Before you, many like you came to seal me. I devoured them all.”

“Oh?”

Lin Yuan’s eyes flickered.

He wasn’t surprised that there was a will inside the rift.

But judging by what it said, other Lords had already attempted to seal it—and failed?

“So the first phase of Endless Tribulations isn’t guaranteed to be passable after all,” Lin Yuan mused.

While the 3.602 billion tribulations of phase one were generally survivable for cautious Lords, accidents could happen—some Lords did fail.

Those who tried to seal the rift and failed...

Their fate would be erasure by the will of the Supreme Dao of Rules.

“So, do you want to be devoured too?” the rift’s will asked with amusement as Lin Yuan didn’t leave.

It was trying to lure Lin Yuan closer—devouring powerful lifeforms like him was a form of nourishment.

“I don’t think you can devour me.”

Lin Yuan took another step—he was now extremely close to the rift.

“Hahahaha, fool!”

The rift’s will laughed wildly. The surrounding suction force suddenly intensified, dragging space-time toward the rift.

“Tai Yi,” Lin Yuan muttered.

A thread of Tai Yi energy emerged, transforming into countless chains that surged toward the rift.

To end things quickly and not waste time on this tribulation, Lin Yuan wasn’t holding back—he intended to seal it in one go.

Buzz—

The seemingly unremarkable Tai Yi energy expanded rapidly as it approached the rift, growing enormous, blotting out the sky as it coiled around the rift.

“Such terrifying methods… You’re the strongest of all who’ve tried to seal me,” the will said. “But just this won’t be enough.”

“Tai Chu,” Lin Yuan invoked again.

Tai Chu energy condensed, transforming into more chains and covering the rift.

Tai Yi and Tai Chu—the first two of the Innate Five Tai—formed two completely different types of chains that wrapped around the entire rift.

At Lin Yuan’s current level, even casually using these two forces was monstrously powerful. The suction pulling at the surrounding space was instantly neutralized.

Chi chi chi chi!!!

The Tai Yi and Tai Chu chains formed a prison, sealing the rift within and beginning the process of refining and sealing it.

Invisible energy filled the chain prison. Even the rift, when touching this energy, began to disintegrate.

“With this method, at most you’ll—” The will initially wasn’t worried.

But before half a breath had passed—

A large part of the rift had already been annihilated.

“What is this power?!”

“No! You can’t seal me—I can offer you a deal—”

The final word never came.

There were no more willwaves.

Because the rift had been fully sealed, and the invisible energy had reached its depths, severely damaging the will itself.

“A deal? What could you possibly offer me?”

Lin Yuan was completely unmoved. After enduring 3.602 billion tribulations, he had a general understanding of entities like this will.

They were nothing more than “parasites” in the Infinite Dimensional Multiverse—flaws born of the Dao’s operation.

What could they offer that compared to the feedback from the infinite dimensions?

And going along with the will of the rift meant failing the tribulation—and being erased by the Supreme Dao of Rules.

Lin Yuan knew exactly what to choose.

In the distant dimensional realms, the strong sensed their entire dimension being drawn toward the rift—but they were powerless to stop it. Time-lives below Rank 13 couldn’t even survive long outside their dimensions.

They had resigned themselves to watching their homes drift toward destruction.

But when Lin Yuan acted, they were stunned to see the rift they’d viewed as hopeless… vanish in an instant.

“Who was that great being who saved us?!”

Countless lives in the dimensional realms knelt in worship. They never saw who acted, but that didn’t stop their reverence.

“It’s over.”

In less than half a breath, the rift was gone.

The combined might of Tai Yi and Tai Chu had refined and destroyed it completely—no resistance at all.

Other Time Lords might also be able to seal such a rift, but it would take them dozens or even hundreds of Great Extinction Cycles, struggling bit by bit with the will inside.

But Lin Yuan?

It was sheer dominance.

The next moment—

Boom—

Feedback from the Infinite Dimensional Multiverse surged into his body.

As the final tribulation of phase one, its difficulty far exceeded all previous ones—and so did the reward.

It took Lin Yuan dozens of breaths to fully absorb the feedback.

“Not bad.”

He nodded.

The power boost wasn’t immense, but there were more tribulations ahead. Each one in phase two should provide feedback equal to or greater than this.

“Time to return.”

Lin Yuan didn’t stay to examine anything further. Since even the Supreme Dao of Rules had confirmed his success, there was no need.

“Hmm?”

“There’s more karma?”

He suddenly sensed something and looked toward the distant dimensional realms.

A thought was enough to reveal the source of the karma—

By sealing the rift, he’d saved those dimensional spaces from destruction. The countless beings inside, worshiping him, naturally created karmic ties.

Of course, this karma was one-sided—only Lin Yuan could sense it. The beings on the other end were unaware of his existence.

Chaos Void—

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

“Since phase one is done, it’s time to begin phase two.”

He elevated his spiritual will and connected with the Supreme Dao of Rules. Soon, he received the specific trial for his second phase.

“Simple enough.”

After scanning it, he saw it wasn’t difficult. He immediately dispatched his Tai Chi Primordial Spirit to handle it.

Currently, the Tai Chi Primordial Spirit was no weaker than Lin Yuan’s true body. If split into Yin and Yang Primordial Spirits, it would be a bit weaker.

The Infinite Dimensional Multiverse was boundless.

Suddenly, strange ripples began to rise from deep within a certain time-space.

They emerged from nothing, yet carried supreme authority—spreading in an instant, even permeating the infinite dimensions.

“What’s going on?”

“What is this power?”

“It’s affecting the entire Infinite Dimensional Multiverse?!”

Time Lords were stunned. Even some ancient, slumbering Legendary Lords were forced awake, incredulous at the mysterious energy that now engulfed the dimensional cosmos.

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