Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 121 The Fourth Heavenly Realm God

With Emperor Yan taking control of this spacetime, the time flow that Zhou Lin had just altered was naturally forcibly corrected.

The Lord of the Universe is the absolute ruler of space and time. Other methods are like a joke in front of them. Zhou Lin has now completely lost control of space and time.

However, this changes the flow of time in that area, creating two completely different spacetime layers.

“I merely altered the flow of time, but it created another dimension.” Zhou Lin stared intently at this spacetime layer, which was extremely unstable and could collapse at any moment.

He felt as if he had grasped something.

"Can you cultivate in peace here?" Emperor Yan waved his hand, unleashing billions of flames. The Flame Divine Halberd expanded by tens of millions of miles, tearing apart this unstable spacetime layer.

The two were locked in a fierce competition, neither wanting the other to have an easy time.

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The outside world, within the initial universe.

"Have you understood?" The Lord of Chaos City patiently demonstrated the mysteries of spacetime and the structure of each dimensional layer to Zhou Lin.

A being at the level of the Lord of the Universe can construct various spacetime layers, but lacks sufficient stability to support them and cannot meet the conditions for forming an independent dimension.

Zhou Lin himself has already accelerated time here, and has actually spent about 50,000 years, but still has not comprehended the fourth type of first-grade divine heart.

The difference between a fourth-level Heavenly God and a third-level Heavenly God appears to be only one divine heart, but the actual gap is not so significant.

Mastering the four first-grade divine hearts is almost equivalent to mastering nearly half of the rules of heaven and earth. At this point, one often gains a deeper understanding and accelerates the comprehension of the other divine hearts.

In the later stages of cultivation, many gods of the Fourth Heaven can master seven or eight first-grade divine hearts, or even all nine, and are only one step away from mastering the complete rules of heaven and earth.

"Some inspirations came to mind, but it wasn't quite what I expected."

Zhou Lin shook his head: "The combination of space and time is still a bit far from me. My understanding is still insufficient. Thank you for your help, Lord of Chaos City."

Enlightenment is a process of accumulation. After Zhou Lin comprehended the Divine Heart Realm, he did not spend much more time on space or time.

His daily studies revolve around cause and effect, the illusory realm, matter, and extremes. He has already opened up two of these areas to the divine mind, and the next step is the Dao.

With the World God's Heart as the core, Zhou Lin aims to integrate all the other God's Hearts to form a complete set of rules for heaven and earth. This is the path Zhou Lin intends to take.

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“There’s a problem with the construction of your inner world.” The spirit of Cangyun suddenly jumped out: “Although your combat power is exceptionally strong, the construction of your world is too extreme, making it difficult to break through.”

It is merely a realm artifact, completely unable to keep up with Zhou Lin's current combat intensity, so it is kept by the main body so that he can comprehend spacetime at any time.

"Senior Cangyun, I would appreciate your guidance." Zhou Lin said politely. He didn't have a teacher, and even though he had received explanations of various divine hearts, he still felt something was missing.

The importance of a teacher lies in their ability to see your shortcomings and understand where the problems lie.

The spirit of Cangyun shook its head: "I only know about your problem, but I don't know how to cultivate in detail. Your world is too extreme and needs to be changed."

The weapons issued by the system have their spirit memories directly injected into them; they haven't actually experienced those events.

Zhou Lin observed his inner world, which spanned a hundred billion miles, yet appeared chaotic and disordered because the first-grade divine hearts it contained were extremely extreme.

The world's divine heart values ​​balance, but the chaotic void represents extreme collapse.

The flowers, grasses, and trees grow haphazardly, devoid of any aesthetic appeal.

Some places are completely desolate, while others are lush and verdant, with a large number of withered vines floating in the ocean.

"My current understanding is probably flawed."

Zhou Lin could sense the problem with his cultivation: he was going to extremes, which led to a lack of balance, so he needed a sense of balance.

For example, the extreme point penetrates the true meaning; it is an extreme penetration.

Even at the extreme point of enlightenment, one must strive for balance.

"The ultimate divine heart lies in the beginning, in that oneness. If you cannot comprehend it, all other true meanings are in vain."

It is the beginning of the rules, and also the end of the rules.

Therefore, the ultimate divine mind also governs the laws of all things. Only after comprehending it can the world truly move towards balance; otherwise, it will always remain chaotic and disorderly.

"My path requires balance," Zhou Lin murmured.

It's not that extremes can't lead to progress. For example, some World Gods first comprehend the Chaos God Heart, which is true ultimate destruction, and then comprehend the Creation God Heart, which actually achieves a peculiar balance.

The first-grade divine heart itself possesses stability.

Because it's too extreme, it can actually create balance.

However, once it merges with other first-grade divine hearts, this balance will be broken, which is why most world gods find it difficult to progress.

The problem remains the same: different divine minds can cause interference.

"The world is all-encompassing, while the chaos is extremely destructive. The two should be in balance when they merge, but the addition of cause and effect has actually caused harm."

Zhou Lin closed his eyes and began to recall the explanations of those divine hearts he had received.

He has plenty of time; ten thousand years is only one year in the outside world, so he can calm down and comprehend the Dao.

Inside the Qishen Temple, Emperor Yan was still battling Zhou Lin's clone.

Flames burned through the void as Emperor Yan used a high-level domain-type treasure to control space and time, achieving an effect far exceeding Zhou Lin's simple use of the Myriad Wood Realm.

In the Myriad Woods Realm, the superposition of Zhou Lin's spatial law domain, or the inner world, is unlikely to bring about any qualitative change.

But the master of the universe controls space and time in a completely different way.

Controlling space and time is like having complete rules of heaven and earth, capable of encompassing everything. Therefore, they can use any domain treasure, regardless of its attribute, even if they are not proficient in it.

For example, the Beast God's Way of the Golden Void Law, which uses a supreme treasure of the Thunder Attribute Domain, can also increase its power by stacking spacetime control.

Logically speaking, lightning is a subordinate law of time, and they should be incompatible, but after mastering spacetime, one can balance everything.

Zhou Lin threw a punch, tearing apart the sea of ​​fire. Seeing Yan Di's balancing technique, another flash of inspiration struck him.

"I understand, I understand!" Zhou Lin was overjoyed. He had completely understood his previous confusion and instantly mastered the complete Extreme Divine Heart. His main body and clone began to break through at the same time, and his inner world began to expand rapidly from tens of billions of miles!
He spared no expense, pouring all sorts of energy items into his inner world, using water god source crystals and faith power as substitutes when he lacked divine crystals.

The Water God Source Crystals, each worth one billion Chaos Units, were now densely packed and suspended in the air, their exact number impossible to count.

Every time Zhou Lin broke through a level and expanded his inner world, he used energy items instead. Previously, he used a relatively small amount of Water God Source Crystals.

For this expansion, the clone purchased nearly a trillion Chaos Units of Source Crystals in advance, and used Thunder God Source Crystals when there weren't enough Water God Source Crystals.

"The evolution has begun!"

The inner world absorbed all those countless source crystals, transforming them into the purest energy and beginning to expand the world.

The inner world, spanning billions of miles, is now expanding wildly.

The world expanded rapidly, the land swelled wildly, islands emerged from the oceans, withered branches and fallen leaves disappeared, and the world began to regain its order.

What Zhou Lin comprehended was the Extreme Divine Heart. Under the control of the Extreme Divine Heart, the entire world became extremely orderly, and all sorts of environments could be created.

In the past, the inner world consisted of nothing but land, sea, and desert.

Now, glaciers, forests, deserts, mountains, land, and ocean have all appeared, truly approaching the real world.

Once one achieves great power, the inner world will evolve into the real world.

The breakthrough process seemed long, but only a few minutes had passed in the outside world. Yan Di was unaware that his opponent had undergone a transformation.

Zhou Lin stood in the primordial universe, his gaze sweeping around. He now saw that the world had undergone a fundamental transformation.

The rules of the Heavenly Fool Universe are based on the nine First-Rank Divine Hearts, from which countless others are derived, forming a complete set of rules for the universe.

The primordial universe was based on the Ten Laws.

Although they are different, they will always have some similarities. The four first-grade divine hearts corroborate each other, and the understanding of other first-grade divine hearts is also improved.

This deity can calm down and practice.

"Even if I become a fourth-level Heavenly God, my strength will not change much, because I have already cultivated Taihao and the Extinction Profound Body to the extreme below the True God level."

Further cultivation requires mastering the complete rules of heaven and earth.

Becoming a fourth-level Heavenly God would be of great help to Zhou Lin, as it would enhance his understanding of the other gods' hearts and help him grasp the rules of heaven and earth as soon as possible.

There hasn't been much improvement in strength; it's only slightly stronger than before.

But even these few things are enough to become the nightmare of the Flame Emperor!
"Take this move again!" Zhou Lin leaped into the air, his Dust Frost Sword dancing lightly in his hand, the mysteries of its rules having undergone a fundamental transformation.

The sword light was like silk, and the extreme point was balance, but Zhou Lin used the extreme point penetration. After comprehending the extreme point divine heart, this power was completely different from before.

Chi!
Emperor Yan wielded the Flame God Halberd to meet the attack. The Calamity Armor could weaken all attacks to one ten-thousandth, a limit that was impossible to reach in the primordial universe.

But when the thread-like sword light struck, Emperor Yan's expression changed.

"impossible!"

Yan Di's eyes showed some surprise. Zhou Lin's attack had actually annihilated one-thousandth of his divine body, but the attack power clearly did not reach the peak of the fourth rank.

If they could kill so many even when weakened to one ten-thousandth of their original strength, wouldn't they be instantly killed if they weren't wearing armor?

"kill!"

With a flick of his finger, Zhou Lin unleashed a beam of light that shattered the endless sea of ​​fire. Yan Di hurriedly used his secret technique to defend against it, no longer daring to rely on his armor to withstand the attack.

But this move still destroyed one-thousandth of his divine body.

"Impossible! How could such a thing happen!" Yan Di roared, unable to believe that Zhou Lin could effectively annihilate his divine body.

Even when a battle is fought between two universe masters of the same level, the power will still cause some damage to the divine body, even if it is reduced to one ten-thousandth of its original strength. However, this damage is almost negligible.

Even if you fight tens of thousands of moves, you probably won't wear down even one-thousandth of it.

Not to mention that Emperor Yan also has the Flame God Halberd, a double weakening.

In other words, Zhou Lin's move was weakened by the Flaming Divine Halberd first, and then by the Calamity Armor, but it still caused one-thousandth of the divine body's damage.

"If the Burning Divine Body were to unleash its third form, he wouldn't be able to do anything to me." Emperor Yan's eyes were filled with resentment.

Unleashing his third form requires him to burn his divine body; if this continues, he will only ever be the loser.

His most effective turtle-shell tactic was completely ineffective against Zhou Lin. Normally, when Yan Di ventured into the cosmic sea, he could crush any cosmic lord of the same level.

Anyway, he has the Calamity Armor, and his weapon is a top-tier treasure. In a war of attrition, the one who suffers the most is the other side. Even ordinary fourth-tier universe masters can hardly outlast him in terms of weaponry and armor.

But Zhou Lin is more like a tortoise than him.

The limits below the True God level of the Extinction Profound Body are terrifying; even powerful beings find it difficult to harm them in the slightest. Add to that a top-tier treasure armor, and even a fourth-order Universe Lord cannot break through its defenses.

"I won this battle again." Zhou Lin's eyes were filled with joy. As long as Yan Di retreated back into the corridor, he would lose his eligibility to compete.

No one else has yet determined a winner.

The ultimate palace treasures are within your grasp!

"I am not reconciled. You can't do anything to me outside." In the end, Emperor Yan could only take out his palace-type treasure to save his life and hide in a fire temple that was hundreds of millions of kilometers high.

Zhou Lin indeed cannot kill a third-order universe master in the outside world.

Because his attack power is still at the third tier, and has not yet reached the fourth tier.

The reason it could annihilate the Flame Emperor's divine body was because of the combination of extreme point penetration and causality.

The Extreme Penetration technique, which Zhou Lin comprehended during his weak period, was useless for a long time after he became a World God, but now it finally shines with its own light.

No matter how tough the armor or how good the weapon, the ultimate traditional method can still affect some of the output, and then damage the source through cause and effect.

It was just a trace of power, yet it was enough to achieve such an effect.

When Emperor Yan enters the palace's treasure, it means he has given up the fight, and the rules of the Qishen Temple will move his palace into the corridor.

"Thank you. If I had encountered any other universe lord, I wouldn't have won so easily." Zhou Lin laughed heartily, feeling very pleased with himself.

Breaking through to the fourth level of the God Realm means you're not far from mastering the complete rules of heaven and earth.

"I actually lost to a Cosmic Venerable?!"

Emperor Yan's face was gloomy. If they were fighting outside, he would have the palace's treasures to protect him, and Zhou Lin would not be able to do anything to him.

Burning one's divine body is nothing; it's easy to replenish.

However, the environment of the Qishen Temple is special. Although Zhou Lin's attack power is comparable to his, he always reveals many strange things, such as those secret techniques.

Even Emperor Yan couldn't discern the level of the secret technique Zhou Lin was using.

"Don't be too happy yet. I will release all the footage of your battle to the public." Yan Di said coldly, "The people in the Cosmic Sea will also know. No one wants to see your rise."

Before Zhou Lin, the limit of Venerable Ones in the primordial universe was almost a second-order universe master.

There are even stronger cosmic beings in the cosmic sea.

For example, the Azure Blood Venerable is comparable to the Chaos City Lord and the Five Chaos Lord in terms of realm, and his will is at the level of the strongest in the universe. Not to mention his treasure configuration.

Emperor Yan also encountered a quasi-universe master from the Holy Land Universe.

"His willpower impact can be effective against me. His willpower is probably at the same level as Master Zuoshanke. I can't feel the difference in realm, but it won't be lower than the strongest secret technique."

The more Yan Emperor thought about it, the more alarmed he became. Zhou Lin was no ordinary second Primordial Ancestor.

Even when the original progenitor rose to power, it wasn't this terrifying.

(End of this chapter)