Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

The strongest timeline

Chen Yuan was watching the commotion when he was suddenly stared at by everyone, and he was slightly taken aback.

After realizing what was happening, she glanced at Yuan helplessly and said, "Brother Yuan, you were explaining things perfectly fine, why did you suddenly give it to me?"

"After all, you're the one involved."

Yuan chuckled: "I only know the result, and I don't know much about the details. I'd also like to hear how you, the person in question, did it."

"Alright—" Chen Yuan shook his head slightly. He knew that what these lords wanted to know was not the result, but the details of the process.

With his current strength, there's no need to hide this information anymore. He's already at the pinnacle of the Endless Chaos Space, so what if he reveals it?

It's understandable to hide your trump cards when you're weak in order to survive, but it doesn't matter when you become strong, or rather, your original trump cards can no longer be called trump cards.

After looking around, Chen Yuan said seriously, "Since everyone wants to know the details, then I will tell you—"

Next, he recounted how he comprehended the ultimate realm of the Great Dao of the Soul, created the two great soul secret arts of True Spirit Resurrection and True Spirit Enslavement, and then revived and enslaved his deceased ancestor.

He explained it in great detail, not even hiding where he found the True Spirit Branch, and also revealing the formula: "Ultimate Soul Realm + Half-Chaotic Origin Great Dao = Chaotic Origin Lord".

After a while.

That's the situation.

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he glanced around and found that, apart from Yuan, all the other lords had blank expressions on their faces.

Ultimate Soul Realm? What is the True Spirit Resurrection Technique? It can actually resurrect the progenitor!

There's also the art of enslaving the true spirit—so the essence of soul enslavement is enslaving the true spirit!

And what is the Lord's Formula?

Many lords were a bit confused and didn't come to their senses for a long time. Yuan tapped the table and said, "Alright, Chen Yuan has explained the details enough. Ask us any questions you have."

"If there are no problems, let's begin the vote."

"Wait!" Seeing that the old thief was about to skip this part, the Star Lord immediately said, "I have a question to ask."

He looked at Chen Yuan with a serious expression: "Chen Yuan, is the lord formula you mentioned real? Is there any evidence to prove it?"

"Also, you just said you've broken through to the Ultimate Soul Realm, so why haven't you fused with the Half-Primordial Dao to become a Lord? Is there a flaw in this path, or is there another reason?"

Faced with a barrage of questions, Chen Yuan smiled faintly: "Xingmang, don't be impatient, we'll discuss these questions one by one."

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"To put it simply, the Lord Formula is real, and my becoming the Ultimate Soul Realm is also real. As long as I want, I can become the Primordial Lord of Chaos at any time through the fusion of the Great Dao of Soul."

"The reason I didn't do that is because this opportunity for fusion only comes once, and I want to save it for the path that is most suitable for me."

"A suitable Great Dao?" Xingmang gave him a deep look: "If we're talking about the Great Dao before breaking free from the cage, it certainly needs careful consideration. But you've already mastered the Dao at the Chaos Origin level, does the strength of the Great Dao really still matter?"

"Even the most ordinary Dao, as long as it can be elevated to the Hunyuan level, will not be much different in power and mystery."

"People like Wu Lan's Primordial Matter Dao, Jin's Primordial Destruction Dao, and Ming Huang's Primordial Thunder Dao all follow a single Great Dao, yet they still became powerful Primordial Lords, didn't they?"

"Chen Yuan, I have seen information about your future and know that you will definitely become the Lord of Hunyuan."

Xingmang shook his head: "I was wondering why the time span for you to break through to the Lord level was so long, the shortest being less than a day, but the longest being over a hundred million epochs later."

"Now I understand. You could become Lord Hunyuan at any time, but you've been delaying it just to wait for the Great Dao you speak of."

"I want to know, what kind of great path is worth waiting so long for?"

"—" Upon hearing Xingmang's words, Chen Yuan paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "You're saying I won't break through to the Chaos Lord level until at least a hundred million epochs later?"

One hundred million years?

This has been going on for far too long, so long that even Chen Yuan was startled.

Before Xingmang told him about this, he thought he would only need one or two centuries to find the final branch of the Great Way of the Mind. Now it seems that this is not the case.

"One hundred and three million seven hundred and thirty thousand epochs." Starlight said calmly, "This is the timeline that took you the longest to complete, and it is also your most powerful timeline."

"In that timeline, you were incredibly powerful. Even the strongest ancestor, Sha Zhou, couldn't withstand a casual strike from you. Faced with the oppressive aura of yours, I couldn't help but tremble just by getting close."

"What?!" Starlight's words clearly shocked everyone. Even the strongest lord among them had difficulty getting close?

Just how powerful was Chen Yuan in this timeline?

"You've seen my future self?" Chen Yuan seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lighting up. "Then could you help me ask myself what the clues were for my breakthrough?"

"I'm sorry, I can't."

Xingmang shook his head. "The Great Dao of Time is not omnipotent. Although it can enter different timelines, those are just countless futures deduced based on the current possibilities. In essence, they are illusory."

"Only our current timeline is real. I cannot interfere with any illusory future, nor can I even communicate with it."

"So that's how it is." Chen Yuan felt a little regretful, wishing he could find clues from his future self.

"So—" Xingmang asked curiously, "What exactly is that Great Dao you've mastered? All I know is that you are incredibly versatile in the future, and you're extremely proficient in using any path. It's too amazing."

"You mean this? It's the great road I paved."

Chen Yuan smiled, looking at the curious gazes of the crowd, and slowly said, "As for the name of this Great Dao—I call it the Great Dao of the Mind."

The Great Way of the Soul?

Surprisingly, the crowd didn't seem shocked; instead, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Wait, what do you mean by the Great Path of the Mind?" Wu Lan couldn't help but ask, "Are you referring to the will of the mind? Can that really open up a Great Path?"

"Of course." Chen Yuan nodded. "The spiritual path I opened up is based on the power of the mind and will, and contains the power of all the great paths. That's why Xingmang saw that my future self seemed to know everything."

"Actually, it's because I already possess these great principles, and then I simulated them using the power of my mind."

At this point, he smiled slightly: "This is the way of cultivating the Great Way of the Mind. It's not that only my future self has mastered so much power."

"Even now, I have mastered tens of thousands of different primal powers."

As he spoke, he recounted his spiritual cultivation journey to everyone.

These words once again ignited the entire audience.