Chapter 4261: Breakthrough
After searching the endless void for many years and finally making a discovery, Lin Moyu was filled more with joy than anything else.
It was the same feeling he'd had when he found this independent space in the first place his refusal to give up had finally borne fruit, and it was a wonderful sensation.
Soul clones converged from all directions to the place of the faint glimmer, finally joining to see it clearly.
It was a formation, with five points four corners each projected a gemstone, only one was vacant and incomplete, lacking anything.
The four projected gems were soul, element, balance, and domain. The missing, incomplete point was the fifth jewel that had yet to return.
Lin Moyu examined the formation. It looked simple, but embodied endless truth, instantly captivating him.
This formation taught Lin Moyu what it meant for the Great Dao to be supremely simple.
The entire formation was based on a single rune.
It wasn't a divine rune, but a symbol he had encountered before, without ever understanding it.
It was a rune from chaos; Lin Moyu called it the "chaos rune."
A single chaos rune looked anything but complex, but its function was the equal of millions of divine runes.
Previously, the wound left on the Red Stone True Venerable bore such a rune, but its tier was vastly inferior to this one.
The chaos rune had unfolded into a formation, linking the jewels together their powers crossed and melded within.
Despite each gem having totally different properties, the power in this not at all complicated formation melded them perfectly.
Lin Moyu watched the flow of power in the formation, tracing its lines as he studied not only the formation itself, but the four jewels.
He was deeply entranced: this chaos rune had opened a new world before Lin Moyu's eyes a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of chaos.
From the runes that natural born chaotic creatures possessed, to the chaos rune now in the Catastrophic Scepter, it was clear: in chaos, runes are omnipresent and still a fundamental principle.
Macro level: if he could fully master runes, he could walk through chaos with ease.
Micro level: if Lin Moyu could unlock the mysteries of the chaos rune, he could master the Catastrophic Scepter, and have much higher certainty in defeating the Fifth Generation Heavenly Void Palace Master.
The chaos rune contained the ultimate secret of Great Dao Supreme Simplicity simple yet endlessly complex making Lin Moyu completely forget the passage of time.
World Burning Fire continued to blaze, refining domain force, storing up the purified domain energy.
Just a few thousand years of accumulated refined domain power rivaled what the east avatar had obtained in total.
Lin Moyu could only remark that the Ghost Husband clone had been far too conservative.
Then again, it made sense: being cut off from the main body, the soul clone, however autonomous, was still just a clone with obvious defects.
A lack of change over countless years was already proof of that.
When Lin Moyu awakened from his meditation on the formation, seven thousand years had passed.
Once again he had experienced how time means so little to cultivators thousands of years flashed by in an instant.
In those seven thousand years, the Vast World and the domain core barely changed.
Only Lin Moyu himself had gained something from the chaos rune in the Catastrophic Scepter, he grasped some of its secrets.
Even if it was just a tiny bit, it was a real harvest; he now understood a deeper layer of the Catastrophic Scepter's power.
The Catastrophic Scepter's power was truly immense until now he'd used only a fraction. Even at this stage, he had merely made minor progress.
To truly wield its might, he would need to reach the Chaos Realm himself.
But for now, as long as he advanced to half step Chaos Realm, he would be able to contest the Fifth Generation Palace Master.
Formerly his win rate had been sixty percent. Now it was at least eighty percent and rising.
Lin Moyu left a soul clone inside the Catastrophic Scepter, while his awareness returned to his own body.
After millennia of quiet, he slowly opened his eyes, his voice like thunder: "Time to break through!"
All the preparations were done. Now it was time to raise his realm.
Take the final step achieve half step Chaos Realm.
In truth, Lin Moyu easily had the power for a full Chaos Realm ascension, but he refused: he needed to remain at half step for now to finish critical tasks that would become impossible after a full breakthrough.
So he had to step into half step Chaos Realm first. Only by doing so could he stick to his original plan.
Entering half step Chaos Realm would not be difficult Lin Moyu was fully aware of how deep his own foundation ran. He only needed to elevate the Vast World's tier; the moment it was powerful enough, he could break through.
The domain power he'd stockpiled over thousands of years now came into play, pouring into the Vast World and detonating to life under Lin Moyu's will, the Vast World became a ravenous beast, greedily gulping down domain power.
The Vast World's evolution surged in speed ten days' time equaled ten thousand years.
Its aura grew stronger, its level rose, and all its inhabitants reaped massive benefits as cultivation speed soared.
Countless minor worlds sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and new beings constantly emerged within.
Lin Moyu sensed that, besides the domain force he supplied, the Vast World was also absorbing chaos qi from the chaos itself.
Birthing life through evolution still required chaos qi Lin Moyu now fully understood that chaos qi was the root, especially the laws inherent within, which formed the basis of everything.
And the "Dao" once faced by Catastrophic Supreme was the ultimate source.
Since its birth, the Vast World had always been evolving ever faster. Lin Moyu's various methods had saved eons.
This time, a few mere years of progress equaled millions of natural years.
Lin Moyu watched as a thin new barrier appeared outside the Vast World:
This was the domain barrier its appearance meant the Vast World had become a complete domain.
Previously, the Vast World qualified technically as a domain, but was always much weaker than the Five Domain World.
The Five Domain World itself wasn't all that strong the Vast World was even weaker aside from its perfect rules and Lin Moyu's stewardship, free of the flaws the Five Domain World carried.
Now, the Vast World's strength had caught up fully it was no weaker than the Five Domain World.
It could truly be renamed the Great Thousand Domain, and now even give birth to Transcendents.
But this was not its ultimate limit.
The Five Domain World had flaws and could not improve; every prior domain allowed for half step Chaos cultivators, so the Vast World could continue advancing.
With more domain force to absorb, the Vast World kept growing.
Unconsciously, Lin Moyu realized a subtle link had formed between the Vast World and the Five Domain World.
The two domains were no longer hostile, and seemed able to tolerate each other's existence.
This gave Lin Moyu hope for the fusion of domains for his future plan to refine nine domains, this was crucial.
Hundreds of years passed. The Vast World finally consumed all the domain energy, reaching its true limit.
Lin Moyu's own strength also soared; the Immortality Great Dao thundered within him, almost urging him toward breakthrough.
"Then break through it is!"
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