Yuan’s Ascension

While Wu Yuan's qi refiner self secluded himself in cultivation on the Spacetime Island, his mana body, after resting for only a brief period, set out to continue carrying out spacetime missions.

I failed to complete the previous Dao Master-level Mission within the time limit. I've already wasted a great deal of time, over a thousand years in the Black Devil Blood Hollow. I can't afford any more delays.

From now on, I must complete one Dao Master-level Mission and ten Sovereign-level Missions during each thousand-year mission cycle, accumulating two thousand spacetime points. Wu Yuan set this goal for himself.

In this way, he could accumulate twenty thousand spacetime points over ten thousand years.

After completing all missions for each thousand-year period, my mana body will visit the Dao Master battle relic sites to cultivate in seclusion!

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Within the Greenridge Macrocosm.

The cultivation environment of my qi refiner self is superior to that of my body refiner self. Wu Yuan’s body refiner self continued to dwell in Summerpeak.

However, the rate of progress is likely to be much slower. Wu Yuan smiled. Analyzing the fundamental nature of all things and all beings... This path has indeed proven to be the right one.

Over the past thousand years, his body refiner self had consistently followed this path. His understanding of the basic units of life progressed at a rapid rate. In fact, his comprehension was accelerating.

The Great Dao imprint, combined with his Life Dao Body, indeed made him well-suited for this approach.

There's no need to rush. More Sovereign inheritances or special cultivation environments would offer little benefit for my body refiner self now. Wu Yuan shook his head slightly. His cultivation speed had already reached a certain limit.

It was like the lifespan of ordinary mortals. Once a certain limit was reached, no external factors could change it easily.

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Time flowed on, year after year.

Wu Yuan's two true selves cultivated and progressed separately.

The spacetime missions issued by the Spacetime Island posed little challenge to Wu Yuan. Firstly, due to his short cultivation years, the rules prevented overly difficult missions from being assigned to him. Secondly, his strength was simply too overwhelming.

Thus, he completed missions with ease, effortlessly dispatching even the occasional Astral Lord he encountered.

His comprehension of various Dao Master relic sites proceeded at a leisurely pace as well.

In truth, the nine major factions of the Dao Realm were all watching him closely. Though they were unaware at first, they began to notice his efforts to contemplate the Dao Master battle relic sites as time passed.

Consequently, Wu Yuan's mana body was just like a blazing beacon, known to all factions of the Dao Realm.

Moreover, with the Myriad Waves Palace serving as a cautionary tale, no Dao Realm faction was willing to target Wu Yuan. They all granted him free passage.

"Ming Jian is far too monstrous a prodigy."

"Best not to provoke him."

"He's highly likely to become an Overlord, and there's a significant chance he'll become a successor of the Dao Master. Why invite trouble?" This was essentially the consensus among the upper echelons of the various Dao Realm factions.

Therefore, after the battle in the Snowlight Mist Realm, the entire Dao Realm had practically become Wu Yuan's backyard, allowing him to come and go as he pleased.

His qi refiner self's power also continued to soar after receiving repeated spacetime inheritances.

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His body refiner self, residing at Summerpeak over the long term, would guide the powerhouses of the Summerpeak lineage when he was not cultivating.

His sister Wu Yijun broke through to the Void Refiner phase in the last hundred years, and was now a ninth-stage Void Refiner cultivator.

Fang Xia’s progress was even faster. His temperament was already extremely resilient, and through his experiences while obtaining Astral Lord Qian She's inheritance, he underwent even more tempering and transformation.

With Wu Yuan's guidance and help, his rate of progress soared!

…

Nearly two thousand years after the battle in the Snowlight Mist Realm, Wu Yuan officially appeared in the First Origin Eldritch Field, and participated in the Heaven and Earth Tournament after a long absence.

During this battle, he revealed less than one-tenth of his strength, easily becoming an earth-tier member, and was ultimately 'effortlessly' defeated by Jiang Huan.

Though he only revealed a tiny portion of his power, limiting it to the Archimmortal level, it still shook the various factions of the eldritch world.

The entire eldritch world was in an uproar.

"Cultivating for just a few thousand years, and already becoming an earth-tier member of the First Origin Eldritch Field?"

"That's too amazing."

"Wu Yuan!"

"In a few hundred thousand years of cultivation, he's destined to become a heaven-tier member."

"Even Jiang Huan wasn't his equal at the same age." Countless eldritch world powerhouses discussed, praising Wu Yuan's talent.

Regarding this, the few individuals who truly understood Wu Yuan's strength didn't pay much attention. They all knew that if Wu Yuan wanted to claim the title of heaven-tier member of the First Origin Eldritch Field, he merely had to lift a finger.

This was especially so for Sovereign Kua Chi, who knew of Ming Jian's deeds, and understood that Wu Yuan's goal was the Megaverse Crossroads, where he would contend with the peerless geniuses of the entire megaverse.

He was no longer on the same level as those so-called geniuses of the First Origin Eldritch Field.

"Junior Brother Wu Yuan, you really didn't need to let me win. Your strength has long surpassed mine," Jiang Huan felt quite helpless.

The two martial brothers would spar occasionally. Though Wu Yuan hadn't revealed too much of his power, the small portion he did show was enough to defeat Jiang Huan. Jiang Huan knew Wu Yuan was already a genius of a different caliber from him, and the gap in their strength would only grow wider.

"Senior Brother, this is Master's request," Wu Yuan said with a smile. "Right now, there are quite a few eyes on me. The Voltari Temple is certainly paying close attention.

Rather than letting them grow anxious and speculate, it's better if I proactively reveal a portion of my strength to put their minds at ease," Wu Yuan said with a smile.

The talent Wu Yuan was now revealing, though somewhat stronger than Jiang Huan's, was actually still far inferior to Astral Monarch Gui Yi’s.

"Mm. That works too," Jiang Huan said with a smile. "When Junior Brother grows up in the future and becomes renowned across the realms, I'll be able to boast that I defeated you many times before."

Wu Yuan smiled.

In his early years, Jiang Huan had mentored him in cultivation. Over time, their bond grew strong, making Jiang Huan the senior brother he was closest to among all the disciples.

Among Sovereign Kua Chi’s disciples, most of those senior brothers and sisters at the Astral Lord and Astral Monarch level gradually came to know Wu Yuan after his displays of power, only seeking to build connections with him then. Of course, such relationships hardly went beyond the surface level. This was normal.

…

Before the battle in the Snowlight Mist Realm, Wu Yuan had only cultivated for just over two thousand years.

After that, his overall cultivation environment improved, and his foundation, Yuan Soul, and many other aspects were refined.

Wu Yuan's rate of progress only accelerated, never slowing.

Another four thousand years passed.

When Wu Yuan reached seven thousand years of age, his body refiner self achieved a breakthrough in the Great Dao of Creation.

Seventh-level True Intent stage of Creation. Wu Yuan felt quite emotional.

Even Astral Monarch Wan Lei, who had cultivated for trillions of years and had decent talent, was ultimately stuck at the ninth-level True Intent stage of Creation. One could imagine the difficulty of comprehending a Great Dao.

Out of 5.5 million basic units of life, I have analyzed over 2 million. Wu Yuan's body refiner self felt a hint of satisfaction.

This special path allowed Wu Yuan to progress at a terrifyingly fast rate.

Normally, advancing from the sixth-level to seventh-level True Intent stage of Creation was considered a bottleneck. Once broken, it signified late-stage Astral Monarch level comprehension.

But this obstacle only held Wu Yuan's body refiner self back for a few hundred years.

In terms of Dao comprehension, my body refiner self has now stepped into the late-stage Astral Monarch level. Wu Yuan revealed a smile. Next is to advance to the ninth-level True Intent stage.

Beyond that would be the Dao Field of a Great Dao, which could rival a Sovereign's Dao comprehension.

However, compared to my body refiner self, my qi refiner self’s progress is indeed slower. Wu Yuan inwardly sighed.

In an objective sense, his qi refiner self was advancing swiftly with the aid of spacetime inheritances, Dao Master battle relic sites, and numerous teachings and inheritances. But it still lagged behind his body refiner self, stuck at the sixth-level True Intent stage of Spacetime.

Time flowed on.

Another three thousand years passed, and Wu Yuan's age reached the milestone of ten thousand years.

The long years of secluded cultivation had strengthened Wu Yuan's Dao Heart and willpower immensely.

His two true selves also continued to break through, successively becoming a Fifth Tribulation High Immortal and Fifth Tribulation High Deity.

Moreover, their Apotheosis roots allowed both true selves to rival Archimmortals in base power, even without unleashing any secret arts.

It was at this moment that Wu Yuan's qi refiner self finally shattered the bottleneck of the Great Dao of Spacetime, advancing to the seventh-level True Intent stage of Spacetime.

However, his body refiner self was not far from the eighth-level True Intent stage of the Great Dao of Creation, with Dao comprehension steadily approaching the peak-stage of Astral Monarchs.

He was very close to rivaling even Astral Monarch Wan Lei in his prime.

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Inside a hall on the Spacetime Island.

Wu Yuan sat cross-legged in lotus position, the flow of time around him fluctuating wildly. Space and time seemed to tremble and shake. His figure repeatedly blurred, showing signs of completely vanishing without a trace.

Master. Star Moon stood at a distance, observing him with pure reverence.

Over thousands of years, Wu Yuan's rate of progress had left her dumbfounded. It was beyond her understanding, and she could only attribute it to his natural talent.

During the past thousands of years, Wu Yuan's mana body had roamed various parts of the Dao Realm, constantly completing spacetime missions. On the rare occasion he took action, his feats would invariably strengthen his unshakeable reputation.

In fact, not long ago, in a perilous exploration site of the Dao Realm, Wu Yuan's mana body encountered an Astral Monarch.

That Astral Monarch failed to recognize Wu Yuan, so the two ended up battling fiercely over a treasure.

In that frenzied fight, Wu Yuan displayed unparalleled ferocity, overpowering the qi-refining Astral Monarch and fleeing with the treasure.

News of this battle once again spread like wildfire throughout the entire Dao Realm. After seven thousand years, Wu Yuan's qi refiner self could now overpower even true Astral Monarchs.

I've finally reached the Dao Field stage of the Space Dao. With a mere thought from Wu Yuan, the spacetime fluctuations around him swiftly dissipated and calm was restored.

The Great Dao of Spacetime was the fusion of the two Greater Laws of Time and Space, each complementing the other's weaknesses to achieve heaven-defying power.

To comprehend the Great Dao of Spacetime, one had first separately comprehend the Law of Time and Law of Space.

After ten thousand years of cultivation, Wu Yuan had at last advanced his mastery of the Law of Space to the Dao Field stage.

Back then, Sovereign Lan Yan said it would take me ten thousand years at the shortest, or thirty thousand at the longest, to reach the Dao Field stage if I focused solely on comprehending the Law of Space. Her guess was not far off. Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

Though he had devoted much energy to comprehending the Law of Time, it still showed how precise the Sovereign's foresight had been.

Hmm? Wu Yuan suddenly paused. Haiyue has come to visit me?

He had just received news that Zhuo Haiyue's true self had come to pay him a visit.