Tianyuan Realm.

Beyond the Nine Heavens.

The Thunder Giant trembled slightly in his sleep.

He seemed to sense something, suddenly opening one eye and looking down below the Nine Heavens.

Then he saw the fortune cloud above a sect’s base at the center of Green Vine Continent, along with the illusory lotus flower at its center.

Because of the sect’s fortune cloud covering it, the Thunder Giant could not see Su Yuan’s fortune cloud at a glance, but when he saw that fortune lotus, he frowned.

“What’s going on? How did a sect with the potential of an Immortal Sect suddenly appear in the Tianyuan Realm?”

An expression of displeasure crossed his face, and a flash of lightning shot from his eye, instantly striking downward.

The Tianyuan Realm’s Heavenly Dao Will manifested, weakening the lightning.

The Thunder Giant sneered coldly.

But his smile quickly froze. A seventh-rank spiritual treasure’s phantom suddenly appeared within the fortune cloud, blocking the weakened lightning. The entire sect’s fortune cloud remained completely undisturbed and incredibly stable.

This time, the Thunder Giant was truly shocked. Both eyes snapped open as he stood up his enormous body.

His every movement stirred the surrounding sea of thunder. The moment he fully rose, the sea of thunder formed by his breath crashed down below the Nine Heavens.

The Heavenly Dao Will of the Tianyuan Realm appeared, trying to prevent the sea of thunder from damaging the world, but some fragmented power still fell into the world, appearing over the sea on the eastern side of Green Vine Continent. That sea of thunder would become even more violent.

As the Thunder Giant tried to approach the Nine Heavens, strands of law chains immediately sprouted between heaven and earth, blocking his advance.

The Thunder Giant looked at the law chains with a sneer. “A mere mortal realm’s Heavenly Dao, weakened to this extent. If I weren’t worried that destroying you would incur the Great Dao’s tribulation, I would have wiped you out long ago! There’s no need to wait for you to fade naturally!”

The Thunder Giant clearly looked down on the Tianyuan Realm’s Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao Will lacked intelligence and naturally did not respond. Instead, it simply followed the established rules to prevent beings exceeding the Heavenly Dao’s limits from entering the Tianyuan Realm.

Standing above the Nine Heavens, the Thunder Giant still frowned as he stared at the illusory top-grade fortune lotus.

If this really gave birth to an Immortal Sect, the Tianyuan Realm might not only fail to fade away naturally but could even rebound. Then his mission would be impossible to complete!

“What a headache!”

The Thunder Giant frowned. Now, his plan was to send some beings within the Heavenly Dao’s limits to slaughter that sect with Immortal Sect potential. But such an action was like sending resources to the Tianyuan Realm. If those beings didn’t return, they would only become nourishment for the Tianyuan Realm.

The Thunder Giant scanned the entire Tianyuan Realm but found not a single cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage.

He was certain of this;

if any Foundation Establishment cultivators had appeared, he would have been awakened. Yet that seventh-rank spiritual treasure was roughly equivalent to half a Foundation Establishment stage!

“A pain!”

The Thunder Giant snorted coldly, then turned and headed to the other side of the void island where a teleportation formation was located.

He activated the teleportation formation and waited for a moment.

A small stone giant filled with thunder suddenly appeared atop the teleportation formation.

“Lei Mang pays respects to the clan leader!” The small Thunder Giant immediately knelt on one knee, looking extremely respectful.

“Hmph.” The Thunder Giant snorted lightly, indifferent to this junior.

“Mid Foundation Establishment? Just barely at the upper limit. Your mission is to eliminate this sect. Understand?” The Thunder Giant pointed to the world below, marking the location of the Seven Stars Sect.

Lei Mang immediately understood and said, “I will do my utmost to complete the mission!”

“Go!”

The Thunder Giant grabbed Lei Mang and threw him toward Green Vine Continent.

Lei Mang transformed into a lightning ball and directly charged into the Tianyuan Realm.

The Heavenly Dao Will of the Tianyuan Realm appeared, forming a net of law chains, but Lei Mang easily passed through the net and entered the Tianyuan Realm.

The Thunder Giant sneered, “Useless thing. Knowing it’s an enemy yet refusing to stop it.”

He mocked the Tianyuan Realm’s Heavenly Dao, but the Dao Will still did not respond.

This made him feel bored.

He shook his head and lay down to sleep. In his eyes, Lei Mang had already reached mid Foundation Establishment. Dealing with a mortal realm sect without Foundation Establishment cultivators was a cinch. The real difficulty was how Lei Mang would return.

He didn’t care about that. Even if Lei Mang couldn’t come back, it didn’t matter. After all, he was just an ordinary Foundation Establishment clansman.

After entering the Tianyuan Realm, Lei Mang immediately felt the world’s suppression weaken countless times. His body suddenly expanded, growing from the original five meters to five hundred meters tall!

He even felt he could easily transform into a humanoid form. The world’s restrictions were almost nonexistent here.

“So this is the mortal realm? The spiritual energy is too scarce! The Dao essence of heaven and earth is extremely thin!”

Lei Mang initially felt good but soon realized the mortal realm’s drawbacks. If he stayed here, his cultivation realm could not advance further!

This made him eager to return, planning to finish his task and then leave.

After confirming the direction of the Seven Stars Sect, he flew straight toward it.

By now, five months had passed since Su Yuan’s last cross-realm experiment.

During this time, Su Yuan did nothing much—just fished, drank tea, and read books. In the blink of an eye, five months flew by.

On this day, the weather was bright and clear.

Su Yuan quietly watched the system panel. The fame value paused briefly at 999.9 million before finally stepping up again, reaching 1e point!

[Ding, Level Up!]

[Ding, Current fame level has reached the Tianyuan Realm cap!]

Su Yuan’s eyes lit up as he opened the system panel.

[Name]: Su Yuan

[Region]: Tianyuan Realm

[Level]: World-renowned (1e/1e)

[Realm]: Mid Nascent Soul (80/100)

[Entry 1]: Work-Life Balance lv2 (3/10): Current rest time: 182 days

[Entry 2]: Daoist Techniques Naturally lv2 (3/10)

[Entry 3]: Seven Stars Shine Bright lv2 (3/10)

[Entry 4]: Mind Echo lv2 (2/10)

[Entry 5]: Great Being’s Demeanor lv2 (2/10)

[Entry 6]: Responding to Danger lv2 (2/10): Lifespan: 120,005 years

[Entry 7]: World Traveler

[Entry 8]: To Be Chosen

“Finally reached it!” Su Yuan smiled slightly and clicked on Entry 8.

Three lines of text appeared again before him.

[Time Corridor]: Condense a time corridor within the soul, allowing previously experienced scenes to be simulated again.

[Mirror Space]: Open a mirror space in consciousness, able to record and replicate the images of living beings;

after destruction, it must be recorded again.

[External Avatar]: Condense an external avatar in the dantian, possessing 100% of one’s cultivation but cannot inherit entries;

can be re-condensed after destruction or death.

(1 or 2 or 3?)

The appearance of these three entries plunged Su Yuan into deep thought.

He had reached Entry 8, and each option was extremely useful. Choosing one caused great hesitation.

The first was very mysterious. From the description, it could record past experiences. He thought of a practical use: recording the mysteries of heaven and earth.

He had been eager to comprehend the Virtual Gold Thundercloud but rushed because its duration was short.

If he could record it and wait until accumulating more [Work-Life Balance] rest time, then comprehend it again, the effect would be excellent.

The second entry made him think of combat trials. Since it opened a mirror space in consciousness, it was training within the mind. Recording the mirror could be used to fight and hone combat experience, useful for simulating combat secrets.

The third entry was simpler: directly condense an external avatar. Sending the external avatar out to fight or comprehend nature meant he could do so without worry. It combined the advantages of the first two entries.

Which entry to choose?

Su Yuan was truly conflicted.

In the end, he chose [Time Corridor]!

Combat experience could be improved later, and the external avatar could be condensed on his own. But missing [Time Corridor] meant no second chance!

Moreover, this entry fit well with [Work-Life Balance], [Daoist Techniques Naturally], [Mind Echo], [Seven Stars Shine Bright], and [World Traveler].

He could record all his otherworldly experiences and concentrate on comprehending them, greatly improving the efficiency of [Work-Life Balance]. He would no longer hesitate when encountering strange scenes or Dao essence of heaven and earth whether to comprehend immediately or accumulate rest time!

The moment the entry was chosen, he felt as if a mysterious time corridor had opened in his soul dimension. From that moment on, everything he experienced began automatically recording on the time corridor.

Everything within his perception—be it the wind moving through heaven and earth, sunlight, grass and trees, rivers, spirit beasts, or humans—was recorded one by one.

Su Yuan tried to intercept a segment just recorded on the time corridor.

He seemed to return to a few minutes ago, reliving everything that just happened. He could accelerate or slow down the process, allowing him to observe the past events more freely.

He saw that during that past time, a spirit rabbit was sneaking toward a spirit field but was driven away by a boy transformed from a spirit fish.

He had never paid attention to this scene before and had no memory of it, but the image had been automatically recorded on the time corridor.

Unfortunately, he could not find this scene again on the time corridor. It was like a one-time time image, allowing him to reflect on himself from the past. Perhaps the entry’s greatest use was to temper one’s mindset, but Su Yuan believed its true path was for comprehending the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.

Su Yuan activated [Mind Echo] and directed his consciousness to another location in the Tianyuan Realm. A disciple of the Seven Stars Sect unexpectedly mentioned Su Yuan, and his consciousness descended there.

He glanced around the surrounding mountains and forests, silently waiting for a moment.

Once satisfied, he withdrew his consciousness and returned to his body.

Then he activated [Time Corridor] again. To his surprise, when he arrived at the previous time segment, the time corridor split into two branches: one showing Su Yuan’s main body’s scene, and the other showing the scene around his other consciousness. The two time images recombined into a single time corridor when [Mind Echo] was closed.

Su Yuan continued experimenting and happily discovered that time segments in the time corridor could be cut and pasted together, allowing him to concentrate his comprehension on important time fragments.

The experimental result pleased Su Yuan greatly.

The [Time Corridor] entry was a perfect piece of his entry system puzzle.