Comprehension Ability: Creating and teaching the Dao in various worlds

Chapter 1411: Chapter 20: Closing the Timeline (End of Volume)

“Perfect life, infinite origins, endless tribulations!”

Lin Yuan’s expression was thoughtful.

What the Time Lords pursued was transcendence, as for transforming into a fourteenth-rank Perfect Time Being?

It’s just one method of achieving transcendence, not the only way one can transcend.

Transcendence is merely the ultimate destination, while there are multiple paths leading to that destination.

And these multiple paths refer to perfect life, infinite origins, endless tribulations.

Perfect life is easy to understand, it means becoming a Perfect Time Being.

Infinite origins mean reaching the source of time, the initial time point of dimensional evolution.

“These three methods are the most probable ways to transcend, deduced from our Lords’ understanding of infinite dimensions.”

The Three-Life Immortal Emperor paused for a moment before continuing: “Besides, some Lords have explored transcendent paths outside of these three methods, but they’ve all been proven unable to transcend ultimately.”

“I see.”

Lin Yuan nodded in understanding.

The so-called proof means that some Lords have fulfilled the requirements of the method, yet still failed to break through their own great fate.

As for perfect life, infinite origins, endless tribulations, none of them have been achieved by any Lord so far. Coupled with repeated deductions by various Lords, they have become the mainstream three paths to transcendence today.

Time Lords observe the past and the future; they believe these three methods, if accomplished, can lead to transcendence due to some definite ’evidence’.

“Though the methods exist, achieving them is indeed too difficult.”

The Three-Life Immortal Emperor said in a low voice, his tone complex.

The transcendence path he chose was infinite origins, using the present and future self to anchor the past self, and then proceed to the origin of time.

This path to transcendence isn’t as extreme as perfect life; failure doesn’t equate to death.

But plunging too deep into past time can lead to the calamity of ’loss’; even so, the Three-Life Immortal Emperor’s “Three-Life Method” holds more advantages over other Time Lords exploring this transcendence path.

Still, caution is necessary, as past time is also fraught with dangers. Once lost, a Time Lord cannot return to the present time, remaining eternally in past time.

In that case, it wouldn’t differ from falling, as being lost in past time means one can’t discern the direction of time, nor continue to the time’s origin point.

“Indeed very difficult.”

Lin Yuan nodded.

Although he hasn’t tried these three transcendence paths yet, there’s the cautionary tale of the Lord of Heaven Light.

He naturally understood the difficulty within.

And how could methods that past, present, and future Time Lords fail to accomplish be simple?

Lin Yuan looked at the Three-Life Immortal Emperor: “What is the method of endless tribulations?”

He understood what perfect life and infinite origins were.

But endless tribulations?

“The transcendence path of endless tribulations stems from the trials of the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness within dimensional evolution.”

The Three-Life Immortal Emperor said: “By reaching the Third Realm Time Lord tier, one’s consciousness can perceive the presence of the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness, thereby opening the transcendence path of ’endless tribulations’.”

“The trials of the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness?”

Lin Yuan’s heart stirred.

“Indeed.”

The Three-Life Immortal Emperor nodded: “This path is identified as a transcendence path because the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness wouldn’t engage in meaningless acts. Leaving such trials specifically targeted at Time Lords is likely related to transcendence.”

Lin Yuan nodded slightly at the words.

There are many things enticing to a Time Lord, but transcendence is surely the common pursuit of all Time Lords.

“The transcendence path of endless tribulations is divided into three layers: the first layer is thirty-six billion two thousand tribulations, the second layer is ten billion eight thousand tribulations, and the third layer is three billion three thousand tribulations.”

“After overcoming thirty-six billion two thousand tribulations at the first layer, one can proceed to the second layer of ten billion eight thousand tribulations, followed by the third layer of three billion three thousand tribulations.”

“Each time a tribulation is overcome, one’s strength increases, and the difficulty of the next tribulation also rises. Failing is akin to death; one’s existence will be erased by the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness.”

“And only by overcoming all tribulations does one pass the trial left by the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness, achieving transcendence.”

The Three-Life Immortal Emperor said.

Lin Yuan’s expression froze. Suddenly he thought of the Da Feng Emperor as the target when he fell into the time loop world.

Evidently, the Da Feng Emperor knew of Lin Yuan’s existence beforehand and knew Lin Yuan would act against him, hence he abandoned the Da Feng dynasty and plunged to the bottom of the deep sea, intending to evade pursuit.

Based on his actions, he didn’t resemble a native of the time loop world; rather he appeared akin to an outsider like Lin Yuan.

And the fake death method the Da Feng Emperor created to plunge into the deep sea wasn’t something a twelfth-rank perfect life of the same tier could create.

Even Lin Yuan found it challenging to create a secret technique to fake death for over a century under the extremely stringent rules of the time loop world without relying on any external materials.

Now it seems, that Da Feng Emperor’s more likely to be a Time Lord undergoing ’endless tribulations’?

After all, the time loop world was created by the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness, and ’endless tribulations’ are also trials left by the Supreme Rule Dao consciousness, making it easy for Lin Yuan to associate the two.

“In what form are the tribulations in endless tribulations endure?”