Breakthrough to the Return to Source Realm!
I don't know how much time has passed.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, Lin An's aura suddenly surged.
The entire Chaos Sea seemed to boil at this moment, with countless chaotic currents spontaneously condensing and converging towards Lin An.
A towering, chaotic Dharma image formed above Lin An's head.
With a mere wave of his hand, the river of time and space manifests, and the threads of destiny appear.
With a single thought, one can create a vast world out of thin air.
A single thought can extinguish even the stars and reduce them to nothingness.
He can even briefly interfere with the flow of time and manipulate the cause and effect of all living beings, if he so desires.
"The Return to Source Realm has been achieved!"
Lin An opened his eyes, standing with his hands behind his back. He wasn't tall, but he seemed to be the center of this world.
His left eye was like the beginning of chaos, with the gray air currents in which earth, fire, wind, and water rotated, evolving the world.
His right eye seemed to belong to a void, its black hole-like pupil capable of swallowing the brilliance of all things.
In the blink of an eye, it seemed as if countless strange phenomena of the birth and death of worlds flashed by.
On its skin, natural Chaos Dao Mark are covered, each pattern resembling a winding galaxy that flickers with each breath.
Around him, time seemed to speed up and slow down, space twisted and folded, and even the most basic laws of matter became blurred.
The aura it naturally exudes is enough to cause the surrounding void to continuously collapse and recombine.
With each step it took, a chaotic golden lotus automatically appeared beneath its feet. Between the blooming and withering of the lotus, it seemed as if a world was being born and annihilated within it.
The Divine Wheel of Myriad Laws behind him was even more dazzling, imbued with the essence of chaos, which would sometimes condense into dragons and phoenixes swirling and dancing.
Just standing there, one seems to merge with the entire universe; even the occasional movement of a strand of hair is enough to create a spatial rift.
Feeling his current strength, Lin An's face showed satisfaction.
Even you've gotten stronger.
Lin An looked at the Spirit-Devouring Ring in his hand.
During its breakthrough, the Spirit-Devouring Ring also absorbed some chaotic essence, which further enhanced its quality, bringing it directly to the level of Eternal Spirit Treasure.
Although the Spirit-Devouring Ring is no longer of much use to him, it is, after all, a treasure that accompanied him from weakness to strength, and its significance to him is completely different.
Buzzing...
As if in response to Lin An's words, the Spirit-Devouring Ring flickered a few times.
Lin An smiled, rubbed his fingers together on the Spirit-Devouring Ring, and it immediately quieted down.
"We've now reached the Return to Source Realm; the next step is the Eternal Chaos Realm."
Lin An's eyes flashed, as if piercing through countless spaces, before his gaze landed on the Chaos Sea.
There is only one way to break through from the Return to Source Realm to the Chaos Realm: cultivate within the Chaos Sea.
This wasn't difficult for him; with his current strength, entering the Chaos Sea was quite simple.
However, he recalled the figure he had seen in the Chaos Sea during his breakthrough.
"Could it be that there are still living beings in the Chaos Sea?"
Lin An was puzzled.
The Chaos Sea is said to be the primordial birthplace of countless worlds.
It is a place unbound by time, space, and any order; it is the ultimate destination of all order and rules.
Even though he is now a powerful expert at the Return to Source Realm, he still dares not say that he can go deep into the Chaos Sea.
But just now he actually saw a figure in the Chaos Sea. Although it was blurry, he was sure he wasn't mistaken.
After thinking for a while, Lin An shook his head. Since he couldn't figure it out, he might as well not think about it anymore.
He knew that there were always higher realms to reach, and even if he broke through to the Chaos Realm or even a higher realm, he could still resolve the Sin Abyss.
But he also knew that there were definitely more powerful beings above him.
The path to enlightenment is endless.
Lin An thought to himself.
He then lifted the restrictions around him, concealed all his unusual phenomena, and returned to his normal appearance.
"It took me a full 50,000 years to break through to the Return to Source Realm."
Lin An sensed the passage of time and couldn't help but show a look of emotion on his face.
That's fifty thousand years! For a Return to Source Realm expert, it's just a blink of an eye, but for other beings, it's countless lifetimes.
Even with a time flow rate of 2,500 times, it would be equivalent to twenty years passing in the outside world.
"However, all things considered, it's much faster than I expected."
He had prepared for the past century, but now only twenty years have passed, far below his expectations.
"I wonder what has become of the Myriad Spirits Realm after twenty years."
Lin An looked towards the Realm of the Myriad Spirits Realm Myriad Spirits Realm, and upon closer inspection, he discovered that it was quite different from before.
After he opened the passage between the Myriad Spirits Realm and the Domain, the royal family began sending batches of the King Realm experts into the Domain in order to alleviate the resource consumption of the Myriad Spirits Realm.
At the same time, the royal family also reached many cooperation agreements with the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion of the Domain, allowing a lot of resources from the Domain to enter the Myriad Spirits Realm.
The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion has even appeared in many cities.
"Has my second brother already ascended the throne and become emperor?"
Lin An looked towards the palace, where a young man dressed in imperial robes was working on state affairs at a desk.
This person was none other than his second younger brother Lin Yue.
In the second year after Lin An went into seclusion to cultivate, Lin Yue successfully broke through from the Legendary Realm to the King Realm with the help of the resources left by Lin An.
Upon seeing his son break through to the King Realm, Lin Xiao was overjoyed and without hesitation announced his abdication, allowing Lin Yue to ascend the throne.
Afterwards, Lin Xiao stayed in the Myriad Spirits Realm for another year. Once Lin Yue had consolidated his power, he took Li Xiyun and their daughter Lin Xi to the Domain.
Lin Yue was left alone to guard the house.
Lin Yue didn't really want to stay, but he had no choice; after all, he was the only heir to the throne.
With his elder brother's level of attainment, it's naturally impossible for him to ascend the throne again.
As for his younger sister, with her unruly nature, Lin Yue feared that she might cause the Supreme Peace Empire to fall apart within three years of ascending the throne.
In the end, he had no choice but to become emperor himself.
"My son, you cannot escape this throne, nor can you even think about escaping it."
"If you truly don't want the throne anymore, then get married and have children as soon as possible, raise several sons, and then pass the throne to them."
"Your mother, your little sister, your maternal grandfather, your eldest uncle, and I are waiting for you in the Domain."
These were the words Lin Xiao spoke to him when he passed on his position to him and prepared to take his mother and younger sister to the Domain.
"I never imagined that the throne would one day become so unattractive."
Lin An's eyes saw into the past, and he learned about all the events in the Myriad Spirits Realm over the past twenty years, including matters concerning his family.
"However, my second brother will soon be able to escape as well."
Lin An looked towards a certain spot in the palace, where four teenagers and two girls were cultivating together.