Chapter 666: The Lineage of Taiyuan Divine Court (1)

"Master's ambitions are truly grand indeed, aiming to ascend to a Legacy Imprint bearer right from the start," Star Moon, dressed as a female housekeeper, said with a grin. "Truly befitting Star Moon's new master. Even the previous masters Star Moon served couldn't hold a candle to you."

Wu Yuan's mouth twitched as he shook his head, "Star Moon, act normal."

He felt that this Spacetime Spirit before him was unusually animated, as if galvanized by some unknown stimulus.

"Aye!” Star Moon’s expression turned solemn, “Please observe, Master." With a wave of her hand, a massive light screen materialized.

The light screen displayed a wall of textual information, along with some of Wu Yuan's personal data:

Imprint Bearer: Ming Jian

Accumulated spacetime points: 20,000 (Dao Master Imprint)

Remaining spacetime points: 20,000

Note: When accumulated spacetime points reach 40,000, the final inheritance trial may be undertaken.

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"So, one spacetime inheritance can be redeemed with one thousand spacetime points?" Wu Yuan murmured, "A maximum of forty Spacetime inheritances?" [1]

"Correct!" Star Moon explained, "Different tiers of imprints lead to different starting accumulated spacetime points. Ordinary Imprint bearers start with one thousand spacetime points, Elite Imprints bearers with three thousand, Sovereign Imprint bearers with six thousand, and Dao Master Imprint bearers with twenty thousand. Spacetime points can be exchanged for treasures or used to receive spacetime inheritances.

By successfully completing spacetime missions, one can obtain spacetime points.

Spending spacetime points does not reduce the accumulated spacetime points.

When the accumulated spacetime points reach forty thousand, one becomes eligible for the final inheritance trial," Star Moon elaborated.

Wu Yuan nodded slightly, understanding now.

To upgrade one’s imprint to the highest Legacy tier, two conditions must be met: first, accumulate forty thousand spacetime points; second, pass the final inheritance trial.

Once someone became a Legacy Imprint bearer, as the name implied, one could obtain the greatest treasure left behind by the Spacetime Dao Master.

"Achieving a Legacy Imprint represents becoming a successor of the great Spacetime Dao Master," Star Moon chirped. "Historically, many have accumulated forty thousand spacetime points, but the exact number of Legacy Imprint bearers remains unknown."

"Unknown?" Wu Yuan was slightly taken aback.

"Yup." Star Moon nodded matter-of-factly, "This information is not public. In fact, even the specific identities of those who have accumulated forty thousand spacetime points are not disclosed.

Even if the top factions outside the realm were to investigate, they can only uncover information about Dao Master Imprint Bearers," Star Moon explained.

Wu Yuan nodded in understanding.

Such measures were likely implemented by the Spacetime Dao Master to protect his lineage of successors. After all, he wasn't vying for supremacy, so there was no need for his powerful followers to make a name for themselves.

This way, the various factions would only be more wary. Who knew how many Sovereigns were actually successors of the Spacetime Dao Master, or if any of them were supreme beings surpassing Sovereigns?

Still, it's quite advantageous that I started with a Dao Master Imprint right off the bat.

Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

An Ordinary Imprint bearer, starting with just a thousand spacetime points, would need to acquire another thirty-nine thousand points to qualify for the final trial.

But a Dao Master Imprint bearer started off with twenty thousand spacetime points. They only needed to acquire another twenty thousand spacetime points to succeed.

Even Sovereign Imprint bearers started at a significant disadvantage compared to Dao Master Imprint bearers.

According to Star Moon, none of the current twenty-odd Dao Master Imprint bearers started off at this tier.

Wu Yuan thought to himself.

Which means they must have acquired over ten thousand spacetime points afterwards.

A brief calculation was enough to deduce this.

Acquiring thirty or forty thousand spacetime points within a hundred thousand years in the Spacetime Dao Realm might be challenging. But accumulating ten or twenty thousand spacetime points was still highly feasible.

After all, those currently in the Spacetime Dao Realm are merely geniuses from various realms gathered over the past hundred thousand years.

Wu Yuan grinned.

In the Spacetime Dao Realm, one could cultivate for a maximum of a hundred thousand years.

Among the tens of thousands of imprint bearers from the Taiyuan Divine Court who arrived here with him, few could match him in terms of pure talent.

There might be numerous geniuses from various major factions in the present-day Spacetime Island, but those whose talent could rival his own or Zhuo Haiyue's were likely few and far between. Perhaps even none!

However, they have cultivated for longer periods. Especially those Tribulation/Universe Architect cultivators who have cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years. With decent talent and long periods of cultivation on the Spacetime Island, their strength must be even more formidable.

Wu Yuan pondered.

When completing spacetime missions, there was always the possibility of encountering other imprint bearers, and conflict between them was inevitable. In battle, imprint tiers didn't matter.

"Master, these are the methods for acquiring spacetime points," Star Moon waved her hand again.

Instantly, the light screen flickered and lines of text appeared once more.

Spacetime Missions: At least one Elite-level mission must be completed every one thousand years. Failure to complete even one Elite-level mission in a thousand years will result in expulsion from the Spacetime Island. Additionally, a maximum of ten Sovereign-level or lower missions can be accepted per thousand-year cycle. New missions cannot be accepted until the previous mission is completed.

Ordinary-level Mission: 1 Spacetime Point

Elite-level Mission: 10 spacetime points

Sovereign-level Mission: 100 spacetime points

Dao Master-level Mission: 1000 spacetime points (Once per thousand years)

Note: Specific missions cannot be selected. Imprint bearers may only select the mission level they wish to apply for, and then await mission assignment.

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"So every thousand years, there's a shared quota of ten missions across Ordinary, Elite, and Sovereign levels," Wu Yuan murmured. "While for Dao Master-level missions, there's one opportunity every thousand years? Is it an exclusive mission?"

"Correct." Star Moon nodded emphatically, "The difficulty of missions actually varies for different imprint bearers. The difficulty of spacetime missions is determined based on a comprehensive assessment of the imprint bearer's mana cultivation and cultivation years.

The lower the mana cultivation and the shorter the cultivation years, the lower the mission difficulty. There's no possibility of taking shortcuts.

Given Master's brief cultivation period, what might be an Elite-level mission for other Imprint bearers could be a Sovereign-level mission for you."

Wu Yuan nodded slightly.

In this case, the more exceptional one's talent, the higher the probability of becoming a successor. Otherwise, if mission difficulty was determined solely by cultivation level, then many monstrous prodigies might choose to keep their cultivation stagnant at the Earth Immortal phase even up till obtaining the final inheritance. This would go against the Spacetime Dao Master's original intentions.

"Wait, Star Moon." Wu Yuan frowned slightly.

"If one completes one Dao Master-level mission and ten Sovereign-level missions every thousand years, wouldn't that amount to two thousand points in total?

Couldn't one accumulate forty thousand points in twenty thousand years?" Wu Yuan asked, puzzled.

Star Moon stared at Wu Yuan with wide eyes, as if looking at an idiot.

"Master, that's only theoretically possible," Star Moon shook her head repeatedly. "In reality, it's simply impossible. Take Dao Master-level missions for instance, they have another name among the countless imprint bearers on Spacetime Island - they're called ‘Hell Missions'.

They are essentially suicide runs, practically impossible to survive," Star Moon explained.

"That difficult?" Wu Yuan was taken aback.

"Yes." Star Moon nodded heavily, "Even Sovereign-level missions are often referred to as Hell Missions, with a nine-in-ten chance of death. In fact, relatively weaker and untalented imprint bearers hardly dare to casually accept Sovereign-level missions.

If they do and fail, losing just their mana body would be considered getting off lightly. If the karma affects their true self, that's when real trouble begins," Star Moon said, shaking her head.

"The Spacetime Dao Realm is fraught with dangers. In many places, there are Astral Monarchs or even Sovereigns in seclusion. These super powerhouses don't care about imprint bearers. In fact, unless one possesses a Legacy Imprint, even Dao Master Imprint bearers can be killed without consequence.

The Dao Master is impartial and unbiased. Everything is determined by fate and destiny. The old master won't interfere," Star Moon explained.

Wu Yuan nodded slightly, "I understand."

Having received intelligence from Immortal Sovereign Bei You, he naturally understood that while the entire Spacetime Dao Realm was far from comparable to a macrocosm, it was still incredibly vast.

With the supreme Spacetime Dao Master imparting his teachings over endless years, a great number of powerhouses had naturally emerged.

With a bit of deduction, it was clear that even Sovereign-level missions weren't something that could be completed casually.

Among the over eight million imprint bearers, there wasn’t a single Earth Immortal or High Immortal with truly poor talent. In fact, they all possessed decent aptitude. Yet only twenty-odd Dao Master imprint bearers had emerged.

"Star Moon, bring me the voidrealm jade for the Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm," Wu Yuan suddenly said.

"You know about it, Master?" Star Moon was surprised.

"I know more than you can imagine," Wu Yuan smiled faintly.

He had long known that there were three important locations on the entire Spacetime Island.

First was his private hall. Within one's private hall, absolute safety was guaranteed, and through the hall, one could receive spacetime inheritances.

Second was the Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm. Its function was similar to the Eternal Sun Immortal Voidrealm and Cang Feng Eldritch Voidrealm. It was the only voidrealm that could be accessed in the Spacetime Dao Realm, allowing for communication.

Voidrealm jades like those of the Eternal Sun Immortal Voidrealm did not function here.

Third was the Spacetime Treasure Hall. Why did Wu Yuan withdraw large quantities of physical divine crystals? It was for usage in the Spacetime Treasure hall, where one could purchase or redeem almost any desired artifact, rare item, or cultivation teaching, though limited to the level of immortal cultivators. Treasures sought by Astral Monarchs would likely be difficult to find there.

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As time passed, Wu Yuan familiarized himself with each part of the hall's structure, then stepped outside, arriving at the plaza beyond the hall.

An incomparably vast continent came into view – the so-called Spacetime Island. Though called an island, its maximum diameter spanned over a hundred million li.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Wu Yuan's hall was situated at the highest point on the eastern side of the entire continent, overlooking the landscape.

Across this endless landmass, majestic halls were erected at regular intervals. Each of those halls served as a residence for different imprint bearers.

Without the owner's permission, outsiders were forbidden from trespassing.

About twenty halls stood at the same elevation as Wu Yuan's, though separated by at least a million li.

The higher the imprint tier, the higher the hall's location?

Wu Yuan mused to himself.

At the same time, Wu Yuan also observed the massive, floating temples above this vast continent. These were the spacetime teleportation arrays.

To carry out spacetime missions, one would board these arrays to reach different regions of the Spacetime Dao Realm directly.

"Master, I've brought the voidrealm jade." Star Moon called out as her slightly ethereal figure drifted over.

"Good." Wu Yuan reached out to grasp it, swiftly imprinting his aura upon it.

In an instant, a strand of Wu Yuan's consciousness descended into the Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm.

...

The Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm, a gathering place for only a few million imprint bearers, was far less expansive than the Cang Feng Eldritch Voidrealm or Eternal Sun Immortal Voidrealm.

Yet in terms of mystique, it was no less impressive. In fact, the personal hall felt even more realistic and wondrous to Wu Yuan, clearly indicating that this voidrealm constructed by the Spacetime Dao Master was even more profound.

Let's go.

With a thought, Wu Yuan immediately left his personal hall and arrived at a sprawling city - the sole city in the entire Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm.

The four sides of the city were lined with densely packed shops. Only the center lacked any structures, instead filled with a multitude of immortal cultivators engaged in lively discussions. There were tens of thousands of people in total.

Title floated above each individual’s head, predominantly white Ordinary tier and blue Elite tier imprint bearers.

The ratio wasn't as skewed as compared to the Taiyuan Divine Court's newly arrived batch of cultivators. Evidently many imprint bearers had gradually upgraded their Ordinary Imprints to Elite Imprints while cultivating on the Spacetime Island.

Occasionally, an immortal cultivator with a purple Sovereign tier title would appear. Such cultivators instantly stood out from the rest, becoming a focal point of the crowd.

With a flash of light, Wu Yuan randomly materialized.

Above his head glowed a fiery purple Dao Master tier title, instantly drawing countless gazes.

"Dao Master tier? Am I seeing things? Has another Dao Master imprint bearer emerged? But I've never seen him before."

"I haven't seen him either."

"I have all the latest news on the Spacetime Island, and I keep tabs on all the Sovereign Imprint bearers. This person definitely isn't one of them." The cultivators standing nearby were both shocked and confused.

They had never seen Wu Yuan before.

One's appearance could change, but their soul aura and imprint title would always remain accurate to the individual – an iron law of the Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm.

1. Spacetime inheritance refers to the Dao simulations one can undergo to improve comprehension, similar to Dao Temple simulations ☜