NOVPUBChapter 1097: Chapter 926: The Lord of the 27th Heaven of the Netherworld! Chapter 1097: Chapter 926: The Lord of the 27th Heaven of the Netherworld! The nineteenth layer of heaven was not Lin Yun’s destination, and soon, with a thought, he began to shuttle deeper into the realms!
The twentieth layer of heaven!
The twenty-first layer of heaven!
The twenty-second layer of heaven!
…
Before long, Lin Yun had passed through the twenty-sixth layer of heaven and entered the twenty-seventh layer of heaven!
“The twenty-seventh layer of heaven…” Lin Yun murmured to himself, as a complex expression flickered through his eyes upon encountering yet another new space.
Originally, from the nineteenth to the twenty-sixth layer of heaven, it was he who broke through them, and then he re-entered the cycle of reincarnation. Otherwise, if nothing had gone wrong, he should have been able to break through the twenty-seventh layer as well.
He had a premonition that if he were the one to break through from the nineteenth to the twenty-seventh layer of heaven, something would change within him. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
This premonition was not unfounded.
Nine is the number of the Great Dao.
Observing various derivations of the Dao, it’s clear that every set of nine layers of heaven forms a small whole.
Therefore, in the vast world of spirits, the countless cosmic systems of spirits are mostly structured in sets of nine layers of heaven, such as the nine-layered heaven cosmos, the eighteen-layered heaven cosmos, the twenty-seven-layered heaven cosmos, the thirty-six-layered heaven cosmos, all the way up to the eighty-one-layered heaven cosmos.
They are almost always multiples of nine.
As for cosmic systems with an intermediate number of layers, they do exist, but they give an impression of being incomplete.
This is why many cultivators believe that only when a cosmic system’s number of layered heavens is a multiple of nine can it be considered a complete microcosm. This is also how the hierarchy of spirit universes is commonly assessed.
An incomplete cosmos, with its flawed Heavenly Dao, may not be better than a complete cosmos with fewer layers of heaven, even if it has a higher number of layers.
For instance, a forty-layered cosmos, unable to form a new cycle, may not necessarily be better off than a thirty-six-layered cosmos.
The layers from the nineteenth to the twenty-seventh heaven constitute one small whole.
Unfortunately, when he re-entered the cycle of reincarnation, he did not break through the twenty-seventh layer, missing it by just one layer… It made him somewhat regretful, as breaking through nine layers of heaven in a row in a universe was not an easy feat for a cultivator.
In the Netherworld, it is said to have eighty-one layers of heaven, and possibly, even if all eighty-one layers were broken, no cultivator would be able to achieve it.
However, the reason the twenty-seventh layer of heaven was not so easily breached lay elsewhere.
Every set of nine layers forms a small whole, and it’s relatively harder to break through the last three layers of such a set, just as it is to break through the last three layers of any cosmic system.
The last three layers become increasingly difficult to break through–this was why Lin Yun had not broken through the twenty-seventh layer and had entered the cycle of reincarnation.
Time waits for no one, and had he waited to break through the twenty-seventh layer before entering reincarnation, it might have been too late.
“From the nineteenth to the twenty-sixth layer, I felt as if I were a fish in water, and there seemed to be an invisible aiding force the moment I entered… However, upon entering the twenty-seventh layer, that feeling vanished…” Lin Yun spoke softly.
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, Lin Yun once again opened the barrier between the twenty-seventh and the twenty-eighth layers of heaven.
This showed the disparity.
Previously, as he moved from the nineteenth to the twenty-sixth layer of heaven, he had not needed to exert much effort; merely with a thought, he could open the barrier to the next layer.
He could no longer use the Domain Power of the twenty-seventh layer of heaven, and if nothing went wrong, the same would hold true for the layers that followed.
“Hum!”
As the space of the twenty-eighth layer of heaven appeared and Lin Yun prepared to enter its space, a powerful presence suddenly flashed towards him.
“A Saint Lord level spirit? Heh, quite bold indeed, daring to enter the twenty-seventh layer of heaven of the Netherworld! Just in time, I, Frubor, have just woken up, and you shall be my snack! A Saint Lord level spirit should taste quite delightful!” the next moment, the presence revealed itself before Lin Yun, laughing loudly.
“Boom!”
As he spoke, the owner of the powerful presence unleashed a formidable Domain Power, swiftly covering Lin Yun.
“Hmm?”
Lin Yun’s brows furrowed slightly as a similarly powerful Domain Power confronted Frubor’s.
“Rumble!”
The next moment, the Domain Powers of both parties collided, erupting with earth-shattering noise and impact.
“The master of the twenty-seventh layer of heaven?” Lin Yun said solemnly.
Upon contact, he sensed the power of the twenty-seventh layer of the Netherworld within Frubor, the signature of the first cultivator to break through this layer.
In the Netherworld, one who is the master of a layer is often referred to in this manner.
His forceful breaking of the barriers between the heavens, coupled with his powerful energy fluctuations, would easily attract the attention of each layer’s master. However, he thought that if he was quick enough, by the time they discovered him, it wouldn’t be easy to catch up.
Keep in mind that once he ascended to a higher layer, that layer would no longer be under the jurisdiction of the previous layer’s master.
In the Netherworld, there were quite a few cultivators capable of breaking through the barriers of every layer of heaven, and if each one had to be monitored, it would be too cumbersome.
Thus, even if a layer’s master became aware of such transgressions, they might not necessarily take action.
Therefore, Lin Yun continued his shuttle without worries.
Unexpectedly, just as he had shuttled through from the nineteenth to the twenty-sixth layer, his own “territory”, he was discovered immediately upon shuttling into the twenty-seventh layer.
