The highest realm among all Primordial Forces was known as the Supreme Primordial Force.
Only two belonged to this level: Primordial Time and Primordial Space.
If Yun Jin chose the Law of Time or the Law of Space as her reward, she'd only have a one-in-a-million chance to receive a tiny fragment of it.
She glanced at those two options once and immediately gave up.
Not only was the chance way too low, even if she somehow hit that one-in-a-million shot, she'd only get a few shards of Law at best. And who even knew how much "a few" meant?
At that moment, she finally understood what made the Wan Dao Saint so terrifying. That man had actually grasped a sliver of Primordial Space. Just a sliver, yet it was still the Supreme Primordial Force.
A genius like that would be a peerless prodigy even in the Immortal Realm.
With just that trace of Space's Law, he could drag the outer-realm demons into a separate world and keep the Wushuang Sect standing undefeated.
The Supreme Primordial Force was truly terrifying.
Yun Jin knew she'd want to challenge it one day, but today wasn't that day.
Below it, there were five grades of Primordial Forces, from First to Fifth.
First-grade was the strongest, fifth-grade the weakest.
To her dismay, Yun Jin realized that elemental Primordial Forces were only fourth-grade—barely better than the weakest.
Inside the Trial Tower, five First-grade Primordial Forces were listed: Primordial Life, Primordial Death, Primordial Destruction, Primordial Causality, and Primordial Reincarnation.
Choosing any of these would give her a one-in-a-hundred-thousand chance to receive fragments of Law.
Those forces were far beyond her reach. She didn't even know where to begin.
Scrolling further down, Yun Jin found that the Primordial Devourment ranked as a Second-grade Primordial Force—two full levels above her Primordial Flame.
That meant even if she reached the Mahayana stage, mastering only Primordial Flame wouldn't be enough to defeat the Devourment Demon God.
That wouldn't do.
Her gaze finally settled on another Second-grade Primordial Force—the Primordial Five Elements.
A single element like Primordial Flame couldn't match a demon god.
But if she mastered all five elemental forces, she could unify them into the Primordial Five Elements, a Second-grade Primordial Force with enough power to fight head-on.
Of course, the First-grade and Supreme grades were stronger, but strength alone wasn't everything.
What mattered most was compatibility.
Without hesitation, Yun Jin chose Primordial Wood.
Just like Primordial Flame, Primordial Wood was a fourth-grade Primordial Force.
[System description: 100% chance to obtain three superior Laws. 80% chance to obtain four superior Laws. 50% chance to obtain five superior Laws. (Note: Laws must be comprehended by oneself.)]
At the fourth-level tier, the system was much more generous.
Yun Jin was almost guaranteed great harvests.
"Choose: the Primordial Wood," Yun Jin silently intoned.
In the next instant, an immense flood of information surged into her mind.
Yun Jin arched a brow.
Her luck was decent.
This time she had directly obtained five superior Laws.
They appeared as five clusters of light within her sea of consciousness.
To truly control them, she would still need to comprehend them herself.
Anyone else, even with such a fortune, might need hundreds or even thousands of years to fully digest them.
But Yun Jin was different.
With her abundant Emotional Value, she could directly absorb the Laws.
In only a few days, she would master all five.
However, to truly comprehend Primordial Wood, she'd need to grasp its True Meaning—just like she had with Primordial Flame.
If Primordial Flame's True Meaning was Courage, then what about Primordial Wood?
Yun Jin did not yet know. Perhaps she would need an opportunity, a catalyst.
After claiming her rewards, she was transported outside the tower.
The moment she stepped out, Yun Jin was startled.
This…
Why were there so many people?
She had only gone through a trial. How did it look like the entire sect had gathered?
"Sect Master!" Qin Ping's voice trembled as he looked at Yun Jin with unconcealed anticipation.
"Young Master!" An Tong too could not help but look at her with wide-eyed curiosity.
The trial tower was infamous for its difficulty. Yet Yun Jin had cleared it. Cleared it completely. Even those who had managed to pass just one or two levels had gained enormous rewards. What then of Yun Jin?
What had she obtained?
Yun Jin smiled softly. "Don't look at me like that. Just a small gain, nothing much."
She said no more, and the others did not press. But in their hearts, they all knew. This harvest must have pushed her strength to an entirely new level.
Before, their Sect Master could already chase down Xue Daoren in battle.
Now? Just how powerful had she become?
Still, Sect Master was the reincarnation of a divine being. No matter how strong she became, it was only natural.
"Enough. Return to your duties. Tomorrow, I will have arrangements for everyone," Yun Jin said.
The crowd tensed, quickly bowing in response.
Yun Jin nodded once, then vanished from sight.
She still had one architectural token left unused.
The disciple quarters and the trial tower had already been overwhelming in their strength.
What about the Sect Master's residence? Surely it would be no less.
Yun Jin circled the sect's secret realm, finally choosing a mountain peak she liked.
Only then did she activate the Sect Master's residence token.
At that moment, the disciples were still buzzing, speculating about what their Sect Master had gained.
But then, golden light erupted skyward.
A terrifying aura spread across the heavens.
Every heart trembled, instinctively filled with awe and submission.
As one, everyone turned toward the source.
Though it was far away, the golden radiance revealed a structure.
Compared to the disciple quarters and the trial tower, it seemed smaller. But the mere sight of it pressed down on their souls, demanding reverence.
"Wasn't that mountain bare before…?" someone muttered blankly.
"If Sect Master can create something like the trial tower, what's a mere residence?"
"True enough."
As they murmured, Yun Jin herself pondered.
The residence was hers alone. She could even name it. But what should it be called?
Not bothering to dwell, Yun Jin casually inscribed a few words.
In the next instant, a plaque appeared on the building.
In bold, sweeping script, it read:
"Palace of Sole Sovereignty Over the Four Seas and Eight Desolations."
Yun Jin gazed at the name, completely satisfied.
The crowd: "???"
"As expected… this is exactly Sect Master's style."
"Sect Master calls it direct. We should learn to follow our own hearts as she does."
"Indeed. To display one's brilliance openly is also a way of being true to oneself. Why should we suppress it?"
Unaware that she was steering her sect down an crooked way, Yun Jin felt quite pleased with the name.
After all, think about it carefully.
A name like this. Who could glance up at it and not offer a few points of Emotional Value?
Even a mosquito's leg, small as it was, was still meat.
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Causality = Cause and Effect = Karma. I will use this variety when translating.
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The hall name is "四海八荒唯我独尊殿" (Sì hǎi bā huāng wéi wǒ dú zūn diàn).
四海八荒 (Sì hǎi bā huāng)->Four Seas, Eight Wilds/Desolations. It have meaning as the entire cosmos; all of existence. A classic Chinese idiom meaning every corner of the known and unknown world.
唯我独尊 (Wéi wǒ dú zūn) -> Only I Alone am Honored/Venerated. It have meaning "I alone am the supreme one." This is a famously arrogant phrase, famously uttered by the Buddha at birth. It signifies absolute, unrivaled supremacy and ego.
殿 (Diàn) -> Palace, Hall, Temple. A grand building for someone of the highest status.
I choose to use Sole Sovereignty because it captures the arrogance and absolute, unique authority of 独尊. And because Yun Jin like to show off, I want to focus on this part.