Chapter 245: The Goodwill of the Founder of the Tianyuan Seat

After his consciousness connected to the Second Universe Network, Lin Qing accepted the invitation sent from the affiliated space, the "Tianyuan Seat Civilization Conference."

His eyes brightened, and Lin Qing found himself appearing in a vast hall.

In front were rows upon rows of bronze seats, occupied by figures with powerful auras, and he stood before one of these bronze seats, which seemed prepared specifically for him.

On the high platform, three figures sat majestically upon golden thrones, looking down upon the scene.

Lin Qing looked up.

On the central golden throne sat an old man with white hair and black robes, looking at him with gentle eyes.

On the right was a strange figure wrapped entirely in bandages, with only one cold, dark eye visible, looking at him with a slightly aggressive gaze.

On the left was a beautiful young girl with scarlet long hair, also examining him with a smile.

Even within the Second Universe Network, Lin Qing could perceive the auras of these three, which seemed to transcend everything and rise above the universe itself.

"They are all Masters of Secret Realms from various civilizations. These three are so special, could they be..."

Lin Qing immediately formed a guess in his heart.

At this moment, the old man in black robes with white hair on the high platform smiled and spoke: "A new Master of a Secret Realm has arrived. We do not yet know how your home civilization is called. Is it Earth?"

The gazes of the Masters of Secret Realms turned toward him. Lin Qing paused for a moment, then spoke: "From now on, it shall be called the Shanhai Realm."

"Shanhai Realm?"

Although the many Masters of Secret Realms were unclear about the meaning of this name, they still remembered the name of this civilization destined to spread throughout the Void Sea.

A civilization possessing the legacy of a Level 3 civilization must be extraordinary.

"Master of the Shanhai Realm."

The Founder of the Tianyuan Seat, the old man in black robes with white hair, smiled and said: "Let me remind you, although new civilizations in the Void Sea have a protection period and will not be drawn into civilization wars for the time being, the limit is only thirty-eight thousand years. Once time passes, the Shanhai Realm will inevitably collide with other Secret Realms, creating a Void Battlefield. You can check the specific details here yourself."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

He indeed did not fully understand civilization wars, knowing only that between the Secret Realms of civilizations where wars occurred, a channel-like Void Battlefield would form, connecting both Secret Realms.

Thirty-eight thousand years...

It seemed very long, but for a Level 2 civilization that often developed over hundreds of millions of years, it was actually just a very short time.

He also did not know the specific circumstances of civilization wars, but he had seen the Bai Ta civilization that lost a civilization war; as the defeated party, they had to pay a price, such as dividing resources and so on.

"Additionally."

The Founder of the Tianyuan Seat smiled and said: "From now on, our Tianyuan Seat civilization and your civilization can interact more. Would you allow our Tianyuan Seat to build a wormhole in your territory?"

Immediately, a murmur of surprise rose from the crowd of Masters of Secret Realms surrounding them.

The Three Great Sacred Lands transcend time and space, being utterly transcendent. Other Level 2 civilizations cannot find them even if they try; countless 2.8-level civilizations dream of interacting more with the Three Great Sacred Lands.

Building a wormhole is like opening a transportation road, allowing the people of both civilizations to travel back and forth at any time, just like establishing an alliance relationship!

A weak nation has no diplomacy.

This saying applies equally to the high-level civilizations of the Void Sea.

For a weak Level 2 civilization to serve as an affiliate of those powerful civilizations is already good enough.

As for the Three Great Sacred Lands, they are even higher up, transcending the world; even 2.8-level civilizations basically have no qualification to have any interaction with them!

Let alone building a direct wormhole; even if some geniuses from the Three Great Sacred Lands arrived, the high-level officials of various Level 2 civilizations would treat them as honored guests and dare not offend them, showing the status of the Three Great Sacred Lands.

And now, this Founder of the Tianyuan Seat, the Master of the Tianyuan Seat civilization, actually proactively proposed to form an alliance with a civilization that had just been born?

This immediately left the Masters of Secret Realms from various civilizations stunned and unable to understand.

Even if this newborn civilization possesses the legacy of a Level 3 civilization, so what?

In the Void Sea, every 2.8-level civilization has received the legacy of a Level 3 civilization; there are also several civilizations below 2.8-level that have had such opportunities. Among civilizations that have received the legacy of a Level 3 civilization, there are not a hundred, but eighty.

But even for the various 2.8-level civilizations, even if they have interactions with some high-level officials of the Three Great Sacred Lands, they have no qualification to become allies of the Three Great Sacred Lands!

This immediately made the Masters of Secret Realms from the crowd of Level 2 civilizations unable to understand.

"Oh?"

The Founder of the Pantheon, who had a head of scarlet long hair and resembled a young girl, heard this, glanced at the Founder of the Tianyuan Seat, then looked at Lin Qing with a smile, seeming even more interested.

And the Founder of the Time-Space Island, whose whole body was wrapped in bandages, also slightly narrowed that single eye and looked at Lin Qing.

"Build a wormhole?"

Lin Qing was also slightly stunned.

Although he did not fully understand these matters, he understood the significance behind them.

This Founder of the Tianyuan Sacred Land is so enthusiastic?

In that instant, many guesses and thoughts flashed through his mind. He then took a deep breath and said slowly: "Our Shanhai Realm civilization has just been born and is not yet stable. Founder of the Tianyuan Seat, may I consider this?"

The Masters of Secret Realms around were somewhat surprised.

A Founder of a Sacred Land personally extending an invitation; such a great favor was actually being refused?

Yet the Founder of the Tianyuan Seat remained calm, simply smiling and saying: "That is true. No rush. Give me your answer whenever you are ready."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

Facing an existence like a Founder of a Sacred Land, he also felt pressure in his heart.

Legend has it that even the Masters of Secret Realms of 2.8-level civilizations, though invincible while hiding in their home Secret Realms, dare not provoke the Founders of the Three Great Sacred Lands.

It is said that the Founder of the Time-Space Island once broke into a Secret Realm of a 2.8-level civilization, not only killing the Master of that Secret Realm who served as a Void Divine Official, but even destroying the entire Secret Realm!

Before the Founder of the Time-Space Island acted, the unified consensus among all civilizations was that—

As long as a Master of a Secret Realm is within their home Secret Realm, they are an invincible existence!

Under the gathering of the vast power of the entire Secret Realm world, even the weakest Master of a Secret Realm could easily expel a Void Divine Official.

But only in front of the Founders of the Three Great Sacred Lands did this invincibility become a joke.

"According to what Young Master Su said, Secret Realms are protected by the temporal power of the Vacuum Great Tomb, so even a 2.9-level civilization cannot force its way in."

Lin Qing was also very cautious in his heart, "But... if a 2.9-level civilization is given the chance to enter, especially an existence like the Founders of the Three Great Sacred Lands, then it might be dangerous..."

So, he could only politely decline.

Who knows what the Original Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat is plotting?

"Today's meeting also serves as a welcome ceremony for you, the new Realm Lord."

The Original Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat smiled faintly and said, "Everyone may disperse."

Having spoken, he glanced at Lin Qing with a smile and then vanished without a trace.

Meanwhile, the scarlet-haired girl beside him, the 'Original Ancestor of the Pantheon', and the bandage-wrapped 'Original Ancestor of the Time-Space Island' also glanced at Lin Qing before disappearing.

After the three Original Ancestors departed, the other Realm Lords of the Second-Tier Civilizations also began to leave one by one.

Of course, many more Realm Lords, before leaving, actively approached Lin Qing, greeted him with considerable politeness, and added him as a friend on the Second Universe Network.

Among them, a woman in white robes of peerless beauty was none other than the Realm Lord of the Bai Ta World.

The Holy Lord of Bai Ta, 'Qilusha'.

"It is extremely rare for a Realm Lord to be a Star God. Mr. Lin Qing, being both a Star God and a Realm Lord, is truly exceedingly rare," the Holy Lord of Bai Ta said softly.

The divine office of 'Walker Beneath the Gods' exists almost exclusively in Second-Tier Civilizations, while Realm Lords are born from First-Tier Civilizations and are almost never Walkers Beneath the Gods; therefore, Walkers Beneath the Gods only appear after a Second-Tier Civilization is born.

A Realm Lord, even when passing the Realm to descendants, must be a native of their homeland and possess the same divine office.

Thus, it is very difficult for a Realm Lord to be a Star God.

"Is it that rare?"

Lin Qing also smiled, though he felt somewhat strange in his heart.

Although he held some status in the Bai Ta World, it was only slightly higher than that of the Void Sovereign, and his actual combat power was worlds apart.

Originally, he had never even seen the face of this Holy Lord of Bai Ta; who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, she would come to actively seek friendship?

This was not just due to the status of a Realm Lord; the key was the legacy of the Third-Tier Civilization and the Original Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat's active gesture of goodwill, which completely changed the attitudes of the Realm Lords of these civilizations.

Inside the 'Shanhai Realm' formed by Earth.

On the vast and immense continent, an incredibly dense flow of free energy filled the air, with the sky's aurora and misty vapors nearly taking on physical form.

Hovering above a plain in the center of the continent were hundreds of thousands of Sky Cities.

Each Sky City contained hundreds of millions of people; sensing the energy in the void, which was countless times more dense than that of the past Earth, they could not help but stand stunned.

In such an environment, even ordinary people could rapidly transform and evolve; even a dog could evolve to the level of a Primordial Creature!

As long as there is potential, becoming a Star Creature is no difficult matter.

"What place is this?"

"This... has the spiritual energy awakened?"

"I cannot sense the radiation from outer space; this is not Earth, is it?"

"I cannot see the horizon; where is this?"

"Uh... has everyone been transported across worlds?"

"No, where is my system?"

"Are there still rewards for having children now?"

Feeling the new environment, hundreds of trillions of Earthlings were all somewhat bewildered.

After all, the Earthlings of today were almost merely Primordial Creatures; they did not understand what a Second-Tier Civilization was, and having been suddenly moved by Lin Qing from the True Universe, they had noticed nothing.

Lin Qing did not mind; how to explain these matters was a plan the Propaganda Department would devise, requiring no worry from him.

Next, the Earthlings only needed to continue accelerating population expansion until the population reached the current limit the Shanhai Realm could bear, triggering a large-scale awakening of powers, and then accumulate Star Source Stones to allow the Shanhai Realm to continue growing.

Thus, continuing to slowly increase the population while allowing the Shanhai Realm to grow constantly.

Until the Shanhai Realm reaches the first limit of a Void Realm—

A world with a diameter of fifty million kilometers.

After that, he, as the Realm Lord, must master the complete spatial laws and become a Void Sovereign to break the Shanhai Realm's limit and continue growing.

"The three conditions of a Void Sovereign: all spatial mysteries, will, and cognition of the world..."

Lin Qing sat cross-legged in the void, overlooking this world, pondering silently, "The will still needs tempering, and cognizing the world requires leaving it to walk abroad; thus, cognizing all spatial mysteries is the simplest..."

With a mere thought, his consciousness merged with the world source of the Shanhai Realm.

If it were an outsider, their consciousness could never merge with the world source, but as the Realm Lord who guided the Realm's opening and birth, he was equivalent to the parent of this Realm, so the world source naturally did not resist him.

In the future, to replace the Realm Lord, he must die, the world consciousness must sense no trace of his aura, and a second Life-type Star God must appear among the natives with power equal to his, only then can they inherit his position as Realm Lord.

At the moment Lin Qing's consciousness merged with the world source—

"Boom!"

In a daze, Lin Qing's consciousness seemed to receive an immensely vast extension; instantly, he perceived the entire Shanhai Realm and simultaneously sensed the omnipresent laws of the Void Sea outside the Realm.

Vast as the spatial laws were, they constantly revealed various spatial mysteries, endless and ever-changing.

And he could easily capture these various spatial mysteries, even observing the void through the Void Realm and comprehending various true aspects of the void!

"This..."

At this moment, Lin Qing could not help but feel shocked and somewhat enlightened: "No wonder... no wonder almost every Realm Lord can become a Void Sovereign; with such cultivation conditions, comprehending spatial laws is truly too simple. Even after merging with the world source, the will can slowly grow; as long as there is enough time, as long as one leaves the Realm to walk the Void Sea and cognizes a sufficiently vast world, one can master the spatial laws!"

He had a feeling.

In at most ten days or half a month, he could cognize seven true aspects of the void and then recognize all spatial mysteries.

For a Realm Lord, the only difficulty lies in creating one's own divine technique.

If one does not create a sufficiently powerful divine technique, once leaving the Realm and losing the power of the world, one remains merely a weakling.

As a Realm Lord, if one lacks life-saving means such as a clone, dying outside the Realm means truly dying, with no possibility of resurrection.

Other creatures within the Realm can be resurrected because the Realm Lord uses the world source to reshape their life imprints and souls.

But if the Master of the Secret Realm himself dies, no one will help revive him.

Therefore, the Master of the Secret Realm places the highest importance on survival abilities; whether it be clones, resurrection treasures, super-dimensional teleportation, absolute defense, and so on, all are highly valued.

After all, once the Master of the Secret Realm dies, if there is no successor in the homeland, the World Source will weaken, and even the entire world will completely collapse.

"Fortunately, I have a clone, and the Void Great Tomb protects the clone. Causality killing and soul attacks cannot kill me, unless illusion magic hypnotizes my consciousness, making me commit suicide directly..."

Lin Qing thought silently.

But in resisting illusions, he also possesses the precious Holy Word 'Mirror of Pain'; even the strongest illusions can only cause his soul to painfully shatter, making it difficult to trap him in illusions.

However, even so, he must remain vigilant at all times.

His greatest vigilance is directed at that Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat.

—There has never been inexplicable goodwill in this world; there must be an ulterior motive.

It is highly likely due to the legacy of the Primordial Realm.

"However, this Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat's proactive friendliness has also caused many Masters of Secret Realms to actively befriend me..."

Lin Qing pondered silently, "The Holy Lord of Bai Ta has also proactively shown friendliness; perhaps I can use this opportunity to obtain the core genius girl cultivated by the Marquis of Yinxue's family?"

That disabled girl, as a genius valued by the Marquis of Yinxue, originally had little hope of being obtained by him.

But now... perhaps it is different?

If the Holy Lord of Bai Ta helps, and the Marquis of Yinxue learns of this situation, perhaps he will agree?

"However, first, I must determine what the true attitude of that Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat is..."

Lin Qing pondered for a while, and a decision had already formed in his heart.

"Hmm, let's do it this way."

(End of this chapter)