Chapter 281: Relic of the Kings

"Not bad, I suppose, but it's definitely nowhere near as good as yours." Qi Lingxiao had just finished cultivating, still holding a long staff in his arms, and clicked his tongue in admiration. "I heard you've even killed quite a few Void Sovereigns?"

"In just over twenty thousand years, we might face our first civilization war."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said, "No matter how strong I am, at most I can deal with the enemy's Secret Realm Masters. The Sovereign-level battlefield will probably have to be abandoned, and at that point we can only look to the Void-level battlefield… What's Director Qi's approximate current strength?"

"I've only just created the third move of a Six-Aspect Divine Technique." Qi Lingxiao scratched his head a little sheepishly. "I haven't even fused a combination Divine Technique yet. Although I have the secret arts from the Archipelago Group, I'm only at the peak combat power of Yu Xingyuan Level Fourteen."

"Three moves of a Six-Aspect Divine Technique?" Lin Qing's eyes lit up.

Normally, any Void Being who creates a Seven-Aspect Divine Technique is at least at the peak combat power of Yu Xingyuan Level Fourteen, and the exceptional ones can reach Level Fifteen.

If one has a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact in hand, it can raise one's level by another tier.

But Void Beings who can create a Five-Aspect Divine Technique are extremely rare, considered top-tier existences, and those who can create a Seven-Aspect Divine Technique are even rarer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns!

"There are still over twenty thousand years, which means over two hundred thousand years in the cultivation chamber."

Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "You don't even need a combination Divine Technique. Does Director Qi have confidence in creating a Seven-Aspect Divine Technique within these two hundred thousand-plus years?"

"Depends on luck." Qi Lingxiao thought for a moment and said, "There should be hope."

"Good."

Lin Qing nodded and said, "If Director Qi can succeed, I'll prepare another Seven-Colored Divine Artifact for Director Qi. At that point, the Void-level battlefield will be very promising."

One must remember that Director Qi is the Tomb Guardian of the Great Vacuum Tomb!

As a Tomb Guardian, once one possesses Yu Xingyuan Level Sixteen combat power, one can immediately become a Primordial Realm Void-level citizen and receive a gift from the Primordial Realm.

Back then, he had chosen the fifth-generation bloodline of the Void God Race. Although limited by talent, he had only excavated ten percent of the bloodline, but it had still sent his gene index soaring to fifty-eight thousand times the universal standard.

And once Director Qi becomes a Primordial Realm Void-level citizen and receives a precious gift, his strength will also be able to soar!

At that point, even if Qi Lingxiao can't develop his bloodline as thoroughly as he did, shouldn't he at least be able to reach the peak of Yu Xingyuan Level Sixteen?

A Void Being with this level of combat power is extremely rare throughout the entire Void Sea.

More than enough to sweep the Void-level battlefield!

"I will certainly do my best."

Qi Lingxiao said, "The cultivation aids you've already given me are more than enough."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "How about this: I'm also traveling through the Void Stars right now. I'll take Director Qi's avatar to the various Void Stars. After leaving soul imprints, you'll be able to progress faster."

Back then, after his luck turned good, the treasure for nurturing an avatar he obtained in the Silver Labyrinth was naturally given to Qi Lingxiao.

It was also because Qi Lingxiao's comprehension was quite good, and his luck was unimaginably good.

However, he hadn't expected Qi Lingxiao's progress to actually be this fast?

It was because he only needed to conceive and theorize; as long as it was theoretically feasible, that was enough, reducing the difficulty tenfold or hundredfold, so creating his own Divine Techniques was very easy.

But Qi Lingxiao could only rely on himself, on that ethereal, elusive luck.

Even with the cultivation resources he provided, it was already fast enough.

"This is truly strange…"

Lin Qing couldn't help but wonder inwardly, "Director Qi's luck is this good, and Dean Chu is also extremely talented in the Science Path, especially in machinery…"

In the real universe, Did Chu Hongjun's attainments in the Science Path were already extremely excellent, far surpassing those of the same level.

Several thousand years ago, after Did Chu Hongjun became a Void Being, Lin Qing had also helped him find quite a few Science Path inheritances to study, but humanity's research on the Science Path wasn't considered advanced.

The race truly skilled in the Science Path in the universe was the Machine Race, while humanity primarily followed the Divine Office path.

Unfortunately, this Void Sea wasn't an active region for the Machine Race, and at the Void Being level, the Science Path was rarely seen.

But Did Chu Hongjun's talent in the Science Path was beyond doubt.

One must remember that Earth was originally just a planetary civilization, yet two such figures emerged from it. Wasn't the probability a bit too small?

Lin Qing could only attribute it to the wonders of the Primordial Realm.

……

After making preparations for the future civilization war, Lin Qing also entered the cultivation chamber of the Great Vacuum Tomb, preparing to develop the fifth-generation bloodline of the Void God Race within his body to its极致 before doing anything else.

"Bloodline Divine Crystal."

Lin Qing flipped his hand, and a strange seven-colored crystal emanating fluctuations of the universe's origin immediately appeared in his hand.

This crystal, merely the size of a palm, faintly revealed within it a sea of blood radiating a seven-colored sheen, like the blood of the universe. One could feel the pulsing within it, like a blood vessel, and a vitality like that of the universe's birth, clearly containing great wonders.

Fusing this fifth-generation bloodline of the Void God Race mainly depended on his compatibility with the origin of universal life.

In other words, his talent in the Life system.

In the past, he only had a Level Ten Life system talent, so theoretically he could only bring out about ten percent of the fifth-generation Void God Race bloodline at most.

But now, he already possessed Level Eleven Life system Authority, and his Life system talent had correspondingly risen to Level Eleven.

Naturally, he could also develop more of the power within this Bloodline Divine Crystal.

"Advance."

Lin Qing didn't waste any time, directly activating his专属 bloodline development secret art, choosing to advance the future result.

The next moment, accompanied by a massive influx of inexplicable information into his mind, the bloodline energy within this Bloodline Divine Crystal also began to continuously merge into his body, developing the Void God Race bloodline within him.

The last time he developed his bloodline, he had only consumed about ten percent of the energy within this Bloodline Divine Crystal.

But now, the energy within this Bloodline Divine Crystal began to decrease at a startling speed.

Before long—

"Boom!"

The energy of this Bloodline Divine Crystal was finally completely exhausted, and it shattered and vanished.

Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes, yet a hint of confusion lay within them.

At this point, his gene index had already reached over five hundred and sixty thousand times the universal standard, just as he had anticipated.

What confused him was—

The massive amount of inexplicable information that had flooded his mind when he advanced just now had given him a vague, entirely new feeling completely different from the past.

This was his first advance after becoming the Void Sovereign and obtaining the Time Talent.

This time, he vaguely understood what these inexplicable pieces of information were.

It seemed to be... the process of searching through multiple futures.

This made Lin Qing recall the words that appeared every time the Entropy Reverser activated.

【All phenomena tend toward chaos; only order is eternal】

【When you hold order in your hand, the future becomes clearly visible; you can reverse cause and effect, pluck the fruit, and advance the future】

"The future..."

Lin Qing fell into thought.

It is said that after becoming the Void Sovereign, the next step to transcend the universe requires mastering one of the three paths of Time Rules; whether past, present, or future, it can merge with Space Rules to form Space-Time Rules, or even Universe Rules, thereby achieving transcendence.

Cultivating the three different paths of Time will grant different Time abilities after transcendence.

As for the specific details, he was not clear.

"Perhaps the Entropy Reverser is an ability related to the future?" Lin Qing speculated inwardly.

After pondering for a while, he shook his head slightly, put aside his thoughts, and began to carefully perceive his own condition.

"The Gene Index is nearly eight or nine times what it was before..."

Lin Qing nodded inwardly. "My current strength is estimated to be at the peak of the Yu Xingyuan's nineteenth layer; perhaps I can even fight a regular Void Divine Servitor?"

The most ordinary Void Divine Servitors, such as the Black Day True Lord, without a Chaos Divine Artifact, are generally at the peak of the Yu Xingyuan's nineteenth layer, with some reaching the twentieth layer.

He had already crossed the threshold into the Yu Xingyuan's nineteenth layer before; now that his Gene Index has increased so much, it is naturally different.

Next, he would use the Fusion Technique to raise the Gene Index of each of his clones.

This is the most heaven-defying aspect of the Fusion Technique.

"However, before entering the King's Relic, I should go to the Bronze Demon Mountain first..."

Lin Qing pondered inwardly, "If I obtain the Guidance Mark of a Level Three Civilization at the Bronze Demon Mountain first, perhaps it will also be helpful in the King's Relic?"

Just as when he participated in the Divine Son Trial back then, he obtained the Guidance Mark of a Level Two Civilization and subsequently disguised himself as someone from a Level Two Civilization.

The towering and magnificent Bronze Demon Mountain, as if eternal and unchanging, remained hidden deep within the heavenly light.

"Huff."

Lin Qing's figure suddenly appeared beneath the bronze steps. Looking up at the long staircase stretching straight into the depths of the heavenly light, he could not help but reveal a faint smile. "I wonder which floor I can reach?"

He immediately began walking up the steps, one by one.

Ten thousand layers, twenty thousand layers, thirty thousand layers...

With his current True-Formed mental will, there was almost no pause on the steps of the Bronze Demon Mountain.

Even the willpower trial of the ninety-thousandth layer could not affect him.

He continuously obtained Guidance Marks, but Lin Qing did not pay much attention to them.

Only the 'Pantheon' Guidance Mark obtained upon ascending the ninety-thousandth layer made his heart stir: "Does the Bronze Demon Mountain actually consider the Pantheon Sanctuary the most suitable 2.9-level civilization for me?"

However, he could not rashly storm into the Pantheon; he temporarily put it aside and continued climbing upward.

Even after the ninety-thousandth layer, there was no pressure on him; it remained very easy.

Until—

Feeling the willpower pressure of the ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth layer, Lin Qing still felt no pressure, and then... stepped across it.

He stood on the hundred-thousandth bronze step.

The willpower pressure at this moment was comparable to the cosmic willpower pressure faced when directly contacting an innate Divine Artifact on the Main Star!

At the same time, Lin Qing also received a message originating from the Bronze Demon Mountain:

"Obtained the Guidance Mark of the Transcendent Civilization 'King's Realm'; you may proceed there on your own after transcending the universe."

Lin Qing could not help but be slightly stunned.

"The Guidance Mark of the King's Realm?"

"A Transcendent Civilization?"

Lin Qing felt somewhat strange. "What a coincidence? I was just preparing to go to the King's Relic, and I was given the Guidance Mark of the King's Realm? Or perhaps it is because..."

He flipped his hand and took out the Proof of the King.

"Perhaps it is because I possess the Proof of the King that I was given the Guidance Mark for the King's Relic?"

Lin Qing fell into thoughtful reflection.

This was a very reasonable speculation; after all, the Bronze Demon Mountain should possess detection capabilities and know exactly what he needed most.

For instance, when he first became a Void Being, what he needed most was to comprehend the Infinite Deep Pool wonder of the Bai Ta World, and the Bronze Demon Mountain gave him the Guidance Mark for the Bai Ta World.

And now, since he has the Proof of the King and can enter the King's Relic, it is understandable that he was given the Guidance Mark for the King's Realm.

"However, it seems Level Three Civilizations do not have level divisions?"

Lin Qing recalled the message just now; it only mentioned 'Transcendent Civilization' and did not have the Level Two Civilization division like before.

Is a Level Three Civilization called a Transcendent Civilization?

What about the Primordial Realm?

Having experienced so many things now, and not being a fool, he had long ago realized that the Primordial Realm was far from as simple as the Level Three Civilizations he had known.

However, since it was merely a bit of curiosity in his heart and not something he absolutely had to know, he naturally would not specifically ask the Host Prince.

"Voom..."

Within the heavenly light of the Bronze Demon Mountain, a beam of light immediately flew into Lin Qing's brow and merged into the depths of his soul.

It was none other than the Guidance Mark of the King's Realm.

"This trip to the King's Relic should yield extraordinary gains..."

Lin Qing revealed a faint smile.

After leaving the Bronze Demon Mountain, Lin Qing was not in a rush to depart immediately for the Kings' Ruins; instead, he first used the Fusion Technique to raise the genetic index of his Black Flame Clan clone and his Blood Cauldron King clone as much as possible.

His Black Flame Clan clone could already transform into a Void Sovereign in one go, but it had remained a Star Being until now, specifically to enter the Kings' Ruins and undergo that Star-level trial.

His Blood Cauldron King clone was also kept at the Void Being level, deliberately not breaking through, so as to undergo the Void-level trial.

In fact, the Blood Cauldron King clone could be replaced, but he had sought out many special race beings of the Void Sea and found none that met his standards.

With his current genetic index, even if his Blood Cauldron King clone were an ordinary human, it would possess a genetic index fifty-six times the universal standard, exceeding that of a typical Void Sovereign by dozens, nearly a hundred times.

Without any particularly special innate abilities, Lin Qing simply did not look favorably on them, so the Blood Cauldron King clone was retained.

In the blink of an eye, another two thousand-plus years had passed.

After staying in the cultivation chamber with a tenfold time flow rate for a full twenty thousand-plus years, the genetic indices of the Blood Cauldron King clone and the Black Flame Clan clone finally reached their limits.

Unfortunately, during these twenty thousand-plus years, Lin Qing had not been able to conceive of a single divine technique that could theoretically integrate complete spatial rules, let alone a perfect-level combined divine technique.

"Never mind; perhaps I can find some help within the Kings' Ruins..."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly, no longer delaying, and took out the Proof of Kings. As he poured in a vast amount of energy, invisible space-time power immediately descended, enveloping him.

The next moment, accompanied by space-time distortion, Lin Qing, along with his Black Flame clone and his Blood Cauldron King clone, vanished without a trace.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself standing beneath the steps of a towering, majestic giant palace, with above him a gate that seemed to support the heavens and the earth.

Above the gate, three large characters were visible—

Kings' Hall.

"The Kings' Ruins?"

Lin Qing surveyed this towering palace. Just as he was about to step forward, he discovered that figures had suddenly appeared on the open ground before the hall.

He could not help but feel a shock in his heart: "How are there others?"

(End of this chapter)