Chapter 295: World Expansion

"Boom!"

Under the thunderous clash of two sky-piercing giant palms hundreds of kilometers long, terrifying power exploded instantly. Within the collapsing spatial turbulence, the mighty physical body that the Lord of the Cang Track prided himself on was flattened into a thin pancake, and his life force was nearly annihilated.

That pancake, thinner than paper, twisted wildly in the void. As he struggled to recover, the Lord of the Cang Track begged for mercy:

"Spare me! Spare me! Mr. Lin Qing! I surrender, my lord Lin Qing! Didn't we agree to coexist in peace? I have no ill will toward you... Don't kill me!"

However, the answer he received was the World God's giant palm, vast as the sky itself.

In an instant, overwhelming power crashed down, completely turning the Lord of the Cang Track into nothingness.

The top-tier powerhouse who roamed the Void Sea—the Lord of the Cang Track—was thus extinguished.

Within the vast battlefield world of the Civilization Lords, only that towering World God, thousands of kilometers high, stood in the void, its terrifying might seeming to transcend heaven and earth.

"Killing one Lord of the Cang Track truly requires no divine artifacts or supreme secret arts..."

A faint smile appeared on Lin Qing's lips. He then flew toward the World Source Crystal Pillar standing at the center of the world and began infusing it with energy.

At the same time, the Black Flame Clan clone, which had been in a merged state with him, ceased its life combustion and quietly separated from him.

Since returning from the Realm of Kings, the Black Flame Clan clone had already transformed in one breath into a Void Sovereign.

Currently, the Black Flame Clan clone is of immense help to him. After merging with the Fire Abyss Clan bloodline, the clone has acquired the Fire Abyss Clan's innate ability.

The Fire Abyss Clan's innate ability is to burn life force in exchange for a comprehensive enhancement of over tenfold.

In fact, the Black Flame Clan is the same.

However, once the life level reaches the Void tier, the Black Flame Clan bloodline's life-burning enhancement ability becomes ineffective, since the flame used to burn life is merely at the eighth energy level.

With only that much energy, how could it possibly grant a Void being a massive enhancement?

But the Fire Abyss Clan is different. Even after surpassing the cosmic level, the enhancement brought by burning life remains effective!

Ultimately, the Black Flame Clan can only be considered a low-spec version of the Fire Abyss Clan.

Now that the Black Flame Clan clone has obtained the Fire Abyss Clan bloodline and possesses such an ability, there is absolutely no need to replace it.

As long as the Black Flame Clan clone burns its life force for a tenfold comprehensive enhancement and then merges with him, the addition of their base attributes will boost his strength tenfold as well!

Of course, such intense life combustion can only be maintained for ten seconds; after ten seconds, he must pause to recover some life force.

But for someone at Lin Qing's level, ten seconds is already a very, very long time.

Therefore, even without using supreme secret arts or the divine artifact 'Silent Void', his strength easily reached the level of the twenty-first layer of the Yu Xingyuan, making dealing with a Lord of the Cang Track utterly effortless.

"If I unleash my full strength, only two Chaos Children in the Yu Xingyuan are stronger than me..."

While infusing energy into the World Source Crystal Pillar, Lin Qing pondered silently, "However, compared to the Yuan Emperor, I am currently at most equal to him. I cannot kill him yet; I must wait a bit longer..."

Although the Lord of the Cang Track was a Yu Xingyuan Apostle, his threat level was nothing compared to the Yuan Emperor.

The Yuan Emperor is entirely different.

The future Yuan Emperor will be able to transcend the universe and become a Yu Xingyuan Vice-Lord; he must be eliminated as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the Yuan Emperor breaks through and receives a sliver of power support from the Yu Xingyuan Monarch, no one can kill him unless the Void God Clan descends. Even if the Three Ancestors and the six Main Gods acted together, they would fail to kill the Yuan Emperor.

At that time, the Yuan Emperor would recklessly destroy the Void Realms of various civilizations. The collapsing Void Realms would return their source to the Void Sea, causing the cosmic source of the Void Sea to surge. Before long, the Yu Xingyuan Monarch would initiate the Great Nirvana.

Therefore, he must be dealt with before the Yuan Emperor breaks through.

But the will of the Yu Xingyuan Monarch constantly watches over the Yuan Emperor. Once the Three Ancestors draw upon power beyond the cosmic level from outside the universe, the Yu Xingyuan Monarch can directly intervene.

In the simulated future, the Three Ancestors also tried not to use power beyond the cosmic level, but relying solely on their own strength, they simply could not kill the Yuan Emperor!

"The Chaos Child from the Immortal Realm cannot be relied upon either; I can only rely on myself..."

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. "My strength still needs to be further enhanced before I can be confident of killing the Yuan Emperor..."

Meanwhile, outside the Civilization Battlefield, all factions were in complete turmoil.

The Lord of the Cang Track, who had roamed the Void Sea for over two hundred million years, was thus extinguished.

And the one who killed him was a newly ascended Void Sovereign!

"The Lord of the Cang Track was actually extinguished on the Civilization Battlefield?"

"What kind of monster is this Lord of the Shanhai Realm? He broke through to Void Sovereign not long ago, yet he could kill the Lord of the Cang Track?"

"The Lord of the Cang Track was a terrifying powerhouse at the top of the twenty-second layer of the Yu Xingyuan. If Lin Qing could kill him so easily, does that mean he is at the twenty-first layer of the Yu Xingyuan?"

"A Star God with such terrifying strength, and his escape speed is equally unimaginably fast..."

"A Star God at the twenty-first layer of the Yu Xingyuan is almost comparable to those Chaos Children."

"Such a young Chaos Child; could he possibly have the potential to become a Chaos God?"

All the powerful figures from various factions were utterly shocked.

Those Chaos Children were all individuals who had already reached their peak. Even the weakest among them was at the peak of the twenty-first layer of the Yu Xingyuan, standing at the very pinnacle of the Void Sea!

In the eyes of all factions, the strength Lin Qing had just displayed was obviously very close to that level.

In an instant, this explosive news spread throughout the Void Sea.

Star Fall Civilization World.

Within a dim, hidden space, time and space were chaotic and distorted.

The Yuan Emperor sat cross-legged, silently comprehending the changes in time and space, carefully sensing and grasping the 'Rule of the Present', one of the three Time Laws hidden within.

After years of cultivation, he was only a hair's breadth away from truly crossing the threshold of the Rule of the Present and beginning to master the source of time and space.

But he did not know when he would succeed in this. Moreover, his will was still a step short of touching the 'True Transformation' level, the upper limit of the universe.

Suddenly—

"Hmm?"

The Yuan Emperor opened his eyes, paused his cultivation, and then frowned. "Lin Qing killed the Lord of the Cang Track? How is that possible?"

In his view, this plan was almost certain to succeed.

With the strength of the Canggui Civilization, how could it possibly fail to defeat the Shanhai Realm Civilization, which had only been born less than forty thousand years ago?

Moreover, the strength of the Lord of Canggui was so great; it was impossible for him to be killed by Lin Qing, who had just transformed into a Void Sovereign!

If the first step of the plan failed, how could the subsequent steps proceed?

"It doesn't make sense..."

Yuan Huang took a deep breath and immediately decided to summon that Yu Xingyuan Monarch.

Moments later, accompanied by the howling descent of endless space-time storms, the phantom of that Yu Xingyuan Monarch, more massive and towering than a star, appeared within this hidden space.

After Yuan Huang clarified the situation, the Yu Xingyuan Monarch's gaze immediately pierced through space and time to begin investigating.

"Oh?"

A hint of surprise appeared on the Yu Xingyuan Monarch's gentle face. "A perfect divine technique containing complete spatial rules? And the aura of the Fire Abyss Clan?"

His other face, imbued with boundless ferocity, spoke coldly: "There is a trace of aura from outside the universe on him. It seems his progress is so immense; he must have gone to some ruin of a Level Three Civilization? Perhaps the King Domain, which is closest to your current era?"

"Ruins of the King Domain?" Yuan Huang murmured. "Can one gain such great benefits from the ruins of the King Domain?"

He had also heard of those lucky ones who entered the ruins of the King Domain, but they certainly shouldn't progress this much!

"His talent and potential are top-tier geniuses even among Level Three Civilizations," the Yu Xingyuan Monarch said softly. "Receiving the highest reward is quite normal. It seems one of his avatars must have obtained the bloodline of the Fire Abyss Clan, combined with the Primordial Realm's extremely profound Fusion Technique, to achieve such progress."

The Yu Xingyuan Monarch's other ferocious face spoke coldly: "It matters not. His strength is still far inferior to yours; you still have a chance."

Yuan Huang fell silent for a moment, then said, "But time is running short. With his strength, it is easy for him to achieve a Chaos-colored Divine Core, and he already possesses a seven-colored set of divine artifacts. If he gathers enough precious materials and has enough luck, he can refine a set of innate Chaos divine artifacts."

He frowned. "By that time, I'm afraid I will not be his match."

His own strength was at the twenty-second layer of the Yu Xingyuan, one major level higher than Lin Qing's, so naturally, he was confident in dealing with Lin Qing now.

But once Lin Qing possessed a set of Chaos divine artifacts, his strength would instantly surge by one level, not to mention that a Star God's innate divine artifacts are several times stronger than normal divine artifacts.

"You still have enough time."

The Yu Xingyuan Monarch spoke indifferently: "Transforming a Chaos-colored Divine Core requires time. The materials for Chaos divine artifacts come from precious resources outside the universe. For a young one who has not yet transcended to gather them all, he can only proceed slowly, let alone possess the luck of a darling of the universe."

Yuan Huang also understood this point.

Although a Star God possessing a Chaos-colored Divine Core could indeed refine Chaos divine artifacts and even sets of Chaos divine artifacts, the requirements for refinement were equally exaggerated.

Under normal circumstances, it was quite common for a Child of Chaos to spend hundreds of millions of years on their innate divine artifact.

"In terms of bloodline genes, as a Void Sovereign, the Primordial Realm can provide up to five generations of Void God Clan bloodline at most."

"In terms of divine techniques, he has already reached the limit."

"As for secret arts, even with supreme secret arts, a being who has not yet transcended like him cannot possibly gather the massive quantities of rare treasures required to cultivate supreme secret arts."

The Yu Xingyuan Monarch's gentle face smiled. "It can be said that he has progressed to near his limit. Even if tens of millions of years pass, unless he refines an innate divine artifact, there is little room for further progress."

Yuan Huang nodded slightly and said, "But we still need to find an environment where the Three Ancestors cannot intervene."

"That is very simple," the Yu Xingyuan Monarch smiled. "Compared to these methods, my apostle, if you can break through and become a Yu Xingyuan Vice-Monarch, then all of this will be trivial."

The first civilization war of the Shanhai Realm had ended.

Lin Qing, intending to expand the Shanhai Realm, naturally would not choose to abandon the integration of the civilization battlefield into the Shanhai Realm, so he did not accept the various conditions offered by the other four civilizations.

"What a massive World Origin!"

As the Master of the Secret Realm, Lin Qing could clearly feel the rapid growth of the Shanhai Realm's origin, which had nearly tripled compared to before!

After all, this civilization battlefield was formed by each of the five civilizations contributing one-tenth of their world. The other three civilizations were each larger than the Shanhai Realm, and the Canggui Civilization was more than ten times larger than the Shanhai Realm; even one-tenth of it was larger than the Shanhai Realm!

Naturally, combining the World Origins of those four civilizations could increase the Shanhai Realm's origin by several times.

"The Shanhai Realm can also expand to three times its past size..." Lin Qing secretly rejoiced.

The limit of a Void Secret Realm's growth depends entirely on the structure and strength of the World Origin. A World Origin composed of complete spatial rules makes the Secret Realm a Great World; as the origin strengthens, the world can continue to grow.

Of course...

If an existence like the Three Ancestors, who have transcended the universe, were to appear, they could change the structure of the World Origin again, turning the Secret Realm into a sacred land that leaps beyond space and time.

As for taking a further step, that would be a small universe outside the transcended universe.

"The road the Shanhai Realm must travel is still very long..."

Feeling the gratitude and joyous emotions transmitted by the Shanhai Realm's World Origin Will, which expressed itself towards him like a child clinging to its parents, Lin Qing could not help but smile.

"Pity, the civilization war occurs once every three hundred and eighty years; who knows when the Shanhai Realm will be chosen again..."

He suddenly felt the frequency of civilization wars was a bit too low. Even with one every three hundred and eighty years, among the eight thousand or so Level Two Civilizations of the Void Sea, it would take hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, before the Shanhai Realm was chosen again.

However, this was ultimately the operating rule of the Void Sea, not something he could control.

"Currently, the largest Void Secret Realm in the Void Sea belongs to the Starfall Civilization; it is several hundred times the size of a standard Great World. If we can win against the Starfall Civilization in the civilization war, that would be a huge gain..."

Lin Qing pondered silently, then shook his head slightly. "The current Shanhai Realm cannot win against the Starfall Civilization, and I cannot kill Yuan Huang..."

He paid no mind to the rumors spreading wildly outside regarding the Shanhai Realm and him, the Master of the Secret Realm. After casually condensing an avatar to attend the Shanhai Realm's victory banquet, he began to ponder how to kill Yuan Huang.

"To kill Yuan Huang, to surpass the Child of Chaos in the Immortal Domain, and ultimately the Chaos God, I have three points to improve."

"First, genetic bloodline. Within the hidden ruin of a Level Three Civilization in the Void Sea, there are clues to the fourth-generation bloodline of the Void God Clan..."

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. "It is said that the fourth-generation bloodline of the Void God Clan is extremely profound; its genetic index can fully reach the limit of the universe, and it is also helpful for achieving the Chaos God..."

"Second, learn another supreme secret art. This will require waiting; the next successor has not even been born yet..."

"As for the third, it is the innate divine artifact."

Lin Qing pondered silently. "A Chaos-colored Divine Core, materials from outside the universe, and the luck of a darling of the universe are all indispensable. However... acting according to the experience from the simulated future, it should not take too long..."

After pondering for a while, he made a decision: "There is no need to go to the cosmic battlefield between the Void God Clan and the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan; the efficiency of exchanging military merit for treasures is far too low. I will go to that ruin of a Level Three Civilization after some time..."

(End of this chapter)