Chapter 303: Incredible Luck

Tian Nanhai, though not large in area—merely millions of trillions of li across—was renowned throughout the Void Sea.

For it was the domain of Tian Nanhai, one of the Seven Marshals of the Void Pirates.

Legend had it that before her birth, Tian Nanhai had luckily inherited a vast fortune from her homeland's civilization; later, when the civilization's lord was slain and its secret realm fell into ruin, she became a wanderer—and still, others targeted her wealth.

During her flight, she accidentally discovered a Level 2.9 civilization's ruin, and from then on, her life became a legendary string of miraculous encounters.

Esoteric transmissions, bloodline treasures, chaotic divine artifacts… countless wonders, and even as a pirate, Tian Nanhai frequently stumbled upon fat prey, her luck so astonishing it left others speechless.

At this moment, within a hidden place in Tian Nanhai.

Here, deep within the deepest layers of the Void, lay the rumored stronghold of Tian Nanhai, the Marshal.

"Luo Gusi, your luck really is extraordinary."

Lin Qing regarded the tall, golden-haired woman before him with interest, a faint smile playing on his lips: "This time-space treasure hidden at the edge of the universe—you obtained it from a Level 3 civilization's ruin, didn't you?"

"You are…"

The tall, golden-haired woman stared at the indistinct figure before her, feeling as if she had been trapped within a vast, illusory world, her consciousness utterly sealed, unable to control her body or power, unable to activate any life-saving treasures, unable to log into the Second Cosmic Net—she could only emit faint ripples of thought.

Lin Qing studied Tian Nanhai, shaking his head slightly: "It seems too smooth a life isn't always good. Among the Void Divine Officials I've seen, your mental will is among the weakest."

The Illusory World Annihilation—when the illusory world shatters, it can strike the opponent's consciousness.

If the opponent's will falters, their consciousness is instantly extinguished.

Maintaining the illusory world's sealing state weakens the consciousness, like the cosmic will's oppression on a main star, drastically reducing the opponent's power.

For someone as feeble-willed as Tian Nanhai, the sealing state alone is enough to completely imprison her!

"With luck like yours, why still be a pirate?"

Lin Qing shook his head slightly. "What? Do you think piracy relies more on luck? Well, you thought yourself lucky—never imagined you'd fall into the hands of the Cosmic Patrol Alliance, did you?"

Tian Nanhai stood frozen, like a living corpse.

"Oh, I heard you have a clone. Too bad—it means nothing before me. Before I take your life, first hand me your fate, so dearly favored by the universe."

As he spoke, Lin Qing had already released his Divine Core.

Now, the Divine Core remained five-colored, yet faintly shimmered with a sixth hue.

"Seize."

Lin Qing's will shifted, and the Divine Core—concept made tangible—began spinning rapidly, while invisible rule-force spread out, enveloping the Tian Nanhai before him.

At that moment, the Divine Core's invisible rule-force descended, as if severing this region from the universe itself.

A boundless cosmic will swept through, as if searching for a suddenly vanished favorite.

"Since you won't cherish this fate so dearly favored by the universe, give it to me…"

Lin Qing stepped forward, entering the isolated region where Tian Nanhai stood.

Then, with a thought, the vast, invisible illusory world dissolved, reducing Tian Nanhai's consciousness to nothingness—her physical form also vanished into nothing under a ripple of energy.

Tian Nanhai vanished.

The collapsing Inner Void, still not yet ruptured, was also directly collected by Lin Qing.

"Quite a few treasures?" Lin Qing's lips curled slightly as he withdrew the rule-force emitted by his Divine Core, exposing himself once more to the sweeping cosmic will.

The invisible cosmic will circled him for a long while, uncertain, yet finally settled over him again before fading into nothing.

"It's over."

Lin Qing smiled, then sensed his five-colored Divine Core—once more, faint, nearly invisible cracks appeared upon it.

These cracks were damage caused by isolating the cosmic will; though not debilitating, they would take at least tens of thousands, even a hundred thousand years to fully repair before he could isolate the cosmic will again.

The last time Lin Qing seized another's fortune was tens of thousands of years ago, but during that time he had secluded himself in a training chamber within the Void Grave.

With time acceleration, he had finally fully repaired his Divine Core just recently.

That was why he had waited until today to seek out Tian Nanhai.

"Her luck was extraordinary—but luck alone won't carry you far."

Lin Qing silently shook his head.

Tian Nanhai's luck was unimaginable; her encounters came as easily as eating and drinking. Since becoming a pirate, every other seeker of wonders had become her prey.

Even when others tried to kill her, she always escaped disaster, even finding this hidden survival space buried at the edge of the universe.

As long as she hid within this space, even the Three Ancestors couldn't locate her.

But after Lin Qing became a Chaotic God through simulation, using the Wuji Secret Art to traverse vast distances and search for treasures, he had precisely found this space through karmic resonance.

Yet Tian Nanhai still possessed extremely precious life-saving treasures—even the Three Ancestors or Main Gods would find it hard to kill her.

Only now, having learned the Illusory World Annihilation, such an exquisitely advanced will technique, could he truly deal with her.

Even if he used the Supreme Secret Art Domain to immobilize her, she could instantly annihilate this clone.

"Originally, I considered choosing the Tian Deng Lord of the Canggui Civilization—but now, with this will technique, I might as well choose Luo Gusi…"

Lin Qing slowly revealed a faint smile.

The Tian Deng Lord was also famed for his luck—he had obtained a chaotic divine artifact even in his Starborn phase—but compared to Tian Nanhai, he was far inferior.

Though he didn't know exactly how good his own luck was, he was certain it was astonishing.

"Let's see how many treasures…"

Lin Qing made no move to leave; this hidden space, buried at the universe's edge, possessed its own independent time-space concealment. Since Tian Nanhai's consciousness was already erased, here was safer.

Moments later, after Lin Qing had fully surveyed the treasures hidden within Tian Nanhai's clone, he was stunned.

"Divine Crystals of the Void Divine Clan's fifth-generation bloodline? And there are two?"

"Chaotic divine artifacts? Four?"

"A substitute-dummy imbued with past rules?"

"A detection treasure imbued with future rules?"

"And a treasure that drastically alters the flow of time?"

"A treasure that enhances ultimate insight?"

"There are materials from beyond the universe that can nurture Chaotic Artifacts? It seems her Chaotic Artifact has already absorbed them—that's why its power is so absurd..."

Lin Qing couldn't help but marvel.

The Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai's self-created Divine Technique isn't a combined technique, but even alone, paired with his Chaotic Artifact and immense Gene Index, it grants him power nearing that of a Chaotic Child.

Beyond his high Gene Index, the key is that his Chaotic Artifact is simply terrifying.

Judging by this, the Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai's several Chaotic Artifacts must have absorbed a great deal of materials from beyond the universe, drawing far stronger cosmic origins than ordinary Chaotic Artifacts—that's why their power reached such astonishing levels.

"Materials from beyond the universe cannot naturally form in the Void Sea; they're rare even in 2.9-level civilization ruins—only 3-level civilization ruins might have them..."

Lin Qing silently marveled, "What incredible luck."

He couldn't help but feel eager, "What's my current success rate for forging Chaotic Artifacts?"

In his simulated future, he seized the fortune of the Tian Deng Dominator, and his success rate for forging Chaotic Artifacts was only around 30%.

He exhausted three sets of forging materials before barely succeeding.

In the simulated future, he accumulated merit on the Cosmic Battlefield; even with his exceptional strength, he spent tens of millions of years just to gather enough materials for three sets, finally forging his Life Artifact.

"Let's try."

Lin Qing immediately took out materials for forging Five-Colored Artifacts and began testing his current fortune.

Before this, his success rate for forging Five-Colored Artifacts was only around 8%—and that was after one fortune boost.

And now?

"First one succeeded."

"Another success."

"Third one succeeded too?"

Lin Qing repeatedly attempted forging Five-Colored Artifacts, spending over a decade to forge over a thousand—and never failed once!

Success, success, still success!

"With the Tian Deng Dominator's fortune, the success rate for Five-Colored Artifacts was only around 87%."

Lin Qing silently marveled, "But the Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai's fortune seems to be 100%? At least for forging Five-Colored Artifacts, it's 100%."

Forging Artifacts requires invoking the Cosmic Will—those favored more by the universe naturally have higher success rates.

The Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai's fortune is absurd even by Void Sea standards.

In his entire life, Lin Qing had seen only one person whose fortune could rival hers: Qi Lingxiao.

"Qi Guanzhu's adventures and encounters in the Void Sea over the years have been just as extraordinary—hardly worse than the Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai's..."

Lin Qing recalled how tens of thousands of years ago, Qi Lingxiao suddenly told him he had accidentally been swept into a 3-level civilization ruin and obtained a Seven-Colored Artifact set perfectly suited to him—back then, Lin Qing had found it hard to believe.

At the time, Qi Lingxiao was merely a Void Being; just by sheer luck, he obtained a Seven-Colored Artifact set—it was simply unbelievable.

"But every time Qi Guanzhu ascends a life tier, his fortune improves—even more absurd."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly, stopped overthinking, and immediately packed away this batch of Five-Colored Artifacts, then left the hidden independent spacetime, preparing to seek his final target.

Although he had gathered only one set of materials for forging a Chaotic Artifact set, this was all he could do now—even if he killed all Four Emperors and Seven Supreme Marshals, he still couldn't gather a second set.

He could only gamble on fortune, hoping the Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai's luck would let him succeed in one try.

If he failed, he'd have to go to the Cosmic Battlefield and accumulate merit.

Fortunately, he already possessed one Chaotic Artifact set—'Silent Vacuum'—though not his Life Artifact, it still significantly boosted his power.

"Kill one more Chaotic Child, or four more Star Gods with Seven-Colored Divine Seals, and my Divine Seal will evolve into Chaotic Color!"

Lin Qing immediately activated his Micro-Spacetime Domain and performed the Mist Pigeon Secret Art, hurtling at extreme speed through the deep Void, while in his hand he held the six-sided bronze mirror he had just taken from the Supreme Marshal of Tian Nanhai.

—This was a probe treasure imbued with future rules; as long as he knew a being's aura, he could easily locate any being below a Transcendent!

Unless concealed by a Spacetime Domain, none could escape its detection.

"First, let's check the Chaotic Child's location."

Lin Qing first probed the coordinates of the Disciple of the Spacetime Island Ancestor—the once-greatest Chaotic Child, 'Tore'.

The next instant, ripples spread across the six-sided bronze mirror's surface, revealing Tore's image—a horned, black-skinned man—and his distinctive aura.

"The Spacetime Island Ancestor has already made a deal with that Immortal-level Chaotic Child; Tore has abandoned the Chaotic Trial..."

"Logically, Tore might have left the Sacred Land to roam outside."

"And Tore surely bears the Spacetime Island Ancestor's mark—the Ancestor probably wants Tore to act as bait to lure me out, and likely doesn't think I can instantly kill Tore..."

"If Tore isn't there, I'll go after those Star Gods with Seven-Colored Divine Seals..."

Lin Qing stared at the six-sided bronze mirror in his hand, waiting patiently.

After a while, a Void Sea coordinate appeared on the mirror's surface, then transformed into the image of a flying, horned, black-skinned man—Tore!

"In the North Pole Sea's Tianmu Sea!"

Lin Qing's eyes flashed with light, a faint smile curled his lips, and he immediately accelerated to top speed, heading for the nearest spacetime wormhole, taking the closest route!

At the same time, he activated the Miracle Affinity technique and found his fortune wasn't bad at all—far better than hunting for Yue Huang.

"Use Tore as bait?"

Lin Qing's gaze turned icy. "You really think I can't bite?"

…

…

East Pole Sea, Changye Sea.

This endless ocean, perpetually shrouded in twilight darkness, was one of the East Pole Sea's infamous dangerous zones and the direct territory ruled by Yue Huang, one of the Four Void Sea Emperors.

The Night-Keeping Palace, Yue Huang's residence, was a place most Void Divine Officials dared not step foot in—considered the most dangerous location in the East Pole Sea.

Yet above the Night-Keeping Palace now hovered a twisted spacetime, concealed.

Within the concealed spacetime.

The youth in golden armor watched the Night-Holding Palace below with a blank expression, waiting silently.

Meanwhile, the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island was also probing constantly from the side.

"It's been so long, and that Lin Qing still hasn't made a move?" the youth in Jin Jia suddenly frowned slightly.

"He will come," said the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island. "Among the Four Emperors and Seven Marshals, the Universe Star-巡 Alliance offers the highest bounty points for Yue Huang. That Lin Qing should not give up; to refine a Chaos Divine Artifact, he definitely needs a massive amount of points."

The youth in Jin Jia narrowed his eyes. "But he also needs extremely high luck and a Chaos-colored Divine Throne."

"Rest assured."

The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island said, "As for seizing luck, he would likely choose the Sky Lantern Sovereign or Yuan Xiu True Lord; I am also watching those two. As for the Chaos-colored Divine Throne, I specifically sent my disciple Tuo Lei to wander the Void Sea to monitor the Star Gods possessing the seven-colored Divine Thrones. If he acts and fails to resolve it instantly, I can descend with a manifestation and capture him."

The youth in Jin Jia nodded slightly and said, "Your disciple, as a Child of Chaos, is indeed quite powerful. Lin Qing might not be able to kill him instantly, but with your baiting, he will surely see it as a trap. How could he fall for it?"

"I want him to discover it is a trap; only then will he choose other seemingly safe options, such as targeting this Yue Huang."

The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island spoke calmly, "With his strength, he still has a chance to kill Yue Huang instantly. Perhaps he will think to temporarily abandon other targets and turn to kill Yue Huang instead. After all... the hardest thing to gather are the refining materials for a Chaos Divine Artifact. This huge sum of points from Yue Huang can save him so much trouble; he should not be able to give it up."

The youth in Jin Jia nodded slowly. "There is some logic to that."

Suddenly—

"Hmm?"

The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island's expression suddenly changed, followed by a burst of anger: "Bold! He actually went to find Tuo Lei?"

(End of this chapter)