Chapter 305: EXPLOSION!

Beyond the Shanhai Realm, a glazed tower-shaped domain artifact hundreds of kilometers tall hovered above this round, rotund world, its endless light domain fused with the space-time domain, enveloping the entire Shanhai Realm.

The avatar of the Space-Time Island Ancestor had long sealed off the Shanhai Realm here.

Suddenly, a slit of space-time spontaneously opened, and two figures appeared.

It was none other than the Space-Time Island Ancestor and the Jin Jia youth.

"Your Highness, since the Shanhai Realm sealed itself off, it has indeed become difficult to penetrate."

The Space-Time Island Ancestor gazed at the Shanhai Realm and said softly: "I've tried many times these past years, but none worked—this is up to you now."

"After all, it's a Primordial Realm—even fallen, it remains extraordinary," the Jin Jia youth said coolly. "How could your single strength compare to the space-time power of the Void Tomb? Yet, in the end, it's still merely an internal-universe technique."

As he spoke, he flipped his hand and produced an old, worn, ancient beast-skin parchment.

On the worn beast-skin parchment, only one character could be seen—it was a universal cosmic script—

Seal!

The aura of this character was faint, yet it emitted a strange realm—a state utterly transcending the cosmos!

Merely seeing this character, the Space-Time Island Ancestor understood: the one who wrote it had reached a space-time realm far beyond his comprehension.

The Jin Jia youth glanced at the beast-skin parchment, a flicker of regret in his eyes: "A Word-Spell worth thirty million cosmic sands—what a waste… but if it eliminates Lin Qing, it's worth it."

He took a deep breath, made no further hesitation, and waved his hand: "Go."

The beast-skin parchment instantly shattered into nothingness, leaving only the character "Seal," which transformed into a faint, detached wave of sound, piercing through space-time, ignoring the Shanhai Realm's self-sealing layers of world-force and space-time power, slipping inside in an instant.

Then, this wave echoed throughout the Shanhai Realm, and wherever it passed, the world-force solidified and was utterly sealed.

Soon, the Shanhai Realm's self-sealing began to unravel.

"Done," the Jin Jia youth said coldly. "Though it can't seal the realm's origin, for three thousand years, the Shanhai Realm won't be able to mobilize its world-force again."

"Three thousand years?" The Space-Time Island Ancestor couldn't help but exclaim.

"Of course, this is merely a trace of aura from the one who wrote this Word-Spell."

The Jin Jia youth looked down at the Shanhai Realm, now congealing and solidifying, and sneered: "If that great being could enter the true cosmos, a single glance would shatter this Shanhai Realm."

Hearing this, the Space-Time Island Ancestor felt a surge of longing.

He was indeed a being beyond the cosmos, the Ancestor of a holy sanctuary, yet he knew he had only just touched the threshold of future rules, barely stepped onto the path of space-time principles.

What realm had the one who wrote this Word-Spell reached?

"The road ahead is long—my relationship with this Prince is my greatest reliance henceforth!"

This thought flashed through the Space-Time Island Ancestor's mind.

Suddenly—

Streams of scattered energy surged together, coalescing into a figure nearby.

It was Lin Qing.

"Lin Qing?" The Space-Time Island Ancestor said with mockery: "Now you decide to show up? Too late—even if you agreed to my earlier terms, it's useless now."

Lin Qing ignored him, instead gazing at the Jin Jia youth and speaking slowly: "Why? A Chaos Child from the Immortal Realm, why do you insist on competing with me for this Void Sea's Chaos Trial? Will you waste this treasure rather than choose another Void Sea? For an Immortal Realm being, moving to another Void Sea shouldn't be hard, right?"

He added with sarcasm: "Looks like your situation at home isn't so great—if even moving to another Void Sea is this difficult?"

"You know my origins?"

The Jin Jia youth's face turned icy cold, then he sneered: "So what if my situation is bad? At least I can crush you like an ant in a cage with a mere flick!"

The Space-Time Island Ancestor, who had lived countless years, naturally understood Lin Qing's words: he was implying the Chaos Child's background wasn't as strong as claimed, and might not truly aid him.

But he had come too far to turn back, and coldly said: "Facing death, still trying to sow discord?"

Lin Qing said coldly: "Sow discord? I merely find it laughable—do you really believe you've attached yourself to some great figure? Do you think you're any different from the ant in his cage?"

The Space-Time Island Ancestor's eyes turned icy; he flicked his sleeve, sending a wave to shatter Lin Qing's avatar into nothingness.

Yet—

At that moment, the surrounding space-time froze completely.

The space-time rift opened again, and an old man in white robes stepped out, appearing between the Shanhai Realm and the Space-Time Island Ancestor, intercepting the wave.

"Old villain of Tianyuan Seat?" The Space-Time Island Ancestor's face changed, then he said coldly: "You came after all?"

The newcomer was none other than the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor!

"Disciple."

The Tianyuan Seat Ancestor cast a cold glance at the Space-Time Island Ancestor, then turned to Lin Qing and said gently: "Lin Qing, rest assured—today, with me here, this disobedient disciple cannot harm you in the slightest."

"Thank you, Elder Tianyuan," Lin Qing immediately replied.

He secretly exhaled in relief—his intelligence from the simulation was correct, and now that the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor knew he had gained benefits from the Misty Star Sea, he seemed even more favorable toward him?

Without confidence in summoning the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor, he would never have dared to be so bold.

"Old villain Tianyuan, how bold of you," the Space-Time Island Ancestor said coldly. "Still think this is your supreme era? I've long surpassed you!"

But the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor paid him no heed; he glanced at the domain artifact sealing the Shanhai Realm, frowned slightly, then flicked his sleeve—black lines, slicing through space-time, spontaneously appeared, silently cutting across the void, leaving behind countless black scars stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, as if dividing heaven and earth.

Then, these black scars rapidly converged, weaving into a vast net that seemed to cover all of heaven and earth; with a slight shift, it shattered the tower-shaped artifact's domain to pieces!

Domain power was an omnipresent, intangible force—yet now it had been sliced apart by the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor's technique?

The Space-Time Island Ancestor's face darkened, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Then, the vast net formed from countless black scars enveloped the entire Shanhai Realm, shielding it completely.

"Incredibly terrifying technique," Lin Qing's avatar watched, eyes brightening.

He could tell: the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor had shattered space-time itself—thus also destroying the domain that permeated space-time. His technique was so profound and terrifying, it had utterly surpassed cosmic limits.

Meanwhile, Lin Qing immediately used the Void Tomb to teleport his main body and the precious drop of "Cosmic God's Blood" carried by his Misty Star Sea avatar back to the Shanhai Realm. Earlier, when the Space-Time Island Ancestor had completely sealed space-time, no space-time technique worked except for reshaping his consciousness-linked avatar.

Even the inner void connected to his third eye was merely a form of void-layer technique—a movable space—but under total space-time sealing, it could not connect within the Shanhai Realm either.

Now that the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor had broken the space-time seal, he immediately sent back everything needed to forge his core artifact.

"That avatar will remain in the Misty Star Sea—if I truly lose, it might still give me a sliver of hope to turn the tide."

Lin Qing pondered silently, "Just in case, I'll start forging my Heart-Devil Divine Artifact now..."

At this moment, his true body in the Shanhai Realm had already begun organizing all the materials, along with that single drop of Cosmic God's Blood, ready at any moment to enter the cultivation chamber of the Void Great Tomb to forge his Heart-Devil Divine Artifact.

"Old thief."

The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island stared fixedly at the Ancestor of the Yuan Seat, "You actually learned a Source-Level Secret Technique? And cultivated it to this extent?"

"Before your ancestors were even born, I was already the Ancestor of the Yuan Seat."

The Ancestor of the Yuan Seat glanced at him coldly, "Without some means, on what basis would I have lived so many years longer than you?"

"Hmph." The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island snorted coldly, showing little fear.

Although he had never learned a single Source-Level Secret Technique, he had spent over ten eras creating a Divine Skill containing the laws of Time and Space; combined with his Heart-Devil Divine Artifact cultivated to the Half-Step Cosmic Treasure realm, he was not afraid.

Originally, he thought his Divine Skill containing the laws of Time and Space could easily defeat the opponent, but he had underestimated the other party.

"Ancestor of the Yuan Seat?"

The Jin Jia youth looked expressionlessly at the Ancestor of the Yuan Seat and spoke slowly, "So, this is your choice? You, a Transcendent, should not last much longer; are you really placing your hopes on an ant that hasn't even crawled out of its cage?"

The Ancestor of the Yuan Seat shook his head, "I have lived so long that I am no longer afraid of death; I merely instinctively wish to live, to see higher places. But not seeing them is not something I cannot accept; some things are far more important than this."

He looked at the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island with some sarcasm, "In my longing for higher peaks, I indeed do not compare to my rebellious disciple."

The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island sneered in silence.

The Jin Jia youth nodded slightly and said, "Since you have chosen, there is no other way."

He immediately transmitted a voice to the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island: "Act now. You deal with the Ancestor of the Yuan Seat at full strength; I will use a treasure to rush into the Shanhai Realm and kill Lin Qing, and it will be over."

"Good, leave the Highness to me," the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island transmitted.

The next moment—

"Boom!"

A dark golden leaf suddenly appeared in the Jin Jia youth's hand; as the leaf crumbled, a terrifying aura from the Transcendent realm erupted instantly. Strange streams of light that churned Time and Space enveloped the Jin Jia youth and rushed straight toward the Shanhai Realm!

Logically, the Shanhai Realm was covered by a vast net of countless black traces that shattered Time and Space, so Time and Space techniques could not penetrate it.

But the light formed by the Jin Jia youth seemed to exist in another layer of Time and Space, completely ignoring the protection of that black trace net, and rushed directly into the Shanhai Realm!

"Hmm?" The Ancestor of the Yuan Seat's eyes shifted slightly.

Just as he was about to activate a Secret Technique to deal with the Jin Jia youth, a dull gray wooden stick appeared in the hand of the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island, which he then gently smashed toward the interior of the Shanhai Realm—

The Ancestor of the Yuan Seat frowned slightly, knowing the purpose of his rebellious disciple; he could only manipulate the vast net formed by countless black traces to contract and gather, resisting the power of this strike with all his might.

"Boom!"

Both sides possessed terrifying power exceeding the universe's upper limit; when this erupted, the void was instantly torn open into massive black fissures stretching tens of millions of li in every direction.

Yet, under the protection of the Ancestor of the Yuan Seat, the Shanhai Realm remained unharmed.

"It actually cannot shake it?" The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island was not as calm on the inside as on the outside, filled with shock and disbelief.

With his Heart-Devil Divine Artifact at the Half-Step Cosmic Treasure level, he unleashed the Divine Skill of Time and Space laws that he had spent over ten eras creating; its power could easily break the universe's upper limit, and this was his ultimate move intended to defeat this master.

But who would have thought it could not shake it at all?

This indicated that the Ancestor of the Yuan Seat's cultivation of Source Secret Techniques was far deeper than he had imagined.

The Ancestor of the Yuan Seat also felt somewhat helpless and immediately transmitted a voice to Lin Qing: "Young friend, my rebellious disciple is much stronger than I imagined; his strength is not far from mine. I must deal with him at full strength and likely cannot spare much mental energy to help you. I can only try to find opportunities; otherwise, if he rushes into the Shanhai Realm, the trouble will be immense."

"Ancestor of the Yuan Seat, focus solely on dealing with the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island; do not worry."

Lin Qing's calm transmitted voice rang out.

Inside the Shanhai Realm.

After passing through the vast net woven by countless black traces and the world's barrier, the Jin Jia youth appeared directly inside the Shanhai Realm.

He sneered, his gaze sweeping over this world with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers, then extended a hand as his cold voice echoed throughout the world: "Lin Qing, hide as you please! I will first destroy your homeland and wipe out your civilization!"

"Lin Qing, hide as you please! I will first destroy your homeland and wipe out your civilization!"

At this moment, the Jin Jia youth's voice resonated through the void across the entire Shanhai Realm, allowing every living being within the Shanhai Realm to hear it!

—He was deliberately forcing Lin Qing to reveal himself.

For him, wiping out the Shanhai Realm civilization and destroying this world held little meaning; the most important thing was to kill Lin Qing to prevent Lin Qing from competing with him for the Chaos God Trial!

Therefore, he deliberately made the entire populace of the Shanhai Realm aware of this, forcing Lin Qing to reveal himself!

Under the weight of public opinion, the pleas and complaints of countless people in his homeland would create unimaginable psychological pressure on the ruler of a civilization.

Unless one was utterly cold and heartless, how could one bear to watch one's homeland civilization be completely destroyed, let alone watch countless people be slaughtered right before one's eyes?

"Boom—!!!"

At this moment, countless people in the Shanhai Realm instinctively looked up, seeing a city of unimaginable size slowly descending from the sky, pressing down with terrifying momentum as if the entire world were being crushed into collapse, causing countless layers of space to shatter!

In an instant, the Shanhai Realm seemed to welcome the apocalypse!

(End of this chapter)