Chapter 309: The Supreme Treasure of the Native Universe!

That colossal palm spanned over ten thousand kilometers, as if blocking out the sky and sun, radiating blinding golden light; as it slammed down toward Jin Jia, all the spatial layers ahead shattered and crumbled, and that terrifying power even caused jagged cracks to appear in the membrane of the universe's boundary!

"Power exceeding the universe's limit? The Shanhai Realm actually hides a Transcendent?"

The Progenitor of the Pantheon, maintaining a time flow rate hundreds of times faster, reacted instantly and immediately saw the towering figure emerging from the deep space.

It was none other than a World God over one hundred thousand kilometers tall!

The mere aura naturally emanating from that terrifying divine body affected the surrounding space-time, as if it had become the center of space-time's operation; its mere existence naturally suppressed the space-time of all directions!

"This aura... Lin Qing?"

The Progenitor of the Pantheon, the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island, and Jin Jia were all completely stunned at that moment, hardly able to believe their eyes.

How is this possible?

A Child of Chaos who isn't even a Void Deity, reaching the twenty-second layer of the Yu Xingyuan—that alone would make them a top-tier powerhouse in the Void Sea!

Even a Child of Chaos as strong as the Immortal Realm only possesses power at the universe's limit, and that was already considered incredible by them.

Yet this Lin Qing can actually wield power comparable to their Transcendent strength?

Even with the support of the World Origin, this exceeds their understanding.

Logically, the support of the World Origin can at most boost a World Lord's power to the universe's limit; without a Space-Time Divine Body and power beyond the universe, it is impossible to break through the universe's limit!

But now, there was no time for them to ponder the reason behind this bizarre scene.

"This power..."

The Progenitor of the Pantheon's pupils contracted slightly; the time she occupied surged forward, attempting to use this speed far exceeding the universe's limit to carry Jin Jia away from the strike.

However—

"Be careful, he possesses an extremely terrifying Will Secret Art!"

Jin Jia immediately transmitted a voice to warn the Progenitor of the Pantheon.

But it was already too late.

"Boom!"

In an instant, an intangible yet vast illusory world suddenly descended, sealing the consciousness of the Progenitor of the Pantheon, the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island, and Jin Jia within it.

Under the seal of this terrifying illusory world, Jin Jia, whose will was the weakest, saw his power plummet by over ninety percent!

And even though the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island and the Progenitor of the Pantheon were Transcendents, lacking methods to temper their will, their will was merely at the threshold of True Form for the universe's upper limit, unable to break through further; being only at the same level as Lin Qing, their power dropped directly by seventy to eighty percent!

"What kind of Secret Art is this?"

The Progenitor of the Space-Time Island and the Progenitor of the Pantheon could not help but feel shocked in their hearts; they had never even seen ordinary Will Secret Arts, let alone such an incredible Will Secret Art!

This feeling was like facing the oppression of the Universe Will!

A Void Ruler could actually reduce the power of Transcendents by more than half?

"Where did this monster come from..."

Although shocked, the Progenitor of the Pantheon remained calm in her heart: "Even with power reduced by more than half, I am still beyond the universe's level; combined with a time flow rate hundreds of times faster, he, who does not understand time rules, no matter how fast he is, cannot possibly touch me!"

The time flow rate she occupied was hundreds of times higher, her speed unimaginable.

However—

The moment that colossal and towering World God approached her, the aura naturally emanating from the World Divine Body began to suppress the surrounding space-time, as if space-time itself was revolving around this terrifying divine body, even affecting the time she occupied!

In an instant, the time flow rate of the Progenitor of the Pantheon began to slow down drastically.

The time flow rate dropped instantly from hundreds of times to merely over ten times, and as Lin Qing approached, it continued to fall!

"This... how is this possible?"

The Progenitor of the Pantheon's expression changed instantly. "His existence places such a shocking burden on space-time?"

The stronger the existence, the higher the difficulty to affect the space-time it occupies!

Just as massive celestial bodies warp space-time, creating the effect of gravity, and even black holes cause changes in time flow, whether living or dead, as long as their own existence is too powerful, they will affect space-time.

With her power and mastery of time acceleration, she could accelerate her own time by hundreds of times, but when fighting opponents of the same level, the time acceleration effect would weaken.

If powerful figures from Transcendent-level civilizations were nearby, wherever their will reached, space-time would stabilize to the point where she could not accelerate at all!

But...

Lin Qing is merely a Void Ruler, not even a Void Deity; how could he place such a shocking burden on space-time?

She could not understand, but she knew she could not escape!

"Boom-boom-boom—"

That sky-blocking, colossal palm, like an incredibly heavy celestial body, caused the surrounding space-time to warp naturally; in the instant before striking the Progenitor of the Pantheon, the time flow rate where she stood dropped to merely a few times acceleration!

Although this speed still slightly exceeded the universe's limit, how could one dodge such a colossal palm striking beyond space-time?

"Boom!"

Even though the Progenitor of the Pantheon unleashed her strongest defensive measure, facing this terrifying power, she still felt uncertain and could only activate a life-saving treasure she had obtained in the past.

Even though the power of the Present Rule contained within the treasure, the power of Time Stasis, solidified and froze her life for that instant, she was still struck by that palm until her head spun.

Before she could do anything else, the Progenitor of the Pantheon felt herself swept away by an incredibly massive power, flying backward!

At the same time, Jin Jia fell into the towering giant hand of the World God; his entire body was instantly pulverized into nothingness by that overwhelming terrifying power, forced to rely on a life-saving object to forcibly revive from a past time point.

But in the instant of revival, before Jin Jia could do anything, he turned into nothingness again.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing the Progenitor of the Pantheon slapped away, and this Immortal Realm Highness falling into Lin Qing's hands, the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island felt shocked and somewhat anxious.

If this Immortal Realm Highness perished, what should he do?

However, before the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island could act to save her, he saw Lin Qing riding that towering World God, one hand holding Jin Jia like an ant, trapping him in its palm, continuously turning him into nothingness with the terrifying power of the divine body, while simultaneously turning its head to look at him.

Then, that colossal World God suddenly stepped on the void, moving toward the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island at a terrifying speed beyond space-time, while its other hand reached out to grab the Progenitor of the Space-Time Island!

"How is this possible?"

The Progenitor of the Space-Time Island was greatly alarmed, feeling only that the surrounding space-time suddenly became heavy, to the point where he could not even unleash his Space-Time Domain, let alone perform Space-Time Flight!

Moreover, under the seal of this terrifying Will Secret Art, he retained only two or three tenths of his true strength!

In the blink of an eye, the towering World God that Lin Qing had become seized the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island as if grasping another ant, his palm suddenly clenching!

The space within his palm collapsed and shattered; even the universe membrane cracked under the unbearable strain. Even though the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island activated a half-step Universe Supreme Treasure to protect himself, he had not created a protective divine technique containing Time-Space Rules. With his strength greatly diminished, his defense had not even reached the universe's limit! "Don't... spare me! Lin Qing!"

In an instant, the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island felt the opponent's vast power like the heavens and earth collapsing, far beyond what he could resist!

Overwhelmed by fear, he instantly abandoned the pride of his past as a Holy Land Ancestor. Acting on the instinct of life, like the ants that had once begged for mercy before him, he cried out: "Spare me! I am willing to give you everything I have gained over these years..."

However, before his telepathic voice could finish, Lin Qing exerted his power with a boom, instantly shattering his Time-Space Divine Body, which then turned into nothingness.

The Ancestor of the Time-Space Island possessed no life-saving item containing Past Rules. He had only one life, and thus was utterly annihilated by Lin Qing's hand!

An Ancestor of a Holy Land fell right there.

Seeing this, the Ancestor of the Pantheon felt a chill of sorrow for a fallen comrade, her heart trembling involuntarily.

Although the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island was not a divine function adept at combat, he was after all a Transcendent who had lived for over ten eras and had created a divine technique containing his own Time-Space Rules, yet he was still crushed to death by a single grip?

The gap was clearly enormous.

Glancing at the Jin Jia youth who was constantly dying and resurrecting in Lin Qing's hand, she gritted her teeth, accelerated time once more, and fled toward the outside of the Shanhai Realm!

She was also not adept at direct combat. With matters having come to this, she had no choice but to flee!

With her time acceleration, as long as she did not carelessly approach Lin Qing as before, she could maintain a time acceleration of over a hundred times.

However, the moment she sensed beyond the world membrane, she discovered that the Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat had once again used that Secret Art to seal off the entire Shanhai Realm, and Lin Qing was already pursuing her again. She could only dodge aside.

With her speed, even within a world spanning only hundreds of millions of kilometers, she could naturally shake off Lin Qing time and time again with ease.

Yet, while Lin Qing pursued using this World God Body, his speed was still more than ten times slower than hers.

Without being able to get close, he could not restrict her time acceleration.

"Lin Qing, if you spare me, the Pantheon Holy Land will never be your Shanhai Realm's enemy in the future. Otherwise, I will risk my life to destroy your Shanhai Realm!"

The Ancestor of the Pantheon immediately gritted her teeth and transmitted her voice: "You should be able to see that I do not wish to be your enemy now. Otherwise, even with the Tianyuan Seat Ancestor helping you, I have an eighty percent chance of destroying your Shanhai Realm. At that time, without the World Origin's support, I would still not fear you."

She stared fixedly at Lin Qing: "I originally had no intention of being your Shanhai Realm's enemy; it was merely the price paid by the Child of Chaos in the Immortal Realm that tempted my heart. I can sign a contract on the Second Universe Network. How about it?"

Lin Qing frowned slightly.

With the strength of a Transcendent, destroying a Void Secret Realm was as easy as turning over one's hand.

Even with the protection of Qi Lingxiao's Chaos God, it would be impossible to withstand the destructive attack of a Transcendent powerhouse.

Unless... he paid a huge price to ask My Lord Jing, this Main God, to act, otherwise he truly could not stop this Ancestor of the Pantheon.

But was it really worth it?

Lin Qing could not help but transmit his voice to the Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat to ask: "Senior, is there a method to capture her?"

"If she uses the ability of time acceleration to escape, it is indeed very difficult to catch her," the Ancestor of the Tianyuan Seat said. "If she is determined to destroy the Shanhai Realm, I fear she will destroy it before I can gather the Secret Art to trap her. You might as well agree to her demands; revenge can wait until later."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment before finally stopping.

He looked at the Ancestor of the Pantheon with cold eyes and spoke: "Besides the contract, you must also compensate my Shanhai Realm with ten Chaos Divine Artifacts, and a precious material sufficient to cultivate a Chaos Divine Artifact to a half-step Universe Supreme Treasure."

"What?" The Ancestor of the Pantheon could not help but exclaim. "Ten Chaos Divine Artifacts is one thing, but a precious material sufficient to cultivate a Chaos Divine Artifact to a half-step Universe Supreme Treasure? I have spent countless years gathering just enough for a single set!"

"I do not care about that much," Lin Qing said coldly. "If you do not agree, at worst I will risk the price of being noticed by the Yu Xingyuan Monarch, ask My Lord Jing to act, and I will definitely keep you here!"

He stared at the opponent and said in a low voice: "You should understand that as a Star God with the potential to become a Chaos God, once I agree to inherit My Lord Jing's position as Main God, I will absolutely be able to summon her. At that time, she will pay a price to mobilize the Universe Origin, and protecting the Shanhai Realm will be effortless."

The Ancestor of the Pantheon fell silent.

Because she knew that what Lin Qing said was true.

A Chaos God naturally carries power at the universe's limit, and a Main God is even more special. If willing to pay a price and privately mobilize the Universe Origin, their strength could even suppress a Transcendent powerhouse like her!

If it were anyone else, that Life-System Main God, My Lord Jing, would naturally be unwilling to pay such a price.

But Lin Qing is the successor the other party has cast aside from the Main God position. With such terrifying strength, the hope of becoming a Chaos God is obviously extremely high; it is quite normal for that My Lord Jing to be willing to pay the price.

However, once a karmic relationship is formed with a Main God, one will be watched by the Will of the Yu Xingyuan, and then targeted by the Yu Xingyuan Monarch. The price is being unable to Transcend; at the Great Silence, death is inevitable, even for Transcendents. Even if Lin Qing becomes a Main God, only his Main God avatar will be immortal and indestructible; all other avatars are doomed.

And this Lin Qing is actually willing to pay such a price?

"... I need time."

The Ancestor of the Pantheon took a deep breath and transmitted her voice: "I will do my utmost to gather them. Give me at least a million years."

"A million years?" Lin Qing glanced at her and said coldly: "If more than a million years pass and you have not gathered them, for every fifty thousand years that pass, you must give me one additional Chaos Divine Artifact."

"One Chaos Divine Artifact every fifty thousand years?" The Ancestor of the Pantheon frowned slightly.

Chaos Divine Artifacts are not cabbages. She also has to work hard to gather materials piece by piece before asking the Child of Chaos to forge a Chaos Divine Artifact. One Chaos Divine Artifact every fifty thousand years is an exaggerated price.

Just then—

The World God that Lin Qing had become suddenly opened his right hand, and the Jin Jia youth had already vanished without a trace, completely turned into nothingness; clearly, the power of his life-saving treasure had been exhausted.

This Star God avatar was destroyed, and its Chaos-colored Divine Core had already been absorbed by Lin Qing.

This Child of Chaos who descended from the Immortal Realm had thus had his path to becoming a Chaos God severed.

Watching this scene, the Ancestor of the Pantheon fell silent for a moment, then suddenly took a deep breath and said slowly: "Very well, let it be as you say."

Lin Qing glanced at her and said: "Then let us draft the contract."

After the two signed the five-star contract, Lin Qing finally allowed the Ancestor of the Pantheon to depart.

A five-star contract cannot be violated even by a Transcendent.

"Finally, it is over..."

Looking at the intact Shanhai Realm, Lin Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling that terrifying aura lurking within his body, he could not help but be secretly shocked: "I didn't expect... the Innate Universe Supreme Treasure to be so terrifying?"

(End of this chapter)