Chapter 313: The Void God Clan Descends

The eyes are the windows of the soul.

In that instant, as Lin Qing and Yuan Huang locked gazes, his will erupted fully as the Illusory World Annihilation!

Yuan Huang felt a terrifying illusory world sealing his consciousness, making his body, power, and divine artifacts seem to drift away from him—he could barely muster one-tenth of his strength even with all his effort.

"Is this the enemy?"

Yuan Huang was profoundly shaken, trying to summon the Yu Xingyuan Monarch, but the Yu Xingyuan Monarch was a transcendent great being—how easily could he be summoned?

In this instant, he could rely on no one but himself.

"Expel!!"

Yuan Huang immediately manipulated the power of his homeworld, attempting to expel the mysterious figure disguised as a new recruit.

Yet—

Vast, overwhelming world power swept across, but the spacetime where Lin Qing stood remained utterly stable; the endless world power surged like a tidal wave, striking a rock of impossible hardness—completely unable to shake Lin Qing!

"Cannot expel him?"

In that instant, Yuan Huang's pupils shrank sharply, "A transcendent? The Three Ancestors? How is this possible? If a transcendent being of the cosmic layer were probing me, the Yu Xingyuan Monarch should have noticed—why didn't he warn me?"

But he understood: no matter the situation, he could not simply wait to die.

"Boom!"

Infinite primordial world energy instantly descended into Yuan Huang's body, causing his aura to surge and his combat power to skyrocket a full tier—alongside it, a vast, chaotic divine artifact shaped like a star disc emerged!

In an instant, Yuan Huang's combat power had reached its peak; under normal circumstances, he would have crossed the threshold of Yu Xingyuan Layer Twenty-Three.

Unfortunately, at this moment he could only unleash one-tenth of his strength—merely mid-to-upper tier of Yu Xingyuan Layer Twenty-Two.

"Some strength."

Lin Qing regarded Yuan Huang without expression, "If you had your true chaotic divine artifact set, you would have been the strongest in the Void Sea in the past."

He had witnessed Yuan Huang's true power in his simulations—he knew Yuan Huang's uniqueness well.

Yuan Huang had once received a great fortune; his gene index was nearly at the cosmic limit.

Though Yuan Huang had created a perfect combination divine technique, he had long struggled without a chaotic divine artifact set, making his combat weaker than using this star-disc-shaped chaotic artifact he had nurtured for so long.

After all, no matter how perfect a combination divine technique, without a suitable divine artifact set, its power could never be fully unleashed.

This was precisely why Yuan Huang had wanted to eliminate Lin Qing after Lin Qing obtained his innate divine artifact.

With Yuan Huang's power, once he possessed even one chaotic divine artifact set, his strength would immediately surge by a full tier!

"Too bad… no chance now…"

Lin Qing stared at Yuan Huang, while the primordial cosmic treasure deep within his soul awakened fully, surging forth as boundless power that instantly merged with the world divine energy hidden within his body!

"Boom!!!"

Accompanied by blinding, immense golden light exploding from Lin Qing, terrifying power flooded outward, and a finger as colossal as a celestial pillar instantly coalesced—then crushed down upon Yuan Huang like swatting a bug.

Countless spatial layers shattered completely; the radiant boundary membrane of the universe cracked open with fissures!

"Power beyond the cosmic limit?"

Yuan Huang instantly recognized the level of his opponent—despair surged through him, his entire body trembling with futile rage.

"No… I cannot die… if I die, what will become of my homeworld, my countless subjects?"

"Yu Xingyuan Monarch… no…"

In this moment, time seemed to freeze; Yuan Huang felt his consciousness undergo a breakthrough transformation—the final missing thread of temporal mystery, long elusive, was now fully understood.

In an instant, Lin Qing felt time itself halt.

And the celestial pillar-like world divine finger froze midair.

"He broke through?" Lin Qing's eyes flickered slightly.

Though his current power was one full tier weaker than when he was in his homeworld, he was still at Yu Xingyuan Layer Twenty-Four—two full tiers above Yuan Huang!

Logically, he could crush Yuan Huang ten times over with a single finger.

Yet unexpectedly, Yuan Huang had broken through?

"I broke through!"

In this moment, Yuan Huang realized he could now influence spacetime with his will—boundless hope surged within him.

His will had reached the threshold of ultimate willpower, and the final thread of temporal law he had pondered for hundreds of millions of years was now complete!

"Is this the mystery of 'Time Stasis' within the Present Rule of temporal law?"

Yuan Huang instantly understood—his heart swelled with ecstatic joy.

He knew the Present Rule among the Three Rules of Time had many branching mysteries, and 'Time Stasis' was one of the strongest and rarest!

The Yu Xingyuan Monarch had valued him precisely because he had potential to master 'Time Stasis'.

Now, he had crossed the threshold into this mystery!

Even though his body and soul had not yet transformed into a spacetime divine body, he had already grasped the Source of Spacetime—he could now activate Time Stasis merely through the contact of his true will!

"Hahaha… I am now a Yu Xingyuan Deputy Monarch!"

Yuan Huang sensed the Yu Xingyuan mark once bestowed upon him by the Yu Xingyuan Monarch—now fully merged into the root of his soul, allowing him to easily perceive the Yu Xingyuan will permeating the entire universe.

This also signified the authority and rank of a Yu Xingyuan Deputy Monarch!

"I succeeded!"

At this moment, Yuan Huang's heart overflowed with the joy of narrowly escaping death: "If I destroy the many civilizations of this Void Sea for the Yu Xingyuan Monarch and accelerate the coming of the Great Annihilation, the Yu Xingyuan Monarch will spare my homeworld from the Great Annihilation!"

In this instant, the myriad joys flooding Yuan Huang's mind—the power from his deathbed breakthrough, the life-giving stillness, the elation of survival, the hope for his homeworld's future—only he himself knew.

In this instant, all else frozen around him appeared profoundly strange.

Within the frozen world, only Yuan Huang could move.

And Lin Qing.

Lin Qing's gaze remained calm, expressionless as he watched Yuan Huang.

Even though time was frozen, his soul, under the protection of the Universe's Ultimate Treasure, suffered not the slightest restriction.

So what if he broke through?

In that instant, the Ultimate Treasure within his soul trembled violently.

"Boom!!"

The time domain frozen by the Yuan Emperor's will shattered completely; the time, once solidified like amber, resumed its flow.

In mere moments, everything returned to normal.

"This…"

The Yuan Emperor froze in shock. "How is this possible… This can't be!"

Was the frozen spacetime really broken?

He hadn't even had time to dodge!

That colossal World God finger, fully fused with the power of the Universe's Ultimate Treasure, pierced through shattered void and roared again toward the Yuan Emperor. "How could this happen…"

The Yuan Emperor stared at this scene in disbelief, his eyes once again filled with utter despair and unwillingness.

He had already broken through!

He had already taken this step; hope was within reach—yet it was still useless?

"Boom!"

Terrifying power descended. The Yuan Emperor lacked a Spacetime Divine Body, could not manipulate the spacetime domain, could not use time freeze—and was instantly reduced to nothingness.

A legendary figure perished here.

The shortest-lived Deputy Lord of the Yu Xingyuan.

In an instant, Lin Qing sensed a will, brimming with the endless destruction of the Yu Xingyuan, suddenly descend, sweeping over like heaven and earth overturned.

"Is this… the will of the Yu Xingyuan Lord?"

Lin Qing immediately understood.

Yet he felt no fear or hesitation within.

Though the Yu Xingyuan Lord was immensely powerful—his very gaze could crush Lin Qing—he had sent only a sliver of will. It could not even kill an ordinary void creature.

It was merely the Yu Xingyuan Lord, discovering the Yuan Emperor's death, sending down will to investigate.

The Yu Xingyuan Lord indeed regarded the Void Sea as a dish on his plate; triggering the Great Annihilation was merely dining.

But no ordinary person reaches into a boiling pot to eat—they wait until the meal is cooked and cooled.

The Yu Xingyuan Lord is no different.

He must wait until the Void Sea accumulates enough cosmic origin, even reaching its maximum capacity, before triggering the Great Annihilation to harvest it.

Like the crow drinking water—the vessel must be full before he can drink.

If the Yu Xingyuan Lord could intervene in the Void Sea at will, why wait so long to trigger the Great Annihilation?

"No… my deputy lord…"

Within that will, saturated with the Yu Xingyuan's destruction, surged unmistakable rage—as if truly enraged—making even the outer boundary membranes of the Void Sea tremble.

Lin Qing calmly glanced at the Void Divine Officials of the Starfall Civilization, found no need to kill them, and simply warped spacetime to leave the Starfall World.

After all, these Void Divine Officials posed no threat to him or to the Shanhai Realm.

"But…"

As Lin Qing swiftly traversed the Void Sea within warped spacetime, "In the simulated future, after the Yuan Emperor, as Yu Xingyuan Deputy Lord, began his havoc, the Void Divine Clan descended soon after. What about now?"

In the simulated future, after breaking through, the Yuan Emperor began destroying civilizations everywhere. His power rivaled that of Transcendent experts, and with the Yu Xingyuan Lord's enhancement, even the Three Sacred Sects' Founders could not stop him.

Even the Six Great Gods intervened, even at great cost, summoning stronger cosmic origin—but still could not catch the Yuan Emperor, thanks to his mastery of time freeze.

Only after reporting to the Void Divine Clan did a Void Divine Clan warrior descend and finally eliminate the Yuan Emperor.

"They say that on the Cosmic Battlefield, eliminating a Yu Xingyuan Deputy Lord grants a great reward from the Void Divine Clan. Too bad…"

Lin Qing shook his head slightly in regret.

But he knew he had merely been lucky to eliminate a Yu Xingyuan Deputy Lord.

Otherwise, once the Yuan Emperor broke through, as a Yu Xingyuan Deputy Lord, he could walk freely within the Yu Xingyuan's dark side, like a Void Demon—able to appear and vanish at will through the Yu Xingyuan, far more terrifying than any spacetime technique.

And with time freeze—he only needed to freeze for an instant, retreat into the Yu Xingyuan, and no one could kill him.

Had the Yuan Emperor not just broken through, unable yet to master drawing upon the Yu Xingyuan, lacking even a Spacetime Divine Body, and unable to fully unleash time freeze—combined with Lin Qing possessing the Universe's Ultimate Treasure, capable of suppressing spacetime itself…

Otherwise, he truly could not have killed the Yuan Emperor this time.

Killing a Yu Xingyuan Deputy Lord is far harder than killing a Transcendent.

"So you hate me that much?"

As Lin Qing traversed spacetime, he clearly sensed the Yu Xingyuan Lord's will following him, as if fixed upon him.

The Yu Xingyuan Lord had sent only a sliver of will—it might not penetrate his current disguise—so he had no intention of returning directly to the Shanhai Realm.

"They say Yu Xingyuan Apostles are expendable pawns to the Yu Xingyuan Lord—countless and replaceable—but Yu Xingyuan Deputy Lords are like trusted confidants, their status utterly different… So it really is true?"

Lin Qing mused inwardly, while pondering how to shake off the Yu Xingyuan Lord's will.

The Yu Xingyuan Lord was an entity beyond the universe. If marked by him, Lin Qing would be instantly obliterated the moment he stepped beyond the universe.

Worse—he might be watched, and the Yu Xingyuan Lord might interfere whenever Lin Qing drew upon power beyond the universe.

Of course, Lin Qing was not yet marked; that required the Yu Xingyuan Lord to send even a sliver of actual power. Merely a will descending could not form a real mark.

In the simulated future, the Yu Xingyuan Lord used the Yuan Emperor's hand to leave a mark on Lin Qing.

"Though unmarked, being watched like this isn't good…" Lin Qing thought inwardly.

At that moment—

"Hum—"

As Lin Qing traveled through spacetime, he suddenly noticed the spacetime ahead twist violently.

Countless colored lights converged at this moment, and a terrifying power capable of piercing the universe's membrane surged forth, drilling a hole as fine as a particle into the crystal wall at the outermost layer of the universe.

Then, a wisp of light condensed with infinite power flew out from that infinitesimally small hole.

The moment this wisp of light entered the Void Sea, the surrounding endless free-floating energy began to gather wildly, as if paying homage to a monarch, and countless invisible Void Small Worlds condensed out of thin air, enveloping Lin Qing within them.

In an instant, Lin Qing realized he was already situated within an independent spacetime.

Everything outside seemed to be cut off, including the will of the Yu Xingyuan Monarch, which was filled with the intent of destruction, was also blocked out.

"Condensing an independent spacetime out of thin air? This technique is..."

Lin Qing was slightly stunned first, then thought of a possibility.

Even the Transcendent Strong Ones like the Founders of the Three Great Holy Lands could not condense a world of independent spacetime out of thin air.

The Three Great Holy Lands were also a gift from the universe.

Just as he had created the Mountain and Sea Realm, that too was a gift from the universe that turned Earth into a Void Secret Realm, but he himself possessed no such incredible Creation Divine Art!

The next moment, a figure emitting an aura like the universe's origin suddenly appeared within this independent spacetime.

"Void God Clan?" Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

(End of this chapter)