Chapter 327: Rebirth into the Wang Zuo Realm

Lin Qing felt only that his faint soul consciousness, swept up by the unimaginable power of the Light King's Command, pierced through endless obstacles and entered the very core of a universe.

Then, in a daze, he sensed a supreme and overwhelming pressure spreading toward him.

That sliver of soul consciousness coalesced, spontaneously taking human form.

Lin Qing looked up and found himself inside a towering, majestic temple, where countless pearls hung around him—each brighter than a star.

And seated upon the throne at the temple's front was a towering figure, entirely shrouded in boundless light.

"Your Majesty Light King?" Lin Qing couldn't help but pause in surprise.

He had assumed he would be reborn directly into the Wang Zuo Realm, yet here he was again, facing this supreme lord of the Heavenly Light Divine Nation?

"I pay homage to Your Majesty Light King." Lin Qing immediately bowed respectfully.

"Lin Qing, I underestimated you."

The towering figure, within the boundless light, spoke a voice that shook time and space—ethereal and distant, as if echoing from the future.

"Underestimated me?" Lin Qing frowned in confusion.

Your Majesty Light King gazed at Lin Qing and said slowly: "The last time I saw you, among the 3.8 million future lines I observed, your probability of becoming a Chaos God was approximately 64.14%. It was normal for you to become a Chaos God—but…"

He continued: "Yet you managed to master the Illusory World Annihilation? And acquired a primordial cosmic treasure with pillar-level potential? Among those 3.8 million future lines, this future occurred only once—such an infinitesimal possibility, and yet you seized it. That truly exceeds my expectations."

Lin Qing could only say: "Luck."

Originally, he had almost no chance of mastering Illusory World Annihilation—but for an Anti-Entropy Being, as long as the probability isn't zero, that future can be anchored.

Thus, he mastered Illusory World Annihilation, obtained the Blood of the Cosmic Deity, and thereby acquired a primordial cosmic treasure with pillar-level potential.

Yet Lin Qing wasn't afraid this Light King would covet his cosmic treasure.

A primordial cosmic treasure cannot be seized even by ultimate beings, and a pinnacle ultimate being like Light King likely wouldn't even care for a mere treasure with only potential to grow to pillar-level.

Moreover…

Even if he did care, what could he do?

Before such a great one, transcenders are mere ants; perhaps only eternal beings merit his extra attention.

"Since the Wang Zuo Realm was established, I have not taken a disciple in three hundred billion years."

Light King suddenly spoke, his ethereal voice echoing through the temple.

Lin Qing's heart leapt—he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Was Light King about to take him as a disciple?

If he could become the disciple of such a great being, with such a background, he would be overjoyed.

As for whether his Anti-Entropy nature would be exposed?

If it were truly going to be revealed, it would have been revealed long ago—how could his current strength possibly resist Light King's scrutiny?

"I have taken forty-nine disciples."

Light King said softly: "Of them, eight direct disciples were all ultimate beings; the remaining forty-one affiliated disciples were all top-tier among eternal beings, and three of them became ultimate beings."

Lin Qing was deeply shaken.

Even the worst affiliated disciple was a top-tier eternal being, and three became ultimate beings?

Even the direct disciples were all ultimate beings?

A single person had trained eleven ultimate beings, plus countless powerful eternal beings!

"Perhaps I misjudged you."

Light King's voice reverberated in the temple: "I will give you a chance. If you pass my three trials, you shall be my direct disciple. If you pass two, you shall be my affiliated disciple. If you pass only one… only after you achieve eternity will you qualify as my affiliated disciple. Of course… you may refuse."

Three trials?

Lin Qing had spoken with Xu Qingzhi before—he understood clearly that to become a direct disciple of an ultimate being, one must at least achieve eternity.

Xu Qingzhi and her elder brother were exactly such cases.

But that was the standard of Emperor Jue Xian Di Jun—and Emperor Jue Xian Di Jun, an ultimate being, bowed before Light King!

From the caliber of his disciples, it was clear that Light King's standard was far higher—even most eternal beings lacked the qualifications to become his affiliated disciple.

No wonder Xu Qingzhi had once said that even eternal beings dreamed of becoming Light King's affiliated disciple.

Even passing the first trial would be a tremendous advantage.

At the very least… even if he could only become Light King's affiliated disciple after achieving eternity, his status would be utterly transformed.

In a Level-3 civilization, restrictions and rules abound—what matters is nothing but strength and background!

With the backing of the lord of the Heavenly Light Divine Nation, what future need he even imagine?

This was undoubtedly a great opportunity!

Lin Qing took a deep breath and said at once: "What, Your Majesty, are these trials?"

"The first trial begins with your rebirth."

Light King said calmly: "The first trial is simple. I will interfere with your rebirth, sending you to a special location. Your task is simply to survive until you regain your strength."

"Survive until I regain my strength?" Lin Qing pondered.

"This first trial is also a great benefit to you," said Light King. "If you fail and die in the first trial, as per my previous promise, I will revive you—but no mention of discipleship again."

"Understood." Lin Qing bowed respectfully.

"Go."

As Light King's voice faded, Lin Qing dissolved into a streak of light and vanished.

Inside the temple, Light King sat upon the throne, his eyes filled with quiet contemplation: "The future lines have changed again? Even future lines where one achieves eternity are exceedingly rare—yet such talent?"

He shook his head slightly. "I shall see whether you can become an ultimate being."

…

…

In the darkness, a faint consciousness began to grow stronger, gradually regaining awareness.

"I... was born? In amniotic fluid?"

Lin Qing felt as though he were immersed in liquid, his entire body numb and stiff, unable to even open his eyes, so he immediately began to sense carefully.

Even though he had reincarnated and fallen to the weakest state, with both energy and physical body extremely weak, and the will carried by the flesh also greatly diminished, the essential strength of his soul still made his perception extremely sharp.

"Hmm? That's not right..."

Lin Qing's heart trembled. "This is not an infant's body! These fluids are not amniotic fluid!"

He could sense that his body at this moment was merely some unformed flesh and tissue.

Under the pull of some force field, countless cells condensed like glowing stardust, differentiating from a mulberry-shaped cell cluster into primitive germ layers; nerves wound and spread like streams, bone crystal layers grew layer by layer amidst vibrations, and blood vessel networks, muscle fibers, and skin tissues were gradually taking shape.

"Is this fluid generating a physical body perfectly compatible with my soul?"

Lin Qing immediately understood this.

Generating a physical body perfectly compatible with the soul was no longer a difficult problem for a Type II civilization.

The truly difficult part was generating a powerful body or one with excellent genes.

At this moment, his body had only just formed a brain; even the neural network was not yet formed, and eyes, ears, mouth, and nose had not yet appeared, so it was no wonder he could not open his eyes.

However, judging by the current formation speed, it should be very soon.

"This body seems rather ordinary..."

Lin Qing carefully sensed the current tissue strength. "The race is Initial Human; I'd estimate it should be a body at the Ultimate Star Being level? The gene index is merely a hundred times the universal standard..." For a Type II civilization, it was normal for their highest technology to shape such a body, but even a Type III civilization only managed this?

Far too ordinary.

Lin Qing did not mind, anyway; his Authority, the Eternal Gate, still existed. As long as he had enough energy to activate the Eternal Gate, he could reshape his original body, including several avatars.

"However, Your Majesty the Light King said this trial would also be a great benefit to me..."

Lin Qing pondered silently. "Once the body is formed and the soul stabilized, allowing me to activate my Authority, I will restore my body first..."

A moment passed.

Lin Qing sensed that his body was nearly fully shaped; with a perfect vessel, his soul had completely stabilized, and his perception had strengthened considerably.

Upon careful sensing, he immediately discovered he was inside a vast dark space, where floating water spheres were everywhere.

And inside every water sphere was a curled-up human figure; they were all people just like him, all new bodies.

Judging by the life-level aura, they were all merely Ultimate Star Beings, Level Eight Life Forms.

Dense as a forest, at least several billion people.

"Do they all have souls?"

Lin Qing could sense that these souls were of the Void level, but their consciousness fluctuations were very weak; obviously, they were all in a coma, completely unaware of the outside world.

The reason he could remain conscious was because the innate supreme treasure of the universe embedded deep within his soul, a Pillar-level universal supreme treasure, had preserved his soul and consciousness.

"Restore the avatars first."

A thought crossed Lin Qing's mind, and he immediately began to activate the Eternal Gate, attempting to reshape his avatars within the space of his innate supreme treasure of the universe.

However—

Just as he was about to absorb Void energy, he discovered that the space here was incredibly stable; even though he had mastered spatial laws, he could not absorb even a shred of spatial energy.

It was as if...

There was some invisible rule here prohibiting the mobilization of even the slightest spatial power.

Upon trying again, he discovered that not only spatial energy, but even ordinary free-floating energy could not be mobilized by him in the slightest, which was quite absurd.

"What is going on..."

Lin Qing's heart startled. "The rules of the King of the Ranks shouldn't prohibit mobilizing any energy at all, or perhaps these are rules established by some powerful existence?"

According to what Xu Qingzhi said, Eternal Existences could establish rules within a certain range, and Ultimate Existences were even like incarnations of the rules themselves.

Could it be...

He was now within the range of rules established by some Eternal Existence or even an Ultimate Existence?

"Eternal Existence..."

Lin Qing became secretly vigilant. "I can only proceed with caution..."

Although if he died during the trial, Your Majesty the Light King could resurrect him, he would also lose the opportunity to become Your Majesty the Light King's disciple.

In a Type III civilization, one must either have a background or have strength; he currently had no strength and still needed time to grow, so... a background was very important!

The disciple of the Lord of the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom; just that title alone was terrifying.

"A new round of experiments begins."

Suddenly, a cold voice began to sound: "Implanting subsystem; beginning deployment."

In the next instant, Lin Qing felt a wisp of coldness seep into his mind, rapidly penetrating every corner of his entire body, with only the innate supreme treasure of the universe deep within his soul stopping this penetrating force.

At the same time, lines of text appeared before his eyes.

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【Survivor Number: c021030】

【Authority Talent: Unawakened】

【Evolutionary Bloodline: None】

【Gene Strength: 1】

【World Difficulty: Basic】

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"What?"

Lin Qing looked at the lines of text floating in his mind. "Survivor?"

Such means resembling an intelligent system were not uncommon in a Type II civilization; some were evolution guidance systems, some were wealth tempering systems, and there were various other types with different goals.

And the system implanted in his body at this moment seemed to be of the survival-evolution type?

Lin Qing guessed as much in his heart.

However, although the system had thoroughly scanned him, it could not detect the innate universe treasure deep within his soul.

It also failed to find that his authority talents had not vanished but were preserved.

Normally, after casting the Reincarnation Art, authority talents would also fall into temporary slumber, only to recover upon the next awakening.

Yet Lin Qing relied on his innate universe treasure to forcibly preserve the essence of his soul, so his authority had not vanished.

"Go."

The next moment, Lin Qing felt the space-time around him distort, and his entire body was teleported away from this dark space.

When he regained his physical sensation, he carefully sensed his surroundings for a long while before opening his eyes, only to find he had suddenly appeared inside a crude wooden hut.

Under the immense gravity and spatial pressure of this world, even a Level Eight lifeform made him feel as if he had returned to the era of an ordinary human.

As for the interior of this wooden hut, it was empty, with only a screen hanging on the wall.

Rows of explanatory text were visible on the screen.

【Welcome, you pitiful worms, to this even more cruel survival world. Some of you are here because you have no money to extend your lives and have nowhere else to turn; some are here seeking opportunities and choosing to suffer unnecessarily; and some are here because they committed grave crimes and seek adventure. In short... here, all past identities no longer matter. What matters is survival.】

【Please remember the following precautions:

【First: Strive to upgrade your shelter's level. This is your only place of safety.

【Second: To survive, you must have sufficient food and water.

【Third: To grow stronger, there is only one path: absorbing bloodlines to evolve.

【Fourth: Any survivor who upgrades their shelter to the 'Sanctuary' level may leave this world.】

【Then, begin to struggle!】

(End of this chapter)