[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lawful-tyrant":3,"chapter-lawful-tyrant-lawful-tyrant-chapter-381":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lawful Tyrant",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285265,4469,"Chapter 381","lawful-tyrant-chapter-381",381,"\u003Cp>“So many?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing slightly blinked, rolling a pocket dimension into his palm, quickly stowing all the treasures within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guang Wang said casually: “Your junior brothers—my registered disciples—mostly gave ordinary gifts; only Qiong Guang and the other three offered something valuable. Your eight senior brothers also all gave impressive presents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing nodded slightly as he listened, his awareness sweeping over the pile of gifts, instantly noticing that each treasure carried voice or even visual messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he examined the first gift, his entire body froze, his mind going utterly blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d chosen to inspect this one first because he’d already seen it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A branch of the Cosmic Tree!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key wasn’t one or two—it was over twenty thousand of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cosmic Tree branches? Over twenty thousand?” Lin Qing was utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chaos Trading Guild occasionally had a single Cosmic Tree branch listed for sale; though one might appear only once in a hundred million years, each was worth at least twenty billion credits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their value nearly approached that of primordial bloodlines of Chaos beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention over twenty thousand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was simply unimaginable—it made him doubt whether these were truly Cosmic Tree branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The accompanying voice attached to this gift was a bold, resonant male voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Your talent far surpasses mine. I’m your eldest brother, Jue Shan Hong, titled Emperor of the Eastern Flame. Lately I’ve been a bit strapped for cash—don’t you dare refuse, little brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing was left dazed just listening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eldest brother had just gifted him over twenty thousand Cosmic Tree branches—and still claimed he was… strapped for cash?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His future self, though also a direct disciple, had become one over thirty million years ago; the eldest brother’s gift then wasn’t Cosmic Tree branches, but a Chaos artifact for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing couldn’t help asking: “My eldest brother gave me over twenty thousand Cosmic Tree branches? And he said he’s strapped for cash?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His newly created secret technique has a very high upper limit and consumes many treasures—he’s indeed short on funds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guang Wang nodded slightly, then said: “Given the capacity of your Perfect World, absorbing the essence of about twenty Cosmic Tree branches should reach your current limit. The remaining twenty thousand will have to wait until you master two spatial-temporal laws and your inner world expands again before you can fully absorb them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… that’s over twenty thousand Cosmic Tree branches!” Lin Qing couldn’t help saying: “When Yu Gong invited Xiao Ying Bo, he only gave one, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yu Gong certainly doesn’t possess nearly as many Cosmic Tree branches as your eldest brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guang Wang said casually: “Besides, Xiao Ying Bo is just a minor figure to him—he wouldn’t give away much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did my eldest brother get them?” Lin Qing couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luck,” Guang Wang smiled. “When Xingyuan invaded the main universe, many Cosmic Tree branches fell off and plunged into Xingyuan. After your eldest brother killed a Xingyuan Monarch, he acquired a vast number of them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head: “Your eldest brother heard of your astonishing talent and your potential to become a Duke, so he was willing to part with so many.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s how it is…” Lin Qing understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The essence of Cosmic Tree branches greatly aids in expanding your inner world,” Guang Wang said. “With these, you’ll have a distinct advantage if you ever become a Duke.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing had also heard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While absorbing the essence of Cosmic Tree branches expands the inner world, there is a limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That limit is roughly twice the volume of the inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, once the Perfect World absorbs enough essence, it can expand by another Perfect World’s size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, while a larger world means greater combat power, doubling the world’s volume doesn’t double the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Lin Qing’s research, a Eternal God Body’s combat power hinges on how much energy the inner world can unleash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the inner world is a massive energy reservoir, constantly leaking energy outward through the world’s membrane; the upper limit of energy output depends entirely on the membrane’s surface area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the inner world’s diameter doubles, its volume increases eightfold, but the membrane’s surface area only quadruples—so energy output becomes four times greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, compared to ordinary Eternal beings, an Eternal Peak’s diameter is thirty-eight times larger, granting roughly a thousandfold advantage in energy output!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their total energy reserves are tens of millions of times greater!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Cosmic Tree branch provides enough essence to expand a world of over one hundred billion kilometers in diameter—so for a Perfect World, you truly need over twenty branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After absorbing the Cosmic Tree branches and doubling my inner world’s size, my strength should increase by five or six tenths…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing could already calculate the effect these branches would bring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When strength reaches a certain height, Eternal Peaks all possess Eternal Treasures, combined divine techniques, and even secret arts created by Divine Realm Lords—virtually no weaknesses remain, and their differences are minimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that level, a five- or six-tenths advantage is enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And this World Treasure? Could it be the legendary Pillar of World Stabilization?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing put away the Cosmic Tree branches and turned to another World Treasure that most drew his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nine unassuming black stone pillars, their surrounding spacetime utterly stable—even not a single ripple appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This was a treasure his future self had never obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps his future self hadn’t shone as brilliantly, so his senior brothers’ affection hadn’t been this extravagant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pillar of World Stabilization…” Lin Qing drew a deep breath. “It’s truly the legendary Pillar of World Stabilization…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he accessed his future self’s memories, he also gained knowledge from the Heavenly Light Divine Nation’s Library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pillar of World Stabilization had one function only—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Place the nine pillars at the center and eight extremities of your inner universe, and your inner world becomes utterly stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The benefits of a stable world need no explanation; the most direct combat advantage is doubling the upper limit of energy output from the inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an Eternal being, this is effectively a doubling of combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the inner universe of a Ultimate Being can be fully stabilized, doubling its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even Ultimate Beings desperately desired such treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brother, achieve Dukehood soon, then become Ultimate. I’ll need your help someday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Qing probed the Pillar of World Stabilization, an image appeared in his mind: a solemn, plain-clothed man, expressionless and unremarkable in demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The message was brief—didn’t even say who he was.\u003C\u002Fp>",1097,"2026-06-20T02:41:36.076Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","02f08499dfacbbc45fd3479125f1a8f1890534bdac44648a6310151175f3b406","lawful-tyrant-chapter-382","lawful-tyrant-chapter-380",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flawful-tyrant-cover.jpg"]