Chapter 384: Lin Qing Acts

Inside the temporal fortress, which resembled a world unto itself, Lin Qing gazed at the world barrier billions of miles away, before the Jingshen Hall surrounded by countless palaces.

The strongest defense of this temporal fortress was the world barrier; enemies wishing to enter had to break through one world barrier, and to penetrate deep into the Frozen Empire, they must shatter another.

At this moment, golden cracks had already appeared across that world barrier, and the entire world's spacetime trembled faintly—clearly, the barrier of this temporal fortress was about to be shattered.

"Mr. Lin."

The Lord of Tianji Palace, clad in purple-gold battle armor, spoke: "From now on, you shall remain within my Jingshen Hall and unleash the Illusory World Annihilation. Do not leave the hall under any circumstance—when this divine hall resonates with the Tianji Palace complex, even Eternal Peak experts struggle to breach it, so you may rest easy."

Lin Qing said nothing.

He could tell this Eternal Treasure was not the Lord's true-life treasure; though it was an Eternal Supreme Treasure, it was merely a single piece.

If that were all, even the Lord's strength could not possibly use this hall to resist an Eternal Peak expert.

The key lay in the resonance formed by the Primordial Treasure palaces, driven by tens of millions of High Chaos beings, and the ordinary Eternal Treasures wielded by over a thousand Eternal beings—combined with this hall, they created a unified defense capable of holding back Eternal Peak experts.

But if an entity existed whose strength far surpassed an ordinary Eternal Peak, resistance would be nearly impossible.

"My Lord!"

Suddenly, a voice filled with urgency rang out as the white-haired, handsome Xuanqing Sheng Shi stepped out from within the hall: "The future has changed! Yan Tian Hou of the Wanhai Divine Nation will also join this war!"

"What?" The Lord of Tianji Palace's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this.

Yan Tian Hou—he was an Eternal Peak expert famed throughout the entire Liewang Realm!

In the previous two Divine Nation Wars of the Liewang Realm, he had slain over ten Eternal Peak experts, revealing the terrifying extent of his power!

Though the Lord of Tianji Palace was still formidable among Eternal Peak experts, she knew her strength paled beside his.

The gap lay in the terrifying secret art created by the Divine Nation's sovereign, which he had cultivated.

Such a transcendent, fearsome art was extraordinarily difficult to master—even with abundant resources, one needed extreme compatibility; otherwise, even Eternal Peak experts rarely succeeded.

Thus, only the sovereign's carefully selected disciples could ever master such an art.

"Wanhai Divine Nation has dispatched Yan Tian Hou, a force of this caliber, here?"

The Lord of Tianji Palace drew a deep breath, then coldly ordered: "We are at war—how dare the Wanhai Alliance scatter their strength? Immediately report this intelligence upward. Once all fronts begin their assault, I shall see whether the Wanhai Alliance can withstand it!"

Yet she understood…

This war was a joint effort between Wanhai and Yuanchu, leaving the Tianguang Alliance to face two enemies at once—pressure was immense, and defense was their primary focus.

"Fortunately, the Seventeenth Imperial Prince returned from Tianguang Divine Nation in advance."

The Lord of Tianji Palace drew another deep breath: "With the Seventeenth Imperial Prince's speed through the River of Time, he can reach here in under thirty seconds. Thirty seconds… should be enough."

The Frozen Empire's territory was vast—even Eternal Peak experts required minutes to cross its entire expanse.

The Seventeenth Imperial Prince, the most outstanding child of Emperor Dongyan Di Jun and one of the honorary disciples of the Lord of Tianguang Divine Nation, was the strongest being under the two Di Jun of the Frozen Empire, having returned from Tianguang Divine Nation centuries ago.

Thus, though surprised, the Lord of Tianji Palace remained calm.

Under the triple suppression of the Tianji Palace complex, the Xianlian Shengxing's origin, and the temporal fortress world, even a force like Yan Tian Hou would need time to slowly dismantle it before breaking through.

"Yet how could Tianguang Divine Nation fail to warn us about Yan Tian Hou's movements?" the Lord of Tianji Palace frowned.

Xuanqing Sheng Shi also found it perplexing: "Logically, Lord Guangwang should be able to observe all future lines across the Liewang Realm—even if Wanhai and Yuanchu summoned other civilizations' sovereigns who cultivate future laws, intelligence should remain balanced…"

But Lin Qing knew the reason.

His master constantly observed future lines across the Liewang Realm and distributed intelligence—but even he could not observe every future line.

For instance, the power of the Divine God Feather right now!

"It's not just Yan Tian Hou…"

Lin Qing stared at the crumbling world barrier, his eyes filled with layered illusory futures; though he saw only Yan Tian Hou, he knew it could not be so simple.

"Lin Qing, return inside the hall," the Lord of Tianji Palace swiftly transmitted her voice: "The first layer of the temporal fortress's defense is about to be breached—you're too exposed here, and we can't properly protect you."

Lin Qing said nothing and turned back into the hall.

The Lord of Tianji Palace exhaled slightly, then swept her sleeve—powerful energy manifested as the grand gates of the divine hall, sealing its entrance.

Unless one's strength vastly surpassed hers, they must kill her first to enter the hall!

At that moment—

"Boom!!"

Within the temporal fortress world, the invisible world barrier suddenly erupted with countless terrifying cracks, spiderwebbed across its surface—each crack stretching hundreds of billions of miles long!

"Here they come!"

The Lord of Tianji Palace narrowed her eyes slightly; time around her accelerated wildly, while black, heavy armor surfaced on her body, a massive black hammer materialized in one hand, a luminous mirror-like shield in the other, and purple-gold mist churned beneath her feet.

It was her true-life Eternal Treasure set.

Simultaneously, she issued an order through Jingshen Hall: "All of Tianji Palace—Wanxiang Zhenfeng!"

In an instant, the countless floating palaces within the temporal fortress world blazed with astonishing light, merging into a single radiant expanse that completely enveloped the entire temporal fortress world, illuminating all of this realm.

"Boom!!"

The world barrier shattered completely—before them rose a colossal mountain ablaze with endless flames, crashing through the broken barrier, its height stretching a trillion miles across this world.

At its base lay the auras of tens of millions of High Chaos soldiers; along its midsection, over a thousand Eternal beings' auras; and atop its peak, four terrifying auras of Eternal Peak level.

"The Imperial Army of the Changyuan Empire—and Yan Tian Hou's Burning World Mountain!"

At this moment, many Eternal beings of Tianji Palace recognized the sight and felt their hearts falter.

If it were merely the Changyuan Imperial Army, they wouldn't have been alarmed—but Yan Tian Hou's reputation was so great that ten imperial armies couldn't match him!

Now, with such immense power concentrated under Yan Tian Hou's command, the sheer might was unimaginable!

And then—

"Boom!!" Spacetime teetered on the brink of collapse as the terrifying flame mountain surged forward with unstoppable force, crashing toward the Tianji Palace complex!

The terrifying power was enough to make even Eternal Peak experts pale.

Torrents of flame erupted skyward, burning spacetime itself, beginning to ignite the entire world—as if aiming to annihilate this realm!

Though the light from the Tianji Palace complex struggled to suppress it, the effect was negligible.

"What terrifying power... It is indeed the Marquis of Burning Heaven."

The Lord of Tianji Palace took a deep breath, slapped the void with one hand, and immediately activated this massive time-space fortress.

In an instant, the entire time-space fortress world shook with a boom; the omnipresent invisible power of the world began to suppress that mountain of flames, while the primordial power of the Xianlian Shengxing spread out to assist.

Under the triple suppression, the impact force of that giant flame peak finally slowed abruptly.

"Open!"

Clad in an Eternal Supreme Treasure armor set and treading on purple-gold clouds, the Lord of Tianji Palace had the power of the entire Tianji Palace complex surge toward her; immediately following, she swung the great hammer in her hand and struck that giant flame peak with all her might!

In a flash, a colossal hammer shadow spanning hundreds of billions of li across the firmament appeared within this fortress world and collided with a boom against that towering flame world!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst the terrifying collision impact, the Lord of Tianji Palace was sent flying backward, while that towering flame world also retreated continuously.

The entire world seemed to tremble.

"Haha! Again!"

After barely stopping her figure, the Lord of Tianji Palace let out a loud laugh, transformed into a streak of light once more, and charged toward that giant flame peak, simultaneously gathering endless power to swing the great hammer in her hand.

At the peak of the giant flame mountain.

A towering figure shrouded in scorching flames sat upon the Flame Jade Wang Zuo, his posture slightly lazy and casual; his fingertips lightly tapped the armrest of the Wang Zuo, emitting rings of flame ripples that merged into the giant flame mountain beneath his feet.

It was none other than the Marquis of Flame Heaven.

"This Lord of Tianji Palace, relying on the time-space fortress and the Tianji Palace complex, does indeed possess some strength."