Chapter 384: Lin Qing Acts

Inside the temporal fortress, resembling a world unto itself, Lin Qing gazed at the world barrier billions of miles away, before the Gate of the Silent God, 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 had to shatter another.

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

“Mr. Lin Qing.”

The Lord of Tianji Palace, clad in a purple-gold battle robe, spoke: “From now on, you shall remain within my Silent God Palace and unleash the Illusory World Annihilation. Do not leave the hall under any circumstance—my divine palace, when resonating with the Tianji Palace complex, is nearly impregnable even to Eternal Peak experts. You may rest easy.”

Lin Qing said nothing.

He could tell this Eternal Treasure was not the Lord’s life-bound artifact; though it was an Eternal Jipin , it was merely a single item.

With only this, even the Lord’s strength could not possibly hold back an Eternal Peak expert using this palace alone.

The key lay in the resonance formed by thousands of millions of High Chaos beings wielding Primordial Treasures, alongside hundreds of Eternal beings wielding ordinary Eternal Treasures—all merging with this palace to form a united defense capable of repelling Eternal Peak experts.

But if an opponent far stronger than a normal Eternal Peak appeared, resistance would be nearly impossible.

“My Lord!”

Suddenly, a voice tinged with urgency rang out as the beautiful, white-haired Xuanqing Sacred Master dashed from within the hall: “The future has changed! The Flame Marquis of Wanhai Divine Nation will join this war!”

“What?” The Tianji Palace Lord’s pupils contracted slightly.

The Flame Marquis—was a famed Eternal Peak expert throughout the entire Kings’ Realm!

In the previous two Divine Nation Wars of the Kings’ Realm, over ten Eternal Peak experts had perished at his hands—his power was terrifying.

Though the Tianji Palace Lord 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 mastered.

Such a transcendent, fearsome art was excruciatingly difficult to cultivate—even with abundant resources, one needed extreme compatibility; few Eternal Peak experts, even with all advantages, ever succeeded.

Thus, only the sovereign’s carefully chosen disciples could master such an art.

“Wanhai Divine Nation has dispatched the Flame Marquis here?”

The Tianji Palace Lord drew a deep breath, then coldly ordered: “We are at war—how dare Wanhai’s camp scatter their strength? Immediately report this intelligence. Once all fronts begin their assault, let’s see if Wanhai’s alliance can withstand it.”

Yet she understood…

This war was a joint campaign between Wanhai and Yuanchu; the Tianguang camp faced two enemies at once, under immense pressure, forced into defense.

“Thankfully, the Seventeenth Imperial Prince returned from Tianguang Divine Nation in advance.”

The Tianji Palace Lord drew another deep breath: “With the Seventeenth Imperial Prince’s speed through the River of Time, he’ll arrive 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 it entirely.

The Seventeenth Imperial Prince, the most outstanding child of Emperor Bing, and one of the honorary disciples of the Tianguang Divine Nation’s sovereign, was the strongest figure beneath the two Imperial Monarchs of the Frozen Empire, having returned from Tianguang Divine Nation centuries ago.

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

Under the triple suppression of the Tianji Palace complex, the Sacred Star’s origin, and the temporal fortress world, even a powerhouse like the Flame Marquis would need time to slowly dismantle the defenses before breaking through.

“Yet if the Flame Marquis’s movements were this critical, why did Tianguang Divine Nation not warn us?” the Tianji Palace Lord frowned.

Xuanqing Sacred Master also found it puzzling: “Logically, King Guang should be able to observe all future lines across the Kings’ Realm—even if Wanhai and Yuanchu summoned other civilizations’ sovereigns who mastered future laws, intelligence should have remained balanced…”

But Lin Qing knew the reason.

His master constantly observed the future lines of the Kings’ 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 the Flame Marquis…”

Lin Qing stared at the crumbling world barrier, his eyes filled with layered illusory futures. Though he saw only the Flame Marquis, he knew it could not be so simple.

“Lin Qing, return inside the palace,” the Tianji Palace Lord swiftly whispered: “The first layer of the temporal fortress’s defense is about to be breached. You’re too exposed here—we can’t properly protect you.”

Lin Qing said nothing and turned back into the palace.

The Tianji Palace Lord exhaled slightly, then swept her sleeve—immense power coalesced into the massive gates of the divine palace, sealing the entrance.

Unless an opponent far stronger than her, they must kill her first to enter the palace!

At that moment—

“BOOM!!!”

Within the temporal fortress world, the invisible world barrier suddenly erupted with countless spiderweb-like, horrifying fissures—each stretching hundreds of billions of miles.

“Here they come!”

The Tianji Palace Lord narrowed her eyes; time around her surged wildly as black, heavy armor materialized over her body, a massive black hammer appeared in one hand, a luminous mirror-like shield in the other, and purple-gold mist swirled beneath her feet.

It was her life-bound set of Eternal Treasures.

Simultaneously, she issued a command through the Silent God Palace: “All Tianji Palace personnel—Wanxiang Zhenfeng!”

Instantly, the countless floating palaces of the temporal fortress blazed with astonishing light, merging into a single radiant veil that completely engulfed the entire temporal fortress world, illuminating all of this realm.

“BOOM!!”

The world barrier shattered completely—revealing a colossal, blazing mountain, its peak towering a trillion miles high, crashing through the broken barrier and dominating this world.

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

“The Imperial Army of Changyuan Empire—and the Flame Marquis’s Burning World Mountain!”

At this moment, many Eternal beings of Tianji Palace recognized the sight and grew uneasy.

If it were merely the Changyuan Imperial Army, they wouldn’t care—but the Flame Marquis’s reputation was so immense that ten imperial armies couldn’t match him.

Now, with such overwhelming power concentrated under the Flame Marquis’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 could make even Eternal Peak experts pale.

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

Though the Tianji Palace complex’s light struggled to suppress it, the effect was minimal.

“Such terrifying power… it’s truly the Burning Marquis.”

The Tianji Palace Lord drew a deep breath, slapped the void with one hand, and activated the vast temporal fortress.

Instantly, the entire temporal fortress world shuddered—the invisible world force everywhere pressed down on the flame mountain, while the Sacred Star’s origin energy surged forth to assist.

Under triple suppression, the flame mountain’s momentum slowed abruptly.

“Open!”

Clad in her Eternal Treasure armor, standing on purple-gold mist, the full might of the Tianji Palace complex surged into her—and she swung her massive hammer with all her strength toward the flame mountain!

In an instant, a colossal hammer shadow spanning hundreds of billions of miles appeared in this fortress world, colliding violently with the towering flame mountain!

“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!”

In the terrifying impact, the Tianji Palace Lord was flung backward, while the towering flame mountain also recoiled steadily.

The entire world seemed to tremble.

“Ha! Again!”

After barely stabilizing her stance, the Tianji Palace Lord laughed aloud, then shot forward as a streak of light toward the flame mountain, gathering infinite power to swing her colossal hammer once more.

At the peak of the flame mountain—

A towering figure shrouded in blazing fire sat upon a throne of flame jade, posture relaxed and casual, his fingertip tapping the armrest, sending ripples of flame into the mountain beneath him.

It was the Flame Marquis.

“This Tianji Palace Lord, relying on the temporal fortress and the Tianji Palace complex, does have some strength.”