Chapter 389: Return to the Mountain and Sea Realm

Tian Guang Divine Kingdom, Beyond-Heaven Hall.

On the high platform, a black-haired woman in a silver-white long gown stood leaning against the railing, surveying this palace complex. She wore a hazy veil that concealed her face, revealing only a pair of beautiful, tranquil eyes like the starry sky.

As the palace of the Tian Guang Divine Kingdom dedicated to hosting foreign guests, only VIPs qualified to enter this place.

And for this woman to ascend to the top floor of the Beyond-Heaven Hall, she was clearly a guest of the highest rank.

"Lord Luo Shen."

Lin Qing walked into the hall and said, "I am Lin Qing, paying my respects to Lord Luo Shen."

Lord Luo Shen turned to look at Lin Qing, sized him up, then spoke softly, "Your talent is indeed high, but do you think... Like Yu Gong would destroy your hometown just to target you?"

"Lord Luo Shen, this is something that will actually happen in the future."

Lin Qing said, "Perhaps such an event will not occur now, but the future is uncertain. I cannot gamble my hometown on the enemy's mercy."

In fact, he understood in his heart.

Like Yu Gong indeed would not act for now, but once the Divine Kingdom War begins, if his role in this war becomes too significant, causing the Tian Guang Divine Kingdom to gain an advantage and affecting the situation of the Divine Kingdoms, Like Yu Gong might vent his anger.

"That makes sense."

Lord Luo Shen nodded slightly and said, "I heard your talent regarding Future Rules is extremely astonishing. How is your cultivation of Present Rules?"

"It is quite difficult," Lin Qing said.

"The most dangerous time will be when you reincarnate and cultivate anew," Lord Luo Shen said. "If Like Yu Gong intends to act against you, he is even more likely to wait until after your reincarnation and new cultivation. Are you sure you want to ask me to guard your hometown so early?"

"I am sure."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and handed a storage treasure to Lord Luo Shen, saying, "Lord Luo Shen can guard it for thirty-eight million years first. This is the reward."

Lord Luo Shen glanced at it, casually stored it away, and said, "Let's agree beforehand: I will help you for at most two hundred million years. After two hundred million years, I have matters to attend to."

"Good." Lin Qing nodded.

From now on, he would spend as much time as possible cultivating in the Flowing Years Hall to save time. If things went smoothly, two hundred million years would be enough for him to grow.

"Take me to your hometown," Lord Luo Shen said.

To travel from the Realm of Kings to the Main Universe, one must pass through a Universe Channel. Only Ultimate Existences can construct a Universe Channel, and it requires the consent of the Lord of the Divine Kingdom.

As the Ninth Prince of the Tian Guang Divine Kingdom, Lin Qing could naturally use the Universe Channel at will.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—"

Inside the dark and blurry Universe Channel, the surging and vast Universe Origin could be faintly seen, drying up at an astonishing speed and then continuously generating anew.

Lin Qing surveyed this vast Universe Channel, glanced at Lord Luo Shen beside him, and asked, "Has Lord Luo Shen ever been to the Main Universe?"

"I was originally born in the Main Universe," Lord Luo Shen said calmly. "However, I was born shortly after the Main Universe was first eroded by the Star Abyss. I died in the early period of the New Universe era, and was later fished out of that history by a powerful figure from the Near-Abyss Realm."

Lin Qing understood.

He grasped what Lord Luo Shen meant.

Just as those who transcend the Realm of Kings detach themselves from the spacetime where the Main Universe resides.

The Main Universe of the three hundred billion years since the birth of the Realm of Kings belongs to the territory allocated to the Realm of Kings by the Void Divine Clan.

The three hundred billion years of Main Universe history are like countless Main Universe save files. The Realm of Kings can observe this three hundred billion years of history at will, pick out the beings with great potential within these three hundred billion years, fish them out from that spacetime, and cause them to descend into the present world.

This is actually similar to resurrection: bringing the dead who perished in time back to life in the present world.

Once they descend into the present world, for the beings within that history, it is as if they have traveled to the future.

However, spacetime possesses uniqueness.

For example, Lin Qing lives in the present world of the universe. He is living well in the present world. Even if he exists in that history, it is impossible for his past self to descend into the present world. This is the uniqueness of spacetime.

When he originally entered the Realm of Kings Ruins through the Proof of Kings, talents from a hundred Void Seas gathered together. But in reality, among those hundreds of talents, except for him and a few other talents who were from the present world, the other talents were all specially selected from the past and fished out.

Thus, hundreds of talents appeared simultaneously within the Realm of Kings Ruins.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

And the difference between him and those talents fished out from history lies in this—

He is a person of the present world. After the trial ends, he can return from the Realm of Kings Ruins to the present Main Universe.

But those who have already been fished out from the past, if they fail the trial and lack the qualification to enter the Realm of Kings, will return to the River of Time and Space. They cannot truly return to the past.

However, countless beings have been born throughout the long history of the Main Universe, and indeed, some incredibly brilliant talents have emerged.

For instance, Lord Luo Shen is such a case.

"You lead the way. Take me to your hometown."

Lord Luo Shen clearly did not wish to chat further and directly urged him on.

Lin Qing nodded slightly, then directly activated the Universe Channel, connecting it to his hometown, the Void Sea, within the Main Universe.

The cost to stabilize a Universe Channel capable of withstanding the passage of Eternal Existences is not small.

Lin Qing immediately led Lord Luo Shen into the Universe Channel, shuttling through this colorful and strange channel, where he could also feel the aura coming from the endless chaos.

After all, the Realm of Kings is detached from the Main Universe, and the Universe Channel is exposed to the chaos. Although it can block the erosion of chaotic power, the aura of the chaos cannot be blocked.

"Just right. There are no obstacles to calculation now."

A thought stirred in Lin Qing's heart, and his inner world began to calculate along invisible threads of cause and effect.

After a while, he felt slightly relieved: "Mr. Hong Nuo is still deep within the chaos. That is good. The Divine Kingdom War is about to begin. I am not yet Like Yu Gong's match. Letting Mr. Hong Nuo hide deep within the chaos, staying away from the Realm of Kings for now, is not bad."

He had previously used the "No Cause, No Effect" Secret Art to calculate Hong Nuo's situation.

But under the isolation of the Realm of Kings Universe, his calculation regarding causal positioning was still very vague. So, taking advantage of the fact that he had now detached from the Realm of Kings Universe, he used the "No Cause, No Effect" Secret Art to calculate a bit.

As long as the person is safe, that is enough.

Now the Divine Kingdom War is about to begin. Once it erupts, under the collision of the three Divine Kingdoms and the resistance of the universe, even the Lords of the three Divine Kingdoms and the various Ultimate Existences will be expelled from the Realm of Kings. Therefore, even hiding within the Tian Guang Divine Kingdom might not be safe. It is better to hide in the endless chaos.

Thus, Lin Qing did not intend to retrieve Hong Nuo for the time being.

"We have arrived."

He did not know how long had passed before the dizzying transformations of time and space and the various colored lights before his eyes finally calmed down.

A boundless, vast sea of empty void appeared before Lin Qing's eyes.

Although it could not be called familiar, he did have an impression of this place.

"Finally, I'm back…"