Chapter 393: The New Duke

“Younger brother, an internal world based on dual-spacetime rules isn’t particularly intricate or complex in structure—the key is having sufficiently powerful world origins to stabilize it truly.”

“For ordinary internal worlds grounded in single-spacetime rules, only one world origin is needed—even after evolving into a universe, still just one origin suffices.”

“But an internal world based on dual-spacetime rules is entirely different.”

“It more closely resembles the real world, so it requires multiple kinds of world origins combined to achieve stability.”

“I gathered twelve fire-type origins from chaos as my world origins, which finally stabilized my internal world completely.”

“Every Duke is the same.”

“Although you cultivate future rules and present rules, you can still approach it from this direction.”

After visiting his senior brother, Lord Dongyan, the senior brother readily imparted all the essential techniques for constructing an internal world.

Then, Lin Qing visited his third senior brother, Wang Jun, who directly gave Lin Qing his entire cultivation lineage.

After repeatedly thanking him, Lin Qing studied the lineage and found it matched exactly what the senior brother had described—the world structure wasn’t particularly intricate or mysterious; the key was that the world origins were far more complex and variable to withstand the changes of two spacetime rules.

“So that’s how it is…”

“I tried to sustain both present and future rules with only one world origin—no wonder all my attempts failed…”

Lin Qing already had many ideas and concepts forming in his mind, but he didn’t rush to try them.

Because he possessed the three spacetime rules—rules that were truly those of the real world—perhaps his internal world had other differences as well?

The main god’s avatar from his homeworld’s Void Sea immediately traveled to the Vacuum Great Tomb to visit Prince Su.

…

“You want the cultivation insights of past Sages in the Beginning Realm who evolved their internal worlds using dual-spacetime rules?”

Prince Su regarded Lin Qing with surprise. “You’ve only been reborn into the Rank-King Realm for a few million years—why are you delving into such profound texts so early?”

Lin Qing said nothing more; the surrounding spacetime suddenly twisted and tore open, revealing his terrifying spacetime domain.

“Tearing spacetime?”

Prince Su stared at Lin Qing in shock. “You’ve already mastered two spacetime rules?”

Normally, only ultimate beings, using the origin of their internal universe, could repel external spacetime and cause it to tear completely.

Dukes, however, could naturally repel external spacetime with their own dual-spacetime rules.

“Yes.”

Lin Qing nodded. “But I trained for a billion years in the Flowing Time Hall of Tianguang Divine Nation—far longer than a few million years.”

“A billion years… that’s still inconceivable,” Prince Su sighed. “Even in the Beginning Realm, no one has achieved this speed. I myself took seventy billion years.”

She shook her head slightly, then swept her sleeve—dozens of six-sided peculiar crystals appeared before Lin Qing.

“These are the cultivation insights left behind by the great sages of the Beginning Realm who mastered dual-spacetime rules. Look through them if you wish,” Prince Su said.

“So many?” Lin Qing exclaimed. “Over a hundred? Does the Beginning Realm have over a hundred great sages who mastered dual-spacetime rules?”

Sages of the Beginning Realm were eternal beings, equivalent to marquises in the Rank-King Realm, heavenly gods in the Immortal and Abyssal Realms.

Great sages of the Beginning Realm were Duke-level, Divine Lord-level figures!

The Rank-King Realm had only seven Duke-level experts; it was said the Immortal Realm had dozens of Divine Lords—yet the Beginning Realm had so many?

“During the Beginning Realm’s peak, there were hundreds of ultimate beings—so naturally over a hundred great sages.”

Prince Su said, “But you cultivate future rules and present rules—among these, only ‘Wan Miao the Great Sage’ achieved great sage status using future and present rules.”

“Only one?” Lin Qing asked, puzzled. “Aren’t you one? I heard you once mastered three spacetime rules?”

“I did master three spacetime rules.”

Prince Su shook her head slightly. “But I left no cultivation insights—so here, only Wan Miao the Great Sage’s remains.”

“Why?” Lin Qing asked.

“...I don’t know,” Prince Su fell silent for a moment before saying, “After all, I’m merely an information lifeform created by Prince Su’s former self—I’m not even sure how much of her memory I inherited…”

Lin Qing suddenly had a thought. “Prince Su, do you know why the Beginning Realm perished?”

Prince Su looked at him. “The Beginning Realm was destroyed by one of the three primordial ancestors of the Star Abyss Demon Clan—the Ancient Ancestor.”

“Do you know why the Ancient Ancestor destroyed the Beginning Realm?” Lin Qing asked again.

“This…”

Prince Su frowned slightly. “The Beginning Realm was an ally of the Void God Clan, enemies of the Star Abyss side—naturally, it drew the targeted wrath of the three Star Abyss primordial ancestors.”

Lin Qing shook his head. “The Void God Clan and Star Abyss Demon Clan have been locked in stalemate for countless eons—yet the Star Abyss primordial ancestors have never destroyed any other civilization. Why did they specifically obliterate the Beginning Realm? And where were the three generations of Void God Clan’s gods when the Beginning Realm fell?”

Prince Su fell silent again, then sighed. “I do have some missing memories.”

Lin Qing was certain now.

It seemed the information lifeform left behind by Prince Su didn’t know… the true reason behind the Beginning Realm’s destruction might lie within Prince Su herself.

The key point: Prince Su’s own cultivation insights were gone!

This further suggested that perhaps it was precisely because Prince Su mastered three spacetime rules that she drew the targeted enmity of both the Star Abyss Demon Clan and the Void God Clan!

“What secret do three spacetime rules hold?”

A thought flashed through Lin Qing’s mind: “A threat to both the Void God Clan and the Star Abyss Demon Clan?”

The Void God Clan and Star Abyss Demon Clan were true mortal enemies, locked in endless war for eons, each vying to recruit allied factions—yet the three generations of Void God Clan’s gods had allowed the Star Abyss primordial ancestor to destroy the Beginning Realm without lifting a finger?

And even Prince Su’s cultivation insights were missing!

Lin Qing suddenly understood… why Prince Su had once told him, “The Void God Clan is trustworthy”—because she genuinely didn’t remember the key reason behind the Beginning Realm’s destruction.

He felt a chill creep into his heart.

The Void God Clan controlled this entire main universe—could they even observe what happened inside the Vacuum Great Tomb?

“The Beginning Realm… I don’t truly understand what happened,” Prince Su sighed. “But I do sense something is wrong…”

Lin Qing fell silent for a moment, then spoke slowly: “The past is past. Now, the Beginning Realm has been reborn as the Mountain-Sea Realm—the Mountain-Sea Realm… will never walk the path of the Beginning Realm.”

He waved his hand and collected all the cultivation insights of the Beginning Realm’s great sages.

…

Inside the Flowing Time Hall.

Lin Qing summarized and synthesized the cultivation insights of the Beginning Realm’s great sages, frowning as he pondered his next steps.

“I must never reveal that I possess the three spacetime rules…”

“Not to anyone.”

“And… unless absolutely necessary, I must not use the three spacetime rules to transform my internal world or my life’s level.”

“Once I breakthrough, I might be discovered!”

Lin Qing took a deep breath—he had made his decision.

Unless he could confidently stand against the Void God Clan and the Star Abyss Demon Clan, he would never risk even the slightest chance of exposure.

Even the mighty, ancient civilization of the Beginning Realm was utterly obliterated by the Star Abyss primordial ancestor.

If he were discovered, his homeworld and the Rank-King Realm would be dragged down with him—then, it wouldn’t be just him who died.

“It seems… even if I one day become ultimate and transform the Mountain-Sea Realm into a small universe, I cannot accomplish it alone.”