Chapter 396: All Mine!

Endless chaotic currents drifted slowly; everything existed in a primordial, disordered state, nurturing all possibilities.

Living beings, treasures, wonders, universes... everything was possible.

"Arrived."

Accompanied by a thunderous shaking of space-time, Lin Qing emerged from the River of Space-Time, appearing amidst the endless chaotic currents.

The chaotic currents immediately began to slowly erode him.

With a mere thought from Lin Qing, the surrounding chaotic currents retreated on their own—any eternal existence could easily resist the erosion of chaotic currents.

"Nest of Immortality."

Through the hazy chaotic currents, Lin Qing gazed from afar at that dark golden sphere millions of light-years away, and information about the Nest of Immortality surfaced in his mind.

Being able to see this dark golden sphere clearly from millions of light-years away demonstrated its immense size.

The Nest of Immortality was a purely absolute sphere, exactly three hundred and eighty thousand light-years in diameter, nurturing a world within; for the vast majority of time, it remained completely sealed.

It opened only once every thirty-eight billion years, but when it did, Ultimate Existences were repelled by the Nest of Immortality due to the universes within their bodies and could not enter at all; other living beings could enter only once.

The Immortal Spirits nurtured by this Nest of Immortality seemed to offer some benefit to the World Tree, so they were completely monopolized by the Void God Clan.

Since only those below Ultimate Existence could enter once, whenever the Nest of Immortality opened, the Void God Clan would hire people to enter and capture the Immortal Spirits.

Within the endless chaos, there were not a few chaotic wonders and treasure grounds monopolized by the Void God Clan.

This time, coinciding with the opening of the Nest of Immortality, the Void God Clan used it as a method to compete for the Third-Generation Bloodline, saving the cost of hiring people—a single stroke achieving two goals.

Even if it were not the Nest of Immortality, it would turn to other chaotic wonders, serving perfectly as free labor.

"Huff!"

After emerging from the River of Space-Time, Lin Qing switched to traversing space-time; with merely a few shifts, he arrived near that massive dark golden sphere.

Within the range of millions of light-years where the Nest of Immortality was located, everything was completely covered by strange bronze chains; the terrifying power surging along those chains made even Lin Qing unable to help but feel startled.

It was said that the seal of this Nest of Immortality was forged by thirty-six True Gods of the Void God Clan working together, using universe chains refined by World Gods to completely lock this place down, guarded long-term by a True God of the Void God Clan.

Even if multiple Lords of Divine Kingdoms acted, they could not forcibly break through.

"Palace?"

Inside the universe chains, a towering palace floating amidst the chaotic currents was visible, with figures standing before its gates.

Holding the token given by the True God of Heavenly Restraint, Lin Qing immediately flew through the gaps between the universe chains, heading straight for that floating, towering palace.

The thirty-plus figures before the palace gates all turned to look at Lin Qing at that moment.

Lin Qing glanced over and discovered that these people were all mentioned in the intelligence reports; each was a highly famous figure among the Eternal Peak experts, and some backgrounds were utterly shocking.

Those at the level of Marquis Cangye or Marquis Yantian would likely be at the very bottom among this group.

But Lin Qing felt somewhat strange; why had none of these people disguised themselves?

Every single one was mentioned in the intelligence reports, and not even their auras were concealed.

"Another new face?"

"From which civilization?"

"Not bad disguise skills, pity though..."

The candidates were now all sizing up Lin Qing; some wore faint smiles, some looked on with schadenfreude, and some held pity in their eyes.

At this moment, one person suddenly laughed: "Yu Tian Shen, can you recognize him?"

Lin Qing glanced at that person and recognized him as a nominal disciple of the Lord of Cangyue Divine Kingdom in the Immortal Realm.

As for... Yu Tian Shen?

Lin Qing looked at the long-haired youth in the golden robe among the crowd; the other party was also looking at him with a slightly playful expression.

"There actually is a Yu Tian Shen?" Lin Qing felt somewhat surprised in his heart.

In the memories obtained from descending into the future last time, there was no Yu Tian Shen; it seemed Yu Tian Shen possessed some treasure that elevated his status to mask the future timeline.

Yu Tian Shen was a direct disciple of a Universe Lord in the Immortal Realm.

And that Universe Lord in the Immortal Realm was absolutely the strongest among the Human Race currently!

As a Universe Lord, he not only mastered the rules of dual space-time but also wielded a Pillar-level Universe Supreme Treasure; his terrifying strength was beyond imagination.

The universally acknowledged number one expert of the Human Race!

Yu Tian Shen was the direct disciple he took in fifteen billion years ago.

It was said that Yu Tian Shen had a great opportunity; a clone of his had fused with the primordial bloodline of the Chaos Lord, and he had cultivated three terrifying inheritances from Past World Gods; if not for wanting to master the rules of dual space-time, he would have likely achieved Ultimate status long ago.

Lin Qing suddenly understood in his heart; no wonder none of these people had disguised their identities—could it be that Yu Tian Shen had seen through them all?

He said nothing, merely exerting his utmost to activate the chaotic strange treasure within his body, the 'Faceless God'.

"Not bad disguise skills."

After a simple observation of Lin Qing, Yu Tian Shen failed to see through the disguise and could not help but show a trace of surprise.

Immediately, as if interest had been sparked, he instead smiled, narrowed his eyes slightly, let his pale golden pupils slowly contract into a vertical slit, and let a strange aura spread out as he carefully observed Lin Qing.

In the next instant, Lin Qing only felt the illusion realm of the Faceless God tremble; a will was breaking through layer upon layer of the illusion realm, causing him to frown slightly.

At this moment, the other party had surely already seen his original appearance; if this continued, even his aura would likely be exposed.

He had hidden his identity because his strength was temporarily inferior to Like Yu Gong; he still intended to deal a heavy blow to the enemy camp during the Divine Kingdom War, and hiding his identity was the only way to avoid Like Yu Gong's sharp edge.

If he were seen through, wouldn't that be trouble?

Lin Qing immediately transmitted a voice: "Yu Tian Shen, I am Lin Qing, a direct disciple of Tian Guang Divine Lord at the King of Kings Realm; please do not reveal my identity."

"Lin Qing?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Tian Shen sized up Lin Qing and transmitted a voice: "Oh, I remember now; the genius Like Yu Gong mentioned?"

Lin Qing frowned slightly; did the other party know Like Yu Gong?

"No need to worry; my relationship with Like Yu Gong is not particularly good." Yu Tian Shen looked at Lin Qing with a faint smile and transmitted a voice: "I can agree to your request, but I have a small requirement as well."

"Speak," Lin Qing said, looking at Yu Tian Shen.

"I heard... you have mastered the Illusory World Great Annihilation?"

Yu Tian Shen transmitted his voice: "Although I have a strong chance in this competition, the Qi Gu Tian Shen from the Lin Yuan Realm is also present, so I do not have absolute certainty. If you are willing to fully restrain the Qi Gu Tian Shen and others for me, I will help you with this matter. How about that?"

Lin Qing looked at him and transmitted his voice: "Does Yu Tian Shen mean for me to give up this competition and fully assist you?"

"Yes." Yu Tian Shen smiled as he transmitted his voice: "The Immortal Spirit belongs to me, but after capturing the Immortal Spirit, the Void God Clan will also gift a certain amount of Golden Leaves based on the quantity and grade of the Immortal Spirit. At that time, I will give you half of the Golden Leaves. How about that?"

In his view, the newly accepted disciple of the Tian Guang God Lord could not possibly refuse him.

Upon seeing Yu Tian Shen, almost everyone else had already given up on this competition; only that Qi Gu Tian Shen caused him slight trouble.

And this Lin Qing cultivates the Illusory World Great Annihilation, which has no effect on the Immortal Spirit. Capturing the Immortal Spirit is extremely difficult; it is only useful during combat. How could he possibly compete with him?

In terms of strength, he cultivates the inheritances of three Past Realm Gods, and possesses the first-generation bloodline of the Chaos Lord 'Original Realm Lord'. Undisputedly, he is the strongest present!

Therefore, he believed the suggestion he offered was already very good, and it could also serve to befriend this genius who supposedly had only cultivated for a few million years.

"Sorry."

Lin Qing transmitted his voice: "This time, I am also determined to obtain the third-generation bloodline of the Void God Clan. I cannot help you with this matter. Can we change the condition?"

"Determined?" Yu Tian Shen sized up Lin Qing, then laughed.

He was also too lazy to say more and spoke directly: "Very well. I want to see exactly how capable the newly accepted disciple of the Tian Guang God Lord is."

Lin Qing frowned slightly and did not wish to waste any more words.

"Haha, indeed, I was seen through by Yu Tian Shen."

"The bloodline of the Original Realm Lord, plus a Chaos Strange Treasure of the investigation type, how could it be blocked?"

"The newly accepted disciple of the Tian Guang God Lord?"

"Oh, I recall his name is Lin Qing, and it is said he has only cultivated for a few million years?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, so young?"

The candidates from various human civilizations laughed one by one; they had all been seen through by Yu Tian Shen, so they naturally felt no surprise.

They could also see that Lin Qing was clearly somewhat displeased, but as the direct disciple of the strongest human, Yu Tian Shen already held an extremely high status, and moreover, this competition had little meaning to begin with.