Chapter 404: The Power of One

Yuan Gong felt it was utterly unbelievable.

He had originally thought that this uncle, who cultivated both future and present rules, lacked dual-rule Divine Lord-level secrets; even with a Boundary God inheritance, his strength might only match that of a typical State Duke.

But Yu Gong was a true peer of ultimate existences—even if his power were halved, he still rivaled an ultimate existence!

That's why he had hurried over, intending to save this uncle.

But…

Yu Gong, famed throughout all of humanity and among all races, had been subdued in the blink of an eye by this uncle?

This scene was so shocking that Yuan Gong was momentarily stunned.

"This…"

Yuan Gong suddenly snapped back to his senses and looked at Lin Qing with excitement, "Uncle, even Yu Gong isn't your match?"

"I can only suppress him," Lin Qing shook his head slightly. "I can't even destroy this primary combat avatar of his."

"That's still terrifying," Yuan Gong said eagerly. "Across all of humanity, I doubt anyone is stronger than you, Uncle! And you've only cultivated for a few million years!"

"It's not that exaggerated," Lin Qing smiled, calm as ever.

Defeating Yu Gong was within his expectations.

Due to his second-generation Void God bloodline, his inner world's foundation was already several times stronger than others at the same level, and he had absorbed countless essences of cosmic tree branches; his world treasures were all top-tier—this alone granted him a massive advantage.

Moreover, he possessed dual-rule Divine Lord-level secrets and a Boundary God inheritance, neither inferior to Yu Gong's.

Before arriving, he had taken two excellent Chaos Treasures from the Treasure Vault; one of them excelled at summoning calamities and heavenly punishments, enhancing his secrets.

Crucially, his mental will was extraordinarily strong, perfectly aligned with the "Illusory World Annihilation" and "True Mind Deity" inheritances!

His mental will received massive amplification from his Mind Walker avatar, further strengthening the power of these two inheritances!

Taken together…

With such overwhelming advantages, how could Yu Gong possibly be his match?

Even among all known human ultimate existences, none surpassed him—only those nearly as strong existed!

"…Lin Qing, you're formidable."

Within that infinitely small yet infinitely vast point, Yu Gong suddenly spoke, his eyes locked tightly on Lin Qing. "You have second-generation divine blood?"

"Do you allow the present Boundary God to grant you many benefits, but not the future Boundary God?" Lin Qing glanced at him.

He had worried Yu Gong might be special in the eyes of the present Boundary God; if Yu Gong went mad, it could become troublesome, so he invoked the future Boundary God's name as leverage.

"Future Boundary God… granted you second-generation divine blood?"

Yu Gong gritted his teeth hard; though he dared not voice any complaint, his heart screamed inwardly:

"Why? The present Boundary God never granted me second-generation divine blood—why does this man earn such favor from the future Boundary God? If… if I had second-generation divine blood, I might already have mastered the method of opening an inner universe and become an ultimate existence!"

Hundreds of millions of years ago, he was already at the State Duke level, back when he belonged to the Tianyuan Realm civilization.

Over these countless years, he had waited for more than one opportunity to become an ultimate existence, yet he never mastered the method of opening a dual-rule inner universe, so he refused to break through and become an ordinary ultimate existence.

Once he broke through, his inner universe would solidify; transforming from a single-rule inner universe into a dual-rule one would be far harder than evolving a world into a universe!

So he dared not break through—he could only wait.

But this step was unimaginably difficult; he had been stuck here for too long, yet never mastered it.

He had even lost confidence—unless he obtained Chaos Lord blood or second-generation Void God blood, he had no clue at all. But… he understood how precious these two bloodlines were!

So he had never dared to ask the present Boundary God for such conditions.

And yet this genius who emerged from the Void Sea had obtained the very second-generation divine blood he had longed for?

"Good, good, good…"

Yu Gong took a deep breath. "I've lost. But I'll see how long you can live."

With that, his entire body erupted in blindingly intense flames, then burned himself into nothingness—only a faint glow remained for several seconds before slowly fading.

Instantly, nothing remained except Yu Gong's storage treasure, his Chaos Treasure, and a single seven-colored feather.

"He killed himself?"

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly, but wasn't surprised.

After all, he had merely forcibly suppressed and trapped Yu Gong—he couldn't even fully seal him, let alone stop him from committing suicide.

He casually collected Yu Gong's relics, then turned to Yuan Gong and said, "Nephew, the Icebound Empire's spacetime fortress has fallen. Guard it for a while—let the Icebound Empire's armies gather. After I destroy the other armies of the enemy nations, we'll concentrate our strength to attack the Yuanchu Divine Nation and the Wanhai Divine Nation."

Yuan Gong immediately bowed. "Yes, Uncle, rest assured."

His tone had unconsciously become far more respectful than when they first met.

At first, he had only shown a sliver of respect out of deference to seniority; now, he was truly humbled.

He now realized that when this uncle had said "I'll need help later," he meant this?

"I'm leaving."

Lin Qing said no more and immediately stepped forward, heading toward the nearest Changyuan Empire of the Icebound Empire.

With the power of "Void Phasing Walk," escaping the Rank of Kings required only one step; reaching any other nation's spacetime fortress required only one step.

Had the spacetimes of these nations not been segmented and accessible only through spacetime nodes, he could reach any point in the Rank of Kings with a single step.

But now, it made little difference—destroying the spacetime fortress was enough to enter.

…

The boundless chaos beyond the Rank of Kings universe.

"Yu Gong was defeated!"

"How is that possible? He defeated Yu Gong in one move? Forced Yu Gong to commit suicide?"

"This… this can't be!"

"Ha! Even accounting for time acceleration, the Ninth Prince has only cultivated for a billion years, right?"

Though their emotions differed, the ultimate existences of the three factions all stared at this scene in shock.

Who is Yu Gong?

A duke in title, yet a powerhouse truly equal to some ultimate existences!

And Lin Qing could flip his hand to defeat Yu Gong and suppress him—so when facing these ultimate existences, he would likely do the same!

"That insignificant little brat back then… actually…"

Yuanchu Shen Di's eyes glinted with icy, lethal light; the aura he emitted was suffocatingly oppressive as he stared fixedly at the Rank of Kings, as if he longed to rush in and kill Lin Qing on the spot.

But the universe's resistance triggered by the clash of divine realms will last at least 380,000 years!

That means the war of divine realms will not end for another 380,000 years.

By then, perhaps…

"It's completely over…" The Lord of Wanhai's face turned pale, as if he had already foreseen the outcome.