Chapter 409

Inside the Flowery Hall.

The will of the Future Realm God has departed.

“The greatest problem… has been mostly resolved.”

Lin Qing sat cross-legged in the void, lost in thought: “That means, as long as there’s no evidence, even if everyone suspects Yu Gong was killed by me, the Realm God won’t act against me merely on suspicion…”

So, all he needed was to ensure “no witnesses remain.”

The remaining problem was killing Yu Gong.

Yu Gong possessed soul-defense inheritances from the Realm God; even the will of a Divine Nation Lord, combined with the Great Illusory Annihilation, might not directly obliterate Yu Gong’s consciousness.

And it had to be done within the Mirror Moon Sea.

If killed outside the Mirror Moon Sea, he’d have to use illusion arts to lure Yu Gong out of it first.

That requirement was extremely high.

“The second layer of the Great Illusory Annihilation can sever connections with avatars and cut causal ties—I must learn it.”

Lin Qing pondered: “The second layer of the Great Illusory Annihilation requires the Eternal Mist Realm King Flower, which costs fifty-eight thousand Great Merits—this isn’t difficult…”

His strength wasn’t particularly outstanding among all of humanity, but… if one added the restriction “beneath Ultimate Existence,” it became entirely different.

In the Boundless Chaos, many wondrous treasures could not accommodate Ultimate Existences who had opened inner universes—only Dukes could enter them.

Some of these treasures were precisely what the Void God Clan needed, and he could easily earn many Great Merits from them.

Moreover, the Void God Clan accepted trading treasures for Great Merits, though the value was heavily discounted.

“I can begin reclaiming treasures from those former outer-realm subjects of the Primordial Realm.”

Lin Qing mused inwardly: “Eternal Existences aren’t much trouble, but Ultimate Existences are problematic—especially the Lord of each Civilization’s Divine Nation…”

His strength was still insufficient.

In the Yuanchu Divine Nation and the Wanhai Divine Nation, both Ultimate and Eternal Existences had once been outer-realm subjects of the Primordial Realm—but he dared not enter those Divine Nations to collect debts.

The Divine Nation Lords were far stronger than him, and within their own nations, they were ten times stronger still.

During Divine Nation wars, it was one thing—but to intrude into a Divine Nation during peacetime was outright suicide.

“We’ll deal with that later.”

“I can also harvest the wondrous treasures once sealed by the Primordial Realm.”

“And the cosmic battlefields of the Void God Clan and the Star Abyss Demon Clan—the highest-tier battlefields are in the Main Universe, where Ultimate Existences cannot interfere. If I join, I’ll surely be a commander—and I’ll earn massive military merits.”

He silently calculated the details of his plan.

The Primordial Realm had been utterly destroyed; its deterrent power rested solely on him.

Without sufficient strength, he wouldn’t risk himself.

“If all goes well, killing Yu Gong won’t be difficult…”

Lin Qing slightly narrowed his eyes: “Let Yu Gong live another thirty-three million years…”

He immediately closed his eyes again, continuing to create secret arts with the Original Law.

The more dual-rule Divine Lord-level secret arts he cultivated, the better—completeness across all aspects minimized flaws and enriched his combat options.

There was still great room for improvement in causality, illusion arts, domains, and more.

…

Time flew like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, over thirty-three million years had passed.

Heavenlight Palace.

Lin Qing stood at the very front of the palace platform, clad in a white robe edged with golden patterns.

Behind him, on either side, stood the two Duke-level figures: Qi Xuan Gong, the nominal disciple of the Light King, and Yuan Gong, the first disciple of the Grand Master.

Beyond them were the numerous Eternal-level nominal disciples and fifty Eternal Peak warriors of the Heavenlight Divine Nation.

“Brother, do you know why the Master has summoned us?” asked Qi Xuan Gong, who looked like a handsome youth.

“Probably related to the cosmic battlefield on the Void God Clan’s side,” Lin Qing replied casually.

Yuan Gong added: “I heard the Star Abyss has expanded further in the Main Universe—likely because the pressure on the cosmic battlefield has become too great.”

At that moment, boundless light coalesced into the figure of the Light King atop the platform.

“Master.”

“Your Majesty.”

Lin Qing and the assembled disciples and ministers bowed respectfully.

“The Void God Clan has issued a summons.”

The Light King swept his gaze across them and said: “Four of the six fifth-tier cosmic battlefields in the Main Universe have fallen; the fifth is almost certain to fall as well. Thus, the Void God Clan has called upon all human civilizations and the Machine Clan to reinforce the sixth battlefield. The Liwang Realm must send no fewer than one hundred Eternal Peak warriors, and each Duke must send a main battle avatar.”

He paused. “All participants, regardless of victory or defeat, will receive fifty Great Merits if Eternal Peak, and five thousand Great Merits if Duke—additional merits will be awarded separately. If the sixth battlefield wins, all rewards are doubled.”

At these words, everyone’s eyes brightened.

A single Great Merit from the Void God Clan was already substantial—most Eternal Peak warriors possessed less than ten in total.

For Dukes, five thousand Great Merits was no small sum.

“Master, four fifth-tier cosmic battlefields have already been lost?” Lin Qing asked.

“The Star Abyss Demon Clan seems determined to achieve a ‘complete victory,’” the Light King said. “Besides the ‘Cangyan Domain Lord’ of the Mother River Clan, the Star Abyss has cultivated several key figures who have smashed through four fifth-tier battlefields in rapid succession.”

“Complete victory?”

Lin Qing understood.

Since the Star Abyss invasion, the war between the Void God Clan and the Star Abyss Demon Clan had lasted countless years.

This did not refer to the weak Star Demons within the Main Universe.

Those Star Demons were merely natural byproducts of the Star Abyss’s invasion—mere puppets born from the operation of cosmic rules, as insignificant as dust in nature.

The real war occurred on the cosmic battlefields.

Legend said the Three Realm Gods of the Void God Clan and the Three Primordial Ancestors of the Star Abyss had fought to a standstill, so they agreed to cultivate their respective clans and form cosmic battlefields using the Main Universe’s primordial essence—whichever side won would claim the primordial essence contained within that battlefield.

The lowest-tier first-tier battlefields, contested only by Void Dominators, numbered countless.

The highest-tier fifth-tier battlefields allowed all beings beneath Ultimate Existence to participate—even the weakest foot soldiers were at least Eternal Existences!

There were six fifth-tier battlefields, each representing one of the six primordial essences of the Main Universe: Nature, Life, Order, Authority, Destruction, and Chaos.

Legend held that the Three Realm Gods and the Three Primordial Ancestors had once made a certain pact—

If all six fifth-tier battlefields fell, the losing side would pay an “additional price.”

Over countless years, only the Void God Clan had once achieved a complete victory in the early days; the Star Abyss Demon Clan had never done so.

But this time, it seemed different?