Chapter 410: The Origins of Qi Lingxiao

After the meeting ended, Lin Qing left the Realm of Kings and entered the Flow of Time and Space, heading toward the Abyssal Realm.

Before the Ultimate Throne descended, he had to reincarnate back to his homeland, the Shanhai Realm; before this journey to the Cosmic Battlefield, he had some matters to resolve in advance—

He planned to visit Director Qi first.

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The Abyssal Realm was far from the Realm of Kings, but both lay within the human-dominated regions outside the Main Universe, so the distance wasn’t truly great.

With Lin Qing’s Void Phase travel speed, he arrived beyond the Abyssal Realm’s universe in just a few days.

“Much larger than the small universe of the Realm of Kings, a transcendent-level civilization…”

Lin Qing sensed the size of the Abyssal Realm’s universe across spacetime, “About 272 billion light-years in diameter—the Realm of Kings’ universe is only 60 billion light-years across…”

The diameter differed by several times; the volume difference was nearly a hundredfold!

In fact, the number of strong beings below the Ultimate level in either the Abyssal Realm or the Undying Realm exceeded the combined total of all dozens of human transcendent-level civilizations.

Only the number of Ultimate beings was limited by the Ultimate Throne, so it wasn’t as extreme.

But for Eternal-tier and Divine Lord, Duke-tier strong beings, a single Abyssal Realm had ten to a hundred times more than the Realm of Kings.

It was said that the entire human race had just over sixteen hundred Divine Lords and Supreme Deities; alone, the Abyssal Realm counted over six hundred Supreme Deities, and the older Undying Realm had even more.

Hence, the Undying Realm and the Abyssal Realm were rightly called the two holy lands of the human race.

“According to records, the Origin Realm had a diameter exceeding 360 billion light-years, with hundreds of divine realms—far larger than both the Abyssal Realm and the Undying Realm…”

Lin Qing silently sighed, “With the fall of the Origin Realm, the human race has weakened by at least thirty percent… Yet even at its peak, humanity could not match the Void Divine Clan—mainly because they had far too many numbers, and their top-tier strong beings were simply too numerous…”

He turned his head slightly, gazing at the barrier of the Main Universe, vast as heaven and earth.

Compared to the boundless Main Universe, even the Undying Realm and the Abyssal Realm were like peas beside a soccer ball—insignificant.

Any celestial body or wonder in the endless chaos appeared minuscule next to the Main Universe.

Only the Cosmic Tree and the Star Abyss were exceptions.

Suddenly, a boundless consciousness spread down from the heights of the Abyssal Realm, sweeping over Lin Qing with a gentle male voice laced with faint amusement:

“Are you the Tai Shi Duke from the Realm of Kings?”

Lin Qing immediately bowed his hands, “Lin Qing greets the Lord of the Abyssal Realm. I’ve come here to visit a friend.”

His ducal title was “Tai Shi Duke.”

“Yuan” refers to the Origin Realm; “Tai” means transcendence, the uncompleted.

He chose this title to signify that the Origin Realm’s legacy endures and has surpassed it.

The fact that he had been detected before even entering the Abyssal Realm’s domain meant only the universe’s absolute master could have done so.

It was said the Lord of the Abyssal Realm was not a dual-rule inner universe cultivator, but a Divine Lord who ascended by cultivating the Future Rule.

This Lord of the Abyssal Realm knew his strength was insufficient; after ascending, he merely fully controlled his home universe without gaining much power. So when the Abyssal Realm received one chance to commission a World God to forge a Pillar-level Cosmic Treasure, he gave it to the realm’s strongest—Tian Du, the Divine Lord.

In contrast, the Lord of the Undying Realm was originally a dual-rule Divine Lord; after ascending, he naturally kept the Pillar-level Cosmic Treasure for himself.

“Visit a friend? Come in.”

As the gentle male voice spoke, Lin Qing saw a cosmic corridor slowly materialize before him.

Without hesitation, he flew into it.

For any ordinary Duke or Divine Lord, even if they entered the Abyssal Realm, the Lord of the Abyssal Realm would not care.

Following the cosmic corridor, Lin Qing soon appeared before a divine palace.

There sat a tall man in black armor on the palace steps, smiling at Lin Qing.

“Greetings, Lord of the Abyssal Realm.” Lin Qing bowed.

“I heard a new figure has emerged in our human race, comparable to the Cangyan Domain Lord of the Mother River Clan, so I wanted to meet you.”

The Lord of the Abyssal Realm studied Lin Qing with interest, “Now that I see you, Tai Shi Duke, you truly are extraordinary—you possess second-generation Void Divine Clan bloodline?”

“Just luck,” Lin Qing shook his head slightly.

He wasn’t surprised the Lord of the Abyssal Realm could detect his bloodline.

Outside, it would be normal if he couldn’t.

But within the Abyssal Realm, this was the Lord’s fully controlled small universe—he could easily probe Lin Qing’s aura and life essence, so nothing could be hidden from this universe master.

“Tian Du mentioned you too.”

The Lord of the Abyssal Realm smiled, “He thinks you rose too fast and might stall at the Ultimate step. But I think… even the Ultimate step won’t stop you. We made a bet—I wager you’ll achieve the Ultimate within a billion years. Don’t let me lose.”

“A billion years?” Lin Qing was stunned.

The Lord of the Abyssal Realm said, “It’s difficult—our human race’s fastest to forge a dual-rule inner universe took over thirty billion years. But you yourself are a miracle; perhaps you’ll create another?”

“That shouldn’t be a problem,” Lin Qing didn’t elaborate—he would achieve the Ultimate in just a few million years.

“Quite confident,” the Lord of the Abyssal Realm laughed.

He added, “You came to visit a friend?”

“Yes,” Lin Qing nodded, “A close friend from my homeland once became a disciple of Wu Yin Divine Lord.”

“Qi Lingxiao? I’ve known him for a long time,” the Lord of the Abyssal Realm smiled.

“A long time?” Lin Qing was stunned.

“Several hundred trillion years,” the Lord of the Abyssal Realm sighed. “I knew him even before the Abyssal Realm was formed.”

Lin Qing’s heart trembled—he asked, “Could Qi Lingxiao be the reincarnation of an Ultimate being from the Abyssal Realm?”

He had long suspected Director Qi might be the reincarnation of some civilization’s Ultimate being.

And his absurd luck clearly marked him as extraordinary.

“Yes,” the Lord of the Abyssal Realm sighed, “Strictly speaking, he was originally a genius of the Origin Realm—and luckily absorbed the unique chaotic creature bloodline, ‘Ji Yun Shengzi.’”

“Ji Yun Shengzi?” Lin Qing’s heart stirred.

“Yes—a special chaotic creature born with the favor of endless chaos.”

The Lord of the Abyssal Realm said, “When such a being exists, an entire civilization benefits—for instance, it becomes easier to manifest the Ultimate Throne.”

He sighed, “After I achieved the Ultimate, I sought to transform my home into a transcendent-level civilization. I invited talents from all corners to reincarnate here, hoping to cultivate two Ultimate beings for my home. With the Origin Realm’s Lord’s guidance, I invited Guang Yuan—your fellow townsman, Qi Lingxiao—to reincarnate here and elevate my home’s fortune.”

Lin Qing’s heart stirred—he suddenly understood.

“Guang Yuan truly cared for the human race.”

The Lord of the Abyssal Realm sighed, “He had long mastered complete Space-Time Rules, but to give humanity more transcendent-level civilizations, he deliberately avoided becoming Eternal, reincarnating repeatedly into superior human secondary civilizations within the Main Universe, so humanity could produce more transcendent-level civilizations.”

He sighed, “And because his existence was too extraordinary, humanity could not reveal him publicly—so some civilizations still don’t know they received his aid.”