Chapter 426: Mountain-Sea Realm

"First, move all the lifeforms of the Mountain-Sea Realm out."

Lin Qing's heart stirred, and he immediately relocated all other lifeforms within the Mountain-Sea Realm into the Void Sea.

In an instant, the Mountain-Sea Realm was left with only him alone.

When opening a small universe, the Mountain-Sea Realm will shatter and reform—it cannot withstand such an impact, not being of the Eternal tier.

"Begin."

Lin Qing sat cross-legged within the world's origin of the Mountain-Sea Realm, tapped a fingertip, and the entire homeworld immediately began frenziedly absorbing energy from boundless chaos.

Simultaneously, he withdrew numerous treasures imbued with chaotic primal energy, shattered them, and accelerated the process of drawing in chaotic energy.

The first step in opening a small universe is for the homeworld to accumulate sufficient chaotic primal energy—only then will there be enough power to sustain the subsequent shattering and reformation; this first step alone requires at least hundreds of millions of years.

Generally speaking, it merely consumes hundreds of millions of years, so most Ultimate Beings prefer to wait longer rather than waste it this way.

But he was currently in a future-arrival state, with a maximum separation of thirty-eight million years from the present world.

Once that limit was reached, he would be dragged back to the present.

Therefore, if he did not use external objects to accumulate chaotic primal energy, he would not have enough time within the thirty-eight million years of his future-arrival state to gather sufficient energy to open a small universe.

"Enough."

Lin Qing shattered countless treasures imbued with chaotic primal energy in one breath—equivalent to dozens of times the wealth of a typical Ultimate Being—before finally stopping.

In a short time, the vast ocean of chaotic primal energy nearly submerged the entire Mountain-Sea Realm.

This first step was complete.

"World, shatter."

Lin Qing tapped a fingertip; an invisible force swept through, and the entire homeworld shattered completely, leaving only the world's origin intact.

Then, his dual-temporal-rule universe within his body trembled, outputting vast quantities of cosmic primal energy infused with present and future rules, while the sentient treasure hovering beside him simultaneously released massive amounts of cosmic primal energy infused with past rules.

At the same time, the shattered Mountain-Sea Realm began absorbing these three types of cosmic primal energy, reshaping itself according to the structural method he used to open his internal universe!

Normally, this step requires three Ultimate Beings—past, present, and future—to provide the three types of cosmic primal energy, each responsible for one layer of cosmic structure, to complete it.

But Lin Qing alone could provide two types of cosmic primal energy and two layers of cosmic structure.

And a pillar-level cosmic treasure's sentient treasure could, in theory, provide any type of cosmic primal energy and support any layer of cosmic structure.

Thus, one person and one treasure were sufficient.

"It should take several million years to form the embryonic form of a small universe..."

Lin Qing silently estimated the time: "Add the final step, and thirty-eight million years will certainly be enough—but..."

The disturbance from this step was far too great.

The shattering of the world and the reshaping of the cosmic embryonic form would surely be detected by the Void God Clan.

At that moment—

A golden-tinged black branch seeped in from the depths of spacetime.

It was unmistakably a branch of the Cosmic Tree!

"Lin Qing?"

The Future World God's voice suddenly echoed through the Cosmic Tree branch: "You're opening your homeworld as a universe? Where did you get this pillar-level cosmic treasure? Is it your sentient treasure?"

Of course they came... Lin Qing's heart stirred.

But he had already prepared his answer: "World God, this was a rare encounter I had in boundless chaos—I acquired many chaotic materials suitable for cultivating pillar-level cosmic treasures. Since you had already forged the vessel for my pillar-level cosmic treasure, I attempted to cultivate my sentient treasure myself. I never expected it would actually succeed."

"Oh? That truly is a remarkable encounter."

The Future World God's tone was gentle, revealing no sign of belief or doubt, yet he asked again: "But even so, you've merely cultivated the vessel of a pillar-level cosmic treasure. Where did the three-layered universe at the core of your sentient treasure come from? No Ultimate Being within the current main universe has perished during this period."

Lin Qing immediately replied: "I obtained it during that same encounter—I acquired two sealed Chaos Lords, which together provided the three layers of universe."

Chaos Lords are terrifying beings who have broken through the limits of chaotic lifeforms.

Even the weakest Chaos Lord possesses power equivalent to a typical Divine Nation Lord, precisely because each Chaos Lord's internal universe is a dual-rule universe!

This is like an Ultimate Being with exceptional talent in dual rules—naturally, their power is immense.

In theory, as long as one assimilates one Chaos Lord whose internal universe is present plus future rules, and another whose internal universe is present plus past rules, the requirement is fulfilled.

Of course...

That's only in theory.

In reality, Chaos Lords are exceedingly rare; even within the boundless chaos explored by the human race, there are only a handful, and each is favored by boundless chaos, claiming some of the highest-tier chaotic wonders as their lairs.

Within these chaotic wonders, even high-tier Divine Nation Lords cannot defeat a Chaos Lord, let alone kill one!

And yet Lin Qing claimed he had obtained two sealed Chaos Lords at once—how inconceivable that was, one can well imagine.

Although anything is possible in boundless chaos, this was simply too absurd.

"Where did you obtain them?"

The Future World God could not help asking.

"The Primordial Realm," Lin Qing replied immediately.

As the largest and most mysterious known chaotic wonder, the Primordial Realm was even more renowned than the Heart-Spirit Realm.

Many chaotic materials used to forge pillar-level cosmic treasures originated from the Primordial Realm.

In theory, such a possibility did exist.

Historically, there had indeed been individuals who obtained vast quantities of materials sufficient to forge pillar-level cosmic treasures from the Primordial Realm.

And traces of Chaos Lords had indeed been discovered within the Primordial Realm.

But combining the two was highly improbable.

Not to mention... discovering two sealed Chaos Lords at once!

"The Primordial Realm?"

The Future World God said: "How long have you been exploring the Primordial Realm to have such a stroke of luck?"

Lin Qing said, "Several hundred thousand years, though the time accelerated for a while when I forged my innate supreme treasure."

Of course, he knew no one would believe such an absurd claim.

In fact, during the tens of millions of years he had roamed the endless chaos, he had never once visited the Primordial Realm.

But that did not matter.

He only needed a theoretically plausible explanation; one that could buy time was enough.

And...

Who could have imagined such an unbelievable ability as 'transforming the void into reality'?

Inside the Realm God Hall at the very top of the Universe Tree.

"Nonsense."

The Realm God now spoke indifferently, "Given Lin Qing's speed of travel through the endless chaos, it would take over a hundred thousand years just to reach the nearest entrance to the Primordial Realm. How long has he been Ultimate? Subtracting the time for the round trip, how much time would he have left to explore the Primordial Realm?"

The Past Realm God nodded lightly as well, saying, "Obtaining vast quantities of rare materials needed to forge a pillar-level universe supreme treasure in such a short time is already unbelievable, let alone two sealed Chaos Lords."