Chapter 426: Mountain-Sea Realm

"First, move all the lifeforms in 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.

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

"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 frantically absorbing energy from the infinite chaos.

Simultaneously, he extracted 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 its 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 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 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 trembled, outputting vast quantities of cosmic primal energy infused with present and future rules, while the sentient supreme treasure hovering nearby 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 architectural 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.

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

And a pillar-level cosmic supreme treasure’s sentient artifact could, in theory, provide any type of cosmic primal energy and support any layer of cosmic architecture.

Thus, one person and one artifact were sufficient.

It should take several million years to form the prototype 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 prototype would inevitably be detected by the Void Gods.

At that moment—

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

It was unmistakably a branch of the Cosmic Tree!

"Lin Qing?"

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

Of course it came... Lin Qing’s heart stirred.

But he had prepared for this, and immediately replied: "Realm God, this was a rare encounter I had in the infinite chaos. I acquired many chaotic materials for cultivating pillar-level cosmic supreme treasures, and since you had already forged the vessel for my pillar-level cosmic supreme treasure, I tried cultivating my sentient artifact myself—I never expected it would actually succeed."

"Oh? That truly is a remarkable encounter."

The Future Realm God’s tone was gentle, revealing no sign of belief or doubt, yet he asked again: "But even so, this merely cultivates the vessel of a pillar-level cosmic supreme treasure. Where did your sentient artifact’s triple-universe core come from? No Ultimate Being within the current main universe has perished during this period."

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

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 strength is immense.

Theoretically, 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 satisfied.

Of course...

That is merely theoretical.

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

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

Yet Lin Qing claimed he had obtained two sealed Chaos Lords at once—how implausible that was, Kexiangerzhi .

Although anything is possible in the infinite chaos, this was too absurd.

"Where did you obtain them?"

The Future Realm 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 supreme treasures originated from the Primordial Realm.

Theoretically, this possibility did exist.

Historically, some had indeed obtained vast quantities of materials sufficient to forge pillar-level cosmic supreme treasures from the Primordial Realm.

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

But combining the two was inconceivable.

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

"The Primordial Realm?"

The Future Realm God said: "You’ve only explored the Primordial Realm for how long? How could you have such a rare encounter?"

Lin Qing replied: "About several hundred thousand years—but when I was cultivating my sentient artifact, I accelerated time for a period."

He knew perfectly well that such an absurd claim would never be believed by anyone.

In truth, during his tens of millions of years wandering the infinite chaos, he had never once set foot in the Primordial Realm.

But that didn’t matter.

He only needed a theoretically plausible explanation to buy time.

And...

Who could possibly imagine the existence of such an implausible ability as "Turning Illusion into Reality"?

Inside the Realm God’s Palace, at the highest peak of the Cosmic Tree.

"Nonsense."

The Present Realm God said coldly: "Given Lin Qing’s speed of travel through the infinite chaos, it would take him over a hundred thousand years just to reach the nearest entrance to the Primordial Realm. How long has he been an Ultimate Being? Subtract the time spent traveling back and forth—how long could he possibly have explored the Primordial Realm?"

The Past Realm God nodded slightly and said: "Acquiring vast quantities of materials sufficient to forge a pillar-level cosmic supreme treasure in such a short time is already implausible—let alone two sealed Chaos Lords."