Chapter 427: The Strongest Lord of the Divine Nation

A new, small universe, dependent on the main universe, was born, rapidly devouring boundless chaotic energy and expanding wildly.

At the moment of its birth, its diameter already exceeded ten billion light-years, and it continued expanding at high speed.

The invisible ripple from the universe’s birth, like a stone cast into a lake, immediately drew the attention of many civilizations within the main universe’s domain.

“Has the human race given birth to a new civilization again?”

“The last one was the Realm of Kings three hundred billion years ago—only three hundred billion years have passed, and another has appeared?”

“It’s Lin Qing of the human race!”

“How many years has he cultivated? Less than a hundred million—achieving the Ultimate is already astonishing, but how did he open his home universe so quickly?”

“Even if he’s a dual-rule Ultimate, he’d still need another Ultimate who understands the past rule.”

“I haven’t heard of any other Ultimates in his home realm, Shanhai. Hmm? Could it be...”

“...a Pillar-level Cosmic Treasure!!”

At this moment, news of Shanhai Realm and Lin Qing swept across all civilizations of the main universe like a hurricane.

Having cultivated for less than a hundred million years and suspected of possessing a Pillar-level Cosmic Treasure, this unimaginable growth rate shook countless powerful beings.

Yaozhidao ， Yiyinianzhinei ， Ruoshinenggouchengjiudanguizezhongjicunzai ， Nadouyijingshizuizuidingjiandetiancaile ， Gengbieshuoshuangguizezhongjicunzai ， Shenzhiyukaipijiaxiangyuzhoule 。

Once becoming a Divine Nation Lord, combined with a Pillar-level Cosmic Treasure, he would be the peak combat force beneath the Boundary God Ancestor.

“My disciple...”

Within the Heaven of Kings’ Divine Nation, King of Light stared in shock at the scene, “That little one who reincarnated into the Realm of Kings tens of millions of years ago has now become a peak existence of our human race—far surpassing me...”

King of Light’s disciples were immensely exhilarated; the emergence of such a great figure naturally elevated the status of the Realm of Kings.

Powerful figures across the human race were also astonished, yet deeply delighted.

For the past three hundred billion years, the human race had suffered severe losses due to the absence of the Origin Realm, gradually falling behind in the Chaotic Battlefield.

The key lay in peak combat power.

Previously, the human race had three peak existences: the Origin Lord, the Immortal Lord, and the Heaven Capital Lord. Losing one had a massive impact.

But now, with another peak combat force born, this would undoubtedly ease the pressure significantly.

“Boom—”

Shanhai Realm continued expanding at an astonishing rate; celestial bodies constantly formed within it, and the three primordial sources grew ever stronger, faintly taking shape as Divine Nations.

Lin Qing sat deep within the universe’s primordial core, doing everything he could to help Shanhai Realm absorb chaotic energy and accelerate its growth.

If he didn’t assist, this final step would require over a hundred million years to complete.

Yet he was in a state of descending into the future, unable to remain in the future timeline for long—he had to complete it as much as possible.

After Shanhai Realm expanded for over twenty million years—

“Done.”

As the creator, Lin Qing immediately sensed Shanhai Realm’s current cosmic diameter—

Three hundred and eighty billion light-years.

This was the minimum size for a newly born small universe; if no internal waste occurred, it would grow to a diameter of seven hundred and twenty billion light-years over several hundred billion years.

Seven hundred and twenty billion light-years in diameter—that was the maximum limit for a Transcendent-level civilization’s small universe.

To exceed that, one must select a Universe Lord and open more Divine Nations, allowing the home universe to partially detach from the main universe and continue expanding infinitely.

Legend says that when a small universe reaches a diameter of three thousand eight hundred billion light-years, it can fully detach from the main universe and undergo some peculiar transformation.

But this was merely legend.

Even the largest Origin Realm ever known had only reached a diameter of three thousand six hundred billion light-years.

“Divine Nation, arise.”

Lin Qing tapped his fingertip, and the three Divine Nations—past, present, and future— Ningjuleyuzhoubenyuan ， Fenfenziyuzhouzhongxindanshengerchu 。

Each Divine Nation was formed from the universe’s most refined essence, naturally imbued with great creation.

Once refined, one could become a Divine Nation Lord!

This was the divine mystery of boundless chaos’s operation—the core of the universe.

“I will refine all three Divine Nations myself.”

Lin Qing’s will surged, penetrating the primordial cores of the Future Divine Nation and the Present Divine Nation, while his Life-Bound Treasure merged into the Past Divine Nation’s core, beginning to refine all three.

All three Divine Nations must have masters to aid the universe’s growth, but Shanhai Realm currently had no second Ultimate, and Qi Lingxiao still had no idea how many years it would take him to reach it.

So he alone would refine them—later, after achieving a Semi-God-level civilization, he could relinquish the Divine Nations.

Moreover, this ensured his home universe would never suffer internal waste.

Other Transcendent-level civilizations were constantly embroiled in internal conflict; the three Divine Nations drained each other, slowing growth drastically.

Remember, the birth of life and powerful beings consumed cosmic primordial energy—even if some returned upon death, net loss still occurred.

If Divine Nation wars erupted, collisions between them would further drain cosmic primordial energy.

All civilizations knew unity and cooperation would accelerate growth to the limit, yet few were truly willing to do so.

Divine Nation wars were essentially struggles to seize primordial energy and delay the emergence of a Universe Lord.

After all...

Those who became Ultimates were all great beings; unless the gap was immense, none would willingly surrender their life and death to another’s whim. Many even preferred mutual destruction over compromise.

If all Ultimates possessed self-sacrificing devotion, countless Semi-God-level civilizations would have already emerged.

“My home universe needs no internal waste, no civil war.”

Lin Qing calmly refined the three Divine Nations of Shanhai Realm, “The Semi-God-level civilization is merely a matter of time—easily attainable.”

He was already equivalent to a Universe Lord; Shanhai Realm simply had not yet reached its limit.

When that day came, who else could possibly be chosen as Universe Lord?

“Divine Nation... so this is how it is...”

Only several hundred thousand years later, Lin Qing had fully refined the Divine Nations, fully comprehending their intricate structure, and began channeling their primordial essence into his internal universe, replicating identical Divine Nations within himself.

After all, Shanhai Realm’s Divine Nation primordial energy was replenished by the home universe itself—no matter how much he consumed, he had no fear.

“Boom!”

Within the core space of his internal universe, two Divine Nations erupted into existence, and boundless divine spiritual essence naturally converged with the universe’s will.

In an instant, two True Gods—manifestations of the universe’s operational rules—arose from the center of the Divine Nations, and boundless radiance transformed into rules, instantly enveloping the boundless universe.

Future True God!

Present True God!

At this moment, the entire universe seemed to gain a soul; the operation of his internal universe naturally became orderly and precise.

The difference was as vast as that between a disciplined elite army and a disorganized rabble—even if the latter outnumbered the former a hundred or a thousand times, it could not match it.

The key lay in these two True Gods born from the universe’s rules.

Just as the main universe’s operational rules had manifested as the Past, Present, and Future Cosmic Gods, the True Gods of the internal universe and the small universe served the same function as the Cosmic Gods of the main universe.