Chapter 441: End of the Universe God

"It's here!"

Lin Qing's eyes shifted slightly.

Since the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan did not exist in the future timeline, this was his first time experiencing the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan's methods.

The momentum of that black flame did not seem exaggerated; even though it came carrying the boundless power of the Yu Xingyuan, it only affected a range of a million light-years.

Yet the terrifying intent within it that extinguished all things, burned away time and space, and even the chaotic void made Lin Qing instantly sense the opponent's terrifying strength that far surpassed his own!

"It is the true inheritance of a Universe God!"

Lin Qing's heart trembled, and he immediately realized the truth.

This was absolutely not the kind of inheritance created by the Ancestor of Realm Gods, but an inheritance created by a true supreme Universe God like the Universe God of the Heart!

Although the profundity contained within this black flame was merely the mysteries of the past and present two timespaces, it was applied to an unimaginable degree!

Just like the Divine Lord-level secret technique he created, which also contained the ultimate chaotic rules, yet compared to the "Chaos Tian Yuan" created by the Universe God of the Heart, it was heaven and earth apart.

"'Chaos Tian Yuan' is definitely superior to this black flame, but my strength is far inferior to this Lord of the Yu Xingyuan..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath.

His only advantage was that he was one level higher in terms of rule profundity.

And the opponent, as the Mi Zhou Zhi Zhu, not only had the support of the overwhelmingly powerful Yu Xingyuan force, but also possessed partial Universe God authority!

"Is this black flame intending to destroy the Shan Hai Realm first?"

Lin Qing could sense that this extremely terrifying black flame was heading straight for the universe core at the very center of the Shan Hai Realm; once struck by it, the Shan Hai Realm would surely be destroyed!

Moreover, if he himself tried to block this black flame, he would inevitably die!

"There is no other way."

Lin Qing took a deep breath, and immediately his mind moved.

In the deepest part of the Yu Xingyuan.

Inside the Eye of the Yu Xingyuan, the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan trembled constantly; every tremor caused a horrifying wound tens of thousands of light-years long to appear on the scales covering his body, but he merely stared fixedly at the Shan Hai Realm.

"It was just one full-force strike; the injury has no real effect..."

The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan looked with immense expectation at the flame of destruction he had released. "As long as the Shan Hai Realm is destroyed first, preventing him from becoming a Mi Zhou Zhi Zhu, he poses no threat to me!"

He also knew that the Three Ancestors of the Yu Xingyuan possessed three incomplete Universe God authorities, which had now been obtained by Lin Qing, but he did not care.

As the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan, the partial Universe God authority he commanded was even more powerful than these incomplete authorities!

Moreover, the Three Realms Gods of the Void God Clan, including the World Tree, had all been swallowed by Him with the Yu Xingyuan, so Lin Qing had no chance to deal with the Three Realms Gods anymore.

"Extinguish the Shan Hai Realm, then kill him; the Mi Zhou Origin is mine, and the Universe God opportunity is mine too!"

The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan stared fixedly at Lin Qing.

However—

"Hmm?"

At this very moment, the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan suddenly discovered that after the flame of destruction he released traveled into the Shan Hai Realm, the black flame clearly pierced straight through the universe core of the Shan Hai Realm and then exploded completely, yet the Shan Hai Realm origin remained completely undamaged!

Including some weak creatures inside the Shan Hai Realm universe; even though they were affected by the terrifying momentum when the black flame exploded, they were also completely undamaged.

Only the universe origin stored in the Shan Hai Realm had decreased slightly.

"How is this possible?"

The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan was stunned, almost unable to believe his own eyes.

But immediately after, He reacted—

"Mental existence! The Shan Hai Realm has actually transformed into a mental existence?"

The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan's pupils suddenly contracted tightly. "It's another Universe God method! How does he have so many Universe God opportunities!!"

How precious are Universe God opportunities?

He had roamed the endless chaos with the Yu Xingyuan for countless eras; apart from the Universe God inheritance, he had only obtained one item related to a Universe God!

Moreover, it was a trump card he dared not use at all, usable only for mutual destruction, bringing him no benefit whatsoever.

And yet, in such a remote place, so many Universe God opportunities had suddenly appeared?

"Boom!"

At this moment, the mentalized Shan Hai Realm suddenly shook violently, then began to expand wildly; at the same time, the universe structure, originally oval-shaped, began to change continuously.

At the same time, the small part of the Shan Hai Realm universe still connected to the Main Universe also began to gradually detach!

A strange and transcendent aura arose spontaneously.

The Shan Hai Realm at this moment seemed to begin transforming toward a higher level, vaguely approaching the level where the Main Universe was located!

And the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan's expression became even more ugly.

Although He had not seen it with his own eyes, he had seen ancient records about the process of a Mi Zhou Zhi Zhu's birth, so he naturally understood that Lin Qing was guiding the Shan Hai Realm to transform toward the level of a Mi Zhou Zhi Zhu!

Moreover, the speed of this transformation and expansion was far faster than in the records!

"Damn it... this Shan Hai Realm already fused with a huge amount of Mi Zhou origin; now the speed of transformation is too fast..."

The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan gritted his teeth and unleashed another flame of destruction. "Then I will kill Lin Qing first!"

Originally, He had thought to destroy the Shan Hai Realm universe first, then use the Yu Xingyuan to absorb the Mi Zhou origin that remained unabsorbed after the Shan Hai Realm collapsed, which would allow his injuries to recover completely.

At that time, attacking Lin Qing would be very easy.

Otherwise, if he dealt with Lin Qing first, He would have to strike twice.

But now, no matter how He calculated, He would have to strike three times.

"Boom!"

The flame of destruction traveled through time and space directly toward Lin Qing at an astonishing speed; the speed was so terrifying that every second was enough to sweep across countless trillions of light-years!

However—

Lin Qing merely glanced coldly at It, then immediately merged into the Shanhai Realm universe, instantly transforming into a mental illusory existence.

That terrifying black flame, capable of incinerating an entire universe, once again lunged at empty air.

"Truly the technique of a Universe God, to even turn an entire universe into a mental existence..."

The Yu Xingyuan Ruler's face turned ugly.

What is a mental existence?

It is an existence within memory and thoughts, a truly void existence; no matter how powerful the force, it cannot affect it by a single fraction!

It had once encountered an opponent who turned into a mental existence to preserve their life, and It was utterly helpless.

Unless Its mental will techniques were overwhelmingly powerful, directly erasing the consciousness of all living beings within the entire Shanhai Realm universe, everything else would be futile!

But...

"Boom!"

The Yu Xingyuan Ruler attempted to unleash Its strongest mental will technique; immediately, a massive illusory blade tens of millions of light-years long condensed and struck directly at the Shanhai Realm.

However, the Shanhai Realm merely rippled slightly on the surface before dissolving this blade.

The Yu Xingyuan Ruler's face grew even uglier.

Although It had not held out hope to begin with, It never expected to be unable even to shake it.

After all, such a massive small universe turned into a mental existence must be extremely vast, with the universe will and the wills of countless living beings converging into one, especially with Lin Qing's mental will within it—

How could Its will techniques possibly cut through it?

Like Lin Qing, It was one who had touched the upper limit of endless chaos in mental will; It had not learned any truly powerful mental-type Universe God inheritances, and the authority It possessed did not involve mental will, so how could it possibly work?

"Such an overpowered technique must have a time limit..."

The Yu Xingyuan Ruler took a deep breath. "Even if he became the Lord of a Foreign Universe, the newborn Foreign Universe is far inferior to the Yu Xingyuan; he may not even be my match..."

Immediately, It looked at Lin Qing with a blank expression, suppressing its injuries as best it could while silently waiting.

At the same time, It also looked at the Universe Tree, which had now been swallowed into the Yu Xingyuan's body.

However...

The Universe Tree was, after all, a Foreign Universe; It could not peer into the interior of the Universe Tree, having merely forced the Yu Xingyuan to swallow the Universe Tree and then suppressed it with the Yu Xingyuan's power.

"First, make the Three Realms Gods hand over their authority to prevent Lin Qing from collecting the complete Universe God authority."

The Yu Xingyuan Ruler took a deep breath and immediately transmitted a voice through the Yu Xingyuan into the Universe Tree:

"Three Realms Gods, immediately hand over the Main Universe authority. I can swear a True Self Oath to spare you and allow you to ride the Universe Tree away; otherwise... your Void God Clan will wait for extermination."

Inside the Universe Tree.

At this moment, countless branches of the Universe Tree had already transformed into an existence like the universe membrane, completely isolating the Yu Xingyuan power from the outside.

But the Universe Tree could not break free from the Yu Xingyuan's suppression and binding.

After all, there was still a considerable difference in size between the two Foreign Universes; in the past, the Yu Xingyuan was only controlled by the Three Ancestors, these three Lords of Divine Kingdoms, so it could only fight the Universe Tree to a standstill.

But now, with the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan controlling the Yu Xingyuan, the situation was completely different.

As Foreign Universes, they indeed could not destroy each other, but being completely suppressed was quite normal.

At this moment, inside the Realm God Hall.

"... The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan?"

The Future Realm God frowned, looking at the figure below the dais. "Are you saying... It has the ability to breach the Universe Tree's protection?"

The Present Realm God and the Past Realm God beside it also frowned, looking at the person below the dais.

That figure raised its head; it was none other than Lin Qing!

"Of course."

Lin Qing looked up at the Three Realms Gods and said, "I believe all three of you have already sensed that with my true body's current strength, I could annihilate the three Yu Xingyuan Ancestors with a mere flip of my hand, yet I am still far inferior to the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan. Do you three think It lacks such techniques?"

The Present Realm God sneered. "Are you not just spreading alarmist lies? If that Yu Xingyuan Ruler possesses such strength, why has It not intervened for so many years? Why has It not forcibly breached the Universe Tree even now?"

"It dares not act rashly."

Lin Qing said calmly. "Perhaps It suffered heavy damage, perhaps there is some special reason; who knows?"

His gaze swept over the Present Realm God. "With your meager strength, unless you hide inside the Universe Tree forever, killing you now is merely a matter of flipping my hand. If my true body were here, would you dare speak to me like this?"

A flash of anger appeared in the Present Realm God's eyes, but it had nothing to say.

It also knew that even the three Ancestors had been annihilated by Lin Qing with a mere flip of his hand; how could it dare?

"I believe what you say," the Future Realm God said. "In the future timeline, this Lord of the Yu Xingyuan does not even exist; it is indeed an unimaginable existence."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "The Future Realm God owes me a debt of gratitude, so I came to inform you."

He glanced indifferently once more at the Present Realm God and the Past Realm God. "As for the other two, believe it or not is up to you; if you are willing to believe the oath of a Lord of a Foreign Universe, that is also up to you."

Lin Qing was too lazy to say more, so he directly dispersed this projection.

This projection was merely at the level of a Lord of a High Divine Kingdom, left behind in the Universe Tree by him beforehand.

But not being in the home Main Universe, lacking the origin of a Lordless Divine Kingdom, this projection could not breakthrough on the spot; it held no Pillar-level Universe Treasure either, so it could do nothing to the Three Realms Gods. Leaving it here would be useless.

Not to mention the Present Realm God would never willingly hand over the Life Authority; even if it were willing, with the Universe Tree currently sealed by the Yu Xingyuan, he could not take it away.

No matter how the projection resurrected, it would be useless; once the projection was destroyed, that authority would manifest on its own.

Therefore, it could only be left behind for now.

After this projection of Lin Qing's dispersed, the Realm God Hall immediately fell into a dead silence.

"Ancestor of the Future, do you truly believe that Lin Qing?" the Past Realm God frowned and asked.

"With his current strength, would he have any reason to deceive us?" the Future Realm God retorted, then shook its head. "He probably already fears us no longer; he simply refrained from breakthrough out of fear of that Yu Xingyuan Ruler."

The Present Realm God's face turned ice-cold.

As a supreme Realm God, when had he ever imagined such a day?

He still found it hard to believe; the little ant he had thought he could crush in the blink of an eye had, in the span of a moment, attained such terrifying power!

"Hmm?"

The Past Realm God's expression suddenly changed. Frowning, he said, "The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan sent a voice transmission saying that if we hand over the authority of the Prime Universe, he will swear a True Self Oath and allow us to ride the Universe Tree away. Otherwise, he will annihilate our Void God Clan. Can we trust him?"

"If he possessed such power, why would he need to threaten?" The Present Realm God said coldly. "He is just as untrustworthy as Lin Qing!"

The Future Realm God merely said slowly, "Whether in the future timeline or the past timeline, we cannot find this Lord of the Yu Xingyuan. Will the True Self Oath Stone really work on him? Perhaps he just wants to save his strength to deal with Lin Qing?"

The Past Realm God shook his head slightly and said, "Lin Qing, and this Lord of the Yu Xingyuan—who do we trust?"

The Future Realm God said softly, "At the very least, our clan owes Lin Qing a debt. Although we have failed the Primordial Realm, we have never treated the Human Race poorly. Yet that Lord of the Yu Xingyuan has destroyed countless Prime Universes and threatens our clan in this manner. How can we truly trust him?"

"Then we wait," the Present Realm God said, frowning. "Perhaps that Lord of the Yu Xingyuan and Lin Qing will fight until the end, leaving them with no strength to deal with our clan. By then, perhaps they will both be severely injured?"

The Future Realm God glanced at him and said in a faint voice, "The best choice is still for the three of us to voluntarily offer our Universe God authority to Lin Qing, especially your Life Authority. If he becomes a Universe God, he will be able to resolve this calamity. Grateful for this kindness, it might be a good thing for our clan."

"Impossible!"

The Present Realm God said coldly, "How much effort did we expend to obtain this incomplete authority? If it were merely losing the Universe God authority, that would be one thing, but we must commit suicide voluntarily to strip away the Universe God authority. By then, even if the three of us are resurrected, we will have lost everything and will no longer be Ultimate Existences."

The Past Realm God also nodded and said, "Indeed. As the Lords of the Divine Kingdoms of the Ancestral Tree, once we perish, with no one to guide the Ancestral Tree, our fate will likely be even worse."

The Future Realm God fell silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

Inside the Shan Hai Realm Universe.

Under the supply of abundant Other-World Universe Source, in a short span of time, the mentally manifested Shan Hai Realm had expanded to a diameter approaching five hundred billion light-years.

Furthermore, the cosmic structure of the Shan Hai Realm had completely changed. It had gradually stabilized from a small, elliptical universe into a world where heaven is round and earth is square. A dome of heaven covered the boundless earth, layer upon layer of heaven and earth stacked upon one another, each layer containing countless mountain ranges, rivers, and oceans...

There were no longer any starry skies of a universe; instead, it resembled an immensely vast world, within which unique powers belonging solely to the Shan Hai Realm were being born.

The world's nurturing capability and suppression power had also undergone a transformative change.

All living beings could transcend and become Chaos Beings once they reached adulthood, and before achieving the Ultimate, the evolution systems of many beings had developed into systems and paths completely different from the past.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a tremendous tremor throughout the entire Shan Hai Realm, at this moment, the Shan Hai Realm had completely transformed into a brand new level.

This was an Other-World Universe!

Or rather, a Divine Civilization!

At the same time, the Shan Hai Realm had completely detached from the Prime Universe and become fully independent.

Moreover, within the central Source Plane of the Shan Hai Realm, a strange radiance emitting supreme, overwhelming pressure had naturally been nurtured—

Authority!

"The Other-World Universe is complete."

Lin Qing's eyes lit up. Sensing that the mental manifestation of the Shan Hai Realm could be maintained for some time, he immediately began to refine this authority, which was equivalent to a portion of a Universe God's authority.

This was the creation of the Endless Chaos, an authority formed by the combined efforts of the Chaos Ultimate Rules and the infinite power of the universe!

Once an Other-World Universe is born, its Lord immediately receives this authority.

"So that is how it is. Authority... is essentially formed from the countless operating rules of the Endless Chaos, representing one of them?"

Lin Qing rapidly refined this authority, and realization instantly dawned in his heart.

The authority of a Universe God is a perfect system of rules composed of multiple authorities; it is an existence of an entirely different tier.

But even with just this single authority, it is enough for the Lord of an Other-World Universe to roam the Endless Chaos with unrivaled power!

"This authority is... 'Limitless'?"

The moment he completely refined this authority, Lin Qing understood the rule it represented.

Limitless is a characteristic among the countless rules of the Endless Chaos. Just as a universe can theoretically expand endlessly, it is only limited because the Universe Source cannot withstand it, preventing infinite expansion.

The rule represented by this Limitless Authority is also a relatively common phenomenon in the Endless Chaos.

Such an authority is not unique; presumably, others in the Endless Chaos can also invoke this rule.

"My World God Body can continue to absorb infinite power, continue to grow larger, reaching the limit of what I can endure, rather than the limit of what I can control..."

"Although the theory is simple, its realization still requires time, but..."

"Entropy Inverter, Advance!"

As this thought flashed through Lin Qing's mind, he immediately fully activated this Limitless Authority. Using the Entropy Inverter to advance the theory of a new World God Body, he began to reconstruct this World God Body, which already stood hundreds of thousands of light-years tall!

The next moment—

"Boom!!"

Accompanied by an influx of infinite power, Lin Qing's already terrifying World God Body, standing hundreds of thousands of light-years tall, grew again at a terrifying speed!

In the blink of an eye, it broke through the height of ten million light-years.

Shortly after, it quickly broke through to a height measured in hundreds of millions of light-years, and it continued to expand.

A moment later—

"Hmm?"

The Lord of the Yu Xingyuan looked in disbelief at the towering giant god standing atop the boundless earth of the Shan Hai Realm, feeling somewhat dazed.

The Shan Hai Realm has one hundred and eight layers of heaven and earth; one layer of heaven and earth is merely thirty-eight hundred million light-years in height.

Yet the World God transformed from Lin Qing now had his feet planted on the vast earth and his head supporting the boundless heavenly dome!

"A divine body thirty-eight hundred million light-years tall?"

Just looking at it made the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan's scalp tingle. He had seen many experts skilled in giant divine body techniques, but he had never seen anyone possessing a divine body of such immense size!

"The Limitless Authority! He must have refined the Limitless Authority!"

"Combined with the divine body constructed from the Chaos Ultimate Rules, no wonder it is so massive..."

"Damn it... He just refined the authority; at most, he should only be familiar with it. How is it possible for him to wield it to this extent so quickly?"

At this moment, a sense of regret suddenly arose in the Lord of the Yu Xingyuan's heart. If he had known it would turn out this way, he should have forced himself into another slumber and acted sooner. But now...

"There is still a chance."

Zi Zai Shen took a deep breath. "It is merely a newly born alien universe, far inferior to even a fraction of the Yu Xingyuan, and the Infinite Rules are not skilled in combat... I may not lose!"

He also knew there was no turning back.

If he could not kill Lin Qing now, whether Lin Qing could become a Universe God or not, he would in the future be a terrifying existence far surpassing him!

To resolve this trouble, now was the best moment!

"Boom!"

Just then, the Mountain and Sea Realm suddenly broke free from its mental manifestation state, re-descended into reality, and settled within the endless chaos, instantly causing massive ripples; waves of chaotic energy spread out like tides.

Amidst the roaring sound, a World God three billion eight hundred million light-years tall stepped out from the Mountain and Sea Realm, each step spanning an incomprehensibly vast distance.

Compared to this World God three billion eight hundred million light-years tall, the Yu Xingyuan Ruler, merely millions of light-years tall, was like a speck of dust.

"End this quickly!"

In the next instant, boundless shadow-like Yu Xingyuan spread out, completely enveloping the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

"Boom-boom-boom—"

The Yu Xingyuan writhed like a roar; its boundless power immediately began to desperately suppress the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The Mountain and Sea Realm, with a range of merely five hundred billion light-years, compared to the Yu Xingyuan which was hundreds or even thousands of times larger, naturally had a gap that was astonishingly huge.

In an instant, the buff the Mountain and Sea Realm provided to Lin Qing dropped to less than ten percent.

If the Yu Xingyuan had not swallowed the Universe Tree and could only mobilize a small portion of its power, Lin Qing might not even have been able to mobilize this less than ten percent of the Mountain and Sea Realm's power!

"Extinguish!"

Zi Zai Shen transformed into a black flame that annihilated all phenomena, flying toward Lin Qing, instantly piercing through Lin Qing's World God body.

Lin Qing only felt the terrifying flame that destroyed everything ravaging within his body; after barely incinerating nearly one ten-thousandth of his power, that flame completely exhausted its power.

"Boom!"

A giant hand tens of millions of light-years long grabbed at Zi Zai Shen; vast chaotic energy was also mobilized, sweeping along to envelop Zi Zai Shen.

Zi Zai Shen dared not resist directly, so he transformed into the flame of annihilation once more, piercing through Lin Qing's World God giant hand.

The authority he mastered was Annihilation, and combined with this Universe God inheritance, it was even more powerful.

Plus, with the Yu Xingyuan power boosting his strength by hundreds or thousands of times, he naturally had no fear of Lin Qing.

But...

Immediately after, he froze.

Because... he discovered that the flame of annihilation he had unleashed twice in succession had not weakened Lin Qing's divine body in the slightest.

Each time nearly one ten-thousandth was lost, but under the continuous replenishment of the Mountain and Sea Realm, such a small loss was completely restored in an instant!

"If this continues, I will exhaust my life here and still not win..."

Zi Zai Shen's face turned ugly. "Although I suppressed over ninety percent of the Mountain and Sea Realm's power, his own strength is too great; even with less than ten percent of the Mountain and Sea Realm's buff, he can recover continuously..."

The Infinite Authority is not skilled in combat, but it is practically immortal and indestructible!

Even with the Yu Xingyuan's huge advantage, and the authority and inheritance most skilled in destruction, the gap in his own realm meant he still could not injure Lin Qing!

"With such a massive divine body, unless I use that treasure, it is impossible to directly kill him... I must suppress him even harder..."

Zi Zai Shen gritted his teeth, glanced at the Universe Tree swallowed within the Yu Xingyuan, and immediately willed the Yu Xingyuan to spit out that colossal Universe Tree.

Boundless shadow continuously receded, revealing the Universe Tree once more.

For the Yu Xingyuan to completely suppress an alien universe as massive as the Universe Tree, it would need to mobilize most of its power; releasing the Universe Tree now was equivalent to liberating the Yu Xingyuan.

The Yu Xingyuan's suppression capability against the Mountain and Sea Realm instantly grew much stronger; originally the Mountain and Sea Realm could still mobilize nearly ten percent of its power to supply Lin Qing, but under the Yu Xingyuan's full suppression now, it instantly dropped to less than one percent.

"Boom!"

The terrifying flame transformed from Zi Zai Shen pierced through Lin Qing's World God body once more, actually directly incinerating nearly one thousandth of Lin Qing's power!

Moreover, the recovery was much slower.

"There is a chance!"