Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 388 Apprenticeship
Zuo Hongyue, the seventeenth prince of the Frozen Empire and a disciple of the King of Light.

Not long ago, after Lin Qing became the personal disciple of the King of Light, this junior brother Zuo also presented a great gift, which was extremely precious among all the nominal disciples.

Furthermore, since they were both from the Frozen Empire, Lin Qing had a rather favorable impression of them.

"Junior Brother Zuo seems to have known the outcome all along?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask.

“That’s not true.” The Seventeenth Prince smiled and said, “I just think that… Senior Brother Lin Qing must be extraordinary to be exempted from the test by Master and directly accepted as a personal disciple. This crisis should not be able to do anything to Senior Brother Lin Qing. However… I did not expect that Senior Brother Lin Qing would so easily kill the Changyuan Royal Army, Marquis Yantian, and even Marquis Cangye.”

He exclaimed in sincere admiration, "I heard that you have reached this level in just a few million years of cultivation, which is truly admirable. You are indeed worthy of Master's foresight."

Lin smiled and said, "Unfortunately, the Wan Hai and Yuan Chu camps still haven't sent enough experts."

"This is already the limit," the Seventeenth Prince sighed. "Now that the war between the divine kingdoms is about to break out, all sides need to allocate their forces as effectively as possible, especially powerful figures like Marquis Yantian, who cannot be deployed at will."

He looked at Lin Qing and said, "Senior Brother was able to destroy the main battle avatars of Marquis Yantian and Marquis Cangye, and also wipe out the Changyuan Imperial Legion. This is already a great achievement. I think Master will reward you."

Lin Qing shook her head slightly and said, "It's just a main battle clone, nothing much. At most, it will only reduce the strength of these two people a little."

"A slight decrease is enough."

The seventeenth prince laughed and said, "Moreover, even a Duke-level expert would find it difficult to completely kill a powerful figure like Marquis Yantian unless he is proficient in causal attacks or soul techniques. For example, Senior Brother Qixuan is famous for his direct combat, but he is not good at causal or soul techniques."

Lin nodded slightly.

Duke Qixuan was also one of the disciples of King Guang. He was the only Duke-level expert among the disciples and one of the seven Duke-level experts in the entire King Realm.

The Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom only has two Duke-level powerhouses, and the other one is the eldest disciple of the senior brother, 'Ape Lord'.

"Now that Senior Brother has shown his strength, there is no need to hide it anymore."

The seventeenth prince said, "Senior brother, are you going to the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom to hold a ceremony and formally become my disciple?"

"That's exactly what I'm planning," Lin Qing nodded and said, "However, there are still some things to take care of."

"I wonder if Junior Brother can be of any help?" the Seventeenth Prince asked.

Lin Qing thought for a moment and said, "Junior Brother understands the King Realm better than I do. It would be great if you were willing to help."

"It is my honor to be able to help you, Senior Brother." The Seventeenth Prince immediately said, "Senior Brother, please tell me what you can do. As long as it is something I can help with, I will do my best."

"I just wanted to ask you to help me find someone," Lin Qing said. "About a hundred billion years ago, before the King Realm was established, there was a Transcendent's daughter in my hometown, the Void Sea. She was taken away by a powerful figure from the King Realm. Her name is 'Tian Jue Xi'. I would like to ask you to help me find her whereabouts."

"Before the creation of the King Realm?" the seventeenth prince said. "Those who could travel to other Void Seas during that period are eternal beings. More than a hundred billion years ago, and they were in my King Realm, so it should be easy to find out."

"Also... I'd like to trouble you, junior brother, to look after a few people," Lin Qing said.

"Please speak, senior brother." The seventeenth prince was eager for his terrifyingly talented senior brother to ask for his help more often, since he could at least help him now.

“One is Xinglian Hou,” Lin Qing said. “Another is Jing, a Chaos God who was brought to the Frozen Empire from the main universe a million years ago. He should not be a high-level Chaos God yet. The other is Xu Qingzhi from the Xu family. She is a disciple of Juexian Emperor.”

The seventeenth prince nodded slightly and said, "Since my senior brother brought it up, I will try my best to take care of these people. I still have some power and status within the empire."

Lin Qing immediately said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Junior Brother."

"Just a little thing."

The seventeenth prince smiled, "Senior brother, you can leave with peace of mind. With me in charge of this space-time fortress, it is already very safe."

……

……

Within the illusory and ethereal realm of dreams.

"How could this be?"

Yu Gong frowned as he looked at Cangye Hou below and said in a deep voice, "How could a little guy who has only been a high-level chaotic being for a little over a million years suddenly become so powerful that he can kill you instantly?"

Cangye Hou took a deep breath and said, "His strength is not much stronger than mine, but he also has a Mind Walker clone to amplify his will. Under the suppression of the Illusionary World Annihilation, I only have 20-30% of my strength left. In addition, he also has a Momentary True God clone. After he uses Absolute Spacetime, I am not good at defense and cannot break free from the restraint instantly. I really cannot withstand his attack."

The secret technique he cultivated as the ruler of the divine kingdom was inherently good at stealth and assassination, but defense was his weakness.

Yan Tianhou cultivated a secret technique of the Divine Kingdom Lord that strengthened the physical body, and Lin Qing used all his strength and more than a dozen palm strikes to kill him.

"Spiritual Walker... Momentary God..."

Yu Gong raised an eyebrow slightly and said with a hint of mockery, "Perhaps he will also try to follow the path of dual-spacetime rules?"

The path of dual-time-space rules is also the path to becoming a Duke.

Normally, almost everyone who cultivates two kinds of spacetime rules cultivates the 'present' and the 'past'.

It is neither 'now' nor 'future', nor 'past' nor 'future'.

Unfortunately, mastering even one spacetime rule is incredibly difficult, requiring a top-tier spacetime talent. However, most people only possess one spacetime talent, such as the past, present, or future.

Those who can master two kinds of spacetime rules possess two kinds of talents.

However, there are far too few cultivators of the future rules. There are only so many eternal beings in the entire King Realm who cultivate the future rules. How can one expect to find a terrifying talent among them to cultivate a second kind of spacetime rule?
Let alone the Kings Realm, even among all the Duke-level powerhouses of the entire human race, there is not a single one who has grasped the rules of the future!

It existed in history, but it perished along with civilization.

"The path of dual-spacetime rules is not so easy to traverse."

Yu Gong sneered, "Moreover, his talent in the future rules is already unbelievable. The more specialized a genius is, the worse their talent is in other areas, just like the Light King, who cultivated for countless years but still failed."

Geniuses often concentrate their talents on a single point.

The more extraordinary or monstrous something is, the more this applies to it.

The probability of producing a 'genius' is almost zero.

"No matter what, I am no match for him anymore." Marquis Cangye said coldly, "This time, in order to help you deal with Lin Qing, Lord Yu, I suffered extremely heavy losses. Please don't forget your promise, Lord Yu."

Yu Gong frowned slightly and said, "Don't worry, you will receive all the compensation you owe."

Without saying anything more, Marquis Cangye turned and left the dream world.

The stunningly beautiful woman with wings on her back couldn't help but say, "Lord Yu, Lin Qing has already attained eternity; I'm afraid there's no way to cripple him anymore..."

Eternal divine blood is only effective for those below the level of eternity.

If Lin Qing has not yet broken through, even if he has chaotic creature clones, as long as any one of the clones has not yet broken through, it can be transformed into an eternal god!
But having already mastered the rules of spacetime, achieving eternity would be a piece of cake, so naturally there's no chance anymore. "The blood of the eternal god is indeed useless."

Yu Gong paused for a moment, then said, "While it's not impossible to kill him, but..."

If he were to disregard everything, he could ask the current World God to intervene on his behalf. As long as the World God is no match for the Lord of the Divine Kingdom, the current World God could kill him.

The ruler of a divine kingdom is an existence integrated with the civilized universe. Unless the entire universe is completely destroyed, no one can kill the ruler of a divine kingdom.

Even for a current World God, destroying a universe would come at a tremendous cost.

Therefore, he knew very well that the God of the Realm had only agreed to protect him and would only help those who were not as powerful as the Lord of the God Kingdom. It was impossible for him to help kill the King of Light.

He couldn't possibly waste such a precious opportunity on Lin Qing!
"That's all."

Yu Gong said calmly, "He can only be called invincible below the level of a Duke. Any Duke-level expert can easily kill his main battle clone. He can't amount to anything."

He didn't believe that a genius so monstrous in the rules of the future would also have amazing talent in cultivating the rules of other time and space.

Therefore, he didn't care much about Lin Qing.

He was just annoyed that even after paying two World God feathers and a lot of treasures, he still couldn't cripple Lin Qing and couldn't take revenge on the Light King.

But the fact is that he really can't cripple Lin Qing, nor can he waste the opportunity now that the World God has taken action to kill Lin Qing.

Even if Lin Qingzhen really became a Duke, he would never waste it like that!
So he had no choice but to let it go.

"Hmph, hundreds of thousands of years later, when the war between the divine kingdoms arrives, I will personally destroy this brat's main war avatar, which will be a way to vent my anger." Yu Gong's eyes were icy.

Even though Lin Qing's displayed strength surprised him somewhat, given the Duke's power, he naturally had no reason to be afraid.

The sheer size of the inner world and the strength of the will of a Duke-level powerhouse far surpasses that of a peak Eternal powerhouse. With the limited willpower of a peak Eternal powerhouse, even if they were to unleash the Illusionary World Annihilation Technique, it would be nothing more than an egg hitting a rock.

"Master Yu, Lin Qing's home world is in the Void Sea of ​​the Main Universe."

The stunningly beautiful woman with wings on her back beside him said, "Should I send someone to destroy his home world?"

"He poses no threat to me, so it doesn't matter if he becomes the ultimate being." Yu Gong said calmly, "Even if he wanted to establish a level three civilization, it would take countless years. To vent his anger on a tiny main universe? That's too shameful."

"It was my oversight," the stunningly beautiful woman with wings on her back said, bowing her head.

"Don't worry about it." Yu Gong said coldly, "Once I achieve the ultimate and establish a divine kingdom, my strength will be enough to obtain some authority of the Void God Clan in the main universe. At that time, what will Lin Qing be?"

He slowly narrowed his eyes, "Just one step away, the ultimate..."

……

……

Within the Heavenly Kingdom of Light, in the Radiant Temple.

Today is the king's disciple-acceptance ceremony, and almost all the high-ranking figures of the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom and its subordinates have come to attend the ceremony.

There are over thirty ultimate beings and thousands of eternal beings. Most of them are eternal beings from the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom itself, while a few are eternal powerhouses with special status in the Heavenly Light camp.

As for higher chaotic beings, they are extremely rare; most are juniors who follow important figures.

Lin Qing took a deep breath and slowly walked along the white jade path in the center of the hall towards the depths of the temple. Under the gaze of the guests, he walked step by step to the bottom of the platform.

Then, facing the majestic figure shrouded in endless radiance on the platform, Lin Qing followed the traditional apprenticeship ceremony of the King Realm, placing one hand on his heart and slowly kneeling down on one knee.

"Disciple greets Master!"

His voice echoed in the temple, making many guests somewhat envious.

This bow is a great cause and effect.

He is the personal disciple of the Lord of the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom, and holds an extremely high position in the entire human race!
Even the two universe masters, the Immortal Realm and the Abyss Realm, do not necessarily have disciples with higher status.

After all, even if the Lord of the Universe is stronger, he is still at the level of the Lord of the God Kingdom in terms of realm. He is invincible in his home universe, and his disciples may not have much of an advantage. Moreover, the King of Light is a Lord of the God Kingdom who cultivates the rules of the future!
Such a master could only be surpassed by the three gods of the Void God Clan and the three progenitors of the Star Abyss Demon Clan in the endless chaos.

Moreover, this King of Tianguang was known for his deep affection and loyalty. His relationship with his disciples was like that of father and son. Countless people wanted to become his disciples. If it weren't for his extremely high standards for selecting disciples, countless geniuses would have already rushed over to become his apprentices.

"Get up."

The voice of the King of Light echoed within the temple with a hint of amusement as he said, “From now on, you will be my ninth personal disciple and the ninth young master of my Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom. As for your position… your strength is still weak, so for now, you will serve as the master of the Treasure Hall.”

"Yes, Master," Lin Qing replied, rising to her feet.

The surrounding guests were even more envious upon hearing this. The Treasure Hall was a forbidden area in the entire Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom where countless treasures were collected. It stored countless rare treasures, some of which would even make the ultimate beings extremely tempted!

Being the head of the treasure hall is a truly lucrative position!
However, because this position is so important, only the most trusted confidants of the King of Light are qualified to serve as the Palace Master.

The direct disciples didn't care at all, but secretly sighed that they finally had a junior brother.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

The guests offered their congratulations in unison, their voices echoing throughout the temple.

……

After the celebration ended, Lin Qing was also privately summoned to the study by the Prince of Guang for a talk.

"Master."

Lin Qing flipped her hand and took out a seven-colored feather. "This is the current World God Feather that I obtained from Marquis Cangye."

"Keep it." King Guang smiled and glanced at him, saying, "With the war between the divine kingdoms imminent and you about to leave the Realm of Kings, having another feather from a current World God will prevent others from predicting your whereabouts."

"Leave the Realm of Kings?" Lin Qing asked, puzzled.

"Didn't you want the third generation of the Void God race's bloodline?" King Light said, "At that time, you will naturally have to go to the Void God race's Cosmic Tree, and..."

He paused for a moment and said, "Didn't you want to learn the secret technique 'Causeless and Resultless' of the Lord of the Causeless Divine Kingdom? I've asked the Lord of the Causeless Divine Kingdom for you. He can pass it on to you, but there's one condition."

"Conditions?" Lin Qing asked.

(End of this chapter)