Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 394 One Billion Years Later, the Three Major Spacetime Rules

In the blink of an eye, 250,000 years have passed.

On this day, Lin Qing slowly walked out of the Liunian Palace. Looking at the bright sunlight outside the palace gate, she couldn't help but smile.

Looking at his entire life, this was the first time he had secluded himself for such a long time. Two hundred and fifty thousand years had passed in the outside world, but nearly a billion years had passed in the Flowing Years Palace.

"Junior Brother has emerged from seclusion?"

Eighth Senior Brother, Drunken Lord, was leaning against a pillar in the hall, drinking. He lazily glanced at him and said, "You look a little different. Have you made any progress?"

"Almost there." Lin Qing smiled. "But it'll be soon. I just suddenly remembered that today is the day the Fleeting Spirit Flower is born. I thought I'd go out for a walk and get some exercise. Maybe that'll help me break through?"

“That’s right.” Zui Jun smiled. “Although the Liu Nian Palace saves time, it’s just a boring, closed space-time. It’s purely about working in isolation. How much progress can that make?”

"Senior brother is right."

Lin Qing nodded. "I'll go out for a bit and let my clone continue its seclusion."

The drunkard drank his wine with a smile.

Without saying much, Lin Qing took a step and soared into the sky.

……

Inside the Temple of Heavenly Light, King Light quietly opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through time and space, and saw Lin Qing leaving the Kingdom of Heavenly Light through the river of time and space.

"Oh? You've made it out of quarantine?"

Across endless space and time, the Light King looked at his little disciple with great interest. "This child has been in seclusion for nearly a billion years, which is much longer than his previous cultivation time. Has he made any progress?"

The space-time around Lin Qing accelerated rapidly, speeding through the river of time.

"Time acceleration to perfection?" King Guang nodded slightly: "Indeed."

With his discerning eye, he could tell at a glance that the time acceleration was performed by Lin Qing himself, not by his clone, which clearly indicated that the mysteries of time acceleration had been perfected.

Although time acceleration is the simplest spacetime mystery in the current rules, Lin Qing did not choose to reincarnate and start over. Despite being interfered with by future rules, he was still able to cultivate time acceleration to perfection, which is already quite remarkable.

"However, this child's talent is extraordinary; perhaps he has cultivated more than just one profound skill to perfection?" King Guang thought to himself.

He continued to observe.

Lin Qing was seen to have departed from the river of time and space, appearing in Huaigu Prefecture of the Cangyuan Empire in the Wan Hai Territory.

“We are currently at war, and he is already at the Eternal level. If he enters the Myriad Seas Territory, he might attract some enemies…” King Guang didn’t seem to care.

When he originally set up this test, he thought that his disciple was only at the level of a high-level chaotic being, and that such strength would not attract any attention even if he entered enemy territory.

But now that Lin Qing is an eternal powerhouse, his life force shines brightly in enemy territory like a torch in the darkness, which is still somewhat dangerous.

However, he could tell that Lin Qing was also disguising her aura and was carrying the feathers of the current World God.

Even he couldn't foresee Lin Qing's future.

The key is……

As one of the nine princes of the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom, Lin Qing could directly teleport back to the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom with the help of its power, as long as the war between the divine kingdoms had not yet broken out. Even the ultimate beings could not stop him.

Of course, if a war between the divine kingdoms breaks out and the three great divine kingdoms collide, then this method of escape will not be possible.

"The Fleeting Spirit Flower will soon be born." King Light observed quietly.

Outside the Sacred Star of Antiquity, Lin Qing stood in the starry sky, silently waiting for the birth of the Fleeting Spirit Flower.

Lin Qing had clearly arrived precisely at the right time. Just seconds later, a strange change suddenly occurred throughout the entire King Realm universe. At the same time, a peculiar power that permeated the entire King Realm universe suddenly converged at a single point in an instant—

"boom!"

A beautiful, crystalline flower appeared in the depths of time and space, blooming completely in an instant, its aura rising to an astonishing level.

The Fleeting Spirit Flower, a rare treasure of the world that only appears once every billion years in the realm of Kings, blooms for a mere instant upon its birth before disappearing without a trace.

Its existence can almost only be found by venturing into the future.

However, the future of the ephemeral flower has been concealed by the King of Light, and no one else can find out when the ephemeral flower was born.

In that instant, the moment the Fleeting Ethereal Flower was born, time and space suddenly froze, and the Fleeting Ethereal Flower, blooming to its fullest, was also frozen in that instant.

Then, Lin Qing put this rare flower away.

"Oh?" King of Light was somewhat surprised. "Time stillness is also perfected?"

The ability to freeze time is one of the more difficult rules currently available, and it's quite challenging to comprehend.

At the same time, Marquis Huaigu from the nearby Sacred Star also traveled through time and space from within the Sacred Star, frowning slightly as he asked, "From the Heavenly Light Territory?"

Lin Qing turned her head slightly, said nothing more, and began to travel through time and space to leave.

"Leave behind the fleeting, ethereal flower!"

Marquis Huaigu gave a cold shout and was about to make a move.

Although he could sense that the other party was also an eternal being, he was not sure of their specific level; he could only tell that they were using the current rules.

However, an invisible force was stirring up spacetime. Hou Huaigu suddenly felt the flow of time slow down by hundreds of times, and could only watch helplessly as the other party disappeared into the river of time.

"Much stronger than me?" Marquis Huaigu's expression changed, and he dared not pursue any further. He immediately began to send a message to report.

Even if he can't stop him, the Huai Gu Empire has other powerful figures who can stop him before he enters the spacetime node and leaves the Huai Gu Empire.

If we delay a little longer, a duke-level figure from the Wan Hai Divine Kingdom will arrive.

"This child actually returned directly without going through the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom?" King Guang looked on with interest. "Is he confident he can leave the Myriad Seas Territory on his own?"

He could see that the Cangyuan Empire had begun to seal off spacetime nodes.

Within the tributaries of the Cangyuan Empire's time-space river, it was as if multiple checkpoints had been erected, blocking all routes out of the Cangyuan Empire, and even peak-level Eternal Realm experts were rushing there.

However, Lin Qing seemed to ignore it, chose the nearest time-space node, and traveled directly there.

In just half a day, peak Eternal experts from the Cangyuan Empire arrived at that time-space node and set up layers of seals with the help of treasures. If one were to force their way through, even if dozens of peak Eternal experts joined forces, it would still take some time to break through.

"Is this child confident he can force his way in?" King Guang asked, somewhat surprised.

The next moment, he saw the answer.

As soon as Lin Qing arrived at that spacetime node, he didn't even make a move. The surrounding spacetime began to reverse rapidly at an astonishing speed, and the powerful figures rushing towards him also retreated. The perfect seals formed by the combination of many treasures also returned to their state before they were combined, like a movie playing in reverse.

Time rewind!

Logically speaking, under these layers of seals, spacetime is extremely stable, and the spacetime domain techniques that an eternal powerhouse can naturally create with just their will would have no effect whatsoever.

But there are exceptions—

"Is the spacetime domain really this terrifying?"

"He is a Duke-level expert!"

"Run!!" "It's a Duke-level expert from the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom!"

The eternal powerhouses around them, who were constantly retreating with time, were also terrified, and none of them dared to rush forward again.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Qing left directly along the spacetime node.

"This spacetime realm..."

The King of Light stared at this scene in shock, "A dual spacetime rule domain?"

The spacetime domain has little effect on those at the same level because it is purely a spacetime power manipulated by will. The strength of the spacetime domain depends only on one's mastery of spacetime, and has nothing to do with genes, the inner world, etc.

With the current rules and regulations, it's simply impossible to reverse the extremely stable sealing time!

However, those of the Duke level who master both spacetime rules are different.

The merging of two spacetime rules is a sublimation in terms of dimension or status. Even seemingly useless spacetime domains contain incredible wonders!
"My disciple actually..."

King Guang found it incredible, "They've mastered the current rules so quickly?"

His disciple didn't reincarnate and cultivate again. He was still under the influence of the future rules, yet he still mastered the current rules so quickly!
Even with the Time Acceleration of the Flowing Years Palace, it would still be less than a billion years!

Mastering a single spacetime rule over a billion years is enough to be considered an unparalleled genius.

If the second type of spacetime rule is disturbed, it is almost impossible to succeed even if it takes a thousand times or ten thousand times longer, because the final bottleneck is many times more difficult than before.

Therefore, success is almost only possible through reincarnation and rebirth.

"It's truly a miracle..."

King Guang took a deep breath and looked at Lin Qing, who had already returned to the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom through the River of Time and Space, and transmitted his voice: "Disciple, come here."

……

"you……"

King Guang looked at Lin Qing standing in front of him and couldn't help but ask, "Has the rule been successfully established?"

"Yes, Master." Lin Qing nodded. "However, I have not yet figured out the world structure that can accommodate two kinds of spacetime rules, so my inner world has not yet transformed."

"No wonder your life level is still at the peak of eternity..." King Light nodded slightly, then couldn't help but say, "You didn't reincarnate to cultivate again, so how come you're cultivating so fast? Is it possible that when you cultivate the current rules, you're not affected by the rules of the future?"

Lin Qing didn't hide anything and immediately said, "Master, by chance, I obtained a special chaotic creature as an avatar. This chaotic creature is called 'Nine-Hearted Sage'. It has the innate talent to cultivate a second kind of spacetime rule without being affected. I want to cultivate 'No Cause, No Effect' in order to find its whereabouts."

"Cultivating the second type of spacetime rule is unaffected?" King Guang exclaimed in surprise. "This is the first time I've heard of such a thing."

“Master, I also discovered this chaotic creature in the inherited memories of the Burning Universe Lord’s bloodline.”

Lin Qing said, "This chaotic creature is unique in the endless chaos, and its appearance and aura are exactly the same as those of humans. Even the ultimate beings would find it difficult to discover its chaotic creature nature."

"Unique?" King Guang suddenly realized.

In the endless chaos, there are unique chaotic creatures, each one exceptionally special!
It's not surprising that someone has such talent.

"You do have a great opportunity." King Guang smiled and shook his head. "Once the most difficult dual-spacetime rule is completed, it's only a matter of time before you can deduce and construct the inner world."

He looked at his disciple with satisfaction, "It seems that my Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom will soon have another Duke-level expert."

"Master, I still don't know how to construct this inner world based on the two spacetime rules." Lin Qing shook her head slightly.

"Haha."

King Guang laughed and said, "Go and consult your eldest and third senior brothers. Although you are governed by the rules of the present and the rules of the future, while they are governed by the rules of the present and the past, there are still some commonalities. You can refer to their advice."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing suddenly had an idea: "That's right, Princess Su! She once cultivated three major spacetime rules, she should be able to help me!"

"You went to search for the Fleeting Spirit Flower this time, was it to deliberately pretend to be a Duke-level expert?" King Guang asked with a smile.

"Yes, disciple used the Chaos Treasure 'Faceless God' from the Treasure Hall, and now with the feather of the World God, even the Lord of the Divine Kingdom would have to be close to see through it." Lin Qing said, "The appearance of an unfamiliar Duke-level powerhouse in the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom camp should keep Wan Hai and Yuan Chu on guard at all times."

"It's really good."

King Guang nodded slightly, increasingly satisfied. "The more Wan Hai and Yuan Chu are wary and dare not act rashly, the more advantageous this war of the divine kingdom will be for us."

The most unsettling threat comes from a hidden, unknown, Duke-level expert.

"In another 20,000 to 30,000 years, the Void God Clan will begin selecting new third-generation bloodline successors."

King Guang said, "You can also use this disguised identity to participate in the selection."

"That's what I think, disciple." Lin Qing nodded.

"Go and cultivate, I won't take up any more of your time," King Guang said with a smile.

……

After returning to the Flowing Years Palace, Lin Qing began to integrate the newly acquired Fleeting Spirit Flower into her inner world.

The ethereal flower, a treasure of the world, has only one function—

Even if the inner world collapses and dissipates, it will only transform into countless forms, but it will not truly disappear. As long as the will is gathered, the world can still be re-condensed and restored.

In other words, with this Fleeting Spirit Flower, even if his main battle clone is destroyed, he can still easily restore his inner world!
“Not bad…” Lin Qing smiled slightly.

Although his strength has improved, there are still many beings stronger than him.

If his main battle clone were destroyed and his inner world collapsed, he would be heartbroken. The world treasures like the tree trunk of the cosmic tree and the pillar that guards the world would be very difficult to find if lost.

"Only the transformation of the inner world remains..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath. "What should the structure of a world based on dual-timeline rules be? What about a three-timeline world?"

in fact……

He doesn't just master dual spacetime rules, but three major spacetime rules!

With the combined efforts of the main god's avatar and the nine-hearted sage's avatar, he has successfully mastered the rules of the past and the rules of the present over the past billion years!

In addition, there are the future rules he already possessed...

At this moment, the three major rules of spacetime—past, present, and future—have been mastered!

The Nine-Hearted Sage's clone has also transformed into eternity, with the nine hearts united as one. There is no longer any need to worry about the Nine-Hearted Sage's clone being killed or its heart being destroyed, as the related memories will disappear along with it.

but……

Simply comprehending the rules doesn't necessarily mean a significant change in strength; the key is that one's inner world must also undergo a transformation.

The inner world of the dual spacetime rules was already extremely complex, and he didn't have any good ideas, let alone the three more complex and difficult spacetime rules as a foundation!
The true rules of spacetime, or rather, the ultimate rules of chaos, are incredibly complex. He couldn't even understand a single theory about them, nor could he anticipate them.

"As long as there's a suitable theory, that's enough..."

Lin Qing frowned and pondered for a long time before deciding to ask his senior brother and third senior brother for advice.

And...Your Highness Su.

(End of this chapter)