Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 422 Relics of the Cosmic God!
In the blink of an eye, three million years have passed.

Within a vast cosmic domain, countless Type I civilizations and numerous planetary civilizations flourish and wither among the stars.

One of them is a planet that is still in a primitive stage.

"This planet is quite interesting."

On a ten-thousand-meter-high peak within the planet, Lin Qing stood on the edge of a cliff. A fierce wind, containing all kinds of cosmic energy, blew past, but could not touch him at all.

In that instant, his thoughts had completely enveloped the planet, which was about 120,000 kilometers in diameter. Every grain of sand and every living being, down to the most basic structural particles, as well as the spacetime trajectory and causal relationships of each particle, were all under his observation.

This level of observational ability is nothing compared to his current level.

If he were willing—

With just a thought, the vast galaxy within millions of light-years of this planet could instantly vanish into nothingness.

"A wildly growing planet, yet so enormous, and with such rudimentary body-refining techniques, how could it have given birth to so many stellar beings?"

Lin Qing observed this rather peculiar planet with great interest.

Over these millions of years, he has taken on countless forms and traveled throughout the main universe.

This vast and boundless main universe is divided into countless cosmic domains by the countless branches of the cosmic tree, which also correspond to countless void seas in higher dimensions.

Even if he transforms into countless forms and explores every universe and void sea, he has only explored less than one-thousandth of the main universe so far.

The main universe is ultimately too vast.

During this time, Lin Qing also discovered many special places, but at most they were just relics left by ultimate beings, and had nothing to do with the God of the Universe.

Although this planet is somewhat special, it doesn't even rank in the top 1,000 of his discoveries over the past three million years.

So he just casually checked it out and didn't pay much attention to it.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Lin Qing was slightly taken aback, carefully observing the planet, somewhat unable to believe her eyes.

"The spacetime of this planet... is actually cycling? A triple spacetime evolution?"

The spacetime structure of this planet is extremely ingenious and mysterious; even if one were to master the rules of spacetime, it would be impossible to discover the secrets of this spacetime.

It's like... if you're born with only black, white, and gray color vision, you naturally can't understand what color is.

Different perspectives lead to different conclusions.

Only those who understand the rules of past, present, and future can glimpse the true mysteries of this space-time.

—Although he did not transform his inner world using the three spacetime rules, he had long since comprehended the three rules of past, present, and future!

If he wanted, he could even use his will to unleash the mysteries of the past rules, though not as powerfully as the other two rules.

"interesting."

Lin Qing became interested and immediately began to carefully observe the changes in this space-time.

Before long, his thoughts penetrated through layers of time and space, discovering a special world hidden deep within three layers of time and space.

"The aura of this world..."

After sensing the faint aura emanating from this world, a look of shock flashed in Lin Qing's eyes.

He tried to observe the future line, but he couldn't see anything.

"Cannot be observed?"

Lin frowned slightly and tried to focus on the future, one second after she arrived.

however--

"This world doesn't exist in the future?" Lin Qing was somewhat shocked. "Or rather, I can't find my future self?"

Even the future world of the future god, he can enter!

He had no choice but to leave the future and return to reality.

"This world must have a great history!"

Lin Qing stared at this world hidden deep within the three dimensions of time and space, and began to try to penetrate this world with his thoughts.

suddenly--

"call!"

As if sensing something, this world unleashed a vast, immense, and irresistible strange wave that swept over Lin Qing. Lin Qing felt his entire being, both physically and mentally, enveloped within it, and he was instantly and uncontrollably transported into it.

……

In the boundless darkness, a vast and majestic temple stands, its primordial aura sweeping across the ten directions, perfectly in harmony with the fluctuations of the universe.

Beneath the massive, towering green bronze doors of the temple, a figure suddenly appeared.

"here it is……"

Lin Qing looked at the magnificent temple in front of her with some surprise.

This temple is tens of thousands of light-years high, enough to embed all the endless stars of the Milky Way in its structure, exuding a vast and boundless aura of cosmic origin.

Looking up along the long steps, you see two gates that resemble cosmic walls, tens of thousands of light-years high, standing before you!

"Hmm? On this door?"

Upon closer inspection, Lin Qing could see that the two doors were decorated with numerous lifelike relief carvings and paintings.

Only then did he realize that the content of this painted relief was like an epic poem recorded from the very beginning of the universe!

The first and last images are the largest.

The first image depicts a cosmic god curled up in chaos. This colossal god, resembling a human, dwells in endless space and time, occupying half of the present world and everything in the past.

"Is this the primordial universe god?"

Lin Qing immediately realized what was happening upon seeing this scene.

This is the legendary 'Primordial God of the Universe' who died from exhaustion after creating the universe!
"The creation of heaven and earth? This is the process of the birth of the main universe?"

"These are... the three cosmic gods formed from the rules governing the universe?"

"The Origin Race was born from the Sea of ​​Origin of the Universe? The River of Time and Space merged with the Origin of the Universe to give birth to the Mother River Race?"

"Hmm? Where did the Cosmic Tree come from? Why is there no mention of the birth of the Void Gods? And it appeared in the universe even earlier than the Origin Race and the Mother River Race..."

"Humanity was born quite early, and the three cosmic gods created it by imitating themselves?"

On these two doors, Lin Qing could see at a glance the origins of various super races in the universe, and even the birth experiences of transcendent civilizations.

The Mother River Civilization, the Source Civilization of the Origin Clan, the First Civilization of Humanity—the Primordial Realm…

Each civilization transcends the universe.

But what surprised him most was the part about the Void Gods!
According to the records on this door, although the Void Gods appeared at the beginning of the universe, even earlier than the two oldest races, the Mother River Race and the Source Race, he did not see the process of the Void Gods' birth!

Six Void Gods with three pairs of seven-colored wings on their backs led a large number of Void Gods, appearing as if they had suddenly appeared in this universe.

And the cosmic tree, which is said to have appeared alongside the main universe, also shows no signs of gestation or seedling growth. It seems to have taken root in the universe after the birth of the main universe!

"The Void Gods...are they outsiders?"

Lin Qing instantly reached this conclusion, feeling his heart pounding. For countless years, whether it was the oldest Origin Race and Mother River Race, or the Human Race, the Machine Race, the Star Beast Race… the consensus among all races and civilizations was this—

The Void Gods were born with the universe and are of the same race as the Cosmic Gods who created the universe. Therefore, they uphold the laws of the Cosmic Gods and govern the entire main universe.

But now it seems that the Void Gods are actually outsiders!
Moreover, its history is older than that of the main universe, and it was probably preparing to enter the main universe even before the main universe was born!
If these reliefs are genuine, then it means—

The history that the Void Gods once told was nothing but fabricated lies!

"Incredible..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath and continued reading.

On the relief, six Void Gods with three pairs of seven-colored wings appear to be fighting, but after three of them are defeated, they lead a portion of the Void Gods away from the main universe.

Clearly, these six Void Gods with three pairs of seven-colored wings are the six progenitors of the Void God Clan, or rather, the first generation of bloodline!
However, according to the Void Gods, three progenitors became the gods of the three realms, while the other three progenitors slept in the Cosmic Tree in order to manage the universe.

But now it seems that this is not the case!

"Those who lost the fight were expelled?"

Lin Qing's heart stirred, and she continued to look behind her.

The three victorious Void God Ancestors each used the Cosmic Tree to refine a portion of the origin of the main universe, and thus occupied the past, present, and future portions of the origin respectively!
Then, three enormous divine kingdoms were established on the Cosmic Tree.

This is clearly the origin of the gods of the Three Realms.

However, although the Three Realms Gods were incredibly powerful at this time, they did not seem as unfathomable to Lin Qing as they do now.

but……

The following relief carvings sent chills down Lin Qing's spine.

On the relief sculpture, a vast and boundless shadow spread out from the depths of endless chaos, and under the leadership of three majestic beings exuding terrifying negative auras, it invaded the main universe!
That boundless, shadowy abyss completely enveloped the entire main universe, constantly drawing massive amounts of cosmic origin from within it!

The three towering beings, radiating terrifying negative energy, also used the Star Abyss to refine a portion of the main universe's origin and opened up three great divine kingdoms!
"The Star Abyss has arrived? These three Star Abyss Ancestors..."

Lin Qing stared incredulously at the three Star Abyss Ancestors, "Those three Void God Ancestors who were banished from the main universe after their defeat in the battle?"

The Star Abyss Ancestor was one of the other three ancestors of the Void God Clan!

This is a terrifying truth that could shock many civilizations throughout the universe.

"No wonder the Void God Clan and the Star Abyss Demon Clan are fighting so fiercely, and they're evenly matched. It turns out it's an internal conflict between their own races..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath and continued looking ahead.

On the relief, Star Abyss and the Cosmic Tree collide within the main universe, causing the entire main universe to tremble incessantly, as if the end of the world is imminent. Countless living beings are affected and destroyed, and all races are desperately resisting Star Abyss's invasion.

Even the three cosmic gods were forced to split into six powers—nature, life, order, power, destruction, and chaos—because the origin of the universe was damaged.

The Three Gods respectively seized the three powers of nature, life, and order, while the Three Primordial Ancestors of the Star Abyss respectively seized the three powers of might, destruction, and chaos.

thereby--

He instantly became a supreme being, like a cosmic god!

At the same time, countless primordial essences left behind by the cosmic gods are scattered throughout the universe, transforming into various strange sources of power, constantly changing and adapting to the behavior of humans who are most similar to the cosmic gods.

"This is……"

Seeing this, Lin Qing suddenly realized: "The origin of the Starry Sky Divine Office?"

The Starry Sky Divine Order system was born after the Star Abyss invasion!
In the ancient universe before this, all races simply cultivated various secret techniques, developing this path to an extremely high level.

Now it seems……

The origin of the Star Godhood is actually due to the fall of the God of the Universe?
The reason why the Three Realms Gods and the Three Primordial Ancestors are so invincible is that they each seized the authority of a cosmic god!
"This is practically a history of plunder by the Void Gods..."

Lin Qing was secretly alarmed.

They plundered the origin of the main universe, and then fought for control of the main universe... To this day, they are still fighting!

Then came the destruction of civilizations one by one, and the destruction of the Primordial Realm.

The final piece of these reliefs and paintings is a scene that occupies a huge area, the same size as the first scene depicting the creation of the universe by the cosmic god—that too is a relief of a cosmic god.

only……

This cosmic god is not any of the three cosmic gods of the past, present, and future, but rather occupies half of the present world and the entire future in the long river of time and space of the main universe.

This is exactly the opposite of the primordial cosmic god who created the universe.

The primordial cosmic god who created the main universe occupies half of the present world and all of the past in the endless spacetime of the main universe.

"There really is such a cosmic god?"

Lin Qing felt something was off, but after observing for a while, she couldn't find anything special.

Although the content of these reliefs on the door could be described as shocking, there was nothing helpful to him.

On either side of the door stood two statues resembling divine generals, each over ten light-years tall, clad in dark armor, seemingly asleep yet still majestic.

"Can we go inside this temple?"

Lin Qing walked up the temple steps toward the two doors of the temple.

Just as his feet stepped over the last step and onto the wide ground in front of the temple gate—

"Rumble--"

The two statues of divine generals on either side of the door trembled and opened their eyes at that moment, as if they had been resurrected. They slowly stood up, and a terrifying aura spread out from them.

"So many years have passed..."

"The main universe has finally given birth to an eternal being who has mastered the three major spacetime rules..."

Amidst a deep sigh, two towering deities, each tens of light-years tall, looked down at Lin Qing, their eyes filled with emotion and anticipation.

"Oh?"

Lin Qing wasn't surprised, since only by mastering the three major spacetime rules could one enter this world.

He immediately began, "You are..."

“We are merely guardian spirits formed from the outermost layer of power in this cosmic temple,” one of the divine generals said in a deep voice. “You may call me the Left Divine General.”

"Humans? Not bad."

The Right God General spoke, "If you want to enter the temple, the first step is to defeat the guardian spirits of these two God Generals."

"I advise you to leave first." Zuo Shenjiang observed Lin Qing and said, "It is indeed very impressive that you were able to get in, but your inner world is still only a dual-rule world. I advise you to transform your inner world to the three-rule level before you come back, only then will you have a chance to defeat the two of us."

"I have to reach the third level of rules to have any hope of defeating you?" Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

“That’s right.” Zuo Shenjiang nodded and said, “Ultimate beings cannot enter the main universe. Only eternal beings have a chance. Therefore, it must be an inner world formed by the three major spacetime rules to give birth to such great power.”

Lin Qing pondered for a moment, then asked, "Are the two divine generals conscious?"

"If you know the secret arts of willpower, you can use them as you wish, but I'm afraid they won't be very effective," the Right Divine General reminded him. "The strength of our consciousnesses is close to that of the Lord of the Divine Kingdom."

Lin Qingqing nodded slightly: "Then I'm relieved."

"rest assured?"

Both generals were taken aback.

(End of this chapter)