Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 282 Transcends the Universe
Lin Qing felt a little weird.

He just picked a random time to activate the King's Certificate. Why did so many people appear as soon as he entered the Kings' Realm Ruins?
There were exactly three hundred people, and they appeared almost at the same time.

"Did you know in advance that I would open the Ruins of Kings at this time? Or is there another reason?"

All kinds of speculations flashed through Lin Qing's mind.

At the same time, he could also see that among these people there were star creatures, void creatures, and void masters, who obviously came for the test just like him.

But he didn't know any of them.

It was normal that he didn't recognize the little guy among the star creatures, but among the Void Lords in the Void Sea, there were only a few powerful ones, and those who were qualified to obtain the certificate of the King were even rarer.

How could he not recognize any of these void masters?
The most important thing is that these people are also in groups of three like him, a combination of a star creature, a void creature, and a void master, and it seems that the groups do not know each other.

At this moment, Lin Qing also had a rough judgment in his mind.

He had three clones and was inconspicuous among the crowd.

Most of the others looked confused like him, as if they had not expected so many people to enter the Ruins of the Kings.

Suddenly--

"boom!"

A ray of light containing terrifying pressure suddenly fell from the sky, and the light condensed out of thin air into an old man in a red robe. His hair and beard were all white, and his expression was cold and indifferent. The pressure from his eyes was so terrible that it was enough to make everyone present look sideways.

Under the gazes of three hundred people, the old man in red robes said indifferently: "Lucky little ones, congratulations on being chosen by the kings. You are eligible to enter the Kings' Palace to accept the test. Perhaps... this will be the most important opportunity in your life."

He swept his eyes around and said in a cold voice: "I hope that in the void sea corresponding to your hundred square universes, there will be a few more people who pass the test."

Most of the people below couldn't help but show expressions of shock.

The void sea corresponding to the one hundred square universe domain?
Lin Qing had guessed it from the beginning and was mentally prepared, but after confirming it, he still felt shocked and even more confused.

The real universe is so vast, but one side of the universe is only hundreds of millions of light years in scope. The space where each side of the universe is located is divided, so that the void sea in the higher-dimensional layer is also divided into pieces of sea.

Every void sea is surrounded by an endless abyss, and even the void clergy cannot cross it.

Naturally, there are also many secondary civilizations in the void seas corresponding to other cosmic domains.

Therefore, these people whom he didn't know at all were naturally from other void seas.

What Lin Qing didn't understand was——

Let alone the people from a hundred void seas, even if the King's Certificate was issued in all the void seas in the entire universe at the same time, it would be impossible for a hundred people to activate the King's Certificate at the same time, right?

Moreover, his clone in the Mountain and Sea Realm compared the speed of time and confirmed that the speed of time here had not changed. It was not the case that he waited here for a moment and many years passed in the outside world.

How did Relics of the Kings allow so many people to appear at the same time?
He couldn't understand it.

"There are no special rules in the Palace of Kings."

The red-robed old man looked at the people below and said indifferently: "Star creatures participate in the star-level test, void creatures participate in the void-level test, and void masters participate in the master-level test. As long as you can pass the test, you can get rewards. As for the level of the reward, it depends on your performance."

As he spoke, the palace door behind him slowly moved and opened, revealing a magnificent and huge corridor, at the end of which were three passages.

The [Star] logo can be seen above the channel on the right, which obviously corresponds to the star-level test.

The [Void] logo can be seen above the middle passage, which obviously corresponds to the Void level test.

Above the passage on the left is the [Domination] logo, which naturally leads to the Domination level test.

The red-robed old man was too lazy to say more, and immediately waved his sleeves and said, "Everyone go in."

After each of the test takers paid their respects respectfully, they entered the Hall of Kings one after another.

Just as Lin Qing was about to step into the hall, he suddenly noticed that the red-robed old man was looking at him with a gentle look in his eyes. He also sent a very gentle and polite voice message:

"Dear guest, you can wait for a moment. There is no need to rush into the test."

Distinguished guest?
Lin Qing's heart moved, and then he slowed down his pace without making a sound and stopped quietly.

After all the test takers entered the hall, Lin Qing was the only one left outside.

The red-robed old man then quietly landed in front of Lin Qing and said respectfully, "I didn't expect that a distinguished guest from the semi-god civilization of our human race would come here. I am a little impolite. Please forgive me. I am the guardian of the Palace of Kings, Wei Kuo."

Demigod civilization?
Lin Qing couldn't help but feel moved. The Initial Realm is a demigod-level civilization?

The red-robed old man obviously made such a judgment because he discovered that he possessed the guiding mark of the king realm.

Just like a level 2.9 civilization can create a guiding mark leading to other level 2 civilizations, it seems that the initial realm can also create a guiding mark to a transcendent civilization?

"However, it seems that the distinguished guest is not from the Immortal Realm or the Abyss Realm?"

The red-robed old man looked at Lin Qing and said, "Could it be that you are from the Beginning Realm? Are you the gravekeeper of the Vacuum Tomb?"

Lin Qingwei was slightly startled. He didn't expect that the other party could judge his origins so easily. He nodded slightly and said, "Indeed."

His Highness Su once said that the third-level civilizations all knew about the situation in the Beginning Realm, and it turned out to be true...

Moreover, the "Abyss Realm" mentioned by the red-robed old man reminded him of the "Fengxue" senior who created the Xuanxing magic skill and the original destruction when he was learning the inheritance of the magic skill of the military commander in the Cangqiong Islands. He was the fourth military leader of the Abyss Realm.

According to the information he knew when he was studying the Primordial Destruction, this senior Fengxue also took the priesthood path of the God of the Universe and even surpassed the level of the Star God.

That is naturally the God of Chaos.

Although Senior Fengxue also failed in the competition to become the God of the Universe.

But the fact that he was able to become the Chaos God was enough to show his strength.

Since such a strong man is qualified to have the Beginning Realm set up a sky island to leave his legacy, it is obvious that he has a noble origin. The Abyss Realm is naturally a level 3 civilization.

Now it seems that Linyuan Realm is a demigod-level civilization?

Actually, he was the direct disciple of the fourth military lord of the Linyuan Realm. However, the standard for selecting direct disciples in a first-level civilization was obviously much lower.

"Sure enough."

The red-robed old man sighed, "I didn't expect that the Beginning Realm would choose to descend and reappear in this era. I wonder which generation of gravekeeper you are?"

"Which generation?" Lin Qing couldn't help but feel a little confused. Why was he asking this?

He still said: "I am the first gravekeeper."

"The first one?" The red-robed old man was stunned. "Are you the first gravekeeper selected after the Beginning Realm gave birth to civilization again?"

"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?" Lin Qing asked puzzledly.

“That’s not the case.” The red-robed old man shook his head and said, “I originally thought that the new civilizations born in the Beginning Realm were very weak at the beginning. It would take a long time for the tomb keepers to develop and replace each other before the Void Overlord could appear. I didn’t expect that the first tomb keeper would reach this point. It’s really rare.”

Lin Qing suddenly realized what he meant.

Earth civilization is the new civilization born from the original state.

Even though the Beginning Realm was a so-called semi-god-level civilization, it was, after all, a destroyed and decayed civilization, with only a large vacuum tomb and a few ruins left. Naturally, the initially conceived Earth civilization did not benefit much from the Beginning Realm's legacy.

Only the weakest planetary civilization began to grow slowly. If it weren’t for Lin Qing, it would have taken an unknown number of people to appear as the first void creature, let alone open up the secret realm of the void.

The first gravekeeper who was chosen was naturally at the time when civilization was at its weakest and conditions were the most difficult.

If the Earth civilization grows and digests the benefits of the Vacuum Tomb and the Origin Realm, things will be different.

Therefore, in theory, the gravekeepers have to be replaced generation after generation before a truly strong one can appear. It is indeed quite rare for the first gravekeeper to become the Lord of the Void.

"Although your strength is still weak, you are the keeper of the Vacuum Tomb of the Beginning Realm after all. It is an honor for this Palace of Kings."

The red-robed old man said politely, "Since you have the seal of my King Realm and are a distinguished guest of the Beginning Realm, the test reward should naturally be raised to a higher level. In theory, you can get the highest reward in this King Palace."

A step up? The highest reward?
Lin Qing couldn't help but feel happy. Fortunately, he had visited the Bronze Demon Mountain before coming here. Fortunately, he had a strong enough mental will, otherwise, there would be no such good thing.

"The genetic indexes of these two clones of your distinguished guest are quite good." The red-robed old man took another look at Lin Qing's Black Flame clone and Blood Cauldron King clone and exclaimed softly.

"Five hundred and sixty thousand times, it's actually just pretty good?" Lin Qing couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He thought his genetic index was already ridiculously high.

The genetic index of an average Void Lord might be only seven or eight thousand times higher, but his is dozens of times higher. Yet, this guardian of the Palace of Kings actually just thinks it's 'pretty good'?
As expected of a third-level civilization, their vision is indeed quite broad.

"Mr. Guardian Wei Kuo."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I'm a little curious. Just now you said that all of us test takers are from the Void Sea corresponding to the Hundred Square Universe Domain?"

"Yes." The red-robed old man nodded and said, "As the era closest to the present world, our King Realm, like other transcendental civilizations, has the responsibility to pass on and educate the human race. This batch of our King Realm was passed on by three kings in the Kings Palace, and then one hundred copies of the King's Certificate were sent to the Void Sea, waiting for those who are destined to come and test them."

The era closest to the present world?

Lin Qing was getting more and more puzzled, and couldn't help asking, "How could one hundred Void Sea test takers open the King's Certificate at the same time? I just randomly picked a time to open it, is it such a coincidence?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The red-robed old man smiled and shook his head, saying, "That's right. Although you are from the Beginning Realm, the Beginning Realm has perished after all. It's normal that you don't understand."

He pondered for a moment and said, "Dear guest, do you know why the super-class civilization is called the super-class civilization?"

"Transcend the universe?" Lin Qing said uncertainly.

"Then, what does it mean to transcend the universe?" the red-robed old man asked again.

"This... jumping out of time and space?" Lin Qing said.

"A 2.9-level civilization, or today's vacuum tomb, can all jump out of time and space." The red-robed old man said, "But this is actually just jumping out of time and space in the sense of space, becoming an independent space, not truly transcending the universe."

"The four directions above and below are called Yu, the past and present are called Zhou, time and space are called the universe."

He sighed, "Only a third-level civilization, or a transcendent civilization, can transcend both time and space. In simple terms, it is to jump out of the timeline, which is considered true transcendence."

"Jump out of the timeline?" Lin Qing murmured.

"A transcendental civilization is one that has broken away from the 'present' of the universe. It can observe the past at any time, and can also descend at any point in the future and turn the future into the present."

The old man in red robes explained, "And this Kings Palace is in the Kings Realm, and is also in a state of transcending the universe and jumping out of the timeline. From the era in the real universe where you are, about 30 billion years ago was the time point when the Kings Realm transcended. So from then on, the universe in this period of time is within the activity territory of my Kings Realm."

Lin Qing was shocked when he heard this.

Separated from the 'present' of the universe, one can observe the past at any time, or descend to any point in the future?

Jump out of time?
From his era three billion years ago to the present, this period of time has been the territory of the Kings?
The horror and mystery of the third-level civilization were completely beyond his imagination.

"Does your Excellency understand now?"

The red-robed old man said: "For a transcendent civilization, the scope of the territory is not about the spatial scale, but more importantly, the length of the timeline."

He glanced at the test takers who were walking into the Kings Hall test passage behind him and said, "So, these test takers are actually just people who have obtained the King's Certificate within a period of time. Many of them are not from the same era as you. They were just pulled into the Kings Hall by the King Realm at this time and are in a state of transcending the universe."

Lin Qing was silent for a moment, then said, "But wouldn't this create a paradox? For example, if someone meets my past self, wouldn't it change the future? Or is it a parallel universe?"

"Paradox?" The red-robed old man smiled, "When you transcend, you will understand it naturally."

Lin Qing was a little confused.

The red-robed old man shook his head and said, "No need to think too much. No matter what happened in the past or the future, the most important thing is the present. Everything depends on strength. We are all beings beyond the universe, so the final competition is still strength."

He sighed, "Just like the Xingyuan Demon Clan, the Xingyuan Demon Clan's disaster spread throughout the universe, and even a transcendent civilization could not escape its disaster."

“Transcend the Universe…” Lin Weiwei nodded slightly and said, “Then I will start the test as well.”

(End of this chapter)