Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits

"Alright." The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor said, "After my rebellious student died, the Space-Time Island Sacred Land became an ownerless world. Mr. Lin Qing, would you like me to take you for a round of plundering?"

"Okay, I'll head out as soon as I settle the matters in the Mountain and Sea Realm." Lin Qing nodded.

Although the Sacred Land exists outside space-time and even the Great Annihilation cannot destroy it, once it loses its master, it also loses its ability to resist, unless a new transcendent inherits the position of the Sacred Land Master immediately.

The accumulation over a dozen epochs at the Space-Time Island Sacred Land certainly contains numerous treasures and resources.

If the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor takes him, he can easily find the location of the Space-Time Island Sacred Land.

"With Mr. Lin Qing's strength, it wouldn't be difficult to destroy the Space-Time Island Sacred Land."

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor sighed, "Though my rebellious student was average among transcendent experts, neither I nor the Pantheon Ancestor could kill him. Mr. Lin Qing, your strength is considered among the stronger transcenders."

Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, beyond the highest twenty-fourth layer of Star Abyss, what's next? I still don't quite understand the power hierarchy of transcendent experts."

"To be honest, I'm not quite sure either."

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor slightly shook his head, then patiently explained, "However, we transcendents rely on space-time rules to transcend the universe and even grasp the origin power beyond the universe, so... to move forward, we must grasp more space-time rules."

"From what I understand, when one first transcends, they mainly rely on the space-time domain and the space-time divine body. Since Mr. Lin Qing possesses the space-time domain, there's no need to say more."

"The space-time divine body not only allows transcendents like us to easily raise our genetic index to tens of thousands of times the cosmic standard, but it can also summon cosmic origin, making it like having the blessing of the home world's origin wherever you are, with cosmic space-time power at the universe's maximum level, plus breaking the cosmic rules limit..."

"So, transcendents can easily break through the cosmic limits. Even the weakest transcendent's strength exceeds the threshold of the twenty-fourth layer of Star Abyss."

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor sighed, "If one cultivates an origin-level secret technique or creates a divine skill containing space-time rules, it greatly enhances their strength."

Lin Qing suddenly understood.

He roughly understood what the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor meant.

It's like the Secret Realm Master in their home world.

The Secret Realm Master can freely summon the power of their home world, a fixed external power of the eighteenth layer of Star Abyss, endless and inexhaustible.

Additionally, the Secret Realm Master can gain the blessing of the home world's origin, raising their strength by a large threshold.

Transcenders, however, can manipulate cosmic space-time power, which is also an external power but reaches the universe's maximum threshold of the twenty-fourth layer of Star Abyss.

Along with summoning cosmic origin, which acts like the home origin's blessing wherever they are, their strength increases by a large threshold, with an extremely high genetic index and the additional power of space-time, naturally breaking the cosmic limits easily.

"My rebellious student's strength was quite decent."

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor softly said, "He even created a space-time rule divine skill, though it contained very few space-time rules. However, if Star Abyss had twenty-five layers, he barely reached the twenty-fifth layer, yet unfortunately encountered you, Mr. Lin Qing."

Lin Qing pondered.

After receiving the blessing of the home world's origin, even if he had just refined his lifebound artifact, his strength was certainly at the twenty-fourth layer of Star Abyss. Evolving to a terrifying cosmic treasure, its power would increase by a hundredfold!

Thus, in his home world, his strength was far superior to the Space-Time Island Ancestor, who was affected by the Illusion World Extinction and could only exert two to three tenths of his strength, naturally far from being his opponent.

Of course, primarily because the cosmic treasure could break the upper limit of the cosmic rules, otherwise, no matter how strong he was, he could only reach the threshold of the twentieth layer of Star Abyss.

"However, divine skills containing space-time rules don't seem significantly stronger than pure space rule divine skills, just a single level higher?" Lin Qing suddenly wondered.

The Void Divine Positioner, if possessing the cosmic limit gene, creating a perfect level combined divine skill, and owning a half-step cosmic treasure set cultivated to the limit, could reach the cosmic maximum.

The Space-Time Island Ancestor, also a Void Divine Positioner, with a genetic index close to the cosmic limit, plus a half-step cosmic treasure, even without a perfect-level combined divine skill, with the cosmic origin's blessing, should nearly reach the cosmic maximum on their own.

That is to say, near the twenty-fourth layer of Star Abyss.

After the Space-Time Island Ancestor created a divine skill containing space-time rules, would his strength be just barely at the twenty-fifth layer of Star Abyss?

Doesn't this suggest...

That space-time rule divine skills only elevate one level compared to space rule divine skills?

"That's not quite true."

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor shook his head, "In fact, it's an elevation of two levels, but a half-step cosmic treasure cannot truly exert the might of space-time rules, only slightly enhancing them. It's said that only a cosmic treasure can truly unleash the terrifying power of a space-time rule divine skill."

Lin Qing then suddenly realized.

The path of the Divine Positioner, divine skills, and artifacts complement each other; like the Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts, they require the Seven Phase Divine Skill to be fully activated, yet they can't unleash the might of a space rule divine skill.

Chaos Divine Artifacts also require space rule divine skills for full activation, yet they can't unleash much of the space-time rule divine skill's strength.

"In the future, if I master a space-time rule divine skill, with my lifebound cosmic treasure, I can fully unleash its ultimate power..."

Lin Qing was secretly relieved.

If the Space-Time Island Ancestor had a cosmic treasure, the situation today would be entirely different.

"How rare are cosmic treasures?"

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor shook his head, "It takes transcenders an extremely long time to cultivate a Chaos Divine Artifact to a half-step cosmic treasure, let alone a cosmic treasure. It's said that some rare and precious materials, even beyond the universe, are needed, and only Third Level Civilizations might acquire such treasures. Transcenders within our universe have almost no chance to access such treasures."

Lin Qing, having a cosmic treasure himself, naturally understood the vast difference between Chaos Divine Artifacts and cosmic treasures.

With the perfect-level combined divine skill he created using space rules, he could only slightly leverage a fraction of this cosmic treasure's power.

"Mr. Lin Qing, next is your preparation for the Chaos God Test, right?"

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor shifted the topic, saying, "With your strength, Mr. Lin Qing, the first half of the Chaos God Test will certainly be easy. It's the second half that's difficult. I once heard from Master Mirror that the later part of the test involves understanding and knowledge of the universe, so Mr. Lin Qing might prepare well before trying at the Supreme Star."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

He had already passed the Chaos God Test in the simulated future, so he knew exactly what to expect.

However, the second half of the test was random, and he wasn't sure if it would be the same as in the simulated future, so he still needed to be well-prepared.

It would be best to enhance all aspects to their utmost before proceeding.

"When things are settled, I'll return to the Tianyuan Constellation first."

The Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor said, "Mr. Lin Qing, when you're ready to visit the Space-Time Island Sacred Land, just let me know."

"I appreciate it." Lin Qing nodded.

After the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor left, Lin Qing looked down at the Mountain and Sea Realm, a slight smile appearing on his face. With a wave of his hand, he placed the numerous treasures he obtained from the Immortal Realm Chaos Son and the Space-Time Island Ancestor into the treasury of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The vast number of treasures left by these two astonished him with just a cursory glance.

He would only understand their full value after a detailed inventory later.

"Unfortunately, that Immortal Realm Chaos Son was just an avatar; killing it offers no opportunity to turn it into my avatar."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly, somewhat regrettably.

If he could have transformed it into his avatar, he could have used the Unification Technique to elevate his own genes beyond the cosmic limit.

As for the Space-Time Ancestor, as a transcendent expert, their life level was higher than his, making it impossible to use them as an avatar.

However, his authority had already reached level eleven. Once he transcends, he could turn other transcendent experts into his avatar.

"Now..."

Lin Qing left the Blood Cauldron King Avatar and the Silent Vacuum Chaos Divine Artifact Set to oversee the Mountain and Sea Realm while he quietly slipped away with the Black Flame Clone.

Next, he must address the greatest threat—the Primordial Emperor.