Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits

In the blink of an eye, another thousand years passed.

Shen Jingjing had completely broken through to become a Void Dominator, and Lin Qing had handed over all subsequent affairs to her, followed by the formal transfer of the soul mark of the Mountain and Sea Realm's origin.

"Transferring the origin of the Mountain and Sea Realm is destined to be something that cannot be concealed, nor is there any need to hide it."

In the Land of Origin at the highest point of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Lin Qing, casually dressed in a pure white loose robe, walked with Shen Jingjing through this secret land filled with world origins, teaching her in a leisurely manner as if in idle chat.

"Although our Mountain and Sea Realm is not yet the foremost civilization of the Void Sea, there is no need to fear other civilizations."

Lin Qing glanced at his direct disciple, "Since you have become the Lord of Mountain and Sea Realm, from now on, just straightforwardly acknowledge it, there's no need to hide anything."

"Yes, Master." Shen Jingjing nodded.

"This time, I will go to the Supreme Star to attempt the Chaos God Test, but how many years this will take, I am not certain either."

Lin Qing said, "If short, it might be hundreds of thousands of years, if long, millions of years. During this period, I will only have an avatar stationed in the Mountain and Sea Realm. If you encounter dangers that are difficult to resolve, you can ask the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor to intervene."

Shen Jingjing hesitated for a moment and said, "Disciple's power is still weak, not even a tenth of Master's. In the civilization war a million years from now, if on the battlefield of the Master of Civilizations I encounter a powerful Master of Civilization, I fear I am no match, and if as a result, we lose the civilization war..."

"If we lose, we lose."

Lin Qing calmly said, "With the foundation of the Mountain and Sea Realm, as long as there's enough time, it will eventually reach the peak. Moreover, my avatar is still a Void Dominator and will be stationed in the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Hearing this, Shen Jingjing felt much more at ease.

She had just become a Void Dominator herself, even though her bloodline development was very high, with genetic strength tens of thousands of times greater than usual, ten times stronger than an ordinary Dominator, but she hadn't yet created a divine skill containing space rules. Even with a set of divine artifacts, her strength was only around the eighteenth or nineteenth level of the Star Abyss.

A powerful Master of Civilization could easily defeat her.

However, the Void Level battlefield advantage of the Mountain and Sea Realm was significant, as there were few civilizations in the entire Void Sea that could compete with it on a Void Level battlefield.

And the Dominator Level battlefield was guarded by Lin Qing's avatar. Even without a Lifebound Cosmic Treasure, relying on the Chaos Divine Artifact Set, he was still the strongest under the Ancestor.

So, the victory rate of the Mountain and Sea Realm in civilization wars was still close to 100%.

"Alright."

Speaking of which, Lin Qing had already brought his disciple to the core of the world origin.

That seemingly small and formless yet omnipresent strange light origin emitted a wave of joyous and intimate emotion upon sensing Lin Qing's approach, like a child clinging to a parent.

The will of the world origin is naturally inclined to regard the Master of the World as its sole intimate master.

"Let's be apart for a while."

Lin Qing smiled, extending his hand into the world origin, gently soothing the Mountain and Sea Realm's origin will as if comforting a child, "Temporarily have my disciple accompany you, alright?"

There was a distinct undertone of sadness and reluctance in the emotions of the world origin will, and it reluctantly emanated a wave of acknowledgment after carefully scanning Shen Jingjing.

Lin Qing couldn't help but laugh, "Don't worry, I will return."

As the first master and creator of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Lin Qing naturally held a completely different significance to its origin, and as long as the successor was willing to step down, the original founder could restore their position as Master of the World at any time.

"It's done."

Lin Qing turned to Shen Jingjing and said, "The Mountain and Sea Realm's origin has acknowledged you. You should prepare to plant the soul mark."

As he spoke, he slowly began to clear the soul mark within the world origin.

This was something that had to be done.

And Shen Jingjing also began to plant soul marks within the world origin, and as the soul marks changed, the aura of the world origin shifted accordingly.

Countless lives within the Mountain and Sea Realm, at that moment, also felt the surrounding free energy shaking.

Those with experience could understand—

The Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm had changed!

News about the Mountain and Sea Realm spread throughout the Void Sea instantly, leaving various factions shocked.

The once-considered strongest in the Void Sea, the Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm, had actually relinquished the position of Master of the World?

Could it be...

The Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm had fallen? Or something else had happened?

For a time, everyone began to investigate.

The Mountain and Sea Realm soon issued an announcement explaining that the former Lord was preparing to go to the Supreme Star to participate in the Chaos God Test and thus transferred the position of Master of the World.

Upon the announcement, naturally, most people believed it.

However, there were still plenty of ill-intentioned individuals who did not fully buy it and continued to probe in the shadows.

Not only examining Lin Qing's life and death status but also investigating when Lin Qing would participate in the Chaos God Test, his chances of success, and how long it would take, among other details.

Among these were top civilization forces of the Void Sea.

"Master, with your abdication, quite a few are now eyeing the Mountain and Sea Realm, probably with ulterior motives."

Shen Jingjing, newly inaugurated, couldn't help but feel a headache, "Our Mountain and Sea Realm must find an opportunity to strike back, to deter these unscrupulous forces."

"Deter?" Lin Qing chuckled, "There's no need to deter them; shouldn't we be able to find out which are the civilized forces?"

"We can, yes."

Shen Jingjing slightly knitted her brows and said, "But it's difficult to determine exactly who they are."

Lin Qing slightly shook his head and said, "Finding out which civilizations, which forces is enough."