The God King's Obsession

An ordinary man who had crossed over from Earth, who wanted to grow stronger, protect his companions, and stand at the pinnacle of this universe-a true powerhouse!

"Get lost!"

Qin Yuan's eyes snapped open, a blinding golden light bursting from them. His voice exploded through his Internal World like a thunderclap, shaking the God King's Obsession's hazy gray figure violently.

"I'm Qin Yuan! Not some puppet of the system! My power, my laws, my path-I forged them through every move I practiced, every tribulation and hardship I fought my way through! You're just the lingering obsession of an old thing that's been dead for who knows how many epochs. What gives you the right to deny me?"

He rose to his feet. The two great laws of time and space melded perfectly around him, forming a pillar of light that shot into the sky and slammed into the hazy gray figure.

"Space-Time Annihilation-break!"

The pillar of light struck the gray figure, swallowing it whole. Amid the endless light and heat, the obsession that had existed since the God King of Jin's fall let out one last unwilling roar before dissolving into nothingness.

The Miniature Universe stopped collapsing. Cracks healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Chaos Space stabilized once more. It began to slowly rotate, expand, and evolve according to a profound pattern.

A True God's aura soared from Qin Yuan!

He had broken through!

[Ding-host detected breaking through to the True God Realm!]

[Main quest 'Universe Master: Ultimate Form' progress updated!]

[Breakthrough rewards obtained: Gene Level Upgrade Card ×5000, System Points ×50000, Hunyuan-level treasure 'Heart of Time and Space' fragment ×1!]

[Host's current Gene Level: 4000-fold → 9000-fold!]

[System Points: 32000 + 50000 = 82000!]

Qin Yuan paid no attention to the system notifications. Eyes closed, he quietly sensed the Miniature Universe being born within him. It was a Miniature Universe formed from both the laws of time and Space Law, with a slowly turning wheel of time at its edge and a stable, sturdy core of space at its center.

Deepest within the Miniature Universe, a mass of silvery-gray light floated quietly. It was the God King Origin left behind by the Void God King. Its seal had automatically opened the moment Qin Yuan broke through to the True God Realm, and it waited for him to fuse with it.

Qin Yuan took a deep breath and reached out to the silvery-gray light with his mind.

The fusion began.

The fiftieth year in the Space-Time Secret Realm.

Qin Yuan opened his eyes.

At this moment, fifty years of arduous cultivation came to a perfect conclusion.

He looked down at his hands and gently clenched them into fists. There were no fluctuations of Divine Power, nor any radiance of laws, but that gentle clench alone visibly distorted the flow of time around him. That was the qualitative change brought about by fusing with the God King Origin-his mastery of the laws of time and Space Law had surpassed the level of the laws themselves, reaching an entirely new height.

Peak True God.

Just one step away from entering the Void True God realm.

And the gains of those fifty years went far beyond that. The Void God King's Origin contained not only God King Level power, but also the combat experience and cultivation insights the God King of Jin-that is, Sitting Mountain Guest-had gained over hundreds of millions of years of battle on the Origin Continent. Those experiences and insights were more precious than any cultivation method or Supreme Treasure.

Qin Yuan stood and stretched a body that had barely moved in fifty years. His bones gave a crisp crack, and unprecedented, surging power coursed through his divine body.

"Time to go back."

He took one last look at the ancient ruins where he had spent fifty years, then turned and flew toward the exit of the Space-Time Secret Realm.

When he had arrived, he was merely a Universe Master with a 3200-fold Gene Level. Now, as he left, he was a Peak True God with a 9000-fold Gene Level who had fused with a God King Origin. To a True God, fifty years were no more than the snap of a finger, but to Qin Yuan, they had been the most important stretch of time since he crossed over.

The teleportation array at the exit was still perfectly intact, emitting a faint silver light. Qin Yuan stepped into it. Silver light flashed, and his figure vanished from the Space-Time Secret Realm.

The next second, Qin Yuan appeared out of thin air on the third floor of the Void God Hall.

The aged voice rang out at once, its tone filled with barely concealed shock and relief. "You... you succeeded? Not only did you break through to the True God Realm, you even fused with the God King Origin? You actually accomplished all that in fifty years?"

Qin Yuan smiled. "I was just lucky."

"Luck?" The aged voice gave a meaningful chuckle. "You held on to your true self against the God King's Obsession's corrosion, survived the combined assault of the Time Tide and the herds of Space-Time Beasts, and refused to give up through fifty years of solitary, arduous cultivation-luck alone can't explain that."

It paused, its tone growing solemn. "Inheritor, you have passed every trial the Void God King left behind. From this moment on, you are the Void God King's-no, the God King of Jin's-official inheritor in this epoch. Everything left in the Void God Hall, including the hall itself, belongs to you."

As the words fell, the entire Void God Hall shook violently. Countless golden law patterns emerged from the walls, floor, and dome, surging toward Qin Yuan like living things and merging into his body. Control of the hall's core was being transferred to him.

Qin Yuan closed his eyes and felt detailed information about every restriction, every array, and every secret chamber in the hall pour into his mind. The Void God Hall itself was a Hunyuan-level flying Palace Supreme Treasure, the God King of Jin's traveling palace when he was on the Origin Continent. Its defenses were countless times stronger than those of the Lord of Sky Wolf's Sky Wolf Palace.

What a haul.

With a thought from Qin Yuan, the entire Void God Hall began to shrink rapidly. The hall, ten thousand zhang tall, contracted visibly before finally turning into a streak of light and disappearing into the space between his brows. The towering Void God Hall vanished, leaving an empty plaza in its place, along with a group of people standing there dumbfounded.

Chaos City Lord, Lord Peng Gong, Lord of Darkness, Lord Huang Jian, Lord of Ice Peak... every Universe Master of the Human Race in the Primal Universe was present!

"Qin... Qin Yuan?" Lord Peng Gong's eyes widened, and his voice trembled slightly. "Kid, have you become a True God?"

Qin Yuan smiled and released the slightest trace of his True God-level aura.

In an instant, heaven and earth changed color. The laws of time and Space Law intertwined around him of their own accord, forming a dazzling halo of laws. The pressure of a Peak True God blanketed the area, making every Universe Master present shudder from the depths of their souls.

Chaos City Lord's eyes grew moist. This veteran powerhouse, who had lived for over ten billion years and witnessed the Human Race weather countless storms, found his voice choking at this moment. "Good! Good! Good! Our Human Race finally has a second True God!"

"Not the second." Qin Yuan shook his head. "Although Original Ancestor has been suppressed, he's still alive. Giant Axe Founder is a True God. And you, Chaos City Lord, are only one final step away from becoming one. I'm the third, but I certainly won't be the last."

His gaze swept over everyone present, his voice firm and powerful. "The Human Race will only grow stronger."

At that moment, cheers rang out across the entire plaza.