CHAPTER 618: CHAPTER 278: DOWNFALL

The words from the Space-Time Island Ancestor left everyone present flabbergasted.

Though Frost Yan was sealed, unable to move or communicate, he could still sense the outside world.

At this moment, he felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar, his excitement and enthusiasm completely extinguished, his heart growing cold.

"How could this be?" Frost Yan’s heart was full of disbelief. "Clearly, it was my master who asked me to deal with Lin Qing. Now he’s severing ties and handing me over to Lin Qing for disposal?"

Even if he was foolish, he finally realized—

His master was using him to probe Lin Qing, and now that the probing was done, he was regarded as a discard!

But... what could he do?

Even if his master didn’t seal him, he wouldn’t dare say anything. Even if Lin Qing killed him next, his master could still resurrect him, but if he angered his master, then everything would be truly over.

The Black Day True Lord also felt bewildered.

"What a joke?" It seemed utterly absurd to him. "The Space-Time Island Ancestor is actively apologizing to Lin Qing? And handing Frost Yan over to Lin Qing for disposal?"

The ancestors of the Three Great Holy Lands are supreme beings in this Void Sea who transcend the universe. They could even avert the Great Annihilation, showcasing their unimaginable realm.

If the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor or the Pantheon Ancestor were here, he might understand.

But... Lin Qing?

Not to mention a Chaos Child who hasn’t even matured yet, even his own Emperor Yuan, regarded as the hidden strongest existence in the Void Sea with hopes of transcending, wouldn’t receive such treatment from the Space-Time Island Ancestor!

He had heard from Emperor Yuan that among the Three Great Holy Land Ancestors, the weakest might be this Space-Time Island Ancestor. After all, the Space-Time Island Ancestor did not possess combat-related divine positions, but perhaps the most untouchable was still the Space-Time Island Ancestor.

This ancestor could see far and wide, and the rise and fall of all forces in the Void Sea were in his calculation.

Anything related to the emergence of Third-Level relics, the Space-Time Island Sacred Land was always the first prepared.

All because of this Space-Time Island Ancestor.

And now... this Space-Time Island Ancestor was actively engaging with Lin Qing?

"There’s definitely a great secret about Lin Qing... far beyond just being a Child of Chaos!"

The Black Day True Lord quickly realized this and instantly contacted Emperor Yuan.

Lin Qing was slightly taken aback and looked at the Space-Time Island Ancestor, feeling something peculiar: "Handing him over to me for disposal?"

Naturally, he wouldn’t believe the so-called ’failure in teaching’ from the Space-Time Island Ancestor.

According to Lord Su’s description, the disguise secret technique he employed could only be seen through by a transcendent level being; Frost Yan couldn’t possibly see through his disguise and yet was waiting for him on this Main Star?

Clearly, his actions had long been discovered!

Moreover, Frost Yan was not a match for him alone, yet he dared to face him alone, initially not even knowing of the existence of the Black Day True Lord!

To say that this killing trap had nothing to do with the Space-Time Island Ancestor?

How could Lin Qing believe that?

However...

Since the Holy Land Ancestor was calculating against him, he must have been watching him for a long time, yet he hadn’t received any reminder from Order’s descent.

This indicated that the Space-Time Island Ancestor truly harbored no murderous intent towards him.

Perhaps... he was probing his uniqueness?

With the dignity of a Holy Land Ancestor, apologizing face-to-face so humbly, and even saying to hand over his direct disciple for disposal?

"Oh?"

Lin Qing glanced at the petrified Frost Yan and said, "Does the Space-Time Island Ancestor mean that I can kill him or do whatever?"

The Space-Time Island Ancestor laughed and said, "I said, it’s up to you to dispose of him. If you kill him and feel unsatisfied, and don’t want him to resurrect, I can also choose not to resurrect him; how about that?"

Lin Qing was inwardly astonished.

The attitude of the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor towards him before was abnormally good, and now the Space-Time Island Ancestor also behaves this way?

Could it be... because of the Primordial Realm?

"Of course."

The Space-Time Island Ancestor spoke with smiling eyes, "I see that Lin Qing, my young friend, has authority of the Tenth Energy Level, yet has no Time Talent? Just killing him outright would seem a bit wasteful; as a Star God, why not transfer his Eleventh Level authority to you, how about that?"

Lin Qing was slightly stunned, paused for a moment, then asked, "Is the Space-Time Island Ancestor willing?"

According to what he knew, the Eleventh Energy Level, corresponding to the Time Talent, couldn’t possibly be born in any ordinary Second-level Civilization.

Only within the three transcendent Sacred Lands beyond space-time, could such a talent, an extraordinary genius, be born with an immensely slim probability. Each one that emerged was the treasured gem of the Holy Land and would certainly be taken as direct disciples by the Three Ancestors!

Bear in mind, once an epoch ends, under the Great Annihilation, even all life in the Holy Land would fall into extinction, with only the Three Ancestors able to escape this calamity.

Technically, there’s no meaning for the Three Ancestors to accept disciples, but an extraordinary genius with Time Talent is different!

Because... this kind of talent holds hope for transcendence beyond the universe.

Though the hope might be so tiny it can be ignored, it is not zero.

The Space-Time Island Ancestor over these eighty-six billion years had only seventeen direct disciples, meaning the Space-Time Island Sacred Land had birthed only seventeen extraordinary geniuses with Time Talent.

For a Holy Land Ancestor, seventeen direct disciples are treasure; even if a direct disciple commits a great wrong, before killing him, they would rely on a Star God to strip away the Time Talent correctly.

Thus, he never originally considered robbing Frost Yan of his Eleventh Level authority.

Firstly, when transferring authority, the other party shouldn’t have the slightest resistance, which with his power, couldn’t achieve Frost Yan’s willing abandonment.