Cao Ya, the artist behind Panlong, is acquainted with Lin Lei and has seen his sculptures, which are all exquisite.

However, Cao Ya from [Stellar Transformation] did not have this connection and could only browse through shared memories.

Furthermore, Linley in the Panlong timeline is merely a main god, equivalent to a celestial being in the divine realm.

Once he becomes the one in control, his methods will undoubtedly improve!

Moreover, Cao Ya, also known as Panlong, had never seen Lin Lei's skills during his mortal days.

"Hoo." The group from Misty City arrived at the foot of Heavenly Venerable Mountain, where a passage had appeared, emitting boundless black light that sent chills down their spines!

Numerous god-kings also gathered here, yet an order existed: the strongest group would enter first, followed by the second stage.

As for the first phase... I was just here to watch the excitement and see Tianzun Mountain; I had no intention of fighting for it at all!

The several god-kings of Misty City were undoubtedly among the first to enter.

Similarly, the Asura Sea, Thunder Punishment City, Twin Domains Island, and Blood Demon Mountain are slightly inferior.

"A Celestial Opportunity..." Some reclusive god-kings stared at Celestial Venerable Mountain with burning desire in their eyes.

They didn't really care about the batches that entered. Basically, the birth of the Heavenly Venerable's spiritual treasure would have to wait until all the God Kings had passed through the passage!

As Cao Ya stepped into the passage, he looked around. The reliefs were densely packed and numerous, but all were crude.

“Lin Meng’s work from his mortal days.” Cao Ya thought to himself, the quality of the reliefs improved as he went on, and at the very end, there was a sword engraved on it, sharp as an arrow, tearing through the sky!

Cao Ya nodded in agreement; Lin Meng's weapon was indeed a sword.

Only after exiting the relief-carved passage did the real Tianzun Mountain finally come into view.

The rocks are jagged and craggy, with piles of blue and yellow stones, and moss growing around them. They have existed for a very long time.

The crimson layer outside is merely a barrier, enveloping Tianzun Mountain; it is the "Prison of the Gods"!

Inside, the gods could only fly and could not cross the red barrier; they could only enter and exit through the relief-carved passage.

"The blue membrane has turned red. I wonder what that signifies?" Jiang Lan murmured, puzzled by the color change.

"Perhaps this is the norm. The first opportunity at Tianzun Mountain was obtained by Lei Fa Tianzun, while we had no idea what was going on," Yi Feng Shenwang laughed. At that time, none of us were even born yet.

Cao Ya chuckled. If he guessed correctly, the crimson color corresponded to Che Houyuan!

"The 'Prison of Gods,' I wonder how many more Gods will fall this time?" the Death God King sighed.

At this moment, many God-Kings also arrived in the mountains one after another. Upon hearing this, Pufa God-King of Twin Domains Island couldn't help but sigh and said, "Back then, how mighty was the Nine Nether God-King? He blocked the passage by himself, truly a one-man fortress against ten thousand! But what happened in the end? He was still surrounded and beaten to death!"

"He's too arrogant!" the King of Gods exclaimed, his voice heavy with emotion.

The Nine Nether God King was the strongest at the time, no less than the Asura God King "Luo Fan"! He had reached the third stage, and was incomparably powerful, but he acted recklessly and still perished, dying a thorough death!

The final victor was not the Asura God King, or any of the innate holy emperors who wielded a first-class spiritual treasure, but rather the not particularly outstanding Carefree God King!

Such precedents have given many god-kings a sense of complacency.

The opportunities at Tianzun Mountain are not something that can be obtained by whoever is strong! Even the weak have a chance!

What if...?

Otherwise, there would be no need for any of the god-kings to come; how could they possibly compete with the Asura God-King and the like?

Only the eight Holy Emperors, as well as the Blood Demon Queen, the Ethereal God King, and the Thunder Nightmare God King, whose "time acceleration" is over a million times, and a few people from Misty City, can come here to fight!

For the rest, there is no hope!

However, the situation of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, including the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable, can also be considered as such.

But it gave dozens of god-kings a special kind of expectation!

Cao Ya looked around and noticed the hope on the faces of the powerful men, and also sensed their anticipation.

He secretly shook his head. The spots at Tianzun Mountain were indeed not awarded to the strongest.

But what Lin Meng was looking at was the contribution to this universe, in other words, "merit of the Heavenly Way"!

Good or evil is not the key; what matters is whether it can drive the evolution of the Linmeng universe.

In addition, Lin Meng will also consider how to balance the various forces, including the innate royal family, the native experts of the God Realm, and the ascendants, so as not to let them lean to one side.

It is obvious that Che Houyuan, through his selfless dedication, finally forged the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure, the first of its kind in the Lin Meng Universe! It has unique significance!

In a sense, the items held by the three Celestial Venerables were all created by Lin Meng—of course, they were merely condensed from the origin of the universe at his casual control!

And then there's the first top-tier acquired Primordial Spiritual Treasure that Che Houyuan forged countless years ago...

He originally had the potential to become a ruler, but his obsession with weapon crafting led to his downfall...

While acknowledging his immense merit, Lin Meng also felt great regret about his situation. Under these circumstances, it was only natural for Lin Meng to bestow upon him a "Celestial Venerable Position".

Cao Ya also felt there was no problem at all, and was equally disappointed.

So what if he refined a Celestial Treasure? If Che Houyuan focuses on cultivation, there's a possibility he could become its controller in the future. At that time, he could refine as many as he wanted!

However, for Che Houyuan, becoming stronger through cultivation was not what he desired.

He was single-mindedly obsessed with crafting artifacts. The reason he studied the laws of space and time was only to give him more power so that he could better control the divine fire, refine the divine materials, and influence the primordial spiritual energy to flow through the materials and create artifacts that suited his wishes!

"Everyone has their own ambitions." Cao Ya sighed softly. He had achieved a certain level of expertise in weapon crafting, including alchemy, formations, and talismans, thanks to his many opportunities.

However, Cao Ya was unwilling to invest too much energy in it; his pursuit was to find the right path to becoming a controller!

"Hmm?" Cao Ya suddenly looked up and saw a hazy blue light shooting out from a corner of Tianzun Mountain!

In an instant, azure light enveloped the entire Tianzun Mountain, which spanned over a million miles!

Such a change was so striking that all the god-kings were both surprised and delighted!

"They appeared so quickly?" The heroes' eyes lit up.

Qin Yu and Jiang Li were puzzled and quickly asked.

Jiang Lan explained, "That is a stone slab that records the rules of Tianzun Mountain. Its appearance means that the Tianzun Spiritual Treasure will soon be revealed as well."

The couple understood and were also curious about the material of the regular stone slab.

However, when Qin Yu tried to spread the power of the new universe, he was suppressed in all directions and was severely restricted.

Qin Yu wasn't surprised. Heavenly Venerable Mountain was capable of creating a new Heavenly Venerable, something that the three Heavenly Venerables couldn't possibly produce.

The masters of the divine realm... had already reached their peak, far surpassing my new universe, which is still far from perfecting its first layer of the mortal realm...

However, once my new universe, with its three planes, is fully developed, it should be no less powerful than the realm of gods...

Qin Yu pondered for a moment, then calmly observed the situation without making any rash moves.

"The Rule Slab!" Yi Feng, the God King of Death, and Cao Ya all expressed their hopes.

The eight royal families, including the Eastern Pole Golden Mountain, the Northern Pole Snowdrift City, the Northwest Thunder Punishment City, and the Southern Pole Mirror Light City, as well as the three ascended forces of the Asura Sea, Twin Domains Island, and Blood Demon Mountain, and a group of reclusive god kings, all stared intently at the rule stone tablet!

The regular stone slabs were revealed, appearing dark in color, with lines of writing on them.

"First, the only way to enter and exit Tianzun Mountain is through the relief-carved passage!"

"Secondly, damaging any of the reliefs in the relief corridor is a capital offense!"

"Thirdly, the way to become a Celestial Venerable is to obtain a complete Celestial Venerable Treasure! Or, to comprehend the complete Law of Time! And this Celestial Venerable Treasure will become the weapon of the new Celestial Venerable!"

"Fourth, the Celestial Venerable Treasure was nurtured by the 'Mother Treasure Cauldron' within Celestial Venerable Mountain!"

"Fifth, the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron must not be destroyed. Every ten years or so, a portion of the spiritual treasure will fly out from within the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron. A complete Celestial Venerable Spiritual Treasure is divided into three parts, taking a total of thirty years!"

"Sixth, the Celestial Venerable's spiritual treasure was divided into three parts, each containing a portion of the laws of time, involving 'time acceleration,' 'time stillness,' and 'time reversal,' though the extent varies. If there is a genius God-King, he can comprehend the complete laws of time through one or two fragments of the spiritual treasure, and at that time, he will become a new Celestial Venerable!"

"Seventh, if a God-King obtains all three fragments of the Spiritual Treasure, he too can become a new Heavenly Venerable!"

After reading the rules, Cao Ya could only sigh that Lin Meng truly valued his relief sculpture!

The life of a god-king is less valuable than a relief!

The seventh rule also destined that the struggle for the title of King of Gods would be extremely fierce!

However, even if Cao Ya collects all three fragments, he will not achieve enlightenment through them.

Of course, Cao Ya didn't think he had the ability to defeat the alliance of the gods and kings and monopolize the Heavenly Venerable's treasure!

Even a single Asura God-King is a formidable enemy! And that doesn't even include the Blood Sea Queen, who hasn't yet appeared here!

Having mastered a top-tier spiritual treasure, the Asura God King's combat power surpasses even that of the Blood Sea Queen!

"Boom!" Suddenly, Tianzun Mountain trembled, and the mountain peak, which covered a million miles, split open from the middle.

A deep, unfathomable canyon was revealed, and a mysterious cauldron slowly emerged.

"The Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron!" All the god-kings' eyes widened in astonishment.

Inside, a complete Celestial Venerable Treasure was born!

"This Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron is probably even more powerful than the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure," Qin Yu muttered.

Yi Feng, the Divine King, was speechless. He asked, "Who dares to lay a hand on the Spirit Treasure Mother Cauldron?"

Cao Ya stroked his chin. He remembered that Lin Meng was not good at weapon crafting... Well, after becoming a controller, his realm improved, and he gained a commanding perspective, making it easy for him to master all the arts of cultivation, such as weapon crafting, alchemy, formations, and talismans!

"The Celestial Treasure has been divided into three parts, each of which is comparable to a first-class treasure and contains the laws of time..." The Death God King's beautiful eyes shone with intense light.

"If the new Celestial Venerable's spiritual treasures weren't nurtured by the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron, that would be wonderful. No one could collect them all and continue to study them indefinitely," Jiang Lan sighed.

Everyone shook their heads, thinking it was far too far-fetched!

How precious is the Celestial Treasure? It takes sixty quadrillion years for a single copy to be refined from the Mother Cauldron of the Celestial Treasure!

Of course, Cao Ya knew that this was just a rule set up by Lin Meng. If he himself took action, several complete Heavenly Venerable Treasures could appear with ease!

However, this would disrupt the balance of the Lin Meng universe, and he couldn't afford to act recklessly!

As the controller, the destruction of Lin Meng's universe will have no impact on him.

But in a realm of gods, and in countless realms of immortals, demons, monsters, and mortals, all those living beings will suffer!

Furthermore, with the destruction of the main universe, the four subordinate universes will also be in trouble!

Lin Meng would naturally not allow such a disaster to happen!

The first fragment of the spiritual treasure will be born in about ten years, but not exactly ten years.

This caused the powerful figures to hesitate to leave, fearing they would miss the opportunity and allow others to get there first.

Once you escape Tianzun Mountain and are not restricted by the "Divine King's Prison," you can teleport and leave the Divine Realm to seize the Lower Realm, but it is extremely difficult to find!

There's no other way; there are just too many lower realms. If the God-King doesn't know where they are, it would take a very long time to search for them one by one!

Therefore, most of the god-kings who aspire to compete sit cross-legged in Tianzun Mountain, forming groups of three or five, each with their own alliances, patiently waiting for the ten-year period to arrive.

However, Qin Yu, Jiang Li, Duanmu Yu, Zhou Ran, and others, either unwilling or afraid to compete, all left early.

With the appearance of the rule stone slab and the Spirit Treasure Mother Cauldron, the atmosphere inside Tianzun Mountain became increasingly oppressive, and the first-stage God King felt terrified.

Qin Yu was not afraid, but he was also too lazy to get involved. He was evolving a new universe, and this was the foundation. Even the "Celestial Venerable" position in the God Realm was not something he wanted to obtain through initiation.

Furthermore, Qin Yu and Jiang Li's child is due to be born in about seven or eight years, which is different from ten years.

Cao Ya, Jiang Lan, Yi Feng, and the Death God King also returned to Misty City together.

The King of Gods glanced at it, somewhat puzzled, but since he was hoping that Misty City wouldn't participate, he didn't say anything!

Jiang Xing also left, but he talked with Jiang Li and Jiang Lan for a while.

As for Jiang Fan... he stayed with the several god-kings of Thunder Punishment City, but none of them paid him a proper look.

As if they were strangers, Jiang Li and Jiang Lan did not greet each other.

After returning to Misty City, Jiang Li's belly grew even larger, but she still hadn't given birth.

In order not to delay Cao Ya and Jiang Lan's participation in the competition for the Heavenly Venerable Treasure, Qin Yu used the power of the new universe to accelerate time, hoping that the child would be born sooner. After the four divine kings had eaten the banquet for the newborn, they could temporarily leave Misty City.

About seven or eight years later, with time accelerating, Jiang Lihuaiyu, after tens of thousands of years, finally gave birth to offspring.

"Let's call her Qin Si," Qin Yu said softly, looking at Jiang Li with deep affection.

Jiang Li blushed and instantly understood the meaning of the name.

It represents the endless longing between the two when they parted ways!

Qin Yu also gave Qin Si a Fire Source Spirit Pearl from his new universe to refine.

A newborn child has mastered a top-tier magical artifact...

Cao Ya, Jiang Lan, the God of Death, and the God of Yi Feng all had their eyes twitching!

On the contrary, others who had not reached the God-King realm did not feel it as deeply.

"Qin Si has excellent talent, and the probability of her becoming a God King in the future is very high," the Death God King said with satisfaction.

After her younger sister, Zuo Qiumei, died, the two Meteor Tears she left behind chose Jiang Li and Qin Yu respectively. She also held different importance in her heart for their children.

"I only hope that Si'er can grow up happily," Jiang Li said with a smile.

"Three Divine Kings in one family, comparable to royalty," Qin Yu smiled.

Cao Ya pondered for a moment. If he remembered correctly, among Qin Yu's children, Qin Shuang, who was born later, was the more outstanding one!

No matter how talented Qin Si is, he can only cultivate to become a God King. With Qin Yu's help, he also has a chance to become a Heavenly Venerable, but he is similar to Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable and Carefree Heavenly Venerable, unable to step onto the path of a Controller.

Qin Shuang's fate is uncertain, and she has the potential to be controlled by someone else!

Suddenly, Cao Ya shook his head. When did he stop caring about God Kings and Heavenly Venerables?

I myself am merely a God-King!

He's not a superstar like the Seven Stars!

Since there was still time, the group drank the full moon celebration before leaving Misty City and heading to Heavenly Venerable Mountain.

The first fragment of the Heavenly Venerable's Spiritual Treasure within the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron has yet to be born.

But as the ten-year mark drew ever closer, the atmosphere grew incredibly somber, with all the god-kings waiting!

Cao Ya was aware that Lin Meng and Piaoyu Tianzun would also come to celebrate the birth of Qin Yu's child, but since he did not know Lin Meng in this world, he naturally would not interact with him.

It's best to stay away from the one in control for now!

At the very least, it cannot be revealed; one must understand the secrets of Lin Meng's universe!

Inside the Misty City, Lin Meng and Piaoyu Tianzun appeared, but only Qin Yu, Jiang Li, and Qin Si could see them.

Lin Meng even gifted Qin Si a top-tier spiritual treasure spear, leaving Qin Yu and Jiang Li dumbfounded!

He quickly asked Qin Si to thank him.

Immediately afterwards, Celestial Venerable Piaoyu also left, and Jiang Li, carrying Qin Si, also withdrew. Inside the courtyard, only Lin Meng and Qin Yu were talking.

"I wonder which God-King will succeed this time?" Qin Yu wondered.

"No one can succeed!"