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The Primordial Heaven Realm.
The Sky Beyond Heaven.
The Divinities were busy with their preparations.
Luo Bing Li listed several hundred different types of precious materials, some of them extremely rare even in the Primordial Heaven Realm.
The Divinities had no choice but to rally as much manpower as possible in search of these precious Smithing materials.
Even the Golden Flame Divinity participated in this search at the Divine Kingâs request.
Inside the Grand Divine Palace.
The Divine King was sitting on his throne.
Within the large empty audience hall, the only other thing was a large piece of ice.
Luo Bing Li was frozen inside.
âI didnât think you could actually order the Divinities to collect all of these materials. At this rate, the seal in my Thought Sea will be released soonâ Luo Bing Li spoke.
âIndeed, but before that, Iâll have to trouble you to stay inside that chunk of iceâ Gu Qing Shan apologized.
Luo Bing Li was concerned with something else: âThat God of Liesââââ
âIs real, once he activates his power, no one would be able to tell a lie in front of himâ
âThen youââ-â
âHe doesnât dare to use his power on the Divine King unless he wants to dieâ Gu Qing Shan casually told her.
Luo Bing Li sighed in relief.
Gu Qing Shan asked: âAre you the same as my Master, a strand of a remnant soul?â
âNo, Iâm the real thing. Iâve stayed alive since then until nowâ Luo Bing Li told him.
She added: âIn the Age of Old, beside the Spirit Tortoise, I was the only one who maintained a complete soul and bodyâ
âWhy is that?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âIâm the strongest Sound Cultivator, if itâs 1-on-1, I wouldnât lose to any Divinity or normal Desolate monstersââ- so everyone decided that I should live on and be responsible for making sure that nothing goes wrong with the phantom imagesâ Luo Bing Li replied.
âBut humanityâs plans were still discovered by the Divinitiesâ Gu Qing Shan sighed.
âYes, but we did prepare another path. To make sure that this path isnât discovered, it was sealed inside my Thought Sea, making sure that not even I know its detailsâ Luo Bing Li told him.
She looked at Gu Qing Shan and firmly spoke: âOnce the seal is released, I will immediately pass it on to you through my inner sight, then burn my soul away and die. This way, the path would not be revealed to the Golden Flame Divinityâ
âAre you afraid of him?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âIâm not afraid, but I can tell that he greatly desires to obtain the final secret of humanity, even more so than he wants to capture and kill youâ Luo Bing Li replied.
Gu Qing Shan went silent briefly, then replied: âYou shouldnât dieâ
Luo Bing Li insisted: âI have to dieââ I will act as if the seal was disturbed and killed me, that way the Divinities wouldnât suspect that you know that secretâ
Gu Qing Shan firmly spoke: âDefinitely not, we have to think of something elseâ
Luo Bing Li shook her head: âFrom the very start, all of us were determined to die, countless of our comrades sacrificed themselves for the sake of keeping this secret. I will also use my death to make sure that the secret doesnât get exposed, you donât have to mind itâ
Seeing her determination to die, Gu Qing Shan had a thought.
He spoke in a low voice: âThen even more so, you shouldnât die at a time like thisâ
âWhy not?â Luo Bing Li asked.
âThe fact that the first path was destroyed showed a problem with humanityâ Gu Qing Shan told her.
Interested in what he had to say, Luo Bing Li asked: âWhat is humanityâs problem?â
âThey underestimated their enemiesâ
Gu Qing Shan slowly spoke: âYou have to understand something clearly: Divinities arenât as easy to deal with as you think. They were even able to make a Samsara, so they surely have many other means preparedâ
He smiled bitterly: âWhy do you think Iâve been staying inside the Grand Divine Palace and sitting on this throne without moving? Because I know too little about the Divinities, I canât leave the palace to do anything else, otherwise, I might mess up my act in front of other Divinitiesâ
âFurthermore, the Desolate monsters were even harder to deal with compared to the Divinities. The Lord of Desolation had already seen through what the Divinities were trying to do, but he didnât do or say anything, only to suddenly appear to kill the Divine Kingâ
âThe Lord of Desolation was always wary of humanity, so I assume he must know even more about humans than the Divinitiesâ
Luo Bing Li trembled slightly and looked at Gu Qing Shan: âDo you not feel confident?â
Gu Qing Shan replied: âOf course, I donâtâ
âWhy not?â Luo Bing Li asked.
Gu Qing Shan answered: âConfidence is built on the basis of knowing yourself and the enemyâââ right now I donât know how many unimaginable things the Divinities have created by imitating humanity, I donât know the extent of the Desolate raceâs power, and I donât know what secret or goal they had prepared to deal with humanityâ
He helplessly sighed: âI donât know anything, Iâm not sure of most things, and I donât even have a trustworthy place to learn these pieces of information. How high do you think the chances of me winning are?â
Luo Bing Li paused briefly.
She spoke with great difficulty: âIf the situation was this desperate, the more reason for me to commit suicide and protect the secret of humanityâ
âNo, leave this to me, you have to live to help meâ Gu Qing Shan told her.
âHelp you?â
âYes, I donât think for a second that I would be able to win against two fully prepared races by myselfââ that is nothing but daydreaming, so I need people to help meâ
Perhaps recalling someone, Gu Qing Shan sighed: âMy friends all have excellent and unimaginable potential to be explored, but they will probably need more time to grow, so right now, I have no choice but to do this by myselfâ
âWhich is why Iâm asking you to not kill yourself and help meâ
Luo Bing Li silently listened, hesitated for a while before speaking: âBut if Iâm alive, the secret might be exposedâ
Gu Qing Shan replied: âOnly the weak would need to employ death to protect a secretâ
Luo Bing Li gave him a sidelong glance.
Gu Qing Shan changed his words: âFrom my experience, the biggest variable in any war is always the will of a person, only by staying alive can a person have the hope to change everythingâ
Luo Bing Li told him: âIâm more than willing to help you, but if me living means exposing the final secret of humanityâŠâ
âI guarantee you that wonât happenâ Gu Qing Shan emphasized every word.
âIf thatâs the case, Iâm willing to help youââ but when it comes to a situation where I have no choice but to die, please donât stop meâ Luo Bing Li told him.
âGot itâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
A voice suddenly came from outside the palace: ă Sire, as you ordered, the materials have been gathered ă
Gu Qing Shanâs and Luo Bing Liâs expressions both changed.
Once the jade disk materials were fully gathered, the seal in Luo Bing Liâs Thought Sea would be released.
The final secret of humanity was about to be revealed to the Divine race.
Luo Bing Li asked: âWhatâs your plan? Theyâre about to force me to reveal the method to create the jade disk alreadyâ
Gu Qing Shan sat still on the throne with a deeply uneasy and contemplating expression on his face.
Seeing his expression, Luo Bing Liâs heart slowly sank.
She slowly spoke: âDo you not have a plan yet? Then we should follow my suggestion, once the materials are gathered near me, I will secretly tell you the method through inner sight and burn my soulâ
âNoâ Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and told her: âIâm not worried about the current situationâ
âThen what are you worried about?â Luo Bing Li was surprised.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered: âUp to this point, the Desolate race still hasnât shown any movements, that shouldnât be the caseâ
âYou meanâŠâ
âThe Lord of Desolation is even harder to deal with than the entire Divine race, but it didnât come here to try and take this secret⊠this was outside of my expectationsâŠâ
Gu Qing Shan continued muttering to himself: âIâve already made a lot of preparations, but the Desolate race still hasnât shown up. This was the situation I didnât want to see the most. Because it meant the situation was still under their controlâ
âSo now, I have to use other means to break through this situationâŠâ
Gu Qing Shan relaxed his gaze completely, apparently immersed in his own thoughts.
Looking at Gu Qing Shanâs contemplating appearance, Luo Bing Li was a bit stunned.
This guyââ-
The current situation wasnât even worth his consideration or attention.
He was currently thinking of how to deal with a more terrifying, more hidden enemy.
What kind of person is he!?
With that in mind, Luo Bing Li suddenly felt a brief moment of hope.
For the first time in this dark and desperate era, this was the first time she ever felt hopeful.
PerhapsâŠ
She had a certain thought.
Perhaps she didnât notice it herself, but from the very start, she had never felt that humanityâs secret plan would succeed, but to combat her despair, she deceived herself, telling herself that as long as she waited, hope would come.
But now, she was feeling a true sense of hope blooming in her heart.