Translator:
La0o9
Editor:
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â-That wasnât death from recoil at all!
That martial cultivator called Lin still isnât dead.
Even now, that Void Revolution realm martial cultivator was still standing guard at the entrance of this world.
He was patiently explaining to Shannu about the greatness of the Eternal True God.
But Xie Gu Hong and the white-haired old man didnât know about this.
Xie Gu Hong and the white-haired old man havenât seen the Soul Shrieker and they donât know what the Eternal Abyss is. They havenât even seen the sight of a cultivatorâs limitless resurrection after death, thatâs why even though they were greatly accomplished cultivators, they still couldnât discover the unimaginable clues from the dead body.
Thatâs why they mistakenly thought that the martial cultivator called Lin was dead.
ââ-dead from the bronze mirrorâs recoil.
ThenâŠ
What kind of secret was hidden inside the mirror that the martial cultivator called Lin would give up his life to show Xie Gu Hong and the white-haired old man?
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the white-haired old man.
No changes.
He looks like he doesnât know anything.
If thatâs the caseâŠ
Gu Qing Shan sighed: âTo think fellow Dao seeker Lin sacrificed his own life for the sake of our humanityâs future, a true example to followâ
Xie Gu Hong and the white-haired old man nodded in agreement.
Gu Qing Shan asked: âWhat kind of secret was he looking for?â
Xie Gu Hong gave the bronze mirror to Gu Qing Shan and spoke with a sad tone: âFellow Dao seeker Lin used his life to erase the seal on the bronze mirror. Sect master Zhao, you can see for yourself what secrets lie withinâ
Gu Qing Shan received the mirror.
Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.
[Item: Historic Mirror of Light and Shadow]
[Description: An item from the Bygone Era that humans used to record secrets]
The two lines of text faded.
Some faint images began to appear inside the mirror.
The birth of the Desolate race was something that the Bygone Era humanity just happened to accomplish.
As time went by, the Bygone Era humanity discovered that they could leave a few simple matters to the Desolate monsters to do, so they began to give them a bit more power and abilities.
And then the secret of the Divinitiesâ birth.
A failed experiment.
They were personal combat Soul Artifacts that went past their expiration dates.
The secrets of both the Desolate race and Divine race were shown to Gu Qing Shan just like that.
They were indeed accurate, the same as what Gu Qing Shan had learnt.
ââ-in fact, within the mirror, the two racesâ actions to harvest the lives of humanity was shown even clearer.
âSect master Zhao, do you think whatâs recorded inside this bronze mirror is true?â Xie Gu Hong asked.
Gu Qing Shan smiled bitterly: âItâs too clear to be falseâ
Xie Gu Hong nodded: âIâve watched it many times, combined with some of the crucial historical records, I found what was shown to be accurateâ
The white-haired old man sighed and spoke dejectedly: âThe fate of humanity has truly been too sorrowfulâ
Xie Gu Hong and Gu Qing Shan both fell silent.
The white-haired old man took out a tortoise shell and carefully observed the patterns on its shell.
He began to mumble something.
Xie Gu Hong asked: âOld Meng, what are you trying to calculate?â
The white-haired old man paused and replied: âThis is a treasure vault of the Bygone Era humans, there must be something here that can help us change the current situation and change the future of humanity!â
He showed a sorrowful and resolute expression: âI must find that something!â
Xie Gu Hong scowled: âNo! To predict the chaotic tides, youâve already paid a lot of your life, you canât calculate the fate of humanity as well!â
The old man was a Void Wanderer realm cultivator, so it wasnât an issue for him to spend life force to predict the next chaotic tides.
But what he wanted to do now was find the item that would change the future of humanity within this treasure vault.
This had already gone past regular Divination or calculations, this was related to the movement of the entire world, and definitely not something the old man could take!
Gu Qing Shan also tried to stop him: âYouâre crazy, if you do that, even if you find that item, you would die!â
The white-haired old man replied: âSect master Zhao, didnât you also want to risk your life to avenge your sect?â
Xie Gu Hong hurriedly shouted: âBut sect master Zhao wouldnât throw his life away meaninglesslyâââ you should not perform this Divination, otherwise you will surely die!â
âIf I can find a way to fight against the Desolate race and Divine race, then my death is worth it. Donât stop me, this is my final choice!â the white-haired old man declared.
Boom!
An intense wind came off the old manâs body, making his hair and beard flutter without end.
His hands formed a complicated set of seals and loudly declared: âI burn all my lifespan, present to me the method to conquer my enemies!â
The tortoise shell in his hand shattered and crumbled to dust.
From how it seemed, the Divination was complete.
There was no going back now!
The old man will have to give up his life!
Xie Gu Hong and Gu Qing Shan exchanged looks, feeling a sense of sorrow from one another.
The old man started to float upwards and fly into the warp formation leading to the next floor.
He shouted: âThe vague Heavenâs Will had descended on my body, allowing me to sense a certain treasure!â
âQuickly come with meââ I wonât be able to endure this for long!â
Xie Gu Hong and Gu Qing Shan both chase after him.
All three people stepped into the warp formation and vanished from this floor.
17th floor.
18th floor.
19th floor.
âŠ
33rd floor!
The old man finally stopped here.
His aura was now incredibly weak, his eye sockets sunken in, his complexion was pale like he was at his deathbed.
Under Gu Qing Shanâs and Xie Gu Hongâs help, he finally arrived in front of a certain treasure.
It was a piece of long, dark purple rock that seems to be about 5 meters long.
âThis is itâ the old man weakly said.
Xie Gu Hong and Gu Qing Shan both walked closer to the rock.
The old man reached his hand out, trying to grab it.
But he seemed to have already exhausted all his strength, unable to even grab it.
âLet meâ Gu Qing Shan said.
He helped the old man close his hand around the rock and lightly shook it.
The long piece of rock crumbled into dust and revealed two jade tags inside.
The old man hurriedly grabbed the two jade tags, then coughed up blood.
He seems to have reached the end of his rope.
âPalace Master XieâŠâ
The old man spoke with difficulty.
âIâm hereâ Xie Gu Hong held the old man up and replied.
The old man took a deep breath and tried his best to speak: âI was able to divine this, this⊠this is the method to forge the twin swords Heaven and Earthâ
âThe twin swords Heaven and Earth?â Xie Gu Hong doubtfully asked.
âIndeed, the twin swords Heaven and Earth, weapons made specifically to kill the Divine race and Desolate monstersâ
While speaking, blood was flowing from the old manâs seven orifices, but he endured and continued:
âThe material that makes up these two jade tags are unique, there are no others like them. You need to imbue these two jade tags into each of the twin swords to fully complete them, remember it!â
âI willâ Xie Gu Hong sincerely told him.
At this point, the old man seemed to have regained a bit of his spirit as his expression became a bit less pale.
Xie Gu Hong and Gu Qing Shan exchanged glances.
They both knew that the old man had already reached his final moments.
The man old took another breath and spoke: âPromise me⊠You will forge the⊠twin swords Heaven and Earth⊠and change humanityâsâŠâ
He wasnât finished, but he already couldnât say another word.
Xie Gu Hong cut in: âDonât worry, this Xie Gu Hong will definitely do it!â
The old man appeared to be glad and closed his mouth.
His head suddenly became limp, his body completely sunk down in their hands.
He was dead.
Xie Gu Hong and Gu Qing Shan both said nothing.
They only lifted the old manâs body on either side, feeling a deep sense of sorrow and loss.
A while later.
Xie Gu Hong stood up first.
He carefully put the two jade tags away and spoke with a lonely expression: âSect master Zhao, have you picked a treasure yet?â
Gu Qing Shan was surprised for a split second.
He replied: âI haveâ
Xie Gu Hong continued: âI havenât, I will now go through the remaining floors until I find a treasure I want, and then immediately leave this placeâ
âLeave this place?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
Xie Gu Hong said with conviction: âYes, I want to returnââ- from this moment on, I canât risk any other dangers, I need to bring the method of forging the twin swords Heaven and Earth back to humanityâ
Gu Qing Shan was still holding the old manâs body and sighed: âThen go, I will stay here with him for a while longer, donât mind meâ
Xie Gu Hong nodded and clasped his fist: âTake careâ
He leapt onto the warp formation and immediately left.
Gu Qing Shan just sat there for a bit longer.
He gently put the old manâs body back on the ground, still holding onto one of his hands.
âFor humanity, what a great sacrifice and accomplishmentâ
Gu Qing Shan lightly muttered.
He grabbed a black scepter from the void of space.
The horned skull on top of the scepter suddenly jerked.
A red glow emerged out from its eyes.
The most terrifying moment for all dead people was here!
As if sensing something, the body on the ground suddenly glowed purple.
At the very next moment, it began to give off an intense aura as if it was waking up.
This was a conversion between the boundary of life and death, completely unimaginable, unexplainable, and unbelievable.
This was the power of the Eternal True God!
But Gu Qing Shan was currently holding onto the bodyâs hand.
Elemental Lightning of Life, [Dreamjolt]!
[Dreamjolt: When hit by your Elemental Lightning spirit energy, the targetâs consciousness will connect with the Lightning and be forced to enter a brief dreamscape, during which they lose control of their body. Duration: 5 seconds]
[Note: This is the evolved Thaumaturgy from Stunned, Rigid and Severance, no living being is immune to it]
The old man immediately went limp again.
The purple glow from his body instantly fadedââ since the spell was interrupted, for the next few seconds, he had turned back into a dead person.
Gu Qing Shan directly stabbed the Devil King Warden Rod into his chest.
The body let out a sharp, harrowing scream.
He tried to struggle and resurrect himself again.
But as soon as he tried to trigger the purple glow, a sword cut off his head.
The old man was once again a corpse.
The sword didnât go away and stayed right at his neck, cutting it off again and again.
âIf you struggle any more, Iâm going to use the scepterâ Gu Qing Shan gently said.
A bright red glow manifested around the Devil King Warden Rod.
Sensing the power of eternal death from the scepter, the body froze and stopped struggling.
âHow impressiveâ Gu Qing Shan sighed emotionally.
He started to give off faint killing intent.
Sensing his killing intent, the old man hurriedly begged: âPlease forgive me! Donât kill me! I donât want to die!â
âAh?â Gu Qing Shanâs voice became contemplation: âEven as an Eternal life form, you could sense the power of eternal death from my scepter?â
âYes, I know about it, this is the presence of the Huang Quan path from the Samsaraâ
As soon as he said that, the old man tried to grab the Devil King Warden Rod with his hands, apparently trying to do something.
But his hands were immediately turned into blood mist as he screamed even more painfully.
ââ-this was the scepter of the Devil King, representing one of the three unrivaled powers of the Huang Quan path, how could a mere dead person touch it?
Gu Qing Shan held the scepter, looked down and stared at the dead old man.
âDo you want to live?â he asked.
âYesâ the white-haired old man immediately nodded.
In fact, if he didnât wish for eternal life, why would he betray his past?
âSo you want to live? Very wellâ
Gu Qing Shan lightly turned the scepter.
Since the old man was being pierced by the scepter at his chest, he immediately felt intense pain.
âAaaaaa! Forgive me, I beg you, Iâll do anything you want!â the old man begged.
Gu Qing Shan stopped his hand, feeling a bit more refreshed.
âIn Xie Gu Hongâs eyes, that martial cultivatorâs death was real, the information in the mirror was also realâââ they were so real I couldnât even find any mistakes in them, and then your death was also realâ
âNo wonder Xie Gu Hong was able to find the jade tags to forge the twin swords Heaven and Earth, no wonder humanity believes so strongly in forging the twin swords in the futureâ
âNo wonder regardless of the time, the Desolate race never tried to stop humanity from forging the twin swords Heaven and Earth, not even onceâ
âRegardless of the time?â the white-haired old man was a bit puzzled.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head.
His voice became grimly low: âAlright, now please tell me, what exactly are the twin swords Heaven and Earth?â