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Among rubble and debris.
The figure of light, the God of Frost and Chill, and Luo Bing Li were all looking at Gu Qing Shan.
Only the power of the [Demon King Order] was missing among the three coins.
And now, everything depended on him.
Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the void of space in front of himself, apparently reading something important.
He said nothing, but an expression of surprise slowly emerged on his face.
All of a sudden, a red glow appeared out of nowhere and went into his body.
âWhat was that? What happened to you?â the God of Frost and Chill couldnât help but question.
Gu Qing Shan waved his hand dismissively to gesture that there was nothing wrong.
Luo Bing Li glared at the Divine King briefly.
The God of Frost and Chill suddenly realized something and spoke with a grim expression: âGu Qing Shan, if you try anything funny, your agreement with this king shall end right now!â
The figure of light cut in: ă Donât worry, your Divine Majesty, the [Order] has indeed descended upon him, there are no problems, heâs only communicating with the [Order] for the first time ă
The God of Frost and Chill let out a cold snort: âThen thatâs fine, but are we just going to stand here and wait?â
The figure of light spoke: ă Indeed, we will need to wait for a while ă
The God of Frost and Chill said nothing else.
They continued to wait.
âââGu Qing Shan was indeed communicating with the [Demon King Order].
As a veteran who had carried the [Order] twice already, Gu Qing Shan knew exactly what was going to happen next.
The [Order] would measure his strength, initialize it, and use that to issue Quests.
As the Quests are completed one by one, more functions of the [Order] would be unlocked.
Once the [Order] gathers enough Soul Points, it will proceed to upgrade itself.
After upgrading, the [Order] would be able to provide more power and more useful functions for its carriers.
This was a symbiotic relationship where both sides grow along with one another, but because this was the [Demon King Order], it would take away the majority of the obtained Soul Points and treat its carriers like they were in an insect pot. (1)
Howeverââ-
There werenât many who carried the [Order] in the Primordial Heaven Realm right now.
As soon as someone did, they would be killed.
How would the [Order] react in this situation?
Gu Qing Shan was silently curious.
As he expected, lines of bright red text appeared on the blood-red UI.
[The Order is currently performing a total body scan]
[Discovered anomaly within the scan]
[Detected that you have a special identity]
[Verifying identity!]
Out of nowhere, a blinding bright red glow appeared.
This red glow poured into Gu Qing Shanâs body and only disappeared a few moments later.
This was what caused the God of Frost and Chill to be surprised.
The lines of red text disappeared.
[Kindling]âs voice came into Gu Qing Shanâs ears.
[Venerable Envoy of Condemnation, the Order welcomes Your Excellency to fight alongside it]
[The Order shall create corresponding battle Quests in accordance with Your Excellencyâs strength]
Its voice sounded a bit closer.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.
Envoy of Condemnation?
Wasnât that my Card form?
I didnât expect the Card identity that Little Dusk gave would cause the [Order] to pay special attention to me.
Now that I really think about it, there were a few Card users in the past life who carried the [Order], but none of them were ever treated in any special way.
Seems like this is a unique case for Little Duskâs status.
ââshe originally came from the Bygone Era but lost her memories, that was why she was deceived by the Divine race and worked for them.
If even the [Order] respects an Envoy of Condemnation so much, I can assume that the Envoy of Condemnation had quite the considerable status in the Bygone Era.
Carefully thinking about this, using cards to fight should be a Mystic-type ability.
Because the existence of the Cards themselves are things that cannot be considered using common sense.
Before evolving to become [Worlds Apocalypse Online: Human Regiment], the large-scale War System: Water God was also Card.
These thoughts quickly flashed in Gu Qing Shanâs mind.
He took a deep breath and answered the [Order]: âWhat should we do now?â
[When talking with me, please refer to me as Kindlingââ until I evolve] the [Order] replied.
âAlright, [Kindling], what should we do now?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Confirming current situation to issue the first Quest]
[As the current situation is in a delicate balance, arbitrarily breaking it could draw the attention of the avatar of an immeasurably powerful existence that threatens the destruction of everything. As such, the Order has temporarily changed the strategic course of action]
[The first Quest has been issued]
Lines of blood-red text began to show up on the UI.
[Quest: Invading the Evil Realms]
[Quest description: The Primordial Wraith Realm used to be a place of long-term strife, ever since it was broken apart, powerful devils and fiends have taken over fragments of the Wraith Realm as their own, they constantly invade one anotherâs fragments, hoping to collect powerful World Origin from fusing the fragments]
[To obtain the power of evolution, you must enter this fight!]
[Quest objective: Enter the Wraith Realm, join a faction and obtain victory in your first battle]
[Quest reward: Kindlingâs first function will be unlocked]
[The Quest will now begin!]
[Special note: To become the legendary Demon King of Condemnation, the Order encourages Your Excellency to do your best!]
Gu Qing Shan read through everything.
Encouraging me to do my bestâŠ
Since when has the [Demon King Order] been able to sweet talk someone?
He shook his head, stopped staring blankly, and looked at the others.
ă Was it successful? ăthe figure of light asked.
Gu Qing Shan looked at him.
This figure of light doesnât know that I was an Envoy of Condemnation.
The Divine race probably only managed to find the Angel of Condemnation â Little Dusk due to the connection between her and the coin.
While Iâm only an Envoy of Condemnation.
In other words, the Divine race doesnât know of the mysterious relationship between the Envoy of Condemnation and the [Orders].
Gu Qing Shan calmed down a bit and replied: âEverything was as expected. [Kindling] has issued a first Quest for me to travel to the Wraith realmsâ
ăââThe Wraith realm?ââăeveryone else asked at the same time.
Gu Qing Shan explained: âIndeed. Since the Primordial Heaven Realm is currently under constant monitoring by the Soul Shrieker, itâs unsuitable for large-scale battlesâ
âAnd [Kindling] requires such battles to absorb the power to evolveâ
âBecause of that, I will travel to the Wraith Realm, join the ranks of the evil creatures and participate in battles thereâ
The figure of light told him: ă You are a human, as soon as you appear in the Wraith Realm, youâll be repelled by the majority of them. Thatâs a big problem ă
Gu Qing Shan looked straight at him: âThereâs a reason why you bunch havenât been able to catch me even after pursuing me for so long. I have my own way to deal with that problemâ
The God of Frost and Chill asked: âWhat do you need?â
âFor now, I donât need anything, just help me open the gate into any Wraith realmâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
ă Thatâs no problem, Iâve just entered a fragment of the Wraith realm not too long before, I still have the method to enter that place ăthe figure of light said.
He raised his voice and chanted an incantation:
ă Xie Qi Realm, the lost abyssal sanctuary of all evil creatures, open your gates for me! ă
Oomââ
An invisible glowing black gate appeared in the void of space.
This was the warp formation leading into the Xie Qi Fiend Realm.
âThen Iâll be on my wayâ Gu Qing Shan said.
The God of Frost and Chill couldnât help but spoke: âNo, you cannot go by yourself! Iââ must monitor you!â
The figure of light tried convincing him: ă Your Divine Majesty, as a Divinity, if you appear in the Wraith Realm, it would only cause a bigger commotion. The fiends and devils all hold a terrible grudge towards us, so they will surely use all their power to kill you ă
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the Divine King and gestured with his eyes: âDonât worry, since youâve already promised to help me find the Heaven sword, Iâll naturally do what I need toâ
âAh yes, this human cultivator Luo Bing Li, you must protect her well, as sheâs related to the final clues of the Heaven swordâ
âDo not worry, this King knows discretionâ the God of Frost and Chill replied.
The figure of light also nodded to express his agreement.
âThen I will goâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan touched the warp gate and disappeared from the Primordial Heaven Realm.
The God of Frost and Chill trembled very slightly.
ă Your Divine Majesty? ăthe figure of light doubtfully looked at him.
âHm, I was just thinking about somethingâ the Divine King replied.
ă What kind of thing? ăthe figure of light asked.
âYou should know this as well, at the beginning of our origin, we used to coordinate in battles alongside the humansâ
ă Yes, I do know this ăthe figure of light nodded.
The Divine Kingâs tone changed a little bit: âSince it was battle coordination, I was thinking whether or not we could use this method to win against those of the Desolate raceâ
ă Your Divine Majesty, you meanâŠă
âHm, for the sake of completing our plan, we must try to help Gu Qing Shanâ
Silently listening on one side, Luo Bing Li couldnât help but sigh.
âŠ
On the other side.
Gu Qing Shan continued to travel through the space vortex.
He used the rest of his Soul Points to take the Xie Qi Fiend Kingâs form.
This was a Fiend King who had a handsome face and a completely black body.
He looked similar to humans except for a long, horned tail behind his back.
If it werenât for this tail, the Xie Qi Fiend King would appear a bit weak and feminine.
This appearance made Gu Qing Shan feel a bit uncomfortable.
With an appearance like this⊠Fiend King⊠makes it so hard to respect him.
Gu Qing Shan awkwardly moved his body around to dispel some of the negative energy within this body.
He recalled the last time he went to this Wraith Realm.
The last time he went to the Xie Qi Fiend Realm, humanity already went extinct.
It was the end of the Age of Old.
At the time, both the Xie Qi Fiend Realm and the Xie Qi Fiend Kingâs wife already belonged to the Cruel Bone Devil King, the Xie Qi Fiend King was nothing more than a puppet.
As Gu Qing Shan was thinking, a screen of light appeared in front of him.
The Xie Qi Fiend Realm was on the other side.
Gu Qing Shan hovered into that screen of light.
As soon as he touched it, the space vortex around him disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan found himself standing within a gloomy dark sky and quickly falling down.
He controlled his descent so that he floated down instead.
Right below him was a luxurious palace.
This was a very familiar sightâââ
Isnât this the Xie Qi Fiend Kingâs palace?
At this point in time, humanity had just gone through a huge war, the first Divinity had just fallen, which was a lot earlier in the timeline compared to the previous time.
I wonder how the Xie Qi Fiend King is doing during this point in time.
Yeah⊠thatâs a crucial problem since Iâll be impersonating him again soonâŠ
Gu Qing Shanâs body flashed, activated [Ground Shrink] to appear in front of the palace.
He immediately saw a fiend.
ââit was the Xie Qi Fiend King himself!
I didnât think Iâd run into him right away!
The Xie Qi Fiend King was currently kneeling on top of a washing board, crying and begging towards a certain location within the palace: ă I beg you, trust me just this once, I swear I wonât hide rent money for myself anymore! ă
Gu Qing Shan: ââŠâ