The Primordial Heaven Realm.
The Sky Beyond Heaven.
The Grand Divine Palace.
The figure of light was silently waiting inside the audience hall without moving.
Luo Bing Li pretended to be busy crafting the jade disk.
Shannu was pretending to be the God of Frost and Chill, sitting high on the divine throne as she carefully thought about what to do.
It had been almost a week since both the previous Divine King and God of Frost and Chill died.
According to the Law of the Divine Race, about a day and a half later, a new Divinity would be born.
With that in mind, Shannu was feeling a bit anxious.
Iâm glad I can use all of gongziâs abilities.
Donât be anxious, donât be nervous!
She was encouraging herself.
Calm down, according to gongziâs arrangements, Iâll have to prepare for when the new Divinity is born.
First Iâll act surprised.
Then recall the Divinities who recently died.
Then suddenly remember that Golden Flame had also just died.
Ask the figure of light a certain questionâââ what would happen if a Divinity who came from the future died in the past.
The figure of light would definitely not know the answer to that, since it never happened before.
After that, Iâll be using that unique skill.
ââacting.
With gongziâs acting skills, Iâll guide the conversation with the figure of light to make it seem like we both arrived at the same answer:
If a Divinity who came from the future died here, they would speed up the process of a new Divinityâs birth.
Acting skillsâŠ
Thinking about this unique skill, Shannu couldnât help but feel a bit dejected.
Gongziâs acting is so natural that he causes others to be unable to help themselves being swept along with his flow and rhythm.
I can use his acting skills, but this is nothing like using his attacking abilities, this skill requires a lot of personal talent and aura.
Yes, I can act like gongzi and use his acting skills.
But I simply canât replicate his facial expressions, his choice of words, his delivery and his demeanor.
Seriously.
Itâs like gongzi is a natural-born swindler.
Thinking that, Shannu almost couldnât help herself chuckling.
Thatâs not quite right either.
Gongzi has done so many great things and struggled against so many powerful enemies that even if he didnât have his acting skills, he wouldâve been able to come up with other solutions.
Yes, gongzi would exploit everything he could to achieve his goal and not simply rely on his acting skills.
While she was thinking, the figure of light suddenly moved.
âWhat is the matter?â Shannu asked.
ă Your Divine Majesty, I suddenly recall a certain renowned historical event ăthe figure of light answered.
âWhich event?â Shannu asked again.
ă It is nothing much. Itâs a matter related to the Chaos Demonic Sea, something that would cause many evil creatures to die in the next few days. But Gu Qing Shan is currently staying in the Xie Qi Fiend Realm so he shouldnât be affected by it ăthe figure of light replied.
Shannu lightly sighed in relief and said: âThen that is no concern to usâ
âŠ
Gu Qing Shan was sensing an uneasy feeling.
The strength of a cultivatorâs spirit sense varied from person to person, some couldnât even tell what would happen the very next day, while others were able to clearly see a vision of the recent future.
Xie Dao Ling was able to see the signs of her own death, which was changed thanks to Gu Qing Shan.
And Gu Qing Shanâs spirit sense wasnât any less sensitive than his Shifuâs.
Currently, he was standing on a beach outside of the cathedral, sensing an indescribable wariness towards the ocean.
It was almost the second day already.
There was only a minute left until the expedition set out.
âDeath?â
Gu Qing Shan whispered to himself.
His spirit sense was clearly reacting.
His heartbeat was growing faster uncontrollably for no reason.
Within his delirium, a dark region seemed to have appeared on the surface of the ocean as a faint image gradually manifested in front of Gu Qing Shanâs eyes.
Gu Qing Shan saw himself completely soaked as he staggered towards a certain direction, thenââ
Xiu!
All of a sudden, a white figure flew out from his Inventory Bag and danced back and forth in front of his face.
The vision he received from this spirit sense vanished instantly.
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses.
The blue ocean was still calm, there wasnât a single cloud within ten thousand miles, and the sky was completely clear.
The prediction he was about to make was interrupted.
Everything vanished and returned to normal.
âTch⊠what is it again? You just interrupted me, you know?â
Gu Qing Shan asked in irritation.
But the white jade gourd simply replied with a cautious âwu wuâ that asked him for more Soul Points.
Gu Qing Shan had no choice.
Even now he didnât know what the jade gourdâs abilities [Borrowing Wonder], [Hundred Lanterns] and [Spotless Jade] actually did.
But he could already confirm that it was indeed a Soul Artifact of the Bygone Era.
Hah, but I have to raise it more before I can use it.
Gu Qing Shan could only catch the jade gourd pendant and pour Soul Points into it.
âIs that enough this time?â
Gu Qing Shan asked.
The jade gourd pendant uttered a satisfied âXiuâ, went back into his Inventory Bag, and fell silent again.
Gu Qing Shan scanned through with his inner sight.
Yup, itâs sleeping again.
I just gave it 3000 Soul Points and it fell right back to sleep just like that?
This is already the 3rd time I gave it Soul Points.
Show some use already, would you?
âI just hope itâs not just a bottomless pitâ
Gu Qing Shan helplessly sighed and shook his head.
At this point, two guards walked up to Gu Qing Shan.
ă The ship is about to sail, Xie Qi Ruler, the master has prepared slaughter targets for you to satisfy the activation prerequisite of your ability ăone guard told him.
âWhere are they?â Gu Qing Shan asked with interest.
ă On the ship, the kitchen ăthe guard answered.
ââŠAlrightâ
Gu Qing Shan leapt and flew towards the ship together with the guards.
âââit was a giant sailboat that lazily docked on the shore of the Chaos Demonic Sea, even without the sails it was easily as big as an entire city.
In fact, the Rusty Stain Bar, the Lava Cathedral as well as some other structures were brought in their entirety onto this ship.
And this ship was about to set off.
Before the Lord of Total Distortion gave his orders, no one would know where the ship was going to head this time.
And Gu Qing Shan didnât care that much, he simply followed the guard into the kitchen of the ship.
ă Sir Ruler, weâre here. All the sea creatures here are going to be used as food for today since weâre a bit pressed for time, please go ahead and do it as soon as you can ăthe guard told him.
Gu Qing Shan looked into the kitchen as he stood next to the guard.
An inland lake.
Indeed, the kitchen itself was a large lake that was separated from the Chaos Demonic Sea.
That way, the freshness of the cooking ingredients could be assured.
Two rows of fiends and devils arrived in front of Gu Qing Shan.
ă These are the shipâs kitchen staff ăthe guard introduced him.
âOh? Theyâre the ones responsible for everyoneâs food?â Gu Qing Shan asked, a bit interested.
ă No, they are responsible for the masterâs food, it doesnât matter whether or not the other fiends and devils eat. They wonât die of starvation by not eating for a few days anyways ăthe guard replied.
Gu Qing Shan looked at him: âYou donât eat anything either?â
The guard answered him: ă I can simply go into the ocean and catch something for myself ă
One of the chefs stepped forward: ă Sir Xie Qi Ruler, cooking was supposed to be left entirely to us, but since the master has ordered so, we will wait until you finish killing them to prepare the dishes ă
âI see, then Iâve inconvenienced you a bitâ Gu Qing Shan said apologetically.
Hearing his words, the cooksâ expressions became less grim.
Gu Qing Shan walked up to the lake and said: âSince we donât have much time, Iâll begin my work nowâ
His thoughts turned a bit.
700 flying swords appeared from the void of space behind him.
The flying swords scattered and surrounded the entire lake.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered to himself: âI never thought there would be a day when I would use a Sword Array to prepare seafoodâ
As he muttered, the Sword Array was triggered!
âŠ
Half an hour later.
The main banquet hall.
Only the most powerful evil creatures gathered here, all of them standing on either side of the Lord of Total Distortion, looking at their master with nothing but respect.
The Lord of Total Distortion himself was sitting on his throne and slowly enjoyed his meal.
A total of 935 dishes were prepared on the extremely long dining table.
The Lord of Total Distortion casually picked out the dishes he liked and enjoyed all sorts of precious delicacies.
All the evil creatures here remained completely silent, all of them were being careful not to make a single sound.
âââduring the masterâs meal, if someone dared said anything, they would be shoved directly into the walls of the cathedral.
Naturally, if that evil creature had a famously delicious delicacy on their body, that part would be removed by the chef before they get shoved into the walls.
The only one allowed to say anything was the Lord of Total Distortionâs secretary.
ă Master, it is now the time that you decided ă the secretary reminded him.
The Lord of Total Distortion paused briefly and ordered: ă Set sail ă
ă Understood ă
The secretary answered and gestured with her eyes toward one of the evil creatures.
That evil creature turned into a gust of wind and vanished from the hall.
Hoh hoh hohâââ
The sound of the howling wind bellowed.
The gigantic sails of the ship were gradually raised.
The sails quickly became inflated.
And the ship started to move.
It was like a mobile marine city.
The Lord of Total Distortion continued to enjoy his breakfast.
He suddenly recalled something and swept his gaze through the groups of evil creatures.
ă Xie Qi Ruler ăthe Lord of Total Distortion spoke.
âI am presentâ Gu Qing Shan stepped out.
ă Have you killed enough today? ă
âI have, the ability can be activated at any momentâ
ă That is good ă
The Lord of Total Distortion nodded and no longer paid any attention to Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan stepped back with a calm expression.
But he was secretly feeling a bit excited.
Indeed.
I prepared an entire lake full of seafood.
The number of Soul Points easily went past the required 100,000 so I already completed the 2nd Quest.
From now on, I can use Soul Points to advance through the realms again.
My next advancement will be the Void Wanderer realm!
That is the first realm of the Lord-class!