Gu Qing Shan randomly tossed the jade disk to Luo Bing Li.
He walked up to a wall of the palace, sat down, yawned, and cracked his neck:
âIâve already made the [Demon King Order] evolve so many times in a row, seeing how this was going to be done soon, I wonât distract myself by doing other things so Iâll leave looking for humanityâs hidden path to you guysâ
The God of Frost and Chill stood up from his throne and spoke as Gu Qing Shan silently sent his voice: âThen what are you going to do now? Continue evolving the [Demon King Order]?â
âNo, I need to rest a bit. You should know how much work Iâve done, so I need some time to rest and prepare the [Demon King Order]âs next evolution. After that is done, if you still havenât managed to find something, Iâll join youâ
After saying so, Gu Qing Shan leaned on the wall and closed his eyes in meditation.
The God of Frost and Chill looked at him, then flashed a smile of disdain:
âHumans are truly weak creatures, you canât even handle this level of exerciseâ
Gu Qing Shan kept his eyes closed and snapped back at him: âWithout me, you wonât obtain the power of the [Demon King Order]â
âBastard, you think youâre so crucial?â the God of Frost and Chill gritted his teeth.
âSpeaking like that, do you intend to break off our treaty?â Gu Qing Shan opened one eye and scoffed.
âIf I broke off our deal, you are going to die right here and now!â the Divine King shouted in fury.
âIf you dared to try that, you will never obtain the power of the [Demon King Order]â Gu Qing Shan coldly replied.
The atmosphere became tense.
âStop!â
Luo Bing Li cut in and quickly mediated: âDonât be so rowdy, the power of the [Demon King Order] is crucial, looking into the second path that humanity prepared is also crucial, we should split up. Gu Qing Shan, you rest for now, then finish the evolution of the [Demon King Order]; leave humanityâs second path to us for now, weâll look through the phantom images within the space vortexâ
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan slowly closed his eyes in assurance.
Luo Bing Li had just expressed her stance.
This was good news.
The God of Frost and Chill sat back down again, still fuming, then suddenly turned towards the figure of light and asked: âWhat do you think?â
The figure of light went silent briefly before nodding: ă Itâs fine for us to split up, for now, we can indeed hunt two birds at once, I agree with this method ă
âThen...â the God of Frost and Chill contemplated.
ă Your Divine Majesty, you should invoke the power of the entire Divine race right now, let me lead the members of the Divine race in search of humanityâs second path ăthe figure of light offered.
âAlright, since you are the only one capable of traveling as you wish through the phantom images, weâll have to depend on youâ the God of Frost and Chill replied.
The figure of light nodded and glanced at Luo Bing Li.
Luo Bing Li triggered the jade disk.
The tunnel heading towards the space vortex opened up again.
The Strength God went out to gather the other Divinities.
A few moments later, the rest of the Divinities of the Divine race had gathered in the Grand Divine Palace.
ă Follow me ă the figure of light declared.
He went into the space vortex first.
The other Divinities quickly went after him and headed into the space vortex as well.
Luo Bing Li looked at this scene with a complicated expression.
It was only after the figure of light had gone out of sight did she turn back to look at Gu Qing Shan.
Only to see that Gu Qing Shan was leaning completely on the wall with his eyes closed, breathing in a faint and periodic manner.
He actually fell asleep.
At such a crucial moment in time, he actually went to rest.
Luo Bing Li bit her lip, feeling a bit dejected and disappointed.
From the Divine Throne, the God of Frost and Chill walked down step by step and stood in the middle of the audience hall.
This was closer to Gu Qing Shan compared to on the throne, so she would be able to protect him better.
If someone tried to charge into the audience hall, she would also be able to stop them from here.
The God of Frost and Chill glanced at Luo Bing Li and instantly noticed that she was feeling down.
Shannu thought for a bit, smiled, and spoke: âNo need to feel dejected, trust gongziâ
While maintaining the jade disk, Luo Bing Li shook her head: âThe situation is getting more and more urgent, yet your gongzi still has the time to be sleepingâ
Shannu replied: âGongzi once told me, when something happens, first you must remain still, after being still you can remain calm, after calming down you can ponder, and after pondering youâll produce results. If he can still fall asleep at this point in time, you should trust him even moreâ
Luo Bing Li carefully observed Shannuâs expression and muttered: âSo you completely trust himâ
Shannu spoke with pride: âOf course, within the quintillion worlds, no one is a match for my gongziâ
They both turned to look at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan still had his eyes closed.
He seemed to be very deep in his sleep.
At this point, the jade disk vibrated very slightly.
But when the two girls looked at it, they found that it remained still.
...
Darkness.
Boundless, endless darkness.
Gu Qing Shan felt himself being quickly pulled towards a certain direction.
During this process, he couldnât control his movements at all.
After an unknown amount of time, a ray of light abruptly appeared.
When viewing from the deep darkness, that light seemed like the opening to a tunnel or a cave.
Gu Qing Shan noticed that he was flying at full speed towards that opening.
After another unknown period of time, he gradually approached the glowing opening.
At this point, he could hear the voices of various people arriving from the other side.
âHeâs hereâ
âA human, no mistakes about itâ
âHm, it looks like there werenât any issuesâ
âPrepare to catch himâ
Following these voices, the light spread out from the opening, pierced through the darkness, and spread onto Gu Qing Shanâs body.
Being engulfed by this light, Gu Qing Shanâs flying speed slowed down.
As the light became more and more blinding, a hand abruptly appeared, caught him and pulled him in.
Heaven and earth turned upside down.
Gu Qing Shan noticed that he had just crashed straight into the ground.
Several powerful weapons that gave off an intense powerful aura were pointed at him to make sure that he couldnât move.
âWho are you?â
A voice asked.
Gu Qing Shan looked up.
Only to see the one who asked was Xie Gu Hong.
Xie Gu Hongâs gaze suggested that he did not recognize him.
Gu Qing Shan glanced around to see that there were other people standing around Xie Gu Hong, all of which were famous great cultivators in the Primordial Heaven Realm.
There are no mistakes.
During the years Gu Qing Shan cultivated in the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, he also learnt quite a bit about the cultivation world and more or less knew about these world-famous VIPs.
âMy name is Gu Qing Shanâ he replied.
âHow did you get hereâ Xie Gu Hong asked again.
Gu Qing Shan explained in more detail: âI followed the hint thatâs played when the jade disk is activatedâ
âWhich hint? And what did you understand from it?â Xie Gu Hong continued to question him.
âHe who was entrusted, if you betray the entrustment you took on, you shall never arrive at the other world and your dream would never be realizedâ
Gu Qing Shan appeared to be reminiscing:
âThese words that came out from the jade disk reminded me to think about what kind of entrustment did I take onâ
âAfter careful thinking, ever since I came into the phantom images, the most important entrustment I took on was when I turned into your disciple Shen Yangâ
Xie Gu Hong kept his eyes on him and said nothing, but his gaze was a lot less cold.
Another great cultivator next to Xie Gu Hong asked: âWhat was the entrustment you took on?â
Gu Qing Shan replied: âPalace Master Xie entrusted his daughter Xie Dao Ling to me and told me to bring her to the lower realms and take care of herâ
âAnd then what?â Xie Gu Hong followed up on his words and asked.
âThis phrase âif you betray the entrustment you took on, you shall never arrive at the other worldâ actually meant that âas long as you remember that you were entrusted with something, you would be able to reach the other worldââ
âAnd the phrase âyour dream would never be realizedâ is hinting that for all of this to happen, a dream is necessaryâ
âIf Iâm not wrong, my current location would be right inside a dream. Furthermore, a dream that no one would be able to findâ
âWhat kind of dream do you think this is?â Xie Gu Hong asked.
His swords were no longer pointing at Gu Qing Shan.
The other great cultivators had also put their weapons away.
Gu Qing Shan stood up and slowly spoke: âIf this location couldnât be found by any Divinity, evil creatures of monsters, then it would be because this place isnât anywhere in the Primordial Heaven Realm or Primordial Wraith Realm, it has already transcended these worldsâ
âAnd since the jade disk told me that I can only reach this place through a dream, the jade diskâs true purpose must be to connect my dream with another personâ
âThen, you mustâve already shown me humanityâs true preparations from very early onâ
âWhen you entrusted your daughter to me, there were countless mysterious formations arranged around the ice crystal that surrounded her, and you told me to bring her to the lower realms and take good care of herâ
âWhich means, this place should be the dream of your daughter, Xie Dao Lingâ