Looking at the Cards in front of him, Gu Qing Shan took a deep breath to calm himself down.
He separated the four Cards that represented Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind from one another and placed them into a line together with the Inner Plane Cards.
Then he closed his eyes to adjust his breathing.
A few moments later.
Once Gu Qing Shan felt that he had adjusted his state to its peak, he reached his hands out and began fusing the Cards.
First, create a foundation for the world with the Elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.
He swiftly placed the four Cards together.
This time, the Cards obediently did as he wanted and projected the scene forming the foundation of a world.
Gu Qing Shan then picked up another card and put it on top.
ââ-this was the [Mind Creation] Unique Card.
This Card would allow Gu Qing Shan to shape the world according to his thoughts.
After this, Gu Qing Shan picked up two more Cards.
Since he wanted the world with an ability to shift between being an illusion and reality, he put both the [Illusory Dream] and [Eye of Reality] Cards together.
As he placed these two Cards on top, the faintly glowing world began to manifest various different images.
The illusory and real-world had been created.
Gu Qing Shan picked up another Card.
âââ-[Observer of Illusion]
This Card would allow him to observe another person, while also allowing others to feel the illusion and reality that he created.
When everything could be seen and felt, he would be able to pull others into his world or accompany them.
Which would require the power of [The Weaveâs Embrace] Card.
Gu Qing Shan swiftly put all these Cards together.
Under his control, the Cards perfectly harmonized and slowly formed the scene of a certain world.
ââthe Suspended world.
As Gu Qing Shan looked at the Suspended world, his thoughts turned.
The world abruptly changed and turned into the Aboul resort hotel.
Gu Qing Shanâs thoughts turned again.
Following his mind, the world changed into the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace.
Success!
Gu Qing Shan slightly gasped.
âââa world created from only Unique Cards, it should be exceptionally rare even within the 900 million World Layers.
And now, I can proceed to the final step.
The final stepââ
Gu Qing Shan held his breath and stared at the projection of the world created from Cards.
Under his gaze, the entire world abruptly vanished.
Lines of glowing text swiftly appeared on the War God UI:
[You have created a world using Cards from the Inner Plane]
[You have fused this world together with your Iris Sword and created a small Inner Plane world with its complete set of Laws]
[Your Iris Sword technique has been changed]
[You have created an entirely new World Technique, please name this technique]
Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but ask: âArenât there any descriptions of this eye technique?â
A small line of text appeared on the War God UI:
[This is a technique you created, and you donât even know?]
Gu Qing Shan answered very seriously: âCard fusion is supposed to have infinite possibilities, so I really have no idea what kind of technique this isâ
Another line of text popped up on the War God UI:
[God knows what kind of ability you created, Iâve never seen the creation of a World Technique like this beforeââ- you canât expect me to fully understand a newly created technique that had never existed before]
Gu Qing Shan fell silent.
This was a World Technique created using my identity as the Envoy of Condemnation, several Inner Plane Cards as the basis of Law, combined with my [True Soul Clearing Eyes].
ââ-although I know every step of the process, I still donât understand what kind of ability Iâve actually created.
Not even the War God System knows.
âHey, canât you at least give me a hint?â Gu Qing Shan complained.
Another line of text popped up on the War God UI:
[You will need to experiment with and grasp this ability on your ownââ- also, you need to give this World Technique a name, I must preserve it in the data]
After this line of text appeared, regardless of how Gu Qing Shan asked, the War God UI ignored him.
Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but sigh and muttered to himself: âHow am I supposed to name an ability that I canât even be sure what it does?â
He took out a spirit energy replenishment pill, swallowed it, and began meditating again.
ââ-when he escaped from the Measure Tribulation, he used the Heaven sword to knock his own cultivation back down to Three Thousand Worlds realm early stage.
And now, I need to quickly remedy that!
Following this, Gu Qing Shan was fully immersed in advancing his cultivation, when it was time for dinner, he had already reached Three Thousand Worlds realm middle stage again.
ââ-after all, he had already gone through this process once, there was nothing else for him to comprehend, so all he needed to do was gather and grow his spirit energy reserve.
When he reached Three Thousand Worlds realm middle stage, Gu Qing Shan stopped.
I need to be as careful as I can, no need to advance through my cultivation too rapidly, otherwise, there might be some issues with an unstable foundation.
After all, the Measure Tribulation is still terrifying as it normally is.
Gu Qing Shan stood up, walked to the side of the shipâs deck, and looked out towards the endless space vortex.
All sorts of lifeforms and creatures were moving back and forth within the void.
As the Apocalypse approached, the void was becoming more and more lively.
At this point, Laura called out to him from behind:
âGu Qing Shan, I received some newsâ
Gu Qing Shan turned around.
Only to see that Laura and Lin had gone to the deck of the ship, currently heading towards him.
âWhat news?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âItâs about the real Ye Fei Liââ- my subordinates discovered some traces of his activitiesâ Laura said with a strange look on her face.
âThatâs strange, he should be back in my homeworld right now, how did your people find him?â Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
Laura then explained what happened to Ye Fei Li.
In truth, there was essentially nothing in the 900 million World Layers that could be hidden from the mighty Bramble Bird royal family.
Information brokerage had always been a profitable business.
And the one thing that the Bramble Birds never lacked was money.
Hearing Lauraâs explanation, Gu Qing Shan smiled: âItâs good that he came. Get your people to escort him to the Bramble Bird Kingdom, itâll be better for us to meet upââ- Iâm guessing that Zhang Ying Hao would also soon arrive after he receives news of thisâ
âAre they both your friends?â
âThey are, they are also great comrades to have, both went through a lot of things with meâ
âIf thatâs the case, Iâll have it arrangedâ saying so, Laura went back down into the shipâs cabin.
Gu Qing Shan was in a good mood.
If Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li can fight alongside me again, my pressure would greatly decrease.
Who doesnât hope that they have a few trustworthy comrades by their side?
At this point, Gu Qing Shan noticed Linâs complexion was a bit off.
She seems to be reminiscing about something, while her expression remained calm as always, her eyes showed a hint of sorrow.
Gu Qing Shan looked straight at Linâs eyes, wanting to say something to distract her.
Then, Gu Qing Shan suddenly felt something.
âââa certain thought that wasnât his appeared in his mind.
At the same time, the newly created World Technique that hadnât shown any effects up to now could be activated!
Was it because Iâm facing Linâs eyes and it accomplished a certain prerequisite that I could activate this technique?
Gu Qing Shan silently thought to himself.
This was a good chance to test this ability out.
He couldnât help but activate this ability and begin the next step of the World Techniqueâââ conversion between illusion and reality.
A flash.
Lin, the ship, the space vortex, everything vanished from Gu Qing Shanâs eyes.
The world had receded away from him.
Emptiness.
And then a world abruptly manifested in front of him without reason or warning.
The sky was burning red.
Billowing smoke was rising far above.
The ground was constantly moving as if it was some sort of living creature.
Gu Qing Shan sensed something and turned his gaze not too far away, immediately noticing Lin.
Lin was wearing a suit of broken armor, kneeling down by a dying girl.
There were corpses all around them.
Human corpses.
âI beg you, please donât die. Endure just a bit longer, the warp tunnel will open very soonâ Lin hugged the girl tightly, suppressed her emotions, and begged her in a tiny voice.
Tears were constantly flowing down her face.
The girl struggled to raise her hand and wiped the tears from Linâs cheeks.
âItâs useless. Weâre all going to die, only you managed to adapt to the Abyss, so you will be able to liveâ
The girl showed a crude smile and spoke.
Lin couldnât hold her tears back any longer.
âThis was all because of me, this was because I brought all of you hereâ she was sobbing.
Saying so, she took out a dagger, wanting to stab her own heart.
The dying girl used the last of her strength to catch Linâs hand.
âDonât blame yourself... Lin. Promise me, donât try to kill yourself, you must persevereâ
The girl spat out some blood and continued: âLin, if youâre also dead, then our deaths here would have been completely meaninglessâ
âLive... for the rest of... us... Liveâ
The girlâs voice slowly weakened.
She was dead.
Lin sat there, frozen for a long while until she abruptly looked up and screamed: âAaaAaAAaaAAH!!!!â
Tears of blood were flowing from her eyes.
Clusters of inexplicable presence gathered from all around, seeping into her body.
Her body slowly began to change.
She had turned into a half-human, half-spider monster!
âI cannot die! I will avenge everyone!â
The world was filled with her cries of despair.
Gu Qing Shan was shocked to witness everything, but before he could reactââ-
The Abyssal Lin, the scattered corpses, the unknown world, everything vanished from his eyes.
He had instantly returned to his original location.
Gu Qing Shan noticed that he was still standing on the deck of the sail ship, looking at Lin.
As if nothing had changed at all.
Gu Qing Shan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and carefully sensed his surroundings.
Indeed, this is the real world.
It seemed that barely even the blink of an eye had passed.
So what happened just now?
Did I just catch a glimpse of Linâs thoughts, turn it into my own, and manifested it?
What kind of World Technique is this!!!?
No, letâs calm down first.
Calm down.
Succeeding a single time doesnât mean anything.
To fully understand what this World Technique could do, I have to try it out a few more times...
At this point, Lin noticed his gaze and asked: âLooking at me like that, do you have something to tell me?â
âNo, Iâm just thinking that you look like you were concerned about somethingâ Gu Qing Shan replied without changing his expression.
âThere werenât any concerns, I was just thinking about something in the pastâ
Lin calmly answered him.
Gu Qing Shan paused briefly, then tried asking her: âIf itâs all in the past, why not let it go?â
Lin looked at him and shook her head: âBut there are some things that simply canât be let go. Theyâll always linger in your mind and your heart of your every waking moment, because you know that forgetting them means betraying your own pastâ
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
Lin walked alone to the rails of on the front of the ship, leaned on it, and watched the endless void outside.
She appeared incredibly lonely.