Everyone was stating their desires.
âI want to approach that human Duke and ask him what he did to get appointed as a noble of the Bramble Bird Kingdomâ
âI want more wealthâ
âI love the Bramble Bird Kingdom, after the ceremony is over, I will stay here without leavingâ
âI want to see Lauraâ
At the venue of the grand ceremony, the countless guests all stated their desires.
Within the infinite worlds.
Those who heard the music or saw Gu Qing Shanâs group dancing were also openly stating their wishes.
âI donât want to work today, the Apocalypse is already approaching, I want to play gamesâ
âWhat kind of woman does this human Duke like?â
âThe Apocalypse is too terrifying; I want to take my vengeance before the Apocalypse arrivesâ
âLady, it really wasnât me last nightâ
âWhen will my book become popularâ
âDoes he love me or not? I truly want to knowâ
...
Countless wishes and desires were being said out loud by all living beings.
Billions of worlds, countless living beings.
At this time, they were expressing the biggest desires in their heart.
Watching this strange scene, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but ask in a low voice: âWhat exactly is going on?â
Him, Ye Fei Li, and Zhang Ying Hao were standing in place, slowly tapping to the beat.
Since there was a break in the dance steps, he had some time to ask what was happening.
Soon enough, the bald old manâs voice sounded in his mind:
[As youâve successfully performed the second stage of the Living Being Ritual Dance, you are qualified to know a few things]
Gu Qing Shan felt a flash in between his eyebrows as something entered his Thought Sea.
Oomââ
Countless mixed and complicated information appeared in Gu Qing Shanâs mind.
A magnificent, unprecedented scene unfolded before him, displaying the beginning of the Bygone Era.
Within the silent darkness, countless blazing suns were swiftly moving forward.
They went through an indescribable barrier, crossed an unfathomable desolation, arriving at the space vortex from an extremely faraway place.
Indeed, in the beginning, there were no worlds, only the space vortex.
These suns finally settled down after flying for a long while.
The light around them scattered.
Gu Qing Shan could finally see what the âsunsâ truly were.
Each of these âsunsâ was an indescribably gigantic metal ship, even the smallest one was comparable to an Abyssal Behemothââ or perhaps slightly bigger than one.
Inside the command center of one ship, Gu Qing Shan saw the bald old man.
This strongest human Combatant of the Bygone Era was giving his order to the entire fleet:
âOn my order; status reportâ
[Yes sir!]
The sound of various reports resounded within the command center of the ship:
[Fleet casualty reached 79%]
[Successfully penetrated the parallel barrier]
[All fuel has basically been used up]
[Through analysis of the final fluctuations from the background, it can be confirmed that our original reality has been completely destroyed]
[Current environment: unknown parallel world]
Hearing the reports, the bald old man asked: âDo we have any loss of stockpiled species biomass material?â
[Sir, we have a loss factor of 21.793%]
Hearing that, the bald old manâs expression became a bit relaxed.
âThatâs good, as long as the species remain, we can continue to breed and multiply, there is still hopeâ
He muttered.
The scene suddenly faded.
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses.
He noticed that only a split second had passed.
His surroundings seemed to have been affected by some sort of magic.
The flow of time was incredibly slow.
Everyone had fallen into their own thoughts, unable to escape for the time being.
Gu Qing Shan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
It couldnât be helped, what he just saw was too shocking.
[Did you see it?]
The bald old man asked.
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded and muttered: âI saw that this place was originally an endless space vortex, while all the living beings that prospered within it arrived from the place you call homeâââ a certain destroyed parallel worldâ
[Indeed, this is the answer] the bald old man said.
âBut there was a problemâ Gu Qing Shan said, âWhy did you not run to the next parallel world and instead stopped in the space vortex?â
The bald old man replied: [Our ships ran out of fuel]
Gu Qing Shan said: âI trust that with your capabilities, you wouldâve been able to somehow replenish fuel for your shipsâ
The bald old man answered him: [It wasnât as simple as you think, this place was an endless void between parallel worldsââ- before this, weâve never traveled to a parallel world, only when we were forced to run by the threat of destruction did we have no choice but to make this trip]
[In truth, we did not know how to escape from this space vortex, we did not have a way to travel to another parallel world]
Gu Qing Shan shook his head: âBut since you made it here, from a logical standpoint, there must be a parallel world similar to this one, how could you have not found any clues at all?â
[Many of us dedicated ourselves to studying nothing but Space-Time and the void for generations, the more we studied, the more truths and secrets we encountered, many of us became truly madââ the greatness of Space-Time was truly a bottomless depth] the bald old man explained.
Gu Qing Shan immediately asked: âAnd then, you found out about the Reality Gate inside the Eternal Abyss. You assumed that the gate was a path, a way out, so you left this place and went through the gateâ
[Indeed] the bald old man sighed, [This void was too dangerous, not only there existed the Eternal Abyss, the Space-Time Mystery Nest, the unending abyss of broken worlds, but there were also various terrifying entities that we couldnât explainââ- we had to leave this place as soon as we were able to]
âBut what do these matters of the Bygone Era have to do with the Dance weâre currently performing?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
The bald old manâs expression turned very serious.
[Gu Qing Shan, do you believe in God?]
âI think that is nothing but a term that refer to entities more powerful than a certain degreeâ
The bald old man chuckled.
[It was only before the true meâs death that I made the decision to pass this Dance down]
[This Dance was the greatest discovery we found in this void]
[This Dance was able to awaken some sort of powerââ an unstoppable power that weâve never came into contact with before]
[But up to now, no one had been able to perform this Dance to the final stage, myself included]
âDidnât you say that there were 9 stages of the Dance that you would teach me?â
[I can only guide you to the second stage, from the third stage onwards, you will need to be bestowed the corresponding dance steps by that power, each stage is the same]
Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but voice the question he wanted to ask most: âWait a minute, then why did you have to do all of this?â
[Because, in the end, all of you are lifeforms that our world nurtured and created, our brethren and kin, I had to leave something for you]
The old manâs voice carried a bit of warmth: [I truly believe that a person whoâs willing to sacrifice themselves to kill the Demon Dragon would not be some sort of villainââ after all, during our era, no one had dared to attempt it at all]
âI understand, in other wordsââ- the existence of this Dance isnât purely to stop the power of the Demon Dragon?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Do not underestimate it. Stopping the power of the Demon Dragon is nothing but a small side effect of the Dance] the bald old man informed him.
He seemed to have more to say, but stopped himself.
[Look, itâs coming!]
The bald old man shouted.
Gu Qing Shan quickly looked up.
In the anticipation of both him and the old man, while everyone was still stuck in a state of blankness, a new change occurred at the venue of the ceremony.
The Divinities in the sky were all gently lowered to the ground.
An invisible entity appeared.
Although he couldnât see it, Gu Qing Shan could feel this invisible entity very clearly.
He felt as if he was standing in front of boundless scorching light.
All of a sudden, where the invisible entity was, a hoarse, dry female voice slowly sounded:
ă...The Ritual Dance... regretful... this much Prayers... is still lacking...ă
Hearing that, the bald old man panicked.
He suddenly flew out from Gu Qing Shanâs eyebrows, faithfully knelt on one knee and spoke:
[Regardless, I beg that you grant the performer of this Ritual Dance a faint hope]
[He is nothing but a normal and ordinary living being, without your protection and guidance, he would never be able to continue passing the Ritual Dance down]
The bald old man prostrated himself.
Silence.
ă Normal... and ordinary? ă
The hoarse female voice sounded again.
Apparently, she didnât agree with this description.
ă Your understanding of him is too shallow, but... the Ritual Dance truly does need to be passed down again... very well ă
After saying so, the female voice disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan could clearly sense that the invisible entity had disappeared from the void of space.
That entity had truly left.
At the same time, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[You have been bestowed the third stage of the Living Being Sacrificial Dance]
[Due to your unique identity, your third stage of the Ritual Dance is different from others]
[Youâve obtained the Four Pillars Ritual]
[You have inherited the Dance of the Earth God]