Midnight.
The grand banquet was finally over.
Even the pixies were already dead drunk, although some of them yelled out to host another banquet, their bodies were quite honestââ- as they fell to sleep right on the drinking table.
Barry stood up from the drinking bar and staggered as he walked outside.
After walking a few steps, he fully sobered up.
âHah... seems like heâs calling me...â
Barry mumbled as he flew up towards the top of one of the spires.
Two men were sitting with their backs towards him, sitting at the edge of the Spire, drinking a canned drink while watching the world below.
Gu Qing Shan.
And Boss.
Next to them, was a girl.
Ye Ru Xi.
âI heard you calling meâ Barry lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
âThatâs right, I have something I need to tell youâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
He observed the faintly glowing barrier of light right above, sensing the night breeze brushing past his cheeks while releasing his inner sight to observe the living beings of this world.
Almost everyone was asleep.
The scholars of the Spire were keeping their eyes wide open to observe the history outside the barrier.
Ye Fei Li was still throwing up in a toilet.
Zhang Ying Hao stood next to him with a bottle of water.
Laura was asleep.
After drinking, Kitty found a silent place to sit and continue writing her book.
Annaââ
Anna walked out from the shadow of the Spire towards Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan offered his hand.
Anna took it, stood next to him, and silently watched everyone.
Gu Qing Shan then started speaking: âThe previous Sacrificial Swords that I used in the war actually cost trillions of Prayers to perform, so I hope that everyone can understand very clearly. If another danger arises, even if everyone relies on me to overcome it, I wouldnât be able toâ
Following that, Gu Qing Shan explained Lady Fusiâs situation to everyone.
They all fell into thought.
Gu Qing Shan turned to Ye Ru Xi and asked: âYou are currently the strongest person among us. Can you tell us, according to what you feel, what state is [Chaos] currently in? And what state are you in?â
Ye Ru Xi replied: âAfter that battle, a majority of [Chaos]âs origin power was sucked away, so it had fallen into an unprecedentedly weakened state, the Awaitings of [Chaos] had also fallen into deep slumberâ
âComparativelyâââ
Ye Ru Xi clapped her hands.
A complete suit of armor appeared from the void of space and manifested on her body.
Her presence turned overwhelming and full of dignity.
It was now that everyone recalled, aside from Ye Fei Li, she was also a Deity of [Chaos].
ââ-as well as the strongest one.
âThe deeper they sleep, the more convenient I can borrow their powerâ
âGu Qing Shan, you saved me from my previous situationââ-â
Ye Ru Xi smiled and continued:
âBoth Anna and Kitty had treated me very well, and it has been a long time since Iâve been able to mingle with close friends like thisâ
âDonât worry, Iâll stay here and protect everyone together with youâ
Stay here and protect everyone?
Gu Qing Shan smiled but didnât give her a direct reply.
He recalled the future he had foreseen.
ââI canât remain here and do nothing.
Gu Qing Shan then spoke: âLet us talk about [Order] now, Lady Darkseaâ
[Iâm here. Gu Qing Shan, why do you still carry only the [Demon King Order] and not my [Order] as well?]
A chiming female voice resounded.
Gu Qing Shan didnât answer her and instead said: âYou can tell Barry and Boss your request, theyâll be in charge of it from now onâ
Lady Darksea replied: [Understood. Mr. Barry and Greatest Above the Star Crown, please listen to me. The [Order] is currently still in its most primitive state, in order to deal with our future battles, you will need to rally everyone in order to allow Order to quickly evolve]
Barry was surprised: âWait, you mean the current [Order] is still in a primitive state?â
[Human Regiment was always meant to be the most primitive state of this Order, the next phase of evolution would be All Races Regiment] Lady Darksea replied.
Everyone exchanged glances.
âAfter carrying [Order], my body has recovered considerablyâ Boss muttered: âââif thatâs the case, even without me saying anything, everyone will madly help you evolveâ
Barry also laughed out loud.
He openly stated: âHelping [Order] evolve is also helping ourselves. Now that everyone is in this isolated environment, itâs the perfect chance to grow stronger in every way. Once we leave, weâll be able to go directly against the Wraith realmâ
Gu Qing Shan turned to Boss and questioned: âI have something to ask, why are you so sure that the Eternal Abyss would lose the war?â
Boss replied: âItâs no secret, simply because the enemy is a Samsara worldâ
âAs you should know, the Wraith realm is part of the Samsaraââ- a world with a complete closed-cycle structure. Those Wraiths were already powerful, but if they die in battle, theyâll simply head to Huang Quan, use a secret technique to extract their living souls and put themselves into the bodies of powerful wraiths and revive againâ
Gu Qing Shan pondered a bit.
This was true.
The other party has a large Huang Quan world fragment under them, and the Deities who rule that Huang Quan fragment must obey the orders of the wraiths.
ââwhich means the wraiths can quickly be resurrected after death and get back into the fray.
Boss sighed emotionally: âThis way, the war is never going to end, the enemy will be literally endless. Never mind the current Eternal Abyss, even if the Deities of the past Inner Plane were to be resurrected, theyâd still be defeatedâ
âOther than that, they also have certain allies, for example, a world called the âTomb of Myriad Beastsâ; not to mention other secrets that the Abyss still hasnât been able to probeâ
âThatâs why, the Eternal Abyss had tried to come up with a few solutions, unfortunately, they werenât put into practice in timeâ
âSolutions? Did you already have them prepared?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âUsing the power of the Eternal Abyss, we created a group of completely new Abyssal forms, which carry the unique characteristics of the wraithsâ Boss explained.
âSo you wanted to infiltrate the enemyâs ranks?â Barry asked.
Boss nodded: âWe specifically chose a group of the most excellent members of the Abyss to use these Abyssal Forms, then did everything in our power to send them into the Wraith realm, wanting to destroy them from insideâ
âThatâs a very good ideaâ Barry praised.
âBut it was already too late. When all of us traveled to the past, the Abyss would surely not be able to endure the other partyâs attacks and had definitely awokenâ Boss sighed and said.
After a bit of silence, Gu Qing Shan said: âDestroying the Wraith realm from inside is too slow, I actually have another ideaâ
âWhat would that be?â Boss asked with intrigue.
âStealing Huang Quan!â
Gu Qing Shan elaborated: âIf we took their Huang Quan world, they would no longer have a way to continuously create more wraithsâ
Everyone was speechless.
This was a ridiculous idea, but it would ruin the most crucial part of the enemyâs forces.
Boss slowly digested Gu Qing Shanâs words and said: âSo you want to steal their Huang Quan world, then fuse it with our world?â
âThatâs right. After the previous battle, all the worlds of the past have entered my eye, so Iâm a bit confident in being able to achieve this nowâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
His left eye was flashing with the images of infinite worlds.
His two World Techniques had disappeared, but a new one was being created instead.
If that is truly possible...
But this is such a huge matter that it would surely cause the Wraith realm to retaliate in a frenzy, so a proper plan of action must be drafted first .
Not to mention the so-called âTomb of Myriad Beastsâ and the other secrets of the Samsara.
How could I stay stuck here?
âYour eyeâââ Anna worriedly said.
âItâs only temporarily blind, the pixies have prepared some medicine for me, as long as the world origin within my eye thoroughly stabilizes, Iâd be able to use it and healâ Gu Qing Shan said.
Anna calmed down.
ââafter all, the pixies were most well known for their healing treasures and offensive Quipcrafts.
Boss and Barry exchanged glances and lightly nodded.
Barry was delighted: âThat is a good solution as well, once we return to the future, weâd be able to follow this course of actionâ
Boss said: âWeâll need to defeat the Wraith realm as soon as possible. Perhaps that might put the Eternal Abyss back into slumber, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginableâ
Ye Ru Xi also said: âThen itâs decided, weâll all remain to protect this place, help [Order] evolve, as well as make the preparations for stealing Huang Quanâ
Watching everyone, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help squeezing Annaâs hand a bit tighter.
âNo, thatâs not that I meantâ
He sighed and couldnât help but say that.
What he foresaw in the future was still clear in front of his eyes.
If we continue drifting forward through the River of Time, the only outcome for the 900 million World Layers would be complete destruction.
ââ-destruction at the Wraith realmâs hands.
At that time, it would be too late to reverse the situation even if we returned.
Not to mention, the Reality Gate that would soon be broken through, the dying giant corpse, and Reneedol!
She wanted to get rid of Shifu!
Gu Qing Shan felt his heart becoming tense.
âWhatâs the matter?â Boss watched his expression and faintly noticed something wrong.
âThere are some things that must be done right away, if we wait until we return to the future, it might already be too lateâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Barry shrugged: âBut weâre currently stranded here without a way to leave this worldâ
Ye Ru Xi added: âEven if we can leave, thereâs a very real chance of being erased by the Laws of Space-Time and Fate, because everything here had already been altered, which would cause a deep influence on time...â
âThatâs true, but itâs not the absolute truthâ after saying so, Gu Qing Shan opened his hand.
Three coins silently sat in his hand.
ââthe Space-Time Divine Artifacts.
Explorer of Countless Mysteries, Distorter of History, Key of the Past, Fragment of the Travelerâs Proof, the Space-Time Coins.
These were the three true Space-Time Coins that Demon Dragon entrusted to Gu Qing Shan before his reincarnation.
Anna was unconvinced and asked: âQing Shan, are you sure you wonât be erased by the Laws of Space-Time if you leave?â
Gu Qing Shan replied: âOf course, because I do not belong to âthe past that has already occurredâ, nor am I a âliving being whose fate is being changedâ. And I donât intend to go to the futureâ
Boss pondered briefly, then asked: âThen, youâre thinking of traveling to a moment in the past?â
âThe very moment that the Wraith realm and the Eternal Abyss began their warâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Boss shook his head: âToo many things occurred all at once during that moment, each of which could easily decide the fate of all future living beings; if you go there, youâd easily distort a lot of important points in historyâ
Barry added: âIf thatâs the case, youâll be immediately erased by the Law of Fate and Law of Space-Time anywaysâ
âItâll be fineâ
Gu Qing Shan looked over everyone and came out with it all: âIâve already seen the future. That is a future that we definitely cannot accept, so I must goâ
âYou will dieâ Boss replied.
âI wonât; these three true Space-Time Coins have a unique power that will protect meâ
Finally, Gu Qing Shan embraced Anna and told everyone: âI leave this place to you all. Do not relax yourselves, keep striving to become even strongerâ
He tossed the three Space-Time Coins forward.
A brilliant and unusual light appeared from above to envelop Gu Qing Shan.
âEveryone, do your best, I would not only change a few things in the past, but also continuously move forward along the timeline, thus waiting for you all at some point in the futureâ
âAt that time, we shall stand side by side once again and eliminate our enemiesâ
Before he finished his words, the three coins had already erupted in overwhelming power fluctuations.
ââ[Distortion] had already been activated!
[Distortion: By expending an appropriate amount of Soul Points, you can become the only individual with the permission to distort history]
[Attention: You may affect or alter the course of history, but the events you alter cannot be related to your past in any way, nor can you affect any people or objects that are related to your past, or you will be erased by the combined power of the Law of Fate and Law of Time]
[Special attention: When you activate âDistortionâ, the Space-Time Coins will lose their function to travel through time, until the exact moment that you naturally arrive at the point you began traveling back through the River of Time]
In the blink of an eye, Gu Qing Shan vanished from the Spire.