Gu Qing Shan sat on top of the cliff looking down towards endless darkness.
ââ-this was a completely barren and desolate world, other than the space vortex in every direction, there were only layers upon layers of mysterious runes that occasionally glowed in the darkness.
Isolation runes.
This entire world was in a state of isolation.
Xiao Die stood behind him, explaining: âThis is a Cultivation-type world in our Ominous Demon Towerâs possession, while there are no longer any people here, the worldâs Origin remainsâ
Gu Qing Shan said: âThank you for lending me this worldâ
Xiao Die nodded: âThen I wonât bother you any longer, seize your time and advanceââ there wouldnât be any environment that is perfectly safe like this once youâve arrived in the Wraith realmâ
âYeah, Iâll do my bestâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Xiao Dieâs figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.
She had left.
The only person left in this world was Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan took out a cushion, laid it out on the floor, and silently pondered as he sat on it.
It was fortunate that he obtained Fei Yueâs jade tag as well; since the City Lordâs manor had a collection of cultivation scriptures which was a lot more complete compared to many of the Cultivation-type worlds he had gotten into contact with.
It was only now that Gu Qing Shan had a clear understanding of the breakthrough to the Star River Saint realm.
To achieve this cultivation realm, three conditions were necessary.
Firstly, the cultivatorâs total spirit energy reservoir must be twice as much compared to that of Sumeru Lord realm.
The more spirit energy one had, the more powerful techniques one would be capable of unleashing, so this improvement in total spirit energy reserve was the most basic requirement.
Gu Qing Shan silently circulated his spirit energy and soon arrived at an answer.
ââ-thanks to his battles in the Saint Spirit world, he was able to bask in that worldâs powerful Origin power and collected just about enough spirit energy.
As long as he continued to cultivate normally for about ten days, he would be able to reach the required spirit energy limit.
However, just having the spirit energy wasnât enough, a second condition must also be fulfilled.
ââthat was to have a Samsara inheritance.
The Samsara had numerous inheritances, as many as stars in the sky, so as long as one was able to obtain a single one among them, they would be able to trigger the power of the inheritance itself and aid in the process of breaking through.
Other Cultivation-type worlds also had access to Samsara inheritances, but those inheritances were mostly normal, not powerful like the Tomb of Myriad Beasts to the point that the wraiths wanted them, nor did they hide any risks of being taken over by other entities.
Gu Qing Shan was silently glad about his trip to the Tomb of Myriad Beasts.
In that place, he obtained the Samsara inheritance: [Ethereal].
This inheritance seemed to have been the strongest one among the top-level inheritances in the great tomb.
According to the War God UIâs notifications, this inheritance even represented a kind of identity that would allow him to participate in the Samsara Clash for Supremacy.
With both spirit energy and inheritance ready, there was only one final requirement for breaking through to Star River Saint.
Saint Selection.
The description for this was quite simple, it only consisted of one sentence:
To choose a suitable realm as your path.
There was also a detailed note following that:
[All powerful Cultivation-type worlds know about the importance of Saint Selection. Most choose the Heaven realm or the Beast King realm; because according to legends, the Heaven realm was the most powerful; while in reality, the Beast King realm had the highest rate of fusion, which benefited a Star River Saintâs enlightenment]
Recalling the words on the jade tag, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but sigh.
He waved his hand, summoning the Chao Yin sword, Earth sword, and Six Paths Great Mountain sword from the void of space.
âGongzi, why did you summon us?â Shannu asked.
Gu Qing Shan said: âI have something that I need your suggestions withâ
ă Go ahead ăthe Earth sword said.
Gu Qing Shan paused a bit, then said: âAmong the realms of the Samsara, if I had to choose one of them, which one do you think I should choose?â
The Earth sword replied: ă That would depend on what youâre choosing the realms for ă
âWhat do you mean?â
ă If you want to drink away your days, pick up girls, and generally enjoy yourself, then the Human realm with all its hustle and bustle would definitely fit you best ăthe Earth sword replied.
âI also need a realm that can represent the path that I chooseâ Gu Qing Shan said.
âGongzi, then you definitely need to pick the Heaven realm. Youâve seen a few Immortal Crafts and even experienced the extent of these techniquesâ power; the Heaven realm is surely the most powerful oneâ Shannu suggested.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then said: âSpeaking of which, after travelling to so many worlds, weâve only seen the Samsara of my homeworld to be near-perfectâ
ă Indeed ăthe Earth sword affirmed him, ă Your homeworld also had a Wraith realm of its own, although those wraiths were feeble and weak, they were still true Wraiths ă
âBut the residents of your homeworldâs Heaven realm were the descendants of the Inner Planeâs Deities, which is highly unusualâ Shannu added.
âAccording to the records of the jade tag, the Heaven realm of every Samsara world was empty, those Demis most likely took residence there later onâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
The Earth sword also said: ă The only residence of the Tomb of Myriad Beasts were also humans, there werenât any truly powerful beasts or animals ă
Gu Qing Shan followed up: âThe Wraith realm also had nothing but humans, there arenât any true Wraiths thereâ
Shannu suddenly commented: âBut the Huang Quan realm had real dead people, Hell, the Forgetting River, and the Grand Tie Wei Mountain, it was not that different from a real Huang Quan realmâ
Gu Qing Shan was slightly startled.
âThatâs true...â he muttered, âOther than Huang Quan, we actually donât understand the other Samsara worlds very well eitherâ
Tapping his Inventory Bag, Gu Qing Shan took out the Devil King Warden Rod.
He lightly stroked this scepter and muttered to himself: âFor some reason, while Iâm thinking about choosing a Samsara realm, only when thinking of the Huang Quan realm would I feel a bit at easeâ
ă So you donât intend to choose other realms? ăthe Earth sword asked.
âRightâ Gu Qing Shan slowly made his decision: âI have the Deific Authority of the Huang Quan Devil King, as well as the Divine Sword representing the grand mountain encompassing the Samsara, both of these are powers of Huang Quanâ
âThen, does gongzi intend to choose Huang Quan?â Shannu asked.
Gu Qing Shan fell silent.
Countless years ago, the Samsara was broken apart.
Either by the Apocalypse or something else entirely, something had still managed to destroy the entire Samsara, causing its countless fragments to scatter into the space vortex.
ââwait, no.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly narrowed his eyes as a different aura rose from his body.
He had been so busy dealing with one situation after another, it was only now that he had the chance to silently ponder everything over again.
He noticed a discrepancy.
The Wraith realm had destroyed many parallel worlds to use Fate Corrosion as a means to attack the Eternal Abyss.
â-could the fragments of the Samsara have actually spread throughout numerous parallel worlds instead?
After all, the parallel worlds were only a âmasqueradeâ.
Taking it one step further, would many of the Samsaraâs secrets be hidden within parallel worlds as well?
The Tomb of Myriad Beasts claimed that they had fused 99% of the Beast King realmâs fragments, but what emerged from it was a large tomb.
Could it beââ
They had actually only managed to fuse the majority of the Beast King realmâs fragments from this parallel world?
While there were actually numerous other fragments still hidden in other parallel worlds?
The real clue to answer this would be that great tomb.
But the great tomb is currently hiding many Apocalypse, temporarily sealed away by the Wraith artifact spirit, while the Delimitation Divine Sword has been completely broken and brought back to the Wraith realm.
To find the truth of it all, I need to head into the Wraith realm and find that Delimitation Divine Sword.
Other than thatââ
If the Tomb of Myriad Beasts themselves donât fully understand the secrets of the Beast King realm, how could someone else from another realm understand?
Itâs simply impossible.
The results of this would be that many cultivators who choose the Beast King realm during their Saint Selection were also completely blind.
The Beast King realm they know of was actually only the Beast King realm that humans reside in, not the true Beast King realm.
If I were to choose the beast King realm, even if I manage to complete the Saint Selection, I would be going the long way due to ignorance just like many others.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head.
If I hadnât discovered the truth of Tomb of Myriad Beasts, I might have chosen this realm as well.
ââin reality, after comparing the six realms to one another, the one I understand the most relatively would still be the Huang Quan realm.
âIâve decided, Iâll choose the Huang Quan realmâ Gu Qing Shan said.
âItâs fine as long as gongzi is the one who made the decisionâ Shannu said.
ă Then prepare to break through, weâll remain cautious and guard your surroundings ăthe Earth sword said.
Oong!
The Chao Yin sword vibrated.
Gu Qing Shan nodded, then closed his eyes and began to accumulate his spirit energy
His breathing gradually became lighter, until it completely faded away.
ââten days.
Iâll need only ten days to complete this process and begin breaking through to Star River Saint realm.
...
At another location.
In the normal flow of time.
In the middle of a vast palace structure covered by fog and mist.
Xie Dao Ling stood under a garden of peaches, her hand lifting six transparent crystal beads.
Staring at the six beads, she muttered:
âHeaven, Human, Asura, Animal, Wraith, Huang Quan, six realms in total...â
âFour among them do not fit meâ
She took away four beads, leaving only two in her hand.
One as pristine as white jade, one as translucent as mist.
âHeaven is the strongest, while Huang Quan is undefeatedâ
Xie Dao Lingâs gaze fell onto the translucent bead, hesitated briefly, then muttered: âQing Shan has the proof of the Huang Quan Devil King, most likely he will walk this pathâ
She put the translucent bead away as well.
At this point, only the pristine jade bead remained in her hand.
âThen for Saint Selection, I shall choose the Heaven realmâ