Chapter 1418 - Secret of the Eternal Abyss

Tick tock tick tock tick tock...

In the silent darkness, the two watches gave off a rhythmic sound of ticking.

At the moment, the surroundings were completely silent, there was nothing else in this dark tunnel, only the sound of two ticking watches continued without stopping.

The pocket watch had six scales on its clock face, depicting a total of six worlds.

On the other hand, the twelve-scale watch also had six scales that were completely black outside of the six worlds on the white portion of the clock face.

“I should have realized this sooner; these artifacts must be related somehow...”

Gu Qing Shan muttered to himself.

Suddenly, a resounding voice echoed in the darkness:

[Ally of the Grand Emperor, Advisor of the Grand Emperor, Envoy of the Grand Empress, the three of you shall learn of the Pantheon’s past, the beginning of the Era of Apocalypses...]

Gu Qing Shan suddenly looked up.

There was nothing nor anyone else in the dark tunnel.

But the entire dark tunnel was lighting up.

It glowed brighter and brighter, practically turning into a sea of light.

Lines of glowing text quickly appeared in the void of space:

[Attention!]

[The three items you’re carrying are resonating with the dark tunnel]

Gu Qing Shan replied: “I can tell”

He took off the Abyssal ring, the black watch, as well as the pocket watch, placing all three of them together.

These three items gave off a tiny ringing noise that resonated with the entire dark tunnel.

“The Abyssal ring, the Non-fusion-type World Linking Device, and the Twelve Scales Grasp of Duo-faced World’s Infinite Rejection——– what exactly is going on?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The War God UI answered: [The System does not know for sure either, but the resonance of these three artifacts seems to have activated some sort of function of the dark tunnel]

Gu Qing Shan was surprised.

Even though he had faced countless sudden and difficult situations, he still didn’t know what to prepare himself for at this moment.

The world around him scattered.

A different world appeared.

Gu Qing Shan suddenly found himself standing inside a sky-high divine palace among the clouds.

This divine palace’s structure was very familiar, almost like———

The Inner Plane.

Suddenly, the world slowly collapsed and began to shrink.

“I didn’t expect that you’d truly be able to achieve this. Conveniently, I’d be able to borrow the power of this vision to inform you a few things”

A voice spoke up.

Gu Qing Shan looked up to see a figure slowly manifesting in the dark void of space.

He stood in front of Gu Qing Shan.

Boss.

Gu Qing Shan wasn’t at all surprised and said: “You gave me the Abyssal ring from a long time ago, telling me that it was proof of my alliance with the Abyss. In other words, even back then, you’d already predicted what would happen today?”

Boss replied: “The Book of Prophesized Destiny was able to predict it somewhat, but more importantly...”

“What?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“I saw infinite potential in you. You are a being of the Samsara, yet you had a close relationship with the Awaitings, so as you grow increasingly more powerful, you would have met her sooner or later” Boss explained.

“Who is she?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

Boss replied: “You already know the answer”

After a moment of silence, Gu Qing Shan recalled the vision of the future that he saw during the Spirit Wanderer state——-

...

A woman clad in boundless starlight stood facing Xie Dao Ling.

“After countless years, I’ve finally found you. And now, you will be permanently destroyed”

After saying so, the woman attacked Xie Dao Ling.

...

——-Reneedol!

With a look of realization, Gu Qing Shan replied: “Why does she want to get rid of those from the Samsara?”

Boss explained: “Because she fears the Samsara. She was able to see things that the myriad Deities could not, so she actively attempted to destroy the Samsara. But after many years of trying, she discovered that it was impossible”

“From that point on, she began to unite the Samsara fragments for herself to use, just like with the Wraith realm”

Gu Qing Shan carefully imagined: “The Fate Corrosion was also her work”

“Indeed, the Wraith realm was under her rule and command” Boss confirmed this.

—–the entire course of events had been made clear.

Gu Qing Shan sighed, asking: “Boss, why did you appear now? To help her kill me, or to help me kill her?”

Boss didn’t give him an answer and instead spoke emotionally: “I currently... have lost all of my strength, what do you think I would be able to do now?”

“But you have the reinforcement of [Order], from this point on, you will only grow increasingly stronger” Gu Qing Shan said.

Boss smiled, then sighed: “But I will never be as strong as I used to be”

“Used to be?” Gu Qing Shan sharply asked.

“Indeed—— I think you should know what my Title is” Boss said.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “The Abyssal King, the Exiled Apostle, the Peerless Fallen One, Greatest Above the Star Crown, Great Lord of Infinite Origin”

Boss continued: “In the past, I only had a single Title, everyone hailed me as the ‘Great Lord of Infinite Origin’”

“Why did everyone call you that?”

“Because innumerable worlds were born and grew on my body, all living beings survived and enjoyed the wonders of life—— up until the day of the Reality Gate’s opening, causing the Apocalypses to pour in and destroy my body”

Gu Qing Shan was speechless.

He had thought of a certain shocking answer and calmly replied: “Don’t tell me, the Eternal Abyss was actually your previous body?”

Boss shook his head: “Of course not”

Gu Qing Shan exhaled a long sigh.

Boss continued: “It was only a part of my body”

Gu Qing Shan froze.

Usually, whenever they talked about the Eternal Abyss, Boss would always act like there was nothing worth talking about.

It was only now that Gu Qing Shan knew this incredible truth.

Boss seemed to have noticed something and continued: “There isn’t much energy left in the vision, I won’t have much time to tell you a lot of things either, so let me quickly summarize what happened in the past”

“On the day that the Reality Gate opened, I was attacked by innumerable Apocalypses, a portion of my body brought the Myriad Deities with it and escaped, creating a place of refuge, which was the Inner Plane”

“My body turned into the Eternal Abyss that protected the Inner Plane, while I underwent reincarnation through death, becoming the Grand Emperor of the Myriad Deities”

“But Reneedol was unwilling to accept that”

“Because there was a greater and nearly infinite amount of power inside my body that was left under the Pantheon[1]”

Boss pointed below their feet.

“The black part of the twelve scales are the destroyed ruins of the Pantheon”

“That portion of my body has been hidden within those scales”

Gu Qing Shan cut him off and asked: “And Reneedol has been searching for your body?”

Boss replied: “Indeed, this leftover portion of my body contains an immense power, and as she is deeply fearful of the future, she covets the power that I originally wielded”

“Gu Qing Shan, you cannot allow her to obtain my original body, otherwise, everything will truly become irreversible”

Boss sighed exhaustedly and said: “The current her... is no longer the same as the past her”

Before he even finished, Boss’ body vanished.

Gu Qing Shan found himself back inside the dark tunnel.

Complete silence, as if nothing had happened at all.

Lines of glowing text swiftly appeared on the War God UI:

[The vision’s power had been fully expended; your conversation is over]

[1] Literally, Hall of Myriad Deities