Cold.
Gu Qing Shan could feel himself floating.
ââ-at least, he initially felt like he was floating before gradually sinking underwater.
And he continued to sink.
Up until he reached a point so deep into the watery abyss that it never saw light.
There wasnât anything here.
Only endless suffocation and despair.
Am I going to die?
Gu Qing Shan silently felt surprised.
ââif this really the case, then the one I summoned must have not been able to heal my injuries.
Qin Xiao Lou and Li An must have been affected by the blast earlier as well.
They probably died in that attack.
Otherwise, they would have definitely tried to save me.
ââwhat a terrible situation.
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit sorrowful.
He waited for a few more moments.
Suffocating, freezing, despairing, silence.
Such feelings constantly plagued him for a long while.
Strange, if Iâm dead, why am I still here? Shouldnât I be heading into Huang Quan?
If Iâm not dead, then what am I doing here?
Gu Qing Shan felt surprised again.
As soon as that thought crossed his mind, he suddenly felt that he could now move his eyes.
So he opened his eyesâââ
Only to find a mass of stifled darkness inducing a bone-chilling coldness and profound emptiness.
Gu Qing Shan opened his mouth and tried shouting: âIs anyone here?â
No sound.
âââno sound escaped from his mouth at all.
This place seemed like a vacuum, but it also wasnât a vacuum.
His body was just floating there uncontrollably.
Suddenly.
From the distant darkness, a dim spark of light appeared.
That spark of light slowly headed towards Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan couldnât do anything except wait for the light to approach him.
And finally, it reached where he was.
A voice slowly spoke from within the dim light:
ă Gu Qing Shan, I need your help ă
Hearing the voice, Gu Qing Shan immediately recognized it.
ââthis was the Samsara Delimitation Divine Swordâs voice.
âI canât even guarantee my own safety right now, so Iâm not sure how I can help youâ Gu Qing Shan wryly said.
The Divine Sword answered: ă I need a power you possess ă
âA power I possess?â Gu Qing Shan asked with a confused tone.
ă Thatâs right, you obtained the power of a certain Sequence through the power of the Earth Godâs coin, that power has now turned into a seed that remains with you ăthe Divine Sword explained.
âAnd you want this Sequenceâs power?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
ă Thatâs right, this Sequenceâs power is very strange, it can help speed up my recoveryăthe Divine Sword answered.
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and replied: âAlright, I have more than enough abilities already, so having one more or one less isnât an issue, take itâ
ă Were you always such a generous person? ăthe Divine Sword asked.
âI should be thanking you right nowââ- both of the fragments you gave me had been very useful and helped me out plentyâ Gu Qing Shan sincerely answered.
This sword knows everything.
It has seen the Earth Godâs Coin, the Key of the Wind, and the Book of the Sea.
But it hasnât said anything about that yet.
It has even given me the powers of [Govern Spirit] and [Repel Evil].
If not for [Govern Spirit] and [Repel Evil], I wouldnât be able to avoid the Heavenly Emperorâs Miracles, not to mention accomplish many of the things that Iâve done.
I really am curious about what kind of power it would possess in its complete form.
The dim light began to grow brighter as it fully enveloped Gu Qing Shan.
The light then became so intensely bright that it gradually dispelled the darkness around him as well.
Gu Qing Shan started to feel a sense of protection.
The sensation of death had been warded away, replaced by boundless warmth and vitality that made him forget all about the pain.
Gradually, a transparent image began to appear on his back.
It was an extremely long length of ominous tubing.
The tubing was motionless, seemingly remaining in stasis as it was still inactive.
The light then began to flow more intensely.
The ominous tubing also started to lift itself up and became integrated with the boundless light, then rapidly split off into numerous tubes that appeared to extend endlessly into the void of space.
However, the warmth within the light abruptly transformed into a scorching heat as it rushed toward the tubes.
All the tubes immediately vanished.
It wasnât until a long while later that the light gradually became calm again.
At this point, the Divine Sword finally spoke again:
ă How great, so it was that Sequence⊠Iâve temporarily regained some of my power ă
ă As thanks, I believe I will be able to answer some of your questions. What do you wish to know? ă
Gu Qing Shan asked: âYour sword hiltââ I remember it becoming lost within the Tomb of Myriad Beasts, how can we find it again?â
The Divine Sword asked: ă Do you wish to help me find my hilt? ă
âThatâs right, all the Samsara Divine Artifacts have been sealed within Huang Quan, but you arenâtâââ I assume this is because youâre a broken weapon, so I want to help you find your hilt and reforge you back into one pieceâ Gu Qing Shan explained.
The Divine Sword answered: ă But I must tell you this beforehand: As a Samsara weapon, you will not be able to gain control over me and my corresponding Deific Authority unless you give up on the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and the Samsara Mountain God Deific Authority ă
Gu Qing Shan replied without hesitation: âThen forget it, I absolutely will not let her goâ
ă You should know that I am able to suppress many Apocalypses, the Deific Authority I can provide you is much higher than hers ăthe Divine Sword commented.
âThatâs not the issue, I simply wonât give up on herâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
ă Very well, then you can ask me something else ăthe Divine Sword said.
âNo, I still want you to answer my previous questionâ Gu Qing Shan said.
The Divine Sword was surprised and asked: ă If youâve already insisted on choosing the Six Paths Great Mountain sword, why would you still try to search for my sword hilt? Itâs impossible for you to become my wielder ă
âI know, but I donât want to see a sword being left in a broken state. Just being able to return you to normal is already fulfilling one of my wishesâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
ă But that wonât benefit you in any way ăthe Divine Sword refuted.
âIt certainly would notââ- but people donât do things just because it would benefit themâ after saying that, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but think back to the comrades he had fought side-by-side with up to this point.
ă Then why? ăthe Divine Sword pursued the issue.
Gu Qing Shan appeared nostalgic and answered: âBack when I received the qualifications of the Wraith realmâs Chosen Saints, a Wraith of the previous era saw the Six Paths Great Mountain sword in my hands and said that I must be a true sword cultivator to have received this swordâs recognitionâ
âAnd then it gave me the Chosen Saints qualificationsâ
âThat is simply how things are in this world, sometimes there are things that would bring us no benefit in any way, shape, or form, but it wouldnât stop us from following our will and insist on certain mattersâ
Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the bright light in the darkness and said: âYou have the capability of suppressing many Apocalypses, and have always done so, that is something that I must recognizeâ
The Divine Sword answered: ă That is simply my duty ă
Gu Qing Shan nodded and continued: âIf, in the future, you are able to find someone that you recognize and fight by their side, then they must be quite an extraordinary swordsman who would be willing to fight for the sake of living beingsâ
âââ-Iâm not trying to reforge you just for your own sake, but also for the sake of many othersâ
He chuckled, then went on: âIf I am able to meet the swordsman who is your wielder in the future, I would naturally have them invite me for a drink as payment to me for reforging youâ
âAnd Iâm more than willing to gain such a comrade-in-armsâ
Hearing him, the Divine Sword went silent.
Some images began to appear within the light.
It was the Tomb of Myriad Beasts.
The great tomb.
Deep within the great tombââââ
A single sword had been thrust into a grave on top of a river, which radiated invisible fluctuations that encompassed the entire tomb.
Within these fluctuations, none of the Apocalypses managed to escape from the confines of the great tomb.
Up until a certain moment.
It was when the people of the Wraith realm entered the great tomb.
Numerous Apocalypses were released because of them.
The sword immediately sensed this and instantly shattered itself.
The hilt floated with the waters of the river, sinking down onto the riverbed, and eventually fell into an indentation at the bottom of the river deep within the tomb.
ă Once you all have defeated the Apocalypses in the underside of the Human realm, the Human realm would be fully stabilized and begin to develop ă
ă At that point, the Beast King realm will become accessible. You must head towards this exact place at the bottom of the river within the great tomb, search for the indentation and retrieve my hilt from it ă
ă âââby the way, there is currently something unnatural that has attached itself to my hilt ă
Gu Qing Shan appeared to suddenly recall something and said: âAh thatâs right, it was a Wraith, it called itself the swordâs spiritâ
ă You can make your own judgments regarding this matter ăthe Divine Sword replied.
âHmâ Gu Qing Shan mumbled.
ă Once you manage to completely reforge me, I will reveal a few of the Samsaraâs true secrets to you ă
âSecrets?â
ă Indeed. In reality, numerous Sequences are currently after the Samsara, coveting this supreme ultimate weapon among living beings Sequences ăthe Divine Sword continued.
Gu Qing Shan sharply asked: âIf the Samsara is a living being Sequence, how could they obtain the Samsara?â
The Divine Sword explained: ă Because living beings are the most foundational type of Sequences, within which any and every Sequence would be able to obtain treasures from ă
âAnd thatâs why they want to steal the Samsara for themselves?â Gu Qing Shan followed up.
ă Correct ăthe Divine Sword paused briefly before continuing with an unsure tone: ă In truth, I understand the kind of person you are after traveling with you for such a long timeâââ otherwise, I wouldnât be telling you about this ă
âWhat are you referring to?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
ă Remember well, itâs most likely that all the Sequences have made a mistake this time ăthe Divine Sword answered.
âWhy?â
ă They failed to recognize a certain fact⊠ă
Gu Qing Shan didnât ask anything else and simply listened.
He could tell that the Divine Sword was about to reveal an incredible secret.
A secret so shocking that he couldnât maintain his calm and had to hold his breath in anticipation.
And thenâŠ
The Divine Sword continued: ă The Samsara was actually broken by the Apocalypses on purpose⊠this was because it needed an opportunity to complete its evolution ă
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
ă All the Sequences are currently waiting for the Samsara to finish evolving, going as far as planting spies within the Samsara to participate in the Samsara Clash for Supremacy ă
ă Gu Qing Shan, you should know it as well, even Apocalypse Sequences have envoys concealed inside the Samsara ă
âI doâ Gu Qing Shan nodded in confirmation.
The Divine Sword continued: ă But once the Samsara has completed its evolution, those Sequences would no longer covet it, instead, they would try to avoid it as much as possible ă
ă Remember well, you absolutely mustnât reveal this to anyone ă
Gu Qing Shan appeared confused: âBut then⊠for what reason?â
ă Because fear ăthe Divine Sword was clearly trying to say as little as possible.
As if he had just been struck, Gu Qing Shan became frozen stiff.
Various mysteries appeared in his mind one after another, many dots began to connect, and many questions were being answered.
The Divine Sword paused briefly before continuing: ă Keep this in mind, this secret absolutely mustnât be arbitrarily spoken of, you cannot tell it to any living being, or even to any realms, just know that if you reveal it, the Samsara would not be happy ă
ă Child of Apocalypse and living beings, inheritor of the Heaven realmâs Dharma, Death God from the Age of Immemorial, Blessed of the Saint Realm, Successor of the Final Dance, Gu Qing Shanââ- ă
ă Are we clear? ă