Chapter 764: Abrupt Change

When Gu Qing Shan left.

The Xie Qi Fiend Realm.

The battle in the sky continued.

But the Golden Flame Divinity had already scanned the entire Xie Qi Fiend Realm once.

There were no humans here.

If this was humanity’s age of prosperity and they were in the Primordial Heaven Realm, he would’ve had a lot of trouble finding Gu Qing Shan.

But now that Gu Qing Shan was the only human cultivator left in the thousands of fragments of the Primordial Wraith Realm, he was basically a diamond in a pile of coal, both eye-catching and easily identifiable.

The Golden Flame Divinity could easily find Gu Qing Shan through sensing even the tiniest bit of spirit energy waves unique to cultivators.

But he didn’t sense any of that.

The Golden Flame Divinity fell into thought and gestured to the figure of light.

The Divinities backed off.

And then, they gradually retreated from the Xie Qi Fiend Realm while pus.h.i.+ng the Fiend King back.

The name of the Xie Qi Fiend King who forced Divinities out of his world became widely known across the Primordial Wraith Realm from this day onwards.

…

After he returned to the Primordial Heaven Realm, the Golden Flame Divinity took out the Desolate coin again.

Seeing that, the figure of light told him: 「 The coin has brought you through two consecutive phantom image warps, it’ll be unusable for a while 」

The Golden Flame Divinity grunted in frustration.

Just where did Gu Qing Shan go?

Did he leave the Xie Qi Fiend Realm and traveled to another fragment of the Primordial Wraith Realm?

Or did he leave this phantom image?

There are countless phantom images, and thousands of Wraith Realms.

Neither of these situations makes it easy to find him.

At this point, the figure of light spoke up: 「 You can go back now, there is no need to stay here 」

「 But why? I still haven’t killed him yet 」the Golden Flame Divinity asked.

「 You do not need to kill him, leave the rest to me 」

「 Do you have any good ideas? 」

The figure of light replied: 「 In the Age of Old, we are not sure what humanity did during its last few moments, but we know that these phantom images were created in order to hide something 」

「 Because of this, even if we do not know where humanity left the final step, we have been able to locate a few unique phantom images that contain crucial steps necessary for the completion of their plan 」

「 And so, we have arranged the preparation to completely destroy all of those unique phantom images 」

「 At this point, if we have no way to detect where that human went, or pry the secret of the final struggle of humanity from him, then we will simply activate what we prepared and destroy those phantom images right now 」

「 Even though we wouldn’t be able to find out what that secret is, that cultivator you are pursuing will similarly be unable to arrive at the final secret 」

「 This matter will be stopped right here 」

Hearing that, the Golden Flame Divinity nodded.

If I can’t locate Gu Qing Shan, this truly is the best choice.

As long as Gu Qing Shan doesn’t arrive at the final step, everything that follows will also not happen.

After a few moments of silence, the Golden Flame Divinity said: 「 If that’s the case, I’m relieved. Then I will wait here for a while longer until the coin can be used again 」

The figure of light asked: 「 Do you still intend to kill him? 」

「 Hm, that is my mission. The only difference now is that I no longer have to be in so much of a hurry anymore 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.

「 Very well, I will leave first. I need to trigger the destruction of those unique phantom images 」the figure of light said.

「 That would be best, the future of our Divine race will also be a.s.sured this way 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.

The figure of light nodded and disappeared without a trace.

…

On another side.

Gu Qing Shan was traveling through the void.

This was an area of chaotic time and s.p.a.ce with countless phantom images from the Age of Old occasionally showing up within the endless void.

Gu Qing Shan got close to touching some of them a few times.

If he did, he would arrive at the era within that phantom image.

Fortunately, the jade disk always managed to control his flight in time and lead him along a complicated path towards a determined destination.

Finally, he arrived at the next phantom image.

Gu Qing Shan appeared within a library full of jade tags.

As soon as he appeared, someone pulled him quickly out of the room.

Gu Qing Shan said nothing and just looked at the other party.

This was a disciple of the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, he was wearing the most common type of disciple garment and shouting while running: “Hurry! The disciple compet.i.tion is about to begin, you’ve already signed up so why were you standing blankly in the library?”

Gu Qing Shan smiled: “I suddenly recalled a spell that might have been useful, so I went to the library to check it out”

The other disciple sighed: “I really have nothing to say to you. Hurry up, your turn is coming up soon”

“Alright” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The two of them continued to fly until they reached a large plaza.

Not too far away, a raised platform could be seen in the middle of the plaza.

There were cultivators standing on the plaza, currently fighting with various spells.

Several great cultivators hovered in the sky, observing the disciples’ compet.i.tion below.

All the peak masters were here.

Gu Qing Shan’s gaze pa.s.sed through every peak master.

Then his eyes met the eyes of the Fine Sound peak master, Luo Bing Li.

Luo Bing Li nodded.

And her sent voice followed.

“Well done, you were able to breakthrough Radiant Soul and reach Void Beholder in the previous phantom image. Your chances of surviving through this phantom image will be greatly improved”

“What’s going to happen here?” Gu Qing Shan asked through his inner sight.

Luo Bing Li replied: “During this era, the Desolate monsters will attempt their very first large-scale invasion. The damage and destruction they caused to humanity was immeasurable, countless cultivators would be eaten, countless sects would be destroyed”

“What is my goal for coming here?” Gu Qing Shan continued to ask.

“A certain Desolate Lord appeared in this invasion, carrying with it a unique Desolate coin. And it will be slain during this war”

“That unique Desolate coin it carries contained some sort of power that could suppress the powers of Divinities”

“In history, not too long after this coin appeared, it was taken away by the Divinities”

“You must show extreme excellence during this war, that way, at the moment that the Desolate Lord is slain, you will be able to take the coin without any interruptions or objections. I will also help you stop the interference of others”

Gu Qing Shan summarized: “Which means I will need to leave immediately after I obtain the coin?”

Luo Bing Li replied: “Correct, that coin is too important, once you obtain it, you have to leave immediately!”

“How will I leave this phantom image?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Take this jade disk, when you want to leave, use spirit energy to activate it”

Gu Qing Shan felt something appear in his hand.

As he looked down, he found it that it was a jade disk.

The jade disk wasn’t at all different from the others he had obtained, the only difference was the engraving at the center: [Zhen Sui]

As he put it away, the jade disk immediately attached itself to the other jade disks.

At the same time, lines of glowing text appeared on the War G.o.d UI.

[You’ve obtained a central unit of the jade disk, the System can now display its information]

[Item name: Heaven Realm Rotation Jade Disk (incomplete)]

[Grade: Unique item]

[Doomsday Chronicles: This item is a secret among secrets, the fruits of human cultivators’ greatest intelligence, it has never been seen by the public]

[War G.o.d Skills: From this point onwards, you will be able to learn how to create a Heaven Realm Rotation Jade Disk]

Gu Qing Shan didn’t pay much attention after he finished reading the text.

He put everything away and asked: “When will the Desolate monsters invade?”

Luo Bing Li replied: “It should be right about now”

Boom!

The sound of huge explosions broke out from every direction.

The ground and mountains trembled.

Countless fearful and desperate screams rang out.

The sun in the sky disappeared.

The world was plunged into darkness.

“What happened?” the Perching Cloud peak master solemnly asked.

“The sect master isn’t here, let us go check it together” Luo Bing Li suggested.

The other peak masters nodded.

“The compet.i.tion will not stop! The Elders will oversee the rest. Make sure to do your best, disciples!” the Ancient Dawn peak master declared.

“””Yes!””” the disciples replied.

The peak masters jumped up and disappeared into the void of s.p.a.ce, leaving the Barren Cloud Heaven’s Grotto.

Gu Qing Shan was warming himself up.

Seems like the war was about to begin.

After this, I will only need to partic.i.p.ate in the war as normal.

With the Elemental Lightning [Dreamjolt], my own swordsmans.h.i.+p, as well as my current Void Beholder realm cultivation, it shouldn’t be too hard to display the excellence of a Heavenly Palace disciple.

While he was thinking, the ground trembled intensely again.

Looks like the Desolate monsters’ invasion was quite violent and cruel.

Gu Qing Shan silently thought.

A few moments later.

Boom!!!

An overwhelming strike broke through the Barren Cloud Heaven’s Grotto and struck the Ancient Dawn peak directly.

Under everyone’s shocked gaze, the entire Ancient Dawn peak was blasted to dust.

Gu Qing Shan scowled.

Something isn’t right.

I can remember clearly that the Ancient Dawn peak was still perfectly intact several years later, at the time when I joined the sect and met Xie Gu Hong.

Gu Qing Shan instinctively formed a Presence Concealment seal with his hands and retreated to the most secluded spot within the crowd.

Immediately after he did so, two corpses crashed into the ground.

Thud! Thud!

Two dull sounds of impact came as the corpses. .h.i.t the ground.

Many female disciples screamed from fright.

The crowd became chaotic.

Because what just crashed into the ground were the corpses of the Perching Cloud peak and Clear Water peak masters.

Gu Qing Shan’s pupils dilated.

What’s going on?

These two peak masters were clearly still living just fine in the eras following this, how could they die now?

Sensing something, he suddenly looked up.

The void of s.p.a.ce around the Heaven’s Grotto was ripped open.

Numerous divine figures cloaked in brilliant shrouds of lights appeared in the sky together with countless terrifying monsters!

Someone shouted in desperation: “NO! DIVINITIES, WHY HAVE YOU ABANDONED US AND SIDED WITH THE DESOLATE MONSTER!?”

Divinities!

Desolate monsters!

They’re attacking humanity together!

This never happened in known history.

Gu Qing Shan slowly retreated step by step.

He has already noticed that the situation was very unusual.

Should I leave right now?

But I still haven’t obtained the Desolate coin that contains the method to suppress the power of Divinities.

Gu Qing Shan put his hand on the Heaven Realm Rotation Jade Disk, a bit hesitant.

Luo Bing Li suddenly appeared.

Her body was covered in blood as she put her hand on Gu Qing Shan’s shoulder.

Gu Qing Shan immediately noticed that time was flowing slower around them.

Everyone, including the Divinities and the Desolate monster in the sky, was moving at a sluggish pace.

Luo Bing Li had just activated some sort of Thaumaturgy.

“I can only stall for a little bit of time, listen to me closely”

She spoke with a rapid tone: “This phantom image has been discovered by the Divinities, they’re currently working to destroy it”

“You won’t be able to obtain that Desolate coin anymore, the only thing you have to do now is to leave and travel to the next phantom image right this moment!”

“Hurry!”

Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan immediately infused spirit energy into the jade disk.

Invisible ripples of power surged from the jade disk and enveloped him.

Just as he was about to leave, Gu Qing Shan noticed the time flow around them was gradually returning to normal.

Luo Bing Li was forming a hand seal with her hands to activate a spell.

Invisible ripples also appeared around her body.

From the looks of it, she also intended to escape from this phantom image.

“Go first, I will find you later” she sent her voice.

“Got it!” Gu Qing Shan replied.

A Divinity suddenly noticed the spatial dilations here.

He rushed downwards, aiming the sharp lance in his hand at Luo Bing Li.

He is aiming to take her life!

At this point, Luo Bing Li’s spell still hasn’t fully been completed, while Gu Qing Shan was already going to leave!

Luo Bing Li had a slight hint of despair in her eyes.

While performing a s.p.a.ce-time transfer technique, she couldn’t perform any other techniques or even interrupt the hand seals, otherwise, everything she did would be useless.

If she gave up on performing the transfer, she would easily be able to block this attack, but she would also be locked in battle with the Divinity and be unable to escape.

If she continued to perform the transfer, she would be killed right now.

No matter what she chose to do, she would end up dead.

In that split second, Gu Qing Shan shouted: “Continue!”

Luo Bing Li quickly made her decision, gritted her teeth, and continued to form more series of hand seals.

Gu Qing Shan’s gaze went past Luo Bing Li and calmly glanced at the Divinity.

Within his pupils, countless sword images seemed to be frantically surging.

[True Soul Cleaving Eyes]!

For a split second.

The Divinity disappeared from this world, then immediately reappeared.

He couldn’t understand what had just happened at all, so he stopped cautiously in the air, glaring coldly at Gu Qing Shan.

But this was exactly what Gu Qing Shan had hoped would happen.

The jade disk inside Gu Qing Shan’s chest had already fully activated!

With a small noise, the jade disk whizzed him away from this phantom image.

Immediately after him, Luo Bing Li’s hand seal produced an invisible slash that cut open the void of s.p.a.ce.

She immediately jumped inside and disappeared.