Chapter 1613: The unexpected truth!
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The dark void.
Within a ma.s.s of boundless white fog, a figure slowly manifested.
Gu Qing Shan.
The white bone armor he was wearing had disappeared.
Instead, he was holding an ice crystal sphere that continuously gave off cold air in his hand.
Gu Qing Shan muttered: “I can’t, [Fog Realm Descent] was stopped”
Shroud’s voice could be heard coming from the ice crystal sphere: “Of course, take a look and see what point in time this is”
Gu Qing Shan looked around himself.
There was nothing at all in the void of s.p.a.ce.
The last time he had seen such a sight was during the Age of Immemorial.
“Have we really arrived at the Age of Immemorial?”
While he knew that couldn’t be the case, Gu Qing Shan still couldn’t help but wonder.
A second later, he suddenly felt his vision becoming blurred for a split second.
The entire void suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of him.
But something had changed.
Lines of glowing text began to appear on the War G.o.d UI:
[Attention! Time is continuously s.h.i.+fting, causing you to see the scenery from many different time periods]
A second later.
Numerous scorching suns suddenly appeared in the void of s.p.a.ce within the silent darkness, all of which was rapidly moving forward.
Gu Qing Shan silently observed this as a scene appeared in his mind.
In the Bramble Bird Kingdom at that time, I successfully performed the second stage of the Living Being Sacrificial Dance.
Because of that, the strongest Combatant of the Bygone Era had shown me this scene.
—–these ‘suns’ in front of my eyes are all metal s.h.i.+ps of extreme sizes, each one of them as gigantic as an Abyssal Behemoth—— perhaps even larger.
“The s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps of the Bygone Era humans” he muttered.
Indeed, this was just before the beginning of the Age of Old.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head.
Time had directly jumped from the Age of Immemorial to the pre-Age of Old, truly chaotic.
Who would be able to pa.s.s through this kind of temporal blockade?
Gu Qing Shan continued to observe those bright scorching s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps and suddenly thought of something.
The Bygone Era humans.
——they had previously escaped from one parallel world, trying to head into the next, but because their s.h.i.+p’s energy had run out, they were unsuccessful.
That was why they immediately fled outside the Reality Gate as soon as they discovered it.
Wait a minute.
I think… there was something crucial that I seemed to have forgotten.
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, Shroud suddenly spoke up and cut off his thought process: “It seems that we won’t be able to enter the Wraith realm right now, n.o.body would”
“Why not? Has the Apocalypse actually isolated the Wraith realm so thoroughly?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“That’s right. I can sense countless Apocalypses hiding behind the chaotic flow of time, they had surrounded the Wraith realm and would not allow anyone to approach it” Shroud replied.
“Do you have a solution?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Shroud answered solemnly: “Fortunately, you managed to collect all of the frozen corpse’s body parts. I would now be able to use the complete forms of [Mystery of Apocalypse Equal] and [Mystery of Apocalypse Generality] to turn you into an advanced Apocalypse as well—— this way, we would not be interrupted by the chaotic flow of time and meld in among the other Apocalypses to watch over the Wraith realm”
“That’s great” Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief.
“What’s important right now is… what kind of Apocalypse do you think we should disguise as?” Shroud asked.
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and answered: “The Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse”
“The Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse?” Shroud asked once again.
Gu Qing Shan explained: “The enemy is very advanced, and highly cautious. It had used the chaotic time flow as the first layer of defense, the countless Apocalypses as the second layer of defense, and then the Wraith realm’s strict layers of Causality Laws as the third layer of defense—— we need to first use the Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse’s power to go through the first two layers of defense, then use its spirit s.n.a.t.c.hing ability as well as my [Mystery of All Beings Equal] to thoroughly disguise as a wraith and successfully infiltrate them”
“That’s a good idea” Shroud praised him, then continued: “I’ll begin transforming into the Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse now. This process will require a bit of time, so wait a moment”
After that, his voice faded away completely.
Gu Qing Shan silently waited while standing in the void.
Just now——
What was I thinking about?
He tried to recall the topic, but only came up with a blank.
This is one of the most irritating states that one could experience, whenever a thought was cut off by someone or something else, it would not return no matter what.
Gu Qing Shan took a deep breath.
Don’t be in a rush.
Slowly think about it.
What was I thinking about just earlier?
The Bygone Era humans…
Right, the Bygone Era humans wanted to flee from one parallel world into another parallel world, but ended up stopping in the void.
Gu Qing Shan’s eyes suddenly lit up.
He remembered.
At the time, the strongest Combatant of the Bygone Era had told me something very important, but I didn’t know a lot of secrets at the time, so I hadn’t taken the time to think carefully about it.
After I completely grasped the first official Sacrificial Dance, the old man had said this:
…
“It isn’t as simple as you think. This place used to be a boundless void that exists between parallel worlds—— we’ve never been to another parallel world before, it was under the threat of our Reality’s destruction that we had no choice but to leave”
“In reality, we also don’t know the method of escaping this boundless void, we don’t know how to enter another parallel world at all”
…
Gu Qing Shan fell silent briefly.
If that strongest Combatant of the Bygone Era hadn’t been wrong…
Then the void I’m currently in was actually not a part of the parallel worlds.
But the parallel worlds are only a technique that exists to obscure something.
—-then, could the existence of the parallel worlds were meant to protect this void?
Why?
Was there something unique about this boundless void?
Or rather, this void itself was unique!
The more Gu Qing Shan thought about it, the more shocked he became.
In every parallel world he had been to, there was another ‘him’, another Gu Qing Shan.
If that was the case…
Then the countless parallel worlds had actually been created using this void as the base.
The Reality I’m currently in wasn’t actually a parallel world!
Gu Qing Shan felt like a chill had just climbed up his spine, causing all of his hair to stand on their ends.
Without knowing, I’ve accidentally uncovered such an unspeakably terrifying secret!
This is such grand scheme.
Furthermore, since I’ve already realized this to be the case, it wouldn’t be too difficult to confirm the truth either.
As long as I contact the parallel worlds again and investigate the worlds within, then compare them to my own Reality, everything would become clear.
—–because there must be something completely unique within this void.
What ‘something’ must be what the parallel world technique wanted to hide!
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help clenching his fist.
At this time, Shroud spoke up: “Get ready, I’m going to attach myself to you and turn you into the Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse”
“Wait a moment” Gu Qing Shan suddenly regained his senses and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
“What’s the matter?” Shroud asked.
“It’s nothing” Gu Qing Shan calmed back down.
This isn’t the time to be thinking about the parallel world technique.
The Apocalypse is about to open the Reality Gate already, I need to head to the scene and wait for that moment to occur!
Gu Qing Shan said: “To make it completely safe, I’m going to be using some tricks as well”
His body began to change and transformed into an orange cat.
[Ghostly Shadow of Night] had activated!
[Ghostly Shadow of Night: After the shroud of night draped over the world, by communicating with any supernatural artifacts and with their permission, you are able to borrow one of their abilities at will. Once per night]
The orange cat sent his voice: “Shannu”
“I’m here, gongzi” Shannu replied.
“This time, I want to borrow one of your Thaumaturgies” the orange cat sent his voice.
“That would be no issue——- I can sense your Sumeru Thaumaturgy, which ability of mine do you wish to borrow?” Shannu asked.
“[Invincible]” Gu Qing Shan replied.
“Yes” Shannu happily agreed.
A layer of frigid grey light suddenly appeared around the orange cat’s body, which looked exactly the same as the Grand Tie Wei Mountain.
Lines of glowing text appeared on the War G.o.d UI:
[With the Sumeru Thaumaturgy Ghostly Shadow of Night, you’ve obtained the Six Paths Great Mountain sword’s ability: Invincible]
[Invincible: No force or power anywhere in reality would be able to destroy your body]
Sensing the power of the Thaumaturgy affecting him, Gu Qing Shan meowed in a satisfactory manner.
“Shroud, I’m ready”
“There’s something that I’m afraid you might have neglected, so I have to remind you about it before we go” Shroud told him.
“What’s that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“We can’t interfere with anything that that happens in the Wraith realm” Shroud
“Because we’re currently affected by [Distortion], and another ‘me’ was also affected by [Distortion] at the scene?” Gu Qing Shan smiled and asked.
“It isn’t only that. I’m worried that you and I might cause some sort of commotion that leads to the ‘you and I’ at the time to take a look—— if the other ‘us’ see us right now, your Light Chaser ring will lose its effect, causing the Laws to erase one side” Shroud replied.
“Hm, before the Deathmatch, I will make sure to be extremely careful. Our current trip definitely cannot draw the attention of the other ‘me"” Gu Qing Shan agreed.
“Furthermore, that Apocalypse must be hiding somewhere on the scene. It was silently waiting for the Reality Gate to open, so it would also notice if we made any suspicious movements, then kick us from the timeline” Shroud added.
“If that’s the case, then everything would truly be over” Gu Qing Shan said.
“That’s why we can only wait. We will wait until the moment that the Reality Gate was opened and both of us were transported away from the timeline by Su Xue Er. Only when that had happened would we suddenly leap into action and close the Reality Gate” Shroud explained.
A line of glowing text appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan’s vision:
[He’s right]
This was the War G.o.d UI’s confirmation.
Gu Qing Shan pondered for a bit and said: “Since we can only play a background role, I have something I want to take a careful look at”
“Demon Dragon?”
“Yes”
“That’s fine, let’s go!”
The ice crystal sphere in Gu Qing Shan’s hand suddenly scattered and turned into a ma.s.s of fog that enveloped him.
Right now, he looked like a cat clad in smoke.
Lines of glowing text appeared:
[You’ve turned into the Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse]
[As you carry the Six Paths Great Mountain sword’s invincibility, you’ve become a unique Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse]
[Your t.i.tle is: The Invincible Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse]
[Attention: You are about to draw the attention of the other Apocalypses]
After reading the final notification, he noticed the s.p.a.ce around him stabilizing.
Time was no longer jumping all over the place.
It had stabilized at a certain moment in time.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
From the distance, a faint consciousness called out to Gu Qing Shan.
[Come…]
[Hold… Wraith realm…]
[Forbid… any living being entry or exit…]
The orange cat silently listened and uttered a curt sigh to signal his recognition of the order.
[Very well, I will send an envoy to receive you]
That consciousness replied in satisfaction.
A few moments later.
A ma.s.s of light that was several hundred meters in length slowly appeared.
The ma.s.s of light turned into a giant hand that suddenly ripped the void of s.p.a.ce open.
There was a vast ocean of light behind the void.
If Gu Qing Shan tried using inner sight to observe it, he would find that it was an ancient monster made of pure light with all sorts of dazzling treasures hanging from its body.
The monster looked closely at the orange cat clad in frozen smoke.
[Indeed, you are the Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her Apocalypse, follow me——-] the ma.s.s of light spoke.
The orange cat’s ears twitched.
This voice…
I’ve heard this voice before, a long time ago.
Right.
This is the Game of Eternal.
So this gigantic monster was the form of the Game of Eternal.
The gigantic figure led the orange cat towards a part of the void filled with colorful light.