A flash of light.
Gu Qing Shan appeared in front of a group of grand palaces.
He wasn't in a hurry to look at the rows of palaces and asked: "Shannu, are you alright?"
Shannu's voice came from the sword: "I don't feel much, did gongzi forget, the Six Paths Great Mountain sword has the power of [Invincible]"
Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief.
As long as Shannu is fine.
When the monk attacked just now, he had a chance to dodge, but at the very last moment, he noticed that the monk's attack didn't contain any killing intent, and the way he used it was also very ingenious.
Because of his trust in Lady Time, Gu Qing Shan decided to block the attack and see the result.
And he actually ascended!
Gu Qing Shan put his sword away and looked around.
The entire Heavenly Palace was silent without a single person in sight.
He could clearly see a lot of heavenly beings walking around from the ground, but when he actually ascended, there was nothing at all.
What exactly is going on here?
Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight and scanned his surroundings.
No one.
No one.
No one.
Still no one.
The palaces were also completely empty, without a single person in sight.
But in the void of space below the palaces, there were numerous illusionary images of heavenly beings coming and going.
"So it was just a ruse"
Gu Qing Shan muttered.
All of a sudden, a circle of warp runes appeared from the void of space.
As the runes faded, a figure appeared not too far away from Gu Qing Shan.
— — -the monk also came up.
"You were clearly imprisoned in the temple, how did you get up here?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The monk smiled: "There was a warp formation"
"Then why didn't you send me up?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The monk spoke with a serious expression: "Amitabha, benefactor should personally experience the hardships of ascension in order to understand how difficult it is to become a cultivator. As the ancients say, the most important thing is the process, this humble monk wants benefactor to experience this very precious process"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the monk and said nothing.
If this person wasn't the disciple of the Lady of Time, he would definitely let him experience the feeling of falling from the Celestial Realm to the Yellow Springs.
The monk saw that his expression was not right, so he put his palms together and said, "Benefactor, Kunlun is actually the Human Realm, and Jasper Lake is the Heaven Realm. You can only walk freely here after you have ascended."
As he spoke, Gu Qing Shan felt as though she had melted into hot water.
It was as if these palaces had accepted his arrival.
That was the truth.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said, "I thought you enjoyed the process of hammering me. Are you here for something?"
The monk said seriously, "In the past, the Immortals predicted that one day in the future, the evil spirits would come and destroy the Kunlun Realm again. So they made preparations in advance."
Gu Qing Shan muttered, "You mean …"
The monk replied: "I'm trapped inside the formation, so when you and the wraiths appear, the formation will activate all of its power to help me slightly stop the wraiths, buying time for the entire world to escape. At the same time, I'll also regain my freedom"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "What about the Immortals?"
"They've all died in battle" the monk replied.
Gu Qing Shan's heart sank.
If even the Immortals couldn't win against the wraiths, doesn't that mean that within the Samsara, even the Heaven realm couldn't stop the Wraith realm?
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask: "Were the wraiths that powerful? How exactly were they strong? "
The monk appeared sorrowful and replied: "In truth, the truly powerful ones were a type of Apocalypse"
"The Great Flood?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Indeed" the monk replied.
"Even the Immortals couldn't win against the Great Flood?" Gu Qing Shan asked further.
The monk shook his head with a confused expression: "During the final moments, the Immortals of Jasper Lake were about to win against the Great Flood, but the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. They sealed me and the entire Kunlun Realm away, saying that they wanted to preserve humanity's Kindling"
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
The Immortals were about to win against the Great Flood, but they suddenly decided to seal Kunlun Realm. They must have run into something even more troublesome.
How many more tricks did the wraiths have up their sleeves?
Gu Qing Shan sighed and asked: "Didn't you wield the power of Time? Were you also sealed away?"
The monk replied: "Although I've grasped a bit of the power of Time, I haven't been cultivating for a very long time, so my strength is limited. The Immortals felt that if I participated in the war with my current strength, I would only die, so they decided to hide me away and preserve my life for the future"
The black thread on Gu Qing Shan's hand twitched a bit.
— — -the pursuers were approaching them at an even faster pace.
The monk also seemed to have sensed something and whispered:
"Come with me"
He leapt forward and flew towards the depths of the countless palaces.
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly followed.
The two of them continued to fly towards the depths of the sky, one in front and one behind.
Gu Qing Shan observed the monk and asked: "Monk, have you been trapped here for so many years?"
The monk clasped his palms together and smiled: "Amitabha, benefactor, please do not call me a monk. In truth, I am just a normal cultivator, it's just that I've always wanted to pursue the path of Buddhism, that's why I'm dressed as a Buddhist"
Gu Qing Shan commented: "So you're a fake monk"
The monk replied: "That's not it, this little monk has always wanted to pursue the path of Buddhism"
"If you're not a monk, why do you call yourself 'little monk'?" Gu Qing Shan curiously asked.
"Amitabha, this humble one's surname is Zhao, first name is Xiao Seng" the monk replied.
Gu Qing Shan opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.
— — this child's father sure knows how to pick names.
"What's going on with your monk robe?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Zhao Xiao Seng replied: "The big shots said that I'm fated with Buddha, and that I'll become a Buddhist in the future, so they prepared this robe for me"
"Then, have you actually shaved your head or not?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I haven't, this little monk is an admirer of Buddhism, so after this little monk's preparations are almost complete, I'll shave my head and become a monk" Zhao Xiao Seng replied.
"When will that be?"
"Ah … my initial plan is to wait until all the Apocalypses are over"
"Then you should keep your hair for now"
While talking, the two of them quickly went past the many palaces and reached the tallest palace.
Gu Qing Shan took a closer look, only to see the words written on the plaque outside the palace:
[Cang Hai Heavenly Palace]
Zhao Xiao Seng led the way into the palace.
Gu Qing Shan followed behind and asked: "What is this palace used for?"
Zhao Xiao Seng replied: "Kunlun City is the human realm, while Jasper Pool is the Heaven realm. The power of both worlds, combined with the cultivation of countless heavenly beings, as well as innumerable Laws, with me as the core, I've trapped the entirety of Kunlun City within a single day. This is the reason why the wraiths have never dared to enter Kunlun City"
— — any wraiths that enter would end up like Gu Qing Shan, trapped within a single day.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then said: "That can't be right, the wraiths should have a way to dispel this technique. After all, they used the Great Flood or something else to defeat the heavenly beings of Jasper Pool"
Zhao Xiao Seng replied: "The wraiths do have a few secret methods, but it would definitely consume a large amount of resources and effort. But they've been constantly fighting all over the place, so they couldn't afford that kind of expenditure"
"Until I arrived" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Indeed, when the heavenly beings predicted that you would arrive, the wraiths would have already almost finished what they wanted to do, so they would invade Kunlun without any qualms and destroy this place"
He led Gu Qing Shan into the palace, all the way to the deepest part of the palace.
There was nothing here, only a single mural engraved on the wall.
On the boundless ocean, a large ship was floating on the water, moving forward.
Countless heavenly beings and cultivators were either standing on the ship or hovering in the air, all of them wielding weapons to fight against the innumerable monsters in the ocean.
The monk walked forward and whispered: "After struggling at death's door for so long, we finally couldn't hide any longer, we must take Kunlun with us"
He swung his sleeves, pointed at the ship, then quickly formed several dozen hand seals.
"Activate!"
The monk shouted.
Instantly, everything disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan found himself standing in the middle of an abandoned Life Talisman tunnel.
In front of this vast and silent tunnel, both he and the monk felt like tiny floating objects in the depths of the ocean.
There was nothing around them, the Life Talismans that formed the tunnel had also lost their glow, as if they were dead.
"Where's Kunlun?" Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Xiao Seng opened his palm.
Only to see a glittering golden ship in his palm, exactly the same as the mural in the heavenly palace from before.
"In the past, the heavenly beings refined the two worlds into a Heavenly Ship of the Ocean, the upper half of the ship was Jasper Pool Heavenly Palace, while the lower half was Kunlun City, which could be taken away at any time — – we need to quickly leave" Zhao Xiao Seng said.
"Where to?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Zhao Xiao Seng looked at him and replied: "That's a question I should be asking you. At the time, the heavenly beings expended a huge amount of vitality and Immortal Craft to calculate a single thing — — an outsider is the key to the entire Kunlun realm's escape"
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.
Me?
I've never been to the Wraith realm, nor have I ever seen such a Life Talisman tunnel, how am I supposed to take you and the entire Kunlun realm with me?
A second later, Gu Qing Shan's mind flickered and he abruptly raised his left hand.
Other than the thread that was pointing at the pursuers, a new thread appeared on his arm.
— — Fate Ability, [Longing].
This ability had activated by itself.
The new black thread was connected to Gu Qing Shan's arm, while the other end was connected to the dark and seemingly endless tunnel.
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