In the darkness, a conversation was taking place.
"Do we have any advantages?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The hoarse female voice replied: [You are still in the middle of the Sacrificial Dance. In fact, unless it's the True Apocalypse, nothing can change the Sacrificial Dance]
Gu Qing Shan pursued: "In other words, other than the power of the Apocalypse, all of Reneedol's other powers have been taken away?"
The hoarse female voice replied: [Indeed, since she has summoned the True Apocalypse, for the sake of fairness, the Sacrificial Dance will no longer restrict your and your friends' powers]
"I feel much better now … but I still have one last question" Gu Qing Shan said.
[Ask away] the hoarse female voice replied.
"The illusory past created by the Sacrificial Dance is currently turning into a parallel world. Then, are the people of this parallel world real?"
[They will become more and more real until they're no different from you]
"Understood …"
All the darkness faded away.
Gu Qing Shan found herself standing on the shore of a vast river.
Above the river were countless green peaks.
This was the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace.
The fishing rod was still in her hand.
But what was different was that a cluster of black flames suddenly manifested from the void of space next to her.
The flames manifested into Black Dog.
"What's the current situation?" Black Dog asked.
Gu Qing Shan didn't turn around and simply lowered the fishing rod back into the water, answering: "Reneedol has summoned the True Apocalypse outside the door, the Sacrificial Dance can't stop it"
Black Dog mused: "True Apocalypse? I don't know what kind of True Apocalypse it is. After all, this place is too far away from the Reality Gate, and there are countless parallel worlds hiding here. My guess is that it's the Seed of the Apocalypse. It needs time to grow. "
Qing Shan consoled him: "I've thought about it carefully. In the long river of history, the only person who has seen the most Apocalypses is you, and only you have led the Deities to fight against the Apocalypse outside the Reality Gate"
"That's why you were right to seek me out"
While saying so, Black Dog turned back into human form.
Boss.
Boss released his telepathic power to scan the entire world.
"I found her. She's massacring the city," Boss said in a low voice.
"Can you tell what kind of Apocalypse it is?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"The dark purple light … is able to absorb the most outstanding qualities of all living beings, allowing itself to undergo a destructive evolution and completely reduce all living beings to dust. This is the power of the Soul-Devouring Apocalypse."
Boss quickly made a judgment.
His face was cold, and there was a faint murderous aura around him.
Perhaps even a little sad?
Gu Qing Shan did not observe carefully. She only asked, "Is there any way to deal with it?"
"Yes, as long as you use the most intense light to burn it 33 times, any existence that comes into contact with this kind of Apocalypse will die, and the Apocalypse will disappear" Boss said.
Gu Qing Shan was relieved and said, "This place is turning into a parallel world, so I have a lot of things to do and a lot of people to save. How about you come with me to kill her?"
Boss was silent for a while, then said, "Go do what you need to do. I'll kill her."
"Really?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Yes, whether it's her or that kind of Apocalypse, I'm very familiar with both of them. Furthermore, the Apocalypse has only just appeared, and she doesn't have any other powers to use, so I'll deal with this myself"
"Alright" Gu Qing Shan agreed.
Boss nodded, turned back into a cluster of black flames, and flew into the sky.
He quickly disappeared without a trace.
Only Gu Qing Shan was left by herself by the river.
The Earth sword's voice suddenly came: 「 Gu Qing Shan 」
"It's fine" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The Earth sword stayed silent for a bit, then insisted: 「 That brat is a soft-hearted person, I think you should go yourself 」
"No, leave it to him, we have other things to do" Gu Qing Shan said.
He held the fishing rod in one hand and slowly counted with the other.
"I remember when I stole the Heaven sword in the Age of Old, I was at most at Three Thousand Worlds realm. But now that I've surpassed Paragon realm, {Yama King}, {Mahesvara King} and Sumeru Lord realm, I'm now a Star River Saint realm cultivator, that's about 5 realms"
He muttered to himself: "There shouldn't be any issues for the current me to deal with this world"
"What do you want to do, gongzi?" Shannu asked.
"Deal with it all at once" Gu Qing Shan replied.
With a thought, he formed several hand seals.
Four faint figures appeared from the void of space behind him.
The twin swords Heaven and Earth, Chao Yin, and Divine Mountain.
The four swords split up, transforming into sword projections that soared into the sky before flying off in different directions.
Gu Qing Shan swung the fishing rod a bit and muttered: "Since I'm the one who caused this, I'll help you solve the problems of this era …"
He suddenly stopped.
On the river, a middle-aged male cultivator was riding a small boat and coming from afar.
The cultivator lightly leapt up and landed on top of a rock not too far away.
"I sensed a world-shaking sword qi just now, what business do you have here, sir?" the cultivator clasped his fist and asked.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the bobbing bobber in the river and said nothing.
The cultivator clasped his fist again: "This humble one is Xie Gu Hong, the current Palace Master of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, may I ask your name, sir?"
Gu Qing Shan sighed and replied: "Sword cultivation is a tough job, isn't it? Others can stand far away and only focus on attacking, but we have to stand at the forefront, not even having time to wipe our own blood off our faces "
"Master of the Seven Swords Xie Gu Hong, have you never felt tired fighting against those Divinities and monsters by yourself?"
Xie Gu Hong was a bit surprised, then replied: "It's not only sword cultivators who feel tired. In truth, other than this humble one, every cultivator is doing their best to fight for the survival of humanity as a whole"
"For example?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"The current Immortal King" Xie Gu Hong replied.
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
The reason why I was able to obtain the Heaven sword back then was because of the Immortal King's final struggle.
"The Immortal King" he sighed emotionally, "right, I have a favor to ask of you, Palace Master Xie"
"What is it?"
"Tell the Immortal King for me, don't work too hard"
"Hm? What do you mean? "
Gu Qing Shan lowered her gaze for a bit, then suddenly smiled at him: "… humanity's suffering is about to pass, I promise you"
…
At another location.
Inside a sect that looked like ruins.
Reneedol stood outside the empty sect, carefully sensing the changes in her body.
"My power … is steadily increasing, after I finish this Sacrificial Ritual of Death and kill Rhode, I'll go out and search for that girl's true whereabouts"
She muttered to herself.
A thunderclap resounded.
A cluster of flames descended from the sky and turned into a man.
Boss.
He looked at Reneedol from afar with a complicated expression.
Reneedol froze briefly, then chuckled.
"Ahahaha, I only thought that fate was unfair, but who would've thought it would still take both you and fate to defeat in the end" she shook her head.
Layers of dark purple light manifested behind her back.
A destructive presence manifested as a gust of wind that blew everything around her away.
Boss didn't move, only appeared nostalgic and said: "You might not remember, but we once fought against this kind of Apocalypse"
"I don't remember it at all, die!" Reneedol shouted.
Countless rays of purple light suddenly surged forward and enveloped Boss in layers.
A split second later.
Something happened deep inside the purple light, but with a 'hoh', all the purple light disappeared.
Reneedol took a few steps back and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Boss stood still, the black flames around his body had already disappeared.
Boundless power surrounded him, manifesting as a towering light behind him.
Reneedol looked at him blankly.
Boss laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "That's right, at the time, you were busy collecting treasures, so you didn't know how many of our comrades had died in order to fight against this Apocalypse, nor did you have any deep memories of it"
"In the end, when I discovered the weakness of this Apocalypse, over 2000 Deities had already sacrificed themselves on the battlefield"
Hearing that, Reneedol was a bit surprised.
The other party spoke as if he was just casually chatting, so confident that he didn't seem to be here to fight at all.
What exactly is Shroud thinking?
The intense flames around Boss's body scattered.
A thick leather book appeared. He flipped it open to display a certain page.
Boss showed that page to Reneedol.
A dark purple humanoid puppet was depicted on the page, with a line of words written in Divine language next to it: [Soul Stealing Apocalypse]
"I don't have any recollection of it" Reneedol looked at the page and casually replied.
Boss continued: "There was a young girl who took care of your flowers, but she died during this Apocalypse, do you still remember her?"
Reneedol thought briefly, then exclaimed in surprise: "The young girl who took care of the flowers for you! I remember now, she was one of the youngest female Deities, I felt sad for a while when she died "
"Sad?" Boss repeated.
"Indeed, the flowers she took care of were the most beautiful, unfortunately, after she died, I had no choice but to have someone else take care of those flowers"
Reneedol appeared nostalgic and continued: "… It seems that the Apocalypse at the time was capable of directly corroding a person's soul"
Saying so, her entire body trembled in fear.
Boss calmly looked at her and said: "Looking at your current state, your blood is most likely mutating, this is an irreversible process. You will completely turn into a flesh warp formation that transcends space, the apocalyptic monsters outside will use your flesh to directly descend here, and you will die"
Reneedol looked down.
Only to see that the veins on both of her hands were bulging, manifesting as a deathly grey line.
The veins were moving in a regular pattern, gradually expanding.
"Reneedol, I remember telling you that if you don't know what exactly is hidden inside a power, you can't use it carelessly" Boss shook his head.
Reneedol was completely panicking.
She trembled: "No, how could this be … Shroud, what should I do now?"
"The only way is to infect others, only then will you be able to slow down your transformation" Boss replied.
"How do I infect others?"
"Through physical contact"
Reneedol immediately rushed towards Boss.
"Shroud, save me!" she shouted.
Boss looked at her without moving.
Reneedol hugged him and hurriedly said: "Shroud, come with me to find the others later, we'll spread the word about this Apocalypse, that way we can …"
Boss hugged her, patted her shoulder, and consoled her with a gentle voice: "Don't be hasty, Reneedol, there's no need to be afraid"
Reneedol was startled, then joyfully asked: "Shroud, do you have a better solution? That's right, back then, it was all thanks to your campaign that we managed to survive until now. "
"Indeed" Boss nodded.
"Then …" Reneedol looked at him, waiting for the rest of his words.
Boss didn't look at her anymore and simply looked up at the clouds in the sky.
"I have something in my heart that I must tell you," he said.
Reneedol was startled, then understood.
She sighed and said: "Shroud, I know you love me, now tell me how I can survive"
Boss closed his eyes, his voice so soft that it was almost inaudible:
"Reneedol …"
Reneedol suppressed the annoyance in her heart and cut him off: "I know, I really do know how you feel, but right now, we need to consider how to survive, Shroud!"
Boss went silent.
Suddenly …
Boundless light erupted from his body, forming a glorious sea of light that engulfed the entire mountain, then shot all the way to the sky, illuminating the endless void of space.
"Aaaaaargh!"
Reneedol uttered a series of desperate screams.
In an extremely short period of time, she was resurrected over 30 times by the Apocalypse, but still couldn't stop the pure light from Shroud's body.
Finally.
When the light faded away, the only person left was Shroud.
He seemed to be thinking about something, seemingly lost in thought.
"Don't ever meet me again in your next life, Reneedol …"
Shroud muttered.
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