The Higher Dimensional world.
A certain barren place.
Deep underground.
Gu Qing Shan raised her sword horizontally, staring at the fragments of light in front of her.
— — all of the light gradually dimmed.
Finally, everything returned to darkness.
Gu Qing Shan pulled her sword back and said: "The Demon Emperor is dead"
"The one who killed it was most likely the master of all evil creatures" Shroud said.
"It was clearly a statue …" Xuan Tianyi said.
"I don't know if you've noticed, but it was able to directly devour the Demon Emperor!" Shroud said.
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent for a few moments, then said: "I do want to go to the No Turning Land to take a look, but as soon as I thought of that, my spirit sense would feel a sense of danger, as if a great calamity was about to befall me"
"It's too dangerous, it's best to think of another way" Shroud advised her.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then suddenly recalled something and said: "I seem to have a clue …"
"What clue?" Shroud asked.
"My little junior sister Xiu Xiu, I saved her from the No Turning Land — — she was heavily wounded, a pixie called Meat Meaty was currently healing her — — most likely, she still hasn't been healed, otherwise Meat Meaty would have told me already" Gu Qing Shan said.
He looked at Shroud, then at Xuan Tianyi, then continued: "One of you is the Lord of Infinite Origins, while the other is the previous Emperor Of Heaven, so both of you must be very experienced. You should be able to tell something from her wounds, as well as a way to heal her"
"Indeed" Shroud replied.
"Indeed" the previous Emperor Of Heaven also agreed.
Gu Qing Shan said: "— — Let's go, follow me to think of a way to see if we can heal her together with Meat Meaty"
"Then what are we waiting for, let's go!" he said.
As the three of them were about to move, Gu Qing Shan suddenly stopped in place.
"Who is it?"
Gu Qing Shan appeared cautious and shouted in a low voice.
A split second later.
The void parted.
A young girl landed lightly and stood in front of him. She said with a complicated look in her eyes, "Gu Qing Shan, I didn't want to disturb you, but I had to come."
Gu Qing Shan's killing intent dissipated.
"I remember you. You're a mermaid of the Time Clan, Scarlet Shadow," he recalled.
— — after he comprehended the way of the sword in the Asura world, it was this girl who brought him back to the main timeline.
Crimson Shadow waved her hand behind her.
The void retreated even further, revealing a long, resplendent river.
The River of Time!
In the middle of the river, a long white bone extended out of the water and into the void, finally piercing through Scarlet Shadow's back and out of her chest.
She had been impaled on her bones.
When he looked at the River of Time again, he saw that it was dead silent.
As far as the eye could see, there was no one there, nor was there any other member of the Time Clan.
"What's going on?" Gu Qing Shan asked in a low voice.
Scarlet Shadow appeared to be in pain and muttered: "Gu Qing Shan, I once swore that I would never come looking for you again, but the only person I can think of right now is you — — - you've always been the most resourceful person"
"What happened in the River of Time?" Gu Qing Shan pursued.
"Don't ask anymore, I can't reveal a single word about the River of Time — — -" Scarlet Shadow shook her head.
Gu Qing Shan didn't say anything else.
He took a few steps forward and reached his hand out to touch the long white bone.
Scarlet Shadow's expression tensed up, her body couldn't help but tremble.
Seeing her expression, Gu Qing Shan's hand stopped in mid-air.
This white bone isn't simple.
After a bit of thought, Gu Qing Shan's hand abruptly turned into a sword phantom and lightly struck the white bone with a crisp sound.
The white bone didn't react at all.
Scarlet Shadow appeared to be in pain, but she sighed in relief.
Her gaze was filled with hope.
Gu Qing Shan naturally noticed her reaction, lowered her gaze to think for a few moments, then turned behind her: "[Delimitation] use [Myriad Extinguisher], Shannu use [Law Breaker], the Earth sword use [Extinguish], let's attack together!"
The sound of swords resonated from the void of space.
With the support of the Divine Sword, Gu Qing Shan turned into a giant sword phantom and slashed at the white bone with all her might — — -
The white bone was instantly cut in half.
The sword phantom returned, caught Scarlet Shadow, pulled out the white bone from her chest, then lightly cut it with the Heaven sword.
[Return]!
"[Space-Time Sword], return everything to a certain moment in the past"
In just a few moments, Scarlet Shadow's body returned to normal.
Scarlet Shadow nodded to Gu Qing Shan and spoke gratefully: "I owe you this time, farewell!"
She turned around, about to enter the River of Time again.
"Wait! Where are you going? "Gu Qing Shan shouted.
Scarlet Shadow stopped.
"I have something I need to do … this has nothing to do with you" Scarlet Shadow replied.
"We're friends after all" Gu Qing Shan smiled and asked: "Are you really not going to tell me anything?"
Scarlet Shadow couldn't hold it in any longer, so she slowly covered her face with both hands and wiped away her tears.
The three of them exchanged glances.
— — -they really don't know what's going on.
Shroud picked up the severed white bone and examined it. His expression slowly changed as he spoke in a low voice: "Gu Qing Shan, this bone contains the power of Causality Law — — she's already under the influence of Causality Law, so I'm guessing that if she were to say anything, a calamity would immediately descend"
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent for a few moments, then muttered: "Scarlet Shadow, do you still remember? The last time we met, I told you that I seemed to know you "
Scarlet Shadow still didn't say anything.
Xuan Tianyi suddenly said: "Look!"
Everyone looked towards the River of Time. Only to see countless white bones reaching out from the river, spreading in every direction.
The continents of bones were replacing the entire River of Time!
"How eerie … there's actually something that can take over the River of Time …" Shroud muttered in a low voice.
At this point, even he felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.
Gu Qing Shan only took a glance at it before ignoring it.
He took two steps forward and spoke with a gentle voice: "Scarlet Shadow, I'm glad that you came to find me at your most desperate moment, so I want to ask you to promise me something"
Scarlet Shadow looked at him and calmly asked: "You want to know about the River of Time? You want me to repay your life-saving grace with my death? "
"No" Gu Qing Shan maintained her calm and gently replied: "I want you to hit me as hard as you can"
Scarlet Shadow froze.
"Trust me — — just like how you trusted me before, even if it's the last time you trust me" Gu Qing Shan said.
Scarlet Shadow pondered briefly, then asked: "You really want me to hit you?"
"As long as you don't kill me" Gu Qing Shan shrugged.
"Will it be useful?"
"It will be useful"
"Very well — –"
Scarlet Shadow rushed forward and slapped Gu Qing Shan's face.
This attack was so fierce that even though Gu Qing Shan was prepared for it, she still staggered backwards.
Scarlet Shadow took a few steps back, walked to the edge of the River of Time, and asked: "Is that enough?"
"It's enough" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Scarlet Shadow stared straight into his eyes.
Gu Qing Shan's eyes showed a look of joy as if she was meeting an old friend.
Scarlet Shadow sighed and shook her head: "Qing Shan …"
She couldn't say anything else.
"Don't worry, there's hope as long as you're alive" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Hm, I'll have to go do something else now, I hope everything will be as you said — — I'll always be able to trust you, won't I?" Scarlet Shadow asked.
"Yes, you'll always be able to trust me" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Scarlet Shadow nodded, her gaze becoming resolute.
She lightly hugged Gu Qing Shan, let go, and took a few steps back into the void of space, heading towards the River of Time.
As she entered the River of Time, she swam through the mottled bones like a nimble fish, quickly disappearing without a trace.
The void of space closed up.
The supernatural phenomenon on the River of Time could no longer be seen.
There was silence all around.
Xuan Tianyi and Shroud both looked at Gu Qing Shan — — the palm print on her face.
"That strike just now … was quite forceful" Xuan Tianyi commented.
"She seemed to really want to slap you" Shroud also commented.
Gu Qing Shan explained: "She had sent me into the main stream of the River of Time before — — in truth, both she and I had already seen a supernatural phenomenon within the River of Time"
"What kind of phenomenon?"
"A several-meter-tall skeleton statue that sank to the bottom of the river"
"Why haven't you mentioned such an important matter before?" Shroud asked.
"I thought that the Flowing Time clan would be very experienced in such matters, so they should be able to deal with it" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"You're overthinking it. I've already used a secret technique to check just now, there isn't a single member of the Flowing Time clan in this section of the River of Time" Xuan Tianyi replied.
The Flowing Time clan was no longer here.
Only Scarlet Shadow was left here.
What exactly happened?
"Just now, you said this section of the River of Time …" Gu Qing Shan doubtfully asked.
"That's right, this is a section of the River of Time belonging to Primal Chaos" Shroud followed up.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly thought of something.
He suddenly recalled what Scarlet Shadow told him at the time:
"… In truth, the River of Time that we're currently in is a section of the Void of Time. Since there's a Primal Chaos Guardian here, normally, nothing out of the ordinary would appear"
A Primal Chaos Guardian.
But now — —
Gu Qing Shan silently thought.
"Hey, Gu Qing Shan, you still haven't told me why she slapped you just now" Shroud asked with interest.
"That's a very important matter" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He looked at the void of space, only to see that it remained silent without any notifications.
The UI still hadn't woken up.
Only [Entropy Solution] and [Doomsday Blade] would receive a notification. There were no notifications for anything else.
But Gu Qing Shan could sense that power — — -
The power that he once wielded!
Gu Qing Shan slowly explained: "I am the Earth God of the Void, capable of using this body to plant all Laws. Just now, when she hit me, I used the power of Virtue of the Earth to obtain her power seed"
"What is it?" Shroud asked.
"Fate"
"Fate! You mean — — "
"I'm very familiar with this power of Fate" Gu Qing Shan appeared nostalgic, "Fei Yue once lent it to me, then I returned it to her"
"It's called [Longing]"
Shroud's eyes slowly opened wide, muttering in disbelief: "You're saying — — that girl from the Time clan just now was Fei Yue!"
"Indeed, Fate-type abilities are extremely rare, and those who can awaken a Fate-type ability are as rare as a phoenix feather or a qilin horn even within the infinite worlds, let alone a Fate-type ability that is exactly the same — — - I don't think there's such a coincidence, not to mention that I've always felt that she was someone I knew"
"Then she must be Fei Yue" Shroud sighed, finally understanding.
Gu Qing Shan's mind moved quickly, then her expression changed: "Oh no, she's reminding me that something big is happening in the Huang Quan realm!"
Layers of white fog manifested and enveloped the three of them.
They instantly vanished.
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