The future.
The Dark Continent.
Gu Qing Shan was standing in the middle of a ruined black city, just putting his sword away.
A voice resounded not too far away from him:
「 I am … the End of Time … an extremely powerful entity even within Primal Chaos, what exactly are you — — 」
Boom!
Before it could finish, the golden waterfall poured down and completely decomposed the Spirit of Chaos.
The boundless darkness around Gu Qing Shan's body became a bit more intense.
The four banners behind him fluttered in the wind, giving off blinding light that only faded away after a few breaths' worth of time.
"Soon …"
He muttered, then abruptly turned around.
The void of space coincidentally moved a bit as a woman appeared in front of him.
Xie Shuang Yan.
"Why are you here?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"The situation isn't good, the nine-faced Insect Demon didn't enter the Demon King sequence, instead directly appeared in front of the other you — — it wants to assassinate you!" Xie Shuang Yan hurriedly told him.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "There's no need to rush, tell me slowly"
Xie Shuang Yan explained the situation to her, then added:
"The spirits of the Dusty World had all gone to help you, Shroud and I were also there, but unfortunately, the nine-faced still managed to take advantage of the opportunity to perform a Wicked Sacrificial Ritual — — both it and the other you disappeared — — that 'you' was only a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator"
Gu Qing Shan pondered: "The nine-faced … can appear in the past without suffering any backlash from the Laws?"
"I'm not sure, but we all felt that it might be an extremely unique entity among the evil demons" Xie Shuang Yan replied.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Alright, I understand"
Xie Shuang Yan was a bit surprised and asked: "Why aren't you going to save yourself?"
"Save myself? Why not? "Gu Qing Shan asked in return.
Xie Shuang Yan stared at him and spoke in a low voice: "The nine-faced Insect Demon's technique was very wicked, none of us could think of a way to dispel it. If the other 'you' were to be destroyed, your strength would be halved, it would be too late even if you wanted to save yourself"
"… Wasn't that our original plan?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Xie Shuang Yan was stunned, then raised her voice: "The cultivation world is in danger, the Nine-Faced Insect Demon is trying his best to kill you, and you still think this is the original plan?"
"I split myself into two in order to return to the past and stall for time, so that I can increase the power of Chaos, awaken the power of the eras, and investigate the secrets of Chaos —"
Gu Qing Shan continued: "Xie Shuang Yan, just look, the other 'me' has perfectly stalled the nine-faced insect demon, while I've awakened your and Xiao Lou's powers. The hidden Saints of the Age of Desolation have also reappeared, protecting the cultivation world together with Xiao Lou — — - so everything is going according to our plan"
Xie Shuang Yan sighed. "From a strategic point of view, your goals have indeed been achieved, but what if the other you dies?"
"He already knew that he would die, so when he went to the closed loop, he maintained his dead state" Gu Qing Shan explained.
"Why —"
"Because we can buy some more time."
Xie Shuang Yan went silent, took a step back, and silently looked at Gu Qing Shan.
"Very well, you're much calmer than I am, and even more farsighted than I had imagined. This way, it wasn't a waste for me to use [Ten Thousand Water Divide]" she muttered.
"What do you mean? Weren't you already exhausted? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
"It isn't that simple, this is the ultimate Mystery of Time — — - when it was unleashed, I first took a split moment, split myself from that moment, left the battlefield, traveled through the River of Time, and arrived at where you are" Xie Shuang Yan answered.
"… Impressive" Gu Qing Shan sincerely praised.
"Within the four Eras of the past, the other Eras might have their own strengths, but in all honesty, the strongest Era is still my own" Xie Shuang Yan proudly declared.
"…" Gu Qing Shan.
"Very well, I can now use my final move" Xie Shuang Yan said.
"What is it?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I've placed a temporal marker on Fei Yue's body — — - I'll perform a temporal swap with her, this way, she'll immediately travel through the River of Time to arrive where you are, while I'll appear at the same time as her" Xie Shuang Yan explained.
Gu Qing Shan's expression became serious and clasped her fist: "The Six Paths Great Mountain sword is truly my most important sword, I can't afford to make even the slightest mistake — — I'll remember this favor"
"No need to be so polite, it's all for the sake of defeating the demons" Xie Shuang Yan replied.
She took a step back and disappeared into the void of space.
Almost at the same time.
Fei Ying suddenly appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan with a stone sword in her hand.
"Ah? I only just left, how did I arrive already? "Fei Ying was surprised. [Beautiful Book]
"Xie Shuang Yan and you swapped time, she arrived at your moment, while you arrived at her moment" Gu Qing Shan explained.
Fei Ying sighed in relief, then immediately brought the stone sword to Gu Qing Shan and said:
"Fortunately, I didn't fail you, I've brought this sword back to you"
"Thank you, Fei Yue"
Gu Qing Shan took the stone sword in her hand.
At the very next moment.
A line of glowing text appeared from the void of space:
[This sword has fused with the marks of the four Apostles of Chaos of the past]
[It is the Era of the Four Saints' reciprocation to Chaos]
[You are the Apostle of Chaos, the incarnation of the Apocalypse, this sword shall once again shine in your hands]
The stone sword suddenly gave off countless rays of light, illuminating the dark city as if it was daytime.
Gu Qing Shan stood in the middle of the blinding white light, unable to see anything else.
All of a sudden.
Four figures appeared from within the white light.
Gu Qing Shan immediately sensed a familiar presence.
— — as if I've known them for a very long time, and they were the same as me, born from Chaos.
A gust of wind blew past.
An old voice spoke in his ear: 「 If you are ready and want to fight again, then swing your sword with all your might 」
Following that, a young male voice resounded: [Our powers are hidden within the marks, using the same Chaos attribute to fuse as one. When you wield this sword, our powers shall fight alongside you]
An elegant female voice resounded: "But in truth, we are not confident that we can win either, so … we have gathered our respective authorities within the mark, and they will be transferred to this sword, opening all the secrets within the Primal Chaos for you"
Another young female voice spoke with a hint of grievance: [Please get to the bottom of this — — even if we can't win, at least the living beings who were destroyed, as well as us Apostles, should know the truth of what happened]
Gu Qing Shan sighed and solemnly replied: "Don't worry, I will do everything in my power to find out the truth, I will not let everyone die in vain. If possible, I will think of a way to win against the evil fiends"
[I'll leave it to you!] the four voices spoke in unison.
The wind stopped.
All the voices faded away.
The white light quickly gathered and circled around the blade of the sword, causing its stone exterior to completely change.
All of a sudden, all the light was absorbed into the sword.
The sword returned to its original form.
If one had to point out a difference from before — — -
Around the sword, a faint golden glow could be seen, never fading away.
Gu Qing Shan held the sword tightly and called out: "Shannu?"
"Don't worry gongzi, I've already woken up and am currently familiarizing myself with my power"
Shannu's voice came from the sword.
Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief and muttered: "That's good! That's good! "
Shannu's faint sobbing could be heard from the sword.
"What's the matter? Hm? What's the matter? "Gu Qing Shan became anxious again.
"I'm fine … it's just that after splitting into two, gongzi said the same thing, I'm very happy" Shannu replied.
"What did I say?" Gu Qing Shan didn't understand.
"Just some trivial matters, gongzi doesn't need to ask about that right now, I need to tell you about the power I just obtained" Shannu said.
Lines of glowing text appeared from the void of space as she explained:
[The sword spirit has personally told you about her newly obtained power]
[Attention!]
[This sword still has its own Thaumaturgies: [Invincible], [Law Breaker], [Living's Wisdom], [Divine Mountain's Protection]
[You've learned this sword's new Thaumaturgy:]
[Recast: Only when you stand on the Grand Tie Wei Mountain can you perform this Thaumaturgy, causing the entire Samsara to be recast as the Great Desolate Continent, all Laws will be able to remain as they were, fully supporting this new era]
[Wind and Smoke: Unleashing this Thaumaturgy will allow you to temporarily obtain one of the supernatural powers of the past four Apostles]
[Secret Key: This sword represents the wills of the past Apostles of Chaos, when it is in your hands, you will be able to gather all the authorities of the five Apostles of Chaos. Because of that, the entire Chaos will listen to your command and open all the hidden secrets for you]
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