"This should be …"
Before Gu Qing Shan could finish his words, the cluster of darkness in his hand abruptly scattered.
This commotion caused the entire Water Abyss to tremble.
Endless shadows of darkness manifested one after another, slowly manifesting the image of another world around them.
"This is a phantom image, it seems that entity has been weakened to the point where it couldn't even show itself, so it manifested what it wanted to say as a scene from the past" Xie Dao Ling calmly said.
"So that's how it is" Gu Qing Shan said.
The two of them looked towards that scene, only to see that their surroundings had already turned into thick fog.
Primal Chaos!
This was the scene from within Primal Chaos!
A blurred figure slowly walked out from the fog, holding a heavy book in his hand.
Gu Qing Shan's eyelids twitched.
"Shifu, that is the Book of the Seabed, a Soul Artifact manifested from the water of the Four Saint Pillars" he whispered.
"If that's the case, this person should be the Apostle of the Water Era" Xie Dao Ling said.
The man silently placed the Book of the Seabed next to him, then knelt down in the fog and spoke: "Everyone, I am willing to submit to the Apocalypse and Primal Chaos, offering my power to serve you"
Thousands of voices resounded from within the fog, asking him at the same time: 「 Why do we need you? 」
「 Because I am the one who knows the most secrets within the void, as well as the most powerful entity within all Eras! 」 the man loudly declared.
The fog began to churn.
Thousands of voices resounded with a hint of ridicule: 「 The most powerful? No, you should have seen the Earth Era, the Apostle of that Era was much stronger than you 」
The man spoke resolutely: "But I am the one who knows the most — — the techniques and secrets that I know are things that none of you can compare to me — — if I am wrong, please kill me immediately"
The voices within the fog fell silent.
As if — — -
That man wasn't wrong.
Amidst the silence, the man continued to speak.
"As long as you fulfill my wish, I will definitely contribute all of my wisdom and knowledge to help you achieve what you want to achieve."
A while later.
Finally, a cold and piercing voice rang out from the fog.
「 Tell me your wish 」
That person immediately became excited and said loudly, "I want to become one of you!"
In an instant, all sorts of strange laughter rang out in the fog.
"He wants to become one of us …"
"An idiot …"
"Hahaha, he probably doesn't understand anything …"
"What a poor fellow."
Suddenly, all the voices stopped.
As if someone had stopped these mocking words, the fog fell into dead silence once more.
The cold voice sounded again, "Do you really want to join us, become one of us, and work for us? For the record, there is absolutely no room for regret. "
"I'm serious," the man said.
The cold voice said, "Very good, this is an opportunity … Everyone, let's try and make him one of us. Let's see what happens."
Countless whispers could be heard.
The entire image gradually dimmed, and once again disappeared into the darkness.
"From the looks of it, it seems to be the moment when the Apostle of the Water Era defected to the evil side" Xie Dao Ling commented.
"I think so as well, but what exactly did he want to say by showing me this?" Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but feel a bit doubtful.
"Perhaps he wanted to tell you that he didn't really want to join the evil side?" Xie Dao Ling said.
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan's heart skipped a beat as she recalled a conversation in her mind.
"Because I no longer have the patience to be an Apostle of Primal Chaos, I want to join you and become one of you"
"How regretful …"
"What?"
"We've decided that we will never make the same mistake again, so you should just die"
…
Indeed, that shadow said that they had made the same mistake before.
Now that I think about it, the mistake the shadow made was to accept an Apostle and join them.
And then — —
The shadow was the manifestation of the will of the Ruin Tomb.
Then the Apostle they accepted would naturally turn into — — -
A giant corpse!
"So it really was him!" Gu Qing Shan exclaimed.
"Who is it?" Xie Dao Ling asked.
Gu Qing Shan immediately told her what she was thinking.
Xie Dao Ling silently listened, then suddenly pointed at the dark abyss of water and said: "Look, when you understood this, the darkness was forming a new phantom image of the past — — - this type of phantom image technique is truly rare"
— — once a person understood something, the following double images would appear.
This was related to the Law of Causality.
If a mere phantom image could be related to the Law of Causality, then the Apostles of the Water Era truly were the most knowledgeable beings.
The two of them looked back, only to see that the darkness was constantly boiling and roiling, finally manifesting another scene.
In the scene, the entire world was in the middle of a raging war.
On the bank of a wide river.
The battle had reached its most desperate stage.
"Look, that's you" Xie Dao Ling said.
"It's me" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them watched the scenes of the battle, as well as the ending that it was heading towards — — -
The female General resolutely declared: "Gu Qing Shan, you are the only remaining Sword Saint of humanity, I remember that you know the Secret Art of a Sword Saint, [Tong Gui]"
"Shut up!" A human cultivator angrily shouted: "Once [Tong Gui] is used, sir Gu will also die!"
The crowd began to panic.
Standing on top of the platform, Gu Qing Shan explained: "With just the two of us using our lives to power this strike, we wouldn't be able to win against this final Demon Lord"
A sense of sorrow slowly spread throughout the military camp.
At this point, the scene suddenly zoomed in and focused on a General wearing black armor.
He was the only General in the entire military camp who wore black armor.
Seemingly sensing Gu Qing Shan and Xie Dao Ling's gazes, the black-armored general looked towards them.
"Long time no see, Gu Qing Shan, are you curious as to why I'm here?" the General asked.
"General Du Gu …" Gu Qing Shan whispered.
"Who is he?" Xie Dao Ling asked.
"He's a General from the Fuxi Empire, born in a weaponsmithing family. He's always been a brave warrior … I didn't think he'd be an Apostle" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them quickly finished their conversation, and the black-armored general continued: "Before I joined those fellows in Chaos, I used the Boundary Stone — — that stone was the greatest achievement of our Water Era, and to forge it, we had exhausted all of our Era's potential"
"Perhaps you think that we didn't use everything we had to fight against the Apocalypse … but among the four Eras, our Water Era might not be the strongest, but we are definitely the wisest. Because we value knowledge and wisdom the most, we know that the outcome of fighting against the Apocalypse … is only destruction"
The General took out a stone and showed it to Gu Qing Shan and Xie Dao Ling.
— — -it was the Boundary Stone.
The General slowly explained: "As soon as I joined those eerie entities, I would immediately demonize without a chance to investigate their secrets — — the Boundary Stone is a treasure that we spent our blood, sweat, and tears to create, its greatest use is to split the user into two. This way, the demonization process wouldn't be able to complete, it would be stuck halfway — — after all, there would still be half a person, no longer a part of their current identity, so the demonization process wouldn't be able to be completed"
"So … it was you who gave the old pixie that note?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Yes, it was me. I knew what my end would be, so I hoped that someone would save me in the future" the General replied.
"And it was you, who had been helping Gu Qing Shan?" Xie Dao Ling asked.
"Helping him is the same as helping myself, helping all living beings, so of course I would help him" the General replied.
"Then, after you split into two, what happened?" Xie Dao Ling pursued the question.
The black-armored general revealed a desolate expression and said in a low voice, "The other half of me was indeed turned into a Ruined Tomb … which is the giant corpse you saw. However, the existences inside the Ruined Tomb immediately realized that they had been tricked. They could not destroy their own kind, so they imprisoned me and sealed me in an eternal barren land."
"This version of me, who has not been corrupted, has been lurking for countless years. I've seen the destruction of the Fire Era and the Wind Era, and even the birth and prosperity of the Chaos Era … I've even seen your descent as a Connate Saint."
He pointed at Gu Qing Shan.
"The Age of Chaos was the manifestation of the Age of Primal Chaos. I could sense that the end of everything was coming, so after Mount Buzhou was destroyed, even after the Age of Chaos collapsed and turned into the Samsara, I remained hidden within it, silently waiting for a chance, until — –"
"Your reappearance"
Saying so, he put the Boundary Stone away and quickly walked towards the General Selection Platform.
Gu Qing Shan and Xie Dao Ling followed closely behind him.
"We've obtained that note, and now we're here to save you" Gu Qing Shan said.
The General's expression didn't change at all and answered without turning around: "Although the evil creatures can't kill their own kind, they've already corrupted Primal Chaos and even gained control over a certain Sequence. That's why they're currently using my entire body's flesh and bones to create the Throne of Bones, wanting to use this to thoroughly suppress this part of the River of Time and make the flow of time fall under their control"
"We're going to save you right now" Xie Dao Ling said.
"No, you can't save me yet — — - because if you do, the evil creatures will immediately discover this. Their Origin of the Sequence is stored inside the core of the Throne of Bones, although they've pretended to have returned to the past, after taking control of this part of the River of Time, they could appear on the Throne of Bones at any moment" the General replied.
Gu Qing Shan spoke in a low voice: "So your scheme is — — -"
"To find the Origin of the Sequence" the General replied.
"The Origin of the Sequence? What's that? "Xie Dao Ling asked.
"The Origin of the Sequence — — - it's not the Apocalypse that appeared from the Ruins Tomb, but the very first Sequence of Primal Chaos. It contains the ultimate secret, but none of us know what it is" the General replied.
"Very well, we're leaving now" Xie Dao Ling said.
"Go, this matter is related to the outcome of the entire decisive battle. Only when you find the Origin of the Sequence can you save me, otherwise, everything else is meaningless" the General said.
At this point, he finally stepped onto the General Selection Platform.
All the cultivators in the area looked at him, but completely ignored Gu Qing Shan and Xie Dao Ling who were standing behind him.
Gu Qing Shan and Xie Dao Ling exchanged glances and were about to leave this screen.
Before leaving, Gu Qing Shan suddenly stopped.
He looked at the General and spoke in a low voice: "Who would've thought, from the very start, we've been fighting side by side for so long"
The General smiled: "All of my kin and comrades from that era had died in battle, I was also dejected for a very long time, even wishing that I would die for eternity. That way, I would no longer feel sad, until … I saw what you've done — — I recognized you as the last of my comrades, and fought together with you for the last time"
Gu Qing Shan continued: "I've told you before, I'll definitely save you from that bronze pillar …"
"I believe that you can do it" the General answered her without hesitation.
Gu Qing Shan nodded, took a step back, and left this screen with Xie Dao Ling.
After they left.
The General stood still for a brief moment, then walked towards the General Selection Platform.
There stood Wang Lingxiu and Gu Qing Shan.
Wang Lingxiu's expression was full of sorrow.
Gu Qing Shan remained calm and noticed his arrival.
"General Gu Qing Shan, what's the matter?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The General replied: "Perhaps if we win here, the others won't have to worry about whether to support us or the capital city — — they'll have time to return and save the capital city"
"Indeed, this is the only way, but with my own strength, even if I sacrifice my life, I won't be able to kill this Demon Lord" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The General slowly lowered his body, kneeling on one knee and clasping his fist.
"Sir Gu, I'm willing to die together"
He calmly said.
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