A Communication Talisman appeared in Gu Qing Shan's hand.
He carefully explained everything into the talisman, then infused it with spirit energy to send the talisman to the sky.
This is an urgent matter, I have to let Shifu know right away!
The talisman turned into a streak of flame and flew away.
Not too long later.
A black dot appeared in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, the black dot disappeared. Xie Gu Hong was already standing in front of Gu Qing Shan.
There were seven swords hovering behind his back, he was wearing a set of armor that was stained with blood.
From the looks of it, he seemed to have rushed here from the battlefield.
Xie Gu Hong observed Gu Qing Shan with an emotional gaze.
"Shifu, everything I said in the talisman was true" Gu Qing Shan said.
"I know" Xie Gu Hong replied.
Seeing how calm he was, Gu Qing Shan suddenly asked: "So you already knew?"
Xie Gu Hong nodded, turned around, and walked towards the cliff in front of the mountain.
Looking at the vast mountain range, he sighed: "For the sake of our own survival, for the sake of serving the Divinities, humanity has been fighting on the frontlines against the Desolate monsters. This situation has been going on for so many years, but the war has never stopped, which made us suspicious"
"Who would've thought, the information that we paid such a heavy price to obtain was so easily obtained by you, not to mention that your information was even clearer and more complete than what we knew"
Xie Gu Hong turned around and looked at Gu Qing Shan with a look of admiration and emotion.
"Qing Shan, this place can no longer exist, you have to remember what I'm about to say"
"Shifu?" Gu Qing Shan didn't quite understand.
Xie Gu Hong continued: "We could faintly sense the truth of the matter, but we couldn't confirm whether or not it was the truth, so before the Age of Old was destroyed, we made preparations for both scenarios"
Hearing this, Gu Qing Shan's eyebrows twitched.
— — Xie Gu Hong said before the Age of Old was destroyed. If that's the case, could it be that he had already escaped from this phantom image and saw the true end of history?
When Gu Qing Shan was about to say something, Xie Gu Hong waved his hand to stop her.
"There's not much time left. We have to hurry."
At this time, far away from the mountains, the sky suddenly opened, and a vast voice spread throughout the entire world.
"The human cultivator Zhang Xiao Yun has betrayed the Divinities and defected to the Desolate world. He is an unpardonable villain. All great cultivators are to immediately find and kill this person. Anyone who hears this, come here immediately!"
"I will personally supervise this matter!"
Xie Gu Hong looked away and shook his head.
He continued: 「 Listen, Qing Shan, the current situation is dire. Not only are the Divinities searching for you, even an entity from another Space-Time has infiltrated the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, so you can't go anywhere 」
When Gu Qing Shan was about to say something, Xie Gu Hong stopped him again.
In the distance, the voice of the god sounded again, "All high-grade cultivators, come quickly!"
One after another, streams of light flew toward the location of the Gods.
Xie Gu Hong ignored the summoning of the Divinity and instead waved his hand to arrange a soundproof formation.
His voice was becoming faster and faster:
「 During the final years of the Age of Old, humanity's only Immortal King had prepared a certain method in advance. With the help of all of us cultivators, we managed to successfully trigger the Space-Time phantom image illusion right before the Primordial Heaven Realm was destroyed 」
「 As time passed, this phantom image illusion would split into countless numbers, specifically used to confuse the Divinities and Desolate monsters 」
「 The Divinities and monsters might be able to notice these phantom images, but the endless phantom images made it impossible for them to understand what we were doing at the very last moment before our deaths 」
「 Qing Shan, you must follow a certain secret sequence within these countless phantom images to reach the final location 」
Xie Gu Hong paused for a bit as his expression became extremely solemn.
「 We have hidden the final moment of the Age of Old within the countless phantom images, you must find it 」
「 Once you find it, you will have truly returned to the moment when humanity was destroyed in the Age of Old 」
Gu Qing Shan finally couldn't help but ask: "What am I going to do at that moment?"
Xie Gu Hong silently looked at him for a long while before answering: 「 The Heaven sword was only forged at the very last moment of humanity's destruction, you must take it with you 」
"Shifu — –"
"You carry the real Earth sword on you, I can sense it"
Xie Gu Hong took out a jade disk from his chest pocket and put it in Gu Qing Shan's hand.
Gu Qing Shan looked down.
The jade disk felt warm in his hand, as if it contained an immeasurable amount of power.
A number was carved on the surface of the jade disk: [Gan Nine]
Xie Gu Hong explained: "Among the countless phantom images, only this jade disk will be able to bring you to the next unique phantom image. You must survive that phantom image and obtain the next jade disk, all the way until the very last moment of the Age of Old to take the Heaven sword"
Gu Qing Shan held the jade disk in his hand, unable to say anything.
Despite being surrounded by the Divinities and monsters, at the very last moment of destruction, humanity was still able to come up with such a method to pass on their hope.
He clenched his teeth and held the jade disk tightly.
"Shifu, then are you a phantom image or — –"
"I am a fragment of my soul that I left behind before my death, waiting for this moment for countless years"
Xie Gu Hong's figure slowly faded away.
"I will bring this phantom image with me to destruction, erasing all traces of you, not letting any entity discover you"
He smiled at the end: "Being able to take in a disciple like you is truly a great comfort, I hope that you will be able to accomplish what my generation couldn't"
Bam — —
Xie Gu Hong's figure scattered into countless fragments, then turned back into a cloud of mist.
The entire world turned into an illusory image that slowly faded away.
The jade disk in Gu Qing Shan's hand suddenly lit up.
It was giving off a blinking light, as if calling out to something.
The disciple jade disk that Gu Qing Shan obtained from the Spirit Tortoise suddenly jumped out from her chest pocket and combined with the jade disk that Xie Gu Hong gave her.
The two jade disks combined into one, giving off a 7-colored light that enveloped Gu Qing Shan.
The jade disk chose a direction and brought Gu Qing Shan through the endless mist, quickly disappearing without a trace.
…
Let's rewind time a bit.
At another location.
Barren Cloud master peak.
A cultivator silently appeared from below the ground.
He silently went through all the defensive formations and directly entered the master peak.
No one noticed this.
He looked around and saw the mountain valley.
"According to the information I received just now, Gu Qing Shan should still be cultivating in the Sword Abyss …" he muttered in a low voice.
Noticing that something wasn't right, the cultivator closed his eyes and carefully sensed his surroundings.
Everything was normal.
He was a bit doubtful, but quickly calmed down and quickly walked towards the mountain valley. While walking, he was constantly changing his appearance.
When he stood in front of the mountain valley, he had returned to his original appearance.
— — -a flame of light was burning between his eyebrows, his entire body was shrouded in glorious light.
After traveling for a long time, he had finally arrived here.
This Divinity reached his hand out and lightly touched the void of space.
Bam!
The defensive formations around the mountain valley were instantly destroyed.
No one would be able to stop him from flying down and killing Gu Qing Shan.
At this point, a figure flew up from below the mountain valley and looked at him in shock.
Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan had appeared.
"Who are you? How did you get in here? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
The Divinity looked at him and couldn't help but smirk.
「 Gu Qing Shan, everything about you is coming to an end, the future will no longer change because of you 」
The Divinity solemnly declared.
He raised his hand.
Just as he was about to act, the entire world began to spin.
Gu Qing Shan's figure turned into a mass of white fog.
Following that, the entire world turned into fog and disappeared from the Divinity's sight.
— — the phantom world of the Age of Old had disappeared!
The Divinity didn't panic and simply stood in the middle of the boundless void, silently contemplating.
「 Why would the world disappear at a time like this? Where exactly did Gu Qing Shan go … 」
While he was thinking, a figure of light manifested from the void of space.
「 Who are you? 」 the Divinity shouted.
「 Sensing my presence, do you still not know who I am? 」 the figure of light replied.
「 You are … the consciousness of our race 」 the Divinity replied.
「 Indeed, I've waited here for far too many years for this day to finally arrive 」 the figure of light replied.
「 What are you waiting for? 」 the Divinity asked.
「 Waiting for a member of our race to arrive — — - at the very last moment of the Age of Old, humanity left behind countless phantom images. We don't know what they did, but they released a kind of omen right before their deaths that caused us to be in a state of unease 」
The Divinity stayed silent for a bit, then replied: 「 I know what they left behind 」
「 Then that's good 」 the figure of light tossed a coin to him.
「 Go, this Desolate coin is the real deal, it will help you sense your target's location, the only problem is that there's a chance for the location to deviate 」
The Divinity received the Desolate coin and carefully observed it.
「 Hm … it's indeed the real deal 」 he muttered.
Putting the coin away, the Divinity smiled again: 「 It doesn't matter if there's a deviation, as long as we can find him, he won't be able to escape death 」
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