Darkness.
In the silent darkness, Gu Qing Shan opened his eyes.
He saw a man crouching down in front of him.
It was an old face.
Time has left too many marks on this face, making it hard for anyone to not wonder just how much hardship the owner of this face had to go through.
The old man put his index finger on his lips, gesturing for him to keep quiet.
Gu Qing Shan cooperated and remained silent, not making any movements or saying anything.
The Spirit Tortoise and Xie Gu Hong's jade disk brought him here, so he had the most basic level of trust in the environment in front of him.
He looked at the other party and sent his voice through inner sight: "May I ask who you are?"
"Let's go out first before we talk" the old man also sent his voice.
Gu Qing Shan looked around and found that he was lying in the middle of a military camp.
Everyone in the camp had fallen into a deep sleep. Only the old man in front of him was staring at him with bright, piercing eyes.
This old man seemed to have been waiting for him to come.
Gu Qing Shan followed the old man out of the camp one after the other.
Under the dim light of night, the two of them were quickly flying through a forest.
"Where are we going?"
Gu Qing Shan asked through inner sight.
"We're leaving this camp, we need to hurry" the old man replied.
"Alright, you go ahead, I'll follow you" Gu Qing Shan said.
As soon as he said so, the old man flew in front of him and led the way.
Gu Qing Shan's frown loosened a bit.
He could sense an irresistible spirit pressure from the old man.
Almost the same as Xie Gu Hong.
In other words, this was a great cultivator from the Age of Old.
The two of them continued flying.
About half an incense's worth of time later.
The two of them finally made it through countless forests, mountains, and finally arrived at the seaside.
The ocean was vast, the waves were undulating.
The moon rose above the sea, leaving a layer of white frost on the surface of the sea, which was then shattered by the ripples of the water.
The old man tapped his Inventory Bag and took out an airship.
"Take it"
He finally spoke up.
"What are you — —" Gu Qing Shan was confused.
"This flying boat can fly in the sky, float on the sea, and even travel through the bottom of the sea. It is equipped with 36 different concealment formations. As long as the spirit stones don't run out, it will be enough to guarantee that you won't be discovered for a short period of time," the old man said.
"On the flying ship, there are countless great cultivators' insights and cultivation methods. You can learn from them."
Gu Qing Shan asked, "But why should I hide in the sea?"
The old man replied: "Because this is a phantom image that we meticulously designed. It recorded the darkest and most despairing period of the war between humanity and the Desolate monsters"
"In the next few months, the entire human race will be in a state of gradual destruction."
"The Divinities are currently keeping an eye on the human race, so they won't easily go to the sea. So, as long as you stay away from land and try to be as careful as possible, there won't be too much of a problem."
The old man took out another jade disk and gave it to Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan took it and looked at it. There were two words engraved on the jade plate: Kun Liu.
The jade plate seemed to have sensed something and abruptly flew into Gu Qing Shan's chest.
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly grabbed it.
This jade plate had already fused with the other two jade plates in his chest, giving off a faint glow.
He now had the [Disciple], [Qian Jiu], and [Kun Liu] jade plates.
Gu Qing Shan couldn't believe that he was able to obtain this jade plate so easily.
Seeing his expression, the old man quickly understood what he was thinking.
The old man explained: "In the Age of Old, we used Divination to predict a single thing. That is, if someone managed to pass through the Spirit Tortoise and Xie Gu Hong's trial, they would definitely run into a dangerous assassination attempt"
"For this reason, we designed this phantom image of the Age of Old"
"During this period of time, the entire human race of the world is in a state of destruction, while you are hidden in the sea by us, no one would be able to find out about your existence"
"The only thing you need to do is to desperately increase your cultivation, only then will you be able to survive the next phantom image"
"You need to at least reach Radiant Soul realm for your jade plate to activate and take you to the next phantom image"
"Cryptic, Chaotic Star, Origin Return, Radiant Soul …" Gu Qing Shan muttered, then couldn't help but ask: "What if I haven't reached Radiant Soul realm?"
The old man shook his head: "If you haven't reached Radiant Soul realm, you won't be able to survive the next phantom image. The only thing you can do is stay in this world, either break through, or be discovered and killed by the Divinities or Desolate monsters"
Gu Qing Shan sighed: "I will do my best to increase my cultivation"
The old man nodded and quickly formed a series of complicated hand seals with both hands.
"It's fortunate that you haven't talked to anyone, this way I would be able to perfectly conceal your traces in this world" he said.
"There's such a technique? Not even the Divinities or Desolate monsters can find me? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
The old man continued to form the hand seals and replied: "Indeed, this technique is called [Soul Retreat], we've already used various methods to verify it to ensure that we won't be exposed"
"Only a cultivator with the [Heaven and Earth Evasion] Thaumaturgy like myself would be able to use [Soul Retreat] to its fullest extent by burning my life force and soul"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "With such a Thaumaturgy, you should be able to avoid all the Divinities and monsters, why do you have to do this?"
The old man casually replied: "All my family members have been eaten by the monsters, my sect, my friends, everything I have has been destroyed by them, where else can I go?"
The old man's hand seals suddenly stopped.
He looked up at Gu Qing Shan and spoke deeply: "The Heaven sword is my only hope"
"Brat, you definitely can't fail, I'll leave the future to you"
He infused his entire body's spirit energy into the hand seal and completed it!
Poof — —
The old man's entire body exploded into a mist of blood that was blown away by the howling sea breeze.
A layer of light wrapped around Gu Qing Shan's body, then made a turn against the wind and headed back the way they came.
Within Gu Qing Shan's inner sight, the light followed the path they came from and headed towards the military camp.
Legend has it that after a person dies, they would follow the path they came from and collect all of their footprints, leaving no traces behind.
This was [Soul Retreat].
The old man had been staying in this phantom image for over ten thousand years, just to cover up the tracks of a person who came after him.
He was only waiting for this moment where he would die.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a while, then clasped her fist towards the void of space: "Don't worry senior, I will definitely not fail"
He rode the airship and flew towards the ocean.
Time slowly passed.
20 breaths later.
The military camp.
A figure suddenly appeared.
A Divinity with a golden glow between his eyebrows.
He opened his hand and stared at the Desolate coin in his hand.
The Desolate coin didn't move at all.
The Divinity appeared surprised.
As he pondered, he suddenly flew into one of the barracks and gently tapped the forehead of a sleeping cultivator.
The cultivator instantly died.
Countless images quickly flashed through the Divinity's eyes.
A few moments later, the Divinity finished looking through this cultivator's memories.
"Nothing?"
He murmured softly.
He flew into another barracks and lightly touched the foreheads of several sleeping cultivators.
Pieces of memories flowed into his mind.
"Strange …"
The Divinity was a bit annoyed.
He leapt into the sky and looked around.
The night was as dark as ink.
At the faraway horizon, several gigantic figures that seemed to connect heaven and earth were slowly making their way here.
The Divinity abruptly looked down.
The cultivators in the camp were still sleeping.
Why aren't they reacting to such a huge commotion?
The Divinity finally realized.
It turns out these people's souls had already been taken away and turned into prepared food.
He looked to the other side again.
Under the dark sky, he couldn't hear any human voices at all.
This was already the end of the world, the Primordial Heaven Realm's humanity had already gone extinct.
— — -how did I suddenly move forward so much and arrive at this moment?
The Divinity looked at the coin in his hand.
The coin still didn't react.
The Divinity suddenly recalled the figure of light's words.
「 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 of deviation 」
Deviation …
Did something really go wrong?
The Divinity remained silent for a while longer.
Brilliant rays of light began to radiate from his body, quickly flying and searching in every direction.
A few moments later.
All the light returned to his body.
There were no living humans.
In other words, humanity had already gone extinct.
Gu Qing Shan wasn't here either.
After confirming this, the Divinity muttered: 「 Seems like there really was a deviation. No, I need to hurry and catch up to him. Otherwise, with the help of those Age of Old humans, he'll only grow stronger and stronger, at which point things will become troublesome 」
He abruptly struck the void of space.
The void of space split open. A black hole appeared in front of him.
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