Saying so, the figure of light's body began to give off a transparent ripple.
This ripple completely enveloped both it and the Divine King.
In a split second, both Gu Qing Shan and it disappeared without a trace.
The only person left in the Grand Divine Palace was Luo Bingli.
She was still crafting the jade disk, but at a much slower pace.
The palace was completely empty.
Luo Bingli sighed worriedly.
In the secret phantom image that she was guarding, the Divine race had launched a full-scale invasion and completely destroyed humanity's path of concealment.
But now, it seems the Divine race had made other preparations as well.
If Gu Qing Shan hadn't disguised herself as the Divine King and fooled everyone, I wouldn't have known about this at all.
For some reason, Luo Bingli recalled the conversation she had with Gu Qing Shan before.
"You need to survive and help me"
"Help you?"
"That's right. Do you really think that I alone can defeat two powerful and well-prepared races?"
Luo Bingli fell into thought.
— — it seems that his assumption was correct.
The Desolate race is much more powerful than the Divine race, much more despairing.
If the Divine race had a backup plan, then what about the Desolate race?
As soon as that thought popped up, Luo Bingli couldn't help but shiver.
She felt a chill running down her spine.
…
The endless fog of the void.
Countless phantom images of different eras were flickering like stars in the night sky.
Sometimes they would flicker, sometimes they would disappear, innumerable.
"What's going on?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The figure of light replied: 「 Billions of phantom images, each of them contains a specific period of time in the Age of Old. They truly exist, are connected, but also isolated 」
"I don't understand" Gu Qing Shan shook her head.
「 It's very simple — — 」
The figure of light pointed at a phantom image that was closest to them and continued: 「 Look, this phantom image is about to reach its end 」
Gu Qing Shan followed where it was pointing.
Only to see that a certain scene was appearing in that phantom image.
The Divinities descended upon the Drifting Moon Immortal Sect to help the human race rebuild this famous cultivation sect.
When the sect was rebuilt once again, all the images stopped.
Everything suddenly disappeared.
In the phantom image, a new scene appeared.
That was the scene before the first destruction of the Drifting Moon Immortal Sect.
On the screen, Immortals and humans started to appear, preparing to rebuild the sect.
They seemed to have returned to the past and did not know that they had rebuilt the Drifting Moon Celestial Tracks.
Everything was like a new beginning.
"Why is that …" Gu Qing Shan muttered.
The figure of light replied: 「 Because their era is only this long, they will have to repeat this process forever 」
Gu Qing Shan seemed to sense something and asked abruptly, "You mean, I'm also in such a fragment?"
The figure of light replied: 「 Correct, within the countless phantom images, there were countless Gods of Frost and Chill, and it was because of our arrival that a single entity like yourself was able to change the course of your destiny 」
"Why is space-time like this?"
"The real space-time is not like this. It always moves forward and never repeats. No one can go back to the past and start over."
"What you mean is …"
「 Indeed, the space-time you are currently in is only a fragment of the real space-time, it originated from a spell — — a spell of the human race 」
Gu Qing Shan shook her head: "Humans could not have grasped such a powerful spell"
The figure of light continued: 「 Every Divine race believed that humans couldn't have grasped such a spell, but they did. Our guess is that humanity used some sort of method to obtain a fragmented inheritance from the Bygone Era 」
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought and slowly asked: "That's why they were able to create the twin swords Heaven and Earth and perform such an unimaginable spell?"
「 That's about it 」 the figure of light replied.
Gu Qing Shan lowered her head and spoke with a defeated tone: "I'm actually in a fragment of time … I still can't believe it …"
The figure of light turned around and spoke to her: 「 There is no time to be emotional, your majesty, you must make a choice right now 」
"What choice?"
「 In the phantom image you are currently in, the final moment was actually half a year later. At the time, you were still sitting on the throne of the Divine King, ruling over both the human and Divine races 」
「 If you want to escape from that phantom image and truly live from then on, you will have to face countless trials and tribulations, possibly losing your life at any moment in order to obtain a chance to enter the real world 」
「 To become the Divine King in a fragment of time, or to take a gamble and enter the real world, even if there is a chance of death, you will still have to enter the real world and begin a completely unpredictable future 」
「 Between these two choices, your majesty must make a choice 」
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a bit, then asked: "I have to ask, in the real space-time, what exactly happened to our Divine race?"
The figure of light replied: 「 The majority of the Divinities are dead, only a small portion of our race managed to hide within the 9.9 billion World Layers that we created in imitation of the Bygone Era humans, barely surviving 」
Gu Qing Shan displayed a suitable expression of sorrow.
He suddenly recalled a conversation between the Lord of Desolation and the Divine King before he died.
At the time, the Divine King said: 「 The reason why we created so many worlds was because we wanted to relive the past, to see what considerations humanity had during the Bygone Era that led them to give up everything and enter that gate 」
The Lord of Desolation scoffed: 「 Do you really think you can pry into the ultimate secret of the Bygone Era? 」
…
「 The Samsara is not something I can control. You dared to imitate the power of humanity and created it, that is challenging my authority 」
「 Lord of the Desolation … the Samsara had only just been created, it does not have any power … I … offer it to you … 」
— — -these were the Divine King's final words before he died.
What kind of secret is there?
Gu Qing Shan silently remembered this as a thought flashed through his mind.
He didn't have time to carefully think about it right now.
The figure of light spoke: 「 Your majesty, please make your decision. Do you want to return to your fragment of time and peacefully reign as king, or do you want to face the harsh trials and do everything you can to advance towards the real world 」
Gu Qing Shan casually replied: "Is there even a need to choose?"
The figure of light looked at him: 「 What do you mean, your majesty? 」
Gu Qing Shan replied: "This king will not live in an illusion"
The figure of light went silent briefly before slowly nodding.
「 Your majesty, I have once again confirmed that you are a king worthy of the hope of the Divine race 」
「 Your majesty, you will now face your first trial 」
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Go ahead"
The figure of light spoke: 「 In the fragment of time that you currently resided in, right around the time of your ascension to the throne, a crucial event occurred among humanity 」
"What was it?"
「 A few human cultivators managed to escape our surveillance and went to the Desolate world — — after studying history, we found that it was after this trip to the Desolate world that humanity began to gradually change 」
「 Because of that, we have reason to believe that humanity must have discovered some sort of secret in the Desolate world 」
「 Perhaps humanity's twin swords Heaven and Earth as well as the Space-Time Phantom technique were obtained during this period 」
「 Your majesty, you are the strongest Divinity, you must go to the Desolate world and find that secret 」
Gu Qing Shan thought of something.
Sure enough, at the end of the Age of Old, the remaining Divinities began to reflect on and revisit history.
They finally found out about it.
— — Xie Gu Hong went to the Desolate world and returned unscathed.
Humanity slowly began to change.
… This was also something that Gu Qing Shan had already considered.
He was already planning to go to the Desolate world — — because after leaving this fragment of space-time, he wasn't sure if he would coincidentally be in the same period of time in another fragment — — and at this point in time, Xie Gu Hong was in the Desolate world.
The figure of light's request was exactly what Gu Qing Shan wanted.
"Very well, as soon as the jade disk to find the Heaven sword is completed, I will immediately set off" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The figure of light spoke: 「 Your majesty, once you are discovered by the Lord of Desolation, what awaits you will be his wrath, you will definitely be killed by him — — are you sure you want to accept this trial? 」
Gu Qing Shan replied: "I have to"
The figure of light stared closely at him and spoke with a pleased tone: 「 Very well, your majesty, I will provide you with some help 」
"What kind of help?"
「 You cannot enter the Desolate world as a Divinity, otherwise you might be exposed. I will use a secret technique to disguise you as a human cultivator, then give you a more reliable identity and help you sneak into the Desolate world 」
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan froze.
I didn't think a Divinity would do something like this. This really is …
Gu Qing Shan appeared a bit nervous.
"You want this king to disguise himself as a human? Will this method work? "
He asked with a tone full of skepticism.
The figure of light replied: 「 Do not worry, your majesty. Disguise is a very good method of concealment, I guarantee that no one will be able to discover your true identity after you disguise yourself as a human cultivator 」
"… If that's the case, I will disguise myself once"
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