Let's rewind time a bit.
When the old man asked Gu Qing Shan to make a choice between facing his Tribulation and Zhi Luo.
Without hesitation, Gu Qing Shan chose to face his Tribulation.
Under the protection of the sword array, he successfully passed the Fire Tribulation and left the Mahesvara realm.
The old man led the cultivators to destroy the mountain.
But Gu Qing Shan was already heading towards the Water Tribulation.
Among the four Saint Pillars of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, Wind and Fire represented destruction and extinction, while Earth and Water represented birth and growth.
Because of this, the Water Tribulation's goal wasn't to destroy a cultivator's life.
It was a kind of ever-changing and unknown Tribulation.
Gu Qing Shan was moving through the countless faint lights.
At a certain point, these faint lights combined to form a bright light that illuminated the entire world.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly found himself standing on a boundless stretch of water.
There were no living beings in this world.
The surface of the water was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the entire silver sky, as well as the only existence underneath — — – Gu Qing Shan.
A few moments later, a stream of water rose from the surface of the water, slowly elongated, changed, and finally formed another Gu Qing Shan's appearance.
The two Gu Qing Shan's stood facing each other without moving.
All of a sudden, one of the Gu Qing Shan's expression became spirited.
He curiously looked at the other side and asked: "You're me from the other world?"
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan replied: "It seems your soul has arrived. According to the rules of the Water Tribulation, what happens today won't cause you any real damage, so you can do your best"
The other Gu Qing Shan appeared emotional: "So in a parallel world, my main Profession was a sword cultivator"
Gu Qing Shan tried asking: "What about you? I don't see any killing intent from you, so it's been a while since you last fought? "
The other Gu Qing Shan generously admitted: "That's right, I'm the number one spirit chef in this world — — of course, I'm also a sword cultivator, but I don't have the same sharp sword will that you do"
"Why is that?"
"The children like my cooking."
As Gu Qing Shan spoke, a gentle expression appeared on her face.
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
What?
I even have a child in a parallel world?
"Who did you marry?" He couldn't help but ask.
"Su Cher," said Gu Qing Shan.
"What about — Anna?"
"Anna? There isn't a woman named Anna around me. "
"Then how did you end up with Su Cher?"
"The end of the world came, the sky fell and the earth cracked. A strange virus spread among everyone. Three-fifths of the world's population died, and the remaining two-fifths obtained the opportunity to enter the world of cultivation."
"I wandered the world of cultivation together with Su Cher. Later on, we joined a sect together, cultivated together, and finally got married."
"Her family didn't stop her?"
"Hmm, unfortunately, the 9 Lords are all dead" Gu Qing Shan laughed.
Gu Qing Shan was startled, then hesitantly asked: "Then — you didn't encounter any demons or anything?"
"What kind of thing are demons?"
"There were no demons! Do you have an [Order]? "
"Ah, we do have an [Order]"
"What kind of [Order] is it?"
"[Worlds Apocalypse Online], Sanctuary"
Gu Qing Shan was speechless.
So that was a completely different world, even the first [Order] that appeared was different.
Wait a minute.
Why was the first [Order] to awaken in this Space-Time was the [Demon King Order]?
Just look at him, he's the first [Sanctuary]!
As soon as he heard that, looking at how relaxed he was, Gu Qing Shan didn't want to ask any more questions.
There really is no harm if there's no comparison.
He said: "Alright, now that you're the examiner, what do you want to compete with me on?"
"Why would I want to compete with myself?" that Gu Qing Shan smiled.
Gu Qing Shan also smiled and said: "The meaning of the Water Tribulation is to allow cultivators to understand the mysteries of the world, to understand that outside of the infinite Space-Time, there are countless parallel worlds. So you must give me a test of some sort before you can return to your world from here"
"Then I'll give you a test"
Saying so, that Gu Qing Shan waved his hand to take out a lot of cooking utensils and began to cook a fish.
A few moments later, his fish was done.
"Come, try it" that Gu Qing Shan said.
Gu Qing Shan's presence froze.
Competing in cooking?
He let go of his sword, took out a bowl and chopsticks, and began to taste it.
"Hm, the taste is quite good, your control of the heat is very good"
Gu Qing Shan praised as he ate.
"This is one of my best dishes, if you can reach 70% of my standard, you pass" that Gu Qing Shan said.
He put a fresh fish on the chopping board.
Gu Qing Shan put down his bowl, rolled up his sleeves, and began to carefully prepare the fish.
After fusing so many worlds together, he obtained a large number of cultivation scriptures, including quite a few of the 6 Arts scriptures, so he's already mastered them.
After returning to Shen Wu world, he also exchanged his experiences with Qin Xiaolou, which allowed him to reach a higher level of proficiency.
The food and refreshments that he prepared for the people of Bai Hua sect were all praised by everyone.
— — -recently, he even learned a few methods to prepare seafood from the evil creatures.
So this test shouldn't be a problem at all.
A few moments later.
His fish was done.
That Gu Qing Shan walked up with interest, took a pair of chopsticks, and put a piece into his mouth.
"Not bad, it's even better than what I made" he praised.
As soon as he said so, his figure slowly faded away, finally disappearing from this mirror-smooth body of water.
The first examiner left.
Gu Qing Shan began to eat his fish.
He was waiting for the second visitor from a parallel world.
A few moments later.
Another mass of water turned into another Gu Qing Shan, appearing in front of Gu Qing Shan.
"A test of myself? It was a strange dream. "
This new Gu Qing Shan said.
He looked extremely haggard, as if he had gone through a lot of hardship.
"You look very tired, did you run into any problems?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I'm fine, but I'm going to participate in the sect's competition next month, and I haven't even qualified yet" the other Gu Qing Shan replied.
As Gu Qing Shan stared at him, he noticed something.
The other party was even younger than he looked.
And from his tone and demeanor, the other party seemed immature and immature, as if he hadn't been reborn.
In other words, he was the real me when I was younger.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised: "Swordsmanship? With our understanding of swordsmanship, you and I shouldn't be troubled by something like this "
The young Gu Qing Shan replied: "I've always been alone, I don't have any backing, so I have to fight for all cultivation resources by myself. That's why I started much later than others, and I still haven't gotten a good sword manual"
Gu Qing Shan fell silent.
He really is the same as me in the past life.
He took out a new Inventory Bag from his Thought Sea, then recorded all of his swordsmanship knowledge into a jade tag.
After that, he gave the new Inventory Bag to the other party.
"What is this? Wait a minute, why are there so many sword manuals! There's even a sword array! "the young Gu Qing Shan scanned it with his inner sight and exclaimed.
"This is a very large jade tag, memorize the contents inside first" Gu Qing Shan told him.
The young Gu Qing Shan didn't hesitate and quickly closed his eyes to memorize.
A few moments later.
He opened his eyes.
"Do you remember it?"
"I remember it all"
Gu Qing Shan waved his hand and took the Inventory Bag back.
"You can't take it with you, it'll only bring you trouble" he explained.
The young Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "I understand, I'll make sure to hide myself from the rest of my cultivation"
His eyes were filled with excitement and longing, as if he could already imagine his future achievements.
"That's right, now help me complete this test" Gu Qing Shan said.
The young Gu Qing Shan regained his senses.
He thought for a bit, then drew his sword:
"We're going to fight, as long as you don't lose, you'll pass my test"
"Very well" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He also drew his sword.
The two figures collided directly.
A sword phantom flashed.
Gu Qing Shan pulled his sword back and took a step back.
The young Gu Qing Shan stood still and sighed: "So I can actually train my swordsmanship to this level"
Hundreds of slashes appeared on his chest.
But these slashes only cut through his clothes and didn't harm his body at all.
The young Gu Qing Shan's figure slowly turned transparent.
"It sounds strange to say thank you, because you are me, and I am you, it's just that we're in different space-time" the young Gu Qing Shan said.
"Regardless, I've been through what you've been through. I hope you can live a better life than I did back then," Gu Qing Shan said.
The young Gu Qing Shan nodded and smiled at Gu Qing Shan, "I will become the strongest sword cultivator."
The next moment, his figure completely disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan continued to wait.
At the Void Revolution realm, one would have to face three versions of themselves from parallel worlds.
Now that two had passed, there was only one left.
Moments later.
A stream of water turned into Gu Qing Shan's appearance and reappeared on the surface of the water.
"Tsk tsk, there are other Tribulations aside from the Lightning Tribulation, I've never heard of such a mysterious matter — — right, what level of cultivation do I have to reach to face the Water Tribulation?" the other Gu Qing Shan curiously asked.
"When advancing to the Samsara realm, you will need to face the Water Tribulation" Gu Qing Shan said.
"What is Samsara realm?"
"Qi Training, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Rejuvenation, Ascended, Sainted, Projection, Tribulation, Virtualized, Cryptic, Chaotic Star, Origin Return, Radiant Soul, Void Beholder, 90 Void Wanderer, 800 Void Revolution, Three Thousand Worlds, Paragon realm, {Yama King}, {Mahesvara King}, Sumeru Lord realm — — these are the realms that I know of"
Hearing that, the other Gu Qing Shan was stunned for a long while.
Gu Qing Shan asked in return: "From your spirit energy waves, I can tell that you're already at Ascended realm, why don't you continue to break through?"
The other Gu Qing Shan replied: "After the spirit beast rebellion, all the demons disappeared, so we've decided to seal off the demon warp gate, making it impossible for their world to communicate with us"
This time, it was Gu Qing Shan's turn to be stunned.
— — -in another parallel world, humanity sealed off the warp gate that connected to Shen Wu world.
From then on, humanity obtained peace.
As for what happened after that, most of it happened in the mainstream worlds of the 900 million World Layers. The cultivation world and my homeworld were scattered worlds that were outside of the 900 million World Layers, so they obtained peace.
This was truly unexpected.
"Since then, there haven't been any more disasters in your world or the cultivation world?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"No" the other Gu Qing Shan replied.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and said: "You're too lucky"
"From your cultivation, I can already see that — —"
The other 'Gu Qing Shan' paused briefly, then continued: "That's why my request for you is that you tell me everything you know, that way, you'll pass my test" the other 'Gu Qing Shan' said.
"I can"
Without hesitation, Gu Qing Shan told her everything she could.
The other Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
Gu Qing Shan then gave the other party the Inventory Bag.
"This is — —"
"A large-sized jade tag, you need to memorize the contents inside and cultivate well when you return"
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