This was the bank of a large river.
A group of 7-8 cultivators stood there, silently looking at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan looked around, only to see that aside from the river, there were also several mountains on top of the river.
Indeed, this was Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace.
And this was where Xie Dao Ling's dreamscape came from.
"Stand up and speak" Xie Gu Hong said.
Gu Qing Shan stood up from the ground.
The great cultivators didn't hold back at all and began to discuss in front of him.
"Such a young Three Thousand Worlds realm cultivator, this is the first time I've seen one"
"Indeed, to be able to guess our arrangements with a single sentence, he is truly an astute person"
"Old Xie, this brat is a sword cultivator, from his sword spirit, I can sense that he's from Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, so he's most likely a junior of your sect"
"I also think so, how about we confirm it?"
"I have no objections"
"I have no objections"
"Sure"
"I have no objections"
The great cultivators quickly made their decision.
Gu Qing Shan had no idea what they were talking about.
It was now that Xie Gu Hong looked at him and smiled: "You're a disciple of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace?"
"Yes" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Who is your Shifu?"
"My Shifu is your daughter — — to be exact, within the phantom images, I once took you as my master"
Xie Gu Hong hesitantly looked at him without saying anything.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly drew his sword and stabbed at Xie Gu Hong.
This was clearly a normal strike, but Xie Gu Hong's eyes lit up as he saw it.
He also drew his own sword and received Gu Qing Shan's attack.
Kih!
The two swords clashed and gave off a clear metallic sound.
"A total of 1200 sword styles were unleashed in the void of space — — so you've reached the end of the path of a sword saint, what should you do now?"
"Shifu, you once taught me that after a thousand swords is a single sword"
"Did I ever say that?"
Xie Gu Hong put his sword away with a bright smile on his face.
Gu Qing Shan very sincerely replied: "That is indeed the case"
The other great cultivators exchanged glances.
Xie Gu Hong finally nodded: "Hm, I did leave a clone of my soul in the phantom images, who would've thought that a disciple would actually come"
Gu Qing Shan was stunned when she heard this.
"I left a part of my soul in the phantom images."
— Could it be that I'm no longer in a phantom image?
One of the great cultivators noticed his confusion and smiled: "This is a fragment of the Samsara, the time after the destruction of the Heaven realm — — this is the real world, but we're still in a dream"
Gu Qing Shan said, "In other words, this is still the ancient era, but after all the battles have ended?"
"Correct" Xie Gu Hong replied.
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly asked, "What was the result of the battle? Who obtained the Heavenly Sword? "
"No one knows, because that moment has already been hidden away by us. Not only can we not find it, even those terrifying monsters can't find it" Xie Gu Hong replied.
Gu Qing Shan looked at him in disbelief.
Hide a certain moment and don't let anyone find it.
What kind of power was this?
Humanity is this powerful?
Without knowing it, he recalled the phantom images.
Over a million phantom images, each one of which was a fragment of a real parallel world. This is unimaginable.
That's a parallel world we're talking about.
It was only when I was facing the 4 Tribulations that I managed to come into contact with my other selves from other worlds.
If humanity could really connect to parallel worlds, why would they need to hide from the Abyssal monsters?
"I know you must be very shocked, and to be honest, we're also very shocked" Xie Gu Hong replied.
He appeared to be reminiscing as he fell into an indescribable state of mind.
The other great cultivators also appeared to be feeling the same.
"What's going on?"
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask.
"The problem lies in the twin swords Heaven and Earth" Xie Gu Hong replied.
Another great cultivator continued: "In fact, the fragment of time where the Earth sword and Palace Master Xie's daughter left was something that the Immortal King purposely chose for someone from the future to experience — — after that, humanity entered the final moments of destruction"
Gu Qing Shan pondered: "In other words, something important must have happened before the Earth sword was taken away"
"Indeed, when the Earth sword was taken away, the Heaven sword was already about to be completed" Xie Gu Hong confirmed.
"From the blueprint, we knew that to awaken the Earth sword's Thaumaturgy, we would need to rely on the Heaven sword"
"So we brought the Earth sword to the Heaven sword's forging site, where the Immortal King would personally guard it"
"Just as the Heaven sword was about to be completed, both swords displayed supernatural phenomena"
"A few completely unstoppable monsters appeared"
"While they were fighting each other, they were also drawing many weapon components from the void of space, almost as if they were about to combine the twin swords Heaven and Earth into a complete weapon"
"As the person in charge of the forging process, the Immortal King was holding the weapon at the time, so the monsters couldn't kill him in a hurry. Furthermore, they were more concerned about fighting each other"
"The Immortal King naturally felt that the situation was extremely dangerous, so he immediately separated the twin swords and told Palace Master Xie to take the Earth sword away"
"While he used the power granted to him by the weapon to stop all the monsters"
"Later on, we guessed that the terrifying monsters didn't know that the weapon was capable of such a feat, so they underestimated the Immortal King — — this was their biggest mistake"
"What feat did the weapon achieve?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The great cultivators all went silent.
Even now, they still felt a sense of fear towards that event.
Finally, it was Xie Gu Hong who spoke up: "When the twin swords Heaven and Earth were combined by the other weapon components to form a new weapon, it directly tore through Space-Time and cut off many fragments from other parallel worlds to form endless phantom images"
"Taking that chance, the Immortal King activated another ability of the weapon: [Eternal Moment]"
"The so-called [Eternal Moment] is a technique that hides a certain moment of this world, only those who meet certain conditions can enter it, no one else can"
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask: "But hiding it is useless, those monsters are still there"
Xie Gu Hong replied: "But I've already taken the Earth sword with me, so they won't be able to obtain the weapon created by the twin swords Heaven and Earth"
Another great cultivator followed up: "Furthermore, the Heaven sword wasn't fully forged, it was still missing an important forging sequence"
"Because of that, not only did the monsters not obtain the Earth sword, they also didn't obtain the Heaven sword"
While they were talking, Gu Qing Shan suddenly noticed that everyone was smiling.
"You — — -"
"It's fine" Xie Gu Hong replied, "we're just feeling emotional that the final victory still belongs to humanity"
The cultivators' figures slowly became blurry.
"That's right, since you've arrived here, we can immediately activate the final jade disk and pull your body over here" one of the great cultivators said.
"After you've completely arrived, we will destroy the tunnel, that way, the monsters will never be able to discover anything here"
"We will record all of our abilities into the jade disk and teach them to you"
"From now on, you will safely live and cultivate in this era, leading humanity to prosper and grow stronger, eventually surpassing our era"
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly replied: "I can't, the reason I came to the Age of Old is to save the Earth sword"
At this point, the other people's figures had already disappeared, only Xie Gu Hong hadn't completely dispersed yet.
Xie Gu Hong continued: "Of course, you have another choice, which is to return the way you came. We will record the method to enter the final moment into the jade disk"
His figure also became blurry.
"We are only a part of our souls, but we both have the power that the Immortal King granted us — — to go to the true final moment — — or to keep you in this era"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "You'll give this power to me, and then you'll die?"
Xie Gu Hong shook his head and chuckled: "As cultivators, death is nothing but a kind of rest, we're simply entrusting our hope to the future and leave"
His figure became even more blurry.
"Whether you stay or fight, it's up to you; also, help me take one last look at Ling Er — — when this dreamscape ends, she will appear in her own dreamscape"
Xie Gu Hong sighed, for the first time in his carefree tone, he sounded a bit regretful.
"She's about to wake up from the dream, unfortunately, I won't be able to see her"
Gu Qing Shan went silent briefly, then continued: "Don't worry, she lived a good life after that, she even took in a few disciples. She's like family with us disciples"
Xie Gu Hong smiled with a comforted expression.
"That's good"
After saying so, he completely disappeared from Gu Qing Shan's sight.
Gu Qing Shan stood still and waited for a while.
At some point, a jade disk had appeared in his hand.
With this jade disk, he would be able to return to the true final moment.
Of course, he would also be able to escape from Xie Dao Ling's dreamscape and pull his body over from the Grand Divine Palace to live in this era.
Gu Qing Shan stroked the jade disk and carefully put it into the deepest part of his Thought Sea.
— — the Eternal monsters of the Abyss couldn't find this jade disk no matter how hard they searched.
This was the most precious thing they had.
This was the Earth sword's lifeline.
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