Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9
He opened his eyes.
Gu Qing Shan found himself still standing in the tidal waves of darkness.
So I died again.
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
Just now, the Spirit Tortoise said that if I couldn’t go into the Heavenly Palace, I would’ve died anyway.
Because of this, it killed me in a sympathetic manner.
Is it really that difficult to survive outside of the Heavenly Palace?
But now that the jade disk is completely destroyed, it’s impossible for me to even try and use [War God Skills] to replicate and make another disk.
What should I do now?
The dark figure of light told him: 「 You have seven hundred—– 」
Gu Qing Shan cut it off: “I don’t want to know how many chances I have left”
「 Alright, suit yourself 」
The dark figure of light replied as it ate another chicken drumstick.
Gu Qing Shan picked up a gourd of liquor on the ground and drank everything at once.
The dark figure of light looked at him and commented: 「 Your taste is very peculiar 」
“Why do you say that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
「 That thing you just drank tastes too bitter, it’s not delicious at all 」the dark figure of light replied.
“After you’ve been through enough things, you will come to love the feeling it brings” Gu Qing Shan said.
He placed the gourd back on the ground and took a deep breath before uttering: “Again!”
「 Alright 」the dark figure of light replied.
The tidal waves of darkness once again surged, swallowed him whole, and brought him to the abyss of time.
Receiving the formation plate at Bai Hua hall.
Teleporting to the Justice Iron Fist Club.
Once again arriving at the Primordial Heaven Realm.
Gu Qing Shan stood on top of the clouds, rethinking the entire process all over again.
He came to the edge of the clouds, let himself free fall and flew along with the wind.
When he reached the underside of the mountain, in front of the thick layer of clouds, Gu Qing Shan stopped.
He formed the wind seal again.
The intense wind blew the layer of clouds away, revealing the gigantic body of the Spirit Tortoise.
As soon as the clouds were scattered, the Spirit Tortoise already noticed him.
It slowly opened its eyes.
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist: “Senior, I am the sect master of this generation of the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, please allow me to enter the Heavenly Palace”
The Spirit Tortoise glanced at him: 「 Do you have the Heavenly Palace jade disk? 」
Gu Qing Shan replied: “The Heavenly Palace jade disk was already broken in my generation, but I can prove my identity”
He performed [Sky Fall], [Ground Shrink], then immediately used [Unbreakable Mountain Range]
These were all Divine Skills that originated from Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace.
Following that, Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag to take out a long rectangular jade box.
He carefully opened the jade box to show the Spirit Tortoise the nearly-broken Earth sword.
The Spirit Tortoise stared for a long while at the Earth sword before muttering: 「 I knew it was already heavily damaged, but to think it is broken now…」
“Yes senior, I came to the Primordial Heaven Realm this time in order to search for the Heaven Sword, as I heard only the Heaven Sword can help repair it” Gu Qing Shan told the Spirit Tortoise.
The Spirit Tortoise gave Gu Qing Shan a complicated look: 「 Your cultivation is certainly much higher than the previous ones that came, but you are still too weak. Without the jade disk, your strength alone is unable to help you survive in this place 」
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist: “Please show me the way, senior, I have to save the Earth sword”
The Spirit Tortoise spoke: 「 Return, youngster, I know how hard it is for someone to become a Virtualized realm cultivator in the lower realms, you shouldn’t die here meaninglessly 」
Gu Qing Shan maintained his posture and spoke sincerely: “The demons have invaded, the Divinities are dead, ancient evils are awakening one after another, billions of worlds are being destroyed as we speak. Even if this humble one returns, only death awaits me, so I would rather die here. Please show me a way, senior, even if I have to travel to hell and back, I want to save the Earth sword!”
The Spirit Tortoise sighed: 「 Difficult! Difficult! Difficult! You are sincere, but without the jade disk, you won’t even survive here, let alone find the Heaven Sword 」
Gu Qing Shan doubtfully asked: “Is the jade disk really necessary to survive in the Heaven realm?”
The Spirit Tortoise replied: 「 With the jade disk, you can at least enter the Heavenly Palace and seek shelter there 」
Gu Qing Shan asked: “Are there really no other ways?”
The Spirit Tortoise answered: 「 Even a spirit beast like me has to rely on my natural-born Thaumaturgy in order to survive so far. The Golden Dragon, Vermillion Bird and Kirin have already died one by one, leaving only a strand of their souls left. Your chances of survival are even slimmer than theirs, so it will be wasted effort for me to help you 」
Gu Qing Shan asked doubtfully: “But aren’t I still alive right now?”
The Spirit Tortoise went silent briefly before speaking: 「 It’s coming 」
It gave Gu Qing Shan a look of pity before pulling its head as well as its four limbs back into its shell.
The Spirit Tortoise’s voice resounded in Gu Qing Shan’s mind.
「 You need to survive for 1 more hour, only then can you barely be considered to have the ability to survive outside. At that time, come find me again, I will help you steal a jade disk 」
After saying so, the Spirit Tortoise went silent completely.
Gu Qing Shan was shocked.
Survive for 1 more hour?
What’s going to happen?
Without giving him time to think, an unknown force began to sweep across the entire world.
Gu Qing Shan felt an irresistible level of spirit pressure exerting on him from above.
This spirit pressure forced him down from the sky to the ground before it stopped.
Gu Qing Shan tried moving his body.
He was unharmed.
The spirit pressure was stern but gentle, the only thing it did was force him to land.
Gu Qing Shan sighed helplessly.
According to Shifu, the area outside of the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace is tens of thousands of times more dangerous.
The Spirit Tortoise also said that it would be a wasted effort to help me, only if I can live for another hour will I be worthy of its help.
But…
Aren’t I standing and living just fine outside of the Heavenly Palace right now?
Maybe, after so much time has passed, the dangerous elements have already died?
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, he felt his vision becoming blurred.
The desolate landscape disappeared.
He found himself standing among countless others.
Gu Qing Shan stayed still without changing his expression and silently glanced around.
The cultivators around him were all wearing armour with a heavy expression on their faces.
When Gu Qing Shan tried to sense their spirit energy waves, he found that even the weakest of them was more powerful than Shifu.
These people all have terrifying strength.
Is this an illusion?
…no, this is much more realistic than a mere illusion.
Gu Qing Shan silently continued expanding his gaze outward.
He tried looking faraway.
Armoured cultivators stood all over the large hill and mountains around here.
They all had weapons at the ready, some with spirit beasts by their sides, neatly and orderly lined up in a battle formation.
The entire ground was covered in cultivators.
In the sky, the glow of airships flying could constantly be seen, furthermore, there were also large-scale moving fortresses also full of cultivators slowly floating in the sky.
Both the sky and the ground were dyed in solemn silence.
There was only one sound to be heard.
The sound of cultivators circulating their spirit energy, preparing for something to arrive.
“READY!”
Someone shouted.
“What?” Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help himself asking.
The voice that shouted once again ordered: “All troops, charge!”
Every cultivator shouted at once: “Charge!”
But they didn’t get a chance to charge forward.
Far in the sky, a single beam of white light shot towards Gu Qing Shan’s direction.
Boom!
The light exploded in the middle of the formation.
The ground itself was blown away by the intense power of the attack, knocking dirt and sand to the air.
The cultivators standing around Gu Qing Shan were struck head-on by the white beam of light and were immediately blown to pieces.
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t react at all before he was hit by the residual power of the attack and blown to the sky.
Before he died, he saw a giant head covered in eyes descending from the sky as it slowly glanced around.
His vision became dark.
…
He once again opened his eyes.
Gu Qing Shan found himself still standing in the tidal waves of darkness.
「 Back from the dead? 」the dark figure of light was standing next to him and asked.
“Yeah, I ran into something weird” Gu Qing Shan sighed.
He then realized something and asked: “Wait a minute, were you able to see how I die every time?”
「 Indeed 」the dark figure of light replied.
“What about just now?”
「 Just now, you were brought back to the Age of Old by some sort of power. It almost trapped you there permanently 」
The dark figure of light’s voice seemed serious unlike ever before.
