Gu Qing Shan was flying through the night sky.
Flying——-
It had been so long since he had experienced flying by himself again.
After his powers had been fully unsealed, he only lost two abilities, which were [Govern Spirit] and [Repel Evil].
The sword fragments that contained those powers had been retrieved and once again became part of the Delimitation Divine Sword.
Other than that, nothing else had changed.
“Sequence” he silently called out.
[I’m here] the Supreme Sequence answered.
“Now that I think about it, the information you gave me regarding both the Samsara Delimitation Divine Sword and the Eternal Mind Seizer weren’t completely accurate, were they?” Gu Qing Shan complained.
[You’ll understand soon enough]
The Sequence only gave that reply and stopped responding to him.
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t do anything but shrug it off and continue flying.
Regardless of the situation, if the Sequence wanted to deceive him, it had more than enough chances before this.
——if it doesn’t want to talk, then there must be a reason.
Intense wind continued to howl in his ears.
Gu Qing Shan could see Star Gazer city in the distance.
His figure flashed and directly appeared inside the city using Ground Shrink.
There were still quite a lot of people in the city.
A figure hurriedly flew towards Gu Qing Shan from above the city.
Li An.
『 That wink you gave me earlier—– what was the issue? Was that Gloom Shadow Devil a spy? 』Li An asked.
“That’s right, I’ve already killed him” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Li An suddenly opened her eyes wide and said with shock: 『 Have you recovered your powers? 』
“Yeah, after doing a few things, the Samsara fully unsealed my powers” Gu Qing Shan nodded and smiled.
『 That’s great, you need to follow me right away 』Li An said.
“What’s the matter?” Gu Qing Shan wasn’t aware of the situation.
『 You only left the evil creatures and humans from the Beast King realm in Star Gazer city, so the Chosen Saints who were kicked out without a reason felt like they were treated unjustly. They’ve gathered around the city and are stopping our people from going out 』Li An explained.
Gu Qing Shan sighed, feeling quite a headache.
At the time, I really had no other choice but to do what I did.
Now, the Eternal Mind Seizer has turned into a cocoon.
The threat has temporarily been dealt with.
Then, how should those who were kicked out be treated?
“I’ll take a look” Gu Qing Shan said.
He gently expanded his Inner Sight in every direction from the city and quickly found the Chosen Saints who were stuck in a stalemate.
Ground Shrink——-
Gu Qing Shan instantly vanished and reappeared within the crowd.
『 The City Lord is here! 』
「 Old Gu! 」
“He still has the gall to show up?”
“Cheh, double-crossing bastard”
“He kicked us out——-”
The voices gradually grew lower and lower until it thoroughly disappeared.
Silence.
All the Chosen Saints stared straight at Gu Qing Shan without saying a word.
Because the power fluctuations that Gu Qing Shan radiated were very clear.
——he had regained his strength!
Gu Qing Shan cleared his throat and spoke: “Let me solemnly give everyone my apologies. It was because of an emergency that I had to kick everyone out earlier, but now that the issue has been resolved, if anyone of you wishes to return to Star Gazer city, I’ll take you back in”
Someone called out: “You kicked us out at your convenience, now you’re ‘letting’ us back in? You think we’re some sort of cattle?”
Gu Qing Shan sighed and announced again with a louder voice: “I’ll apologize to everybody again, if you accept it, you can return with no extra strings attached; if you don’t want to, you’re free to join the Heavenly Palace”
He casually formed a hand seal in his mind.
A single flash of light darted across the entire area, before it disappeared without a trace.
A thin slash mark, only as thick as a strand of hair, could be seen on everyone’s neck.
Everyone couldn’t help but feel a chill.
He has already regained his powers, so it would be a breeze for him to kill anyone and everyone here.
Gu Qing Shan clapped his hands loudly:
“Alright, I’ve said everything I wanted to say, after you make your decisions, hurry up and go back to your own tasks. This is a special time with special circumstances, it’s better to seize your time and do what you have to do instead of gathering here and complain, anyone who refuses to listen will get their heads cut off”
The evil creatures were the first ones to dismiss themselves.
Then everyone began to leave one by one.
About 70-80% of the Chosen Saint crowd had already left, only a few groups of 3-5 people remained.
These people were all standing motionlessly while keeping quiet.
As more and more Chosen Saints started to leave, the presence they gave off also started to change.
Some of the bystanders who were there to watch things play out finally noticed that the atmosphere was strange.
These people… were ridiculously strong, even stronger compared to Gu Qing Shan whose powers had been unsealed.
So those bystanders swiftly fled the scene.
Gu Qing Shan’s expression remained unchanged, silently standing still.
He had also noticed that these people were all around the Heavenly Emperor’s level of power.
——their identities were quite obvious, they were the envoys of various Sequences!
After waiting for a short while.
Finally, someone spoke up: “Although others can’t tell, as Sequence Envoys, we can clearly sense that you are the combination of a living being and an Apocalypse”
「 A monster that will never be recognized 」
『 Indeed, an ominous being 』
“You will never be accepted, and can never be converted under any Sequences”
『 Such an individual… this is as far as he can go… 』
The Sequence Envoys exchanged words.
“Alright, no need to discuss who I am, just say whatever it is that you need to say” Gu Qing Shan cut them off.
『 Are you in a hurry or something? 』a Sequence Envoy asked.
“I do happen to be in a hurry to find something I lost” Gu Qing Shan replied.
A topless muscular man laughed heartily: “Ahahaha, perhaps you still don’t understand, at your level of power, even after it’s unsealed, you’re still nothing to us”
He cracked his neck, seemingly about to teach Gu Qing Shan a lesson.
Gu Qing Shan casually said: “When the Heavenly Emperor killed three Sequence Envoys at once, I thought he was going a bit overboard, but now it seems having all of you die here is a good idea”
The muscular man froze.
Everyone else also started to lose their calm.
The Heavenly Emperor’s matter was still a shock to them.
And now, Gu Qing Shan was saying something so similar.
“You’re bluffing” the muscular man grunted.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly started laughing maniacally: “If you really want to die so badly, then I’ll grant you that wish”
“There is a secret”
“You all don’t even have the qualifications to listen to it and you dare come to pressure me!”
“Listen well—–”
He abruptly raised his voice and started murmuring with a frenzied but methodical tone: “You people and the living beings of this realm are all the same, nothing but a bunch of pitiful fools; no one will be able to escape from the prison——–”
Before he went any further, everyone in front of him vanished without a trace.
The Sequence Envoys were transported away as quickly as possible.
Once they realized what happened, they were all standing in different locations of the great tomb.
The muscular man appeared surprised and tried asking the void of space: “Why did you suddenly transport me away?”
A voice answered him from the void of space: [To protect your life]
The muscular man wasn’t actually an idiot, so he realized what happened right away and asked with a heavy tone: “It was a secret that mustn’t be heard?”
[You will die if you hear it] the voice from the void of space replied.
The muscular man appeared surprised: “What kind of secret was it exactly—– wait, the three envoys that the Heavenly Emperor killed, did they also die like that?”
[Correct] the voice confirmed.
The muscular man fell silent.
A secret that mustn’t even be heard.
But then, how come Gu Qing Shan knows such a secret?
There’s only one answer.
He isn’t as simple as he seems.
——he must still have some sort of hidden hand that hasn’t been shown.
Other than this, there are no other explanations.
After a while, the muscular man sighed in relief and muttered to himself: “It seems I shouldn’t mess with this Gu Qing Shan fellow for now, otherwise, a secret is more than enough to kill…”
This same scene was occurring with every single Sequence Envoy.
…
Gu Qing Shan remained standing still with a bored expression on his face.
What he said earlier was indeed the beginning of the Heavenly Emperor’s secret.
In reality, he only knew the beginning, as the rest of the secret was redacted by the Supreme Sequence.
But since this secret has been used to kill somebody once already, the Sequences should be wary and would immediately act to save their people as soon as they recognize the beginning——
This way, those Sequence Envoys should be too scared to mess with me for the time being.
They will be wary of that secret.
And that’s more than enough.
I’ll have time to take care of my own business.
Otherwise, I’d have to waste brain cells killing them all as well.
If nothing else, it’s tiring.
With that matter finished, Gu Qing Shan silently called out: “Hey… Sequence”
[What is it?] the Supreme Sequence replied.
“Even if I’m not welcomed anywhere, I’m still carrying you, the Supreme Sequence, with me, why do they all look down on me so much?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Other than you, nobody knows that I am the Supreme Sequence. All they will sense is that you’re in possession of a very low Sequence] the Sequence explained.
Gu Qing Shan felt a sense of epiphany.
——-so that’s the reason!
My current strength is still far from enough to sustain the Supreme Sequence.
In the unlikely event that the ones related to an Apocalypse Sequence found out that I have the Supreme Sequence, something undesirable might occur.
No wonder the Supreme Sequence had sometimes purposely given me wrong information, leading to me making wrong choices.
But come to think of it, those occasions had only ever been insignificant matters, sometimes they had even resulted in positive circumstances.
Not to mention, if it really is such a low Sequence, how could it have brought me back in time?
How could it have taken control over all lower Sequences and traveled through the Reality Gate to arrive in this Boundless Void?
“A relatively appropriate stratagem” Gu Qing Shan sighed and said.
[This Sequence learnt that from you] the Supreme Sequence replied.
“From me?” Gu Qing Shan asked in surprise.
[Indeed——- don’t ask me what I learnt, we won’t discuss this] the Sequence answered.
Gu Qing Shan swiftly agreed.
He called out the Samsara Delimitation Divine Sword and asked: “Can you sense where your sword hilt is?”
「 Naturally, let’s go 」the sword replied.
“Let’s go”
