In the sky, while the [Chaos] Serpentes King was being trapped by the chains, it stopped struggling temporarily.
—–Red Wraith had indeed used the two Heavenly Talismans on Dragon King of Atrocity Jail, which convinced the Serpentes King for now.
When individuals at Red Wraith’s and its level clash against one another, they could clearly infer even without fighting that neither party would be able to easily kill the other.
The Serpentes King simply gathered power and prepared to remove the chains while coldly observing how this would play out.
Suddenly, within the world of the tattered and desolate palace, while standing on the jade platform, Dragon King of Atrocity Jail took out a handful of fine black sand.
The black sand and red blood both hovered in mid-air, sticking so close to one another that they could fuse at any moment.
Time slowly passed.
The four Divine Beast statues continued to stand still with their eyes closed.
“Rhode, how did you notice?”
Red Wraith called out.
He was staring with a profoundly dark expression at Gu Qing Shan.
“When you suggested that the two of us won’t attack one another, I had already realized the gist of it” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Red Wraith was shocked and spoke in disbelief: “With just only that?”
Gu Qing Shan replied: “You’re clearly much stronger than I am, but you were worried about your own safety more than I was, wouldn’t that be strange to you too?”
Red Wraith refuted: “That was because of the Devil King Warden Rod——”
Gu Qing Shan cut him off: “Stop pretending, I know you weren’t afraid of it at all. I couldn’t be absolutely sure at the time, but then you hurriedly asked for the heavenly being’s blood from me”
Red Wraith continued: “That was because I needed it to fight the [Chaos] Serpentes King”
“No, by that time, I could already confirm that you were actually residing inside this blood” Gu Qing Shan replied.
As if he heard some sort of joke, Red Wraith loudly laughed: “Me? Inside the blood? What do you think I am?”
“A talisman” Gu Qing Shan curtly responded.
Red Wraith’s laugh was instantly cut off.
He glared ferociously at Gu Qing Shan with the most twisted expression he had ever seen.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head and continued: “You probably don’t know, but while you were under the effects of [Wicked Thoughts Burning Spirit], you once said something”
“What did I say?” Red Wraith questioned.
“This heavenly being’s blood is my talisman’s vitality, as long as the blood doesn’t run dry, I won’t die” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Red Wraith froze.
Gu Qing Shan continued: “If you had said ‘as long as the blood doesn’t run dry, I can continue to use my techniques’, that would be correct and would perfectly fit the actual combat situation at the time——- but you said ‘as long as the blood doesn’t run dry, I won’t die’. These two statements carry drastically different meanings”
“With only that statement?” Red Wraith was still unconvinced.
Gu Qing Shan sighed, then continued: “A certain lady once told me that the Wraith realm has two Divine Armament: a Heavenly King, and a Wraith”
“Red Wraith, it was also you who told me that you and another individual called Heavenly King were the rulers of the Wraith realm”
“Added onto the fact that the Devil King Warden Rod couldn’t take control of you”
“—–With the above information, even a pig’s brain would be able to infer your true identity”
Gu Qing Shan casually took a single grain of fine sand and put it into the heavenly being’s blood.
“AAAARRGGHH!”
Red Wraith instantly howled in pain.
The heavenly being’s blood appeared as if boiling, or like it was a sentient being subjected to torture as it writhed madly nonstop.
The Chao Yin sword couldn’t bear to watch, so it lightly made a ‘wu wu’ noise.
The heavenly being’s blood instantly returned to normal.
“—–See, I was right”
Gu Qing Shan took the grain of black sand out from the blood and casually said.
It was only now that Red Wraith stopped screaming and started breathing heavily.
While still ahead, Gu Qing Shan pointed at the sky: “Red Wraith, we don’t have much time to be talking—–”
Red Wraith looked up, only to see the [Chaos] Serpentes King slowly manifested a long blade of white light in an attempt to cut the chains apart.
Gu Qing Shan said: “Killing the [Chaos] Serpentes King is probably a bit difficult, I don’t expect that you’d be able to do that either, so I hope that you can seal it away tightly”
“I assume that you can at least do that without issues”
Red Wraith stared closely at Gu Qing Shan, then finally spoke after a long while: “You and I will vow right here. If I do this for you, the grudge between us will be resolved, neither of us can actively attack the other party again, furthermore, you must give the heavenly being’s blood and my body back to me”
Gu Qing Shan chuckled, then stated: “As witnessed by heaven and earth”
Boom——
A resounding boom of thunder echoed across the sky.
The vow to heaven and earth was made!
This was a unique Law of the Samsara, specifically designed to hold beings of the Samsara responsible for their words. Even after the Samsara had broken, this Law had not been weakened for even a little bit.
Red Wraith’s expression loosened a bit.
Gu Qing Shan then casually said: “To live or to die, that’s your choice to make”
The handful of black sand had now completely circled around the mass of heavenly being’s blood in mid-air.
With a single thought from Gu Qing Shan, they would instantly infuse themselves into the blood and exert their power.
Red Wraith clenched his teeth and tapped his Inventory Bag.
—–if the requirements are only to seal the [Chaos] Serpentes King for him, that is still possible!
Several dozen blood-colored talismans were tossed into the air by Red Wraith.
These talismans flew into the sky, connecting to one another to form a circle that gave off clear moonlight.
The [Chaos] Serpentes King was struggling even more intensely than before, its voice was no longer gentle, instead, it exuded a tone of cruelty and desperation:
『 Wraith, are you planning to commit mutual suicide!? 』
Red Wraith shook his head: “I can’t kill you; I can only temporarily seal you away for a period of time”
He then formed a hand seal.
——–Supreme Yin Divine Skill, [Moon Palace]!
As the fog disappeared, the moonlight illuminated tens of thousands of miles.
Wherever the moonlight passed through, the frigid chill enveloped the desert, causing the entire world to disappear. Magnificent palaces with intricately decorated walls and pillars rose one after another from the ground; faint figures traveled back and forth among the palaces; a stifled heavenly aria resounded from above with numerous unknown flowers fluttering down.
The four Divine Beasts who originally stood around Gu Qing Shan all opened their eyes, then shook their bodies in a lively manner.
Pieces of ancient stone broke off from their bodies.
Under the moonlight, they flew into the sky and surrounded the [Chaos] Serpentes King.
Red Wraith formed another hand seal and shouted:
“Take!”
Instantly, everything disappeared without a trace.
The desert was still the desert, but the moonlight in the sky, the Divine Beasts, the [Chaos] Serpentes King, the palace on the ground, the jade platform, the square, and the forest, everything had disappeared.
Red Wraith explained: “I sealed it away into another world, that will most likely last for a year”
“A year? That’s quite impressive, seems like I’ve troubled you” Gu Qing Shan grinned and replied.
“Give me back my blood, we will say our goodbyes, and it would be best for us to never meet again”
Since neither side was able to attack the other, Red Wraith didn’t want to look at Gu Qing Shan for a single moment longer, so he immediately urged him.
Gu Qing Shan raised his hand.
The heavenly being’s blood levitated and re-entered the heavenly being’s corpse.
“Good. Bye” Red Wraith coldly said.
Just as he was about to leave, Gu Qing Shan suddenly said: “In consideration of how you actually went all out, I’ll give you some advice”
Red Wraith stopped.
——-with the vow to heaven and earth, I can simply leave whenever I want, he wouldn’t be able to act against me in any way.
There would be no harm in listening to some parting words.
Regardless of whether or not they’re true, at least they’re information.
“Speak” Red Wraith said.
Gu Qing Shan sighed: “You won’t be able to leave this place. There’s nothing outside of this world, only I know how to leave”
“How ridiculous, this is merely three worlds in the process of fusion and are temporarily isolated, how would I not be able to leave? Don’t even try to deceive me!” Red Wraith sarcastically replied.
Gu Qing Shan simply smiled without answering.
Red Wraith was sarcastic, but he indeed continued to remain without leaving.
“Let us start from the beginning—— I actually don’t belong to this reality” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Red Wraith once again looked at Gu Qing Shan with a probing gaze, then tried asking: “Where did your Reincarnation Spirit Devouring Sand come from?”
—–that was the real question he wanted to be answered.
Gu Qing Shan also wanted to know for sure what the Wraith artifact spirit in the Tomb of Myriad Beasts actually was.
But he couldn’t ask directly.
Right now, both sides were trying to measure the other’s depths.
“Why didn’t you ask me which reality I came from, instead of asking where the Reincarnation Spirit Devouring Sand came from?” Gu Qing Shan displayed an intrigued expression.
“Reality? There’s no meaning in asking about your reality——– parallel worlds are nothing but a series of illusions with overlapping fate, ensuring that no one would be able to reach the truth of it all——- to be frank, even I am not sure whether I’m a true entity or a fake illusion” Red Wraith shook his head.
Gu Qing Shan looked straight at him.
Red Wraith’s Guise Hex mask had already been broken, so his expression now displayed clear loss and confusion.
This was the first time Gu Qing Shan had seen this artifact spirit display such an expression.
Gu Qing Shan suppressed his overflowing thoughts and lightly said: “So you aren’t asking about my background because all space is fake, only the sand in my hand was real”
“That’s right, how did you obtain this sand?” Red Wraith asked.
