Chapter 322: Even a sea of pain will pass

Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: VindiFan#1 & Juicetin

Proofreader: Arya

The desert palace villa.

It was silent all around, the Empress stood alone next to the throne.

She patted the throne lightly with an expression of nostalgia mixed with sorrow.

After a while, the Empress took out her own Holo-Brain, turned on a certain interface and inputted a long string password.

The interface changed, moving to show a completely empty place.

This was a very special channel.

Aside from the Fuxi Emperor and herself, no one would know this channel even existed.

This is a secret he shares with her alone.

The Empress pressed the Holo-Brain close and spoke softly: “Last time, you said the palace villa is already old, you wanted to have it renovated, but I acted up and disagreed”

“Now, I’ve changed my mind, from now on, wherever you want to renovate, you can renovate as you like, I’ll definitely not stop you”

“You like to leave the Empire frequently and travel here and there, I once scolded you, telling you that’s not being responsible for your own country”

“…From now on, no matter where you want to go, I’ll come with you, I won’t say that you’re wrong anymore”

“That woman you have, I’ve always forbid her from appearing in public, and I’ve also complained to you about it”

“I’ll have her move into the palace tomorrow”

The Empress wiped the tears at the corner of her eyes and said: “Return, please?”

She stared at the Holo-Brain and held her breath.

The Holo-Brain was blank.

After a few dozen seconds, a line of text appeared on the Holo-Brain.

[Varona, if you come to hell after you die, I’ll allow you to be my empress once again]

On another side.

The Confederate.

The empty yard in front of the mountaintop mansion.

Gu Qing Shan put down his phone.

War.

A war was about to erupt between two superpowers of the world.

Countless people will die in this war.

Once a lot of people die, the miasma of death born from them will only help the Frozen Hell spread even faster.

When the dead people strike, the entire world will become their oyster.

Even the 9 Lords had no way to fight against hell.

The fact that the Emperor has chosen this exact moment to declare war can only mean one thing.

The Emperor has thoroughly discarded his humanity, choosing to side with his ancestor.

——-the Emperor wants to become an undying dead person and rule the world?

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent, then sighed.

He decided once again to ignore everything else and first finish repairing the Chao Yin Sword.

After all, only two more steps before the Chao Yin Sword is finally whole again.

The worse the situation gets, the faster he has to reawaken his sword saint status.

Gu Qing Shan resumed the repair of the Chao Yin Sword.

His hands moved even faster.

Since there’s no time, he’ll have to seize every moment.

A few minutes later.

White mist gradually appeared in the red hot furnace.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

As fire and water met, the furnace was doused.

A cool water current flowed from the furnace and into the air.

More and more water vapor began to gather.

After which, the entire mountain was covered in a thin mist.

A small fish was swimming around in the mist, happily and freely.

As it noticed Gu Qing Shan, it swung its tail, descended and circled around him.

A few breaths later, the water flowed back into the furnace, turning into a sword.

In the blink of an eye, all the mist was gone.

The small fish dived into the sword, turning into two foreign characters.

The characters were “Chao Yin”, which was the sword’s name.

After that, a light began to emit from the Chao Yin Sword.

The light condensed into 4 characters that slowly engraved themselves into the sword’s blade.

The light of the characters slowly disappeared.

The sword returned to normal.

Only very occasionally, perhaps in the corner of your eye for just a split second, you could see the overwhelming mist around the sword.

The sword jumped and fell into Gu Qing Shan’s hand.

Gu Qing Shan raised the Chao Yin Sword and carefully looked at its blade.

The 4 characters has disappeared.

But the 2 characters on the sword hilt were still there.

These characters are “Chao Yin”, the System has already explained it before.

Then, what are the 4 characters on the blade?

Gu Qing Shan looked at the War God UI.

[The ancient sword, Chao Yin]

[In the Age of Old, Shen Wu world was a world overflowing with water, as the Divinities left, they forged this sword to become the pillar of the four seas]

[He who wields this sword is the King of the seas]

[The sword has a spirit Thaumaturgy: Even a sea of pain will pass] (1)

Even a sea of pain will pass?

What kind of Thaumaturgy is that?

Gu Qing Shan tried asking the System.

[Ting!]

[Can’t speak about Thaumaturgies that are related to Divinities, suggest user ask the sword spirit]

Gu Qing Shan was a bit stunned.

But then he remembered back when he got the Earth Sword, it was Bai Hua Fairy that explained to him what Thaumaturgy the Earth Sword had.

Gu Qing Shan raised the Chao Yin Sword up and asked: “What does ‘Cross even a sea of pain’ mean?”

The 4 characters in the sword blade shined.

Gu Qing Shan said: “I know they are what these 4 characters mean, but I don’t understand the use”

The Chao Yin Sword let out a nervous ‘wu wu’ sound.

「 Don’t ask, it’s a sword spirit that can’t use language to communicate by birth 」the Earth Sword appeared out of nowhere and explained.

“Why is that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 There are some spirits that simply can’t talk, this is very normal, you’ll just have to slowly sense and understand it another way 」the Earth Sword answered.

Gu Qing Shan then remembered.

“Ah right” he asked the Earth Sword, “how did you know that monster is a Caretaker Hellspawn from Huang Quan?”

「 A Caretaker Hellspawn is the lowest kind of Huang Quan Minor Divinity 」the Earth Sword answered with its heavy voice, 「 I am able to contact the Divinities of each world, so naturally I know their origin as well 」

Gu Qing Shan recalled the System’s description of the Earth Sword.

[The Earth Sword, weighs 8,637,000 tons. Spirit Thaumaturgy: I am heavy]

[This sword is an ancient ceremonial sword made for offerings to heaven and earth, capable of contacting Divinity]

Sure enough.

Gu Qing Shan nodded, but asked curiously: “If you’re able to contact Divinity, what exactly do you talk to them about?”

「 The same as the Caretaker Hellspawn 」the Earth Sword answered.

Gu Qing Shan face-palmed and went silent.

So “contact” means killing them.

——-that truly is the only way that a sword can contact someone.

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “…Then what if you meet a powerful minor Divinity?”

「 I run 」

“…”

「 I once hid away in the space vortex for over 10,000 years, but I can’t say anything else, lest a Divinity might sense it 」the Earth Sword explained.

“Alright” Gu Qing Shan sighed.

He looked at the War God UI.

A line of glowing text appeared, followed by a new Quest.

[Quest 1: Collect two swords (completed)]

[Initiating Quest 2: Like your arms and legs]

[Quest objective: Completely store the two swords into your Thought Sea]

[Quest start]

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded as he saw that.

Using the Thought Sea to store their swords is elementary knowledge for a sword saint.

A slightly more powerful sword saint is capable of summoning their flying swords with nothing but a thought.

So this is also a necessary Quest.

The Earth Sword can already be stored in his Thought Sea, and the Chao Yin Sword originally could do that as well.

But now that the Chao Yin Sword has been reforged and repaired, it’s still in the process of getting used to its new body.

It can now have considered a completely new sword, and a very powerful one as well, so Gu Qing Shan can’t just store it in his Thought Sea right away.

He’ll probably need a day to get used to this sword again.

That’s fine, it’s just a day.

Gu Qing Shan temporarily put the Quest aside and returned to the situation in Reality.

He called out: “Impartial Goddess”

[I’m here]

“Can you infiltrate Iron Shroud?”

[Iron Shroud is completely cut off from every other network in Fuxi, and since it has never accepted any outside input except those from the Fuxi royal family, I am unable to hack it] Impartial Goddess answered.

Gu Qing Shan asked her again: “Can Iron Shroud’s authority level be changed or shifted?”

[It cannot, only when Iron Shroud’s commander die will its highest authority be transferred to the next person in line]

“Who is the next in line for Iron Shroud’s authority?”

[The Fuxi Empress]

“In order words, either the Emperor have to give up the authority himself, or someone has to kill the Emperor for Iron Shroud’s authority to unlock and transfer?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

[Correct]

Note:

(1) Even a sea of pain will pass: the original is “苦海皆渡”, which are 4 characters as described. This is an old Chinese expression that means even the toughest of situations will eventually pass.