Chapter 773: The Source of The Secret

「 You’re saying that I will die in an invasion 5 years from now? 」

The new king asked with a sense of urgency in his voice.

「 Indeed, just like the previous Divine King, you will be pierced by that spear and die right away 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.

The new Divine King sat still silently.

「 That is a very unfortunate outcome 」 the God of Frost and Chill muttered in a low voice.

Even when the coronation ceremony wasn’t formally conducted, this Divinity was definitely going to become the next Divine King, so he was able to represent the Divine race as a whole to discuss matters with the envoy from the future.

The Golden Flame Divinity and figure of light stood at the bottom of the stairs below the throne, looking up at this new Divine King.

The other Divinities were standing on either side of the path leading outside the Grand Divine Palace, silently listening to their conversation.

The Golden Flame Divinity and figure of light had proven themselves to be people from the future.

The information they brought could be trusted.

Because of that, the other powerful Divinities that were hoping to take the Divine King position all gave up on that idea.

Don’t even joke about it!

5 years later, the Divine King would have to face the wrath of the Lord of Desolation. No matter who it was, this was something everyone needed to consider if they wanted to take the seat of Divine King.

Otherwise, that’s just suicide!

Sitting on the throne of the Divine King, the God of Frost and Chill leaned forward with both hands on his throne, asking with a sense of urgency: 「 You came from the future, was it for the sake of changing everything that happened? 」

The new King’s eyes showed clear expectations and desires.

The Golden Flame Divinity paused for a brief second before deciding to continue as he had planned earlier.

The God of Frost and Chill wasn’t just powerful, he was also the current King of Divinities.

I will have to be straight forward.

「 Divine King, I will tell you everything that happened in the next few years. That way, as long as you manage to avoid those events and escape before it all repeats, you won’t have to die and history will change 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.

Hearing that, the God of Frost and Chill calmed down.

「 Indeed… to avoid those events, I will certainly need time to prepare 」he muttered.

「 Divine King, I will help you overcome this hardship, but I also have a small request to make. This request will affect the fate of our entire Divine race 」the Golden Flame Divinity continued.

「 Speak 」the God of Frost and Chill told him.

「 In the far future, we will run into new trouble. A human cultivator called Gu Qing Shan, he would obtain something from the Age of Old specifically made to oppose us. From that point onwards, many of our race’s plans were ruined by him, many of us died by his hands 」the Golden Flame Divinity furiously spoke.

The God of Frost and Chill scowled: 「 That is not possible. Humanity was under our complete control, how could they have created anything specifically in order to oppose us? 」

The Golden Flame Divinity said nothing and glanced at the other Divinities.

The God of Frost and Chill understood.

「 Back down, all of you 」he ordered.

Even though the other Divinities wanted to listen about the events of the future, with the Divine King’s orders, they could only leave the Grand Divine Palace.

Soon enough, the only ones left inside the Grand Divine Palace were the God of Frost and Chill, the Golden Flame Divinity, and the figure of light.

The Golden Flame Divinity slowly walked up the stairs and arrived before the throne.

He lowered his voice: 「 Gu Qing Shan will obtain two swords from the Age of Old, one of them called Heaven, the other called Earth. These two swords are twins of the same set, containing boundless power 」

The God of Frost and Chill shook his head: 「 I still can’t believe that humanity would be able to create weapons powerful enough to hurt our Divine race 」

At this point in the conversation, the Golden Flame Divinity also appeared a bit lost.

He couldn’t help sighing: 「 Truthfully, in the future, we have also tried to think back retrospectively many times. But humanity has indeed always been under our control and monitoring, not even once did they manage to evade it, so we also don’t understand when they could’ve begun to construct those two weapons 」

The God of Frost and Chill followed that thought: 「 Indeed, every high-ranking member of humanity’s sects———- even their sect masters were our loyal servants…」

The Golden Flame Divinity continued: 「 That is why I returned from the future. To find Gu Qing Shan, kill him, and investigate the final secret of humanity 」

The God of Frost and Chill questioned: 「 Those two swords, can we steal and use them for ourselves? 」

「 Not sure, everything about those two swords is a complete mystery 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.

The two of them went silent briefly.

「 Wait a minute, you are currently here right now, does that mean Gu Qing Shan is currently hiding in my era? 」the God of Frost and Chill asked.

「 That is indeed so 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.

「 Do you know where he’s hiding? 」

「 I do not, perhaps in one of humanity’s sects, or perhaps within one of the Wraith realms 」

「 That is troublesome. How about this, tell me everything that will happen in the next few years, I will then send my men out and fully support you in searching for that human 」the God of Frost and Chill said.

The Golden Flame Divinity looked at him and slowly spoke: 「 That is fine, very fair 」

He then recounted everything that would happen in the next few years to the Divine King.

For the crucial, pivotal events, he even made sure to clearly explain and told the Divine King about the points that he needed to pay attention to.

And then finally, their discussion was over.

「 Thank you 」the God of Frost and Chill said, 「 I will have to carefully think about what you told me and change the future 」

「 Most of them were minor things, the most important issue you need to look out for is the Lord of Desolation, no one could go against him 」the Golden Flame Divinity reminded him again.

「 Don’t worry, I will 」the new Divine King replied.

At this point, a Divinity appeared inside the audience hall.

「 What is it? 」the God of Frost and Chill asked.

「 It’s the matter regarding the earlier battle——— humanity’s command had just given me the reports regarding two suspicious situations 」the Divinity replied.

He looked at the Golden Flame Divinity and figure of light, then kept quiet.

The Golden Flame Divinity looked at the God of Frost and Chill.

「 It is fine, tell me 」the God of Frost and Chill rubbed his chin and spoke.

The other Divinity began to report: 「 Firstly, a cultivator who could utilize the power of Elemental Lightning eliminated a large horde of Desolate monster that appeared at the frontlines, many people witnessed this 」

「 Secondly, the large sects of humanity reported that many high-ranking great cultivators went missing at the battlefield on the border between two worlds 」

The audience hall fell silent.

The Golden Flame Divinity spoke without reserve: 「 We all know what the second issue is about. Most of them were devoured by the Lord of Desolation, only a few managed to escape and return 」

「 You can directly tell them that those people were killed in action in the Desolate world 」the God of Frost and Chill replied.

「 Understood 」the other Divinity took his order and left.

The God of Frost and Chill continued: 「 In other words, the only real issue is the first one——– the human cultivator who could utilize Elemental Lightning! 」

「 Indeed, this must be looked into, Divine King, please give me a few men 」the Golden Flame Divinity said.

The God of Frost and Chill then shouted towards the outside of the Grand Divine Palace: 「 Relay my orders, the 12 Divine Guards outside the Palace shall follow the Golden Flame Divinity and investigate! 」

「 Thank you, sire 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied, satisfied.

「 No need to be so formal, I still need to thank you for your information 」the God of Frost and Chill replied.

The Golden Flame Divinity and figure of light both bowed before turning to leave the Grand Divine Palace.

They were leaving in order to search for the human cultivator who could use Elemental Lightning.

Inside the Grand Divine Palace.

The only one left here was the new Divine King——— the God of Frost and Chill, currently sitting on the throne.

He fell into thought.

According to the Golden Flame Divinity, I will be caught in internal strife and meet with a coup 5 months from now.

From a timeline perspective, this should be the most recent threat I will run into.

However, things have changed.

All the Divinities have been told that the Divine King will once again be killed by the Lord of Desolation 5 years later.

In that case, the coup would probably not happen.

So I can have peace of mind to do a certain thing.

———just like the Golden Flame Divinity, I will have to investigate how humanity managed to obtain the forging method for the Heaven sword and Earth sword.

———just how exactly was a powerful weapon like the Earth sword forged?

And the Heaven sword as well.

If I can obtain the forging method for the Heaven sword, I can forge a Heaven sword myself!

In addition, the origin and background of the Divinities were also a mystery.

I need to find out everything I can about the Divinities!

With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan stood up and headed for the back of the palace.

In front of a huge metal gate, 6 Divine Guards stepped out to block his way.

「 Sire, you can’t enter this place yet 」

A total of 12 Divine Guards were there, respectfully telling him as they knelt down.

Gu Qing Shan squinted his eyes as his tone became cold and dangerous: “Ah? You dare try to stop me?”

「 That is not so, sire. Please be patient, only after you are officially coronated and obtain the Divine King scepter can you enter 」one Divine Guard hurriedly explained

This gate had always been guarded by only the most loyal Divine Guards and allowed entry to only the Divine Kings of each era.

The history of the Divine race’s existence lied beyond this gate, many secrets, many Divine Crafts created by Divinities through imitating humanity from the Bygone Era were also stored inside.

Gu Qing Shan went silent briefly.

His killing intent slowly increased, all the way until the Divine Guards couldn’t help but feel anxious that he suddenly laughed: “Don’t worry, I can at least have that much patience”

He turned around and left.

The 12 Divine Guards were stunned, feeling like they couldn’t predict the new Divine King’s thoughts and emotions, they became anxious again.

Gu Qing Shan returned to the audience hall and sat down on the throne of the Divine King.

A sudden thought crossed his mind, one that wouldn’t go away no matter how much he tried to shake it off.

According to the Golden Flame Divinity, humanity has indeed always been loyal and was under constant monitoring by the Divine race.

That’s why there shouldn’t be any way for humanity to obtain those two swords.

Under constant monitoring…

Gu Qing Shan suddenly stood up.

He recalled the reports from earlier.

There were great cultivators who went missing at the border between two worlds.

The Barren Cloud Palace Master, Xie Gu Hong!

Xie Gu Hong went missing during this period of time.

It was because the peak masters of the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace thought that Xie Gu Hong was killed in action that they dared to scheme against the three disciples of the master peak!

And behind those peak masters were the Divinities.

——-with that, I can conclude that during this period of time, even the Divinities didn’t know whether or not Xie Gu Hong was dead.

During this time, Xie Gu Hong was completely gone, no one was able to find or contact him.

According to the reports in the future, he infiltrated the Desolate world, killed a Desolate leader, and highly raised humanity’s morale.

Yes, this must be it.

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.

It was during this period that humanity slipped away from the Divinities’ monitoring for a very brief moment.

Xie Gu Hong went to the Desolate world!

And something must’ve happened to him…