Chapter 780: Alone

The Primordial Heaven Realm.

The Sky Beyond Heaven.

The Divinities were busy with their preparations.

Luo Bing Li listed several hundred different types of precious materials, some of them extremely rare even in the Primordial Heaven Realm.

The Divinities had no choice but to rally as much manpower as possible in search of these precious Smithing materials.

Even the Golden Flame Divinity participated in this search at the Divine King’s request.

Inside the Grand Divine Palace.

The Divine King was sitting on his throne.

Within the large empty audience hall, the only other thing was a large piece of ice.

Luo Bing Li was frozen inside.

“I didn’t think you could actually order the Divinities to collect all of these materials. At this rate, the seal in my Thought Sea will be released soon” Luo Bing Li spoke.

“Indeed, but before that, I’ll have to trouble you to stay inside that chunk of ice” Gu Qing Shan apologized.

Luo Bing Li was concerned with something else: “That God of Lies——–”

“Is real, once he activates his power, no one would be able to tell a lie in front of him”

“Then you——-”

“He doesn’t dare to use his power on the Divine King unless he wants to die” Gu Qing Shan casually told her.

Luo Bing Li sighed in relief.

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Are you the same as my Master, a strand of a remnant soul?”

“No, I’m the real thing. I’ve stayed alive since then until now” Luo Bing Li told him.

She added: “In the Age of Old, beside the Spirit Tortoise, I was the only one who maintained a complete soul and body”

“Why is that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“I’m the strongest Sound Cultivator, if it’s 1-on-1, I wouldn’t lose to any Divinity or normal Desolate monsters——- so everyone decided that I should live on and be responsible for making sure that nothing goes wrong with the phantom images” Luo Bing Li replied.

“But humanity’s plans were still discovered by the Divinities” Gu Qing Shan sighed.

“Yes, but we did prepare another path. To make sure that this path isn’t discovered, it was sealed inside my Thought Sea, making sure that not even I know its details” Luo Bing Li told him.

She looked at Gu Qing Shan and firmly spoke: “Once the seal is released, I will immediately pass it on to you through my inner sight, then burn my soul away and die. This way, the path would not be revealed to the Golden Flame Divinity”

“Are you afraid of him?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“I’m not afraid, but I can tell that he greatly desires to obtain the final secret of humanity, even more so than he wants to capture and kill you” Luo Bing Li replied.

Gu Qing Shan went silent briefly, then replied: “You shouldn’t die”

Luo Bing Li insisted: “I have to die—— I will act as if the seal was disturbed and killed me, that way the Divinities wouldn’t suspect that you know that secret”

Gu Qing Shan firmly spoke: “Definitely not, we have to think of something else”

Luo Bing Li shook her head: “From the very start, all of us were determined to die, countless of our comrades sacrificed themselves for the sake of keeping this secret. I will also use my death to make sure that the secret doesn’t get exposed, you don’t have to mind it”

Seeing her determination to die, Gu Qing Shan had a thought.

He spoke in a low voice: “Then even more so, you shouldn’t die at a time like this”

“Why not?” Luo Bing Li asked.

“The fact that the first path was destroyed showed a problem with humanity” Gu Qing Shan told her.

Interested in what he had to say, Luo Bing Li asked: “What is humanity’s problem?”

“They underestimated their enemies”

Gu Qing Shan slowly spoke: “You have to understand something clearly: Divinities aren’t as easy to deal with as you think. They were even able to make a Samsara, so they surely have many other means prepared”

He smiled bitterly: “Why do you think I’ve been staying inside the Grand Divine Palace and sitting on this throne without moving? Because I know too little about the Divinities, I can’t leave the palace to do anything else, otherwise, I might mess up my act in front of other Divinities”

“Furthermore, the Desolate monsters were even harder to deal with compared to the Divinities. The Lord of Desolation had already seen through what the Divinities were trying to do, but he didn’t do or say anything, only to suddenly appear to kill the Divine King”

“The Lord of Desolation was always wary of humanity, so I assume he must know even more about humans than the Divinities”

Luo Bing Li trembled slightly and looked at Gu Qing Shan: “Do you not feel confident?”

Gu Qing Shan replied: “Of course, I don’t”

“Why not?” Luo Bing Li asked.

Gu Qing Shan answered: “Confidence is built on the basis of knowing yourself and the enemy——— right now I don’t know how many unimaginable things the Divinities have created by imitating humanity, I don’t know the extent of the Desolate race’s power, and I don’t know what secret or goal they had prepared to deal with humanity”

He helplessly sighed: “I don’t know anything, I’m not sure of most things, and I don’t even have a trustworthy place to learn these pieces of information. How high do you think the chances of me winning are?”

Luo Bing Li paused briefly.

She spoke with great difficulty: “If the situation was this desperate, the more reason for me to commit suicide and protect the secret of humanity”

“No, leave this to me, you have to live to help me” Gu Qing Shan told her.

“Help you?”

“Yes, I don’t think for a second that I would be able to win against two fully prepared races by myself—— that is nothing but daydreaming, so I need people to help me”

Perhaps recalling someone, Gu Qing Shan sighed: “My friends all have excellent and unimaginable potential to be explored, but they will probably need more time to grow, so right now, I have no choice but to do this by myself”

“Which is why I’m asking you to not kill yourself and help me”

Luo Bing Li silently listened, hesitated for a while before speaking: “But if I’m alive, the secret might be exposed”

Gu Qing Shan replied: “Only the weak would need to employ death to protect a secret”

Luo Bing Li gave him a sidelong glance.

Gu Qing Shan changed his words: “From my experience, the biggest variable in any war is always the will of a person, only by staying alive can a person have the hope to change everything”

Luo Bing Li told him: “I’m more than willing to help you, but if me living means exposing the final secret of humanity…”

“I guarantee you that won’t happen” Gu Qing Shan emphasized every word.

“If that’s the case, I’m willing to help you—— but when it comes to a situation where I have no choice but to die, please don’t stop me” Luo Bing Li told him.

“Got it” Gu Qing Shan replied.

A voice suddenly came from outside the palace: 「 Sire, as you ordered, the materials have been gathered 」

Gu Qing Shan’s and Luo Bing Li’s expressions both changed.

Once the jade disk materials were fully gathered, the seal in Luo Bing Li’s Thought Sea would be released.

The final secret of humanity was about to be revealed to the Divine race.

Luo Bing Li asked: “What’s your plan? They’re about to force me to reveal the method to create the jade disk already”

Gu Qing Shan sat still on the throne with a deeply uneasy and contemplating expression on his face.

Seeing his expression, Luo Bing Li’s heart slowly sank.

She slowly spoke: “Do you not have a plan yet? Then we should follow my suggestion, once the materials are gathered near me, I will secretly tell you the method through inner sight and burn my soul”

“No” Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and told her: “I’m not worried about the current situation”

“Then what are you worried about?” Luo Bing Li was surprised.

Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered: “Up to this point, the Desolate race still hasn’t shown any movements, that shouldn’t be the case”

“You mean…”

“The Lord of Desolation is even harder to deal with than the entire Divine race, but it didn’t come here to try and take this secret… this was outside of my expectations…”

Gu Qing Shan continued muttering to himself: “I’ve already made a lot of preparations, but the Desolate race still hasn’t shown up. This was the situation I didn’t want to see the most. Because it meant the situation was still under their control”

“So now, I have to use other means to break through this situation…”

Gu Qing Shan relaxed his gaze completely, apparently immersed in his own thoughts.

Looking at Gu Qing Shan’s contemplating appearance, Luo Bing Li was a bit stunned.

This guy——-

The current situation wasn’t even worth his consideration or attention.

He was currently thinking of how to deal with a more terrifying, more hidden enemy.

What kind of person is he!?

With that in mind, Luo Bing Li suddenly felt a brief moment of hope.

For the first time in this dark and desperate era, this was the first time she ever felt hopeful.

Perhaps…

She had a certain thought.

Perhaps she didn’t notice it herself, but from the very start, she had never felt that humanity’s secret plan would succeed, but to combat her despair, she deceived herself, telling herself that as long as she waited, hope would come.

But now, she was feeling a true sense of hope blooming in her heart.