Chapter 881: Won’t Back Down

After declaring that, Gu Qing Shan stood still and silently waited.

The entire world at this moment was both silent and barren.

The blood-colored sunset left one final wave of illumination on this world, showering the ground in a crimson hue.

Within this gloomy and failing Space-Time, the Primordial Heaven Realm that had lost all of its vitality felt like a passing dream.

On the ground, the Soul Shrieker whose head was pierced by its own spear and the headless body of the Abyssal Demon Dragon laid still without moving.

Only these two corpses could prove that the earlier war of human extinction had actually taken place.

These Abyssal monster corpses would remain in this state, until one day…

When they are resurrected.

Abruptly, Gu Qing Shan felt something and looked up at the sky.

An ashen grey cluster of light silently showed up in the middle of the sky, then slowly descended.

Oom!!!

The grey light turned into a giant vortex that enclosed this entire world, quickly obscuring everything else to form a boundless ocean, or perhaps a raging storm that circled around Gu Qing Shan nonstop.

At this point, the entire world vanished from Gu Qing Shan’s sight.

Only the grey surging flow of water that extended from one end of the vision to the other remained, it slowly gathered and manifested as a giant head several dozen meters in height.

The giant head observed Gu Qing Shan.

The Earth Creator!

It displayed an intrigued expression and spoke:

「 Neither of those monsters managed to discover my existence, and yet you were able to, how interesting 」

Gu Qing Shan politely replied: “Sometimes, strength isn’t everything, venerable one”

「 Then, since when did you notice my existence? 」

“When I killed the Abyssal Fate Weaver”

Gu Qing Shan continued: “It could read the thoughts and feel the emotions of all living beings, but it doesn’t know about the existence of [Earthen Dual Body], which means only one of two possibilities: The first was that after I obtained this Card, the Abyssal Fate Weaver didn’t try to read my thoughts; and the second was that it had read my thoughts but didn’t discover this Card. Both of these situations made no sense”

“And then there was the Soul Shrieker. It had planned and orchestrated this for countless years in order to obtain the twin swords Heaven and Earth, yet its main body didn’t show up at all during the entire struggle. Even at the final possible moment for the Heaven sword to appear, it couldn’t manage to send another avatar here”

“On top of the issues with the Abyssal Fate Weaver and Soul Shrieker, even the final monster who sought the Heaven sword, the Abyssal Demon Dragon, had some sort of issue that caused its mind to not have the clarity it used to”

“Besides the issue with the monsters, I also noticed something strange”

“During my battle with the Soul Shrieker and Abyssal Demon Dragon, the world’s anti-Abyssal barrier abruptly shattered. The two monsters immediately noticed this and changed their plan from trying to steal the Heaven sword as soon as possible to eliminating their oppositions first”

“Furthermore, I would always barely manage to avoid their most destructive attacks, it was an extremely similar feeling”

Gu Qing Shan put up five fingers: “We humans have a saying, ‘there are no coincidences in victory’, yet there were a total of 5 coincidences in a row that led to my victory, so they were surely not coincidences”

“And among the powerful entities that I know, only you, venerable one, has such power”

The Earth Creator silently listened, then gave him a look of praise

「 You are a very sharp one 」

「 Normally, the heroes of human history would always feel like they had given their utmost effort in order to finally achieve victory, very few were able to notice my concern and support 」

「 As a reward for your calm and clarity, I shall tell you a few things 」

It looked closely at Gu Qing Shan and spoke with an echoing voice: 「 The reason I came back through Space and Time to arrive where you are was because of that Abyssal weapon 」

Following the Earth Creator’s words, the weapon components came out from the Soul Shrieker’s body, went into the surging grey flow in the sky, and vanished without a trace.

「 This is the war of the Abyss, the apocalypse of all worlds, the time of extinction. I cannot allow them to obtain this gatekeeping Abyssal weapon 」

Gu Qing Shan muses his words: “Venerable one, I don’t understand what you mean”

The Earth Creator replied: 「 Then I ask you, what happened when this weapon was completed? 」

“The phantom images?”

「 Correct. The leader of humanity in this era was not strong enough to wield the weapon’s full power. In truth, this weapon is able to accomplish a certain taboo 」

At this point, the Earth Creator’s tone became ruthless: 「 It can allow the wielder to travel through parallel worlds at will 」

Gu Qing Shan was shocked and couldn’t help himself shouting: “Travelling the parallel worlds!?”

「 Indeed, there are infinite benefits to traveling to a parallel world. For example, one would be able to travel as they please through the timeline without worrying about being erased by the Law of Time 」

Gu Qing Shan carefully thought about what he just heard.

Within the same world, while traveling through time, you have to be careful to avoid both your past and future self, otherwise, you would be erased by the Law of Time.

Even a Temporal Oasis would not permit the existence of two of the same entity at once.

But a parallel world wasn’t the same.

During the Water Tribulation, I met and spoke with quite a few versions of myself from parallel worlds.

Even though there were two of me, since we don’t belong in the same timeline, neither of us were erased.

The Earth Creator continued: 「 Traveling to parallel worlds meant doubling, multiplying, or even gaining an infinite amount of precious resources. While an item might be unique within one world, you might be able to obtain the second, third, or even countless of the same thing within the parallel worlds 」

「 Indeed, our world is currently facing a crisis on the border of destruction, but some parallel worlds are enjoying eternal peace and quiet 」

「 Some parallel worlds might seem essentially the same, but the fate of a few might differ. Traveling to such a world would allow comprehension of the Laws in a more profound way 」

「 And then, if the knowledge of certain great treasures left behind by certain figures had been lost to time in this world, the same knowledge might have been perfectly passed down in a parallel world 」

「 Do you know what this means? 」

Gu Qing Shan muttered: “I would be able to travel to that parallel world, obtain the lost knowledge, unlock its secret and obtain the treasure in both worlds”

The Earth Creator spoke full of animosity: 「 The wielder of that Abyssal weapon would be able to obtain infinite benefits. But if that person doesn’t know how to restrain themselves, they would surely bring chaos to each parallel world and spread the Apocalypse across the parallel worlds, thus bringing destruction to all things 」

「 At the same time, because of how much resources and benefit that person would obtain, they would stand at an invincible state within our world 」

「 I would never allow any of the things above to happen, or let this weapon fall into the hands of our enemies 」

Gu Qing Shan sighed and replied: “So that is why I understand”

“Which means–”

“You’ve said so much to me in order to make me give up my swords?”

Gu Qing Shan showed a gradual expression of resolve.

Seeing the change in his expression, the Earth Creator’s expression turned mild.

「 Humanity and I had formed an eternal covenant to be mutual allies, so I only have a small question for you right now 」

It spoke with an echoing voice.

Gu Qing Shan noticed a certain attitude within its voice and slowly calmed back down: “Please go ahead”

The Earth Creator spoke emotionally: 「 Humanity is tiny, yet it is great, your desires are dictated by your bodies, your lifespan dictated by time, your directions dictated by fate. But Gu Qing Shan, your actions have shown a detachment from these properties and made me curious 」

「 Why did you not follow the prearranged process to take the Heaven sword, and instead chose to save your kin that were supposed to have sacrificed themselves? 」

Gu Qing Shan shook his head: “Even now, there is no such thing as ‘should have sacrificed’, no one should have to be a necessary sacrifice”

He continued: “The only time when a sacrifice is necessary is when we are powerless to fight against something, and the situation had hardly reached such a point at that time”

The Earth Creator asked further: 「 At that time, I have even prepared to cooperate with the most assured solution and help you move forward under their protection. This way, you would very easily obtain the Heaven sword and make it easy for me to arrange everything. So why did you choose to take a different course of action? 」

“Fate didn’t afford them a way to back down, but I was afforded one, that is all it is” Gu Qing Shan replied.

「 Then what if you did not have a way to back down? 」

“Then I won’t back down”