The darkness disappeared.

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A second later, Gu Qing Shan found himself back in the divine palace of Fate.

The murals on the walls of the divine palace were stationary as if the vision that was created by them spinning around earlier was nothing but an illusion.

Only the unfamiliar Deity statue that was put together using fragments from the three statues remained inside the divine palace.

All the supernatural phenomena that had transpired earlier, disappeared.

Gu Qing Shan also exited from the vision of the deities fight against the Apocalypse.

He wiped the cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

-------the one who killed Lachesis was Reneedol.

This was something that Gu Qing Shan saw with his very own eyes.

According to the prophecy, Reneedol would have to be the incarnation of an Apocalypse!

Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered to himself:

"So Boss had been in a relationship with an Apocalypse… hm… a man among men indeed!"

However, something isn't quite right.

Gu Qing Shan had fought against Reneedol several times as well as silently observed her, but from his perspective, she was no different from a normal living being.

-------at most, she would be a powerful Deity.

Perhaps…

The real Apocalypse was actually the dark featureless humanoid face behind her?

It had disguised itself as some sort of spirit of Fate?

Boss doesn't know about this yet; I need to quickly find him and explain it to him.

But then, how would the two of them be together from now on?

If Reneedol turns against us, how would we be able to fight her?

Gu Qing Shan looked at the unfamiliar Deity statue in the divine palace.

Among the three Divine Artifacts of Fate, Reneedol had taken two of them, leaving only the most powerful one behind.

Could the final and strongest Divine Artifact of Fate have been this statue?

Gu Qing Shan was a bit unsure, so he approached the statue and touched it with his hand.

Lines of glowing text quickly appeared on the War God UI:

[The Premonition of Fate technique imbued within the statue had been activated]

[It will infuse itself into your hand and trigger at a certain unique moment]

Instantly, the statue disappeared from Gu Qing Shan's sight, turned into a mass of light that entered Gu Qing Shan's hand and gradually melted into it.

Lachesis' voice could be heard from the void of space:

"To ensure that absolutely nothing goes wrong, I've hidden the most powerful Divine Artifact of Fate in the future in an era where there would be an opportunity to defeat our enemies"

"Once that moment is reached, you will be able to sense the whereabouts of that Divine Artifact of Fate"

The voice slowly faded away.

And now, there were truly no longer any secrets left within the divine palace of Fate.

Gu Qing Shan's hand remained still, but his expression displayed a hint of shock along with a tinge of admiration.

The Deity of Fate Lachesis had hidden the most powerful Divine Artifact in a future era, which would prevent anyone and everyone from taking it.

------because before the destined time, that Divine Artifact would not appear at all.

What a wonderful line of thinking.

But then, what now?

Gu Qing Shan suddenly sensed something and turned to the void of space next to him.

An immense cluster of black flames appeared from the void of space, landing next to him and transformed into Black Hound.

"Have you finished your evolution?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

"I have. I can now predict deaths, as well as force an enemy to enter a sleeping state, my overall strength has also been greatly improved" Black Hound explained.

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly, then asked: "Can you force an entity like Reneedol to fall asleep as well?"

"I've absorbed the miasmas of millions of Deity corpses, so I can naturally force any entity to fall asleep. However, for an entity as powerful as she is, I will most likely only be able to force her to sleep for a single second----- by the way, I need to tell you that you're truly a shameless pervert" Black Hound replied.

Gu Qing Shan glared at it and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have official business"

The ground abruptly began to tremble.

A wave of quakes resounded from afar, bringing with it considerable commotion.

Spiderweb-like cracks instantly appeared all over the walls of the divine palace.

Gu Qing Shan was worried.

The situation is getting increasingly dangerous, I can't leave Little Dusk and Scarlet in the secret room anymore.

On the other hand, I need to quickly find Boss as well.

"Give me a direction, I need a path that leads to Boss.

Gu Qing Shan silently muttered.

Without a sound or warning, a black thread appeared out of nowhere, one end wrapping around his hand while the other reaching into the void of pace.

Gu Qing Shan took a few steps back and was enveloped by white fog before he disappeared from the divine palace.

…

At another location.

At the depths of the dark underground river.

The Lord of Infinite Origins had released all of his tentacles to hold up the collapsing cavern.

Boss and Reneedol were standing just a bit further away.

Reneedol had followed Boss' instructions to release all of her Star Force for Boss to use.

Boss grabbed a large number of stars with one hand and put them into the Book of Prophesized Destinies while quickly reciting something.

"Shroud, what exactly are you doing?" Reneedol couldn't help but ask.

Boss answered her with a solemn tone: "I discovered that there seemed to be some sort of great power deep underground. I'm attempting to borrow their power to investigate the situation on the ground------ don't talk to me for a bit"

He closed both eyes.

Suddenly, a gust of invisible wind manifested out of nowhere, drifting endlessly around Boss' body.

Boss lightly hovered in the air while exuding an inexplicable pressure.

Reneedol took a few steps back and silently observed this.

Her gaze first displayed delight, then was quickly followed by madness.

"How unexpected… he could already…"

Reneedol muttered in a low voice, then quickly went back to silently observing Shroud.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Time slowly passed.

At a certain point, Boss suddenly felt something.

---------it's here!

He tried his best to adjust his spell and fuse it with some sort of unique force.

That force charged straight into his head and directly affected his thoughts.

Boss took advantage of it to greatly spread his mental power above the underground river to search the surface.

This mental power directly went through the stone cavern ceiling, ignored all the Samsara debris, and wasn't affected by the Apocalypses at all as it continued to reach towards the surface.

Finally, his mental power exited the Pantheon ruins and began to observe the situation above ground.

Boss naturally entered a state of total immersion.

Following this process, a faint pressure radiated from his body.

If one didn't pay attention, they wouldn't be able to notice this pressure at all, but if they did, they would notice just how unimaginable this power was.

A projection of a dark circle appeared above Shroud's head.

Bam!

As if she was struck directly in the chest, Reneedol abruptly shot backwards.

"Power… it was this kind of power…"

Her body trembled continuously as a mass of black fog appeared behind her.

This black fog slowly manifested the giant featureless humanoid face, which stared closely at Shroud.

The featureless humanoid face spoke in a voice that only Reneedol could hear:

「 Atropos, there is no mistake, it was this power 」

「 This is the origin of the Lord of Infinite Origins' power, as well as the secret of all living beings' creation 」

「 You need… to think of a way to devour it… 」

Reneedol appeared hesitant and muttered in a whisper: "If I did that, would Shroud still be able to survive?"

The featureless humanoid face spoke: 「 No, you definitely cannot allow anyone to share this power, otherwise, you would fall at the most critical moment 」

"But within the prophecy, he would not die, it would be him who would reestablish the Myriad Deities" Reneedol refuted.

「 Atropos, it seems you haven't fully grasped the situation yet----- 」

「 How could the light of a firefly compare to the moon? In front of this power, the power of the Myriad Deities is insignificant! 」

Reneedol paused briefly, then asked:

"We're currently in the middle of an unusual situation; wouldn't it be too early for us to act?"

「 Being careful makes sense as well. We shouldn't expose ourselves for now and just summon the demonic puppet insects of the Apocalypse 」

The featureless humanoid face suddenly opened its mouth and blew out a mass of heavy dark fog.

The dark fog continued to drift forward and approach Shroud, then abruptly manifested into dozens of insects with razor-sharp claws.

"I'm heading there as well" Reneedol shouted.

She manifested a long Blade from starlight, then flew forward to fight off the insects.

Almost all the insects surrounded and attacked her.

Only a single insect silently flew towards Shroud and gently landed on his shoulder.

Shroud was completely clueless about this.

「 Everything… will be under my control 」

The insect spoke in a tiny whisper.

It then turned back into dark fog and surrounded Shroud.

The dark fog rapidly rushed into Shroud's body-------

Right at this pivotal moment, a voice resounded from the void of space:

"All things live and die in the fleeting moment, with my power of Condemnation, all wicked machinations upon you shall be eradicated"

A feminine hand touched Shroud's chest.

Fwoom!

All the dark fog was then instantly expelled and flung back into the air, manifesting as the insect once again.

A flaming black scythe slashed through the void of space.

The insect uttered a horrid screech, then disappeared into the void of space.

Little Dusk and Scarlet revealed themselves.

Followed by Gu Qing Shan.

He cautiously observed their surroundings and saw Reneedol fighting against the insects at a glance.

However, since he, Scarlet, and Little Dusk had only just arrived, they didn't see what had happened earlier.

"Reneedol, I'm coming to help!"

Gu Qing Shan put on the crimson flame gloves with a complicated expression as black flames erupted from his body.