Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

[How are we doing this?] the frost giant whispered to ask.

Gu Qing Shan pointed in a certain direction and said: "See those guys over there?"

The frost giant asked: [The ones chanting their spell?]

"Yeah" Gu Qing Shan confirmed.

------in the direction he was pointing in, there were four heavenly beings each standing facing a cardinal direction with their hands clasped together to make a seal while mumbling an incantation.

In between them, a large illusory barrier was silently manifesting.

Through the barrier, one could faintly see beautiful towering buildings, tall pillars engraved with murals, and overall heavenly scenery.

The frost giant observed for a while and chuckled: [So it was a barrier-type passageway------ only these four have a barrier-type Divine Skill]

"The others don't?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

The frost giant swiftly scanned through all the heavenly beings with his gaze before confirming: [They don't]

Shroud had lived through numerous eras, as well as faced numerous treasures, techniques, and secrets, so his discerning eyes were among the best within the Boundless Void.

He himself was also a cautious person, so he wouldn't say anything without being sure of it.

------which means his judgement was highly reliable.

[So you want to kill these four first to close the passageway, then eliminate all the heavenly beings here?] the frost giant asked.

Gu Qing Shan shook his head: "It's unrealistic to try and kill them by cutting off their path of retreat. There's a type of insect among them called the Heavenly Devouring Gu Insect, which has the capability to directly bypass the barrier between realms to travel here"

The frost giant was a bit uncertain: [Then how are we going to deal with them?]

"We're heading through that barrier" Gu Qing Shan stared straight at the barrier, "Our goal is to go all the way through and destroy the entire Heavenly Palace on that side"

The frost giant's eyes lit up.

[That's a great idea… but I need to remind you that it's their turf on the other side. It'll be very dangerous if you try to go over there, what if I go by myself and kill them all?] he suggested.

Gu Qing Shan refuted: "The Heavenly Emperor isn't someone we can underestimate, so I feel uneasy with letting you go alone. It's best that we go together------ I've already used the Earth God's power"

[-----True Luck, was it?] the frost giant asked.

"That's right" Gu Qing Shan replied.

The frost giant praised: [Then you definitely must come----- after all, the Four Saint Pillars only exist within our Boundless Void, and their powers are unimaginable. Even the Heavenly Emperor of the Samsara wouldn't be able to come up with a way to deal with this kind of void power]

Gu Qing Shan nodded, feeling a bit surer of himself.

-----everything he had gone through up to this point had already proven Shroud's words to be correct.

"Shroud, do you have a way to silently sneak through without alerting any of these people?" he asked.

[I have five methods] the frost giant answered right away.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's go!" Gu Qing Shan said.

The frost giant seemed to have just recalled something and turned around, pointing his hand at the amalgamation monster.

[Be a good boy and stay]

After saying that, he tapped his finger towards the monster.

Layers of ice began to grow out of nowhere, crystalizing themselves around the monster's body.

The monster was originally pinned to the wall by a large icicle spear, and now that it had been further encased within ice, it could no longer make a single move or sound.

The frost giant then began mumbling something under his breath.

He suddenly transformed into a cold misty fog that surrounded Gu Qing Shan and began flying towards the barrier.

The misty fog drifted slowly through the darkness.

In front of the Wraith realm's shelter, a legion of heavenly beings had gathered, ready to face any enemy---- but none of them noticed this misty fog.

The misty fog simply flew past them and slowly approached the barrier.

It circled around the barrier several times, seemingly unable to find an appropriate method of entry, but still wasn't willing to give up.

"Didn't you say you had five methods?" Gu Qing Shan asked in a whisper.

[They all seem to be useless. This barrier of theirs is apparently one-sided, if we want to enter it, we need to use a different unique entryway] Shroud explained.

"Are there no other solutions?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

[Unless… if someone just happens to arrive from the other side, I would be able to take advantage of that moment to erode the barrier through Apocalyptic means and sneak through] Shroud replied.

He sighed exhaustedly: [But they all seemed to have arrived already, I don't think anyone else will be coming here in the foreseeable future]

As soon as he said that, the barrier started to fluctuate as some figures appeared on the other side.

"Someone is coming right now!" Gu Qing Shan immediately reminded him.

[…What a coincidence] Shroud muttered.

The four heavenly beings who were maintaining the barrier also noticed the approaching figures and spoke in unison: "We solemnly greet the Heavenly King!"

The other heavenly beings also spoke in unison: "Solemnly greet the Heavenly King!"

The barrier then opened.

In that instant, a misty fog silently entered the passageway.

Immediately following that, several figures emerged from inside the passageway.

The man leading the group had his hands clasped behind his back as he asked: 「 How are your preparations? 」

"Heavenly King sir, all preparations are in place, all we need to do is wait for the Wraith realm's successor to appear"

「 Hm, this Heavenly King had personally descended with my men to support you from the sideline, we will surely capture that person to soothe his majesty the Emperor's worries 」

"Wise is the Heavenly King!"

…

As the misty fog went through the passageway, it directly appeared in front of a luxurious palace structure.

This place was relatively devoid of people, with only a few heavenly beings there to stand guard.

"Strange, how come they left so few people to guard their home?"

Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but wonder.

Shroud suddenly said: [Gu Qing Shan, this place isn't the Heavenly Palace]

"Huh? How do you know that?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

Shroud replied: [Because I can sense that this isn't a complete world. It's most likely a sub-world created by some sort of great treasure, as I can tell at a single glance that there is a foundational lack of Laws that make up this place]

Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.

------in that case, it makes perfect sense.

From the information I collected so far, the Human realm has yet to be established, so the Beast King realm and Huang Quan realm are yet to be accessible, they can only temporarily manifest in the form of Phase Realms, not as complete worlds.

Furthermore, the Samsara had taken away the Divine Artifacts of all Chosen Saints, leading to everyone no longer having a Deific position.

Everyone should now be in the Human realm to stabilize the Five Elements, accumulate Merit, and train their Divine Skills.

Those who are exceptional should be in the Elements War Zone.

-----so the solution that the heavenly beings have come up with was to create a sub-world of their own!

They aren't actually in the real Heavenly Palace at all!

Realizing this, Gu Qing Shan felt great.

"What… clearly everyone is on the same starting line, and you guys are all acting as if you're some sort of heavenly troupe from above…" he muttered under his breath.

[What did you say? Should we completely destroy this place now?] Shroud asked with an excited tone.

"If we destroy this place, those heavenly beings would have no choice but to stay in the Human realm, right?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

[Should be, after all, it isn't easy to create another sub-world outside of the Samsara like this] Shroud replied.

Gu Qing Shan looked around.

There really is no one else but a few heavenly beings here.

Then the results are already obvious.

He thought briefly and said: "Let's not alert anyone else for now, let's go find the Heavenly Emperor first"

[Are you saying------]

"We're going to try and see if we can directly eliminate him through an ambush"

[Let's go!]

The misty fog swirled briefly before scattering into a faint cluster of smoke that drifted toward the luxurious palace up ahead.