Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The depths of the Forgetting River.

The tower pagoda.

Gu Qing Shan didn't imagine that he'd actually be able to reach this place.

He and the other Virtuous Deities were all seated within the tower pagoda, silently waiting for the Huang Quan High Deity to appear.

"How many High Deities does Huang Quan have in total?"

He silently sent his voice.

Fei Yue, who was sitting far away from him with her mask on, sent her voice in reply: "How many? Having just one is already terrifying"

"What about Virtuous Deities?"

"Including you who's just been promoted, there are 6"

"Did you… receive the blind nun yet?"

"We have, ever since she entered Huang Quan, we've begun the preparations for your appearance" Fei Yue happily explained.

"What kind of preparations?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

"The Human realm is a conspiracy, we assumed that you'd be able to jump off the chess board eventually and come to Huang Quan" Fei Yue answered.

Gu Qing Shan was surprised and wanted to ask her more, but a noise from the top of the platform stopped him.

The bronze casket had been opened.

The skull woman silently appeared before them.

The 6 Virtuous Deities stood up in unison and bowed: "We greet the High Deity"

『 No need for such formalities; seeing that our Huang Quan has gained a new Virtuous Deity today, I express my congratulations 』

The skull woman stared straight at Gu Qing Shan as she said that with a voice full of implications.

Gu Qing Shan simply smiled and clasped his fist in return: "I thank the High Deity"

『 As soon as you arrived, not only did you help Huang Quan solve the problem with our military force, you've also brought countless dead people with you------ I assume you'd probably be able to awaken all the dead beings in slumber within the River of Death 』the skull woman said.

"I can indeed" Gu Qing Shan admitted.

In front of such an overwhelmingly powerful entity, there was no real meaning in lying.

He sent his voice to Fei Yue: "Who exactly is this High Deity? Does she have a title? Where did she come from?"

"I don't know" Fei Yue silently replied, pausing before she added: "I don't dare to know"

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent.

Don't dare to know.

The implications of these words are quite severe.

It seems like after today, I need to have a long and detailed talk about Huang Quan with Fei Yue.

Still standing on the platform, the skull woman asked: 『 Death God, are you willing to awaken all the dead beings under your jurisdiction to deal with the current situation? 』

Gu Qing Shan replied without hesitation: "Of course I would be willing to, but I don't even know what the currently situation is like------"

The skull woman said: 『 Very well, as you are a Virtuous Deity, you have the qualifications to know the truth 』

Gu Qing Shan replied with an expression of focused listening.

--------he had also taken this into consideration when he decided to awaken his Death God powers.

There existed a lot of intel and secrets that were beyond his natural reach without a corresponding high position.

Forcibly coming into contact with such secrets might draw attention, possibly even leading to endangering one's life.

But if one's position was sufficiently high-------

Such secrets would automatically be disclosed.

The skull woman explained: 『 The reason why we hadn't been able to properly initiate the competition in Huang Quan was that Huang Quan had to be responsible for a war 』

"What kind of war? Who is the enemy? And where did they come from?" Gu Qing Shan questioned without reserve.

『 Since you're a Virtuous Deity, you won't receive any recoil from the Samsara for listening to this secret------- then it should be fine, it's like this----- 』

The skull woman continued:

『 Ever since the Samsara arrived in this Boundless Void, many unexpected events have occurred one after another 』

『 Firstly, the fusion with the Twin Rivers of Life and Death, but this can be considered a good thing for the Samsara 』

『 Secondly, the entities residing within this Boundless Void had discovered the Samsara, so they've engaged in a war against the Samsara in an attempt to take control over it. The ones who are primarily responsible for facing against these enemies is our Huang Quan 』

『 Thirdly, the Heaven realm violated the rules and interfered with the Human realm's matters------ there are a lot of variables here that makes it impossible to explain all at once 』

Gu Qing Shan quickly digested this new information and paused for two breaths' worth of time before asking: "Why must our Huang Quan be responsible for facing the enemies? Where are the other Samsara realms?"

-----he didn't ask about the Twin Rivers of Life and Death, nor the Human realm, instead opting to ask about Huang Quan before anything else; this naturally fit his identity and wouldn't draw any suspicions.

The dual-bladed man sitting across from him simply scoffed and complained: 「 What other options do we have? The only ones who can actually fight right now are us in Huang Quan 」

The skull woman kept silent.

Fei Yue took this opportunity to interject: "The Wraith realm is already destroyed with only a single inheritor remaining; the Human realm is still in the middle of their Saint Selection, so the Chosen Saints all have their powers sealed away, unable to face these ferocious enemies; we aren't sure of the Asura realm's situation, but they're not fighting this war; as for the Heaven realm and Beast King realm------"

She turned her gaze towards the skull woman.

The skull woman slightly nodded.

Fei Yue then continued: "This matter is somewhat related to the third occurrence that the High Deity mentioned"