Chapter 266: The truth and the demonsTranslated by: La0o9

Edited by: VindiFan#1

Proofreader: Arya

After saying so much, Gu Qing Shan stopped.

These words are nothing but the simplest explanations that he glossed over for the sake of the cultivators, explaining why he suddenly attacked the other group.

There are still a few details that he knows he can’t mention, otherwise it would bring a lot of follow up questions.

The large corpse that claims he’s existed for over 100,000 years had warned him and told him of an incredible secret.

A world that absorbs another will make its living beings become stronger.

The world itself is a resource for gaining strength.

The world itself is the main resource that civilizations have to fight and compete over.

This is the entire truth.

Countless, endless demons travel between the worlds, looking to ultimately destroy every living being.

Within that Apocalypse, each civilization only aims to become stronger, to be able to resist against the destruction and death.

Because of that, when two worlds meet, one of them will have to be merged into another.

And this is the truth.

Gu Qing Shan suddenly thought of another problem.

This relationship between the civilizations is mainly caused by the terror of the Apocalypse.

The civilizations only wanted to become more powerful as fast as possible, to avoid being destroyed by the Apocalypse.

But then.

The ringleader of all this, the main aggressor, the very reason why the civilizations go mad for power, the demons themselves… What exactly are they?

The demons have all sorts of extraordinary power and abilities, their methods of action are completely inconceivable, and even their thoughts can’t be used to assume their main intention.

Humans don’t understand them, can’t understand them.

In this moment of history, all the other truly terrifying things have yet to appear.

But then ——–

Where did they come from?

Who made them?

Are they really demons?

After living through 2 lives, this is the first time Gu Qing Shan has truly begun to contemplate this.

He got lost in his thoughts.

But the more he thought about it, the deeper he felt the secret becomes, as if there was some sort of horrible truth hidden away so that no one can ever find it.

Looking at the other cultivators, they still haven’t regained their senses from his glossed-over explanation.

Ning Yue Xi sighed and spoke up first: “If a war is inevitable, then let’s take a look at their equipment to see if we can find some of their intelligence”

That’s right, everyone here is a Rejuvenation or Ascended realm cultivator, everyone’s knowledge is vast.

Everyone agreed to discuss it among themselves to see if anything can be found.

The cultivators put all the weapons, formation plates, pills, talismans… in the same place.

They quickly found that the large brim hats they were wearing has the ability to conceal their presence.

A cultivator who was an expert Smith commented: “This is something that every one of them has, since it’s so commonplace, they must live in an environment where they need to be constantly on guard”

Gu Qing Shan picked up the sword cultivator’s sword and looked at it carefully.

The sword looked almost brand new, as if it was forged not too long ago.

It’s possible that the sword cultivator had only just received this before they came here.

The [War God Skills] icon on the War God UI began blinking.

A few notifications popped up.

[Discovered weapon]

[Guang Yang sect’s direct disciple’s personal sword, exhibited Skills are as follows]

[Guang Yang basic sword style 7th strike. User: Zhang Hong Chi]

[Secret Art: Torrent. User: Zhang Hong Chi]

[Because these sword styles come from an unknown world that the user has never been to before, Soul Points required to learn these sword styles are increased]

[To comprehend Guang Yang basic sword style 7th strike, Soul Points cost: 17]

[To comprehend Secret Art: Torrent, Soul Points cost: 190]

Gu Qing Shan’s eyes lit up.

This is the Secret Art from before, its power was quite exceptional.

If he didn’t have [Swallow Return] that specializes in assassination and killing, it would’ve been a much harder battle.

He should learn this Secret Art.

As for how it costs more Soul Points, it’s completely irrelevant.

He instantly replied: “I choose to comprehend Secret Art: Torrent”

[190 Soul Points spent, the user has comprehended Secret Art: Torrent]

A new notification popped up.

[You’ve learnt a sword style of another world]

[Congratulations, you’ve barely cleared the requirements, initiating Thaumaturgy Quest number 3]

Reading the notifications, Gu Qing Shan was really happy.

Finally, he could continue the Thaumaturgy Quest.

After completing 7, he can draw a merged Thaumaturgy of 2 realms!

He looked around.

The other cultivators were still examining the spoils of war in a neat and orderly fashion.

The current situation isn’t exactly ideal for him to arbitrarily leave the group and act alone.

Gu Qing Shan kept his rush down and joined in with evaluating the other world’s cultivation civilization.

Everyone noticed all the other world cultivators had a gem ornament.

The gem ornaments were different sizes, different colors, and a few were emitting light.

After examining them, everyone unanimously agreed that they were space-type treasure tools, basically works the same way as an Inventory Bag.

A cultivator who was an expert in treasure tools tried to access one, then shook his head.

He didn’t give up and checked another gem ornament.

After a while, he finally had no choice but to give up.

He explained: “Both the gem ornament’s inner design and the way they were made were extremely advanced, only the owner themselves know how to open them, once the owner dies, there’s no way for anyone else to open them”

Hearing that, everyone shook their heads and sighed.

The other world cultivator’s clothing and armor has also been removed and put to one side.

An expert Smith cultivator came up to check the armor and weapons, then finally said: “Their weapons are sharp and armor are tough, although it’s not as good as the ones from Shen Wu world, but they’re definitely much better than ours”

Shen Wu world’s Smithing has reached an advanced level unlike any other, this has become common sense for them.

A cultivator who studied pills took out one of the pills, first sniffed it, then broke it in half and chewed it.

After closing his eyes for a while, he answered: “Their level of pill making is also more advanced than ours, this pill’s potency has already surpassed our top-tier pills”

“Their talisman is also much stronger” a person holding a few talismans also added.

At this point, everyone looked at Gu Qing Shan.

How lucky, how fortunate.

Thankfully he took the initiative and killed off quite a few of them in an instant.

Otherwise, if both sides had gone into a drawn out battle, it hard to know who would’ve won.

“What about formations? Our formation and theirs, whose is stronger?” Gu Qing Shan suddenly asked.

In small skirmishes, weapons, pills and talismans and are greatest support for a cultivator.

But in large scale wars, formations are the deciding factor.

One of them reported: “We just discovered, formation user Wang Yun is dead”

“He’s dead?”

“Those are his remains”

Someone pointed to the pile of bones in the corner

“That’s strange, there was no one else here, how did he die?” Leng Tian Xing asked.

Suddenly, an image appeared from inside the bowl and projected into the air.

It showed what happened to Wang Yun.

All the cultivators watched and could only sigh at the bowl.

Even an Ascended realm cultivator was so easily killed, no one here has any way to deal with such a powerful artifact.

Not to mention, the artifact has a spirit.

A powerful artifact that was also sentient, for now, no one tried to touch it.

The most important thing right now is to quickly find out how strong the other world cultivators are.

——especially their level of advancement regarding formations.

Ning Yue Xi asked: “General Gong Sun is still currently unconscious, who else here is an authority on formations?”

All the cultivators stayed silent.

The path of formations is too hard so normal people wouldn’t even come close to it.

“Then we’ll have to return before being able to draw any conclusions” Ning Yue Xi couldn’t help but said.

“Actually, there’s no need for that” Gu Qing Shan picked up the formation plate and faced it towards an empty spot in the temple hall.

“We only need to see its effectiveness”

He took out a few spirit stones and put them into the formation plate, then controlled it.

Four phantom images appeared from the formation plate: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise.

Gu Qing Shan tried tapping the Vermillion Bird phantom.

A flame rose from the formation plate, turning the entire temple hall into a sea of fire.

Gu Qing Shan quickly retracted his spirit energy.

The flame dissipated.

Gu Qing Shan tried tapping the Black Tortoise.

A frost appeared on the formation plate, spreading outwards as the entire floor began to freeze white.

Gu Qing Shan retracted his spirit energy.

The white frost stopped spreading.

Gu Qing Shan sighed: “Such an intricate formation plate that has four different methods of attack, as well as being able to hold such strength, I believe it has far surpassed our level of formation”

Everyone just stared blankly at this scene, speechless.

The sense of dread started to spread in everyone’s minds.