Chapter 719: Reward For Being First

Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9

The labyrinth.

Rather than a labyrinth, it would be better to call this place an exceedingly large divine temple.

As soon as Gu Qing Shan came down from the desert above, he felt like he actually entered a completely different world.

Standing at the entrance to the temple, he was completely awestruck by the sight in front of him.

A bright green glow.

The Dark blue starlight.

An endless misty grey light.

A holy white light.

A dark purple mystical light.

A glorious golden light.

And a waterfall of dark light.

The seven shades of light each formed a silhouette, silently floating above the divine temple.

“Are these Divinities?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“No, they only represent the existence of the Divinities’ powers here” Little Dusk told him.

The entire divine temple was giving off a solemn air, even just standing at the entrance, one could already see the countless interconnected structures behind it, extending far away into the horizon under the constantly drifting sand.

The outside of the temple was glorious yet elegant, where countless pure white, life-like statues with graceful demeanor stood, highlighting the solemnity and holiness of the temple.

In the sky, the seven silhouettes were completely ignorant of Gu Qing Shan’s appearance there.

But a wax-sealed envelope descended from the sky, hovering in front of Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan received the envelope.

It spontaneously exploded.

A solemn voice appeared out of nowhere.

「 Listen well. As the first mortal to ever arrive at this sanctuary, you have obtained our explanation of this matter, as well as the only reward offered 」

「 Countless years ago, we had already anticipated this day 」

「 If one day, we were to depart and the seal was removed, the sinful creature might be able to control many powerful warriors, or perhaps control some of the wisest among you, attempting to steal or destroy the Divine Armaments 」

「 Do not worry, once the figure of light appears, the creature’s sinful powers will be suppressed, it will not be able to take over your bodies or trap your souls 」

「 Furthermore, to prevent any shortcomings; we had created this labyrinth and buried the 3 Divine Armaments inside 」

「 The sinful creature will not be able to find the Divine Armaments within a short period of time, and so both sides will begin on the same starting line 」

「 To aid you in overcoming the obstruction of sin, we will temporarily provide you something until the end of your trial 」

「 That is——- the ability to travel through time and space! 」

A coin appeared in the air, landing on Gu Qing Shan’s hands.

The solemn voice continued: 「 Using this coin, you will be able to travel against the river of time, returning to exactly five minutes earlier 」

「 Remember this, the coin can only be activated once, to use it, simply chant the incantation: As the Gods will 」

「 This will be enough to save your life 」

「 Now go, go and find the Divine Armaments 」

「 Mortal, this is a sinful creature the likes of which the Gods despise, you must seal it away once more 」

「 When you accomplish this, you shall become a Demigod 」

「 This is a Divine Assurance 」

As it finished, the voice slowly faded away.

Gu Qing Shan held the coin in his hand and carefully observed it.

The coin was completely smooth on both sides, without any patterns or writings on it.

It barely qualified as a coin, as crude as it was.

In front of Gu Qing Shan, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.

[Attention please, this is the first time the War God System has come into contact with this item]

[The War God System cannot tell you any details regarding this coin]

[Only one thing is sure, this item seems to be a crudely made rip-off]

A rip-off?

Gu Qing Shan was very surprised.

A mere rip-off has the ability to send someone five minutes into the past?

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “System, aren’t we also able to travel against the river of time and return to the past?”

[Ting]!

The War God System responded: [Before you had entered the 900 million World Layers, we indeed still had the ability to regress and return through the river of time]

[But ever since you entered the 900 million World Layers, from a timeline perspective, you have changed too many events, countless occurrences that were fated to begin and end were forcefully altered by your actions]

[Within the battle of the Bramble Birds, the fate of the 900 million World Layers underwent an unprecedented transition. Too many variables were born within the void of time, the fate of millions of billions of billions of people were also changed accordingly]

“And so?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

[The changes you brought were too vast and too varied, causing huge ripples and tsunamis within the river of time that still haven’t settled down, the variables created from this are also silently causing their own butterfly effects. As such the System can no longer isolate your flow of time, space and fate, and is no longer capable of attempting regression as we did before]

Gu Qing Shan sighed: “Which means, this replica coin is actually quite valuable?”

The War God System answered him: [Indeed, although it is only a rip-off, the power it carries can indeed bring you back in time 5 minutes before, the power of which is inconceivable, immeasurable and imponderable]

Gu Qing Shan muses: “But it is only a replica… are you sure it’s only a rip-off?”

[Correct, it is a crude rip-off] the System confirmed.

“You really don’t know anything else?” Gu Qing Shan was unconvinced.

[I do not, this is also the first time I came into contact with this coin] the System replied.

Gu Qing Shan fell silent.

Using this coin, I can travel 5 minutes before any ‘event’ occurs.

In this case, the ‘event’ can be anything, perhaps my death, the obtaining of a certain item, when I ran into something or missed something.

In a crucial moment, this coin can change a person’s fate.

——-if a replica is this powerful, what about the real thing?

Could it be that the real thing is among the 1001 numbered coins?

Gu Qing Shan suddenly realized.

He showed Little Dusk the coin and hastily asked: “Have you ever seen this coin before? Are there any coins among the 1001 numbered coins that can go back in time?”

Little Dusk also rubbed the coin in wonder, answering him: “This is also the first time I’ve seen this kind of coin”

Seeing Gu Qing Shan’s disappointed look, Little Dusk tried consoling him: “None of the Divinities had the ability to go back in time, otherwise they wouldn’t have died”

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Which means none of the coins could possibly do that either?”

“Yeah” Little Dusk replied.

Gu Qing Shan still hasn’t given up: “But we have a coin capable of exactly that right here, if this was something made by the seven Daemons, couldn’t the other Divinities have made something that can travel over an even longer period of time for themselves? A few years maybe?”

He can’t be blamed for being so interested in this, because he had already experienced time travel once before, he knew very well what it was capable of.

Not only could this change his own fate, but it could also change the fate of all of the worlds, the fate of quintillions of people!

If I can go back in time again…

There’s actually no need to return too far at all, if I can find the secret hidden within the #944 coin, the Ender of the Desolation Age’s weakness, I’ll be able to use the time travel and kill it during the first contact with it!

That way, not only will I be able to save a lot of people, lady Darksea wouldn’t have died in battle either.

Lady Darksea knows something about me!

As long as I can save her, I’ll be able to learn everything.

Little Dusk shook her head: “The seven Daemons believed that going back in time would mess up the past and present of many worlds, so they were very against the idea of time travel”

She looked at Gu Qing Shan and hesitantly told him: “It might be disrespectful to them, but the seven Daemons, in fact, did not have the power to travel through time, among the Divinities, they were the weakest——- for example, they only created the first 700 coins among the 1001 numbered coins, the latter 301 coins were actually created by the four Pillar Gods”

“Can the four Pillar Gods travel through time?”

“They couldn’t either—– so this coin might be something that the Daemons happened to obtain”

“Why didn’t they keep it for themselves then?”

“The power of the Divinities are involved in many things, perhaps this coin can allow a mortal to travel five minutes back in time, but it doesn’t affect them at all”

Little Dusk gave the coin back to him.

Gu Qing Shan received it and sighed.

Fine then, the most important thing, for now, is to survive.

—–let’s go look for the Divine Armaments.