Chapter 723: The Only Wish

The old man opened the box and raised a crown made out of bones, high above his head.

The seven silhouettes in the sky immediately noticed him.

「 So it was one of my believers 」

One of the silhouettes spoke.

A holy aria resounded from above.

Boundless solemn divine power enveloped him, forming a bright green glow that illuminated the entire labyrinth.

Those who attempted to attack or steal from the old man immediately recognized this boundless power.

“It’s a God! The God of Space and Time!”

Someone shouted in a mix of despair and awe.

Everyone quickly prostrated themselves on the ground.

Under the gaze of God, no one dared to steal from the old man anymore.

Because if someone did, it would be the same as provoking the dignity of the Gods.

A mortal can never provoke a God, otherwise they would be hunted down and executed by the Holy Churches.

Within the Strife Zones, faith was something that followed you for your entire life.

The dignity of the seven Gods were absolute, to the point that even their clergy are never to be shamed.

And at this moment, the God of Space and Time had descended upon them.

Watching as all of this unfolded, Gu Qing Shan made his decision.

Gritting his teeth, he took out the coin.

The coin that allows him to travel 5 minutes back in time!

Just as he was about to chant the activation, the coin escaped from his hand and lightly hovered to the sky.

A hand gently grasped it.

It was the figure of light.

The seven silhouettes from before had now merged into one, manifesting a humanoid form that sprouted a pair of wings and radiated blinding holy light.

The figure of light closely observed Gu Qing Shan and asked him in an unsure tone: “O’ lucky one, first to enter the labyrinth, why do you want to travel back 5 minutes in time?”

The blinding light around it surged like the rapid stream of a flooding river, tightly encasing Gu Qing Shan inside.

Gu Qing Shan felt like he was currently stuck in an intense storm, that he could easily be crushed and decimated by the overflowing and boundless divine power at any moment.

Gu Qing Shan knew he was treading at the border of life and death.

He pointed at the old man and shouted: “I came here first, I want to return to five minutes ago and take that Divine Armament for myself!”

After a moment of silence, the figure of light gently tapped Gu Qing Shan’s shoulder with its finger.

Two treasure boxes came out from Gu Qing Shan’s Inventory Bag, lightly landing in the figure of light’s hand.

They opened by themselves.

A pair of black eyeballs.

A long bone.

As the figure of light looked at the two Divine Armaments, the intense surging divine power around it began to calm down.

The bone crown also flew over, hovering in front of the figure of light.

The three Divine Armaments silently floated mid-air.

They have all been gathered now.

The figure of light told him: 「 There is no need to explain, I have felt your reverence 」

It then chanted an incantation towards the three Divine Armaments.

The figure of light then swung the long bone at the warden giant and uttered a long sigh.

With this sigh, a cluster of light shot out from the bone and struck the giant’s body.

A huge black shadow came out from the giant’s body, screaming as it did before sinking and disappearing into the ground.

The creature couldn’t endure the attack from the figure of light and had to flee from the body it possessed to return underground.

The giant regained its consciousness.

As he saw the figure of light in the sky, he hurriedly prostrated himself.

The black scorpion did the same.

Next to him, the Demon Scorpion Empress and their child had already appeared from somewhere.

The two of them seemed to be unharmed.

The figure of light looked pleased as it told Gu Qing Shan: 「 You do not need to return to the past, in fact, being able to find two of the Divine Armaments has proven you to be quite an excellent mortal 」

And then, it said the words that would haunt Gu Qing Shan for years to come.

「 Even more impressively, yes, you found her 」

Her?

Gu Qing Shan was shocked.

The figure of light chanted a short incantation.

If Gu Qing Shan didn’t hear it wrong, it was an incantation chanted in the language from the Age of Desolation.

「 Capture 」

Following the figure of light’s words, the bone crown landed on Little Dusk’s head.

The bone shattered, turning into pieces of pale white yet graceful armor, fully equipping itself onto Little Dusk.

And finally, the pair of eyeballs went into Little Dusk’s eyes.

During the entire process, both Little Dusk and Gu Qing Shan were unable to move at all.

Foo!!!

Boundless wind erupted from Little Dusk’s body, sweeping all around.

Little Dusk panicked as she looked at Gu Qing Shan and called out: “Qing Shan…”

Those were her last words.

Because immediately after, Little Dusk went limp, completely going into a coma.

As the figure lightly swiped the void of space, it opened up to swallow Little Dusk.

And Little Dusk was gone from this world.

Gu Qing Shan was completely stunned.

The figure of light stopped looking at him and slowly ascended to the air.

The pair of wings behind it flapped once.

In that instant, the entire 200 million World Layers felt its divinity.

Every single being in the countless worlds prostrated themselves to the ground at once, praying sincerely unlike never before towards the figure of light.

The scene at the labyrinth, as well as the figure of light’s appearance was shown to the living beings on every world.

Everyone within the 200 million World Layers were witnessing everything that happened in the labyrinth.

With a solemn tone of voice, the figure of light spoke: 「 Mortals of the infinite worlds, mark these words well, as what happens today will be known as the day the Gods themselves bestow upon you the truth of the universe 」

Everyone kept prostrating, chanting the names of their Gods as they expressed their understanding.

The figure of light glanced towards the old man who found the crown of bones and gently asked: 「 You have aided the Gods to once again seal away the sinful creature. I hereby ask, what wish do you have? 」

The old man wept tears of joy, frantically declaring: “O’ benevolent God, I wish to become a Demigod!”

「 Are you sure? 」

“Yes, o’ benevolent God”

「 Kneel, devout believer of the God of Space and Time, the light of your Tree of Space-Time shall illuminate the worlds 」the figure of light spoke.

The old man knelt down without hesitation.

The figure of light hovered closer and gently tapped between the old man’s eyebrows.

A blinding deep blue light erupted from the old man.

This light came out bit by bit, like strings of a yarn, slowly but surely encasing the old man to form a lapis-colored cocoon of light.

The figure of light placed its hand on the cocoon and asked: 「 Where are the servants of the Holy Church of Space and Time? 」

Faraway within the 200 million World Layers, inside the Holy Church of Space and Time, the Pope and the 8 Cardinals were all kneeling as they replied: “O’ spirit of the seven Gods, the servants of the God and the Master of Space and Time awaits your teachings”

With a push, the figure of light sent the cocoon through countless words and fell directly into the Holy Church of Space and Time.

The figure of light spoke: 「 I hereby order you to choose a group of the purest believers to surround this sleeping Holy Apostle, chanting the verses of the Holy Bible of Space-Time for seven days without end, until the Holy Apostle complete his ascension and awaken as a Demigod 」

“””As God wills it”””

The Pope, the 8 Cardinals, all members of the Holy Church as well as all followers of the God of Space and Time within the 200 million World Layers harmonically answered at once.

After that, the figure of light returned in front of Gu Qing Shan.

Standing above all in the sky, it announced to billions of worlds: 「 In front of me, is an even more reverent servant of God, one who had accrued even more merit than he who came before 」

「 He aided the Gods in obtaining two Divine Armaments to seal away the sin 」

「 He aided the Gods in sealing away a weapon that was too powerful 」

「 The mercy and favor of the Gods remains for this faithful and outstanding servant 」

「 Although he had not joined any of the Holy Churches, I hereby make an exception and allow him to light the Tree of Divinity of any Church 」

「 Come, in front of all living beings here, tell me your choice 」

The figure of light looked straight at Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan also looked back at it.

In front of billions of worlds, witnessed by countless living beings, right at this moment, Gu Qing Shan will have to make his choice on which Tree of Divinity he wanted to light.

After a brief thought, Gu Qing Shan weakly smiled.

“O’ God, is your promise true?” he asked.

「 The Gods utter nothing but the truth 」the figure of out answered him.

Gu Qing Shan nodded and praised: “O’ mighty, omnipotent, omniscient God, I do not wish to become a Demigod, I only have a single small, tiny wish”

「 You do not want to become a Demigod? 」

“I do not”

「 Then, tell me your wish 」the figure of light spoke.

“That girl just now, yes, the one you just took away, I want her back” Gu Qing Shan said.

The figure of light spoke: 「 Pitiful mortal, your eyes were clouded by mere representation, causing you to seek the wrong thing, I must remind you, this is a dangerous omen 」

Gu Qing Shan insisted: “She is but an innocent life, and Gods have always been merciful to all living beings, I do not believe the Gods would refuse me in maintaining a life”

The figure of light: 「 Mortal, she is a weapon created for the sake of war, and now it’s time for everything to come to an end 」

「 Mortal, remember well, today is the most glorious and honorable moment of your life, there is no need for you to insist on such a minor thing 」

Gu Qing Shan spoke in a lower voice: “No, this isn’t at all a minor thing, she is a person, an innocent young girl, o’ mighty God, I am willing to exchange all the glory I would obtain for her”

The figure of light spoke: 「 Do you have any idea what you are giving up? If you are willing to become a Demigod, you can choose any of the 7 Holy Churches, from now on, you will become an envoy of the Gods, one that walks the path towards true Godhood with our combined blessings 」

「 Mortal, once you become a True God, your powers will cause heaven and earth itself to pale in comparison. Where you stand is where mortals will be willing to prostrate themselves 」

「 So give up your illusory thoughts, kneel before me, and I will grant you untold power 」

Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered: “No matter how much power I possess, it is only a means to an end. Living beings do not crave the power of a Demigod or a God for the power itself”

「 How ridiculous, then why do you think living beings pursue power? 」the figure of light asked.

Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes.

Everything he went through together with Little Dusk so far flashed before his eyes.

“Th… this is a robbery!” she nervously said.

“You want to kill me?” she sobbed as she asked.

“If I use that method, I’ll have to painstakingly take care of you” she worriedly said.

“Amazing, I finally have a partner!” she joyfully jumped.

“I’ve never had a partner before, so this will be the first time I use this card” she lightly caressed the card as she said.

“There’s only two things I know in my life, fighting and sleeping” she said with a lonely expression.

“I like flowers, and I like travelling between the worlds” she said expectantly.

“Revenge? What is revenge?” she said cluelessly.

“I… don’t know how to describe this feeling” she held the bowl tightly, wiping the corner of her eye.

“I just want to help you become a Demigod” she gently said.

Yes.

She only wanted to help me become a Demigod.

That was all she wished for.

Gu Qing Shan suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: “My only wish is for you to let an innocent person live!”

“I want her to truly live her life, just once!!!”