Chapter 782: Divulging

The Sky Beyond Heaven

Outside the Grand Divine Palace.

The Divinities willfully stood around the entrance of the palace, blocking the Golden Flame Divinity and figure of light outside.

Gu Qing Shan, on the other hand, no longer paid any attention to this.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned all the precious materials into the palace and neatly lined them in front of Luo Bing Li.

Gu Qing Shan tapped the void of space in front of Luo Bing Li from afar.

The block of ice that trapped Luo Bing Li scattered into mist and disappeared.

Luo Bing Li regained her freedom.

She landed on the ground and looked over the precious materials.

“All the materials are here, I can sense the seal gradually being released in my Thought Sea. I’m going to actively quicken the release, protect me”

Luo Bing Li closed her eyes and began to try releasing the seal in her Thought Sea.

Gu Qing Shan then stood up from the throne and slowly walked around the palace, finally standing behind Luo Bing Li.

This was a crucial moment, even if he had complete control of the situation, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t let his guard down.

He silently drew the Frostlie Long Staff, prepared the most powerful Ice Divine Craft to block any sudden attacks.

All the Soul Points that were used to upgrade [War God Skills] and learn the God of Frost and Chill’s Divine Craft now became Gu Qing Shan’s final trump card.

Outside the Grand Divine Palace, the Golden Flame Divinity angrily shouted: 「 Are you going to just ignore our race’s future!? 」

Another Divinity shouted in return: 「 We need to survive first before we care about any future! 」

Many Divinities expressed their agreement.

The Golden Flame Divinity gritted his teeth but was unable to do anything.

He was only a single Divinity, but his opposition was the entire Divine race, they weren’t a force he could go again.

The Golden Flame Divinity turned and whispered to the figure of light: 「 Quickly think of something 」

The figure of light spoke up: 「 Your Divine Majesty, believe me, the future is very important, I beg you to aid him! 」

Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan chuckled.

He answered: “That is no problem since he’s here to kill the human cultivator, I will do everything in my power to aid him”

The figure of light spoke: 「 The sword—— 」

Gu Qing Shan cut him off and continued: “How strange, he said he would be able to change the future by killing that human. So why isn’t he doing that now and instead wants to compete for this sword with this king?”

The Golden Flame Divinity cut in: 「 That is because if I can obtain the Heaven sword, I can make the future better 」

Gu Qing Shan sighed: “Your greed had clouded your eyes, making you forget the very reason you were here in the first place. Right now you want nothing but the treasure”

He then told the figure of light: “I can offer a solution that is the best of both worlds”

「 Pray tell 」the figure of light replied.

“I will send my most powerful Divinities to seek that human cultivator out and kill him, that way, our Divine race’s future will be fine”

“While I will hold onto the secret of the Heaven sword and search for that sword myself. From then on I will change the destiny of our entire Divine race, making it so that the Divinities here no longer have to die”

Gu Qing Shan slowly explained.

Hearing him, the Divinities of the past all nodded in agreement.

Indeed, that way, both the problem of the present and future will be solved without any issues.

The figure of light contemplated a bit, then spoke hesitantly: 「 The search for the Heaven sword will be exceedingly dangerous, you might not survive 」

Gu Qing Shan laughed: “I’m the strongest Divinity, the Divine King himself. Who else is suitable to do this but me?”

The figure of light spoke: 「 But the Golden Flame Divinity knows many secrets. He might not be as powerful as you, but he can better deal with various circumstances 」

“Are you sure that he knows the necessary secrets to deal with every circumstance?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 Very sure 」the figure of light replied.

“That’s perfect then” Gu Qing Shan seemed pleased, “then he can simply tell me those secrets. That way, not only would I be the most powerful Divinity, I would also be the Divinity that holds the most secrets”

“Besides me, no one else would be more suitable to control this sword!”

The figure of light went silent.

The Golden Flame Divinity opened his eyes and mouth wide, completely speechless.

——-so after all that talk.

Not only would I not have the right to obtain that sword, but I also have to give up all of my secrets?

This is…

While the Golden Flame Divinity was still thinking, Gu Qing Shan had already spoken: “Then it’s decided. God of Lies, you will be responsible for making sure he tells nothing but the truth. I don’t want any falsehood to cloud my judgement”

“Life God, Assessment God, Sound God, Water God, the four of you bring him down and have him tell you the secrets. Once he divulges everything, report back to me”

「 Yes, sire! 」the Divinities responded.

The Golden Flame Divinity was led away.

The only one left standing there was the figure of light, unable to say a single word.

Gu Qing Shan didn’t pay any more attention to the matter outside the palace and turned back to look at Luo Bing Li.

She had opened her eyes again.

“The seal was released. I know the method to forge that jade disk now, please wait a moment, I’m going to make it here” Luo Bing Li told him.

She formed various hand seals and made a fire in the air, throwing the precious materials inside one by one to melt them down.

Gu Qing Shan stood with his hands behind his back on one side, silently waiting.

After so much hardship, finally, I’ve gotten a step closer to the Heaven sword.

At this point, the figure of light outside the palace suddenly moved.

He spoke to Gu Qing Shan: 「 Your Divine Majesty, I have a certain secret I must tell you 」

“What secret is it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The figure of light took a glance at the Divinities standing guard in front of the Grand Divine Palace and said: 「 Only you can know this secret 」

Gu Qing Shan generously spoke: “Then enter the palace”

After transforming into the God of Frost and Chill, he was a bit more confident——– at least the other party wouldn’t be able to kill him in one hit.

Hearing the Divine King’s words, the Divinities made way for the figure of light to enter the Grand Divine Palace.

He glanced at Luo Bing Li who was busy making the jade disk, then at Gu Qing Shan.

“So? What was it that you wanted to tell me?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The figure of light muttered: 「 As a Divine King, that you would be able to accomplish this much had already far surpassed the recorded history 」

“What are you talking about?” Gu Qing Shan appeared puzzled.

The figure of light suddenly asked: 「 Your Divine Majesty, what is your goal? 」

“My goal?”

「 Yes, the true goal for everything that you’re doing 」

As Gu Qing Shan wanted to reply, he noticed the hidden tone inside the other party’s words.

He stopped himself and slowly answered while contemplating: “After I found out the true secret of our race, the only goal I have is to enter that Gate——– only then, can we truly hold destiny in our own hands”

The figure of light replied: 「 But according to our treaty with the Desolate race, you can simply continue to provide humans to them as food. In the end, they would still allow us to enter that Gate 」

“No” Gu Qing Shan sternly refuted, “placing one’s hope on someone else was and had never been reliable. The basis of a fair treaty is that both sides hold similar levels of strength”

After staying silent, the figure of light nodded.

Apparently it had made a decision and spoke: 「 Your Divine Majesty, did you know? You have actually been living in an illusion 」

Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan’s heart jumped slightly.

What does this mean?

Does the figure of light intend to reveal to me the true nature of the phantom images?

What does it want to do?

Gu Qing Shan stared at the figure of light and spoke in a heavy tone of voice: “If you have any secrets to tell this king, you may do it. But if you intend to tell some sort of tall tales to deceive this king, then let me apologize first before kicking you out”

「 No, I am not deceiving you 」the figure of light shook his head: 「 Your Divine Majesty, I will show you the truth of this history 」

He reached his hand out to Gu Qing Shan: 「 Your Divine Majesty, you have used your actions to prove that you are an excellent monarch. Not even a brethren from the future managed to waver your position. Instead he had made you more powerful from letting you know the direction of the future 」

「 Your Divine Majesty, you are now qualified to participate in the true history 」

“What do you mean by the word ‘true’?”

「 Your Divine Majesty, you need not ask too much. Please take my hand, I shall take you to see the secret of the phantom images 」

Gu Qing Shan went silent briefly.

“Will I need to fight?”

He appeared a bit unsure about everything and hesitantly asked.

「 No 」the figure of light answered, 「 This first trip will only help you understand the truth, everything else can be left for later 」

Gu Qing Shan glanced back at Luo Bing Li.

Luo Bing Li didn’t meet his eyes, but sent her voice: “To be this serious, it must be one of the secret preparations of the Divine race, make sure to be careful”

Gu Qing Shan sent his voice: “If I go, what’s going to happen to you?”

“Don’t worry, while you’re not here, I will delay the crafting of the jade disk all the way until you return” Luo Bing Li assured him.

Gu Qing Shan looked up and ordered those outside the Grand Divine Palace: “Divine Guards, protect this king’s palace, no one is allowed to go in or out”

「 Yes, sire 」

The voices of the 12 Divine Guards resounded from the outside of the palace.

At this point, Gu Qing Shan took the figure of light’s hands and muttered: “Don’t try to pull the wool over my eyes. Otherwise, I wouldn’t forgive your offense even if you are the collective consciousness of our Divine race!”

The figure of light spoke: 「 Your Divine Majesty, very soon, you will feel grateful to me 」

“Grateful to you?”

「 Indeed, grateful to me for obtaining a true new beginning 」