Chapter 1222: A new identity

The three coins broke through the intense current of the River of Time and brought Gu Qing Shan upstream.

His remaining Soul Points value displayed on the War God UI was continuously being reduced.

———[Distortion] was the ultimate Space-Time power, so it could only be used by spending a corresponding amount of Soul Points.

Gu Qing Shan turned to the War God UI.

His remaining Soul Points value was decreasing at a rate of 900 per second.

As he remained longer within the River of Time, this expenditure also became increasingly greater.

Soon, his Soul Points reduction rate reached 1000 per second!

In the past, Gu Qing Shan would have quickly chosen a point to descend into.

But right now, he wasn’t at all phased.

——-during the previous decisive battle, he killed the Soul Shrieker as well as an Awaiting from the [Chaos] faction.

The Awaiting of the [Chaos] faction was a powerful entity who had remained in hiding through the long years in order to arrange various contingency plans for the side of [Chaos].

Not even Lady Fusi the Unextinguishing Sand dared to underestimate him.

In theory, there was a difference of several levels between Gu Qing Shan and this Awaiting, which made it impossible for Gu Qing Shan to defeat him.

But thanks to the trillion Prayers and the Occultism power, the Living Being Sacrificial Dance, he eliminated that entity without giving him a chance to act!

At this moment, Gu Qing Shan had a total of 150 million Soul Points!

This was known as not being afraid to spend after your payday.

Gu Qing Shan was currently choosing a moment meticulously.

A perfect moment.

The moment when the Wraith realm had only just appeared and were still probing the Eternal Abyss with attacks!

Along with the intense flow.

Countless monsters surfaced and dived down, briefly running into Gu Qing Shan.

Despite seeing Gu Qing Shan, they appeared complacent, as if his presence was of no interest to them.

Because not only did the three coins possess the power of [Distortion], but it also had two other abilities:

[Proof] and [Patrol]!

These were two great abilities that guaranteed safe passage along the River of Time.

Countless images flashed through Gu Qing Shan’s vision.

The Eternal Abyss and the Wraith realm had clashed frequently and unceasingly on the battlefield.

——-but where was the advent of this war?

Gu Qing Shan continued forward.

He had to reach that origin and infiltrate the Wraith realm from there.

As he moved upstream, Gu Qing Shan would occasionally see his companions within the images.

At some point.

Two lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:

[Attention, the Laws of Fate, Space, and Time have recognized your existence]

[The three Laws have locked onto your presence]

Following these lines of glowing text, Gu Qing Shan felt a sense of rejection coming from the River of Time.

He could clearly feel a cold chill running down his back.

This was a clear yet unspoken warning——-

If I try to enter some of certain moments and areas of time, I will be eliminated right away.

“War God UI, what’s going on?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

200 Soul Points——- no, 500 Soul Points was immediately deducted from his Soul Points value.

Gu Qing Shan’s eye twitched a bit, but he endured and said nothing.

This is a critical moment, and I have a relatively ample amount of Soul Points right now so I shouldn’t be too petty.

A second later.

New lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:

[Because of Distortion, two versions of you currently exist at the same time]

[The ‘you’ who had just returned from the Age of Old and is currently within the 900 million World Layers]

[Following the timeline, this ‘you’ would meet up with Laura, come into contact with the Greatest Above the Star Crown, then perform your Dance together with your companions at the Bramble Bird Kingdom]

[In other words, that ‘you’ is about to search for Lady Darksea, and each of ‘your’ words or gestures would then affect the fate of the 900 million World Layers as a whole]

[Because of this, the fate of the entire 900 million World Layers was linked with your own fate]

[In accordance with the rules of Distortion, the following conclusion has been drawn:]

[As soon as you enter the 900 million World Layers within this time period, you will have affected events and individuals who are related to yourself in that time period]

[You will be erased immediately]

Gu Qing Shan sighed.

It is true that according to [Distortion], I can’t affect anything that my past self was experiencing.

So I can’t return to the 900 million World Layers at all…

This is a bit harsh, but I have other worries as well——-

Gu Qing Shan asked again: “Then if I run into acquaintances from the Wraith realm—— like that Wraith Might Cang Wu Zang, how would that be considered?”

500 Soul Points was deducted again.

The War God UI replied: [Time, Space, and Fate had quarantined the 900 million World Layers and forbidden you from entering]

[In other words, in areas outside of the quarantine of Fate and Space-Time, the unknown areas outside of the 900 million World Layers, as the only individual with permission to distort history, you can distort and affect any event or person that isn’t part of the 900 million World Layers]

Gu Qing Shan was surprised, then smirked.

“That’s good to hear”

He muttered.

——despite the long-winded explanation, what it means is simple.

As long as I don’t return to the 900 million World Layers, I can do as I please.

Who would’ve thought, the power of the three Space-Time Coins would be so terrific!

Gu Qing Shan now felt a bit hesitant.

For some reason, he felt that these three coins were a bit too powerful.

Now that I think about it, among the many titles of these three coins, one of them was ‘Fragment of the Traveler’s Proof’.

If they are only a fragment, what’s the complete Traveler’s Proof like?

And what is the Proof for?

Gu Qing Shan sighed and stopped himself from pondering any further.

For all living beings, the void hides endless secrets and mysteries, and the mere act of learning these secrets could bring about unimaginable threat and danger.

What I need to do now isn’t to probe the secrets of the void, but the truth behind the Wraith realm, alter their history, then steal their Huang Quan world at my convenience.

This is what I should do.

Gu Qing Shan regained his calm and gazed ahead of himself into the rushing current.

This was a relatively distant moment of the past.

Scenes of the Eternal Abyss and the Wraith realm’s battles had become a lot sparser, but each of these occasions displayed the total brutality of both sides against their opponents.

Each of these wars was a grand campaign with mass genocide and destruction.

——this should be it.

This should be the time when both sides had only just come into contact.

Gu Qing Shan carefully observed, then wandered up and down the River of Time for a bit to choose an appropriate point of entry.

“Right here, this should be good” he muttered.

——finally, he found the moment he wanted and was about to enter.

Lines of glowing text began to appear on the War God UI:

[Attention!]

[Once you choose your point of entry, you will have no second chances]

[The three coins will completely lose their powers during this period of time]

[You will have to prepare everything by yourself and survive until the moment in the future that’s considered your ‘present’ for the three coins to regain their powers]

[Because your starting point was the Temporal Oasis: World of the Spire, the ‘present’ you must reach would be the future that the isolated world of the Spire was heading towards]

[Are you sure you want to begin from this moment?]

Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the scene of that battlefield and silently chuckled.

Clenching the three coins tightly, he jumped into that moment of Space-Time!

…

Outside the 900 million World Layers.

The space vortex.

An unknown battlefield.

The brutal war continued, but it was finally heading towards an end.

Mass of corpses on the ground were pushed over.

As soon as Gu Qing Shan rose up, he immediately threw a corpse into his Inventory Bag and took that corpse’s appearance.

Sword qi surged forward.

Almost immediately, numerous wounds big and small appeared all over his body, as if he had just gone through a desperate battle.

The sound of Abyssal monsters grumbling could be heard from a short distance away.

I need to seize my time!

Gu Qing Shan clutched his wounds and staggered as he ran somewhere.

It was a place with many fallen corpses.

——-each of them was a cultivator wearing a Wraith mask who had died in battle.

But from how they appeared after death, they seemed to have been protecting something before that with all of their strength.

Gu Qing Shan approached and pulled an unconscious individual from inside the mass of corpses.

Pieces of several broken treasures laid next to where he was.

From outside the River of Time, Gu Qing Shan saw that everyone was protecting him.

He was a VIP.

And he still wasn’t dead!

“Wake up!”

Gu Qing Shan slapped his face.

He was still comatose and unresponsive.

From afar, the sound of Abyssal monsters’ footsteps was getting louder, causing the ground itself to tremble.

They were approaching!

——-if they were to be surrounded by Abyssal monsters right now, it would be extremely worrisome.

Gu Qing Shan immediately grabbed the other party’s collar and began slapping him from side to side.

“Hurry, sir, we need to flee right now, or we’re going to die!”

While slapping the unconscious man, he shouted.

“Ugh…”

The man uttered a pained cry.

It’s working!

But before he could open his eyes, several Abyssal monsters had already noticed them.

Roar!!!

The Abyssal monsters charged at them.

Seeing the situation turning worse, Gu Qing Shan immediately picked the man up and fled in a random direction.

As he ran, the monsters gave chase, which quickly shortened the distance of both parties.

Gu Qing Shan’s heart slowly sank.

I was going to disguise myself as an unassuming soldier that happened to save some guy with a certain amount of status——-

This was supposed to be the best chance to infiltrate them during the entire campaign!

Was this guy injured so heavily that he couldn’t even wake up?

This isn’t good…

While Gu Qing Shan was thinking that, a voice sounded from his back:

“Small little Li, thank you for saving me”

Small little Li?

What kind of name is that?

Feels like some sort of servant name.

Never mind, being a servant means I won’t draw any attention, that’s a good thing.

———when I infiltrated the Suspended world, it was because I disguised myself as Qi Yan that I had to face the big shots right from the beginning. It was a real tightrope act that I barely managed to pass without issues.

It was really tough.

Gu Qing Shan quickly collected his thoughts and spoke in a heavy tone: “Quickly take a look, they’re about to catch up!”

“They are…” the other person said, then spoke emotionally with a casual tone: “Hah, I really let my guard down this time. If I knew the Abyssal monsters were this fierce, I wouldn’t have come here at all”

Not come here?

This is a war——- and you’re telling me you would have simply not gone if you knew about it before?

Gu Qing Shan suddenly noticed something amiss.

The other party then said with a dejected tone: “They came too quickly. I just wanted to try things out; I didn’t think it would almost cost me my life”

The man on his back was mumbling something.

All of a sudden, an unusual power fluctuation appeared on their bodies.

The man said: “This isn’t good, Small little Li, we can’t stay here, we need to return to the Tomb of Myriad Beasts right away!”

Tomb—

Of Myriads Beasts?

Gu Qing Shan opened his eyes wide, before he could say anything, the power fluctuations had already converged and manifested as a spatial warp technique.

The void of space broke open with a flash.

Instantly, Gu Qing Shan and the man on his back, both vanished from the battlefield.

Roar!!!

Seeing their enemy flee, the Abyssal monsters furiously roared to the sky.

——-after chasing them for so long, the enemy just escaped, so there was no way they wouldn’t be angry.

They swiftly turned and left, preparing to vent their anger on other enemies.