Xuan Yas home.

Laura rubbed her eyes as she sat up, stretched, and immediately noticed Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan, youre back safely? she asked, still a bit sleepy.

Gu Qing Shan smiled , walked up to her and lightly stroked her head: As you can see, Im perfectly fine. You, on the other hand, must have been exhausted after that trip through the ruins

Laura emotionally replied: Yes, I got to see many treasures from the ancient past, although I couldnt take any of them with me, it certainly was an eye-opening experience

Saying so, she put her hand into the void of space, grabbing something from it.

Everyone couldnt t help but look over.

Only to see that it was a clear blue staff with a flying bird adorned at its tip.

As soon as this staff appeared, the entire room was submerged in a faint misty fog.

Breathing in this fog made everyone feel refreshed and considerably more spirited.

Boss was surprised: Ah, the style of this artifact, it feels like it came from the same era as those treasures in the God of Lifes ruin

Laura replied: Thats right, my ability has a certain characteristic. I need to experience and observe treasures of a certain level before I can actually grab treasures of similar level

Hearing that, everyone couldnt help but think of the same thing.

No wonder, during the exploration of the ruin when we couldnt obtain any treasures within because of the covenant with the king, Laura said that it would still be a good thing to take a look.

It turns out that after she saw them

She would be able to grab others

Zhang Ying Hao suddenly took out his light-weight rifle and presented it for Laura to observe, asking: Your majesty, please take a look at this gun, do you find any issue with it?

Laura received it, a bit confused, but still took a glance: This gun is quite good, however, its still hibernating

Boss suddenly spoke up: Your majesty, dont look at that gun. If you have some free time , come to my part of the Abyss, there are a few strange Soul Artifacts with an unknown background that Id like you to look at

Laura was immediately interested and said: Ah? Soul Artifacts with an unknown background? Im really curious now, Ill take that offer!

Wait a minute Boss

Gu Qing Shan shoved Boss to one side and took out the twin swords Heaven and Earth: Laura, its still a long while until we can arrive at the Abyss, take a look at these two swords of mine first

Laura.

Seeing everyones burning gazes, she slowly understood.

Hah, Gu Qing Shan, you dummy. The twin swords Heaven and Earth are one-of-a-kind artifacts, Ive already snuck glances at them numerous times. Also think about it carefully, even in the infinite void of space , how rare would Soul Artifacts of this level be? Of course, they would become source of fierce competition between countless unknown entities, theres no way they would ever be without an owner

Gu Qing Shan begrudgingly put his swords away.

That was indeed the truth.

If artifacts like the twin swords Heaven and Earth could be obtained so easily, the countless years of scheming and planning that the Soul Shrieker did would be nothing but a joke.

Thinking about that, the group put away such thoughts.

Laura continued: Thats why, theres an exceptionally low chance for me to grab a weapon or treasure of this level

Exceptionally low chance

Wait a minute!

Gu Qing Shan asked: In other words, theres still a chance that you might be able to grab one?

Hm, when Im exceptionally lucky, of course. Thats really hard Laura replied.

Everyone felt like laughing out loud.

Ye Fei Li sighed and said: As the Duke of the Bramble Bird Kingdom, I feel like I dont want to try anymore

Laura waved his hands dismissively: Dont put too much hope in such unclear and illusory matters. You should know, treasures and such are still only external, the most important factor in obtaining what you want is still your own efforts!

Your own efforts.

Why do those words sound so uncomfortable to hear?

Everyone tacitly agreed to avoid the subject.

Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag and took out a colorful rooster.

its already been a day, lets see if I can obtain any new information.

It might just be his imagination, but Gu Qing Shan felt that the colorful rooster was about one size larger compared to when they last met.

He pulled on the roosters comb.

The colorful rooster came to life.

Hic!

It immediately hiccupped.

Yo, youngster, whatd you find me for?

As the rooster spoke, it seemed to be a bit dispirited, Gu Qing Shan also noticed it was a bit tired.

For information, of course- although, did something happen to you? Gu Qing Shan asked.

The rooster shook its wings and replied: Nothing much, Ive just been visiting an old friend, ate too much and got a bit fatter is all

Gu Qing Shan nodded in understanding: Ah, that makes sense. Then, please give me a piece of information related to myself

Same as before the rooster formed a heart with its wings .

Gu Qing Shan reached his hand out and transferred a bit over 10,000 Soul Points.

Receiving the Soul Points, the rooster finally appeared a bit refreshed.

It peered its head up, carefully and cautiously peered into the void of space, as if looking for something.

After a while, the rooster pulled his neck back down, once again dejected.

I made a loss this time such important news cost me so much Soul Points

It muttered as it snuck a glance at Gu Qing Shan.

Knowing that this rooster fused with [War God Information], Gu Qing Shan understood that it was as much of a miser as War God UI, so he transferred another 90,000 Soul Points without hesitation.

-after killing the Occultism spirit in that garden, he obtained 5,000,000 Soul Points, so now was the time to be generous .

The rooster raised its thumb and praised: Very meaningful! You are just as generous as I knew you are

Listen well, as the Era of [Chaos] continues to descend, the 900 million World Layers is slowly but surely being enveloped by [Chaos]

One hour earlier, the Soul Shrieker successfully underwent apotheosis

A True Deity surpasses the normal concept of level and could never be defeated through regular fighting prowess

The Soul Shrieker is currently the only True Deity within the 900 million World Layers, currently spreading [Chaos] throughout every existing civilized world

The Seven Holy Churches of the Strife Zones have officially split up, a portion of the Holy Churches have chosen to surrender to the Soul Shrieker, while the others were faced with an ultimatum. If they do not choose to surrender, the Soul Shrieker shall personally destroy them

If you have any means to, you must quickly stop the Soul Shrieker, or it will all be too late

After relaying that information, the colorful rooster turned back into a statue and couldnt move any longer.

Gu Qing Shan fell silent.

Zhang Ying Hao patted his shoulder: It seems well have to quickly resolve the issue here and awaken the [Order]

Ye Fei Li said: The four fake Deities all hold a portion of the Card, so they should all be able to utilize the power of [Order] to a certain degree not only are they individually powerful, but they also have the power of [Order], how are we supposed to kill them?

Boss sighed: In reality, their strength isnt the issue, the main issue is the monster behind them

Everyone went silent and couldnt help but recall that scene.

several thousand giant black tentacles broke through the palace and reached into the air.

And that was only a small portion of the monsters body.

Even the Deities only managed to defeat this monster without killing it.

Zhang Ying Hao spoke with a serious expression: Other than the royal family, that monster can sense the death of every living being within Calming Soul Country, so if we kill any of the fake Deities, itll discover us right away

Everyone went silent.

There were a total of four fake Deities, and if any of them were killed, they would attract the attention of that unbeatable monster.

What should they do now?

Gu Qing Shan silently listened without saying anything.

Laura silently watched him and noticed his train of thought.

She thought briefly and pulled on Gu Qing Shans sleeve: Gu Qing Shan, last time you said that you wanted a Card from me in order to increase your strength?

Yeah, I did Gu Qing Shan nodded.

At the time, I asked Laura for the [Elemental Wind Chaser Strike] Card in order to return to and comprehend the mystery converging the power of a thousand strikes into one.

As the Envoy of Condemnation, he has the ability to utilize Inner Plane Cards in order to advance his strength, but Gu Qing Shans power hadnt reached the lowest threshold required for that yet.

And so for now, he could only consume normal Cards in order to improve his own swordsmanship skills.

-similar to how the black cat evolved.

Laura asked: Can you still use Cards to increase your strength?

I can

Then why didnt you ask me for more ? Are you looking down on me? Laura angrily questioned him.

Its not that the Soul Shrieker took that chance to ambush me at the time so that matter was interrupted. One thing just kept happening after another after that, so there wasnt any time to continue Gu Qing Shan explained.

A battle is approaching, so what other Cards do you still need? Hurry up and tell me Laura asked.

Thats right, after my comprehension was interrupted by the Soul Shrieker last time, its been a long time since I contemplated my swordsmanship.

My control of sword phantoms had already reached a near-perfect degree, so I should only be one final step away from achieving the realm of converging a thousand strikes into one.

Gu Qing Shan immediately listed a few Cards.

Laura searched through her personal collection and quickly found the Cards that Gu Qing Shan needed.

Receiving them, Gu Qing Shan didnt begin breaking through right away and instead told everyone: If its only to kill those four Deities, I have a solution , but there are two problems that must be resolved first

The first? Zhang Ying Hao asked.

Firstly, we need to understand the extent of what everyone on our side is able to achieve in battle

The second? Ye Fei Li asked.

The four Deities do not appear without a reason, so we need to create an opportunity where they show up on their own accord and take that chance to kill them

Boss said: The first problem is easy to solve, we only need to display our strength in a secluded location in order to understand the extent of each others abilities

Zhang Ying Hao mused: As for the second problem, thats relatively hard. Most likely, something extremely serious for Calming Soul Country as whole must occur for all four fake Deities to show themselves

Hm, the second problem really is tough

Unless another group of outsiders like us show up in Calming Soul Country

Ye Fei Li and Laura both chimed in.

While they were discussing that, the light in the room suddenly flickered.

Radiant light began to shine behind them.

Everyone turned around.

Only to see endless golden light gathering on the body of the sleeping child.

Xuan Yas wandering soul was standing next to her child, completely shocked as she watched this.

She couldnt help but mutter something.

What did she say? Gu Qing Shan asked in a whisper.

Ye Fei Li replied: She said the new king has been born