Gu Qingshan spoke with the First Giant, but his thoughts raced.
Back in the Primordial World, he had encountered that Shadow.
What had that Shadow said at the time?
"I came from the Ancient Era. I was once someone's shadow..."
—the Ancient Era.
That was when the Inner World had been destroyed, a billion years ago.
In other words, the Gu Qingshan who had urged him not to give up his identity as the Yellow Springs Ghost King had set all of this in motion a billion years ago.
By then, he had already become the Yellow Springs Ghost King. It was only later that he had given up that identity for certain reasons.
In the end, he had regretted it.
—That was why he had left those words of warning in the Ancient Era.
A billion years was an unimaginably long time. Could the monsters in the River of Time really have let him return to a billion years ago?
Those monsters had nothing to do day in and day out. Their sole purpose was to observe the myriad worlds, searching the River of Time for loopholes. The moment they found one, they would swarm in and attack.
That was how they made their living, and they loved every minute of it.
...So how had that Gu Qingshan traveled back? Had he also used three coins?
Gu Qingshan shook his head slightly.
—Those minor details didn't matter anymore.
What mattered most was that he now understood: he absolutely could not give up his identity as one of the Six Paths.
The giant's rumbling voice sounded. "All right, today's business is done. You can return the way you came. If you want me to teleport you back, that'll cost extra."
Looking at the eager expression in the giant's eye, Gu