A streak of light appeared high in the sky.
It seemed to have a destination in mind already. Like a shooting star, it streaked across the night sky and rapidly plunged toward the boundless grasslands.
Gu Qingshan landed beside a lake on the grasslands and looked at another version of himself.
That version was also sizing him up.
"Huh? This feeling... is quite strange. Are you me?" that Gu Qingshan asked.
"Exactly. On my way here, I heard people call you the Ten Thousand Worlds Sword Saint?" Gu Qingshan asked.
That Gu Qingshan thought for a moment. "It's just a title. Don't worry about it. I can tell your swordsmanship is every bit as good as mine."
"Also, you're exactly like me, and there was that extraordinary spatial fluctuation just now. Could you be from a Parallel World?"
Gu Qingshan praised him. "Clever. You really are as shrewd as a demon."
--In the void behind him, several swords whispered among themselves.
Earth Sword buzzed, "Doesn't he feel embarrassed praising himself like that?"
Luo Bingli said, "His skin's too thick to blush."
Mountain Girl defended Gu Qingshan. "That's another version of him. He isn't praising himself."
Tide-Sound gave an approving chime.
The Sword Saint Gu Qingshan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Did you come looking for me because you ran into trouble in your world?"
"That's right. I'm afraid I can't handle the situation alone, so I need to bring in some reinforcements."
He told him everything that had happened in the Ten Thousand Beasts Deep Cave.
Sword Saint Gu Qingshan listened, then gradually broke into a smile. "What could be more interesting than observing the apocalypse from this close and fighting alongside myself? Count me in."
He stood up.
"Also, you said one version of me had loaded