The River of Time regained its light.
Countless fragments of history reappeared, filling every timeline.
The Six Seal of Chapters revolved around Gu Qingshan, forming a hundred-meter-wide sphere of light that isolated him from the River of Time.
The sphere drifted with the current, carried toward the future that had already been set.
Gu Qingshan crouched inside it, staring blankly into space.
A black dog formed from Dark Blazing Flames stood guard over him.
After a long while,
Gu Qingshan said, "In the end, there were some things I hadn't foreseen."
"You did well enough. You saved all of history, and everyone in it." Oldest's voice came from the black dog's mouth.
"But I failed to account for Reneedol losing her mind, and in the end, Chi Hu died—for my sake." Gu Qingshan shook his head.
Oldest said, "That Key of Myriad Gods' Approval—you just left it with Mu?"
"It's the key to a storage chest in the Dust-Sealed World, but there wasn't a third Divine Artifact of Fate inside." Gu Qingshan replied.
Oldest fell silent for a moment, then sighed. "So it was fake? Now I finally understand why I went to the Dust-Sealed World to get something for her, only for her to stab me in the end."
As they recalled each detail of the past, neither of them spoke again.
A long time passed.
Suddenly, Gu Qingshan stood up.
He stretched his body, going through various warm-up exercises.
"Hmm? What are you thinking?" Oldest asked.
Gu Qingshan rolled his head from side to side. "How long will we be here?"
"It'll take a few years to cross the long ages and reach the future," Oldest said.
"Since we have time," Gu Qingshan said, working his waist and joints, "my Dance of Sacrificing Lives is now called the