In the darkness, a conversation was underway.
"Do we have any advantages?" Gu Qingshan asked.
The hoarse female voice replied, "You are still within the sacrificial dance. In fact, unless it's a true apocalypse, nothing can alter the sacrificial dance."
Gu Qingshan pressed, "So aside from the power of the apocalypse, Reneedol's other powers have still been stripped away?"
"That's right. Since she summoned a true apocalypse, then for the sake of fairness, the sacrificial dance will no longer restrict your powers or your friend's."
"I feel a lot better... but I have one last question," Gu Qingshan said.
"Ask," the hoarse female voice replied.
"The illusory past created by the sacrificial dance is turning into a Parallel World. So are the people in this Parallel World real?"
"They'll become more and more real, until finally they're almost indistinguishable from you."
"I see..."
All the darkness faded away.
Gu Qingshan found himself standing on the bank of a vast river.
The wind blew, and the clouds drifted.
Several Peaks on the River stood green.
This was Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace.
The fishing rod was still in his hand.
The difference was that a mass of Dark Blazing Flames had suddenly appeared in the empty air beside him.
The flames gathered into a shape, transforming into a black dog.
"What's going on?" the Black Dog asked.
Without looking back, Gu Qingshan lowered his fishing rod into the river again and said, "Reneedol summoned the true apocalypse from beyond the World Gate. The sacrificial dance can't stop it."
The Black Dog mused, "A true apocalypse? I wonder which kind. This place is so far from Outside the World Gate, and countless Parallel Worlds are obscuring it. My guess is that what came here was an apocalypse seed. It'll need time before it