The dark void.
Amid the spreading white mist, a figure slowly appeared.
Gu Qingshan.
The White Bone Battle Armor had vanished from his body.
But in his hands, he gently cradled an icy crystal sphere that kept radiating chill.
Gu Qingshan murmured, "No good. Mist World Descent has been blocked."
Curtain's voice came from the crystal sphere. "Of course. Take a look at what time it is."
Gu Qingshan glanced around.
The void was empty.
The last time he had seen a sight like this seemed to have been in the Ancient Era.
"Have we really reached the Ancient Era?"
Though he knew the answer, Gu Qingshan couldn't help asking.
The next second, his vision suddenly blurred.
The entire void vanished, then abruptly reappeared before him.
But something had changed.
Lines of firefly-like text appeared on the God of War Interface:
"Attention! Time is continually leaping. You will see different scenes from many moments."
The next second.
In the still darkness, countless blazing suns suddenly appeared, speeding forward.
Gu Qingshan watched in silence as an image surfaced in his mind.
Back in the Thorn Kingdom, he had successfully performed the second layer of the Dance of Sacrificing Lives of All Beings.
Because of that, the First Strongest of the Ancient Times had shown him this scene.
Before him, those "suns" were all enormous steel ships. Each one was as large as an Abyss Giant Beast—or even much larger.
"Ships of the Extremely Ancient Human Race," he murmured.
Yes, this was the prelude to the beginning of the Ancient Era.
Those suns were the ships of the Extremely Ancient Human Race!
Gu Qingshan shook his head.
Time had leaped straight from the Ancient Era to before the Ancient Era. Everything was completely out of order.
Who could cross this barrier of