A young woman flew down from the city wall and landed beside Gu Qingshan.
She smiled. "That was quite an interesting fighting style. Looks like we don't need to visit any other moments in history."
In the sky,
three skeletons swooped and circled around the giant monsters.
—They soared beneath the veil of night.
Four long swords appeared behind each skeleton, following close behind and ready to fly out at their will to attack the giant monsters.
Gu Qingshan had four swords.
So the skeletons had four swords too—
though their blades didn't possess the power of divine artifacts.
Watching the battle in the sky, Gu Qingshan asked, "Don't we need to change history?"
"We don't have the power to meddle with history," the young woman said. "Besides, changing history would bring disaster."
Gu Qingshan thought it made sense.
—The power to "tamper" with things was exceedingly rare. It would never appear in the world lightly; even the Doomsdays found this kind of power troublesome.
If they weren't changing history, what were they here to do?
As Gu Qingshan pondered this, the young woman spoke again:
"As I said before, in a little while, the first sacred relic in history will be destroyed. In other words—"
Gu Qingshan finished her thought. "All the sacred relics are still intact right now."
"That's right. We came before the sacred relics are destroyed to earn their recognition. As long as even one of them recognizes you, we can return to the future immediately."
Gu Qingshan asked, "I have a question. Has anyone awakened world power in this era?"
"If someone like that existed, the city wouldn't be shrouded in darkness," the young woman replied.
Gu Qingshan nodded in understanding.
The young woman glanced at the sky. "The moment the sacred relics are destroyed