The banquet never got underway.
True Luck hadn't ended yet, and every second was precious. Gu Qingshan would never waste time on a banquet.
Those ghosts were all shrewd sorts. As soon as Gu Qingshan made an excuse, everyone went along with it and suggested meeting another time.
With the Five Elements Purgatory about to open and Old Gu being a Holy Chosen, he naturally had plenty on his plate. The ghosts understood.
They discussed the Five Elements Purgatory briefly, then soon dispersed.
Xie Daoling stood quietly in the distance. She waited until Gu Qingshan had finished seeing everyone off and returned before speaking:
"Now that you have the demons' help, you should enter the Five Elements Purgatory as soon as possible and seize the initiative."
"Does it have to be so urgent?" Gu Qingshan couldn't help asking.
"The Six Paths shattered once. Now that it's evolving again, it will become stronger than before. You'll have to be among the very best before the Six Paths will let you wield its power," Xie Daoling said.
"What about you?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"The Heavenly Emperor is surely searching for me everywhere. It looks like I'll have to find somewhere hidden to lie low," Xie Daoling said.
Gu Qingshan's gaze fell on her wrist. He looked at the vivid cord there and nodded.
If not for True Luck's protection, the Book of the Seabed quickly finding the spoils of the apocalypse—that battle armor that had once belonged to the Six Paths—and the Wind Key opening a portal in the nick of time, the Heavenly Emperor would have caught them.
At present, the Heavenly Emperor was the strongest.
He also had the Flame Spirit Pendant.
For the sake of their safety, they really should lie low for now. It would also be unwise