By the stream.
A conversation had once gone like this:
"Why do you insist on obtaining the Heaven and Earth Twin Swords?"
"I want to... see what lies beyond the World Gate."
"...The World Gate is sealed off by a force of destruction. Even the Abyss Monsters, who possess eternal life, will die completely if they approach it."
"There's a saying in the Abyss: they were eroded by another kind of fate, and that's why they died."
"...In the Abyss, there is only one weapon capable of resisting Fate Erosion: the Sword of Deviation from Fate, the Demon-Suppressing Weapon at the bottom of the Eternal Abyss, the protector of the extinct—the Heaven and Earth Twin Swords."
Gu Qingshan recalled his conversation with Lin back then and couldn't help sighing.
So much time had passed.
Yet these two swords, conceived by Mu, had passed through the Soul Screamer's theft, the Ancient Human Race's forging, and finally the struggle among the four sides before they came into his hands.
These two swords possessed the power to break Fate Erosion.
—But where had Mu learned how to forge them?
"What do you plan to do?" asked the shadow of the Sacrificial Dance Lady.
Gu Qingshan pulled his thoughts back.
"Though the technique of Fate Erosion is incredibly sinister, it's still easier to deal with than the power of miracles," he said.
The path toward the Asura World was shrouded in the power of miracles.
But the other route—
The one that led to another World Gate, which required a detour to reach the Asura World, had been laid with the technique of Fate Erosion.
"Please come with me to the center of the Eternal Abyss. We need to see what's going on with that World Gate," he said seriously.
"Then let's go,"