"Gu Qingshan, this has nothing to do with you."
Xie Daoling said coldly.
Gu Qingshan was just about to step forward when her words stopped him again. He had no choice but to keep his feelings in check for the moment.
He said softly, "Master, I've already made arrangements for Xue'er. Once everything here is settled, I'll go with her to atone for the bloodshed of the past."
"Atone? You may not understand what this entails yet," Xie Daoling said.
"Please enlighten me, Master," Gu Qingshan said.
Xie Daoling said, "All the beings within the World Gates of those two worlds have now returned to the Six Paths of Reincarnation—and within the cycle of reincarnation, karma never vanishes."
"What does that matter?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Normally, it wouldn't. But as you know, only the Last Saint remains before the Six Paths of Reincarnation becomes a technique," Xie Daoling said meaningfully.
Gu Qingshan suddenly understood.
That was right.
If the Six Paths of Reincarnation truly became a technique, then what fate would await Su Xue'er before it, when she had once brought the apocalypse upon countless beings?
That technique had been interrupted by the apocalypse countless times. Even according to the most basic principle of evolution, it would surely evolve a power capable of dealing with the apocalypse.
Sure enough, Xie Daoling said leisurely, "She was once one of the Six Paths beings. After becoming the apocalypse, she erased countless living beings. Once the Six Paths of Reincarnation awakens, the first ones it will not spare are beings like her."
Gu Qingshan froze.
His master knew many hidden truths. She might even know what would happen after the Six Paths of Reincarnation became a technique.
She was probably right.
If it was true...
—what would happen to Su Xue'er then?
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