"Master, has the time for the final battle really come?"
"Yes. The Six Paths have shattered many times, but they've kept evolving. Their power has reached its peak. Now we'll see who can claim them."
"I understand... Then I'll go save the Beast King Path World."
"Mm. Be careful." Xie Daoling cautioned him.
Gu Qingshan nodded, then vanished into the void.
After he left, Xie Daoling withdrew her gaze and looked toward the lotus.
"Don't be nervous. Once all the spirits of resentment give up their revenge, your ordeal will be over," she said softly.
"Yes."
Su Xue'er's voice came from within the lotus.
Meanwhile,
Gu Qingshan flew onward, thoughts flickering through his mind.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of the First Giant.
Though it wasn't particularly powerful, it had survived in the void for countless ages without ever dying.
It might not have known the truth behind certain events, but it had witnessed them with its own eyes.
For instance, the conversation he'd once had with it—
"...The Six Paths of Reincarnation have begun competing for supremacy again. The entire void is facing a cataclysm, and I have to find a faction that can shelter me."
"It evolved too fast..."
"Then the Bronze Pillars appeared... and everyone realized—"
A look of terror crossed the First Giant's face. "We have souls."
"Isn't having a soul a good thing? Did you all not have souls before?" he had asked.
"The beings on those Bronze Pillars can control our souls..."
"Souls can be eaten! That means all living beings have become food. Do you understand how terrifying that is?"
The First Giant had spoken with a trembling voice.
Gu Qingshan abruptly stopped in the void and thought it through carefully.
He also recalled another thing the First Giant had said:
"Apparently,