Gu Qingshan floated atop the Forgetfulness River.
Having lost all his power, he was nothing but an ordinary dead soul, drifting with the current of the Forgetfulness River. Before long, he vanished into the mist at the river's far end.
In the darkness, those two figures still stood where they were.
"Are you going to tell him, or should I?" the man asked.
"The child is about to be reborn. I need to go into Chaos first and prepare, so I can take on the attributes of the apocalypse. That will leave him a path to follow," the woman said.
Her figure gradually faded away.
Only the man remained.
He gave a light cough and looked in Gu Qingshan's direction.
"Let's begin. This wisp of my thoughts will be placed deep in your memories. If one day you meet the conditions to trigger it, you'll see this scene of your mother and me coming to guide you, and you'll be able to speak with this wisp of my thoughts."
"What I actually wanted to say is—"
"If you've reached the point where your memories can be unsealed, then you're qualified to learn something..."
"It's very important."
"It concerns a point in time."
The man clapped his hands.
The scenery around them shifted.
A stream flowed past, while a long stone path led up the mountain.
This was—
The mountain gate of the Ten Thousand Sounds Sect!
"Watch closely," the man said.
Gu Qingshan followed his gaze. A flying boat descended from the sky and came to a stop beside the stream.
Wei Ni stepped off the boat and said, "The mountain gate is up ahead. Someone will register you shortly. Once you've received your new jade token, you can go up the mountain."
"Thank you, Wei Ni," said a small