The sky was dim.
Cold Black Blood poured down in torrents, soaking the open ground before the Military Camp in a deathly black sheen and filling the air with a nauseating stench of blood.
The Faceless Giant stood outside the Military Camp, devouring corpses by the mouthful.
Zhao Liu lay in the mud, completely dazed.
Gu Qingshan's expression shifted.
Behind him, the demon seemed to sense something. It shot into the sky and vanished in an instant.
It was gone?
It seemed his other self had already sent Fu Si to handle that matter.
If so, the demons would be drawn away on a massive scale to deal with the minor incidents suddenly appearing throughout the entire river of history.
In other words—
He had seized the initiative!
Gu Qingshan reached out and gently pressed a finger to Zhao Liu's neck.
Zhao Liu immediately fell unconscious.
Taking advantage of the moment, four brilliant rays of light blazed behind Gu Qingshan.
He placed a hand against his chest and murmured, "Only knowledge and awareness, only the sea as fate. All living beings and all things, everything reborn!"
In an instant, rows of glowing words appeared before his eyes:
"You have activated the true power of the water of the Four Saint Pillars."
"Sea Fate: Designate all things, living beings, and worlds, and grant them two new attributes."
"Given the difficulty of your chosen task, the two attributes have been reduced to one."
"Special note:"
"If you do not remove the newly acquired attribute, you will be unable to activate Sea Fate again."
Gu Qingshan studied the glowing words for several breaths, then murmured, "One it is, then."
A deep-blue radiance burst from his hand and sank straight into his body.
The next second, a new prompt appeared:
"You are granting yourself