"Called... me?"
"Yes."
The figure gazed at Gu Qingshan. "The Primordial Era came from Chaos. We couldn't defeat the evil demons, so naturally we had to call upon the power of Chaos."
Gu Qingshan recalled, "But when I descended into the Primordial Era in my previous life, it seemed only the Corrupted Saints remained. I never saw any of you."
"There was a reason for that," the figure said.
"What reason?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"I don't know. I'm not the guardian of that secret, so I forgot the reason long ago. Even if you completely destroyed me, you still wouldn't learn the secret," the figure said.
Gu Qingshan sighed.
The guardian of the secret was Xie Guhong.
He had three secrets. He had revealed one, leaving two.
If he hadn't told them, then it wasn't time yet.
The figure continued, "But I know something else."
"What is it?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"There was once a master fortune-teller among us. He divined that, in the future, you would become connected to the Hell-Suppressing Ghost King Scepter—"
The figure finished speaking and gazed intently at him.
Gu Qingshan gradually understood.
In that case, what he could do now was...
"I still don't know your esteemed name," Gu Qingshan said, clasping his hands.
"I am the Taiyin Soul Hook Saint. You may call me Soul Hook," the figure replied.
"I'm about to seize the Hell-Suppressing Ghost King Scepter. Could you stay and give me a hand?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Actually, I'm on my way to the Apostle of the Fire Saint Pillar. His situation is extremely dire. He's using a God Summoning Talisman to call us over and hold back the evil demons, buying time," Soul Hook Saint said.
"Then go. I'll think of another way," Gu Qingshan said at once.
—Of course,