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"Primal Void:"
"All existence and nonexistence are borne by this law. It is the first law, containing both the void and all things."
"—The Earth Era once discovered the existence of the 'Primal Void.'"
Two lines of firefly-small text lingered for a moment, then vanished into the void.
This first law was indeed well hidden. Gu Qingshan had seen all sorts of strange wonders across the myriad worlds, yet this was his first time encountering it.
But what good was having this law? In the past, the Earth Era had possessed the Earth Apostle and the Chaos Apostle, but when they faced the Shadow, they had still met their doom.
Gu Qingshan looked again at the Chaos Apostle's Divine Skill.
"Primal Void Condensate."
"Description: Condenses an entire stretch of void completely within the Primal Void. All laws within it enter a state of stagnation."
No... Even with this, it still wasn't enough. He had to come up with something else...
Gu Qingshan committed the skill to memory, then sank into deep thought.
Mountain Girl spoke softly. "Young master, why don't we go around that Shadow and find a way to investigate something else? We might discover something that way."
"No. That Shadow is the key to everything." Gu Qingshan shook his head.
The World-Defining Divine Sword flew back and forth through the void and spoke. "He's right. The past in this void is locked away. Only that Shadow can open it."
Earlier, the Shadow had used the Creator's death to unseal something. That was how the World of Gods had appeared, along with hundreds and thousands of completely different worlds.
"Unfortunately, we can't beat that Shadow," Mountain Girl said worriedly.
Her young master had always been full of cunning plans.
But this time was completely different.
—This was