Challenge

Gu Qingshan sat on the God King Throne, waiting quietly.

He was waiting for the Light-Shape Being to return.

The Golden Flame God's decision would determine his entire plan going forward.

If the Golden Flame God passed the Light-Shape Being's test, then Gu Qingshan would have no choice but to accept him joining them.

Time passed.

Another day went by.

Five days had passed since the previous God King and the God of Frost and Cold had died.

In two more days, a new god would be born.

Gu Qingshan decided to wait one final day.

If the Light-Shape Being still didn't return, he was prepared to give up his divine body and leave with Luo Bingli.

Just then, two divine guards flew into the God King Palace and knelt on one knee.

"Your Majesty, the Light-Shape Being has arrived. He requests an audience."

"Did he come alone?" Gu Qingshan asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty," the divine guard replied.

Gu Qingshan smiled. "Let him in."

A short while later,

the Light-Shape Being was escorted into the God King Palace.

He bowed to Gu Qingshan. "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"How did it go?" Gu Qingshan asked directly.

The Light-Shape Being sighed faintly and said in a low voice, "As Your Majesty expected."

Gu Qingshan looked at the Light-Shape Being and asked curiously, "What did you take the Golden Flame God to do?"

"I took him to an Era Reflection entirely occupied by our God Race, and told him that Gu Qingshan was inside that Era Reflection," the Light-Shape Being replied.

"That was obviously a lie," Gu Qingshan said.

"Yes. I constructed an illusion to see whether he would abandon the Ancient Gods at a crucial moment, caring nothing for the lives of us ancestors so long as he could kill his target," the