Gu Qingshan supported the Old Woman as they walked forward together.
The erosion of Parallel Worlds... their duty...
The Old Woman's words put him on his guard.
He remembered that when the Earth Creator had tried to stop the Abyss Monsters from obtaining the Heaven and Earth Twin Swords, the Earth Creator had said something similar.
But the Earth Creator had spoken of stopping those Abyss Monsters from obtaining Eternal Abyss weapons and preventing anyone from entering Parallel Worlds.
--The Earth Creator had never mentioned the erosion of Parallel Worlds.
Gu Qingshan thought it over, then simply asked, "Madam, I have a small question."
"Go ahead," the Old Woman said.
"You said your duty is to erase the erosion of Parallel Worlds, but I've never noticed any intersection between Parallel Worlds and our world. Could Parallel Worlds also be a threat?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"They aren't a threat." The Old Woman looked at Gu Qingshan, then added when his brow relaxed, "They're the apocalypse."
"The... apocalypse?" Gu Qingshan asked, puzzled.
The other party was the King of Elemental Spirits, an Elemental Spirit who existed eternally through time and space. Gu Qingshan believed she wouldn't lie about something like this.
The Old Woman said nothing, merely raising a hand and sweeping it across the space before her.
The void parted.
The entire scene appeared before Gu Qingshan.
A grand banquet was about to begin. He and the Old Woman stood together on the royal viewing platform, magnificent as a cathedral, watching the vast crowd below.
The Elemental Spirits sensed their king's arrival. They stopped their songs, dances, and drinking, and bowed in unison to the Old Woman on the raised platform.
"No need for formalities. Enjoy yourselves."
The Old Woman waved to the crowd below and said with a smile.
Suddenly,