Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The boatman looked at the sword in his hand and said.

"That's right, this sword is a saint's personal sword, of course it's no problem to slay a young dragon, as for you..."

"It's not bad that you dared to place yourself in the dragon's mouth to produce that sword."

Gu Qingshan arched his hand and said, "Have we passed the barrier?"

The boatman said, "As long as you kill the dragon it's considered a pass, what list do you both want to pick, you can say it now."

Leng Tianxing pondered for a moment and said, "I would like to try to pick the list of ancient artifacts."

The boatman clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, it really is the law of fate, you can get off the boat."

"Get off the ship?"

When Leng Tianxing looked to his left and right, apart from the boat, all he could see around him was the vast expanse of water.

The boatman squatted down, picked up a floating and spinning willow branch from the water, and handed it to Leng Tianxing.

"This is the underwater ruins left over from the ancient times."

"A hundred thousand years ago during the Flood Era, there were Mountain Gods and Water Gods who dueled here and ended up dying here."

"This willow branch will keep you safe, go down and find a few Flood originals to come up."

Hearing the boatman say this, Leng Tianxing took the willow branch and pushed his spiritual energy into it.

The willow branch unfurled, causing a giant hand to stretch out from the water, gently holding Leng Tianxing and slowly retracting.

"It's your turn," the boatman looked at Gu Qingshan, "What list have you come to pick again?"

Gu Qingshan cupped his fist and saluted, "I am picking the Sword List."

"Sword List... If you can pierce that sword just now, I don't have to test it anymore, I can send you over directly."

The boatman pressed down on Gu Qingshan's shoulder with one hand, and the other hand flew and squeezed a secret.

The two of them directly disappeared from the small boat.

........

Hundred Flowers Palace.

The boatman and Gu Qingshan showed up in their forms.

Gu Qingshan looked at the familiar scenery around him and sighed slightly.

In this timeline, he had never reached the Hundred Blossoms Palace.

--In his previous life, he joined the "Doomsday Online Demon King Sequence" much later than the others and reached the world of cultivation.

His starting point was too low, even the most basic sword secrets were hard to obtain, and his cultivation level was low, so he had no chance to come to the Hundred Flowers Sect to pick the list.

He suddenly went quiet.

--The Demon King Sequence!

In this timeline, when does the Demon King sequence descend?

As I was thinking, I saw a woman dressed in palace makeup turn out from behind the huge green jade screen in front of me.

The palace maid came holding a long scroll and bowed to the boatman.

"Is this the person who will be picking the sword list today?" The courtesan asked.

"Yes." The boatman said.

"Only one today?" The palace maid continued to ask.

"Those people are not right in their sword intent, they can't do anything if they are put in the palace, they will only pollute the aura of the place." The boatman said.

"Alright, I should have brought the people, you guys do what you want." The boatman said and directly disappeared.

The palace maid seemed to be used to this scene and turned to Gu Qingshan, "Are you here to pick the Sword List?"

"Exactly." Gu Qingshan returned to his senses and bowed.

The palace maid lit a pillar of incense and handed the scroll in her hand to Gu Qingshan, "You and go in, if you can pass the test within the time of one pillar of incense, you will be qualified to pick the Sword List."

Gu Qingshan silently received the scroll and infused his spiritual energy into it.

Snap.

The scroll fell to the ground, and Gu Qingshan had disappeared.

The palace maid picked up the scroll and placed it on a mahogany table, murmuring softly, "I'd like to see what's so unusual about the Sword Master that Earth Sword has personally chosen."

Within the scroll.

Across from Gu Qingshan stood a scholar.

The scholar was gentle and extremely polite, and he gave a bow to Gu Qingshan and said, "This sword technique of mine was passed down from my family, and ordinary cultivators can't even parry it, but I feel that there are still some shortcomings, so you should take a look at it and help find the problem."

Gu Qingshan was slightly relieved and casually took out the Earth Sword.

"How is it? Is this journey still the same as the ones that happened to you before?" Earthsword asked quietly.

"Many places ahead have changed, but instead, I still met this scholar here." Gu Qingshan responded.

"In that case, do you want to hide your strength? After all, you're too accomplished in the way of the sword, so if you go too far and let things change too much, you'll have new problems again." Earth Sword asked.

"What are you worried about?" Gu Qingshan asked rhetorically.

"I'm worried that you won't be able to worship the Hundred Flowers Sect - do you remember that if you want to go to the Heavenly Sword, the only one who has the Desolate Cloud Heavenly Palace's teleportation array is Ling'er." Earth Sword Dao.

"...And yes, you must enter the Hundred Flowers Palace." Gu Qingshan agreed.

He pondered for a breath.

--To hide the strength and let everything start over again as it was originally?

No.......

The situation was different now.

Holding the Earth Sword in his hands and being called the "Third Child" is completely different from the other timeline.

At all times, Xie Dao Ling's vision was the highest in the world.

If you still follow the rules in silence, resulting in not being seen by your master to the point where you can't worship the Hundred Flowers Sect -

Wouldn't that be a laughing stock?

Gu Qingshan made a decision in his mind and cupped his fist in return, "Please."

"Don't worry, I'll compress my spiritual energy at the Seventh Qi Refining Layer to facilitate your action." The scholar said.

"Thank you." Gu Qingshan Dao.

The scholar smiled and took out a sword.

He pulled out the longsword, and his entire temperament changed.

Crazy shrieks came out from the scholar's mouth.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill! Nothing in heaven and earth is unkillable!"

The longsword moved abruptly, and the scholar's figure was submerged in the pouring sword qi, pouncing on Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan held the Earth Sword and gently handed it forward.

Dang!

The scholar took a few steps backwards and looked at his hand in surprise.

--His sword had been struck away.

Gu Qingshan said, "It's too chaotic."

"What's too chaotic?" The scholar asked.

"Your sword moves are too messy, you'd better re-practice your basic sword skills and not think about seven." Gu Qingshan Dao.

The scholar was startled.

Gu Qingshan looked indifferent: "Sword art, the most important thing is to be able to break the opponent's defense and kill the enemy with a single strike, not something like 'everything in heaven and earth is unkillable' - that's all bullshit."

The scholar picked up his longsword, unconvinced, "I'd like to try it again."

"Come." Gu Qingshan said.

The scholar's figure unfurled, and the man and the sword instantly turned into dazzling and blurred sword shadows, impossible to see the slightest bit clearly.

Gu Qingshan shook his head and jabbed his sword.

Dang!

A sword flew out.

The scholar stood in place, quite confused.

"Your sword is like your thoughts, too many and too mixed, but in fact, just one thought is enough." Gu Qingshan said.

"What?"

"Kill the enemy."

"...Just like that?"

Gu Qingshan didn't say anything, gesturing for him to bow his head.

The scholar slowly lowered his head, but saw an additional sword mark at the location of his heart.

"So that's how it is, I've always pursued complexity and speed, but it seems like I'm on the wrong path."

His figure faded and disappeared.

Outside the scroll, the palace maid couldn't help but nod her head slightly.

"The heart is only pure and the sword intent is simple, I do believe a bit now that he is the third child..."

She looked at the pillar of incense before it burned off a tiny bit.

In the scroll, the scholar nodded his head and his figure faded away.

Gu Qingshan waited for several breaths.

Another monk appeared before Gu Qingshan's eyes.

It was a monk.

He was holding a long sword, and his eyes were confused.

"My question is about the heart of the sword." The monk stared dumbly at the longsword in his hand and said.

"Ask." Gu Qingshan said.

"Using the sword to slay sentient beings, though they enter the cycle of reincarnation, they are unable to eliminate their delusions and obsessions, but instead, they are the cause of future karma."

"If that's the case, why not kill sentient beings and why not use the sword?"

"May I ask the patron, how exactly do people who use swords conduct themselves?" Monk asked.

There's that question again!

Gu Qingshan revealed a smile.

This question, if it was circled in, would destroy the Daoist heart.

The two of them standing in harmony and discussing the Dao was actually more dangerous than killing seven in and seven out in the demon group.

If they were asked to falter, their Dao hearts would also shatter.

A Daoist who even has his Daoist heart broken will be sluggish in his cultivation and will never be able to advance an inch.

The monk paused with a flourish, "Over the past few decades, I have collected the sword intent of the world and finally came up with two answers."

"Please speak." Gu Qingshan said simply.

The monk waved his hand and said, "These are the sayings that have been respected by sword cultivators for the past ten thousand years, the first one is, let him do whatever he wants, I will cut it off with a single sword until I have cut off one side of the world and teach all living creatures again, all at my will."

"The second saying is, cultivation is like sailing against the current, and so is the art of swordsmanship, whoever stands in the way of my sword is my enemy in life and death, and even the heavens will be cut down for you to see."

The monk saluted and said, "Such two ways are the true intent of sword cultivation, what do you say, patriarch? I would also like to ask the patron to say it."

Gu Qingshan smiled and said, "First of all, the claims that everyone has been praising for the past ten thousand years are just claims; secondly, the so-called Sword Cultivation True Meaning-"

He walked towards the monk with grace.

"This sword in my hand is a saint's sword, touch it and you die, monks beware."

The longsword came out and the sword qi became silk, instantly wrapping around the monk.

The monk's face changed and he drank, "I'm arguing with you, why did you do it?"

He just blocked a few times, but then he saw all the sword qi suddenly condense into a round of moonlight.

--This was the Secret Sword!

The monk's hands and feet were in disarray, and he had to resist with all his might.

Suddenly, the moonlight was like smoke and mist, and the monk was unable to resist even if his sword was used like the wind.

The monk suddenly froze.

At some point, the sword was placed around his neck.

Gu Qingshan looked at him and asked, "Monk, now that my sword can cut off your head with a single movement, as for your claim, what use is it in front of my sword?"

The monk's face was complex, and he spoke, "But the reasoning isn't right."

"The reasoning is up to you, I'm only responsible for killing you - you're all dead, so I'm sure you won't come back to me for reasoning in the future." Gu Qingshan Dao.

"Reason can't be discerned, and even if you kill me, you still can't tell what a sword heart is after all." The monk said.

"I've already told you." Gu Qingshan Dao.

"What?"

"The sword is the reason."

The monk was startled, and then said, "Then the world's heavens-"

"It's your business to kill the heavens, don't blame your sword."

"That which teaches all beings-"

"Are you just a sword-wielder who can teach a man to have a child or a wife? I've never had such enchanted confidence."

"The man who blocked my sword path-"

"You can kill whoever you want, don't look for some sword heart as an excuse, hypocrite."

The monk was unable to speak for a moment.

Outside the scroll, the palace maid suddenly pursed her lips.

"This Earth Sword chosen maiden has some unusual temperament, it seems to be a sword cultivation seed indeed."

She reached out and took out a foggy summoning talisman.

"This 'hypocrisy' curse is excellent, old bald donkey you block me with words, I'll block you back now and see how you take it."

The palace maid said, with a push of spiritual energy in her hand, the summoning talisman suddenly turned into fire and flew into the sky.

The palace maid's eyes flowed as she said to herself, "This kid seems to have been killed in the demon bush, but we'll have to wait until he successfully picks the list to see what's going on."

She casually squeezed a spell, and Gu Qingshanton jumped out of the scroll.

"That's through?" Gu Qingshan asked.

The palace maid said, "It's passed."

"Just as well, that monk still wants to talk about it with the sword, I'm afraid that if I say it again and take him in with a sword, it won't look good." Gu Qingshan said naturally.

The palace maid was in a good mood and smiled, "Yes, where on the path of cultivation is there so much preaching, one sword is actually even better - I had prepared a few more tests, but now I've decided to release you to try the sword list right away."

Gu Qingshan happily said, "Thank you!"

The Earth Sword suddenly hummed in his heart and said, "I was just worried that you couldn't enter the Hundred Flowers Palace again - tsk, I'm really worrying blindly."

"What's wrong?" Gu Qingshan wondered.

"Your pair of teachers and disciples are one temperamental than the other, simply stinking of each other, how could you not get together." Earth Sword Dao.