[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1046":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1791842,2388,"Chapter 1047 - Gu Qing Shan’s Battle","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1046",1046,"\u003Cp>“What do you mean by fused?” Gu Qing Shan questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t answer that much——- you have to agree to my conditions before I reveal anything else” the fake God slowly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What conditions?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you truly want to, give me some time to think of what I want” the fake God displayed a contemplating expression as if he was actually considering what benefits to ask for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan glanced at him and declared: “Something’s wrong with you”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mea—–”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the fake God could finish his words, a cold gleam flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fake God’s limbs were sliced off, leaving his head in Gu Qing Shan’s grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chao Yin sword hovered in mid-air, closely propped next to the fake God’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Laura, seal him” Gu Qing Shan told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura hopped over and put a total of 179 necklaces onto his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I feel like he’s trying to stall for time” Gu Qing Shan scowled and quickly explained to the rest: “Even when his life had fallen into someone else’s hand, he didn’t try to beg for his life and insisted on refusing a transaction with words——– I think that monster might be able to sense his location——– I’m going to lead him away and search for information”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao spoke up: “Wait a minute! If the monster truly can—–”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan cut him off: “This guy’s soul is very strong; I’ll need 30 seconds to finish Soul Reading”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished, Gu Qing Shan had already vanished in front of everyone together with the fake God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black tentacle shot up from the ground, then swiftly left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless black tentacles appeared after that to crush the entire house before chasing after Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was silently hovering in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura had opened her umbrella, allowing the group to be undetected by the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That monster can truly sense the fake God’s location”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dangerous, we were so close to being captured” Zhang Ying Hao sighed in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the very last second, Gu Qing Shan managed to react in time and left with the fake God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that monster’s tentacle thrashed the room, it didn’t discover anything and found that the fake God was in motion, so it naturally gave chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group, fortunately, managed to escape its pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura watched the tidal wave of tentacles below and called out in worry: “How could that be!? What about Gu Qing Shan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be impatient” Boss calmly told her, “He said, Soul Reading will take a total of 30 seconds”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss flipped open the Book of Prophesized Destiny to Gu Qing Shan’s page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“30 seconds later, I’ll summon him”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fei Li inhaled and said worriedly: “Now we can only hope that he’ll be able to keep it up for 30 seconds”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao turned to Xuan Ya: “We can’t remain here. Transport us to a relatively secluded place and prepare to receive Gu Qing Shan”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes” Xuan Ya nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began to prepare her [Fearless Transmission] again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan flew out of city limits, quickly making his way through the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed the fake God’s head tightly in one hand while wielding the Earth sword in the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul Reading, begin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories hidden inside the fake God’s mind slowly appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of a sudden, the tidal-wave like black tentacles was about to catch up to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s figure flashed and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reappeared 1,000km away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-[Ground Shrink]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, right as he appeared, 7-8 black tentacles had already sprouted around him from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan swung his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wide arc sliced through and cut off all the black tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You expended 70,000 Soul Points to activate Earth’s Choice and slayed the Void Avatars: God of Life’s tentacles]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attention!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As you didn’t actually kill the other party, you are unable to obtain any Soul Points from this battle]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tch, spending 70,000 Soul Points just to kill a bunch of tentacles, that’s a huge loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan could only pull his sword back, holding the fake God tightly as he fled in another direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More black tentacles were sprouting from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud and furious voice resounded from the faraway direction of the royal palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 DIIIIII——IIIIIEEEEE—–』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan didn’t react to it at all, totally concentrating on avoiding the tentacles on the ground while trying to finish his Soul Reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha sha sha sha sha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tentacles swung like long whips, yet were as sharp and tough as spears, shooting towards him in bunches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s figure weaved and moved between the countless tentacles like an arc of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was wandering on the verge of death at every step of the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was moving extremely slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After avoiding over a hundred attacks, only 2 seconds had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What an intense pursuit this was!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Gu Qing Shan found himself surrounded by black tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–he was completely enclosed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black tentacles moved to attack him——–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s figure shifted and shot up to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could clearly tell that the entire country side was filled with tentacles, so regardless of where he ran, he would only end up surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fly as fast as you can!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a big bird, Gu Qing Shan soared towards the vast blue sky above at lightning-fast speeds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the ground below, countless black tentacles writhed and twisted as they shot up to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Gu Qing Shan was fast, these tentacles were faster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned into afterimages that coiled and whipped around Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan continued to hold tightly onto the fake God’s forehead as he flew in a chaotic, irregular pattern between the tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure almost couldn’t be seen at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using his countless combat experiences, his spirit sense, as well as [Ground Shrink], he managed to barely escape from the black tentacles every step of the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when he really couldn’t avoid them would he swing his sword to cut the tentacles off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Soul Points were rapidly being expended!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four seconds passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth second!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-there were a long 25 seconds left until he finished searching the fake God’s memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan hid within the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black tidal waves washed in from every direction like a gigantic maw that completely devoured the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cloud was completely empty except for a single tree branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black tentacles weren’t interested in this tree branch so they quickly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They noticed that they had been fooled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-Divine Skill, [Shadow Shift]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan appeared at the shore of the ocean where that tree branch originally was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ocean ahead of him was as deep as the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to wield the Chao Yin sword to hide in the ocean, he abruptly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old lady was standing on top of the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lower half was made up of countless writhing tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood in his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 Little insect, tell me, how do you want to die? 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady narrowed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan put his sword away and bowed, then asked: “Your Excellency, it is a great pleasure to finally meet you”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady froze for a brief moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan continued rambling on: “This humble one is the servant of the Deity of Chaos, here at this treasured land for the sake of a transaction”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 The Deity of Chaos? Do you not know what your God has done? 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady muttered in a threatening low voice, as if ready to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan relaxed his arms: “Your Excellency, I brought countless Soul Artifacts to this world, all for the sake of a transaction”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady’s clenched fists froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul Artifacts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, in order to advance any further, I need a large number of Soul Artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the secret passage, this was the one who took out a real Soul Artifact to try and trade for that girl’s soul from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 What exactly does your Deity want!? 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady suppressed her killing intent and questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was something insignificant, she wouldn’t mind exchanging them for Soul Artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in an all-out clash against a Deity, regardless of the results, the aftermath would be unimaginably harsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the perfect place of concealment, Calming Soul Country, would surely be destroyed in a battle between Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she didn’t want to see that happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s thoughts were desperately moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of glowing text were constantly scrolling across his eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve run into a unique void monster——- Card: Soul Stealer’s body, the God of Life’s current soul vessel]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is a unique monster created from the fusion of an ancient void monster, an Inner Plane Deity, and the Water God Card]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Card grade: Golden]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To slay this monster with Earth’s Choice, you will require 50 million Soul Points as well as the Earth sword to be in your hand]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Golden Card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to known Card grade, above Lapis is Azure, above Azure is Violet, and above Violet is Golden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By utilizing a single Golden Card: [Earthen Dual Body], Gu Qing Shan managed to completely overturn a desperate situation in the Age of Old and triumphant against Lin who still had her Abyssal Fate Weaver form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would’ve thought, he would once again run into another Golden Card in Calming Soul Country!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he needed 50 million Soul Points in order to win against this Card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an unacceptable astronomical amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan suddenly realized something\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps—–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This monster is significantly stronger compared to the Soul Shrieker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Shrieker had only just achieved apotheosis 3 days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While this monster managed to fight against the seven Deities by itself countless eons ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, it has turned into a vessel for the God of Life who had obtained the [Human Regiment] Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How strong would it actually be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s thought made a turn and continued his conjecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-after taking over the monster’s body, the God of Life didn’t stop there and even turned herself into a Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did she have to do such a thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she wary of something? Or simply afraid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she was afraid, what was she afraid of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan lightly cleared his throat and explained: “The Deity of Chaos——- the great Soul Shrieker wants to destroy [Order]”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 Destroy [Order]? 』the old lady repeated after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan gradually explained to her: “Indeed, the final remaining [Order] of every world is hiding within Calming Soul Country, as long as you give that [Order] up, the Deity of Chaos will grant you a great number of Soul Artifacts as both a reward and a fair exchange”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Shrieker did indeed come for the sake of going after the [Demon King Order].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the old lady’s ears, that meant something completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-she took the [Human Regiment] Card, turned herself into a Golden Card, and obtained boundless power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should she give that up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she possibly give that up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroy... [Order]...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady’s killing intent rose again as she coldly scoffed: 『 That [Order] no longer exists, your master will have to be disappointed 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan glanced at her from top to bottom, then spoke hesitantly: “How regretful, our master can sense with certainty that the carrier of [Order] is indeed in this world”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then continued: “However, since you insist that they do not exist——- forget it, the transaction is called off, goodbye”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan turned around to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan abruptly stopped, turned around and tossed the fake God to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, this person seems to be your subordinate. I’ll return him to you, let’s all us even”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Farewell”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady extended her black tentacles, caught the fake God, and searched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fake God was no longer alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even his soul remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant, she would be completely clueless about what actually happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady gritted her teeth: 『 Bastard! Stop right there! 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan actually stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right at the next second, he vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>30 seconds had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan had been transported away through Boss’ summoning technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far in the sky, the tree branch whose place was swapped with Gu Qing Shan was quickly falling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of a sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold gleam appeared from inside the branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword had shown itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned into a streak of light that once again pounded the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble rumble rumble———\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind swirled and clouds boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens had fallen into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world that the God of Life had just repaired once again fell to the verge of ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>",2191,"2026-06-09T03:05:44.878Z",1,"novelbin.me","9bdaa41de8e0553c791076ade82bfc3d8b9f678400e2afbf1113b1d455808323","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1047","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1045",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]