[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-265":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},1791012,2388,"Chapter 265 - The deep Apocalypse","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-265",265,"\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edited by: VindiFan#1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader:? Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his appearance, this unknown cultivator must be a sword cultivator\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, when the others saw his hand on his sword, they already understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the unknown cultivator still gently smiled and said: “We are —–“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation suddenly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding golden light instantly appeared right in the middle of their group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single moment, intense sword qi exploded without any warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless black sword shadows bloomed like a wild lotus, slashing back and forth, carving them to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each black sword shadow contains the force of 86,370,000 tons thanks to the Earth Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with Gu Qing Shan’s Divine Skill [Ground Shrink], the unknown cultivators didn’t have enough time to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how cultivated they are, standing 5 steps within range of a sword cultivator’s sudden attack, coupled with the full weight of the Earth Sword, there’s no way they would survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a single breath, Gu Qing Shan had already killed 7 people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bastard! Attack!” the unknown cultivator in charge shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill them!” Ning Yue Xi only spaced out for a split second before drawing her blade with a shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators on both sides were experts on the battlefield, as soon as they heard their orders, they didn’t even hesitate to attack the other party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unknown cultivator in charge drew his sword and faced Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strikes were fast and his attacks were unfamiliar to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his sword bent almost like a snake, dodged through Gu Qing Shan’s attack and went into an opening in the same motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Secret Art triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a hundred thousand sword phantoms turned into an intense tsunami, concentrated fully on Gu Qing Shan’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clink clink clink clank clink clink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single moment, Gu Qing Shan was hit by the numerous swords, his golden armor was vibrating from the shock of the tsunami of swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan could only protect his vitals before being knocked backwards several dozen feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light flew backwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until he crashed into the back walls of the temple hall, coughing up blood did he fell down to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a powerful strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gu Qing Shan didn’t have the General armor set, he would’ve already died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down, he could see the golden armor was already dented all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crashing down, Gu Qing Shan had to use his sword to prop himself to stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Secret Art… truly is powerful…” he was breathing heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the unknown cultivator was standing still, this sword still thrusted forward, but he didn’t pursue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your attack, is it [Swallow Return]?” the unknown cultivator suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct” Gu Qing Shan answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unknown cultivator sighed and dejectedly said: “So this is [Swallow Return], I’ve searched for so many worlds without finding it, who knew I would meet it in such a fashion”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick mist of blood exploded from behind him, the unknown cultivator fell straight down on the ground, no longer breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art [Swallow Return], at the time that the sword cultivator attacks, another sword will appear to attack at the same place from behind the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two notifications popped up on the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve killed a Rejuvenation realm late stage sword cultivator]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Determined instant kill, spirit energy returned]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Soul Points +100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan stood straight up, didn’t even spend the time to eat a healing pill and once again rushed into the battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such an enclosed place, a sword cultivator’s attack is the most frightening thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after the unknown cultivator died, Gu Qing Shan was the only sword cultivator left in the temple hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has to join into the battles as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quickly moving, Gu Qing Shan appeared next to an unknown spell cultivator, currently making hand seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword flashed, then Gu Qing Shan disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unknown spell cultivator screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand he was using to make the seal was chopped off, fallen to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Elemental spell quickly followed and took his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Gu Qing Shan had arrived at the other side of the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned into a white crescent slash, cutting through an unknown Martial cultivator at the belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an Ascended Realm Blade user, Ning Yue Xi was similarly suitable for battle in such an enclosed space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing the blood red Ding Yuan general armor set, she ignored all impacts as she crashed into and cut through her enemies, one or two slashes at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle quickly ended with the total massacre of the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a spontaneous battle, starting with Gu Qing Shan’s sudden attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he took the initiative, Ning Yue Xi and the rest of them didn’t have any casualties, only a few were wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle ended just as suddenly as it started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was breathing heavily from the shock, still very confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you suddenly attack? I think everyone here deserves an explanation” Ning Yue Xi looked at Gu Qing Shan and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the cultivators looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to military laws, acting on your own without orders can result in execution if it’s serious enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know any of them?” Gu Qing Shan calmly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t” Ning Yue Xi answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you ever met people wearing such attire before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan continued: “Then let’s collect the spoils of war first, that way it’ll be more convincing as I tell you the reason”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yue Xi stared at him, then finally nodded: “…Do it”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators began to collect the weapons and other items from the dead corpses on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, they found a small flag on the unknown sword cultivator’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a large character for “Order” written on the flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone tried infusing it with spirit energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a solemn voice came from the flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Order: Direct disciple Zhang Hong Chi will lead the 5th squad and go into the Weapon Spirit world to search for treasures”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aside from your mission, do not attempt to investigate the identity of the people from the other world”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a decision of the sect, do not question it”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you meet people from the other world, you are free to kill or capture as ordered. Beautiful captured women are treated as the maids of the disciples; those strong enough can also be captured to be used as slaves in the mines, others must be killed”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of cultivators could only open their mouths wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They are cultivators from another world!” one Ascended realm cultivator gasped in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even a half-Ascended realm cultivator is only considered a direct disciple” another muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cultivation world, an Ascended realm could already become the head of a sect, or form their own sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the other side, that’s just a direct disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, what about their elders and sect master-level cultivators, what realm would they be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone thought about it for a bit, then couldn’t help but feel a chill coming up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meeting this time was completely unprepared for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could guess that they would meet people of another world in this ruins?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Order flag’s orders revealed a terrifying piece of information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people would definitely have attack them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s possible that they would’ve tried to lull them into a false sense of security before suddenly attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And an even more terrifying piece of information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——–their world has already found out about and plans to do something to the cultivation world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone regained their senses and quickly thanked Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yue Xi also sighed from relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the other side carry bad intentions from the start, Gu Qing Shan’s suddenly attacking them couldn’t be considered to be arbitrarily acting on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be called taking the initiative instead, for the sake of reducing casualties for their own group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yue Xi frowned and asked: “Qing Shan, did you know about this before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I didn’t”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the orders in the Order flag, Gu Qing Shan was smiling with extremely bitter sentiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why did you attack as soon as you see them?” Leng Tian Xing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ever since coming to Shen Wu world, I’ve seen quite a few trails left behind, so I deducted a few things”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seeing the situation today, it further reassured me that my deduction was correct”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s eyes contained both nostalgia and confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes look like they were looking past the layers of space, trying to see outside of Shen Wu world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the mysterious and eerie happenings in the previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this life, being able to randomly meet the bronze pillar and corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three figures that appeared out of nowhere from the recorded images.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Wu world having no other living beings asides from the countless weapon spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly, Bai Hua Fairy’s omen of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that, the confusion in Gu Qing Shan’s eyes disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was instead replaced instead by determination and killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell us a bit about your deduction then” Leng Tian Xing patted his shoulder and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be said clearly and directly, to avoid anyone trying to test their luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arranged his words for a bit, then said: “Between us and them, there could only ever be a single surviving side”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone became silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of what happened before, quite a few people started to feel more and more uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you think so?” Ning Yue Xi’s face paled as she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then decided to just explain his point of view in the way that cultivators could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t predict how the words he said today will one day become the most famous example of deduction in the history books to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s take our world for example”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan started to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A single world only has so much resources, so those who hold more resources are naturally the ones who becomes stronger and more powerful”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what would happen if one day, two different worlds met?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even lone cultivators will kill each other in the struggle for resources and treasures, then why wouldn’t two unfamiliar cultivation civilizations do the same?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Both sides would definitely want the other’s resources no matter what”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because of this, when two civilizations meet, it’s impossible to assume that the other side carries good will”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When two civilizations meet, the biggest possibility is a fight to the death between themselves”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan finally started to explain his view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we go one step further, if there are countless worlds and countless civilizations, then any worlds that reveal themselves will very quickly be destroyed”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All the worlds that hides in the shadow will all wage war on the revealed world for the sake of resources”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To steal, to take, to get the resources that they need”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As well as to prevent the revealed world from continuing to grow and one day become a threat to themselves…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And all of this, is simply to make their own civilization become stronger, more powerful, to allow their world to survive the apocalypse born from the endless sea of demons”\u003C\u002Fp>",1890,"2026-06-09T03:05:01.244Z",1,"novelbin.me","a2a30ed7ceebba164dcce6159f401500cde6962cb29691a735d653321d9fe7ce","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-266","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-451",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]