Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

Upon hearing the insults, Gou An instantly came to his senses again.

So, the person who stole the wooden boat that I had just hidden was also myself?

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

Gou An did not stop or pay attention; he simply rowed the wooden boat away from the strange island.

He secretly vowed never to set foot on the island again, and only wanted to head in a direction far away from the island.

But Gou An rowed the boat for a long time and did not land on the island again.

But every time he looked back, the lighthouse at the highest point of the strange island didn't seem to be getting further away.

It's like it's always following me, like a persistent ghost.

"Where the hell is this other side?!" Gou An was so exhausted that he had to stop for a while to rest.

The hazy gray fog, coupled with the series of strange events that had just occurred, left Gou An feeling utterly exhausted, and his eyelids began to droop.

Gou An slapped himself and pinched his thigh to try and sober himself up a bit.

So he gripped the oars again and continued gliding deeper into the gray fog.

As the old saying goes, great effort can produce miracles!

If I row my boat fast enough and with enough force, I might be able to get out of this godforsaken place.

So Gou An used all his strength and slid down, one step at a time.

Just then, Gou An suddenly noticed something floating on the water ahead.

Out of curiosity, Gou An rowed the wooden boat over, only to find that what was floating on the water was actually half a broken oar.

"Hmm?" Gou An pulled the broken oar out of the water and compared it with his own oar.

It's exactly the same!

One material, one size.

Why is this thing here?

Gou An was puzzled, but he had a bad feeling about it.

To avoid breaking the oar, Gou An softened his strength, rowing gently one stroke at a time.

But the further you go, the more things float on the water.

Upon closer inspection, Gou An was startled.

The entire water surface was covered with fragments of broken wooden boats.

"How could this happen?" Gou An suddenly sensed something was wrong and wanted to row back.

Just then, the calm water surface suddenly rippled, and an enormous water python leaped out of the water. Its body was as thick as a pillar supporting the sky, and it opened its blood-red maw and pounced on Gou An.

Gou An instinctively tried to block with his oar, but it was not as hard as the other oar and broke in two on the spot, flying away.

The next second, the entire wooden boat was smashed to pieces by the water python, and Gou An was thrown off the boat, eventually crashing heavily into the river.

As soon as his body touched the water's surface, Gou An felt a powerful suction from the water, as if some force was pulling him down.

Driven by a strong will to survive, Gou An struggled desperately and finally managed to grab onto a larger piece of the wooden boat, which allowed him to float.

Just then, another giant turtle emerged from the water and suddenly engaged in battle with the water python.

The struggle between the two colossal creatures caused violent waves to surge across the river, carrying Gou An, who was clutching the fragments of the wooden boat, far away.

Gou An could only cling tightly to the wooden plank fragments, letting Jiang Lang carry him on his wanderings.

After an unknown amount of time, Gou An suddenly saw another island appear in his field of vision.

He thought he had returned to the strange island, but upon closer inspection, Gou An realized that there was no guiding lighthouse on this island.

In other words, this is not that strange island!

"Very good!"

Gou An immediately used his hands and feet to desperately try to use the buoyancy of the plank to move towards the island.

By the time they finally reached the island, Gou An was exhausted.

Although this island looked very similar to the previous one, the pitch-black mountaintop made Gou An feel unusually at ease.

Since it's a new island, it means we won't encounter any weird, chaotic loops.

So Gou An began to explore deeper into the island, hoping to find something new.

But as Gou An walked, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. Although this island did not have a lighthouse on the mountaintop to guide it, the other places were not similar at all; they were practically identical.

A strong sense of unease accelerated the pace of seeking only temporary peace.

Gou An arrived near the cliff at the top of the mountain and looked down into the pit below.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they found there wasn't a single bear carcass inside.

"As expected, it's not the island from before!"

Gou An's worries dissipated, and he prepared to climb the highest mountain to take a look.

After climbing up the steep cliff to the top of the mountain, there was indeed no stone pillar lighthouse, but there was a stone pillar lying on the ground.

"Hmm?" Gou An frowned again when he saw this thing.

Upon closer inspection, they were even more horrified to discover that this stone pillar was exactly the same as the one they had seen before.

Even the positions and sizes of the strange prototype symbols above are almost the same.

"How could this be?" Gou An asked, rubbing his chin in confusion.

Are we going to light up this pillar?

Gou An stepped forward, lifted the pillar up, and placed it on the ground.

The pillar did rise, but no flames appeared at the top.

So Gou An reached out and pressed his hand on the stone pillar, pouring some demonic power into it.

As expected, with the infusion of demonic power, the top of the stone pillar began to light up with a familiar flame.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from the gray fog.

"You shouldn't have lit it up!"

Gou An was startled and immediately opened his mouth to spit out a long knife, holding it horizontally in front of him as a vigilant observer in the direction of the sound.

Then Gou An clearly saw that an exact replica of himself emerged from the gray fog.

"You?" Gou An was shocked!

"That's right, I am you!" the dog demon answered calmly in the same voice.

"Why?" Gou An asked in confusion. Although the other party had the same face as him, he was not careless at all. Who knew if it was an illusion?

"Because the beginning of the whole cycle was when you lit this lighthouse!" the dog demon replied.

"Nonsense!" Gou An didn't believe it at all.

But the dog demon opposite also pulled a knife out of its mouth; the difference was that this knife was covered with nicks and chips.

"However..." The dog demon's previously calm gaze suddenly filled with murderous intent, and the Nine-Separation Demonic Flame instantly covered the blade: "I also know a way to break the cycle!"

"What method?" Gou An asked curiously.

"It means killing one of yourselves!" The dog demon suddenly slashed at Gou An with an extremely fast speed.

Gou An could only hurriedly parry and catch the blow.

But the dog demon, who looked exactly like him, said, "If even one member of the cycle dies, the cycle breaks down, and everything can be shattered!"

Before he could finish speaking, the dog demon slashed down with his sword, and Gou An could only parry each strike.

But the dog demon in front of him was clearly in a bloodthirsty frenzy. Gou An knew that if he continued to fight, he would either die or be seriously injured. So after a feint, he immediately turned and ran away with all his might.

But the red-eyed dog demon behind him had no intention of letting Gou An go and kept chasing after him.

Just as Gou An was focused on escaping, his foot suddenly slipped, and he lost his balance, falling into a dark cave.

Moreover, the walls of the dark cave were smooth, and Gou An slid down to the bottom without any hindrance.