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

"Ugh!"

Seeing his own reaction, Gou An felt that all his previous explanations had been in vain.

But upon closer reflection, I can understand why he chose to live a life of ease.

If it were your first time on the island, and you hadn't experienced so many cycles, and suddenly someone who looked exactly like you appeared and said strange things, you wouldn't believe it at all!

So Gou An had no choice but to use another method: "I have a way to prove that I am you, and you are me!"

The dog demon opposite remained vigilant, asking, "What method?"

"I know a lot, things that only we ourselves know!" Gou An replied.

"Then tell me!" The dog demon on the other side clearly still didn't believe him.

"You..." Gou An opened his mouth, wanting to reveal the secret of his past life, but suddenly remembered that the remnant soul must be watching from the shadows. If he spoke now, wouldn't he be exposing his biggest secret to the public?

But if I don't say these words, how will I believe myself?

Seeing Gou An hesitate, the dog demon opposite him suddenly laughed: "Hurry up and tell me, I'd like to hear what kind of nonsense you have to spout!"

"Do you remember when you were ten years old, you peeked at a female classmate going to the toilet and were scolded in front of everyone by the teacher after being caught?" Gou An suddenly asked.

The dog demon opposite him had a mocking expression on his face, but when he heard Gou An say those words, his expression froze on the spot.

Gou An, fearing his counterpart wouldn't believe him, continued, "Back in your first year of high school, during the school sports meet's 1000-meter race, you had diarrhea that day. You wanted to finish, but halfway through, you couldn't hold it in anymore and had to run while looking for a toilet, clutching your butt. Your classmates laughed at you for three years!"

"And there's more!" Gou An continued, "Back then, you met a girl in the game with a really nice voice, and you quickly fell in love online. You even topped up her phone credit and in-game currency, only to find out later that she was actually a burly man!"

"besides......"

"Stop talking!" The dog demon on the other side suddenly shouted, interrupting Gou An.

Gou An stopped reminiscing and continued, "Only we know these things. Now you should believe me, right?"

But the dog demon opposite him glared at Gou An with hatred and said, "You audacious inner demon, how dare you bewitch me!"

"I understand. To pass this level's challenge, I must first kill you!"

Before he could finish speaking, the dog demon opposite him lunged at Gou An with its blade dragged on its blade!

"Don't!"

Gou An tried to stop them, but they wouldn't listen and kept slashing at him with their swords.

So all I could do was parry and block with each strike!

At this moment, Gou An felt utterly helpless!

Why do I always end up turning against myself, whether it's my future self or my past self?

As he watched the knife in his hand develop more and more nicks, Gou An grew increasingly uneasy.

Moreover, the person in front of me clearly doesn't believe in the so-called cycle.

After taking a few blows, he turned his gaze toward the direction where the boat had stopped.

Now that I've broken the cycle, I might be able to escape this secret realm without even needing to team up with anyone.

Realizing this, Gou An immediately feinted a slash to force himself back, then turned and headed towards the shore.

The dog demon behind him tried to chase after him, but Gou An turned around and sprayed a mouthful of black mist, forcing him to dodge quickly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gou An successfully stole the boat and rowed away from the shore, leaving only the sound of the dog demon cursing loudly at the edge of the island.

Gou An, on the other hand, rowed frantically, trying to continue searching for the so-called opposite shore.

This time, Gou An doesn't plan to go to the island again. The cycle has already been broken. What if going to the island again restarts the cycle?

Gou An rowed for a long time, but still couldn't see the other side.

All that can be seen in the gray fog are islands with lighthouses always lit, many islands without lights, and islands where lighthouses light up and then go out, then light up again.

After paddling for a long time, Gou An was exhausted and had to stop by a reef to rest for a while.

But as soon as I got up there, I found that there was another person sitting there.

But it wasn't a head of white hair!

"Who?" Gou An asked warily.

The figure turned to look at Gou An, only to realize that it was Red Eyes, whom he had slashed with his own sword, and immediately became wary.

By this time, the knife wound on Red Eyes' face had scabbed over, and although his eyes were still red, he had calmed down considerably.

"I'm tired. No matter how hard I try, I can't change anything!" The red-eyed voice was dejected, as if he had experienced many setbacks: "I don't want to do anything anymore! I've already seen my end."

"What do you mean?" Gou An was a little confused.

"I just drifted here!" Red Eyes shook his head helplessly: "I saw my future self dying here, and I knew my future fate."

"If I can't change the future, what's the point of everything I'm doing now?"

"I might as well just stay here and wait to die!"

Upon hearing this, Gou An suddenly awoke.

This is the same reef where I first encountered the old dead dog demon, but it has now been replaced by the red-eyed one.

When the current Red-Eye gets old, another version of himself will come to the island to meet him, and a new cycle will be established.

And is the red-eyed version of myself also the future version of myself?

But didn't we just break the cycle?

Why is it still in a loop?

Gou An felt a terrible headache.

Red Eyes adjusted his posture, seemingly not intending to continue speaking.

Looking at the red-eyed figure's retreating back, Gou An suddenly said, "Since you're not planning to leave, aren't all your treasures useless? Why don't you give them all to me?"

"That's right!" Red Eyes suddenly opened his mouth, and with a gulp, spat out a storage bag.

"Here are the 19,000 spirit stones I won on the fifth floor. They're useless now, so you can take them!"

Red Eyes tossed the spirit stone in front of Gou An and closed his eyes again.

Gou An picked up the spirit stone and spat out his own spirit stone storage bag from his mouth.

It's exactly the same!

Just as Gou An was about to leave, Red Eyes suddenly turned his back to Gou An and said something again.

"Just one more time!"

Gou An stopped and turned around to ask, "What?"

"The cycle won't just happen once, twice, or three times!" the red-eyed man said slowly. "The more you do it, the more cycles you'll create!"

Different beginnings all lead to the same ending!

"It's not that you can't go out, but you only have one chance!"

"If you make a mistake, you'll be trapped in a cycle forever, creating more cycles and becoming a part of the cycle yourself!"

"If you do it right, you can leave here!"

Gou An seemed to understand but not quite, and curiously asked, "What does it mean?"

"When I first arrived on the island, I encountered a version of myself!" the red-eyed man continued, "He told me about cycles, cycles, cycles!"

"I didn't believe him, and in the end he stole my boat!"

"Then, as he said, I began to fall into one cycle after another!"

"But after all that, I never met him again, nor did I become him!"

"But in all the countless cycles I've gone through, this was also the closest I've ever come to the other side!"

"I saw him; he successfully reached the other side, but no matter how hard I rowed, I couldn't get any closer!"

"Therefore, within all these cycles, there must be one version of yourself that can escape!"

"However, we can't find that one and only path."