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

Row away!

Gou An sat on the boat, desperately trying to recall what Hong Yan had just said.

So he didn't break the so-called cycle; rather, the dog demon who had just arrived on the island was actually the original one with red eyes.

Red Eyes is not the original self, but something that I created myself.

This is not a simple cycle, but rather a series of cycles that begin differently and intertwine with each other.

As long as you want to change, more cycles will occur.

Thinking about all this, Gou An felt a chill run down his spine!

But in order to get out, I have no choice but to think about it.

Red Eyes just said something: he had once been to the island as he was when he first arrived, but he didn't become that person.

In other words, Red Eyes didn't have the experience of persuading himself, who was visiting the island for the first time.

And this experience is my own, which means I am not a future red-eye, so I will not lose control?

Is the only version of myself that the red-eyed one sees reaching the other side the one I am now?

But what exactly do I need to do to break free from this cycle?

What is the only right thing to do?

Gou An continued rowing, continuing to avoid those islands.

They encountered the exact same reef again, and on the reef, they witnessed Red Eyes placing the old dog, now just bones, onto the wooden boat that Red Eyes had brought.

Then they pushed the boat away from the reef, letting it drift away on the river with the dog bones in its wake.

Seeing this scene, Gou An was even more shocked.

It turns out that when the giant tortoise carried him, it found a wooden boat containing skeletons, and this is where he was born!

Convinced of his shock, he went to the island and used the same excuse to get the 19,000 spirit stones from him.

Then they continued rowing away.

At this point, Gou An had benefited and was not yet thinking about how to leave.

Since we can't live without it, why not ask for more spirit stones?

So they arrived at another reef, but there were already two other versions of themselves talking on the reef.

One has red eyes, the other is normal.

Gou An hid in the shadows and eavesdropped on their conversation; it was the same conversation.

The only difference is that when the normal Gou An asked the red-eyed man for spirit stones, the red-eyed man told him that he had already given them to him once and that he had nothing left.

So Gou An had no choice but to row away, leaving the three storage bags in his hands together.

One was originally mine, and the other two were just requested.

Why do I have three versions of myself, but why didn't I get the other one?

Could it be that I asked for one more than I asked for, which is why I didn't get the other one?

So this isn't just a simple loop, but also involves parallel universes?

Many parallel timelines are also superimposed, and they will influence each other at certain points.

Different decisions will lead to different storylines?

"My God!" Gou An thought of this and felt utterly exhausted.

In other words, even if you find one of the islands now and kill all of yourself on that island, it won't change the loop; it will only mean that the parallel branch version of yourself dies.

Perhaps one of the dead will be your own future? Or even a new cyclical subplot will emerge.

Thinking of this, Gou An felt his brain was overloaded.

Just then, Gou An saw himself floating unconscious on the river, clutching a piece of broken wooden boat.

This reminded Gou An of his own past experiences.

However, Gou An did not change this line, because if he intervened, it would only create new cyclical branches.

So he could only watch as the other man drifted away from him.

As expected, Gou An let the waves carry him for a long time, and then, in a blurry haze, he saw himself being carried by a giant turtle.

There's even a picture of myself lying in the boat, fast asleep!

But Gou An didn't bother with these specific times.

Every time Gou An tried to interfere, he thought of the meeting he thought would break the cycle, but unexpectedly, he ended up in a state of red eyes.

So the old dog's last words, "Doing nothing might be the right thing to do," were actually true.

So Gou An stopped thinking about it and stopped going to the island. Instead, he took out the spirit stone and held it in his palm.

Since we can't get out, and we still have so many spirit stones on us, we might as well start absorbing them to cultivate.

Instead of getting caught in a vicious cycle of trivial matters, it's better to do something meaningful.

Just consider it a place to go into seclusion. Anyway, there's no time limit for this level of the trial.

Having figured this out, Gou An immediately felt much more relaxed, both physically and mentally.

With nearly 60,000 spirit stones, it's enough for me to break through to the ninth rank of demon beast, or even directly break through to the demon transformation realm.

So Gou An absorbed one spirit stone after another, and the demon power value panel in his mind gradually accumulated.

The surging waves carried Gou An's wooden boat, which drifted on the misty river.

During this time, Gou An passed by that strange island many times.

I saw many versions of myself from different timelines, some of which Gou An experienced, and some that Gou An didn't.

On one island, the sounds of battle cries were deafening. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there were hundreds of versions of himself fighting each other, which terrified Gou An so much that he immediately fled.

Time passed in this way, and Gou An used up countless spirit stones before finally gathering the million demonic power needed for an eighth-order demonic beast to break through to the ninth order.

[Current Realm: Eighth Rank Demon Beast]

[Demon Power Value: 1000020/1000000]

After the breakthrough, the panel in my mind also changed.

[Current Realm: Ninth Rank Demon Beast]

[Demon Power Value: 20/9000000]

Gou An counted, and it took a full nine million demonic powers to break through to the Demon Transformation realm.

[Congratulations on breaking through to the ninth rank of demon beast! You have gained fifty new demon skill points.]

The following magical arts can be exchanged using magical points.

[Perfect Transformation: Allows transformation into a fully human form, lasting longer and consuming less demonic energy.] (Exchangeable for 50 demonic points)

[Advanced Transformation: Allows for a more perfect human form, lasting longer and consuming less demonic energy. (Exchangeable for 20 demonic points)]

[Soaring Through the Clouds: The physical body breaks free from the earth's constraints, allowing for aerial strides and short-term flight; speed increases with one's demonic power. (Exchangeable for 18 Demonic Points)]

[Hair Needle Shot: After using the Hair Needle Protection spell, you can shoot your body hair out as flying needles. (Exchange for 8 Demon Points)]

【Turning Clouds and Overturning Hands: A storage space appears in the palm of your hand; you can store and retrieve items by flipping your hand.】 (Exchange for Demon Points: 5 points)

[Chosen Dog King: Has a stronger deterrent effect on its own kind whose cultivation level is lower than its own. (Exchangeable for Demon Points: 4 points)]

[Male Dog Reproduction: Increases stamina and attractiveness to female dogs, allowing for rapid breeding of the dog population (Exchangeable for Demon Points: 2 points)]

[Carrion Eater: Consuming rotten flesh, feces, and other similar items grants more Demon Power. (Exchangeable for 1 Demon Point)]

(Note: Once a ninth-tier demon beast breaks through to a higher realm, any demonic arts not selected at this stage will be permanently lost!)

Upon seeing this interface, Gou An frowned slightly.

This time, only two new sorceries were given, and the required sorcery points were surprisingly low.

Although a total of fifty magic points were given, which seems like a lot, it's not quite enough.

After all, this perfect transformation is attractive enough, but it requires exactly fifty points.

Moreover, judging from the last line of notes, if you don't choose it now, you will never be able to learn it again after breaking through to the Transformation Realm.

After much internal struggle, Gou An finally decided to abandon his so-called perfect transformation.

Instead, they focused their attention on the remaining sorcery.

After the demon points were allocated, Gou An chose:

Advanced transformation at 20 points!

At 18 PM, I stepped into the sky and soared into the clouds!

At 5 o'clock, the clouds and clouds were turned upside down.

The chosen dog king at 4 o'clock.

Male dogs reproduce at point 2.

A scavenging expert at point 1.

That adds up to exactly fifty points, the main point is to avoid wasting any.

After making his choice, Gou An felt the demonic power flowing through his body becoming increasingly abundant, and he couldn't wait to try out the new transformation technique.

After transforming into human form, Gou An peeked out and looked at the river surface.

At this moment, he had shed his dog head and was now a real human head.

Although there were still some dog hairs and dog ears on the human head, and a pair of sharp canine teeth when the mouth was open.

However, with a little effort, these obvious characteristics can be temporarily controlled and made to disappear.

"Continue!" Gou An snapped out of his daze, holding the storage bag full of spirit stones, ready to continue accumulating demonic power.

Who cares about cycles, who cares about the Soul River, who cares about the other side.

On the road to breakthroughs and upgrades, you all have to step aside for me first.