I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

Just as Yang Wei was racking his brains and trying to come up with a solution, Huang Quan's lips suddenly curled into an unknown smile.

Upon seeing Huang Quan's smile, Yang Wei's expression suddenly changed.

At this moment, Huang Quan sheathed his Crimson Peak Sword and gently pointed one hand at the two beams of black light...

This caused the two black beams of light to retreat abruptly, as if guided by something, and begin to hover in the air.

The images of the two black lights were reflected in Huang Quan's eyes. He quickly stretched out another hand and squeezed the two black lights together... The two black lights instantly burst out with a subtle light, and within this light, they actually merged together rapidly in mid-air...

In an instant, a black sun, even larger than the one before, rose up.

A chilling aura gradually spread from its body.

Yang Wei stared at the sun, feeling extremely depressed. At this moment, seeing this attack, he seemed to know that if the opponent used this move to attack him, even with his hexagonal energy shield, he would not be able to withstand it.

At this moment, a glint flashed in Huang Quan's eyes, and he pressed down heavily on the spot where Yang Wei was!

In an instant, the black sun stopped and sped toward Yang Wei, following Huang Quan's finger. In that instant, it seemed no longer to be an evolved form, but the original sun of the sky, about to fall upon him from the sky, its pressure enough to make him tremble.

Yang Wei's body was covered in bulging veins. Under this pressure, he could barely stand and could not even use his most confident speed. It was as if he was imprisoned by it. Moreover, the approach of the black sun could not be stopped by the hexagonal energy shield. It shattered into pieces upon contact and scattered all over the ground.

"No..." Yang Wei managed to shout out the last word with difficulty.

Finally, the sun set.

The earth was attacked once again, sending up clouds of dust.

Before long, the dust, which had not yet settled before, was completely cleared up this time.

Of course, aside from the two large craters formed during this brief battle, which will remain permanently.

Huang Quan's eyes were lifeless, and his complexion was terrible. A sharp pain suddenly surged through his entire body.

He was breathing heavily, his gaze fixed on a figure lying on the ground in front of him. After a moment, a sigh escaped his lips.

"After being injured, I never expected my strength to have decreased to this extent. Even a junior like Po Jun had such a hard time winning... It seems that restoring my strength is now of utmost urgency..." With that, Huang Quan completely calmed his mind and continued walking forward.

For Huang Quan, if it weren't for his proficiency in the Heavenly Demon Sect's spells, he really couldn't have imagined how he could have won so quickly.

Given his current condition, using other secret techniques would either lack sufficient power or strength.

He didn't have much to say to the defeated Yang Wei, and soon left the place.

Yang Wei, lying on the ground, gritted his teeth and looked miserable. Although he was filled with resentment, he had no choice but to accept the outcome. So in the end, he could only let out a roar that echoed across the sky.

Soon after, ripples appeared in the space again, like ripples in water, slowly spreading outwards.

A slightly weary figure stepped out from the spatial ripples, but instead of immediately moving, he calmly paused in place, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings as he carefully observed them…

After a while, he frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.

Huang Quan appeared in a dark place, but strangely, although he could see his own whole body, he could not see anything around him.

It was as if some force had fixed his gaze in a specific spot, preventing him from moving... and as if everything around him, except for darkness, was nonexistent.

After a period of time.

"Something's off here... It's different from the beginning of the first two levels... Whether it's the power of belief in the first level or the battle in the second level, the overall existence is somewhat clear. Even if it's difficult, you can still sense it..."

"But this third level doesn't feel like a level at all? And... is this really the third level? Why have I felt something's off ever since I stepped into it? And if it is the third level, then what is the way to pass it?"

Huang Quan remained motionless. Given the uncertainties, the ever-cautious man would not act rashly, for he understood that the unknown requires a starting point, and without a beginning, the unknown would remain unknown.

Time passed second by second.

As Huang Quan pondered, he encountered more and more problems.

"The first test tested faith... the second was combat... if this is the third test, what will it test?" At this moment, he realized that the first test, though called a hurdle, was actually a form of training, and it tested faith...

After that experience, he clearly felt his conviction strengthen slightly, and even though it was only a slight increase, it was still very precious to him...

So if he knew the questions in the third level, he would have found a clue for this level. Regardless of whether this clue would allow him to pass, he believed that at least he wouldn't be as stuck as he was now.

"If we follow this logic, what will come after faith and battle?"

At this moment, lost in thought, Huang Quan slowly closed his eyes...

Even with your eyes closed, if you are still able to see, it is still a kind of darkness.

As soon as Huang Quan closed his eyes, a maple tree about three meters tall slowly materialized about a hundred meters away from him. Its form went from ethereal to real, and then back to ethereal again...

Each time the tree's appearance shifted between reality and illusion, some maple leaves would fall, and these falling leaves seemed strangely bright in the darkness...

It was dark and windless, yet the maple leaves floated in the air... and even more incredibly, the last place they floated and fell was right on Huang Quan's body.

However, Huang Quan did not react to this at all... He seemed to have entered a strange state at this moment... He had no awareness of the outside world.

Time flows like water, and only when all the maple trees have covered the Yellow Springs do the maple leaves gradually stop falling.

This tree is the Ancient Primordial Spirit Tree, but it looks even weaker than before. The ancient eye at its trunk has now opened, revealing a sense of powerlessness.

"Time is running out... My internal strength has reached its limit... I can only take this one gamble!"

The Ancient Divine Tree turned its gaze to the Yellow Springs, which were enveloped in maple leaves, and its expression suddenly became resolute, as if it had made a decision.

"This third trial is about the power of heaven and earth that I have come to understand... If you can comprehend the power of heaven and earth that I have comprehended over countless years... then I will help you recover some of your strength and give you the opportunity to comprehend your own power of heaven and earth... to open up a new world for your future... However, you must agree to my conditions..."

If the words of the Ancient Divine Tree were heard by those who were in the Traveling Realm or at the Perfection of the Traveling Realm at this moment, probably no one would remain calm.

Because the true form of the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree is a spiritual tree that has lived for more than ten thousand years, and as a spiritual tree, the power of heaven and earth that it comprehends is extremely rich. With its help, stepping into the Heavenly Monarch realm will definitely be much easier.

The power of heaven and earth in the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree is darkness, not the power of night emanating from the black-clad elder of the Imperial Demon Sect, but true darkness.

It was originally a body of faith, but all things in the world have spirits. Its spirit was born from a maple tree, but it existed in darkness. Over thousands of years, it comprehended the darkness, became darkness, and finally sought a glimmer of light from that darkness, thus ultimately achieving its own spirit.

It belongs to the power of emptiness of heaven and earth. According to the classification of realms, it is a Transcendent Realm expert, and a Transcendent Realm late stage expert at that.

Unfortunately, because it is a spirit, no matter how powerful it is, it is not very aggressive. After all, its existence is not for war, but for faith.

Chapter 186 I'll Take This Opportunity

Of course, at this moment, the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree was not attacking the Yellow Springs with its dark power, but rather it was covering the Yellow Springs with its initial enlightenment, in order to achieve a strange state.

Because he was already weak, he simply didn't have the extra strength to casually unleash the power of heaven and earth to attack, and even if Huang Quan was at his peak, it was unlikely that he could withstand his power of heaven and earth.

After observing Huang Quan through the first two trials, the Ancient Divine Tree had already acknowledged him, but it still wanted to take a gamble. If Huang Quan could sense its own power of heaven and earth from the maple leaves, then it would prove that he had the hope of advancing to the Transcendent Realm...

If Xiyu Village has a Transcendent Realm expert to support it, then even if I leave Guixu, I believe I can continue to survive...

Moreover, he could see that even in the netherworld, gratitude was still valued.

That's why, despite his own weakness, he put Huang Quan to a test that would determine the fate of Xiyu Village.

At this moment, Huang Quan had already noticed the maple leaves on his body when the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree spoke. Just as he was about to struggle, he heard the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree's subsequent words. He was not surprised by the appearance of the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree, but he was extremely shocked by what it said, after all, he was also a Nirvana Realm expert.

In fact, Huang Quan had experienced so many things and fought with cultivators at the Transformation Realm many times, so he already had a certain understanding of the Transformation Realm.

However, because his cultivation level was not high enough, his perception of that power was not clear enough.

He had heard the words of the Ancient Divine Tree clearly, so this was indeed a great opportunity for him.

He didn't know why the Ancient Divine Tree had given him such a great opportunity, but he didn't doubt its words. If the other party wanted to harm him, he wouldn't have survived until now; the other party could have easily taken his life while he was severely injured...

However, despite this, he still did not rashly agree to the Ancient Origin Divine Tree's terms, because he did not yet know the Ancient Origin Divine Tree's conditions.

What are your conditions?

The enveloped Huang Quan sent out its spiritual sense to the ancient primordial spirit tree, and the caution in that spiritual sense was unmistakable.

The ancient divine tree's large eye revealed appreciation. It had long known that Huang Quan would ask this question, and it had been waiting for him to ask it. Initially, it wasn't that it didn't want to tell the whole story, but that it couldn't, because it wasn't sure if Huang Quan could accept it.

It's very simple. For example, if you are at the Nirvana Realm, and one day a stranger tells you that if you agree to one condition, he can give you the opportunity to directly reach the Transcendent Realm, would you accept it readily?

The answer is self-evident.

Similarly, the Ancient Divine Tree understood this as well, which is why it wanted Huang Quan to ask the question.

After all, Huang Quan's question and the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree's own words are two completely different things, yet Huang Quan was not impatient and his tone was very calm, which is what the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree admired.

"Protect Xiyu..." The ancient divine tree emitted a spiritual message.

Huang Quan was silent for a moment, then asked again, "How long?"

Upon examining the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree, it immediately understood Huang Quan's meaning and calmly replied, "How long can you protect it..."

"There must be something... you don't want to tell me, right?" A strange light flashed in Huang Quan's eyes, and his tone was full of doubt and skepticism.

Upon hearing Huang Quan's words, the Ancient Divine Tree fell silent, its expression uncertain as it hesitated.

"Just as I thought." Huang Quan thought to himself.

The ancient divine tree's already weak aura was now even weaker. If one were to observe closely, one could see that it resembled an old man in his twilight years, and in one of its eyes, a trace of painful reminiscence was revealed.

Huang Quan sensed the desolation of the ancient Yuan Shen Tree, and his heart was suddenly struck by a sense of unease.

For a moment, he fell silent.

Sure enough, the Ancient Primordial Divine Tree spoke.

"With this place as the center, within the approximate area of ​​the Spiritless Forest, there are four villages: Dongchen, Nanxiang, Xiyu, and Beigao..."

"Over the years, although there have been wars among the four major villages, the difference in strength has been relatively small, and none of them have reached the core of the conflict. At most, they can only be considered minor skirmishes. Even so, Xiyu Village still ranks first among them, that is, the strongest..."

"You must know that when our four villages first entered the Spiritless Forest, we had two powerful cultivators who had reached the peak of the Traveling Realm. Only by uniting could the chieftains of Dongchen, Nanxiang, and Beigao contend with us in terms of strength..."

"Both of them are clan leaders of Xiyu, and they are also biological brothers. If they join forces, they should be able to fight against a cultivator at the Transformation Realm, and might even hold their own..."

Suddenly, the ancient divine tree paused slightly as it spoke, and a deep sense of glory unconsciously appeared on its face, but in the end, it became dejected again.

He continued, "Unfortunately... Xiyu still declined."

Huang Quan didn't interrupt, but listened calmly. He understood these things. Although the question he asked wasn't mentioned, he believed that the other party must have had a purpose in saying that.

For him, the past glory of Xiyu Village will forever remain just that – the past.

What happened in the past is just that—the past.

"And the reason for this decline is me..." At this point, the Ancient Divine Tree's tone seemed to carry a hint of sorrow.

"Back then, the highest level of power possessed by the four villages was either at the Zhouyou Realm or at its peak. In order to elevate one of the clan leaders of Xiyu Village from the peak of the Zhouyou Realm to the Transformation Realm, and to ensure that Xiyu could completely solidify its position in this Spiritless Forest, I decisively used most of the power within my body..."

"I thought I could accomplish this with the strength I've accumulated over the years, but unexpectedly, at the crucial moment, something went wrong..."

"Because when I first comprehended the power of heaven and earth, I fell into darkness, so I involuntarily created a dark side within my body, which is another consciousness of mine. It took advantage of my weakness while I was transmitting power to separate from my body... and took away a part of my power."

"You mean... you failed in the end." Huang Quan sorted out his thoughts and immediately understood the cause and effect.