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

At that moment, fueled by this conviction, in that scene, the person who looked exactly like him paused slightly during his final question, causing the words "Who are you?" to tremble slightly!

Of course, Huang Quan clearly noticed this scene!

This change immediately gave him tremendous confidence; the difference in the picture meant that there was a possibility of his success!

It's like a very thirsty person suddenly discovering a well!

And with this growing belief, some time passed, and in that instant, the person in the picture finally changed a single word!

Huang Quan was no longer happy about this situation. Things had already progressed this far, and he absolutely could not let his emotions affect him!

The gray-clad youth in the air seemed to already know the answer. He sighed, and in that instant, he stopped looking at anything in the maze. He turned around and stood at the entrance of the maze, as if waiting for Huang Quan to return!

An exit is also an entrance!

Soon, the person in that picture finally completely changed the original problem!

But that's not all. In Huang Quan's soul, a question that seemed different from the previous one suddenly arose!

The question is -- what is my name?

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan smiled. He stopped looking at the image and finally murmured softly...

"My name is -- Huang Quan!!"

The moment that sound fell, the scene before him shattered rapidly, including the darkness itself, which began to collapse and ultimately vanished into nothingness…

At this moment, the bloodstains on Huang Quan's face returned to normal, and what he saw now was the dark space where the gray-robed youth was.

He knew he had found the end of the maze!

"who am I?"

What is my name?

These two seem to be the same problem, and perhaps on the surface, they are no different...

But if you savor it carefully, you'll find it's quite different!

One is unclear, the other... is clear!

The gray-clad youth watched Huang Quan emerge from the maze in silence, then smiled and said, "You felt it, didn't you?"

"Thank you!" Huang Quan stopped and looked at the gray-clad youth who had appeared in his sight for the second time, and cupped his hands in thanks.

"Hehe, anyway... I'll leave the rest to you." After saying that, the gray-clad youth's body slowly dissipated.

After all, he was also a part of Huang Quan's previous life.

Looking at the gray-clad youth's barely visible figure, Huang Quan also bowed deeply.

This is his sense of loyalty and affection.

He knew that his Rubik's Cube journey was over.

He knew it was time for him to leave.

Chapter 232 Back to the Past

Returning to the world of consciousness, things have changed there as well.

The sky reflected in Huang Quan's eyes had lost its red color, leaving only the original gray. An Ran and Xiao Gu Qi Ci had disappeared without a trace at some point.

Huang Quan understood that they had not disappeared, but because he had completed the Rubik's Cube trial. Not only them, but also all his past lives. So at this moment, he was filled with ten different auras, one of which was his, and the other nine... were his previous nine lives.

"Not yet... Although I can clearly feel the increase in power, it's rather chaotic. I need some time to integrate it into my spiritual power and evil energy. Only then... will it truly belong to me." Huang Quan murmured softly, then calmed his mind and sat cross-legged in this gray world of consciousness.

The physical body of Huang Quan, who was originally on the mountaintop with his eyes closed, seemed to be affected by the changes in the world of consciousness. He underwent a rather noticeable transformation. His gray hair slowly turned black, and the diamond shape on his forehead gradually disappeared. If he were to open his eyes now, the pupils in his eyes should have also lost their gray color and returned to a normal color...

He became less strange and less conspicuous. If someone who didn't know him looked at him at a glance, they would find that the person sitting on the rock was not a cultivator at all, but an ordinary mortal, a simple mortal.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

As time passed, his aura grew stronger and stronger, causing the surrounding pebbles to tremble, the trees to shake, and even the nearby clouds to disperse. The wild animals on the mountain trembled in fear.

Fortunately, after half a day, he finally managed to control the aura that had unconsciously manifested, and it gradually calmed down. In the end, he opened his eyes and looked around at the sky. As mentioned before, his pupils were no longer gray, but had turned black.

Furthermore, Huang Quan was not surprised by his own changes, because as his body changed, his heart also changed. He believed that he was the real him at this moment, the last version of himself in the course of time.

In silence, Huang Quan slowly stood up, took a breath, and after sensing the power within his body, he couldn't help but reveal a faint smile. Clearly, he was very satisfied.

Although on the surface his realm is still Nirvana Realm Perfection, his strength has already surpassed Transformation Realm and even reached the mid-stage of Heavenly Monarch. He felt that if he were to get involved in the battle between Jueyi and Zhang Shen again, he would definitely not be just a bystander. This was his confidence.

As he pondered this, his smile faded, replaced by a hint of worry. He knew all too well that while he was strong, he was still far behind those people. If he were to face them head-on, he would only have two options: defeat or escape.

"Not enough! Not enough at all! Judging from my own feelings, I should only be able to fight against cultivators at the Heavenly Monarch level now, and even if I could win, it would only be a narrow victory, not to mention Huang Sheng and the others." Huang Quan muttered to himself with a slightly troubled expression.

He was really anxious because he only had one year left. If his current strength were converted into realms, he would only be at the level of a Heavenly Monarch, far from the ultimate powerhouse. More importantly, he had used the power of the Rubik's Cube, and his True Laws were temporarily unusable. In this respect, he had temporarily lost any way to improve his strength.

"Moreover, outsiders are likely to take action soon. If Huang Sheng's master appears and purges the True Profound Continent, with my strength, I simply cannot protect anyone. Could it be... that I really have to re-enter the cycle of cause and effect of the Tree of Time?"

"No! There must be another way! There must be!" Huang Quan gritted his teeth and murmured.

However, before he could come up with a good solution, his mind suddenly stirred, his eyes narrowed, as if he sensed something, and he raised his head to look directly in the direction of Tianmo Peak.

"Is there something going on at Tianmo Peak?" Huang Quan asked, puzzled.

……

Tianmo Peak.

This place has undergone earth-shattering changes, because it is no longer a single mountain peak, but has become the only main peak of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

If the Heavenly Demon Sect had continued to operate peacefully, it would have been only a matter of time before it returned to its original state. However, unexpected events always happen so suddenly.

On this day, the atmosphere on Heavenly Demon Peak was deathly still. Almost all of the Heavenly Demon Sect's disciples had died, and Liu Xin, the pillar of the Heavenly Demon Sect, was seriously injured and had to choose to stay on the peak to recuperate. The sect leader who stayed by Liu Xin's side also fell into a coma during a battle and has been bedridden ever since.

Many parts of Tianmo Peak were also ravaged by some force, turning into ruins, leaving only the summit for the survivors.

All of this was caused by one person, a young man dressed as a scholar!

Many people don't recognize this person, but Huang Xiang from Tianmo Peak is very familiar with him.

Because he had a very deep grudge against Huang Xiang.

Because Huang Xiang had killed his wife.

Because a few years ago, they had a tragic battle at the Golden Mystic Sect.

That's absolutely right, this young man was the scholar who escaped from Huang Xiang's clutches that day.

Huang Xiang still remembers that his name was... Lie Sheng Yan.

And now, this person has finally come to seek revenge on Huang Xiang.

However, unlike before, his cultivation has reached the Transcendent Realm, making him one of the most outstanding people on the True Profound Continent.

That's why he dared to venture into the Heavenly Demon Sect alone, that's why he was able to defeat Liu Xin and the sect leader, and that's why he played with the Heavenly Demon Sect like a cat toying with a mouse, watching the struggling members of the Heavenly Demon Sect from a high place in the sky while revealing a strange smile.

Ordinary people have ordinary stories, and cultivators naturally have their own stories as well.

Lie Shengyan also has a story, but his story is full of fantasy.

That day, after being forced to leave with the help of his wife, he unexpectedly entered a mysterious ruin in the Heavenly Mystery Mirror.

But this ruin is not some unknown dark place; it is the very ruin where Liu Xin and the others seized the true method back then.

He encountered a person in this ruin, an outsider. However, this person only had a wisp of a severely injured soul that was about to dissipate and had no physical body. So the moment this person saw him, the thought of possessing his body arose.

In fact, that person did indeed do so, but due to his severe injuries, an unexpected mishap occurred during the possession. However, in order to survive, he resolutely gave up the possession and chose another method with extremely severe side effects, which was to merge with the soul of Lie Shengyan.

He succeeded.

But it failed.

Because in the end, the consciousness that dominated the physical body was not him, but Lie Sheng Yan.

Perhaps fearing that this outsider would possess him again, after obtaining his power and magic, Lie Shengyan decisively sealed the person's soul within his own, and day after day used soul fire to refine it, trying to make the person disappear completely.

Unfortunately, this process has been exceptionally long, and to this day, he has not completely eliminated the soul of that outsider.

However, after experiencing these things, Lie Shengyan began an extraordinary life. In just one year, his cultivation level underwent a tremendous change, and soon after, he finally reached the Transcendent Realm.

In fact, when he advanced to the Nirvana Realm, he prepared to leave that ruin. However, while it was easy to enter the ruin, it was extremely difficult to leave. Back then, Liu Xin and others were trapped for more than ten years, let alone him.

Thanks to this, in order to get out of the ruins as soon as possible, he had no choice but to keep cultivating. Otherwise, even if a miracle happened, he would not have reached his current level of mastery.

But in reality, his cultivation level was still too low, because that outsider's cultivation level was that of a Heavenly Monarch! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to live for so long with just a wisp of a remnant soul.

And this... is the story of the Blazing Flame.

After leaving the ruins, Lie Shengyan took his Flaming Heaven Sword, located Huang Xiang, and arrived at Tianmo Peak!

Therefore, a major battle is inevitable.

Even the strongest sect leader only has the strength of the late stage of Zhou You, so how could the others possibly be his match?

Therefore, the Heavenly Demon Sect was defeated, utterly and completely, so much so that words cannot be uttered.

Now, the protective array of Tianmo Peak has been activated. However, because the protection range of this array has shrunk from the entire mountain to just the mountaintop, the protective power has been greatly enhanced.

Huang Xiang originally intended to take responsibility for her actions alone, sacrificing her own life to save the Heavenly Demon Sect and Heavenly Demon Peak. However, before Liu Xin could refuse her proposal, Lie Sheng Yan, who already knew that Huang Xiang might do such a thing, uttered some ruthless words.

The specific content is just one point: to kill everyone around Huang Xiang, to make Huang Xiang know the pain of losing loved ones, and to make Huang Xiang unable to extricate himself from the abyss of despair!

That's why he wouldn't let Huang Xiang go after staying at the Heavenly Demon Sect for so long. And this disaster brought about by Huang Xiang has completely become a disaster for the Heavenly Demon Sect and Heavenly Demon Peak.

At this moment, Lie Shengyan looked coldly at Tianmo Peak from above, feeling a surge of satisfaction: "This formation is indeed somewhat ingenious, but it's all in vain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes were like two burning flames, displaying his immense power and exerting absolute pressure on the people of Tianmo Peak below, as if he wanted to crush them to death!

Fortunately, the protective formation could still be maintained for a while, otherwise the disciples on the mountaintop would probably all be dead by now!

Even so, the remaining disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect all looked ashen-faced, resembling prisoners within the great formation.

Li Ying was exhausted and looked terrible. She felt deeply helpless because her strength was only at the third level of the Nirvana Realm, and she couldn't do anything.

He sighed, and subconsciously shook his head. After experiencing so much, he seemed to have become much more indifferent to death...

"Perhaps it's fate! Heavenly Demon Peak and Heavenly Demon Sect... are destined to live and die together." He looked at the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples around him and thought sadly.

But at that moment...

A thunderous roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

After a violent roar, the azure light barrier of the great formation shattered, revealing the remaining disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect beneath the sky.