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

Of course, Huang Quan wouldn't just leave this mystery unresolved, because he had a very strong feeling that this mystery, this person, might be inextricably linked to some final secret...

He trusted his intuition.

Anyway, after chatting for a while, Huang Quan put down Xuan Tianzun's ashes. He ignored Li Mo's thoughts and did not stay in Li Mo's sect for long. After a slight movement, he disappeared from Li Mo's sight.

This only deepened Li Mo's doubts, but unfortunately, these unfounded doubts meant that no one would be able to answer them for him.

On the other hand, after resolving Li Mozong's matter, Huang Quan began traveling overnight.

He didn't want to waste any more time.

So finally, as night fell, as the next day arrived, and as the first rays of the morning sun shone, he... finally arrived at his destination.

The area where the Heavenly Mystery Mirror is located is surrounded by forests and mountains, so the location of this ruin would be no exception.

However, unlike ordinary mountainous areas, the mountains here are not blue, but gray.

Looking out from the sky, it's an endless expanse of gray.

There was no wind or cloud here, and although the sun was shining, it still gave people a gloomy feeling.

However, the grayness that comes into view is not due to the special environment here, but because there is a huge barrier around this gray mountain range.

This barrier is transparent, like an inverted bowl-shaped glass, covering the entire area within a thousand miles of this mountain range. When the sunlight from the outside comes into contact with this barrier, due to some wonderful changes in the color of the light, it forms the so-called gray color from the inside of the barrier. In fact, if you enter the barrier, the color inside may be the same as outside, a soothing cyan.

At this moment, on the summit of a high mountain not far outside the barrier, Huang Quan looked at the gray mountain range and couldn't help but frown.

"According to Lie Shengyan, although the barrier here is strong, it was damaged in the past, so cultivators above the Creation Realm can basically pass through it. But the current barrier seems to have been strengthened? What's going on?" Huang Quan murmured, seemingly puzzled.

Judging from his intuition, the strength of this barrier was beyond what cultivators at the Creation Realm could easily enter. Even for him, at his current cultivation level of late-stage Creation Realm, it would be somewhat troublesome.

"The first people to enter this place should be Liu Xin and her group, so the barrier strength is around the Creation Realm. The second person to enter this place was Lie Shengyan, who arrived unexpectedly. At that time, he was only at the Nirvana Realm, but when he left, he had cultivated to the early stage of the Transformation Realm..."

“According to what Liu Xin said before, the ruins inside this barrier are likely related to my first incarnation, the True Profound Ancestor. However, I don’t feel any familiarity with this place. Although the True Profound Ancestor also knew about the True Law, he never truly admitted that he created it…”

"So there are still some doubts about the true law. For example, the origin of the true law, who created it, am I overthinking it, or is there something else besides the cause and effect that can be seen on the surface? And is this matter related to the true law?" As his thoughts turned, Huang Quan's eyes gradually narrowed.

In fact, Huang Quan himself knew very well that now that he had obtained the power of the Ninth Generation of the Rubik's Cube, if he wanted to improve his strength, he could only place his bets on the True Law. Because of the mystery of the True Law, he always had a special feeling. This feeling was more real and more intense than the feeling he had experienced with the Prophet.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been interested in this ruin, let alone come here.

"Forget it! No matter what problems exist with this barrier, I still have to enter this ruin. After all, I've come all this way, how can I leave empty-handed?" Huang Quan's eyes flashed, and after calming his mind, he moved and arrived directly at the edge of the barrier.

Upon closer inspection, even though the barrier was transparent, it became extremely clear in Huang Quan's eyes.

Huang Quan was standing on a small grassy area. Behind him was a real green forest, while in front of him was a gray area shrouded by a barrier, as if a barrier separated two worlds, giving people a strange feeling.

"This barrier feels very strong, but it's not enough to stop me..." Huang Quan murmured. Then, in a calm manner, he stretched out his left hand, circulated his evil energy and profound power, and slowly began to touch the barrier in front of him.

As he said, although the barrier was indeed somewhat wondrous, it could only withstand cultivators at the early stage of the Transformation Realm. Huang Quan's true strength had already exceeded this range, so he quickly used his power to open a small crack on the surface of the barrier and easily walked in.

However, Huang Quan was unaware that the instant he stepped into the barrier, in a secluded place somewhere in this gray mountain range, a figure whose form was obscured slowly opened his emerald green eyes.

"They're here? They're finally here! I've been waiting for so long." The man's eyes sparkled, and his tone seemed to carry a hint of excitement.

But after a while, she calmed herself down and said softly to a void in front of her, "Come out, okay? You've really had a hard time this time."

As she spoke, a man and a woman slowly appeared before her eyes in that void. The man was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man wearing a golden robe, and the woman was a young and beautiful woman wearing an emerald green gauze dress. However, if you looked closely, the two of them seemed to look somewhat alike.

"Master, you're too kind. It's what my daughter and I should do," the middle-aged man said respectfully, bowing to the mysterious person.

“There is nothing in this world that should be done…” The mysterious man shook his head, paused, and then calmly continued, “Moreover, I created you and your father, giving you complete lives and independent consciousness, not to hear your flattery.”

"Your servant was wrong!" The middle-aged man noticed the change in the mysterious man's emotions and quickly knelt on one knee, burying his head even deeper.

Meanwhile, the woman on the other side, seeing her father like this, also knelt down without saying a word. This shows that the mysterious man's words must have had a great impact on the father and daughter.

"Alright! I don't like wasting time. I called you here today because I have a new mission for you. Don't worry! This is the last time. After you complete it, you can leave this place and my control as ordinary cultivators and live the life you want." The mysterious man seemed to see right through the father and daughter's thoughts and said softly.

Upon hearing these words, the middle-aged man and the young woman immediately showed a hint of joy on their faces.

"This servant will certainly do his utmost!" the middle-aged man replied earnestly.

"Going all out, huh? Heh! Very good." The mysterious man suddenly said with a hint of deeper meaning.

The middle-aged man, who had served the mysterious man for countless years, was clearly not a fool. As soon as the mysterious man said this, he sensed that something was wrong. After pondering for a while, he tentatively asked, "Then, Master, what is this mission?"

"Nothing much...just killing someone," the mysterious man said calmly.

Huang Quan was wrong.

He originally thought it was the barrier that caused the mountains inside the barrier to be gray, but he didn't expect that the grayness here had nothing to do with the barrier at all, because this place was really just gray.

The trees were gray, the flowers were gray, the grass was gray, and even Huang Quan was gray as he walked along the dirt path. The oppressive feeling Huang Quan experienced after entering the path became even more intense.

"This is a bit strange." After walking for a while, Huang Quan suddenly stopped under a large gray tree. He looked up at the sky, or rather, at the gray barrier beneath the sky, and then frowned.

Without saying a word, Huang Quan withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes, and slowly released his profound intent, spreading it throughout the entire forest, as if investigating the strangeness of this forest.

He was always cautious and would never take risks easily. Even though he knew that with his current strength he could roam freely on this True Profound Continent, he would not be arrogant or complacent. Otherwise, he would probably have died seven or eight hundred times over.

What puzzled him even more was that he couldn't detect anything using his profound senses, including the ruins that were definitely within the barrier, and the insects and birds that might appear in the forest...

It was very quiet here, a fact Huang Quan had noticed the moment he stepped into the place. However, he hadn't expected that there wasn't a single living being to move here, making it seem like a completely dead forest. This realization added a faint sense of crisis to his already oppressive mood.

"The ruins must be here, there's absolutely no doubt about that..." As Huang Quan thought to himself, a sense of trouble suddenly arose in his heart: "If my guess is right, then entering those ruins, or finding clues to enter them, should require fulfilling some specific conditions in this forest, right?"

“But…” Huang Quan’s brows furrowed deeper as he muttered to himself, “What is this specific condition?”

But just as Huang Quan uttered those words, a series of light footsteps approached him from not far in front of him. This made his eyes narrow and he immediately became alert. He then released his profound intent again, as if trying to find out who was coming.

Just like before, his profound senses still couldn't detect anything, as if what had come here was an invisible ghost. However, Huang Quan also knew very well that besides a ghost that didn't exist, there were two other possibilities that could evade the probing of profound senses.

The first possibility is that the opponent is stronger than oneself, and the second possibility is that the opponent possesses something that hinders one's investigation.

Huang Quan didn't know which reason it was, but he understood that it wasn't a good thing for him, no matter which one it was. As that person got closer, he gradually felt a powerful sense of pressure from the other party, a feeling that no ordinary cultivator could give him.

This also proves that the person who came must be an exceptionally powerful individual, at least in terms of strength, not much different from Huang Quan.

"On the True Profound Continent, only cultivators at or above the Perfection Realm can give me this feeling. Could it be that the one approaching me is an expert at or above the Perfection Realm whom I don't know?"

"More importantly, I still don't know... whether this person is friend or foe?" With this guess in mind, Huang Quan slowly tensed up, his gaze focused on the path ahead, as if he were preparing for battle.

Of course, encountering a stranger in such a place would indeed make him more inclined to believe that the other person is an enemy, partly because of the special nature of this place, and partly because he knows that he no longer has any friends.

From the moment he saw the woman in purple, from the moment he witnessed familiar faces dying one after another before his eyes, from the moment he knew he would become the strongest, change his destiny, and save the entire True Profound Continent, he understood that his past friends were just that—past—and that he was now only suited to be alone.

Therefore, if the visitor does not show hostility, Huang Quan will not get involved with this person. On the contrary, if the person shows hostility, Huang Quan will only choose to kill him.

He is not a kind person, much less a good person. He only cares about those he should care about. Even if he agreed to save the True Profound Continent from the Tree of Time, it was only for those people who were very important to him. All of this was full of ulterior motives.

Just then, that person finally came into Huang Quan's line of sight...

But the moment Huang Quan saw this person, he was stunned, and even showed a very strong look of surprise, because he never expected that this person was actually someone he knew, someone who was actually related to him.

"It's you?!" Huang Quan exclaimed in surprise, his eyes slightly opening.

"Hehehe!" The man chuckled calmly and replied, "You don't need to be so surprised. Although my appearance was indeed a bit abrupt, I actually saw our destiny from the moment you entered the Golden Profound Sect. So, meeting here at this time is really a very normal thing!"

This person was a man, a middle-aged man, a man wearing a golden robe. His identity was the sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect, the sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect who had disappeared for a long time, but he appeared here, in a place that seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Huang Quan felt his mind was overwhelmed. The appearance of the Golden Profound Sect Master shocked him, and he began to think about many other questions. For example, why was he here? What was his purpose in appearing before him? And where was Zhou Xi, who had disappeared with him?

"I need... an answer." After struggling to suppress his doubts, Huang Quan said these words.

"Hmm." The sect leader of Jinxuan Sect nodded, as if he knew exactly what Huang Quan was thinking, and replied, "Okay... but I have a condition that isn't really a condition."

"What?" Huang Quan asked in confusion.

"Fight me, and if you win, I will tell you everything about me, including the last question you might ask," said the sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect, his tone as calm as ever.

But his words made Huang Quan's heart tremble again, because the moment the sect leader of Jin Xuan Sect said this condition, he had a very strange feeling in his heart.

That is the battle he must fight!

A strange sense of anger slowly spread around the two of them.

However, Huang Quan sensed a hint of killing intent in the eyes of the Golden Profound Sect Master, which made him understand what he should do next, or rather, what he should do.

"A battle? Ha! How unpredictable things can be!" Huang Quan chuckled and suddenly said.

"I told you, it's normal that you didn't expect this..." At this moment, the Sect Master of Jin Xuan Sect seemed a little anxious and said, "Let's get started quickly! Time is very precious."

“Indeed, then senior… you must be careful.” Having said that, Huang Quan didn’t want to say anything more, but in that instant, his expression changed accordingly, becoming serious.

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Quan silently moved his left hand, and the Crimson Peak Sword shot out with a whoosh. As it flew through the air, it struck the Golden Profound Sect Master in front of him like an arrow.

However, this sword strike contained neither profound power nor evil energy; it only possessed the original power of Huang Quan's body, much like the physical strength of a mortal. Therefore, the Crimson Peak Sword caused almost no disturbance during its attack on the Golden Profound Sect Master.

Calm, very calm, so calm that this sword strike didn't seem like something a cultivator would use.

That's why the Golden Profound Sect Master, who was somewhat puzzled as to why Huang Quan was acting this way, simply stretched out his right hand and made an ordinary barrier, which blocked the sword a meter away.

Staring at the Crimson Peak Sword still suspended in mid-air, and gazing at the Yellow Springs not far away, he said with some dissatisfaction, "Kid! Are you underestimating me? If so, you'll regret it!!"

After speaking, a glint of azure light flashed in the eyes of the Golden Profound Sect Master. Then, a powerful force comparable to the Perfected Transformation Realm emanated directly from his body, causing the gray trees and space around him to be shaken into particles the size of pebbles, which eventually disappeared completely.

However, this place was also protected by a power no weaker than his, so the trees and that space returned to normal in the blink of an eye, as if nothing had changed.

Watching this unfold, Huang Quan remained calm and said, "Senior, you are overthinking it. I had no such intention. I was very serious, more serious than in any of my previous battles, which is why I used this sword."

That's right, Huang Quan was absolutely right. From the time he entered the cultivation world until now, the sect master of the Golden Profound Sect can be considered his strongest opponent. His strength at the peak of the Transformation Realm is no joke.

Even Zhang Shen, who had previously obtained the same power, only managed to reach this level by using the Heaven and Earth Profound Formation. But he... was truly at the Perfected Transformation Realm. So how could Huang Quan not be serious?

"Oh?" The sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect still had doubts and said, "Then let me see your true strength."

“Okay!” Huang Quan nodded, then murmured softly, “Netherworld God…the final god.”

As soon as he said this, without him making any move, a huge black hole, about three meters in diameter and standing upright, appeared before him.

As soon as they emerged from the hole, an incredibly powerful suction force erupted from the black hole and immediately locked onto the Golden Profound Sect Master in front of them. So, apart from him, even the gray grass closest to the black hole below was not affected in the slightest and continued to sway freely.

Sensing the suction force, the sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect frowned and waved his right hand, decisively using the barrier he had created earlier to send Huang Quan's Crimson Peak Sword flying.

For a moment, the blade of the Crimson Peak Sword swirled in the air, then turned into starlight and disappeared into the distant sky. However, the Sect Master of the Golden Profound Sect did not pay attention to the Crimson Peak Sword. His eyes were serious, and his power surged, quickly concentrating on his legs, making his body as solid as a rock. He successfully resisted the suction force of the black hole.

"The secret technique of the Underworld Clan! You've had quite a few opportunities over the years! But you should also know that while this technique is powerful, it consumes a lot of energy. So how long can you last?" The Sect Master of the Golden Profound Sect said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

From the moment the Sect Master of the Golden Profound Sect appeared until the battle began, Huang Quan noticed a significant difference between the Sect Master and his predecessor. This difference was evident in his manner of speaking and the changes in his own power. Based on these observations, Huang Quan concluded that the Sect Master of the Golden Profound Sect was either an outsider or had connections with outsiders.

Furthermore, having learned external techniques such as the Underworld God and Adding insult to injury, and after coming into contact with some people from the outside world, Huang Quan was actually able to distinguish the subtle differences in aura between people from the outside world and people from the True Profound Continent.

However, he couldn't sense any aura of an outsider from the current sect master of the Golden Profound Sect, so he felt that the latter possibility was more likely.

This has led to other speculations about Huang Quan. The Jin Xuan Sect Master, who is not an outsider but knows about the arts of the outside world, and who inexplicably challenged Huang Quan to a battle, must have someone behind him, someone who is superior to him in terms of cultivation or status. It is this person who is controlling the actions of the Jin Xuan Sect Master.

“That’s true, but your situation is probably similar to mine! I need to use my own power to maintain the Underworld God, and you also need to use your own power to resist the Underworld God. The consumption between us is mutual…” Huang Quan said slowly.