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

The evil energy and profound power emanating from the Crimson Peak Sword erupted completely in that instant, causing the Golden Profound Sect Master's expression to contort and letting out a violent scream, as if his profound soul had also suffered irreparable damage.

The earthen hill where he stood suddenly roared, the sound of explosions echoing around. Countless small clumps of soil fell onto the trees, onto the ground, and some even landed on Huang Quan's gray robe, but the vast majority were sucked into Huang Quan's black hole.

Having lost the protection of the Heaven and Earth Soil, the Jin Xuan Sect Master, who was severely injured, could no longer resist the black hole of the Yellow Springs. His body, like a leaf blown away by a strong wind, began to fly towards the black hole of the Yellow Springs at an extremely fast speed.

As Huang Quan's understanding of the Netherworld God Technique deepened, by the time he reached the seventh level of the Netherworld God Technique, he already knew what kind of world lay on the other side of the black hole: endless nothingness and darkness. Those who entered could only wander within it and could never escape until they became a part of it.

Therefore, Huang Quan usually does not choose to use this move when facing enemies, because he himself is a little afraid of that world. Not only him, but when the Underworld Lord was creating the Underworld God, he was almost sucked into that world by the black hole, but fortunately he persevered. It was because of this that he was promoted to the Heavenly Lord.

However, Huang Quan had no intention of sending the Jin Xuan Sect Master to that world at this moment. So, the instant the Jin Xuan Sect Master was about to arrive, he decisively withdrew the black hole and teleported behind the Jin Xuan Sect Master, grasping the hilt of the Chifeng Sword.

This scene resembled a hostage situation.

The sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect knelt on one knee, cold sweat pouring down his face, and blood continuously gushing from his chest, staining the gray ground red. Huang Quan stood behind him, holding the Crimson Peak Sword. With the dual surge of evil energy and profound power, it seemed that he could crush the Golden Profound Sect leader's profound soul at any moment, killing him completely.

Suddenly, a wind picked up in the forest.

The battle ended, and the two remained silent.

"You've lost! Keep your promise and tell me everything you want to know!" Huang Quan said coldly.

"Cough cough...cough...everything you want to know, hehehe...didn't you already guess? Why do I need to tell you?" The sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect coughed up some blood, then smiled painfully and asked in return.

Huang Quan showed no pity for the Golden Profound Sect Master. He simply said, "I just feel that what you say will be more truthful and reliable than what I guessed."

"Forget it...it's come to this point, I have nothing more to say, but...I have a request...I hope that after I die..."

"I can...I can...save her..." After saying this, the Golden Profound Sect Master's soul dissipated, and he breathed his last.

Clearly, even though he didn't say anything, Huang Quan still got what he wanted, because at the last moment, Huang Quan chose to believe him.

"No matter what, you are a good opponent and a good father..." Huang Quan murmured with a hint of dignity.

"As for her, I will save her..."

As he finished speaking, a faint hint of complexity appeared on Huang Quan's face, perhaps because of her, or perhaps because of her.

In the gray forest, Huang Quan still wanders around.

After his battle with the sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect, he had basically guessed many things, but guesses are just guesses, and he could not make any blind assumptions before seeing the facts.

He could only keep walking forward until he reached a place where he thought he could stop, or a place where the mysterious man thought he could stop. So, in his calm state, he walked for almost another hour.

Slowly and unhurriedly, he naturally arrived at the inner area of ​​the Gray Forest, or rather, the center of the Gray Forest, but then he stopped and refused to continue walking.

It wasn't because he felt he should stop here, but because this place was vastly different from the rest of the Grey Forest.

A vacant lot of about a hundred square meters, with no gray grass, only vibrant green grass; no gray flowers, only brightly colored flowers; no gray soil, only ordinary yellow soil. All of this looks so normal, but in this abnormal gray forest, the appearance of such normal flowers, grass and soil seems rather abnormal.

"Is this the place she chose?" Huang Quan's thoughts shifted, and after stepping onto the edge of this place, he seemed to understand something.

Just as he expected, a short while later, a crisp footstep sound came directly to his ears from the other end of the meadow.

Without hesitation, Huang Quan took a closer look and saw a woman who, while not exceptionally beautiful, was still quite attractive. She wore a light black dress, and her long, black hair fell freely without any adornment, giving her a subtle sense of elegance...

She may not be as alluring as Huang Xiang, as beautiful as Zi Tian, ​​as elegant as Liu Xin, or as cold and extraordinary as Tian Han Yue. She may be simpler and more ordinary than any of the women Huang Quan had ever met. But for some reason, she was the only one who entered Huang Quan's heart.

That's right, this woman is none other than Gu Qici, who has been missing for a long time.

Huang Quan trembled, not because of the injuries he sustained in the battle with the sect leader of the Golden Profound Sect, but because he had finally seen her, the person he had always longed for. He was both excited and at a loss for words.

He was excited because he was happy, but at a loss because Gu Qici's appearance made his guesses even more accurate. He didn't know how to face this woman who haunted his dreams, so he felt a little pain.

"Are you... alright?" Huang Quan asked slowly, suppressing his complex emotions with all his might. This question might be very simple for ordinary people, but for him, it was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"I'm fine." Gu Qici smiled slightly and asked in return, "How about you? How have you been these past few years?"

"I'm alright. Although a lot has happened, I'm... alright." As everyone knows, having gone through so many life-and-death ordeals, Huang Quan's willpower and ability to remain calm in the face of adversity have long reached an inhuman level. Yet, even such a person, when faced with a woman who has entered his heart, is still like a frightened bird.

After the question and answer, both of them seemed a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say next.

Gu Qici is Huang Quan's wife. The two of them have already spent a lifetime together in the virtual world of the Grand Election. So, in theory, they should know each other very well, and there should be no way that such an awkward situation would occur. But this situation still happened, and there is a feeling that is hard to explain.

But as mentioned above, Huang Quan is a very calm person, so this awkward situation is only temporary for him.

At this moment, Huang Quan took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. Then, with a serious look in his eyes, he looked at Gu Qici and said in an extremely gentle tone, "Wife... I don't know what your purpose is, and I don't want to guess what you've been through all these years, but I hope... you can let Zhou Xi go, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qici's heart stirred, her beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and after hesitating for a long time, she sighed and said, "Husband... sometimes, some things are not something that you and I can decide. Actually, I really want to let Zhou Xi go, after all, the matter is over, and you should have her own freedom, but... I can't do it."

"Why?" Huang Quan frowned and asked.

“Because if I let her leave here, she will definitely die in the outside world,” Gu Qici replied seriously.

"Hmm?" Huang Quan was even more puzzled.

"I'm sure you've guessed it, husband, I'm not from the True Profound Continent, but actually, I'm not from the Heavenly Realm either..."

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Huang Quan was genuinely surprised, his eyes narrowing to the extreme, as if he couldn't believe it at all.

Tianfang Realm was the world where Mingzun and Hu Li lived. Huang Quan already knew the name of this realm when he learned Xue Shang Jia Shuang. After encountering Zhou Jinxuan, he did not sense the aura of a person from Tianfang Realm from Zhou Jinxuan, so he guessed that the person behind Zhou Jinxuan should be from Tianfang Realm. He thought that Zhou Jinxuan attacked him because of some necessary purpose. But now he knows that he was wrong.

Gu Qici paused for a moment, then continued, "The damage caused by the destruction of the universe is not limited to the Tianfang Realm. The true gods who once had the ability to create great realms were not limited to the first generation of the Tianfang Realm Lord. Our Ziyou Realm is no exception..."

"It's just a pity that the Lord of the Purple Netherworld learned of the universe's destruction far too late. She couldn't possibly provide refuge for the people of the Purple Netherworld. In the end, all she could do was use all her strength to send her daughter out of the Purple Netherworld..."

"Yes! Her daughter is me. For countless years, I entered the Celestial Realm and concealed my identity. Later, I met someone, and that person was the Celestial Realm Lord of that realm..."

“From the information left behind by the world lords of the past, he learned about the destruction of the universe and understood that the destruction of the universe was inevitable. So he created the True Profound Continent, intending to use it as a springboard to go to a safer place. However, he did not expect that the True Profound Continent would have so many problems…” At this point, Gu Qici sighed again.

At that moment, Huang Quan's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something extremely important.

"You... are that man's wife?!" Huang Quan was startled and suddenly asked.

"Yes and no... To be precise, my partner was him in my previous life, but in this life... my partner is you." Gu Qici looked at Huang Quan tenderly and explained earnestly.

reincarnation.

Almost every cultivator is familiar with this term, but very few cultivators delve into its meaning or gain a deep understanding of it.

Some believe it is a power, some believe it is a form, some believe it is a belief, and some even believe it is a person, a person who controls everything in the world and controls the destruction of the universe.

In the past, in some world, after learning of the cataclysmic destruction of the universe, someone had this conjecture: for some reason, Reincarnation is now either dead or severely injured, which is why the universe he controls has been indirectly destroyed.

Some people think this conjecture is just an exaggerated joke, while others think it might be true. A second conjecture derived from this one is that if reincarnation can be revived or saved, the destruction of the universe will stop.

It must be said that the potential that people unleash before death is truly immense. When that world was about to be destroyed, they finally found a glimmer of possibility. Unfortunately, before they could verify it or implement it, they had already perished in the destruction of the universe.

But hope was not extinguished. One person escaped, a being created by that world using all its power. He was sent out of that world as the last glimmer of hope.

This person is naturally not Gu Qici. Gu Qici was just lucky to leave the Purple Netherworld.

However, Gu Qici knew of this person's existence over the countless years, and in this universe, only she knew of his existence because she had seen him, and he had also seen Gu Qici.

It was a meeting unknown to everyone. However, in that meeting, the person who appeared before Gu Qici was just a phantom that was about to disappear. Apart from the matter of the destruction of the universe, he only told Gu Qici two things: first, how to find him in the future; and second, that finding him would be the way to stop the destruction of the universe.

At first, Gu Qici was also skeptical, until the signs of the universe's destruction truly began, until she learned from the Lord of Tianfang Realm that it would be difficult to survive this calamity, and until she remembered what that person had said, she finally made up her mind to find that person.

However, there is only one way to find this person: to seal one's memories and power, and to choose to reincarnate again and again, so that one can form a causal relationship with that person's reincarnation through countless reincarnations, and only in this way can one find that person.

If Reincarnation is a person, then Reincarnation should not be dead yet, because the universe under its control has not been truly and completely destroyed, because people in this universe can continue to reincarnate after death—this is Gu Qici's own conclusion after regaining her memories.

"Each reincarnation creates karmic connections between the people I meet and the things I experience in my life. So, only by reincarnating many, many times will I meet many, many people and experience many, many things. In this way, one day, I will find the person I want to find..."

"Of course, this is not my ability, but the ability that person gave me. And now, as long as I come into contact with that person in my reincarnation and confirm that that person is the one I am looking for, my memories will automatically be activated..." Gu Qici said slowly, having explained the cause and effect.

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan fell silent. Although Gu Qici's words were logical and there might be a chance to save the True Profound Continent, Huang Quan felt no excitement. It seemed that the more he knew, the less he trusted Gu Qici, to the point that even if Gu Qici was telling the truth, he would still have to deeply doubt and think about it.

It might be because he felt that the current Gu Qici was not the Gu Qici of the past... she had changed.

"Now that your memories have returned, does that mean you've found that person?" After calming himself down, Huang Quan suddenly asked a crucial question.

"That's one way to put it, but what's strange is that he seems to be deliberately avoiding me, which I find very puzzling. I was clearly acting according to his instructions, so he shouldn't have any reason to avoid me..." Gu Qici didn't pay attention to Huang Quan's change in mindset. She just touched her chin, made a puzzled look, and said softly.

However, at that moment, Huang Quan abruptly asked about something else.

"What's the deal with Zhou Jinxuanzong and Zhou Xi? Why did you order Zhou Jinxuan to kill me? What is your purpose in doing this? And why is Zhou Jinxuan following your orders? Can you explain?"

Huang Quan didn't want to doubt Gu Qici because he didn't want Gu Qici to get involved in anything. He just wanted Gu Qici to be alright, so he hoped that Gu Qici could tell him everything, at least with a reasonable explanation. He wouldn't care whether the explanation was true or false; that would be enough.

Upon hearing Huang Quan's questions, Gu Qici's beautiful eyes flickered, but she did not answer Huang Quan immediately. Instead, she fell into a deep silence. After five breaths, she sighed and said, "I don't want to lie to you, but... you must die."

"What?" Huang Quan's eyes narrowed sharply, and he was stunned. Although there was no chilling killing intent in Gu Qici's words, Huang Quan's heart turned to ice. "Why...why is this?"

“Because you are cause and effect,” Gu Qici replied, also feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Am I karma?" Huang Quan frowned, his expression full of confusion.

"You should have felt it by now. The first time you saw me, I entered your heart. This wasn't love at first sight, nor was it your overflowing compassion, nor was it pity arising from taking my virginity. It was because in your previous nine lives, you were my partner in five of them..."

"Huh?!!" Huang Quan's surprise deepened.

"Do you understand now? We are six lifetimes of Daoist partners. That's why the karma between us is far more complex than that between you and other women. It is this karma that made you choose me, and that made me a part of your heart..."

"Of course, my feelings for you are real too. After so many reincarnations, I have truly fallen in love with you, but..." At this moment, Gu Qici's beautiful face showed a hint of pain and struggle, but it quickly turned into a firm resolve. She said solemnly, "But you have become the source of karma between Xuan Yin and Zeng Yu, so you can only die..."

"Xuan Yin and Zeng Yu?" Huang Quan was completely dumbfounded.

The Imperial Demon Realm remains the same secluded place, and the same middle-aged man and old man still reside there.

"Has she woken up?" the old man murmured, revealing worry for the first time.

"The cause and effect have reached this point, and she's actually woken up..." The middle-aged man beside him said with distress, "What should we do?"

"What else can we do? We can only gamble on our luck. If Huang Quan doesn't believe what she says, then our plan will naturally not be affected," the old man said solemnly.

"But what if we believe it? After all, she is Huang Quan's sixth incarnation as a Daoist partner!" the middle-aged man said, frowning.

"No, it's precisely because she is Huang Quan's Daoist partner for six lifetimes that Huang Quan won't easily believe her. How could a woman who has deceived him for six lifetimes be so easily trusted? And once this matter is over, my brother, your master, will soon wake up, and at that time... everything will be destined," the old man said.

"Will it go so smoothly? We still don't understand her purpose!" the middle-aged man said.

“There’s no need to understand anymore. We didn’t take action against her before because we were worried about affecting your master’s karmic connection. But this time we don’t need to worry anymore. Once Huang Quan leaves that ruin, we’ll find an opportunity to send her into reincarnation…” the old man said ruthlessly.

"Should I kill her?" The middle-aged man hesitated.

Seemingly sensing the middle-aged man's emotional change, the old man continued, "You'd better not be soft-hearted anymore. She's really causing too much trouble. If she doesn't die, our plan might really be affected. Although I think that even if she does something that affects our cause and effect, it won't cause any major problems, it's better to be safe than sorry. So let's send her on her way!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man sighed, but finally nodded and said firmly, "Then... I'll go!"

“No! You just met Huang Quan not long ago and straightened his causal path, so it’s my turn to take action this time,” the old man said, shaking his head.

"Hmm? You don't believe me?" The middle-aged man frowned even more and suddenly asked.

"Hehe!" The old man chuckled and said, "I'm sorry... it's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust anyone. Although we've been cooperating for so long, in the end we've only gathered together for our own purposes. Besides, I really think you're a bit soft-hearted. I've seen the reluctance you've shown towards Huang Quan from the beginning of this karmic conflict until now. So I find it hard to believe that you would really harm your former master's wife."

The middle-aged man was a little angry, but he couldn't deny that what the old man said did make some sense. So after thinking for a while, he stopped talking and fell silent. At the same time, the old man's lips curled into a slight smile.

That's right, these two are indeed Xuan Yin and Zeng Yu, whom Gu Qici mentioned.