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

"I hate you!"

"I hate you!"

At this moment, Huang Quan hugged Gu Qici even tighter.

I hate...you!

"I...I..." In the end, Gu Qici's voice grew softer and softer, until only the sounds of their sobs remained.

"I'm sorry! It's all my fault..." As she spoke, Huang Quan seemed to hug her even tighter.

"But I still want to thank you, thank you for appearing in my life..."

"Thank you for your hatred..."

"But I won't hate you, because I... can't hate you."

Life is like a door, because a door is a choice.

If the door is not open, choose to open it or not.

When you open the door, you can choose to close it or not.

Therefore, the door represents the unknown, the uncertainty, and so does life.

Gu Qici was not real; she was a manifestation of the black gate in front of Huang Quan. Huang Quan knew this, but even so, he treated her as the real Gu Qici and spoke the truth.

This trial is not difficult. As Tianxie said, opening the black door and walking inside is the key to success.

Before that, he needed to kill the enemy in front of him, who was this illusory Gu Qici. With his strength, this would be an easy task, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

This is what it means to be human; this is what it means to have feelings.

Huang Quan has feelings for Gu Qici. Although they are not the same as Zhou Xin's feelings, they are still very important to him. They are gratitude, friendship, and companionship like that of family.

However, if Huang Quan wants to open that door and pass the trial, he must abandon this relationship and harden his heart to kill Gu Qici, because from the moment he saw Gu Qici, he already understood that Gu Qici's life is the key to this door.

It opens when dead, and closes when alive.

This is a choice, a simple yet complex human choice, which is why we say that the door is life.

Life is full of choices. Whether right or wrong, only by making choices can we move forward. If we give up making choices, we are no longer human and have no value in living. At most, we are just walking corpses, barely surviving.

So, is Huang Quan a human, or does he choose not to be human? This is the second choice.

Some people say that cause and effect is choice, but that's not true. The cause in cause and effect is choice, and the effect is just the result of choice. If there is no cause and effect, choice will still exist, but if there is no choice, then there is no cause and effect. This is the causal relationship between choice and cause and effect.

This trial is not difficult, because all you need to do is kill someone.

This trial is difficult because making choices is difficult.

In the silence, recalling every detail of the past, Huang Quan's inner turmoil was probably at its highest level ever. He had to make a choice, because this choice was very important.

Huang Quan needs to know everything in order to formulate his plan and save the True Profound Continent. This opportunity is right in front of him, and he cannot give it up. Otherwise, his plan will easily go wrong, leading to the true end of the True Profound Continent.

The problem now is that he can't find a way to both get rid of Gu Qici and go through the Black Gate. Or maybe he has found one, but he doesn't know if his method will work or not.

At this moment, with Gu Qici's support, Huang Quan finally stood firm. However, Gu Qici, who no longer harbored hatred, gradually became transparent until she disappeared without a trace.

But Huang Quan knew in his heart that Gu Qici had not disappeared, but was simply returning to her original form.

After using the evil energy to recover his strength and injuries, Huang Quan took a deep breath, looked impatiently at the dark sky, and after a moment, directly questioned, "Senior! Do you think this is fun?"

"What makes you say that?" Tianxie's voice suddenly came from the darkness.

"You know perfectly well that I would never lay a hand on someone important to me, yet you still pulled this stunt. Aren't you just playing me for a fool?" Huang Quan said angrily.

"No, no, no, I'm not playing a trick on you. Everything is predetermined by your own will. When you get close to this black door, it will reveal the dark side of your heart. If you can't overcome it, then it only proves that you are nothing special!" Tianxie said calmly.

"How ridiculous! I am a human, not a god. Humans have dark moments. Even if I had just made a move, would the darkness in my heart have disappeared?" Huang Quan said disdainfully.

“No, but at least it will show people your determination in the face of darkness. And you said something wrong. Even gods, gods who control heaven and earth, have a dark side,” Tianxie explained and corrected.

"Hey! You're putting up this test just to see if I have the courage to face the darkness?" Huang Quan suddenly asked.

"Of course not, that's just one of the purposes. The other purpose is that I want to see how you would choose."

"A choice? What if I had chosen to kill her just now?" Huang Quan frowned and asked again.

“Then you will be trapped in this place forever, because you have not conquered the darkness, but have fallen into it. And I will never allow someone with darkness in their heart to become the successor of God, even if you are very likely the reincarnation of God.” At this point, Tianxie’s tone suddenly became serious, showing that he was not joking.

"Oh? Now that I've chosen not to kill, what should I do?"

“Nothing much. As I said before, you didn’t pass this trial, so you can’t get power from me or know everything,” Tianxie replied.

But Huang Quan became a little dissatisfied upon hearing this. He said angrily, "Senior, do you really like joking with me? According to you, I can't kill you, and I can't not kill you?"

"Who knows? But the only thing I'm sure of is that if you are God's chosen one, you will know what to do," Tianxie said completely irresponsibly.

"I said, I am a person!" Huang Quan said indignantly.

“But you are also the Lord of True Mystery, the Man of Miracles, the Universe’s only savior,” Tianxie said.

"Don't fucking flatter me. I'm just an ordinary person. I just want to do ordinary things. What savior, what miracle worker, what reincarnation of God? I just want to save the people I want to save. All that other stuff has nothing to do with me. Since you won't tell me those things, I'm too lazy to listen!"

"Oh? So you're giving up?" Tianxie asked.

"Yes, I'm giving up, so what? Hurry up and let me out, I still have a long way to go!" Huang Quan said, seemingly in a fit of anger.

To his surprise, Tianxie replied calmly, "I'm sorry, I can't do that."

"Huh? What?" Huang Quan exclaimed in surprise.

"This black space is formed by the fusion of eighty-one Heavenly Fate Bridges. Unless you break the Heavenly Fate, you will not be able to get out."

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"No!" Tianxie said solemnly, "You should have sensed this as well."

Chapter 251 Ancient Teleportation Array

Huang Quan was speechless, because Tian Xie was absolutely right, but he was unwilling to give up just like that.

"Fine! Since that's the case, I can only try my own method." Huang Quan murmured, a resolute look flashing across his face.

Tianxie gradually fell silent, perhaps feeling that he had nothing more to say to Huang Quan, and everything would have to wait for the final outcome.

And so one hour, two hours, three hours passed.

Huang Quan remained calm and composed, sitting cross-legged on the spot to restore himself to his best condition. Then he looked at the black door in front of him.

He knew that as long as he approached this door, the black door would surely conjure up the bamboo maiden again, so he could only set his sights on breaking through here elsewhere.

"Whether it's an array or a barrier, everything has a source of power! Tianxie! You can't fool me. Although you didn't actively participate in this trial, the power needed to maintain these 108 Heavenly Fate Bridges must come from you..."

"In other words, if I want to leave this place without killing that illusionary being, there is only one way: to destroy this world with power surpassing yours..." With this thought in mind, Huang Quan stood up, straightened his back, and looked up at the black sky.

"I treat this place as an array, as a barrier. I refuse to believe that I can't break it with brute force!" Huang Quan said resolutely, then with a wave of his left hand, he once again drew the Crimson Peak Sword.

Without a sound, Huang Quan's eyes emitted bursts of gray light, and evil energy and spiritual power surged up at the same time, eventually concentrating on the Crimson Peak Sword, making the sword's blade even brighter.

"Sword Life Slash!" With that shout, Huang Quan raised his left hand and swung it fiercely at the sky.

With this swing, a powerful force materialized—a gray sword beam that trembled the space around it in its mere flight, demonstrating the sheer power of this strike.

"This is only a third of my power! Let's try it out first!" Huang Quan muttered to himself, his gaze never leaving the sword light.

To Huang Quan's surprise, as soon as the sword light touched the top of the space, an invisible force rebounded, immediately deflecting Huang Quan's sword light back with about twice the force.

"What?!" Huang Quan exclaimed in surprise.

But at this moment, he didn't have time to think. In a flash, he moved away from his original spot, as if trying to dodge the attack that originally belonged to him.

What Huang Quan found even more unbelievable was that the sword light seemed to be controlled by someone, and while attacking, it locked onto him, so that wherever he went, the sword light followed!

"How is this possible?" Huang Quan really couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

Although his attack was not strong, if someone were to take control of his sword beam without him noticing, it would be absolutely impossible unless the controller's strength far surpassed his.

Having activated the Six Words of True Law, his strength had reached at least the mid-stage of the Heavenly Monarch realm. If he went all out, he could easily fight against a late-stage Heavenly Monarch. Yet, even with such strength, his attack was controlled by someone else. Does this mean that the controller's strength has surpassed that of a late-stage Heavenly Monarch?

As if knowing Huang Quan's thoughts, Tian Xie suddenly spoke again: "To be honest with you! Although I built this Bridge of Destiny, the power I used was not mine, but that of the True God..."

"God?" Huang Quan's brows twitched as he dodged and murmured.

“That’s right! Perhaps it’s because God was afraid of choosing the wrong people! Just in case, He hid a portion of power within each of us four. According to Him, as long as we wholeheartedly merge with that power, we can control it for a short time. Unfortunately, we can only use this power to test those chosen by the true law, and we must not use it without authorization, otherwise we will suffer a backlash…”

"I'm a very practical person. I don't usually keep things that I can't use at will. So I spent my whole life using this power to create the Eighty-One Bridges of Destiny, and also to create this World of Destiny..."

“So you seem to be fighting me, but in reality you are fighting God, and you are also fighting yourself. But I still advise you to give up now! Because God’s power, even if it is just a little bit, even over the years, this little bit of power is negligible and you cannot resist it…” Tianxie said honestly.

At that moment, the gray sword light finally seized an opportunity and actually attacked Huang Quan, causing blood to spill from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he had suffered some injuries. Fortunately, he only used three-tenths of his power in this sword light, and fortunately, the rebound was not extremely strong, otherwise, he might have died here.

“God…the power of God? But does this mean…does this mean…” Huang Quan gasped for breath, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, “does this mean that as long as I can unleash even a fraction of the power you’ve praised to the heavens, I can break through this world and…walk out in my own way?”

"Hmm?" Seeing Huang Quan's unwavering gaze, the usually calm Tian Xie was momentarily stunned, but he quickly recovered and said, "You...you should just give up! I know your power is not weak. Not to mention the True Profound Continent, even in the Heavenly Realm, you are a top expert. But the power of a True Lord is not as simple as you think. If you insist on resolving this with force, it is very likely..."

However, before Tianxie could finish speaking, Huang Quan interrupted him dismissively, saying, "I know, I know! Most of the time, someone like you would say something like, 'I might die,' right?"

"Huh? Hey..." Tianxie suddenly said seriously, "I'm not joking with you, you really might die."

“I’m not joking with you! I once heard a storyteller in Xiaoxi Village say that the more difficult the situation, the more the protagonist has to fight with all his might, because only in this way can he see the last hope.” Huang Quan shook the Crimson Peak Sword in his left hand and continued to look at the sky, while the sense of eagerness on his body grew stronger.

"You..." Upon hearing Huang Quan's words, Tian Xie was at a loss for words for the first time.

"Hmph! So-called choices are nothing more than pity for the weak!"

"If I am strong enough, why can't I create a path for myself?!" Huang Quan suddenly shouted, his powerful determination evident.

The war in the wasteland.

The battle in the Zhouyou Realm was in full swing, with Xiao Wuqi and Li Ying being the most eye-catching. The battle in the Transformation Realm above was equally fierce.

In short, the sky was filled with rolling silver lightning, and strong winds and heavy rains sometimes swept across the land, and sometimes turned into an icy world, giving the Huang Clan and the True Profound Alliance a sense of urgency.

However, both sides also know that this war has only just begun, because the strongest forces on both sides, the Heavenly Monarch level cultivators, have not yet made their move. Once these people make their move, the war will enter a white-hot stage.

Of course, this stage is also necessary in war. After the intrigue and the open schemes, what remains is naturally a contest of resources and willpower.

Not long after, the Huang clan naturally sent out two Heavenly Lords.

Huang Meng, captain of the Seventh Forward Team.

Huang Yu, captain of the sixth forward team.

However, the two of them ignored the battle in the Zhouyou Realm and the fighting in the Upper Transformation Realm. Instead, they teleported directly to a spot fifty meters from the city wall.