What shocked him most was the last image: a woman in a star-patterned robe holding Bronze Key, the pattern of the lotus flower on his forehead flowing between the teeth of the key.
"So you were all just pawns."
Another Six-Eared Macaque laughed wildly, tearing through space and time, with countless Black Hole unfolding behind it.
Suddenly, Six-Eared Macaque gripped the Immortal Slaying Halberd tightly, and the eight petals of the colorful lotus on his forehead bloomed simultaneously.
He saw that each petal was engraved with memories of different generations.
There is an original successor who is determined to repair time and space by exhausting his original essence.
There is the gentleness of the second-generation successor nurturing new life in the sea of stars, and the unwavering determination of the one who just killed the Ghost King.
The moment the eighth petal touched the ninth petal, a complete star map appeared in Six-Eared Macaque's pupils.
He finally understood what his master had said on Mount Cangwu: "The more times the colorful lotus blooms, the faster its essence is consumed."
It turns out that the so-called inheritance is a relay race spanning tens of thousands of years.
Each Colored Lotus Successor is using their own essence to repair the rifts in spacetime, and the ultimate hope lies hidden in the Bronze Key in the hands of the Six-Eared Macaque.
"With stars as our guide and souls as our bond!"
With a loud shout, Six-Eared Macaque plunged the Immortal Slaying Halberd into his own chest.
Suddenly, the Star Markings burst forth with a world-destroying light, which intertwined with the light from the tip of the opponent's halberd, forming a massive vortex.
In the instant of the energy clash, Six-Eared Macaque saw countless spacetime lines converging in the vortex, each node flashing with different possibilities.
When the two halberds simultaneously turned their sword tips, the entire Abyss of Chaos began to collapse.
Six-Eared Macaque heard his master's voice echoing in every point in time and space. "True power is creation, not destruction!"
He suddenly released his grip on the halberd handle, letting the Star Power carry the two of them towards the center of the vortex.
In the instant before his consciousness faded, Six-Eared Macaque saw the ultimate truth: the so-called Abyss of Chaos was nothing more than a petri dish used by High-Dimensional Civilization for experiments to observe spacetime.
He and Colored Lotus Successor were variables unexpectedly created during the experiment. The Black Hole that devoured the sun was precisely the elimination program set up by High-Dimensional Civilization.
"; Cai Lian...";
In his final moments of lucidity, Six-Eared Macaque pressed the Bronze Key into the star pattern on his chest.
The moment the key merged with the lotus mark, he saw all the possible futures.
In some worlds, one becomes the new ruler of the universe; in others, one's master is truly resurrected; and in still others, human civilization lives on forever in the sea of stars...
When Six-Eared Macaque opened his eyes again, he found himself standing on the mountain where his first master had fallen.
The Bronze Key in her arms had transformed into a new colorful lotus, perfectly matching the mark on her forehead.
On the distant horizon, the sun, swallowed by the Black Hole, is being reborn, bursting forth with a more dazzling light than ever before.
Beneath his feet, Nine Bronze Pillars stood silently, the newly engraved runes on their surfaces flashing in sync with his heartbeat.
"You have passed this trial."
The figure of the Star-Robed Woman gradually faded in the morning light, her last words drifting on the wind. "But the real war has only just begun."