Compared to Zhang Miaolin's confusion, after his stunned shock, the "boatman's" heart had already surged beyond all control.
Was it... him?
The "Heavenly Serpent Method" cultivated by the boatman was also considered a superior cultivation art within the demonic sects. Before the Void-Stepping realm, it mostly belonged to the domain of "body refinement," yet part of it had already entered the stage of "Hehua Demonic Consciousness." Thus, it possessed unique strengths in the Refinement of spirit and soul, excavating deep consciousness and potential.
The side effect it brought was that those terrible memories from the past turned into all manner of inner demons, lingering without dispersing. What he had to do was use them to temper his mind, subdue them one by one, make his mind flawless and complete, and even seize the inner demons for his own use, evolving them into countless transformations.
After transforming into the "Heavenly Serpent," these became the "venom" he had accumulated. When facing enemies, he could spew it forth, where it specifically corroded the spirit and soul. It was most vicious.
It was also because of this that memories of those past events were especially vivid to him. From time to time, they would leap out and torment him. Of course, years of tempering had made him cautious and meticulous. He distinguished reality from illusion with exceptional clarity. Furthermore, the events of the past no longer existed, and the people from those days mostly no longer crossed paths with him, so he had never suffered from an inability to distinguish truth from falsehood.
But at this very moment, he doubted for the first time whether he had fallen into a trap!
That person, that person...
Though he had grown a beard, though he was far more mature than in his memories, they had both