From how Chen Heng saw it, it would be strange if Ali did not make it to this trial.
After all, he had immense Fortune and was beloved by the heavens.
Perhaps others might be obstructed from reaching here, but it was very unlikely that Ali could be stopped.
Only after watching Ali"s body disappear into the golden door did Chen Heng begin to move."
By now, those who should be here had already arrived.
There were not many hero candidates left who were not in the trial.
Chen Heng began to walk forward.
Jacdo"s energy covered him, causing his aura to dissipate so that no one would take notice of him.
Just like that, Chen Heng walked towards the golden door, but no one reacted as if they could not see him—except Jacdo and the others.
Watching Chen Heng walk through the golden door and disappear, Jacdo gave a slight smile.
"An interesting play is about to unfold," he chuckled, "I wonder what the outcome will be. I"m looking forward to it."
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He looked at the pillar of white light. As the demon king, he was looking forward to the conclusion of this trial.
...
Time gradually pa.s.sed.
A warm feeling came from the surroundings, filling Chen Heng"s body.
When Chen Heng"s consciousness awoke again, he opened his eyes and looked ahead of him.
Following this, he felt quite startled—he was in a very familiar place.
The shabby house and familiar decorations were all there; it was no different to the home in Chen Heng"s memories.
Strictly speaking, after so many experiences, it was no longer the place most familiar to him, but it was the place where his heart was.
All of the decorations were still there, and within the kitchen, a figure was hurrying about.
It was a middle-aged woman wearing an ap.r.o.n. She was not very pretty and her figure was somewhat chubby. Her forehead was covered with sweat as she hurried about, but she had a slight smile on her face, looking quite happy.
As if she heard Chen Heng"s footsteps, she turned and a look of delight appeared on her face.
"Lil Heng, you"re back!"
Chen Heng instinctively smiled, but just as he was about to greet her, he paused.
Outside, footsteps could be heard.
The door was opened and another Chen Heng walked in.
Compared to the current Chen Heng, this Chen Heng looked younger and was wearing a school uniform.
"Mum, I"m back," he walked in and gave a smile just like Chen Heng"s.
Following this, Chen Heng"s big sister Chen Jing returned, and their family ate lunch together.
At the table, w.a.n.g Li and Chen Jing did not talk to each other; only Chen Heng made conversation between them.
The scene looked quite strange, but it was still quite harmonious.
The three of them were used to this.
Standing by the side, Chen Heng calmly watched before looking around.
"This is from before I went back in time…"
Looking at the decorations and the three people eating, Chen Heng thought to himself.
Even though his current world and his previous world were roughly the same, there were some slight differences.
Chen Heng"s acute senses detected these differences and figured out when this was.
It was that peaceful world from before, which did not have any of those abnormal things.
Back then, Chen Heng had just been an ordinary mortal. Even though his grades were not bad and he was quite hard working, he was still an una.s.suming ordinary person.
Looking at this scene, Chen Heng felt quite nostalgic, as well as somewhat wary.
He did not forget that he was in the hero"s trial.
In other words, perhaps this was part of the trial.
If he let down his guard, it was possible that he might fail.
As he thought to himself, the scene before him changed.
The Chen Heng that he was looking at quickly grew up, and he went from high school to university. He then dated, broke up, and then entered society.
Following this, he had a car accident.
Looking at that young man who got up early every morning, Chen Heng"s gaze was filled with nostalgia.
Following this, he watched as the bloodied him lay in his own blood, with a few breaths remaining in him.
Within the pool of blood, the young man struggled to pick up his phone, and he looked at the names in his contact list as his arm trembled.
His mother, sister, lover…
At the last moment in his life, what had he remembered, and what did he want to leave behind?
The young man had a look of reluctance in his eyes and tried to say something, but he was unable to leave behind any last words.
He looked incredibly unwilling to die, but he was unable to change anything.
Chen Heng watched all of this happen.
He could long since calmly watch the events of that day, but he still remembered those emotions and feelings clearly.
It was very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Perhaps it was because of that pain and reluctance that Chen Heng was able to work so hard after coming back to life.
Life was too short, and he did not want to leave behind any more regrets.
Chen Heng lightly sighed and continued on.
What surprised Chen Heng was that after this, the scenes of him going to other worlds also appeared.
In his first simulation, he had met Sorondo, and he had pledged his allegiance to him in order to obtain the Knights Breathing Technique. In the end, he was forced to kill Sorondo.
In his second simulation, in order to obtain greater status, he had gotten close to Verna and married her, and he had pledged his allegiance to her sister Olivia.
In order to get rid of troubles, he had set up a scheme to kill his older brother Ormando.
During his third simulation, he had lied to his disciple…
These scenes continuously flashed before Chen Heng"s eyes.
As he watched those scenes, he seemed to re-experience the emotions that he felt back then.
All wonderful feelings and hope, as well as pain and hatred, once again flashed in his mind.
Chen Heng"s expression was calm as he went on.
Soon, he reached the end.
At the end was boundless darkness.
"So in order to obtain the hero"s legacy, one has to face their own soul?"
Looking towards the darkness, Chen Heng came to an understanding.
By now, he had a good guess at what the hero"s trial was about.
If one wanted to obtain the hero"s legacy, one had to have an unwavering will.
If they did not have enough conviction, they would not be able to bear that ma.s.sive amount of faith energy, nor would they be able to maintain their own consciousness.
As such, the hero"s trial targeted his conviction.
Of course, there were most likely other requirements too.
However, Chen Heng did not mind that much.
Now that he had come this far, he did not care too much about other things.
He did not care about the result and only wanted to progress.
In the next moment, Chen Heng stepped forwards.
The deep darkness covered everything, including Chen Heng"s body.
Following this, Chen Heng"s body disappeared and left this place.
A deep, heavy darkness.
Boundless and powerful faith energy spread out, and it rushed towards Chen Heng.
This was the positive faith energy of this world, gathered over countless years. Under the influence from the hero"s legacy, all of it flowed towards all hero candidates" bodies, interrogating their convictions and extracting all negative and evil things.
As Chen Heng went through this, his soul gradually descended into the sea of faith energy.
Within the sea of faith energy, there were a few other souls that were being interrogated.
Under the pressure from this ma.s.sive amount of faith energy, a few of the souls could not bear it and collapsed.
"It has finally begun…"
As Chen Heng"s soul fell into the sea of faith energy, Jacdo gave a slight smile and a look of antic.i.p.ation appeared on his face.
"Let me see," he said as he raised his head, "Just how far your soul can support you."
Light rippled out, and within the void, there seemed to be a person"s voice.
When Chen Heng once again opened his eyes, a familiar figure stood before him.
It was a young man dressed in an elegant red robe. His face was covered with a savage look, and there was blood on his neck.
He slowly walked towards Chen Heng.
"You betrayed your master and killed me, you shameless traitor! You don"t deserve to have the hero"s legacy!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Chen Heng turned and looked at the young man—it was Sorondo.
"I did not plan to betray you," Chen Heng said calmly, "I once pledged my loyalty to you."
In the air, the scene of Chen Heng half-kneeling and pledging to serve Sorondo appeared.
"I once served you."
Countless scenes of Chen Heng carrying out various matters for Sorondo appeared.
"I fought enemies for your sake."
The scene changed, and under Sorondo"s order, Chen Heng rushed up and fought with warriors.
"It was not me who betrayed you; it was you who first betrayed me."
The scene depicted Sorondo giving Chen Heng the cup of poisoned wine, then being killed by Chen Heng.
Chen Heng calmly looked at Sorondo, not feeling any guilt.
He had done his duty and served Sorondo well until the end; he had only killed Sorondo out of self-defence.
What guilt did he have?
Sorondo"s figure gradually disappeared.
Next, he was replaced by another figure.
"In order to use me, you specifically got close to me and took advantage of me for many years. Are you not guilty?"
A tall and powerful-looking figure appeared before Chen Heng.
It was Krudo—he was just as tall and well-built, and he coldly looked at Chen Heng.
"I indeed got to know you because I wanted to use you," Chen Heng nodded and did not deny it.
"But I did not betray our friends.h.i.+p, nor did I do anything that was against your interests."
Honestly speaking, even though Chen Heng had gotten to know Krudo because he wanted to use him, he had treated him as a true friend, and this had never changed.
Following this, Krudo"s figure disappeared and was replaced by another.
"In order to take the position of the head of the family, you killed your older brother; do you dare to say that you did nothing wrong?"
In the darkness, Ormando appeared, a savage look on his face. He was covered in blood as he glared at Chen Heng.
"It was my fault that you died," Chen Heng nodded seriously, "But you deserved to die.
"You acted tyrannically and violated women. You loved to raid others and take innocent lives.
"Your death was my fault, and it was indeed due to my desires. However, your death did not go against the righteousness in my heart."
Speaking to there, Chen Heng paused before giving a cold smile, "There was something that I didn"t have the opportunity to say to you: Even if you didn"t die in that crisis, I still would have found a way to kill you."
Was killing Ormando an act of justice?
According to the standards then, that would not have been just at all.
However, with Chen Heng"s morals from his own world, people like Ormando would have deserved the death sentence.
To kill a person like that, even though it did not comply with the laws of that world, it complied with Chen Heng"s sense of justice in his own heart.
Ormando"s face was savage and he roared, but he was unable to say anything before he slowly disappeared.
After Ormando was gone, he was replaced by a much smaller figure.
What was surprising was that this person was a girl.
"You got close to me for your own purposes and made all kinds of promises to me, and yet you say you did nothing wrong?"
It was Verna from when Chen Heng had first met her.
This time, Chen Heng fell silent for a while before speaking.
"I did not go back against my promises."
Back then, Chen Heng had indeed gotten close to Verna for his purposes—but so what?
There was not anyone in the world who did not act with ulterior motives.
However, in the end, Chen Heng had not broken his promise to Verna—he had truly cared for and loved her for her entire life.
Even though he could not say that he did nothing wrong, he felt no guilt.
As he raised his head and looked at Verna, he saw her body slowly fading.
Chen Heng stood there for a while silently before heading onwards.
Following this, he was challenged by various people, but he was able to bear it and continue walking.
Outside the trial, figures began to appear.
There were some people who had failed, and they were sent outside of the trial.
After exiting from the trial, some of them had tears on their faces, and others sighed, looking like they had lost all strength.
Of the people who had entered, including Chen Heng, only three people remained.
After walking out from the darkness, Chen Heng came to a bright region.
Here, the scenery changed.
As if he sensed something, Chen Heng raised his head and looked into the distance.
In the distance, there were two figures covered with light standing there; they were the two other hero candidates.
The dense light covering them made it so that Chen Heng could not see their appearance. However, Chen Heng was certain that one of them was Ali.