Qi Xia looked coldly at the tiger-headed person before him and asked in a low voice, “What do you mean by ‘the four of you’ all saw it…?”

“What’s it to you?” Earth Tiger looked at Qi Xia coldly. “Am I that close to you?”

“No.” Qi Xia shook his head. “It’s just that we’re now in a cooperative relationship. In order to better find the person you mentioned, I can only collect as many clues as possible.”

After hearing this, Earth Tiger sighed quietly and said, “The four of us… were all Brother Sheep’s students…”

Qi Xia’s eyes widened. He felt something in his mind collapse with a thunderous crash.

“Brother Sheep?!” He slowly walked forward, looking at Earth Tiger with a face full of shock. “What do you mean by ‘Brother Sheep’?! Heavenly Sheep is a man?!”

Earth Tiger looked at Qi Xia in confusion. “I want to ask what you mean? When did I ever say he was a woman?”

Qi Xia quickly recalled all the details of his encounter with Earth Tiger.

That’s right—he had never said that “Heavenly Sheep” was a woman.

This completely changed the nature of the entire matter… It seemed everything had returned to square one.

In other words, whether it was Heavenly Sheep or Earth Sheep, Yu Nian’an had never appeared within this scope.

According to the process of elimination that Qi Xia had done before… she was most likely dead.

“Me… Little Mouse… Dead Snake… Old Black…” Earth Tiger held up four fingers and said, “For seven years, Brother Sheep only had the four of us as students…”

Qi Xia was somewhat distracted. After a while, he turned to look at Earth Tiger.

It seemed another thread was faintly being connected.

Seven years?

But wasn’t this idea a bit too bold?

“I already know who you and ‘Little Mouse’ are.” Qi Xia asked. “But who are ‘Dead Snake’ and ‘Old Black’?”

“A frivolous and stupid snake, and that annoying sheep you met today.” Earth Tiger slowly held up four fingers. “The four of us plus Brother Sheep originally ate at the same table.”

Qi Xia quickly pondered the ins and outs of the entire matter. In just over ten seconds, an unbelievable truth appeared thunderously before him.

“The ‘Brother Sheep’ you speak of… used seven years to ascend and become ‘Heavenly Sheep’?” Qi Xia asked.

“That’s right.” Earth Tiger nodded. “He came later than Old Black, yet advanced faster. He stayed at Human-Level for three years, Earth-Level for four years, and in seven years ascended to become a ‘Heavenly.’ If Old Black had half of Brother Sheep’s ability… why would he have needed thirteen years, and only with Brother Sheep’s help, to become an ‘Earth’?”

“You’re saying… not only did he advance rapidly himself… he even helped you all?” Qi Xia asked.

“That’s right. Brother Sheep was a born swindler.” Earth Tiger nodded. “But now Old Black is brazenly sitting in Brother Sheep’s former position, pretentiously taking in dozens of ‘students.’ I can’t wait for him to lose miserably… Fortunately, you appeared.”

Qi Xia lowered his head and carefully examined his own palm.

A bizarre thought kept circling in his mind.

Am I Heavenly Sheep?

In this “Land of Finality,” never mind “Divine Beasts” and “Zodiacs”—even an ordinary knife-wielding “participant” could kill him.

What kind of Heavenly Sheep was this?

He was clearly more like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

What difference was there between himself and a bottom-tier “participant”?

“Could it be that my line of thinking is still wrong…?”

Qi Xia slowly frowned. If he was Heavenly Sheep, why would he be here?

Why would he be here…?

As soon as this question landed in his heart, the words Zhu Que once said echoed in his ears again.

“Qi Xia, why are you here?”

“It seems you really don’t know why you’re here. How tragic.”

“Tell me, who exactly did I offend?”

“Who did you offend? Isn’t offending Heavenly Dragon enough?”

Qi Xia slowly narrowed his eyes, finally connecting all these ethereal clues together.

During the “missing seven years,” he had always been a “Sheep,” and starting from Man-Sheep, he had climbed step by step to the peak.

However, at the final moment, Heavenly Dragon used a trick of misdirection on him.

Everyone thought he had become Heavenly Sheep, but the reality was that all his memories had been wiped and he had been turned back into a participant.

And for these seven years, for some reason, no one in the room had ever passed the interview.

It wasn’t until he returned to the room that everything took a turn for the better.

Lin Qin’s words rang in his ears again: “Qi Xia, for at least seven years, I haven’t heard of anyone in the ‘Land of Finality’ like you.”

Qi Xia looked around at his surroundings somewhat in horror, then looked at the ground beneath his feet.

The situation seemed somewhat dire.

What he was doing now… everything he had experienced… had he really not experienced it before?

He had been active in the “Land of Finality” since seven years ago!

And this was only the traceable time… Could the actual time be even longer than seven years?!

During these years, he had tried almost every method, even coming within one step of becoming a “Heavenly,” yet ultimately he was still knocked back to his original form.

This was terrifying.

He was like a monkey in the “Infinite Monkey Theorem,” currently randomly triggering countless possibilities on an infinitely long timeline.

No… this was still somewhat different from the “Infinite Monkey.”

After all, there was a “Heavenly Dragon.”

When a certain monkey was just one letter away from typing out the complete works of Shakespeare, he would restart that monkey’s computer, making everything start over.

Why was this?

Could it be that this godforsaken place simply had no “Heavenly-Level”… Could it be that all people who became “Heavenly-Level” would be knocked back to their original form, have all their memories wiped, and then become participants again?

“This indeed has no loopholes… but I always feel something’s not right…” Qi Xia stroked his chin, feeling his train of thought stuck again.

Qiao Jiajin, who had been standing nearby for a long time, saw Qi Xia stop mid-sentence and reached out to pat him. “Liar boy, are you okay?”

Qi Xia came back to his senses, nodded at Qiao Jiajin, and said, “I’m fine. I may have found ‘Heavenly Sheep.'”

“Huh?” Qiao Jiajin was stunned. “You found him?”

Earth Tiger also raised his head to look at Qi Xia. “You know where he is?!”

Qi Xia didn’t answer directly but instead asked, “Earth Tiger, I want to know if what you said is true… Whether he’s a ‘Heavenly, Earth, or Human’ Sheep, even if he’s no longer a ‘Sheep,’ you still want to see him?”

Earth Tiger felt he didn’t quite understand. “What do you mean ‘no longer a Sheep’? Did Brother Sheep go through all that trouble only to become a goddamn ‘Dog’ in the end?”

“What if he became an ordinary person?” Qi Xia asked.

This question shocked Earth Tiger’s heart.

“An ordinary person?” Earth Tiger stared into Qi Xia’s eyes, as if some train of thought became smooth at this moment.

“I’m just asking casually.” Qi Xia said. “If he were an ordinary participant, would you still want to see him?”

“I…” Earth Tiger hesitated.

“I understand.” As soon as the words fell, Qi Xia grabbed Qiao Jiajin and prepared to leave.

“Hey…” Earth Tiger called out with a trembling voice. “You…”

“Don’t say it out loud.” Qi Xia said coldly. “Before I figure everything out, don’t say anything.”