Inheritance

On Purple Thorn Island, with over a hundred million inheritors, Luo Feng and Zhenyan King began constructing their residences at the location indicated by Venerable Feicang.

“Condense!” Within his inner world, Luo Feng swiftly conjured a mansion using 'World Power.' Its architectural style mirrored the ancient Jiangnan gardens of his home planet, Earth, a grand, majestic courtyard. Inside, pebble-paved paths wound through various flowers, leading to a tranquil pond.

In Jiangnan gardens, the pond is the essence.

Stone bridges arched over the water, surrounded by pavilions and waterside structures, their white walls and black tiles appearing hazy and ethereal. Numerous independent study rooms, reception halls, and other pavilions dotted the landscape. Some even featured their own ponds, complete with central rockeries... Though the entire garden spanned barely a kilometer, it was captivatingly built, perfectly capturing the essence of Jiangnan gardens from Luo Feng's memories of home. During Earth's Great Nirvana Era, many gardens were destroyed, but in the subsequent Base City era, wealthy individuals constructed garden villas, and the Huaxia Nation also renovated several ancient gardens.

Luo Feng had learned about these in history class during his school days. With his incredible memory, he directly replicated many garden layouts from history books and his own knowledge, simply scaling them up.

With World Power, Luo Feng conjured this mansion with a single thought. To ensure its sturdiness, he expended a considerable amount of World Power.

“Appear!” Luo Feng pointed towards the mountainous terrain before him. Boom! A massive, perfectly square private garden settled directly onto the land. In the distance, rolling mountain ranges stretched, and rivers flowed nearby, the garden almost merging with its surroundings.

“Disciple, you—” Zhenyan King was still diligently preparing to construct a grand palace, but upon seeing Luo Feng's residence, he blinked. His divine power swept over it, revealing every detail. “Truly, truly...”

“Master, viewing it with divine power won't let you appreciate the cultural marvels of my home,” Luo Feng chuckled, immediately leading Zhenyan King inside. Zhenyan King, having traversed the cosmos, possessed extraordinary insight. Just looking at the countless, densely packed buildings on Purple Thorn Island, each with its unique style, many were no less exquisite than Luo Feng's.

However... Zhenyan King had never seen this type before.

Walking across a stone bridge, Zhenyan King exclaimed in surprise, “It's quite peculiar. Though it's barely a kilometer in length and width, your residence feels like a complex, luxurious palace spanning dozens of kilometers. And even though it's just the scenery around this pond, from different angles, the feeling is completely distinct.”

“Shifting perspectives with every step is one of the marvels of this architecture,” Luo Feng explained, “Through visual guidance, the same scenery offers various aesthetic delights.”

“Come, come, make one for me too!” Zhenyan King urged.

“How could a disciple disobey his master's command?” Luo Feng immediately conjured another mansion. However, the style for his master's residence was slightly different. If his own mansion leaned towards the elegant style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, his master's garden estate was closer to the Tang dynasty, appearing more direct and imposing.

After the mansions were completed, Luo Feng and Zhenyan King returned to the plaza in front of the Purple Thorn Island Lord's palace.

“Let's go.” Luo Feng and Zhenyan King simultaneously stepped into the fountain on the left. The moment their bodies touched the water, they vanished.

Luo Feng felt his surroundings shift. Before he could even discern the scenery, a terrifying pressure enveloped him.

Boom~~ It was far stronger than the oppressive force in the Ice Prison, heavier than a neutron star pressing down on him, and simultaneously, a soul pressure descended.

“This is...” Luo Feng's vision cleared. He was in a void, surrounded by black mist.

Suspended in the void was a meteorite, upon which sat a powerful being clad in purple armor with a wolf's head—a formidable expert from the Werewolf Race, one of humanity's larger branches. Seeing Luo Feng and Zhenyan King, the werewolf expert showed a hint of surprise, then smiled, “You two must be Daohe King and Zhenyan King. I knew you would come.”

“Greetings, Venerable Jiufeng,” Zhenyan King said respectfully.

“Greetings, Venerable Jiufeng,” Luo Feng also bowed, though his mind was filled with questions. At that moment, Zhenyan King's voice echoed in his mind: “Disciple, Venerable Jiufeng is one of our human race's Seven-Star Overlords, an existence comparable to the Sky Eclipse Palace Master whom you know. It is said he received a complete God General inheritance.”

Luo Feng was secretly astonished. A complete God General inheritance? A Seven-Star Overlord comparable to the Sky Eclipse Palace Master?

“This is a crucial inheritance ground of the Ancestral God Sect,” Venerable Jiufeng said, seated on the meteorite, smiling at Luo Feng and Zhenyan King. “Naturally, it possesses immense pressure, a pressure on the divine body and soul imprint. Without King-level strength, one would likely perish instantly. This is why geniuses within our race generally must become Undying before being granted an inheritance token. After all, those peerless geniuses worthy of an inheritance token, once they reach the Undying stage, none are weaker than a King.”

“Do you see the black mist around you?” Venerable Jiufeng gestured. Luo Feng and Zhenyan King both nodded, observing their surroundings. This void was truly bizarre; neither divine power nor World Power could probe it, and it was enveloped in black mist.

“Enter the black mist and receive your inheritance,” Venerable Jiufeng instructed. “You two should separate; don't stay together.”

“Yes,” Luo Feng and Zhenyan King replied respectfully. The master and disciple then flew off in separate directions.

The moment Luo Feng flew into the black mist, an incredible force acted upon his entire body. Even with a will surpassing most Universe Venerables, he couldn't resist this mysterious power! Without any resistance... Luo Feng stood dumbfounded in mid-air, simultaneously extending his right index finger slightly.

“Hiss!” A stream of World Power emerged from Luo Feng's fingertip, rapidly condensing into law runes.

Line after line of law runes emerged. The entire fusion law of 'Space and Gold' began to manifest from its most fundamental principles. Luo Feng, completely beyond his control, started demonstrating it, progressing step by step from the basics, elucidating all his insights. As he continued, more and more law runes appeared, intertwining around him like threads, forming a beautiful world of laws.

After a long while, Luo Feng finally stopped. The mysterious power instantly withdrew from his body.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng regained his clarity. “What?” A cold sweat instantly broke out on Luo Feng's back and forehead. It was from fright. He vividly remembered the previous scene, remembering being controlled by an invisible force and then fully elucidating the profound mysteries of the fusion laws.

“Too, too incredible,” he muttered. “My will is so strong, and a pagoda bead even resides within my soul! Even a Universe Master would likely struggle to directly control my soul, yet that mysterious power controlled me... This, this is simply...” Luo Feng felt the terrifying power of the Ancestral God Sect.

“That's right,” he realized. “This is an inheritance ground. Not just me, but even Universe Venerables, and even beings like the Sky Eclipse Palace Master—for example, Xiluoduo—as long as they haven't received a complete inheritance, they might come here. If this mysterious power could manipulate me, it would likely treat everyone equally, manipulating all inheritors who come here. That means... it could also control Xiluoduo.”

“I felt no domineering intent from this mysterious force, yet it left me without even a thought of resistance.”

“What kind of power is this?” Luo Feng was still pondering. The mysterious power descended once more.

“Third Tier!” A vast, resounding voice echoed directly in Luo Feng's mind. It wasn't in any language, yet Luo Feng instantly understood it meant 'Third Tier.' The wondrous sound continuously reverberated in his mind, causing Luo Feng to fall into a trance once more.

He fell into a peculiar illusion. Within this illusion, the deeper mysteries of the Beast God Path were continuously revealed to Luo Feng in the most meticulous manner, tearing apart all the profound aspects of the 'Space and Gold' fusion laws and explaining them inch by inch. It was incredibly detailed! It was as if a super-powerful being was directly pouring these profound insights into his mind!

This was far more effective than observing the '52 Chaos Tablets' or the 'Beast God Statue'.

Who knew how much time had passed... The power dissipated. The surrounding black mist abruptly repelled Luo Feng, sending his body tumbling backward.

“Too, too incredible,” Luo Feng blinked, his eyes burning with fervor. “I, I... if only I could do it a few more times.”

“I cultivated in the Ice Prison for over two millennia, and I only grasped a tiny fraction of the third chapter of my 《Seven Transformations of Yan Shen》. This third chapter is clearly more difficult, yet I didn't expect that in just that short period of inheritance, I understood far more than I had in the previous 2,000 years! I feel like if I could do it one more time, this third chapter would be complete.”

“Before... the mysteries of the third chapter were definitely fully analyzed for me, but now I only remember half of it; the rest is hazy,” Luo Feng said, feeling anxious.

He hadn't felt this way in a long time. It was like when he was a child on Earth, waking up certain he'd dreamt a story, yet only able to recall a small part of it. Since becoming a powerful being, Luo Feng had never experienced such memory haziness. But now, that feeling had returned. Everything he'd experienced during the inheritance was blurry; he could only recall a portion of the third chapter's mysteries, unable to remember the rest, yet he was certain... he had indeed experienced that moment.

“You two, stop standing there dumbfounded,” Venerable Jiufeng on the meteorite said.

Luo Feng and Zhenyan King, who had been standing foolishly in the void, snapped out of it, both with expressions of pleasant surprise in their eyes.

“The inheritance ground was born naturally from the universe, incredibly mysterious, and is an absolute sacred place of the Ancestral God Sect,” Venerable Jiufeng explained. “Each inheritance session first assesses your progress in law comprehension. The Beast God inheritance is divided into seven tiers. If you've fully comprehended the first two tiers but not the third, then the inheritance you receive here will be for the third tier. If you've fully comprehended the third tier, you'll receive the inheritance for the fourth tier.”

“How are you two doing?” Venerable Jiufeng looked at Luo Feng and Zhenyan King. “Which tier did each of you receive?”

“Third Tier,” Luo Feng replied. “I gained quite a lot.”

“Fourth Tier. I had already fully comprehended the first three tiers,” Zhenyan King said, his eyes filled with excitement. “I feel, I feel... I'm about to break through.”