After the youth finished speaking, his body slowly floated before Gu Ding, and he pressed a finger against Gu Ding's forehead.
A massive amount of information poured continuously into Gu Ding's mind, while the youth's body before him rapidly shifted from a solid form to transparency.
By the time he finally withdrew his finger, his body was already on the verge of dissipating.
After a long while, Gu Ding opened his eyes again. Seeing the youth's condition, he immediately asked, "Are you about to disappear?"
"That's right. I'm only a remnant thought. Without the final seal left by my true self sustaining me, I would have dissipated long ago. My true self placed his memories with me so that I could determine whether those who came after were qualified to inherit them. Once I transferred the memories to a successor, the seal would automatically be released, and my task would be complete." The youth, whose body had already begun slowly breaking down into particles, nodded as he explained.
"But I took a quick look at the information. It's only memories. There doesn't seem to be any inheritance?" Gu Ding asked with a puzzled expression.
"That is precisely the last thing I need to explain to you." The youth nodded and continued, "It wasn't that my true self had no way of leaving behind an inheritance. He could have done so, and he even hoped that everything he possessed could be passed on. But in the end, he chose not to leave an inheritance, only memories."
Gu Ding was even more astonished upon hearing this.
"Because my true self once said that if he left behind an inheritance, those who received it would certainly cultivate according to his path. If that happened, they would never be able to surpass him. But