Rewards

Sword spirit?

Shi Lan was a little surprised. With the sword spirit of the Golden Rainbow Sword of Pursuit Stars already before her, she had never thought to associate Wuxu with the sort of artifact spirit that had little sense of self.

"You just said you let me pass this trial. Why? If so, what was the point of the trial?" Shi Lan asked, puzzled.

"Whether the trial has a point isn't for you to decide. Just know that you've passed it." Wuxu's tone still held not the slightest hint of emotion, like a stagnant pool.

"Where did the people on that continent come from?"

"When Guiyun once traveled through the universe, he incorporated one Great Thousand World, one Middle Thousand World, and one Small Thousand World into the Guiyun Realm. These people are descendants of the original inhabitants of that Small Thousand World."

"What you just showed me seemed to have three layers of space. Apart from that continent, are the other two layers the other two worlds?"

Shi Lan knew little about the divisions between worlds, such as Great Thousand Worlds and Middle Thousand Worlds. But the Empress Cultivation System within her connected to the three thousand Great Thousand Worlds.

Thinking of it that way, Great Thousand Worlds didn't seem particularly rare.

"Yes." Wuxu nodded. "If you pass the trials and inherit the legacy, all of these will belong to you."

From the way Wuxu spoke, the three worlds seemed like mere appendages of the inheritance.

"What's the second trial?" Shi Lan stopped dwelling on it and asked directly. Since she'd made it this far, she might as well go a little farther.

"Before the second trial, I'll give you the reward for passing the first."

There was a reward, too?

Hearing Wuxu's words lifted Shi Lan's spirits.