I Am King Zhou, Human Emperor! Part 3

However, because this was only the First Layer, the inheritance was limited to the Human Dao Domain!

Obtaining any one inheritance would have been enough to excite him. To him, it was an opportunity to defy fate and change his destiny!

Yet at this very moment, he was still this excited!

This was Emperor Wushi! The peerlessly invincible Emperor Wushi!

The words, "At the end of the Immortal Path, who stands at the peak? At the sight of Wushi, the Dao becomes empty," said it all!

He alone swept across the ages, suppressed the Dark Forbidden Zones of his era, dominated the Six Directions and Eight Desolations, and stood supreme above and below heaven!

Looking back on Emperor Wushi's life, only two words could describe it: invincible.

He was a Human Emperor so powerful that others could only look up at him!

And now, Emperor Wushi's inheritance lay right before him. How could his heart not pound?

Countless streams of information flooded into his mind. They were supreme cultivation techniques and innumerable secret arts.

The cultivation method of the Five Great Secret Realms of the Human Body had been created by Emperor Huangtian, its prototype being "Body as Seed."

This method treated one's body as a small world, excavating one's potential and opening the "gates" within oneself.

One cultivated by tapping into one's own potential, becoming a world unto oneself without relying on the world beyond.

Upon achieving success, one could stand shoulder to shoulder with, or even surpass, the great universe, no longer tolerated by the Heavenly Dao Rules of the external world.

This was a cultivation method entirely different from that of the Investiture of the Gods World. It sought nothing from the external world and cultivated only oneself, representing limitless possibilities.

The Five Great Secret Realms of the Human Body were the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm, Dao Palace Secret Realm, Four Extremes Secret Realm, Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, and Immortal Platform Secret Realm.

And what Zi Shou had obtained now was precisely Emperor Wushi's complete inheritance.

Not only did this inheritance contain the cultivation methods for the Five Great Secret Realms, but it also included many secret arts created by Emperor Wushi.

Zi Shou slowly opened his eyes. He had already digested all the information in his mind.

If he wished, he could begin cultivating right now, but he was in no hurry.

Having arrived at the First Layer of the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors, he had effectively gained the Hall of Heroes' recognition.

The previous feeling of seeing flowers through fog had changed. He now had a fair understanding of the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors.

According to the information he had received, the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors had nine levels. On each level, he could obtain one Human Emperor inheritance.

There were so many Human Emperors across All Heavens and Myriad Realms, yet the inheritance he received would always be the one most suited to him.

On this First Layer, he had obtained Emperor Wushi's inheritance, representing the pinnacle of the Human Dao Domain.

Beyond that, there was something incomparably important within the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors: the Luck Torch!

At the center of the First Layer of the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors stood a pillar, with a torch atop it.

Fortune was like fire. The stronger one's fortune, the more brightly the fire burned, and vice versa!

At this moment, calling it a Luck Torch would be less fitting than calling it a flicker of flame.

Without question, this Luck Torch was tied to his own fortune.

For offending Goddess Nüwa, the Holy Mother of Humanity, and being despised by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, his fortune had long since waned.

Even though he had killed two treacherous ministers today, it was merely a drop in the bucket, incapable of restoring his fortune.

The Luck Torch was not only closely connected to his own fortune; it also possessed two major effects.

The first effect was that the more fiercely the Luck Torch burned, the faster he could cultivate.

This was hardly surprising. Some Children of Fortune were favored by heaven and could break through realm after realm in a short time, ascending to the peak.

The second effect was that whenever the Luck Torch grew to a certain extent, he could randomly obtain a Myriad Heavens Treasure.

Myriad Heavens Treasures came in countless varieties. They might be peerless Artifacts, or heavenly treasures capable of allowing one to ascend to the heavens in a single step.

And now, because he had lit the Luck Torch for the first time, he had one opportunity to obtain a Myriad Heavens Treasure.

Without any needless flourish, he willed it, and a flash of light passed before a tree appeared in front of him.

It really was a tree! A Bodhi Tree! But it was the Undying Godly Medicine Bodhi Ancient Tree!

Not only could an Undying Medicine itself extend a Great Emperor's life by another lifetime, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree's own effects were equally heaven-defying.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree was a symbol of wisdom. Beneath it, one could not only increase one's wisdom, but it could also help one comprehend the Dao.

Amitabha Emperor had once comprehended the Dao beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Emperor Ye had created Emperor's Fist beneath it.

If he could cultivate beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he would naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.

With everything prepared, he no longer hesitated. Sitting cross-legged beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he began his first cultivation session.

Cultivation began with the Wheel of Life. Perceiving the Wheel of Life and opening the Sea of Bitterness was the first step of cultivation.

The moment he truly began cultivating, he immediately sensed the difference.

All at once, the contents of the Sea of Wheels volume of the Wushi Scripture surfaced in his mind, and layers of insight welled up in his heart.

Everything seemed to become instinctive. He perceived the Wheel of Life and opened the Sea of Bitterness.

Then came opening the Life Spring, erecting the Divine Bridge, and reaching the Other Shore. These were the four stages of cultivating the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm.

Who knew how much time had passed when, all of a sudden, his Sea of Bitterness began to rumble, and a phenomenon appeared.

Brilliant light filled his Sea of Bitterness, erupting with waves of sound like a tidal surge.

Ten thousand rays of divine light shone as brilliantly as rainbows. Golden waves surged, accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder, as the billows soared into the sky!

The sea surged to the heavens, roaring like thunder. Layer upon layer of towering waves crashed as the Sea of Bitterness transformed into a golden ocean!

This was only the beginning. As the Golden Sea of Bitterness gradually calmed, another phenomenon emerged.

Sea and sky became one. The azure heavens were like a bright mirror, while Golden Lotuses rose from the sea one after another, their leaves dotted with dewdrops, bursting with life and dazzlingly radiant.

Qingfeng swept past, and the emerald sea rippled. Golden Lotuses bloomed one after another, their rich vitality making it seem as though he had arrived in the primordial age when heaven and earth first opened, with hazy Chaos aura lingering in the air.

"Golden Sea of Bitterness, Sea of Bitterness Growing Golden Lotuses... I actually cultivated two great phenomena!"

Phenomena were not something anyone could possess simply by wanting them. Usually, only those with special physiques and outstanding aptitude could cultivate them.

Moreover, he soon discovered that although it felt as if he had cultivated for a long time, only one day had passed.

In a single day, he had not only cultivated the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm to Great Perfection, but also cultivated two great phenomena?

Could it be that he possessed some supreme physique? Or was he simply a peerless genius, allowing him to accomplish this?

But upon thinking carefully, he was the current Human Sovereign of the Human Race and also a descendant of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

He was not only a direct descendant of Human Sovereign Xuanyuan Huangdi, but also a direct descendant of Emperor Ku.

What did it mean to have impeccable lineage? What did it mean to be born of imperial blood?

This was it!

One had to know that in the Investiture of the Gods World, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were suppressing the Human Race's Fortune within Fire Cloud Cave.

Though not Saints, they could rival Saints. Calling them half-Saints would not be an exaggeration at all.

As a direct descendant of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, it was hardly strange that his bloodline was innately powerful.

Besides, he had just cultivated beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where cultivation yielded twice the result with half the effort.

More importantly, the Wushi Scripture could only be cultivated by the Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus.

The fact that he could obtain Emperor Wushi's inheritance already explained many things.

"I nearly forgot. This is the Investiture of the Gods World!"

In the Investiture of the Gods World, cultivating somewhat quickly was nothing unusual, especially for those protagonists favored by fortune.

Take Yang Jian, for instance. He had cultivated for only ten or twenty years, yet his cultivation was far higher than that of many seniors who had cultivated for countless ages.

Then there was Nezha. Not long after being born, he could soar through the heavens and dive into the sea, skinning and tearing the tendons from the Third Prince of the East Sea Dragon King.

As the current Human Sovereign of the Human Race, a direct descendant of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and with the aid of Human Emperor inheritances—

Reaching Great Perfection in the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm and cultivating two great phenomena in a single day did not seem all that outrageous.

"Fortune is the key. To open the door to the Second Layer, I will likewise need more fortune!" Zi Shou thought to himself.

Everything within the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors was closely tied to fortune. The stronger his own fortune, the more powerful the inheritance he could obtain.

He had only opened the First Layer of the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors, yet he had already obtained Emperor Wushi's inheritance.

Once he opened the Second Layer, what kind of inheritance would he obtain?

And the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors had nine levels!

There were also the Myriad Heavens Treasures. The Undying Godly Medicine Bodhi Ancient Tree already possessed boundless wondrous uses, so what about the other Myriad Heavens Treasures?

"With the Hall of Heroes of the Human Emperors, I may yet be able to reverse my fate!"

To him, this was hope!

And if he wished to reverse his fate, fortune was undoubtedly the most important thing.

Since all Gods and Buddhas had already decided his fate, he had nothing left to fear.