Inheritance Trial: 9,000-Word Mega Chapter

Under the green-haired old man's urging—or rather, threat—Zhou Yang had little time to think and had no choice but to step onto the stone stairs leading to the Dao Palace atop the mountain.

The moment his foot landed on the first step, the scene before him suddenly changed, and he appeared inside a great hall.

There were four bookshelves in the hall, each marked with a single large character: Formation, Artifact, Pill, and Talisman. They were filled with vast numbers of jade slips.

"Throughout my life, I dominated the Spiritual Realm through the Dao of formations. I dare say that in the art of formations, I stood at the very summit of this world—none before me, and few to come after!"

"Beyond formations, I was also well versed in artifact forging, alchemy, and talismans, inferior to few in any of them."

"My inheritor need not cultivate my cultivation method, but must inherit my skills."

"Receive my Dao lineage, carry forward my legacy, spread my name—this is my wish."

A deep, forceful voice seemed to cross endless time and space as it rang beside Zhou Yang's ears.

He quickly understood the contents of this trial.

The trial was simple. Of the four paths—formations, artifact forging, alchemy, and talismans—he had to learn them all within a limited time and reach a certain standard.

Zhou Yang did not know what means Donglai True Person would use to determine whether he had met the requirements, but time was pressing, and he had no leisure to dwell on it. He hurried to the bookshelf marked "Formation," took out a jade slip titled "General Outline of Formations," and began studying it.

He was already a Tier 5 Mid-grade Artifact Forger and a Tier 4 Mid-grade Talisman Master. He did not need to worry about failing