Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal

A streak of light shot toward him at incredible speed. Bai Muye swept out his left hand, and layer upon layer of his domains contracted, then formed a round shield. In an instant, he placed fifteen layers of Domain Shields in front of himself.

With a series of soft pops, the red streak pierced all fifteen Domain Shields. But each time it broke through a layer, its power and speed diminished. By the time it reached Bai Muye, a full-powered strike from his God Slayer Spear dispersed it.

Bai Muye was rocked by the force, his blood and energy churning as he was hurled hundreds of meters away. But in the end, he was unhurt.

The Pig Monster gave him a resentful look. In the end, wary of Zhu Ang's threat, it returned to its own side. If it didn't, a couple of its teammates might be killed by the humans.

"Are you all right?"

When he returned to the group, Zhan Qiu looked over. Seeing him shake his head to show he was fine, Zhan Qiu smiled. "Good thing you spotted it early. And you even managed to take a hit from a Monster Race World Lord and come away unscathed. Impressive!"

Then Zhan Qiu switched to telepathy. "Before, the World Lords of the Alien Races we faced were almost always suppressed by Lord Zhu Ang and the others. They rarely had a chance to attack us Domain Lords. But this time is different. The World Lords on both sides are evenly matched, so they might be able to spare someone to attack us... The tallest tree catches the most wind!"

"Thanks," Bai Muye replied telepathically.

For the rest of the battle, he held back a little. Instead of focusing on killing the Monster Race's Domain Lords, he supported his teammates and helped Zhan Qiu kill several of them.

The battle finally ended after more than ten minutes, when the Immortals on both sides tacitly agreed to call it off.

They boarded the spacecraft, and Gong Nuoxiao piloted it toward the temporary military camp the Human Faction had set up on Chaotic Star Isle.

"We have you to thank for this," Bai Muye said to Xiao Si, his consciousness sinking into the Singularity. "If we'd waited until that Pig Monster got close before spotting it, we might not have had time..."

"Heh-heh..." Xiao Si said smugly. "I told you I could detect things. I wasn't lying, was I?"

"I know you're impressive... By the way, did you devour the soul of that Guyou Race World Lord who got blasted apart?"

"Of course. Want to see it now?"

"Let's wait until we're back at the temporary camp..."

After several days of travel, the spacecraft returned to the edge of Chaotic Star Isle, where the Human Faction had established a temporary military camp.

The camp was built on a fragment of a celestial body with a diameter of a million kilometers. It covered a vast area, and everyone could have a spacious residence of their own.

Back in his temporary residence, Bai Muye made sure no one would disturb him, then took the crystal out of his storage space.

It was a multifaceted Crystal Sphere about the size of a football. Almost transparent, it looked rather unremarkable.

I think I've seen this before, he mused. His eyes suddenly lit up. It seems to be a Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal...

Bai Muye held it in his palm and sent a wisp of Origin Energy into it. The Crystal Sphere immediately lit up.

Rays of multicolored light shone from within. The Crystal Sphere became like a rainbow-colored sun, and its light instantly filled the entire Training Room. Fortunately, the light couldn't pass through the walls, so none of it escaped outside.

Under the glow, the hair on Bai Muye's body stood on end. He felt a tingling sensation, as if lightning were brushing against his skin.

Sss, sss, sss~~~

Characters began to appear on the crystal. The strokes of the mysterious script resembled secret patterns. Though he couldn't recognize the characters, he understood their meaning at a glance.

The text read:

This is a "Heavenly Punishment" Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal. Any World Lord Rank being with a soul may receive the complete inheritance of the Heavenly Punishment Divine Envoy.

After receiving the inheritance, one may begin cultivating the Heavenly Punishment Divine Envoy Secret Technique.

Upon mastering the entire secret technique, one may become a Divine Envoy Candidate. A candidate may fuse this Crystal Sphere into their body. If successful, they will become the next Heavenly Punishment Divine Envoy.

In the vast universe, there is only one Heavenly Punishment Divine Envoy. While the current Heavenly Punishment Divine Envoy remains in office, all other inheritors who have mastered the secret technique can only become candidates. Only when the current Heavenly Punishment Divine Envoy falls will a new one emerge from among the candidates.

An Inheritance Crystal may pass on its inheritance once every 10,081 eras. This crystal last passed on its inheritance 10,081 eras ago. Another 58 years or so are needed before the next inheritance can be passed on...

"So it really is a Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal." Bai Muye withdrew his Origin Energy, and the crystal's light immediately faded. "I got lucky. The next inheritance can be passed on in just over fifty years..."

"But this Inheritance Crystal requires a World Lord Rank being to cultivate its secret technique..." Bai Muye shook his head. "I'm only a Domain Lord right now. I'll have to reach the World Lord Rank before I can receive the inheritance..."

He remembered that the original story had mentioned how it was best not to master this kind of inheritance. Otherwise, one's potential would be capped. At best, one could reach the Invincible King Rank; becoming a Venerable was absolutely impossible.

If only it were a Beast God Inheritance Token. I'd even settle for a Divine General Inheritance...

He sank his consciousness into the Singularity, and Xiao Si's voice rang out. "What's this? It looks delicious..."

"Don't do anything reckless," Bai Muye said with an exasperated laugh. "You want to taste everything. Aren't you afraid you'll choke? This is an Ancestral God Sect Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal. It can pass on a powerful secret technique. If you want to eat it, wait until I've received the inheritance..."

"Show me the memories of that Guyou Race World Lord. I want to see how it got this Inheritance Crystal."

After reviewing the memories, he learned that the Guyou Race World Lord had gotten it through sheer luck. It had stumbled across it during a trial organized by its race.

It hadn't known how precious the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal was, nor had it known of the Ancestral God Sect. Still, that hadn't stopped it from keeping the crystal with it so it could receive the inheritance in fifty-odd years.

In its memories, it had often imagined what it would be like to receive the inheritance, cultivate all the way to the top, become the strongest in its race, and lead its people to dominate the universe.

Unfortunately, it had died before it could achieve anything. It had been killed by a human Immortal before it ever got the chance to receive the inheritance.

The other World Lord's memories were nothing special, and its experiences were nearly identical. The one pleasant surprise was that the two Guyou Race cultivators had practiced different laws: Light Law and Wood Law.

"That works out nicely. Now I've filled in the last two of the eight Lower Laws..."

After absorbing the insights from the other World Lords, he had crossed the threshold of all six other Lower Laws, apart from Light and Wood.

"You've finished reviewing the memories. Do you want to start a deep fusion?" Xiao Si asked. "With your soul and consciousness as they are now, you should be able to finish fusing with one of them in less than a month."

"Not for now!" Bai Muye shook his head. "They're different from the other World Lords. They had a Venerable as their teacher, and powerful Immortals often came to instruct them. Those lessons are valuable references for me, so I want to keep watching them for a while..."

"That makes sense. After all, I don't understand your cultivation path, so I can't guide you..."

Bai Muye wore an expression of unmistakable anticipation. "You know, that Inheritance Crystal wasn't even my biggest gain..."

"Then what was?" Xiao Si asked curiously.

"Do you know why those two Guyou Race World Lords could fight at the level of Ordinary Immortals despite being World Lords?"

"Why?" Xiao Si asked, playing the eager straight man—a job with a bright future.

"They had each gained a sliver of insight into one of the two Upper Laws: time and space." Bai Muye took a deep breath. "That was how they could use Telepathic Weapons similar to the Wood Divine Weapon and Light Divine Weapon among the Nine Great Divine Weapons wielded by controllers in the Human Clan. They hadn't mastered them, but working together, they could indeed threaten an Ordinary Immortal..."

"Unfortunately, Gong Nuoxiao took the Divine Weapons they had with them... But that's beside the point. Although they hadn't gained much understanding of the Space-Time Law, they gave me a basic grasp of these two Upper Laws. At the very least, I'm no longer completely at a loss like before—"

"That's my biggest gain!"