As the three powerful figures pondered their respective plans, Duan Donghe reappeared on the throne. With a wave of his hand, a section of the floor in the main hall rose up, revealing a round stone slab floating in the air and exposing a dark and deep cave entrance. Faint red energy waves distorted within, revealing a deep crimson color.
"Those who wish to receive the inheritance, go in," Duan Donghe said. "Receive the complete inheritance, live. Touch even a trace of it, die."
"If you're scared, go back now."
"The gate will remain open, and you can let your people and friends come and try it, the more the better."
In the quiet hall, only Duan Donghe's voice echoed.
"Make your choice." After a long while, his figure vanished like dust.
Ye Muxuan had no reason to hesitate. A white shadow flashed past, and he was the first to enter the cave entrance, plunging into the crimson waves.
He was very familiar with the feeling of spacetime distortion; it was the same feeling he had when he entered the Chaos Ruins in the Initial Universe.
Leaving the passage, there was a dark gray hall. As Ye Muxuan looked around the hall, the Lord of Mist Transformation and the Master Luchong also arrived.
With the inheritance right before their eyes, they naturally wouldn't let it slip by. After only a brief moment of deliberation, they entered directly.
If someone who has only cultivated for a few hundred thousand epochs dares to venture in, what chance do they have?
When all three Universe Lords arrived, invisible energy began to coalesce, eventually forming the figure of Duan Donghe. "Since you're all here, let's begin the first selection."
Apart from Ye Muxuan, the other two felt a chill run down their spines.
The selection process is unpredictable; nobody knows what the selection criteria are, let alone whether they will pass the screening.
"Rise!" Duan Donghe pointed to the floor of the hall, and with a whoosh, the ground suddenly split open to the sides, and a strange machine gradually emerged from it. It was a Rubik's Cube-like device, dark red in color, with numerous Law Secret Patterns on its surface. The mystery of these Secret Pattern made the three powerful figures present feel dizzy and unable to comprehend them.
Click! A door suddenly cracked open in the Rubik's Cube Instrument.
"Let one in, then we'll filter them," Duan Donghe said directly. "Only one can go in at a time. Let's begin."
Both the Lord of Mist Transformation and the Master Luchong looked at Ye Muxuan at this moment.
You were always the first one in before, so you can be the first one in this time.
The Huangu Clone appeared and took over the Bixiao Palace, but the Huangu Battle Armor on his body appeared on Ye Muxuan's main body.
The Lord of Mist Transformation and the Master Luchong scrutinized the Shadow Blade Master's true form and strongest clone with somewhat strange expressions, but ultimately made no move.
The illusory image of the Duan Donghe remained completely still.
Ye Muxuan stepped out and entered the Rubik's Cube Instrument without any hesitation or delay. Immediately afterward, the door of the Rubik's Cube Instrument closed.
Inside the Rubik's Cube Instrument was a void, like an independent space-time. After Ye Muxuan entered, twisted Secret Pattern appeared in the void, the white Secret Pattern shining with light. An invisible power appeared out of thin air and instantly penetrated into Ye Muxuan's soul.
Even with the Chaos Treasure, the Mysterious Xuanling Tower, guarding his soul, this invisible power could still penetrate every bit of Ye Muxuan's divine power and every bit of his soul.
Ye Muxuan stared at the distorted white Secret Pattern in the void. Was this... a fragment of the Heart Array and the Will Array? And the Illusion Array runes intertwined?
How could array patterns be combined like this?
Although his main focus was on Killing Array, Life Formation Disk was the Shadow Admiration Blade, he was not entirely ignorant of other formation paths. In particular, the silver Formation Base given to him by the Pagoda Spirit was a combination of Illusion Array and Will Array, which he had previously studied.
However, he was not a powerful figure like the Universe Master Mingwu or the Darkness Demon God, who specialized in the soul cultivation school, and his Life Formation Disk was Killing Array, so his comprehension effect was far inferior to theirs.
If Universe Master Mingwu and his group were to see these intertwined array patterns, they would likely gain quite a bit.
Thinking this to himself, a moment later, the distorted Secret Pattern in the void dissipated, and the eerie power faded away as well.
Click.
The door opened, and Ye Muxuan stepped out.
Duan Donghe gave Ye Muxuan a deep look, a subtle, almost imperceptible smile in his eyes, "It matches!"
Upon seeing that the Shadow Blade Master had entered and met the requirements, both the Lord of Mist Transformation and the Master Luchong breathed a sigh of relief, and the Master Luchong immediately stepped into the Rubik's Cube Instrument.
A moment later.
"You qualify!"
"You qualify!"
After initial screening, all three universe lords met the requirements.
The second step involves screening and entering the passage to fight the monster "Kuiluo." You can use any means necessary except to hide in the Palace Supreme Treasure.
The three cosmic lords entered the passage and faced a monster—a monster that was Bu Si, could not be killed, and whose strength could gradually increase.
Starting as merely fourth-tier universe masters, after exchanging a few blows with each of them, they immediately rose to fifth-tier power, then became sixth-tier universe masters possessing Supreme Treasure of the Universe, and finally advanced to seventh-tier.
Peak Seventh Order!
Eighth rank!
Top-tier eighth rank!
Ninth Rank!
In the end, Ye Muxuan felt that he could rival the Giant Axe Founder possessed the Giant Axe of the Life Formation Disk, and his power was at least at the top level of the ninth rank.
That punch blasted over and annihilated most of the Lord of Mist Transformation's divine body. If he hadn't dodged quickly, the Lord of Mist Transformation would have definitely perished!
The Master Luchong possesses the Luchong God Armor, and Ye Muxuan possesses the Huangu Battle Armor. Both of them have stronger resistance to attacks. Moreover, Ye Muxuan's true form is, after all, 35,000 times the life gene, and the quality of his divine power is more than three times purer than that of the Master Luchong and the others.
Furthermore, with his Life Formation Disk, the Shadow Admiration Blade, by the time Kuiluo stopped, the Lord of Mist Transformation's divine body had lost 75%, the Master Luchong's divine body had lost 46%, while Ye Muxuan had only lost 5%, which had almost no impact on his strength.
Not to mention, within the main hall of the first floor of the Xuanling Tower, there remains a portion of the divine power of the Nine Nether Ocean.
Kuiluo stopped moving, and the three cosmic lords flew out of the passage and continued forward, guided by the Duan Donghe, until they entered another wide corridor.
On both sides of the corridor, there are illusory figures on the stone pillars. There are 123 illusory figures on the left, with various Secret Pattern forming a perfect energy cycle. There are 10,080 illusory figures on the right, which are just loose skeletons.
Rhino Emperor Game!
"This is the Rhino Emperor Game!" Duan Donghe's voice rang out, "It's one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Ancient Civilization, enjoyed by everyone from children to super-powerful individuals in their spare time."
With a touch of reminiscence in his words, Duan Donghe recounted the importance of the Rhino Emperor Game. Then, before each of the three men, a stone pillar gleaming with a hazy, colorful light rose up; these were their respective Rhino Emperor Game Solving Pillar.
"It's a game?" the Lord of Mist Transformation exclaimed. "I never expected a game to be a test."
"Foolish! What does an Alien Race know!" The Master Luchong sneered. "A game that even Ancient Civilization call a game, and that even super-powerful beings take seriously, you actually consider a game?"
The two argued, while Duan Donghe watched quietly. Seeing his illusory figure about to dissipate, Ye Muxuan stepped forward and spoke, "Lord Duan Donghe, I estimate that within three eras, I won't be able to solve 6000 problems. I wonder if it's possible to directly obtain the inheritance after solving over 5000 problems?"
The Master Luchong was extremely arrogant, believing himself to be second to none, and even confident that he could solve up to six thousand puzzles. However, he did not expect that this peerless human genius would frankly admit that he could only solve up to five thousand puzzles!
"You... had contact with the Rhino Emperor Game before?" Duan Donghe was about to dissipate, looked at Ye Muxuan and asked.
"Yes, this junior has had contact with the Rhino Emperor Game." As soon as Ye Muxuan said this, the Master Luchong Lord of Mist Transformation changed drastically, and their respective avatars left in the Holy Land Universe immediately reported!
If everyone were on the same starting line, they would believe they wouldn't be weaker than the other strong competitors. But now they don't even know the rules, and others are already close to the finish line. How can this competition continue?
How many of these situations have you analyzed?
"To date, I have solved 5133 puzzles." As for the claim that he hadn't been focused on solving puzzles for the previous hundreds of thousands of epochs, there was no need for that. He only needed to state the facts, and Duan Donghe would naturally make the judgment.
Ye Muxuan waved his arm, and one after another, complete Secret Pattern Rhino Emperor Game appeared in the corridor, stretching endlessly up to 5133. The Rhino Emperor Game that had already been solved were easy to simulate.
Duan Donghe's illusory image solidified, giving Ye Muxuan a deep look. Two beams of colorful light emerged from the stone pillars beside the Lord of Mist Transformation and the Master Luchong, landing on the two. Before the two Universe Lords could even form an expression, their auras instantly dissipated.
Soul Annihilation!
Within the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe, the Purple Moon Ancestor, who had been summoned for a long time, finally appeared. Amidst the kneeling worship of all the universe lords and the Universe Supreme Being, it was only a few moments before the Master Luchong spoke. His avatar's expression changed, and after only managing to utter the five words "Duan Donghe Inheritance," the avatar vanished with a "bang."
Clearly, the Master Luchong has been Soul Annihilation and has perished!
The expressions of many powerful figures from the Purple Moon Holy Land changed drastically. Even a sixth-tier Universe Lord, possessing the most powerful Supreme Treasure Armor, couldn't resist for even a moment. Just what exactly was this "Duan Donghe Inheritance"?
"Investigate! We must find out where the Luchong ended up, what it encountered, and what this 'Duan Donghe Inheritance' is!" The Universe Supreme Being Juehua True God, from the Purple Moon Holy Land roared angrily, his voice echoing throughout the entire Purple Moon Cliff.
"Duan Donghe —the inheritance—" The Purple Moon Ancestor seemed to have thought of something, his voice echoing in the ears of the Juehua True God, "At all costs, seize the inheritance; I need it."
At the same time, within the East Emperor Holy Land Universe, just as the Eastern Emperor Ancestor appeared, the Lord of Mist Transformation was annihilated into nothingness with a "bang," leaving the Eastern Emperor Ancestor completely bewildered.
So, they made me appear just to make a sound?
"Check!"
The Two Holy Land Universes have mobilized all their powerful figures, causing a surge of turbulent winds and clouds in the Universe Ocean!