Immortal Legacy

Penglai overseas, Lingxiao in the heavens.

Underground.

One of the three great inheritance grounds, the Mingqiong Sacred Land.

A majestic aura swept across the Mingqiong Platform. The bells upon the platform rang out like rolling thunder, causing the inheritance grounds of every divine palace to tremble.

Emperor Mu, who was in the midst of closed-door cultivation, rose to his feet. The power of lightning laws rippled across his imposing frame, and the purple electricity coiling around his body crackled incessantly, suffused with waves of baleful energy.

Killing intent glinted in the eyes of Emperor Mu.

At the same time...

Inside Qinggan Palace.

Chen Beixun gripped the Gold Soul Stone in his hand, waiting for the Demon Island Vine within his world ring to complete its final transformation.

"It's done!" A look of pleasant surprise flashed across Chen Beixun's eyes as he exclaimed excitedly, "We've braved so many perilous lands, come on, old partner!"

The Demon Island Vine emerged from the world ring and immediately transformed into a suit of armor, attaching itself to Chen Beixun. The Demon Island Vine armor was more scarlet than ever before—or, to be precise, more ferocious.

"The evolution level of the Demon Island Vine has reached 56%. The number of main vines has increased to 231, with a total length reaching 9,811 kilometers!" Chunqiu reported, its snail-like form clinging to Chen Beixun.

"Let's go!" Chen Beixun's gaze was like a torch. He immediately flew out of Qinggan Palace, heading toward the Mingqiong Sacred Land.

The Mingqiong Sacred Land was vast and boundless, shaped like a giant dome. Above, technology simulated the sky, creating a veritable paradise where rivers surged forward and towering mountain ranges stood on either side.

Chen Beixun looked around and asked, "Chunqiu, how large is this place?"

"354,751.2 square kilometers," the thumb-sized snail replied via the auxiliary optical computer.

"Hmm." Chen Beixun was not overly surprised.

After all, he had seen giant life bases outside that used stars as their cores.

"There! The signal wave is coming from that direction," Chunqiu marked a coordinate. "Southwest, straight ahead, 726.68 kilometers."

"Master, I sense the aura of a Domain Lord," the Demon Island Vine transmitted this vital information directly to Chen Beixun through their consciousness.

"A Domain Lord?" Chen Beixun's heart churned with thousands of waves while in flight, but he quickly calmed himself down.

"It must be Emperor Mu. Although Emperor Ta is also at the ninth level of the Universe stage, he is still some distance away from being a Domain Lord!"

"This is going to be tricky." Chen Beixun remained expressionless, his mind racing to devise a countermeasure.

"That Domain Lord only just broke through and is deliberately hiding his aura. Master, I could grind a hundred of these types into dust!" the Demon Island Vine transmitted.

"Yes, with your strength, Demon Island Vine, it is absolutely no problem!" Chen Beixun's mouth twitched.

Clearly, he was being overly nervous.

"I spent too long in the lower levels, back when I had to look up to Universe-stage powerhouses. My former self wouldn't even have been fit to carry a Domain Lord's shoes." Thinking of this, Chen Beixun accelerated the telekinetic weapon beneath his feet.

"Chunqiu, expand the reconnaissance range. Demon Island Vine, prepare for battle at any moment," Chen Beixun commanded.

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

"Exhilarating!" Chen Beixun felt the thrill brought on by high-speed flight.

Having once struggled to survive in the cosmic 'Asura field' with extreme caution, he now felt a sense of having survived a great disaster.

"I must become even stronger to have the confidence to stand tall." Chen Beixun secretly swore to himself.

A short while later...

"Is that a 'World Castle'?!" Chen Beixun caught a glimpse of it from afar, shocked. A pitch-black castle stood abruptly in the distance.

'World Castle.'

'World Gem.'

'World Ring,' and so on.

These were all special treasures capable of holding living creatures or items of immense value.

Chen Beixun was deeply shaken; in terms of scale, it was far larger than what he had seen in the Ghostly World Lord Realm.

"The exposed portion is estimated to be 12 kilometers high. This World Castle has a shielding function, making it impossible to measure the whole thing," Chunqiu said.

"The World Castle in the Ghostly World Lord Realm was only 10 kilometers... This... this is an Immortal-level treasure! It might belong to an Immortal God at the level of a general in the Xuyu Universe Kingdom military!" Chen Beixun appeared calm on the surface, but inside, his mind was a whirlwind of shock, madness, and other conflicting emotions.

"16 Universe-stage powerhouses and one Domain Lord-stage. The Domain Lord is indeed Emperor Mu." Chen Beixun scanned the group not far away with a calm gaze. "You cunning old fox, you might have fooled others, but you cannot fool me!"

Chen Beixun couldn't help but increase his speed, rushing forward.

"Haha, I'm late. Sorry to keep you all waiting," Chen Beixun said with a smile.

"Peak of the early stage of the Ancient Emperor Realm. Not bad strength," the cold, gloomy man standing before the castle gate remarked coldly.

"I have long heard of the prestige of Emperor Ta," Chen Beixun replied.

"Cut the useless talk. Once you're inside, keep your head down," the man said sharply.

Chen Beixun's gaze swept over Emperor Ta: four meters tall, clad in brilliant golden armor, standing on strange, icy flying wheels, with six pairs of technological wings sprouting from his back. He was known as the Red-Faced Ghost, Emperor Ta.

Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of deafening roars erupted.

"It's time."

Chen Beixun looked toward Emperor Mu, who was clad in pitch-black battle armor and wielding a war blade. He charged forward, leading the way toward the massive, open gates. Behind him followed Emperor Ta, Emperor Jing, Wood Grain Ancient Emperor, and a host of other powerhouses.

Chen Beixun braced himself, stepped onto his fourth-level telekinetic flying weapon, the Gold Cloud Shuttle, and soared inside. After a flash of light, he arrived at a place...

Chen Beixun scanned his surroundings.

Lightning flashed across the sky, and the roars of exotic beasts echoed periodically.

The area was surrounded by volcanoes, with craters spewing rolling magma. Fierce beasts roamed the land, and violent winds whipped up, carrying scorching lava that ravaged the terrain.

"Chunqiu, scan the surroundings and map a route directly to the Center Island. Demon Island Vine, stay alert," Chen Beixun commanded briefly.

He crouched down to scoop up a handful of sand, exclaiming in surprise, "This sand is actually B2-grade metal!"

"Whew." Chen Beixun smiled faintly and sped away.

"In the valley ahead, fly 2,230 kilometers forward, then turn left and fly another 1,585 kilometers. At the 127-kilometer mark of the first valley section, there is one Universe-level third-tier and one Universe-level fourth-tier cultivator. Their strength is too low to be a concern," Chunqiu reminded him.

Chen Beixun chuckled upon hearing this. "Universe-level? Heh... just the right targets to test my blades on!"

At this moment, above a certain valley...

"Spear Emperor! He's coming," Li Emperor said, his gaze shifting toward the man in black armor beside him.

In the distance, Chen Beixun sensed them and quickly locked onto the pair.

The nine crystals deep within his sea of consciousness vibrated slightly. Under Chen Beixun's guidance, they formed a formation: two above, four below, and three in the center. The top two hovered in the vanguard, piercing directly into the enemy's soul; the bottom four acted as cavalry to flank and support the central three, which were the third, fifth, and ninth crystals—the most difficult to condense and the most powerful.

"Go," Chen Beixun smiled faintly, the killing intent in his eyes no longer hidden.

The top two pierced directly into the soul for a frontal assault, while the bottom four split into two groups of two, forming a Taiji formation that alternated between offense and defense, invading Li Emperor's sea of consciousness.

Li Emperor's eyes widened instantly. "Ah!" he shrieked.

His soul was torn open by the top two crystals, and the central three surged in, shredding it frantically. The bottom four merged into a Four Symbols formation, continuously battering the soul until it shattered and could no longer hold together. The top two returned.

Chen Beixun activated the Tianqu Cone, its 36 flying blades forming the Heavenly Path Lower Formation, descending like a road from the heavens, thousands of mountains erupting like fire.

The flying blades hummed with a metallic "clanging," and a rain of blade light filled the sky, as brilliant as stars falling from the nine heavens.

Li Emperor's eyes went vacant. Ignoring the shouts of Spear Emperor, he plummeted into the valley, swept away by the howling wind like a rudderless boat, rising and falling in the gale.

"Damn it!" Spear Emperor thrust his hands forward, and black mist spread from his arms. With a strange "crackle," a hundred small swords shot out from the mist toward Chen Beixun. The Demon Island Armor on Chen Beixun's body extended four or five vines, blocking them all.

Chen Beixun's body radiated biting cold as he unleashed his full power, controlling the Heavenly Path Lower Formation to contract, intending to trap and kill Spear Emperor.

Spear Emperor's face twisted with ferocity as he struck the Heavenly Path Lower Formation with his arms in an exaggerated motion. After a few "clangs" and "pings," only a pile of minced meat and wisps of blood mist remained; the flesh sizzled on the scorching ground.

"Striking a stone with an egg," Chen Beixun said with disdain.

Having finished off his enemies, Chen Beixun sped away from the scene.

Inside a mountain cave—the entrance only five or six meters high—which Chen Beixun had carved out himself.

"Time to rest. Chunqiu, based on the map, how large is this place?"

"According to the map, it is approximately 5.1 million square kilometers. Fortunately, our teleportation point was close to the Center Island; we are about 1.05 million kilometers away," Chunqiu, manifested as a snail, hovered beside Chen Beixun.

Chen Beixun sat on the ground, deep in thought. "This large valley is the shortest path to the Center Island. Judging by the distance at which Spear Emperor and Li Emperor ambushed me, there must be quite a few others who landed nearby."

The World Castle was divided into three areas: the first, the Beast Fire Domain, where the exotic beasts reached the Domain Lord level.

The second, Green Flame Old Mountain, was relatively safe.

The third, the Center Island, floated at the heart of the world, 6,900 meters above the ground. It covered an area of 10,000 square kilometers, filled with countless treasures and hidden dangers.

In a hidden location.

Someone was monitoring everything.

"Demon Island Vine? Soul secret technique? Gold Soul Stone?!"

"Twenty-four thousand years! Finally, a decent little fellow has arrived."

"Master... sigh... it has been twenty-four thousand years."

240,000 years ago...

The cosmic galaxy is the pursuit of countless people, and the young Murong Shujia was no exception. When he was a child, Murong Shujia once asked his father, "How big is that starry sky?"

His father would always smile and tell him, "Go see for yourself one day." As he grew, Murong Shujia's yearning for the starry sky became an obsession in his heart.

"Father, the starry sky is beautiful, and the universe is truly vast." Having become an Immortal, Murong Shujia was fleeing in panic through the Dark Universe, his body severely wounded and his life hanging by a thread.

Murong Shujia could be called a peerless genius rarely seen in an age, yet this starry sky was never short of geniuses.

It was like an ancient imperial examination.

Even if you are a piece of gold, this imperial palace is already resplendent with gold and jade; you are a genius who has overcome thousands of hardships to reach this hall, but there is no last place here—only the top 100 in the entire nation!

Murong Shujia had worked hard his entire life, risked his life in secret realms, and earned the title of 'Marquis of Fate' on the extraterritorial battlefields.

He was just like Huyan Bo—too solitary, far too solitary. An innocent man is guilty of his own treasure; because he possessed a great treasure and lacked a background, other powerhouses had no qualms about killing him!

"I have already given the treasure to you, what more do you want!" Murong Shujia roared in anger.

"Haha, you are all alone, severely wounded, and have neither a master nor a faction to back you; you are dead for sure!"

Inside the Dark Universe, countless malevolent black light spots struck Murong Shujia's F-grade spaceship, causing it to rock violently.

"Die!" A massive force pierced through the F-grade spaceship, striking directly at Murong Shujia's soul. He stumbled, nearly collapsing to the ground. Unable to care about anything else, Murong Shujia summoned a mysterious golden bell covered in runes.

Murong Shujia forced his body to hold on, channeling the golden bell in his hand as a golden light enveloped the F-grade spaceship.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 8! 9! 10!

"The spaceship has reached 30 times the speed of light! It is accelerating! Full acceleration! 40 times! 50 times!" the AI lifeform shouted anxiously.

When he turned his head back.

"Master, you..." The AI lifeform's expression was grim.

"It's alright. I had long anticipated this day. Let's fly out of this universe country first and find a place to leave behind my inheritance," Murong Shujia said, leaning against the metal cabin wall.

The places Murong Shujia chose were Tianwen Planet and Dili Planet.

"Xiao Qi! I leave the matter of the inheritance to you!"

"Understood! Master, I will certainly ensure the inheritance continues," Xiao Qi said respectfully.

Murong Shujia closed his eyes, reminiscing about his life.

"If only I could have been more cautious, if only I..." Murong Shujia's divine body gradually crumbled until it vanished into nothingness.