After entering the Secret Realm passage, Xu Jingming felt his vision blur, and the scenery around him abruptly changed.
When his vision cleared, he found himself standing on a massive circular platform.
The platform floated in the void, surrounded by an endless starry sky.
At the center of the platform stood a hundred-meter-tall stone stele, covered in intricate and profound secret patterns.
"So this is the Secret Realm space? It's somewhat different from the Secret Realms I entered before."
Xu Jingming looked around and found that Lu Yunji was nowhere beside him. It seemed they had been teleported to different locations.
Moreover, his range of movement seemed restricted to this circular platform, unlike other Secret Realm spaces where he could move freely.
Just then, the secret patterns on the stone stele lit up, and an aged voice echoed through the void:
"Twenty-two years old, Star Radiance Seventh-Order, Thunder and Lightning Domain Fifteenth Level, Destruction Domain Eighth Level.
Has mastered a T7 Level Dharma Form, with attainments in both body tempering and spirit refinement.
Judged to possess superior aptitude and qualified to begin the inheritance trial!
Crack 108 secret patterns to obtain my inheritance!"
Whoosh—
As soon as the voice faded, the secret patterns on the stone stele began flowing like living creatures, forming the first challenge upon its surface.
Xu Jingming focused his gaze and discovered that it was a complex diagram of energy circulation paths. He needed to deduce the next point of change.
"This secret-pattern diagram seems to be testing my comprehension."
Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.
Although most of his strength had been gained through Deep Blue's stat allocation.
The insights gained after allocating those points were no different from insights cultivated through his own training; there was not the slightest falsehood to them.
Naturally, he did