Thus, Lu Qing's incarnation was pondering the broader trend of cultivation across the Nine Heavens.
Over in the West Sea, the same circumstances were beginning to emerge.
It could be said that cultivators from many major powers throughout the Nine Heavens had basically appeared here. Some concealed their figures and slipped in unnoticed.
Others arrived with great fanfare, making no attempt to hide their purpose.
West Sea Inheritance Grounds.
Several figures descended into it.
Looking around, all he could see was an expanse of boundless white.
When Divine Consciousness probed outward, it abruptly melted away without a trace.
A young deity frowned slightly. Though his expression remained cold and proud, a hint of caution appeared within it.
"This place truly is not simple. It devours Divine Consciousness, yet not entirely."
The young deity had encountered such methods before. In the past, such measures had been used in ruins to restrain cultivators from acting too recklessly.
They also displayed the strength and might of the cultivators who had left behind the ruins' inheritance.
Yet there was no need for such measures here.
Seeing that the place where he stood was surrounded only by white mist, and that his Divine Consciousness could not probe through it, the young deity made no further move.
Instead, he recalled the hints his clan had vaguely given them before they entered.
After entering, they only needed to follow the process.
Sure enough.
A cold, emotionless voice rang through the place.
"This is the Inheritance Grounds. Challengers, please choose the Great Dao trial you wish to undertake."
That voice was utterly frigid, without the slightest ripple.
As its words fell, several vast doors appeared before the young deity.
The white mist seemed to have thinned somewhat, yet it also seemed as though it had never dispersed at