On Yi Xiang Peak, within the Inheritance Palace, outside that Inheritance Secret Chamber, not a single soul was in sight. Abbess Jingyi was not waiting there.
Inside the Inheritance Secret Chamber, Kong Que, Chen Chen, and Yu Yan were no longer in the study. Behind the wall that emitted a faint white glow beside the study lay an enormous space!
Luminous Pearls had been embedded into the mountain walls in every direction, like stars filling the sky, illuminating the entire space brightly. Beneath that starry sky, Kong Que, Chen Chen, and Yu Yan each sat cross-legged in a spot of their own, palms upward, eyes closed, silent.
Everything appeared tranquil. Yet beneath the glow of the Luminous Pearls, the seemingly dark mountain walls were embedded with countless stones of varying colors and sizes, arranged in a scattered yet orderly fashion. Though these multicolored stones covered the entire wall, they were remarkably neat. Stones of the same color might be grouped together, or several colors might be interwoven in a staggered pattern. There was an immensely strong sense of order to them, yet upon close inspection, nothing could be made out.
Though these stones possessed no dazzling radiance and were concealed beneath the Luminous Pearls, after looking at them for long enough, one would naturally realize that these stones were the true rulers of this starry sky!
Kong Que sat with her eyes closed beneath a fiery red stone, a trace of impatience on her face. Following the introductory incantation of the Ice Derivation Art, she had adjusted her breathing, opened every pore across her body, and tried again and again to sense the so-called Primordial Qi within the Secret Chamber. Alas, counting on her fingers, it was already the thirteenth day, yet there had been no effect whatsoever. Not only