Opening the Inheritance, Secrets of Heaven's Creation

The members of the Yuan Clan felt the fierce beast's Quasi-Saint cultivation, and the pressure of a Quasi-Saint pinned them in place, unable to move.

After all, apart from Yuan Zhexian, the strongest among them was Yuan Ruochu, at the ninth stage of the Dao Body Realm.

The gap in cultivation was simply too great, so a single trace of a Quasi-Saint's presence was enough to hold them completely immobile.

Relying on their powerful resolve, they slowly recovered and prepared to step forward to help Yuan Zhexian. But he raised a hand and said, "Just watch. I will slay this mere fierce beast."

Yuan Zhexian then flew into the void, his spiritual power surging as the power of his Double Pupils gathered once more.

A vast spatial rift appeared in the sky, and an enormous double pupil emerged within it, looking down upon the earth with a light as brilliant as starlight.

Yuan Zhexian called softly to the fierce beast, "Double Pupils Open Heaven and Earth!"

The enormous double pupil in the spatial rift instantly unleashed a vast, terrifying beam as brilliant as starlight, shooting straight at the beast. Countless small purple patterned rings instantly appeared around the beast.

Lightning flickered across the surfaces of the countless purple patterned rings, and each ring fired a terrifying bolt. The countless bolts collided with the starlight-like Double Pupils Open Heaven and Earth. A dazzling light erupted where the two forces met, neither yielding an inch.

Divine radiance once again emerged around Yuan Zhexian, forming an enormous golden hexagonal Supreme ring covered in mysterious symbols.

The power of the Supreme Bone then flowed into the light of the Double Pupils. A layer of golden divine radiance appeared on the starlike light before it swallowed the beast's countless terrifying lightning bolts and pierced straight through its body.

Drip, drip. Looking at the blood dripping from its body onto the ground, the beast widened its eyes and said in disbelief, "A Supreme Bone? You have a Supreme Bone too? Even if you have Double Pupils and a Supreme Bone, how could your peak Dao Body Realm cultivation possibly injure me? I'm a Quasi-Saint!"

With that, it threw back its head and roared. Roar! Roar! The terrifying sound tore through the clouds, shaking the cave behind the beast and the mountain range connected to it completely flat.

After calming down, the beast said to Yuan Zhexian, "You managed to injure me, so you do have the right to be proud. But die anyway!"

It transformed into a ball of lightning and sped toward Yuan Zhexian. In the blink of an eye, it came

to his side. Its tail, as hard as a saintly weapon, lashed straight at him.

Yuan Zhexian smiled coldly. "Are we competing in physical strength now?" With that, he used the power of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth and met it with a punch.

The mighty tail and the terrifyingly powerful fist clashed, sending both combatants flying back dozens of meters. They immediately began fighting again, claw against fist, fist against tail. Thus, the two began a physical clash in the void.

Their figures flashed through the void as they struck at each other again and again. The powerful shockwaves from their clashes devastated the terrain for more than a thousand kilometers around them, and blasted an enormous, bottomless pit into the ground below.

Yuan Zhexian then flew higher into the void, and the golden hexagonal Supreme ring behind him began to grow.

He shouted at the beast, "Heaven's Judgment!"

At Yuan Zhexian's cry of "Heaven's Judgment," terrifying power gathered along the six sides of the golden hexagonal Supreme ring.

As he raised his right hand, the terrifying power on the six sides fired six enormous golden beams at the beast.

Seeing Yuan Zhexian unleash such a terrifying technique, the beast immediately erupted with the presence of a Quasi-Saint, channeling terrifying spiritual power into its right claw.

It extended its right claw, palm upward, and began compressing the terrifying spiritual power. A ball of light of middling size, crackling with purple lightning, appeared in its palm.

It tossed the compressed ball of purple lightning into the void. Its presence surged, and it instantly became an enormous ball of purple lightning that hurtled toward Heaven's Judgment.

When the enormous ball of purple lightning met Heaven's Judgment, the two sides were locked in a stalemate once more. But the beast had learned its lesson this time. Rather than wait for Yuan Zhexian to add the power of his Double Pupils again, it threw out another compressed ball of purple lightning.

The two balls of purple lightning overlapped and slowly began to overpower Heaven's Judgment, pushing toward Yuan Zhexian.

Watching the beast apply what it had learned, Yuan Zhexian smiled faintly. He turned his raised right hand palm-up and clenched it. Heaven's Judgment, still locked in the struggle, suddenly flashed gold and exploded.

The force of the explosion also detonated the overlapping balls of purple lightning. The surging force released by Heaven's Judgment and the surges from the balls of purple lightning slammed into the beast before it could react.

The three powerful surges smashed the beast into the ground, leaving a bottomless pit.

The Yuan Clan members, along with the Yu Clan's divine son and the Jun Lineage's divine son, were too shocked to speak at the sight.

It had once again changed their understanding of how terrifying Yuan Zhexian's strength was. He had defeated a Quasi-Saint at the peak of the Dao Body Realm. It was unbelievable.

Perhaps Yuan Zhexian was the only person who had managed it since the era when heaven was created.

A trace of exhaustion showed on Yuan Zhexian's face. His several clashes with the beast had consumed an immense amount of spiritual power.

The beast slowly rose into the air, dragging its wounded body along. It roared at Yuan Zhexian, "You forced me to do this! You forced me!"

It frantically gathered the utmost spiritual power of its Quasi-Saint cultivation in its mouth, then spat a beam of purple light into the sky.

The light vanished into the clouds, which gradually darkened into an enormous circular storm cloud. Countless huge bolts of purple lightning flashed at its center, their terrifying power seemingly capable of destroying this space.

The beast roared again, "Extreme Lightning Annihilation!"

Countless bolts of purple lightning gathered into an enormous purple lightning dragon with eight wings. Carrying terrifying lightning power, the dragon flew toward Yuan Zhexian.

Chaos radiance then poured from Yuan Zhexian's body. It had formed from Chaos Qi after he absorbed the Heaven Essence Blood.

He extended his right hand, and a mysterious grayish-white square pattern instantly appeared over it. Yuan Zhexian said to the purple dragon, "Destroy All Things!"

The mysterious grayish-white square pattern passed through the purple lightning dragon's head. When it reached the middle of the dragon's body, grayish-white light burst forth.

The enormous purple lightning dragon instantly dissolved into specks of starlike spiritual power, and the mysterious grayish-white square pattern continued toward the beast to suppress it.

Looking at Yuan Zhexian, who seemed like an Immortal, the beast began to tremble. It said in despair, "A Ch-Chaos Physique. Someone as defiant of heaven as you actually exists in this world..."

Before it could finish, the mysterious grayish-white square pattern came straight down upon it. Grayish-white light flashed, and the beast slowly turned to ash and vanished.

The onlookers could scarcely breathe. They had thought the divine son was terrifying before, but now their understanding of his terrifying strength had been overturned once again.

They could only think that the divine son was an invincible god, that there was no one in the world he could not defeat. He had slain a Quasi-Saint fierce beast whose mere presence had been enough to keep them from moving.

Yuan Zhexian's face was somewhat pale after slaying the beast. Using the secret arts of all three physiques in succession had indeed taken a great deal out of him.

He also gained some understanding of his current combat strength. As things stood, he could kill a Quasi-Saint Realm expert, but he probably still could not contend with an expert in the Saint Realm.

The difference between a Quasi-Saint and a Saint was as great as that between heaven and earth. The saying that all beneath a Saint were ants was not without foundation.

Yuan Zhexian waved a hand toward the cave that had been flattened. The Power-Fusing Essence Blood that had fallen to the ground flashed red and appeared in his hand.

After putting away the Power-Fusing Essence Blood, Yuan Zhexian led everyone away toward the land of inheritance. When they returned, they saw an enormous golden halo in the distant sky.

Looking at the halo, Yuan Ruochu stepped forward without hesitation. He formed hand seals, and red light burst from his body. A red drop of Power-Fusing Essence Blood appeared in midair.

Yuan Ruochu's face was pale, and his presence was extremely weak. His cultivation had fallen straight from the ninth stage of the Dao Body Realm to the sixth.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Zhexian waved a hand. An Origin-Restoring Foundation-Securing Saint Pill appeared, turned into Spiritual Qi, and entered Yuan Ruochu's body, stabilizing his weakened condition. Color gradually returned to his face.

Yuan Ruochu wanted to speak, but before he could open his mouth, Yuan Zhexian waved his hand again, and Emperor Flame Blood Jade appeared before him.

At the sight of the Emperor Flame Blood Jade,

everyone was slightly startled. They knew what it was: a peerless treasure of heaven and earth used to forge Supreme Emperor weapons.

Yuan Ruochu's hands began to tremble slightly as he looked at the Emperor Flame Blood Jade before him.

Although forcing out the Power-Fusing Essence Blood had caused his cultivation to fall, he had gained this peerless treasure of heaven and earth. If he forged it into a Supreme Emperor weapon, his strength would surely take a qualitative leap.

Yuan Ruochu immediately dropped to one knee and said to Yuan Zhexian, "Divine son, I..."

Yuan Zhexian smiled faintly and used a stream of spiritual power from his right hand to help him up. "I have never been harsh with my own people. Clan Brother Ruochu, you deserve this too."

Yuan Zhexian immediately sat cross-legged and absorbed the eight drops of Power-Fusing Essence Blood into his body.

Boom! Boom!

As the eight drops of Power-Fusing Essence Blood entered Yuan Zhexian's body, a terrifying presence poured from him. Wave after wave of it forced the others to retreat.

Yuan Zhexian's cultivation rose straight from the peak of the Dao Body Realm to the fourth stage of the Samsara Realm. He opened his eyes and slowly stood. Now that he had advanced to the Samsara Realm, he felt that if he fought the beast again, he could slay it with ease.

He told the others to wait there while he rose into the void and flew to the golden halo. Extending his right hand, he sent blood-red essence blood Qi shooting toward it.

When the golden glow sensed the eight drops of Power-Fusing Essence Blood, a beam of golden light shone on Yuan Zhexian, and he vanished from the land of inheritance.

When Yuan Zhexian reappeared, he found himself in a space filled with starlike light. Above him, a cloud of seven-colored mist flickered ceaselessly.

An ancient, weathered voice spoke. "You have come, Fate Defier!"

"Fate Defier? What the hell is that?" Yuan Zhexian asked, puzzled.

The ancient, weathered voice replied, "One who defies heaven to rewrite the fates of all living beings, rewrite all things under the heavens, and rewrite destiny. We call such a unique person a Fate Defier."

"Rewriting the fates of all living beings, rewriting all things under the heavens, and rewriting destiny. Those sound like three things," Yuan Zhexian said with a pout.

He then asked, "Senior, what makes you think I'm a Fate Defier?"

The ancient, weathered voice replied, "After the Great Tribulation of Heaven's Creation came to an end, my Heavenly Mandate Clan established this secret realm to await the arrival of a Fate Defier. Over countless epochs, countless people have come here seeking the inheritance, but no Fate Defier appeared. Not until you."

"My appearance?" Yuan Zhexian said in confusion.

"Because of the two peerless treasures you possess, and the third inherited item you are about to obtain."

"The two peerless treasures would only emerge when they sensed the arrival of a Fate Defier. Moreover, a Fate Defier's destiny is not only illusory and elusive, but his strength is also unmatched throughout the ages.

"Without meeting these conditions, no one could obtain the two peerless treasures and the final inheritance," the ancient, weathered voice continued.

Yuan Zhexian asked, "Senior, I know what the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree does and what effects it has, but I really can't see anything special about this mysterious bead."

"Listen, and I will tell you in full. At the beginning of heaven's creation, the world was in chaos.

"After countless years, Innate Qi began to evolve and gave birth to countless innate races. The largest among them were the fierce beasts, the Demon Race, the Spirit Race, and the Human Race.

"The fierce beasts were powerful and bloodthirsty, with the Demon Race next to them. The Spirit Race had taken form from the spirits of mountains, rivers, plants, and trees, and kept out of worldly affairs.

"The Human Race was vast in number, but also extremely weak.

"So the fierce beasts and the Demon Race constantly fed on humans, consuming their essence blood to increase their cultivation and lifespan.

"That changed with the appearance of a terrifying lineage.

"This lineage stood high above all others and was unfathomably mysterious. It could not bear the cruelty of the fierce beasts and the Demon Race, but the Heavenly Dao's restrictions prevented it from acting against them directly. So it could only send its members to teach humans how to cultivate.

"The Human Race gradually grew stronger, and the terrifying lineage withdrew from the world. Then a person with a powerful physique appeared among the humans. They called this physique the Innate Saintly Physique Dao Embryo.

"This bearer of the Innate Saintly Physique Dao Embryo gradually became incomparably powerful through countless trials on the brink of life and death. At last, he led the Human Race in standing against the fierce beasts and the Demon Race, and his cultivation reached a terrifying bottleneck.

"The Heavenly Dao then bestowed a mark upon him. After fusing with it, his strength reached a terrifying realm, which he called the Great Emperor Realm. The humans also called this bearer of the Innate Saintly Physique Dao Embryo the Human Ancestor.

"Several epochs passed in this manner, and under the Human Ancestor's leadership, the Human Race grew strong through cultivation.

"Countless powerful figures with terrifying physiques appeared one after another, and the Human Race gradually gained the strength to suppress the fierce beasts and the Demon Race.

"But then, for some unknown reason, ten frighteningly powerful races appeared among the fierce beasts, while a terrifying expert known as the Demon Ancestor emerged among the Demon Race.

"The Spirit Race also gained a Great Emperor progenitor of terrifying strength. Relying on their number of Great Emperors, the fierce beasts and the Demon Race coerced the Spirit Race: join them against the Human Race, or face extermination. The Spirit Race had always kept out of worldly affairs.

"But to prevent his race from being exterminated, the Spirit Race's Great Emperor progenitor had no choice but to agree to their demand.

"Thus, a war between the Human Race and the fierce beasts, Demon Race, and Spirit Race was about to begin."