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Chapter 137 Receiving the Inheritance

Although Zijing Island is called an island, it is actually a continental celestial body with a diameter of over one million kilometers. There are no colorful auroras flowing over the island.

Led by the Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan, Shen Mu flew over the island, where he saw palaces scattered like stars, encompassing various architectural styles from across the universe, magnificent and grand.

At the same time, Shen Mu could also sense that there were extremely powerful auras in all these buildings, the weakest of which were almost all at the peak of the King-level.

Above the Purple Thorn Island, there were ever-expanding ripples of light and shadow.

Once these ripples of light and shadow reach a certain limit, they will disappear, and then new circles of light and shadow will be born and spread from the center.

Birth and annihilation, the whole process repeats itself endlessly, containing a profound and mysterious charm.

Those circles were clearly formed by the interweaving of endless threads of laws and secret patterns. With birth and annihilation, they flowed out the mysteries of the ten fundamental laws and the eight great beast god paths.

Shen Mu looked at the ripples of light and shadow, which was similar to the manifestation of laws in the Chaos City of the Human Race's initial universe.

However, the laws here are more complete and perfect. Even without accepting the inheritance, as long as you stay on this Amethyst Island, the speed at which you comprehend the Path of the Beast God will be greatly increased.

"That is the manifestation of the laws governing the universe, a gift from the universe to our Ancestral God Cult. Our Ancestral God Cult is the spokesperson for the will of the universe..."

The Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan proudly boasted about how awesome his Ancestral God Sect was, claiming it was the number one power in the universe, and then casually introduced Shen Mu to the things that successors needed to pay attention to.

Shen Mu didn't say much, but listened with a smile.

The Ancestral God Cult, as the number one power in the universe, is indeed powerful, but that's about it.

The first generation of Beast Gods of the Ancestral God Sect, namely the eight naturally born Beast Gods, were still hunted down and killed.

Ultimately, it's because the Beast God is a treasure trove, and with such immense profits at stake, even the Ancestral God Sect couldn't protect it.

"I will take you to see the island lord first, and then you can build a palace on Bauhinia Island. The palace of the successor is an absolute private property, and no one may trespass without the owner's permission."

After speaking, the Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan continued to lead Shen Mu towards the highest mountain in the center of the island.

Above the mountain range stands a palace covering only a few thousand square kilometers. The palace is decorated with numerous carvings, mainly eight in number, each depicting the image of one of the eight innate beast gods.

"The island lord of Zijing Island is held in rotation by eight guardian beast gods. Each new inheritor must come to pay homage to him in order to be granted authority."

The Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan escorted Shen Mu to the palace gate and then said, "I have explained everything that needed to be told to you. Now you can go directly to the island lord's palace to pay your respects."

Shen Mu politely replied, "Thank you, Your Excellency."

The Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan nodded slightly, then disappeared from the spot. Shen Mu then turned to look at the majestic palace and stepped inside.

……

The island lord's palace is divided into a front hall, a central courtyard, and a main hall. To pay respects to the island lord, one must go to the main hall.

A moment later, before Shen Mu arrived at the main hall, he saw a blue-haired man in a mysterious black robe sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the hall.

This was a human male with sky-blue runes flowing across his face and a complete spatial law fluctuation surging around him, clearly a Space Venerable.

"The Successor!"

The blue-haired man smiled warmly when he saw a descendant of a human race appear.

"Greetings, senior." Shen Mu bowed slightly.

The blue-haired venerable one smiled and nodded: "I am one of the island lord's soul servants, specifically responsible for guarding this palace. I have already sent the message to the island lord; you only need to wait patiently for his summons."

No one who serves a soul will feel ashamed of this, because after becoming a slave to a soul, they will sincerely respect their master and take pride in it, even spreading the word.

However, the only thing that Shen Mu was curious about was that the Ancestral God Sect dared to enslave the Cosmic Venerables of the human race.

To be fair, even for top-tier forces like the human race and the Hong Alliance, a Universe Venerable is considered a high-end combatant and would have access to many high-level secrets.

If you kill a cosmic master of the human race, you may not necessarily attract the pursuit of a cosmic lord.

However, if you enslave a Universe Venerable, it will inevitably attract the personal pursuit of the Lord of the Universe. Every Universe Venerable-level being possesses too many core secrets.

Generally speaking, in the entire primordial universe, only the Zerg, the Machine Race, and the Demon Race would show no mercy to the strong members of the human race.

Seemingly sensing Shen Mu's confusion, the blue-haired Venerable explained with a smile, "Back then, I wasn't a Universe Venerable. I became a Universe Venerable with my master's help after becoming his servant."

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu's face showed a look of sudden realization.

It seems that this blue-haired Venerable One's talent is not low either; otherwise, even with the Universe Lord's unscrupulous cultivation, he could not have become a Universe Venerable One.

Because soul enslavement causes irreversible damage to willpower and comprehension, and greatly reduces potential and talent.

Otherwise, the major races wouldn't worry about their younger geniuses having their souls controlled by other races; they would have controlled them themselves first.

……

Nine days later.

"Come in."

An incredibly fierce and domineering aura surged and spread from within the palace, instantly startling Shen Mu, who was closing his eyes to deduce the secret technique.

Then a slightly high-pitched, soul-piercing voice resounded throughout the entire island's main palace.

The blue-haired venerable one standing to the side looked somewhat surprised: "You're lucky, you only waited nine days. I've seen unlucky people who waited for several years."

Through his interactions with the blue-haired venerable one, Shen Mu gained a certain understanding of the process of seeking an audience with the Beast God.

If one seeks an audience with this guardian beast god and encounters an unfortunate situation, it can take up to ten years.

If the other party doesn't appear within ten years, then other beast gods will be asked to help handle the situation.

As soon as Shen Mu stepped into the main hall, he felt that the world around him had changed. The whole world had become an endless fire domain, and the space was filled with endless divine flames.

On the towering throne in front of them, a strange creature resembling a dragon but with wings was coiled, somewhat similar to the Yinglong from Earth's legends.

This strange life form is the controller of this space-time, having fully mastered the laws of fire and space fusion, and is the Fire Beast God who inherited the position of Beast God.

"The Lord of the Realm?"

The Fire Beast God's gaze fell on Shen Mu, a look of surprise on his face: "After I inherited the position of Fire Beast God, you are still the first Beast God successor at the Realm Lord level that I have ever seen."

In an instant, Shen Mu suddenly felt that the surrounding space and time were enveloped by some kind of power. The gaze of the Fire Beast God seemed to transform into a pair of great suns, directly seeing through Shen Mu's entire being.

"The Flame God Clan? You must have possessed a member of the Flame God Clan, and you were able to fuse a hundred drops of Beast God blood at the World Lord level. You're quite impressive."

"Human, from this moment on, you are the inheritor of the Beast God of Purple Thorn Island."

A resounding voice emanated from the Fire Sky Beast God: "First, I will grant you access to the virtual network 'Glory World'."

Wow!

As soon as he finished speaking, an object resembling an intelligent computer appeared out of thin air and flew directly towards Shen Mu.

The Fire Sky Beast God continued, "The Glory World is a key virtual world within my Ancestral God Cult, similar to the virtual universe of your human world."

"Next, I will grant you access to the Land of Inheritance, the Land of Treasure, and the Land of Secrets."

The Fire Sky Beast God continued, "The three water curtains in front of the palace are the teleportation channels that lead to these three areas respectively."

"The Land of Inheritance is where inheritors receive the legacy of the Beast God and test their understanding of the laws."

"The Treasure Land is a hiding place for the treasures left behind by the super-strong beings of the Ancestral God Sect throughout the ages. If a successor can meet the requirements of the super beings who left behind the treasures, then they can retrieve the treasures within."

"As for the final secret realm, it is filled with countless dangers and opportunities; it all depends on your own fate."

"Human inheritor, you can first build your own residence on Purple Thorn Island, and then go to the inheritance site to receive the inheritance!"

……

On Zijing Island.

After leaving the island lord's palace, Shen Mu randomly found a beautiful spot nestled against the mountains and by the water, and began to build his residence.

"rise!"

As Shen Mu's voice fell, a garden with blue bricks, gray tiles, and horse-head walls appeared out of thin air, a typical Hui-style architectural feature, perfectly integrated with the surrounding natural scenery.

"Now that the place is built, let's go and see the place where the Ancestral God Cult is passed down."

Shen Mu turned around and headed back to the palace of the island lord of Zijing Island. There was a huge platform square there, which was a section of a mountain peak that had been completely cut off and exposed.

There are three fountains in the square. The water seems to spring up out of nowhere and gushes endlessly, yet the ground of the square remains completely dry, making it look quite beautiful.

Wow!

Shen Mu stepped into the fountain on the left, and the surrounding scenery immediately changed.

A terrifying aura permeated the entire secret realm; it was an incomparably powerful soul pressure, the pressure alone enough to obliterate the soul imprints of divine bodies below the King level.

"Is this the place where the legacy is passed down?"

Shen Mu looked around and saw that it was a strange void, surrounded by endless surging black mist.

In the void, a meteorite floated, and perched on it was a powerful figure with a wolf's head and a human body, wearing purple armor and exuding an extremely aggressive aura.

"Greetings, Venerable Jiufeng." Shen Mu bowed in greeting.

Venerable Jiufeng is one of the seven overlords of the human race in the Hong Alliance. He has received the complete inheritance of the Divine General and became an outer member of the Ancestral God Cult as a "candidate Divine General".

In terms of strength, this Venerable Jiufeng is not much different from his own Venerable Baifeng. However, if he successfully inherits the position of Divine General in the future, he can become a true top-tier cosmic overlord.

The Ancestral God Sect's venerable positions are divided into three major levels: the Eight Great Beast Gods, the Seventy-Two Divine Generals, and the Three Thousand Divine Envoys.

Anyone who inherits the throne will gain the favor of the cosmic will and their combat power will be greatly enhanced within the original universe.

The successors of the Seventy-Two Divine Generals and the Three Thousand Divine Envoys are all subject to restrictions.

Once someone becomes a candidate for a divine general or messenger, if they cannot inherit the position of supreme authority, they will be forever trapped in the realm of cosmic supreme beings and immortality.

Those who inherit the Beast God's legacy do not have such restrictions. As long as they do not inherit the Beast God's position, they are not restricted at all. Moreover, after mastering the Beast God's Way, they can join the outer circle of the Ancestral God Sect as a Guardian God Lord or Venerable Lord.

Of course, some people, who believe they have no hope of breaking through to a higher realm, will choose to inherit the position of the supreme ruler and directly become a powerful figure among the masters of the universe.

Each reigning Beast God must be a being comparable to the Chaos City Lord in the primordial universe.

"Hahaha, Silver Sand King, no need for such formalities. I've long wanted to get to know you, the most ruthless immortal in the primordial universe."

Venerable Jiufeng was clearly aware of the title of King Shenmu Yinsha.

He was waiting here on the orders of the Chaos City Lord to take care of the Silver Sand King while he was cultivating at the Ancestral God Sect.

After exchanging pleasantries, Venerable Jiufeng spoke directly: "King Yinsha, this is your first time entering the Inheritance Land, so you may not be very familiar with it."

"Every time you enter the Land of Inheritance, we will first check your progress in comprehending the laws."

"The Beast God's inheritance is divided into seven levels. If you comprehend the first level, you will be able to directly comprehend the second level when you enter the inheritance ground. If you comprehend the second level, you will receive the third level, and so on."

At this point, Venerable Jiufeng looked at Shen Mu with some curiosity: "Silver Sand King, what level are you?"

"I have fully comprehended the third level, but I haven't started to comprehend the fourth level yet."

Venerable Jiufeng nodded slightly: "Not bad, not bad. He is one of the best among the inheritors of the Immortal God Realm."

There are hundreds of Beast God inheritors among the human race. Apart from a few Cosmic Venerables, most of the others are only at the third level.

Those who can reach the fourth level of the Path of the Beast God are few and far between.

"Alright, without further ado, you should accept the inheritance first. Just enter the surrounding black mist."

"Okay." Shen Mu replied with a smile, casually choosing a direction and flying directly into the black mist.

moment!

boom!

An incredible force acted upon his entire body. Even though Shen Mu's will had reached the limit of a cosmic overlord, he was still unable to resist this mysterious power.

His body seemed to be out of control, standing in mid-air, his right hand gently outstretched.

"Swoosh!" A surge of world power emerged from Shen Mu's fingertips, quickly condensing into a law-based rune.

One after another, mysterious patterns of laws emerged, and the entire law of water and space fusion, starting from its most basic conception, was uncontrollably demonstrated by Shen Mu himself.

He progressed step by step from the most basic understanding of the Beast God, eventually unleashing all his insights into the Beast God.

As time passed, more and more Law Runes spread from Shen Mu's fingertips, with strands of Law Runes intertwining around him, vaguely weaving together a strange silhouette of a beast god.

A moment later, after Shen Mu had fully expressed all his understanding of the laws of water and space fusion, that mysterious power instantly left Shen Mu's body.

"This way of checking perception is really domineering," Shen Mu muttered, feeling the Yan God Clan clone regain control.

Boom!

At that moment, that irresistible, mysterious power suddenly surged forth once more.

"The fourth level!"

The mysterious figure lingered in Shen Mu's sea of ​​consciousness. It was not a universal language, nor any language, but it was able to convey information that any intelligent being could understand.

The strange sound kept echoing in his mind, completely immersing him in a peculiar illusion.

In the illusion, it was as if a super being had directly imparted their insights to Shen Mu, and the mysteries of the fourth level of the Water and Sky Beast God appeared out of nowhere in Shen Mu's mind.

Shen Mu only needs to thoroughly understand and comprehend these mysteries to master the fourth level of the Path of the Beast God. This method of inheritance is far more efficient than comprehending the Chaos Stele.

In this special state, Shen Mu's mind was completely immersed in endless mysteries, his other body parts fell into slumber, and all his will was perfectly concentrated.

I don't know how much time passed...

The mysterious power dissipated once more, and Shen Mu's consciousness returned to reality.

Then, the mysterious black mist around them suddenly generated a repulsive force, directly spitting Shen Mu out.

(End of this chapter)