Chapter 90: Inheritance Stele! The Truth of the Ten Thousand Beasts Method!

Wang Shan steadied his mind and walked slowly toward the massive stele hovering in midair.

The closer he got, the more intense the vast ancient aura became, pressing down so heavily that it was hard to breathe.

He could feel the Wan Family Token in his chest warming slightly, resonating mysteriously with the stele.

"Clan Leader, be careful!" Wang Zhize whispered from behind, his face solemn. The other clan members watched Wang Shan's every move anxiously; the place was too strange, and no one knew what would happen next.

Wang Shan nodded, indicating he understood.

When he reached within three feet of the stele, it suddenly burst into soft, multicolored glow, brighter than before.

At the same time, the Wan Family Token in his chest emitted a "buzz" and flew out on its own, hovering between Wang Shan and the stele, radiating the same light in response.

"It's coming!" Wang Shan thought.

In an instant, an information torrent a hundred times larger and a thousand times more complex than the flow he had received at the stone gate surged into his mind like a breached river flood.

"Ugh…" Wang Shan's body trembled slightly, his head feeling as if it would explode. The amount of information was terrifying!

"Beep—detected core inheritance data of the Beast Taming Sect, beginning analysis…" the system's voice sounded promptly, seemingly with a hint of… hmm, excitement? Wang Shan wasn't sure.

"Core inheritance…" Wang Shan forced himself to endure the throbbing in his mind, greedily absorbing the sudden gift.

Preliminary analysis complete: this is the complete core inheritance of the Beast Taming Sect. It includes the full chapters of the Ten Thousand Beasts Method, the advanced technique Ten Thousand Spirits Heaven‑Guiding Secret. It also contains a wealth of subsidiary knowledge of the Beast Taming Sect: Beast‑taming insights, monster cultivation, high‑level alchemy formulas, Talisman crafting, Array seal fundamentals…

"Ten Thousand Spirits Heaven‑Guiding Secret? And alchemy, talisman making, array layout?" Wang Shan's eyes widened. Goodness, this isn't just inheritance; it's a treasure trove of a cultivation civilization! Wow, this is really huge!

While he was excited, the system's subsequent analysis gave him a completely new understanding of the Wan Family's Ten Thousand Beasts Method.

"Ten Thousand Beasts Method" truth analysis: this technique is not a purely demonic art; it is the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Ten Thousand Spirits Heaven‑Guiding Secret. Its core lies in forming equal contracts with monsters, guiding, resonating, and sharing their power to nourish oneself, thereby rapidly advancing cultivation and fighting side by side. Practitioners must have steadfast will and grow together with the contracted monster.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Method obtained by the Wan Family is a truncated version whose core philosophy has been altered. Its practice leans toward forced plundering, bloody sacrifice, and devouring monster souls; although it can boost strength dramatically in the short term, it easily provokes inner demons, causing mental confusion, and ultimately backfires, turning the user into a killing monster. This is a deviant path, not the righteous way.

"So that's it!" Wang Shan realized. "I kept saying those Wan Family members act like mad dogs; their cultivation went off the track and they ruined a perfectly good technique!" A wave of dread washed over him; fortunately he had the system, otherwise mindlessly practicing the Wan Family's corrupted method would have led to unimaginable consequences.

"So that means Wan Tianxiong, Wan Hong, and that Wan Tianjue will eventually be devoured by their own technique?" Wang Shan stroked his chin, finding the matter rather interesting.

Immediately after, another piece of information that delighted Wang Shan appeared.

The inheritance data includes a countermeasure against the Wan Family's truncated Ten Thousand Beasts Method: by arranging specific Beast‑taming Runes together and guiding Spiritual Power at a certain frequency, one can construct a temporary Disturbing Soul Formation Array or a Break‑Evil Array, which can effectively disrupt the tangled monster power within practitioners of the Wan Family's Ten Thousand Beasts Method—lightly causing Spiritual Power flow to stagnate, heavily triggering a backlash of the monster's power, or even briefly seizing control of the monster.

"And such a boon?!" Wang Shan almost laughed out loud. This is practically a custom package for the Wan Family! With this, facing that old guy Wan Tianjue, wouldn't we have a better chance?

This Ten Thousand Beasts General Compendium Stele is truly priceless! Not only can it free the Wang Family from the technique dilemma and grant a genuine top‑level inheritance, it also gives him a sword to deal with the Wan Family!

"System, hurry, import all this data, especially the full Ten Thousand Beasts Method, the Ten Thousand Spirits Heaven‑Guiding Secret, and that countermeasure, all of it!" Wang Shan urged impatiently in his mind.

"Beep—information volume is too massive; full analysis and integration into the host's memory will take a long time. Currently the full Ten Thousand Beasts Method and the core of the counter‑Wan Family technique are being prioritized. The rest of the inheritance continues to be parsed in the background; please be patient, host."

"More time?" Wang Shan frowned; time was what he lacked most now.

"Clan Leader, are you alright?" Wang Fang's concerned voice came.

Wang Shan was about to say a few soothing words when, suddenly—

"Boom—boom—boom—"

In the passage behind them, a sudden violent tremor and roaring erupted, as if a massive object were brutally crashing, shaking the entire underground chamber several times!

Debris rained down with a rustling sound.

"Not good!" Wang Shan felt a tightening in his chest.

"Beep—Emergency alert! Target 'Wan Tianjue' has breached the external mechanism zone and is rapidly approaching the current position! Estimated arrival within ten breaths!"

"Beep—Target 'Wan Tianjue' has detected the host's location by unknown means! Its previous injuries seem partially suppressed or recovered, and its aura intensity has risen compared to before!"

The system's alerts sounded in succession, cold and urgent.

"Wan Tianjue?!" Wang Zhize and the others' faces changed dramatically.

"How is he so fast? Those mechanisms…" Wang Yong said, incredulous.

"Damn! That old thing really won't die!" Wang Shan cursed. It seemed the small tricks he'd left in the passage caused only limited trouble for that old fox.

Now is not the time for sentiment! Though the inheritance is valuable, one must have the chance to learn it!

"System, import the full Ten Thousand Beasts Method and the core of the countermeasure immediately; give me as much as you can!" Wang Shan decided on the spot. Right now, boosting immediate combat power or finding a way to disgust Wan Tianjue was the priority.

A refreshing aura, together with numerous Runes and techniques, flooded his mind, mainly about correctly guiding monster power and the usage methods of several specific Beast‑taming Runes.

"Everyone, stay alert! Prepare for battle!" Wang Shan barked, simultaneously gesturing swiftly to Wang Zhize and others: "Uncle Zhi Ze, take people to guard the stele's left flank! Wang Yong, take people to guard the right flank! Others, focus on support, don't engage head‑on! That old thing's target is me and this stele!"

"Yes, Clan Leader!" The Wang Family members, though uneasy, had survived many life‑or‑death trials and were no longer naïve; they immediately obeyed Wang Shan's orders, dispersing to find advantageous terrain.

Almost the moment the Wang Family had just set up a crude defensive formation—

"Boom!"

From the passage entrance, a deafening crash sent stone shards flying as a ferocious figure surged in, saturated with intense Demon Qi!

It was Wan Tianjue!

At this moment, Wan Tianjue's clothing was even more tattered, his hair knot disheveled, his complexion pale, yet his eyes resembled a starving wolf, flashing with terrifying ferocity and a hint of unmistakable fatigue. Clearly, breaking through those mechanism traps had cost him dearly.

But as he rushed into the underground space, his gaze was instantly drawn to the floating central Ten Thousand Beasts General Compendium Stele, radiating multicolored glow!

"Hahaha… hahahaha!" Wan Tianjue was momentarily stunned, then erupted into a deafening, maniacal laugh, filled with greed and ecstasy, "The Beast Taming Sect… this is the true core inheritance of the Beast Taming Sect! I have searched for decades, and finally… finally found it!"

His blood‑red eyes fixed on the stele as if to devour it.

"You little brute, heaven has a path you refuse, hell has no gate yet you force your way in! Today, this inheritance, together with your life, I shall claim!"

Before the words finished, the massive pressure of Wan Tianjue's Foundation Establishment erupted with a roar; his form flickered, becoming like a predatory cheetah, accompanied by a sharp whoosh, lunging straight at Wang Shan! He gave Wang Shan no chance to breathe or speak; his goal was clear—to strike first and seize the inheritance!

"Well timed!" Wang Shan advanced instead of retreating, shouting to his clan, "Spread out! Don't get caught!"

The angry strike of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was no trivial matter; even its aftershock would be hard for the Refining Qi members of the clan to endure.

Facing Wan Tianjue's thunderous assault, Wang Shan's mind rapidly recalled the counter techniques the system had just uploaded. Though time was short and many subtleties remained ungrasped, he had at least a rough memory of several basic Disturbing Soul Runes and the simple layout of a Disturbing Soul Formation Array.

"All or nothing!"

In a flash, Wang Shan's hands swiftly formed several strange techniques, simultaneously channeling internal Spiritual Power along an unprecedented trajectory. A few faintly glowing Runes sprang from his fingertips and embedded into the ground before him.

The array was extremely crude, even rough, as it had been hastily cobbled together—copying a cat to draw a tiger. Wang Shan himself wasn't sure if it would work at all.

Wan Tianjue saw that Wang Shan neither fled nor hesitated; instead he dared to gesture incomprehensible tricks before him. A scornful glint flashed in his eyes: "Petty tricks, come die for me!" His speed increased, and the sharp gust of his claws was about to strike Wang Shan's face.

At that moment, the runes Wang Shan had laid out glowed faintly, and a barely perceptible strange ripple rose from the ground, spreading outward like water ripples.

"Hm?" Wan Tianjue, who was charging forward at speed, suddenly froze in place!

He only felt the mixed Spiritual Power, originally flowing smoothly within him and driven by the Beast Law, become momentarily chaotic and stagnant the instant it touched that strange ripple! It was as if, for that brief instant, the demonic beast forces he had forced under his control showed a hint of disobedience!

Although the chaos was fleeting, almost negligible, for a cultivator of Wan Tianjue's caliber, any tiny mistake in battle could be fatal!

He forced the abnormality in his body down, and his charge slowed only for that instant, but the look he gave Wang Shan was filled with shock, anger, and a trace of disbelief.

"You… how do you know the Beast Taming Sect's methods?!" Wan Tianjue shouted, voice lost. This kid, just a few hours ago only a fleeing junior, how could he have mastered in such a short time the Beast Taming Sect's secret techniques that even Wan Tianjue had only skimmed?!