Chapter 1217

After entering the spirit realm passage, Xu Jingming felt a blur before his eyes, and the surroundings instantly changed.

When his vision cleared, he found himself standing on a massive circular platform.

The platform floated in empty space, surrounded by endless starlight.

At the platform's center stood a hundred-meter-tall stone stele, covered in intricate, mysterious runes.

"This is the spirit realm space? It's different from the ones I've entered before."

Xu Jingming looked around and realized Lu Yunji was not beside him—he must have been teleported elsewhere.

Moreover, his movement seemed restricted to this circular platform alone, unlike other spirit realm spaces where one could roam freely.

At that moment, the runes on the stele glowed, and an ancient voice echoed through the void:

"Twenty-two years old, Starlight Seventh Stage, Thunder Domain Fifteenth Layer, Destruction Domain Eighth Layer.

Mastered T7-level Phantasm, with cultivation in both body forging and spirit refinement.

Rated as Superior Talent—qualified to initiate the Legacy Trial!

Solve one hundred and eight runes, and you shall receive my legacy!"

Whoosh—

No sooner had the voice ended than the runes on the stele surged like living things, forming the first puzzle.

Xu Jingming stared intently and recognized it as a complex energy trajectory diagram requiring him to deduce the next transformation node.

"These runes seem to test my comprehension."

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.

Most of his strength had been gained through Blue Deep's point allocation.

But the insights gained after allocation felt no different from those earned through his own cultivation—no falsity whatsoever.

For such simple runes, no prolonged thought was needed.

Xu Jingming extended his right hand and traced the runes in midair, connecting them with perfect accuracy.

"Correct. Proceed to the next stage."

The ancient voice sounded again.

The runes reconfigured, increasing in difficulty.

But this posed no challenge to Xu Jingming.

He advanced like a storm, swiftly clearing the first five trials.

Meanwhile, on another platform, Lu Yunji faced the same trial.

Her crimson eyes fixed on the runes as her slender fingers continuously traced them in the air.

As a Sacred Site Level One Genius, the early, simple runes presented no obstacle for her.

While Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji had begun their trials, the grand voice had already spread across the entire Black Stone Star.

The entire Black Stone Star erupted instantly!

"It's a Dominator-level legacy!"

"Hurry! Hurry to the Deathlands!"

"Notify the clan lord—our chance has arrived!"

"Whoever claims the legacy may become the next Dominator!"

"......"

Madness!

All the powerful cultivators on the Black Stone Star had gone mad.

Streams of light shot toward the direction of the Deathlands.

Some even deployed starships, desperate to reach the legacy spirit realm before others.

In less than ten minutes, the entrance to the Deathlands legacy spirit realm was packed, with cultivators flooding in nonstop.

The news had already spread beyond—every powerful cultivator in the Noah Empire was racing toward the Black Stone Star!

Soon, half an hour passed.

Above the Deathlands of the Black Stone Star.

The entrance to Zhen Yan Dominator's legacy spirit realm still radiated brilliant light, like a purple sun hanging in the sky.

At the noisy entrance, streams of powerful cultivators continuously plunged into the spirit realm.

Hum—

Suddenly, the void trembled, and a vast, abyss-like pressure descended abruptly.

Under this pressure, all Starlight and Star-level cultivators trembled like ants.

Even the queue waiting to enter the spirit realm froze instantly; everyone stared upward in terror.

A towering figure stepped through the void.

He was a middle-aged man clad in a dark robe, with a black dagger mark on his forehead.

His face was sharp as carved stone, his eyes holding endless galaxies.

With each step he took, the void rippled—as if all of heaven and earth bowed to him.

"E... Eternal Divine Spirit!"

Someone trembled as he shouted the title, triggering a wave of uproar.

This was a true apex being of the universe—one thought could obliterate stars, one palm could shatter star rivers!

"It's the Noah Empire's Pillar—Lord Heiguang!"

A Star-level cultivator with wide experience recognized the arrival and immediately knelt to the ground.

Lord Heiguang's indifferent gaze swept over the crowd below; when he saw the spirit realm entrance, his brow furrowed slightly:

"A sovereign-level inheritance, pity... I cannot enter."

He raised his hand and swept it once; a black light barrier instantly enveloped the entire secret realm's entrance.

The powerful figures waiting in line were instantly shoved back by a formidable force.

"What's going on? Why are you pushing us out?"

"I was about to enter!"

"Damn it, who is this?!"

"......"

The expelled strong were filled with resentment; some even tried to force their way in.

But the moment they touched the black light barrier, they were struck as if by lightning, spitting blood and flying backward.

"Foolish."

The Black Light Spirit sneered, his voice like thunder:

"Is a sovereign inheritance a child's play? From now on, no one may enter the secret realm."

At these words, the entire crowd erupted in uproar.

Those expelled from the secret realm turned ashen-faced; some pounded their chests and stamped their feet.

I should have moved faster!

"Black Light, you arrived quickly."

A cold, feminine voice rang out, and the void split open once more.

A stunningly beautiful woman clad in pale golden battle armor stepped down from the air.

Her face was exquisite, her figure curvaceous.

Like a ripe peach, she radiated the lethal allure of a mature woman.

"It's Lady Niki! The other Immortal Spirit!" someone cried out.

Niki gazed at the secret realm's entrance, a flicker of unusual light in her beautiful eyes:

"The inheritance of Ziyan Sovereign... I didn't expect any remnants to remain. A pleasant surprise indeed."

The arrival of the two Immortal Spirits brought the atmosphere to a Solemn peak.

Everyone held their breath, afraid of disturbing these supreme beings.

At this moment—

"Boom!"

The entire heavens and earth suddenly blazed as bright as daylight; a golden pillar of light, a hundred times more brilliant than the sun, descended from the sky.

Within the pillar stood a solemn man clad in a golden robe, his hands behind his back.

His face was noble and regal, his eyes like lightning, and on his forehead was a law mark resembling the sun.

The sovereign of the Noa Empire, Noa!

At this moment, every citizen of the Noa Empire instinctively knelt to the ground.

Even the Black Light Spirit and the Moonlight Spirit bowed slightly in greeting: "My lord."

Lord Noa gave a slight nod, his gaze sweeping over the crowd below, finally settling on the secret realm's entrance: "Ziyan Sovereign's inheritance... good."

His voice was not loud, yet it spread across the entire gathering like a divine decree:

"From this moment on, the inheritance realm will no longer be open to outsiders; all entry slots will be centrally allocated by the Empire.

The first batch of entrants: one hundred thousand members of the imperial family.

Five ten thousand each from the Ten Great Pillar Families, two hundred thousand from the Noa Sacred Ground.

Entry order will be determined by talent rank: Level 1 geniuses first, Level 2 geniuses next, and so on."