Chapter 1219: Wu Xing Limit? Shen Lan Helps Me!

Inside the Legacy Realm.

Lu Yunji stood on the circular platform, her crimson eyes fixed on the secret runes carved into the stone tablet, her fair forehead drenched in sweat.

The back of her blue battle robe was soaked through with sweat, clinging to her skin and outlining alluring curves.

Though not in combat, deducing the secret runes was equally exhausting on the mind.

"The 49th layer... this is already my limit."

Lu Yunji bit her red lips tightly, her fingers trembling slightly in midair.

As a Level 1 genius of the Noah Sanctuary, her comprehension ability was among the finest in her tier.

Yet before the trials left by a Dominator-level powerhouse, she still felt overwhelmed.

"Try again!"

She stubbornly attempted once more, but failed again.

"Time expired. Secret runes unsolved. Assessment failed."

A majestic voice rang out, and Lu Yunji felt her vision go black.

When her sight returned, she was outside the realm.

The scene before her then made her eyes widen in shock.

The once desolate wasteland was now teeming with crowds.

At the realm's entrance, a flood of people poured in.

Above, countless advanced starships hovered in the sky; below, countless robots labored tirelessly as towering buildings rose from the ground.

More astonishingly, several figures radiating terrifying pressure stood firm in the void.

Immortal Gods!

"Teacher?!"

Lu Yunji instantly recognized one familiar figure.

It was her mentor, Immortal God Kay.

She flew over at once and landed beside him.

Beside Kay stood Raymon of the Colossus Clan.

"So you've already entered the Legacy Realm. No wonder I couldn't reach you."

Kay looked at Lu Yunji and asked, "How far did you get? How many layers of runes did you solve?"

"The 49th layer. This is already my limit," Lu Yunji shook her head.

"No wonder you're my senior—I only made it to the 41st layer," Raymon grinned.

"You've already been inside the Legacy Realm?" Lu Yunji was surprised.

"Many Level 1 geniuses from our Sanctuary have entered, and many have failed the assessment and been forcibly expelled."

Raymon entered an hour ago, yet he emerged even faster than you."

Kay spoke.

The Colossus Clan's bloodline was exceptionally strong, granting superior insight into cosmic laws.

But their comprehension in other areas was quite average; this outcome was exactly what he expected.

"I see," Lu Yunji nodded slightly.

She swept her spiritual energy around—but found no trace of Xu Jingming.

Then again, Xu Jingming's comprehension was certainly higher than hers; he wouldn't fail before her.

"But why are buildings being constructed all around this wasteland? Are they building a city?"

She looked curiously at the relentless robots bustling about.

At this rate, a thriving city would rise in no time.

"Because a city was always meant to be built here."

Kay smiled. "Dominator-level legacies aren't easily obtained—it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to find a suitable heir."

During that time, not just our Noah Empire, but neighboring empires too will send people to attempt the trial."

With so many people gathering, demands naturally arise. Building a city here is perfectly logical."

As soon as Kay finished speaking, Lu Yunji understood immediately.

Of course.

Discovering a gold mine.

The real profit isn't in digging for gold—it's in selling the pickaxes.

The Noah Empire would never miss this chance to make money.

They intend to be both the gold diggers and the pickaxe sellers—killing two birds with one stone.

"But it'll take this long just to select a legacy heir..."

Lu Yunji gazed wistfully at the realm's entrance hanging far in the sky, resembling a purple sun.

Unconsciously, the towering figure of Xu Jingming surfaced in her mind.

'I wonder how many layers Xu Jingming can solve? Probably over sixty at least.'

She murmured silently to herself.

Outside, the world shifted dramatically; Lu Yunji was eliminated.

Inside the realm, Xu Jingming remained utterly unaware.

He stood on the circular platform, his eyes locked onto the shifting patterns of the 51st layer of secret runes.

"The complexity of these runes is several times greater than the combined difficulty of the previous fifty layers—nearly impossible to deduce," Xu Jingming frowned deeply.

He extended his hand and traced trajectories in midair, yet none matched the runes on the stone tablet.

"Eva, can you hear me?"

He tried to contact Eva inside his smart armband, but received no response.

He took out the virtual helmet again and found he could not connect to the Virtual Universe.

"So it's completely isolated."

Though he didn't know how it was done, this was exactly what Xu Jingming had expected.

If some intelligent lifeform were helping, or if he could connect to the Virtual Universe, it would be outright cheating.

"You have thirty minutes left to crack the fifty-first secret pattern. If you fail to crack it when the countdown ends, you are eliminated."

A majestic voice echoed from above the dome.

Xu Jingming stared fixedly at the secret pattern before him, his thoughts churning, yet he had no insight.

"It seems, with my own comprehension, I can only go this far."

Xu Jingming exhaled softly.

If he had a few more hours, he might have cracked it.

But with less than half an hour left, passing was clearly impossible.

Fortunately, he had other means.

"Deep Blue!"

Xu Jingming silently thought the name, and a pale blue virtual interface instantly appeared in his mind.

When he focused his gaze on the secret pattern stele before him, the system interface in his mind instantly displayed more information.

【Current Secret Pattern Crack Progress: 52%】

【Source Points Required to Crack Secret Pattern: 2】

"It works!"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

The Deep Blue System could add points to manuals and create manuals.

It could even extrapolate subsequent content based on incomplete manuals.

There was no reason it couldn't extrapolate secret patterns.

He tested it now—and it worked!

"Crack!"

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming selected "Crack."

Source Points -2!

Crack successful!

In an instant, a stream of profound information flooded into Xu Jingming's mind.

The previously obscure and incomprehensible secret patterns suddenly became clear; the flow of energy traced paths as transparent as a mirror in his eyes.

Xu Jingming's fingers traced the air once more.

This time, his movements flowed like water, with not a single pause.

When the final stroke was completed, the secret pattern on the stele blazed with brilliant light.

"Correct. Entering the fifty-second secret pattern trial."

The majestic voice sounded again.

Xu Jingming exhaled deeply, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

With the Deep Blue System, even if his comprehension was lacking, he could still pass the trial by "cheating" and claim the Dominator-level inheritance!

"The Deep Blue System was always mine."

"Rounding off, this counts as my own comprehension."

Xu Jingming felt no psychological burden whatsoever and continued cracking the secret patterns.