Chapter 1715

As the trial began, the entire ruin fell into silence.

Everyone, whether it was Royce, the Nightmare Candle God, or the like—invincible immortal beings—

or Chu Kuang, Kolt, and others at the peak of immortal cultivation—

all sat cross-legged, their minds sinking into the mysterious patterns appearing before them.

Even the usually aloof and indifferent Heavenly Feather God now revealed a translucent form.

He hovered silently in midair, his transparent eyes fixed on the patterns, fingertips lightly touching as he began to decipher them.

Only Xu Jingming—

he did not sit cross-legged, did not focus his mind, merely glanced at the first pattern.

【Detected analyzable target: Black Stone Inheritance Pattern (First Layer)】

【Analysis requires expenditure of essence points: 1 point】

【Proceed with analysis?】

"1 essence point? This is too cheap—analyze."

Xu Jingming silently thought it in his mind, and the pale blue panel in his sea of consciousness flashed briefly.

Essence point -1!

In an instant, the structure, energy nodes, and analytical path of the first pattern became completely clear to him.

He didn't even bother to use his finger to point—just a light touch of his divine sense.

Hum—

The pattern before him trembled slightly, then dissolved into specks of starlight that scattered away.

Almost simultaneously, beside the six-meter-tall divine crystal where the phantom of the Black Shi Zun appeared, a line of golden text emerged:

【First pattern deciphered】

"This fast?!"

Royce, who had only just sat down not long ago, snapped his head up, his crimson pupils filled with disbelief.

How long has it been?

Three seconds? Five seconds?

He hadn't even finished sorting out the context of the first pattern, and the other had already solved it?!

"Tsk tsk, competing in insight—this opportunity is destined to be yours."

In the sea of consciousness, the succubus loli Wila perched her snow-white feet, clicking her tongue in amazement.

Xu Jingming's heaven-defying insight.

She had already witnessed it countless times before.

From the very beginning of the《Heart-Corroding Pattern》, all the way to now's Black Stone pattern.

No matter what kind of combat technique or pattern it was.

Before Xu Jingming, it seemed there was no difficulty whatsoever.

One glance was enough to comprehend it.

"That's what genius is like."

Xu Jingming gave a faint smile, his gaze already turning toward the second pattern that had appeared.

【Analysis of the second-layer pattern requires expenditure of essence points: 5 points】

"Analyze."

Essence point -5!

The second pattern—broken!

【Second pattern deciphered】

Golden text appeared once again.

This time, even the Nightmare Candle God couldn't help but glance sideways.

His six wings fluttered, dark purple demonic flames flickering slightly, revealing his inner unrest.

"This guy...... where does he come from?"

The Heavenly Feather God's translucent form also paused slightly.

His transparent eyes, for the first time, truly looked in the direction where Xu Jingming stood.

And Ye Li—she had only just finished deciphering the first pattern at this moment.

Her beautiful eyes turned toward Xu Jingming, a fleeting hint of astonishment barely visible in her gaze.

"My junior brother's insight—still as heaven-defying as ever..."

She recalled the scene back at the Stellar Void Academy, when Xu Jingming was practicing the《Source Core Secret Canon》.

Back then, it took him hundreds of years just to get started.

But Xu Jingming—he only used less than a year.

Looking back now, his performance then was probably still far from his limit.

"Continue."

Xu Jingming's thoughts raced like lightning, the deep blue system operating frenziedly.

Third, fourth, fifth......

Essence points continuously consumed, patterns shattered one after another.

【Eighth pattern deciphered】

When this line of text appeared, the Heavenly Feather God had only just broken through to the second pattern.

Ye Li was slightly faster, having deciphered up to the third pattern.

Royce and the Nightmare Candle God are still stuck on the first path!

"How is that possible?!"

Royce's forehead veins bulged, and his scarlet pupils were filled with bloodshot threads.

In terms of talent, he indeed cannot compare to those monsters of the Starfire Project.

But the members of the Starfire Project are originally heaven's chosen ones from all over the universe.

It is only natural that he cannot compare to them.

Actually, if not compared to those monsters, he is also quite talented.

But now, in front of this suddenly appearing Su Chen.

He actually cannot even see the other's back?!

"Just what kind of divine being is this guy?"

Colt also stopped cracking, his face gloomy like water.

He majored in the law of time, so his thinking speed naturally far exceeds that of his peers.

Even so, he has only just managed to touch the edge of the second path's secret pattern.

And Xu Jingming has already cracked through to the eighth path!

"Could it be that he has previously encountered similar secret patterns?"

The man holding the silver-white folding fan, an Extreme Immortal Realm cultivator, whispered his guess.

"Impossible."

The bald giant axe-wielding burly man shook his head, "Black Shi Zun is an existence from the ancient era.

His inherited secret pattern is unique and has never been transmitted in the universe."

"Then could it be that his comprehension is truly heaven-defying to this extent?"

The silver-fan man sucked in a breath of cold air.

And at this moment, Xu Jingming's momentum is like breaking bamboo.

The 9th path, the 10th path, the 11th path......

When Night Li cracked through to the fifth path, Xu Jingming was already standing before the twentieth path's secret pattern.

【Analysis of the twentieth layer secret pattern requires consuming essence points: 1000 points】

"Analysis."

Xu Jingming silently recited in his heart, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

Essence points -1000!

Hum——

The twentieth path's secret pattern shattered in response.

"The twentieth path's secret pattern has been cracked, now distributing rewards!"

A majestic voice sounded.

The phantom of the Black Shi Zun beside him, the six-meter-high divine crystal turned into a golden stream of light, flying to Xu Jingming's face.

The surging majestic divine energy within the crystal made Xu Jingming unable to help but shudder in mind and spirit.

This is indeed a good thing!

"First reward obtained."

He flipped his hand and stored the divine crystal into his world ring, the corner of his mouth lifting into a smile.

Such a huge divine crystal is worth no less than 8 million crystal yuan.

And at this moment——

Night Li, fifth path secret pattern.

Heavenly Feather God, fourth path secret pattern.

Royce, Nightmare Candle God, third path secret pattern.

The rest of the people, most are still struggling on the first and second paths.

The gap has already become so large as to cause despair!

"How can we still compete?!"

Chu Kuang watched Xu Jingming's flowing movements, unable to help but grin widely:

"Hahaha! Lei Shen is awesome! This comprehension is simply heaven-defying!"

Night Li also couldn't help but secretly nod.

With the little junior brother here, another piece of divine crystal and that defensive heavy treasure probably won't escape either.

The deepest part of the Black Stone Relics.

The black mist human-faced ghostly green soul fire violently leaped, almost about to surge out from the eye sockets!

"Good! Good! Good!"

The hoarse voice carried uncontainable excitement and agitation:

"Such comprehension! Such speed! Simply a perfect body for seizing!"

As a World Lord level powerhouse, his seizing is different from ordinary seizing.

Ordinary seizing is the soul forcibly occupying the opponent's body, often resulting in the loss of most of the original owner's talent.

But his seizing secret method is called "Soul Devouring Spirit Fusion".

It can completely devour and fuse the original owner's soul.

Thus inheriting sixty to ninety percent of the other's comprehension, talent, and even part of their memories!

Judging by Xu Jingming's performance like this.

Even with the worst luck, inheriting only sixty percent of his comprehension.

It would still be enough to make his cultivation speed skyrocket several times over after he returned to the Realm Lord realm!

If luck was good, inheriting eighty or ninety percent......

"Origin realm! I absolutely have a chance to charge into the Origin realm!"

The black mist figure's face was so excited his soul body trembled.