Chapter 254: Craving for the Inheritance

The geniuses stared at the Inheritance Palace, their eyes burning with fervor.

Next to Li Yang, Mute was just as excited. "The Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall is truly incredible!" he exclaimed. "My master, Emperor Kui Lang, also established a place of inheritance in his martial grounds to train geniuses. I go there often, but compared to this place, its effects are at least ten times weaker! I’ve been there more than twenty times, and the combined effect of all those visits doesn’t even come close to this single session."

He was ecstatic. As the disciple of an Emperor, he had visited similar places of inheritance before.

But there were vast differences between one Inheritance Palace and another.

"Haha, I trust you’ve all experienced the benefits of the place of inheritance by now?" the elder, Barton, asked with a smile as he looked at Li Yang and the other eleven.

Everyone nodded. They hadn’t fully understood before, but now, they were all desperate to go back inside.

In just ten short days, their comprehension of the laws had improved by at least ten to twenty percent! Such a rate of progress was enough to drive a person mad.

Barton smiled and said, "The twelve of you have one inheritance opportunity remaining. As geniuses residing on the mountainside of the Lianyun Mountain Range, you will gain another opportunity every ten years. Your next one can be claimed in ten years’ time."

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment appeared in the geniuses’ eyes. To think they had to wait so long for another chance at such an amazing place.

Ten years was, without a doubt, a very long time.

They had to wait ten years, while the top two geniuses, Mixed Void and Lan Yu, could claim an inheritance opportunity every five years.

As for those ranked from fifteenth to three-thousandth—the geniuses at the foot of the mountain—they had to wait twenty years for a single opportunity.

From the crowd, Long Zhan, who had placed third in the genius selection, stepped forward and asked, "Mister Barton, are there any other ways for us to get inheritance opportunities?"

At these words, Li Yang and the others all looked toward him.

A ten-year wait seemed a bit long to all of them. At the moment, they each had only one opportunity left, and once it was used, it was gone.

Barton nodded and smiled. "There is one other way: the Path of Deities."

"The Path of Deities?"

Hearing this, Li Yang and the others were taken aback.

The first trial of the Eternal Saint Hall’s genius selection for the Human Race had been the Path of Deities, and it had lasted for five whole years!

On that Path of Deities, all sorts of Cultivation Techniques, law imprints, and more had appeared, allowing every genius from the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continent to choose as they pleased.

Barton look at the crowd and said with a smile, "The Path of Deities I’m referring to isn’t one filled with opportunities, but rather a place to test your strength."

"As you cultivate within the Saint Hall, you must demonstrate your progress. The faster you improve, the more resources the Saint Hall will invest in you. For example, if you make tremendous progress, you can be moved directly from the mountainside to the mountaintop, where you can claim an inheritance opportunity every five years."

"However, if your progress is slow over a certain period, you may be demoted from the mountainside and have to move to the foot of the mountain."

"Barring special circumstances, you will be assessed once every ten years. In special cases, an assessment isn’t necessary. You can be promoted directly from the foot to the mountainside, or from the mountainside to the mountaintop."

Barton explained, "The Path of Deities within the Saint Hall is a stairway with forty-nine steps. Passing all forty-nine means you have completely mastered the four profundities of a single law. At that point, you will have reached the Divine Realm."

"A forty-nine-step Path of Deities?"

"And passing all forty-nine means you’ve reached the Divine Realm?"

The geniuses all listened intently.

"And for this forty-nine-step Path of Deities, you will receive one inheritance opportunity for every step you pass," Barton said with a gentle smile.

"You can use the wrist devices I gave you earlier to enter the Virtual World and access the Path of Deities. Go and see how strong you are. The AI on your wrist devices will provide you with the specific details."

"For those who don’t want to test their strength on the Path of Deities, you still have one inheritance opportunity left, so you can choose to stay here and use it."

"However, let me give you a piece of advice. While the place of inheritance is wonderful, its effects are best when you have already accumulated a certain amount of insight from your regular practice. You then enter the place of inheritance to fully digest and consolidate what you’ve learned."

"Your session just now improved your law comprehension by at least ten to twenty percent. If you go in again right away, the improvement won’t be nearly as significant. Your opportunities are limited, so choose wisely."

The elder, Barton, finished his explanation and smiled. "Alright, I’ll be on my way now. I wish you all the best in becoming the future top-tier powerhouses of our Human Race."

With his task of guiding Li Yang’s group complete, the elder Barton said no more and departed.

He left, leaving behind the twelve geniuses, their eyes glinting with excitement.

’The Path of Deities... forty-nine steps, and one inheritance opportunity for every step.’

’With my current strength, I can definitely pass a few of them.’

’I have to go try it now!’

The geniuses’ minds were clearly fixated on the inheritance opportunities.

After just one session in the Inheritance Palace before them, it had clearly become the place they coveted most.

Now that there was a way to earn more opportunities, of course they were going to try it.

Li Yang was no exception. He tapped his wrist device, and a small, holographic figure immediately appeared above it.

The hologram looked like a miniature person. It looked at Li Yang and said, "Hello, Master. I am your AI assistant, Number Six."

Li Yang asked directly, "Number Six, how do I access the Path of Deities?"

AI assistant Number Six replied, "Access is not possible from the place of inheritance. Master, please return to your residence first."

Hearing this, Li Yang nodded.

He returned to the Lianyun Mountain Range along with Mute and the others.

"Haha, Li Yang, this is my palace. I’m heading into the Virtual World now!" Mute laughed heartily.

His palace was closer.

Li Yang nodded with a smile. "I’ll be right there."

He returned to his own residence.

His residence was a lone palace situated on a massive mountain peak. In front of the palace was a vast, flat clearing.

From this clearing, one could gaze up into the void and observe the fragmented law runes.

After a brief look, Li Yang thought to himself, ’As expected. The view of these fragmented law runes is much better from the mountainside.’

Previously, he had observed these fragmented runes from the massive plaza where the three thousand geniuses had gathered, but the effect there was only equivalent to being at the foot of the mountain.

Now, however, the effect of observing the runes from his current position on the mountainside was 1.5 times stronger than at the foot of the mountain; Li Yang could clearly feel the difference.

"Number Six, enter the Virtual World. Path of Deities," Li Yang commanded.

"Yes, Master," the AI assistant replied instantly.

Li Yang’s consciousness entered the Virtual World. With the AI assistant’s help, he found himself instantly transported to a specific area.

The area was already densely packed with people. Judging by their faces, they were almost all of the three thousand geniuses recently recruited by the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall.