Chapter 278: Officially Becoming a Disciple

"This is the place."

Li Yang arrived in an area via a Space Teleportation Array.

A massive palace stood here. This was the location of the Blade Slaughter Sect.

"Look, it’s Li Yang."

"Li Yang just passed the fifth step of the Path of Deities! His rate of progress is simply heaven-defying!"

"The quality of the geniuses the Saint Hall selected from the Three Thousand Star Continent this time is just too high."

There were other geniuses in the palace area. When they saw Li Yang, they couldn’t help but start discussing him.

The Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall didn’t just recruit geniuses through selections; there were various other channels as well.

The ones before him had clearly been recruited through those other channels.

The Longevity Realm came with a lifespan of 10,000 years. According to the rules, Longevity Realm geniuses like Li Yang, recruited through various channels, could be nurtured in the Longevity Realm for one hundred years.

After one hundred years, they had to break through to the Star Lord Realm.

’So many geniuses.’ Li Yang also glanced at the other geniuses.

SWOOSH!

Blade Slaughter appeared directly in front of the palace, right before Li Yang.

Seeing Blade Slaughter, Li Yang bowed respectfully and knelt. "Disciple greets Master."

He had already been calling Blade Slaughter "Master" before this.

So, Li Yang didn’t need to perform any special ceremony to formally become his disciple.

"Haha, Li Yang, rise," Blade Slaughter said with a smile.

Li Yang formally bowing and calling him Master in front of so many people would surely cause the news to spread quickly.

Blade Slaughter sighed internally. ’Li Yang is no fool. He must know that revealing such immense Talent would attract the interest of some Emperors. The fact that he came to me immediately to become my disciple is very touching.’

With a wave of his right hand, Blade Slaughter vanished with Li Yang, leaving the crowd of geniuses behind.

"Li Yang took Sect Master Blade Slaughter as his master?"

As these geniuses dispersed, the news of Li Yang becoming a disciple spread rapidly.

"Li Yang chose Blade Slaughter as his master?"

"I just heard that Blade Slaughter had been guiding Li Yang all this time."

"Sigh, how did I not notice such a powerful genius before?"

"Forget it. It’s fine that we missed out. I bet the ones who regret it the most are Flame Wave and his group."

"Right. They taught Li Yang for a year. He was this close to becoming one of their disciples."

One by one, the Deities who had wanted to take Li Yang as a disciple received the news. Whether they had sent Li Yang a message or not, all these powerful Deities gave up on the idea of recruiting him.

...

"Junior Brother Li Yang."

"Senior Brother Li Yang."

Sect Master Blade Slaughter led Li Yang into the palace. There were several disciples inside. A few were Sect Master Blade Slaughter’s direct disciples, while the others had chosen to join the Blade Slaughter Sect but had not been accepted as direct disciples.

The former were naturally Li Yang’s senior brothers, but the latter all had to address Li Yang as Senior Brother.

"You are all dismissed," Sect Master Blade Slaughter ordered.

"Yes, Master." The disciples departed.

Blade Slaughter looked at Li Yang and smiled. "Excellent, Li Yang. Your progress over these past four-plus years has completely exceeded my expectations."

Even he hadn’t expected Li Yang to improve so quickly!

"What do you plan to do next? Continue studying Yuan Wu attacks?"

Li Yang replied respectfully, "Master, your disciple plans to go to the Inheritance Palaces first."

Hearing this, Sect Master Blade Slaughter nodded and said, "Mm. You have four inheritance opportunities now, and you’ve made such great progress. You should go to the Inheritance Palaces to digest your Law comprehensions from the past few years."

"Go on. When you come out of the Law Inheritance Palaces, prepare to enter the summit of the Lianyun Mountain Range."

"The summit of the Lianyun Mountain Range?"

At these words, Li Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

On the mountainside of the Lianyun Mountain Range, one received an inheritance opportunity every ten years. Viewing the Law secret patterns in the void there was 1.5 times more effective than at the base of the mountain.

But at the summit of the Lianyun Mountain Range, one could get an inheritance opportunity in just five years, and viewing the Law secret patterns in the void was twice as effective as at the base.

Right now, among the three thousand geniuses of Li Yang’s cohort, only Mixed Void and Lan Yu had been assigned to the summit.

That was where some of the Human Race’s most elite geniuses stayed.

"Master, can I go directly to the summit?" Li Yang couldn’t help but ask.

’One of the ways to get to the summit is to defeat a genius who’s already there, but my strength is clearly a bit lacking right now.’

"Haha, Li Yang, the Saint Hall has always placed immense value on geniuses. For those who show enormous progress, they can even break the rules and make an exception for a promotion."

Sect Master Blade Slaughter said with a laugh, "The strength you’ve displayed is already comparable to Lan Yu’s. With such a rate of progress, you can of course be granted an exception and assigned to the summit."

Hearing Sect Master Blade Slaughter’s definitive answer, Li Yang grew excited.

Of course he wanted to be at the summit. That extra inheritance opportunity every ten years alone was something he coveted immensely.

"There’s no rush. Go to the Inheritance Palaces with peace of mind. You should be able to go to the summit after you come out," Sect Master Blade Slaughter said with a small smile.

"Also, come back to me after you leave the Inheritance Palaces."

"Yes, Master." Li Yang suppressed his excitement and nodded.

...

After leaving the Blade Slaughter Sect, Li Yang used a Space Teleportation Array and quickly arrived at another location.

Here, massive palaces stood one after another, each one emitting a different kind of fluctuation.

The thirteen Inheritance Palaces corresponded to thirteen complete Laws!

This was already Li Yang’s fourth time here.

Five years ago, he had entered the Space Law and Thunder Law Inheritance Palaces here. One year ago, he had entered the Fire Element Law Inheritance Palace.

’Enter!’

Li Yang directly chose the Space Law Inheritance Palace. As he arrived before it, a beam of light seemed to scan his body.

"Li Yang, Longevity Realm, four inheritance opportunities."

A mechanical voice rang in his ears.

Afterward, Li Yang appeared in a strange space. Within this space were four exceptionally peculiar patterns.

’Time to start comprehending!’

Li Yang directly chose the pattern corresponding to the Teleportation mystery of the Space Law.

Mysterious fluctuations continuously flowed into his mind. The complex pattern of the Teleportation mystery began to break down before his very eyes, again and again, until it was reduced to a series of incredibly simple secret patterns...

The various problems Li Yang had previously encountered while comprehending the Space Law were rapidly solved amidst these deconstructed secret patterns...

An unknown amount of time passed...

SWOOSH!

Li Yang’s figure appeared outside the palace.

’The inheritance is over?’

Li Yang looked at the Space Law Inheritance Palace before him, fighting the urge to go back inside!

In that short time, his comprehension of the Space Law had improved by leaps and bounds!

It was like this every time he entered! This feeling of rapid progress was just too wonderful.

’What kind of existence built these Inheritance Palaces? Was it a Dominator?’ Li Yang couldn’t help but wonder.

’To be able to completely analyze the four great mysteries of a complete Law, breaking them down into countless simple secret patterns... that ability... is simply unimaginable.’