Qin Ruqing had always faced her desires and ambitions head-on.

She wanted to be powerful, to reach the highest position, to overlook everything!

What was wrong with that? What was impossible about it?

Qin Ruqing felt a strong pull towards this cavern. Compared to the others, this one was the most appealing.

“But choosing the path of killing easily leads to extremism,” she calmly analyzed. “I don’t sense any hesitation or room for retreat here.”

“A path to the end, even if it means killing all obstacles. I’m not that extreme, I’m flexible.”

Sometimes, to achieve her goals, Qin Ruqing wasn’t afraid to lose face or suffer temporarily.

She could always find a way to turn things around.

“I need to keep looking.”

Using great self-control, she turned away.

The fifth cavern left her puzzled. It radiated a sacred power that made her want to kneel, but it felt distant and unreachable.

She felt she couldn’t grasp it.

Turning back, she reached the last cavern. This one was pitch black, as if covered by a dark curtain, revealing nothing.

Yet strangely, Qin Ruqing didn’t feel scared. She felt this was just right.

In this cavern, she felt peace and tranquility. It was like a baby returning to its mother’s embrace.

Qin Ruqing allowed herself to enjoy the feeling for a while, then said:

“This is the strangest Rule Cavern. It feels like it has all rules and no rules at the same time.”

“Chaos, disorder, undefinable, unfathomable, yet ever-changing,” she concluded.

After some contemplation, she exited and stood before the six Rule Caverns. It seemed time to make a choice.

Qin Ruqing rarely felt conflicted, but these six caverns clearly related to her future inheritance.

The chosen cavern would determine the path of her inheritance and trials.

“This is tough.”

“Except for the luck one, the others all seem fine. Actually, luck isn’t bad either… Bad luck is still luck, mastered to the extreme, it could be powerful too.”

“So, all of them work.”

Qin Ruqing looked at the killing cavern. Logically, it suited her best. It almost perfectly matched what she wanted.

But… her intuition told her the last cavern was truly for her.

“So, do I follow logic or intuition?”

“Based on my experience, logic usually yields good results, but intuition can either lead to great success or total failure.”

“For something as important as inheritance, I should be cautious.” She pondered, starting towards the killing cavern, but stopped halfway.

“Not giving up!” she declared.

“Miracle Qin Ruqing of Nanling never admits defeat! One last try, if it fails, I’ll never trust my gut again.”

“Yep, one last time.”

With determination, she confidently walked towards the last Rule Cavern.

Outside the Immortal Tomb, the fifth-rank clan leader, Fifth Sheng, who had received the secret letter, solemnly announced a message.

“There may be unusual activity in the Beast Marsh!”

“Would anyone be willing to risk a journey with me to investigate the Beast Marsh?”

Just as the demon race dared not approach the Immortal Tomb casually, the human race naturally also refrained from approaching the Beast Marsh lightly.

The high-ranking humans who received this news were alarmed.

“The Beast Marsh is sealed, isn’t it? It hasn’t shown any activity for thousands of years. How could it…”

“Don’t forget, the seal of the Immortal Tomb had never dissipated either. It might just be a chain reaction between the two!”

The speaker was a revered elder known for his sharp tongue.

Although his tone was somewhat sardonic, his point was valid.

The frequent anomalies in the Immortal Tomb, which had been functioning normally for millennia, could indeed be a chain reaction caused by one event.

The Beast Marsh certainly contains the lingering souls of powerful beasts. If something truly happened…

This matter seemed quite serious, so those stationed outside the Immortal Tomb did not dare delay and all came to the Beast Marsh to investigate.

For humans, the Beast Marsh was covered in overwhelming demonic energy, making it difficult to approach normally; a barrier had to be set up.

A group of human elites, enveloped in golden light, looked toward the Beast Marsh with grave expressions.

Fifth Sheng said, “Our stationed personnel reported that a group of young beasts danced and made noise at the entrance of the Beast Marsh.

Afterwards, the Beast Marsh showed signs of activity.

The mist and poison fog moved aside, allowing this group of young beasts to enter, and then the barrier automatically closed behind them. It appears that the anomaly may be related to this group of young beasts.”

“Could they have mastered some method to open the Beast Marsh?” someone speculated.

“I actually think the scene is quite similar to how we opened the Immortal Tomb’s seal,” Feng Qinxue said, crossing her arms.

When others heard this, they nodded in agreement as if enlightened.

Wasn’t their method of opening the Immortal Tomb seal similar?

As soon as the chosen top talents of the human race entered, the seal automatically dissipated, which was remarkably similar to the anomaly happening in the Beast Marsh!

A human elite swallowed hard, clearly wanting to ask something but hesitating.

After struggling, he couldn’t help but finally ask, “Could it be that the Beast Marsh has also started a legacy selection?”

…

If the Beast Marsh had also started a legacy selection, what impact would it have on the human and beast realms?

The human high-ranking officials under the barrier fell into silence.

Fifth Sheng looked ahead and said after a while, “This is a very likely scenario, but now that the Beast Marsh has sealed itself again, we are powerless to stop it.”

Seeing these people’s faces showing deep concern, Fifth Sheng added:

“Upon reflection, perhaps it’s not so bad. After all, the human race has already started a legacy selection before them. Both sides are still on an even footing.”

“As long as we can maintain the balance, there is still hope.”

…

Inside the Immortal Tomb’s rule cavern, just as Qin Ruqing had guessed earlier, each person faced six swirling, radiant vortices.

These chosen ones were about to face a crucial decision.

At this moment, the one making a choice was Lu Wei.

Lu Wei was a fire-wood spirit root, but her primary focus in alchemy was still on wood attributes.

Therefore, she had two choices.

Lu Wei stood in one of the rule caverns,

Sensing the rich life force inside, Lu Wei spoke calmly, “The Rule of Life is suitable for me, as it aligns with my practice of refining pills to heal others…”

She continued, “But I don’t just want to heal.”

Along with healing, Lu Wei desired the ability to protect herself.

This had been her wish since childhood, which is why she practiced both pill refining and swordsmanship.

Even after going to Danxin City for further study, Lu Wei focused on the methods of using pills to kill, learning to create many deadly toxins.

Without hesitation, Lu Wei left the Life Cavern and went to the Five Elements.

She chose to study the Rule of Wood, specializing in pill refinement, which allowed her to both heal and kill.

Similarly, Tang Zifeng and Qi Rong chose the Five Elements path.

Tang Zifeng was a natural at weapon refining, specializing in Metal.

When Tang Zifeng arrived at the Five Elements entrance, the cavern immediately lit up with golden light, symbolizing Metal, and even opened a path for Tang Zifeng to enter.

Normally, one would explore the remaining five Rule Caverns to see if something more suitable could be found.

But Tang Zifeng had no such concept.

He only stuck to his choice.

His past had made him stubborn; once he chose something, he pursued it single-mindedly without turning back.

Qi Rong, however, explored all six Rule Caverns.

The first one, the Five Elements, was fine, but the Life and Killing Caverns made him shake his head.

They were too different from his style.

He also considered the Luck cavern.

According to his sister, he was someone who could make her “envy and hate.”

But Qi Rong preferred pure strength.

He felt that relying on luck seemed like cheating, and most importantly, it wasn’t stylish enough.