A little later, before the six beams of light appeared deep within the Immortal Tomb, Fusheng, seated on a lotus throne, opened his eyes with a compassionate and calm gaze. He said to the empty space, “The path of inheritance is about to begin; it’s time to awaken them.”

Yue Ming also opened his eyes, and a flicker of sword-like killing intent flashed in his gaze.

This is why ordinary people find it difficult to look directly at Yue Ming Daoist.

Yue Ming lazily said, “Awaken them? Their souls might have already scattered after all these years.”

Despite his words, he stood up straight.

“Oh, and I gave that child the realm of absolute power. After she passed the trials, I intentionally didn’t respond to her question about the promised reward.”

Fusheng sighed, “You’ve lived so many years, and you’re playing games with a child.”

The Trial Tower’s armor initially lacked awareness, but later Yue Ming entered it.

The real reason the child dared to speak up was that she didn’t know what kind of being was behind the armor.

Yue Ming smirked, “Out of boredom, for fun, and to amuse myself.”

In other words, Yue Ming was bored and found Qin Ruqing interesting, so he entertained hiself.

Fusheng shook his head. “Let’s begin.”

The two Daoists performed some kind of spell, sending out a vast wave of energy accompanied by the command, “Awaken.”

Magically, it was as if a spring rain had been cast over the Immortal Tomb.

The previously silent tomb began to show signs of “awakening.”

The dull tombstones began to shine, becoming renewed; distant residences shook off dust with heavy creaking sounds; the gray, lifeless soul spheres slowly started to move and eventually coalesced into humanoid figures wearing robes.

As night fell and lights began to shine, the Immortal Tomb lit up with points of light.

Each point was a soul, and they bowed towards the two largest light clusters deep within the tomb.

Only a handful of beings had made it to Fusheng and Yue Ming.

They remained in a bowing posture, waiting for the Daoists’ instructions.

Fusheng’s phantom flickered with majestic authority.

The phantom spoke, “A great calamity for the human race is approaching, and the selection for inheritance begins. It is time for you to contribute the last bit of strength for the human race.”

No one was moved by the phrase “contribute strength,” as this concept was deeply ingrained in their minds.

They were only shocked by one thing—

“A calamity approaching? Daoist, has the barrier already been breached?”

Fusheng’s phantom showed no emotion in its voice, as if it was simply stating a fact.

“No, but it will be soon. Once the barrier is breached, it will be a great disaster for the human race. I have decided to use the power of the Void Realm to awaken you to select suitable human prodigies, grant them inheritance, and help them grow quickly.”

“The power of the Void has been decided to be used!”—The ancient powerful beings who were awakened were deeply shocked!

The Void Realm was the strongest defense line of the human-Demon Beast barrier, and their residual souls had survived because of the Void’s protection.

Once the Void’s power was activated, the barrier would inevitably weaken.

The Daoist’s decision indicated that the human race was in dire straits.

“Has our human race really reached this point?”
“How is the strength of the current generation of humans?”
“Are we even weaker than them?”

Fusheng’s phantom didn’t answer these questions anymore.

Then, the path of inheritance opened, and six pillars of light appeared.

Among them, three pillars were occupied by ancient powerful beings, while the Fusheng and the Yue Ming Daoist each occupied one.

That left one final pillar…

Fusheng asked Yue Ming, “The Dao Ancestor didn’t leave any specific teachings or even notes. What will you pass on to the two children chosen by the Azure Lutos?”

Yue Ming sighed, “I will support the sixth inheritance pillar.”
In other words, since there are no genuine teachings, they’ll use a fake to fill in.

Fusheng gave him a sideways glance, “Do you plan to fool that Qin child into inheriting your Dao lineage?”
Yue Ming shook his head, “No, I actually hope she goes to the Sixth Domain.”

The Dao Ancestor didn’t leave specific teachings, but there was still a clue. And that clue was in the Sixth Domain.

Outside the Immortal Tomb

The people guarding outside the Immortal Tomb noticed the obvious changes.

The intense energy fluctuations and the six towering pillars of light indicated that there was new progress in the inheritance selection.

“Has the selection ended? Are the results out?”
“It doesn’t seem like it. Such selections don’t usually end in just one round. It might be moving to the next stage.”
“Will the rankings provide results for the first round?”
Having results would ease their worries.

The leaders of the human race waited with hope and saw changes in the rankings.

The Fifth Clan Leader first focused on the status of Fifth Youlin.

Although he trusted Youlin, he couldn’t help but worry that Youlin might have encountered an accident due to staying in the Source Rule’s cave for too long.

Seeing the “Passed” mark next to Fifth Youlin’s name, the Fifth Clan Leader finally relaxed and turned his attention to others.

The next person he examined closely was naturally Fifth Lingyu.

When it comes to the most unusual figures in this inheritance trial, apart from the consistently astonishing Qin Ruqing, the second most notable is Fifth Family’s Lingyu.

Both of them share a common trait: they both chose the Azure Lutos(Qingliang) Inheritance and both exhibited a phenomenon of rotating through the major rule chambers after selecting Qinglian Inheritance.

This naturally leads people to draw connections between them.

At the time, Fifth Sheng speculated that this strange phenomenon might be related to the requirements of Qinglian Inheritance.

If Qinglian’s requirement was for the trial participants to go through all the rule chambers, then the results of clearing each chamber would be very important.

Fifth Sheng carefully examined Lingyu’s record.

He first relaxed and nodded in approval, but then his gaze stopped on one particular item.

Lingyu had failed the Five Elements Rule Chamber?!

This was puzzling.

Lingyu had clearly passed the most difficult Xuanming chamber and even was the first to clear it.

How could he fail at the basic Five Elements chamber?

Fifth Sheng couldn’t figure it out.

Despite his confusion, passing five out of six rule chambers was already an impressive achievement.

Even Feng Mingyue from the Feng family might not have achieved this.

This brought Fifth Sheng some satisfaction as the clan leader, feeling reassured about the future of the Fifth Family.

However, this satisfaction was short-lived. Joy is always fragile, especially when comparisons are made.

Fifth Sheng then saw Qin Ruqing’s results.

She had actually cleared all six rule chambers!

What a monstrous talent!

Fifth Sheng was so shocked that even his beard seemed to twitch.

He had high expectations for Qin Ruqing, which was why he agreed to let her be brought to Penglai for training when Lingyu recommended her.

However, even with high expectations, he hadn’t anticipated that Qin Ruqing would surpass his own child and Lingyu.

Fifth Sheng felt a tremor in his heart, his expression becoming increasingly serious.

If Qin Ruqing was really as impressive as he had thought… he would probably need to adjust his attitude.

The leaderboard was displayed on the outer barrier, and it wasn’t just Fifth Sheng who could see it.

Qin Ruqing’s achievement of clearing all the rule chambers shocked more than just Fifth Sheng.

Even Feng Qinxue, who had previously praised Qin Ruqing, showed a contemplative expression.

Her praise of Qin Ruqing wasn’t truly based on high regard; it was just to provoke Fifth Sheng.

Now, looking at it, the so-called “sparrow” might not be a mere sparrow but a fledgling phoenix ready to soar high.

When the elder of the Fang family saw the name Qin Ruqing followed by “Passed,” they were startled.

Originally, the Fang family had planned for Fang Zhejun to secretly deal with Qin Ruqing in the Ruins, preferably without anyone noticing.

But now, seeing the situation, even the elder, who had trusted Zhejun a lot, started to waver—could Zhejun really defeat someone who had cleared all six trials?

Why was it that despite having seemingly crushed the Qin family, such a remarkable figure could still emerge and rise again? Was it really true that their fate was not over?

The elder felt a sense of helplessness, as if fate was mocking them.

But soon, the elder realized that if fate was indeed mocking them, it was not just a feeling of helplessness but a kind of suffocating powerlessness.

After the trials, the leaderboard wiped all names clean, leaving only the Dao lineages.

Now, under the Xuanming Dao lineage, a list of competitors was being drawn up.

The Fang elder watched as Zhejun was matched against the Qin family prodigy.

Fang Zejun vs. Qin Ruqing.

The elder almost fainted.

He had hoped Zhejun would deal with Qin Ruqing early on, but that didn’t mean he wanted it to happen now!

He truly couldn’t predict the outcome of this battle.

…..

Qin Ruqing looked at the brightly dressed woman across from her.

The woman was wearing sleek black and red attire, with pale skin, slanted eyes, and a somewhat wide-set gaze—her appearance was strikingly fierce and beautiful.

This was Fang Zhejun.

It was no coincidence that Qin Ruqing was facing Fang Zhejun; it was actually Qin Ruqing’s choice.

After the South Ridge team split up, Qin Ruqing moved forward alone and chose a path between the Source and Xuanming pillars of light.

She chose this path because it was crowded with famous talents, making it easier for her to stir things up.

Unfortunately (or fortunately), Qin Ruqing happened to see Fang Zhejun struggling against powerful attacks from the inheritance path.

The deeper one went into the path, the stronger the attacks became.

Normally, other Dao lineage candidates couldn’t see Fang Zhejun’s predicament, and if they could, they wouldn’t have provoked her.

But Qin Ruqing saw it and noticed Fang Zhejun’s open spot when she was distracted.

Unable to resist, Qin Ruqing cast a powerful fire attack towards her.

Tang Zejun felt the attack and, with two sides being attacked, could only evade one.

This woman, clearly temperamental, chose to endure a rule attack rather than dodge Qin Ruqing’s attack, resulting in her spitting out blood and glaring at Qin Ruqing with anger.

Qin Ruqing remarked, “I was actually trying to help you, but it seems I missed my mark!”

She was about to apologize, but before she could, a sword shadow flew past her face, cutting a lock of her hair.

Qin Ruqing tilted her head and saw the sharp light.

She clicked her tongue.

This woman was truly a fierce, no-nonsense type.