Chapter 69: Acquiring the Heritage, Malice from the Mysterious Statue!

Having figured out the method to swiftly eliminate the Earth-Shaman Envoys, Ye Chuyun destroyed the majority of the tombstones across the entire peak in just a few short minutes.

It turned out that the Earth-Shaman Envoys had been hiding inside these very tombstones all along.

These were their true forms.

Once their hiding place was discovered and destroyed, the Earth-Shaman Envoys became nothing more than fish on a chopping board, completely at his mercy.

"Awoo!"

As the final tombstone was shattered, Ye Chuyun finally reached the summit.

The last fragment of the Heritage Tome and the Heavenly Sin forging blueprint dropped onto the ground.

Before Ye Chuyun even had a chance to pick them up, all the heritage fragments stored in his inventory flew out on their own.

They began to fuse with the final fragment on the ground, forming an ancient book.

The ancient book floated mid-air, its cover continuously glowing with golden divine runes.

[Notice: You have obtained the Heritage Tome.]

"Finally finished."

Seeing the Heritage Tome, Ye Chuyun let out a long breath of relief.

"Does this mean my trial is finally over?"

Picking up the Heavenly Sin forging blueprint fragment from the ground, Ye Chuyun walked up to the ancient book.

[Notice: Do you wish to open the Heritage Tome and accept the Heavenly Heritage?]

"What the hell, Heavenly Dao, are you still playing word games?"

Seeing the prompt, Ye Chuyun could not help but mentally complain.

He had thought that assembling the complete Heritage Tome would finish the quest and grant him the heritage directly.

Yet judging by the current situation, it seemed he would have to go through a new round of trials to truly receive the heritage.

It appeared the Titans had been far too naive before.

They had thought that gathering all twenty heritage fragments to piece together the Heritage Tome would be enough to claim the heritage.

"Whatever, screw it. Let's go in!"

Ye Chuyun gritted his teeth and finally opened the Heritage Tome.

A flash of white light blinded him, and he was instantly sucked into the ancient book.

...

[Notice: You have entered the Heavenly Courtyard.]

"Where is this?"

Ye Chuyun looked around.

The courtyard looked exceptionally ancient and mysterious.

The architectural style leaned towards the oriental, breathtakingly beautiful.

Though fascinating, there was an intangible, oppressive might hidden within it.

"This must be the place."

Seeing a closed gate within the courtyard, Ye Chuyun hurriedly walked over.

The gates were crafted from a special white jade, carved with numerous figures of deities.

At least, none of them were recognizable to Ye Chuyun from his past life.

After observing for a moment, Ye Chuyun pushed the doors open.

Creak, creak, creak!

As the gates cracked open, a stream of white radiance escaped through the gap, illuminating the entire courtyard.

Immediately following that, a piercing, frigid cold gushed out from within the gates.

Ye Chuyun was startled and quickly wrapped himself in flames to fend off the invading chill.

Once the gates were fully ajar, he stepped inside.

Beyond the gates lay a grand hall.

Inside the hall stood all sorts of statues, numbering over a hundred.

There were statues pointing swords at the sky, statues bowing their heads in deep thought, statues raising their fists high, and statues holding precious mirrors.

However, Ye Chuyun noticed that all these statues were positioned on the left and right sides.

In the center sat the statue of a man whose face could not be seen clearly.

While all the other statues stood, only he sat.

It was as if every other statue in the hall was completely submissive to him.

"Could it be that if I randomly choose one of these statues, I will receive its heritage?"

Just as Ye Chuyun was hesitating, a prompt appeared once more.

[Notice: The Will of the Heavenly Gods has chosen you. Do you submit to this will?]

"What?"

Before Ye Chuyun could figure out what was happening, an authoritative voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Mortals, submit to me, and I shall grant you boundless power."

"A power that even gods tremble before. From this day forth, you shall be the strongest being in the world of gods and demons!"

"Submit to me, and the entire world will be within your grasp!"

"Ugh!"

Ye Chuyun clutched his head in agony, shaking it violently in an attempt to shake off that alluring voice.

The conditions proposed by that voice were simply too tempting.

They made him yearn to just give in and agree.

Suddenly, Ye Chuyun recalled the events of his past life.

In his previous life, he had always lived in a passive state.

He had been passively summoned into this world of gods and demons.

To avoid being obliterated by the Heavenly Dao, he had passively hunted ferocious beasts, raised his strength, and completed various quests.

After leaving the trial grounds, he had passively submitted to a major faction, spending every day as a laborer refining pills.

When the faction he joined provoked a powerful enemy and was annihilated, his identity as a mid-tier alchemist meant he had no choice but to passively submit to an even stronger faction, continuing his life as a pill-refining laborer.

Constantly compromising, constantly submitting.

In the end, he had died as mere cannon fodder on the Myriad Clans Battlefield.

Now, reborn back to the very beginning, Ye Chuyun refused to remain passive anymore.

He actively hunted ferocious beasts for the sole purpose of becoming stronger.

And the purpose of becoming stronger was precisely to never have to submit to any faction ever again!

Now, they wanted him to submit once more?

Never! Absolutely not!

That voice continued its relentless temptation.

"I can give you everything you desire."

Hearing this, Ye Chuyun chuckled.

"Everything I desire?"

"All I desire is simply the right to say 'no'."

"Can you give me that?"

Realizing it could not seduce Ye Chuyun, the voice grew enraged out of shame.

"Foolish mortal."

"You will regret the choice you have made!"

The moment the voice finished, the entire hall trembled violently.

The male statue seated in the center actually stood up.

It raised a hand and pointed a finger directly at Ye Chuyun.

Ye Chuyun instantly felt himself bound by an overwhelmingly domineering force.

"Damn it!"

Subconsciously, Ye Chuyun wanted to summon his avatar.

Only to find that the Avatar Technique was still on cooldown.

He had no other invincibility skills available.

Unable to use his avatar, Ye Chuyun tried to break free from the binding force, only to discover that his current strength was nowhere near enough to shake it.

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the statue's fist descended upon him.

"Could it be that I am going to fail?"

Ye Chuyun knew that death was impossible within the Heavenly Dao trial.

However, once struck by the statue, his Heavenly Dao evaluation would undoubtedly end in failure.

Just as the fist was about to smash into Ye Chuyun, the other statues suddenly burst with brilliant light.

The male statue abruptly shattered.

Much like a mirror being smashed to pieces, the fragments scattered all over the floor with a crash.

Yet a moment later, the fragments reassembled, reforming the male statue.

"Heavenly Deity Number One, stop. You have no right to attack a candidate."

"He refused submission, which means he has successfully passed the Heavenly Dao's trial and rightfully deserves the heritage."

"By doing this, you are violating the rules of the Heavenly Dao."

On the left side, a statue holding a giant sword suddenly spoke.

"Hmph, Heavenly Deity Number Five, you really have ruined my fun."

The male statue let out a cold snort, slowly sat back down, and then glared coldly at Ye Chuyun.

"Candidate, consider yourself lucky this time. Scram."

As the voice faded, Ye Chuyun vanished from the grand hall in the blink of an eye.