At this moment, outside the Demon Sea, numerous powerful experts had gathered. There were nearly a hundred super experts from the Saint Ancestor Realm alone!
More than three months ago, a true titan appeared here. He was called the Demon Saint! Unlike the title of the Phoenix Saint, anyone who can be called a Saint has reached the seventh step of the Saint Ancestor Realm or above. The Phoenix Saint was precisely such a being, a seventh-step Saint Ancestor super expert. However, comparing him to the Demon Saint was a different level entirely. The Demon Saint was a long-renowned, peak Saint Ancestor super titan. In this cosmos, if anyone could surpass the Saint Ancestor Realm, it was believed he would rank among the top three!
The Demon Saint was a rare surviving member of the Primeval Demon Clan, possessing incredibly heaven-defying combat power. He ranked third among the Ten Great Experts of the cosmos. Of course, this was merely a ranking compiled by a group of people called the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. No one truly knew who among the Ten Great Experts was stronger or weaker. Furthermore, it was believed that there were several others in the cosmos no less powerful than them. Super titans like these were the true forces influencing the operation of the cosmos!
Three months ago, the Demon Saint arrived here to find someone but was too late. All the heavenly prodigies had already been teleported into that mysterious abode. The Demon Saint stood outside the abode for nearly an hour before leaving, his destination unknown. However, those who paid attention knew he was looking for a mysterious white-robed, masked member of the Primeval Demon Clan. It was understood that this individual was also of the younger generation and had very likely been teleported into this abode. Everyone also wanted to see what kind of divine being could make the Demon Saint personally come searching. This was the second time he had appeared before the world, following an incident ten years ago in a small star domain called the Blazing God Star Domain, when the Demon Saint emerged from seclusion.
Outside the restriction, discussions were also ongoing.
"I wonder what's inside?" someone who couldn't enter the abode said with longing.
"No one knows! After all, no one has come out yet! Some great expert said there are only treasures inside, but didn't specify what kind!"
"Heh heh! That might not be true! Who knows if there are any restrictions or dangers inside..." someone said with a faint smile.
"No one knows what it is, but the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion once said it doesn't belong to this era! Didn't you see that even Lord Demon Saint, when he descended earlier, couldn't do anything to this abode?" someone remarked.
"I wonder how many people will come out! I heard over twenty thousand people went in, all cultivators under two hundred years old," another person added.
"I saw Mo Haixuan, Tai Cang Heavenly Emperor, and the Water Clan Princess here earlier. They were probably all teleported in."
"It really was them..." Many people gasped, taking a cold breath. Those individuals were peak heavenly prodigies with the hope of contending for supremacy in the cosmos. If they grew up, they would undoubtedly become titans of their own regions.
"I wonder how they are..."
Closer to the restriction stood over twenty individuals with imposing presences. They were also discussing the situation inside, but spoke much less, mainly focusing on how to divide the benefits. The teleportation into the abode was beyond their control, so they didn't know precisely who had entered. They could only determine who had perished or was still alive through soul jade slips or soul lamps, but they had no knowledge of the internal situation. The atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
"Perhaps over twenty thousand people went in. According to our statistics, more than four thousand have died, including two Cosmos-tier Heavenly Prodigies. I wonder what happened to them..." one of them said.
"We still don't know the dangers inside, so we can only observe. It will be clear once they come out. The perils within, capable of slaying Cosmic-level Tianjiao, are certainly not small!" another person said coldly.
"Hmph! It's easy for you to talk tough when it's not your clan's Cosmic-level geniuses who died! If I find out who killed my clan's genius, I won't let it go!" another person scoffed coldly, his clan's genius having perished.
"Observe in silence! The deceased share no commonalities, so nothing can be said for now. Let's wait until they come out!" A dignified voice rang out, as an elder among the crowd, who had been resting his eyes, suddenly opened them and spoke.
"Gu Tianzi, have you divined anything?" someone asked him. Gu Tianzi was a member of the Tianji Pavilion.
"Not much can be divined! This place far exceeds the scope of my predictions; some power is concealing it! I only know that it's related to Primordial Era powerhouses!" Gu Tianzi said gravely. His divinations over the past two months nearly caused a backlash; the heavenly secrets of this place seemed to be hidden by some force!
"As expected, it's a remnant from the Primordial Era..." The eyes of the crowd flickered. In recent years, cosmic mergers had led to the emergence of several places containing lost Primordial Era civilizations. This greatly excited the cultivators, especially those at their level. Although they didn't know if they could break through the Saint Ancestor realm, they wouldn't remain stuck at the Saint Ancestor realm forever. Besides, which of them, having reached the Saint Ancestor realm, could be considered simple individuals?
Within the forging realm, the inner world.
Outside the Main Inheritance Hall, many people stood discussing.
"What inheritance did you receive?" someone asked a companion.
"Black-grade! Haha!" The person laughed. For them to receive a Black-grade inheritance was already very good.
"Only by reaching the seventh floor can one obtain a Purple-grade inheritance!"
"This Purple-grade Inheritance Hall is truly terrifying!"
"Huh! Who knew that inside the inner hall was actually a trial tower? The higher one ascends, the better the inheritance received. Only fifteen people reached the seventh floor, alas..." someone sighed.
A month ago, after Wu Tianjun left, they thought there would be a fierce dragon-tiger struggle for the highest inheritance! However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the inner hall contained a trial tower. The higher one climbed in the tower, the higher-grade inheritance one would obtain. The trial tower had nine floors. The first three floors only yielded White-grade inheritances, floors four to six yielded Black-grade inheritances, and from the seventh floor upwards were Purple-grade inheritances. Only one person had emerged from there so far, having acquired a Purple-grade inheritance. Currently, fourteen people were still on floors seven to nine, specifically only on floors seven and eight! They saw seven points of light on the eighth floor and seven points of light on the seventh floor; no one had yet reached the ninth floor!
The seven people on the upper floors were likely Mo Haixuan's group of five, along with two unknown individuals. The trial tower's challenges were random, so it also depended on each person's luck. The weak were not necessarily incapable of acquiring high-grade inheritances!
"I wonder which two are so lucky..." someone sighed.
"..." No one knew who they were yet!
Inside, many people were still trying to overcome the trials, which included challenges, breaking formations, and solving cultivation problems... This was currently providing an overall assessment of a cultivator's potential!
Far from the inheritance hall, Wu Tianjun dug a cave beneath the great earth. Inside the cave, Wu Tianjun's figure was nowhere to be seen; only a thumb-sized black dot emitted a faint demonic aura. His shattered body only had the Little Demon Realm remaining, preserved from destruction by a World Tree branch. This thumb-sized black dot was precisely the Little Demon Realm!
The Little Demon Realm, which had been emitting a faint demonic aura, suddenly began to spin. Blood energy surged out of the Little Demon Realm, forming a crimson sphere more than half a *zhang* in size. Following this, blood-thread veins appeared within the sphere, which were, of course, the Divine-Demonic Dual Veins forming in parallel above the World Tree sapling within the Little Demon Realm. Just as Wu Tianjun had speculated, the World Tree sapling intended to reconstruct Wu Tianjun's destroyed body; it was just unknown what the new body would be like.
Within the blood sphere, starting from the Little Demon Realm, a skeletal structure gradually formed, followed by the growth of flesh and blood, slowly taking the shape of a small infant. It was an exact replica of Wu Tianjun at birth, except that various Dao Rhythms outside its body were even more profound and mysterious!
"Ah! How did I become so small?!?" Wu Tianjun opened his eyes, looking at his naked infant body with a face full of black lines, and exclaimed. He had only just turned fifteen with great difficulty!
However, before he could finish speaking, the World Tree sapling within the Little Demon Realm swayed its leaves, and life force surged out. Wu Tianjun's body visibly grew, and in less than a *ke* (fifteen minutes), he had reached the size of a ten-year-old before stopping!
"Ah! Why did it stop?!?" He shouted again.
"Insufficient blood energy!" The Demon Infant's voice came from within the Little Demon Realm.
At this moment, they had returned to their respective positions. The Prime Soul in the Sea of Consciousness only had a scattered bit of soul power remaining, while the Demon Infant in the Little Demon Realm constantly monitored any unusual movements within. Its fragment of soul had returned to the heart's position, taking control of the main body.
"Insufficient blood energy?" Wu Tianjun didn't understand.
"Hmph! The World Tree was created based on our blood essence, consuming quite a bit, hence the insufficient blood energy!" The Prime Soul said. "Later, we'll find a way to replenish our blood energy and return to our original state!"
"I'm afraid it's not that simple! Our original body was a Primordial Demonic Race lifeform, with blood energy like a sea; how could it be insufficient... Oh?!?" The Demon Infant was speaking when it suddenly stopped.
"Bloodline extraction..." Wu Tianjun also exclaimed in surprise. The World Tree was currently extracting his bloodline, making it incredibly pure. "Could it be..." Wu Tianjun suddenly thought of a crazy idea.
"The new body reconstructed by the World Tree sapling is a Primordial Body!" The Prime Soul said, as if confirming his thoughts.
"Hmph! I can now be called a Primordial Being!" The Demon Infant also said. Their inherited memories contained nothing about this aspect, yet their current powerful body was much more attuned to nature than the Primordial Demonic Race, in no way inferior to Primordial Beings or Primeval Behemoths!
"Hahaha! This young master truly has boundless good fortune! Just going out once, and my body has transformed into a Primordial Being's body! Hahaha!" Hearing this, Wu Tianjun suddenly burst into loud laughter. At this moment, he was no longer a descendant of a Primordial Being but had truly undergone a metamorphosis to become a genuine Primordial Being! A human Primordial Being!
It was no wonder he was astonished; indeed, Primordial Beings were the strongest beings of all time! They were born from heaven and earth, the very first creatures to emerge in this cosmos, and they were also the most powerful in the cosmos! Wu Tianjun had become a Primordial Being, and with his comprehension far surpassing that of other Primordial Beings, his cultivation would be even simpler!
"Huh! The World Tree isn't just as people say it is. Even the Ancient God and Demon races don't know when it came into existence...!" Wu Tianjun muttered, stopping his laughter.
The World Tree's essence, extracted from its bloodline, had transformed Wu Tianjun's body into that of a Primordial Being. It might have been born even earlier than the Primordial Beings themselves; it's just that no one knows what form it took!