"This is..."
A vast and solemn aura seemed to drift forth from an ancient era.
Ye Chen suddenly realized that his own form had appeared before that radiance.
The large ball of light, the Demon God's Astonishing Record, floated slowly, showing no change.
The other two of the three smaller light clusters were also unharmed.
Only the one in the center had erupted with an incomparably dazzling, brilliant light, almost blinding Ye Chen!
'What in the world is going on?'
'The seal within the ball of light... it's been undone at a time like this?'
Ye Chen's heart pounded wildly, and he struggled to remain calm.
Squinting, he reached out, wanting to touch the radiant sphere before him.
The moment Ye Chen touched the ball of light...
A massive stream of information instantly flooded into Ye Chen's mind, like a great river flowing into the sea.
His eyes grew vacant as his brain began to rapidly process and absorb the vast, complex information.
'This is the Demon God's memory inheritance...'
When Ye Chen came to his senses, his eyes were filled with utter shock.
That boundless stream of information was, in fact, the memories of the Ancient Demon God.
It included the ancient Alchemy Skill, forging techniques, Array skills, Cultivation Techniques, martial arts, and so on and so forth...
Every experience the Demon God had gained while walking the mortal world was now gathered here, compiled into a single epic!
And above this magnificent epic, four large, dazzling golden words appeared.
It seemed to be the title of the entire work.
Reflected in Ye Chen's pupils were those four majestic words, seemingly forged from the very stars and moon, and he unconsciously read them aloud.
"Demon God... Creation Skill!"
He took a deep breath, so shocked he was nearly speechless.
'This really is the skeleton of the Ancient Demon God!'
'If the Demon God's Astonishing Record is the true core inheritance, allowing me to replicate the might of the Ancient Demon God after cultivating it...!'
'Then the Demon God Creation Skill is the culmination of every detail from the Demon God's life! He created supreme alchemy, forging, and Array skills... he walked every path to its glorious peak, leaving a deep and indelible mark on history!'
Ye Chen was trembling all over.
'What kind of sacred being was this so-called Demon God? Was he truly not human?'
The vast epic flowed swiftly into Ye Chen's mind, like an endless stream with no end in sight.
Finally, after Ye Chen had absorbed the last part of the epic...
In that moment, Ye Chen felt as if his very thoughts had been elevated to a higher plane!
He had inherited all of the Demon God's memories!
Had it been anyone else, receiving such a massive stream of information at once would have likely resulted in their personality being overwritten, as if possessed by the Demon God, turning them into a completely different person.
After all, these were the Demon God's memories, and they contained a great deal of his subjective emotions!
Absorbing those emotions along with millennia of memories would change anyone completely.
However, Ye Chen was different.
He had also absorbed a large amount of subjective emotion while receiving this inheritance.
But he possessed the Chaos Five Elements Body.
A body of chaos, capable of encompassing all things in existence!
Although the current Ye Chen couldn't yet fully unleash the potential of his Chaos Five Elements Body...
...when receiving this external inheritance, he was better able to maintain a clear mind, his thoughts remaining undisturbed.
In other words, Ye Chen was still Ye Chen; he had simply inherited all of the Demon God's memories.
WHOOSH...
Ye Chen took a deep breath. With a single thought, he opened his eyes and found himself back in the outside world.
Once Ye Chen had completely absorbed the inheritance, the slowed-down scene in the outside world finally began to move again.
It was as if time, which had been frozen, suddenly started to flow once more.
'Did that bone fragment really retain a sliver of power capable of influencing the flow of time?'
A glint appeared in Ye Chen's eyes.
He suddenly found himself filled with anticipation.
This single piece of bone contained such an astonishing inheritance.
What would it be like when the seals on the other two bone fragments were released?
"Die!"
Yan Qiushi, the Prefectural Commander of Lei Province; the Thunder Sound Battle Buddha of Vajra Temple; and Yang Yan, the Sect Leader of the Nine Nether Sect.
With murderous glints in their eyes, the three of them unleashed their full power, intending to kill Ye Chen in a single blow!
The terrifying offensive enveloped the entire mountain of the Cold Wind Sect in an aura of annihilation.
No one believed Ye Chen could survive the powerful joint attack of these three.
Although Ye Chen had previously held the upper hand, these three famous masters of Lei Province had now unleashed their ultimate techniques, their combat power soaring to approach the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm!
Bone Forging, Blood Condensation, Spiritual Sea, and Primordial Mansion.
'I'm afraid only a true expert at the Primordial Mansion Realm could survive this siege.'
And yet, Ye Chen, at the very center of the encirclement, wore a look of utter indifference.
Facing the terrifying attacks that filled the sky, he acted as if he didn't even see them. His expression was relaxed, and a contemplative light even flickered in his eyes, as if he were thinking about something else entirely.
'Has this guy given up resisting?'
The crowd exchanged glances, their hearts filled with shock and uncertainty.
'It makes sense, when you think about it. Across the whole of Lei Province, there are probably very few people who could escape unscathed from an attack by these three.'
"You little bastard, just go to hell!"
A frenzied look appeared in Shen Yanyue's eyes.
Previously, under immense pressure from Ye Chen, her fear had driven her to ruthlessly kill Zhou Qingyue, the Saintess of the Cold Wind Sect. This act had drawn considerable criticism within the sect.
She had been tormented by it ever since.
After all, she had personally mentored Zhou Qingyue, and the master-disciple pair had been so close they were almost like mother and daughter.
But after seeing Ye Chen kill Elder Zhong without a second thought, she knew.
'I'm afraid I've run into a madman!'
'This madman fears nothing, not even the reputation of the provincial government can intimidate him!'
'If I oppose him, I'll likely suffer the same fate as Elder Zhong.'
In the end, the will to survive overwhelmed everything else! She disregarded her bond with Zhou Qingyue and struck the fatal blow, all to beg for Ye Chen's forgiveness.
She had never been as dignified and resolute as she appeared on the surface. The incident had left her so distraught that she could barely cultivate in peace.
Now, seeing Ye Chen, the root of all her misery, finally about to be executed, how could she not be wild with excitement?
Ye Chen paid no mind to the various gazes from the outside world.
He simply pondered for a moment, and then, as if he had finally made a decision, the confusion in his eyes vanished.
'I'll try this move.'
He recalled the vast ocean of memories in his mind and finally settled on one particular martial technique.
"Cangming Nether Emperor Hand!"
In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color, and the sun and moon lost their light!