Jia Jinsheng sat on top of the black beetle, looking into the distance.
In his hand, he held an information Gu that recorded a clue about an inheritance.
Not long ago, he had spoken about searching for one, and now he had actually found a lead.
It contained several Gu and more than ten Gu recipes.
That day, Jia Jinsheng followed the clues recorded in the picture book.
It described being chased by enemies, falling from a cliff, gaining an inheritance, and then taking revenge.
Using this as a guide, he searched along the mountain cliffs.
Not long after, he noticed something unusual in the air.
An injured bat struggled to stay aloft, its body swaying as if it could fall at any moment.
The bat looked strange.
It had long, pointed ears and two pairs of wings.
The upper pair was larger, while the lower pair was smaller and tucked beneath.
The edges of both pairs were sharp, like blades.
However, those wings were badly damaged.
Several parts were torn, and it could barely maintain flight.
Jia Jinsheng frowned.
This did not look like an ordinary beast.
It was more likely a wild Gu.
But that raised another question—wild Gu rarely appeared alone.
If it belonged to a Gu Master, then why was it left in such a state?
Driven by a greedy instinct, Jia Jinsheng quietly followed the bat into a cave.
When he entered, he saw the bat resting on the chest of a skeleton, as if it had fallen asleep.
Seizing the chance, he quickly activated his Gu and killed it in one strike.
After searching the cave, Jia Jinsheng discovered that the skeleton had once been a Rank 3 Gu Master.
Of course, a Rank 3 Gu Master was nothing special to him.
His older brothers, Jia Fu and Jia Gui, were both Rank 4, and his father, Jia Renyi, was Rank 5, a powerful figure in the Southern Border.
But what truly mattered was something else.
This Rank 3 Gu Master had once obtained an inheritance—the Blood Sea True Inheritance.
This inheritance came from the Blood Sea Ancestor, a demonic Rank 7 Gu Immortal known for countless killings.
His name was recorded in history, feared and stained with blood.
He was originally an ordinary person, but by chance stepped onto the demonic path.
Starting from the lowest level, he climbed step by step, and after more than eight hundred years, he became a feared figure in the demonic path.
The Blood Sea Ancestor did not have high aptitude, and the primeval essence in his aperture was limited.
Because of this, he devoted much of his life to studying the refinement of Gu.
Wild Gu carry their own will and can absorb natural energy from the surroundings.
But once they are refined by a Gu Master and controlled by human will, they lose this ability and can only rely on the primeval essence within the aperture.
The Blood Sea Ancestor always wanted to refine a Gu that could still absorb natural energy even after being refined, breaking this limitation.
The righteous Gu Masters were alarmed by this and feared he might succeed.
They joined forces and launched several encirclements to hunt him down.
No matter how strong one person was, they could not stand against many.
Although the Blood Sea Ancestor was powerful, he was outnumbered.
In the end, he suffered a fatal wound, but still managed to escape using a blood escape method.
Knowing his end was near, he began to spread his inheritance.
Using the little time he had left, this Rank 7 Gu Immortal set up countless hidden inheritance sites, scattering them across the Central Continent and the Southern Border.
Before his death, he let out a strange laugh.
“The path of blood will never be lonely.
Its poison will pass down through countless generations!”
His words proved true.
In the years that followed, many Gu Masters benefited from his inheritance, and the demonic path grew stronger because of it.
His inheritances were scattered everywhere.
In some forgotten valley, a poor village, a barren desert, or even beside a quiet mountain road, one might stumble upon a few Gu left behind by him.
These Gu were easy to raise, required little primeval essence, and were simple to use.
Even a weak Gu Master could make use of them.
Because of this, the Blood Sea Inheritance became one of the most widespread inheritances in the world.
Few could match it.
Jia Jinsheng did not hesitate just because it was a demonic inheritance.
He took away all the Gu left behind with the skeleton.
“Ever since the death of the Blood Sea Ancestor, the Central Continent has treated the Blood Path as part of the demonic path.
Across the Five Regions, it is seen as a dangerous and taboo path.”
If I cultivate it and others find out, so what?”
Jia Jinsheng’s eyes hardened, a trace of madness flashing within them.