Chapter 158 Convergence

Xu Jingming was indeed very fortunate to have a connection with Yu Huo Jun. He obtained the *Eight Directions Map* in his low-dimensional life, and in many possible futures, Xu Jingming would have one interaction after another with Yu Huo Jun.

Yu Huo Jun observed carefully, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

"There seems to be an invisible force affecting him, influencing the future, causing the future to constantly converge, eventually tending towards a stable result? Even the Third Realm beings in contact with him haven't noticed?" Yu Huo Jun mused. "What level of power is this? Or am I mistaken?"

"I must observe carefully at close range," Yu Huo Jun decided.

…

Xu Jingming, the dean, the tower master, the island master, and Chi Meng were looking at the towering building ahead, each with surging hearts, full of anticipation.

"Ahead is the Inheritance Hall," Xu Jingming said. "As long as we walk in, we will each enter an independent Inheritance Space and can freely choose our inheritances. If the cost is not enough, you can borrow from me at any time."

"It's better to chew what you can swallow; learning two types of Third Realm inheritances is more than enough," the dean said with a smile. Just from the wealth he obtained from the Origin Gold Mountain Range, he had more than three drops of Abyss Mother Blood, enough to learn two inheritances.

"Being able to learn one type of Third Realm inheritance is already a great opportunity," Chi Meng was even more excited.

If it weren't for Xu Jingming's help, he wouldn't have been able to reach the distant Yu Huo City, much less afford the fees. Even the cheapest 'one drop of Abyss Mother Blood' was something most Eternal Peak High-dimensional lifeforms couldn't afford.

"Let's go." The five of them walked into the main entrance of the Inheritance Hall, full of anticipation.

The moment he entered, Xu Jingming felt the space-time change, and he was trapped in an independent space. The dean and the other four were also trapped in their respective independent spaces.

"Welcome to the Yu Huo Mountain Inheritance Hall. Here, there are a total of 3,000 Basic inheritances and 128 Third Realm inheritances for you to choose from. Choosing one requires payment of treasures worth one drop of Abyss Mother Blood, choosing two requires payment of treasures worth three drops of Abyss Mother Blood..." Information flooded into Xu Jingming's mind.

Immediately afterward, 3,128 rays of light floated.

3,000 cyan rays of light, 128 colored rays of light.

Xu Jingming reached out and touched one of the colored rays of light.

"*Star Abyss Notes* is one of the inheritances created by the Third Realm existence 'Abyss Lord'. It perfectly combines some of the knowledge of the Primordial Star lineage and the Abyss lineage, allowing this inheritance to completely reach the Third Realm level. If you successfully cultivate it, your body can be like a star abyss, able to devour endless power to strengthen itself. This inheritance is further divided into seven branch inheritances..." A large amount of introductory information came in.

Xu Jingming was amazed after learning about it. "It's actually an inheritance created by the Abyss Lord. According to Gu Jinshi, the Abyss Lord is the most powerful Third Realm existence in the Abyss lineage."

The Primordial Star lineage, the Abyss lineage, the Mother River lineage, and the Heart World lineage are the four most mainstream paths for High-dimensional lifeforms.

There are countless High-dimensional lifeforms of the Abyss lineage! After all, this lineage can be slowly cultivated; the Eternal Tower Master is like this. This lineage can also take shortcuts by performing 'Abyss sacrifices' to rapidly increase strength. Even if one is infected by the Abyss, one will unknowingly embark on this path.

In terms of corruption, Abyss corruption is the most terrifying of the four paths.

Xu Jingming was badly messed up by being contaminated by the true image of the 'Void Abyss Lord'. If he had been contaminated by the Abyss in his low-dimensional life, it would have been much more serious.

"The Abyss Lord took the initiative to move towards death in order to impact the Ultimate," Xu Jingming thought. "Perhaps he is dead, but his strength is undeniably powerful."

"This *Star Abyss Notes* feels like an evolved version of *Menghado*."

The body can be cultivated to be more powerful, and the devouring ability is also stronger.

"Consider it as a backup," Xu Jingming said, lightly touching and learning about the information of other inheritances. In just half an hour, he understood them all.

His mind operated at high speed, and he quickly made a choice.

"I choose three inheritances: *Nine Annihilation Strategies*, *Void Abyss*, and *Star Abyss Notes*," Xu Jingming said.

"A total of treasures worth seven drops of Abyss Mother Blood are required," information flooded into Xu Jingming's mind in the Inheritance Space.

Xu Jingming immediately waved his hand, and a large number of Origin Gold Pearls and Origin Gold Blocks floated up. He did not exchange them for Abyss Mother Blood elsewhere. Instead, he directly paid in Origin Gold, partly because he was worried about attracting trouble by exchanging them outside. On the other hand, the exchange rate of Yu Huo Mountain has always been fair.

Whoosh!

An invisible force instantly took away part of the Origin Gold.

Immediately afterward, a stream of information began to be transmitted into Xu Jingming's mind, which was the inheritance of the *Nine Annihilation Strategies*. The information was transmitted at about 90% of Xu Jingming's limit.

Xu Jingming waited patiently, silently receiving the inheritance.

"I chose three Third Realm inheritances."

"One is *Void Abyss* of the Heart World lineage. I was contaminated by the figure of the Void Abyss Lord, and later learned *Red Lotus Fire*, but *Red Lotus Fire* is just a small branch of the entire *Void Abyss* inheritance," Xu Jingming thought. "I'm quite influenced by the Void Abyss Lord, so learning the *Void Abyss* inheritance is very suitable."

*Void Abyss* is of the Heart World illusion lineage. When the illusion lineage reaches the Third Realm, it can already encompass countless paths, and even has many similarities with the Abyss.

"One is the *Nine Annihilation Strategies* of the Heart Weapon lineage, which is an inheritance created by the 'Lord of Nine Strategies'. It contains nine kinds of Heart Weapons, each of which has reached the Third Realm. Of course, the core of the nine kinds of Heart Weapons is similar. However, this is also the strongest inheritance of the Heart Weapon lineage among the 128 inheritances."

Xu Jingming's strongest skill now is the Heart Weapon spearmanship, so naturally he has to choose a complete Third Realm Heart Weapon inheritance.

With a complete inheritance, and the Ultimate existence's single spear technique, the two corroborate each other, and he can walk more smoothly.

"Finally, there is the *Star Abyss Notes* for cultivating the body. It far surpasses *Menghado*, reaching an incredible level in terms of the body. As long as I learn a little bit of the fur, I can create my own dependents in the future," Xu Jingming thought.

He chose this inheritance for the sake of his family and friends.

Being able to make family and friends become one's own dependents, one can obtain true longevity.

"With *Nine Annihilation Strategies* as the main focus and *Void Abyss* as the auxiliary. After becoming a Half-Step Third Realm… then start studying *Star Abyss Notes*," Xu Jingming thought as he received the inheritance information.

Suddenly—

"Your companion, Xi He, wants to borrow treasures worth four drops of Abyss Mother Blood from you."

"Your companion, Gu He, wants to borrow treasures worth three drops of Abyss Mother Blood from you." Voices rang out one after another in the independent space.

Xu Jingming nodded. "Lend it to them."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and took out some Origin Gold Pearls and Origin Gold Blocks. After knowing the detailed exchange rate, this time he took out just the right amount, and all of these Origin Gold were deducted.

Time passed.

Apart from the tower master and the island master, who borrowed treasures, the dean and Chi Meng didn't borrow any more! It was already more than enough for Chi Meng to exchange for one inheritance, after all, he was only at the nascent realm pinnacle. The dean was even more unwilling to be distracted too much.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. At Xu Jingming's speed of receiving inheritances, he finally completely received the three Third Realm inheritances.

"Having finished receiving them, the biggest goal of coming to Yu Huo City has been achieved. I wonder how long it will take for the dean and the others to receive their inheritances," Xu Jingming thought.

Whoosh.

An invisible force repelled him out.

Xu Jingming watched the surrounding space-time change, and then his expression changed.

"Where is this?" Xu Jingming looked at the endless vast space in front of him.

In the distance, there was a figure emitting endless light, the light illuminating the entire space. His white wings made Xu Jingming's heart tremble. He was too familiar with this figure! Every time he watched the original *Eight Directions Map*, he could see this figure.

"Senior Yu Huo Jun." Xu Jingming immediately saluted, even a little excited.

This senior had helped him too much on his path of growth.

"Xu Jingming." Yu Huo Jun smiled and looked at this young High-dimensional lifeform.

He was observing with utmost care.

Observing every trace of power on Xu Jingming's body, as if to completely dissect it, magnifying every trace of power countless times, searching for every single trace.

From Xu Jingming's past, as well as the countless future branches that extended from it, he was searching for traces.

"Senior Yu Huo Jun, you summoned me, I wonder what's the matter?" Xu Jingming asked respectfully. According to what he knew, generations of High-dimensional lifeforms paid the fees to learn the inheritances and would be automatically repelled out of the Inheritance Hall.

He had never heard of anyone being able to visit Yu Huo Jun.

Yu Huo Jun had not guided his juniors for a very long time. He had appeared here after accepting the inheritance, which was obviously Yu Huo Jun's arrangement.

"You were able to obtain an original copy of the *Eight Directions Map*, you indeed have a connection with me," Yu Huo Jun said as he watched with utmost care, the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

"Do you have any confusion about cultivating the *Eight Directions Map*?" Yu Huo Jun said casually.

"I am still stuck in the seventh realm of the *Eight Directions Map*, the 'My Dao Realm'. I haven't completely completed this realm yet," Xu Jingming said.

"My Dao Realm lies in practicing my Dao… obviously, you haven't practiced enough. Heart cultivation cannot be rushed," Yu Huo Jun looked at Xu Jingming and said with a smile, "You chose *Star Abyss Notes* today?"

"Yes," Xu Jingming nodded.

"Let me give you a friendly reminder," Yu Huo Jun said, "You should focus on the Heart World lineage. Every living being has what they are good at, and what they are not good at. You are extremely talented in the Heart World lineage, but in terms of the body… your talent is only comparable to ordinary High-dimensional lifeforms. It's not worth spending your mind on *Star Abyss Notes*."

Xu Jingming was slightly stunned.

"You will understand in the future," Yu Huo Jun waved his hand, and Xu Jingming was expelled and disappeared from this space.

Yu Huo Jun's expression became serious.

"That's right."

Yu Huo Jun felt a little apprehensive. "I'm definitely not mistaken. There is indeed an invisible force affecting everything. What kind of existence's power is this? Could it be the power of those four..."

"Worthy of being Yu Huo Jun," a voice sounded.

Yu Huo Jun suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance. A petite woman with transparent wings appeared on a large stone in the distance. The petite woman had two curved horns on her forehead and exuded a black aura. The black aura affected the entire space, even faintly suppressing Yu Huo Jun.

"Grand Overlord Fiya," Yu Huo Jun lowered his head slightly, quite modestly. He knew the identity of the petite woman very well.

"What you observed, what you guessed, keep it in your heart," the petite woman said leisurely as she sat there. "Once it is leaked, you know the consequences."

"I understand," Yu Huo Jun said immediately.

Having cultivated to his level, he had faintly come into contact with the traces of 'Ultimate Existences'.

He knew very well...

In the endless territory and endless time-space, the four Ultimate Existences were the most terrifying existences. The creations they left behind—Primordial Star, Abyss, Mother River, and Heart World—were things that Third Realm beings needed to look up to.

"Actually, there have been three Third Realm beings who have had intersections with Wu Ming before," the petite woman said with a smile. "Unfortunately, their strength was a little lacking, and they didn't see any traces."

"I also carefully watched for a long time before discovering a trace of a problem, and even met Xu Jingming at close range before I completely confirmed it," Yu Huo Jun said modestly.

The petite woman warned again: "Remember, keep it in your heart."

"Grand Overlord Fiya, please rest assured," Yu Huo Jun hesitated before saying, "When I was observing Xu Jingming, I also discovered a problem."

"Speak," the petite woman said indifferently.

"I..." Yu Huo Jun stared at the petite woman. "Have I died once?"

The petite woman smiled: "You're wrong, you've died twice." After saying that, the petite woman disappeared without a trace.

Yu Huo Jun stood there in shock, and it took him a long time to regain his composure.