Chapter 445: The Monarch’s Inheritance, Li Daoyi: You Go In First. (I)

On the vast, undulating landscape, a violent wind howled, and the sound of sonic booms echoed in the air.

Mechs, towering dozens of meters tall, flew at supersonic speeds close to the ground. In just over twenty minutes, they had crossed several hundred kilometers, approaching the main peak of the Wangtian Mountain Range.

This range stretched across several hundred kilometers, spanning half of the Oasis.

By the time they reached this point, the figures of other geniuses began appearing along the way. Their bodies radiated with true power as they sprinted through the mountains at incredible speeds of three to four hundred meters per second.

In bursts of speed where they disregarded the consumption of true power, Fifth Heavenly Realm cultivators could already reach subsonic speeds, while Sixth Heavenly Realm cultivators could generally attain one-time supersonic velocity.

Some arts, which involved movement techniques or the cultivation of speed-enhancing secret arts, allowed these cultivators to explode with even greater speed.

Of course, such explosive speed came at the cost of consuming a large amount of true power, unlike Chen Chu, who could maintain supersonic speed effortlessly, even with just a light jog.

Additionally, some of the geniuses exhibited signs of mutated beasts, or had partially transformed into such forms as they ran across the land.

In comparison, it seemed that the mechs piloted by those like West Meng were at ease. Some mechs, which had flying modes, transformed into jets and streaked through the sky.

When Chen Chu and his companions finally reached the ice-covered summit, where the temperature had dropped below freezing, many had already arrived ahead of them.

A mech descended with a loud boom onto the mountain’s flat summit, which spanned over a thousand meters in diameter, having been sheared smooth by a single sword strike. The ground shook within a radius of several dozen meters.

Immediately, onlookers were astonished. “It’s Gabriella! And why is Chen Chu, that monster, standing on her mech’s shoulder?”

“Indeed, it’s strange. How did they end up together?”

Gabriella, the top talent of the younger generation from West Meng, had garnered much attention since her initial appearance, particularly from those in West Meng.

After all, she wasn’t just a dazzling genius but also an exceptionally rare beauty, which held great appeal for many men.

As for the other person standing on the mech’s shoulder, An Fuqing, clad in her cyan battle armor, though also beautiful, was much less renowned and thus largely overlooked.

“So, that’s the path to divinity?” An Fuqing’s eyes revealed a spark of curiosity.

Standing on the mech’s shoulder, Chen Chu also gazed ahead at the edge of the cliff, where a hundred-meter-wide road, resembling a path made out of white clouds, stretched endlessly toward the sky.

It gave the illusion of leading to the legendary celestial realm of immortals.

At that moment, a pair of black and gold vertical pupils appeared deep within Chen Chu’s eyes. Sixteen black rune sequence chains circled their edges, slowly rotating.

In an instant, the image before him shifted. There was no divine road of white clouds. It was clearly a passage bound by the power of principles, stretching deep into the fabric of space.

Within the layers of the passage, all sorts of spatial pockets existed, as if countless micro-worlds were compressed together, slowly approaching the surface world.

Such an impressive feat. What immense power to compress so many micro-worlds into a single road, Chen Chu marveled inwardly.

Roar!

A dragon’s cry suddenly echoed from the mountain below. A white divine dragon, over forty meters long, soared into the sky, surpassing the summit by a hundred meters before flipping and descending.

Boom!

The ground quaked, ice shattered, and snowflakes danced in the air as Ji Wuji, clad in a white robe, stood with his hands behind his back, surveying the crowd.

However, when his gaze passed over to Chen Chu, standing on the mech’s shoulder, the arrogance on his face faltered.

How did this guy get here so quickly?

Noticing Ji Wuji’s gaze, Chen Chu gave him a slight nod, acknowledging him. Seeing this, Ji Wuji awkwardly lowered the hands that had been folded behind him.

With the path to divinity about to appear, no one was in the mood for idle chatter. They all silently focused ahead, waiting.

Before long, more people arrived, including Xia Youhui, clad in spiked turtle armor.

Having run hundreds of kilometers, he gasped for breath before looking toward Chen Chu in the distance and excitedly shouting, “Ah Chu! I came to watch you show off—wait, no, to see everyone walk the path to divinity!”

This guy...

Chen Chu shook his head speechlessly. With a flash of movement, he leaped down from the mech’s shoulder.

"Old Xia, your aura...?" As soon as Chen Chu approached Xia Youhui, he noticed that his true power's aura was somewhat different from before.

Xia Youhui chuckled and said, "I found a stone statue of an ancient Dragon Turtle and received an inheritance called the Mountain-Suppressing Divine Seal. My art has undergone some changes."

"Not bad." Hearing that his good friend had obtained an inheritance, a smile appeared on Chen Chu's face.

This relic expedition had been an opportunity for everyone. While the harvest varied from person to person, everyone would see an improvement in their strength once they left.

At that point, the gap between them and other geniuses of their generation would widen even further.

Soon, Lin Xue, with fiery wings burning behind her, and Lin Yu, surrounded by bands of blue light, rushed up the mountain and quickly approached upon seeing the two.

"Class Monitor, Lin Yu," Chen Chu greeted them, then keenly noticed the strong aura of flames and cold radiating from the two sisters.

Noticing the change in Chen Chu's expression, Lin Xue smiled and said, "This time, Little Yu and I were lucky enough to inherit an inheritance from an ancient powerhouse called the Ghostflame Heavenly Consort."

"However, this inheritance wasn't an art but a secret art on how to refine flame and frost abilities."

Xia Youhui laughed and said, "Congratulations to the Class Monitor and Lin Yu on obtaining a secret art that matches your abilities."

"By the way, Ah Chu, you've been going wild in the ruins for a while now. Did you manage to find anything good?"

"I heard some relics might contain law fragments or even god-level resources like innate runes."

Hearing this, Lin Xue and her sister also looked at Chen Chu with curiosity.

Faced with their gazes, Chen Chu thought for a moment before replying, "I had some good luck this time. I found a soul cultivation art in the ruins."

"Besides that, I also obtained a crystal imbued with the essence of wind laws and fragments of thunderbolt law."

Upon reflecting, Chen Chu realized his harvest was remarkable this time. Apart from the unexpected boost from the Double Pupil of the Void, his trip to the relics over the past ten days had yielded impressive results.

Aside from the aforementioned gains, his cultivation had broken through to the middle stage of the Seventh Heavenly Realm, his battle will had reached the advanced stage, and the Blood Sea Purgatory rune had grown even stronger due to the upgrade of the Purple Spirit.

"Holy shit!"

As soon as Chen Chu finished speaking, Xia Youhui's eyes widened. "A soul art, law-imbued crystal, and law fragments... Ah Chu, your luck is unreal."

Xia Youhui couldn't help but feel a tinge of envy, yet he couldn't feel any other negative emotions since these were hard-earned by Chen Chu himself.

Lin Yu, whose gentle aura radiated from her, also marveled. "Not only that, but with Chen Chu's strength, he'll definitely reap huge rewards on the path to divinity."

"After this ruins expedition and once you've fully absorbed your gains, you should be able to quickly reach the Eighth Heavenly Realm..." Lin Yu trailed off as she spoke.

It was only June 20th, and there were still more than two months before their first year of school would end in September.

Can this guy really reach the Ninth Heavenly Realm within a year?

Although cultivation became harder and progress slower at higher levels, that was only true for ordinary geniuses. Chen Chu, a true anomaly, was an exception.

Especially since Chen Chu's cultivation speed had become increasingly absurd after breaking through to the Third Heavenly Realm. He was practically advancing one Heavenly Realm per month, with only the creation of his top-level secret scripture slowing him down for a month early on.