As the silver star absorbed the white light, Qin Mu finally felt the pain lessen. The white bead, though still emitting light, was slowly shrinking. When only a tiny bit remained, it suddenly exploded and vanished without a trace.
"Ah!" Qin Mu, who had just felt a little better, let out another scream. His brain felt like it was being stuffed with a large amount of information. He was not only in pain, but also dizzy and his heart felt blocked. He wanted to vomit, but he couldn't.
After a long while, Qin Mu, with tears and snot streaming down his face, finally felt his turbulent mind calm down. Completely exhausted, he lay sprawled on the ground, not caring whether his sweat-soaked body felt comfortable or not. A feeling of relief, like surviving a disaster, welled up inside him. For a moment, the world seemed so wonderful.
"It's so good to be alive!" Qin Mu murmured to himself, having genuinely thought he was going to die just moments before.
Although his body was exhausted, his spirits were high. A contradictory feeling of being both sore and weak and full of energy made Qin Mu unwilling to move. He simply checked his sea of consciousness to see what had happened.
As soon as his spirit entered his sea of consciousness, he was greatly surprised. The space in his sea of consciousness had become incredibly vast, like a person standing in the pitch-black night, surrounded by darkness.
Within the sea of consciousness, the soul, towering three zhang and three chi tall, was as insignificant as a small boat on a lake. Originally just a ball the size of a human head, the soul had now become a giant, its overall strength increasing more than thirty times, and the entire space within the sea of consciousness had also increased nearly tenfold.
The sea of consciousness has expanded, the spiritual power has become a lake, and the soul has been strengthened. No matter what it is, it is a huge surprise.
"High risk indeed comes with high reward!" Qin Mu said with delight. After confirming that his sea of consciousness was unharmed, Qin Mu finally had time to check on the last piece of information he had received.
With a thought, the information surfaced in his mind, and he realized that what he had just experienced was the final test. The main purpose of the test was to assess his mental strength and soul.
According to the information, the first four stages are just a preliminary selection process to choose the talents, and only those who pass the final stage are qualified to receive the true inheritance.
That white bead was the soul of the beastman general that Wei Liaozi suppressed back then. He compressed it using a secret technique, clearing away the soul imprint and leaving only pure spiritual power. The purpose was simple: to see if the test-taker could withstand that power. If they couldn't withstand it, it would stop before their sea of consciousness collapsed. Of course, if they couldn't withstand it, they wouldn't be able to know the final information.
The so-called inheritance is the lineage of Guiguzi, but this information was only left behind by Wei Liaozi and is not the true inheritance.
Wei Liaozi said that he was Guiguzi's last disciple, and he only learned military strategy and Yin-Yang numerology. Passing on the legacy is not without risk, because accepting it means gaining a powerful enemy.
It turns out that Wei Liaozi had a senior brother, the famous Xu Fu, who not only murdered Guiguzi but also misled the First Emperor, burying alive a large number of people from various schools of thought.
If this news shocked Qin Mu, then another piece of news left him completely stunned.
This story begins in ancient times. In the distant past, the beastmen were divided into beastmen, ferocious beasts, and wild beasts. Countless beastmen were divided into numerous tribes. Among them, a group of powerful beastmen sought to rule all races, including humans, and they proclaimed themselves gods!
These gods began to conquer various tribes by force, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the vast majority. Some of the good people united to fight against the gods, and in order to distinguish themselves from the gods, they called themselves Rui.
Under Rui's leadership, the various tribes and the tribes ruled by the gods fought countless wars over many years. The battles were so fierce that the heavens and earth were darkened, and the sun and moon were obscured, with countless people dying on both sides. In the end, Rui emerged victorious, and they sealed the gods away in the outer heavens.
Of course! The story doesn't end there. If it really ended, there wouldn't have been so many things that happened later. What was sealed away back then was only the most powerful part; some of them are still temporarily hidden.
After countless years of development, the human race grew powerful. They worshipped their ancestors, heaven and earth, and auspicious beasts, but they did not worship gods.
Towards the end of the Shang Dynasty, the hidden gods rose again. They lured several powerful tribes and launched the so-called War of the Gods. Both sides suffered heavy losses in this war. The human race and the Shang Dynasty, supported by Rui, were defeated. However, the gods did not fare well either. Most of them were once again sealed in the Kunlun Mountains, which spanned millions of miles.
Too many of the gods had died, and they were powerless to eliminate the remaining gods. Knowing that the gods would surely return, they consulted with the strong among humans to recuperate and cultivate powerful warriors to deal with the gods.
The gods who were not sealed also went into hiding. In order to find them and overthrow the Zhou Dynasty, the human race devoted a lot of effort. The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Warring States were all human lords who were determined to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty. The experts among them established sects and doctrines in order to cultivate enough experts to deal with the gods.
This is also the origin of the Guigu lineage. Guiguzi, the founder of Guigu, was proficient in astronomy, geography, yin and yang numerology, military strategy, and was unmatched by anyone. He also had a broad knowledge of the various schools of thought.
Wei Liaozi left a message stating frankly that if his late master Guiguzi hadn't studied so much and instead focused on one area, he would have surpassed the founders of other schools. Even so, the School of Diplomacy was still unique.
Qin Mu guessed that Wei Liaozi was exaggerating his master's abilities, but even so, he could understand how powerful Guiguzi was.
The amount of information was so vast that it completely changed Qin Mu's impression of the ancient times. Although it hadn't been verified, it was probably pretty close to the truth, which greatly shocked Qin Mu.
It turns out that the orcs of today are nothing more than servants of the gods of the past. They have been under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years, which is the legacy of hundreds of generations. Many people no longer know about the ancient times, but the inheritors of the Hundred Schools of Thought have not forgotten and are still working hard to cultivate the next generation.
The Guigu School suffered heavy losses due to Xu Fu's sneak attack, and because it followed an elite path with few disciples, it was almost wiped out.
Knowing he was no match for his senior brother, Wei Liaozi followed his master's orders and built a secret realm here. He then asked the First Emperor, who was now lucid, to help select a successor.
All of this was done in such secrecy to keep things hidden, and it was only after nearly a century that the Qin family slowly began to reveal some of it.
What was revealed was also directed at the inheritors of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and they were instructed to keep it a secret. Given the Qin family's power, no one was willing to offend anyone for a moment's slip of the tongue, especially since there was no benefit in revealing it.
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