74: Chapter 74 Xu Xinyue Accepts the Inheritance of the Sea God Temple

Cao Yang led Xu Xinyue and Ye Xiaoyao away from the Ye Residence, intending to return to Giant Stone City after settling the Sea Race here.

The three of them headed toward the center of the Saint Source Realm; Cao Yang had many doubts regarding this mother-daughter pair, Xu Xinyue and Ye Xiaoyao.

Logically, since Xu Xinyue and Ye Xiaoyao were biological mother and daughter in their previous lives, there should be a Bloodline resonance when they are close. Even after many Reincarnations, some Bloodline connection should remain, as the essence of the true spirit remains unchanged.

However, from the moment Xu Xinyue approached Ye Xiaoyao, there hadn't been the slightest resonance from start to finish. This was quite strange, yet the two looked almost identical, which truly left Cao Yang puzzled.

Soon, Cao Yang's group of three approached the location of several Heavenly Immortals in the center of the Saint Source Realm.

The three did not intentionally hide their auras, so eight powerful Heavenly Immortals soon flew out from a magnificent hall.

"May I ask what business you Seniors have with our Sea God Temple?" From a distance, the highest-ranking Heavenly Immortal Peak Old Ancestor of the Sea God Temple bowed respectfully with hands cupped toward Cao Yang's group.

Although he could not see through the other party's Realm, he could feel that two of them were extremely strong, just like how he felt facing an Immortal when he was still a mere Cultivator.

Cao Yang did not reply and soon arrived in front of the ten people.

"Lift your heads and speak. Do you recognize them?" Cao Yang said, pointing at the two women.

Cao Yang had noticed from afar that this power was actually called the Sea God Temple, and his heart stirred.

If these were the descendants of the remnants of Immortal King Lan Qin's forces, then they would very likely recognize Immortal King Lan Qin's appearance.

Sure enough, when they looked up and saw the two women, they all cried out in shock, "Founding Temple Master!"

A portrait of the Founding Temple Master, Immortal King Lan Qin, was still hanging deep within their Sea Race temple; how could they not recognize her?

But after looking closely, they whispered, "Why are there two of them?"

Seeing this, Cao Yang spoke up, "It's good that you recognize them. One of these two is the Reincarnation of Immortal King Lan Qin, and the other is her daughter. I came here to take you all to the Immortal Realm; the enemies of the Sea Race in the Immortal Realm have already been wiped out by me."

"Of course, if you are unwilling, I will not force you."

The elderly leader of the Sea God Temple did not say whether they were willing or not, but replied with cupped hands, "Senior, and Lady Founding Temple Master, please return to the Sea God Temple first so we can discuss this in detail. Back then, the Founding Temple Master left some instructions for the temple's descendants; it's a long story."

Cao Yang nodded and entered the Sea God Temple along with the Heavenly Immortals. Sitting in the main hall, Cao Yang said, "Say whatever you have to say."

"Yes, Senior."

The elderly Heavenly Immortal sitting at the very front on the left replied.

"Back then, the Founding Temple Master left an ancestral instruction: if a woman who looks exactly like her comes to the Sea God Temple, she needs to undergo the inheritance trial of the Sea God Temple's ancestral land."

The old man paused and continued, "It's just that she didn't specify who should accept the Legacy first if two people who look like the Founding Temple Master appear at the same time."

In fact, it wasn't that the Sea God Temple hadn't looked for the Founding Temple Master's Reincarnation. It was just that the earliest people looked many times and couldn't find her. Later descendants grew greedy, thinking the ancestral land might hold a great Opportunity, so the high-level members of the Sea God Temple and their own descendants tried the ancestral land.

However, they couldn't even pass the first trial before being thrown out.

"Let them decide this for themselves. Take us there now. Once the Legacy is passed, we must return to the Immortal Realm. Besides, there are too many members of your Sea Race; moving them to the Immortal Realm will take several days," Cao Yang said.

Cao Yang felt that this was very likely a Legacy left by Immortal King Lan Qin for her reincarnated self and her daughter.

"Very well then. Senior, Founding Temple Master, please follow me," the old man replied.

The three of them followed the Sea God Temple ancestor, Hai Gu, to the ancestral land deep within the Sea God Temple.

After some polite yielding between the two women, it was finally decided that Ye Xiaoyao would enter first to accept the Legacy.

The reason was simply that Ye Xiaoyao's cultivation base was too low, and the gap between her and Xu Xinyue was quite large.

Everyone waited patiently outside. Before long, the doors of the Inheritance Hall slowly opened, and Ye Xiaoyao walked out.

Seeing this, Xu Xinyue ran over impatiently and asked, "How was it, Mother? Did you successfully receive the Legacy?"

Hai Gu also cast a deep gaze, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Ye Xiaoyao shook her head gently and said helplessly, "I only passed the first trial, received a reward, and was teleported out. I did not pass the full test."

Cao Yang observed closely and discovered an ancient zither floating in Ye Xiaoyao's Sea of Consciousness, and her cultivation base had also broken through to the Peak of Soul Transformation.

However, to his surprise, Cao Yang was actually unable to see the grade of this ancient zither.

Clearly, this zither was not an Immortal Artifact. It seemed this Legacy might not have been left by Immortal King Lan Qin.

"Since Miss Xiaoyao failed to pass the test, then Xinyue, you go and give it a try," Cao Yang said, turning to Xu Xinyue.

Hearing Cao Yang's words, Xu Xinyue nodded and walked into the Inheritance Hall.

As the doors of the Inheritance Hall closed, Xu Xinyue appeared inside a large hall.

"Now beginning the first stage of the inheritance trial. Please enter the Profound God Mirror to accept the trial."

Before Xu Xinyue had time to look around, an ethereal voice rang out. Simultaneously, a simple and ancient mirror appeared before her.

Xu Xinyue hesitated for a moment before stepping into it.

Xu Xinyue appeared in the sky above an ocean. She looked down at the ocean beneath her and saw herself within it.

"Congratulations, the first stage of the trial has been successfully passed."

The ethereal voice rang out again.

When she came to her senses, she was back in the hall. Xu Xinyue was a bit dazed; had she just passed the first stage like that?

"The second stage of the inheritance trial: please enter the Origin Land to accept the inheritance trial."

The ethereal voice appeared in the hall once more, and a vortex appeared in front of Xu Xinyue.

Xu Xinyue hesitated.

"You have three seconds remaining to enter the Origin Land."

Hearing the reminder from the ethereal voice, Xu Xinyue stepped into the vortex.

Following a bout of dizziness, Xu Xinyue appeared in a small, cramped space filled with grey Chaos. Inside, there was only a small blue tower, floating in the air like a pendant.

Xu Xinyue stepped forward and grasped the small tower to sense it properly. At the same time, when Xu Xinyue's Immortal sense touched the blue tower...

A massive amount of memories flooded into Xu Xinyue's mind like a tide.

"So my previous life was actually an artifact spirit?"

Xu Xinyue finally learned her true origin. She was originally the Reincarnation of the artifact spirit of a top-grade holy artifact from the Saint Source Realm, the seven-colored holy tower.

At the critical moment when her master was breaking through that final step, she had escaped. At the cost of her vast energy and most of her true spirit, she cast a sliver of her true spirit into a drop of Source Liquid she had prepared over endless ages, following the tower as it shattered the universal barrier and flowed into the infinite Universe.

If she hadn't done so, she would have become a sacrifice for her master to cross the Great Tribulation!

She was not even a Reincarnation in the traditional sense now; rather, her true spirit had grown under the nourishment of that drop of Source Liquid.

These so-called trials were set up by that sliver of her true spirit while its consciousness still remained, all to leave her original body, the seven-colored holy tower, to her future self once she had grown. No matter what she grew up to look like, she would be predicted and captured by the top-grade Divine Artifact, the Profound God Mirror.

Because she knew that once she fell into a deep sleep, the remaining sliver of her true spirit would form a new life form, and her old self would disappear forever. Only when the new her claimed ownership of the seven-colored holy tower could she retrieve her memories and be reborn.

As for why she looked exactly like Immortal King Lan Qin, it was because just as her true spirit was growing into a new life form, she fell into the hands of Immortal King Lan Qin. After the latter imprinted her Divine Sense on her, she grew to look like her.

As for that egg, it was a tangible energy protective shell generated for self-protection when the life form was being created!

Presumably, Immortal King Lan Qin also realized back then that to claim ownership of the seven-colored holy tower, this heavy treasure, she had to pass the trials!

As for the rest, the reasons could only be known once Immortal King Lan Qin's memories were restored.

Now Xu Xinyue also understood why she hadn't felt any connection with Ye Xiaoyao before.

It turned out she wasn't Immortal King Lan Qin's daughter at all!

However, when Immortal King Lan Qin was attacked back then, she likely sensed my life and sent me away from danger, which could be considered saving my life.