Xia Tianze took a deep breath and said with a bitter smile, "Fine. Which other leading power has a connection with you? You might as well tell me everything at once. I'm already mentally prepared."
Jiang Chen smiled bitterly. "Does the Glazed King City count?"
"Of course!" Xia Tianze didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You've already made it this far, and looking at you, it's obvious that the Glazed King City's legacy is already in the palm of your hand."
"Aren't you still supposed to test me, Senior?" Jiang Chen asked.
"Forget it. If you were only at the Seventh Level of Celestial Dominance, the test would still have some merit. But you're on the verge of breaking through to the Divine Dao — this little trial would be child's play. No point giving you a reason to laugh at me." Xia Tianze truly didn't know whether to laugh or cry; he found the situation both amusing and bizarre.
He had always believed that the Six Palaces of Legacy was an extremely solemn inheritance, and that anyone who came here would face the strictest possible assessment.
Yet who would have thought that the only young person capable of making it this far and meeting him, Xia Tianze, could skip the test altogether?
Because this particular trial was designed for cultivators at the Seventh Level of Celestial Dominance.
But Jiang Chen was only one step away from the Divine Dao. The test had indeed lost all meaning.
"Any more? Just say everything at once." Xia Tianze sighed.
"Didn't I mention it earlier? When I fought the Heavenly Demon Lord, the Holy One Sect's legacy site was also exposed."
"Right — the Holy One Sect as well. That makes four. Any more?" Xia Tianze's voice was brimming with anticipation.
"That's really it. Just these four," Jiang Chen said, a hint of regret in his tone.
"Just these four?" Xia Tianze groaned. "Kid, do you have any idea that any single one of these would be enough to benefit you beyond measure? And you're actually saying that's too few?"
"It's not that I think it's too few, it's just that..." Jiang Chen's explanation sounded somewhat thin.
"So greedy." Xia Tianze rolled his eyes. "Of the Ten Great Powers of antiquity, you've scooped up the only two great formation sects in one fell swoop."
At this, Xia Tianze suddenly thought of something, and his voice carried unmistakable excitement. "You said you obtained the Earth Treasury Origin Pearl and also received the Danxiao Ancient Sect's legacy?"
"Correct," Jiang Chen replied with complete candor.
"Then... you should know that the Myriad Spirits Divine Locking Formation was arranged by the Glazed Great Godlord, with these two great formation sects?" Xia Tianze asked in a low voice.
"I've heard a little about the Myriad Spirits Divine Locking Formation. Senior Chongxiao mentioned this matter to me as well. He said the Danxiao Ancient Sect was only responsible for one portion. Another portion was led by the Earth Treasury Gate. And yet another portion was managed by an independent grand formation master."
"Pei Xing. The independent cultivator you're talking about is Pei Xing. He was an eccentric genius of antiquity — a one-of-a-kind prodigy. He never pledged himself to any power, yet every power wanted to win him over. The Great Godlord had originally intended to capture Pei Xing and have him guard one of the trials in the Six Palaces of Legacy. Unfortunately, he never had the chance to encounter the fellow. That old rascal set up the Myriad Spirits Divine Locking Formation and then slipped away quietly. Whether he was killed by the demon race or fled somewhere to hide, no one knows."
There was no small amount of regret in Xia Tianze's voice.
Jiang Chen smiled. "He actually did leave the human territories."
"How do you know?" Xia Tianze asked suspiciously.
"Senior Pei Xing left the human territories and went to Myriad Abyss Island. He happens to have a legacy site there," Jiang Chen said.
Xia Tianze cut in, "Don't tell me you happened to receive that legacy too?"
"How did you know?" Jiang Chen was taken aback.