Unlike defensive talismans, the Yuan Magnetic Dao Armor required no material cost and could be imbued at any time. There was absolutely no issue of resource consumption.
As such, the Yuan Magnetic Dao Armor was also a Divine Ability that Jiang Chen urgently needed to develop. Though it was essentially an ability that benefited others, one could not walk the martial world without occasionally finding himself in a position to serve someone else's cause — and there were always certain people he had to protect.
In that moment, Jiang Chen slipped into a state of selfless absorption, exploiting every advantage the Legacy Secret Realm had to offer and cultivating with ravenous hunger.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
As the fifteenth day drew near, Jiang Chen finally submitted his answer to the third Glazed Glass Stele using his spiritual consciousness, passing the trial of all three steles with ease.
Given the speed at which he had cleared the first two stages, he was without question the most outstanding among all the geniuses on the Young Master Rankings.
This, in turn, had raised considerable expectations among those watching from the outside world. Yet when it came to the third stage, it had taken him nearly the full fifteen days to pass, and the enthusiasm of the eager crowd instantly cooled.
"Seems Young Master Zhen really is limited by his cultivation realm after all. His eye for real combat analysis still lacks a bit of refinement."
"Heh, that's only natural. If he excelled at everything, how would the rest of us geniuses ever have a chance?"
The Peacock Emperor, however, merely smiled without comment. Clearly, this outcome held no concern for him. In fact, in the Peacock Emperor's mind, he even suspected that Jiang Chen might have been doing it deliberately.
Of course, whether it was deliberate or not, Jiang Chen had yet to emerge, so there was no way to know the truth.
The three Glazed Steles were only an initial assessment, but they still carried a certain elimination rate. After half a month, in the Young Master Ranking, six individuals had failed to complete this preliminary test and were directly expelled.
The Third Young Master Ji's potential had been fully displayed here. With the three Glazed Steles, he managed to complete them without much strain, finishing the comprehension of all of them by the thirteenth day.
This ranking would place him among the top twelve of all the geniuses who had entered the Heritage Realm.
Naturally, Jiang Chen was not counted in this.
After passing the assessment of the three Glazed Steles, a voice once again echoed in the ears of all the geniuses.
"From this point on, you may choose to continue the challenge or abandon it. If you choose to abandon the challenge, you may cultivate here in peace until your allotted time expires. If you choose to continue the challenge, you will gain the opportunity to increase your time."
"If you continue to challenge the fourth Glazed Stele and achieve comprehension within half a month, you will receive an additional one-month time extension. For the fifth Glazed Stele, you will receive a three-month time extension. For the sixth Glazed Stele, you will receive a six-month time extension... and so on. For the seventh Glazed Stele, you will gain a one-year time extension; for the eighth, two years; and for the ninth, you will not only receive a two-year time extension but also gain an additional opportunity to enter the Six Heritage Palaces!"
"The Six Heritage Palaces are the core of the main tower of the entire Glazed Pagoda. If any genius can completely pass through the Six Heritage Palaces, they will not only gain the recognition of the Glazed Pagoda's main tower but will also become the new master of the Glazed Pagoda. Within the Glazed Pagoda, there are three great secret realms, but the Heritage Realm is the core of the Glazed Pagoda. And the Six Heritage Palaces are the core of the Heritage Realm."
The Six Heritage Palaces?
Everyone's heart stirred, including Jiang Chen's.
He had heard the Peacock Great Emperor say that the Glazed Pagoda was like a cave dwelling, a grand secret realm, unfathomable. Since ancient times, no one had ever fully traversed the Glazed Pagoda.
Let alone come to master it.
Even a top-tier powerhouse like the Peacock Great Emperor had never conquered the Glazed Pagoda in his youth. That showed just how mysterious and how powerful the Glazed Pagoda truly was.
"Perhaps you all have questions — what are the Six Heritage Palaces? To be honest, the Six Heritage Palaces do not appear at every Glazed Pagoda tournament. Only when the Glazed Pagoda senses the grand momentum of heaven and earth, senses the shifts in heaven and earth's fortune, will the Six Heritage Palaces appear. Since ancient times to the present, this is only the third time."
Hearing this, Jiang Chen grew even more curious. This voice had clearly been pre-programmed when the ancient divine tower was first constructed.
So how did this voice know this was only the third appearance of the Six Heritage Palaces?
But in the next moment, Jiang Chen understood. He believed the Glazed Pagoda's design — every step, every detail — was all automatically controlled through formations.
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a chill of awe: "The level of formation control required for this must be terrifying. To achieve this kind of fine detail through formations — the difficulty is truly immense."
Jiang Chen was no stranger to formations either. Having inherited the formation legacy of the Danxiao Ancient Sect, Jiang Chen could rightfully be called an expert in the art of formations.
Precisely because he understood formations so well did he know just how staggering the difficulty must be to realize every detail of this Glazed Pagoda.
"The senior who constructed this Glazed Pagoda must have been truly extraordinary. A mystical abode of this caliber could never be the handiwork of any ordinary Heavenly Position powerhouse."
Jiang Chen even suspected in his heart that the senior who built this abode might have possessed cultivation that surpassed the Heavenly Position realm.
Of course, this was all mere speculation.
"Remember — to enter the Six Heritage Palaces, you must conquer these nine Glazed Pagodas one step at a time. Moreover, the order is sequential and cannot be skipped. That said, once you enter the Six Heritage Palaces, you will gain an opportunity that no one else can obtain — the chance to enter the Glazed Pagoda once again."