'The Secret Patterns on this tower are endlessly profound. They must be one of the most powerful types, on par with the Greater Yang Secret Pattern. If I can master them, I'll be able to completely erase all traces of my past lives once I leave.'
'At that point, I'll be much safer, at least on the surface.'
Clearly oblivious to Yang Ziling's unusual state, Yang Xiao's mind was currently consud by thoughts of the tower and its Secret Patterns.
In this life, he had changed quite a bit.
He cultivated the Nine Yang Celestial Skill and comprehended both the Greater Yang Secret Pattern and the Star Secret Pattern.
However, the True Greater Yang Fire, the Nine Yang Celestial Skill, and even the Void Sword Manual were all closely tied to his previous two lives. If a determined individual were to investigate, they could easily uncover his forr identity.
Before he was strong enough,
such a discovery would be fatal.
But if...
if Yang Xiao could comprehend this new Secret Pattern...
things would be different.
Although he would inherit so of the karma of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion's lord, Yang Xiao felt his own enemies were far more formidable in comparison.
The sheer audacity to use the entire Immortal Dao as a chessboard...
Throughout history, few could ever hope to achieve such a feat. In fact, the only person Yang Xiao could think of with that kind of audacity was Celestial Emperor Yuan Shi, who, amidst the Ten Thousand Races, elevated the Human Race to a position of singular supremacy, making them the very protagonists of fate.
Even his own master, the Nine Yang Supre—hailed as the invincible Ultimate Supre of Supre Yang and Firmness—likely lacked such nerve.
'I don't know who that person is, but anyone with audacity comparable to the number one Saint Emperor, Celestial Emperor Yuan Shi, must be incredibly powerful—a Dominator at the Saint Emperor Level, at the very least.'
Faced with such an enemy,
how could Yang Xiao not be cautious?
Besides, anyone who encountered such a mysterious, High Level Secret Pattern would be overco with curiosity and the desire to possess it. Yang Xiao was no exception.
So, after one final inspection outside the tower, he stepped inside.
The mont he stepped in,
the scene before him transford.
"Welco to the Inheritance Tower. Take out your Inheritance Sword Order to receive one inheritance and one opportunity to undergo an assessnt."
A voice sounded in his ear.
Yang Xiao instinctively looked toward the source.
He saw a high platform.
On the platform was an indentation, which, judging by its size, seed designed to hold an Inheritance Sword Order. Directly above the platform hovered a phantom figure.
The phantom was very strange.
At first glance, Yang Xiao saw what appeared to be a benevolent old man.
But upon a second look, it seed to transform into a stern, middle-aged man.
When Yang Xiao looked a third ti, the phantom changed again, becoming a youth with an overwhelming, sharp aura.
It was very peculiar.
"If the Inheritor does not wish to proceed with the inheritance and assessnt, please leave the Inheritance Tower within three breaths. You may enter again in one month."
Seeing that Yang Xiao didn't move, the phantom spoke again.
Yang Xiao froze.
Then, he strode quickly toward the platform.
The phantom was bizarre, but Yang Xiao couldn't afford to wait a month.
Besides, from the sound of it, this strange tower was the Inheritance Tower, and one could receive an inheritance simply by possessing an Inheritance Sword Order.
If Yang Xiao's guess was correct, then the Northern Wilderness Sword Order must be the so-called Inheritance Sword Order.
If that was the case,
since Xuan Tianzhan had entered before him, he had likely already received the inheritance.
If he hesitated any longer,
he might truly be surpassed by the newly empowered Xuan Tianzhan.
That would be a disaster.
So, without the slightest hesitation, Yang Xiao gave it a try, placing the Northern Wilderness Sword Order from his hand into the platform's indentation.
CLICK!
'Just as I thought. This is it.'
Yang Xiao was overjoyed.
He saw the phantom point a finger at his forehead.
He instinctively tried to dodge.
But Yang Xiao was shocked to realize
that as the finger approached,
it seed impossible to evade, no matter where he tried to move.
And it was incredibly fast.
It was as if the thought to dodge had just ford,
and the finger had already arrived.
Imdiately after, a figure appeared in his Sea of Consciousness as the phantom's voice echoed in his ear once more: "Receive the inheritance: the first form of the Celestial Desolation Swordsmanship, Nine Hundred Life and Death. A hint: one finger-snap is sixty *kshanas*, and one *kshana* contains nine hundred monts of life and death. You have three days to comprehend it. After three days, you will decide whether to take the assessnt. You only have one chance."
'Celestial Desolation Swordsmanship, Nine Hundred Life and Death?'
At that thought, Yang Xiao's Spirit Will entered the figure within his Sea of Consciousness.
In that instant,
he felt the figure begin to move.
He watched it slowly raise its hand and slash with a sword.
The move looked utterly ordinary.
And yet, that sa slash was filled with infinite profundity.
Then,
another slash.
This ti, it was still filled with a profound rhythm, but the speed seed to have increased slightly.
The third slash.
The sa slash, but faster still.
The fourth slash.
The fifth slash.
The sixth slash.
With each successive slash, Yang Xiao found the figure repeating the sa move, but each ti it was a fraction faster than the last.
After more than a dozen slashes,
Yang Xiao felt he could barely follow the blade's speed anymore.
Because...
it was too fast.
Incomparably fast.
'This is so difficult to grasp. What kind of Swordsmanship is this Celestial Desolation Swordsmanship? Just the first form is this profound... Can I really comprehend it in three days?'
For the first ti, Yang Xiao doubted his own ability to comprehend.
But soon,
he adjusted his mindset
and regained his confidence.
'No matter how hard it is, I have to try. If even I can't grasp it, I refuse to believe Xuan Tianzhan can. As for Xue Yi... I'll worry about her later.'
Yang Xiao cald his mind.
Regardless of whether he could see the movents clearly, he simply continued to watch.
After the figure had unleashed an unknown number of slashes,
and after he had lost all track of ti,
Yang Xiao suddenly noticed sothing.
Within the figure's movents,
which were so fast they blurred to the naked eye, he vaguely sensed sothing familiar.
This "sothing" seed to flow, yet was also still.
It was constantly shifting.
'Are those the Secret Patterns I saw outside the tower?'
Yang Xiao was startled.
But his shock imdiately turned to elation.
'I get it! I finally get it! This Secret Pattern... it must be the most mystical of them all—the Ti Secret Pattern! Finger-snap, *kshana*, Nine Hundred Life and Death, Celestial Desolation Swordsmanship... haha, I was so stupid! All of these nas are related to ti, how could I not have realized it?'
'And the so-called Nine Hundred Life and Death must refer to the end of life within a single *kshana*. If I take that concept to its extre, isn't that just ultimate speed?'
Yang Xiao laughed aloud.
He knew that in all of creation, ten types of Secret Patterns were considered the most powerful.
Among them, the Ti Secret Pattern was the most mystical and the rarest. Even among the ten strongest, it ranked in the top three.
The Void Secret Pattern was similar.
But unlike the Void Secret Pattern, which nearly all True Gods and even so Demigods could and would try to comprehend, the cultivation thods for the Ti Secret Pattern were appallingly scarce.
And now, Yang Xiao had a chance to obtain it.
Even if this move before him was difficult to understand,
and incredibly difficult to comprehend,
Yang Xiao was still thrilled.
He now had a direction for his comprehension.
At the sa ti, a sense of urgency washed over Yang Xiao.
He had gained such an inheritance with just one Sword Order.
What about Xuan Tianzhan?
Given the profundity of the Ti Secret Pattern, if he mastered even a little of it...
Xuan Tianzhan's power would likely skyrocket.
Although Yang Xiao didn't believe Xuan Tianzhan had the aptitude, he couldn't afford to dismiss the possibility, however slim.
If Xuan Tianzhan actually succeeded, then...
'No. I must comprehend this before Xuan Tianzhan does. And the Inheritance Sword Order in his possession—I will take it!'
His expression hardened with resolve.
Yang Xiao resud his comprehension.
This ti, he had direction and determination.
The figure's movents gradually grew clearer, and the Secret Patterns began to slowly reveal themselves...
Yang Xiao's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
But at that very mont...
outside the tower, Yang Ziling...
had fallen into a dire crisis.
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