The scene was majestic. An entire region stood on top of the azure ground, and a palace-like building rested above it. Supreme Thief's inheritance seemed to stand on the largest mountain in the world, on a structure created only for its presence.
No wild living beings lived in the area. The Legion had scared and killed flora and fauna there when it placed the inheritance on that region. Still, Noah could sense multiple traces of life ing from the top of the immense mountain.
Ian led the duo and his group toward the inheritance, and Noah could soon see how grand Supreme Thief's creation was. The palace had an ennagonal shape, and nine towers grew from its corners. Light-azure marble covered the entire structure, except for a few large windows that reflected a dim radiance.
Each tower had nine windows, and they seemed able to radiate only two colors. Some were black, while others were white. All the white ones were near the top of the structures, while the black ones occupied their base.
The most peculiar aspect of the inheritance was that it didn't have an entrance. Its walls were smooth and without the faintest dent. The storms of laws and the passage of time didn't manage to ruin that spectacular structure.
"You must have noticed that you can't enter the inheritance through normal methods," Ian began to explain as the group landed on the vast barren plain that surrounded the structure.
Faint meanings came out of the towers. They seemed to hint at certain aspects of the cultivation journey, but Noah and Divine Demon couldn't understand them from that distance.
"The roofs of the towers are the entrances, and each tower leads to different types of trials," Ian explained. "Each trial has nine layers, and each layer has multiple challenges. You wouldn't even believe the number of separate dimensions contained in the whole structure."
Needless to say, Noah could barely bring himself to speak when he heard those words. He had explored many inheritances throughout his life, and he had even built one. However, everything paled in front of Supreme Thief's creation.
"You can open the path to the lower layer only after you plete nine challenges," Ian continued, "But that isn't the maximum number of tests that each layer contains. You can obtain rewards even in areas that we have already cleared."
"The human organizations must be desperate to find this place," Noah eventually said.
"More than desperate," Ian replied. "This inheritance alone has given to the Legion most of its current wealth. It's only thanks to Theodora and many efforts that we have managed to keep it safe from enemy hands."
"What about the trials?" Divine Demon asked.
"They have clear differences, but they tend to be less specific in the upper layers," Ian explained. "We have given names to the towers to describe the field that they test. They are strength, will, speed, defense, power, martial arts, spells, offensive inscriptions, and defensive inscriptions."
Noah and Divine Demon fell silent at that point. In their minds, they were already choosing which towers they would face first.
"Each layer has different levels of difficulty," Ian concluded. "They match to the stages of the divine ranks, so it's not a surprise that the lower ones are still dark."
That last piece of information almost made Noah go crazy. Supreme Thief wasn't only a monster who had reached the ninth rank. He had also created an inheritance that could test cultivators at the peak of the divine ranks!
That placed the palace far above the pyramid in terms of value. There was simply no point in paring those inheritances. Supreme Thief was an unparalleled monster, and the whole world had to be grateful for his efforts in creating that inheritance.
"You can already enter," Ian said as he pointed at the towers. "Fill the roof with your mental energy, and you will teleport inside the inheritance. It's impossible to miss the paths leading to the lower layers, and the same goes for the exits. You can't get lost."
Noah and Divine Demon set off as soon as they heard those words. They couldn't hold back in front of such a valuable place. However, Ian reached them to hand one of the marked wooden tokens to Divine Demon.
"There are only hybrids in the inheritance right now," Ian said as he handed the token. "You will need to show this to reassure them."
Ian left after that last reminder, and the duo separated as they flew toward different towers. The Legion had placed banners on the roofs to describe the trials, so they could already decide where to go.
Divine Demon flew toward the roof with the banner that radiated the word "power
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