Chapter 94: Hundred Concubines Ancestor

The tribulation was finally over and even as thunder boomed due to the Heavenly Dao's anger, the dark clouds dissipated.

Themur sat on his butt and closed his eyes to balance his Qi.

The yellow river that stretched through Firestone Valley was originally calm until Themur sat down.

Weird ripples formed on the river surface in all sorts of shapes. Drops of yellow water rose from the river until the river bed was completely dry.

A huge mass of water formed into a ball that floated over Themur.

The four from Themur's group gasped in shock: "What is Themur doing?"

"Hmm. It seems this is an inheritance" Lu Zheng spoke as if savouring his words.

"An inheritance?"

"Firestone Valley actually hides an inheritance?"

"And Themur has somehow qualified to be its inheritor?"

As all these transpired, Themur who was the centre of attention remained completely oblivious. He was completely focused on his cultivation.

The bubble slowly descended until it swallowed Themur who slowly floated from the ground to the centre of the mass of water.

Three rank five beasts flew from the mountains and landed before Themur.

Lu Zheng urged his aura as a warning to the three beasts but his gaze remained on Themur.

~Themur, what sort of inheritance are you about to receive?~

…..

Themur's psyche was concentrated on his beast core as fire Qi surged fiercely from it.

All of a sudden, a warm trickle of external energy invaded his body, straining his mind.

The Qi in his beast core that was already settling suddenly spiked again due to the presence of this external energy.

"This… fuck!" Themur cussed as a splitting migraine assaulted him.

The external energy swam through Themur's meridians to his beast core and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop it.

Themur's expression was grave. The beast core was like a beast's aperture and nothing must tamper with it or else the beast's cultivation could cripple.

Themur mustered all of his mental energy. He controlled his Qi from exploding and tried to stop the external energy from reaching his beast core.

However, despite his efforts, the trickle of external energy reached his beast core before wrapping around it slowly.

The crystalline beast core turned from red slowly to a warm yellow as the pure yang aura it exuded became diluted with yin aura.

"This… what is going on?" Themur felt like the world was playing a cruel joke on him.

His beast core that was initially filled to the brim with fire Qi was now filled with a mixture of fire Qi and water Qi.

Themur did not believe that such a thing was even possible.

Just as he was about to investigate further, he heard a warm voice in his head.

"Young Purple Flame Lion, I am Hundred Concubines Ancestor"

On Themur's beast core, a realistic projection of a man with white scales and a long lizard tail stood. Other than these features, the man resembled humans greatly.

"I spent all my life researching the way the beast core works and how to change it. After nine millennia, I received a breakthrough in my research which eventually led to my death. The valley you stand in is my resting place and where I left my inheritance. Every beast that lives in the valley is my descendant"

Themur was shocked. From what Hundred Concubines Ancestor was saying, he had left an inheritance in Firestone Valley.

"The yellow river is something I created during my time alive. Every drop of water in it is actually another condensed river! The yellow river contains myriad organisms that can disintegrate whatever enters it. As my inheritor, the yellow river is now yours and the entire valley as well. Do whatever you deem fit to it but take care of my children. The second part of my inheritance is this…"

The projection opened his arms wide as warm energy spread from it, entering Themur's beast core.

The unstable fire Qi and water Qi inside it calmed instantly as water path dao imprints formed on Themur's body, reaching a total of ninety two.

As soon as the dao imprints were completely formed, Hundred Concubines Ancestor smiled bitterly: "I guess this is goodbye to the world. Well, let's not make a big issue of it"

The projection dimmed out and disappeared. Themur felt a wave of emotions wash over him as the projection faded away.

He felt like he had lived alongside Hundred Concubines Ancestor and had experienced the same things as him.

Being born, living an uncertain life, breaking through to the ranks, researching on the beast cores of beasts, dying from a backlash.

After what felt like eternity, Themur opened his eyes.