The early Foundation Establishment demon cultivator Zhao Quan’s face was rather grim.
Their sect patriarch of the Wujian Sect had once been connected to the Puppet Thousand-Machine City.
After the Puppet Thousand-Machine City completely vanished, they spent many years searching according to the records left behind in the sect before they finally determined the general area where the inheritance tokens were hidden.
Besides the East Sea, there were three other similar assessment spaces located in the West, South, and North Seas.
They had risked discovery by the Daoist sects to sneak in, splitting into four groups to search the four seas for over six months.
It wasn’t until last month that they found the first assessment space in the North Sea.
The Five Continents and Four Seas were the territory of righteous cultivators; every day they lingered was another day they risked being discovered.
The space in the North Sea was supposed to open immediately.
However, no matter what methods they used, the assessment space showed no signs of opening.
Based on the records left by their predecessors, the sect eventually reached a conclusion—perhaps the assessment content within the spaces was similar, so for the sake of fairness, all four assessment spaces had to open simultaneously.
The one in the East Sea was the third to be found.
It wasn’t until today, when news arrived that the inheritance space in the West Sea had finally been located, that the space in the East Sea suddenly opened, sucking them in along with these Daoist cultivators who had appeared out of nowhere.
They were caught completely off guard.
They had clearly checked the area before; there was only a single rank three pearl oyster near this inheritance space.
This pearl oyster possessed a natural ability to lower the sense of presence of itself and its territory, causing enemies to overlook it.
If it weren't for the Nascent Soul elder leading their team to the East Sea, they would never have discovered this rank three pearl oyster.
Even the rocky area where this inheritance space was located would have been overlooked because it was part of the oyster's territory.
It was also because of this sea beast that almost no cultivators ever set foot here.
How on earth did these five Daoist cultivators, who were only in the Qi Refining stage, end up here?
Could the other three inheritance spaces be facing similar situations?
If only their side ran into problems...
Zhao Quan’s heart tightened as he watched the progress of the five Daoist cultivators.
He imitated their movements, finding eight points and following suit to drag out a massive cube.
The demon cultivators in the other three areas also followed his example.
Zhao Quan’s area was directly in front of Wen Xuan, so she saw him the moment he began his operations.
“Ningyun, those demon cultivators are copying us.”
“It doesn’t matter. These are five assessments happening simultaneously. If someone could easily copy and pass just because one person took the lead, then the assessment would lose its meaning.”
Gu Ningyun didn’t even spare a glance at the demon cultivators. “Don’t worry. Let’s finish our first one and secure a token first.”
The beginning was the hardest part.
Now that they had found the right direction, built the framework, and organized dozens of points one by one, they had gotten the hang of it. Their movements became increasingly fluid and skilled, and their divine sense observation of the threads grew more composed.
Often, a single sweep of their divine sense across the entire building cluster was enough to find the next point that needed to be moved.
The lessons they had learned in the spirit energy application class taught by Martial Aunt Yang during their early days of cultivation made moving the points second nature to them.
Gu Ningyun directly transformed her wind spirit energy into ten ant-sized hands. With her divine sense overseeing the entire layout, ten points were organized every time she mobilized her spirit energy.
Wen Xuan and the other three used similar methods.
The Qi Refining demon cultivators in the same area, being cultivators themselves, could use their divine sense to observe their movements.
However, Gu Ningyun and her companions moved incredibly fast. All five acted simultaneously without the slightest conflict.
Before the demon cultivator could even understand why the cyan spirit energy was moving those ten points, the red spirit energy was already moving another ten.
He watched with a deep frown, unable to grasp the underlying principle.
It wasn’t until the framework of the cube rapidly became solid and the messy lines grew fewer that things became clearer.
When there were many intersecting lines, the demon cultivator couldn't understand why they chose those specific points from the sea of dots.
But as the lines thinned out, it gradually became easier to follow.
The demon cultivator’s brow slowly relaxed, and his eyes widened.
Suddenly, he cried out, “I’ve got it!”
The demon cultivator immediately reached out to grab a point.
But before he could touch it, Jiang Yao’s golden spirit energy pulled it away and organized it.
“Right, spirit energy. Use spirit energy.” The demon cultivator followed suit, using his demonic power to move the points.
A point already under control could not be snatched, as that would count as malicious interference.
The five couldn't stop him, but as soon as the demon cultivator moved that point, two lines were immediately freed from their intersections and turned black.
“So that’s how it is. I finally understand.”
The demon cultivator manifested six strands of spirit energy, intending to move six points at once.
Before long, he found himself overextended. His face turned pale, and sweat beaded on his forehead.
Where did these five Daoist freaks come from? Their cultivation was clearly lower than his, yet they could control ten threads at once.
Didn’t their divine sense ache? Didn’t their meridians feel strained? Did they not feel overwhelmed?
His condition wouldn't allow it, so the demon cultivator was forced to withdraw two strands of spirit energy.
With two fewer strands to manage, the demon cultivator’s expression relaxed considerably.
But before he could organize much more, Jiang Yao finished the last ten threads.
The entire cube vibrated and glowed with golden light.
Immediately after, the cube floated gently and began to spin rapidly.
As it spun, its volume shrank quickly until it was only the size of a palm, transforming into a golden token.
The Qi Refining demon cultivator reached out to take it, but the token turned into a streak of light and fell directly into Jiang Yao’s hand.
Jiang Yao lifted it to take a look. The token was engraved with mysterious threads and emitted an ancient, profound aura.
On the front of the token was engraved: Puppet Thousand-Machine City Inheritance Token.
On the back was: No. 16.
After showing the token to his companions, Jiang Yao put it away.
The five then moved to the next building cluster nearby.
The Qi Refining demon cultivator from that area was called away by Zhao Quan. “You just said you understood. Tell me how to do it.”
Gu Ningyun glanced at the cube in front of Zhao Quan. Seeing that the threads were still a mess and no progress had been made, she withdrew her divine sense.
There was also a Qi Refining demon cultivator in this new area, and he had also tried to drag out a cube in imitation.
Seeing Gu Ningyun’s group arrive, he stopped what he was doing and leaned in closer.
The demon cultivators from the remaining two areas also gathered around.
“These three demon cultivators clearly intend to eavesdrop and learn our methods.” Wen Xuan clenched her fists, her hands itching for a fight.
“It’s fine. I already have a way to deal with them.”
Gu Ningyun released her divine sense to touch the threads. “Let’s find the cube first.”
While organizing the first building cluster, Gu Ningyun had intentionally let Jiang Yao take the token first.
Her four companions had guessed she might have a plan and cooperated fully.
During a certain period in the middle, they had deliberately reduced their control by two strands, using only eight spirit energy hands to organize the points.
This was why Jiang Yao had ultimately organized the most threads and secured the token first.
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