Chapter 959: Inheritance of the Sacred Ape

Chapter 959: Inheritance of the Sacred Ape

TL: Etude

“Disciple, this world contains immense opportunities. Not only are these opportunities significant for us, but they also offer you a tremendous chance.

If not for the existence of the Domain Realm ruins, your ultimate achievement would likely be limited to the Dao Ancestor realm. After all, in our region, there is no inheritance that surpasses the Dao Ancestor level.

However, the Domain Realm ruins contain inheritances beyond the Dao Ancestor level. If you manage to obtain such an inheritance, you might transcend beyond the Dao Ancestor realm!”

Dao Ancestor Void Sky spoke solemnly.

“Master, I understand!” Ye Tian nodded.

“Alright, I must take my leave now. Because of the matter concerning the Sky Ape Sect’s ruins, the Dao Ancestors in the chaos are already making preparations for their descent, and the Void Sky lineage must also prepare.”

After saying this, Dao Ancestor Void Sky departed from the place.

Ye Tian did not continue cultivating within the True Time Pagoda. Instead, he headed toward the True Disciple Trial Space within the Sky Ape Sect’s ruins.

The True Disciple Trial Space mainly tested battle strength, potential, and talent. It also required participants to defeat powerful puppets.

For Ye Tian, passing the True Disciple Trial Space posed no difficulty at all.

Before long, he exited the trial space, holding a True Disciple Token in his hand.

With the token in hand, Ye Tian made his way to the True Disciple Hall.

The hall was immense and remarkably intact, spanning nearly a hundred thousand miles in area.

Furthermore, the materials used to construct it were extraordinary. The value of this single hall alone was beyond imagination.

However, the hall and the entire ruins were connected to a broken grand formation. Unless the hall’s formation was dismantled, it could not be moved.

But destroying the grand formation would also destroy the hall. Even the top-tier factions found it impossible to dismantle the formation, and even if they could, they wouldn’t dare to do so.

Holding the True Disciple Token, Ye Tian easily entered the hall.

…

In the vast, boundless void.

Ye Tian arrived and immediately saw rows of massive, bronze-colored steles. These steles floated in various sections of the void, each representing a different true disciple inheritance.

“So many inheritance steles! The Sky Ape Sect truly had an impressive heritage!” Ye Tian exclaimed in awe.

Logically, a sect with such deep foundations should have produced a Dao Ancestor. It seemed impossible for it to be an ordinary faction without any Dao Ancestor-level figures.

“According to the records, the Sky Ape Sect was a subordinate faction of the Sacred Ape Sect. Perhaps, when someone within the Sky Ape Sect reached the Dao Ancestor level, they were immediately absorbed into the Sacred Ape Sect. As a result, the Sky Ape Sect never officially had its own Dao Ancestor.

In fact, the Sky Ape Sect might have served as a training division for future Dao Ancestors of the Sacred Ape Sect. Most of the sect’s disciples probably didn’t even know this secret—only the True Ancestors were aware of it.”

Ye Tian muttered to himself.

Because of this, even though the Sky Ape Sect seemed weak, its inheritance was still superior to those of the top-tier factions within the chaos. In terms of heritage, it even outshone the Void Sky lineage.

“If the True Ancestors have not yet arrived, once they do, the Sky Ape Sect’s inheritance will likely spark a fierce battle.” Ye Tian speculated.

With so many true disciple inheritances available, Ye Tian felt dazzled, unsure of which one to choose.

Swish, swish, swish! He moved swiftly, inspecting the information inscribed on the various steles.

Although he couldn’t view the complete inheritance directly, he could read brief descriptions. This was a feature designed to help true disciples make informed choices. Without this, they wouldn’t dare to choose at random.

“Inheritance of the Serpent Lineage!”

“Inheritance of the Wind Howl Lineage!”

“Inheritance of the Gati Lineage!”

“Inheritance of the Desolate Beast Lineage!”

“Inheritance of the Undying Phoenix Lineage!”

Ye Tian carefully examined these inheritances and noticed that they were all connected to powerful lifeforms.

“The inheritances of the Sky Ape Sect seem to mimic ancient and mighty creatures. By refining and adapting these concepts, they’ve developed cultivation methods suited for practitioners,” Ye Tian realized.

“I’ve already cultivated the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique, which is likely modeled after a terrifying golden ape. I should choose an inheritance that aligns with ape-type creatures.”

Following this logic, Ye Tian searched and discovered forty-two inheritances.

Since most of the Sky Ape Sect’s inheritances were related to apes, the number of ape-themed inheritances was quite high.

For example, there was the Yellow Ape Inheritance, Iron Ape Inheritance, Vajra Ape Inheritance, Howling Ape Inheritance, and Eye Ape Inheritance… Suddenly—

Ye Tian found a particular inheritance called the Sacred Ape Inheritance.

“Sacred Ape… Could this be connected to the Sacred Ape Sect? If so, this Sacred Ape Inheritance must have exceptional potential!” Ye Tian speculated.

Without hesitation, Ye Tian chose the Sacred Ape Inheritance.

…

Upon entering the inheritance stele, Ye Tian began receiving the information stored within.

Boom!!! Countless pieces of information flooded into his mind.

After a long time, Ye Tian finally absorbed all the inheritance information. He immediately realized that this inheritance was extraordinary, though incomplete—only half of it was available. The current version could allow someone to cultivate up to the pinnacle of the True Ancestor realm, but it lacked the part needed to progress beyond the Dao Ancestor level.

Ye Tian guessed that the second half of the inheritance was most likely located in the Sacred Ape Sect, and the Sky Ape Sect likely didn’t possess it. He assumed the same would apply to other inheritances, as they all seemed to stop just short of the final breakthrough.

Thus, once the Sky Ape Sect’s disciples advanced to the True Ancestor realm, they would have to join the Sacred Ape Sect to progress further. Without the later part of the inheritance, their growth would slow down drastically, and unless they switched to a different path, making significant progress would become extremely difficult.

Moreover, the Sky Ape Sect’s cultivation system depended heavily on inheritance. Without the proper inheritance, progress was nearly impossible.

In comparison, the cultivation system of this chaos region was far more flexible, though this flexibility also meant that the region’s overall combat power was weak.

At the same cultivation stage, practitioners from the Domain Realm would easily overwhelm those from this chaos region. This wasn’t mere speculation—it was a certainty.

Of course—

Ye Tian didn’t intend to follow the path of the Sacred Ape Inheritance. His cultivation path had already been decided. He only wanted to borrow insights from the Sacred Ape Inheritance to enhance his own understanding.

The Sacred Ape Inheritance encompassed various aspects, with the core being a method to cultivate Sacred Ape Force up to the peak of the True Ancestor realm. Sacred Ape Force was similar to Chaos Divine Force.

This method focused on using Sacred Ape Force as the foundation, combined with multiple body refining techniques to temper the body, resulting in overwhelming power.

However, once someone cultivated Sacred Ape Force, switching to a different cultivation method would become extremely challenging.

In contrast, Ye Tian’s previous practice of the Profound Void Technique lacked such restrictions, and the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique focused solely on physical refinement without imposing requirements on other aspects.

Strictly speaking, Ye Tian hadn’t followed any cultivation method with severe limitations so far.

However, things would be different at the True Ancestor level.

At that stage, cultivators needed to harness True Ancestor Force, which required practicing a specific method to make any further progress. Without such a method, developing True Ancestor Force would be incredibly difficult.

Though Ye Tian had not yet reached that level, he had already made up his mind—when the time came, he would create his own cultivation method.

At first, he had worried that he might lack the foundation to do so, but the Domain Realm ruins had given him hope. As long as he could acquire more inheritances, he was confident that he could develop a powerful method perfectly suited to himself.

“Gaining this inheritance is not bad. Time to get back to cultivation!”

Ye Tian stepped out of the inheritance stele and was teleported out by the True Disciple Hall.

Afterward, Ye Tian returned to Sky Ape City.

A new round of cultivation awaited him!