So he had such a question, and it was actually a very normal thing for him to have this question.
After all, to him, Liu Qichao was like a tough piece of meat, a very worldly person, even devoid of any loyalty.
The two chatted aimlessly, but little did they know that Ye Ningze was currently in a very strange world.
Ye Ningze was now in an extremely chaotic world, a world without heaven or earth, without directions, without the concepts of space and time, only endless chaos.
To escape this chaos, one had to find an origin, the origin of all things. Ye Ningze, like a soul, wandered endlessly in this world.
As he floated, the surrounding chaotic black mist immediately followed his body, drifting along.
These black mists gradually formed suns, then mountains, then every object or building Ye Ningze had encountered, even every person he had met.
Ye Ningze didn't know why he was experiencing something like an illusion.
But he knew that if this continued, he might get completely lost in this place.
If he wanted to escape this place, he had to communicate with it.
So he began to quietly close his eyes, letting his mental power slowly spread throughout the entire space.
There was no concept of time or space here; mental power seemed to be the most expansive thing in this world.
It could easily envelop the entire world. Gradually, he heard that this world seemed to be telling him something.
However, due to the language barrier, he couldn't understand what the other party wanted to express.
After a long time, Ye Ningze finally spoke to the world before him:
"What kind of place is this, why am I here, and are you a world, a person, or something else? I know you have your own consciousness. If you truly have consciousness, please tell me the answers to these questions."
After a long while, the chaotic blackness of this world gradually formed a giant face.
This face had no distinct features, but it gave people a very亲切 (qīnqiè - kind/familiar) feeling.
It might be someone you've seen, someone closest to you, or even someone you miss most in your heart.
It seemed that from the first glance at this face, you would let down your guard.
And precisely because of this, Ye Ningze knew that this face was strange. The reason was simple: when this face appeared before him, he lowered his guard, which was equivalent to handing his life over to the other party.
If this were the case, it would mean that danger was imminent. Thus, Ye Ningze forced himself to remain calm and watched the face before him with full vigilance.
He knew that all of this was just the beginning, and the other party seemed to have more tricks up its sleeve.
And this blurry face directly spoke to Ye Ningze:
"This is a传承 (chuánchéng - inheritance/legacy). I believe after the last one, you know what this is about. And this inheritance will be more dangerous than the last one, so you have the right to accept or refuse it. If you accept, we'll start directly. If you don't want to accept, I can send you back to your original world."
Ye Ningze naturally knew the danger of inheritance, especially since he almost lost his life in that place last time. Ye Ningze knew that all of this was not as easy as he imagined.
So Ye Ningze sneered and said to the blurry face before him:
"Don't look down on us with a condescending, god-like posture. We are far more powerful than you imagine, and your so-called gods are nothing but a joke."
The giant, blurry face before him showed no sign of joy or sorrow.
To it, its emotions seemed to be eternally cold, like ice, without any fluctuations or changes.
After a long time, this blurry face finally spoke to Ye Ningze again:
"The last inheritance was of mental power, which is why you now possess such powerful mental power. This time, the inheritance will teach you many things, how to control妖兽 (yāoshòu - demonic beasts/monsters), how to fight alongside them, and how to make them a sharp weapon in your hands. These are all things you need to learn."
If others heard this, they would probably be stunned. Humans controlling妖兽 was originally an incredible feat.
But Ye Ningze was already mentally prepared, so he wasn't particularly surprised.
However, Ye Ningze also had a question: why could the other party develop such a heaven-defying technique?
After all, humans and妖兽 were originally two mutually exclusive, even mortal enemies.
It wasn't difficult for humans to defeat and subdue妖兽, but for humans to enslave妖兽 or turn them into weapons or armor was extremely difficult.
It was even an impossible feat, but there was no hesitation or falseness in the other party's tone, which made Ye Ningze very confused.
This seemed to have completely overturned Ye Ningze's worldview. Ye Ningze really wanted to ask the other party how they achieved all this, but the giant, blurry face had already begun this trial.
The purpose of this trial was very simple: to make Ye Ningze completely conquer the soul of a powerful妖兽.
The soul of this powerful妖兽 was even two or three levels higher than Ye Ningze's current level, meaning its soul strength was much greater than Ye Ningze's.
There was even a chance that the妖兽's soul would completely devour Ye Ningze's soul.
Although Ye Ningze's mental power was very strong, the soul of a妖兽 was inherently much stronger than a human soul.
Therefore, the slight advantage they originally had would completely disappear.