My Arts Evolve When Perfected

Of course, some extremely precious inheritances had been left out, but to be precise, they hadn't been "overlooked."

Jiang Qiu knew nothing of this. He simply gazed up at the countless stars, feeling a powerful pull. 'If I can find a truly important inheritance, could I perhaps uncover the secret to the Unity Realm?'

Many of the experts who came here sought the Secret of Transcendence, and a large portion were here to advance their Cultivation and reach the top. But there were also quite a few like Jiang Qiu, who simply hoped to reach the Unity Realm.

For most clans lucky enough to obtain a Dusk Token, reaching the Unity Realm was the absolute highest priority!

If a clan could produce even one Unity Realm expert, its prosperity would be secured for ages!

Therefore, Jiang Qiu wasn't aiming for the Secret of Transcendence from the start. That goal was simply too distant, and pursuing it would be overestimating his own abilities. However, he still hoped to obtain the rarest inheritance possible.

However, he possessed no special Perception Power when it came to these Secret Realms. In other words, he couldn't tell which ones contained better treasures.

This was actually the norm. For a sealed Secret Realm, who the hell knew what it contained?

From the outside, they looked like mere stars, but up close, one would discover how incomparably vast they were inside. No matter how powerful a Unity Realm expert was, it was impossible to scan an entire Secret Realm with a single thought.

Even if one did possess such immense Perception Power, the Laws within the Secret Realm wouldn't allow a foreign aura to probe it so easily.

Thus, everyone could only explore step by step, combing through one Secret Realm for its inheritances before moving on to the next, hoping to find what they were looking for.

In a way, the Dusk Holy Ruins was a gigantic Treasure Vault. As long as one wasn't too greedy—avoiding the obviously incredible Great Secret Realms to compete with the strongest experts—even cultivators at the Peak of Fusion Realm and Half-Step Unity Realm had a good chance of obtaining treasures that could benefit their clans for thousands of years!

Of course, with better luck, they could find something that would benefit their clan for ten thousand years!

With this in mind, many Half-Step Unity Realm cultivators had already shot off into the distance. They specifically chose some faraway Secret Realms that seemed to have some substance to them—though in truth, they couldn't really tell. It was all based on intuition.

Most of the Secret Realms looked more or less the same, making it impossible to sense what was inside. Besides, with countless Secret Realms scattered throughout the Dusk Holy Ruins, how could anyone possibly search them all?

It was safe to say that even with one hundred thousand Unity Realm experts spending a thousand years, they couldn't possibly absorb the sheer volume of inheritances here. They could only be selective and pick the best of the best to obtain the finest treasures.

In truth, no one was trying to claim every inheritance here. The very best ones were all that mattered.

Besides, the strongest experts all had their sights set on the Dragon Emperor's inheritance; they couldn't care less about the lesser ones. They were powerful enough to establish top-tier inheritances themselves, so why would they need to rely on those of others?

Thus, the hundred thousand cultivators flew one by one into deep space, diving into the Secret Realms they believed held top-tier inheritances. Another portion, however, remained motionless. They were waiting, biding their time—preparing to ambush and kill!

That's right. There would always be some who had no intention of honestly exploring the Secret Realms. Nothing was easier than ambushing someone else and taking their inheritance.

Exploring a Secret Realm was exhausting, with no guarantee of finding anything good. It was far better to let others do the hard work. Once they found a good item, you could just swoop in and take it.

As for the risk of not getting anything good?

Impossible. The inheritances here were meant for everyone. Even if there were requirements, they weren't so high as to leave everyone empty-handed.

This meant that even a Low Realm Cultivator had a chance to obtain a top-tier inheritance. Snatching just one would be a massive windfall.

Furthermore, the will of the Dusk Holy Ruins had established a leaderboard. Its specific purpose was unclear, but the ambitious were already planning to test its limits...

[Blood Refining Demon Venerable has slain a Peak of Unity Realm cultivator, obtaining 10 points]

Suddenly, a notification tone swept across the entire Holy Ruins, making countless people tremble. 'What's going on? Someone's already started killing? And it was a Peak of Unity Realm expert who died!'

Instantly, the Dusk Holy Ruins' communication channel erupted with activity. Most people were still in the process of choosing a Secret Realm and hadn't entered one yet. As long as you hadn't entered a Secret Realm, communications remained open—in fact, they stayed open even after entering, with the exception of a few very specific ones.

[Holy shit, who is that Blood Refining Demon Venerable? I've never heard of anyone like that before. How did he kill a Peak of Unity Realm expert? There was no sign of a fight at all, was it an instant kill?]

[Definitely not a native expert from this epoch. To instantly kill someone at the Peak of Unity Realm, he has to be an absolute peak expert himself, the kind who is just one step away from Transcendence!]

[Blood Refining Demon Venerable? Is that the Cultivator who's pitch-black, as if a black hole gained sentience and formed the body of a Demon God? The one whose eyes are like twin suns of the Netherworld, capable of burning a person's very Soul to cinders...?]

[Friend, how do you know that in such detail?]

[I don't know. He just glanced at me once... (User has gone offline)]

[Blood Refining Demon Venerable has slain a Peak of Unity Realm cultivator, obtaining 10 points]

[Holy shit, another one! Was that an instant kill?!]

[Who the hell is this guy? What's going on? Dammit, why is he on a killing spree? What are those points for? Don't tell me you need points to get on the leaderboard!]

In an instant, everyone understood. The leaderboard mentioned earlier by the will of the Dusk Holy Ruins was a points-based leaderboard. Only the person with the most points could claim the top spot.

But when would the final rankings be tallied?

How long would the Dusk Holy Ruins stay open?

No one knew how long the Dusk Holy Ruins would remain open, which meant no one knew when the leaderboard would be finalized. The strongest cultivators would therefore have to kill continuously, seeking to accumulate more points and secure the top position.

Only by claiming first place could they obtain the Dragon Emperor's inheritance and the Secret of Transcendence. This was precisely what those old monsters, whose Cultivation had already reached its apex, desired most!

The supreme experts reincarnated from past lives were all here for the Secret of Transcendence. Seeing the Dusk Holy Ruins' announcement, the corners of their lips curled upwards. 'So that's what the leaderboard is for. Only one person can reach the top!'

The Giant God King let out a booming laugh. With a casual swat of his hand, he killed several cultivators who were already thinking of fleeing. A tidal wave of spatio-temporal energy surged outward, causing even the nearby Secret Realms to tremble. "One hundred thousand people, a million points total. I shall claim half."

The Undying Night King activated his Endless Dark Realm in the blink of an eye, instantly enveloping several hundred Unity Realm experts. With a casual clench of his fist, it was as if the Great Dao of the world itself had shattered, and all of them were reduced to a bloody mist. "One hundred thousand people... not a bad way to consolidate my Cultivation and reinforce my foundation. The Dragon Emperor's inheritance is mine!"

The various reincarnated experts began to slaughter everyone around them. They seemed to share a tacit understanding, refraining from attacking one another. They all knew that their own power levels were comparable, and there was no need to fight to the death over who got to kill the fodder.

For now, slaughtering the remaining rabble was the optimal strategy!

While one faction chose the path of endless slaughter, another threw themselves wholeheartedly into exploring the Secret Realms, searching for the Divine Artifacts of a bygone era!

Indeed, not all reincarnated experts rushed into a killing frenzy. Some possessed methods to locate their former Divine Artifacts and were now on their way to retrieve these supreme treasures from the previous epoch before returning to the slaughter!

Others didn't limit themselves to their own clan's Divine Artifacts; exploring for the treasures of other powerful clans was also a perfectly viable option.

And so, one group fought and killed in the void, while another explored the great Secret Realms. Jiang Qiu took a deep breath, carefully avoiding the reincarnated experts on their murderous rampages, and followed Xue to the edge of a remote Secret Realm.

"Senior Brother, there might be a scattered piece of the Dragon Emperor's inheritance in here."