The foodie was skeptical of Xiao Lingyu's reminder, but the simple-minded creature still jumped onto the first step in the end.
Even though its owner thought that the foodie was blessed by the heavens, it was obviously restricted by the immense pressure on the stone steps.
The pressure came so suddenly that the foodie was caught off guard, and it knelt down on its two front legs.
However, the foodie was born with divine strength, and its body was tough. It roared angrily and straightened its body easily.
After all, it was only the first step, and the pressure was not enough to affect the foodie too much.
The corpses came to life again and pounced on the foodie ferociously, but they were all swept away by the foodie's long tail.
The foodie didn't come up to deal with the corpses, nor did it come up to climb the stone steps. Since the corpses were coming at it, it was happy to stay put. It opened its mouth wide and waited for the corpses that had completely lost their consciousness to rush into its mouth.
The foodie probably did not care about the taste at all when it ate. It only ate for the sake of eating. Even if the corpses were shriveled, it did not reject them.
Fortunately, the foodie only swallowed and did not chew. Otherwise, Xiao Lingyu, who was watching from the side, would have felt nauseous.
In fact, although the corpses had been dead for many years, they only looked as if they had been air-dried in this unique space. They did not emit a foul smell, and there were no signs of decomposition.
Most importantly, the corpses also contained a lot of energy. Although it was less than 10% of what they had when they were alive, there was a lot of them.
In just four hours, the entire flight of stairs was cleared by the foodie.
The foodie rested for a while, then it opened its mouth and exhaled a foul breath that resembled a black fog. Then, it climbed up to the second step.
After climbing more than ten steps, the foodie began to feel sleepy because it had swallowed too much energy.
It needed to sleep to digest the energy that it had swallowed recently.
The foodie knew its own situation, so it obediently retreated and fell asleep next to Xiao Lingyu.
There were at least tens of thousands of corpses on the stairs. Even if each corpse did not contain much energy, the total amount accumulated was not small. After all, to be able to reach this place, the corpses should not have been weak when they were alive.
While waiting for the foodie to wake up, Xiao Lingyu did not stay idle. He continued to refine the tubular sacred artifact.
The refinement of the tubular saint artifact had already reached the second half. If he focused on refining it, he would probably be able to completely refine it in over a hundred thousand years.
This time, the glutton slept for a total of 20,000 years before waking up. And his cultivation had reached the Early Stage God Emperor Realm without any mishaps. This caused Xiao Lingyu to feel envious and jealous.
What made Xiao Lingyu feel a little strange was that the foodie's cultivation had improved greatly, but her size had shrunk by a lot.
"Go on up and eat. Remember to come down when you're full."
Xiao Lingyu patted the foodie's buttocks. After instructing him, he closed his eyes again and continued to refine his sacred artifact.
He would first completely refine the tubular saint artifact before attempting to teleport. If he still could not leave, he would have to think of other methods.
This time, the foodie climbed a total of 100 steps before returning to Xiao Lingyu's side and falling asleep.
And this time, it was only until Xiao Lingyu completely refined the tubular saint artifact that the foodie woke up. It had reached the Middle Stage God Emperor Realm.
First, he invited the foodie into the Spirit Beast Pouch. Then, Xiao Lingyu used the tubular saint artifact to teleport again. But the result was the same as before. After teleporting, they were still in this unique space.
But this time, even though they were still in this space, Xiao Lingyu discovered that the position of the tubular saint artifact was actually on the 600th step of the stairs.
And just as he discovered this, the tubular saint artifact was pressed down by a powerful pressure on the stone steps before rolling down.
It rolled all the way to the bottom of the stone steps before stopping.
Xiao Lingyu had already seen that there were no corpses of cultivators or ferocious beasts on the steps above.
Similarly, he first recovered his strength before using the tubular saint artifact to activate the Great Teleportation. And this time, the location where the tubular saint artifact appeared after teleporting was once again above the stone steps. It was pressed down again and rolled to the bottom.
Once again, he recovered his strength and used the Great Teleportation again …
After a few times, Xiao Lingyu discovered that even though the tubular saint artifact could not teleport out of this unique space, it could randomly appear at any place here.
As such, Xiao Lingyu only needed to activate a few more Great Teleportations to have a chance of reaching the top of the stone steps.
This discovery allowed him to regain some confidence.
But for safety's sake, he did not rush to the top of the stone steps. Instead, he let the foodie continue to devour those corpses.
Naturally, the foodie would not be courteous. With its strength increased by a lot, it climbed to the 400th step in one go before returning to sleep again.
After waking up, the foodie's cultivation had reached the Late Stage God Emperor Realm.
Xiao Lingyu was already completely immune to the foodie's improvement.
There were no more corpses above the 400th step, so the foodie's improvement here stopped.
And at this moment, Xiao Lingyu rubbed his chin and murmured, "If this fellow devours the corpse of that expert on the throne, he should definitely be able to reach the Sacred God level, right?"
This was a huge temptation, but he knew that the risk involved was not small.
"This daddy is a cautious and low-key person, but I've fallen into danger time and time again. I've been pushed to the heart of the struggle. This might be fate. Since fate has arranged it this way, I can only brace myself and try!"
Since there was no other way out or choice, Xiao Lingyu did not care so much. Facing the difficulties head-on became the only path left.
After making his decision, he once again activated the tubular saint artifact to teleport.
As long as he did not reach the top of the stone steps, he would let the tubular saint artifact roll down. Once he recovered his strength, he would teleport the tubular saint artifact again.
After repeating this process for nearly sixty times, the tubular saint artifact finally arrived at the top of the stone steps after another great teleportation.
Just as Xiao Lingyu increased his control over the tubular saint artifact in an attempt to stabilize it, he unexpectedly discovered that the top of the stone steps did not feel any pressure at all. The tubular saint artifact floated very quietly in the air.
Xiao Lingyu was worried that he would discover something unexpected, so he did not come out from the tubular saint artifact. However, after waiting for a long time, nothing unexpected happened. He also circled around the chair and the mummy, but he did not discover anything abnormal or dangerous.
In the end, he jumped out of the tubular saint artifact.
However, just as his feet touched the ground, the dried corpse suddenly stood up like the corpses on the stairs below.
The chair was over three thousand meters tall, but the corpse was over five thousand meters tall when it stood up. Even though it was already a corpse, it still looked extraordinarily mighty and imposing.
Xiao Lingyu was greatly shocked and immediately wanted to return to the tubular saint artifact.
However, what shocked him was that his feet seemed to be glued to the ground. He actually could not move his position.
Suddenly, a wisp of mist separated from the mummy's body.
The mist was almost transparent and light white. After a while, it turned into a human-shaped shadow. It looked similar to the God Emperor Xu Ling, but also like the remnant soul state that his cheap master was in back then.
"Kneel!"
The human-shaped shadow looked weak, but its voice was unusually clear and carried an irresistible majesty.
Xiao Lingyu knew that it was talking to him, but he did not move.
Xiao Lingyu could kneel to his parents and elders, but kneeling to this corpse was something that he could not accept.
"Since you have already kneeled, you can receive the inheritance of my universe!" the human-shaped shadow said expressionlessly.
But … I did not kneel!
Xiao Lingyu was a little surprised. He then thought that the human-shaped shadow was just bluffing. It seemed that he could no longer see the situation in front of him. He was simply saying what he wanted to say, just like a tape recorder on Earth.
"I, Liao Zhou, can be considered an ancient powerhouse in the God Realm. I have a high cultivation in array formation and have cultivated to the late stage of the Heaven Ascension Realm. However, I was schemed against by the powerhouse of Earth, Fuxi. In the end, I returned with serious injuries and have to recuperate here.
"I have always been proud. I have never been convinced by other cultivators in array formation. Fuxi said that my cultivation in array formation was not as good as his and asked me to break his Eight Trigrams Array. Although I broke his Eight Trigrams Array after hundreds of thousands of years, I was already seriously injured and at the end of my rope. He took the opportunity to attack me …
"His cultivation was not below mine. I was seriously injured and ambushed. In the end, I only managed to escape with my life. Unfortunately, my injuries are destined to never recover. I can only seal myself here …
"If you want to receive the inheritance of my universe, you must first make an oath. If you succeed in your cultivation in the future, you must kill Fuxi!
"Make the oath!"
Xiao Lingyu was confused. Seeing that the other party did not have the slightest reaction, he naturally would not make any oath.
He could also see that the human-shaped shadow had become fainter and fainter as it spoke. Its power and aura were also getting weaker.
"Since you have made the oath, come and accept the inheritance. Just sit on this chair."
After a moment of silence, the shadow spoke again. It seemed that this silence was time for Xiao Lingyu to make the oath.
After speaking, the shadow returned to the mummy. Then, the mummy got up from the chair and sat cross-legged on the opposite side of the chair.
Xiao Lingyu hesitated. Would there be any danger on that chair? Was that shadow really only left with memories and no consciousness? He wasn't completely sure about these things.
"What? Do you not want to receive my inheritance, or did you just make an oath against your conscience? "
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