Emperor Kong Ming's Inheritance

"We're still going." Itachi smiled and said firmly.

Not knowing what's in Itachi's mind, they did not say anything further and continued forward.

In the ash grey sky, flocks of birds would occasionally fly past them. High-pitched screams added a strange atmosphere in the night. However, these birds are only the size of a palm, compared to the gigantic airborne demon beast earlier, the difference is too big.

The girls followed behind, being extremely careful. This place is full of hidden dangers, they have no choice but to be careful.

"What is that?" Ning'er frowned, pointing towards the distant wilderness.

Itachi looked at the direction that Ning'er was pointing at. He could vaguely see, in the distant wilderness, a gigantic monument standing tall. He smiled, it seems his girls are his lucky star.

With a sudden idea, Itachi said, "We'll go have a look."

The group moved towards the direction of the gigantic monument. As they were getting closer to it, they could feel a pressure blowing towards them, making it difficult to breathe.

"What exactly is that thing?" Lanruo is very curious about it. Although the pressure was getting heavier and heavier, they still continued to move forward.

Several Scarlet Ghosts tailed Itachi's group. However, after feeling that pressure, they immediately scattered and began running. That gigantic monument obviously has a bigger effect on those Scarlet Ghosts.

"Girls follow me, lets see how far you can go. When you can't take the pressure anymore, remain there, I'll go take a look." Itachi said.

"Be careful." Ning'er said, following him on the back.

The girls couldn't go forward any more, they looked at Itachi and were a bit worried.

When he was several meters away, Itachi raised his head got a clear view of the gigantic monument. The height of the gigantic monument is roughly dozens meters tall, besides having ash grey tone, Itachi had no idea what the monument is made of.

The huge monument is carved with six types of ancient text. Itachi could roughly make out one of them.

"Those who follows me, shall be honoured. Those who oppose me, shall perish. In the lifetime, gifted with extraordinary talent. Started to comprehend at the age of ten, splitting mountains and scattering stones. Comprehended the gentle realm at the age of thirteen, drying a river at the wave of a hand. At the age of sixteen, comprehended the profound of the demon spirits, and broke through the Legend rank realm. At the age of thirty, no one under the sky can withstand three of my strikes, battling all supreme experts around the world and have never tasted defeat. Comprehended the realm of man at the age of forty, opened the wisdom, knowing the past and present. At the age of fifty, sensed a calamity arriving, abandoned the throne and left. Leaving behind ten words, to pass down to the next generation..."

Reading the words on the gigantic monument, Itachi was shocked. From this monument, Itachi could feel that Emperor Kong Ming must be an extremely gifted person during his lifetime.

What caused Itachi to be shocked is that Emperor Kong Ming could comprehend the realm of man at the age of forty, and was able the know the past and present. However, what does this past and present mean?

Itachi knew that Emperor Kong Ming was powerful, but this is way too absurd right? Itachi could vaguely feel that this Emperor Kong Ming has a close link to the Temporal Demon Spirit Book. Perhaps this Emperor Kong Ming is the key to unlocking all of its secrets.

The ten word chant that Emperor Kong Ming left behind... Itachi was excited, he knew this is what made Nie Li a contestant for strength.

Itachi's gaze landed on the bottom of the ancient monument. However, there are scrape marks on the ancient monument that appeared to be done by some sharp object, making the words blurred beyond recognition.

Itachi was trying to enter the hallucination, like Nei Li would have. But something seems to keep him from entering. He smirked coldly and thought ' illusions are in blood, do you think you can keep me out of it? Even if you're Emperor Kong Ming, your illusions in front of my eyes are nothing but child's play.'

Itachi activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and entered the illusion.

Scenes flashed one after another within Itachi's mind.

It was as though he was in the distant sky. A white robed middle aged man quietly stood there.

"Who am I? Where did I originate from and where am I to go? In my eyes, countless living beings are declining, countless lives are being born. Every living creature struggles in the cycle of reincarnation. However, generations of bloodlines shall continue to be inherited. Mankind constantly chases after the path of the supreme. Where is the end of the Dao?" The white robed man let out a sigh, "What is the Dao?"

"What is the Dao?" Itachi lightly smiled in his heart. This is something that people are trapped in after breaking through to the realm higher than Legend rank, "The presence of Dao."

Countless experts bitterly searched, but nothing was found. The Dao is within one's heart. Emperor Kong Ming should have comprehended the meaning of Dao in this location and left this ancient monument. What caused Itachi to feel strange is that, after countless years, there wasn't any documentation of the Emperor Kong Ming being an existence that far surpassed Legend rank.

Could it be that after Emperor Kong Ming comprehended everything, he went to another area and did not stay on this piece of land?

"A mysterious person, someone that surpassed Legend rank and then went missing." Itachi mumbled.

"Infinity has no beginning, no beginning can have no end." the white robed man sighed, and then moved backwards.

Itachi felt the ten word chant left behind by Emperor Kong Ming and was startled.

Itachi suddenly had some profound understanding towards these words. This ten word chant meant the truth of life. The heritage of life is endless. Itachi has only been able to partially comprehend the entire sentence.

Suddenly, Itachi felt his soul realm surging, his soul force was frantically expanding and was flooding into the mutated Black Flame Phoenix demon spirit. The demon spirit underwent it's first evolution and second mutation.

Although Itachi only comprehended a little of it, he could already feel how powerful this ten word chant is.

"Even though he was just at Legend rank, he already had such a level of understanding towards the martial path. He's definitely not an ordinary person. So this is how Nei Li's soul realm had a tree growing in it?" Itachi mumbled.

Itachi focused on the blurred figure of Emperor Kong Ming.

"Using the Great Change Heavenly Calculation Technique, I've calculated that there are five people that are able to obtain this ten word chant of mine. Everyone of them are extremely gifted and have unique understanding towards this ten word chant. The five people will kill one another, the last one will devour the other four's understanding towards this ten word chant and meet with me." Emperor Kong Ming's leisure voice drifted.

Itachi smiled, 'if Nie Li really came here wouldn't that mean there would be six people? Even if he doesn't, it doesn't matter I'll just be the one of the five I guess.' He thought.

While Itachi was in thoughts, another scene flashed within his mind.

One person came flying and stopped in front of this ancient monument. He mumbled to himself, "I never thought that there would be such an area in Glory City. Seems like this trip was worthwhile. Those who follows me, shall be honoured. Those who oppose me, shall perish? Hmph hmph, such big words. Who is this Emperor Kong Ming to actually be so arrogant."

This person looked at the ancient monument for a long time, his brows were tightly knitted together, "Infinity has no beginning, no beginning can have no end. What shit is this? What masterpiece cultivation can be hidden in just these ten words? This Emperor Kong Ming fella is really ridiculous!"

This person no longer seems to have any interest towards this ancient monument, turned around and was preparing to leave. However, after pondering for a moment, he turned back around.

"Since even me, the Demon Lord is unable to comprehend it, others can give up on getting it." The self-proclaimed Demon Lord took out a dagger and scraped the ancient monument and cleanly scraped the ten words away, "Haha, now it's clean."

Suddenly, the Demon Lord suddenly frowned his brows, "Eh? What was the ten word chant again? Why can't I recall it?"