Just as Ricky had expected, Mike came out of the collision black and blue, spattered with the red of his
blood. His chest ached with every move, which indicated that he must have broken some of his ribs,
and his momentum and aura were rapidly diminishing.
In sharp contrast, Jasper seemed unscathed.
It was clear who had won the battle.
Of course, if this were a battle of life and death, the end would have been much different.
A thin, bitter 'smile made its way to Mike's face as he stood by the altar, watching his blood drip on the
floor. He didn't want to admit defeat, but he had no choice.
"It looks like Jasper has won, just as you expected, Ricky,"
remarked the Dragon Intent Grass.
"Although Jasper is my friend, I feel sorry for Mike that only one person can inherit the Law of
Universe," sighed Ricky in reply.
Mike was a person who took pride in his humility and willingness to admit his own failure. Thus, he
voluntarily came forward and told Jasper, "You won this battle, fair and square. Now, Master Adrian's
inheritance is yours!"
"Thank you!"
Nodding gratefully, Jasper smiled and added, "Since you agreed not to fight me to the death, I believe I
owe you a favor."
"From this day onwards, you are the inheritor of both the Law of Change and the Law of Universe. Your
favor is worth a lot. There's no way I'll turn you down!"
Honestly, Mike only treated Jasper well because the other man had the inheritance of the Law of
Universe. If he had won the battle, things would have gone differently.
Jasper couldn't wait to get his hands on the inheritance, so he hastily approached Adrian's statue. Its
hands shone with a bright white light—the inheritance of the Law of Universe.
With no hesitation, he let the Eight Diagrams' power he possessed seep into his hands and used it to
grasp the two glowing spheres of light. This was the physical manifestation of the inheritance.
He then sat down with his legs crossed and the glowing spheres safely ensconced in his hands.
Although he didn't need to comprehend the inheritance fully in this place, he still needed to have a
basic knowledge of it. At the very least, he must know more about this land of legacy.
Two hours later, Jasper abruptly stood up with a wide grin on his face. He looked at Mike, who looked
back at him glumly.
"Why the hell are you smiling like that? Are you mocking me?"
Mike grumbled unhappily when he saw the grin that lit up Jasper's face.
"Ha-ha, don't get mad, mate! I can't help but smile because there's an excellent opportunity that I want
to share with you."
Jasper laughed, which confused Mike even more.
"What are you talking about? Are you going to give me the Law of Universe's inheritance?"
he answered playfully.
"That's right! I'm going to give you the inheritance of the Law of Universe. Will you dare to accept it?"
Jasper asked Mike, his eyes deep and intense.
And when they heard this, both Mike and Ricky became shocked and perplexed.
The other man didn't look like he was joking, but they couldn't understand what he was talking about.
'Maybe the Law of Universe's inheritance doesn't suit Jasper? Does he not want it?'
Ricky wondered to himself, although the Dragon Intent Grass heard him.
"But how is that possible? Except for the Law of Chaos, the Law of Universe is the most complete kind.
Adrian would not have left as many array spaces if that weren't the case,"
it replied. "The Eight Diagrams may have a lot of exceedingly powerful laws, but none of them should
conflict with the Law of Universe at all.
No, he must have some other reason..."
"What the hell are you saying now? It's shameful enough that I have lost. Please, don't make fun of
me,"
uttered Mike in all seriousness.
He didn't believe that Jasper would just give him the inheritance after all the trouble he had gone
through for it.
"I'm not making fun of you. It turns out that Master Adrian left two inheritances!"
answered Jasper, sounding overjoyed, heedless of the disbelief on the other two people's faces.
"What? Two inheritances?!" Instead of being enlightened, Ricky and Mike became much more
confused when they heard his words.
But Jasper immediately set off into an explanation, which mollified the other two, as they finally
understood what was going on.
He relayed that Adrian owned the mutant related to the Law of Universe. All four continents back then
considered the force of the Eight Diagrams as the most powerful in all the four continents, and they had
an equally strong deputy master. They weren't scattered then as they were nowadays, and there were
significantly fewer competitors for their inheritance.
And Adrian obtained the inheritance of the Law of Universe.
In those days, Adrian was the most talented among his peers who were set to inherit the laws the Eight
Diagrams contained. He was also the most promising candidate to become the next master of the Eight
Diagrams.
However, anyone who aimed to become the Eight Diagrams' true master must be powerful enough to
evolve other seven types of laws from the one he already obtained.
This was no easy feat.
For example, if one warrior obtained all the eight inheritances of the Eight Diagrams, but he failed to
evolve the other seven powers from one inheritance, then he couldn't be considered the Eight
Diagrams' real master.
In other words, the real master of the Eight Diagram should be able to own a mutant that could evolve
the eight different powers that were accordant to the eight different laws the Eight Diagram contained.
This was what made the mutant related to the Eight Diagrams different from Ricky's seven mutants.
The reason Adrian stood out among his peers was that he had a heart that was both positive and
negative.
Essentially, everything in the world had two sides—a positive side and a negative side. Before anyone
could fully understand the world, he must get to know both the good and the dark sides.
Since Adrian had a heart that was equally good and evil, it gave him the ability to comprehend the two
sides' strength and laws. As a result, it perfectly balanced his comprehension.
It made him capable of comprehending everything, including the Law of Universe.
Therefore, his understanding of the Law of Universe was on equal footing with the Eight Diagrams'
master back then.
Adrian had also comprehended two more laws, namely, the Law of Great Void and the Law of
Evolvement.
This made him the best candidate to succeed the Eight Diagrams' master.
Unfortunately, he died in fighting the devil race.
It was Adrian's belief that a warrior should be capable of seeing everything as a whole—as a coin with
two sides. Otherwise, he would never be fit to become the Eight Diagrams' real master. Only those who
had a heart that was both good and evil could achieve this.
This characteristic was, of course, incredibly rare. Only one person was known to have it for countless
ages.
Therefore, Adrian divided his inheritance into two parts, with one holding the positive part, while the
other one held the negative part.
The positive and negative parts of the inheritance mutually reinforced and neutralized each other. And
only a warrior with a heart both positive and negative could cultivate it at the same time. With the
absence of such a rare warrior, two warriors could cultivate it separately.
In the end, they complemented each other. They must then work together to become the masters of the
Eight Diagrams.
This was Adrian's masterpiece, to some degree, as he came up with such a brilliant idea.
Now that they had heard Jasper's full explanation, Ricky and Mike finally understood why Jasper made
such an offer.
"Only spiritual potentates would dare to leave positive and negative inheritances separately. Even in his
death, he is guiding the next generations to cultivate the Eight Diagrams!" Ricky and Mike exclaimed,
eyes wide with awe.
"Exactly! It's no wonder he became one of the greatest spiritual potentates of the initial eras,"
Jasper agreed, nodding.
"So, Mike, don't think that I am offering you this opportunity because I am kind. The truth is that I can
only comprehend one kind of inheritance,"
he then said to Mike.
"After all, I don't have the heart that's both positive and negative.
Don't tell me you have such kind of heart!" he added jokingly.
"Ha-ha! If I had that, I would have won the previous battle!"
Mike replied with a laugh. He seemed more relaxed now that he knew Jasper wasn't making fun of him.
"I can't believe there's a positive and negative inheritance. Did Master Adrian foresee that two people
would come to take his inheritance today?"
The Dragon Intent Grass also couldn't help but chuckle at the surprising turn of events.
"Perhaps, this is for the best!" Ricky uttered happily. After all, he was glad that both his friends would
benefit from the inheritance.
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