81: Chapter 81: If there's no such thing as "suitable," then everything is suitable.

A brilliant light flared. The figures of the eight vanished from the Ascension Platform.

The next moment, they appeared in a desolate Ancient Battlefield.

The sky was dark red, the earth cracked, and everywhere lay broken weapons, skeletons, and fragments of war chariots.

In the distance, one could vaguely see ruins of palaces, demon caves made of bone mountains, and remnants of immortal mansions...

Seventy-two Legacies were scattered throughout this three-thousand-li battlefield.

Xiao Ran stood on a hill, closing his eyes to sense the guidance of the Legacy resonance he had obtained on the Heaven-Battling Platform.

Unexpectedly... not a single Legacy held a particularly strong attraction for him.

This included the Legacies of the four Demon Venerables from whom he had obtained clues during the Dao Heart questioning segment.

Although Xiao Ran could perceive the locations of their Legacies, the sensation was very faint.

It was like seeing an ordinary shop on the street; he knew there was something inside, but he felt no urge that he must go there.

"Is it because of the Myriad Dao Guixu Body?" Xiao Ran mused.

He recalled what the Sect Master of Eternal Night had said when they first met. "The Guixu Body can absorb all laws and contain all Dao."

He hadn't fully understood it back then, but now he did.

The Demon Venerables, Immortal Venerables, and Demon Saints who had fallen on this battlefield—their Legacies were undoubtedly powerful, but they were all someone else's Dao.

The essence of the Guixu Body was devouring; it was about absorbing everything like the ocean, and then creating a Dao that belonged uniquely to oneself.

"So... there is no Legacy of the previous Myriad Dao Guixu Body here."

"Either the previous Guixu Body was too strong and couldn't possibly have fallen on a battlefield of this scale."

"Or his Dao had already transcended the scope of a Legacy and could not be solidified or preserved."

Xiao Ran reached this conclusion.

After all, just now during the Dao Heart questioning, he had clearly heard the four Demon Venerables refer to the Cultivator with the previous Myriad Dao Guixu Body as an "old monster."

For a Cultivator to be called an "old monster" by a Demon Venerable, one could imagine how formidable their strength must have been.

With this in mind, Xiao Ran looked toward the depths of the battlefield, and a smile suddenly tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"If there are no suitable Legacies, in other words, doesn't that mean all of them are suitable?"

"In that case... then I won't be polite."

The mindset of a modern person took the upper hand at this moment. Since he was already here, returning empty-handed was not his style.

Since there was no single most suitable Legacy, he would just take all the ones he could!

The Guixu Body could devour and digest everything; for him, these Legacies were simply the best nourishment.

However, Xiao Ran was not an insatiably greedy person.

He thought of Li Tianxing, White Bone Scholar, and Liu Ruyan.

These three peerless talents of the Demonic Path who accompanied him had each gained the recognition of the Blood Fiend Demon Venerable, Netherworld Bone Venerable, and the Ten Thousand Desires Demon Venerable during the Dao Heart questioning segment.

Their Physiques aligned with those of the great beings, so it was clear that these three Legacies were tailor-made for them.

"There is no need for me to waste time with them now."

"Furthermore, the characteristics of those three Demon Venerables' Legacies fit their Physiques perfectly; forcibly seizing them might even be counterproductive."

Xiao Ran made his decision. Then it's settled, it will be you. Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable.

During the Dao Heart questioning segment, although the Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable had also provided a clue, his attitude had been the coldest, clearly not holding Xiao Ran in any special regard.

Xiao Ran, stubborn as he was, insisted on testing whether the Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable's Legacy was worth it.

"Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp... six hundred li south of the Heaven-Battling Platform."

He confirmed the direction and transformed into a grey-black streak of light, speeding away.

Along the way, Xiao Ran saw various strange sights. Three hundred li to the east, a pillar of blood-red light shot into the sky. That was Li Tianxing opening the Blood Fiend Demon Palace.

Four hundred li to the north, a mountain of eerie white bones was moving. Clearly, White Bone Scholar had arrived at the Netherworld Bone Tomb.

Five hundred li to the west, pink clouds swirled, and faint, coquettish laughter could be heard. It seemed Liu Ruyan had entered the Ten Thousand Desires Heavenly Palace.

The four Immortals had also gone their separate ways. Ling Jianxin went to the Supreme Sword Palace in the northeast of the battlefield, Li Changsheng went to the Innate Dao Valley in the east-central area, Jian Wuchen went to the Heavenly Sword Immortal Mansion in the north, and Su Qinghan went to the Profound Yin Dao Field in the southeast.

Everyone had a clear goal. Only Xiao Ran, like a thief who had broken into a treasure vault, prepared to sweep through them one by one.

...

An hour later, Xiao Ran arrived at a swampy area filled with green poisonous mist.

The swamp was vast and boundless, the poisonous mist blocked out the sky and sun, and the air was filled with a pungent odor.

An ordinary Cultivator here would likely die of poisoning after taking just a single breath.

But Xiao Ran just took a deep breath. His Guixu Body automatically activated, instantly devouring and converting the inhaled poisonous gas.

Not only was it harmless, but it actually replenished his consumed spiritual power.

"Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp... truly lives up to its reputation." He stepped into the poisonous mist and walked toward the depths of the swamp.

Various poisonous creatures lurked in the swamp. Three-headed venomous pythons, seven-colored poisonous spiders, centipede-like millipedes, rotting corpse poison toads... each one exuded the aura of the Nascent Soul Realm, and if placed in the outside world, each would be a ferocious beast capable of wreaking havoc on a region.

But as soon as they approached Xiao Ran, they were devoured by the Guixu Demonic Light, and even their venom was converted into pure energy. The path was completely unobstructed.

Half an hour later, Xiao Ran arrived at the center of the swamp. Here stood an altar piled up from the skeletons of ten thousand poisonous creatures, and floating above the altar was a fist-sized, glowing green bead, as well as an ancient scroll made of animal hide.

The ten thousand poison bead! The Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture!

In front of the altar, the phantom of the Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable slowly appeared. He still had that hunched, sinister appearance, but there was a hint of surprise in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Ran.

"Kid, you actually really came."

"And you walked here completely unscathed." The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable rasped.

"The poison barriers and poisonous creatures set by you, Senior, are ineffective against my Guixu Body." Xiao Ran stated truthfully.

"The Guixu Body... I see." The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable's tone was light, clearly not feeling any surprise.

"Back then on the battlefield, that old monster fought three Demon Saints alone, relying on the eerie devouring ability of the Myriad Dao Guixu Body to forcibly swallow the opponent's Demonic Techniques, Divine Abilities, and even their life-bound demonic fire until nothing was left."

"In the end, those three Demon Saints were eaten to death while still alive."

Xiao Ran was shocked. Fighting three Demon Saints alone and winning? One had to know that in the ancient era, Demon Saints were great beings at the Undergoing Tribulation Realm. With a flick of their fingers, they could destroy a whole land; how terrifying!

"Senior, did you know the previous Myriad Dao Guixu Body?" Xiao Ran asked subconsciously.

"I wouldn't say I knew him, I just saw him from afar." The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable said indifferently, a hint of reminiscence appearing in his eyes.

"That was a true monster, a being feared by the Immortal, Demon, and Demon races."

"It is rumored that he later broke through to an unknown Realm and left this world."

"So don't bother thinking about living off the previous one's Legacy; how could such a figure possibly have fallen on a small battlefield like this?" The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable seemed to have seen through Xiao Ran's thoughts.

Xiao Ran felt no regret. Because he had already guessed as much.

"So, Junior came to seek Senior's Legacy..." Xiao Ran changed the subject, looking at the two treasures on the altar.

"You want it?" The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable stared at him and suddenly chuckled.

"Although your Physique is special, my Dao of Poison emphasizes that all things can be poisoned, and even laws can be poisoned and transformed."

"Are you sure you want to learn it?"

"Junior wishes to try." Xiao Ran answered with a firm gaze.

Just kidding, if I didn't want your Legacy, why would I come here? To chat with you!

The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"Very well, then I will give it to you."

"However, before receiving the Legacy, you must pass my Ten Thousand Poisons Heart-Devouring Trial."

"This trial will simulate ten thousand types of deadly poisons simultaneously eroding your Divine Soul; only if you can endure for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense without breaking down can you receive the Legacy."

The Ten Thousand Poisons Demon Venerable gave a sinister laugh. Clearly, he had some different calculations in mind.