Chapter 102: The Terrifying Heritage of the Top-Stream Academic Overlord

Under Fang Xi's guidance, he quickly completed the registration procedures. His name was registered in the Stellar Tower, and he received a student ID card, along with a temporary dormitory assignment. Once he confirmed his formal mentor, he would transfer to that mentor's residence.

Fang Xi led him to the assigned temporary dormitory, offered some advice, and instructed him to reach out to her at any time if needed. After that, she departed.

As the door closed, Chu Cheng turned and surveyed the 100-square-meter two-bedroom apartment they had called a temporary dormitory, unable to help but click his tongue in surprise.

The temporary dorm was located in the dormitory district of the floating city where registration took place, situated on the city's edge. The expansive balcony opened directly onto the void beyond the floating city, where there was no distinction between day and night. At every moment, the heavens were filled with countless stars.

These endless stars were in fact projections of infinite domains within the Chaos Realm, with each celestial body representing a single domain. The brighter a star, the larger the corresponding domain.

Chu Cheng stood on the balcony for a time to appreciate the starry expanse, then took out the tablet given by his senior sister, powered it on, and continued reviewing the mentor profiles he had not yet finished reading.

The mentor profiles provided an exceptionally detailed account of each mentor's strength, profession, and affiliated faction. After studying these materials, one could also gain insight into the various factions within the Stellar Tower.

Every organization maintained internal factions, and the Stellar Tower was no exception. There were a total of sixteen factions, each representing more than sixteen pathways that could elevate one to the god-demon level. Yes, more than sixteen, because certain factions possessed multiple paths to godhood.

It was only fitting for a top-tier academic tyrant, as countless individuals and forces outside dreamed of such a complete system, which was now available here.

Chu Cheng glanced through them and quickly located the faction tied to spatial laws, known as the Void Tower.

The profiles indicated that the Void Tower possessed two power systems for advancing to the god-demon level: one based on spatial laws and the other on destructive laws. In addition, they excelled in void summoning, a technique derived from spatial laws.

The Void Tower mastered fifteen hero inheritances: one legendary hero inheritance, two upper-tier hero inheritances, four mid-tier hero inheritances, and eight lower-tier hero inheritances.

Lower-tier hero inheritances were equivalent to top-tier professions. Mid-tier hero inheritances had already surpassed top-tier professions. Upper-tier hero inheritances represented the highest level of hero inheritances normally attainable.

Legendary hero inheritances were the top-tier guardian inheritances of academic tyrants. Each legendary hero inheritance constituted a complete path to the god-demon level.

It should be noted that the fifteen hero inheritances above were those fully mastered by the Void Tower faction alone. In truth, the Void Tower possessed numerous additional hero inheritances that were not fully mastered but could still yield hero marks.

Furthermore, some of these hero inheritances were unique to the Void Tower, while others were shared with other factions.

Additionally, joining the Void Tower did not require obtaining these specific hero inheritances, nor did it mandate spatial talents. However, possessing spatial talents indicated an exceptionally high affinity for spatial laws, ensuring far greater achievements along that path compared to alternatives.

Chu Cheng possessed the spatial refraction talent, meaning his affinity for spatial laws was exceptionally high. Pursuing this path would allow him to achieve double the results with half the effort.

However, it was the type of legendary hero in the Void Tower.

He rubbed his brow, his gaze settling on the first column of the hero introduction on the tablet, a hero inheritance named the Void Destroyer.

The Void Destroyer was a terrifying entity born from a vortex in some destruction domain, wielding the powers of space and destruction.

To obtain this hero inheritance, one must first acquire a remnant domain essence stone left after a domain's destruction. This was a mythical-grade magical gemstone, valued higher than the true world stone with no market price available.

Domain destruction was already rare, and most destroyed domains vanished entirely without leaving remnants.

Thus, obtaining the domain essence stone required actively destroying a domain and artificially condensing the essence stone.

After acquiring the domain essence stone, one would locate the Void Destroyer to secure the hero mark and begin the hero inheritance path.

It was worth noting that Chu Cheng's original hero mark could open the path to the Void Destroyer without needing the domain essence stone.

Following the guidance of the hero inheritance to complete the tasks, success would grant the legendary Void Destroyer hero inheritance, allowing mastery of the powers of space and destruction.

The records on the tablet were clear: the final step of the Void Destroyer's hero path involved using the power from the hero mark granted by the Void Destroyer to actively destroy an active domain, then devouring the life essence condensed from countless beings after the domain's annihilation, along with the forces of space and destruction laws, to condense a hero's body.

This inheritance method was extraordinarily bizarre, causing Chu Cheng's eyelids to twitch.

An active domain referred to one teeming with abundant life.

Although he showed no mercy when slaying lives in dungeons, that did not mean he entirely disregarded life.

Lives within dungeons were fixed by laws and could be reborn upon dungeon resets. Trapped within domains, they could not transcend life, yet at least they lived.

Completely annihilating a domain would mean the lives inside were utterly destroyed.

While dungeons could be reset repeatedly, if the domain housing the dungeon was destroyed, the dungeon itself would cease to exist and would not be reset.

The crucial point was that for the Void Destroyer hero to grow, it must continuously destroy domain worlds one after another.

How could such a hero inheritance even exist?

Chu Cheng scratched his head and sent a message to Fang Xi, sharing his confusion: If he chose this hero inheritance, would he not become a destructive demon god who endlessly annihilated domains and destroyed billions of lives?

Soon Fang Xi replied: The information you saw was the original theoretical foundation of this inheritance. The initial Void Destroyer was born within a destruction domain vortex, where beast nature overshadowed humanity, and its advancement path was thus.

Later, a predecessor a thousand years ago obtained this inheritance. After advancing to the god-demon level with it, he allied with other god-demon level powerhouses from the school to exterminate the original Void Destroyer, replacing it as the new ancestor of the inheritance. Subsequently, the advancement method was revised, no longer requiring the continuous destruction of individual domains.

Oh!

But the tablet did not appear to detail the new advancement method.

This would only be revealed after you confirmed your choice of this hero inheritance.

All right.

Closing the communication and the Void Destroyer panel before him, Chu Cheng continued to examine the remaining hero inheritances.

Void Hunter (upper hero): An existence that mastered spatial power and could traverse spatial layers freely at will. Upon acquiring the inheritance, one could obtain this ability to shuttle through space effortlessly.

Void Summoner (upper hero): The will could simulate marks of any void existence and summon entities from the twisted void to fight on one's behalf, a very powerful summoner hero profession.