Perfect Inheritance: The Black and White Witches and the Twin Black and White Beasts (Seeking Monthly Votes) When Youming saw his entire body enveloped in black flames, he knew he was finished. That inscrutable, divine fire burned away his remaining strength in an instant, like crumbling tofu dregs, spreading from his flesh deep into his soul—a pain beyond words.

"One wrong step brings the whole game to ruin." Under the dual assault of the Purifying Light and the black flames, countless restless souls streamed out of him, their resentment and hatred drifting away from his memory. At this moment, Youming's consciousness finally returned. His bloodshot eyes fixed on Lin Luo. Ignoring the soul-deep agony, he managed a grin. "Ming Wang, what a pity. I never got to clash with you in the God War; perhaps the outcome would have been different. But... lost is lost. You win, Ming Wang."

Lin Luo watched him impassively. Though Youming smiled with an air of detachment, profound unwillingness lingered in his eyes. After all, this defeat was almost entirely his own doing, stemming from his avarice. Faced with such immense profit, he had lost sight of what truly mattered, rushing ahead recklessly—a clear path to self-destruction.

If he had managed to suppress that greed and his resentment toward the Three World Kings, and instead had used conventional methods to analyze the world's rules as he did initially, the ending might genuinely have been uncertain.

"Whether the next one to arrive is you or someone else, I will be watching... from Hell."

With those words, with a sound like shattering glass, Youming’s body was utterly consumed by the black Fan flames. A book entwined with the power of death floated in the air, accompanied by a World Heart pulsing with supreme yellow light.

"So this is the World Heart Youming obtained..." Although the connection between the World Heart and its original host is largely erased once absorbed by a Walker, as Arthur had said, the lingering sentiment and the sorrow of death do not vanish, creating an intensely oppressive atmosphere.

The more Lin Luo experienced, the more he saw worldly fame and fortune as mere passing clouds. Strength was just a means of protection. If he could remain safely within his own world without participating in the God War, he wouldn't even mind giving up this power. However, the faint, residual sorrow emanating from this World Heart was something he simply could not detach from—it was a piercing sensation deep within his soul.

"Are you transmitting these thoughts, Original Host?" As his finger brushed against the World Heart, Lin Luo distinctly felt it tremble. He allowed a faint smile, like an act of comfort, and spoke softly, "Rest assured. I will not hand you over to any Walker. I will certainly find someone you both can accept, someone who can carry your residual thoughts forward and continue your second life."

"Buzz."

The World Heart emitted a soft chime, as if understanding Lin Luo's words. It actively flew toward him, transforming into a beam of light that entered his body, temporarily merging with the Book of Covenant.

"System detected World Heart, No. 8—The Heart of the King." "System detected Heart Canon: Ghost Dao Book, no contract owner, available for absorption. Absorb?" "Negative."

Lin Luo refused to absorb Youming's Heart Canon, choosing instead to store the book temporarily. At his current level, absorbing the Ghost Dao Book would only grant him one additional ability, offering no substantial help in reaching LV4. It might prove more useful to others.

After securing both spoils of war, Lin Luo looked around. His sensory domain detected no remaining aura of malevolent spirits. The surroundings were empty, silent. In the sky, the black and white light had begun to fade; the world purification process seemed to be reaching its conclusion.

"I need to go bring them back. But one is in the far East, and the other in the far West. I'll truly run my legs ragged..." Lin Luo shook his head with mild frustration. He utilized Void Instant Movement, bolstered by the support of Illusionary Law, rushing toward the western edge of the world at top speed.

The ability for fixed-point teleportation could only be used three times at his current level. One use was expended when dealing with Mounaka, and the remaining two were used earlier. Now, he was forced to rely on his own two feet. Traveling from the extreme East to the extreme West and back would likely take at least a day or two, which deeply annoyed Lin Luo; he felt sending them away was pure self-inflicted hardship.

However, the situation didn't become as troublesome as Lin Luo imagined. Not long after he started running, the eleven Shengshi stones suddenly soared high into the sky, bursting with brilliant light as if beckoning something. The black and white light instantly resonated with them.

Seeing this, Lin Luo stopped immediately. He remembered that according to the inherited memories of Huangquan and Kagura, after the world purification, the Shengshi stones would revert to their most primal state—becoming whole again from scattered pieces. Simultaneously, the Black and White Witches would converge with the Shengshi, borrowing that collective power to merge with the world.

"Looks like I don't have to fetch them," Lin Luo sighed in relief. There were eleven Shengshi stones here. Since the minority must yield to the majority, the convergence point was naturally here. He only needed to wait for them. As for the Black and White Witches merging with the world... Lin Luo wasn't worried at all, because the World Heart would never allow it.

Hosts chosen by the World Heart are beyond the interference of any world's power.

Thus, Lin Luo retreated to his original spot. Huangquan and Kagura would soon be drawn here. Bai Rui carried one Shengshi stone and would come as well. Honglian was the spirit beast within Huangquan’s blade; Lin Luo just needed to recall it. His clones were irrelevant, but Arthur might be in trouble. He had no connection to the Black and White Witches or the Shengshi stones and would have to travel on foot from the world's far West to here...

"Tsk, he’s probably going to run his legs off, isn't he?" Lin Luo shook his head, closed his eyes, and silently mourned for Arthur for three seconds.

The eleven Shengshi stones in the sky had gathered, forming a circle, much like the hour hand on a clock. Because one stone was missing, they couldn't coalesce completely, rotating continuously.

This situation, however, did not last long. After about five or six minutes, Lin Luo saw two beams of black and white light rushing from the east and west, moving with incredible speed. Soon, he could make out Huangquan and Kagura within the light columns.

The twelfth Shengshi stone must have detached from Bai Rui’s body and arrived first. Then, all the stones merged, instantly becoming one small, multicolored stone. A faint light rippled outward like water waves... This scene looked intensely familiar to Lin Luo.

"So that's how it is." He quickly recalled that the stone he had placed in his storage space was of the same category as the complete Shengshi stone. However, the former held a far more devastating destructive power, while the complete stone appeared much gentler, perhaps due to its assimilation by this world. But their essence was identical.

This also explained why that other stone hadn't affected Huangquan and Kagura: because they were the Black and White Witches, the masters of the Shengshi, essentially distant relatives to that stone as well.

"But speaking of which, what were those two stones originally?" Lin Luo grew suspicious again. Clearly, the previous stone did not belong to this world, as it possessed the power to shatter this very Earth and was extremely unstable, seriously threatening the world. How could the world's will tolerate it?

Yet, it shared the same origin as the complete Shengshi stone... Lin Luo felt increasingly confused, his mind a tangle.

Shaking his head, he stopped delving deeper and focused on the Shengshi stone in the air. The Black and White Witches had also arrived beside it, standing with closed eyes, seemingly in a state of deep trance, circling the stone.

Lin Luo knew that the world was currently assimilating the Black and White Witches. Once assimilation was complete, they would cease to exist, becoming a part of the inheritance, waiting to be bestowed upon the next pair of Black and White Witches... Of course, this applied only to ordinary Black and White Witches. Now that they were chosen by a higher-tier World Heart, this assimilation would face fierce resistance from it.

"It should be over soon..." Watching the scene above, Lin Luo couldn't help but frown. Although he trusted the World Heart's power, he still felt a degree of tension.

In less than a minute, there was a sharp crack. The Shengshi stone split into two—one black and one white—each plunging into the bodies of Kagura and Huangquan. Then, the two women floated down gently... The result was clear: the World Heart had perfectly suppressed the world's assimilation process and claimed the Shengshi stones as well.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Suddenly, two earth-shattering roars sounded. A massive silhouette burst from behind Kagura—it was Bai Rui, yet utterly different from the Bai Rui he knew. It possessed two heads, bound by iron chains, stretching over thirty meters long, radiating terrifying menace and boundless ferocity. Three Shengshi stones adorned the forehead of each head.

The current Bai Rui was no longer Bai Rui, but the Beast of White.

On the other side, a shadowy black figure surged out of the blade in Huangquan’s hand—it was Honglian. However, it too had undergone a dramatic transformation. Although not as colossal as the Beast of White, it was encased in heavy black armor, revealing only a pair of bell-like eyes emitting a chilling, spectral glow as it hovered in the void. Six Shengshi stones adorned its head.

Honglian, now possessed by the Shengshi stones, was the Beast of Black.

This left Lin Luo utterly astonished. While Bai Rui evolving was expected, he hadn't anticipated Honglian evolving too. Furthermore, both beasts were immensely powerful, subtly nearing the peak of the Spiritual Rank Mid-stage... Indeed, the World Heart held the power to change everything.

However, Lin Luo was long past being easily surprised by such things. He swiftly moved forward, extending his hands to catch the two young women. Though they were still unconscious, their condition showed no abnormality; they were simply asleep from exhaustion, which completely relieved Lin Luo.