Chapter 179: Stone King Hongjun's Apprehension

In the eternal void of another world, beneath the ninety-nine stone steps.

"Om, ge, a, hou, mou, e, zao, dao"

The majestic Primordial Eight Tones echoed from beyond the boundless void, like the Heavenly Sound of the Great Dao, piercing the void, severing the past, cutting off the future, linking ancient times to the future.

The three Supreme Ancestral Gods jointly performing the Divine Symphony Seven Chapters suddenly changed expression, their eyes flashing with extreme shock and anger.

"Divine Symphony Seven Chapters United"

A roar rang out, the vast sound of the Divine Symphony echoed, combining the power of the three Supreme Ancestral Gods to jointly activate this forbidden chapter.

Boom

The Primordial Eight Tones and the Forbidden Divine Symphony formed a substantive wave, causing a heaven-shaking, earth-rending collision in this eternal void.

In an instant, the entire eternal realm shattered into nothingness, returning to Chaos, heading toward annihilation; only the ancient, weathered Ninety-Nine Stone Steps remained standing in the void, as if unchanged for billions of years.

Pu

Mouthfuls of fresh blood spurted out; the three Supreme Ancestral Gods, as if struck by lightning, bore terrifying cracks across their bodies, blood arrows shooting from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses, their whole beings seeming to turn into fragile porcelain.

"Fuxi."

Having uttered just those two words, the bodies of the three Supreme Ancestral Gods exploded, turning into endless spiritual light, as if shattered directly by the vast heavenly might contained within the Primordial Eight Tones.

The Primordial Eight Tones continued to vibrate, lingering in this realm turned to Chaos, seeking to utterly erase the immortal divine thoughts of the three Supreme Ancestral Gods.

Dong!

But at that moment, the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps trembled violently, as if a heartbeat sounded at their summit.

Instantly, an aura surpassing the limits of heavenly and earthly law emerged from the top of the steps; the place where the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps stood fell into endless darkness, as if everything ceased to exist.

After an unknown span of time, the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps reappeared, the three Supreme Ancestral Gods still seated cross-legged beneath them, their auras unchanged.

Everything seemed to have returned to the origin, as if time had been reshaped, or as if time had been rebooted.

However, the three Supreme Ancestral Gods merely sat silently in place, speechless, yet their faces were grim to the extreme.

After a long while, one of the Supreme Ancestral Gods spoke: "Awaken the foundation of my realm!"

Another Supreme Ancestral God glanced at the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps, a hint of reverence in his eyes, then whispered: "Not only must we awaken the foundation of our realm, we must also let the slumbering Stone People and Supreme Ancestral Gods of our realm be born; I believe we also need to summon an Old Ancestor to utterly destroy the Kyushu World."

After a pause, this Supreme Ancestral God continued: "According to the Old Ancestor's plan, we were originally to wait for the member of Kyushu's heaven-defying clan to fully complete his transformation, then strike when he took his final step to become a king, seize his Dao fruit, and gain another king for our realm; but now it seems that Fuxi, the most mysterious ancestral god of Kyushu, may be our realm's true greatest calamity."

"We can no longer indulge Kyushu; we must utterly destroy this world, settle the Heavenly Stele and the Nine Lamps!"

Hearing this, the other two Supreme Ancestral Gods exchanged glances, their pupils flickering slightly, yet they did not object.

At this moment, their minds continuously replayed the scene of their own Supreme Ancestral God bodies being shattered by the supreme power contained within the Primordial Eight Tones, and they could not help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Had it not been for the protection of the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps, their immortal divine awareness would likely have been directly erased by the Primordial Eight Tones, leading to total downfall.

Across the endless void, a single divine sound wielded such might; the power of this Fuxi already surpassed their expectations.

After a moment, seeing his two companions not object, this Supreme Ancestral God bowed to the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps and stepped directly onto them.

The two other Supreme Ancestral Gods exchanged glances and likewise stepped onto this holy object they had guarded for endless ages.

The Ninety-Nine Stone Steps resembled a slumbering primordial divine mountain that had slept for billions of years; at its summit lay a mysterious structure like an altar.

Step by step, as they ascended the Ninety-Nine Stone Steps, the three Supreme Ancestral Gods knelt on the ground, continuously kowtowing devoutly toward the summit, uttering sounds of prayer.

As the three Supreme Ancestral Gods prayed, a faint, terrifying will that could shake the heavens seemed to slowly awaken.

The deepest part of the World of Death.

Beneath a heavenly stele that seemed to support heaven and earth, a stone king radiating a mighty aura gazed coldly into the distance at the void—this was Stone King Hongjun.

The Stone King's eyes burst forth with light that pierced spacetime, directly seeing through the void to behold the battle scenes of Kyushu and the other world.

"That is."

Stone King Hongjun seemed to have discovered something; a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes as he murmured: "Fuxi?"

Stone King Hongjun felt the name somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it before, yet try as he might, he could not recall it.

After a long while, his gaze shifted, reflecting in his pupils the transforming figure amid Chaos, reflecting the mysterious aura emanating from that figure's body; his stone eyes suddenly became extraordinarily piercing: "This system."

Boom

Before his words faded, an aura of extreme magnitude rose from his body, as if an entire great realm had fully awakened, causing the whole ancient battlefield to tremble.

The next moment, his feet moved, preparing to tear open the void, descend to Kyushu, and seize this new cultivation system.

As the foremost Stone King, Stone King Hongjun's insight is extraordinary; he can faintly sense the profundity of the special cultivation system practiced by Kyushu's ancestral god named Fuxi, which contains Dao mysteries even he, a Stone King, cannot see through.

This may be a system not inferior to the Stone People's path or the Supreme Ancestral Gods' path.

Once obtained, he might be able to draw parallels and advance his cultivation another step.

Hum

But at that moment, Stone King Hongjun's spiritual sense trembled slightly; an indescribable sense of crisis rose in his heart, and he instinctively halted his steps.

He abruptly turned his gaze; the Stone King's eyes burst forth with divine light, breaking the barrier of the great world, seeing through Chaos and the void.

"That is."

A vast ancient city standing in the Chaos and void entered Stone King Hongjun's vision, leaving him utterly stunned in place.

After an unknown span of time, Stone King Hongjun slowly uttered an incredulous sentence: "Transforming a realm into a city."

As a top-tier Stone King, Stone King Hongjun naturally could see that it was not merely an ancient city, but a boundless, vast great realm.

To transform a great realm into an ancient city, to complete his own Stone King's path—such a grand undertaking, even he, a Stone King who had lived through endless ages, had never witnessed.

At this moment, Stone King Hongjun felt his worldview completely reshaped.

It turns out the Stone King's path can also be accomplished this way!

Countless thoughts turned in his mind, and Stone King Hongjun momentarily lost himself.

Hum

After an unknown period, a humming sound rose; the endless Chaos surged, and the ancient city directly sank into the Chaos and void, disappearing from Stone King Hongjun's sight.

At the same time, an unknown force flowed, concealing all changes in heavenly secrets and fate, leaving Stone King Hongjun completely unable to deduce the whereabouts of the ancient city.

"Transform the realm into a city. Transform the realm into a city."

He kept repeating these words in his mouth, and Shi Wang Hongjun's eyes showed an incomparably fervent light.

Such a grand transformation path, once the true transformation is completed and the final step taken, he could likely become the supreme king directly, and even stronger than he, this dual-body Stone King.

If he could act when the other takes the final step, seize the other's Dao fruit, and add his own dual-body accumulation, breaking through to become emperor would no longer be a mere wish.

Thinking this, Shi Wang Hongjun's gaze instantly became brilliantly radiant.

What great fortune!

At this moment, all Nine Provinces and Fuxi were cast aside by Shi Wang Hongjun.

For him now, breaking through to become emperor is the most important matter.

Shortly after, Shi Wang Hongjun restrained his gaze, glanced at the distant Heavenly Stele, and left without hesitation.

It's time to unite his dual body!

As for the Other World, Shi Wang Hongjun had no intention of informing the other party of this information.

Such great fortune naturally belongs to him alone!

The ancient battlefield at the deepest part of the Death World returned to tranquility once more, with only a towering, ancient Heavenly Stele standing there.

However, with Shi Wang Hongjun's departure, a phantom light flickered beneath the Heavenly Stele, carrying a sense of dreamlike emptiness.

In the Chaos beyond the barrier of the Nine Provinces Great World.

Feng Yi gazed deep into the distant void, countless trigrams flowing in his pupils, faintly reflecting the Other World's ninety-nine layered stone steps.

Sensing the vibration of the ninety-nine layered stone steps, his heart stirred and he instantly withdrew his gaze.

Feng Yi clearly knew that at the end of the Other World's ninety-nine layered stone steps lay not only four Stone Person King-level Other World Primordial Ancestors sleeping, but also an Imperial Soul Shadow, far beyond his current ability to contend with.

Therefore, he did not, like the other Nine Provinces powerhouses, harbor the obstinate idea of opposing the Other World's ninety-nine layered stone steps.

"Fuxi."

As thoughts turned in Feng Yi's mind, Shennong and the others stepped forward, their eyes unable to hide their excitement.

Oppressed by the Other World for countless ages, civilization after civilization was destroyed by the Other World, generation after generation of Nine Provinces beings were purged by the Other World, the hatred between Nine Provinces and the Other World could not be washed away even by rivers of water.

Today's battle directly slew many Other World ancestral gods and their great army; for Shennong and the others, it was truly exhilarating and utterly satisfying.

And all of this is because of the figure before them.

At this moment, the gazes of Shennong and the others toward the figure before them underwent a slight change.

Feng Yi came to his senses, calmly looking at Shennong and the others, and said: "Although today's battle slew many Other World ancestral gods, the Other World's accumulation over endless ages is profound beyond imagination; today's losses may not mean much to them."

Saying this, Feng Yi's tone turned solemn: "Moreover, after today's battle, the Other World suffered a great loss; it will surely not let this rest, and perhaps soon it will attack our Nine Provinces again, possibly with even more powerful forces, so we must not let our guard down."

"Yes."

Upon hearing Feng Yi's words, the expressions of Shennong and the others also became solemn.

"Let's go."

After glancing at everyone, Feng Yi waved his hand; the chaotic void continually shifted, and an illusory gate appeared within the Chaos.

The next moment, everyone followed Feng Yi into the illusory gate and returned to the Nine Provinces.

Within the Chaos, peace returned once more; only a faint aura of destruction remained, indicating that a great battle had once taken place here.

(End of chapter)