Xiao Chen remained silent for a long time. He felt very depressed. This sealed history made him feel very bitter. It was hard for him to accept it.
The broken limbs and the broken stone skulls in the huge palace slowly floated up and down. This kind of scene made him feel bitter.
The Stoneman Kings of the past used their bodies to make up for the picture. They would rather die in glory than live in dishonor.
The sky was dyed red with blood. They died on the battlefield. This was the final destination of the unparalleled kings. Their blood had already flowed out and their bodies had already crumbled. They could no longer show their unparalleled heroic bearing.
Xiao Chen let out a long sigh. There were too many regrets in this world. Even the powerful Stoneman Kings passed away with unwillingness and unyieldingness. After tens of thousands of years, everything was ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
"Who … brought the corpses of the experts back here?"
Xiao Chen's voice was gloomy. He had not felt this way for a long time. For a long time, he was used to seeing life and death. He was used to seeing the joys and sorrows of partings. His heart was already as cold as iron. He was even numb to it. However, he felt suffocated today.
It was unknown when the huge palace had quietened down. There was no longer any fluctuation of divine power. The broken stone bodies that floated up and down also quietly hovered in the hall.
Xiao Chen separated from the divine picture and revealed himself. He stood in the hall. There was no destructive power to destroy him. Obviously, he had already obtained its approval.
"Ta, ta, ta …"
Xiao Chen walked forward. The clear sound of his footsteps echoed in the huge empty palace. It made this place even more quiet.
Xiao Chen stopped in front of the tall platform. He looked up at the ancient platform that was completely piled up with huge stones. He soared up and arrived at the top.
This was the stone platform that once held the nine lanterns. Nine blurry marks could still be clearly seen on it. Those were the marks left behind by the nine ancient lanterns.
Xiao Chen used his hand to touch it gently. He immediately felt a special chill.
"Teng …"
In that instant, nine flames rose up from the nine blurry marks on the stone platform. It was very sudden. There was no burning aura, only a faint coolness. It was the same feeling as when Xiao Chen touched it.
The slowly spinning Divine Diagram beside Xiao Chen seemed to receive a summon and descended. It floated above the nine gentle but cool flames, like it was absorbing a mysterious power.
Xiao Chen was somewhat astonished. Before this, he had already seen the scene of the past. The flames of the Nine Lanterns had once refined the Bone Painting, causing it to form a Divine Painting.
Now that the Nine Lanterns were gone, there was still some godly power left in their seat marks, which the Godly Diagram could absorb.
Just at this moment, the Divine Painting trembled continuously. Many mysterious diagrams appeared, as well as many incomprehensible words. Xiao Chen looked at them carefully, but he could not make them out or understand their meaning.
It was hazy and indistinct. After who knew how much time had passed, the divine diagram trembled and condensed into one with the nine streaks of flames. A vivid scene of the flames reappeared, revealing another piece of history that had been annihilated.
Under the blood-colored setting sun, the divine diagram collapsed and scattered in all directions. The largest piece carried the shattered bodies of the Stone Golem Kings and fell onto the broken ground. At the same time, the Nine Lanterns also fell and buried themselves in the nine regions.
In the sky, the ninety-nine stone steps carried away everything here, including the Sin Land. All that was left was a small piece of wasteland. Due to the huge palace suppressing it, it did not move at all.
The scene after that flashed by very quickly. Xiao Chen only had a rough understanding of the situation.
Although the otherworldly realm won, it was a pyrrhic victory. Nearly all the Stone Golems died. After that battle, no more Stone Golems appeared in the world!
Furthermore, the otherworldly realm's own world was destroyed. Although their race was not exterminated, they suffered great losses.
In the end, they took over half of the Sin Land and refined it again, merging it into their own world, allowing it to radiate boundless vitality. From then on, they lived in this broken world.
Moreover, many years later, a supreme ancestor god started to search for the Nine Lanterns under the ground, wanting to take them for himself. However, this led to the collapse of the heavens and the earth. Boundless energy gathered together, and the might of the world became hazy, forming a new world. The Nine Lanterns illuminated everything there. They fell from the otherworldly realm and were fixed in that new world.
"Even if my body is destroyed, the flower of my heart will not wither, and my wish will not die. The divine flower of hope will bloom once again and spread throughout the nine prefectures …"
The moment the new world was formed, the final tragic voices of the Stone Golems shook the heavens. A broken divine diagram appeared and carried their corpses into the sky. However, their shattered souls remained in the nine prefectures forever. They turned into flames and rushed towards the nine ancient lanterns. At this point, their souls were completely destroyed, but it made the flames of the nine lanterns even more resplendent.
The nine ancient lanterns stabilized the nine prefectures. Specks of life revived the vitality of this world. In the end, the nine lanterns sank into the ground.
As for the origin of the otherworldly realm, it was completely turned into ruins. The gods of the otherworldly realm lived in the nine prefectures, but they did not dare to stay for long. They were afraid of repeating the same mistakes, so they began to search for a new world.
The broken divine diagram carried the broken bodies of the Stone Golem Kings and flew back to their homeland. Although it was only a small piece of wasteland, the divine diagram brought their broken bodies back to this giant palace. Then, the divine diagram broke through the barrier of the world and left.
The Stone Golem Kings died in battle and were buried in a foreign land. Although they were fortunate enough to return to their homeland in the end, they were forever silent.
Although they died, their bodies were not mortal. Under the nourishment of the giant palace, they did not turn into dust. Instead, the soul blood of all the living beings in this world condensed and formed a curtain of blood outside the palace, protecting this last piece of wasteland.
As a result, the giant palace became even more sturdy and became a forbidden land. Even the supreme ancestor god could not take a single step inside.
As for the torrential black gale and the black giant, they were formed from the resentment of all the fallen living beings in the land of chaos. Not only did it contain the resentment of the few people, but it also contained the will of the ancestor god. As long as the eternal hatred was not extinguished, the black gale would not be extinguished and would exist forever.
The divine diagram flashed, and the scene inside disappeared.
At this point, the nine flames on the stone platform were extinguished, and the traces left behind by the nine ancient lanterns had completely disappeared.
After understanding all this, Xiao Chen was very silent. He walked down from the stone platform and looked at the broken bodies floating quietly in the palace. He was filled with endless respect and sorrow.
The invincible king of the past, whose soul fire protected the nine prefectures forever, had turned into cold hard rocks, and their bones were buried in this wasteland that no one knew about. The king who looked down on the world could not appear again, and the unparalleled heroic bearing of the past could no longer stand in this world again.
How mighty they were in the past, standing proudly in the world like water. Now, they were in such a miserable state.
Xiao Chen felt like crying. This was a group of real kings, a group of real men. They were the real men.
His heart, which had been as cold as iron and stone for many years, was beating intensely at this moment. Xiao Chen felt hot blood surging in his body. He felt like a piece of dead wood that had suddenly been reborn.
After standing in the giant palace for a long time, Xiao Chen decided to leave.
When he was about to step out of the giant palace, the broken stone bones behind him all trembled a few times. Even the divine diagram that was slowly spinning beside him trembled violently.
"Kacha, kacha …"
Behind him, there was a cracking sound. The stone platform was cracking, and the rubble on the ground was peeled off, revealing a few stone carvings.
There were no other sceneries in the stone carvings, only a few men. Xiao Chen looked at the carvings in shock. Then, he looked at the broken stone skulls in the giant palace. It was … them!
There was no essence of the Great Dao, no supreme Battle Skills, just their carvings.
Xiao Chen quickly walked closer and gazed at the stone carvings. He felt an unparalleled pressure at this place, and he had the urge to kowtow.
These people had different auras. Some were as calm as the deep sea, some were tyrannical for thousands of years …
Their expressions were all different. They were heroic and lifelike, as if they had returned to the world. However, Xiao Chen knew that these truly unparalleled men had disappeared forever. It was impossible for them to reappear.
The carvings that they left behind would not happen for no reason. Xiao Chen focused his Spiritual Sense to observe them.
Could it be the inheritance?
Could it be the Stoneman Technique that transcended time?
Xiao Chen found it hard to understand. Was this the inheritance that transcended time? The mysterious power in the giant palace acknowledged him. Could it be that the Stoneman Technique of the unparalleled kings was going to be passed down?
Xiao Chen observed them carefully, but he did not gain anything. He believed that these carvings could not be that simple. There must be a deeper meaning behind them.
He sat cross-legged in front of the first carving and focused his Spiritual Sense. He carefully pondered and studied it.
That man was as calm as the deep sea. His eyes were deep and full of wisdom, giving off an unfathomable feeling.
Xiao Chen sat there for three years, but he still could not figure out the meaning of the inheritance. In the end, he decided to imprint this carving into his mind.
However, this carving had a boundless charm. When he stopped looking at it, its appearance would immediately disappear from Xiao Chen's mind. There was no way to imprint it in his mind.
Xiao Chen was even more certain that the carvings of the unparalleled kings were definitely Sage Grade. They had an extraordinary meaning. He had to imprint them in his mind. Even if he could not figure them out now, he had to use them to comprehend them in the future.
Just like that, he sat in front of the first carving for five years. Only then did the image that was as calm as the deep sea appear in his mind. The carving in front of him became much more blurry.
He sat there for ten years. The first carving was finally imprinted in Xiao Chen's mind. As for the stone platform in front of him, that area was empty. The original carving had completely disappeared.
Xiao Chen was deep in thought. He sat cross-legged in front of the second carving. The charm of this man was very different from the first man.
This man could be said to be a tyrant. That kind of 'if I can't do it, who else can do it' attitude? It was as if he wanted to break through the stone wall and look down on the world. This was the strong impact this carving gave people.
Xiao Chen sat there silently for another ten years. Only then did he imprint this carving into his mind. After ten years, the original carving disappeared from the stone wall in front of him.
Just like that, Xiao Chen used fifty years to imprint the five carvings into his mind.
For an expert of his level, this was simply an inconceivable thing. Just to leave behind a few carvings, an Ancestor God level expert spent so much time!
Finally, Xiao Chen walked out of the huge palace with large strides. The bloody light outside seemed to have completely acknowledged him and no longer tried to kill him.
"Clang …"
Just at this moment, a sudden sound came from the location of this deathly silent huge palace.
In the distance, the foundation of the huge palace shook violently. A broken stone hand seemed like it would shatter at any time. It was so broken that it almost lost its shape. It shattered the cold hard ground with difficulty and stretched out powerlessly. It was filled with the aura of endless years.
Over there … was actually a living — stone man!
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