In the past, there were ancient temples and Daoist temples in the Nine Prefectures and the World of Immortals. For a very long period of time, there were no Ancestral Gods like Yan and Huang. However, this person before him was once a supreme being. He had once absorbed the greatest amount of willpower.
"Hongjun!"
Thinking of this name, Xiao Chen's eyes immediately shot out two rays of cold lightning. That's right, this was the giant who stirred up trouble during the False God Tribulation.
"Meeting in this kind of situation …"
Hongjun, who stirred up trouble in the Nine Prefectures, had long been killed by the Yellow Emperor and the Ancestral Dragon. However, this Stone Monarch before him was the origin of his body.
This was a powerful Stone Monarch in the World of Death. Daoist Xutian had mentioned how terrifying this person was in front of Xiao Chen more than once. He even wanted to use the Divine Diagram to kill this person. He claimed that this person had heaven-defying abilities and was unkillable.
Xiao Chen also sensed that person's terrifying aura. It was unfathomably deep. Under the gloomy sky, the huge Heavenly Monument towered majestically. It gave people a strong sense of oppression. Even though they were several hundred miles away, they could still feel the pressure in their hearts.
That powerful Stone Monarch flew around the monument and slammed his palms in front of the mountain-like Heavenly Monument. Every strike was a heavy one, and his palms were enveloped by a halo.
Xiao Chen was attracted by his movements. He saw a diagram on the Heavenly Monument. It was a mysterious seal, very similar to the divine seal the female corpse had used.
The Stone Monarch was studying the diagram seriously. He was not slamming the monument aimlessly, but he was infusing divine power into it in a very rhythmic manner. That was the only way to make the words and the diagram appear.
Xiao Chen did not take any action. He was also studying the diagram in the distance. It could be said that the Daoist Rhyme was endless, and the divine splendor was endless.
At this moment, he forgot about everything else. Like the Stone Monarch, he was immersed in the Heavenly Monument, unable to move his eyes.
Although it was only a diagram, it seemed to have a soul of its own. It was vivid and lifelike, as if it was going to come out of the wall.
"Bang …"
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Chen felt the Five Emperors Pagoda floating above his head tremble. He immediately shivered and woke up from that state of mind.
This shocked him. His divine sense was unknowingly damaged, as if a part of it was torn by an invisible hand. Even his soul seemed a little dim.
This type of situation left everyone horrified. The engraved image was of a hellish abyss that could devour one's divine sense!
Xiao Chen looked forward and discovered that the Stone Monarch's body was radiating light. Its powerful spiritual will was piercing through the Heavenly Stele.
He was even closer to the Heavenly Stele than Xiao Chen, almost sticking to it. If he were not strong enough, an ordinary person would have had their Spiritual Sense shattered.
However, he wasn't afraid, and he instead went against the current and forcefully stretched out his divine sense to observe this boundlessly profound divine seal, and he seemed to want to completely seize away the supreme divine aura of the Grand Dao.
"What a terrifying king of the Stone Nation …"
Xiao Chen's heart trembled.
In the past few hundred years of closed-door cultivation, Xiao Chen had felt the fluctuations of the outside world several times. Clearly, they were all from this Stone Sovereign.
Looking at the position of the engraving, it was located at a third of the Heaven's Monument. Presumably, he had already seen the rest of the mystical techniques.
At this moment, the Stone Sovereign suddenly hugged his head in pain and let out a long howl. His stone hair was flying in the air, and his head had actually split open. His powerful divine sense rushed out, showing signs of collapsing. It was a ball of dazzling light. After rushing out from the Stone Sovereign's body, it attached itself to the Heavenly Stele.
The wordless Heavenly Stele was indeed terrifying. It even attracted the Stone Sovereign's divine sense. The moment the dazzling divine light was about to enter the Heavenly Stele, the Stone Sovereign's body trembled and forcefully pulled back the divine sense that had left his body.
"Bang …"
The Stone Sovereign's body shook violently, and his cracked head closed again. It was as if he had just gone through a fierce battle. His entire body was exhausted, and many parts of his body were bleeding.
Now, he could no longer hover near the Heavenly Stele. The enormous pressure forced him to back off.
Xiao Chen didn't make a move. He was like a cheetah, quietly waiting for an opportunity in the darkness.
After the mysterious Stone Sovereign backed off far enough, he meditated in the void and drew endless blood-colored lightning into his body. He was actually using the violent power in the deepest part of the Death World to train his spirit.
After an hour, he woke up. After a slight hesitation, he flew back to the Heavenly Stele again.
Xiao Chen sighed. He couldn't compare with the Stone Sovereign right now. Hongjun's origin was very powerful. He had already recovered to his peak state in such a short time.
If he wanted to study the Heavenly Stele's mystical technique, he would have to pour in a huge amount of divine power. When he made the engraved image appear again, the entire stone body was sparkling and shining.
Xiao Chen was shocked. Hongjun's origin had actually split into two and turned into the Yin and Yang Fish. Then, they intertwined and formed the Yin and Yang Fish Diagram.
The Yin and Yang Fish Diagram rotated slowly, and the aura of the Dao flowed through it. It was extremely powerful and immeasurable. This was very surprising. Hongjun's origin was very powerful, and he could transform his body into the Dao. Even among the Stone Sovereigns, few could do this.
The Yin and Yang Diagram gradually took shape and finally became a Dao Diagram!
"What a character. No wonder Xutian was afraid of him and wanted to get rid of him by hook or by crook …"
After the Stone Sovereign turned into the Yin and Yang Diagram, it released a mysterious aura and started to forcefully seize the imprint on the Heavenly Stele.
"Bang, bang, bang …"
The Dao Diagram trembled continuously, but it successfully captured the Dao's charm and merged with it. It blocked the Heavenly Stele's supreme pressure and obtained what it needed.
Xiao Chen was shocked. The Dao Diagram on the Heavenly Stele gradually disappeared, and the Yin and Yang Diagram gradually showed the Dao Diagram.
This Stone Sovereign was cheating the heavens and stealing the Dao. He forcefully replaced the Dao imprint and merged the Dao into his body. This method was very heaven-defying.
It could also be considered a trick. He didn't use his own body to comprehend the Dao. Instead, he used his own body to merge with the Dao, turning himself into the incarnation of the Dao.
Xiao Chen couldn't sit still anymore. If Hongjun secretly replaced the Heavenly Stele's imprint like this, then the Heavenly Stele would become the real wordless Heavenly Stele. Nothing would be left.
There was a flash of light, and the Yin and Yang Diagram flew hundreds of miles away. Then, it turned into a stone body again. It stood in the air like a mountain. It formed a mysterious seal with its hand, like the female corpse in the stone jar. It gave off a vast and unfathomable divine might.
The moment it formed the seal, the wind and clouds changed. The world changed color. The deepest part of the world of death immediately went berserk. Thousands of scarlet lightning bolts surged there, and boundless energy waves surged.
However, the moment Hongjun formed the seal, all the vast energy was suppressed. The moment this seal appeared, its might surpassed the sun and the moon, covering the world.
That aura made the mountains and rivers tremble. Just the aura of the terrifying Dao Diagram had such might. Ge Ben hadn't even used it yet.
In the end, the Stone Sovereign stopped and didn't use the Dao Diagram.
Xiao Chen frowned. This person was very scary. He didn't comprehend the Dao but merged with it. He deceived the heavens. It was hard to imagine how he did it.
He absorbed the imprint left by the creator of the Heavenly Stele Mystic Technique and used it for his own use. Such might was hard to estimate.
Hongjun turned back into the Yinyang Taiji Diagram and came before the Heavenly Stele again. He wanted to study the ancient Heavenly Stele Technique again.
However, this time, when he looked at the next diagram, the dao diagram was no longer stable. It gave off cracking sounds and slowly cracked.
At this moment, Xiao Chen decided to make a move. He didn't want Hongjun to take the Heavenly Stele Diagram away.
With the Five Emperors Pagoda protecting him, he turned into a beam of light and rushed toward the Heavenly Stele.
However, the Stone Sovereign was very vigilant. Even though the dao diagram had cracked, it didn't affect his perception.
With the Divine Escape Technique, he escaped in the blink of an eye. He didn't even have to fight back.
Xiao Chen even wanted to take control of the female corpse again and use that supreme body to control the Five Emperors Pagoda to kill Hongjun. However, he didn't expect Hongjun to be so cautious.
The Stone Sovereign fled without a fight! One could imagine how vigilant he was. He didn't want to fight with an injured body.
This was a terrifying person with great strength. If he completely obtained the Heavenly Stele's imprint, few people would be able to stop him.
Xiao Chen didn't continue chasing. He thought about how the Stone Sovereign merged with his body. This method was worth learning from.
Even though Xiao Chen wasn't the Stone Sovereign now, he had the Five Emperors Pagoda. The stone pagoda floated above his head, releasing endless primal energy that enveloped him. The pressure from the eighth Heavenly Stele couldn't stop him from moving forward.
Xiao Chen successfully arrived in front of the Divine Stele. He imitated Hongjun and slammed it down, pouring in endless divine power.
"Huh?"
The diagram reappeared. Even though it was very blurry, he could feel it. It was slowly becoming clearer and more profound. The diagram had reappeared.
"The Dao is endless, the Divine Charm is endless …"
Xiao Chen understood something. The Dao could be Dao, but it couldn't be stolen.
If he could take one Dao, he could take all, but he couldn't take endless Daos. There was always an innate Dao outside of heaven and earth. It was endless, full of life and endless changes.
If he wanted to achieve great success, he had to create his own innate Dao and evolve it into millions of Daos.
Xiao Chen entered the state for a short while and soon woke up.
He started pouring in divine power from the top of the Divine Stele and started reading from the beginning. After a short while, Xiao Chen withdrew his divine power.
The beginning pointed out that he had to use the previous seven Heavenly Stele as the foundation. Otherwise, if he tried to cultivate it forcefully, he would only hurt himself. Even if he was talented, he might only be able to obtain part of the Dao and would never be able to reach perfection.
Xiao Chen was shocked. He couldn't cultivate the eighth Heavenly Stele yet. He had already collected six Heavenly Stele Xuan Techniques. He still needed to find the seventh Heavenly Stele.
After reading a few more pages, Xiao Chen felt like his spirit was about to collapse, so he quickly left.
However, in that brief moment, his heart was shaken. The two engravings were too similar to the Divine Seal that the female corpse had cast. If they were slightly changed, they would be the same seal!
What was the connection? Which Divine Seal was created first?
The female corpse came from the mysterious world described on the Ancestral Dragon's skin. Did the Heavenly Stele come from there?
Xiao Chen turned to the other side of the Heavenly Stele and poured in his divine power. He was shocked to find out that the ancient characters and diagrams also appeared.
This wasn't a Xuan Technique, but it was even more important than a Xuan Technique to him. He didn't know who left this clue. The characters and diagrams were very different from the other side. They definitely didn't come from the same person.
It recorded the possible locations of the previous seven Heavenly Steles before the Immemorial Era, as well as the speculation about the origin of the Heavenly Stele …
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