"Boom!" Stone King Void Heaven, tricked by Hongjun and Void Emperor, was detonated!

A chaotic force ravaged the heavens and earth, enough to destroy the universe!

Cao Ya paused briefly, the light of the laws filling the air and engulfing the chaotic power.

It was this momentary delay that allowed the Void Emperor to escape, vanishing into nothingness, his whereabouts unknown—he certainly dared not return to the vicinity of the Eighth Heavenly Stele, tantamount to walking into a trap.

"Whoosh!" Hongjun also transformed into a purple light and fled into the distance, speeding towards the Primordial Heaven Realm!

With the Purple Cloud Stone King, there's no need for shortcuts or spatial passages; he can pinpoint the coordinates of the Primordial Heaven Realm and travel across the vast void using his immense magical power!

Hongjun dared not separate from Zixiao Stone King again. Only by merging the two bodies and reaching the ultimate level of Stone King could he have a certain degree of confidence to fight Cao Ya head-on. Although he could not defeat him, he could escape on his own.

Not every time is he "lucky" enough to have Shi Wang "cover his retreat"!

"Cao Ya, I admit your strength! Below the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Pangu, and Nuwa, among the Nine Provinces, you are the strongest!"

"Even the Little Stone Emperor and the Stone Emperor are no match for you!"

"He can be called the greatest person in history, second only to emperors!"

"I will fight you again when the world changes!"

The voice of the Void Emperor echoed throughout the Realm of Death, but he had long since vanished without a trace.

Clearly, at that time, he would use his imperial status to look down upon Cao Ya and kill him!

But what level will Cao Ya reach by then?

"A mistake. We didn't leave behind the Void Emperor and Hongjun. We still lack divine weapons!" Cao Ya sighed, and with a flick of his sleeve, the white bone jade knife left behind by the Void Emperor fell into his palm.

"Not bad. With a handy stone weapon, the killing power is even stronger. My skill in the way of the sword is not as good as that of the way of the sword, but it is not bad either."

"Besides, who says that jade knives can't be used with swordsmanship?"

Cao Ya smiled slightly, his magical power surged, and he quickly refined the jade knife before surveying the realm of death.

The illusory heavens that King Cheng reigned for only a few thousand years have already fallen.

The Void Emperor and Hongjun vanished without a trace. The speed of these powerful kings is beyond doubt; in the blink of an eye, they traversed the world!

The powerful figures from all directions remained silent, utterly stunned!

He fought three against one, killed one, and the other two escaped...

If Cao Ya hadn't just become a king, if the Void Emperor hadn't been a former emperor rebuilding his cultivation, if Hongjun hadn't been a top expert in the Stone King realm...

The ultimate Stone King is one who can rival multiple kings, which is commonplace, and he may even be ahead of them!

However, among those three, apart from Xu Tian being an ordinary Stone King, which of Xu Huang and Hong Jun was inferior?

There are still theories as to why Hongjun did not merge with the Zixiao Stone King.

But the existence of the Void Emperor...

"This is incredible!"

"Just as the Void Emperor said at the end, the Stone Emperor and the Little Stone Emperor are inferior to Cao Ya."

"Without the emperor in power, Cao Ya reigns supreme!"

"The strongest king in history!"

In the world of death, from the kings of the deepest layers to the ancestral rulers of the middle layers, and even the heroes of the outermost divine villages, everyone was discussing it!

The fall of the Stone King is a rare event throughout history, and witnessing it firsthand is even rarer!

Even the old man was convinced.

He had no choice but to admit defeat. He figured that even at his peak, he could defeat the combined forces of Hongjun and Xutian, but if Xuhuang joined forces with him...

Even a single Void Emperor isn't confident of victory; he's only confident of a draw!

Unlike Cao Ya, who defeated them all and was invincible!

"The most powerful Stone King in history!"

Top experts from all walks of life exclaimed in amazement.

I also have great respect for Cao Ya; ten thousand years is really not a long time.

Not to mention, Cao Ya Chu became king and was already at the pinnacle of this realm, a power unparalleled throughout history!

"The strongest stone king in history? I'm not even that."

However, Cao Ya shook his head after hearing the words of the powerful figures from all directions.

"..."

There's a limit to pretending. If you're not even that, then who is?

Even the old man who was the "Emperor in Stone" during his lifetime has been acknowledged, so what is there to question?

Other half-ancestors, ancestors, stone men, and supreme ancestors may not yet be able to clearly understand the power of a king.

However, the ancient stone kings deep inside, including the old man bone, knew it all too well!

They believed that even if the world changed drastically and an emperor descended, Cao Ya would still fight with all his might!

Even if I can't win, I won't be instantly killed. After a few dozen or hundreds of rounds, my chances are not small.

There is an extremely high probability that they will take another step forward and become an emperor!

"The new wave pushes the old wave forward, and the old wave dies on the beach," the old man muttered.

“Stone Emperor, you are long dead,” a Stone King corrected.

The old man really wanted to roll his eyes. "Do you think I don't know? Do you need to tell me?"

"He's coming." The voice of the other stone king was tinged with nervousness.

"Rumble..." Deep within the world of death, the winds and clouds shifted, and three imposing figures emerged.

The old man was too lazy to do so; as the stone king had said, he was already dead.

If those two departed battle spirits don't return, this situation is basically impossible to reverse!

"Cao Ya greets the four esteemed guests." Cao Ya took a step and traversed a distance of trillions of miles, ignoring the chaotic spacetime that separated the deep and central regions of the Death Realm, displaying supreme divine power!

After the death of the Void Emperor, Hongjun fled back to the Primordial Heavenly Realm. After the Void Emperor was born, he immediately fled again...

Only four Stone Kings remain in the Realm of the Dead—and that includes the Old Man Bone!

In Cao Ya's view, such a number is too rare, which also indirectly proves the decline of the Death Realm.

Of course, this was extremely shocking to other experts, such as Half Ancestors, Ancestors, Supreme Ancestors, and even the heroes of the Divine Village!

The Realm of the Dead actually has three great stone kings!

They originally thought that the Supreme Ancestor and the Stone Man were the most powerful beings!

The Void Heaven originally belonged to this category, but it became a king in another realm thousands of years ago.

Unexpectedly, Hongjun, the other incarnation of the Purple Cloud Stone King, was hiding in the Realm of Death.

Cao Ya, too, had just attained enlightenment, as witnessed by everyone!

Only the Heavenly Emperor knew the secrets of the Death Realm; however, apart from the Old Bone, no one was aware of his transformation within the Death Realm. The Old Bone also kept it strictly secret to prevent enemies from finding out and coming to kill him.

In ancient times, I became acquainted with the progenitor of the Nine Provinces, and our relationship was quite good. Later, I also met Nuwa, Fuxi, Suiren, and other rulers of the chaotic lands of previous eras, as well as King Pangu, whom I was equally familiar with.

Even the old man sensed that one of his battle spirits seemed to be in the Nine Provinces.

Given this connection, how could the old man possibly betray the Heavenly Emperor?

He was just a skull, with a few lingering obsessions; there was nothing that could buy him off.

We can recover simply by waiting for the two war spirits to return; there's no need to abandon our principles for this!

People like Xiao Chen and Ke Ke did encounter the Heavenly Emperor City at certain times and even received help from it.

At most, it's believed that the Heavenly Emperor, a master of the ancient civilization of the Nine Provinces, is building a demon city in the Netherworld and walking the Stone Path, but has not yet succeeded. —That's not entirely wrong!

It's unbelievable that the Heavenly Emperor's true origins are so far! He was originally a nine-part stone man of king-level power!

Other experts, who encountered him by chance, were also unaware of the Heavenly Emperor's background and did not know which realm he belonged to.

"It's just the few of us left." The three stone kings sighed. The once glorious Realm of Death had fallen into decline for billions of years.

"It's much better than the Kyushu of today," Cao Ya shook his head.

After the passing of the progenitor, the reincarnations of the ancient ancestors such as Nuwa, Fuxi, Suirenshi, and Yanhuang failed to break through to become kings!

The nine stone figures, born from the nine lamps, attacked another world and perished; the Heavenly Emperor has not yet reached his end.

The Martial Ancestor, the ancient Celestial Race, the Ancestral Dragon, and members of the Heaven-Defying Family, etc., are all just one step behind.

Of all the kings in the chaotic land, only one, Pangu King, a reincarnation of an ancient ancestor and a powerful warrior, remained.

Add to that the newly ascended Daoist Cao Ya... that makes a total of two definite Stone Kings!

Yanhuanglong, Xiao Chen, Keke, and the Xuanzu and Saintess of the Rebellious Clan, though powerful, can, with the help of sacred objects and secret techniques, exchange blows with kings like the Heavenly Emperor, Martial Ancestor, Fuxi, and Nuwa. It is not impossible for them to overthrow the Stone King.

This situation suggests that there are still some Kyushu King-level combatants left.

However, the fundamental differences will often be exposed and problems will arise.

Moreover, to be honest, there are many more true Stone Kings in other worlds, including those that are asleep!

Otherwise, why would the world of Kyushu be destroyed time and time again?

Indeed, they were no match for the other world and were at a disadvantage.

To reverse this situation, either there needs to be an explosion of geniuses and a surge of powerful individuals, or... a super prodigy must emerge to suppress the other world single-handedly!

This is the role that Cao Ya wants to play right now!

It's time to pay for the countless blood debts!

Although the Holy Ancestor of the Otherworldly Emperor Realm still exists, the environment has not changed, making it impossible for him to descend to the heavens.

Only a few exceptional treasures require attention; vigilance must not be relaxed.

"They cannot be compared," the three kings whispered. The World of Death, once the foremost realm among all heavens!

Cao Ya smiled. He could understand the emotions of the Death Realm Stone King, but the Nine Provinces originated from ten emperors who had the world in their hearts. In terms of background, would it be inferior to the Death Realm?

"Stop talking nonsense!" the old man complained, looking at Cao Ya with admiration.

"What are your plans? You can't just be idly chatting with a bunch of old fogies, can you?"

The three stone kings also frowned slightly, staring at Cao Ya.

"It's simple! Why not... form an alliance! The great upheaval in all realms has already begun."

Cao Ya smiled slightly and said, "Last time, the Death Realm fell; this time, there must be some other changes."

"Furthermore, since Heaven and Earth have allowed the birth of emperors, even if we wish to remain aloof and live in seclusion, it is no longer possible."

"In ancient times, the schemes of the emperors... I think you've all heard about them, haven't you?"

The three kings slowly nodded. The emperors smelted the heavens, sacrificed to the One True Realm, and were to slaughter all living beings...

Many top players would definitely be against it!

But the emperor's power crushes the universe, and the king's opinion is insignificant.

Only one emperor can defeat another!

In this respect, the Kyushu lineage has an advantage.

No one could be sure that those ten had truly perished.

The sacred objects of the heavens are, in a subtle way, connected with them.

"Good! When the time is right, we will emerge and join forces with you to fight against the powerful enemy!"

The three kings' replies were also very straightforward. Having reached this level, possessing insight into the secrets of all realms, and having made their plans, they would not hesitate.

"The Nine Provinces will not stand idly by and watch the Death Realm perish." Cao Ya clasped his hands in a fist salute.

There are no other requirements or conditions. What each other craves, such as the Emperor's secret service, is difficult to satisfy. It is only in this era of great change that an alliance has been formed to watch over and help each other, and to jointly protect the creatures of both realms from being submerged in history.

They were too lazy to get involved in the battles between the people below, or even the ancestral gods and ancestral rulers.

If it doesn't escalate into a world war, then we basically ignore it.

“Cao Ya, one of my battle spirits is in Kyushu. Could you help me find it if you have time?” the old man said.

"Hmm." Cao Ya nodded. In fact, he knew the whereabouts of the old man's two battle souls: one was the "Stone Emperor" of the Primordial Heaven Realm, and the other was the "Old Stone Turtle" of the Nine Provinces.

It is quite obvious that "Emperor of the Stone" and the old stone tortoise have no intention of coming to search for the old man's bones.

Cao Ya then refrained from overstepping his bounds and doing the work himself.

"Phew." He turned and left, returning to the divine village. Without stopping, he decided to head to another world!

Upon hearing this, the assembled heroes were initially startled, but after some thought, they realized they had a good chance of winning!

Cao Ya's combat prowess is so astonishing that even the kings of other worlds might not be able to stop him!

“We’ll go with you. If anything unexpected happens, we can come to your aid,” Yanhuanglong said.

"Okay." Cao Ya thought for a moment and agreed.

With him around, the emperors will not appear, and even if they encounter formidable enemies, he can protect the heroes and retreat them back to the realm of the dead.

"Haha, you beast from another world, I've come to collect my interest." Mo Xiaowang laughed loudly.

"Killing an entire alien being, leaving them utterly defeated!"

The Mark of Martial Arts, the Golden Halberd, the Black Iron Seal, the Mysterious Old Farmer, the Outer Heaven, the Outer Man, Jin Sanyi, Sha Polang, and others were all eager to fight, their eyes flashing with killing intent.

Forced into the realm of death, they could only save billions of lives; the rest were slaughtered by the otherworldly blades!

Such scenarios have occurred in more than one civilization!

How can we forget the hatred that has accumulated over countless years?

"I need to bring the treasures with me," Xiao Chen muttered to himself. The battle sword and the divine map were indispensable.

"Eeya." The snow-white little beast nodded its head vigorously in agreement.

The lost paradise and the seven-colored sacred tree left by their elders were also there, along with the seven-colored jade bowl they had refined themselves, which were also staring at their heads like a watermelon rind, shimmering with various divine lights, making them extremely dazzling.

Of the group of experts who went on an expedition to another world, a large number of those who remained were at the Tongtian Realm Half-Ancestor level.

Even the Ancestral God is not without power; he takes the lead in controlling the divine array. If they encounter the Stone King, he can temporarily resist until the other powerful figures return!

If it were a stone man or a supreme ancestral god, they would have a high chance of directly counterattacking and killing him.

Having just formed an alliance, the three stone kings wouldn't just stand by and watch the divine village perish.

This doesn't even include the Heavenly Emperor and the old man!

The absence of worries about the rear was also one of the reasons why the heroes were determined to launch a distant expedition.

"Boom!!" Under the watchful eyes of the people of the Divine Village and the powerful figures from all directions of the Death Realm, Cao Ya, Yan Huanglong, Xiao Chen, and Ke Ke led the heroes out of the Death World and headed straight for the Other World!

"They've got guts. The resources from another world are not easy to deal with," the three Stone Kings muttered.

"If I were perfectly healthy, I would also like to join in the fun," the old man said regretfully.

"..." The Heavenly Emperor remained silent, his gaze seemingly piercing through the barrier between realms.

On the other side, Cao Ya and the others entered the vast void, their escape speed was very fast, and they covered hundreds of millions of miles in the blink of an eye.

After all, even the worst one is a super ancestral god!

For example, Xiao Chen and his group once launched a sneak attack on another world and even cooperated with Martial Ancestor and others to create trouble for that other world.

Having grasped the coordinates of the other world, he wouldn't get lost.

"Wolf Fang, Land Warfare... Otherworldly Stone King, I really wish I were a king too, so I could kill these executioners whose hands are stained with the blood of the people of Kyushu!" Xiao Chen said in a deep voice, looking at Cao Ya in the distance with envy in his eyes.

"With your talent, that day will come," the mysterious old farmer said, quite optimistic about Xiao Chen.

Such progress is rare throughout history; it is indeed a seed of the Stone King.

In comparison, he has little chance of reaching the King Realm.

"By then, Yanhuanglong and Keke should have also reached the Great Perfection of Supreme Ancestral God!"

"If we find Fuxi, Nuwa, Suirenshi, and the Martial Ancestor again, we can conquer the other world—that's no joke!"

Mo Xiaowang spoke, his eyes flashing with hatred.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Cao Ya frowned, stopped abruptly, and released the power of the laws to protect the heroes.