"I'm confident, don't worry. Just sit at the core of the formation, activate the 'Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Super Divine Formation,' and protect the Death Realm from being destroyed by the aftershocks of the battle," Cao Ya said with a faint smile.
His nonchalant demeanor surprised everyone.
“Those are many stone kings!” Xiao Chen couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Yes, I know.” Cao Ya nodded.
"..." Xiao Chen wanted to say, you don't know! The Stone King is a formidable enemy, how can you underestimate him?
The Yanhuang Dragon, the Mysterious Old Farmer, Mo Xiaowang, and the Mark of Martial Arts are also sources of concern.
Has Cao Ya's progress been too rapid, leading to a certain arrogance in his mind?
Actually, they misunderstood. Cao Ya's composure was due to his strong overall combat capabilities!
It is already at the advanced level of six stars, comparable to the ultimate level of the Stone King. If it proves its Dao, it will become even more powerful!
Even when the progenitor of the King Realm from another world descends, he is fearless and can fight against many opponents!
Otherwise, given Cao Ya's usual character, how could he possibly act recklessly if he lacked the strength?
Almost every time he ventured out, he was confident of survival and never took unnecessary risks.
"Be careful, we will protect you." Yanhuanglong stared intently, but still chose to believe.
Having known each other for many years, I am familiar with Cao Ya's approach to things: planning before acting.
"Thank you." Cao Ya cupped his hands in thanks. Although he himself did not need it, the protection of the divine village, the towns built by the remnants of the Nine Provinces, and the city of the white bone creatures, as well as ensuring the survival of the outer realm of the dead, still required the help of the heroes to activate the super divine array!
"Whoosh!" Cao Ya flew out of the territory of the Divine Village, walked through the sky, and arrived at the top of the sky of the Death Realm.
"We are also prepared, just in case," Yan Huanglong instructed, his expression grave.
The heroes were also filled with fighting spirit. This time, a king would surely appear and come to block their way!
The remnants of the Nine Provinces, relying on the "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Super Divine Array," developed safely and prospered.
They had already angered the other world, but due to the circumstances, they could not gather the Stone King to surround and kill them, so they had to hold back and wait for the right opportunity.
Among the progenitors of the King Realm in the other world, a number are also in slumber, recuperating and healing. After all, the other world has conquered so many worlds, and there have been many battles between King Realm gods, so casualties are inevitable.
Another group is cultivating in seclusion, absorbing the essence of civilizations from all realms, and yearning to reach the Emperor Realm!
There are only four Stone Kings still alive, and at least one of them must be sent to guard the Primordial Heaven Realm!
Even if one person stays behind to guard the lair, normally only two can wreak havoc across the heavens.
When it was taken seriously, it was no longer possible to break through the "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Super Divine Array".
Furthermore, this is a world of death, the core of the heavens billions of years ago, which even other worlds are somewhat wary of.
In fact, they had discussed it.
However, the imperial ancestors of the Nine Provinces have long since perished, and the kings are almost all dead. Only the Pangu King remains. Others, such as the Martial Ancestor, members of the Heaven-Defying Clan, and ancient beings of the Celestial Race, have only walked on the Stone Man Path or the Supreme Ancestral God Path. Although they are very close to the king realm, they have not yet attained enlightenment and are still lacking.
The emergence of a king is a great event, difficult to conceal, and gives them enough time to react and intercept him.
Even if you miss it, you'll only have one more King Realm opponent. When the world changes drastically and the True Realm appears, the Emperor Realm Saint Ancestor from another world will descend to the mortal world with unparalleled power, sweeping across the past, present, and future. No matter what kind of Stone King or Supreme Ancestral God you are, you will be annihilated!
With such a strong foundation, the otherworldly beings would not act rashly and could remain calm and collected.
It should be noted that due to the actions of the other world, many experts in the Primordial Heavenly Realm have become wary.
If they unite against each other, the otherworld will truly feel the pressure and be forced to compromise in certain areas. In particular, the kings born from countless worlds are extremely hostile to the existence of the otherworld and will likely form alliances.
Ordinarily, the other world doesn't want to give the powerful forces a chance to fight each other, so it's best to stop while it's ahead.
Moreover, the survivors develop different cultivation methods, and their subsequent harvests are also an accumulation of resources from another world.
Over the years, other worlds have done this many times, making the repository of civilization ever richer!
Furthermore, the otherworld is well aware that various changes have occurred in the heavens, and the heaven-defying warriors from billions of years ago are constantly returning, indicating that a new great upheaval is not far off.
Tens of thousands, or at most hundreds of thousands of years later, the Holy Ancestor will descend upon the world, unleash his great supernatural powers, and directly wipe out the Nine Provinces!
Let the remnants of Kyushu eke out an existence for ten thousand years; that would be our mercy...
The progenitors of the other world finally reached this conclusion, tinged with disdain.
Despite their disdain, the other world wouldn't truly underestimate Kyushu. —There was once a Stone King who fell!
The reason I was able to remain calm before was because I didn't take it too seriously; it was also because no stone king had risen in Kyushu yet, and I was just one step away from it.
Even if two or three Stone Kings attain enlightenment, they can be surrounded and killed in other realms. At worst, they can awaken their dormant potential.
Without a king, there is no real threat to the Nine Provinces. Even if a Stone King or a Supreme Ancestral God at the Great Perfection emerges in the Nine Provinces, it will only increase the danger, but it will not shake the foundation of the other world.
Unless, among the heroes of the Nine Provinces, one achieves the status of an emperor!
That's too difficult, it's practically impossible, and considering the constraints of the rules of the heavens, the probability is zero!
Even if Pangu were still alive, after touching the Emperor Realm and the world undergoing a great change, he could directly attain the Dao!
The problem is, by then, even the Holy Ancestor from another world will be able to descend, return to the heavens, and rejoin the other world. It will still be a case of the many fighting the few. What use is one Pangu King? It's like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
Of course, if the Nine Provinces lineage can be stopped and a master has proven himself to be the Stone King, why would the other world allow the birth of variables?
No matter what, the other world will not stand idly by. If a king appears in the Nine Provinces, they will definitely come to stop the way!
In the eyes of the heroes of Shencun, this was Cao Ya's greatest threat!
Of course, if one fails to attain enlightenment, that's another matter.
We don't even need to wait for the Stone King from another world to arrive!
However, they also believed that since Cao Ya dared to try, he must have confidence.
That peculiar state also drew the attention of many heroes.
"Buzz..." Suddenly, under the command of the heroes, the "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Super Divine Array" was fully revived, shining brightly and illuminating the eight directions, causing everyone in the world to be shocked!
The entire outer region of the world of death was protected within the coverage of divine light.
"What's going on?" The Kyushu survivors outside looked up, completely bewildered.
I haven't heard of any otherworldly army coming to attack!
The skeletal creatures were even more composed.
Kamimura's past performance was too terrifying, so what about the other world? They still returned empty-handed!
Some experts above the Tongtian Realm Half-Ancestor level noticed the anomaly and discovered Cao Ya in the sky, their expressions changing.
In the middle layer of the Death Realm, the various half-ancestral kings of the Heavenly Realm, as well as the ancestral kings corresponding to the Ancestral God Realm, and even some supreme ancestral kings who had embarked on the path to becoming kings, all changed color and felt a tightness in their hearts!
Even in the deepest part of the Death Realm, the Ancestral Lord, the Supreme Ancestral Lord, and even the Stone King sensed a special Dao rhythm between heaven and earth, flowing through time and space!
"Is someone about to reach the King Realm?"
At the edge of the dead realm, a snow-white skull, as if carved from jade, rolled on the ground. Its eye sockets looked up at the sky, and it seemed to see Cao Ya, and it couldn't help but utter an old voice.
"That one from Kamimura? He's quite formidable."
The old man praised him, saying that it took him a long time to become king in his time.
Of course, Cao Ya was once a master in the Nine Provinces during his lifetime, living for many years. After death, he fell into the world of death, taking the form of a skeleton, where he cultivated again and crossed over, gradually becoming stronger.
In fact, not counting the previous life that Cao Ya refused to awaken, this life has already spanned nearly 100,000 years.
It is indeed not short, but compared with the cultivation years of other kings, it is probably less than a fraction!
"Alas, billions of years ago, the heavens underwent a great change. The Realm of Death fell into silence, lost its core position, and moved to the Primordial Heaven Realm. I almost perished in that great war, and only a skull remains."
"Although two remnant souls escaped, my senses indicate that they are still alive somewhere in the myriad worlds."
"But returning to its peak is still a long way off."
The old man sighed, "A new generation replaces the old."
Suddenly, the old man turned around and scanned the deep regions of the Death Realm, his voice filled with doubt.
"Huh, the Death Realm is desolate, yet there are still people here. I can sense danger from them?"
"It's not just at the level of an ordinary Stone King!"
"Similar to my situation?"
The old man is serious; he is probably not only one of the best among the Stone Kings, but perhaps even the ultimate Stone King!
The World of Death, excluding the first great realm of the Primordial Era—the Unique True Realm—even though the changes at the end of the Primordial Era altered many things, countless experts died, and most of those who survived went to the Primordial Heaven Realm, the few who remained were enough to intimidate all directions!
"Judging from this aura, some are harboring malice, while others are just observing coldly."
Should I make a move?
The old man pondered for a moment and decided to consider it further. He had a past connection with the progenitor of the Nine Provinces, but had no dealings with Cao Ya.
The reason why he could easily perceive the deep areas of the Death Realm was because the old man's cultivation level was too high when he was alive!
He was clearly the ultimate master of the Stone King, having touched the Emperor Realm, and was no less than that little Stone King of the Primordial Heaven Realm!
"Alas, I am half-dead, and the Little Stone Emperor has also disappeared. The Primordial Heaven, the Realm of Death, and other heavens are now ruled by other kings." The old man sighed, unusually somewhat lost.
Meanwhile, in another hidden area, Xu Tian, who had become a Dao King thousands of years ago from a stone man, coldly watched Cao Ya above the outer sky.
"Jiuzhou, Shencun, Cao Ya... Ha, such rapid cultivation, truly astonishing talent!"
"But proving yourself to be the Stone King won't be so easy; the obstacles from external tribulations are unavoidable!"
"Unless, like me, I made a choice early on, selected a realm where the cultivation civilization was declining, avoided the attention of all parties, quietly attained enlightenment, and then returned to the realm of the dead."
Xu Tian's face showed killing intent. There were many treasures inside the divine village, including what he craved, but he could not break in because of the "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Super Divine Array"!
If Cao Ya is eliminated, and a powerful expert who is poised to become a Stone King is turned into a puppet, it could be a way to make up for the loss.
"Furthermore, having manipulated Cao Ya to attack Shen Village, can Xiao Chen really just sit idly by?"
"Hehe, the War Sword and the Divine Diagram, I must get my hands on this sacred artifact of the heavens!"
Xu Tian's figure suddenly vanished, disappearing into nothingness, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
“Cao Ya? Although he is a skeleton creature from the realm of the dead, he is also a remnant of the Nine Provinces.”
There is another mysterious and dangerous place, where a tall stone king sits cross-legged, surrounded by purple mist.
He is Hongjun, the other body of the Purple Cloud Stone King of the Primordial Heaven.
Both bodies are at the King Realm, and both are powerful. If they were to merge into one, they would be comparable to the pinnacle of the Stone King!
But he wouldn't rush. He would wait for the changes in the world, for both of his bodies to break through to the peak of the Stone King level, and then merge them to try to become an Emperor!
In the past, Hongjun had a projection that existed in the Nine Provinces and the Four Directions World. It colluded with other worlds and was killed by the Yellow Emperor and the Old Ancestor Dragon through their schemes.
Furthermore, because the Purple Cloud Stone King and Pangu King were considered enemies, they even joined forces with the Heavenly Kings and the Kings of Other Realms to curse the Heaven-Defying Clan!
Without a doubt, both Zixiao Stone King and Hongjun were hostile to the Nine Provinces and did not want to see a new Stone King emerge in this camp, besides Pangu King!
In the [Eternal Life Realm] universe, Hongjun, Tongtian, and others are merely illusory beliefs held by people. They are exploited by certain powerful individuals with malicious intentions, who divide their divine thoughts, integrate them into the beliefs, and project them outwards to influence the Nine Provinces and the Four Directions World, suppress the ancestors of humanity, and secretly collude with other worlds!
That Tongtian was a manifestation of the Void Heaven.
"The Heaven-Defying Family, my other self, was once cursed, unable to be human, but only an animal."
"There seems to be a small, snow-white beast in that sacred village as well!"
"Perfect timing, after eliminating Cao Ya, I'll go kill the snow-white little beast."
"I believe I'm not the only one who's moved by it."
"Even the 'Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Super Divine Array' is powerful enough, it cannot withstand the combined might of multiple Stone Kings!"
Hongjun had a cold smile on his lips, and he was in no hurry at all, patiently observing.
Others may be uncertain, but in another world, the Stone King will definitely come to kill!
Despite their many despicable acts, they showed a tendency to form alliances when facing Kyushu.
Deep within the world of death, multiple figures manifested, their auras unfathomable!
Among them, the Ancestral Lords were inconspicuous; the one who was slightly more powerful was the Supreme Ancestral Lord!
Stone King also has it!
All the powerful figures were alarmed by Cao Ya's actions, and they all awoke, looking on from afar with varying attitudes.
Some were filled with murderous intent, such as Xutian and Hongjun, while others were friendly, such as Laotougu.
But more often than not, they remain bystanders, having neither a past nor any enmity with the Nine Provinces.
As long as it doesn't affect me, I'll let Cao Ya and the others do whatever they want!
However, in the center of an ancient battlefield, a weathered stone tablet stands.
Deep within the earth, strangely shaped creatures slowly opened their eyes.
It has a human body but three heads: a human head in the middle, and a dragon head and a tiger head on the left and right sides, respectively. Its body is covered with white bone scales, and it has nine white bone tails, which is very creepy!
"Descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors?"
The monster's eyes gleamed with extreme malice.
"The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Pangu, Nuwa, you all died well! Today, I will take action and devour one of your descendants who was on the verge of becoming a King!"
"Oh, and those hundreds of billions of survivors..."
The monster's voice was filled with hatred.
In ancient times, he was known as the "Emperor of Illusion," born from illusion, and was the ultimate progenitor of the power of illusion!
However, they were defeated by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and were almost trapped with nowhere to go but heaven and earth.
But what happened to the ten progenitors of Kyushu in the end?
They died at the end of the ancient era, while the Void Emperor lived to this day!
"The blood feud of that time will be repaid by your descendants," the Void Emperor said coldly.
"You also want to exterminate all emperors and rulers, melt down the one true realm, merge it into the heavens, and create all living beings?"
"That's a ridiculous idea!"
"No wonder they all died. Even if they didn't actively seek death, they would still be surrounded and killed by the emperors once they entered the One True Realm!"
The Void Emperor scoffed. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Pangu, and Nuwa, as emperor-level experts, actually dug their own graves. They didn't want any powerful beings to appear. A single battle could destroy the world. Mortals had no hope of independence and had to believe in a certain powerful being!
They actually wanted to kill the emperor, so that all living beings would no longer have to bow down and live in fear, but could stand tall, unyielding, and live a new era full of smiles.
Finally, they will sever the True Realm and merge with the heavens, gaining endless resources that will allow all living beings to live well! There will be no more cruel struggles!
It should be known that the True Realm is supreme, with boundless resources, more than all the heavens combined, yet it is entirely controlled by the Emperor, and mortals can never hope to obtain even a trace of it!
On the contrary, they became food for emperors. Some monster emperors could consume an entire world in a single meal!
The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, along with Pangu and Nuwa, could not bear it and joined forces to change this tragic situation!
Even their demise at the end of the ancient era was intentional.
If one has this thought, one will be no exception.
"Foolish!" The Void Emperor scoffed at this.
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