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Chapter 288, Section 297: The Stone King Returns
"Great Bloodline Technique!"

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The essence and blood of countless Stone Clan members floated in mid-air, and a peculiar bloodline power spread outwards.

An unimaginable aura of terror permeated the air, and in an instant, lightning crackled and surged across the sky.

Blood surged, spiritual light flared, as if communicating with some forbidden entity...

Blood manifested in the void, eventually revealing the projection of a colossal city.

This colossal city was enormous, situated amidst chaos.

In the midst of endless chaos, this solitary city sits here.

The moment countless people saw this city, a sense of desolation washed over them...

sad!
sad!
sad!
This sorrow has been etched into the annals of time...

Just looking at that city

Looking at that deserted city...

Countless people couldn't help but want to cry.

That city didn't look as grand as the Imperial Pass; it was littered with corpses, and beneath the city walls lay not ordinary land, but the bones of countless cultivators who had died...

The dark red bloodstains remain bright red even after countless years.

The creatures that died here were all very powerful.

Even after countless years, their remains have not been erased...

An extremely intense aura of malevolence permeated the air, instilling fear in people.

Shi Jian was trembling all over. His blood was boiling, resonating, and surging. His brow was glowing, and the ancient patterns on it broke through the clouds in the sky once again!
This is the blood of the Stone Clan burning and boiling.

The blood of countless other Stone Clan members was also boiling.

It's not just them.

And those other sinful peoples.

Countless people's foreheads glowed, and divine light filled the sky.

Bloodline resonance, a peculiar phenomenon arises between heaven and earth.

Seven kings were fighting in the void, followed by countless members of their race...

The clansmen behind the seven kings fought one after another, but their numbers dwindled with each battle...

Even frail old people and underage children climbed onto the city walls, risking their lives to fight against the foreign army.

Among the seven kings, some fell, and some died in battle!
The extraordinary phenomenon of bloodline resonance was witnessed by countless people in the Imperial Pass.

They stared at this bizarre scene, speechless with astonishment.

"What's going on? Are all these warriors the ancestors of the sinful race?"

"No way...weren't they saying their ancestors were sinners? How come now I see..."

"What is the truth? I can't tell, I really can't tell..."

Countless doubts arose.

Some people sighed upon seeing this scene...

"Actually, the current Imperial Pass is not the real Imperial Pass... This Imperial Pass was built later. The real Imperial Pass was a battlefield in the ancient era of immortals. Legend has it that immortals once perished there, and immortal kings shed their blood..."

"I always thought that city was just a legend... I never imagined it was actually true?"

Someone who had lived for a very long time spoke up.

"That legendary city... the real Imperial Pass, I never imagined it would still be standing!"

"Long ago, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were incredibly powerful, teeming with immortals, and even boasting numerous Immortal Kings... A grand ceremony was held to bestow titles upon them, and the blood of those with unparalleled achievements flowed with glory, an indelible mark..."

Someone got so excited that they didn't notice the strange looks coming from those around them.

These whispers spread through the crowd.

It revealed some ancient truths.

Upon hearing these words, Shi Jian's expression grew even colder.

Let's see...

It's not that nobody knows the truth.

However, the Stone Clan still declined...

silence?

Does silence absolve one of guilt?
The blessings from various tribes left a glorious mark, which later generations of tribes have not forgotten, yet they still harbored hostility and continued to harm them…

A road forged from countless drops of blood appeared beneath Shi Jian's feet, leading to the city at its end.

Shi Jian embarked on this path.

Those who knew the truth were afraid, terrified...

"We can't let him into that city!"

A supreme expert roared.

They never expected that Shi Jian would be able to contact that city...

At this moment.

They were utterly terrified.

Besides the Supreme Being who just appeared, several other Supreme Beings joined forces...

Terrifying chaotic light and supernatural runes poured out.

The immense power reached Shi Jian in an instant...

Shi Jian showed no fear, and a terrifying aura erupted from his entire body.

No matter how strong he is.

Their combat power is also inferior to that of the Supreme One.

but.

At this moment, he is in a state of leveraging external forces.

The power of the group members, he himself was terrifyingly strong.

His own domain of domination merged with Yang Qi's Pure Land of Gods, unleashing a terrifying domain...

All of a sudden.

It blocked all the attacks from the supreme beings...

People could only watch helplessly as he embarked on that road and then headed towards the city.

The people in this city also sensed the strange phenomenon.

Some creatures appeared atop the ancient city gate.

Ragged children, a group of elderly people who have suffered serious injuries and whose very essence is damaged...

Four words to describe it.

The elderly, the infirm, and the disabled.

"Our people..."

Those on the city walls were astonished when they saw Shi Jian.

"Are you from outside the tribe?"

The person who spoke had a hoarse voice and could not pronounce words clearly, as if they had not spoken for a long time.

"You are not a true immortal, how could you have entered?"

The old man was puzzled; unless one was a true immortal, it was impossible to get close to this area.

He saw that special bridge of bloodline, and behind it, the new imperial pass...

"How are our people outside? Are they thriving and multiplying?"

The old man was very surprised by the scene and said a lot of things.

As Shi Jian listened to his words, he glanced at the people from the Imperial Pass behind him.

Then he looked at the old man.

"Our clansmen? Although the Stone Clan was not exterminated, they were called the 'sinful bloodline' and were constantly suppressed... They lived a precarious existence, constantly on the move, with all the young men captured and sent to the battlefield to atone for their sins and die in battle, leaving only the old, weak, and disabled..."

"On the contrary, I want to ask you, ask your ancestors of the Stone Clan, what heinous crimes did you commit that require your descendants to atone for your sins for thousands of generations?"

"Now the people of Diguan want to completely exterminate my clan and judge you sinners who betrayed the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Do you have anything to say?"

Shi Jian's voice echoed throughout the two imperial passes...

The people of the original imperial city were filled with anger and bewilderment upon hearing this!

They fought for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, where blood flowed like rivers, and only the old, weak, sick, and disabled remained.

The people in the rear were suppressed, and they were also nailed to the pillar of shame.

Are they sinners?
Are their descendants called the descendants of sinful blood?

What's the point?
Now, the people of Diguan, those who know the truth... are filled with fear.

They never expected that there would be people in this city.

After the initial fear subsided, some people calmed down.

This city...

A group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled?

What can we do about them?

……

"Our entire era has been dedicated to guarding the borderlands and fighting bloody battles against foreign tribes... Countless descendants of the Seven Kings have perished, yet why are we slandered as sinful blood throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!"

The old man's voice shook the entire heavens and earth.

This old man's cultivation level is extremely high.

Perhaps they have stepped into the realm of immortals.

However, he is very weak now.

The true blood in the body is dying out, and it can't hold on for much longer.

but.

A dead skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

No matter how weak he is, he is still someone who has stepped into the realm of immortals.

Countless people in the Imperial Pass were filled with fear upon hearing this voice.

Is this the truth?

Are the sinners actually descendants of heroes?

The entire world was in an uproar.

Upon hearing the old man's words, Shi Jian remained calm, realizing the fire hadn't burned enough.

What he wanted was a raging fire.

A raging fire capable of burning everything.

“Where is my Stone Clan’s ancestor? Summon him to confess his sins. Some people have personally witnessed the Stone King beheading some important figures from the Nine Heavens and betraying the Imperial Pass…”

"All the sins of our Stone Clan stem from him. Every member of the Stone Clan wants to ask the Stone King one question..."

"Did he really betray the heavens and the earth? What kind of mistakes did he commit that require his descendants to atone for him for thousands of lifetimes?"

Shi Jian pointed to the people of the Stone Clan tribe behind him, and his voice echoed throughout the two imperial passes.

His words were very impolite.

That would be considered a great disrespect.

Upon hearing this, the old man became even more furious: "Those people have been corrupted by evil spirits and are about to undergo a strange transformation, which is why they asked the Stone King to take action and cut off their heads... The Immortal Palace, the Demon Dragon Dao Sect, and the Sword Valley all know about these things and should not be slandered!"

"Didn't they come forward to explain?"

Shi Jian calmly replied:

"They are the ones who call us the descendants of sinful blood!"

"They're the ones who're suppressing us..."

"They are the ones who killed our clan's prodigy..."

"I fought my way out of the lower realm's prison, fought my way through the nine heavens and ten earths, and finally arrived at this Imperial Pass. These forces have sent countless people to deal with me..."

"They call me the Bloodthirsty Demon..."

"They say I have filthy blood flowing in my veins, the blood of sinners... that I was born sinful!"

“I don’t believe it, so I came here… I want to ask you, to ask the Stone King, what terrible crime did he commit that requires his descendants to atone for it for all eternity?”

"Ask the Stone King, he has committed a grave crime, why does he not accept judgment from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?"

"Are you lying to me, or is it the heavens and earth that are lying to me?"

Shi Jian's words were still impolite and continued to offend the Stone King.

but.

The old man understood what he meant.

He was complaining.

He's being sarcastic.

He understood Shi Jian's anger; he was angry too.

The entire population of the original imperial city was furious.

Are they questioning whether their efforts are worthwhile?

Within the city walls.

A low hill was shining.

A voice came out.

"It's because we're useless that you've suffered..."

The last of the seven kings sighed softly, his voice desolate, a calm tone concealing hidden anger. This was the last of the seven kings.

His heart was filled with weariness and sorrow.

He is the Stone King.

They happened to be the ancestors of the Stone Clan.

The original imperial city is now located in the Heavenly Abyss, an area shrouded by an unparalleled array, from which escape is impossible...

Facing a foreign land.

They always believed that they were fighting here to protect the heavens and the earth.

They were protecting their own people.

They fought to the death here, and their people multiplied and flourished behind them.

Good.

But now, Shi Jian's arrival has shown them a fact.

They fought here.

Their descendants, however, are being slandered and harmed.

If the Vermilion Bird King were here.

They'd probably just charge back without a second thought.

The Vermilion Bird King.

The King of the Fire Clan.

"Child, I know what you mean... but I'm powerless to do it. I can't leave now. The city stands, and we stand; the city falls, and we fall!"

King Shi understood what Shi Jian meant, but he felt helpless.

He didn't know how Shi Jian had established contact with this place.

However, this is the boundary.

Difficult to break.

"Is there any point in defending this isolated city? To stop the advance of the powerful foreign invaders and protect the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?"

"Protect a Nine Heavens and Ten Earths that cannot tolerate the Stone Clan, nor the descendants of the Seven Kings?"

Shi Jian looked at the statue of the Stone King.

Although the Stone King was weak, he still had the ability to fight one last battle.

"A new war is about to begin. Soon, the immortals will challenge the gates, truly annihilating the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths... The Seven Kings still have descendants, don't they? Child, your talent is very strong... I'm entrusting them all to you!"

This is how Shi Wang replied to Shi Jian.

Of the seven kings, only he remained; the others had burned their bones, their power intended to be channeled into this city.

He was no longer able to leave the city.

Protecting the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths—this is the Immortal King's unwavering belief.

Even knowing about the Stone Clan.

The Stone King must still fight against the alien realm...

Shi Jian was speechless after hearing his words: "You are first and foremost the king of the Stone Clan, and only then the king of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!"

"Now you are the king of the Stone Clan!"

This is how the Stone King replied.

Shi Jian was even more speechless after hearing this. "I came here to dump the blame on you..."

You're trying to shift the blame back to me again?
The Stone King sensed his dissatisfaction and sighed, "Child, my power is already very weak. Within this city, I can still exert some fighting strength to hold off the alien forces and buy you time..."

"But if I leave here and go with you to settle scores with them... then I will lose even the strength to fight one last battle!"

The Stone King is not without temper.

Hearing that his junior was in such a miserable state, he wished he could immediately return to the heavens and the earth to slaughter his way back.

But he is very weak now.

Maintaining this city is extremely difficult.

When faced with a true life-or-death situation, within this city, within the Imperial Pass, he can still unleash a final surge of fighting power.

But he left Tianyuan.

Even if he purged those people from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, what about the alien realm?
Losing Tianyuan.

The Stone King was utterly powerless to resist the foreign lands.

When the time comes, the Stone King will die, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will die, and the remaining members of the Stone Clan will also die!

If so.

He would have been better off dying a more glorious death.

Weakening the forces of the foreign lands will buy Shi Jian time...

King Shi could tell that Shi Jian, this junior...

Their talent is terrifying.

Perhaps he can bring hope?
Shi Wang wanted to pave the way for Shi Jian.

Shi Jian saw through Shi Wang's thinking, and from the perspective of the bigger picture, Shi Wang's actions were not unreasonable...

But he's a cheater.

He is the master of the big picture.

"Since that's the case, let's move the original imperial city back!"

"The Imperial Pass must be defended, and the humiliation suffered by my Stone Clan must be avenged!"

Shi Jian flipped his hand, and a pill popped out of his hand.

"This medicine is called the Nine-Turn Purple Gold Pill. It can heal your injuries and restore your cultivation... It will be no problem for you to return to your peak condition!"

"At that time, you can unleash the power of a Celestial King even without the aid of the Heavenly Abyss... You can move the Imperial Pass back to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. The Seven Kings have resisted the alien realm for so long, they've resisted enough. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths aren't just for the descendants of the Seven Kings, are they? If you're going to defend, then defend together!"

"If we can hold out, great; if we can't, we'll all perish together!"

Shi Jian spoke with unwavering resolve.

His words resonated with everyone in the original imperial city.

that is!

The seven kings guarded this side, while their descendants lived peaceful lives behind them.

So they defended it, and that's that.

The reality is that they suffer here, and their descendants suffer as well.

Meanwhile, others are enjoying the good life behind the scenes.

Why?
We must defend together.

If we're going to die, we'll die together.

When Shi Wang saw the pill in Shi Jian's hand, he was a little confused. He could sense that the pill was of a very high grade.

The medicine is very potent.

How did Shi Jian manage to produce a pill of this grade?
He replied, "Those forces did contribute before... but their strength was too low, so I don't know why they changed!"

Shi Jian snorted coldly: "Isn't it because you protected them too well? The Seven Kings blocked all the threats, so they lost the pressure and felt at ease enjoying themselves in the rear, and even started fighting among themselves!"

"Through so many eras, not a single true immortal has been produced..."

"After you move the original imperial city to that imperial pass, let them face the alien realm directly... When they feel the pressure, their strength will naturally increase!"

"I owe my current success to the pressure they put on me!"

Shi Jian is using the "stone king" technique.

They showed no mercy when they were killing our people in the rear.

Don't hold back either.

Shi Jian did not want to see Shi Wang prioritize the overall situation and fail to settle scores with those people.

The Stone King did not recover, but those people survived.

The Stone King recovered, and those people are still alive.

What use would it be for me to restore you, the Stone King?

"You kid..."

Knowing Shi Jian's intentions, Shi Wang smiled helplessly.

Shi Jian flicked the pill from his hand.

"This pill is very peculiar. I've never seen the ingredients before, and even the alchemy method is unfamiliar to me... but it is indeed useful to me!"

The Stone King was very surprised after receiving the pill.

Shi Jian showed no intention of answering him.

The origin of this elixir.

It is indeed a bit special.

He specifically asked Li Changshou to get it for him...

Since it was crafted by the Grand Master Xuandu, restoring the Stone King's injuries was naturally a piece of cake.

"I call out to you from within the Imperial Pass, guided by my bloodline..."

"At that time, I will ask Willow God to take action. The two of you will act simultaneously, then break through this realm and pull the Primordial Imperial City back into the Imperial Pass!"

Shi Jian took out a piece of willow tree.

"Ancestral spirit? Willow deity?"

The Stone King was surprised after sensing the Willow God's aura.

Standing in the ancient Immortal Era.

They belong to the same camp.

However, they weren't very close friends.

However, he could also be called an "old friend"...

Stone King never expected to meet Willow Goddess with his own junior.

The Willow Goddess also manifested her form, her tone somewhat melancholy.

"Fellow Daoist, how have you been? ... The last time we met was when you held your grand ceremony for bestowing titles upon kings!"

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were once incredibly glorious.

The place is so small.

Yet there are countless strong individuals.

The seven kings were conferred titles, and even the Immortal Realm came to witness the ceremony and pay their respects!
Things have changed.

The original imperial city has declined to this extent.

"It seems another great calamity is about to strike... I won't have to fight alone!"

Upon seeing familiar faces, Shi Wang was also somewhat excited.

……

"Two Celestial Kings..."

The people at Diguan fell completely silent after witnessing this scene.

Under normal circumstances.

The appearance of two Immortal Kings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would have driven the people of the Imperial Pass mad with joy, but now, many people feel only deep fear!
These two Celestial Kings.

One of them is the ancestor of the Stone Clan...

The other statue also appears to be on their side.

As for the Stone Clan's situation in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths...

It chilled countless people to the bone.

Even the most supreme beings have cold hands and feet.

With the pills from Li Changshou and the help of Liu Shen, Shi Wang easily refined the pills and restored his Immortal King-level combat power.

Shi Jian crossed the bridge of bloodline and returned to the Imperial Pass on the other side.

The Willow Goddess also appeared here.

Terrifying magical power emanated from her, vast and boundless, with rays of divine light descending...

The Stone King exerted his power at the other end, and the divine light emanating from his body completely merged with the city beneath his feet.

Under the influence of a terrifying force, the entire city shook, and countless ancient runes lit up.

An immense force overturned everything, the ancient city shattered the void, and then rushed towards the direction of the Imperial Pass.

It was a massive and terrifying event.

The people of Diguan were utterly horrified when they witnessed this scene.

The primordial imperial city tore through the void and descended directly into this area, then landed behind the Imperial Pass.

"The original imperial city has returned..."

Some people slumped to the ground, their faces filled with fear.

Especially those Supreme Beings who had previously targeted Shi Jian.

The people of the Stone Tribe were deeply moved by this scene.

The Stone King is back!
……

Shi Jian stood before the Primordial Imperial City, suspended in the void, his gaze fixed on the Imperial Pass. All those people from before had now hidden themselves away.

There was not a trace of him.

A cold smile appeared on Shi Jian's lips. The next moment was the killing!
"The Stone King of the Stone Clan has returned! Why haven't you put him to trial yet?"

(End of this chapter)