Prehistoric: The female saint Shiji, brilliant and talented

However, the moment Shi Ji left the stone chamber, the female corpse that had been lying on the stone bed suddenly opened her eyes.

Her eyes were as black as ink, devoid of any light, yet exuding a chilling and eerie aura.

Immediately afterwards, the female corpse slowly sat up from the stone coffin, stiffly turned her neck, and looked out of the stone coffin. Her lips moved slightly, as if she was talking to someone inside the stone coffin, but she did not make any sound.

A moment later, a faint sigh came from inside the stone coffin: "Young brother, thank you for helping me break free from the control of the Wang family ancestor."

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been bound by this corpse for much longer."

The sound was extremely faint. If Shi Ji were still in the stone chamber, she might have been able to hear it, but Shi Ji had already gone far away and could not detect the strange movement in the stone coffin at all.

As the sigh subsided, the female corpse began to move again.

She stiffly stepped off the stone bed and walked step by step toward the stone door of the stone chamber.

When she arrived at the stone gate, it opened automatically, as if someone had prepared for her in advance.

Without the slightest hesitation, the female corpse walked straight out of the stone chamber and slowly headed into the depths of the mountains, eventually disappearing into the thick fog.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two weeks, Shi Ji successfully navigated through the layers of dangerous restrictions and formations in the Immortal Tomb, avoiding countless ferocious beasts and bizarre traps, thanks to the method of breaking formations she obtained from the memories of the Wang family's ancestor.

On this day, Shi Ji finally arrived at the deepest part of the Immortal Tomb—below a steep cliff.

The cliff rises high into the clouds, its walls covered with sharp rocks, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

Below the cliff, a vast and incredibly wide river flows.

The river's water was an eerie dark brown, with a thick layer of foam floating on the surface, exuding a terrifying and chilling aura.

Even from a great distance, Shi Ji could sense the deadly danger contained in the river, as if anyone who approached the water would be instantly swallowed up, with no chance of even their soul escaping.

Shi Ji's gaze swept across both banks of the river. When he saw the scene on the opposite bank, he was stunned—on a huge rock on the opposite bank sat a stone statue that looked exactly like the stone man he had picked up earlier.

The stone statue still sits there, as if it has existed since time immemorial.

The statue is carved from grayish-brown rock, and its surface is covered with lines of varying depths, which look like marks left by the passage of time or some kind of mysterious runes.

It stands quietly on the opposite bank of the dark brown river, its eyes closed, surrounded by an ancient aura that seems to have been guarding this place since the beginning of time, witnessing countless changes over the years.

Just as Shi Ji was about to examine the details of the stone statue closely, suddenly, the huge stone statue slowly turned its head, and its empty eye sockets looked up at the top of the cliff.

This sudden action startled Shi Ji. He instinctively held his breath and quickly hid behind a nearby rock, concealing himself in the shadows.

He dared not make the slightest move, for fear of being detected by the stone statue—a stone statue that could exist so long deep in the Immortal Tomb was no ordinary object; if it were disturbed, it might bring unpredictable danger.

Not long after, the sky above the cliff suddenly darkened, and dark clouds surged out from the depths of the clouds.

These dark clouds were unlike ordinary clouds; their surfaces were swirling with eerie black mist, emanating a chilling aura, as if they contained endless resentment.

Dark clouds gathered rapidly in mid-air, eventually coalescing into a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky.

This palm was made of pure dark clouds and death energy, with ferocious patterns covering its palm. Each finger was like a giant pillar supporting the sky, carrying a world-destroying power as it fiercely attacked the stone statue below.

Did you destroy my physical body?

Just as the giant hand was about to fall, the stone statue suddenly spoke.

Its voice was extremely hoarse, like rusty metal rubbing against each other, the piercing sound echoing throughout the cliff, making Shi Ji's eardrums feel a sharp pain.

"That's right!
It's me!

From within the giant hand formed by dark clouds, a chilling voice, filled with intense hatred, rang out: "You ruined my plans back then, and today I will crush this broken stone statue of yours completely, ensuring you never reincarnate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant hand accelerated again, pressing down on the stone statue with even more terrifying power.

The stone statue slowly opened its empty eye sockets, which flickered with a faint gray light. Its tone remained calm but carried a hint of coldness: "So that's how it is. Back then, you despicable and shameless bastards joined forces to besiege me and caused my demise. Now you still won't give up and have sent people to hunt me down!"
Since you've come to me of your own accord, let's settle this score today and put an end to this old grudge!

Before the words were finished, the stone statue suddenly raised its hand and waved, and nine jet-black array flags shot out from its body like nine black lightning bolts, enveloping the giant palm of dark clouds.

These nine array flags were covered with strange runes. As soon as they appeared, they formed a huge array in mid-air. Within the array, a cold wind howled, and countless ghostly figures shuttled through it, emanating a chilling pressure.

The moment the array of nine flags enveloped the giant palm of dark clouds, a roar of shock and anger came from within the palm: "This is... the Soul Suppressing Array!"

"You actually possess this lost formation technique!"

Clearly, the beings that formed the giant hand recognized the origin of the formation and were filled with shock and fear.

Despite its desperate resistance, trying to break free of the array's constraints, the Soul-Suppressing Array's power far exceeded its expectations.

The ghostly figures within the formation continuously assaulted the giant hand, devouring the death energy and power within it.

After only a short while, the giant palm of dark clouds began to thin out, and finally collapsed completely under the crushing force of the formation, turning into a sky full of black mist and dissipating into the air.

As the giant hand dissipated, a faint soul emerged from the mist, clearly the true form of that being.

Seeing this, Shi Ji stopped hiding and flashed to the side of the soul, raising her hand to take the storage ring off the other's finger.

After the stone statue dealt with its enemies, the light around it gradually dimmed, returning to its previous appearance, and slowly dissipated into the void, as if it had never existed.

Shi Ji returned to the shore, channeled her spiritual energy into her storage ring, and carefully examined the items inside.

The ring contained many rare cultivation resources and jade slips containing cultivation techniques, as well as several Emperor-level magic treasures. Although these items were of good quality, they were no longer of much use to Shi Ji, whose cultivation had now reached the Emperor level.

He casually stored the storage ring into his spatial dimension and continued searching for a way out along the cliff.

Shi Ji darted towards the valley on the left. As soon as she entered the valley, she saw countless skeletons scattered on the ground.

These skeletons varied in shape. Some were enormous, with thick scales covering their bones, clearly the remains of powerful demonic beasts; others had slender bones, yet exuded a dense demonic aura, likely the remains of demonic beings; still others resembled humans, but were more resilient than ordinary human bones, with faint spiritual energy fluctuations remaining on them, clearly the remains of cultivators.

Shi Ji squatted down and carefully examined the skeletons.

Judging from the degree of decay of the skeletons, they have existed for an extremely long time, and some skeletons have even become one with the surrounding rocks.

"Could these cultivators and demonic beasts have all died in the formation set up by the stone statues? Or were they devoured by the ferocious beasts in the valley?" Shi Ji wondered to herself, but she could not find the answer.

He continued walking along the valley, and after about half an hour, a huge stone tablet appeared before him.

The stone tablet is about ten meters high and is made entirely of white jade. Its surface is as smooth as a mirror and is engraved with four ancient seal characters.

When Shi Ji saw those four characters clearly, her eyes widened in shock, and a storm raged in her heart—the stone tablet clearly read "The Scripture of Reincarnation."

Four big characters!

Upon seeing these four words, Shi Ji trembled with excitement.

During his exploration of the Immortal Tomb, he had heard many legends about the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture. It was said that this scripture contained the secrets of the Dao of Reincarnation. If one could comprehend its true meaning, one could not only improve one's cultivation level, but also control life and death and reverse the cycle of reincarnation.

He had previously worried that the rumors were untrue, but now that he has seen the inscription on the stone tablet with his own eyes, he has finally confirmed that the clues to the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture do indeed exist in this immortal tomb.

"Very good!

"If I can find the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture, I might be able to unravel many of the mysteries that have been troubling me, and perhaps even use its power to repair the Xuanyuan Starship!"

Shi Ji was overjoyed and couldn't wait to study the contents of the stone tablet.

But just then, Shi Ji suddenly noticed that the stone carvings on the stone tablet were somewhat strange.

He approached the stone tablet and examined it closely, discovering that in addition to the inscription "Scripture of Reincarnation," the stone was also engraved with...

Besides the four large characters, there are also many small patterns engraved on them.

What's even more peculiar is that these patterns weren't carved all at once; every so often, new marks would be added to the stone carvings.

These new marks are varied in form, resembling ancient runes, yet unlike any runes Shi Ji knows.

Shi Ji tried to circulate her spiritual power, attempting to decipher the meaning of these runes.

He poured his spiritual energy into the stone tablet, carefully sensing the aura contained within the runes, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not decipher its secrets.

These runes seemed to come from another world, and the principles they contained were profound and obscure, far beyond his comprehension.

After studying for nearly an hour, Shi Ji still had no results and had no choice but to give up.

"It seems that these runes require specific conditions to be deciphered. My cultivation level is still shallow, and I am not able to comprehend their mysteries for the time being."

"Why don't we leave this place first, return to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races, find the stone man we encountered earlier, and ask him about the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture? Perhaps we can get more clues that way."

Just as Shi Ji turned to leave, the entire valley suddenly trembled violently, and a powerful energy wave swept in from the direction where the stone statue had disappeared.

This fluctuation was extremely terrifying, as if it would tear the entire world apart and sweep across the eight directions and six realms, causing even the skeletons in the valley to tremble slightly.

"This is... the aura of the Stone Man!"

Could it be that the stone statue from before has come back to life?

Shi Ji's expression changed drastically, and she became filled with vigilance.

He had witnessed the power of the stone statue before, and if it were to truly revive, he would likely find it difficult to contend with it given his current strength.

Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Ji turned around and flew quickly out of the valley, trying to avoid the powerful energy released by the stone statue.

Just as he was about to fly out of the valley, the fluctuation suddenly locked onto him, like an invisible shackle, binding his body firmly and making it difficult for him to escape.

Shi Ji looked back and saw that the stone statue that had disappeared earlier had reformed and was now floating in mid-air, its eyes flashing with a cold light.

The stone statue slowly extended its right arm, which rapidly expanded in mid-air, carrying a terrifying power that could shatter the heavens, and fiercely grabbed at Shi Ji.

The stone hand instantly tore through the void, generating a tremendous suction force that left Shi Ji unable to resist, and she was grabbed by the neck.

"Damn it!
This stone statue is absolutely terrifying!

Shi Ji was horrified. He could clearly feel the power contained in the stone hand. This pure attack power alone was enough to kill a master at the Emperor level.

What terrified him even more was that he had heard that some ancient stone figures possessed the art of petrification, and once petrified, even gods would find it difficult to save them.

Fortunately, the stone statue did not intend to kill Shi Ji immediately; it simply held him in its hand and slowly lowered him to the ground.

The stone statue released its grip, dropped Shi Ji on the ground, then sat down cross-legged, closed its eyes, and began to meditate, as if it had completely ignored Shi Ji's presence.

Shi Ji struggled to get up, rubbed her neck which was sore from being gripped, and stared intently at the stone statue.

He knew he was no match for the statue and needed to find a way to leave.

Just then, he suddenly remembered the two treasures he had obtained in the Immortal Tomb.

With a thought, Shi Ji took out her first treasure from her storage bag—a golden iron rod.

This iron rod is called the "Immortal Iron Rod". It is about two meters long and its surface is covered with mysterious immortal patterns. As soon as it appeared, it was surrounded by dazzling immortal light and exuded an aura of overwhelming power. It was clear at a glance that it was a supreme treasure of heaven-defying level.

Then, he took out his second treasure—a completely black stone.

This stone, named "Chaos Stone," has a smooth surface but emits no light and looks quite ordinary.

According to the information obtained earlier, the Immortal Iron Cudgel and the Chaos Stone are a set of weapons, and only when the two are used together can they unleash their maximum power.

To Shi Ji's surprise, when he summoned the Immortal Iron Rod, the Chaos Stone did not react at all, remaining quietly in his palm as if it were an ordinary stone.

"What's going on with this Chaos Stone? Is it perhaps unusable?"

Shi Ji frowned slightly, her heart filled with confusion.

To verify her hypothesis, Shi Ji attempted to refine the Chaos Stone using her own blood essence.

He pricked his finger and dripped a drop of his own spiritual blood, imbued with his own spiritual power, onto the Chaos Stone. (End of Chapter)