Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Lin Feng obtained the opportunity from the Bodhi Tree, and everyone else naturally left, leaving only the Bodhi Tree, which suppressed heaven and earth, standing on the earth.

As Lin Feng gradually refined the Bodhi seed, the branches of the ancient Bodhi tree grew thicker and thicker, extending deeper into the sky, and its oppressive aura became increasingly powerful.

Therefore, the ferocious beasts that were originally hidden in the endless mountains only temporarily moved away, waiting for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to return to the depths of the earth before they would return again!

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and only a half-saint from the Soul Clan came to investigate after realizing that Soul Jade and the others had not returned for a long time.

I learned from those rogue cultivators that Hunyu had been killed.

Normally, the Soul Clan would have already dispatched a high-level Battle Saint to kill the murderer!

However, the Soul Clan is facing a great deal of trouble today.

A few days ago, in the Stone Realm!

"Is this the world created by the Stone Emperor? It has become so desolate, almost incomparable to the Spirit Race."

"So utterly vulnerable!"

At the edge of the Stone Realm, a dozen black figures stood in a certain space in the sky, looking down at the land of the Stone Realm.

"Hahaha, with Lord Void taking action, this Stone Realm will surely be ours to conquer!"

Beside Void Devouring Flame, Soul Slayer, one of the four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan, sneered coldly.

"Indeed, the Spirit Race is in ruins, and even the methods left behind by that Dou Di are difficult to summon."

Beside Soul Slaughter was Soul Fiend, one of the four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan, whose face was full of murderous intent, truly living up to his name.

"In my opinion, the only purpose of the Stone Clan now is to provide the Void Lord with the source of souls."

"Hmm, that waning bloodline power can actually be put to good use. Perhaps our clan can even use it to resurrect a few divine-grade bloodlines!"

"Haha, that makes sense, that makes sense!"

The other figures in black were also laughing heartily, as if the fate of the Stone Clan was already sealed!

"Let's get started!"

After everyone calmed down, a glint flashed in Void Devouring Flame's eyes, and its body suddenly faded, covering the Stone Realm.

"yes!"

A dozen or so figures in black bowed and clasped their hands, putting away their mockery. They quickly formed hand seals, trying their best to conceal the fluctuations in space.

"Um!?"

Deep within the Stone Realm, in a place unknown to anyone, all the Dou Sheng of the Seven Stars or above from the Dou Qi Continent, except for the Soul Clan, have gathered here.

"Gu Yuan, could this aura be...?"

Lei Ying, the patriarch of the Lei Clan, who resembled a thunder god, tried his best to suppress his excitement, rubbing his hands together and waiting for the opportunity to make a big splash.

"That's right, the Soul Clan has indeed arrived!"

Gu Yuan looked up at the sky of the Stone Realm, seemingly seeing through the countless incarnations of the Void Devouring Flame that rapidly devoured the entire Stone Realm.

However, there was no joy on his face as Lei Ying had imagined.

"Gu Yuan, has something happened?"

After the group left, Yan Jin, who was secretly the second strongest, immediately noticed something was wrong.

"We've all been deceived! Void Devouring Flame—his true realm is that of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng!"

"What!?"

Terrifying auras erupted within this stone realm. If Gu Yuan hadn't anticipated this and sealed the place off, it would have alerted Void Devouring Flame and the others.

"Stay calm!"

"call"

Gu Yuan shouted, suppressing everyone's emotions. After taking several deep breaths, everyone was still unable to contain their shock.

"Gu Yuan, has the Void Devouring Flame truly reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm?"

Lei Ying and Yan Jin still couldn't believe that they had been at the late stage of the Eight-Star Dou Sheng realm for thousands of years.

That's why he truly understood the threshold between an eight-star Dou Sheng and a nine-star Dou Sheng.

"This shouldn't be," Yan Jin said solemnly, gazing at the sky with great confusion. "Back then, both the Soul Emperor and the Void Devouring Flame were severely injured by Xiao Xuan, a half-emperor!"

"After that, Void Devouring Flame was further injured by your personal intervention, Gu Yuan!"

"Why, in just a thousand years, did he not only fully recover from his injuries but also break through that insurmountable barrier?"

"The only solution now is to wait for the Void Devouring Flame to completely engulf the Stone Realm. At that time, its power will be weakened to its limit!"

Gu Yuan quickly regained his composure, his gaze icy as he looked up at the sky, gradually losing all sense of the outside world.

"In that instant, I joined forces with you all, combining the power of four eight-star Dou Sheng and one nine-star Dou Sheng!"

"A full-force attack, a sneak attack—even the Soul Emperor couldn't withstand it. What could he possibly use to block it?"

Gu Yuan's face was full of ruthlessness. He had been lukewarm before because the Soul Clan could not pose any threat to the Ancient Clan.

Even when they learned that the Soul Clan possessed the secret technique of the Devouring Spirit King, which allowed them to devour the bloodlines of many imperial clans, including the Ancient Clan, they remained unconcerned.

What can the Soul Clan do if the many imperial clans join forces?

At that time, we can use the name of the alliance to severely weaken the Soul Clan. If we can wipe them out, that would be even better.

However, the moment Gu Yuan saw the Void Devouring Flame, he could no longer suppress his killing intent.

Two nine-star Dou Sheng, with the Soul Emperor being slightly stronger than him, and the remaining Void Devouring Flame, if it were to attack the Soul Clan, would be impossible to resist except by using the clan's protective imperial formation.

"Buzz"

After an unknown period of time, a strange sound suddenly came from the depths of the stone realm, as if it were completely isolated from the outside world.

"Haha, old friend, let's see who gets the most kills next!"

The Soul Demon laughed menacingly, and countless black lights and shadows rained down from the sky.

If Lin Feng were here, he would definitely find that this is extremely similar to Yuan Kui, whom he suppressed deep in his soul sea, except that he lacks that aura of being isolated and hated by heaven and earth.

"Let's do it!"

Before Hun Sha could rejoice for long, a long howl that resounded throughout the Stone Realm suddenly came from somewhere in the Stone Realm. Immediately afterward, a scene that he would never forget for the rest of his life appeared before him.

"The Ancient Emperor's Mirror, sealing and suppressing heaven and earth!"

"Nine Profound Golden Thunder, striking the world!"

"The radiance of Emperor Yan burns across the heavens!"

"Stone Overlord of the Wilderness, calling upon the power of our ancient ancestors, we beseech you, Ancestor, to suppress the invading enemy!"

"To roam freely through countless worlds, and all things return to nothingness!"

"Slaughter the entire world!"

Six figures suddenly appeared in the sky in succession, and a terrifying energy tide shook the vast world, as if the great destruction of heaven and earth was about to come.

Gu Yuan, Hei Yan Wang, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Zhu Gong, and Shi Yan, the patriarch of the Stone Clan, all unleashed their strongest techniques in an instant.

It slammed into the body of the Void Devouring Flame, and in an instant, the terrifying explosion caused all perception to disappear.

The four demon saints of the Soul Clan seemed to be in a daze, their Heavenly Realm soul power completely unable to control their bodies.

Faced with these six attacks, the most powerful attacks from the Dou Qi Continent, they could only tremble in fear until a sound of extreme pain rang out, which startled them awake.

"ah"

"Soul Emperor, save me!"

The seal on the Stone Realm was lifted instantly. In fact, the powerful energy tide shattered the void within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, creating extreme chaos, with spatial turbulence sweeping across the area.

The Void Devouring Flame's body appeared above the Stone Realm, so thin that the black flames that had burned fiercely for thousands of years seemed unable to burn even a weak Dou Zun.

"You Fiendish Soul Slayer, take me away now!"

"yes!"

The four Demon Saints reacted quickly and formed a large formation, attempting to withdraw from this place in front of the most powerful beings in the world.

"Hahahaha, Void Devouring Flame, now that you're here, you're not leaving!"

Lei Ying's laughter echoed throughout the Stone Realm, and terrifying Nine Profound Golden Lightning relentlessly bombarded his body.

Between heaven and earth, there were all sorts of terrifying phenomena: a gigantic stone mirror so large it seemed to blot out the sky, flames burning the endless void, and a colossal dragon thousands of feet long standing there, as if everything had turned into nothingness.

What brought tears to the eyes of hundreds of millions of Stone Clan descendants was the enormous phantom of the Stone Emperor on the Stone Realm.

He held an ancient stone spear, seemingly about to pierce the sky. What saddened them was that the Stone Emperor's phantom seemed somewhat faint.

"Ancient Emperor Mirror!"

The massive stone mirror turned slightly, and terrifying divine light bombarded the four demon saints of the Soul Clan, or rather, the Void Devouring Flame, which was extremely weak.

A peak nine-star Dou Sheng expert unleashed his full power, seemingly controlling the boundless energy of the vast Stone Realm, transforming it into a world-shaking attack.

"Void, this time, I, the clan leader, will not show any mercy!"

"Soul Emperor, if you don't come soon, I'm truly going to die!"

Void Devouring Flame's expression changed drastically. He was just a small grasshopper who had just advanced to the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm. Faced with such a sneak attack, let alone him...

Even the Soul Emperor would be severely injured or even killed by the combined attack of a master of the same level and five eight-star Dou Sheng.

In fact, his injuries were more serious than he had imagined.

To conceal the spatial fluctuations of the Stone Realm, he created countless clones, completely dispersing his power source. It's already a miracle he's not dead yet.

Just as the Ancient Emperor Mirror's attack was about to land on the Four Demon Saints and the others, a loud laugh rang out in the Stone Realm.

"Gu Yuan, Xu Wu is still a member of my Soul Clan. Isn't this ruthless act a bit too much?"

A figure in white instantly appeared in front of the Four Demon Saints. With a wave of his hand, the skull that had been covering the Stone Realm appeared, and he opened his mouth to shout.

"Waaah."

The terrifying soul fluctuations instantly canceled out the brilliance of the Ancient Emperor Mirror. Facing the attacks from Lei Ying and the others, the Soul Emperor simply grabbed with his large hand.

He instantly gained control of a large portion of the Stone Realm's energy, transforming it into a massive energy hand that neutralized the attacks from Lei Ying and the others.

"Soul Fiends, I'll cover your retreat here. You all take Void and return to the Soul Realm immediately, sealing off all spatial connections with the outside world!"

"yes!"

Hun Sha clasped his hands in a fist salute, not daring to ask any further questions, and the group quickly departed.

Although Gu Yuan and the others looked rather grim, they did not continue to make a move.

Since they failed to kill Void Devouring Flame with their first strike, and given Soul Emperor's speed and constant monitoring of the area, they had already lost their chance.

"Soul Emperor, I never imagined we'd meet again in just one year!"

Seeing that he had missed his chance, Gu Yuan also dispelled the Ancient Emperor Mirror and chatted and laughed as if he were meeting an old friend.

"Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan, you've truly impressed me this time. Xu Wu has been severely injured by you; it will probably take him several thousand years to recover!"

After seeing that Hun Sha and the others had left safely, Hun Tiandi was relieved. Before opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave, Void Devouring Flame absolutely could not be allowed to get into trouble.

"Indeed, if I had possessed such courage a thousand years ago, your Soul Clan would probably have been wiped out, and the Xiao Clan wouldn't be in its current state!"

Gu Yuan's face was also full of regret, but he secretly made a gesture to Lei Ying and the others.

"However, your Soul Clan actually dared to use the Devouring Spirit King's methods to devour the bloodline power of other imperial clans in order to maintain the prosperity of the Soul Clan's bloodline."

"Aren't you afraid that an alliance of numerous imperial clans will break through your Soul Clan?"

Gu Yuan also showed some curiosity. Even if it were his ancient clan, they wouldn't use such a secret technique if they obtained it.

Only the Xiao clan, a thousand years ago, with Xiao Xuan, a half-emperor, and the six outstanding members of the Xiao family still alive, had any chance of fighting against multiple races with the strength of a single clan.

"Hahahahaha."

To Gu Yuan's surprise, the Soul Emperor laughed loudly, extremely arrogant, seemingly not worried at all.

"Gu Yuan, I told you long ago, if you miss the moment when the Soul Clan was at its weakest a thousand years ago, your Gu Clan will never be a match for my Soul Clan again!"

The laughter abruptly stopped, and the Soul Emperor suddenly became serious, looking down at Gu Yuan and the others below.

"As for the methods of this Devouring Spirit King, shouldn't the weak serve the strong?"

"Shiyan, thanks to Gu Yuan's help today, your Shi clan has managed to escape by sheer luck. However, this is only temporary."

"Look at the Stone Emperor behind you, so weak he's lost all sentience. He'd be better off contributing to our clan's millennium-long plan!"

"Let's do it!"

Gu Yuan suddenly shouted, and the void around the Soul Emperor suddenly froze. Clearly, judging from Zhu Gong's ferocious expression, he had done his best to seal off the space around the Soul Emperor.

"Hahaha"

The colossal Ancient Emperor Mirror, the most terrifying Nine Profound Golden Thunder on the Dou Qi Continent, and the flames that burn the heavens.

Numerous terrifying attacks missed their mark, and the Soul Emperor's figure reappeared in another part of the Stone Realm.

"Gu Yuan, I knew you'd pull this trick. Farewell!"

"Keep attacking! The Soul Emperor's aura is weakening; he must have used a forbidden technique!"

Gu Yuan remained extremely calm. As the most powerful Nine-Star Dou Sheng peak in the world, he possessed incredibly rich combat experience.

Their understanding of the Soul Emperor far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

"All souls pay homage!"

The terrifying skull reappeared, this time in the center of the Stone Clan's territory, a sight that caused Shi Yan's expression to change drastically.

"Clan Chief Gu Yuan, please save my Stone Clan!"

"Hahaha, Gu Yuan, the life and death of the Stone Clan rests on your decision. Make your choice!"

The figure of the Soul Emperor was rapidly fading away, but his hearty laughter echoed throughout the entire Stone Realm. Clearly, this was to force Gu Yuan to return.

If he stands by and does not come to the rescue, then even if this alliance of several imperial clans is temporarily maintained because of the threat of the Soul Clan, it will only be a facade of harmony.

If Gu Yuan were to come alone, well, the four elders of the Soul Clan, four eight-star Dou Sheng, have already prepared the Gate of Ancient Silence outside the Stone Realm.

With his combined power and the ancient formation, he was determined to ensure that Gu Yuan would never return.

"Why!"

Looking at Shi Yan's pleading expression and the Soul Emperor gradually disappearing into the distance, and listening to the terrified cries for help from the Stone Clan members, Gu Yuan sighed.

"Ancient Emperor Mirror!"

The terrifying Mirror of the Ancient Emperor once again emitted divine light, annihilating the enormous skull.

(End of this chapter)