I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

Turning to look at the alligator snapping turtle, which was still immersed in that mysterious "pilgrimage" state, Lin Che did not make a sound to disturb it.

After carefully confirming with Cangming Jiao and Chiyan Hu that there were no other hidden dangers inside or outside the cave, he quietly stood guard to protect them.

And so, a whole day and night passed.

The yellowish-brown halo around the alligator snapping turtle, which resonated with the stone tablet, gradually faded away.

It slowly opened its eyes, a hint of bewilderment, as if it had just experienced a long dream, flashing across its gaze.

Immediately, I felt a new sense of power surging within my body, unlike anything I had ever experienced before.

That was the vitality and profoundness brought about by the initial awakening and reorganization of the bloodline; the immense surprise instantly overwhelmed it.

Lin Che stepped forward, gently patted its thick, mountain-like shell, and chuckled, "Old tortoise, how does it feel?"

Upon hearing the sound, the alligator snapper snapped back to reality, turned its head to look at Lin Che and its two friends beside it, and immediately understood everything that had happened.

Its voice trembled slightly with excitement, yet it was brimming with unprecedented vitality:

"Master! I feel... wonderful!"

"That stone tablet gave me a sense of awe and warmth, a feeling of facing my ancestors and returning to my roots."

"Once I entered that state, it felt like my blood was being cleansed and awakened!"

"I have a strong premonition that as long as I can contemplate before this monument for a long time, my bloodline will surely be sublimated and advanced once again!"

Lin Che nodded with a smile, confirming his feeling:

"Indeed. I suspect this place is very likely the ancient ancestral land of your clan."

"This Dragon Stele is the sacred relic that is the source of your bloodline. Within you flows the bloodline of Baxia, one of the nine sons of the dragon! This stele can awaken and purify this bloodline."

He paused, then uttered words that excited the alligator snapping turtle even more:

"Later, I will find a way to move this stone tablet to our Azure Mystic Realm. At that time, the bloodline of your entire clan will be comprehensively enhanced and evolved!"

The alligator snapping turtle's enormous eyes instantly shone brightly, its voice filled with immense gratitude and anticipation: "Thank you, Master! I'm deeply grateful for your help!"

The Cangming Flood Dragon watched in amazement, its tone tinged with envy: "Tsk tsk, I never expected you, old turtle, to possess such profound fortune! This is an opportunity that points directly to the dragon bloodline!"

The alligator snapping turtle raised its head, a rare sight, with a hint of pride: "Hehe, envious, aren't you? Envy is useless; this is a blessing left by our ancestors!"

Cangming Jiao flicked its tail and rolled its eyes.

Then, with eyes full of trust and expectation, he looked at Lin Che and said, his neck stiff:

"Hmph! With our leader around, we'll improve the bloodline of our Cangming Jiao clan sooner or later! It's just a stone, who cares about it?!"

Lin Che ignored the two spirit beasts who had started bickering again.

He communicated with the spirits of the Azure Mystic Realm and selected a location in the core area of ​​the habitat of the Alligator Turtle clan in the secret realm. He then made subtle modifications to the terrain, reserving a base and environment for placing the stone tablet.

"Alright, I'll move this monument into the secret realm now. Please come in first."

After saying that, Lin Che waved his hand and sent the three spirit beasts, the River-Overturning Crocodile Turtle, the Azure Sea Flood Dragon, and the Crimson Flame, back into his spirit beast space.

Immediately afterwards, the figure of the Azure Profound Realm Spirit emerged from the void and arrived in front of the Mount Tai Dragon Stele.

"Let's begin," Lin Che said in a deep voice.

"Alright," Qingxuan Realm Spirit replied.

A dense blue spatial energy suddenly emanated from his body, spreading out like a living thing and enveloping the entire Fuyue Dragon Stele layer by layer.

It began to analyze the intricate connections between the stone tablet and the spiritual veins and energy of this place, and prepared to perform spatial cutting and transfer.

The earth trembled violently the next moment!

It was as if a sleeping dragon had its foundations shaken.

The entire Stone Forest maze area began to shake violently.

Especially the rock strata above the cave and those towering stone pillars, which made a teeth-grinding creaking sound, huge cracks spread, and gravel began to fall like rain!

"Boom!" A boulder the size of a house burst from the cave ceiling and crashed straight down onto the location of the Fuyue Dragon Stele!

Lin Che's eyes narrowed; he was prepared.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and his inner power surged forth, transforming into an incomparably condensed golden sword aura that soared into the sky!

"cut!"

The sword energy precisely struck the falling boulder, and with a loud bang, the boulder was split in two in mid-air.

It crashed down on both sides of the stone tablet with a loud thud, stirring up clouds of dust.

Lin Che moved swiftly, his sword fingers flashing, and streaks of sword energy crisscrossed, shattering and deflecting the falling pebbles, clearing obstacles for the Azure Profound Realm Spirit's operations.

As the Dragon Stele was completely enveloped by blue spatial energy, it vanished from its original location in a flash of light, completing the transfer.

But this move seemed to remove some kind of core support from the place, and the amplitude instantly reached its peak!

The entire cave ceiling groaned under the weight, and larger rocks began to collapse in a chain reaction, as if the end of the world had arrived!

"The stone tablet has been removed, and this place is about to collapse completely! Let's go!" Lin Che shouted sharply without hesitation.

The Azure Profound Realm Spirit instantly transformed into a beam of blue light and enveloped Lin Che.

Just moments before the largest dome-shaped rock formation overhead crashed down.

Lin Che's figure, along with the remaining blue aura, disappeared into the rapidly collapsing cave.

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The earth-shattering changes that occurred in the Stone Forest Mystery, with its terrifying power that shook the mountains and caused the ground to tremble, instantly stirred up a huge wave of emotions.

This attracted the horrified gazes of almost all the forces in Chuyang City!

Especially the Li family, who are closest to the Stone Forest Mystery.

The elderly but experienced clan leader, Li Guanhai, rushed out of his quiet room almost immediately after the tremor occurred, ascended to the sky on his sword, and looked towards the direction of the stone forest.

There, smoke and dust obscured the sun, and countless familiar, enormous stone pillars were collapsing, with the spiritual energy in a state of extreme disorder.

"Such a violent upheaval in the heavens and earth... is no ordinary event!"

Li Guanhai's cloudy old eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his deeply wrinkled face was filled with solemnity and a hint of barely suppressed excitement.

"There must be some extraordinary treasure appearing in the world, triggering the earth's ley lines and causing this scene! The mysterious stone forest... could it be hiding some earth-shattering secret that we don't know about?"

His mind raced, and he immediately realized that this was a huge opportunity that the Li family might face.

He immediately turned around and sternly ordered the elders and core clansmen who had followed closely behind:

"Pass on my order! Mobilize all available personnel in the tribe immediately! Seal off all known entrances and exits and routes through the Stone Forest Maze! Conduct thorough searches!"

"If any cultivators emerge from within, especially those with unstable auras, unusual phenomena, or carrying unknown objects, be sure to stop them and notify me immediately using a communication talisman!"

His aged voice carried an undeniable resolve:

"No matter what treasures are inside, our Li family is the closest, we must get a share! We absolutely cannot let this opportunity slip away!"

"Yes, Chieftain!"

Knowing the gravity of the matter, the elders did not hesitate and immediately took the order to begin mobilizing manpower.

As time went by, the strange occurrences in the Stone Forest gradually subsided, but the earth-shattering scene had already spread far and wide.

Within Chuyang City, the Zhou family, the Zhao family, the Sun family... all Foundation Establishment families, and even countless rogue cultivators with keen senses, converged on the Stone Forest Maze from all directions, like sharks smelling blood.

Everyone was hoping to get a piece of the pie, find a bargain, or just watch the spectacle.

However, no matter how carefully later visitors search, or even venture deep into the now unrecognizable and dangerous ruins of the Stone Forest, they remain unseen.

Apart from the rubble, broken stone pillars, and lingering dust, no other valuable clues could be found.

Not to mention any rare treasures or traces of the person who caused the disturbance.

Lin Che, the one who caused this storm, had already safely returned to the depths of the Lin family's territory in Shattered Star Lake with the help of the Qingxuan Realm Spirit's spatial teleportation power.