Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

Ning Xiu then realized that there was a secret space hidden beneath the palace, and that the divine stone tablet was indeed safe there.

Unless the entire capital falls, there is no way anyone could find this place.

"Please, Lord Ning. The Divine Stone Tablet will have a certain influence, and even someone at the Dragon-Elephant Upper Realm will be no exception. You don't need to panic then," Shen Jiangxing reminded him.

“Yes, Grand Preceptor, I understand.” Ning Xiu nodded and then leaped into the underground space at the bottom of the pond.

Despite being located underground, the rock walls are inlaid with fluorite that emits a white light, making the entire underground space as bright as day without affecting people's vision at all.

As soon as he landed, a perfectly square boulder, three zhang tall, came into Ning Xiu's view.

At this moment, at least a hundred people were sitting cross-legged around the boulder. They were not distracted by Ning Xiu's arrival at all. Instead, they all had serious expressions and their eyes were fixed on the surface of the boulder. Their expressions were both sincere and persistent.

Upon approaching the boulder, Ning Xiu noticed that its surface was extremely smooth, and every so often, glowing, unknown characters would appear, only to quickly disappear. If one didn't keep staring at it, one would be unable to grasp the key details.

Especially since those characters were not the script of the Shang Dynasty, they were completely incomprehensible to ordinary people, making it extremely difficult to glean anything useful from them.

"No wonder so many people need to sit here year after year to study the divine stone tablet. Without spending time studying and recording their insights, it's impossible to obtain any important information from it," Ning Xiu thought to himself.

No one can say for sure what kind of existence the Divine Stone Tablet is. It is like an ancient being of another species, containing a great deal of secrets about this world.

It is very generous and will spread what it knows in some way. As long as you can learn something from it, you can gain a lot.

It was because of the appearance of the divine stone tablet that the Shang people were able to survive during the period of chaos caused by evil spirits hundreds of years ago, gradually resist the threat of evil spirits, and finally recover and thrive, leading to the emergence of the Demon Subduing Division, which was dedicated to dealing with evil spirits.

Ning Xiu walked to a spot close to the divine stone tablet and sat down cross-legged. He hadn't used the comprehension points he had obtained from the Divine Wood Emperor yet, so he might as well use them now.

If he were to break through to the Dragon Elephant Upper Realm today, no one would think there was anything wrong with him personally, but rather that it was due to the effect of the Divine Stone Tablet.

Seeing Ning Xiu begin to comprehend the Divine Stone Tablet, Shen Jiangxing nodded with satisfaction: "The young man is neither arrogant nor impatient. Even as a Dragon Elephant Upper Realm cultivator, he has no airs of superiority. He is truly a rare talent with a temperament that is hard to find even once in a century. This boy will surely reach the Inner Realm Saint Realm within ten years, and his strength will be no less than mine in the future."

A man walked up to them and asked curiously, "Elder Shen, is this the Dragon Elephant King of the Black Infant Fate Star? He looks so young."

Shen Jiangxing proudly said, "A genius who appears only once every few centuries in the Great Shang Dynasty, how could he not be young? Back then, the Martial Saint was only thirty-six years old when he achieved the Dragon Elephant Upper Realm. Ning Xiu's achievements are definitely far above those of the Martial Saint."

[195] A prosperous age is approaching, and everyone will be like a dragon.

In the previous era, there were many kinds of humans, and the Wood People, to which the Divine Wood Emperor belonged, were one of them.

Their bodies are no different from humans, but they are born with the ability to control plants, and their bodies will gradually grow larger as their cultivation level increases.

These are not the greatest advantages of the Wood People. Their race has an extremely long lifespan and a considerable amount of time for cultivation. Therefore, although the Wood People do not reproduce quickly, every member of the race is a powerful individual.

But even the most powerful races will appear extremely vulnerable when faced with a cataclysmic event.

When the yin tide of the previous era descended, only the Divine Wood Emperor survived among the entire Wood Clan. Even so, he was severely injured and his strength was far less than before. He had been living for over a thousand years without finding a way to heal the wounds left by the yin tide.

The Divine Wood Emperor was an unparalleled genius of the Wood Clan. If he hadn't been injured, he would have had a good chance of reaching the threshold of the Harmonious Heaven Realm in the previous era. But things are always unpredictable, and not every genius can reach the highest peak.

The experiences and insights of the Divine Tree Emperor kept surfacing in Ning Xiu's mind. The more than one hundred people present were originally focused on studying the mysterious characters that appeared on the surface of the Divine Stone Tablet.

At that moment, everyone suddenly felt a strange sensation, as if the power of heaven and earth had become active.

If we consider the power of heaven and earth as an ocean, then every living being is a fish in that ocean.

Normally, this sea is completely still, so once there is any movement, every fish will feel it very clearly.

"What's going on?" Shen Jiangxing wondered. Nothing strange had ever happened here before. Could it be that the Divine Stone Tablet was about to change?

The Divine Stone Stele can be considered the cornerstone of the Great Shang Dynasty. Even hundreds of years ago, the Three Sages had to sit here like devout students, waiting for the 'teacher's' instruction.

The occurrence of this anomaly has naturally caused great concern among everyone; the sacred stone tablet must not be lost.

"Is someone about to break through?"

"It looks like this sign, but who could it be?"

Many people are currently in a state of enlightenment, maintaining a meditative state where they are oblivious to the world around them. They should not be disturbed easily, otherwise it would be easy to interfere with their enlightenment and experience.

Losing this state once means that the Great Merchant might lose an important cultivation technique or a piece of important information.

No one dares to bear such a sacrifice.

Just as Shen Jiangxing was searching to see who had caused the fluctuations in the power of heaven and earth, a few wisps of twisted, transparent threads suddenly appeared in the air, swirling in all directions like mist.

This made what everyone saw look like an illusion, and everything began to distort.

Like a mirage, cracks suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"Huh?" Shen Jiangxing was startled. In his sight, black cracks appeared on the surface of the divine stone tablet, and then the whole piece split in the middle, just like a broken bronze mirror.

The people around him also showed this phenomenon on their bodies, with black cracks appearing, making it seem as if their bodies might fall apart at any moment.

Shen Jiangxing had never seen anything like this before. Could it be that some enemy had infiltrated?

click!

The surroundings shattered instantly, like a mirror breaking apart, leaving fragments scattered all over the ground. Shen Jiangxing was plunged into endless darkness, his body falling endlessly.

But in an instant, the surrounding darkness was illuminated by bright sunlight, and Shen Jiangxing could see the scenery again, which startled him.

He found himself standing thousands of feet in the sky, surrounded by clouds, with the bottomless earth below.

At this moment, mountains and rivers seemed as insignificant as ants to him.

Above the heavens, a golden human face looked down upon the earth, and also upon Shen Jiangxing.

Looking into that face, Shen Jiangxing felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that the other person could easily take his life at any moment if they wanted to.

But in an instant, the surrounding scenery changed again. Shen Jiangxing returned to the location of the Divine Stone Tablet, but this time, there was no one around.

"What happened?" Shen Jiangxing was covered in cold sweat. He was completely stunned and had no idea what was going on.

Hallucination? Illusion?

But no, everything seems so real.

But in reality, how could he possibly have arrived at so many places in an instant? Even as a Dragon Elephant Upper Realm cultivator, Shen Jiangxing couldn't comprehend such a thing at all.

"Old Shen?"

"Old Shen?"

Suddenly, a hurried urging sound rang in his ears. Shen Jiangxing's vision blurred, and he saw that he was surrounded by people again, all looking at him with anxious eyes.

It was here that those first-rank masters meditated; some were Shen Jiangxing's disciples, and some were his grand-disciples.

"You guys!" Shen Jiangxing was completely stunned. He couldn't tell whether it was reality or a hallucination.

"Did you see anything unusual?" Shen Jiangxing asked.

"Nothing's wrong, it's just that you suddenly stood there trembling, and you didn't respond when we called you. We don't know what happened," someone said, puzzled.

"..." Shen Jiangxing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. In just a short while, his whole body was covered in a lot of cold sweat, which soaked his robes.

For countless years, he once again felt the fear of death, a threat he was utterly powerless to overcome.

Ning Xiu, who had been sitting cross-legged near the Divine Stone Tablet, opened his eyes. His expression was very calm, and no one could tell that at this moment, a powerful expert at the Inner Realm Saint Realm had appeared beside him.

Nothing extraordinary happened, and there was no commotion at all. The smooth breakthrough to the Inner Realm Saint Realm was unbelievable even to Ning Xiu himself.

He placed his hand on the ground, and several blades of grass sprouted directly from the rocky ground. With a thought, Ning Xiu instantly withered and turned to ashes, unnoticed by anyone.

Once you reach the Inner Realm, you can freely control your own destiny star, making it impossible for other Dragon-Elephant Realm experts to determine your location based on your destiny star.

At the same time, Ning Xiu also gained the ability to unleash a battle domain, which allows him to draw upon the power of heaven and earth to aid him in battle, greatly increasing his strength by more than tenfold.

"You've already entered the inner realm, kid," Emperor Zhenyang exclaimed in surprise.

Ning Xiu's speed in completing the inner realm was far faster than he had previously estimated.

Ning Xiu smiled but did not respond.

His own cultivation talent was not actually top-notch. It took him three comprehension points from the previous era plus one comprehension point from an extraterrestrial demon to barely step into the Inner Realm Saint Realm.

If this still doesn't work, Ning Xiu should really consider retiring.

谷粁

Compared to the Black Demon Ancestor and the mysterious woman, the Divine Wood Emperor had a more detailed cultivation experience in cultivating the Inner Realm, which greatly benefited Ning Xiu, allowing him to easily break through after accumulating knowledge and experience.

Just as Ning Xiu stepped into the Inner Realm of Sainthood, the Black Infant Life Star in the sky suddenly opened its eyes, and a beam of black light shot into the sky.

Suddenly, the sky underwent a tremendous change, revealing countless mysterious symbols that seemed to be consciously changing in the sky.

Sometimes it transforms into a four-limbed beast, sometimes into a soaring dragon, and sometimes into a weapon.

Such a strange sight naturally attracted the attention of all the people in the capital city of Chaotian in an instant.

It should be noted that with the appearance of these mysterious runes, the entire sky turned pitch black, and each rune shone like a star, extremely conspicuous.

"What is that? Why did the sky suddenly darken?"

"There are so many symbols, I can't understand any of them."

"I don't know why, but I always feel like there are a few symbols that I can understand."

The people stood on the street looking at the sky, exclaiming in surprise. The patrolling soldiers rushed out to maintain order and prevent any accidental stampedes or injuries.

Inside the palace, the powerful experts at the Dragon Elephant Upper Realm emerged from their secluded cultivation areas and floated in mid-air, gazing solemnly at the sky.

They could tell at a glance that the mysterious runes in the sky were exactly the same as those on the surface of the Great Shang Divine Stele.

The origin of the Great Shang Divine Stele is extremely complicated. It was unearthed by the Great Shang emperor from the imperial tomb of his ancestors during a time of chaos caused by evil spirits, according to ancient records of the Great Shang Dynasty.

This divine stone tablet came from the eastern sky and fell to the Central Plains. The earthquake and heavenly fire it triggered turned the area within a thousand miles into scorched earth, and no living being could escape. It also caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people overnight.

The matter was later suppressed, and the news did not reach the general public, so very few people knew about it.

Three days later, when the heavenly fire was extinguished, the Shang Dynasty sent people to search for it. They found the divine stone tablet at the scene and then transported it back to Chaotiandu.

That's all there is to the origin of the sacred stone tablet. Apart from its origin in the East, there aren't many clues worth exploring further.

However, it was precisely because of the existence of the Great Shang Divine Stone Tablet that the Great Shang's kingdom and people were saved, and the Demon Subduing Division was born to guard the Great Shang. This is beyond doubt.

The sudden appearance of numerous characters resembling the divine stone tablet in the sky suggests that the implications behind this event are far from simple.

"How could this be?" Emperor Wu walked out of the main hall, stood outside with his hands behind his back, and his pair of golden double pupils quietly opened, examining the patterns of the entire sky.

However, compared to the Divine Stone Tablet, the situation in the sky was far more complex. Even the Martial Emperor, who cultivated the Dao of Destiny, could not decipher the patterns in those symbols.

This suddenly reminded him of something. It is said that when an Inner Realm Saint is born, strange phenomena will occur in the world. Could it be that someone in Chaotian has broken through?

The first person Emperor Wu thought of was the Imperial Preceptor Shen Jiangxing. He was a disciple of the Immortal Saint and the most senior Demon Subduing Officer currently in existence, giving him a much greater chance of entering the Inner Realm of Sainthood than anyone else.