Chapter: 2107 Three Emperors and Mother Ancestor
Stone Emperor's power far exceeded Zhang Ruochen's expectations. Even with the God-Defying Stele, suppressing him was still extremely difficult, and the situation had fallen into a stalemate.
However, under the full suppression of the God-Defying Stele, although the divine light barrier was very powerful, its strength was still slowly being eroded.
Zhang Ruochen appeared extremely patient, showing no urgency at all. Taking this opportunity, he was also comprehending the mysteries of the God-Defying Stele, hoping to unleash its greater power.
The God-Defying Stele was engraved with many ancient characters, containing mysterious and unfathomable strange powers. With Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation level, let alone comprehending all of them, even understanding a single character was completely impossible.
"These forty-two ancient characters actually contain the aura of Profound Meaning. Could they have been personally inscribed by gods who mastered Profound Meaning?" Zhang Ruochen was shaken inwardly.
Profound Meaning was mysterious and profound. Under normal circumstances, only extremely powerful gods could master it. The acquisition of Truth Profound Meaning was an exception.
The forty-two ancient characters contained completely different auras of Profound Meaning, which should have originated from forty-two powerful gods who had mastered Profound Meaning.
Zhang Ruochen even suspected that the other ancient characters on the God-Defying Stele might also have been inscribed by different gods.
As soon as this thought arose, Zhang Ruochen himself was startled. What he had obtained was only a fragment, yet it already had thousands of ancient characters. How many characters would the complete God-Defying Stele have? If each character corresponded to a god, that would be truly horrifying.
Zhang Ruochen quickly restrained his thoughts, not daring to continue speculating. He vaguely sensed that this might indeed involve terrible taboos. When one's strength was insufficient, knowing too much was definitely not a good thing.
As time passed, the divine light barrier gradually became faint, and the six divine pattern imprints slowly sank into the Yellow Stone.
"Crack."
At a certain moment, the divine light barrier shattered completely, and the God-Defying Stele was finally able to truly suppress the Yellow Stone.
"Boom."
Six powerful wills surged out from the Yellow Stone, fiercely resisting the God-Defying Stele.
Zhang Ruochen's expression turned grave. The six wills belonged to six gods. If they could not be suppressed, it would lead to great disaster.
Gods transcended all things; their wills could not be defied.
But the God-Defying Stele possessed the power to defy gods, forcibly suppressing the six divine wills and gradually eroding them.
After a very long time, the six divine wills finally shattered, but they did not dissipate. Instead, they re-entered the Yellow Stone.
Zhang Ruochen could sense that it was Stone Emperor's own will that had swept away the six shattered divine wills and was rapidly refining them.
This was something Stone Emperor had always wanted to do but had never been able to accomplish. Now, Zhang Ruochen had essentially helped him achieve it.
From then on, Stone Emperor's intelligence would become incomparably pure, and he would have the hope of reaching a higher realm.
Zhang Ruochen did not stop. His goal was not to help Stone Emperor, but to subdue him.
However, after refining the six divine wills, Stone Emperor could more freely utilize divine methods. Coupled with the special nature of the Yellow Stone, Zhang Ruochen was unable to inflict serious damage for a long time.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was feeling troubled, something suddenly flew out from his divine light Qi Sea.
"Why did the Space-Time Secret Scripture fly out?" Zhang Ruochen wondered.
Without needing his urging, the Space-Time Secret Scripture opened on its own, releasing a strange divine light that entered the Yellow Stone.
Immediately, the Yellow Stone trembled, revealing an extremely profound mark formed from the power of space and time.
Seeing this, Zhang Ruochen's heart stirred: "Could this Yellow Stone be related to Xumi Saint Monk?"
At that moment, a piece of obscure information inexplicably appeared in his mind.
"So that's it. This Yellow Stone was obtained by Xumi Saint Monk by chance. Knowing that it had the potential to become sentient, he placed it on True Dragon Island and left a space-time imprint in its core, both as protection and as a constraint." A look of understanding appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes.
Immediately, Zhang Ruochen moved swiftly, forming a Blood God Curse Seal and combining it with the space-time imprint.
His current cultivation was still not strong enough. Relying solely on the space-time imprint would undoubtedly make it difficult to control Stone Emperor. Combining it with the Blood God Curse Seal would be much safer.
The space-time imprint was already branded onto the core of the Yellow Stone, which was Stone Emperor's sacred soul. The Blood God Curse Seal, combining with it, could naturally enter as well, without needing Stone Emperor's consent.
"Hum."
The Yellow Stone trembled even more violently, clearly due to Stone Emperor's resistance.
But after only a moment, the Yellow Stone calmed down. Zhang Ruochen clearly sensed that the Blood God Curse Seal had merged into Stone Emperor's sacred soul, everything under control.
Zhang Ruochen let out a long breath and put away both the God-Defying Stele and the Space-Time Secret Scripture.
"Stone Emperor's will is extremely powerful and exceptionally proud. If not for the space-time imprint left by Xumi Saint Monk, I would never have been able to plant the Blood God Curse Seal in his sacred soul." Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
Having truly felt Stone Emperor's will, Zhang Ruochen understood that without Xumi Saint Monk's contingency plan, it would have been almost impossible to subdue Stone Emperor. Even if he were seriously injured, he could only be suppressed.
A flash of yellow light passed, and Stone Emperor transformed back into human form. His eyes burst forth with a piercing gaze, staring straight at Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen also met Stone Emperor's gaze, showing no fear.
After a moment, Stone Emperor spoke in a cold, deep tone: "Don't think that just because you've planted a slave mark in this Emperor's sacred soul, you can command this Emperor. The weak have no right to order this Emperor to do anything."
Clearly, even with the Blood God Curse Seal, Stone Emperor had not submitted and was unwilling to follow Zhang Ruochen's orders.
Zhang Ruochen was not angered by Stone Emperor's strong attitude; instead, he admired it. The reason Stone Emperor had become so powerful might be precisely because he possessed this indomitable will.
Speaking of which, among the five overlords of True Dragon Island, Stone Emperor was the most special. Only he had reached the Great Saint realm through his own cultivation step by step, while the other four overlords were born with powerful strength, essentially using the power of their predecessors.
His mind racing, Zhang Ruochen said calmly, "Stone Emperor, how about we make a deal?"
"What deal?" Stone Emperor asked coldly.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Simple. Now, go out with me and destroy Mother Ancestor. After that, you can continue cultivating on True Dragon Island. Before my strength surpasses yours, I will not force you to do anything."
Hearing this, Stone Emperor frowned slightly and thought seriously.
After a moment, a gleam of light flashed in Stone Emperor's eyes, and he said loudly, "Fine, this Emperor agrees with you."
Seeing Stone Emperor agree, a faint smile appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes. "I know you've collected many treasures. Give me what you don't need. I'll use them to cultivate strong warriors."
Stone Emperor gave Zhang Ruochen a deep look, said nothing, and casually tossed out a space ring.
Catching the space ring, Zhang Ruochen immediately released his spiritual power to probe inside.
The space ring contained a vast number of treasures, piled up like mountains, but the total amount was only half of Dragon Fiend Emperor's.
Zhang Ruochen didn't think Stone Emperor was deliberately holding back. It was probably because he rarely traveled outside. Being able to collect over fifty million treasures was already impressive.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen's expression changed, because he had discovered a King-grade Sacred Pill that could greatly enhance spiritual power, even rarer than ordinary King-grade Sacred Pills.
If he took it, given his current spiritual power strength, he might immediately become a Spiritual Power Great Saint.
Such a King-grade Sacred Pill was undoubtedly extremely precious, and even Spiritual Power Great Saints would covet it.
"Are you trying to seize Mother Ancestor's treasures?" Stone Emperor suddenly asked.
Zhang Ruochen came back to his senses, put away the space ring, and a cold gleam flashed in his eyes. "Mother Ancestor was born from the will of a god of the Hell Realm. She is the most evil and a great threat to the Kunlun Realm. She must be eliminated as soon as possible."
"Ten thousand years ago, someone told this Emperor that if one day this Emperor possessed great power, he must contribute to protecting the Kunlun Realm. It should start with killing Mother Ancestor." Stone Emperor's gaze became exceptionally sharp.
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen's heart stirred. He had already guessed that the person who said this to Stone Emperor was probably Xumi Saint Monk.
It seemed that Xumi Saint Monk had placed great hopes on Stone Emperor. Otherwise, he wouldn't have deliberately left a space-time imprint in his core, which served as guidance to prevent Stone Emperor from going astray.
If the space-time imprint hadn't existed, perhaps as soon as Stone Emperor's intelligence was born, it would have been overwhelmed by the six divine wills, leaving no pure self.
Without further delay, Zhang Ruochen, Stone Emperor, and Dragon Fiend Emperor immediately set out.
At this moment, outside the main building of the Dragon God Hall, the battle between Sword Emperor and Mother Ancestor was still ongoing, with no clear victor. However, Sword Emperor had clearly fallen into a disadvantage.
"Splash."
Dragon Fiend Emperor, carrying Zhang Ruochen on his back, appeared on the battlefield. From a distance, he released a terrifying four-colored divine light, striking Mother Ancestor like lightning.
At the same time, Stone Emperor used earth-walking techniques, appearing abruptly beneath Mother Ancestor. His six fists struck out simultaneously, unleashing incomparably terrifying power.
Unlike Dragon Fiend Emperor and Dan Emperor, Stone Emperor had not had much of his power eroded by the God-Defying Stele. He still possessed formidable strength to contend with Mother Ancestor.
"Bang."
Simultaneously attacked by Stone Emperor and Dragon Fiend Emperor, many of Mother Ancestor's tentacles and nearly half of her evil, strange children exploded on the spot.
Even the powerful Mother Ancestor, caught off guard, suffered a considerable loss.
A vast amount of dark divine power surged from within Mother Ancestor, enveloping all the evil children. She immediately tried to retreat, unwilling to be trapped in a siege by Sword Emperor, Dragon Fiend Emperor, and Stone Emperor.
"Mother Ancestor, you won't escape."
Dragon Fiend Emperor roared, continuously injecting his origin divine power into the ground.
Half of Mother Ancestor's body had already penetrated into the earth, but she could no longer continue to sink in.
Influenced by the origin divine power, the structure of the earth had undergone a fundamental change, completely suppressing her ability to travel underground.
At this moment, Stone Emperor had already burst out from underground. His body radiated overwhelming baleful aura, like a supreme demon god. He condensed vast Great Saint power and unleashed an incomparably domineering fist seal.
For Stone Emperor, his body was the most powerful sacred artifact, indestructible. Even a supreme sacred artifact, he dared to clash with head-on.
At such close range, Mother Ancestor had no way to avoid it and had to defend.
A unique tentacle extended, pitch black and extremely sharp, like an indestructible war spear.
"Boom."
After a brief collision, the fist seal Stone Emperor had unleashed and Mother Ancestor's black tentacle both exploded simultaneously, with neither gaining any advantage.
But in fact, Mother Ancestor had suffered some losses, because the black tentacle was condensed from her origin essence. She only had eighteen such tentacles in total, far surpassing her other tentacles.
The black tentacle was extremely tough, and even Sword Emperor's sharp attacks could hardly damage it.
Unexpectedly, after just one exchange with Stone Emperor, it was severely damaged. This filled Mother Ancestor's heart with deep fear.
Seeing Stone Emperor and Dragon Fiend Emperor intervene, Sword Emperor was not pleased. Instead, he frowned, as if disliking having others interfere in his battle with Mother Ancestor.
Turning his gaze, Sword Emperor looked at Zhang Ruochen, who was standing on Dragon Fiend Emperor's head. His intuition told him that all of this was related to Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen also looked over at this moment, meeting Sword Emperor's gaze.
He had a good impression of Sword Emperor, because earlier, when Mother Ancestor wanted to kill him and Dragon Fiend Emperor, Sword Emperor had drawn his sword to stop her.
Zhang Ruochen cupped his hands from afar. "Sword Emperor, thank you for your help earlier."
"You all leave quickly. Don't interfere with this Emperor's battle with Mother Ancestor." Sword Emperor said coldly.
Zhang Ruochen said, "I know that Sword Emperor, you want to use Mother Ancestor to temper your sword intent. But right now, the Kunlun Realm is in turmoil. The Hell Realm is determined to destroy the Kunlun Realm. Not only have they sent a large army to attack, but now they also want to seize the World Gate Key and destroy the World Spirit."
"Sword Emperor, you should be very clear about Mother Ancestor's origin. She was transformed from the heart of a god of the Hell Realm, inheriting the will of that god. Keeping her alive will surely bring great disaster. So we hope to join forces with Sword Emperor to eliminate her."
Zhang Ruochen had long known that Sword Emperor was related to a Sword God of the Kunlun Realm, which was also the important reason why he had been at odds with Mother Ancestor for so many years.
As long as Sword Emperor's original intention had not changed, he would definitely stand on the same front as them.
Stone Emperor's figure suddenly grew to a hundred zhang. His baleful aura became even more intense, as if he were a world-dominating presence. He said loudly, "If Sword Emperor doesn't want to join forces, then step aside and let this Emperor shatter this heart of the Hell Realm god."
"Stone Emperor, go ahead. This Emperor has completely sealed off a thousand miles. Mother Ancestor definitely won't escape." Dragon Fiend Emperor said.
At this stage, although his strength was inferior to Mother Ancestor's, the various methods he possessed could restrict her, making him perfect for supporting Stone Emperor.
Of course, if the opportunity arose, he would not hesitate to deliver a fatal blow to Mother Ancestor.
"Roar."
Stone Emperor roared to the heavens, his aura swallowing mountains and rivers. Heavy yellow energy coiled around his body, as if he were about to open up new worlds.
Stone Emperor's six hands moved simultaneously, forming strange hand seals. Combining Great Saint power with yellow energy, he instantly condensed three massive objects: a yellow treasure seal, a yellow treasure pagoda, and a yellow treasure cauldron. All were solid, with mysterious patterns imprinted on them, pressing down on Mother Ancestor together.
Clearly, Stone Emperor did not want to waste time and energy. He had used his full strength from the start, intending to crush Mother Ancestor, this great enemy, with overwhelming force.
Stone Emperor's original body was the Yellow Stone. He was born with an immensely powerful yellow force, almost comparable to the power cultivated from the Nine Eternal Paths. This was an innate advantage, meaning his future achievements would be limitless.
Perhaps it was because of this that Xumi Saint Monk had deliberately made various arrangements to ensure that the Yellow Stone could smoothly give birth to intelligence and embark on the path of cultivation.
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Are the gods of the Kunlun Realm not dead? This can be known from the arrangement of the Great Saint battlefield! Pay attention to "Spirit Not Dead" to check.