Chapter 542: Descendants of the God
"Heavens, is this an immortal egg?!" The crowd exclaimed, utterly shocked.
This strange stone was about the size of a millstone, its seal long since gone, unable to contain it as it trembled gently. Inside, it contained an egg, mysterious and unfathomable, its form piercing through the stone and imprinting clearly into the void, radiating countless auspicious colors.
In the field of Source, many divine objects would manifest a "Stone-Flying Immortal" phenomenon before emerging, reflecting part of their true state. This stone king was clearly different, now nearly transparent, with everything inside visible, far surpassing ordinary Stone-Flying Immortal phenomena—it possessed powerful life fluctuations.
"Could this be the only true dragon egg left in the world?" someone speculated excitedly.
"Divine flames surge like tides; look, the light burns like fire—this resembles the egg of an undying phoenix, exactly as the legends describe!" another person exclaimed in astonishment.
Inside the strange stone, the egg was as large as a sea bowl, perfectly round and naturally formed, crystalline and radiant, exuding mysterious energy. Various Dao patterns flickered constantly, appearing and vanishing in an instant. In that brief moment, it shifted through countless colors, endless auspicious light, continuously inhaling and exhaling primordial essence, leaving everyone amazed.
"A divine object! This might truly be an egg left by immortal beings like true dragons or phoenixes!"
"Perhaps it is indeed an immortal treasure; many legends in the world are not necessarily false."
No one could remain calm; all were discussing excitedly. This stone king was incredibly mysterious, impossible to judge.
The monkey muttered incessantly, but no one could understand the ancient language, leaving them unsure of what he was saying.
"Eidamuni?" The big black dog joined in, speaking a few broken ancient words beside the monkey, trying to get to the bottom of it.
"This stone has emerged; it truly exists. The Jade Pool cannot keep it. If it isn't sent away, it will bring a great calamity in the future!" the monkey judged.
"Does it really have such a big background? Why does it look a bit familiar?" the big black dog said suspiciously.
It circled the stone a few times, then suddenly raised its head, its eyes flickering with uncertainty, muttering to itself, "That rotten stone in the corner?!"
"What are you mumbling about?" Ye Fan asked it.
"Origin Heavenly Masters... aren't good either!" the big black dog cursed.
Then, as if remembering something, it asked a Supreme Elder of the Jade Pool, "What is the origin of this stone king?"
Out of respect for Ye Fan, the people of the Jade Pool didn't mind the dog's behavior. To ask Ye Fan for help, they naturally had to explain the stone's origin.
"In the past, the Origin Heavenly Master gave the Jade Pool three stone kings; this is one of them, the most peculiar."
"Demani!" the big black dog gritted its teeth, spitting out an ancient word, cursing repeatedly.
"What are you saying?" Li Heishui asked.
The big black dog darkened its face, refusing to speak further, staring at the stone king and occasionally tapping it.
The Jade Pool didn't want the egg inside this stone to emerge and asked everyone to seal it, but all the extraordinary individuals had tried and failed.
"Unless we use the Immortal-Sealing Six Seals, there's no way to stabilize it," someone from the Ancient Source Art Aristocratic Clan judged, looking at Ye Fan.
Upon hearing this, the Jade Pool people immediately understood, and others showed strange expressions. This was the supreme Source art of the Origin Heavenly Master, only usable by his inheritors.
"The Immortal-Sealing Six Seals is a theoretical supreme Source art that can seal mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars, and suppress peerless experts, but it hasn't reached perfection."
Ye Fan shook his head, saying he could only perform the Immortal-Sealing Two Seals, far from manifesting the miracle of six seals.
Ouyang Ye spoke up, nearing the level of an Origin Earth Master, claiming he could display supreme Source art if given the incantation, ensuring success.
"Source arts must develop; we can't keep them to ourselves. We can jointly study the ancient scripture," another person from the Ancient Source Art Aristocratic Clan said, voicing what Ouyang Ye wanted to say.
"For the Jade Pool, we are willing to give our all and discuss a complete plan," others nodded.
Ye Fan smiled indifferently and recited the theoretical third seal of the Immortal-Sealing Six Seals, letting them ponder and think.
"Is that all the secret?"
"Too little; how can we deduce it? It's impossible to complete!"
The members of the Ancient Source Art Aristocratic Clan all wanted to obtain the "Source Heaven Scroll." This ancient scripture was as valuable to them as the essential teachings left by ancient great emperors.
Ouyang Ye dreamed of seizing it but dared not push too hard, fearing the monkey would tear him apart. He could only speak to the Jade Pool people, saying, "It's too brief; we can't deduce it."
Ye Fan sneered, "I've already deduced part of it. The original text is even more obscure. I told you, this Source art doesn't exist yet; it needs future generations to evolve and perfect it."
"Buzz!"
The strange stone shook violently, shooting out nine divine lights. The imprints on the egg came to life, all stamping into the void, emitting terrifying fluctuations.
"Thump"
A mysterious energy spread out from the Jade Pool, with light piercing the heavens visible from all directions. If not suppressed by the Immortal Tear Tower, it might have torn through the sky.
"Imperial blood..." Thousands of miles away, an ancient creature emerged from an underground cave, gazing toward the Jade Pool with shock.
"These patterns, these inheritance imprints..." It stood dumbfounded, feeling they closely matched a certain record in ancient myths.
"I must report this to the King!" It quickly flew away.
Inside the Jade Pool, many were alarmed, not understanding what was happening.
The monkey spoke solemnly, "Send this egg away as soon as possible. The fluctuations have spread; ancient kings will surely come to claim it."
"What? It will attract the covetousness of ancient beings?" Everyone's faces changed.
In the following days, many extraordinary individuals joined forces to seal the three stone kings, expending considerable effort.
It must be said that the Source King lineage was very powerful, sealing one stone king alone, ensuring it wouldn't emerge for a long time.
Ye Fan sealed half of another; his Source art was profound, but he hadn't yet reached the Origin Earth Master level. With the help of an extraordinary person, they managed to fully seal that stone.
The Ancient Source Art Aristocratic Clan, combining the strength of several families, also sealed one stone king, leaving the Jade Pool satisfied and hopeful.
These days, Black Emperor carried the Ancient Emperor Token and guarded the strange stone containing the immortal egg, mumbling and muttering mysteriously.
"Can you sense the Ancient Emperor Token? We come from the same origin..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan was speechless. What was this dead dog thinking? Trying to steal this strange stone?
"Stop your crooked ideas; don't bring disaster."
"Damn it, this stone was fated to be with me. Back then, it was thrown into the corner along with the Ancient Emperor Token!" the big black dog grumbled angrily.
"Boom!"
On the fifth day, a chilling energy entered the Jade Pool. A disciple rushed in to report.
"Queen Mother, something terrible! A large number of ancient creatures are blocking the Jade Pool's entrance!"
"What? Why is this happening?" Many exclaimed in shock.
Outside the Jade Pool's sacred land, clouds churned, and the void was filled with countless ancient creatures, a dark mass—a major invasion.
There were purple clouds, gray mist, and white water vapor, all connected, with scales gleaming and colorful feathers flowing within. The creatures were unheard of and unseen.
In the center of the thick clouds was a large piece of Divine Source, radiating boundless light, impossible to look at directly, sealing a peerless beauty within.
Chaos mist swirled around her, making it hard to see clearly. Without a doubt, this was an ancient king!
The human experts' hearts sank. Such a group of ancient creatures, with a king personally arriving, brought immense pressure.
Their only comfort was being in the Jade Pool, protected by the Immortal Tear Tower left by the Western Emperor, an invincible reliance.
"They appeared in the Divine City before, causing a huge uproar!"
"Yes, they attacked Purple Mountain, stirring up many ancient beings. They come from the place where Emperor Wu Shi passed away!"
The crowd recognized this group of ancient creatures.
Ye Fan was even more shaken. He saw this Divine Source block again, the maiden sealed within as pure as jade. Though he couldn't get close, she looked familiar.
"Is it really the woman recorded in the Purple Mountain inscriptions, sealed by Emperor Wu Shi? Over a hundred thousand years have passed, and she has emerged again."
Such a powerful group of beings surrounding the Jade Pool made it impossible for anyone to rest easy. Everyone prepared for the worst.
"What do you want?" a Supreme Elder of the Jade Pool asked.
"We haven't come to attack the Jade Pool; we only came to welcome back the descendants of the God," a nearly human-shaped ancient creature said.
"The Jade Pool has no descendants of a god. You've come to the wrong place," the Supreme Elder responded.
"No mistake; we sensed that aura outside the sacred land. It's inside the Jade Pool," a powerful creature stepped forward, with eight pairs of wings on its back and blue scales gleaming all over.
At that moment, countless auspicious lights shot up from within the Jade Pool, and racial inheritance imprints mapped into the void, mysterious and dazzling.
"That's it!" an ancient creature pointed at the auspicious lights and imprints.
Now, everyone understood. They had come for that stone king; the egg inside was related to the ancient beings.
"Immortal Emperor truly existed..." several human-shaped ancient creatures trembled with excitement.
"This is a divine object of the Jade Pool," several Supreme Elders spoke in turn.
"I don't want to take it for nothing. I'll give you compensation," the beautiful maiden sealed in the large Divine Source block transmitted her thoughts.
"Whoosh"
In the void, a large piece of Divine Source appeared, about two or three cubic meters, outshining the sun in the sky. Its immortal radiance was dazzling, like eternal light.
No one was not shocked. How much was such a large piece of Divine Source worth? It was an astronomical number, incredibly frightening!
No one expected the ancient king to make such a grand gesture, sparing no cost to welcome back the so-called "descendant of the God."
"If I hadn't come, others would have. I don't want to start a war with the human race..." the maiden in the Divine Source block spoke in a real voice, like a celestial melody echoing.
She made it clear: if other kings received the news and came, a bloody battle might occur.
"I'll give you half an hour to consider..."
Clouds churned, and all the ancient creatures were submerged, no longer visible, but their powerful auras remained, like an abyss ready to erupt.
"The Origin Heavenly Master once said that if an ancient king comes to claim this strange stone, it must be handed over."
"He must have known its origin and feared it would bring disaster."
Inside the Jade Pool's sacred land, the Queen Mother and others discussed and eventually agreed to send the strange stone away, unwilling to cause a bloody battle.
Half an hour later, over a dozen ancient creatures entered the Jade Pool. The woman sealed in the Divine Source stood in the center, floating in to personally receive the stone king.
Many powerful figures stood by, feeling a pressure as they faced an ancient king up close for the first time.
But the woman deliberately concealed her aura, not letting them see her true face. The two-meter-long Divine Source block was wrapped in mist, impenetrable to divine sense.
Beside her, over a dozen nearly human-shaped ancient creatures, some tall and heroic, some elegant and graceful, all different, exuded a terrifying pressure.
"Immortal Emperor truly existed... This is his only descendant!" an ancient creature said tremblingly.
"It's exactly like the legendary inheritance imprints!" another ancient creature was shocked.
Immortal Emperor, for the ancient creatures, was an extremely distant supreme ancient emperor, whose existence couldn't be confirmed.
For the ten thousand ancient clans, he was the supreme god, far beyond the category of ancient emperors.
"It was a stone in Ancient Emperor Mountain, never thought it would seal the descendant of Immortal Emperor," the woman in the Divine Source sighed.
"Thump!"
The strange stone shook, its flowing essence becoming more vigorous, surging like a tsunami.
"Indeed, it is the descendant of the God. Could it be that Immortal Emperor truly existed and also passed away in Ancient Emperor Mountain? And we didn't know!"