One Sword Splits the Firmament!

The Azure Shadow Flame is unlike any other flame.

The substance surrounding Chu Xinghe didn't look like fire; it felt more like water.

At this moment, the Azure Shadow Flame ring flowed around Chu Xinghe like a river.

But at this moment, Chu Xinghe had no time to observe the situation of the Azure Shadow Flames... because the entire ancient city had begun to collapse wildly.

As the Phoenix Divine Fire completed its second transformation, Chu Xinghe finally regained control of his body. Without any hesitation, Chu Xinghe turned around and prepared to leave.

But just as Chu Xinghe turned around, the ground suddenly cracked open, and a huge hand suddenly emerged from the ground. This hand was so big that even a single finger of it was as big as Chu Xinghe!

A giant hand gripped the ground, and the entire earth began to shake violently.

An enormous head emerged from beneath the ground.

This was an enormous stone statue... but at this moment, the statue seemed to be alive, its huge head glaring angrily at Chu Xinghe, who was preparing to escape, as it emerged from the ground.

The blue light emanating from its eyes seemed to pierce through Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe was also dumbfounded...

Why the hell can this stone statue move?

Soon, Chu Xinghe realized why the stone statue could move...

The joints all over this thing were flashing with blue light, but this blue light was not the light of the Blue Demon Shadow Fire, but the light emitted by countless strange insects.

The entire joint of the stone statue is connected together by countless densely packed insects.

Because of the presence of these insects, the stone statue can move every joint of its body freely, just like a living person.

After the mountain-like stone statue emerged from the ground, it emitted a deafening roar.

As he roared with his mouth wide open, countless blue insects suddenly spewed out from his mouth and nose, swarming around the statue and covering it completely!

"What the hell is this thing..." Although Chu Xinghe didn't know what was going on with the stone statue, he could clearly feel the anger emanating from it.

And this anger was firmly fixed on him.

Chu Xinghe was stunned... Um... Don't look at me like that... I didn't do anything!

Give me back my Blue Demon Shadow Fire!

Good heavens... the case is solved...

No wonder that stone statue looked at me like I was its father's killer the moment it emerged from below...

It's all because of Blue Demon Shadow Fire's popularity...

At this point, Chu Xinghe could roughly deduce that the origin of this stone statue was probably not simple, and that its existence was likely due to the Blue Demon Shadow Fire.

The stone statue was controlled by the Blue Demon Shadow Fire, which transformed the insects into these blue insects. Under the Blue Demon Shadow Fire's manipulation, the blue insects became the joints of the stone statue, allowing it to move freely.

Normally, if this statue were to appear, there should first be a flurry of Blue Demon Shadow Fire flying around, and then you would see a super flame statue, its entire body shrouded in blue flames, crawl out of the ground like a terrifying giant burning with hellfire.

But now, Blue Demon Shadow Fire was pulled up from the ground by Bright Gold Divine Fire without warning, and its flame source was also devoured by Bright Gold Divine Fire.

After absorbing the Blue Demon Shadow Fire, the Bright Gold Divine Fire successfully evolved into the Azure Shadow Flame. This resulted in the Blue Demon Shadow Fire of the stone statue being devoured by Chu Xinghe. The stone statue, having lost its Blue Demon Shadow Fire, was not about to give up...

That's why he crawled out from underground to reclaim his Blue Demon Shadow Fire.

But Chu Xinghe thought... well... you're overthinking it... (referring to a stone statue)

That's Phoenix Divine Fire... You stole your Blue Demon Shadow Fire, and you want it back?

I, Chu Xinghe, don't know if I can agree, but Phoenix Divine Fire definitely wouldn't agree to that...

Outside the ruins, most of the prodigies had already escaped... However, those outside the ruins were not concerned about these escaped prodigies, but rather about Chu Xinghe inside the ruins.

"Holy Mother... what on earth is this stone statue?" The Grand Elder looked at the Wuj iang Holy Mother with a worried expression.

After all, this is the Wuj iang Land. Such a large stone statue, and a living one at that, the Wuj iang Holy Mother should know something, right?

But even the Wuj iang Holy Mother was completely baffled by the Grand Elder's questioning...

Even Our Wuj iang Holy Mother had never heard of such a huge stone statue in Wuj iang.

The Wuj iang Holy Mother immediately looked at Elder Teng, the oldest among the Wuj iang.

"Elder Teng, do you know the origin of this stone statue?"

Upon hearing what the Wuj iang Holy Mother said, Elder Teng seemed to have thought of something and said thoughtfully, "Holy Mother and everyone, please don't be anxious. Let this old man think about it..."

"This should be the statue of the Gu God!"

"Could this be a statue of the Gu God?"

Two voices rang out simultaneously. The first voice came from Elder He, while the second, slightly doubtful voice came from Elder Teng had been thinking for a while.

At this moment, Elder Teng, the Wuj iang Holy Mother, and all the Wuj iang looked at Elder He with utter bewilderment.

Not to mention the people of Wuj iang... even the people from all other parties around them were dumbfounded...

Well... we've all heard a little about Elder He, the unparalleled polymath...

But Elder He, aren't you a bit too eclectic, knowing more than Elder Teng, the oldest member of the Wuj iang clan?

Listen to Elder Teng 'Elder Teng was the one who spoke the second sentence just now, and there was a clear hint of uncertainty in Elder Teng voice.

But the first voice came from Elder He...

Elder He's words exuded confidence... there was absolutely no doubt about it...

Just as everyone was bewildered, Elder He spoke up, "Please don't look at me like that. As for the matter of the Wuj iang, I, Old He, only know a little bit about it..."

"Old He, I once read about it in a rare ancient book from Wuj iang. Have you all heard about the story of the Gu God slaying evil thoughts three times?"

Upon hearing Elder He's words, everyone present, whether they were from the Wuj iang Clan or other powerful factions, nodded in agreement.

After all, the story of the Gu God slaying evil thoughts three times is quite famous.

It is said that the Gu God committed many evil deeds in his youth, and these evil deeds became his evil thoughts as he was about to become the Gu God. If the Gu God wanted to ascend from mortal to god, he had to sever these evil thoughts... However, the Gu God's evil thoughts were extremely strong.

It took the Gu God three times to completely sever his evil thoughts and embark on the path to godhood.

Elder He stated that the evil thoughts that the Gu God severed back then were said to be sealed inside a giant stone statue. The Gu God was worried that the evil thoughts would reappear and cause harm, so he buried the stone statue deep underground and built a huge formation to suppress it on the ground.

Now it seems that this should be the evil stone statue of the Gu God... and that ancient city should not be a normal ancient city. After all, these children have been inside for so many days, and they can hardly see any trace of people living in the ancient city.

Instead, they discovered all sorts of rare treasures.

Based on this reasoning, it's possible that the ancient city itself is a formation, and those exotic treasures are likely part of the formation created by the Gu God.

However, it's unclear whether Blue Demon Shadow Fire appeared first, or whether the insects brought Blue Demon Shadow Fire to the Evil Spirit Statue.

As time went by, the Blue Demon Shadow Fire and the insects eventually merged with the stone statue, rendering all the original sealing formations ineffective...

Elder He said... "We should thank Xinghe for this Wuj iang Holy Mother, and even the whole world!"

Think about it... If it weren't for Xinghe's various poison pills, we probably wouldn't have been able to delve into the formation that suppressed the stone statue at this site.

If no one goes inside, the ruins will eventually close.

The ruins may be closed, but the evil intentions of the Gu God will not disappear.

The evil thoughts of the Gu God will gradually merge with the Blue Demon Shadow Fire over time... When the evil thoughts of the Gu God are completely merged with the Blue Demon Shadow Fire one day, he will break the seal of the ruins and emerge from them.

If that day ever comes, then it will truly be a time of great suffering and devastation.

Xinghe's entry into the ruins not only saved countless geniuses, but more importantly, Xinghe must have discovered the underground stone statue. Therefore, he immediately activated the Phoenix Divine Fire and forcibly took away the most powerful Blue Demon Shadow Fire from the evil stone statue.

Even if the stone statue without Blue Demon Shadow Fire came back to life, its combat power would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Xinghe essentially saved the world from a catastrophe single-handedly!

Upon hearing Elder He's words, everyone couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Because Elder He's analysis is spot on!

Chu Xinghe, you still say you don't have the Star Divination Art!

The reason you didn't go in this time, and even prevented the disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect from going in, must be because you used the Star Divination Art to foresee the immense danger inside...

But it was only when the many prodigies heard this that their eyes truly welled up with tears.

After all, Senior Brother Xinghe knew in advance how dangerous this place was, yet he still chose to return to save everyone at the most dangerous moment without hesitation... Senior Brother Xinghe is truly unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness!

We all owe Senior Brother Xinghe a life...

Whether the prodigies owed him a life or not, Chu Xinghe didn't know... At this moment, all Chu Xinghe knew was... It looks like I'm going to die today!

Damn... When this stone statue first appeared, it just looked a bit big and imposing, so Chu Xinghe didn't take it too seriously.

Just as Chu Xinghe turned to escape... he was instantly locked onto by a familiar aura!

The reason this aura felt familiar was because I had encountered it on the sect leader before...

This looks like the aura of Mystic God!

Although this aura doesn't seem as pure as the sect leader's, instead carrying an indescribable evil aura, and even appearing crippled, whether it's evil or not is unknown. But now, facing a somewhat crippled Mystic God- level stone statue... I, Chu Xinghe, am probably doomed!

Just as Chu Xinghe was completely bewildered, the stone statue moved. Its enormous hand, imbued with terrifying Mystic God power, descended from the sky. Chu Xinghe had no time to dodge the statue's massive hand and was struck directly by it...

As Chu Xinghe was struck by the stone statue, the last crack in the ruins disappeared, and Chu Xinghe, whose fate was unknown, was completely locked inside the ruins.

The entire audience was stunned... But just as everyone was completely bewildered, a terrifying aura that made everyone want to kneel down and worship surged forth!

That's Mystic God Gu Mingchao!

"One sword cleaves the heavens!"