Western Frontier, a territory within Stone Kingdom.
This land had once been thick with verdant forests. At some point, it had become a deathly silent world, every living creature wiped out.
Across this barren expanse stretching for tens of thousands of miles stood one colossal city after another. Everyone in those cities had been slaughtered. Only bloodstains remained on the ground; not a single survivor had been left behind.
Within the Western Frontier, whether human or beast, all had been devoured clean.
An unusual cloud swept over from afar at tremendous speed. It stopped before a city that still showed signs of life.
Before it even entered the city, shouts came from within.
"Who goes there?" the soldiers guarding the city barked.
"Stone Kingdom's Stone Emperor," a deep, powerful voice came from the cloud.
The cloud headed straight for the City Lord's Manor at the city's center and slowly descended onto an open space. Before them stood a magnificent Great Hall.
"Your Majesty, you've come."
A man sprang out from the Great Hall. Immediately afterward, countless people appeared in the surrounding open area, weapons in hand as they surged forth. "Oh, and the Fire Emperor, Ye Feng from Stone Village, and people whose names I don't know."
This man was Hun Tianhou. He ruled the Western Frontier and helped Stone Kingdom guard its borders.
Some time ago, people had entered Stone Village and told Ye Feng that chaos had broken out in the Western Frontier. It was said that a powerful ferocious beast was slaughtering everything here. Some rumors claimed it was the Devouring Heaven Sparrow.
The Stone Emperor knew that the Devouring Heaven Sparrow had some connection with Ye Feng, so he immediately passed the news on to him.
After receiving the news, Ye Feng led his people to