Primordial Heaven Realm, the Stone Corpse's Past (Normal Updates Resume Tomorrow, with Make-Up and Extra Chapters)

Rumble...

Space-time rippled as Yan Kuan continuously carved out a path, opening layer after layer of seals.

The road leading to the Primordial Heaven Realm resembled a cage. Divine iron bars shone brilliantly, each refined into an Ancestor God Weapon, sealing off the region ahead. Divine radiance flowed between every two iron bars, dazzling and blinding.

Yan Kuan easily broke through the path. Ahead lay a vast cage built entirely from passageways. Even after walking a thousand zhang, he still had not reached its end. Along the way, he saw several broken Ancestor God Weapons and traces of dried blood—the divine blood of Ancestor Gods, said to be indestructible and eternal.

Yet this Ancestor God blood had turned into black, murky stains, losing its luster and vivid color, completely reduced to the ordinary by the power of time. Every broken Ancestor God Weapon bore specks of blood. Clearly, a great battle had taken place here.

A humanoid body blocked the way. It was a desiccated corpse, its flesh shriveled like a skinned mummy, its appearance resembling a Vicious Ghost.

Yan Kuan approached. This had been a female Ancestor God, likely once stunningly beautiful, but now hideous and terrifying—a true beauty turned skeleton. As the air stirred, the seemingly intact dried corpse burst apart and completely scattered into dust.

Yan Kuan continued onward and encountered five more dried corpses in succession. All of them scattered with the wind and crumbled away. At the end of the path sat a Stone Man, his entire body covered in cracks. His consciousness had been extinguished, and he had long since lost all signs of life.

However, upon closer inspection, he appeared to have been an Ancestor God who had embarked on the path of the Stone Man. His stone body was not fully solidified,