Dao Sovereign's finger struck toward Xu Ying, and at the same time, Sacred Ancestor erupted into action!
At that moment, the entire ancient Forbidden Zone shook with a thunderous roar. The ground beneath exploded open, and massive cracks appeared one after another. The earth trembled and mountains swayed. Accompanied by strange and majestic Dao seals, torrents of Primordial Chaos Qi surged out from the great fissures!
Sacred Ancestor had broken through the restriction, triggering the seal left behind by the first Chaos Lord!
The Primordial Chaos Qi surging from underground was incredibly dense, almost boiling. It transformed into a giant hand that blotted out the entire Forbidden Zone and slammed downward.
One after another, the Primordial Stone Statues in the Forbidden Zone began to float. Their incomparably hard surfaces actually started to soften, and dust flaked away.
They had been Primordial Beginning Dao Realm existences from the previous graveyard. Because their tribulation-karma was too heavy, they had been forced to petrify themselves to evade it. Now, startled awake by the first Chaos Lord's restriction, they woke one after another, sensing that disaster had arrived.
Yet the instant they awoke, tribulation-karma followed close behind. In a flash, every stone statue was submerged in blazing Nirvana Heavenly Fire, and deafening screams rang out.
Even Dao Sovereign could not help shedding tears at this sight. These petrified Primordial Beginning Dao Realm existences had all once been his fellow Daoists. If they remained petrified, they could preserve their lives. Though it was merely a wretched survival, at least they would not be dead.
Now, however, Sacred Ancestor had attempted to escape, disturbing the first Chaos Lord's seal. The seal erupted, startling the petrified Primordial Beginning Dao Realm existences awake and causing them to die the moment they awoke.
Even if they had not died,