After Great Zhou's Founding Ancestor Ji Bang unified the Primordial Wilderness, he built a Founding Hall in Luoyi's inner city. Within the hall stood the divine statues of several hundred founding heroes.
Huang Jian was one of Great Zhou's eighteen renowned generals who had been granted the title of Founding General. After his death, he entered the Battle Soul Hall of the Ancestral God Hall.
When Ye Zhen had first entered the Ancestral God Hall, he had followed its rules and paid respects to the spirits enshrined in every hall.
Ye Zhen had also paid respects to the battle soul divine statue of Founding General Huang Jian.
He had simply never expected that, in the blink of an eye, he would meet the real man.
Amid the thudding war drums, whose beats contained a strange rhythm, the cracks upon one stone statue after another steadily widened. Once they reached their limit, the stone would begin to fall away.
Whenever part of the stone shell was broken open to reveal a portion of a body, the Nation-Suppressing Qiankun Seal would first shine upon it. Then, a ray of Spiritual Light would shoot from the Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, Ancestral God Mountain, in the sky and merge into it.
In an instant, the stone guards who had been dead moments ago came alive. With extraordinarily brutal motions, they tore apart the stone shells covering their bodies. Once clarity returned to them, they first performed a grand salute to Founding Ancestor Ji Bang, who stood suspended in the heavens, then offered a military salute to Founding General Huang Jian.
"Haha, another one has awakened!"
Ji Bang laughed heartily and casually tossed out one Dragon Skin War Drum after another. The newly awakened generals seized their drumsticks and, following Founding General Huang Jian's rhythm, beat