The Supreme Hall's Inheritance

The crystal-clear bone block was a large spatial artifact, with a world inside.

Several bloodstained Ancient Beast Skins lay within. They were exceedingly ancient, as though someone had placed them there millions of years ago, where they had endured since time immemorial.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art. It really is the Supreme Hall's inheritance."

Willow Deity picked up one of the skins. It bore the Supreme Hall's most powerful ancient heavenly art.

Besides that, there were more than twenty flawless arts collected by the Supreme Hall: the True Hou Precious Technique, Qingluan Precious Technique, Golden Winged Roc Precious Technique, Bi Fang Precious Technique, Golden Crow Precious Technique, Bian Precious Technique...

They were all renowned ancient true beasts from the Archaic Era.

With these alone, a giant at the Cult Master level could probably establish an Immortal Orthodoxy in the Three Thousand Dao Prefectures, where powerful figures roamed, and rule over an entire prefecture single-handedly.

"Is this the Suanni Precious Technique? No..."

When Willow Deity examined the final Ancient Beast Skin, she found that the Suanni art recorded on it had grown indistinct, its runes dim. Almost unconsciously, she sent her divine sense into it.

Boom!

In the next moment, sword intent filled the skies, crossing in every direction. The incomparably fierce sword intent cut wildly through the void, slashed down stars beyond the heavens, and was about to erase all of Stone Village from this world.

Even Little Shi, who was in the Cave Heaven Realm, was locked in place by the surging sword pressure. The Primordial Vicious Beast Zhu Yan, in the Venerable Realm, was no different. Neither could move a muscle. They could only watch as an almost transparent silver sword qi sliced toward them, their faces filled with terror.

"Hmph, be subdued!"

The charred willow tree swayed slightly. Countless Order Divine Chains pierced through the void, divine sounds roaring as the Great Dao surged. In an instant, they absorbed the overwhelming sword intent completely.

If not for the shocking, pitch-black cracks still remaining in the void, everything might truly have seemed like a dream that had never happened.

The tattered Ancient Beast Skin that recorded the Suanni art had vanished. In its place, a silver metal page covered in countless interweaving patterns floated quietly in midair, sword qi roaring from it again and again.

"That... that supreme sword intent was..."

Zhu Yan's face had turned deathly pale. Trembling, he struggled up from the ground.

Compared to the battered Zhu Yan, Shi Hao was relatively composed.

Perhaps intentionally, perhaps not, he had already been standing beside Willow Deity before she examined the final battered skin. Not a trace of sword qi had touched him.

"The Grass Sword Art. So it was this..."

Willow Deity paid no attention to Zhu Yan, who looked utterly dumbstruck, and took the silver metal page.

Among the Ten Archaic Evils was the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. Its true body had been born from a grass seed nurtured in a supreme tribulation land. Its leaves were like swords, and it had nine of them.

When its nine leaves stirred, heaven and earth turned upside down. Its sword qi tore through the sea of stars and cleaved apart the universe.

It had created the Grass Sword Art, an art that could cut through anything and leave nothing unbroken.

When cultivated to great mastery, anything could become a Sword Embryo. With every gesture, one could unleash astonishing sword qi. It was an unparalleled, tyrannically powerful sword art.

Together with the Peace-Quelling Art and the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art, it was known as one of the three strongest sword arts throughout the ages.

The verse from Perfect World about a blade of grass cutting down the sun, moon, and stars referred to it.

During the Immortal Ancient War, four Immortal Kings had suddenly crossed into this world. The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, whose battle prowess was peerless, had immediately raised its sword to meet them, fearlessly embracing its fate.

In later ages, one of its bloodline descendants had called himself the One-Blade-Grass Sword Saint. With a fragment of the Grass Sword Art, he had once gone undefeated throughout the world. His fearsome might was truly astounding.

Who would have thought that the Supreme Hall's ultimate secret art was a supreme Ten Fiends Precious Technique, the Grass Sword Art created by the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass? The Supreme Hall's foundation was indeed profound.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art, the Grass Sword Art, and more than twenty techniques of pure-blooded creatures. It seems the essence of the Supreme Hall's inheritance is all here. If the opportunity arises, I could give a copy to an heir of the Supreme Hall."

"The Mystic Tortoise that bore the Supreme Hall was a Supreme-level creature with decent battle prowess. It's a pity its consciousness was erased and it was refined into a war weapon. I'm not strong enough to subdue it for now."

Willow Deity murmured thoughtfully.

"Willow Deity, what exactly is inside the Mountain Treasure?"

Shi Hao spoke at just the right moment, gazing "curiously" at the mottled Ancient Beast Skins.

"The Supreme Hall's inheritance. If you accept it, you'll inevitably become entangled in some karma. In the future, you'll have to go to the Upper Realm to settle it."

"This bone box may contain the Transcendence chapter of the Original True Interpretation. Unfortunately, it's incomplete. Remember to keep it safe. Of course, it's also a large spatial artifact. Since you don't have a Qiankun Bag, you can borrow it for now."

The Tender Green Willow Branch lowered and handed down the Mountain Treasure together with the several skins.

Watching Willow Deity's actions, Zhu Yan swallowed instinctively.

His resolve to stay in Stone Village only grew firmer. Even if he couldn't obtain the Eight-Nine Heavenly Art of the Primordial Divine Ape lineage, it wouldn't be a loss to cultivate the several supreme arts recorded in the Mountain Treasure.

The Zhu Yan Precious Technique, Seventy-Two Transformations, Three Heads and Six Arms, Law of Heaven and Earth... The arts he, Zhu Yan, knew were nothing to scoff at, either. He could find an opportunity to trade them later.

"The True Hou Precious Technique, Qingluan Precious Technique, Golden Winged Roc Precious Technique, Bi Fang Precious Technique, Golden Crow Precious Technique, Bian Precious Technique... More than twenty techniques of pure-blooded creatures! The chance for our village to grow stronger has come."

Shi Hao took the Mountain Treasure and sighed, half sincerely and half in jest.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and the Grass Sword Art couldn't be revealed, but the clanspeople could learn these techniques of pure-blooded creatures. Given enough time, Stone Village would surely revive the glory of the Stone Clan's First Ancestral Land, surpassing even the Stone Kingdom branch in the outside world.

"Do you remember what I told you before? That high-level divine corpse is becoming less and less useful to me. It's time to hand it over to you."

The Tender Green Willow Branch lightly tapped the earth, and the ground split open with a rumble.

A purple-gold skeleton a hundred zhang long, radiating dense divine might, appeared right before the man and beast. The air quickly grew scorching and thick.

Its bones were an intense purple-gold, brimming with divine energy. It had the appearance of a Three-Eyed Divine Being, with three pairs of bony wings on its back and hands clasped over its chest, as though sleeping peacefully.

Though it had fallen long ago, and Willow Deity had already extracted most of its divinity, it still exuded a holy aura that soared into the sky. Its divine might was astonishing.

"This is a Three-Eyed Divine Being of the Spirit Clan. In life, it must have been at least a Heavenly Deity!"

Zhu Yan stared at the divine corpse sleeping beneath the earth, dumbfounded and wide-eyed.

The clanspeople of Stone Village had also been startled by the immense rumbling at the village entrance. They came streaming out to investigate, and the enormous high-level divine corpse immediately entered their view.

"My goodness, what a huge skeleton! It even has six wings and three eyes. Could it be some kind of birdman?"

"That purple-gold skeleton is shiny, but what a pity there's no meat. We can't eat bird meat!"

"Could Willow Deity have specially slain a deity?!"

The children of Stone Village excitedly debated whether the birdman skeleton could be used to make soup. The scene was as lively as New Year's.

"Chief, come up here."

Willow Deity summoned the old chief, Shi Yunfeng, and instructed him, "More than twenty techniques of pure-blooded creatures, together with a Heavenly Deity's corpse. This is the moment for Stone Village to strive and rise."

"As the chief, you cannot shirk this responsibility."

Outside, the vast Great Wilderness stretching a hundred thousand li had just been purged in a massacre. No one would disturb them in this desolate region.

Within the village, there were numerous supreme techniques and a Heavenly Deity's corpse to provide for them.

It could be said that the time, place, and people were all on Stone Village's side. Never before had the conditions for the village to rise peacefully been so favorable.

"We will obey Willow Deity's command!"

The old chief, his blood surging with excitement, led the clan elders in a thunderous salute.

The revival and rise of the First Ancestral Land began today!