Chapter 453: Seven Stone Kings
The Jade Lake Conference did not end in a single day.
By old custom, it would last a full half month. The first twelve days were for exchanges and sparring, while the final three days were the true Jade Lake Conference, when major matters would also be brought forth for discussion.
The Human Sacred Physique who entered through the mountain gate soon left his sect's party behind and headed deep into the pure land to meet Zhang Lin, the fifth-generation Source Master.
Beside the immortal pool, the ancient peach tree, graceful as a flowering canopy, stood as before.
Upon the lush green grass, a crystalline Nine-Orifice Stone Man seemed alive as it continuously inhaled and exhaled essence energy, radiant divine light flowing across its body.
Yang Yi, the ancient Jade Lake Holy Maiden, stood prettily beside the stone man.
"Congratulations, Senior, on your great advancement in cultivation!"
Ye Fan strode forward and bowed in congratulations.
Having absorbed a considerable amount of Ancient Emperor fragments, the human saint had broken through and attained the Saint King realm.
"You've come. Your patriarch has missed you greatly."
Saint Yang Yi smiled serenely and stepped aside, leaving time for the pair of patriarch and descendant.
"This disciple greets Patriarch."
"To completely restore the Formation Secret and even attempt to derive the Seven Seals Banning Immortals, my fortune and opportunities are inferior to yours."
A divine thought emerged from the stone man formed by Patriarch Zhang Lin.
The Six Seals Banning Immortals had been proposed by the first-generation patriarch. The second-generation patriarch incorporated half of the Formation Secret, while the third and fourth generations gradually refined it. By the fifth generation—Zhang Lin himself—it had finally reached completion.
After the Human Sacred Physique restored this secret from the spirit of the