The discovery of such a wondrous underground world beneath the fallen stone pit left both Jiang Zhizhou and Mu Feng astonished.
"Do you remember where this Heavenly Stone ultimately ended up?"
Yang Qing gazed at everything before him for a long while, then turned to Jiang Zhizhou and Mu Cheng.
"According to legend, the Heavenly Stone was eventually delivered to the Imperial Palace of Eastern Splendor and came into Emperor Zhetian's possession."
Jiang Zhizhou recalled their earlier discussion about the origins of the Skyfall Pit.
"That's right. The Heavenly Stone ultimately fell into Emperor Zhetian's hands."
Yang Qing continued, "But when it fell from the sky, it caused tremendous turmoil. Everyone regarded it as a ghostly apparition and scrambled to keep their distance."
"What's more, it landed on Immortal Island. Demonic beasts already ran rampant here, and the addition of a demonic stone made people pale at the mere mention of Immortal Island, no less than they do today."
These were, naturally, merely Yang Qing's conjectures.
Although later generations had always shrouded the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom in a veil of mystery, no one could deny that behind those tales of its incomparable might lived an immense population of ordinary people.
And those people were the very foundation of Eastern Splendor, the mighty kingdom whose fame echoed through the ages.
Besides, most people would never encounter an extraordinary stone from beyond the heavens even once in their lives.
Faced with something whose true nature was utterly unknown, the first feeling to arise in a person's heart was fear.
The appearance of this stone from beyond the heavens had left the people of Eastern Splendor in a constant state of dread.
Naturally, they feared that this strange omen descending from the sky would bring a terrible catastrophe.
"Is it any wonder