Stone World had become quite a fine world. After more than two million years of development, this minor world had long since grown incomparably prosperous.
Yet Stone Village, standing in the Great Wilderness, remained unchanged. Old Grandpa Shi Yunfeng lived here with the clanspeople of old, while the descendants of Skinny Monkey, Dazhuang, and the others ruled all of Stone World, spreading their branches far and wide.
The willow branch Willow Deity had left behind all those years ago had long since grown into a towering tree. Willow Deity had not bestowed any divine abilities upon it, however. It was merely a willow tree and had not awakened spiritual intelligence.
Nevertheless, the people of Stone Village still treated the willow as a sacrificial spirit and frequently worshipped it.
Stone World's cultivation system still followed the methods of the Chaotic Ancient Era. Shi Hao had forged its Heavenly Dao laws, allowing people to cultivate all the way to immortality.
With Shi Hao's help, Old Grandpa Shi Yunfeng, Shi Linhu, Skinny Monkey, and the others had all become Immortals. But Shi Hao did not want them participating in battle, so they continued living in Stone Village, enjoying peaceful, immortal lives far removed from worldly strife.
Shi Zhongtian, A Man, and Shi Ziling and his wife stayed in the Heavenly Court, helping Shi Hao manage miscellaneous affairs. They had all once lived in large cities and were unaccustomed to Stone Village's life of quiet seclusion.
That day, Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao returned to Stone Village. They sat beneath the great willow at the village entrance, drinking and chatting, recalling their experiences over tens of millions of years in utter contentment.
"Where are Willow Deity and that girl Ye Qingxian?" Shi Hao asked curiously.
"They went to The Heavens Ancestor Realm. As you