**Crack!**
The strange stone emitted a crisp sound as fissures spread across its surface. As strands of Dao Qi seeped out, it shattered completely, cracks crisscrossing like a spiderweb.
**”Ah—!”**
A True God of the Celestial Clan roared, his eyes bulging in fury. This was outright theft—right under their noses, in the Celestial Clan’s foremost divine mine, an outsider had dared to snatch their treasure!
**”Primordial Qi!”** someone gasped, trembling with disbelief, their voice shaking. Their eyes turned bloodshot as they lunged forward in a frenzy.
**”Whoosh!”**
In an instant, four figures moved. Four True Gods manifested, their killing intent locking onto Shi Hao. There was no way they would let him escape.
**”Careful! Don’t damage the divine stone!”** a True God bellowed, his voice low and urgent. This sudden upheaval had caught them all off guard.
Shi Hao acted decisively. He hoisted the stone onto his back, using it as a shield to block their incoming runic attacks. Since they feared damaging it, he had no reason to hesitate.
**”You little bastard!”** a True God snarled, forcibly retracting his bone inscriptions mid-strike. He didn’t dare unleash his full power, afraid of harming the mysterious stone.
**Crack!**
The stone proved to be incredibly fragile. Just the jostling from Shi Hao’s sprint caused several more terrifying fissures to spread across its surface.
**”Are you trying to destroy a treasure of heaven and earth?! Drop it now, or you’ll be a sinner for all eternity—no amount of lives could atone for this!”** a True God roared, fists clenched.
With a furious exhale, he spat out a stream of symbols that materialized into metallic characters, clashing together like a constellation of stars. The resonant clangs of their collision filled the air as the symbols linked into a divine chain, lashing toward Shi Hao to intercept him.
**”Swoosh!”**
Shi Hao transformed into a streak of light, darting dozens of yards away within the vast underground mine, narrowly avoiding the attack. His speed left the True Gods wary.
**How is he so fast?!** The four pursuers’ pupils contracted, fearing he might slip away.
**”This might truly be Primordial Qi—nourishing a sacred artifact in the making! We can’t lose it!”** The four True Gods panicked.
They believed the stone contained something extraordinary—perhaps immortal blood, relics, or even a sentient seed of immortality sealed within. Now, something had changed.
**Boom!**
The four struck again, this time not aiming at Shi Hao directly but blocking his path and disrupting his movement. Bone inscriptions saturated every inch of space.
At that moment, Shi Hao twisted his body in an impossible maneuver, as if bending space itself, compressing hundreds of yards into a single inch. He slipped through the barrage of inscriptions unscathed.
This was the pinnacle of the **”Shrinking the Earth to an Inch”** technique—his form blurred, evading countless attacks before reappearing elsewhere like a wisp of smoke.
**”Halt!”**
One of the True Gods stomped the ground, causing the ancient mine to glow. A chain of order manifested, slicing horizontally toward Shi Hao’s waist like a razor-sharp blade. The attack was sudden and lethal.
Clearly, the underground mine was rigged with formations—deadly enough to slay even True Gods.
Shi Hao’s expression darkened. A faint pair of wings materialized on his back, and with a powerful flap, he abruptly changed direction mid-flight, defying all logic.
This was the **”Kun Peng’s Body Technique”**—a method to reverse the heavens and earth!
**”Swoosh!”**
The chain of order missed, cleaving through the mine and bursting out aboveground, exploding across the grasslands.
The sheer force of the strike was terrifying!
By now, the entire Celestial Clan’s experts had been alerted, swarming toward the disturbance. The True Gods, in particular, blazed like miniature suns, illuminating the sky.
Rage burned in their hearts. **Who dares do this?!** A lone intruder, stealing fortune from the Celestial Clan’s forbidden grounds—this was unprecedented!
Even major sects wouldn’t dare such an act, as it would be tantamount to a declaration of war, leading to countless casualties.
**”Swoosh!”**
Shi Hao sprinted as another beam of sacred light erupted from the mine’s defenses, nearly engulfing him. He barely dodged in time.
Fortunately, the mine wasn’t heavily trapped—daily mining operations made excessive formations impractical.
As Shi Hao fled, the stone on his shoulder continued to crack, releasing even more strands of Dao Qi.
The underground mine was a labyrinth, with tunnels stretching hundreds of miles. Shi Hao plunged into a side passage, vanishing into its depths.
These were newly excavated tunnels, but ancient, web-like passages sprawled endlessly beyond.
This maze-like structure aided Shi Hao’s escape. Yet, eleven True Gods still pursued, weaving through the tunnels, cutting off his paths.
**”Crack!”**
Suddenly, a loud snap echoed—the stone on Shi Hao’s back split, a full third of it breaking off and crashing to the ground.
**”Did it break?!”** Shi Hao’s heart lurched. The stone was far too fragile—just carrying it had caused it to fracture.
**”You dare?! Even a thousand deaths won’t absolve your crime!”** The True Gods behind him were frantic. This was disastrous.
They suspected the stone held an **”Immortal Seed”** or a divine treasure beyond imagination—something still forming. If it was ruined now, the loss would be incalculable.
Otherwise, this could have become the Celestial Clan’s ultimate foundation, a treasure to secure their supremacy.
Heaven and earth birthed rare wonders. In their nascent stages, they were nurtured by Primordial Qi, which vanished once fully formed.
Anything of this nature was a supreme treasure—priceless, capable of driving men to madness upon its emergence!
Shi Hao glanced back. The fallen fragment wasn’t the core—the Dao Qi quickly dissipated, while the remaining stone emitted thicker mist.
He had no intention of storing it. The stone was his shield, deterring the True Gods from attacking recklessly.
**”Something’s wrong… I should’ve escaped the mine by now. Why am I still circling these tunnels?”**
Shi Hao realized the anomaly—this place was like a maze. He suspected formations were misleading him, a dire situation.
**”Boom!”**
Abandoning the tunnels, Shi Hao smashed through walls, carving his own path through solid rock.
**”Boom!”**
A sudden force erupted from below, aimed at crushing Shi Hao into paste. A True God had struck with full power.
Shi Hao couldn’t block it with the stone. The bone inscriptions blazed brilliantly in the area.
At the same time, the rock wall exploded, revealing a vast chamber where several True Gods stood, blocking his path.
**”Is he dead?”** one asked.
But soon, they gasped. At the chamber’s center, a soft, holy glow shielded Shi Hao from the devastating inscriptions.
**”A Guardian Talisman?! What rank is this?!”** The True Gods were stunned.
Shi Hao stood unharmed, the stone still on his back. A barrier of light enveloped him—one of the ancient talismans he’d retrieved from the ruins housing the **”Three World Coffins.”**
This was why he’d dared this gamble. The talisman had withstood the explosion of a pocket dimension within a bronze box—even spatial rifts couldn’t destroy it. It could absolutely block a True God’s strike.
His only worry was wasting the talisman here.
**”Unharmed?!”** Shi Hao rejoiced. The talisman hadn’t cracked—it could be reused!
**”Swoosh!”**
Before the barrier faded, Shi Hao twisted his body and fled. The True Gods gave chase, their faces dark.
This intruder had a treasure talisman—no ordinary disciple would possess such a thing. His origins must be extraordinary.
**Crack!**
Another snap—this time, two-thirds of the stone broke off. Shi Hao’s heart pounded as he quickly discarded the remaining piece and scooped up the fallen fragment—the source of the Dao Qi.
The Celestial Clan’s True Gods nearly fainted from rage. If this treasure was ruined, the blame would fall on them.
**”The aura is stronger… This is indeed an unimaginable treasure. It might truly contain an ‘Immortal Seed’—something that could trigger the most astonishing evolution.”**
A True God trembled with excitement. If the Celestial Clan obtained this, they could nurture a peerless powerhouse.
**”Boom!”**
The ground shattered as Shi Hao burst out of the mine, the eleven True Gods hot on his heels. They attacked recklessly now, desperate to stop him.
**”Incredible!”**
Shi Hao barely dodged several divine laws. The Celestial Clan’s True Gods had gone mad—even risking damage to the stone to keep him here.
**”Thud!”**
As he broke free, the Guardian Talisman flared again, absorbing another strike. Shi Hao vanished into the grasslands, fleeing at top speed.
**”You won’t escape!”**
A crimson scythe, wreathed in flames, tore through the earth, racing toward him.
**”An Empyrean Artifact?!”** Shi Hao’s heart pounded as he fled for his life.
The scythe pursued relentlessly, its crimson glow intensifying under the True God’s control—a weapon of death descending upon him.
Even from a distance, Shi Hao felt the cold edge at his neck, his hairs standing on end. The scythe aimed to behead him.
**”My poor Guardian Talisman…”** Shi Hao grimaced, fearing the talisman would be destroyed.
But then—an anomaly.
The stone on his back trembled, releasing waves of mist like countless waterfalls, shrouding him.
Shi Hao staggered—his body suddenly weighed down as if carrying mountains. His shoulders ached under the pressure.
Had his physique not surpassed other Sovereigns, he would’ve been crushed instantly.
**”Stop!”**
The True Gods behind him recalled the crimson scythe, fearing collateral damage to the stone.
Shi Hao’s speed plummeted, the stone’s weight nearly burying him in the earth.
The Celestial Clan’s True Gods dove toward him.
Shi Hao cursed inwardly. **Of all times for this to happen!** Now, he could only rely on the talisman—but could he still take the stone?
The True Gods landed, their auras overwhelming. Some reached for the stone, others sought to immobilize Shi Hao.
**”Boom!”**
Suddenly—the stone shattered.
A terrifying light erupted, Dao Qi surging violently. Everyone paled.
Shi Hao cried out as the Guardian Talisman expanded, shielding him.
The Celestial Clan’s True Gods recoiled—the shockwave cracked the void, rippling toward them.
**”Crack!”**
The Guardian Talisman split—a visible fissure. Shi Hao’s heart nearly stopped.
Even the pocket dimension’s explosion hadn’t damaged it.
**”This is the backlash of heaven and earth! It truly nurtured a supreme treasure!”** a True God shouted, torn between awe and terror.
The spatial cracks wounded some, their bodies splitting, others coughing blood—nearly fatal.
The stone had fully broken apart, revealing an object wreathed in dense Primordial Qi. It fluctuated in size—one moment as large as a millstone, the next as small as an inch.
**”Heavens… Did it break prematurely?!”** The injured True Gods were frantic. If this treasure wasn’t fully formed, its loss would be catastrophic.
Shi Hao acted. Still within the talisman’s protection, he snatched the object and fled.
**”After him!”** The True Gods gave chase, faces grim.
In the end, Shi Hao vanished—using a **Void-Shattering Talisman** acquired in Fufeng City, combined with the **”Shrinking the Earth to an Inch”** technique and the **Kun Peng’s Method**, he escaped.
As for the **World-Breaking Talismans**—though he had two from the ruins—he refused to waste them on True Gods.
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