“Go!” Shi Hao nodded decisively. He had come for the Indestructible Scripture. If the clues were on the Supreme Peak, it must be the final destination!
Huang was heading to the most terrifying place, the ultimate forbidden zone. This news swept through the sea like a hurricane, causing massive waves!
The North Sea Stone Forest was vast, no smaller than a large landmass. Of course, it was composed of massive boulders scattered across the ocean, shimmering with seawater between them.
For most people in Boundless Heaven, this was considered overseas, a cultivation ground in the vast ocean.
Huang’s emergence, his defeat of Purple Sun Heavenly Monarch, and his triumphant return after three years of disappearance had stirred great commotion. His relentless challenges to the Supreme Peaks here became the focal point.
The Supreme Peak, untouched for a hundred thousand years, was shrouded in clouds and mist, towering majestically in the Stone Forest, standing out abruptly.
Shi Hao paused briefly here, looking around. He believed he could ascend it, but he didn’t linger and pressed forward.
A large crowd followed behind, murmuring among themselves. Huang had arrived, and everyone knew he was strong. Yet, seeing him disregard even the divine peak that no one had scaled in a hundred thousand years left them stunned.
“Is he really heading to the ultimate trial ground?”
Venturing deeper into this sea, pushing into the heart of the Stone Forest, Shi Hao saw several majestic mountains, tens of thousands of feet high, like the spine of heaven and earth.
Peaks that had remained unconquered for eight hundred thousand years—there were over a dozen of them!
“Blue Fairy once ascended one of these peaks and succeeded,” an elder pointed to one of the colossal mountains.
Shi Hao was astonished. He hadn’t expected that ethereally beautiful woman in blue to be so formidable, even more so than he had imagined.
“Won’t he stop?” someone whispered—a few young maidens, exquisitely beautiful and transcendent. They had once witnessed Blue Fairy’s grace here and admired Purple Sun Heavenly Monarch’s awe-inspiring presence, filled with reverence and admiration.
Now, hearing of Purple Sun Heavenly Monarch’s defeat, they refused to accept it, unwilling to believe Shi Hao was so powerful.
In truth, it was because Purple Sun Heavenly Monarch’s performance that day had been too dazzling, embodying the image of an invincible young hero, leaving an indelible impression on them.
Thus, out of pure fondness and fervent admiration, they harbored some hostility toward Shi Hao.
Even most of the crowd behind him, seeing Shi Hao press onward without stopping, felt he was somewhat arrogant. Would he really bypass such peaks?
In reality, if time permitted, Shi Hao wouldn’t mind ascending them one by one as part of his cultivation.
But time was pressing. He feared complications and urgently wanted to enter the ultimate forbidden zone to find clues to the Indestructible Scripture and retrieve that supreme scripture!
The Stone Forest was interconnected by narrow paths and rope bridges, forming an inseparable whole.
Desolate trails, rarely trodden, grew increasingly secluded. This area was seldom visited, as there was no need.
These sacred peaks, untouched for over a million years, stood in the depths like the limits of heaven and earth, piercing the clouds with their overwhelming majesty, suffocating those who beheld them.
There, six ancient mountains loomed, each vaster than the last, sprawling like plateaus, supporting the heavens and bearing the weight of stars.
They blocked the path ahead.
“These mountains have scarcely been scaled in this era. Some may never have been tread upon,” a kindly old woman explained.
The shortest among them corresponded to a million years, with the subsequent peaks representing increasingly ancient epochs, each adding tens or even hundreds of thousands of years!
Even the shortest of these peaks far surpassed those seen earlier along the way.
“Rumor has it that some of these peaks hold empty coffins, while others are seated with ancient supreme experts who may have stepped into the realm of immortality!”
Shi Hao was startled. “Are they corpses? Surely they’ve long since passed?”
“They should have perished long ago. But beyond these colossal peaks, the ultimate trial ground is another matter. There might even be a true immortal seated there,” a middle-aged man explained.
He was a city lord of the North Sea Stone Forest, a renowned powerhouse of the region, profound in magic and formidable in strength!
Though a senior, he didn’t underestimate Shi Hao—partly out of respect for the Great Elder of Celestial Academy, and partly because he recognized Shi Hao’s inevitable rise to greatness.
“The ultimate trial ground might hold a true immortal?” Shi Hao paused.
“Perhaps, perhaps not. No one has entered, so no one knows,” the city lord replied.
He cited examples.
The colossal peaks before them, untouched for a million years, didn’t mean no one had ever ascended them.
It was said that past experts who climbed them witnessed sights that spawned countless theories among later generations.
On these ancient peaks piercing the heavens, some who ascended found corpses still warm, not stiff, as if merely asleep!
Others found empty coffins containing scales, feathers, or shed skin, resembling records in ancient jade texts—hinting at ascension through feigned death.
From corpse to life, ghost to immortal!
Thus, suspicions arose that the ultimate forbidden zone, never breached, might harbor a true immortal!
“So absurd?” Shi Hao was dumbfounded. These were just the blocking peaks. The true destination might hold unimaginable, transcendent transformations.
A true immortal, living from ancient times to now, waiting there for successors?
Shi Hao found it hard to believe.
Unfortunately, when one of the Ten Fierce, the Heavenly Horned Ant, mentioned the North Sea Stone Forest, it was cryptic, omitting details.
“I don’t believe he defeated Purple Sun Heavenly Monarch!” A young girl in the crowd puffed her cheeks, glaring at Shi Hao.
“If he’s entering the ultimate trial ground, he must have the strength to rival a Heavenly Monarch,” a young man countered.
“Wanting to enter and actually entering are two different things. I doubt he can even step inside!” another maiden retorted.
Clearly, Purple Sun Heavenly Monarch had a strong following here, especially among young women.
Others in the crowd murmured, all thinking Shi Hao too arrogant to attempt the forbidden zone. Hadn’t he heard the legends? Failure meant never returning.
“Young friend, reconsider carefully!” the city lord cautioned.
“How does one enter the ultimate ground? Must these demonic peaks be crossed first?” Shi Hao asked, as the mountains blocked the path.
According to the city lord, the ultimate ground was encircled by these peaks, no matter the direction.
“There’s a narrow path—there!” the city lord pointed.
A slender trail wound between the colossal peaks, stretching into the depths.
“But it’s perilous. That path is treacherous, with death lurking at every step,” an elder nearby warned.
In past eras, many had ventured out of curiosity, hoping to glimpse the ultimate ground, even if only from afar.
Yet, setting foot on that path spelled disaster!
Shi Hao thanked them and set off again, heading straight for the desolate trail, its traces inexplicably preserved over the ages.
“He’s really going in!” Everyone paled. Huang was audacious beyond measure!
As Shi Hao neared the path, an invisible force barred his way—a powerful field halting him instantly.
Boom!
He struck out with a fist, shattering the obstruction, clearing the path!
But then, the colossal peaks trembled violently, as if on the verge of collapse.
The crowd was aghast. This had never happened before. How could Huang’s mere step onto the path shake these “million-year” peaks?
Shi Hao advanced, but after only a few hundred steps, a terrifying pressure bore down, threatening to tear him apart.
“Break!”
He roared, his body blazing as his inner gates opened, unleashing his full power to resist.
The mountains quaked, rumbling thunderously.
Peaks untouched for millions of years shuddered, as if awakening to life!
Boom!
As they shook, boulders tumbled toward Shi Hao.
He looked up—and froze in horror.
Not at the falling rocks, but at the terrifying sight before him.
With his Heavenly Eye, he saw an ancient coffin on a cliff, its lid creaking open, shedding human skin!
On another peak, a humanoid figure sat on a precipice, its eyes open—staring straight at him!
A living being?
Or a ghost turned immortal?
Shi Hao was terrified!
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