Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1192 552: Total Petrification (Part 2)

They found Hu Feifei and, through the court, spread this cultivation technique to the cultivators in the Returning Void and Mahayana Realms across the West Bull New Continent.

Sha Qiutong arrived at Qianyang Mountain and met with the Great Snake Xuan Shan, offering this cultivation technique.

At this moment, the Great Snake Xuan Shan was resisting the evil qi between heaven and earth, protecting the creatures near Qianyang Mountain, but was already feeling overwhelmed.

His divine image, Xuan Shan in black robes, quickly comprehended the cultivation technique, saying, "With my cultivation level, I can envelop the area around Qianyang Mountain and petrify all living stones. Turning myself into stone, I might withstand the evil qi for a hundred years, but what after a hundred years?"

"Xuan Shan, if we can win, a hundred years won't be necessary."

Sha Qiutong said, "If you cannot win, you and the creatures of Qianyang Mountain will never awaken."

The Great Snake Xuan Shan's face turned somber, "This time, I don't know if we will have the chance to meet again?"

Sha Qiutong bowed to him in farewell: "Old neighbor, until we meet again."

Xuan Shan in black robes also bowed, "I hope there is a future."

Sha Qiutong left and went to see Granny Zhuang, bidding her farewell.

She left Qianyang Mountain, suddenly sensing a mysterious aura emanating from behind her. Turning back, she saw a massive black snake coiled around a verdant peak, its body gradually turning to stone. Centered around the snake, flowers, trees, birds, beasts, insects, and fish all began to petrify as well.

The people of Qianyang Mountain, the cultivators, slowly turned into stone.

The domain of the Great Snake Xuan Shan expanded, covering an area within a thousand-mile radius.

A thousand-mile radius transformed into a stone cauldron. Eventually, the Great Snake Xuan Shan also turned to stone.

Sha Qiutong left Qianyang Mountain and returned to the Imperial Capital. In the court, Hu Feifei was rather anxious, arguing with Du Yiran and others. Sha Qiutong stepped forward, and Hu Feifei said, "Without so many cultivators in the Returning Void and Mahayana Realms, we cannot cover all the provinces of West Bull New Continent! What about the remaining people?"

Zhuge Jian said, "Then we must relocate people from other provinces!"

"There's simply no time! By the time you move them, they will have undergone evil transformation!"

"Then we can only save a group of people, which is better than saving no one at all!"

"Who do we save? Who do we abandon? Who decides? By what criteria?"

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The group quarrelled, and Sha Qiutong listened for a moment, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness: "Perhaps if we hadn't eliminated the Thirteen Families, we would have so many experts."

Just as she thought of this, she heard a loud voice: "In times of great peril, Yu Lingzi and the Taihua Qingyang Palace obey the True King!"

Sha Qiutong's heart leapt with joy, and she quickly looked over to see Yu Lingzi leading the many experts of Qingyang Palace into the Imperial City.

Hu Feifei and the ministers of the cabinet walked out of the court to welcome them. Before they could exchange pleasantries, another voice said, "Ji Xuanxuan leads the monks and nuns of Bodhi Dojo to meet, willing to share the kingdom's hardships with the True King!"

Everyone looked, seeing the Holy Daughter Xuan leading the experts of Bodhi Dojo.

Another voice called out, "In these harsh times, the Heavenly Master Mansion is willing to follow the True King's command!"

"The old monk, Ku Yu, from the Great Baoguo Temple, comes to pay respects to the True King, willing to offer his modest strength!"

Many Taoists and monks arrived, experts from the Six Great Holy Lands of Taoism and Buddhism, all paying their respects.

Hu Feifei was overjoyed, quickly calculating, but frowned, "Even with the experts from Taoism and Buddhism, it's still not enough to cover the West Bull New Continent..."

Suddenly, another voice said, "What about adding the experts from the Divine Capital?"

Everyone turned to see Dao Chengzi, Dan Chengzi, and others entering the court, about a hundred or two.

Dan Chengzi smiled, "With us, can the Void Great Realm cover the West Bull New Continent?"

Hu Feifei was overjoyed: "It's enough!"

Across the fifty provinces of West Bull New Continent, portals to the Small Heavenly Realms opened, and cultivators emerged, positioning themselves according to the court's plan.

They sat on the ground, carefully reading the cultivation technique created by Chen Yindou.

When Hu Feifei had the Hanlin Academy copy this technique, she named it the Stone Rock Transformation Formula.

The comprehension and practice of this cultivation technique were based on their own cultivation methods, not difficult, and soon someone grasped its mysteries, activating the Stone Rock Transformation Formula.

They raised their primordial spirits, activating their own Void Great Realm, and within the domains covered by the Void Great Realm, all living beings turned into stone.

The last to petrify were their physical bodies and primordial spirits.

"I hope there's a future," Sha Qiutong whispered.

She sat on the ground, her body gradually turning into stone.

The place she was at was Hejin Town, Longmen County, Constitution State, not far from the Fan family.

Xiang Tianyu's reincarnated body, Fan Pu, was playing in the courtyard, a smile on his face.

He had also turned to stone.

In Xinxiang Imperial City, Hu Feifei raised the West King Jade Seal, observing the Mountain and River Map, seeing mountains and rivers petrifying, the petrified domains growing larger, and many petrified void domains intersecting, with fewer and fewer unpetrified places.

After two days, the last gap was filled.

Hu Feifei breathed a sigh of relief, looking up, "Stone Rock Lady, you can proceed now."

The voice of Stone Rock Lady replied, "Lord Hu, there's no need to worry; there's no pain..."

Her Ghost God Domain slowly spread outwards, covering more and more area, and wherever it passed, whether flowers, livestock, mortals, or cultivators, all were petrified.

The Ghost God Domain expanded wider and wider, gradually reaching the Imperial City, sweeping across Hu Feifei and the civil and military officials.

Their skins turned to stone, and their blood ceased flowing.

Stone Rock Lady's Ghost God Domain extended outward, and after a moment, it merged with the surrounding Ghost God Domains.

The entire West Bull New Continent appeared to have turned into a world of stone, with statues of people, cattle, horses, grass, wood, and flowers everywhere, stone birds in trees, stone fish in water.

Yet in this vast world, there was no sign of any moving life.

Everything was terrifyingly silent.

The Sun and Moon Righteous Qi formed by the Outer Heaven True God's gaze could not penetrate the thick blood and cloud layer to the mortal world, and the evil qi in heaven and earth grew more intense.

At this moment, the figure of the Heavenly Venerate appeared in Heavenly Dao City.

"It's time for this world to suffer. I've waited sixteen thousand years for this day!"

He smiled broadly, walking through Heavenly Dao City, but a moment later, his face turned livid, and he flew up, heading towards another distant city.

He floated over the city, looking down, seeing nothing but petrified people everywhere, not a single living person.

The Heavenly Venerate's face grew darker as he continued flying, seeing that whether it was village or town, there was no sign of life, not even in the most prosperous cities, which were now unnervingly quiet.

The once-vibrant West Bull New Continent suddenly seemed dead.

The Heavenly Venerate burned with rage, suddenly sweeping his sleeve, and crack-crack-crack, countless stone people and horses shattered, and with a flick of his sleeve, half the city's stone people were reduced to dust!

He stomped his foot, and the entire city collapsed, burying the remaining stone people under the rubble!

He vented his fury, spreading his divine skills wildly, ruining the place beyond recognition, but no one panicked, no one screamed and fled, no one knelt to beg for mercy, and no one cast him a hostile glance.

All that greeted him was a cold, petrified world.

Having waited over sixteen thousand years, the time for reaping had finally arrived, but now he found no joy in it.

Destroying these unaware and insensitive stone statues was a far cry from crushing living beings capable of resistance.

The complete petrification of West Bull New Continent deprived him of the thrill of the harvest.

"You think turning yourselves into stone can escape the evil transformation? Impossible."

The Heavenly Venerate sneered, his thoughts stirring, as torrents of flesh and blood cascaded from the sky, beginning to cover the land and mountains, swallowing the petrified humans within.

"It's time to see Lady Houtu. This Divine often over involves herself; it's time to send her on her way."