The moment that this booming sound resounded inside his spiritual space, Shun Long who could feel a transformation taking place in his mind, suddenly felt a soul-splitting headache assaulting him, almost as if it was trying to tear apart his soul.
At the same time, his entire spiritual space had started to rumble violently, while only the 'Stone of Time' continued to float there calmly, as if these changes had no effect on it.
Despite having experienced endless amounts of pain and suffering in the past, including having his body reformed twice by the 'Monarch's Eternal body', Shun Long was unable to suppress this pain that was coming from the depths of his soul, as he subconsciously let out a roar
''AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH''
He could feel as if his own soul was slowly being torn apart... while something sealed inside him was slowly awakening! And yet, this very awakening was causing him so much pain, that Shun Long was already on the verge of breaking down.
At the same time, Shun Long had also realized, that this pain was no different from when he was absorbing the knowledge inside the golden book! Despite being half a step away from advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, he was barely able to endure this suffering while maintaining his consciousness.
However, just as Shun Long was trying to suppress the soul-splitting pain and merge the remaining 9 balls of qi above his head into 3, something completely unexpected suddenly happened.
ROOOOAAAAR!!
A powerful roar came from the depths of Shun Long's spiritual space, shaking his soul in the process, while at the same time, Shun Long could feel that whatever was sealed deep inside him had finally broken free!
At that same moment, the soul-splitting headache turned even more intense, as countless scenes appeared in Shun Long's mind, like a volcano that was suppressing itself for millions of years and had finally erupted!
Suddenly, a new scene appeared in Shun Long's mind, as Shun Long saw himself wearing a golden armor as he was flying in the sky, while in his right hand, he was holding a familiar black spear.
This scene didn't seem to be a memory that Shun Long was observing as an outsider.
Instead, he could actually feel that he was flying in the sky, as he led 10.000 black-armored soldiers towards a mountain that was hovering above the clouds!
As he turned his head around to look at the ten-thousand black-armored warriors, a single name appeared in Shun Long's mind
'The Heaven Trampling Legion!'
This name had been etched at the deepest parts of Shun Long's soul, and as he mumbled it inside his mind, a myriad of emotions suddenly appeared in his heart!
At the same time, Shun Long clearly remembered, that he had seen a similar scene once again in the past, back when he was breaking through to the fourth stage of the 'Monarch's Eternal body'.
However, back then, not only was Shun Long riding on Little Black's back, but the faces of the warriors of the Heaven Trampling Legion were blurry and indistinct, making Shun Long unable to recognize their facial features.
This time though, not only could Shun Long clearly see each and every one of their faces, but their names had also appeared in his mind at the same time!
Staring at the floating mountain in the distance, more and more memories continued to appear in Shun Long's mind, while at the same time, he could practically feel the overflowing killing intent coming from the Heaven Trampling Legion behind him.
They were all staring at the mountain peak high above the clouds with emotionless eyes, but the endless killing intent coming from their bodies, made them seem like a pack of bloodthirsty beasts that couldn't wait to raze the mountain to the ground.
''Right... back then, the Sky mountain's Xiong family had attacked Gao Jiahao's family, killing every last descendant of theirs in order to steal their family treasure, the 'Golden Immortal Bell'.
Jiahao and his elder brother weren't at the Gao family back then, managing to escape the disaster out of pure luck!
Once the 2 siblings learned of their family's destruction, they immediately fled the area they were in, trying to escape as far as they could.
... I still remember how Jiahao was carrying his big brother's body in his hands once he arrived outside the Heaven Trampling city, as he begged Xiao Ming to revive his elder brother that had died to magic beasts while they were on the run.
There were tears in his eyes as he knelt down and begged the 'Lord Immortal' to save his elder brother who had sacrificed himself to keep his younger brother alive... but alas...
After Xiao Ming took him in as a disciple, Jiahao dedicated himself into becoming strong enough to exact his revenge and trained madly for more than 2000 years.
However, even in my Heaven Trampling Legion, aside from my 10 commanders, only a handful of people could match the strength of the Sky mountain's Xiong family's head, Xiong Qin's.
I remember I then personally led the Heaven Trampling Legion to the Sky mountain, to completely eradicate the Xiong family!
...How many years has it been since then...?''
As these thoughts flashed through Shun Long's mind, he saw himself leading the Heaven Trampling Legion towards the Sky mountain, before he raised his hand in the air.
The sky above the mountain peak of the enormous mountain that spanned for thousands of miles instantly darkened, before the outline of an enormous black palm that spanned for thousands of meters appeared above the palace of the Xiong family!
''Who is it??''
At that very moment, voices filled with surprise and shock, as well as anger and killing intent sounded from the depths of the palace, as thousands of figures flew out from the palace's entrance, as they all shot to the sky at the same time.
All of these figures were the core members of the Xiong family!
However, the moment that these people saw the 10.000 black-armored warriors of the Heaven Trampling Legion, as well as the golden-armored 'Shun Long' who was leading them, a series of different expressions appeared on the Xiong family members' faces.
'Shun Long' however wasn't willing to give any explanations to the Xiong family members, as he stared at the palace stationed in the Sky mountain's peak, before he slammed his hand downwards.
At the same time, seeing the gigantic black palm in the sky that was descending towards the Xiong family's palace, a voice filled with fury and disbelief sounded from the depths of the palace as it shouted angrily
''STOP!''
At the same time, a small golden bell appeared in the sky above the luxurious palace, before it quickly enlarged in size, becoming just as big as the enormous black palm in the sky!
The enormous palm that had covered the sky however didn't seem to stop due to the voice, as it continued descending downwards, before it met the huge golden bell head-on!
BOOOOM!