Chapter 3759: Distinguished Guest of the Thunder Clan
Gui Xu, located in the heart of the Wuding Divine Sea, is one of the few forbidden lands in heaven and earth. Even during the million years the Thunder Clan disappeared from the universe, very few cultivators dared to enter Gui Xu to investigate.
Legend says that Gui Xu is vast and boundless within, bottomless, and is the destination of all rivers under heaven.
It is said that a Heavenly Venerable-level strong once entered Gui Xu and encountered a ferocious divine beast that had gone extinct since the Primordial Era. The beast surfaced, one eye like the sun, the other like the moon, and its roar could shatter a god’s divine soul.
At the entrance of Gui Xu, many islands are scattered like stars.
These islands were formed from the corpses of ancient giant beasts mixed with mud and sand, deposited over endless years and evolved. The islands have a fierce shape, thick with death qi, and cultivators passing through dare not stay long.
For some unknown reason, both the sea and sky here are a deep red.
Water like blood, sky like fire.
The Thunder Clan divine general “Zhen Yuhai,” clad in heavy divine armor with only his eyes exposed outside his helmet, holding a trident, guarded an island shaped like a crouching ox. Suddenly, he sensed something and stared at the distant sea.
He saw a tall figure completely shrouded in a silver robe, appearing like a ghost, materializing out of thin air on the water’s surface.
“Who goes there?”
Zhen Yuhai sensed that the newcomer’s cultivation was extremely high and unfathomable. To be safe, he immediately sent out a message.
The silver-robed figure was enveloped in a hazy light mist, flickering in and out of visibility. Even using his divine eyes, Zhen Yuhai could not make out his face, as if he existed in another time and space.
From within Gui Xu, the voice of the Thunder Ancestor sounded: “Zhen Yuhai, invite the distinguished guest in!”
Only then did Zhen Yuhai lower his guard, but intense curiosity arose—what kind of figure was visiting that would alarm the Thunder Ancestor?
Zhen Yuhai and the silver-robed figure rode a thousand-zhang-long Qi Fish into Gui Xu.
The Qi Fish’s scales were dark red, half its body above the water as it broke through the waves, carrying a majestic cyan palace on its back.
After entering Gui Xu, the silver-robed figure extended a powerful right arm, palm up, sensing the changes in the heaven and earth rules in the air. “It has indeed become different. The thunder rules are dense and active… and there are Ancestor Rules. Has the Thunder Clan’s Ancestor Realm merged with Gui Xu?”
Zhen Yuhai could not guess the visitor’s identity and dared not respond lightly.
In the sky of Gui Xu, divine lightning like giant dragons would occasionally flash, emitting a grand aura.
Blood rain fell from the clouds, raindrops as large as washbasins, splashing water blossoms on the sea.
The Qi Fish swam for an unknown distance. Ahead, a black coastline stretching east to west appeared on the water’s surface.
It looked like a vast continent!
Upon closer approach, they found it was not a continent at all, but a continent-sized altar.
The altar was built from giant stones and piled bones, over a hundred meters high, emitting a strong stench of decay.
At the edge of the altar, dozens of Qi Fish were docked, each carrying a palace on its back.
From the palaces emanated divine aura.
A young, beautiful female Thunder Clan god with flowing purple hair crackling with electricity flew above the altar. Her divine realm world gradually emerged from the space beneath her feet.
Within the divine realm world was a void realm tens of thousands of miles long.
This void realm housed thousands of races, countless cultivators, and established kingdoms and city-states.
Under the female god’s control, the beings in the void realm—men and women, old and young—fell like raindrops onto the altar.
Screams, pleas for mercy, and cries filled the air.
They were truly like ants; no thought was given to whether they were beautiful or ugly, good or evil, pregnant or infants—all were the same.
As the altar glowed, they were continuously ground away, and the sounds gradually faded. Only the stench-filled blood mist and clusters of soul light remained, flying toward the Thunder Ancestor at the center of the altar, absorbed into his mouth and nose to replenish blood qi and divine soul.
From the Qi Fish, divine shadows continuously flew out. Some divine realm worlds released void realms, others released life planets, and even great worlds.
Every second, over a hundred billion beings turned into blood qi and soul light.
Fei Ma Wang stood at the edge of the altar, her waterfall-like blood-red hair draped over her cheeks. Her figure was tall and straight, clad in jade armor, her curves clearly outlined, her skin as white as spirit jade. But the demonic fiend qi and imposing aura she emitted made the Thunder Clan gods fear and respect her, not daring to meet her eyes.
This was a true ancient demon god, with a fearsome reputation spanning over ten million years.
“Congratulations, Thunder Ancestor, on fully recovering from your injuries. Soon, you will surely break through to the Indestructible Infinite realm,” Fei Ma Wang said coldly, her voice devoid of emotion.
The Thunder Ancestor flew down beside Fei Ma Wang. His head was large, his nose long and pointed, his pupils like two glowing thunder pearls. He laughed hoarsely, “With this ancient altar passed down from the Primordial Era, refining the blood qi and souls of all beings, if I couldn’t quickly recover my cultivation, how could I compete with the heroes of the world in the future?”
“By the way, Fei Ma Wang, having absorbed a large amount of divine matter, you should soon be able to return to the Indestructible Infinite level, right?”
“The heaven and earth rules of this era are very different from the Ancient Era, always binding us. Returning to our former peak—how easy is that?” Faced with the heaven and earth rules, even an existence like Fei Ma Wang felt a sense of powerlessness.
The Thunder Ancestor’s expression shifted slightly. “I know of a Daoist yin-yang dual cultivation method. If you and I practice it, we might be able to break our shackles together in a short time.”
Fei Ma Wang neither agreed nor disagreed, changing the subject. “In fact, seizing the Earth Cauldron from Zhang Ruochen and refining all things into the origin is our best way to break the shackles.”
Fei Ma Wang knew well that the Thunder Ancestor was the same kind of person as her—willing to do anything for power.
Dual cultivation might be real, but they were more eager to devour each other.
“Zhang Ruochen… Hmph!”
The Thunder Ancestor also wanted to capture Zhang Ruochen.
If not for Zhang Ruochen, how could the Thunder Ancestor have been cut down half his divine body by Feng Tian, only now recovering his cultivation?
Zhang Ruochen had repeatedly thwarted the Thunder Clan’s plans and killed their Infinite-level members. He was already the number one person the Thunder Ancestor wanted dead.
Fei Ma Wang said, “The distinguished guest has arrived!”
The Thunder Ancestor and Fei Ma Wang both looked toward the approaching Qi Fish.
The silver-robed figure flew onto the altar, appearing opposite them. He pulled down the hood covering half his face. “So Fei Ma Wang is here too.”
Zhen Yuhai, on the Qi Fish’s back, showed a strange expression upon seeing the silver-robed figure’s face.
The Thunder Ancestor laughed loudly. “The Heavenly Lord visits the Thunder Clan. What is your intention?”
The silver-robed figure said, “I wish to see the Heavenly Venerable.”
The Thunder Ancestor said, “In this era, there is more than one Heavenly Venerable.”
“Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable.”
The Thunder Ancestor shook his head and waved his hand. “Forgive my frankness, Heavenly Lord. Although you are now one of the Twenty Heavens of the Hell Realm, with your cultivation, you cannot see the Heavenly Venerable. In fact, I, the Ancestor, can make decisions on all matters of the Thunder Clan.”
“I’m afraid you cannot make this decision,” said the Four Yang Heavenly Lord.
The Thunder Ancestor squinted his eyes. Invisibly, thunder rules gathered in his pupils, then, like two universes exploding, he released them toward the Four Yang Heavenly Lord.
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord stood still, but four Golden Crow light shadows appeared around him.
The four Golden Crows propped up a red-gold divine flame world, colliding with the thunderstorm.
“Boom!”
Both the Four Yang Heavenly Lord and the Thunder Ancestor stepped back half a step, causing the altar beneath them to sink slightly.
Divine flames and fire spread in all directions, startling the Qi Fish and Thunder Clan gods at the altar’s edge into diving underwater.
“I didn’t expect you, Lei Wanjue, to be so powerful,” said the Four Yang Heavenly Lord.
The Thunder Ancestor was even more shocked. With the advantage of the terrain, he could only tie with the Four Yang Heavenly Lord.
In fact, he had already lost.
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord acknowledged the Thunder Ancestor’s strength and looked toward Fei Ma Wang.
Fei Ma Wang knew that for the Four Yang Heavenly Lord to personally visit the Thunder Clan, there must be a major matter to discuss. So, she tactfully made an excuse to leave.
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord said, “The Blazing Sun Civilization wishes to form an alliance with the Thunder Clan. Can you, Thunder Ancestor, make this decision?”
“Of course!”
The Thunder Ancestor had expected this but still showed great joy, laughing, “The Heavenly Lord can see the general trend of the world and abandon darkness for light. The Thunder Clan will surely regard the Blazing Sun Civilization as its closest ally and kin. However, the Blazing Sun Civilization is the eleventh clan of the Hell Realm, and you, Heavenly Lord, are one of the Twenty Heavens of the Hell Realm. If you do this, those stubborn Heavens of the Hell Realm…”
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord snorted coldly. “The Hell Realm has only ten clans; there has never been an eleventh clan.”
“It seems the Heavenly Lord is not content in the Hell Realm,” said the Thunder Ancestor.
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord said, “The Blazing Sun Civilization consists of living beings. How could it truly walk the same path as the dead clans? As for the living beings of the Lower Three Clans… they are no different from the dead. Our philosophies differ, and we are destined to part ways.”
The Thunder Ancestor had long understood the Blazing Sun Civilization’s predicament. After a moment of thought, he laughed, “The Heavenly Lord fears Zhang Ruochen, doesn’t he? Zhang Ruochen has close ties with many major figures in the Hell Realm. If he sets his mind against you, Heavenly Lord, you and the Blazing Sun Civilization might face utter destruction.”
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord had come to negotiate cooperation, but he knew that with his current cultivation, he could only be a vassal of the Thunder Clan, not an equal ally.
However, he had to secure more benefits and say for himself and the Blazing Sun Civilization. “What is a mere Zhang Ruochen? If the Heavens of the Hell Realm had any foresight, they would not turn against me because of him.”
“I wish to cooperate with the Thunder Clan for two main reasons.”
“I’m all ears,” said the Thunder Ancestor.
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord spoke bluntly. “First, in ancient times, the Blazing Sun Civilization and the Thunder Clan were on good terms. Compared to the Hell Realm, I trust the Thunder Clan more. In terms of ability, Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable far surpasses Hao Tian and Fengdu, truly able to decide the fate of the world with a single word.”
The Thunder Ancestor nodded. “The Heavenly Lord is one of the few wise men of this era! The ten clans of the Hell Realm are full of contradictions and open and covert struggles. For the past 300,000 years, they have been utterly unworthy of the stage.”
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord said, “Second, I wish to use the power of Gui Xu to welcome back the remnant soul of the Blazing Sun Ancestor. Those Heavens of the Hell Realm all betray their ancestors and destroy their lineage. The vast majority attack and kill the remnant souls of ancient sages. This is the fundamental reason I have become estranged from them!”
The Thunder Ancestor had initially worried that the Four Yang Heavenly Lord’s alliance offer might be a scheme of the Hell Realm, but upon hearing this, all his doubts vanished.
He probed, “Has the Blazing Sun Ancestor’s Ancestor Divine Body been preserved to this era?”
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Peng Beihai, Feng Zhaoyang. Again carrying books and swords on a long road. Next year on this day, rising to the clouds, we’ll laugh at the busy scholars of the world.
Wishing all readers taking the college entrance exams success!
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