Chapter 3760: Sensation
In each eon, a realm can produce extraordinary talents. Through the long passage of countless millions of years, living beings always achieve the Dao, gazing toward the Ancestor Realm.
The Blazing Sun Civilization had long lost its former glory, yet it was once one of the four great ancient civilization giants, standing alongside the Thousand Star Civilization, the Big Dipper Civilization, and the Witch God Civilization. Its ancestors naturally possessed extraordinary great sages, who created unparalleled wondrous methods and left behind a foundation for ten thousand generations.
Whether the Blazing Sun Ancestor was a true Ancestor can no longer be verified, but he was undoubtedly one of the few strongest since ancient times. The techniques he created allowed the Blazing Sun Civilization to stand firm in the forest of the universe for billions of years without falling. The bloodline he passed down gave the direct descendants of the Blazing Sun Civilization a lead of more than a single step over other cultivators in terms of physical body.
However, the era of the Blazing Sun Ancestor was too distant, and every Ancestor Tomb is the most valuable treasure trove for later cultivators to explore. Every Ancestor Corpse holds a maddening attraction for beings at the Indestructible Infinite Realm.
Ancestors who could preserve their own corpses are extremely rare, and no matter how well they hide, they cannot escape the excavation of later cultivators.
Four Sun Heavenly Lord did not immediately answer Thunder Ancestor's question. Instead, he looked down at the ancient sacrificial platform beneath his feet, stained dark red by the precipitation of blood, and said, "The Thunder Clan is indeed an ancient giant clan that has long dominated the Wuding Divine Sea. Its foundation is profound and far beyond what the Blazing Sun Civilization can compare. This sacrificial platform is extraordinary!"
Thunder Ancestor said, "The Thunder Clan's ancestors once followed the Nether Ancestor, attacking the Abyss of Darkness and fighting through the Ancient Desolate Ruins City. This sacrificial platform was used by the Nether Ancestor at the Great Nether Mountain, when he received the worship of the Twelve Ancient Clans and appointed their twelve clan kings as Nether Sons, to sacrifice to the spirits of all sentient races. The platform is stained with the blood of countless ancient beings and was personally refined by the Nether Ancestor, so it is naturally extraordinary. The Thunder Clan calls it the Great Nether Sacrificial Platform!"
Four Sun Heavenly Lord said, "Is it through this that the ancient remnant souls in the Guixu come to the Real World?"
Although the rules of heaven and earth had changed and the order had loosened, allowing ancient remnant souls to descend from Lihentian to the Real World, certain special conditions and transitional places were still needed. For example, the Night Soil of the Illusory Extinction Star Sea, the Time Divine Temple, and the Unzhou Mountain of the Space Divine Temple.
And Guixu was clearly such a place.
Thunder Ancestor smiled and said, "Heavenly Lord, there is no need to worry so much, nor to suspect that the Thunder Clan covets the ancestral body of the Blazing Sun Ancestor. To be honest, although the Thunder Clan appears to maintain independence and strength between the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm, in reality, it can only survive in the cracks, using the contradictions of war between the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm to keep them in check, thus thriving like a fish in water."
"Once the contradictions between the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm ease, the Thunder Clan faces the risk of collapse. Therefore, we must unite more allies to strengthen ourselves."
"The Blazing Sun Clan is an ally the Thunder Clan desperately seeks, but it is far from enough. Thus, the Thunder Clan must form alliances with the Chaos Ancient Demon Gods and ancient strong ones, because they have little room to exist in the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm."
"If the Blazing Sun Ancestor is to return, it would undoubtedly be a great boost for the Thunder Clan, like adding wings to a tiger. The Heavenly Venerable will personally welcome him."
Thunder Ancestor pointed his finger at the void, and a bolt of purple lightning streaked across the sky.
Moments later, more than a dozen immensely powerful divine shadows appeared at the edge of the sea around the Great Nether Sacrificial Platform.
Although they were only projections, each possessed a majestic aura and extraordinary appearance.
Among them, several divine shadows felt familiar to Four Sun Heavenly Lord, as he had seen their portraits in historical scrolls. They had all been invincible in their eras, and some were even rumored to be Half-Ancestors or Ancestors.
Of course, more than ninety percent of the ancient sages rumored to be Ancestors were not true Ancestors.
Thunder Ancestor bowed to the dozen divine shadows, then turned to Four Sun Heavenly Lord and said, "Unfortunately, back then, Kong Yinxue refined the Snow Domain Star Sea Divine Army, traveling through all realms and clans, digging up the three thousand most top-tier divine corpses in the world. Many ancient strong ones' remnant souls lost their resting places. Now, these sages can only remain in Guixu as remnant souls."
"However, the Thunder Clan has been actively seeking their direct descendants. Finding suitable vessels for possession is only a matter of time."
Four Sun Heavenly Lord said, "The Blazing Sun Civilization once experienced a great calamity. The Ancestor's divine body was destroyed countless eons ago."
Thunder Ancestor showed a disappointed expression, but quickly let it go and said, "Then has the Heavenly Lord found a suitable vessel for possession?"
Four Sun Heavenly Lord said, "Finding a vessel worthy of an Ancestor is no easy task. The current generation of the Blazing Sun Clan has no such prodigy."
Thunder Ancestor narrowed his eyes and said, "So the Blazing Sun Ancestor intends to first descend to Guixu in the form of a remnant soul, and then slowly cultivate a vessel with supreme talent within the Blazing Sun Clan?"
Four Sun Heavenly Lord shook his head and said, "Although the Ancestor's divine body has been destroyed, the ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars that the Ancestor cultivated back then still exist. They can serve as a carrier, following the path of the Stone Clan."
The direct disciples of the Blazing Sun Civilization practiced the techniques left by the Blazing Sun Ancestor. After becoming gods, they would not cultivate Divine Throne Planets but would instead condense a single Golden Crow Divine Sun.
Upon reaching the Great God Realm, they could condense a second. Upon reaching the Infinite Realm, a third.
Four Sun Heavenly Lord's cultivation had reached the peak of Great Unbound Infinite, and he possessed four Black Gold Divine Suns.
As for the Blazing Sun Ancestor, he had left behind ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars, each containing energy and weight surpassing ten thousand stars.
This was the most powerful foundation of the Blazing Sun Civilization!
Thunder Ancestor laughed heartily and said, "The ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars still exist in the world? Excellent! If the Blazing Sun Ancestor's remnant soul can descend relying on these ten suns and follow the Stone Clan's path, he will surely create a second glorious life."
Relying on artifacts or Divine Throne Planets to descend into the Real World was also a path, one that ancient strong ones usually prepared during their lifetimes.
Lady Shiji had relied on the Profound Cauldron to live until now.
Di's Half-Ancestor divine soul was carried by the Demon Shrine, allowing him to return in this era.
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Soon after, the Great Nether Sacrificial Platform was activated again. Billions of Nether Patterns emerged on the platform, and massive stones began to rotate.
"Whoosh!"
A dark divine light shot straight into the sky, piercing through the barrier between Lihentian and the Real World.
The sea around the platform boiled, with waves surging.
Around the divine light pillar, lightning intertwined, Ancestor Rules occasionally appeared, and various miraculous phenomena floated within the blood clouds.
Four Sun Heavenly Lord stood at the center of the sacrificial platform. The ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars flew out from his body, each blazing and bright, releasing temperatures capable of refining and killing gods. Ordinary cultivators dared not look directly, or their eyes would surely go blind.
The ten suns rotated, producing thunderous, ear-splitting sounds, stirring up tides of heavenly and earthly rules, and unleashing a divine power storm that shook the heart.
Fei Ma Wang stood on a demon island tens of millions of miles away, gazing at the blazing white sky and earth, communicating with Thunder Ancestor hundreds of thousands of miles away, saying, "If we can seize the Blazing Sun Ancestor's remnant soul, our cultivation will surely step into the Indestructible Infinite."
Thunder Ancestor shook his head and said, "If we did that, wouldn't all those ancient strong ones feel endangered? Who would still trust the Thunder Clan? Even you, Fei Ma Wang, would probably flee the Wuding Divine Sea immediately, right? If the Thunder Clan offends everyone, the day of our clan's destruction would not be far off!"
There were some secrets he would not tell Fei Ma Wang.
Just as Thunder Ancestor finished speaking, a panicked transmission entered his ear: "The Blood Leaf Parasol Tree has appeared! The Hell Realm's Feng Tian is attacking the Wuding Divine Sea..."
It was a divine thought sent by a Taiyi Great God patrolling the western shore of the Wuding Divine Sea, but it cut off abruptly, clearly indicating he had fallen.
"Feng Caiyi, how dare she invade the Wuding Divine Sea?"
Thunder Ancestor's anger flared, with strands of hair turning into electric dragons, and his killing intent exploded.
But he was very clear-headed, knowing that Feng Caiyi's current cultivation was beyond his ability to contend.
"Where are the Ten Directions Thunder Marshals?"
"Sound the warning thunder drums, activate the Ten Directions Divine Formation, gather the Thunder Clan army, and prepare to meet the enemy."
"All ancient sages, Feng Caiyi has arrived. The Hell Realm and the Heavenly Court must have other Heavenly Venerables accompanying her. Today, we must fight to the death. Repel them, crush them, and overturn the current structure of the universe."
A doppelganger flew out from Thunder Ancestor's body, turning into a bolt of lightning divine light, heading straight for the Heavenly Venerable Hall.
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The Blood Leaf Parasol Tree was immeasurably tall, each leaf a blood lake. It had taken root in the western sea of the Wuding Divine Sea, with roots like wide river channels, continuously absorbing the divine sea's water.
Feng Tian stood beneath the Blood Leaf Parasol Tree, her sleeves like clouds, her long hair dancing in the wind.
The Gate of Death, millions of miles high, floated in the starry sky, emitting Fate Divine Light that could illuminate billions of miles of sea.
The Gate of Death was also continuously devouring the water of the Wuding Divine Sea.
To break the momentum of the Wuding Divine Sea, the simplest method was to take away all its water.
But this was no easy task.
Even the narrowest part of the Wuding Divine Sea spanned a thousand billion miles, far larger than a great world.
However, with Feng Tian's current cultivation, if she were allowed to absorb like this, she would eventually empty the Wuding Divine Sea.
How could the Thunder Clan allow her to do that?
Feng Tian adopted this strategy precisely to lure Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable out of Guixu, as Guixu was the most dangerous place and where Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable's power was strongest.
One by one, divine artifacts flew under Feng Tian's control toward various regions of the western sea.
"Boom! Boom..."
Each strike killed a god or destroyed an island, breaking the divine formation foundations on it.
Both the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm had cultivators stationed at the edge of the Wuding Divine Sea to monitor the Thunder Clan's every move.
Feng Tian's massive disturbance naturally alarmed these cultivators.
"Feng Tian has made her move. It seems our Hell Realm's high-level officials have finally decided to attack the Thunder Clan and pacify the Wuding Divine Sea. Attacking the Heavenly Court universe from the Wuding Divine Sea is much easier than breaking through the Starry Sky Defense Line."
"Even if the Wuding Divine Sea is broken, there is still the Ghost Gate Pass. The Heavenly Court has already set up defenses."
Messages were sent back to the various clans of the Hell Realm, and in an instant, the entire Yellow Spring Star River was in an uproar. Many Divine Kings and Divine Venerables were puzzled—why had they heard no wind of such a major event before?
Feng Tian truly lived up to her title as the Death Divine Venerable; she was either fighting or on the road to fight.
The cultivators of the Heavenly Court were even more tense, with message talismans flying like raindrops toward all realms.
On a nameless planet a thousand billion miles from the Wuding Divine Sea, the Fifth Pillar Demon God, Meng Ge, clad in a black robe, stared with blazing eyes into the distance, a deep and domineering smile gradually spreading across his face.
"Finally making a move against the Thunder Clan. I wonder if this battle will be beneficial or detrimental. And in what direction will the future situation evolve?"
The Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm had never moved against the Thunder Clan, not only because of Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable's strength but also largely because the Thunder Clan's existence reduced direct confrontation between the two sides, serving as a buffer.
Once this buffer was broken, the consequences were unknown.
Meng Ge had been stationed on the eastern shore of the Wuding Divine Sea, monitoring Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable's every move to prevent him from silently entering the Heavenly Court universe.
Just as he was deducing the future, he saw Zhang Ruochen and Nutian Shenzun on the other shore of the Wuding Divine Sea, a look of surprise appearing in his eyes.
Logically, Zhang Ruochen should be the one least hoping for a direct confrontation between the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm, and also the one least wanting the Thunder Clan to be annihilated, because the Thunder Clan's existence could share the pressure on the Sword Realm. Why had he made such a choice?