# Chapter 3762: Thunder Dao Overlord
Feng Tian was not entering the Return to Void for the first time.
During the hundred thousand years when the Thunder Clan had retreated into seclusion, she had come here seeking opportunities to break through her cultivation realm.
The most recent time was when she, together with the Undying War God and the Five Elements Temple Master, had fought their way into the Return to Void. At that time, Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable's physical condition had presumably not yet reached perfection, so he had not revealed his true form. He had merely borrowed the underwater Bronze Tree and four Thunder Pearls to repel them.
Such strength could only be matched by Hao Tian and Fengdu Dadi, making her realize for the first time the gap between herself and the Heavenly Venerable rank, while simultaneously giving birth to an endless desire for powerful strength and motivation for cultivation.
Feng Tian, in white robes purer than snow, with flowing sleeves and cloud-like garments, strolled across the boundless water surface like a supreme female emperor dominating the world. The Death Profound Meaning on her body continuously shattered the heavenly and earthly rules.
She had long sensed that the Return to Void was somewhat different from before. The heavenly and earthly rules contained Ancestor power, and the Ancestor power had in turn changed the heavenly and earthly rules.
Clearly, this was an Ancestor Realm, or rather, the Return to Void had merged with the Ancestor Realm into one.
A forbidden land combining with another forbidden land.
Entering the Ancestor Realm controlled by the Thunder Clan was an extremely dangerous matter. It meant one's own cultivation would be infinitely suppressed, like a person jumping into water to fight with a ferocious shark—movements becoming sluggish, strength diminished, while the opponent could borrow the power of water to unleash even greater strength.
But on Feng Tian's exquisite, cold, and sharp face, there was not a trace of fear.
Even before she had reached the Indestructible Infinite realm, she had feared no one in the world.
With her current cultivation, throughout the entire universe, those who could defeat her could be counted on two hands at most.
If the Return to Void could produce another such existence, then it would only mean that the Thunder Clan's fortunes had not yet been exhausted today.
Feng Tian saw the ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars far beyond the heavens. The intensity of the light they emitted penetrated the spatial barriers distributed across the waters, releasing an ancient and mysterious aura that made hearts tremble.
How could Feng Tian not know the legends of the Blazing Sun Ancestor and the Ten Golden Crows?
At this moment, her eyes were filled with fierce killing intent. A pair of nine-light, ten-colored Phoenix Wings condensed behind her, breaking the speed of light rules. In an instant, she arrived near the sea area around the Great Nether Sacrificial Altar. The Gate of Death always hung behind her, and the Sea of Corpses beneath her feet covered this sea region.
Four Sun Heavenly Lord stood at the center of the sacrificial altar, his entire body emitting golden flames. Four suns revolved around him, and above his head, the ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars shone like divine furnaces, illuminating past and present, eternal and undying.
At this moment, he had already broken through to the Indestructible Infinite realm, and his aura was still rising rapidly.
Four Sun Heavenly Lord had deceived everyone. He had never intended to use the ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars to welcome the return of the Blazing Sun Ancestor's remnant soul. After the Blazing Sun Ancestor's remnant soul entered the ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars, he had refined it.
He had long tampered with the ten Golden Crow Great Sun Stars, and with the assistance of the Great Nether Sacrificial Altar, the newly arrived remnant soul had no power to resist.
Reaching the Indestructible realm meant complete transcendence, meaning he no longer had to worry about being killed.
Even seeing Feng Tian, Four Sun Heavenly Lord did not hide the joy in his heart, releasing his long-suppressed arrogance: "You need not be so surprised! The Heavenly Court wanted to sacrifice the Blazing Sun Civilization to resist the Hell Realm, so I rebelled! The Ten Clans of Hell did not give the Blazing Sun Civilization fair treatment, so naturally they could not retain people's loyalty. No one wants to die, no one is willing to remain subordinate, so naturally one must find a different way to live."
Feng Tian was unusually calm, looking at him as if he were already dead, and said: "Is the Thunder Clan any better than the Heavenly Court or the Hell Realm? Thunder Punishment could even seize his own son's body. To achieve his goals, what would he not do? What would he not sacrifice?"
"Haha! Feng Tian, you are titled the Death God Venerable, yet you speak of benevolence and morality here. Don't you find it ridiculous? In chaotic times, there are ways to live in chaotic times. Those without means have all turned into bones in their graves. None of us is nobler than the other!"
Four Sun Heavenly Lord countered with a question: "In the face of absolute interests, when have you not been willing to sacrifice anything? You walk the path of death and world destruction. What difference is there between this path and the Calamity of Quantities? Whoever obstructs you, don't they all have to die?"
Feng Tian seriously pondered his words. After a long while, she said: "Perhaps that was the case before. Now, I feel that you and I are still different. You are too absolute. Death and life cannot be separated. When life completely withers, death ceases to exist!"
"For the sake of interests and survival, no matter how powerful one is, there will be times when one is compelled and must compromise. But there must be a line in the heart, a bottom line that cannot be crossed."
"Besides interests and survival, I believe that on the path of cultivation, there should be other things, pursuits that can elevate our spirit. Otherwise, what difference is there from a wild beast that eats whatever it finds when hungry?"
The Heavenly Venerable Hall sat atop the underwater Bronze Tree. Five layers floated above the water surface, towering and majestic, with ancient charm naturally formed.
Countless electric dragons flowed across the hall's body.
Fei Ma Wang stood outside the hall, beneath a hundred-zhang-tall gate. Her crystalline jade armor clung tightly to her exquisite body as she gazed into the distance across the water, saying: "Feng Caiyi being able to have this level of insight shows that her Nirvana Rebirth back then was truly a subversive and transformative transformation. If she only pursued the path of death, even if she reached the extreme, she would at most be a ferocious god, with limited achievements. But now, she finally has the possibility to compete for the top tier in this great era."
Thunder Ancestor's focus, however, was on Four Sun Heavenly Lord. He laughed and said: "Today, I truly admire him, Four Sun Heavenly Lord! Seizing the Blazing Sun Ancestor's remnant soul to strengthen himself. Whether the Ancestor's return brings good or ill fortune is hard to predict, but strengthening oneself can still lead the Blazing Sun Civilization toward prosperity."
"Thunder Ancestor flatters me! To truly stand tall in the forest of the universe and face the Heavenly Venerable rank of this era, I still need to cultivate for at least two Eons."
Standing at the center of the sacrificial altar, Four Sun Heavenly Lord traced his finger, drawing a golden divine flame that broke the spatial barrier between the sacrificial altar and the Heavenly Venerable Cauldron, causing Thunder Ancestor, Fei Ma Wang, the remnant souls of ancient powerhouses, and a large number of Thunder Clan cultivators to all appear before Feng Tian's eyes.
Although Thunder Ancestor harbored resentment and anger in his heart, he could not vent it at this moment. First, because Four Sun Heavenly Lord's strength after breaking through had far surpassed his own. Second, today they still needed to borrow Four Sun Heavenly Lord's power to deal with Feng Caiyi.
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Every member of the Snow Domain Star Sea Divine Army held an extraordinary war weapon. Some were excavated together with their corpses, while others were seized by Kong Yinxue from various clans.
Nearly a thousand war weapons flew simultaneously toward Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable.
Each war weapon was connected to the others, like every foundation of a formation. As all their powers combined, a chilling aura that swept across heaven and earth was released.
The sea area between Nutian Shenzun and Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable was continuously frozen. In the universe, blanket-sized snowflakes fell.
White and vast, like the arrival of an Ice River Era.
"You all immediately withdraw from here and retreat back to the Return to Void."
Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable transmitted this message to Shi Yi Divine King before charging forward, shielding the cultivators within the Hundred Thousand Grand Formation behind him.
The Refining God Tower, a hundred times larger than a star, collided with the war weapons of the Snow Domain Star Sea Divine Army.
"Boom rumble!"
Ice clashed with fire.
Space was torn apart in an instant, shattered into pieces. The seawater of the Wuding Divine Sea frantically surged toward the Void World.
"Boom!"
Nutian Shenzun, wearing the Qilin Fist Gloves, ran forward with his ninety-nine-zhang golden body, passing through war weapons one by one, and struck a heavy punch at the top of the Refining God Tower.
Like a divine bell being struck.
Rings of sound waves shook the Thunder Clan cultivators trying to escape into blooming blood mist.
None escaped except Shi Yi Divine King.
In a Heavenly Venerable-rank confrontation, even gods were like mortals. Only the Boundless had a chance to survive.
The Refining God Tower, struck by Nutian Shenzun's punch, showed signs of tilting and began to fall from the shattered void toward the Void World.
Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable showed no change in expression due to the fall of these Thunder Clan cultivators, but the chill in his heart could not be concealed. He said: "The three Indestructible Infinite from your Fate Divine Mountain have come in full force. Although the Thunder Clan cannot avoid a calamity, aren't you afraid that the Destiny Temple will fall? Calamity Emperor and Ba Er will not miss this opportunity. Hao Tian is probably also waiting to reap the benefits, isn't he?"
The balance in the universe was hard to break.
To destroy one side, one would inevitably pay a greater price.
"You need not worry about that. Show the power of the Thunder Dao Overlord, or else today the Thunder Clan will be erased from under the starry sky."
Nutian Shenzun, leading the Snow Domain Star Sea Divine Army, summoned the divine army's battle soul, gathered killing spirit, and struck a second blow like raging waves at Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable.
"Crackle!"
Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable's eyes grew solemn, he activated the Thunder Dao Profound Meaning. The deafening rumbling sound echoed throughout the entire Wuding Divine Sea.
The Thunder Dao rules of the universe continuously converged toward the Wuding Divine Sea. The sky above the thousand-billion-mile divine sea was shrouded in black clouds. Countless Tai'a Divine Thunders shuttled within the clouds, disrupting space and time into extreme chaos.
The spatial suppression power formed by the Universe Cauldron was actually pierced through by the Tai'a Divine Thunders, losing its effectiveness.
"Whoosh!"
The Heaven Thunder Pearl and Fire Thunder Pearl had been refined into Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable's eyes. At this moment, they shot out two dazzling electric lights.
The Nether Earth beneath Nutian Shenzun's feet continuously cracked and turned to ashes.
Five Divine Lord Nether Gods in a row were touched by the lightning and exploded into black smoke.
It must be known that these five Nether Gods had powerful divine bodies. Before being refined by Kong Yinxue, they were Boundless corpses.
"Boom!"
The Qilin phantom manifested by the Qilin Fist Gloves was pierced through.
Nutian Shenzun, carrying the power of the Divine Lord, struck the Immovable Wisdom King Fist, colliding with the two electric lights. In an instant, hundreds of millions of miles of void turned purple. Countless billions of lightning bolts shuttled within.
"I will hold him in this sea area. You circle around from this direction and, at the fastest speed, break his momentum in the Wuding Divine Sea."
Nutian Shenzun transmitted to Zhang Ruochen.
Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable, transformed into the Thunder Dao Overlord, was too terrifying, almost surpassing the Heavenly Venerable rank. Nutian Shenzun had thought that leading the Snow Domain Star Sea Divine Army could fight him, but only when they truly engaged did he realize the gap.
At this moment, Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable could be considered the number one combat power in the universe.
To guard against Xu Fengjin, Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable only used seventy to eighty percent of his power, yet he still pierced through the divine army's formation in one blow, destroyed five Nether Gods, and Nutian Shenzun barely managed to block him with all his strength.
Without breaking the momentum of the Wuding Divine Sea, there was almost no chance of victory today.
Zhang Ruochen, carrying the four cauldrons, stepped out with a movement technique surpassing the Divine Spirit Step, circling along the edge of the Wuding Divine Sea. Each step crossed a million miles.
But after only seven steps, Zhang Ruochen's entire body turned ice-cold, as if he were freezing into ice, about to be shattered in the next moment.
"I will protect you, Daoist."
Jing Daoren suddenly jumped out from somewhere, his hands spread wide, his Daoist robe sleeves bulging. He executed the "Heaven Net Earth Trap" divine ability, with crisscrossing beams of light blocking a Tai'a Divine Thunder that Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable had sent toward Zhang Ruochen.
"Boom!"
The Heaven Net Earth Trap sagged outward, nearly torn apart, startling Jing Daoren's eyebrows into jumping. He somewhat regretted rushing out so rashly.
In a Heavenly Venerable-rank confrontation, he, as an Indestructible Initial Stage, should not have gotten involved.
"Zhang Ruochen, you owe me a favor!"
"Speaking of favors makes it seem distant! Daoist, your character is unparalleled, your righteousness fearless. You can be called the number one war god of the Heavenly Court. After today, who in the world will not know your name?"
Zhang Ruochen had already gone far.
(Chapter End)