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"What's that supposed to be the important part?" Chu Liang wordlessly pulled Lin Bei aside and looked at Madam Hongyu. "Madam, when the heavenly lightning stops, what other dangers are there on Mist Island?"

Madam Hongyu answered gravely, "A terrifying being that once roamed the Guixu in ancient times."

Only after her explanation did they understand what had happened.

It turned out that thousands of years ago, an ancient sea demon powerhouse had wreaked havoc in the South Sea and thrown the Guixu into turmoil. Later, the legendary Lord Wuchao had stepped in to suppress it. Yet even Lord Wuchao had been unable to kill that terrifying being completely. He could only seal it within this Mist Island of endless divine lightning, using heavenly punishment to continuously weaken the creature's life essence until one day it could finally be ground away into nothing.

That terrifying being had been suppressed here for nearly two thousand years.

The reason the divine lightning stopped every day was that the sealed being released its power above Mist Island to devour spiritual energy, forcibly cutting off the lightning.

Though it lasted only a brief moment, being able to halt heavenly punishment with demon power still displayed the ancient sea demon's strength.

Compared to the Demon Race on land, sea demons had even longer lifespans once their cultivation reached its peak. It was truly difficult to imagine what realm those old monsters who had existed since ancient times had reached.

"So the divine lightning stops because there's something even more terrifying than heavenly lightning..." Lin Bei clicked his tongue. "Wouldn't we be better off braving the lightning instead?"

As their understanding of the Guixu deepened, they had also learned of the mysterious Lord Wuchao. He was a legendary ancient demon who had dominated the South Sea