Lightning Source Infusion, Seal Cracks

Bixiao deeply regretted her actions now.

She regretted being so reckless charging in when the lightning pool acted up, regretted not smacking Xuanwei's face a few more times to wake him up, and most of all—why had she even suggested carrying this guy who had suddenly turned into a "human lightning rod"!

"Hey! Xuanwei! Stop! Hurry and stop! You can't eat that stuff! It'll give you diarrhea!" Bixiao frantically tried to interrupt Xuanwei's process of devouring the purple mist. She even attempted to cover his mouth with her hand, but as soon as her fingertips got close, a stray arc of lightning zapped them, making them numb. Startled, she quickly withdrew her hand.

At this moment, Xuanwei was completely deaf to the shouts from the outside world. His consciousness was still in his sea of consciousness, dealing with the fragments of the suppressed lightning remnant soul, yet his body instinctively craved the pure lightning origin. This origin energy, stemming from the Chaos Thunder Emperor, was like a feast for someone starving for three days to a person who had cultivated the Chaos Heaven-Opening Art and possessed the Chaos Bead. Every cell in his body was screaming, "I want it! I want it!"

The majestic and pure lightning origin surged madly into his limbs and bones, scouring his True Immortal body. The process was both painful and exhilarating. The pain came from the lightning origin being too overbearing, creating intense conflict with his existing power system, as if countless tiny lightning needles were piercing and reshaping him from within. The exhilaration came from the fact that after each conflict, his immortal body seemed to have a trace of impurity refined away, becoming more solid, translucent, and his affinity for the Great Dao of Lightning soared!

The lightning flashes on his body became more frequent, a mixture of chaotic, dark yellow, and deep purple, as if engaged in a silent tug-of-war. His cultivation aura was also climbing like a rocket. The barrier of the early True Immortal stage's peak was broken as if it were made of paper, directly entering the mid-True Immortal stage, and it was still steadily improving!

"It's over, it's over. Now I've really become a power bank, the overloaded kind..." Bixiao watched Xuanwei's aura climb steadily but couldn't feel any joy. This was because she clearly sensed that the balance of several powers within Xuanwei was being broken. That deep purple lightning origin had clearly gained the upper hand. If this continued, even if he didn't explode, he would likely be assimilated by this power and turn into a simpleton who only knew how to discharge electricity!

Meanwhile, on the other side, the fragments of the Nine Nether Demon Domain below, having lost the attraction of the lightning origin energy (most of which was intercepted by Xuanwei), seemed to be enraged! Like a spoiled child whose candy had been snatched, it began to frantically impact the seal!

"Crack... crackle..."

The azure light barrier enveloping the demon domain fragments had more and more cracks, becoming denser, like glass about to shatter. Dense, ink-like demonic qi seeped out from the cracks like solid black smoke, accompanied by a grating sound of erosion and the shrieks of countless demonic creatures!

"This is bad! The seal can't hold!" Bixiao's face turned ashen. She no longer cared about Xuanwei still "charging." She pulled Xuanwei behind her (though the posture was a bit awkward, as Xuanwei was much taller than her), mustered her remaining immortal power, and summoned her Golden Flood Dragon Scissors!

Two golden lights flew out from her sleeve, transforming into two entwined golden flood dragons, exuding a sharp, innate killing aura. They circled around her and Xuanwei, vigilantly pointing at the seal below, which was on the verge of breaking.

"Big Sister! Second Sister! If you don't come soon, you'll only be collecting your cute and brave little sister's corpse!" Bixiao yelled frantically in her heart, feeling like she had never missed her eldest sister's Primal Chaos Golden Dipper so much in her life.

Perhaps her prayer (or complaint) worked, or perhaps the energy fluctuations in this place were too violent.

"Bixiao! Junior Brother Xuanwei!"

Two anxious calls came almost simultaneously from the direction of the secret realm's entrance! Immediately after, two streaks of light, one white and one green, broke through the chaotic energy turbulence at speeds exceeding the limit. In an instant, they landed on the desolate cliff—it was Yunxiao and Qiongxiao!

"Big Sister! Second Sister!" Seeing her family, Bixiao was so moved she almost cried, feeling like the burden of being a "temporary guardian" could finally be lifted.

Upon seeing the scene before them, Yunxiao and Qiongxiao gasped.

Although their third sister looked disheveled, her aura was still present, which was fortunate. But Junior Brother Xuanwei's condition... lightning flickering around him, his aura chaotic and violent, still devouring that obviously extraordinary purple mist... What was going on?

Looking at the precarious seal below, spewing demonic qi, the two women's hearts sank to the bottom.

"First, stabilize Junior Brother Xuanwei, then reinforce the seal!" Yunxiao decided instantly, displaying her decisiveness as the eldest sister. With a wave of her jade hand, the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper rose into the air, scattering myriad auspicious rays of light, attempting to envelop Xuanwei and help him regulate the berserk energy within his body.

However, as soon as the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper's light approached, the deep purple lightning origin within Xuanwei seemed to be provoked. It spontaneously condensed into a lightning ring and violently expanded outwards, actually pushing back the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper's light slightly!

"What?" A trace of astonishment flashed in Yunxiao's beautiful eyes. The nature of this lightning power within Junior Brother Xuanwei was so high that it could faintly contend with a congenital spiritual treasure like the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper?

"Big Sister, this lightning is strange!" Qiongxiao also noticed something was wrong and quickly summoned her magic weapon.

"It's fine, forcibly suppressing it might damage his origin." Yunxiao quickly calmed down and changed her strategy. The Primal Chaos Golden Dipper no longer attempted to intervene forcefully but instead emitted a gentle, clear radiance, like a sturdy barrier, isolating Xuanwei from the outside, at least preventing him from continuing to devour the remaining purple mist.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred!

It seemed that Xuanwei's devouring of a large amount of lightning origin had triggered some deeper change. His tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!

But within those eyes, there was no longer the clarity or caution of before. Instead, they had transformed into pure, cold, and emotionless purple pupils made entirely of lightning! Deep within the pupils, it was as if the very first lightning strike from the creation of heaven and earth flashed!

"Boom!"

A thunderous might far more terrifying than before, like an ancient Thunder Emperor awakening from slumber, erupted centered on him! The clear barrier set up by the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper vibrated violently. Yunxiao grunted and took half a step back, her face filled with disbelief!

"Senior Brother Xuanwei!" Bixiao exclaimed.

"Junior Brother!" Qiongxiao also nervously gripped her magic weapon.

Xuanwei at this moment slowly floated up. What coiled around him was no longer chaotic arcs of electricity but condensed, liquid-like deep purple divine lightning! His hair whipped wildly, each strand seemingly containing destructive lightning. His cold, purple lightning eyes swept over the San Xiao sisters with a disdainful indifference, as if looking down on ants.

"My... origin..." he uttered in a hoarse, ancient voice, somewhat similar to the tone of the lightning remnant soul before, but purer, more majestic!

Was he influenced by that Thunder Emperor remnant soul? Or had he devoured too much origin and was temporarily dominated by this power?

The hearts of the San Xiao sisters were in their throats. An out-of-control Xuanwei, wielding what appeared to be the origin of Chaos Lightning, was probably no less threatening than the demon domain fragments below!

However, just as the situation became tense and the San Xiao sisters didn't know how to react, Xuanwei's icy purple lightning pupils slowly turned towards the demon domain fragments below.

He seemed to have little interest in the San Xiao sisters, but instead, towards the fragments spewing foul demonic qi, he revealed undisguised... disgust and a desire for destruction!

It was like a natural opposition; pure lightning instinctively wanted to purify the filth of the world!

He slowly raised his hand, and endless deep purple divine lightning gathered and compressed in his palm, transforming into a terrifying thunderball no larger than his fist, yet one that distorted and collapsed the surrounding space! Within the thunderball, it was as if countless miniature chaotic worlds were being born and dying!

"This is bad! He's going to attack the seal!" Yunxiao instantly understood his intention. Xuanwei's current state clearly indicated he wanted to destroy the demon domain fragments that disgusted him in the most direct way! But doing so would inevitably cause the already fragile seal to shatter completely, leading to an unimaginable outbreak of demonic qi!

"Stop him!" Yunxiao shouted sharply, the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper shining brightly as she was about to forcefully suppress him!

But it was too late!

"Annihilation."

Xuanwei uttered two cold words, and the destructive thunderball in his hand, like a falling meteor, carrying the will to purify everything, smashed fiercely towards the cracked azure light barrier below!

And almost at the same time, the azure light barrier finally reached its limit—

"BOOM!!!!!"

A world-shattering roar echoed!

The seal was completely shattered!

Endless, viscous, liquid-black demonic qi, like an ancient ferocious beast breaking free from its cage, accompanied by the shrieks and roars of countless demonic creatures, surged skyward! It instantly engulfed the destructive thunderball and dyed the entire abyss in complete darkness!

The tide of demonic qi surged forward! The first to bear the brunt were Xuanwei, still floating in mid-air with cold purple pupils, and behind him, the San Xiao sisters with ashen faces!