Heaven's Might Vast and Mighty, Thunder God's Edict!

Jade Emperor Peak, foothills.

The endless night stretched beyond sight. Rainwater flowed across the ground like flood discharge, thunder exploded in the darkness, and the entire Wild Mountain trembled beneath its roar.

Enormous bolts of lightning flickered in and out above, bellowing like giants with earth-shaking fury.

Suddenly.

Bolts of lightning crashed down one after another.

The ruined temple on the mountain instantly exploded. Its walls split apart, its load-bearing pillars collapsed, and its statues fell from their pedestals, shattering amid the rainwater. It was as though the entire world was collapsing—to welcome the arrival of the God of Thunder.

Since ancient times, Thunder Power had symbolized ultimate strength and purity. Fantasy Thunder Tribulations and the heavenly punishments of ancient myths were all inseparable from lightning.

Heaven's might was vast and mighty, the Thunder God's Edict!

The Thunder Ministry wielded divine punishment, punishing the vicious and eradicating evil! Boundlessly violent.

Every bolt of lightning carried an innate seed of brutality!

Even Fang Yi, who had already forged a Divine Axe, did not dare touch such lightning lightly.

As the feast of thunder and rain reached its peak, fierce winds swept across the mountainside like a black river, engulfing everything in their path.

Amid the frenzied downpour and booming thunder.

A man in a black trench coat stood there, his golden eyes gleaming savagely as they pierced through the white mist.

Fang Yi raised his head slightly, his pupils reflecting the thick bolt of lightning in the sky, brimming with violent energy.

He felt an immense majesty crashing toward him, powerful as a hurricane that could tear apart everything.

"It's still not enough. This isn't the center of the lightning yet."

Jade Emperor Summit stood at an elevation of 1,545 meters and covered 25,000 hectares. The foothills were nowhere near the closest place to the lightning.

The closer he got, the purer the Thunder Attribute he could extract. He had to reach the center of the storm.

If it were anyone else, the lightning at the foothills alone would have torn them apart. Even hiding inside a bulletproof vehicle would have been useless.

But Fang Yi had the Golden Sun Breathing Technique.

That was his greatest reliance in daring to face the lightning head-on.

Whoosh—

In an instant, golden light surged around Fang Yi's body.

The Golden Sun Breathing Technique expanded and contracted through every sinew and vein in his body, moving with the rhythm of his breathing like scales growing from his skin.

At that moment, Fang Yi seemed like the Sun Monarch descending into the dark night's torrential rain!

The Great World Change had arrived, where evolution and death coexisted.

In this era of upheaval, the brave always received greater rewards.

Fang Yi stepped forward resolutely.

Boom—

A thick pillar of lightning descended, splitting the rain-shrouded earth in two with a force that seemed capable of cleaving the mountain apart.

Purple Lightning roared and howled as it suddenly struck the body covered in golden patterns.

A low growl escaped Fang Yi's throat as he took another step forward.

The lightning answered, crashing toward him once more.

The next moment,

Fang Yi was swallowed by Purple Lightning.

Lightning coiled around him, surging from above and crawling over every inch of his body.

He resembled a God of Thunder manifested amid the storm, every movement carrying divine punishment!

Fang Yi's body trembled.

A panting voice rang out.

"Even with the Golden Sun Breathing Technique protecting me, my body still can't quite withstand this violent lightning that symbolizes divine punishment."

The lightning within the storm clouds was like thousands upon thousands of soldiers, like countless arrows fired at his body all at once.

Fang Yi felt pain throughout his entire body. Lightning split above his head in bolts over a hundred meters long, and the human eye could only catch their shadows.

The thunderlight pierced Fang Yi's body, and the flesh beneath the golden glow began to melt and scorch.

Massive rocks exploded and scattered. The hotels and inns on the mountain were torn apart by the lightning as well. Centuries of accumulated human architectural knowledge could not block this lightning for even a moment.

Everything was exploding and shattering, except for the figure at the center.

Lightning traced arcs through the air and struck his body as though it would never end.

Fang Yi reached up and touched his ear.

The thunder had robbed him of his hearing. His world was utterly silent, save for the endless thunder and lightning. Everything around him had been destroyed by the storm.

This was the Great World Change. This was the destruction and rebirth of an era.

Pioneers had always defied the heavens, doing what they knew could not be done.

They sought a sliver of hope for humanity beneath the ever-changing heavenly order.

Everyone else stayed far away from this Thunder Forbidden Zone. Only Fang Yi walked step by step toward its center.

Fang Yi kept walking. The farther he went, the heavier the pressure on his body became, forcing him to operate the Golden Sun Breathing Technique with all his strength to resist it.

Especially when he came within ten steps of the thunderlight.

It felt as though the entire world were pressing down on him. Every bone and every muscle in his body trembled.

Fang Yi took one step.

Boom!

Thunder rang beside his ears, shaking even his soul unstable.

He took another step.

Veins bulged across his body, and his joints crackled explosively.

The closer he came to the center of the lightning, the more the pressure multiplied. Even his body began to hunch.

When he reached the side of the thunderlight, Fang Yi saw stars. It felt as though his soul had taken a heavy blow, and he nearly lost his footing!

The golden light around him flared wildly. This was the sign that the Golden Sun Breathing Technique had been pushed to its limit.

"The Ultimate Thunder Attribute is inherently the violent power of divine punishment. It keeps pressing down on me, trying to make me lower my head."

"Lightning wants everyone to kneel at its feet. It wants to display its strength and majesty."

Veins stood out on Fang Yi's neck. Bearing the immense pressure, he forced himself upright and raised his head to meet the divine lightning filling the sky.

Every joint in his body crackled from the strikes, yet his expression remained calm, his figure as straight as a spear.

Endless lightning descended, but Fang Yi gritted his teeth and stared calmly into the depths of the Cloud Firmament, his voice cold to the extreme.

"I want you to serve me!"

The Golden Sun Breathing Technique operated at full force!

"Not enough, give me more!!!"

Boom!

Dark clouds blanketed the sky, lightning flashed, and thunder roared!

Divine lightning filling the heavens struck him violently, only to be absorbed into the golden light.

A powerful Thunder Attribute detected!

Compiling...

Divine Thunder Refinement!

Draw upon heavenly lightning to temper the body. Forge the body into a god!

Fang Yi allowed the thunderstorm to batter him, a smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

After the system prompt sounded, a bolt of Purple Lightning fused into Fang Yi's body.

Purple Lightning pierced the firmament, as though the Thunder God himself had descended!

The lightning penetrated his blood and qi, which brimmed with Golden Sun energy. Purple and gold intertwined, radiating brilliant violet-gold light!

Divine lightning entered his body!

"In ancient times, cultivators possessed abundant spiritual energy and complete Cultivation Methods. Every one of them was a supreme being capable of reaching heaven and earth. Legends said their bodies were as massive as mountains, and any one of them would be an incomparably powerful existence, immortal and indestructible!"

"Moreover, lightning itself is a powerful High-level Attribute focused on offense. Unlike the Yang Attribute, a body tempered by lightning is naturally an incomparably powerful and terrifyingly sharp spear! Nothing can withstand it!"

"The Thunder Attribute can temper my body into something even stronger. I can become lightning itself—possessing immense offensive power while also gaining top-tier defense."

"Once I am tempered by an offense-focused High-level Attribute, other attributes will struggle to break through my defenses. Lightning is both my spear and my shield. That is the dominance of the Thunder Attribute!"

A fanatical smile spread across Fang Yi's lips.

Those who controlled lightning were all powerful, monstrous geniuses. Their offensive methods were formidable, but many people overlooked one thing: Thunder Attribute wielders were absolutely not weak in defense!

The Thunder Attribute was inherently the sharpest offensive attribute in the world. How could a body that had borne the Thunder Attribute for so long possibly be defeated by other attributes?

That was the true strength of the Thunder Attribute!

Offense and defense as one, tempering oneself, without weakness.

"What's happening?"

"Why does the lightning over there keep striking downward? It's hitting the same place!"

"This lightning is too strange. If it reaches the city, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

The City Defense Guard had arrived.

They cordoned off the lightning-struck area and erected barriers.

Staring at the area where thunder exploded, their eyes widened in shock.

The towering lightning reflected in their pupils had completely surpassed the worst weather humanity had ever witnessed.

Like a lord of lightning, like a natural disaster descending!

Fortunately.

The lightning was striking Jade Emperor Peak.

Before it fell, everyone had already evacuated. Unfortunately, the temples and buildings remaining up there would likely be destroyed.

But just then,

A black-clad figure walked down from the mountain step by step.

"Look, what is that?"

"Doesn't that look like a person?"

"With lightning that terrifying, how could he come down from the mountain? That lightning is practically collapsing the mountain—how did he survive?"

The City Defense Guard was utterly shaken.

Just as they were about to step forward and question him, they saw the figure step through the rainwater and vanish in an instant.