Gou Chen

Eastern Primordial Wilderness, Thunder Marsh

"Gou Chen, if you know what's good for you, hand over Thunder Marsh and submit to our Kirin Clan! Otherwise, don't blame this Venerable for showing you no mercy!" A Water Virtue Kirin radiating a powerful aura roared furiously at a phantom figure floating within Thunder Marsh.

This Water Virtue Kirin had reached the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, making it quite formidable among the many Innate Divine Beings in the current Primordial Wilderness.

At this moment, countless Beast races stood in orderly formation behind it. They were all races that had pledged allegiance to the Kirin Clan. Together, they radiated an intimidating aura, completely surrounding Thunder Marsh.

That phantom figure was Gou Chen.

Hearing the Water Virtue Kirin's arrogant words, Gou Chen's face instantly filled with fury. He shouted in response:

"Mo Huang, I told you long ago that I'm not the Lord of Thunder Marsh. Moreover, the existence who is the Lord of Thunder Marsh isn't someone your Kirin Clan can provoke lightly! You actually want to turn Thunder Marsh into the territory of the Kirin Clan? That's nothing but wishful thinking!"

Upon hearing Gou Chen's words, Mo Huang's face was filled with disdain and indifference. He sneered, "Heh heh, Gou Chen, do you take me for a fool? That was exactly what you said the last time I came here. Yet so much time has passed, and I haven't even seen a shadow of this so-called Lord of Thunder Marsh. In my view, either this Lord of Thunder Marsh was something you fabricated to scare people, or he died long ago! You should still submit to my Kirin Clan."

Faced with Mo Huang's questioning, Gou Chen unexpectedly found himself unable to refute him for a moment.

From the moment he was born, he had known that before his birth in Thunder Marsh, an Innate Divine Being had been nurtured here.

However, no matter how he deduced things, he couldn't uncover even the slightest information about this mysterious Innate Divine Being.

After Gou Chen's birth, though, Thunder Marsh underwent some changes.

Countless bolts of lightning began converging toward the very center of Thunder Marsh and condensing there, greatly reducing the danger around the marsh's outskirts compared to before.

Moreover, quite a few lightning-type Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures began to be nurtured within Thunder Marsh. This was also why the Kirin Clan had taken a liking to the place.

However, in contrast, an area deep within Thunder Marsh had grown increasingly dangerous and terrifying.

The outermost region of this area was filled with Purple Firmament Divine Thunder capable of easily injuring a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Deeper within the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, profound gray divine lightning and purplish-black divine lightning also lay in wait. These two types of divine lightning were Chaos Divine Thunder and Dutian Divine Thunder.

These three types of divine lightning were all among the most supreme and terrifying existences in the Primordial Wilderness and even Chaos. Even a powerful Grand Luo Golden Immortal might face the danger of death if they accidentally came into contact with them.

Deep within Thunder Marsh, these three types of divine lightning were practically everywhere. In many regions, they even merged with one another, giving birth to the even more mysterious and unfathomable Seven-Colored Divine Thunder.

As the second Innate Divine Being born from Thunder Marsh, Gou Chen could barely enter only the outermost edge of that dangerous region.

As for the core of that area, even Gou Chen was completely unable to set foot inside.

Seeing Gou Chen remain silent, Mo Huang's patience finally ran out. A trace of impatience appeared on his face as he said viciously, "It seems I'll have to let you truly experience the might of our Kirin Clan before you make the right choice!"

Before his voice had even faded, Mo Huang's form abruptly changed, instantly transforming into a colossal true body tens of thousands of zhang tall.

Powerful Water Virtue energy radiated from its entire body, brilliant light shone all around it, and its aura was astonishing.

The Beasts behind it also responded one after another, transforming into their true forms as well. For a moment, all kinds of powerful auras intertwined, making the atmosphere above Thunder Marsh increasingly tense and oppressive.

Seeing this, Gou Chen let out a helpless sigh. He understood that today's matter would probably be difficult to resolve peacefully.

In truth, he wasn't afraid of Mo Huang. The problem was that Mo Huang had the Kirin Clan standing behind him.

The Kirin Clan possessed tremendous power throughout the Primordial Wilderness, and Gou Chen didn't want to provoke them lightly. That was why he had chosen to endure Mo Huang's previous provocations instead of suppressing him by force.

However, it seemed that his good temper had caused Mo Huang and the others to mistakenly believe he was afraid. Their conduct had consequently become increasingly reckless and excessive.

"Since that's the case, don't blame me for showing no mercy! At worst, the Kirin Clan will hunt me down, and I'll hide inside Thunder Marsh. I refuse to believe they'll dare chase me in there!" Gou Chen steeled his heart, and his expression became incomparably ruthless.

Then, he too transformed into his true form, lightning flashing around his body.

His true form also resembled Xuanxiao's quite closely. After all, Xuanxiao was the source of a lightning origin, and his appearance represented the Thunder Great Dao. Thus, when Gou Chen transformed, his appearance subconsciously shifted toward Xuanxiao's.

At the same time, a scroll suddenly appeared in his hand from thin air. It was his Companion Spirit Treasure—the Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the Myriad Thunder Diagram.

The Myriad Thunder Diagram radiated a powerful aura. Runes flickered across its surface, as if countless bolts of lightning were surging within it.

Gou Chen used lightning as his brush and began rapidly sketching across the Myriad Thunder Diagram.

The countless forces of lightning within Thunder Marsh were drawn into the Myriad Thunder Diagram.

"Damn it, Gou Chen! You actually have a Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure!" When Mo Huang saw the Myriad Thunder Diagram suddenly appear in Gou Chen's hand, his expression instantly became extremely ugly, and his eyes filled with shock and fear.

Mo Huang had personally witnessed the might of a Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. At this moment, he secretly groaned in despair.

Mo Huang was filled with regret. Damn it, if I'd known this fellow Gou Chen had a Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, I wouldn't have provoked him even if I were beaten to death! And you, Gou Chen—if you had such a powerful treasure, you should've said so sooner! If you had told me earlier, how would I have dared provoke you?

Gou Chen naturally had no idea what Mo Huang was thinking at this moment. Since he had decided to act, he had no intention of letting Mo Huang leave this place alive.

As Gou Chen continued sketching, the Myriad Thunder Diagram blazed with light, and a bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder slowly emerged. The Purple Firmament Divine Thunder radiated a terrifying aura, seemingly capable of tearing space apart. Even the surrounding void trembled slightly because of its appearance.

Seeing the disturbance in the void, Mo Huang hurriedly turned toward the Beasts behind him and roared, "He has a Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure! Use all your strength and don't hold back! Otherwise, the ones who fall here today might be us!"

Even without hearing Mo Huang's words, the Beasts knew from the disturbance in the void that they couldn't hold back. They desperately circulated all kinds of Divine Abilities and attacked Mo Huang.

Seeing the incoming Divine Abilities, Gou Chen slightly furrowed his brows. "There are too many Divine Abilities. If this drags on, even I won't be able to withstand them. It seems I need to finish them quickly."

With that thought, Gou Chen spat out a mouthful of blood essence. As soon as the blood essence appeared,

countless bolts of divine lightning struck toward Mo Huang and the others. These bolts were naturally inferior to the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, but they still caused considerable obstruction for Mo Huang and the others.

At this moment, Xuanxiao was quietly watching everything happening below from within the void, a thoughtful expression on his face.

In fact, when Mo Huang arrived outside Thunder Marsh, Xuanxiao had already returned to Thunder Marsh.

He simply hadn't revealed his aura. Even Gou Chen hadn't sensed Xuanxiao's arrival in the slightest.

Originally, Xuanxiao had planned to act directly and drive Mo Huang and the others away.

However, when he saw Gou Chen emerge from Thunder Marsh, he changed his mind. He decided to observe first and see how Gou Chen would deal with this crisis.

"This little fellow has quite some courage. His heart is ruthless enough, and once he decides to act, he shows no mercy whatsoever. His first move is already a killing move." Xuanxiao watched the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder emerge from the Myriad Thunder Diagram and nodded in satisfaction, greatly appreciating Gou Chen's performance.

"This fellow is called Gou Chen... I remember that name from my memories. It seems that in the Heavenly Court later on, he'll become one of the Five Heavenly Emperors." Xuanxiao watched Gou Chen below while pondering inwardly.