At the bottom of the canyon, thunderlight swirled through the air, and time seemed to have lost all meaning.
Yu Yuanchen sat cross-legged before the towering Thunder God Statue, his eyes shut tight. His entire body was shrouded in a dense cocoon-like purple-gold divine radiance. The newly formed Thunder God Seal on his brow gleamed brilliantly, resonating mysteriously with the ancient aura emanating from the statue.
A massive torrent of information flowed ceaselessly from the seal into his Sea of Consciousness like a breaching river. It contained mysteries of lightning far beyond anything he had known before—how Thunder Law maintained the balance of heaven and earth, governed Destruction and New Life, the countless derivatives and transformations of lightning attributes, various methods of commanding myriad bolts, even scattered fragments concerning the God Realm and Law Origin...
This knowledge was as vast as a sea of mist and as profound as the stars. Most of it was sealed away like a database that he could access whenever needed, while only a small portion was directly inherited by him. Even so, the amount was astonishing. Yu Yuanchen absorbed it thirstily, crazily drawing in nourishment like a parched sponge.
His understanding of lightning deepened and ascended at an unprecedented rate. The Thunder True Essence within him began circulating on its own, becoming purer and more condensed, carrying a trace of sacred, inviolable majesty. His bones, meridians, Qi and Blood, and even his soul underwent the cleansing and tempering of this divine power, experiencing a Transformative Change.
No one knew how long the process lasted. It seemed like an instant, yet also like ten thousand years.
When the final stream of information merged into his Sea of Consciousness and the light of the Thunder God Seal on his brow gradually withdrew, becoming ancient and profound,