Ancient Secrets

Meng Qi did not let his guard down for a moment. The Primal Beginning Golden Lotus shielded his mind, while his Eight-Nine Arcane Art stood on the verge of activation. "The Thunder God didn't die when the Heavenly Court fell?"

There were all sorts of legends, but one point was fairly clear: after the Heavenly Court fell, only deities like Nine Heavens Xuan Nü survived, and they remained relatively active. Yet they never spoke of the disappearance of the Nine Heavens. As for the Ancient Thunder God, some said he lived until the end of the Mythological Era, while others claimed he perished when the Heavenly Court fell. But considering that almost nothing about him had been passed down from the late Primordial Era, Meng Qi was more inclined to believe the latter.

After all, the Ancient Thunder God had been the Heavenly Court's foremost general and second only to the Heavenly Emperor. He could hardly have escaped such a momentous event. Even the Heavenly Emperor, a figure who had towered over his era, had vanished or fallen after that. How could the Thunder God have been spared?

Yet according to True Martial Emperor's evil thought, the Ancient Thunder God had appeared at this false tomb after the Heavenly Court fell, having survived that calamity!

Wearing the Flat Sky Crown, True Martial Emperor's evil thought possessed an air of imperial majesty. Even his smile seemed imposing. "Don't be fooled by the Thunder God's fierce and domineering mastery of thunder. He was no reckless man. In fact, among the Innate Deities, he ranked among the five most intelligent. The fact that he lived from the Primordial Era through the calamity of the Heavenly Court's fall was proof enough."

Meng Qi was rather surprised. In his mind, the Ancient Thunder God should