Honghuang: Innate Purple Thunder, Mastering Heavenly Punishment, Karma, and Laws
Chapter 19

Di Jun's Opportunity, Disciple-in-Name

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At this moment.

The Solar Star seemed to have dimmed slightly.

Some with sharper perception even lifted their heads.

Their expressions puzzled.

How could the Solar Star suddenly grow dark?

Fortunately, it came quickly.

And went just as fast.

The change was not obvious.

Before long, the cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.

Had already cast it from their minds.

After all, for the vast majority of cultivators, the Solar Star was a place they could not reach.

Even if they wished to investigate, there was no way.

The Solar True Fire blazed fiercely.

Without the cultivation of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Primordial Wilderness, one simply could not linger there long.

The cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.

Paid it little heed.

But that did not mean the beings who originally dwelled on the Solar Star were likewise unconcerned.

"Elder Brother, some being has descended upon the Solar Star!"

Tai Yi exclaimed in shock.

"I know!"

"And compared to that being from before the Tribulation Period, this one is immeasurably stronger!"

"If he had not revealed himself, causing even the Solar Star to dim a little!"

"We would have had no way to detect him at all!"

Di Jun spoke gravely, making his judgment.

Instantly.

Tai Yi's heart jolted.

The Origins of Di Jun and Tai Yi trembled violently.

They were actually somewhat panicked.

Because even that previous being had made the two brothers' hearts quake, as if facing a great enemy.

And now?

There was no need to say more.

If this being bore ill intent toward the two brothers—say, if he coveted their Origins—wouldn't that spell disaster?

Just as they were thinking.

Di Jun and Tai Yi simultaneously felt a chill.

A coldness deep in their hearts.

It was hard to imagine that they, whose Origin was the essence of Innate Li Fire.

Could actually feel a wave of cold!

But that was how exaggerated it was.

When an inscrutable will swept over the two of them.

It was as if their consciousness was about to separate from their Origin.

Their Spiritual Light slipping beyond control!

Fortunately.

This will came quickly and left just as fast.

After casting a cold glance, it departed, as if losing interest.

Soon.

The two brothers recovered as before.

But still, their hearts were heavy with lingering fear.

When that will swept over them, they experienced the closest brush with death since the dawn of their consciousness.

It was the great terror between life and death!

Truly horrifying.

After a while, they finally recovered more or less.

Only—

That soul-shaking experience was probably impossible to forget.

"The Heavenly Dao?"

"It must be the Heavenly Dao!"

"Only the Heavenly Dao could possess such immense power!"

"With just its will, it made us two brothers' Spiritual Light tremble, as if standing before a vast abyss!"

The two brothers discussed.

They made a decision.

What was it?

They decided to comprehend the "Heavenly Dao"!

"Tai Yi, as they say, fortune and misfortune depend on each other! The Heavenly Dao Will descended here—though I don't know why—but this is our opportunity!"

"We can use the aura from just now to comprehend the Heavenly Dao!"

"Big Brother speaks wisely!"

As soon as Di Jun finished.

Tai Yi agreed.

Then.

Without hesitation, the two began to comprehend.

Before.

They had also thought about comprehending the Heavenly Dao.

Unfortunately, their foundation was still shallow.

Even if they wanted to comprehend.

They could only grasp a bit of the surface.

Now it was different.

The Heavenly Dao Will had gazed upon this place.

With this thread of opportunity, comprehending the Heavenly Dao would be much easier.

The only problem was.

This Heavenly Dao and the one they had comprehended before seemed...

Not quite the same?

The two were puzzled.

But soon.

Their doubts were replaced by the opportunity they sensed.

"Tai Yi, I, your elder brother, have sensed an opportunity!"

"So fast? As expected of Big Brother!"

"This opportunity seems to be a kind of Star Sign, symbolizing dominion! I can sense that this opportunity likely aligns with the Dao I seek!"

"Haha!"

"Congratulations, Big Brother!"

Tai Yi exclaimed.

Then, he also focused on comprehending.

As for Di Jun, there was no need to say more.

He was even more focused.

Being able to find the Dao they wanted to cultivate while still in the Origin period, and far from taking form.

Could save many detours.

Save a lot of time!

This way.

After taking form, they could even achieve higher cultivation!

No wonder Di Jun was so delighted.

So.

This was absolutely worthy of being called an opportunity.

For a time.

The two brothers focused their Heart Spirits, wanting only to do one thing.

That was to comprehend the Heavenly Dao.

They no longer cared what would happen after the Great Array was set up.

On the other side.

Lei Jun's true body descended outside a great array.

His expression was strange.

The reason for the strangeness was, of course, related to Di Jun and Tai Yi.

It had to be said.

Ever since Lei Jun resolved to contend with the Heavenly Dao and seize the greater momentum.

He had become more willing to offer his own cultivation insights for the Primordial Wilderness cultivators to comprehend.

He even welcomed it.

After all.

This itself could be counted as spreading the Dao.

And precisely because of this.

Di Jun had taken the opportunity to sense a stroke of fortune.

"Star Signs?"

"Di Jun has sensed the Ziwei Star!"

"No wonder!"

"Pity the opportunity is still shallow, and this fellow transformed too late—he's not in this Tribulation Period."

"Otherwise, he could be used as a Chess Piece right now!"

Gazing at Di Jun and Tai Yi.

It was merely incidental.

These two brothers were, after all, two of the era's protagonists in the next Tribulation Period.

Their status was also very high.

They were certainly worth paying attention to.

But what was regrettable was also this.

They transformed too late.

For now, they were of no use to Lei Jun.

"Still, at this moment, they are comprehending my Dao methods—that's not bad!"

"Consider it an Idle Move!"

Thinking this.

Lei Jun stopped paying attention.

Instead, he focused on the great array before him.

The array was formed innately.

Inside was a Top Grade Innate Spirit Root.

It was this Spirit Root.

At first glance, it seemed...

utterly unremarkable?

Like an extremely ordinary Fire Spirit Tree, and not even very straight—like an old crooked-neck tree!

There was no sign whatsoever of it being a Top Grade Spirit Root.

Seeing this.

Lei Jun was startled at first, then laughed.

"Not bad, you even know how to hide yourself!"

"But have you thought about where this is? The Solar Star, where nothing is not burned!"

"How could an ordinary Fire Spirit Tree survive here?"

"Let alone being guarded by an Innate Great Array?"

Lei Jun spoke as he spoke.

And slowly walked from outside the array into its interior.

The entire process.

He encountered no obstruction at all.

It was like entering his own backyard. The Innate Great Array didn't even react.

At the same time, Lei Jun continued speaking.

"Fusang Tree, your consciousness is incomplete, but you already possess spirit—otherwise, you wouldn't know how to hide yourself."

"You should be able to sense that Heaven and Earth will not permit you to take form!"

"That being so, I can make a deal with you."

"One section of your Origin Spirit Branch, in exchange for me granting you the fortune of transformation!"

"What do you say?"

"If you agree, show your radiance!"

Lei Jun said this.

In truth, there was one more thing he didn't say.

That was—

if it refused, then he wouldn't be polite either.

But clearly, whether he said that sentence or not, the Fusang Tree could sense it.

It wasn't that Lei Jun had the intention to act, but rather that Lei Jun, as he spoke, had already walked in from outside the array!

He encountered no obstruction at all.

Under these circumstances, did it still have a choice?

The next instant, the Fusang Tree burst forth with radiance, countless leaves unfurling in an instant.

Bear-like true fire also blazed up in that moment.

Even its branches straightened.

The Fusang Tree stood tall!

"That's more like it."

Seeing this, Lei Jun smiled faintly.

He said nothing more.

Arriving again at the Solar Realm, a tree bows to the crowd:

With a wave of his hand, his insights condensed into a Dao Diagram.

It was one from long ago—

a diagram of the Innate Dao Body that Lei Jun had once comprehended!

It possessed the power to aid cultivators in transformation.

As the Dao Diagram emerged, the entire Fusang Tree lit up.

The Solar True Fire swirling around it burned even brighter.

Its branches even bent, as if to offer Lei Jun a great bow!

It looked rather strange, but one could tell—

it was extremely excited.

So excited that a section of its Origin Spirit Branch snapped off on its own and drifted before Lei Jun.

The meaning was obvious.

Lei Jun didn't stand on ceremony. With a light sweep of his robe, he collected the branch.

Thus, another material for cultivating the Renyuan Dan Method was gathered.

For the first time in a while, Lei Jun's Divine Sense stirred slightly.

He had actually sensed an opportunity!

Clearly.

The Lunar Solar Force could allow Lei Jun to gain something.

For a moment.

Lei Jun was in an excellent mood.

As for the Fusang Tree...

Lei Jun pondered for a moment, as if something had occurred to him, and did not leave immediately.

Instead, he spoke.

"Spirit Roots face great difficulty in taking form!"

"You and I share a certain fate."

"Very well. If you succeed in taking form, I may consider accepting you as a Disciple-in-Name."

"Hmm, but if that happens, you might also have a Senior Sister?"

"Hahaha~"

With that.

Lei Jun drifted away.

Leaving behind the Fire Tree Fusang, still "bent" at the waist, continuing its bow, its Divine Fire flickering without pause.

This showed just how unsettled it was.

On the other side.

Lei Jun had already departed.

However.

He did not return to the East Sea Shore, but went back to Lei Jun Palace.

The temporary palace at the East Sea Shore.

Was also an Idle Move.

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