"Thousand Thunderclap!"
Xuan Qing continuously strummed the Sudden Thunder Zither. Bolts of divine lightning flashed and vanished, shooting outward in all directions from him alongside violent zither notes.
The divine lightning crisscrossed, forming a vast Thunder Domain. Within it, thunderbirds soared, thunder tigers roared, and thunder dragons pierced the heavens, jointly manifesting a terrifying killing intent.
Thunder rumbled, and the void trembled. Demonic beasts vanished one after another amid the lightning.
Most of the demonic beasts born from that strange Calamity Qi possessed strength at the Golden Immortal level. The slightly stronger ones had only just entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Xuan Qing naturally feared no one-on-one fight, but the beasts came like waves, surge after surge. After fighting continuously for several months, even he was utterly exhausted.
"This won't do. I need to find a way to break the formation!"
Xuan Qing frowned slightly, then summoned the Purple Lightning Hammer, using Purple Firmament Divine Thunder to annihilate swathes of demonic beasts before casting the Water Repelling Spell and diving toward the seabed.
It was not that he intentionally held back his strength. Rather, at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, he simply could not unleash the might of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure like the Purple Lightning Hammer.
Generally speaking, an ordinary Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure required at least a Great Golden Immortal to wield freely. A supreme treasure among Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures like the Purple Lightning Hammer required a Quasi-Sage to use as effortlessly as an arm or finger.
Although Xuan Qing was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he had condensed some characteristics of Daluo, and with the aid of the Innate Thunder Pool, he could barely activate a fraction of its power.
He had long discovered that these strange demonic beasts were birthed from a Sea Eye in the ocean. He had simply feared that something beyond his ability to provoke might dwell within, so he had never approached it.
But he had tried countless times. No matter which direction he flew, he would be inexplicably teleported back. Even the lofty sky seemed like some bizarre illusion.
That was why he decided to take the risk.
However, the moment he approached the Sea Eye, he sensed an immensely powerful resentment.
"Ancestor Dragon, I want you dead!"
In a daze, Xuan Qing seemed to see a creature with a human head and fish body roaring within the Sea Eye. Its sky-piercing resentment birthed countless strange demonic beasts.
"Who are you?"
Xuan Qing tried to ask.
Yet the creature did not answer at all, only continuously cursing Ancestor Dragon.
"What kind of resentment is this?"
Xuan Qing opened his Dharma Eye and examined it closely. Only then did he determine that the creature had likely perished long ago, with only its resentment lingering within the Sea Eye.
And the one who had killed him was most likely that Ancestor Dragon who had once contended for supremacy over the Primordial Wilderness!
Xuan Qing was speechless. Not long ago, he had encountered the Innate Thunder Pool transformed from Lei Ze, who had likewise died at the hands of that legendary Ancestor Dragon.
And now, he had encountered another one!
"No, that's not right!"
Xuan Qing frowned. "My connection with the Dragon Clan began when I met Azure Dragon Mengzhang! Could it be that my experiences along the way are related to him?"
Lei Ze and the being within this Sea Eye both had great karmic ties to the Dragon Clan.
Xuan Qing could not help but think more deeply about it!
Suddenly, an aged voice rang out from the void. "Kid, it seems you're not too stupid! You actually saw that your encounters are related to Mengzhang!"
"Who?"
Alarm bells rang in Xuan Qing's heart.
His divine sense far surpassed that of ordinary people, yet he had failed to notice that someone had been secretly watching him all along.
The voice rang out again, carrying a hint of amusement. "Didn't you come to the North Sea to find me?"
Xuan Qing frowned. "May I ask, Senior, are you Lord Zhí Míng or the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the North Sea?"
He had come to the North Sea for two reasons. One was to meet the legendary Mysterious Black Tortoise of the North Sea, and the other was to request a portion of Essence of Gui Water from Lord Zhí Míng.
"Zhi Ming!"
A Turtle-Snake Phantom immediately appeared in the void, accompanied by overwhelming pressure.
Yet it could not be seen clearly!
Only then did Xuan Qing realize that he had not fallen into some formation. Instead, he had entered a Minor World formed by some great expert or spiritual treasure.
"May I ask, Senior Zhi Ming, why did Lord Mengzhang plot against a Grand Unity Golden Immortal like me?" Xuan Qing could tell that Zhi Ming bore him no ill will, so he immediately asked, "Isn't he afraid that my master will trouble him?"
Zhi Ming's voice came again. "Calling it a scheme isn't quite right. Didn't you gain benefits from it?"
"Benefits?"
Xuan Qing frowned slightly, then understood that Zhi Ming was referring to the Innate Thunder Pool.
"The Dragon Clan is now burdened by Karma. What they favor most are people like you, those who possess Merit. Mengzhang's purpose is to use your Merit and Fortune to wear away the Karma carried by the Dragon Clan!"
"The deeper one's Fortune, the more easily one encounters opportunities while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness. But obtaining opportunities also wears away a portion of one's own Fortune."
"The Innate Thunder Pool formed from the Great Dao of the ancient Dragon God Lei Ze, as well as Yu Jiang's remnant will residing within this Myriad Tribulation Chessboard, can both be called supreme opportunities."
"These two opportunities are both connected to the Dragon Clan. If you take them, it will be equivalent to shouldering the Dragon Clan's past karma!"
"Of course, both opportunities are exceptionally suited to your Great Dao!"
"For you, even spending some Merit and Fortune for them would be worthwhile. Besides, you have a Sage protecting you, so you need not fear those two karmic ties!"
As though afraid Xuan Qing would not understand, Zhi Ming deliberately explained a few more details.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Qing immediately understood Azure Dragon Mengzhang's scheme. He also knew that this matter brought him nothing but benefits. Yet he did not understand what Mengzhang's scheme had to do with the Zhi Ming before him...
"Hahaha!"
Zhi Ming saw Xuan Qing's confusion and immediately explained, "Sea God Yu Jiang was once my friend! Because he died at Ancestor Dragon's hands, his resentment has lingered in the North Sea for hundreds of millions of years without dissipating! If you can eliminate his resentment, it will be an immense merit for the countless living beings of the North Sea!"
"Yu Jiang?"
Xuan Qing seemed to recall the name and hurriedly asked, "Could he be that ancient great expert Yu Jiang, known as the Sea God, Wind God, and Plague God?"
"That's right!"
Zhi Ming nodded. "Yu Jiang was among the first living beings born after the Primordial Wilderness was opened. He possessed profound blessings and controlled the three authorities of sea, wind, and plague. He was one of the foremost experts of that era!"
"However, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans later rose to prominence. Ancestor Dragon dominated the Four Seas and sought supremacy over the Primordial Wilderness, so naturally he was unwilling to let Yu Jiang control the authority of the Sea God!"
"What followed was exactly as you imagine. Yu Jiang was slain by Ancestor Dragon, who seized the Sea God's authority. The lands of the Four Seas were completely occupied by the Dragon Clan!"
Xuan Qing was somewhat puzzled. "Ancestor Dragon has already perished, his body suppressing the Return to Void Sea Eye. The Dragon Clan is burdened by Karma. Even the greatest resentment should have dissipated by now, shouldn't it?"
"In theory, yes." Zhi Ming sighed softly and continued, "But apart from the Sea God authority seized by Ancestor Dragon, Yu Jiang also possessed the authorities of the Wind God and Plague God, and no one has inherited them yet! The Heavenly Dao needs someone to inherit his Karmic Position and become the new Wind God and Plague God!"
"Me?"
Xuan Qing immediately pointed at himself.
He had cultivated the Innate Wind-Lightning Dao Body. Not only did he possess astonishing talent in the Great Dao of Thunder, but few could compare to him in the Great Dao of Wind as well.
Moreover, he was a Sage's disciple. Combined with his role in perfecting the Innate Eight Trigrams, he possessed sufficient Merit and Fortune to erase the karma between Yu Jiang and the Dragon Clan.
"That's right!"
Zhi Ming affirmed, "If you can inherit Yu Jiang's Wind God authority, it will bring you enormous benefits as well! Mengzhang holds no malice toward you!"
"Of course, you can also regard these two opportunities as a transaction. You take on the Dragon Clan's karma, and in return, the Dragon Clan offers these two opportunities!"
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