"I need someone to help me complete the Thunder God Godhood!"
Hearing that Yu Zhantian's wish was actually this, Yu Hengqing and Yu Yuanzhen cried out that they'd been had.
Complete a godhood? Was that something they could even touch at their current level?
For a moment, Yu Hengqing didn't know whether to say that their ancestor Yu Zhantian had too much faith in his descendants or that something had gone wrong while his soul was being repaired, leaving his brain addled enough to come up with such a wish.
"When I was young, I always hoped to use my own strength to create a godhood like the Dragon God. So I cultivated bitterly for several thousand years, and finally reached the standard for creating my own godhood!"
"But fate had other plans. Just as I was about to rely on my strength and the faith of the Thunder Dragon Clan to attain the position of Thunder God, a human genius who had ascended here achieved it first."
"The Thunder God Godhood you've inherited was created by him. Thanks to his astonishing talent, it took him only a little over two hundred years to comprehend the Laws of Thunder."
As he spoke, a rare look of reminiscence appeared in Yu Zhantian's eyes. It was clear that he truly admired the Thunder God.
"His Thunder God Godhood ranked as a First-Level Godhood, while mine ranked as a Second-Level Godhood. The natural world favored the former, and from then on I had god-level strength but no godhood."
"Of course, after creating the Thunder God Godhood, he didn't stop there! He sought out the Dragon God and said, 'I want to comprehend your power!'"
Remembering the astonishment of the many dragons, himself included, when the Thunder God had approached the Dragon God with that request—and the Thunder God's unwavering resolve—Yu Zhantian couldn't help but smile.
"At that moment, I felt not the slightest jealousy or resentment that he'd claimed the position of Thunder God before me, because he was braver than I was."
"Because I didn't have the nerve to say something so audacious to the Dragon God!"
Just as Yu Hengqing was listening, utterly absorbed, he realized that Yu Zhantian had fallen silent. He turned his head and saw a stone door carved with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's back mountain covered a vast area, and they'd been walking for nearly an hour. Yu Hengqing hadn't even noticed they'd reached their destination.
Still, Yu Hengqing knew Yu Zhantian hadn't finished the story. The most important part was what happened when the Thunder God met the Dragon God.
The Thunder God Godhood was definitely not as simple as it seemed. Otherwise, why would the Silver Dragon King place such importance on his identity as the Thunder God's inheritor?
Seeing the atmosphere turn quiet, Yu Yuanzhen quickly spoke up to break the silence.
"Ancestor, Xiaoqing, this is where every Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect leader must undergo a trial alone."
Yu Yuanzhen walked up to the stone door and calmly took out the Sect Master's Token, infusing it with his Soul Power.
As Yu Yuanzhen's Soul Power flowed into it, mysterious golden patterns gradually lit up on the token in his hand.
The golden patterns detached from the token and merged into the stone door.
"These patterns... It seems the third brother had his own fortuitous encounter later on!"
Staring at the golden patterns floating from the Sect Master's Token, Yu Zhantian couldn't help voicing his admiration.
"Did Ancestor Yu Jin leave these patterns behind? What do they do?"
Seeing Yu Zhantian's reaction, Yu Hengqing immediately understood that these patterns were something special.
"They must have been left by the third brother. Only that brat would carve a cracked scale onto the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!"
Following the direction Yu Zhantian pointed, Yu Hengqing and Yu Yuanzhen looked at the stone door together. Sure enough, one of the scales on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's left leg had a crack in it.
Yu Yuanzhen had visited several times and noticed the crack, but had always assumed it had formed because the stone door had been used for so long.
"That little rascal told me that if I ever woke up one day in the future and saw this mark, I'd know right away that he'd made it."
As he stared at it, Yu Zhantian choked up a little. He'd thought he could accept the third brother's death with equanimity, but when he saw his belongings, he still couldn't hide his grief.
Yu Hengqing and Yu Yuanzhen said nothing. They stood silently beside him and waited for Yu Zhantian to compose himself.
"What a little rascal!"
The dead were gone, and Yu Zhantian knew there was no point in grieving. He tipped his head back and muttered softly before regaining his composure.
"Enough. We should go in. We've been outside for so long, and my main body still hasn't reacted. It's probably still asleep, so there's no point waiting."
Yu Zhantian controlled the orb, passing Yu Yuanzhen to take the lead. He brought Yu Hengqing and Yu Yuanzhen into the passage at an unhurried pace.
There were no glowing pearls in the passage, so Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Zhantian lit the way with their Soul Power.
The passage wasn't very long, and Yu Hengqing made it through in a little over ten minutes.
The group emerged into a spacious chamber. It was almost empty, with only a ball of lightning floating in the center.
"Wait here for me. I need to awaken my main body's consciousness."
Before Yu Zhantian could finish speaking, he controlled the orb and plunged it straight into the ball of lightning, sending ripples surging through it.
Not long after the orb entered, the ball of lightning began to churn violently. Its shape changed erratically, taking on three or four forms within a single second.
Yu Hengqing and Yu Yuanzhen waited in place for a full half hour before the ball of lightning gradually settled and returned to its original shape.
"Yu Yuanzhen, step forward!"
Suddenly, Yu Zhantian's voice came from inside the ball of lightning, summoning Yu Yuanzhen.
Caught off guard, Yu Yuanzhen didn't hesitate. In the blink of an eye, he completed Martial Soul Possession and Dragon Transformation, then approached the ball of lightning step by step.
"Ancestor, what do you need me for?"
Once he reached the designated spot, Yu Yuanzhen cautiously asked the ball of lightning.
At that moment, Yu Zhantian's consciousness was still in the middle of fusing, and he had almost lost awareness of his surroundings.
"Reach into the ball of lightning. I've condensed the excess thunder power I've accumulated over the years into an orb. With this orb and Xiaoqing's Soul Core method, your strength will improve by leaps and bounds!"
Even with Yu Yuanzhen standing so close, Yu Zhantian still couldn't tell where he was, so he could only continue speaking.
At that, Yu Yuanzhen glanced at Yu Hengqing and gave him a look, signaling him to retreat if anything seemed wrong.
Yu Hengqing gave Yu Yuanzhen a slight nod to show he understood.
Only then did Yu Yuanzhen cautiously reach out and touch the ball of lightning.
The instant his hand neared it, the thunder power within the ball blasted his palm until it was a bloody mess.
Yu Yuanzhen endured the pain and didn't retreat. He continued reaching into the ball of lightning.
Suddenly, Yu Yuanzhen's hand touched an orb, noticeably smaller than the one Yu Zhantian had just possessed.
Without a second thought, Yu Yuanzhen grabbed it and yanked it out of the ball of lightning.
After he got the orb, Yu Hengqing explained the Soul Core method to him, including the improvements Dugu Bo had made.
After hearing Yu Hengqing's explanation, Yu Yuanzhen could only marvel that whoever had come up with this method was a genius!
With this method, Titled Douluo would undoubtedly gain a qualitative boost in strength. At that point, one person fighting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast wouldn't be impossible.
After steadying himself and clearing his mind, Yu Yuanzhen gripped the orb, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began cultivating a Soul Core.
Of course, Yu Hengqing also told Yu Yuanzhen that the Soul Core method wasn't yet complete, and that he could adjust his Soul Power circulation route as needed while practicing.
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