Three long years slipped quietly by.
In the Desert Sea lay an endless wasteland, where the blazing sun scorched the entire earth.
Countless grains of sand seemed to have been heated red-hot, turning searing and steaming.
A white-robed figure stood in the air, like an exiled immortal, immaculate and untouched by dust.
As spiritual light surged, three-colored radiance instantly transformed into three tri-colored thunder spheres in his hand. Then, with a flick of three fingers—
Three thunder spheres condensed to the utmost flew out, exploding across the desert in an instant and blasting out a terrifying sand crater.
Countless grains of sand had been blasted into yellow mist that drifted through the air. Even long after the lightning dispersed, the yellow fog still would not clear. Only after Ye Jingcheng cast another wind-attribute spell to disperse it did a shocking, enormous pit come into view.
The surrounding shifting sands began to collapse and sink madly as well.
"Finally, Three-Finger Divine Lightning!" The figure let out a long breath, his face brimming with delight.
That figure was naturally Ye Jingcheng. After spending three months refining Peachwood's advancement spirit liquid, he had immediately let Peachwood consume it. By then—
Aside from several spirit insects and Wood Demons whose cultivation had not yet reached the required level, Ye Jingcheng had already fed advancement pills to all the other spirit beasts.
Over the following three years, Ye Jingcheng had not cultivated. Instead, he had devoted himself entirely to practicing the Five Elements Divine Lightning.
At first, he had trained within the Grotto-Heaven. Later, once he reached Two-Finger Divine Lightning and its power rose far too greatly, it became inconvenient to use there, so he came to the Desert Sea.
The Desert Sea was under the Ye Family's rule. He did not need to worry