Above the Nine-Layer Thunder Sea, the battle had already ended.
"Today, the grudges of old are finally avenged."
The illusion shattered. Watching No-Self True Lord's divine soul crumble again and again beneath the heavenly lightning, Thunder-Taming True Lord's face was full of exhilaration.
The hatred of defeat and death, the enmity of his clan's extermination—he truly hated No-Self to the bone. Fortunately, Heaven had given him a chance to start over.
"No-Self, become the stepping stone for my ascension to the Dao Embryo."
With a single thought, his Thunder Peng body stretched out, transforming his abdomen into a lightning prison. Thunder-Taming True Lord swallowed No-Self True Lord's remnant soul, along with the Void Illusory World Mirror, in one gulp. He intended to utterly destroy No-Self, leaving him not the slightest chance to turn the tables, while refining the Void Illusory World Mirror in the process.
Refining a semi-immortal artifact would ordinarily be exceedingly difficult, but he possessed a secret method. He could use immortal lightning power to melt No-Self's remnant soul, then graft one branch onto another, replacing the mark left behind by No-Self True Lord with his own will.
Once that was done, he would naturally be able to control the Void Illusory World Mirror.
Rumble! The Primordial Tai Cang Thunder manifested, evolving the power of lightning's birth and death. Before that power, No-Self True Lord's remnant soul had no ability to resist and melted away like spring snow.
Yet just as Thunder-Taming True Lord activated his secret method, replacing No-Self True Lord and taking control of the Void Illusory World Mirror, an incomparably dark force suddenly refracted out from the depths of the Void Illusory World Mirror.
Their minds were linked; there was no avoiding it. Influenced by that force, Thunder-Taming True Lord's once-calm sea of consciousness suddenly