A bolt of lightning exploded, and Lei Zhenzi emerged from within! Thunder crackled all around him, drawing wild winds in its wake!
At first glance, it seemed as though Lei Zhenzi stood at the convergence of wind and thunder, the very child of wind and thunder incarnate!
Moreover, the once-incompatible wind and thunder now accompanied Lei Zhenzi with a hint of fusion between them!
Suddenly, Lei Zhenzi roared, "Fuse into one!"
Thunder roared as fierce winds raged, wind and thunder crashing against one another! Lei Zhenzi, who had maintained a human form, transformed directly into the appearance of a sharp-beaked thunder Sai amid the collision of wind and thunder, and his Wind-Thunder Wings emerged as well!
This form was exceptionally ugly!
Yet within that ugliness, the thunder and wild winds surrounding Lei Zhenzi gradually began to dissipate!
Along with them vanished Lei Zhenzi's ugly form and his Wind-Thunder Wings!
As the Wind-Thunder Wings disappeared, Lei Zhenzi's aura grew increasingly powerful and increasingly stable!
Yun Zhongzi, who had been observing all along, smiled. "Not bad... not bad... You have comprehended the Wind-Thunder Dao and entered the Golden Immortal Realm! After the Investiture of the Gods is complete, several years of secluded cultivation will stabilize your Golden Immortal cultivation. In a hundred years, you may even enter the Grand Unity Realm!"
As he spoke, Lei Zhenzi returned to human form, and his aura gradually settled!
Soon, Lei Zhenzi restrained his aura, dropped to one knee, and said, "Greetings, Grandmaster. Greetings, Master!"
Heavenly Venerable nodded. "Not bad... not bad..."
The praise was brief, yet Heavenly Venerable's delight was plain to see! After all, Lei Zhenzi had entered the Golden Immortal Realm by comprehending the Wind-Thunder Dao himself, rather than relying on the Jade Pure Sage Art to break through!
Though both paths led