"Boom!"
Crack!
Just as Xu Xian was talking with his family about becoming an official.
Dark clouds suddenly blanketed the sky, and lightning flashed amid rolling thunder.
Bolt after bolt of heavenly lightning came crashing down.
"Look, heavenly punishment is here! Heavenly punishment is here!"
"I told you long ago that serving as an official under Pan Renmei would bring retribution. Now it's here!"
The villagers where Xu Xian lived were utterly terrified. Some prostrated themselves on the ground, already bowing to Heaven.
"This is bad. Could this be the Thunder Fahai Guanyin Bodhisattva spoke of?"
White Snake instantly rose from the hilltop and flew into the lightning to investigate.
"Boom, boom! Boom, boom!"
"Boom!"
To her surprise, after she took to the air, all the lightning gathered together, weaving into a single mass.
The wind and clouds changed color as lightning relentlessly bombarded White Snake.
In those few moments, her entire body went numb, and the strikes left her nowhere to hide.
At the center of the lightning stood a burly monk holding an alms bowl. When he saw White Snake, his face twisted viciously, his eyes filled with malice.
"Your Heavenly Court declared war on the Buddhist Order, yet you, a white snake, actually dared to come to the mortal realm!"
"There was a road to paradise, but you refused to take it. Hell had no gate, yet you insisted on entering!"
"Good! Bind!"
As Thunder Fahai roared, all the lightning in his hands began to contract. With a single move, it bound White Snake completely, then suppressed and sealed her.
"Whoosh!"
As rain poured down in torrents, the lightning in the sky seemed to condense into a ball of light before vanishing.
White Snake had not even seen Xu Xian before everything was over.
Meanwhile, Xu Xian