Primordial Chaos.
Sword Radiance stretched without limit, cleaving Yin-Yang apart.
Vast stretches of Void opened within the once seamless Primordial Chaos. Lightning and raging winds ran rampant there, and the history of Shock Thunder replayed endlessly in one region: the birth of Thunder Marsh, Heavenly Huo's northward advance, Emperor Xuan's execution of Kui...
They had entered the depths of Primordial Chaos.
Everything here was indeterminate and indivisible. Concepts such as size, height, and distance dissolved, corresponding precisely to the constancy within the Dao of Wonder and Constancy.
The drum used by the Ancient Sage of Thunder Marsh manifested. Under Xu Wugui's authority, it turned from false to true, becoming an extension of his will.
This drum had no name.
The Divine Beings of the Primordial Era mostly followed their natural inclinations and seldom fought or killed. Thus, they rarely forged Dharma Treasures of their own accord, usually refining the implements they were born with to safeguard their Dao. Nor had they ever thought to give them names.
People of later ages called this drum:
[Shock Drum]
Xu Wugui's body expanded infinitely within Primordial Chaos, then shrank infinitely. He gradually incorporated the Shock Drum into his Dharma Form, which then wound through the Void like a long serpent.
An unprecedented surge of Sound and Qi poured from the seven hollows. He was not trying to injure his opponent, but to stabilize his authority.
His authority over Sound and Qi.
Xu Xuan had attained the Venerable Position and connected with Sound and Qi, already making Xu Wugui, the master of the Fruit Position, feel threatened. He was not even certain he could keep his grip on the authority over Sound and Qi!
His only recourse was to imitate Thunder Marsh and use the Shock Drum to summon "Shock Thunder"!
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