Heavenly Tribulation, that night.
Thunderclouds churned, silver lightning scattered, and the stars answered, faintly taking the shape of the Northern Dipper. All seven stars within possessed the nature of altar thunder. A strand of silvery-white qi slowly descended from Shaking Light, also known as Army-Breaker, and entered the hall.
Xu Xuan withdrew his divine ability and drew the final strand of army-breaker Northern Dipper qi into his Inner Scenery. Following the records in the Northern Dipper Thunder Oath Scroll, he combined it with the other two strands. Three years had passed, and at last he had formed a strand of [heavenly oath thunder essence], the spiritual qi required for [Fate-Extinguishing Purge].
"The Northern Dipper originally belonged to altar thunder, and the Army-Breaker star was an expression of the Thunder Palace's murderous intent. Even now, after being incorporated into the heavenly gang constellation under shock thunder's command, it can still yield this [heavenly oath thunder essence]."
This stirred some doubts in Xu Xuan's heart. The relationship between the Northern Sea True Lord and the Thunder Palace was difficult to fathom. From what he had seen back then, some great figure of the altar thunder path seemed to have offered the True Lord guidance, while the Northern Dipper positions seemed to conceal further secrets.
He now carefully leafed through the Northern Dipper Thunder Oath Scroll. With the spiritual qi formed, he could attempt to cultivate this divine ability. Yet the further he progressed, the more tangled the mysterious elephant manifestations within his Inner Scenery became, and the harder divine abilities were to cultivate. He did not know how much time it would take.
This divine ability combined bodily and intent aspects. Once cultivated, it could purge evil at its root without leaving future scourges, using one's own body to enact the Northern