Southern Capital.
Faint silver Thunderbolts began to appear above the Great Void, crisscrossing yet hanging motionless, tracing the outline of a gateway. Thunder rumbled within it from time to time.
Inside the gate.
A silvery-white sea of thunder churned in the air. Countless strands of law script crisscrossed the void above, forming the foundation of this small secret realm's existence.
On a dark Dao Platform, a man sat in meditation.
The seven stars of the Northern Dipper brightened one after another, anchoring the firmament. The black laws hung beneath the Dipper, seemingly sensing something, continuously drawing down the qi of calamity to resonate with the entire secret realm.
Xu Xuan silently sensed the changes to the divine ability within his inner scenery. [Fate-Extinguishing Purge] had been nurtured to its utmost pinnacle. Now, only a [Thunder Oath] remained before it reached perfection.
When the ancient Thunder Palace meted out punishment, it would usually first proclaim a decree announcing the offender's crimes, then declare that it acted on Heaven's behalf, and finally annihilate them.
An oath was a covenant, a pledge of faith. It communicated with altar thunder to establish the legitimacy of one's authority to bring down tribulations and punishment.
Once a cultivator accomplished this, they gained the recognition of Heaven and Earth, and every gesture carried righteous might. Often, activating this divine ability could cast an enemy down in a single thought, reducing them to someone forsaken by Heaven and Earth, a rebellious villain.
The most obvious example was sky thunder. This path emphasized resonance between Heaven and man, but once struck by this divine ability, that effect would be greatly diminished.
Xu Xuan rose and began swearing his oath according to the records in the Northern Dipper Thunder Oath Scroll, pledging his nature and life to Heaven and Earth,