At sea.
Golden lightning flashed and vanished in the distant sky, and rolling violet thunder once again occupied the waters. Xu Xuan exhaled softly and returned his sword to his scales. Endless violet lightning now covered ten thousand miles in every direction.
The great marsh churned, dragons and serpents lurking within. His Divine Ability gradually settled. Though they had clashed repeatedly, both his wounds and his magic power recovered far faster than his opponent's. In the end, Hope Sea had been driven back by his blade.
Divine Thunder's supreme speed... this Hope Sea has yet to reach perfection.
Xu Xuan pondered briefly. His opponent seemed to have mixed in a Divine Ability of the Demonic Path, rather than practicing the purest Five Arts of Divine Thunder. Even so, that speed had reached a terrifying level, ranking first among all the Purple Mansion cultivators he had seen.
Of course, he did not know how Celestial Pivot, who cultivated orthodox Divine Thunder, would compare. Once that cultivator reached perfection, their speed would likely far surpass Hope Sea's.
Just then, azure light glittered in the distant sky, scattering wood energy. It was Dragon King Cave Azure signaling to him. Xu Xuan stirred inwardly, stepped into the Great Void, and immediately headed toward Pan Sea.
After a long while, the outskirts of Pan Sea became dimly visible. Many traces of Divine Abilities still lingered in the Great Void: scattered flowers and grasses, dripping yellow mud. Dark magical light slowly welled out, revealing an old man in black robes.
"Great King."
Hou Ni emerged, holding a conspicuous beast horn in his right hand. Like green jade, it radiated a pale jade glow. He had torn it from Remnant Jade, one of Hope Sea's subordinates.
Remnant Jade's true form was a single-horned wood flood dragon who