Great Sage Wilderness.
The towering, magnificent Golden Mountain had shattered and collapsed. [Tian Beishi]'s protection had been erased by endless Thunderbolt calamities, and many Pure Lands had suffered along with it. Lion's Roar held the Thunderclap Pure Land. As he watched all the other monks withdraw, he stood before the Li People's formation with his incomparably imposing thunderclap dharma form.
This form had reached perfection, yet continued to change. Its face shifted ceaselessly between that of a Kui beast and a giant spirit, condensed from Thunderbolt. Before it stood a violet-lit Bronze Cauldron, while its hand held an enormous thunderclap bell.
Smiling, Lion's Roar extended his free hand and first took the bronze ladle formed from [Zai Bi]. He scooped some broth from the cauldron, drawing out a sheet of brilliant golden vow power, then drank it dry like a great whale swallowing water. His aura grew even more terrifying.
Then he used the bronze drinking vessel formed from [Gui You] to sprinkle wine on the ground as an offering to Sheji. The savage, uncanny aura around the monk gradually receded, giving rise instead to a measure of divine presence.
[Lesser Yang Great Dao, Eastern Radiance Dao Lineage, Great Simplicity Legacy]-the innate primordial Dao arts.
Lion's Roar's mind raced. He recalled the many Daoist canons he had read, and how they had explained shock thunder!
What was a deity?
Before humanity manifested, divinities already existed. Innate deities were [Dao Manifestations], while acquired deities were [Spirit Monsters]. Their duties lay in serving heaven and earth, far removed from the human Dao. The spirit monsters of shock thunder were [Kui Ox] and [Giant Spirit], both symbols of the heavenly drum's position!
During the heavenly epoch, Thunder Marsh had still been in the Eastern Yi lands, today's Yan Province. From it had emerged