The Crown Prince!

Within the Lightning Plain, in a magnificent Thunder Palace.

Shi Jian slowly awoke at this moment, his body surging with lightning, which was now lying dormant; the fluctuations just now were extremely brief.

The divine thought residing in Shi Xiao's sea of consciousness was triggered, activated, annihilated the essence, and then dissipated, all within a few breaths.

In just a few breaths, Shi Jian had seen everything clearly.

A remnant of Spirit Transformation, a cultivator of the Space Dao, with Four-Foundation Perfection... yet he dares to set his sights on his eldest son.

Shi Jian couldn't help but sneer and shake his head slightly.

Although the information fed back by the divine sense was not detailed, it was enough to piece together a general outline.

An old monster from the Space Dao sect, who had failed to attain enlightenment and was nearing the end of his lifespan, used a secret realm as bait and his Fate Dao artifact as a medium to devise a scheme to seize the body of another.

The method wasn't particularly sophisticated, but for Nascent Soul Cultivator, it was indeed an unavoidable and deadly move—simple yet effective.

If it weren't for the fact that he and Shan Li each left behind a strand of Spirit Transformation consciousness to protect him, Shi Xiao would likely be in grave danger.

"That can be considered a lesson."

Shi Jian muttered to himself calmly; he was not worried about Shi Xiao's safety.

That kid's trump cards are far more complex than they appear; Shan Li, the father of Shan Wanling, also had a backup plan for him.

This child is a precious gem.

Even if Spirit Transformation were to attack him, they might not necessarily come out on top.

As for that wisp of spirit, it has been completely erased, leaving not even a trace; given Shi Xiao's personality, he will only become more ferocious after suffering a loss, not more cowardly.

However, the things in that secret realm made him think for a moment longer.

Space Dao 'Spirit Transformation Legacy...

The Jade Slip records the inheritance, the skeletons and spiritual objects sealed in the sphere of light, and the Fate Dao artifact Xu Yan Ring.

If all these things could be brought back, it would be a windfall for the Lightning Bear Line; in addition, Shi Jian already possessed the complete [Spaceless] level six-foundation inheritance.

In the future, it's quite possible that a powerful expert in the Space Dao could be cultivated.

However, Shi Jian didn't pay too much attention to it at the moment.

Since Shi Xiao is alive, he will get those things sooner or later; what he needs to do now is far more important than the legacy of a secret realm.

Righteous Yang Lightning Immortal Foundation's comprehension was at a crucial point, allowing no room for distraction.

Shi Jian calmed his mind, closed his eyes again, and the three immortal Immortal Foundation energies within his body began to circulate once more; the Purple Pivot Lightning was steady, the Purple Firmament Lightning was refined, and the Righteous Yang Lightning was blazing. The three Dao of Divine Firmament energies converged and collided in his meridians, becoming more refined with each cycle.

The essence of the True Yang yang Daoist rhyme extracted from that Five-Foundation Extreme Realm remains is still being slowly digested within his body, like a tamed raging fire, gradually merging into the foundation of his third Immortal Foundation.

Thunder Palace fell silent.

The purple-gold lightning liquid surged around him, reflecting off the dome with an uncertain glow.

Meanwhile, it's unclear how much time has passed.

Shi Xiao slowly woke up, his head throbbing as if he had been struck by an axe.

The sea of consciousness was in complete disarray.

Although the Spirit Transformation essence was instantly obliterated by his father's divine sense, the impact of the possession still left a significant wound on his soul.

His Nascent Soul foundation was slightly loosened, and the Daoist energy of the Purple Firmament Lightning was also somewhat disordered.

Shi Xiao sat cross-legged, panting heavily, his back soaked with cold sweat; he looked at the jade thumb ring in his hand.

The Xu Yan Ring.

The thing that had almost killed him just now lay quietly in his palm, warm and harmless.

The essence of the spirit has vanished, and the lingering cold will on the ring has disappeared, leaving only the pure aura of the Space Dao flowing within it.

Shi Xiao gripped the ring tightly, his heart still pounding.

That was too dangerous.

He considered himself bold, but just a moment ago, his spirit invaded his sea of consciousness and his will crushed his Nascent Soul; that suffocating feeling of being completely suppressed and about to be devoured was something he would probably never forget in his life.

If it weren't for the divine thought left by my father...

Shi Xiao didn't dare to think any further, his heart filled with lingering fear; once he calmed down, he put the ring on his finger.

After all, it is a Dao Artifact. Once he refines it in the future, it can become a trump card for him. Even if he breaks through to the Spirit Transformation in the future, he can still use it.

The skeleton on the lotus platform was already shattered.

The moment the essence was destroyed, the withered bones lost their last support, turning into dust and scattering on the lotus platform, even the ashes gleaming with a layer of grayish-brown light.

As for the dozens of light spheres floating around the lotus platform, they were trembling slightly at this moment.

The Space Dao aura surrounding those light spheres is dissipating at a visible rate; the essence is the core maintainer of this secret realm, and once the essence is destroyed, the secret realm loses its foundation.

The entire secret realm is collapsing.

At this moment, a thin crack appeared in the floor of the stone chamber beneath their feet, and a grayish-white light from the void seeped out from the crack.

The light on the dome began to flicker, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, like a lamp about to burn out, gradually collapsing.

"Damn it, I need to hurry!"

Shi Xiao cursed, his figure shot up, lightning arcs condensed in his palm, and he grabbed the nearest ball of light.

The outer shell of the light sphere shattered, revealing a jade box inside. The jade box contained extremely rich spiritual energy, and it was clearly a fifth-order Space Dao material!

As Shi Xiao collected the items, he swiftly moved through the stone chamber.

One by one, he absorbed, peeled away the shells, and stored the orbs in his personal secret realm; wherever his hand touched, the orbs shattered.

The two light orbs that Spirit Transformation cultivators were the heaviest. Shi Xiao gritted his teeth and activated his Nascent Soul aura, forcibly pulling them off and stuffing them into the secret realm.

The whole process took only a short while.

The stone chamber was already trembling violently, the cracks in the ground had multiplied from one to more than a dozen, and turbulent void currents were gushing out from the cracks, with grayish-white light constantly surging outwards.

On the dome, a large rock crashed down, slamming onto the lotus platform and scattering the remaining ashes in all directions.

Shi Xiao took one last look before quickly fleeing the area.

But when he rushed toward the stone gate, unleashing the full power of the Purple Firmament Lightning Dao Aura, the city outside was already unrecognizable.

Those palaces and pavilions that were originally hanging upside down in all directions are now shattering, collapsing, and falling into the endless gray void one after another.

Space was distorted to its limit, and all directions lost their meaning. As far as the eye could see, there were only shattered building ruins and turbulent spatial currents.

The entire city is collapsing, and the secret realm is disintegrating!

Shi Xiao could clearly sense that this secret realm, spanning over ten thousand miles, was rapidly shrinking, collapsing, and heading towards destruction.

If he were trapped in the center of the collapse, even with the protection of his Spirit Transformation divine sense, he would likely not escape death and would be completely crushed by the space.

Damn it!

"Could this be a backup plan left by this old monster? How could the secret realm collapse so quickly!"

"Damn it, even if the possession fails, are they going to drag me down with them?! These old bastards, they really have no shame!"

Shi Xiao cursed repeatedly, never expecting that a secret realm would collapse so quickly. The collapse of a secret realm should always take time.

Well, the speed at which the secret realm collapsed left him no chance to escape.

"All we have left are the life-saving measures Grandpa gave us; it's a huge loss!"