Nether Lightning!

In the northwestern part of the Black Sha Wasteland, lies a desolate, black, chaotic forest of rocks.

The terrain here is treacherous, with howling winds. A sweep of Divine Sense reveals only barren rubble and deathly aura, devoid of any sign of life.

Several Nether River Spirit Transformation flew overhead without pausing, heading straight for the large fortress ahead.

Ripples spread across the void.

The figures of Shi Jian and Cang Wuji emerged from the void.

"Is this the place?"

Cang Wuji looked around, but clearly didn't see anything unusual.

Shi Jian nodded slightly, lightning gathered, and the steady energy of Purple Pivot Lightning condensed at his fingertips, transforming into a point of deep purple light.

"Open."

A finger is pointed at a node in the void.

Buzz!

A sudden, muffled tremor resounded through the air.

The originally flat space sank like the surface of water, revealing a layer of concealed light membrane covered with grayish-white scale patterns.

Deep within that luminous membrane, a secluded paradise, filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, teeming with Spiritual Qi, could be vaguely seen. Tens of thousands of giant lizard people even lived there, kneeling in fear and prayer.

They believed that by hiding in the secret realm and sealing off the void, they could escape the annihilation of their race from the outside.

"It really is hidden here!"

Cang Wuji grinned, and his entire body, white as bones, erupted with Daoist energy.

"Break!"

Cang Wuji strode forward, his Bone-Splitting Axe, imbued with immense power, cleaving down with tremendous force!

Click--!

The light membrane that had already been broken by Shi Jian shattered, and the void was torn open, creating a gaping hole thousands of miles wide.

"Enemy attack--!!"

From within the secret realm, screams of utter terror echoed.

Two giant lizard elders, both at the Early Spirit Transformation, who were stationed here, soared into the sky, their bodies radiating Death Dao energy that transformed into countless gray blades, attempting to fight back desperately.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

Cang Wuji's ferocity surged, his figure transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall azure bear form. He swept out with his Bone-Splitting Axe, directly cleaving a Nascent Spirit Transformation and his magical Law Treasure in half at the waist!

The pale, profound flames of the Great Dao instantly reduced his remains to ashes.

Meanwhile, another Early Spirit Transformation had just summoned a jet-black bone shield when a scorching white Lieyang bolt suddenly struck down from the void!

Boom!

The Righteous Yang Lightning extremely powerful and yang, specifically designed to overcome evil spirits and malevolent forces.

The moment the bone shield came into contact with the lightning, the Death Dao on it melted and collapsed like snow hitting boiling oil.

The lightning bolt pierced through, striking precisely the chest of the giant Spirit Transformation in its divine form.

"Puff!"

The flesh and blood were charred black, and all life was extinguished.

Before the Nascent Spirit Transformation could even utter a scream, he was reduced to charred remains and fell to the ground under the overwhelming and righteous power of the thunder. His soul was instantly cleansed and dissolved by the Righteous Yang Lightning.

In less than three breaths, the two Early Spirit Transformation Death Dao and their cultivation vanished!

The countless giant lizard cultivators below completely collapsed, their cries echoing throughout the secret realm.

Shi Jian remained cold and unmoved.

In the cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak. If the Beast Realm had been defeated today, the Giant Bear Clan's fate would have been ten times more tragic.

"Receive!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Shi Jian created an invisible vortex above his head, which blotted out the sky and enveloped the treasure vault in the center of the secret realm.

Rumble!

The earth trembled, and the entire massive treasure pavilion, forged from dead jade, was uprooted and pulled directly into the personal space.

Three thousand units of the Netherworld Jade of Ten Thousand Years!

Eighty jars of "Silent Marrow Bone," a sacred body-tempering artifact for cultivators of the Death Dao!

Fourth- and fifth-grade top-quality death vein crystals piled up like mountains, and countless ancient books, scrolls, spirit ores, Law Treasure were swept away by the two bears like a great river flowing into the sea.

"We've struck it rich! We've really struck it rich!"

Cang Wuji stuffed several storage rings into his robes, his hair standing on end with excitement. "These Death Dao treasures plundered by these reptiles can be exchanged for mountains of Earth Dao Divine Crystals by the Nether River Imperial Clan!"

"Let's go to the next place."

Shi Jian withdrew immediately without lingering.

Although this secret realm was rich in resources, in his eyes, they were nothing more than appetizers.

Within half a day, Shi Jian, relying on his Divine Sense's keen perception of space, led Cang Wuji to break through five hidden secret realms in succession.

The two cooperated perfectly. Shi Jian broke the restrictions and controlled the field, Cang Wuji launched a head-on attack, leaving nothing but desolation in their wake.

A vast number of rare and precious treasures from the Death Dao, appearing only once in ten thousand years, were all taken into Shi Jian's possession.

Although these resources do not directly help his cultivation of the Dao of Lightning, they are invaluable assets, whether used to train his loyal followers or to exchange for Dao of Lightning and Space Dao resources in the Nine Realms Trade in the future.

Until they reached the deepest part of the wasteland, the core of a fault line in the earth's veins.

The seventh secret realm.

It is also one of the most core and oldest forbidden areas of the Death Giant Lizard Clan [Mystic Sha Dead Sea Secret Realm].

As soon as Fang Yi approached this spatial node, the Righteous Yang Lightning in Shi Jian's Dantian and the divine soul in his sea of consciousness simultaneously issued strong warnings.

The void ahead was not a membrane of light, but a huge, slowly rotating black hole, from which came a constant roar like rushing water, mixed with a chilling aura of destruction.

Something's not right.

Cang Wuji's smile faded, and he gripped the giant axe tightly with one hand, his expression turning serious. "Brother, the death aura here is extremely dense; there's probably something big inside."

Shi Jian stared intently at the spatial vortex, his Divine Sense constantly probing and exploring it.

"This is the ancestral secret realm of the Giant Lizard Clan, directly connected to the source of deathly Fiends deep within the Dao Realm."

Shi Jian slowly said, "There is at least one giant lizard elder at the Late Spirit Transformation stage guarding the place, and there is also an ancient formation supporting it."

"Late Spirit Transformation?"

Cang Wuji sneer escaping his lips, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. "It doesn't matter, I've been looking for a worthy opponent to test my axe against!"

"Brother Shi, you hold off for me. I'm going to smash this turtle shell to pieces!"

"There's no need for that trouble."

Shi Jian's eyes were cold, and the three Immortal Foundation within his body roared and spun simultaneously at that moment.

The Purple Pivot Lightning descended to the lower level, suppressing the fluctuations in the void;

Purple Firmament Lightning coiled around his arms like sharp blades, its edge cleaving the heavens and earth; Righteous Yang Lightning transformed into a blazing white sun behind his head, its supremely yang and intense power instantly evaporating the deathly aura that was encroaching from the surroundings!

Moreover, Shi Jian made a grasping motion with his right hand, and the gray Sword Dao artifact he had seized from the Human Race also came into his possession.

A sharp and domineering sword intent soared into the sky from the blade.

"A swift and decisive battle is needed. The battle outside between the Dao Venerable could be decided at any moment. We mustn't attract the attention of those old monsters from the Nether River."

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Jian had already taken a step forward!

"Cut!"

The gray sword swept across the sky, its Sword Dao aura blending with the domineering power of the Purple Firmament Lightning, transforming into a dazzling lightning blade ten thousand feet long, fiercely slashing towards the core of the black hole!

Boom--!

The void collapsed, and the gate to the secret realm was smashed apart by the violent force!

The interior of the black hole was now completely exposed to the two of them.

It was a vast, boundless black ocean, its waters entirely composed of the thickest, most sinister Death Dao Sha Qi, with countless withered bones floating and sinking amidst the rolling waves.

In the middle of the Dead Sea, on a high platform made of bones, sat an old man with a body as withered as tree bark.

The old man was covered with thick gray-white stone chips, and three huge Death Dao Immortal Foundation slowly rotated behind him, radiating the powerful pressure of Late Spirit Transformation.

"Barbarians of the Beast Realm..."

The old man slowly opened his eyes, his eye sockets devoid of any white, only filled with a deathly blackness. "Destroyed our ancestral land, severed our lineage."

"Even if we all perish today, I will take you all down with me."

Boom!

The Dead Sea boiled, and towering black waves surged into the sky, transforming into nine colossal, deathly dragons that blotted out the sun and crashed down upon it!

The old man held a large black seal in his hand, which activated the primordial array of the entire secret realm. The violent rules of Death Dao instantly sealed off an area of tens of thousands of miles, turning it into a deathly prison devoid of spirits.

"To die together? You don't deserve it!"

Cang Wuji roared, and his ten-thousand-foot-tall bear body shattered the void, unleashing the immense power of his Three-Foundation Perfection.

The Bone-Splitting Axe unleashed a torrent of bloody light, cleaving the three oncoming Deathly Dragons into a rain of black dust with a single blow!

Two powerful beings instantly clashed in the air above the Dead Sea, causing the void to tremble violently and the seawater to surge backward.

Shi Jian stood atop the void fault line, but did not immediately join the siege.

His gaze fell upon the deepest part of the Dead Sea, right in the center.

There, in the core area where endless deathly energy intertwined, there were no rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures as he had expected. Instead, a bizarre and extremely violent black sphere was suspended in the air.

Crack!

A tiny black arc of electricity suddenly leaped from the surface of the sphere, instantly piercing through the space in front of it.

That was no ordinary thunder.

It possesses no ordinary thunder, but is inherently upright and capable of warding off evil, and has no intention of generating new energy.

That bolt of black lightning was as black as ink. When it struck, the surrounding deathly aura was not dispelled, but instead, like moths drawn to a flame, it merged into this eerie lightning.

It exudes an aura of "annihilation" and "deathly stillness" that is pure to the extreme!

"This is..."

Shi Jian's pupils suddenly contracted, and the three Dao of Lightning Immortal Foundation that were originally circulating within his body resonated with unprecedented intensity at this moment!

Even the wisp of [Radiant Yang Lightning] that had just taken root deep within his Dantian, representing the birth of the great sun, throbbed violently, instinctively revealing an impulse of resistance and absorption!

"Extremes beget their opposites; death begets thunder!"

Shi Jian was suddenly jolted.

This is by no means a naturally generated thunder, but a strange divine thunder that was accidentally born in this sea of evil filled with the ultimate path of Death Dao, after tens of thousands of years of death energy sedimentation and the fusion of the Great Dao, in the Extreme Realm of Yin and Yang harmony!

Its name is -- [Nether Lightning]!

A destructive black lightning purely evolved from death energy!

This lightning is specifically designed to annihilate the life force of living beings and corrode their souls. Its killing and annihilating power is even more sinister and domineering than ordinary Dao of Lightning!

"Great stuff... it's really great stuff!"

A light, intensely bright, burst forth in Shi Jian's eyes.

He was worried about how to further enhance his offensive and killing power in addition to the orthodox Divine Firmament system; in the Divine Firmament system, Purple Pivot governs control, Purple Firmament governs the edge, True Yang wards off evil, and Radiant Yang governs life.

If one can capture and refine this "Nether Lightning," born from the ultimate death zone, and draw the Yin Death Lightning into the Dao, Yin and Yang will harmonize, and life and death will be united in the same furnace.

His combat power is likely to surge to an unbelievable level!

"You scoundrel! How dare you covet our clan's sacred thunder!!"