A Heaven-Sent Fortuitous Opportunity, Preparing to Strike!

Straight to the point, leaving no room for pretense or evasion.

Lei Jin took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on Shi Jian's eyes, and said, "The Divine Lightning Wood is located at the edge of the Lightless Lightning Sea, three thousand feet deep within the Polar Night Sacred Abyss."

"What we want is the innate treasure nurtured within the body of that Five-Foundation Extreme Realm Night Beast Emperor. We cannot reveal its specifics."

Shi Jian raised an eyebrow and shook his head, saying, "You don't need to hide it anymore. But what about the manifestation of the [Lightless] Fruit?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Nascent Spirit Transformation froze, none of them expecting that Shi Jian had guessed their true intentions.

"It seems Brother Shi has already figured it out."

Lei Jin said gravely, "I didn't expect Brother Shi to have already seen that my ancestor's lifespan is coming to an end, and he will Return to the Ruins at most two thousand years."

"Although the Profound Lightning Dao Fruit is powerful, once the Ancestor perishes and the Profound Lightning shifts, the powerful races of the Nine Realms will surely rise up to attack it."

"If my Profound Lightning Imperial Clan does not wish to fall from grace and become food for other races, we must create a new Dao Venerable before our ancestor passes away!"

"The Dao of Lightning is difficult to traverse; none of the younger generation can master the six foundations and inherit the great lineage of Profound Lightning in a short period of time."

"Therefore, our clan's ancestor sought to reverse the universe, using this position of [Lightless] to secretly reverse the very essence of our clan's bloodline, in order to cultivate the Dao of Darkness."

"Many years ago, our clan produced a prodigy who was proficient in the Dao of Darkness arts, a seed for our clan's future Dao Venerable."

"As long as we ensure the new emperor's succession, we can guarantee the dynasty's 100,000-year reign."

Hearing these secrets, Shi Jian's heart was stirred.

"The old Beast Emperor has great courage."

Shi Jian said calmly, "But since the Night Beast Emperor had reached the Five-Foundation Extreme Realm that night, and also had the advantage of having the home ground of Lightless, even an ordinary sixth-level Spirit Transformation wouldn't have fared well here."

"With just the eight of you, plus myself, trying to seize the Lightless Dao Fruit is no different from sending yourself to your deaths."

"Brother Shi, rest assured, would our ancestor fight a battle unprepared?"

Lei Jin chuckled and took out a golden-blue jade shuttle covered with intricate Dao patterns from his robes.

The Fang Yi was revealed, the profound Profound Lightning Dao aura that caused the heavens and earth to tremble within a radius of a million miles suddenly spread out!

"This is a treasure bestowed by the Ancestor, the [Nine Lightning Darkness-Breaking Shuttle]."

Lei Jin's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "This thing can shatter the Lightless Realm barrier of the Polar Night Abyss, and it can also severely injure that Night Beast Emperor!"

"But the life force and destiny of the Extreme Realm expert are immense; even at its full power, this thing can only suppress it for half a quarter of an hour."

"Within a quarter of an hour, that dying Extreme Realm Beast will surely go berserk and retaliate; the other Night Beast leaders will also rush in from all directions to protect it."

"The eight of us must form the ' Eight Extremes Profound Lightning Formation ' and do our utmost to seize the fruit core."

"And Brother Shi, your task..."

Lei Jin looked at Shi Jian, his expression extremely solemn. "Even if it means holding off that maddened Extreme Realm Night Beast Emperor for half a quarter of an hour for us!"

"If we can hold out for half a quarter of an hour and seize the physical form of the fruit, we will immediately activate the divine talisman and teleport away."

"Once it's done, that hundred-zhang-long section of the Nine Heavens Great Sun Divine Lightning Wood at the edge of the abyss will belong to Brother Shi!"

"Furthermore, my Profound Lightning Imperial Clan owes Brother Shi a favor. Our Ancestor personally promised that once he successfully extends his life, we will dedicate the entire clan's strength to help Brother Shi ascend to the position of Dao of Divine Firmament Venerable!"

They promised great benefits and forged a blood oath.

It must be said that the price offered by the Profound Lightning Imperial Clan was so generous that Shi Jian simply could not refuse it.

The Nine Heavens Great Sun Divine Lightning Wood was the key he used to unlock the Extreme Realm.

If he has a veteran Dao Venerable or a royal family with hundreds of thousands of years of history as his backer in the future, he will hold absolute power within the Giant Bear Clan and even in the entire Beast Realm.

Both are royal families of the Beast Realm.

It makes perfect sense that Profound Lightning's share of the meat, while he gets the smaller portion.

Shi Jian did not reply immediately, his mind racing with thoughts; the Night Beast Emperor, a cultivator at the Spirit Transformation Extreme Stage Realm, was severely injured and on the verge of death, yet he persisted for half a quarter of an hour.

If an ordinary Late Spirit Transformation were to encounter such a being, death would be certain.

However, Shi Jian possesses the three great orthodox immortal Immortal Foundation of Divine Firmament, and also has the Dao Artifact, the Immortal-Slaying Spear, personally forged by the Ancestor Egu.

Its Life-Extinguishing Nether Lightning counter to anything that brings darkness and death. In addition, it possesses a top-tier physical body blessed by the Barbarian Bone, as well as numerous life-saving techniques.

If we can hold out for half an hour, although there are some unexpected dangers, it is by no means a dead end!

After a few breaths, Shi Jian made up his mind.

"Deal. Lead the way."

"I'll take this Extreme Realm's life with me."

A chilling wind howled, and the darkness roared like thunder.

Passing through the vast wind belt, the view between heaven and earth was further compressed, and even the space three zhang away from one's body began to show a distorted water pattern of being completely worn away.

The Polar Night Sacred Abyss, the true end of the Dao principles in this Death Realm.

On the earth, a terrifying abyss stretching tens of thousands of miles was split open, like the gaping maw of an ancient beast, frantically devouring all light and matter from all directions.

Below the abyss, the depths are unfathomable.

Only the deep, Lei Ming sound of a heartbeat slowly emanated from the very bottom of the abyss.

Thump... thump... thump...

With each heartbeat, the void within a radius of tens of thousands of miles would contract, bringing with it a terrifying pressure that shattered one's soul.

That was the power of Spirit Transformation Extreme Stage!

Shi Jian and eight others, including Lei Jin, quietly lurked at the edge of the abyss; under the double cover of Shi Jian's Life-Extinguishing Nether Lightning and the lightning array.

The auras of the nine Nascent Spirit Transformation merged with the surrounding rocks.

"Look over there."

Lei Jin lowered his voice and pointed to a protruding cliff diagonally below the abyss.

Shi Jian followed the direction he pointed and gazed intently in that direction.

Even with his calm and unwavering Daoist heart, his breath caught in his throat slightly when he saw the scene on the cliff!

On that dark, cold, barren, towering cliff.

A section of the broken divine tree, crystal clear, as thick as a mountain, and over a hundred feet long, lies quietly between the rocks!

Beneath the charred, coal-black bark of the sacred tree, a pure, scorching golden liquid, as intense as magma, flowed.

Wisps of faint yet supremely noble pure yang thunder energy transformed into millions of miniature golden thunder crows on the surface of the divine tree, swirling and dancing.

The surrounding, Lightless Dao aura was forcefully forced back three zhang away.

Nine Heavens Great Sun Divine Lightning Wood!

Moreover, judging from its age and the profound Daoist principles it embodies, it is clearly the remains of an ancestral tree that has truly undergone the tempering of countless thunderbolts.

Around the sacred tree, the pure Yang Daoist aura, so rich it was almost condensed into dew.

At this moment, the [Radiant Yang Lightning] Immortal Foundation within Shi Jian's body began to tremble violently uncontrollably, emitting an almost instinctive desire!

If we could refine and devour this piece of divine wood.

Not only can [Radiant Yang Lightning] be quickly cultivated to perfection, but even the rudimentary form of [Purple Radiance Lightning] can be directly unlocked through this method!

At that time, the Four-Foundation Perfection, and the Five-Foundation Extreme Realm will be reached.

That was half a step, stepping into the threshold of enlightenment.

"This is a treasure, a true fortuitous opportunity luck. I must get my hands on this wood." An unprecedented fervor flashed in Shi Jian's eyes.

Beneath this section of the divine tree lies a bottomless abyss tens of thousands of feet deep.

A terrifying shadow, as large as Shan Yue, was slumbering on a dark bone mountain, completely unaware of the cultivators.

It was a Night Beast with Six-Winged.

Its body is thousands of feet long, with six bony wings that blot out the sky tightly wrapping around it, and five solidified Dao of Darkness Immortal Foundation flowing around its body!

And right in the center of its brow, a dark phantom, no bigger than a fist, yet radiating an aura that commanded the entire world to submit, was rhythmically breathing in and out the deathly energy of the abyss.

It is the physical entity of the Lightless Dao Fruit, the source of power for the entire Lightless Dead Realm.

"Brother Shi, it's ready."

"Once we make our move, you will have no reason to back down."