Six Hundred and Sixty Years in Seclusion!
The old man hadn't finished speaking.
Shi Jian's expression was indifferent; he simply raised one hand slowly.
Boom!
His body suddenly lit up, and he abruptly flipped and turned upside down in mid-air!
Splash splash splash splash--!
In an instant, it was as if the Milky Way had poured down from the heavens, or as if thousands of stars had fallen to earth!
Tens of thousands of fourth-order Night Beast cores, exuding a dense aura of Dao of Darkness Sha Qi, transformed into a black torrent that crashed onto the main hall, piling up into a crystal behemoth hundreds of feet high!
However, this is only the beginning.
Immediately afterwards.
Amidst the sudden halt of countless cultivators' heartbeats, one after another, profound cores the size of heads, flowing with intricate Immortal Foundation Dao patterns, slowly emerged from the void.
One, two, five, ten... a total of more than thirty Spirit Transformation Night Beast cores at the early and mid-stages of the Nascent Soul realm floated in mid-air!
The combined Dao of Darkness emanating from these cores forced the vast blue-purple sea of lightning above the Profound Lightning Ancestral Court back a hundred miles!
The world was silent; you could hear a pin drop.
Throughout the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Lightning Abyss, only the sound of gasps for breath echoed.
"More than thirty Spirit Transformation Cores? How is that possible?!"
"How many Spirit Transformation Realm Night Beast Kings are there in the Death Realm? Could it be that he alone wiped out almost all the Spirit Transformation Demon King in the Death Realm?!"
"Madman... this Lightning Bear is a complete butcher!"
The cultivators protecting the Dao from all the realms stared wide-eyed, their hair standing on end.
Killing a Nascent Spirit Transformation is already incredibly difficult, but someone as powerful as Shi Jian managed to annihilate dozens of Spirit Transformation and level more than a dozen ancient royal cities in just ten years under extremely harsh conditions!
The three Profound Lightning elders on the high platform were terrified, their faces pale, their throats bobbing, and their palms sweating profusely.
Such a massive achievement has completely exceeded the expectations of the Profound Lightning Imperial Clan!
"Elder Profound Lightning."
Shi Jian stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the three of them, his tone as calm as still water. "Three thousand six hundred fourth-tier cores, twenty-four Early Spirit Transformation Soul cores, and nine Middle Spirit Transformation Soul cores."
"I would like to trouble the three of you to calculate how many years I can remain in seclusion within the core Transformation Lightning Pool of your Profound Lightning Ancestral Court?"
Elder Profound Lightning, who was at the head of the group, trembled slightly, his fingers frantically calculating, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
The Transformation Lightning Pool is the lifeblood of the Profound Lightning Imperial Clan. It is a supreme Blessed Land nurtured by the Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor with his own Dao Fruit and ancestral lineage. Ordinary direct descendants' geniuses would fight tooth and nail to enter and cultivate there for several months.
And these cores that Shi Jian took out...
"Replying to... replying to Brother Shi..."
The Grand Elder's voice trembled. He took a deep breath and uttered a sentence with difficulty:
"All converted... a total of... six hundred and sixty years!"
Six hundred and sixty years!
A full 660 years, the time spent cultivating at the Supreme Thunder Pool!
The entire audience was in an uproar. The thunder cultivators from the various powerful clans looked on with a mixture of envy and awe. If an ordinary cultivator could cultivate in the Transformation Lightning Pool for ten years, it would be enough to undergo a complete transformation and break through multiple realms.
This ferocious giant bear actually carved out a Dao Venerable Blessed Land for itself for 660 years through bloody battles!
This is going to drain the ancestral spring of the Profound Lightning Clan dry!
It truly inspires envy both inside and outside the industry.
Several Profound Lightning elders looked troubled and subconsciously looked up at the Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor on the Guandao Heavenly Platform.
If such a vast fortuitous opportunity in the Thunder Pool were given entirely to outsiders, the cultivation resources for the younger generation of the Profound Lightning Line for the next few hundred years would be severely compressed.
The summit of Tiantai.
The Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor slowly raised his head. On his withered face covered with death spots, there was no anger, only an unfathomable majesty.
But since it was the ancestor's decision and there was a prior promise, there must be a reason for it.
He looked at Shi Jian, who stood proudly below him, and remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a hoarse voice that resonated throughout the heavens:
"My plans will eventually come to an end."
"Shi Jian, you have accomplished your task for me, and I will never go back on my word."
With a gentle wave of his withered hand, the old Beast Emperor sent down a purplish-blue talisman carved entirely from ten-thousand-year -Heavenly Tribulation Jade Marrow, which floated steadily in front of Shi Jian.
"At the deepest part of the Transformation Lei Yuan, the seventh level, the ' Nine Heavens Extreme Lightning Realm,' will be opened to you for 660 years of light and shadow starting today."
The old Beast Emperor stared intently at Shi Jian, the eerie blue flames in his eye sockets suddenly blazing brighter, and he said, word by word:
"Not only that."
"The conditions I promised you, Ancestor Egu, back then, I can now fulfill them before all the cultivators of the realms."
"If you wish to ascend to the Divine Firmament within the next two thousand years and face the Dao Tribulation, as long as I have a breath left, the Profound Lightning Imperial Clan will do everything in its power to protect you once!"
Boom!
The Dao Venerable's promise carries the weight of heaven and earth!
Above the entire Profound Lightning Ancestral Court, thunderclouds swirled wildly, unleashing endless thunderous Thunder Sound to witness this supreme vow.
The powerful cultivators from all the surrounding realms paled in shock.
A veteran Dao Venerable pledged to protect the Dao with the full strength of his clan!
This level of cultivation far surpasses even the six hundred and sixty years of practice at the Thunder Pool.
This means that this young savage beast from the Giant Bear Clan has completely entered the vision of the Dao Venerable giants and has become the ultimate seed for the future struggle for supreme power in the entire Beast Realm.
Shi Jian reached out and grasped the icy-cold Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Talisman, a genuine smile finally appearing on his lips.
He bowed slightly to the Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor on the rooftop, neither servile nor arrogant:
"The old Beast Emperor was straightforward."
"In that case, it would be impolite of me to refuse."
There were no insincere pleasantries, no unnecessary chatter.
Shi Jian pushed the dozens of cores that were floating in mid-air directly onto the high platform, and then suddenly turned around under the watchful eyes of everyone!
Call!
His white robe billowed in the wind, and Shi Jian was surrounded by dazzling purple-gold lightning. His figure transformed into a thunderbolt that pierced the sky, and without pausing for even a moment, he rushed straight toward the Transformation Lei Yuan Abyss deep within the forbidden area of Profound Lightning Ancestral Court!
Leichi for 660 years!
The endless resources are all in our pockets!
The Great Void Bone-Cleansing Marrow, the remnants of the Nine Firmaments Divine Lightning Wood, the remains of the Nether Abyss Emperor, a large amount of fifth-grade top-quality Netherworld ore, two Night Beast Emperor cores, and this Supreme Thunder Pool that can cleanse the Immortal Foundation and purify the Principle!
Everything is ready; the east wind has arrived.
Shi Jian's figure pierced through layers of void restrictions like lightning, falling into the boundless abyss sea churning with nine-colored lightning.
Boom!
The Gate of Lei Yuan slammed shut, and countless chains of lightning sealed off the void.
Deep within the abyss, Shi Jian sat cross-legged atop the boiling Thunder Marrow Spring, his eyes shining like eternal lamps, a cold and domineering Daoist voice exploding deep within his sea of consciousness:
"The fourth Immortal Foundation, Radiant Yang, at the Perfected Spirit Transformation stage..."
"I will go into seclusion today, and I vow not to leave this abyss until I break through this realm!"
In this age of great strife, Lei Ming through the heavens.
A storm destined to shake the entire Beast Realm, and even the entire Nine Realms, is quietly brewing within this abyssal thunder pool!