Care in Every Regard, the Lightning Bear Line Rises!

At the heart of this storm across all realms, in the western part of the Beast Realm, the vast and boundless Giant Bear Ancestral Court was now engulfed in unprecedented revelry and jubilation!

Myriad Bones Ridge, the Barbarian Bone Sacred Mountain.

The Shan Yue was built entirely from the bones of countless ancient demons, towering over 90,000 feet high, piercing the netherworld and the Yunxiao.

The vast, desolate aura of death surged forth like smoke from a beacon fire; this was the most central ancestral land of the entire Giant Bear Clan.

It is also the supreme sanctuary where the Bear Emperor E Gu slumbers and cultivates.

On this very day, the gates of the ancient council hall atop the sacred mountain burst open with a rare roar; the powerful sounds of drums and horns reverberated from the nine hundred and ninety-nine towering bone pillars, shattering the dark clouds that stretched for miles.

Apart from the elders who were in seclusion, all the Spirit Transformation experts who held authority over one of the eight meridians of the Giant Bear descended in their Dharma bodies!

On both sides of the main hall, terrifying figures, as imposing as Shan Yue, stood in rows.

The first one on the left is the Mountain Ancestor Shanyue, the lineage leader of the Mountain Bear Lineage.

This Nascent Perfected Spirit Transformation, who had cultivated four Immortal Foundation, possessed a Dharma form tens of thousands of feet tall. His entire body was covered in thick, bluish-gray stone armor, his eyes were piercing, and his body exuded a sense of oppressive heaviness, like the earth itself.

Beside him stood Cang Wuji, the master of the Azure Bear lineage; a Savage Sha Lineage barbarian from the Iron Bear Lineage; a blood-robed patriarch from the Sha Qi lineage, exuding murderous aura; and Xuan Jian, whose body shimmered with the Mysterious Bear Lineage lineage...

The giant bear kings, who usually ruled their own territories and refused to acknowledge each other, were now gathered together.

In the center of the main hall stood a lone, robust middle-aged figure.

Shi Pan!

As Shi Jian's right-hand man and the chief steward in charge of the general affairs of the Divine Firmament Plain Lightning Bear Line, Shi Pan is currently only at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage stage.

In the past, he wouldn't even have been qualified to step through the side gate of the main hall in front of these Spirit Transformation True Demons who had lived for thousands of years and could crush a star with a mere gesture.

At this moment, however, Shi Pan stood tall and straight, his expression calm and composed.

Facing dozens of terrifying pressures projected towards them, their backs did not bend even slightly, demonstrating that the Lightning Bear Line would never yield.

Hahahaha!

"Well done! What a fine Shi Jian! What a ferocious and incomparable Lightning Bear!"

A deafening, thunderous laugh, like a thousand thunderbolts crashing down, suddenly emanated from the bone throne deep within the hall; it belonged to a terrifying being who stood thirty thousand feet tall, its entire body covered in hair as white as cast silver.

He merely leaned casually against his seat, and the Principle of the entire hall seemed to groan violently.

The Great Elder of the Giant Bear Lineage, and the chief disciple of the Barbarian Bone Dao Venerable E Gu: Man Hengkong!

He clapped his Man Hengkong and laughed loudly, causing rubble to fall from the entire hall.

"I've long disliked those horned worms from the Profound Lightning Ancestral Court!"

"He always prides himself on being the orthodox master of the Dao of Lightning, so arrogant and haughty. Now look what he's done! This kid Shi Jian has stripped him of his true colors in front of all the races of the Nine Realms!"

"That felt great! It really felt great!"

Below, the Ancestor Shanyue of the Mountain Bear Lineage stroked his beard and sighed, his eyes filled with undisguised shock and envy.

"Having Transformation Lightning Pool for 660 years is only one aspect; in addition, there are numerous Dao of Lightning Dao of Lightning."

"Profound Lightning Dao Venerable has made a grand vow, using his own Dao fruit, to protect Shi Jian's Dao once within the next two thousand years!"

"Gentlemen, do you know what this means?"

The Ancestor Shanyue surveyed his surroundings, his voice deep and powerful:

"This means that as long as Shi Jian can forge the sixth Divine Firmament Immortal Foundation before his death, on the day he attains enlightenment, he will naturally have an additional, aging Dao Venerable sacrificing his life to protect him!"

"Our Giant Bear Clan has existed for hundreds of thousands of years since its founding in High Antiquity. Except for the last few hundred years, when the Ancestor Egu held the [Barbarian Bone] position, who has ever dared to extend their hand into the most powerful Dao hub of the Nine Realms?!"

Upon hearing this, a heavy breathing filled the hall.

Those present are all ancient monsters who have lived for countless years; aren't they all wise and experienced with age?

Although the Giant Bear Lineage is one of the six royal families of the Beast Realm, it has always been excluded from the supreme core in this era of great competition among powerful clans.

Ultimately, it was because the clan only had one Dao Venerable, E Gu, struggling to keep it afloat, and he cultivated the flesh-body Barbarian Bone method, which was more than capable of killing, but lacked the authority to rule the Nine Heavens.

Ultimately, it is not the same as Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, life and death, time and space, or other core principles of the universe. The physical body can only be considered a second-tier, low-level, or even third-rate, path.

Ultimately, it's not that the Dao of the Physical Body cannot cultivate to the Dao Embryo or the Dao Ancestor.

Rather, it is the Dao of the Physical Body, but its fruition is incomplete, and its fruition is hidden in heaven and earth; just like the Lightless, it is not manifest in heaven and earth, and there is no way to cultivate it.

Therefore, although the Dao of the Physical Body has four real entities, there are only two and a half fruit positions to cultivate, making it only stronger than those Void Dao.

But Shi Jian is different!

He is the true successor of the Divine Firmament! He is the master of the Way of Thunder!

If the Giant Bear Clan were to produce a Divine Dao of Divine Firmament Venerable, with two Dao Venerable standing side by side, the Giant Bear Clan's prestige and power would instantly surpass that of the Tiger Sha, Black Eagle, and Kui Lang royal clans.

They truly became a powerful royal family, second only to the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan.

This is a momentous event that concerns the entire clan and its eternal legacy!

"Nephew Shi Pan."

The Savage Sha Lineage, whose most sinister and eccentric nature was usually ruthless, now managed a surprisingly gentle, even slightly obsequious, smile:

"Master Shi Jian, you are currently cultivating in seclusion at the Profound Lightning Ancestral Court, and the burden of the Divine Firmament Plain rests entirely on your shoulders. You have truly worked hard."

"I've heard that Divine Firmament Plain has suffered considerable damage to its earth veins in recent years due to the introduction of lightning veins from foreign races?"

"Tomorrow I will carve out three fifth-tier Blood Sha Lightning Spirit lands from the Barbarian Fiend Ancestral Vein, and allocate 100,000 jin of Deep Sea Profound Lightning Iron, which will be sent to the Divine Firmament Plain immediately."

"My lineage possesses quite a few of these lightning-related items. Although they are not pure Dao of Lightning treasures, they are still quite useful, so please don't find them unusable."

Shi Pan remained calm and composed, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Ancestor Savage Sha for his care. This junior thanks you on his behalf."

"Hey, we're family, no need for thanks!"

Xuan Jian, the master of the Profound Bear lineage, also gently waved his feather fan and smiled:

"The Yin and Yang energies have always complemented Thunder Method; within the Mysterious Bear Lineage's scripture pavilion lie three High Antiquity fragments of Yin-Yang body tempering techniques."

"I will have someone make a copy and send it to the Divine Firmament Plain Lei Yuan in Shenxiao Plain shortly."

"Furthermore, if the Divine Firmament Plain is short of funds, our Eight Lineages will naturally unite as one and share the burden!"

In an instant, the entire White Bone Hall was filled with the warmth of spring, and the patriarchs of various lineages vied to offer astonishingly generous prices.

Spirit Stone, mineral veins, elixirs, servants...

Shenxiao Yuan would give his all to help with anything that Shenxiao Yuan needed.

The petty squabbles and conflicts that arose in the past due to the struggle for ancestral resources have long since vanished in the face of Shi Jian's extraordinary potential, which is enough to shake the fate of an entire clan.

Adding flowers to brocade may be mediocre, but if we don't seize this moment and firmly bind ourselves to this chariot before we ascend to Shi Jian, we won't even have the chance to have a conversation with the roc when it spreads its wings!

On his throne, Man Hengkong watched this scene, a knowing smile flashing in his eyes.

He slowly raised his hand, and the hall fell silent instantly.

"Issue the decree of the Ancestor Egu."

Man Hengkong's smile vanished, his face turned solemn, and he took out a vast bone scroll from his robes, radiating an overwhelming imperial aura of white bones.

Boom!

Inside the main hall, all the Spirit Transformation giants, including the Ancestor Shanyue, rose from their seats and knelt on one knee!

"From this day forward, the Lightning Bear Line is elevated to the same rank as the Zu Shan lineage. Unless faced with the threat of annihilation, no other lineage may interfere with any decisions Divine Firmament Plain!"

"The ancestral treasury is now open! Any divine materials of the fifth rank or higher in the lightning element required by Divine Firmament Plain can be obtained by Shi Pan, without the need for the elders' deliberation!"

"Also..."

The Man Hengkong's gaze was like a knife, sweeping fiercely across the entire scene:

"Order the Eight Veins' Dark Guards to completely seal off all details regarding the true or false nature of the Shi Jian Vein's main body, Immortal Foundation, and Dao Artifact."

"Throughout the Nine Realms, anyone who dares to trespass into the Divine Firmament Plain with malicious intent, regardless of whether they are human, spirit, celestial, or underworld being..."

"The Giant Bear Lineage, though far away, shall be eradicated!"