Brothers in Discussion, Shi Xiao Breaks Through to Spirit Transformation!

Purple qi clouds rise into the sky, creating a magnificent and colorful scene.

The thousands of Lightning-Attracting Dragon Pillar hanging from the sky, like bronze halberds supporting the heavens, tamed the violent lightning on the vast sky into a shower of sweet rain.

Where thunder and rain fall, purple fungus grows on scorched earth, and green marrow is extracted from stubborn rocks.

At the summit of Divine Firmament Peak, a solitary jade pavilion stands against the wind, perched on the edge of a cliff. Between the eaves and brackets, ancient and obscure lightning-repelling light flows. No matter how the thunder and wind howl and tear at the outside, the pavilion is always filled with Clear Wind breeze and the incense smoke of aloeswood.

Inside the Immortal Pavilion, a desk made of ancient black stone, smooth and lustrous like mutton fat, lay across the room.

Two young, resolute men sat facing each other at opposite ends of a table.

The man on the left leans casually against a soft couch covered in a colorful tiger skin, wearing a loose and comfortable silver brocade robe with the front half open, revealing his broad chest with lines as hard as granite.

He rested one hand on his chin, toying with a shallow white jade wine vessel in the other, his eyes half-closed as he gazed out the window at the swirling, purple-blue thunderclouds.

His entire being exuded a sense of nonchalance and languor, a result of long years of conquest.

It was Shi Jian's eldest son, Shi Xiao.

Opposite him, another young man sat upright like a pine tree; his figure was rather tall and slender compared to that of ordinary Giant Bear Race.

He wore a dark blue long robe, meticulously starched, and his black hair was tied up with an antique bone hairpin; his face was both cold and gentle, but his narrow eyes, which occasionally flashed with a ghostly green light, revealed a captivating cunning and ruthlessness.

It was Shi Jian's second son, Shi Lei.

"Gulp."

Shi Xiao tilted his head back and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. The mellow liquid slid down his lips into his chest, causing a few pale purple electric patterns on his body to flicker slightly.

"What a magnificent Divine Firmament Plain!"

Shi Xiao put down his wine cup, the white jade striking the wooden table with a crisp, soft sound. A playful smile played on his lips. "Hundreds of years ago, when my father conquered this land, all I could see was a barren plain and the territory of foreign tribes."

"It's only been a few years, yet the banners of the Twenty-Four Departments are fluttering, summoning thunder and rain. Even the Half-Demon battle slaves that brat Fangting has created dare to roll around naked under Violent Thunder."

"Shi Pan, as expected of a direct descendant who followed my father in his early years, is indeed a man of great talent."

Shi Lei picked up the antique purple clay teapot on the table and, with steady and elegant movements, filled the empty vessel for his elder brother. His voice was calm and gentle, like an ancient pool striking a stone. "Back then, when his Dao Path was thwarted, Father entrusted Divine Firmament Peak to him. I don't know how many people gossiped about him behind his back."

"But who could have predicted that a remnant body stuck in the Nascent Soul Early Stage would subdue thirty-seven Nascent Soul cultivators of various Nascent Soul, transforming a scattered group of people into an impregnable fortress."

"Four meridians and twenty-four divisions, drawing upon the thunder cultivators of the world to fill the flesh."

Shi Xiao scoffed lightly, but genuine admiration appeared in his eyes. "This isn't the work of a mere guard; it's clearly treating our Lightning Bear Line lineage like royalty."

"Extremely bold and resolute."

"If I were in charge of Divine Firmament Peak, I'd probably be driven crazy by those old bones clamoring for a share of the profits."

"If we annoy them, we might just shoot them one by one and feed them to the dogs. Why bother assigning them any rank or status?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Lei smiled slightly and shook his head.

"Elder brother, your decisive and ruthless nature makes you a shrewd and decisive strategist, capable of breaking through enemy lines and expanding territory. This kind of meticulous and delicate work is naturally not to your liking."

His gaze passed over the windows of the celestial pavilion and landed on the distant plains.

There, thunder cities are scattered like stars, spiritual fields stretch across the land, and trade routes are open. Millions of living beings absorb the essence of thunder from heaven and earth, and life flourishes. The Savage Wilderness and untamed banditry of the past is gone.

"The stability of Divine Firmament Peak is due to the illustrious reputation my father earned through his battles, which has been transformed into a continuous source of power and resources."

Shi Lei tapped his fingertips lightly on the table and said slowly, "I've spent so many years in the Giant Bear Ancestral Court, scheming against those old foxes from the Xuan, Man Sha, and Bing Mai sects every day."

"I've also seen those ancient royal families that have existed for hundreds of thousands of years."

"Whether it's foreign tribes or internal factions, the reason why each side has been able to survive calamities has never been because of an invincible ancestor who dominates the world, but because of this intricate and exploitative clan system that is like a spider web."

"My father alone can ensure peace for ten thousand years, but these rules can guarantee the continuation of my Lightning Bear Line for three hundred thousand years."

Shi Xiao glanced at him sideways, then suddenly chuckled, "Second brother, your personality is becoming more and more like that of a cunning temple manager."

"His mouth is full of rules and regulations, it's making my bones ache."

Shi Lei wasn't annoyed. He picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and suddenly changed the subject. "What are you saying, brother? The clan needs someone like this. If I don't step in, do you expect me to take the place?"

"I wonder what the situation is like on the other side of the border?"

Mentioning the Dao Realm caused the relaxed atmosphere within the Immortal Pavilion to subside somewhat.

The languid and nonchalant look in Shi Xiao's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a chilling killing intent, like a blade being tempered in fire.

"What else can we do? Beat a man's head into a dog's head."

Shi Xiao snorted coldly and downed the wine in his cup in one gulp, "The thirty million li of Lightning Plain in the Li Bear Plains, which belonged to my Thunder Vein, has now been completely swallowed up by us."

"Mother's methods are truly remarkable. Using the righteous method of [Treasured Earth], she harmonized the Earthly Sha, summoned nine earth spirit dragons, and transformed that barren land into fertile soil."

"Thirty years ago, my mother consumed the Spirit Race medicine sent by the mountain people, and her merits were complete. She successfully integrated the True Intention of [High Ramparts and Peace] and forged her second Treasured Earth Immortal Foundation. Now she is a genuine Middle Spirit Transformation."

With Mother overseeing Li Bear Plains, the local foreign tribes and alien beings in the Dao Realm couldn't cause too much trouble, and things gradually became peaceful.

"My mother has reached the Middle Spirit Transformation?"

Shi Lei's hand, holding the teacup, paused slightly, then his eyes blazed with fervor, and he clapped his hands in praise, "Excellent!"

"With the protection and nurturing of this Treasured Earth, and Mother's advancement in her Immortal Foundation, not only is Li Bear Plains now impregnable, but the Lightning Bear Line's strength in logistics, supplies, and spiritual herbs and elixirs has also increased by thirty percent!"

"While we have a strong foundation, there are also more hungry wolves eyeing us."

Shi Xiao ran his knuckles along the rim of the wine vessel, his gaze deep and thoughtful. "The Dao Realm can be hailed as the source of all laws, and those immortal old men nearing the end of their lives are as numerous as carp crossing a river."

"Several Dao Venerable royal families native to the Dao Realm outwardly submit to our Beast Realm, but secretly they are also exchanging glances with the Heaven Realm and the Human Realm."

"In the past thirty years, I have killed more than ten Nascent Soul Realm assassins, all of whom attempted to infiltrate my territory."

It's alright.

Shi Lei's expression was calm, but his tone carried a chilling undertone. "The more anxious they are, the more it Dao of Light Realm is like a candle flickering in the wind."

"The news from the Profound Lightning Ancestral Court is known throughout the realms."

"In the Lightless Dead Realm, Father slew the Night Emperor, Extreme Realm, and was even sworn to protect the Dao by the Profound Lightning Dao Venerable. As long as Father is still cultivating in the abyss, those demons and monsters will only dare to grit their teeth in the shadows and will never dare to cross the boundary even half a step."

"After all, the Beast Realm is not the Dao Realm; with the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan dominating the world, other races dare not act rashly."

At this point, Shi Lei put down his teacup, his gaze sharp as a hawk's, piercing straight into Shi Xiao's face, and said, word by word:

"But that's not enough."

"Our lineage, with its dual Spirit Transformation stage, is nothing more than a slightly robust skeleton before the imperial sects."

"Elder brother, you went to great lengths, spending tens of thousands of taels of silver to teleport ancient talismans from the Dao Realm back to Divine Firmament Peak. Surely you didn't really come here just to sit and drink with me and reminisce?"

Inside the celestial pavilion, the Clear Wind suddenly ceased.

Meeting his younger brother's penetrating gaze, Shi Xiao suddenly grinned, revealing a set of fangs as white as a beast's.

His previous lazy and casual demeanor vanished in an instant.

Boom!

An extremely pure, sharp, and domineering aura of destruction spread out from Shi Xiao's body without warning.

The void within the entire Immortal Pavilion rippled violently, and the surfaces of the purple clay teapot and white jade wine vessel on the table were instantly covered with fine, spiderweb-like purple-gold lightning arcs!

It is none other than the [Purple Firmament Lightning], one of the six foundations of the Divine Firmament Sect!

"Second brother, you've always been intelligent."

Shi Xiao slowly stood up, his wide brocade robe billowing without wind, and a series of booming sounds from his spine, like thunderclaps.

"Having spent decades immersed in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the Dao Realm, slaying countless powerful enemies, if I still cannot grasp the threshold of the Spirit Transformation stage, then I am unworthy of the surname Shi, and even less worthy of being my father's eldest son!"

He raised his right arm, palm facing upwards in a supporting motion.

Sizzle!

A three-inch-long, pure amethyst-colored, mimicry lightning spear quietly emerged from his palm.

Although the lightning spear was small, the destructive aura flowing across it caused even Nascent Soul Great Perfection's Void Principle to groan in despair.

Around the spear, the faint phantom image of a majestic Dharma image, with its head reaching the blue sky and its feet stepping on a thunder pool, faintly appeared!

He has already reached the Nascent Soul Perfection!

The Immortal Foundation foundation is perfectly formed, and its resonance with the Great Dao has reached its peak!

"The Six Foundations of Divine Firmament, the Dharma Breaking of Purple Firmament, unparalleled in sharpness."

Shi Xiao stared at the purple lightning spear in his palm, his eyes burning with an intense and unparalleled fervor. "I have completely comprehended this technique."

"I have returned today to borrow the thunderous energy from the ancestral land across thousands of miles atop Divine Firmament Peak, to strike the Heavenly Gate and forge my Spirit Transformation Platform!"

Shi Lei stared at the small yet murderous purple lightning spear, his breath catching in his throat. He then abruptly stood up and laughed:

"Good!"

Even with Shi Lei's deep-seated cunning, his chest heaved violently at this moment, and his eyes gleamed with a sharp light. "Elder brother, please go ahead and do as you please!"

"With me, Shi Lei, here, not even a fly outside Divine Firmament Peak will be able to set foot on the summit!"

Two figures stood facing each other inside the Immortal Pavilion.

They are connected by blood and their vital energy flows together.

In the cruel and cold struggle of the Nine Realms, only the backs of one's own kin can be the most trustworthy line of defense for entrusting one's life to another.