A Hundred Years Pass, the Divine Firmament Plain!

Spring thunder startles for miles, autumn winds sweep away the northern clouds.

For ordinary ants, a hundred years is enough to turn a prosperous ancient capital into ruins, and enough for three generations of mortals to grow from youthful black hair to withered bones.

But for cultivators who possess the longevity of heaven and earth, a hundred years is nothing more than a short rest while they are in seclusion studying a fragment of a scripture, a tiny ripple on the surging river of the Great Dao.

Without any major conflict, all sectors as a whole lived in peace and harmony on a macro level.

But in private, and down to the lower levels, the struggle and scheming continue endlessly, like a parasitic worm, never ceasing, generation after generation in an incessant cycle.

A century has passed in the blink of an eye.

However, in the vast and boundless western lands of the Beast Realm, on the western soil of the Giant Bear Imperial Clan, the 60 million-mile- Divine Firmament Plain has undergone a world-shaking transformation in the past hundred years.

The sky was like a canopy, shrouded in a hazy blue-purple mist.

Looking down from the highest point of the sky, the once barren and desolate land has long since disappeared.

In their place are numerous fortified cities and fortified villages, crisscrossing Lightning Spirit for drawing water from the mountains, and endless verdant fields.

A hundred years ago, Shi Xiao resisted the Tribulation of Dao Dissolution atop Divine Firmament Peak, forging the supremely sharp [Purple Firmament Lightning] Immortal Foundation, which attracted envoys from the six royal families of the Beast Realm to offer their congratulations.

This further solidified the fearsome reputation of the Lightning Bear Line, with its three members having achieved the highest Spirit Transformation, throughout the Beast Realm.

After that Nascent Spirit Transformation Ceremony, the authority of the Lightning Bear Line was completely solidified.

Shi Xiao sits in the central government, his authority as absolute as the law; his brother Shi Lei forms alliances and controls all sides; the chief steward Shi Pan upholds the law like a mountain, establishing rules and regulations.

Under the control of these three pillars, the entire Divine Firmament Plain like a massive and sophisticated war chariot, rolling forward with overwhelming momentum, frantically crushing and annexing everything in its path.

Over the course of a century, a vast clan order, truly resembling the embryonic form of royalty, has taken root and flourished here, standing firm and imposing.

At dawn, the sky was just beginning to lighten with the first hint of white.

Three thousand miles east of Divine Firmament Lightning City lies the Green Cliff Plain.

The vast Lightning-Attracting Grand Formation was already in operation. Thousands of bronze dragon pillars, upside down and embedded in the mountain peaks, hummed and trembled, drawing down wisps of pure and yang lightning essence from the outer layer of gale-force winds.

It transformed into a fine, soft thunderstorm, gently sprinkling down upon the mortal world.

This is neither a cataclysmic disaster that destroys all things, nor the fierce power of thunder, but rather a life-giving rain imbued with abundant vitality.

Across the crisscrossing fields, hundreds of thousands of figures are toiling away.

These figures were all dressed in coarse cloth and short brown garments, and their physiques were slightly thinner than those of Human Race. Their hands were forming skillful lightning-avoiding hand seals as they carefully tended to the crops in the spirit field.

This is the Dao Spirit Human Race.

Over the past century, thanks to the uniquely rapid reproduction rate of the Human Race, the Dao Spirit Human Race has flourished in this fertile and sheltered land, and its population has now exceeded tens of millions.

Although the vast majority of them are of mediocre talent, they will find it difficult to cross the threshold of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment even if they spend their entire lives.

However, supported by this massive base, the reclamation and cultivation of the entire plain were pushed to their Extreme Realm, and large tracts of wasteland were transformed into fertile land.

"Raise the water, summon the Lightning Spirit Ointment!"

An elderly Human Race with white hair and beard shouted, lightly tapping the ground with his bone hoe.

In the spirit field, plants taller than half a person with leaves shimmering with pale purple lightning swayed in unison; these were the increasingly famous third-tier spirit items in recent years: Purple Cloud Lightning Spirit Rice.

The rice ears hung heavily, each grain of rice crystal clear, containing a drop of pure Thunder Essence Liquid.

It is an excellent resource for cultivators at the Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core Realm to cleanse their marrow, refine their physical bodies, and strengthen their constitution; it is also very effective for those below the Nascent Soul.

It is the most basic spiritual object in Divine Firmament Plain.

On the slightly higher terraced fields and medicinal hills, densely packed with Gynostemma Lightning Spirit Ginseng and Lightning-Transforming Azure Ganoderma are planted.

The spirit medicine exhaled thunderous mist, its fragrance spreading for miles, completely transforming this once scorched land into a fertile paradise.

Above the busy Human Race farmers, several heavily armored figures were patrolling the skies.

These guards were all over twelve feet tall, with backs as broad as doors. Although their faces had Human Race features, their necks and arms were covered with thick, dark blue keratinous skin, with faint natural lightning patterns emerging.

They wore heavy swords at their waists, their eyes were cold and sharp, and their divine courts shimmered with spiritual light. They were the first and second generation descendants of the Dao Spirit Dao Spirit Human Race, born from the union of the pure-blooded Lightning Bear, the Dao Spirit Bear Human.

For a century, Shi Fangting's push for bloodline fusion has become a fait accompli.

Dao Spirit Bear Human is physically strong and brave, naturally compatible with Thunder Method, and has inherited the intelligence of the Human Race. He has already firmly occupied the middle class of Divine Firmament Plain.

They served as city patrol guards, medicine field stewards, and Law Power within the city, obeying the orders of their clan above and governing millions of mortals below, managing the vast Divine Firmament Plain with ease.

At the very top of the entire Divine Firmament Plain lies the absolute ruling circle, accessible only to pure-blooded Lightning Bear: the Four Lineages and Twenty-Four Divisions!

Based on the four fruits of the Dao of Lightning— "Divine Firmament," "Primal Lightning," "Profound Lightning," and "Frenzied Thunder"—each is divided into six departments, totaling twenty-four tribes.

A hundred years ago, the positions of Nascent Soul Commanders in the Twenty-Four Departments were still vacant, and were mostly filled by elderly Demon King. Now, with the propagation of the lineage and the nourishment of fortune, the seals of the Twenty-Four Departments are now filled with genuine pure-blooded Lightning Bear Nascent Soul cultivators!

Moreover, as the fame of Divine Firmament Plain grew, many elite foreign tribes flocked to this imposing pyramid structure.

Shi Lei was well-versed in the art of alliances and set up recruitment halls and demon Demon Dao around Divine Firmament Peak.

Over the course of a century, the Thunder Leopard Clan, skilled in stealth and cunning, the Thunder Owl Clan, adept at fighting in the heavens Thunder Rat Clan, skilled in mining and building formations, and even the Thunder Tiger and Thunder Elephant clans, known for their robust physiques, all migrated here en masse, willingly becoming their lackeys.

These dependent clans, though mostly consisting of only one or two Nascent Soul elders, each possess extraordinary Divine Ability.

These groups may have originated from Spirit Transformation clans or branches of the royal family, but they were not of great use.

Ultimately, it all comes down to Lightning Bear, in the hope of a smooth future.

Like stars surrounding the moon, they surround the Twenty-Four Departments, weaving the entire Divine Firmament Plain's ecosystem into a resilient, magnificent, and impenetrable whole.