Arc 19Lightning Bear Ascendant

Shi Jian helped the Mountain Bear Lineage destroy the Frenzied Lion Clan, then returned to strengthen the Lightning Bear Line and prepare for Spirit Transformation. After decades of cultivation, he sensed the Great Dao of Lightning calling and began his breakthrough as purple-gold lightning clouds spread across the Divine Firmament Plain.

  • Shi Jian killed the Frenzied Lion Spirit Transformation patriarch’s forces, survived the clan’s fifteen-lion trap, and slew fourteen attackers while their gray-maned leader escaped.
  • Dao Venerable E Gu destroyed the Frenzied Lion army, and the Mountain Bear Lineage killed the survivors and sealed the clan’s remaining bloodline potential.
  • Shan Yue rewarded Shi Jian’s Lightning Bear Line with territory and status, and Shi Jian later reached Nascent Soul Perfection after more than a decade of cultivation.
  • At the ancestral court, Shi Jian received Shan Wanling’s Spirit Transformation guidance, took command of seven lightning-attribute bear branches, and defeated their Bear Kings when they challenged his authority.
  • Dao Venerable E Gu strengthened Shi Jian’s bloodline and Root Bone, gave him a protective mark, and revealed that he could contend for the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit by comprehending all six Immortal Foundations.
  • Shi Jian began comprehending Purple Pivot Lightning while Shan Li built a Lightning-Attracting Essence-Gathering Grand Formation around his cave and organized the seven branches’ relocation.
  • Shi Xiao reunited with Shi Lei, whose lightning talent impressed Lei Ya and Lei Li, while the brothers resolved to follow their different paths and help the Lightning Bear Line.
  • After thirty years of cultivation, Shi Jian sensed the Great Dao of Lightning calling, entered the void to attempt Spirit Transformation, and spread vast purple-gold lightning clouds over the Divine Firmament Plain.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451One Bear Battles Five Lions, Showing His Edge!

Shi Jian defeated five Frenzied Lion Nascent Soul cultivators, first killing one with Soul Lightning and then destroying the rest with his Lightning Domain. The old Spirit Transformation lion in Burning Lion City decided Shi Jian could not be allowed to live.

  • The five Frenzied Lions combined their Fire, Earth, and Wind Immortal Foundations to trap and assault Shi Jian, but he endured their attacks and broke out of their sand furnace.
  • Shi Jian killed the Dao of Wind Frenzied Lion with Soul Lightning, erasing his divine soul and Nascent Soul.
  • Shi Jian summoned a vast Lightning Domain and killed two more Frenzied Lions with its lightning strikes.
  • Shi Jian killed the red-maned and white-maned Frenzied Lions after they refused to surrender, leaving all five Nascent Soul cultivators dead.
  • The Mountain Bear Lineage patriarchs praised Shi Jian's potential, while the old Spirit Transformation lion in Burning Lion City resolved to kill him and released his Dao might.

Ch. 452A Spirit Transformation Strike, Barbarian Bone's Glance!

The Spirit Transformation old lion attacked Shi Jian, but the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit protected him from death. Two Spirit Transformation patriarchs of the Mountain Bear Lineage arrived and counterattacked the old lion, leaving him caught off guard.

  • The old lion unleashed a Spirit Transformation strike against Shi Jian, who was pinned down by the Dao pressure and raised his lightning spear to defend himself.
  • The old lion's fire spear shattered Shi Jian's defense and drove him through the earth, gravely injuring him.
  • Barbarian Bone Dao rhythm formed a shell around Shi Jian, and an illusory giant bear's gaze helped him survive the strike.
  • The old lion prepared another attack, but two Spirit Transformation patriarchs of the Mountain Bear Lineage arrived and destroyed his heavenly fire.
  • The bone-white patriarch struck the old lion's Dharma body and forced him back, making him realize the Mountain Bear Lineage had lured him out.

Ch. 453A Great Victory at Yellow Sand Lion Plain!

Shan Li’s forces defeated the Frenzied Lions and captured Burning Lion City after their patriarch fled from two Spirit Transformation experts. Shi Jian survived the patriarch’s strike, recovered enough to kill five attackers, and found a Lightning Fire Mystic Pearl among the spoils.

  • Two Spirit Transformation Law Bodies battered the old lion, who burned his Essence Blood to escape through a spatial rift; they ordered the army to breach Burning Lion City.
  • Shan Li led the attack that broke the city’s defenses, and the giant bear army captured Burning Lion City in less than half a day.
  • Shi Jian awoke severely injured in a ravine and used Purple Firmament Lightning to begin healing while the battle continued nearby.
  • Five Golden Core Frenzied Lions attacked Shi Jian, but he killed them with one sweep of his lightning spear and swallowed their Demon Cores.
  • Shan Li found Shi Jian, confirmed the city had fallen, gave him healing medicines, and brought him the storage rings from the battle.
  • Shi Jian identified and kept a Lightning Fire Mystic Pearl, while Shan Li teased him about taking all the spoils.

Ch. 454Tyrant!

Shi Jian recovered from his wounds and led the Lightning Bear Line west, earning the name Tyrant by killing twenty-three Frenzied Lion Nascent Soul cultivators. At the Frenzied Lion Clan’s ancestral land, its ancestor ordered ten Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators to lure Shi Jian into a killing formation, hoping to eliminate him before the clan fell.

  • Shi Jian healed for over a month while Shan Li cared for him, and the Mountain Bear army later resumed its westward advance.
  • At Red Sand Gorge, Shi Jian killed three Nascent Soul middle-stage Frenzied Lions who attacked his contingent.
  • Shi Jian spearheaded the army’s next battles, killing fourteen more Nascent Soul cultivators and gaining the title Tyrant across the western frontier.
  • The Frenzied Lion ancestor learned that Shi Jian had killed twenty-three of the clan’s Nascent Soul cultivators and ordered a ten-member killing formation assembled to trap him.
  • The ancestor revealed that the clan had sent its people’s surviving sparks to another realm and intended to take revenge on Shi Jian before its destruction.

Ch. 455Expecting a Second Child, Surrounded and Hunted!

Several months after the army reached the Frenzied Lion Clan's ancestral grounds, Shi Jian pursued a supply convoy into Fallen Fire Valley and discovered the Frenzied Lions had lured him into a trap. The chapter left him trapped by Space Dao restrictions and surrounded by fifteen Nascent Soul Demon Kings.

  • Shan Li joined Shi Jian for roasted Frenzied Lion meat and discussed the unborn cub's potential Dao paths and Shi Xiao's need for pressure.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that scouts had found a Frenzied Lion supply convoy, and he volunteered to intercept it while she stayed behind because she was pregnant.
  • Shi Jian pursued the convoy's two Nascent Soul Late Stage escorts north, sensed something suspicious, and requested reinforcements before continuing the chase.
  • The two escorts fled into Fallen Fire Valley, where Shi Jian recognized that he had been lured into a trap but entered anyway after crushing a jade token.
  • The valley entrance collapsed and Space Dao restrictions sealed the gorge, while Fire Dao inscriptions turned it into a blazing furnace.
  • Fifteen Nascent Soul Demon Kings surrounded Shi Jian, and their gray-maned Nascent Soul Late Stage leader ordered them to kill him for the Frenzied Lion Clan's twenty-three dead.

Ch. 456One Against Fifteen!

Shi Jian battled fifteen Nascent Soul Late Stage Frenzied Lions in Fallen Fire Valley, where their coordinated formation and Space Dao cultivators were meant to prevent his escape. After summoning the Lightning Fire Mystic Pearl and killing one Space Dao cultivator, he charged at the second as the remaining fourteen closed in.

  • Shi Jian recognized how the fifteen Frenzied Lions’ seven Dao arts and soul-protecting treasures formed a trap designed to kill him.
  • Shi Jian charged the formation, but the Frenzied Lions combined Fire, Earth, Metal, Wind, and Physical Body attacks to wound and pin him beneath a pillar of flames.
  • Shi Jian summoned the Lightning Fire Mystic Pearl, whose lightning-fire beast drove back two Physical Body cultivators and opened a path toward the rear.
  • Shi Jian killed one Space Dao Frenzied Lion with his lightning spear, weakening the spatial confinement by thirty percent.
  • The remaining fourteen Frenzied Lions renewed their barrage, and Shi Jian turned his spear toward the second Space Dao cultivator.

Ch. 457Looking Down on All Living Beings, What Does It Mean to Be Invincible!

Shi Jian fought the fifteen Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions in Fallen Fire Valley and killed six of them, including both Space Dao Frenzied Lions. With the spatial lockdown broken, he still refused to retreat and faced the nine survivors, declaring that they would all die.

  • Shi Jian killed the second Space Dao Frenzied Lion, destroying its body and Nascent Soul and breaking the spatial lockdown over Fallen Fire Valley.
  • The gray-maned old lion ordered the remaining Frenzied Lions to attack Shi Jian, whose spear and lightning shattered their fire assault and damaged the valley.
  • Shi Jian sent lightning pillars erupting from the ground, killing a Fire Dao Frenzied Lion, then used Soul Lightning to annihilate a Metal Dao Frenzied Lion.
  • Shi Jian pursued and killed a Dao of Wind Frenzied Lion, bringing his total kills to six of the fifteen attackers.
  • Shi Jian faced the nine remaining Frenzied Lions amid the ruined valley and vowed that they would all die.

Ch. 458Sovereign of Lightning, Slaughter!

Shi Jian trapped the nine Frenzied Lion Demon Kings in his Lightning Domain and attacked them in his colossal pale bear form. He killed four of them, while the remaining five were left sealed inside the domain as he unleashed another wave of lightning.

  • Shi Jian covered Fallen Fire Valley with his Lightning Domain, sealing the sky and earth and preventing the Frenzied Lion Demon Kings from escaping.
  • Shi Jian transformed into a colossal pale bear and shattered the lions’ defenses with a rain of purple-gold lightning, badly wounding one Fire Dao Frenzied Lion.
  • Shi Jian crushed an Earth Dao Frenzied Lion in his claws and destroyed its Nascent Soul with lightning.
  • Shi Jian used a divine-soul roar to stop two Dao of Strength Frenzied Lions and killed them with a single strike.
  • A Dao of Wind Frenzied Lion tried to escape underground, but Shi Jian’s lightning filled the earth, and Shi Jian burned him to death.
  • Shi Jian commanded countless lightning bolts to strike the five remaining Frenzied Lions.

Ch. 459His Fame Spread Far and Wide, Gradually Gaining Acceptance Among the Upper Ranks!

Shi Jian killed fourteen Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions at Fallen Fire Valley, though their gray-maned leader escaped. After the clan rewarded him for the victory, Shi Jian prepared for the more difficult battles ahead.

  • Shi Jian’s Lightning Domain trapped the Frenzied Lions, and he killed their wounded fighters as their gray-maned leader escaped by exploiting a companion’s self-destruction.
  • Two Frenzied Lions stayed behind to delay Shi Jian, but he killed them with lightning and Soul Lightning before the gray-maned leader fled west.
  • Shi Jian collected the spoils from the fourteen fallen Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions and returned to the Mountain Bear army’s encampment.
  • News of Shi Jian’s victory spread, earning him the name Tyrant and frightening the Frenzied Lion Clan’s remaining forces.
  • A Mountain Bear Spirit Transformation ancestor rewarded Shi Jian with the Myriad Lightning Sect Record, resources, and three lightning pills.
  • Shi Jian dismissed his fame and vowed to kill any Frenzied Lions who came after him.

Ch. 460The Final Swan Song, Formally Accepted!

The Frenzied Lion Clan prepared to make a final stand after its defeat, while the Mountain Bear leaders ordered Shi Jian to remain behind and protect the clan’s future. Shi Jian accepted the order as the armies prepared for the last battle.

  • The Frenzied Lion clan leader reported that collateral bloodlines had fled and that thirty direct-line cubs had been sent to the Measure Realm.
  • The Dark Gold old lion ordered the clan to distribute its remaining treasures and defend the Heaven-Burning Plain to the death.
  • Shi Jian cultivated the Myriad Lightning Sect Record and increased his condensed Dao of Lightning Qi Dynamic origin to twenty strands.
  • Shan Li gave Shi Jian the Mountain Bear Main Lineage’s decree forbidding him from joining the battle and explained that the Frenzied Lion experts might try to take him down with them.
  • Shi Jian agreed to secure the rear, recognizing his importance to the Mountain Bear Clan and the support he received through Shan Li’s lineage.

Ch. 461The Dao Venerable Strikes, Settling Everything with One Palm!

Shi Jian witnessed Dao Venerable E Gu erase the Frenzied Lion Clan and its army with one palm, ending the battle on the Heaven-Burning Plain. The victory left Shi Jian shaken by the gulf between Nascent Soul and Dao Venerable power as the Mountain Bear Lineage advanced to finish the aftermath.

  • The Frenzied Lion Clan committed its full strength to the battle and drove the Mountain Bear Lineage's army into retreat.
  • Shi Jian considered breaking the deadlock as the Mountain Bear ancestors struggled against the four Frenzied Lion Spirit Transformation experts.
  • Dao Venerable E Gu opened a rift in the sky and pressed down with a white-bone claw, destroying the Frenzied Lion experts and army while leaving the Mountain Bear survivors unharmed.
  • Shan Li marveled at Ancestor Egu's strength, while Shi Jian realized his Nascent Soul cultivation was insignificant beside a Dao Venerable.
  • The Mountain Bear Lineage ordered its army to advance and kill every surviving enemy at Nascent Soul and above.

Ch. 462Spirit Transformation Battle, Cleaning Up the Aftermath!

After E Gu Dao Venerable’s devastating strike wiped out four Spirit Transformation experts, Kuang Zhan survived and fought Shan Yue while another Mountain Bear expert slaughtered the Frenzied Lion Nascent Soul Demon Kings. Kuang Zhan was left crushed beneath Shan Yue’s attack, while the massacre of the remaining lions continued.

  • Kuang Zhan emerged alive from underground after sacrificing half his body to survive E Gu Dao Venerable’s strike.
  • Shan Yue attacked Kuang Zhan with his three Earth Dao Immortal Foundations and smashed him into a deep crater.
  • Kuang Zhan burned his lifespan, lifted a mountain range against Shan Yue, and fought back with his two Dao of Strength Immortal Foundations.
  • Shan Yue overwhelmed Kuang Zhan with Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge and stomped him into the ground, breaking both his arms.
  • The bone-white Mountain Bear Spirit Transformation expert killed the Frenzied Lion Nascent Soul Demon Kings one by one as Shi Jian watched.

Ch. 463The Frenzied Lion Clan Is Wiped Out, Its Bloodline Sealed!

Shan Yue killed Kuang Zhan, and the Giant Bear Clan wiped out the Frenzied Lions on the Heaven-Burning Plain. Days later, Shan Li told Shi Jian that White Bone Ancestor had sealed the Frenzied Lion bloodline, weakening all its descendants and preventing them from reaching Nascent Soul and above.

  • Shan Yue crushed Kuang Zhan's Immortal Foundations and killed him after Kuang Zhan warned that a spark of the Frenzied Lion bloodline had escaped.
  • White Bone's Spirit Transformation cultivator killed the remaining Frenzied Lion Nascent Soul Demon Kings, erasing the clan from the Beast Realm.
  • Shi Jian left the Heaven-Burning Plain with Shan Li as the Giant Bear army gathered spoils and celebrated its victory.
  • Several days later, Shan Li told Shi Jian that White Bone Ancestor had used the Supreme Bone to seal the Frenzied Lion bloodline's physical potential.
  • Shan Li explained that the surviving Frenzied Lion descendants would have frail bodies, shorter lifespans, and little chance of producing cultivators above Nascent Soul.

Ch. 464Rewards Bestowed, the Giant Bear Clan's Fearsome Reputation!

After the Frenzied Lion Clan fell, Shan Yue rewarded Shi Jian and the other Bear Kings, elevating the Lightning Bear Line to an inner-domain branch and expanding its territory. As Shi Jian began consolidating his new domain, the Giant Bear Clan continued its conquest of the Beast Realm, leaving it a dominant imperial power.

  • Shan Yue distributed territory and resources according to merit, granting Shi Jian's Lightning Bear Line three hundred thousand li, tax exemption, self-governance, clan protection, and inner-domain status.
  • Shi Jian led the Lightning Bear Line back to the Divine Firmament Plain and found its expanded territory being developed, though the lineage had too few Nascent Souls to guard its new holdings.
  • Shi Jian resolved to strengthen the younger generation and hoped to reunite with his old subordinates, including Shi Pan, Shi Yin, and Brother Bai.
  • During Shi Jian's three years in seclusion, the Mountain Bear Main Lineage destroyed the Heavenly Serpent Race and the Mysterious Horse Clan.
  • The Giant Bear Clan exterminated or subjugated clans across the surrounding regions, expanding its territory and establishing itself as an imperial power in the Beast Realm.

Ch. 465The War Settles, Nascent Soul Perfection!

Shi Jian completed his secluded cultivation and reached Nascent Soul Perfection while the Giant Bear Clan established its expanded territory. After reuniting with Shan Li and meeting his younger son, he learned that the Lightning Bear Lineage had been summoned to the Mountain Bear Ancestral Court for a Territory Enfeoffment Ceremony in three months.

  • After more than a decade of cultivation, Shi Jian formed thirty-six strands of origin Qi and reached Nascent Soul Perfection, with Divine Sense strength on par with a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
  • Shan Li welcomed Shi Jian out of seclusion and told him that their eldest son, Shi Xiao, had reached the Golden Core Realm and was training away from home.
  • Shan Li introduced Shi Jian to their younger son, Shi Lei, whose talent for the Dao of Lightning surpassed Shi Xiao's at the same age and suited the Dao of Frenzied Thunder.
  • Shan Li gave Shi Jian a token summoning the Lightning Bear Lineage to the Mountain Bear Ancestral Court's Territory Enfeoffment Ceremony in three months.

Ch. 466Giant Bear Ancestral Court!

Several months after Shi Jian and Shan Li left their cub with Xiong Gang, they traveled to the Giant Bear Ancestral Court. Shan Li showed Shi Jian the floating continent and explained the seven main lineages as they headed to meet her father.

  • Shi Jian and Shan Li departed for the ancestral court, leaving Shi Lei in Xiong Gang's care.
  • After several days of travel, Shi Jian and Shan Li reached the floating continent and entered through a spiritual passageway.
  • Shi Jian felt the ancestral court's immense spiritual vitality and saw its mountains, palaces, and powerful cultivators.
  • Shan Li described the territories, strengths, and Spirit Transformation experts of the seven main lineages.
  • Shan Li took Shi Jian toward the Mountain Bear Lineage to meet her father.

Ch. 467Sharing Insights into Spirit Transformation, the Dao of Lightning Can Be Cultivated!

Shi Jian received guidance from Shan Wanling on advancing to Spirit Transformation and cultivating the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit. As Shan Li showed him around the ancestral court, she warned that the Giant Bear Lineage planned to reorder the inner-territory branches and challenge their territory.

  • Shan Li brought Shi Jian to meet her father, Shan Wanling, who praised Shi Jian's strength and gave him a Jade Slip of Spirit Transformation insights.
  • Shan Wanling explained the hurdles of Spirit Transformation and the six Immortal Foundations under the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit, noting that the Giant Bear Clan had complete methods for four.
  • Shan Wanling advised Shi Jian to cultivate Purple Firmament Lightning after breaking through, since it complemented Purple Pivot Lightning and strengthened his ability to endure attacks.
  • Shan Wanling accepted Shi Jian as Shan Li's partner and warned him that he needed Spirit Transformation strength to protect his clan.
  • Shan Li took Shi Jian to explore the ancestral court and told him the Giant Bear Lineage planned to reorder the inner-territory branches, threatening their territory.

Ch. 468Rewards!

At the Territory Enfeoffment Ceremony, the Giant Bear Clan rewarded lineages for their military achievements, then placed seven Dao of Lightning lineages under Shi Jian’s command. The Lightning Bear Line was elevated to ninth among the inner-territory branch lineages and given a Spirit Transformation slot, leaving Shi Jian at the head of a greatly strengthened lineage.

  • Shan Yue began the ceremony and announced that the clan’s territory had expanded by ten million li before rewards were read out.
  • The clan named Shi Jian the campaign’s top achiever for slaying thirty-seven Nascent Soul cultivators, but kept the Lightning Bear Line’s territory unchanged.
  • A clan order disbanded seven Dao of Lightning minor lineages and placed their Bear Kings under Shi Jian’s command.
  • Shi Jian welcomed the seven Bear Kings, who bowed to him but remained silent.
  • Shan Yue ranked the Lightning Bear Line ninth among the inner-territory branch lineages and granted it resources, protection, and one Spirit Transformation slot.

Ch. 469Integrating the Lightning Bear Line!

Shi Jian ordered the seven bear kings of the Dao of Lightning to move their tribes to the Divine Firmament Plain and submit their inherited cultivation methods for compilation, but they challenged his authority. He offered to settle the dispute in a fight, and the chapter ended as the seven surrounded him on a wasteland battlefield.

  • Shi Jian summoned Lei Ya, Lei Li, Baoting Hong, Xuanlei Min, Lei Yuan, Xiong Wanjun, and Xiong Jun and ordered their tribes to relocate within three years.
  • Shi Jian told the bear kings to provide copies of their inherited lightning cultivation methods so he could compile them for the tribes to share.
  • Xuanlei Min questioned why the bear kings should submit to Shi Jian, and Shi Jian offered to fight all seven at once to decide whether they would follow his orders.
  • Shi Jian and the seven bear kings arrived at a wasteland outside the ancestral court, where the bear kings formed a partial encirclement and Shi Jian challenged them to attack.

Ch. 470Beaten into Submission!

Shi Jian defeated the seven Lightning Bear leaders and secured their submission and agreement to unite under the Lightning Bear Line. After the Territory Enfeoffment Ceremony, Shan Li told him that someone at Myriad Bones Ridge wanted to see him.

  • Lei Ya and the other six Nascent Soul cultivators attacked Shi Jian together, but he overwhelmed them with his spear and lightning.
  • The seven bears assumed their true forms and unleashed their Immortal Foundations, but Shi Jian defeated them one by one with his giant bear form and Purple Pivot Lightning.
  • Lei Ya admitted defeat, and Shan Li gave the injured bears pills.
  • Shi Jian ordered every branch to move to the Divine Firmament Plain within three years and to compile its inherited Cultivation Methods within a month.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that someone at Myriad Bones Ridge wanted to see him.

Ch. 471Dao Venerable E Gu's Expectations, a Blessing to Pave the Way!

Shi Jian met Dao Venerable E Gu at Myriad Bones Ridge, where E Gu refined Shi Jian’s bloodline and Root Bone and gave him a life-saving mark. E Gu set a three-hundred-year deadline for Shi Jian to reach Spirit Transformation and urged him to contend for the unclaimed Divine Firmament Dao Fruit, leaving Shi Jian to pursue cultivation with the Giant Bear Clan’s support.

  • Shi Jian entered Myriad Bones Ridge and paid his respects to Dao Venerable E Gu, who praised his strength, resolve, and potential.
  • E Gu explained that Shi Jian’s Pale Lightning Bear bloodline and Root Bone needed strengthening, then gave him a mark that would protect him once from a life-or-death crisis.
  • E Gu used a formation and Barbarian Bone Dao resonance to shatter and remake Shi Jian’s body, strengthening his bloodline, Root Bone, meridians, and Dantian.
  • E Gu told Shi Jian to reach Spirit Transformation within three hundred years and said the Giant Bear Clan needed him to help secure its future.
  • E Gu revealed that Shi Jian could contend for the unclaimed Divine Firmament Dao Fruit if he comprehended all six Immortal Foundations, and warned that the struggle would be bloody.
  • Shi Jian accepted E Gu’s expectations and left to cultivate, while E Gu’s avatar dissipated.

Ch. 472Seclusion, Preparing for the Breakthrough to Spirit Transformation!

After returning to the Divine Firmament Plain, Shi Jian settled disputes over the relocated branches’ resources and entered seclusion to prepare for Spirit Transformation. He began studying Shan Wanling’s guidance and cultivating the resonance of Purple Firmament Lightning, but still needed to fully comprehend Purple Pivot Lightning before attempting the breakthrough.

  • Shi Jian returned from Myriad Bones Ridge, and Shan Li discovered that the Giant Bear Ancestral Court had strengthened his bloodline and Root Bone.
  • Shan Li reported that the seven branches had settled in the Divine Firmament Plain and that Lei Ya was disputing control of the western lightning-attribute Spirit Vein.
  • Shi Jian said each tribe could keep its existing Spirit Vein and offered Lei Ya an exchange; he refused to grant special treatment if Lei Ya rejected the arrangement.
  • Shan Li gave Shi Jian a Jade Slip from the main branch listing spirit materials intended to support his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, and Shi Jian entered seclusion.
  • Shi Jian studied Shan Wanling’s guidance and absorbed Purple Firmament Lightning Dao resonance from a crystal, finding that it harmonized with his Purple Pivot Lightning.
  • Shi Jian began comprehending the final profundity of the Purple Pivot Lightning Immortal Foundation, knowing he had to master it before seeking confirmation from heaven and earth.

Ch. 473Shan Li Manages the Household and Develops the Ancestral Lands!

While Shi Jian remained in seclusion to attempt Spirit Transformation, Shan Li governed the Lightning Bear Line and transformed Divine Firmament Plain into a lightning-rich cultivation ground to support his breakthrough. The core region became known among the bear demons as the Lightning Domain.

  • Shan Li assigned resources and duties to the seven bear kings, ordered every tribe to complete its relocation within three years, and warned them to bring serious trouble to her.
  • Shan Li worried that Shi Jian had attempted Spirit Transformation as soon as he reached Nascent Soul Perfection, despite the danger and the centuries her father had needed before making the same attempt.
  • Shan Li bought lightning-attribute spirit objects and hired Nascent Soul formation masters to build a Lightning-Attracting Essence-Gathering Grand Formation around Shi Jian's cave abode.
  • Shan Li replaced nearby spirit trees with lightning-attribute trees, buried Dao of Lightning minerals beneath Divine Firmament Peak, and added lightning-based Nascent Soul Law Treasures to the formation.
  • Shan Li's work made Divine Firmament Plain's core region so rich in Dao of Lightning Qi that weaker bear demons could not endure it, and the lineage began calling the area the Lightning Domain.

Ch. 474Twins! Lightning Bear Prodigies!

After returning from a long absence, Shi Xiao learned that his younger brother Shi Lei had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and displayed extraordinary talent for the Dao of Lightning. Shi Lei absorbed a trace of Azure Profound Lightning and gained the attention of the seven tribes’ bear kings, while Shi Xiao resolved to grow stronger and prepare to lead the Lightning Bear Line.

  • Shi Xiao returned to Shan Li after spending more than a decade away, bringing her pearls from the Golden Core black Flood Dragons he had slain.
  • Shan Li told Shi Xiao that Shi Lei had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and asked him to keep an eye on his younger brother.
  • At the Azure Profound Tribe’s settlement, Shi Lei defeated a Foundation Establishment bear cub, and Lei Ya and Lei Li recognized his exceptional affinity for lightning Dao arts.
  • Lei Ya gave Shi Lei a trace of Azure Profound Lightning, which Shi Lei absorbed without harm and manifested as a tiny arc of azure lightning.
  • Shi Xiao arrived, reunited with Shi Lei, and brought him back after recognizing his younger brother’s talent.
  • Shi Xiao accepted that he and Shi Lei followed different lightning paths and resolved to grow stronger so he could help lead the Lightning Bear Line.

Ch. 475Thirty Years, a Fleeting Opportunity!

Thirty years after the bear demon tribes settled across the Divine Firmament Plain, Shi Jian completed his Purple Pivot Lightning Immortal Foundation and waited for the opportunity to break through to Spirit Transformation. When he sensed the Great Dao calling, he began his breakthrough, filling the sky with purple-gold lightning and drawing the attention of the other tribes.

  • Over thirty years, Shan Li managed the territories and resources of the seven bear demon tribes, which prospered through cooperation and shared inheritances.
  • Shi Jian spent thirty years comprehending the Purple Pivot Lightning Immortal Foundation until he could command the Qi of the Dao of Lightning within a hundred li.
  • Shi Jian studied Shan Wanling's insights on Spirit Transformation and waited for the elusive opportunity to arrive.
  • Several months after the lightning resonance in his Dantian intensified, Shi Jian sensed the Great Dao of Lightning calling to him.
  • Shi Jian escaped into the void to begin his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, causing vast purple-gold lightning clouds to spread across the Divine Firmament Plain.
  • Lei Ya and Lei Li sensed Shi Jian's immense presence and realized he was attempting to break through to Spirit Transformation.
Arc 19 of 26
Arc 19 of 26