Five Thunders Devil-Subduing Great General

Upon hearing Rogue Person Yunxiu's words, Zhen'ezi, who had been speaking eloquently, immediately fell silent.

If it weren't for the unexpected appearance of the Thunder God, even if he and his junior brother had parted ways and he had been besieged by those old ghosts from the unorthodox sects, he wouldn't have ended up in such a state.

Although misfortune may have brought good fortune and greatly advanced one's spiritual practice, it was also a matter of seeking survival amidst death. A slight misstep could have resulted in dying far from home.

So during this period of time, he kept deducing and trying to figure out the origins of this "Thunder God".

Now, with the advancement of his cultivation and the further Heavenly Secrets Evolution, he has finally obtained some clues.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know the Five Thunders Devil-Subduing Great General?"

"The number one general of the Divine Dynasty back then? Of course I've heard of him. I heard that in the Upper Realm, he single-handedly controlled the five Thunder Bureau Divisions of the Thunder Ministry: Geng Metal Thunder Bureau, Yi Wood Thunder Bureau, Mysterious Water Thunder Bureau Li Fire Thunder Bureau Division, and Wu Earth Thunder Bureau Division. Ordinary immortals would avoid him if they saw him."

"Moreover, he himself also possesses the five great immortal Thunder Method: Eastern Azure Thunder, Southern Red Thunder, Western White Thunder, Northern Black Thunder, and Central Yellow Thunder. He can manifest the Central Jade Pivot Heavenly Tribulation and was once the number one warrior under the Jade Emperor. An existence of this level would never descend to the mortal realm unless summoned by his former master."

"Back then, when he led the Divine Dynasty's army in battles across the north and south, no fewer than ten Xuanmen immortals died at his hands."

"Later, even though the Jade Emperor perished due to the failure of the Investiture of the Gods, he led the remnants of the divine dynasty to resist several sieges by the righteous, demonic, and Buddhist factions. In the end, I heard that the three factions sent more than thirty descended immortals to lay a net of heaven and earth, and even communicated with the upper realm to sever the connection between the inside and outside, finally managing to bring him to his death in this Thunder Commandery Domain."

Zhen'ezi nodded.

"Ascending from the lower realm to the upper realm, the Heavenly Immortal is already the highest rank, not to mention that this Five Thunder Great General was a top-tier Celestial Heavenly Immortal. It's no wonder that so many immortals from the Azure Mysterious Realm, including descended immortals, couldn't suppress him. What you just said are just general secrets of the Azure Mysterious Realm, but among our Seven Sects of the Righteous Path, there are Five Thunder Great General, especially after his fall."

Zhen'ezi paused for a moment, then said, "For example, after the fall of this first general of the Divine Dynasty, the entire Thunder Commandery Domain underwent the most powerful ascension tribulation, the Qian Heaven One Origin Chaos Thunderbolt Tribulation."

"This calamity is a calamity for Heavenly Immortal. As soon as this calamity descended, several more immortals perished here. But the troublesome thing is that after the calamity disappeared, the physical body of this Five Thunders Devil-Subduing Great General vanished."

"Missing?"

"That's right, no one knows the exact whereabouts of this physical body. Perhaps it was digested in the heavenly tribulation, perhaps it was secretly kept by some immortal, or perhaps it was taken away by the remnants of the divine dynasty. In short, it has disappeared without a trace."

A clear look of shock appeared on the face of Rogue Person Yunxiu, who was made of wooden puppet material.

"Does that mean, fellow Daoist, that person's body is hidden here?!"

Zhen'ezi immediately realized the other party had misunderstood and quickly explained, "The karma this person has accumulated is so great that if his body were hidden here, the Xuanmen immortals of that time would not have failed to deduce it. Even if we take a step back, both the righteous and demonic paths have entered this place several times since then to search for related relics. If it were truly hidden in this Demon-Subduing City, it would be impossible for it not to be discovered."

"What do you mean, fellow Daoist?" Rogue Person Yunxiu asked, puzzled.

"What if it wasn't a corpse, but a fragment of consciousness that fell into this Demon-Subduing City and was absorbed by the Thunder God Evolution of this place?"

Rogue Person Yunxiu was taken aback, as if this possibility was indeed quite significant.

"Fellow Daoist, let me ask you this: how many Thunder God have appeared in this small Demon-Subduing City?"

Rogue Person Yunxiu pondered carefully.

When they rescued Zhen'ezi, the first Thunder God appeared.

Subsequently, in the first stage of the evolution of false gods, a second Thunder God appeared, distinguishing between good and evil.

Then, according to the young monk, at the place where Mingting of the Old Thunder Lineage was in seclusion, the battle between the two great deities caused those old ghosts from the side sects to escape, the Yang Spirit appeared in the world, and then the third Thunder God was born from that Innate Thunder Eye.

"And next," Zhen'ezi's voice echoed in the empty prison, as if he knew what the other was thinking, "Once the false gods here evolve into the second stage, moving from the judgment of good and evil to the struggle between good and evil—the fourth one, the Thunder God, who symbolizes the division between good and evil and decides life and death, will surely appear."

"It is not yet clear whether there are other Thunder God hidden in the city; if so, this would be the fifth one."

Zhen'ezi said softly.

"Five Thunder God, fellow Daoist, do you know that the most powerful method of the Five Thunders Devil-Subduing Great General was to use the authority of the Thunder Ministry of the Upper Realm to manifest the five Thunder Virtue True Body of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, each of which possessed the abilities of a Thunder Virtue True Body Heavenly Immortal?" This is also why the Xuanmen Immortals have been unable to subdue him for so long.

Rogue Person Yunxiu was completely speechless.

"A fragment of undying consciousness fell into the crumbling and evolving divine ruins; scattered thunderous authority, chaotic rules, the nourishment of the thoughts of all living beings, the clash of righteous and demonic energies—all of this is like a huge, twisted furnace. If that fragment happens to contain the secret of the evolution of the 'Five Thunder True Bodies,' then it may not be a coincidence that this city has given birth to these seemingly different, each with its own function yet interconnected Thunder God."

"If this one truly devours the consciousness fragments of the Five Thunders Devil-Subduing Great General, uses the Five Virtues, restores order, and seizes the position of an Orthodox God while the forty-nine Orthodox God of this realm have achieved their merits and ascended to the upper realm, so what?"

This left Rogue Person Yunxiu speechless with shock, and he even began to panic.

If such a powerful and impartial deity were to appear in the world, it would be extremely bad news for any faction—whether righteous, demonic, or Buddhist.

As a remnant of the divine dynasty, Thunder God also wields a portion of the power of heavenly tribulations—the story of how a group of cultivators in this world who had achieved perfect merit were struck down and killed for refusing to submit to the divine dynasty's rule is still quite terrifying even today.

That wasn't Refining Essence into Qi, nor was it Qi Training to Spirit Transformation; those were all ascended great cultivators who had reached the stage of Void Refinement to Merge with the Dao, and they were just hacked to death like that!

"So what should we do now?"

"As long as we eliminate at least four incarnations of the Thunder God before the false gods correct their ways and finally manifest themselves in the world, we can succeed."

Zhen'ezi's gaze was intense.

"Among them, Junior Brother Mingting has at least restrained one Thunder God, and I already have a way to deal with the Thunder God severely injured us before. Next, we just need to find Senior Brother Zhang Zhixian and have him re-enact the 'General Outline of Heavenly Ordinances' to open the gates of Demon-Subduing City a second time in accordance with the Act on Heaven's Will's method. Then we can lure Senior Brother Yun Shuo and Junior Sister Bai into this place, and with more people against fewer, we can kill the remaining two Thunder God, so that this false god of Thunder God can't even manifest in the world."

"The reason why we fellow disciples weren't united before was mainly because we were vying for the credit for suppressing the false god. But now, this Thunder God is no longer someone that a single sect can contend with. We must unite all our fellow disciples to resolve this."

Zhen'ezi paused for a moment.

"Furthermore, if necessary, we can contact the forces within the city for assistance."

Rogue Person Yunxiu nodded repeatedly. In his opinion, both the Jingtu and the little monk with the gun were quite formidable fighters.

However, the old Rogue Cultivator suddenly thought of something, and his expression became strange.

Zhen'ezi immediately sensed the other party's emotions and asked, "Fellow Daoist, is there anything wrong with this plan?"

"The plan itself is fine; it's just that some things happened during your seclusion."

The old Rogue Cultivator then recounted the story he had heard, especially the story of how Mingting transformed into Yang Spirit and how a single bolt of lightning nearly killed the Devil-Slaying Bladesman and the Devil-Subduing Heavenly Soldier.

Zhen'ezi frowned upon hearing this. He was well aware of his junior brother's bad temper and knew that the other party was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.

"We still need to resolve the grievances between the two sides; after all, it's for the greater good."

A fully developed Devil-Subduing Heavenly Soldier is equivalent to a great cultivator who has achieved perfection in the Three Flowers and Five Qi.

Rogue Person Yunxiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something in agreement with the other party, but when he thought of Hu Mang's unruly gaze earlier, he held back.

At this moment, Hu Mang had reached a crucial point in his struggle with the Prison-Subduing Official.

Zhou Tong, who witnessed the entire battle, was completely mesmerized. She never expected that her Brother Hu would become so strong in just a few days.

Even the Prison-Subduing Official, who had the advantage of timing and location, could only fall into a disadvantageous position.

The four old corpse monsters that were released from the suspended iron cage were all transformed from the physical bodies of cultivators who died here. Zhou Tong felt that their strength was no less than that of the previous half- Thunder Official He Chang. However, Brother Zhou simply grabbed with his backhand, and rolling thunderclouds appeared out of thin air, followed by four shots!

Four Unity of Heaven and Man spear strikes, each striking a target in perfect harmony with the heavens and man, were used to kill one person at a time. In less than three breaths, the four cultivators' bodies were reduced to corpses.

Then, the overwhelming Soul-Locking Chain came crashing down on Brother Hu. The scene was ten times more dangerous than when Old Master Chen had called out to him, because each Soul-Locking Chain was wrapped in rolling blood and fire.

Brother Hu also released the Demon-Subduing Vicious Tiger he had seen before, using fire to counter fire, while he seized the opportunity to charge onto the execution platform and clash with the Prison-Subduing Official who had the advantage of terrain.

However, Zhou Tong also witnessed the Prison-Subduing Official's abilities, because once Brother Hu entered the execution platform, his skills were immediately reduced by half.

More importantly, one after another, black cage phantoms descended from the sky, negating Brother Hu's divine Divine Ability as a "Devil-Subduing Heavenly Soldier".

Even the authority of a deity has its limits, but in this prison, the Prison-Subduing Official's divine power seems limitless.

Even so, Brother Hu was putting pressure on his opponent, and it seemed that the outcome would be decided soon.

However, Zhou Tong gradually sensed something was wrong. For one thing, the Cold Sha Fog that suppressed a cultivator's true essence did not invade his body. Instead, it simply circled around his legs and then dissipated.

The Unseen was as if some unseen force was protecting me.

Seeing that the time was almost right, and that all the Demonic Qi he had accumulated had transformed into Buddhist power, Hu Mang on Xingtai, without saying a word, formed the Dou Character Instruction and unleashed a Buddhist Lion's Roar.