In recent days, the Immortal Burial Realm had enjoyed a rare period of respite.
This was largely thanks to Gu Li and Tang Ru.
Were it not for the scheme they had devised to trap and slaughter the cultivators on the battlefield of the Fourth Domain, Li Guanqi and his companions would never have had the opportunity to annihilate that descending force entirely.
Yet Li Guanqi knew this was merely the calm before the storm.
Although the outcomes of the two descent probes were polar opposites, it was not difficult to deduce that the total destruction of the second wave was due to something going wrong in the Fourth Domain.
Those descending immortals undoubtedly possessed soul lamps or similar life tokens in the upper realm.
The instant the descending immortals of the Fourth Domain were slain, those in the Third and Second Domains met their deaths shortly after. It was trivial for the Immortal Realm to infer that a catastrophe had erupted in the Fourth Domain.
During the first descent, with most cultivators retreating, the Immortal Realm had already learned that the Seventh Domain was severely undermanned.
The second expedition confirmed that an unexpected disaster had struck the Fourth Domain.
If they launched another invasion, they would undoubtedly arrive with counterstrategies fully prepared.
Watching the weapon refiners working in full swing to construct the Heroic Spirit Pagoda, Li Guanqi sat on the roof of the White Jade Tower and let out a long sigh.
It was hard to imagine how everyone in the Immortal Burial Realm had endured, round after round, like this.
Across thousands, tens of thousands of years, there had always been people standing guard here.
Li Guanqi circulated his power, feeling the smooth flow through his meridians, and looked up at the sky.
"Tomorrow... I'll go up and take another beating."
Recently, he had noticed that Meng Wanshu and Ye Feng were both on the verge of breaking through.
The others were also advancing at an astonishing pace.
Li Guanqi possessed an intense sense of crisis; he felt that the next offensive would be unlike anything they had faced before.
That was why he was so anxious and desperate to rapidly increase his strength.
Not only was he pushing himself, but he also accepted every sparring challenge that came his way.
Constructing the Time Pagoda had only been the first step. The Heroic Spirit Hall...
It was likely of tremendous significance to the entire Seventh Domain.
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes. As his strength rose, he felt an ever more pressing urge to hunt down Gu Xici.
As long as Gu Xici had not yet restored himself to the Ascension realm, Li Guanqi had absolute confidence in suppressing and slaying him!
Almost everyone close to him was currently in the Seventh Domain; outside, only the Great Xia Sword Sect remained.
However, he had left ample preparations within the sect.
Even across a million li, if something truly happened to the Great Xia Sword Sect, he could return at the first moment!
Then there was the person who had dug up his elder sister's ashes. He still did not know what their objective was.
He was not even certain if Gu Xici was responsible.
Instead, he leaned toward Old Man Lu from the village.
Though his grandfather had returned from the outside back then and killed the man, Meng Jiangchu and Zhang Qixuan had both operated through avatars; there was no guarantee the old man hadn't sent an avatar as well.
Even Grandfather himself had admitted that after killing him, he had still felt a lingering unease.
After a moment of thought, Li Guanqi suppressed these chaotic reflections.
He resolved to cultivate until reaching the peak of the Tribulation Crossing realm before roaming the outside world for a time.
On one hand, he would hunt for Gu Xici's whereabouts; on the other, he would search for clues regarding his sister's ashes.
Returning to the Nirvana Pagoda for secluded cultivation, Li Guanqi found his heart calm and serene.
As time slipped by, he continuously digested the combat insights gained from his battle with the Xuan King.
He had also begun paying closer attention to the power of Shiwu.
His comprehension and understanding of laws grew increasingly profound.
The power of lightning shifted in the blink of an eye, unfathomable and divine.
The momentum of thunder rose and waned unpredictably, ethereal and elusive.
On the third day of sparring with the Xuan King, when he had begun employing this quality, even Xuan Yue had found it rather troublesome.
For no one could predict when the lightning's eruption would reach its zenith.
Immersed in this state, Li Guanqi allowed the power of laws to ripple gently outward in all directions.
Deep in his comprehension of the laws, his entire aura turned hazy and ethereal.
The spirit seal shimmering at the center of his brow radiated a faint, delicate gleam.
Time flew swiftly. In the blink of an eye, Li Guanqi had spent three days within the Nirvana Pagoda.
Across those three days, a month and a half had passed in the outside world.
Above the silent White Jade Tower, thunderclouds suddenly surged and churned.
The clouds expanded relentlessly, covering a radius of a thousand zhang in mere moments!
Rumble!!
Thunder roared as thousands of lightning bolts cascaded toward the earth like a torrential downpour!
Catching sight of this spectacle, countless cultivators felt their hearts tighten in awe.
Long Hou and several others stepped out from the grand hall, their brows furrowing.
"This is... a celestial anomaly of heaven and earth, not a tribulation lightning cloud!"
"What on earth did Guanqi comprehend to trigger such an anomaly!?"
Within the Nirvana Pagoda, everyone also broke out of seclusion one after another, gazing up at the scene in utter shock.
"Hiss, Boss had another epiphany?"
Cao Yan felt immense pressure weighing upon him and muttered under his breath.
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and said in a low, solemn voice, "Such dense lightning laws... he has actually manifested the law itself..."
The entire firmament of the Realm of Immortal Spirits was dyed a vibrant purple.
Thick, serpent-like bolts of lightning darted through the cloud layers, detonating with deafening booms.
The clouds began to rotate, their center swirling like the eye of a hurricane, flashing with an eerie, bewitching purple!
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth boiled, and lightning-attribute spiritual qi grew exceptionally active.
A dense power of laws dispersed through the sky.
Countless bolts rained down ceaselessly around the White Jade Tower, shattering and rending the earth.
Below, the Celestial Spirit Mountain Range was bombarded until its immortal essence flickered and dispersed.
The commotion was simply too massive; the Four Kings arrived side by side.
Even Ling Tianchen from the Sixth Domain strolled down from the heavens, clutching his wineskin.
The old man looked at the distant thunderclouds, his brows knitting slightly before smoothing out into thoughtful contemplation.
A moment later, his expression relaxed completely. Holding one hand behind his back, he took a sip of wine and murmured with a broad smile, "Truly worthy of the Thunder Master... Lightning falling from the firmament like rain—such an anomaly will surely bring no small benefit."
"Old Su... your grandson is going to walk even faster than you imagined."
At that moment, Li Guanqi remained immersed in the comprehension of the laws.
Sensing the strange disturbance outside, Li Guanqi's figure flickered. Space warped faintly, and he manifested high above in the sky!
Li Guanqi did not know what had caused this phenomenon.
Yet he sensed an extraordinarily profound power lingering at the very core of the cloud layer.
A deep longing welled up within him—it felt as though he desperately needed that power!!
The instant Li Guanqi appeared, the lightning across heaven and earth seemed to freeze for a fleeting heartbeat.
Immediately after, that raw power grew even more violent and agitated!!!
Thousands of lightning bolts began hurtling madly toward Li Guanqi!!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!
Li Guanqi's expression shifted slightly. He hoisted an origin-energy barrier to withstand the onslaught of thunder.
Yet he soon realized something was amiss.
Relying on the origin-energy barrier alone was no longer enough to fend off the stray, minute threads of lightning.
Sweeping out with his divine sense, he discovered to his shock that the thunderclouds overhead had somehow expanded to fifteen hundred zhang!!
Moreover, the originally gray clouds were rapidly darkening, turning as black as ink.
Ling Tianchen's expression changed. Forming hand seals, he frowned and murmured, "Something isn't right..."
"Old Su! Get down here at once!!"
"This isn't a mere celestial anomaly—the Heavenly Dao's laws are opening an immortal path for him!!!"
As the words fell, the old man's eyes brimmed with profound envy.
Why was Su Xuan a Human Spirit Immortal?
Wasn't it precisely because the Heavenly Dao of this Human Spirit Realm could not bind him...?
And now, what Li Guanqi confronted was the lightning aspect within the Heavenly Dao's laws—Li Guanqi had touched its very origin.
If Li Guanqi could withstand this anomalous heavenly thunder, he would be qualified to become the second Human Spirit Immortal!!
Chapter 1459