In the hazy scene, a girl stretched out her hand to block a black ball of lightning, doing her best to prevent it from falling.
Bits of Life Essence scattered from her petite body, looking like fireworks blooming in this dark space, very beautiful.
"No!"
Xiao Chen felt like he had fallen into a deep abyss. He cried out hoarsely as he did his best to stand up on the sea.
At this moment, he finally understood that he had not cleared all eighty-one bolts of lightning.
Not only had he not cleared all of them, but before the final bolt of lightning arrived, a flaw appeared in his will, and the heart demon took advantage of it.
Ao Jiao turned her head around and did her best to squeeze out a smile on her pale, bloodless face. Then, she mocked Xiao Chen as usual, "Haha! Idiot Master, to think that you thought you were very smart. In the end, the heart demon took advantage of you. In the end, you still have to rely on me. "
Right after Xiao Chen spoke, the light on his body completely vanished. Motes of light filled the sky and slowly drifted down.
With Ao Jiao draining her Life Essence as the price, the final bolt of lightning, which should have been boundlessly mighty, was now at least ten times smaller than before, no longer able to do anything.
Xiao Chen's face was ashen. His eyes were blank as he allowed the lightning ball, which was several times smaller, to land on him.
"Ao Jiao, I will come back alive, right?"
"You have to. Even if you want to die, I will not let you die. You are not allowed to die, and you will not die. "
"Boom!"
When the bolt of lightning landed, Xiao Chen's body, which had just recovered a little, got blasted into a mangled mess again. Intense pain assaulted him. However, Xiao Chen was numb, unable to feel anything as he stretched out his hand and looked at the sky.
The surging waves slowly calmed down. The thunderclouds scattered, and sunlight shone on the surface of the sea.
After clearing all eighty-one bolts of lightning, Xiao Chen's bitterness was over, and his Rank 3 Sage Body advanced further, reaching the peak.
A vigorous lifeforce poured out endlessly from the depths of his body. His injuries healed at a visible rate.
However, Xiao Chen's heart was deathly still. His eyes were filled with boundless regret. His mind was filled with bits and pieces of his time with Ao Jiao.
"Now that I have drawn the Mulberry Sword, shouldn't you be calling me master?"
"Idiot, have you ever seen an ant make an elephant call it master?"
"Idiot Master, I did not expect that one day, you would also become the top genius of the True Dragon Ranking. Haha, you are the same as the Thunder Emperor back then."
"Xiao Chen, you are not even twenty-five years old yet, and you already comprehended the immortal will of thunder. You already surpassed the Thunder Emperor."
"You will not die. Even if you want to die, I will not let you die. Hee hee, don't forget that you promised me to avenge the Thunder Emperor."
Under the illumination of the sun, the specks of light had long since disappeared without a trace.
"Hehe, congratulations, congratulations, idiot master. You've passed all eighty-one Lightning Tribulations."
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out. Xiao Chen turned his head and looked. He saw Ao Jiao smiling faintly, looking at him warmly.
Boundless hatred appeared in the depths of Xiao Chen's eyes. However, his lips curled up slightly as he said, "I have never had a moment where I wanted to lie to myself that you are the real one."
A saber light flickered as Xiao Chen drew the Lunar Shadow Saber. It looked like the heart demon, Ao Jiao, would be chopped in half.
However, at the last moment, the cold saber suddenly stopped before Xiao Chen's neck.
Xiao Chen knew that this was a tribulation, but why did this saber not chop down? At some point in time, a tear appeared in the corner of Xiao Chen's eye.
When the tears fell from the corners of Xiao Chen's eyes, the grief in them turned into a cold light. The saber light turned, and the cold and slender Lunar Shadow Saber finally swung at the heart demon, Ao Jiao.
Heart Tribulations. Now, Xiao Chen finally understood what it meant. A human's heart could not be perfect forever. There would always be a flaw.
No matter how perfect one's mental state was, it would not work. The human heart was unfathomable. In the end, a human heart was made of flesh. It was laughable that Xiao Chen was so confident.
Furthermore, the heart demon would always find the flaw in Xiao Chen's heart at the most appropriate time.
When Xiao Chen was tortured by the Lightning Tribulation, his greatest wish was naturally to break free from the Lightning Tribulation. Hence, the heart demon instantly found a flaw.
Since that was what Xiao Chen wanted, he naturally lowered his guard.
When Ao Jiao died for him, Ao Jiao became the biggest knot in Xiao Chen's heart. Once again, the heart demon took advantage of this flaw, betting that Xiao Chen could not bear to kill her. "Ka ca!"
Xiao Chen chopped the heart demon in front of him in half with his saber again. His consciousness turned blurry. Xiao Chen opened his eyes and looked down. That tear from earlier just happened to fall on the surface of the sea.
Ripples spread out on the surface of the sea. Xiao Chen's reflection in the water looked blurry.
Xiao Chen had already cleared the Lightning Tribulation and the Heart Tribulation. He had officially reached the seventh layer of the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation. However, Xiao Chen did not feel any joy. He did not check on the changes that the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation brought to his body.
Xiao Chen's body fell straight towards the surface of the water. "Plop!" He lay there, creating a large splash. He did not think of anything, not at all.
Xiao Chen hugged the Lunar Shadow Saber and closed his eyes tightly.
"Will I be able to return alive?"
"You have to. Even if you want to die, I will not let you die. Hehe! Don't forget that you promised me to take revenge for the Thunder King. You are not allowed to die."
This conversation seemed to echo in Xiao Chen's ears. Without needing to think too much, the image of Ao Jiao clenching her fist and putting on a ferocious expression appeared in Xiao Chen's mind.
As the water flowed, Xiao Chen closed his eyes, unwilling to open them.
There are no miracles in this world. There is no way to reverse the situation. So, I will close my eyes tightly. I only want to meet you in my dreams. I only hope that I do not wake up from this dream, that I will not be able to open my eyes for ten thousand years!
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The vast Boundless Sea was filled with boundless danger. Aside from danger, there were also boundless treasures. It would always attract a large number of cultivators to seek their own fortuitous encounters.
Time went by. Xiao Chen hugged the Lunar Shadow Saber and drifted on the surface of the sea for half a year without waking up.
A special, gentle aura lingered on Xiao Chen's body. It was pure and filled with vast energy. As the aura spread out, it attracted several Spirit Beasts in the sea to follow. All of them greedily absorbed this aura.
As Xiao Chen drifted on the surface of the sea, more and more Spirit Beasts followed him. There were Deep Sea Spirit Turtles, Black Tuna Whales, Golden Lantern Fish, and many others, forming an incredibly strange scene.
On this particular day, a small boat carrying a few cultivators headed for the Deep Sea Battlefield.
"Big Brother Bai Lixi, quickly look. There seems to be a dead person there," a skinny cultivator on the bow of the boat exclaimed in shock.
The few people who were drinking and chatting all looked over. After more than two years, Bai Lixi was no longer the same as before. His set of Medial Grade Secret Treasures had all been replaced with Superior Grade Secret Treasures.
His cultivation had even reached peak Inferior Grade Martial Monarch. He was only a step shy of advancing to Medial Grade Martial Monarch.
Furthermore, Bai Lixi had not exhausted his potential yet. His Luck for the past two years was extraordinarily good. Others might not know the reason, but Bai Lixi was very clear on it.
It was no doubt that Bai Lixi had made the right choice back then. He had indeed gotten some of Xiao Chen's Luck.
Clearly, Bai Lixi was the leader of the group on the boat. His lips twitched as he took a big gulp of wine. Then, he scolded jokingly, "How ignorant. It is just a dead person. There are many dead people in the Boundless Sea."
"No, look behind him. There are many Deep Sea Spirit Beasts following him. Unexpectedly, those Spirit Beasts are not eating him.
That is too strange, "the skinny cultivator with sharp eyes argued.
When Bai Lixi heard this, his expression changed slightly. He looked over as well and saw a large group of Deep Sea Spirit Beasts following the corpse. He found it very strange as well.
"Go and take a look. Chase away those fish. There is something strange about this corpse," Bai Lixi instructed as he felt excited.
That skinny cultivator immediately flew over in glee. Soon, he returned with Xiao Chen's body. Then, he casually tossed Xiao Chen's body onto the deck.
"Good saber! I want it!"
When a Martial King who used a saber saw the Lunar Shadow Saber in Xiao Chen's hand, his eyes lit up. He immediately rushed forward, wanting to pry the Lunar Shadow Saber from Xiao Chen's hand.
In the end, no matter how hard that Martial King tried, even using his Essence, he could not pry Xiao Chen's hand off. He was so anxious that his face turned red, but it was to no avail.
"Sixth Brother, did you use up all your strength on women? You can't even do anything to a dead person."
The others could not help but laugh loudly.
That Sixth Brother was already very angry in the first place. When he saw the others laughing at him, he drew his weapon and said angrily, "Damn it! He is already dead, yet you are still holding on so tightly. I have never seen such a stingy person. This old man will chop off your entire arm."
When Bai Lixi saw Sixth Brother raise his saber, he felt that this person looked familiar. He shouted, "Wait a moment! Don't move!"
Bai Lixi quickly stepped forward and brushed aside the messy hair on Xiao Chen's face. This confirmed his guess. Bai Lixi's expression changed greatly as he said, "Brother Xiao Chen!"
The cultivator that Bai Lixi grabbed thought that Bai Lixi wanted to snatch the saber from him. He said in dissatisfaction, "Big Brother, since when did you have such a dead brother?"
"Scram! Your brother is the dead one. Your entire family is dead. This is my old man's brother, Xiao Chen."
Bai Lixi stepped forward and checked Xiao Chen's breathing. He discovered that he was still breathing. When he looked at his skin color, there were no signs of swelling.
It was like Xiao Chen had just fallen asleep. Bai Lixi heaved a sigh of relief and started cursing at that person.
When the others heard what Bai Lixi said, they all gathered around curiously. They looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Big Brother, is this really Xiao Chen?"
Bai Lixi's lips curled up as he said, "How can my words be false? He is Xiao Chen. He is the top Sovereign genius of the True Dragon Realm. He returned to the Sky Dome Realm half a year ago and killed Sima Hong with one finger. He even took away the will of thunder that no one has taken away in the past few thousand years. "
Bai Lixi raised his head and glared at the cultivator who was about to cut off Xiao Chen's arm. He said, "Consider yourself lucky. If I had not shouted for you to stop, even if you had nine lives, you would not be able to survive."
The cultivator holding the saber was startled. Xiao Chen was a true legend of the Sky Dome Realm.
Xiao Chen's experiences surpassed even that of the Thunder King, who had risen up like a comet. When everyone carefully sized up Xiao Chen, they could not believe it.
Unexpectedly, such a legendary person was on the same ship as them.
"Big Brother, is he really your brother? Why does he look different to me?" The skinny cultivator and the other cultivators did not believe that Bai Lixi and Xiao Chen were as close as he said.
Bai Lixi could not be bothered with them. He frowned slightly, unable to understand Xiao Chen's current situation.
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