Countless arcs of silver white lightning roamed through the endless thunder pool. Its vastness stretched far beyond the eye could see. To call it a pool was no longer accurate. It was truly a thunder sea.
From the void above a black robed figure descended his face sharp and strange. His presence was like a stone falling into a calm lake stirring the entire thunder sea into waves of fury. The endless arcs reacted at once rushing together faster than the eye could follow condensing into thousands of bolts each over ten zhang long all aimed to strike at the intruder.
"Here is about right" Soul Miesheng muttered faintly.
He paid no mind to the furious barrage. Instead he lifted his hand into a fist and faint blue light flickered across his knuckles. With a single punch he drove his will forward into the storm.
The void trembled. Space distorted with a low booming sound as all the bolts shattered scattering into countless fragments thinner than hair. Those silver fragments glittered in the dark void weaving together into a net of light that covered heaven and earth.
Opening his mouth he released a tremendous suction force. All the shattered lightning fragments were drawn into his body and swallowed whole.
He clicked his tongue lightly as if unsatisfied. Within him were already gathered the essence of Heavy Water the fusion of several Heavenly Flames the peak seventh grade Thunder Spirit and the supreme cultivation art Chaos Swallowing Heaven. With such a foundation these lightning arcs were little more than appetizers vanishing the instant they entered his body as the Chaos Swallowing Heaven art refined them into pure essence.
Suddenly a vibration spread from within him. A net of lightning patterns covered his skin then with a sharp sound a small sphere of light shot out from his chest. It shimmered with faint golden hues dancing around him as though displeased at being denied its share.
"So petty" Soul Miesheng chuckled touching his nose before waving casually. "Go ahead this thunder sea is vast enough for you to feast freely"
The Thunder Spirit emitted an excited chime as if answering him. The ball of light the size of a human head quivered rapidly leaving countless afterimages in the void as it moved at incredible speed. Even Soul Miesheng himself was surprised.
The Thunder Spirit's speed was so fast he needed to actively extend his soul power to track its path otherwise its movement became impossible to follow. Its intelligence too was far higher than one would expect from a spirit still at the peak of seventh grade.
Hovering above the silver white sea the Thunder Spirit released its aura. The pressure of higher grade lightning bearing down on the lower grade arcs below. It was a provocation clear and undeniable.
The thunder sea roared in response. Like a nest of hornets disturbed it surged with towering waves. Countless arcs rolled upward desperate to devour the smaller spirit for instinct told them consuming it would grant great benefit.
The lightning storm spun together forming a vortex spanning nearly a hundred li across. Yet the Thunder Spirit only hovered silently at the center its golden light radiating outward. Then with a resonant chime it exploded in brilliance.
Golden tinged nets of lightning shot downward weaving into the raging sea. Each net captured absorbed and devoured the arcs it touched.
Capture Assimilate Devour
The spirit grew rapidly in size swelling outward until it spanned several li. The surrounding void shook under the storm it created. A terrifying domain of lightning unfurled centered on the spirit.
Soul Miesheng nodded faintly. Though the Thunder Spirit was only at peak seventh grade it could easily dominate these fifth to seventh grade arcs. Devouring them would allow it to ascend without difficulty. Soon it would reach eighth grade.
Now all that remained was time.
As for himself he would not waste the opportunity either. With a relaxed sigh he allowed his body to drift downward arms loose and energy suppressed.
He restrained everything within himself. His Dou Qi his Heavenly Flames the Heavy Water even the Chaos Swallowing Heaven art all were stilled. His soul power and aura too were completely drawn inward until he seemed no different from an ordinary mortal.
He dropped from the sky landing into the storming sea with a heavy splash of thunder arcs.
Body tempering through lightning.
To abandon all defenses and let the lightning temper flesh directly. This was a path most ignored upon the continent. Everyone obsessed over Dou Qi cultivation dismissing the body as secondary. Only during major breakthroughs would the body gain passive strengthening. For example when a Dou Zun stepped into Dou Sheng their flesh would transform. Yet even so the body of a Dou Sheng stripped of Dou Qi defenses was not especially tough.
Few dared to enter a storm of such ferocity without any protection. Even a Dou Sheng would be reduced to ash.
But Soul Miesheng dared. His body had already been reforged when he fused with the essence of Heavy Water. Its toughness far exceeded the norm.
Bolts rained upon him striking flesh directly tearing open wounds across his body. Skin split muscle burned the surface a mess of scars and blood. Yet he did not flinch. What looked like terrible injuries were in truth shallow leaving his meridians unharmed.
Time passed within the thunder.
Then two explosions rocked the void thunder rolling for a thousand li. From the storm surged two figures.
One was a radiant ball of lightning shining with silver and faint traces of gold. Its aura vast and fierce spreading across heaven and earth. It had reached the eighth grade.
The other was the black robed figure of Soul Miesheng. His eyes glowed with lightning every breath carrying a low thunderous hum. Silver arcs danced faintly across his muscles releasing a pressure of pure power that even a glance could sense.
Below them the thunder sea had dimmed its vitality consumed the once raging arcs now weakened and slow.
"Let us move on" Soul Miesheng murmured. "The lightning here is too low in quality"
He sighed softly then turned into a stream of light racing deeper toward the heart of the Void Thunder Pool. The Thunder Spirit followed closely at his side. Wherever they passed the thunder sea receded like subjects bowing before a sovereign.
Deep within the thunder sea the atmosphere grew even more violent. Endless arcs and thunder spheres collided with black lightning bolts shaking the world itself. Strange creatures born from lightning wandered aimlessly through the void their forms ranging from tiny shrimp like sparks to beasts hundreds of zhang long. Their strength varied from Dou Huang to Dou Sheng.
Here only the constant rumble of thunder could be heard nothing else.
Within this place sat a gray robed elder. Before him rested a pitch black cauldron. His attention was fixed on refining some mysterious artifact within.
Suddenly a muffled boom shook the void like a stone cast into a calm lake shattering the stillness. A violent shockwave swept across the space.
The black cauldron cracked and shattered under the surge.
"Damn it again a failure Who dares to ruin my work I will tear your skin and rip your bones apart"
The gray robed elder stumbled out of the void his face covered in dust coughing angrily as he soared upward.
(End of Chapter)
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