Chapter 3: The Sect's Shock
After defeating Zhao Hu, Song Zhong returned to his shabby room, his mind focused on the power surging within him.
Sitting cross-legged, he activated the Chaos Thunder Cultivation technique. Endless purple-gold thunder energy roared through his meridians, washing away every last trace of weakness. In just one night, his cultivation skyrocketed from the initial Body Tempering Realm to the 5th Layer of Qi Refining—a realm most outer disciples spent years struggling to reach.
The next morning, the outer sect's annual Small Competition was announced.
Zhao Hu, humiliated and furious, reported Song Zhong to the sect elder, accusing him of stealing forbidden thunder arts to cheat. The elder, curious about the so-called "trash servant" who'd defeated a disciple, summoned Song Zhong to the main hall.
When Song Zhong stepped into the hall, all eyes were on him. The elder stared coldly, demanding he show his spiritual root.
Without hesitation, Song Zhong released his Chaos Thunder Root.
A blinding purple-gold thunder light erupted from his body, filling the hall with the roar of lightning. The elder's face turned pale with shock—this was not a common spiritual root, but the legendary Supreme Chaos Thunder Root, a root that had not appeared in the cultivation world for thousands of years.
The sect leader, who had been observing from the shadows, stepped forward, his voice trembling with excitement.
"From today onward, Song Zhong is promoted to inner sect disciple! He will receive the best resources and training in the sect!"
The entire hall erupted in chaos. The disciples who had once mocked Song Zhong stared in disbelief, their mouths agape. The trash they'd bullied for years was now an inner sect disciple, favored by the sect leader.
Song Zhong bowed calmly, but his eyes were sharp.
This was only the first step.
He would use this new position to uncover the truth of his parents' death, master the Chaos Thunder Cultivation, and step by step, climb to the peak of the immortal world.
The storm of thunder had only just begun.