Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye!

Boom, boom...

This is an unknown area deep in the Barbaric lands. The rocks and ground here are all a dark black color, and the sky is covered with thick black clouds. Thick bolts of lightning shuttle through the clouds, occasionally striking down. The deeper one goes, the more dense and larger the lightning becomes.

In the deepest part, mountains of lightning crash down like a torrential flood, as if the sky is collapsing.

The Heavenly Vault is filled with thunder of various colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and black, all striking down fiercely. The Void is suffused with crystallized Thunder Slurry, nearly liquefied, so terrifying with just a glance.

This Otherworld is shrouded in endless thunder all year round, covering nearly ten thousand miles. Below the surface lies an unknown depth of Mystic Iron Ore layers.

When Zhao Sheng found this place according to ancient books, he was stunned, and afterward named it the Mystic Iron Thunder Domain, a death zone scarcely known even on the Da Kun Continent.

In this Thunder Domain, from time to time, one may see high-level cultivators above the Divinity Transformation Realm, mostly here to collect Heaven and Earth Thunder Water, Thunder Magnetic Divine Iron, ten-thousand-year-old Iron Core, and other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Of course, the Thunder Power in the core of the domain is overly violent. Unless a Half-Immortal of the Void takes the risk to enter, even a Divinity Transformation True Monarch would never dare to venture there. Entering means death!

One day, at a point a thousand miles outside the Mystic Iron Thunder Domain, two Divinity Transformation Cultivators, a man and a woman, stood back to back.

Surrounding them were several dozen white-scaled Jiao Pythons, each a hundred feet long with a single horn on their heads, surrounded by endless silver-white lightning, spitting out silver-white metal pills from their mouths. With the addition of Thunder Power, these pills were as fast as lightning, their physical energy so enormous that one could destroy a mountain thousands of feet tall.

"Damn! Why are there so many Primordial Magnetic Thunder Jiaos here at the outer area!" The female cultivator in Daoist attire desperately activated a Spiritual Treasure Flying Sword, conjuring thousands of Sword Lights, barely defending against the barrage of Primordial Magnetic Gold Pills.

Since ancient times, the more dangerous a Barbaric Zone is, the more fierce and strange the lives bred within. Primordial Magnetic Thunder Jiaos are the most domineering type of ancient Fierce Beast at the edge of this Thunder Domain.

"Junior Sister Chen, what's the use of complaining in this situation? Surely you still have your Xinyi Escape Light Pearl, use it to help us escape quickly! If we delay any longer, both of us will truly fall here." The Duster Elder beside her anxiously urged, desperately activating a protective horsetail whisk, showering countless South Li golden lights, barely protecting their surroundings, while shouting to the female cultivator in Daoist attire.

"The last Xinyi Escape Light Pearl is left, but the environment here is extremely special. Even using this treasure might not guarantee escape, not to mention these beasts have already set up thousands of Primordial Magnetic force fields around us. It's too late to escape now." The breathless female cultivator shouted, a faint expression of despair on her face.

"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I have a Nanli Divine Fire Talisman granted by Master. The South Li Divine Fire is most effective against Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts. If we scare away this group of Primordial Magnetic Thunder Jiaos temporarily, then use the Escape Light Pearl, we can fly out of this Thunder Domain, and we'll be safe." The Duster Elder hurriedly said.

"Alright, Senior Brother Dongfang, you release the talisman, and I'll throw the pearl." The female cultivator joyfully replied, flipping her hand to reveal a glowing Treasure Bead the size of a fist.

At the same time, a red talisman suddenly flew out from the sleeve of the Duster Elder, densely covered with flaming patterns, emanating strong Law Fluctuations.

"South Li Divine Fire, Burning Heaven and Earth, explode!" The Duster Elder shouted.

A deafening explosion followed with a "boom."

A gigantic fire-red Vermilion Bird soared into the sky, spreading its wings, and a large swath of South Li Divine Fire turned into a vast Fire Sea, sweeping in all directions.

The surrounding Primordial Magnetic Thunder Jiaos were immediately frightened and scrambled to avoid the Vermilion Bird Dharma Form, with those closest being engulfed and consumed by the South Li Divine Fire.

On the other side, the female cultivator spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the Treasure Bead, which immediately turned into a mass of blood light, enveloping her and then vanishing into the Void in a flash.

"Wretch, how dare you—"

The Duster Elder suddenly felt a shocking change, his face turned ghastly, angrily cursing, yet a hint of despair appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, a thunderous roar suddenly emerged from the depths of the Thunder Domain, overwhelming the sky full of thunder and echoing straight to the Ninth Layer of Heaven,

The earth-shaking roar transformed into a sea of purple, faintly revealing a gigantic beast bathed in seven-colored thunder slowly emerging from the depths of the Thunder Domain. This beast had a single horn, a bull's head, and a single leg like a giant mountain that seemed capable of bearing the heavens. Its roar shocked heaven and earth, as if it were born to be the ruler of this Thunder Domain.

Even though it was four or five thousand miles away and separated by countless tidal waves and electrical waterfalls, the overwhelming Will and aura of destruction were unmistakably clear, completely shaking the spirit of the Duster Elder.

In that instant, the surrounding Primordial Magnetic Thunder Jiaos seemed to see a natural enemy and scattered in fear, fleeing towards the edge of the Thunder Domain, completely ignoring the prey they were about to catch.

"What grade of ancient Fierce Beast is this? At least a descendant of a Holy Beast... No, it's not a living being! Could it be a Returning to Void Realm elder refining their Primordial Spirit Magic Body here in this Thunder Domain?" The Duster Elder was shocked to witness this.

But the next moment, he was overjoyed beyond measure, disregarding everything else, he turned into a golden light, and shot towards the sky, quickly escaping.