CHAPTER 771: CHAPTER 192 THUNDER LORD

Nine Origin Soul Sea.

Thunder Light carried the undulations of the infinite Void Thunder Tribulation, rampaging between Heaven and Earth.

Countless tribulation clouds passed through the lonely boat from all directions, yet they could not affect it in any way.

This originally ordinary boat seemed to become isolated from this world, unaffected by any environmental factors.

What was once a normal boat suddenly became very extraordinary in the eyes of other cultivators.

Zhou Yan stood at the front of the boat, watching the surging Thunder and the chaotic nebulas, feeling something indescribable.

To him, the Thunder seemed to have come alive but was sighing.

As if sighing for that dried up Soul Sea.

"Up ahead, an entrance has appeared; I wonder where it leads. Could it be the Endless Ice Palace?"

Fang Hong pondered.

"It should be."

Liu Jin replied.

After surviving through various chaotic and furious Thunder Tribulation lands, the group had calmed down.

Before, they had seen all kinds of dangers in the Nine Origin Soul Sea, but as Zhou Yan said, none could touch the boat. All manner of dangers seemed to safely pass by.

But everyone knew that without this solitary boat, they would have long perished, experiencing both God and Body Annihilation in the Netherworld.

"Soul Path Vast Qi, Tai Chu Killing Spirit. This is the ability possessed by the Great Success forms of the Tao Sword Body and Destruction Sword Body. Combining both and with the Rebuilding Bones of the Ninth Layer Heavenly Tribulation... In this life, I have surpassed the achievements of the Lei Yan King in Thunder and Purple Flame. From now on, I will no longer fear Thunder, for I have become the Thunder Lord and can control the Thunder and the external Heavenly Tribulation."

"Now, I’m just missing a Demon Heart Sword Body to form the Chaos Sword Body, to truly reach an extreme. But the Demon Heart Sword Body is also the Heavenly Heart Sword Body, which is the most difficult. It’s easy to be backfired upon."

"But I have already gone much farther than others. After I get the Extreme Cold Ice Soul Stone and rescue Gu Xi, it’ll be time to return to my ancestor star. Right and wrong, my brother should tell me everything."

After careful derivation and analysis, Zhou Yan reached such a conclusion and thought of many things.

"Let’s go, we’ll find out when we get there."

Zhou Yan collected his thoughts, stopped pondering and, powered by Soul Power, steered the Heavenly Dao Lonely Boat with everyone away from the Nine Origin Soul Sea into the entrance of the Ice Palace up ahead.

It was more like a cave, and within the cave, it was much like the past world of Lei Yan Continent. However, Zhou Yan knew that because Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain might only be one millionth of here, just in form but not in essence. So if this place is similar to Lei Yan Continent’s world, it might be similar in class but not in actuality.

Zhou Yan fixed his gaze on the entrance until the boat sailed straight into it.

Zhou Yan felt a very unique and familiar power swirling around his body; the boat reappeared, but now it was amidst a lake of rippling turquoise water.

At the bottom of the lake lay Ice Soul Stones everywhere.

The water was clear, yet chilly to the core.

Here, the boat naturally changed shape, transforming into something like a small boat, carrying Zhou Yan and the seven others towards the ancient city ahead.

Ahead of this lake, there stood a gigantic ancient city where a biting cold pervaded Heaven and Earth, yet there was also a sense of ’bitter cold in early spring,’ suggesting a resurgence of all things.

Judging by the time, it was the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

"Is the Endless Ice Palace a world?"

"A native land develops into a secret realm, and then evolves into a world—what a long period of transformation that must be."

"This is a world, a Tai Chu Planet that has been imbued with divinity."

"Indeed, it is a world; you can sense the strong will of Heaven."

Fang Hong, Liu Jin, the Evil King, and the Yaochi Saint made their own judgments.

"This world should be called ’Thunder Flame World’... However, it seems some cultivators have been more fortunate than us; we struggled greatly to get here, but they have already reached this place for some time now."

Zhou Yan thoughtfully said.

"Not necessarily; time here has probably passed much faster than outside, and the Dao here is unique, different from ours. Cultivation or Enlightenment here won’t bring any results, and, of course, we aren’t well-received by the Heavenly Dao here. Therefore, we must quickly conceal our identities and auras to avoid detection by the will of Heavenly Dao and facing suppression."

Liu Jin spoke gravely.

"Hm?"

Fang Hong was slightly surprised, as if thinking of something, and said, "Are you suggesting that this place has already formed a whole? That it repels alien life?"

"Yes, you see these cultivators who came along with us," they have managed to blend their own auras with the external energy so well that they are very well-hidden. If not for this, would they even do such a thing?"

Liu Jin pointed out various doubts.

At this time, Zhou Yan and the others only realized that the cultivators who had entered the Ancient Ice Glacier were indeed all mysteriously hidden at the moment, indistinguishable from the cultivators of the Thunder Flame World, just like the natives.

If it weren’t for a bloodline sensing power, Zhou Yan would hardly be able to distinguish these cultivators as those who had come out of the Ancient Ice Glacier.

"If that’s the case, won’t it be extremely dangerous for us once we leave this lonely boat? Hmm... those local cultivators have already surrounded us, not good—"

Fang Hong muttered a surprise in a low voice.

The sound within the small boat couldn’t be transmitted outside.

At this moment, Zhou Yan also noticed this. He stood at the bow of the boat and with a movement, his aura covered everyone present.

"I will impose a Xingyi aura lock on you; do not resist. This aura will suffice to make you blend with the outside. As for murderous intent, do not worry, I will confront it.

There shouldn’t be any significant danger here, these are all Soul Bodies. Facing any Soul Body, I can now proceed with a Suppressing Kill, growing stronger with battle," Zhou Yan said, gazing ahead with a soft voice.

After speaking, he waved his hand lightly, displaying Rune that combined Purple Flame with a special kind of Vast Qi, manifesting the aura of the Xingyi, covering the six people around him.

This coverage was almost akin to invading their privacy, at the very least sensing the condition of other people’s bodies.

Male figures like the Evil King didn’t care, but Fairy Die was a woman; suddenly experiencing a sensation like gentle hands caressing her body, her pretty face couldn’t help but blush.

However, after glancing at Zhou Yan’s calm face, she also silently accepted his approach.

Fairy Die knew that Zhou Yan had no intention of disrespect; after all, without Zhou Yan’s sensing power in this strength, he would not pry into her bodily condition.

With mixed feelings in their hearts, looking at Zhou Yan’s lonely figure, they couldn’t help but become deeply moved.

Once, Zhou Yan was really just a minor character, but no one would have thought that in a mere span of twenty-seven years, this minor character had grown into a Great Power in the breeding ground world, even more formidable than the Saints they knew. This was no longer something that could simply be described as defying the heavens.

This was a true talent, and it was a miraculous growth they were witnessing.

Even though they all knew that Zhou Yan’s current state was simply the pinnacle of the Nine Changes of Sword Void in an exceptional peak state, and that the current environment was extremely favorable for him, no one doubted that Zhou Yan’s future was boundless.

While everyone was still immersed in the intense sense of security brought about by Zhou Yan’s guardianship, a woman with grey tail feathers flew towards them.

This woman was dressed in a grey-hemp robe, which exuded an exceptionally ancient style, and the patterns on it seemed to tell tales of the Tai Chu epoch’s ancient charm.

Her eyes shone a lifeless grey-white, devoid of light, much like those of a corpse.

However, these eyes were now radiating an intense Netherworld aura, directing a scorching gaze towards Zhou Yan and his group.

"Who are you to dare trespass into our Thunder Flame World’s Endless War Soul Hall?"

"I have never seen you before. What are you doing here?" The woman in grey-hemp asked sharply, her voice bone-chilling. With her words, a Ghost Fox aura permeated throughout the vicinity, filling the area with ripples and waves of Ghost Fox aura.

Zhou Yan noticed that when this woman in grey-hemp scolded them, the cultivators from the Ancient Ice Glacier who had recognized their identity all exhibited looks of worry and schadenfreude among other expressions; it seemed as though having her focus on them was tantamount to a dead end.

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Yan turned the ancient boat into a Heavenly Mechanism Soul Stone, entering his Soul Sea within his Dantian.

The Soul Sea could be located in the brow or the Dantian; it wasn’t fixed.

"You don’t need to know who I am, but tell the War Soul Hall’s Princess Hongyi to come out. Say that an old acquaintance has come to visit," Zhou Yan said coldly.

"Want to see our Red Dress Princess? I think you’re too delusional. Is the princess someone you such Evil Spirits can meet just because you want to?" The woman spoke coolly, but the moment she finished speaking, she suddenly derived a vast expanse of Ghost Fox killing intent waves. Amidst the killing intent, a blood-red Ghost Fox’s Claw materialized, striking down swiftly towards Zhou Yan’s crown in a Suppressing Kill, with speed as quick as lightning, hard to defend against.

"Pfft—"

Zhou Yan threw a punch directly, deriving an Annihilation Form Intent from the Killing Spirit Form Technique, striking a blow that nearly split heaven and earth. The Ghost Fox’s Blood Claw shattered instantly, and the woman’s grey-hemp arms were also ’pfft’ similarly blown to pieces, spurting out volumes of black blood, suddenly turning the area much darker than before.

This trend seemed to suggest that once all the Ghost Fox lives in the Endless Ice Palace perished, the white palace would be completely dyed black.

The woman’s grey-hemp arms were violently shattered, and black blood flowed from the wound, but then the bleeding ceased in an instant, and her arms grew back, as white as lotus root and translucent, tempting one to touch.

The woman’s newly grown pale arms were quickly covered by the grey-hemp robe, hiding any trace of skin color.

"Who, who are you?"

The woman recovered in an instant, but retreated a far distance, her eyes filled with shock and horror, looking at Zhou Yan with vigilance as if facing a great enemy.

She had not anticipated that someone she saw as an ant could be so powerful.