The sky was filled with leaden clouds, and beneath them stood a towering peak rich in Yuan Magnetic Iron Ore.

Within the black clouds, thunder and lightning flickered, and a ceaseless torrent of heavenly thunder struck the platform at the peak's summit.

A burly man in white robes sat cross-legged, inhaling and exhaling, as if in harmony with the thunder.

Not far in front of him, on a magic platform, hovered a lightning-shaped Magical Treasure, fractured into two halves.

Each time the heavenly thunder descended, it was absorbed by the Magical Treasure, and from the fractured ends, a large amount of Thunder Light overflowed, linking the two halves together, only to dissipate moments later in a continuous cycle.

At that moment, a young man walked up from the mountain path amidst the flickering lightning.

"Greetings, Ancestor Li."

The burly man in white robes slowly turned his head, casting a cold glance at him, and waved his hand to deliver a resounding slap.

The young man spat out two molars on the spot.

Yet, the young man dared not budge a step, turning his left cheek to receive the slap, quickly posed his face straight for the right cheek.

Seeing the young man's demeanor, Lei Li, even though he knew the young one wanted to avoid more beatings, stopped his hand and refrained from delivering a second slap.

"Do you know why I am hitting you?"

"Ancestor Li, because your grandson should not be too arrogant..."

His implication was that he should not have casually captured those two hungry ghosts.

But before he finished his words, the burly man in white robes slapped him again.

This time, he was sent flying sideways, crashing into a rock, his head bloody, and the skin on his face torn.

The young man struggled to his feet, staggered back to his previous position, and knelt down with a thud.

When the golden stars stopped flashing before his eyes and his muddled head somewhat cleared.

Lei Li had already stood, walking up to him, looking down at him.

"Lei Yu, I slapped you because I valued you, but you have let me down a bit."

"Your grandson understands, it was your grandson's foolishness," Lei Yu replied in a deep voice.

"I slapped you, not because you were arrogant, or reckless, but because you were foolish.

For a strong person, arrogance, recklessness, or even lack of intelligence are not flaws.

Being foolish to the point of not knowing why you were beaten is a flaw."

Lei Li's words were heavy.

A trace of panic appeared in Lei Yu's eyes as he began to ponder incessantly, where had he been foolish.

Previously, two hungry ghosts who took human form appeared within Dazhen's territory.

The two kept moving northward, passing through a long stretch of conflict zone.

Inevitably, conflict ensued along the way.

Then, it was discovered that one of them possessed a Magical Treasure that could use filth to corrupt another's Magical Treasure, even formations were rapidly consumed and broken by its filth, allowing for escape.

Recently, he had been exploring a Grotto Heaven, whose formation defenses were too strong to breach temporarily.

The family's cultivators specializing in the Array Dao admitted that this seemingly ancient yet not overly complex formation had even fewer flaws, and being connected to the Grotto Heaven, it was impossible for them to crack it.

Even if a gap was forcibly breached, it required immense power to penetrate in an instant.

Someone of Lei Li's Ninth Tier strength naturally could accomplish this.

But Lei Yu dared not even suggest such an absurd idea, to explore a Grotto Heaven and then bring out the family's old ancestor to break open its door?

What nonsensical talk.

Upon learning that Wu Shuangge had such a Magical Treasure, naturally, he had intentions.

When capturing the two, he observed them manifesting the hungry ghost form during intense battle.

Still, he captured both without troubling them any further.

He originally intended to make use of that bucket-like Magical Treasure, but discovered that besides Wu Shuangge, no one else could use it; anyone who touched it would be contaminated with filth and toxin.

So, it could only be studied, yet within days.

The big incident occurred.

In their family's fief, some houses of mortals had remnants of White Sun Evil Cult's texts which silently vanished.

Those who had seen them found their memories of the texts vanished as well.

This matter, which startled even Lei Li, naturally required his direct inquiry.

He ordered an investigation personally and, upon obtaining clues, directly contacted Dali's higher-ups, bluntly and straightforwardly asking.

Then, he learned that the eldest young master of Jinlan Mountain's Forbidden Land was captured and taken to Dazhen.

At this point, a simple inquiry revealed that his good grandson, Lei Yu, had captured two obvious non-ordinary hungry ghosts who were clearly there for rescue.

Shortly thereafter, in less than two-hour.

He learned another thing, a Devil Cultivator, Lin Fu, who was on good terms with Qing Ziyu, tried rescuing Qing Ziyu from the White Sun Evil Cult but was blocked by people from Dazhen.

At that moment, Lei Li had but one thought.

They had been manipulated.

He knew all too well, such terrifying Great Divine Power that functioned silently and unexpectedly could never have been a power of the king of hungry ghosts.

For he had personally fought against the king of hungry ghosts before.

A Magical Treasure bitten in half by the king of hungry ghosts was still under repair.

Aside from the king of hungry ghosts, it turned out Jinlan Mountain's Forbidden Land possessed such terrifying means.

Lei Li already foresaw a black pot descending from the sky, firmly locking onto him.

The stronger one was, the clearer the understanding of just how terrifying that Great Divine Power truly was.