In the sky.

A violent thundercloud spanning hundreds of miles came rushing from the distance!

At its center stood a terrifying creature several hundred meters tall!

Its entire body was composed of ice-blue crystals, with mysterious patterns carved on the crystal surfaces. Bolts of lightning energy coursed through and around the crystals. Its pair of dark green crystal eyes radiated an arrogant superiority as it gazed down at the group of human cultivators gathered at the Seven Stars Sect's entrance, its gaze filled with brutal killing intent.

Lei Mang had no intention of communicating with mortal realm creatures.

With a swing of its massive stone arm, the hundreds of miles of violent thunderclouds came crashing down toward the Seven Stars Sect!

Without even bothering to look at the results of its attack, Lei Mang turned and flew upward, clearly believing this single strike would be enough to annihilate the Seven Stars Sect!

The hundreds of miles of thunderclouds, extremely violent and hurled by a mid-stage Void Refinement Thunder Spirit, carried power at the very limit of this realm's capacity.

Lei Mang had already begun accelerating, its body soaring into the sky.

But after flying for a while, the expected thunderous explosions failed to materialize, causing Lei Mang to pause in its departure.

It turned back to look at the Seven Stars Sect.

There, an enormous jade cauldron had expanded to cover a ten-mile radius, its interior seemingly generating an astonishing suction force that was madly devouring the hundreds of miles of thunderclouds!

The violent thunderbolts became as docile as kittens before the jade cauldron, offering no resistance whatsoever!

Old Qian laughed heartily: "After devouring heavenly thunder, I gained the ability to transform into a thunder pool! I thought I'd only be able to refine a bit of Thunder Essence, but I never expected such absolute dominance over lightning energy! These thunderbolts will all become my nourishment!"

The white-haired Su Qian was exerting full control over the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron as it devoured the massive thundercloud. At the bottom of the cauldron, a pool of Thunder Essence had already formed—the violent thunderclouds had become the finest raw material, producing Thunder Essence that could aid countless Nascent Soul cultivators in their cultivation!

Su Yuan was also assisting in activating the Heaven-Earth Cauldron, his magic power continuously refining the thunderbolts. The hundreds of miles of thunderclouds were completely refined in just over ten breaths through the combined efforts of man and treasure!

The Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron shrank back down and returned to Su Yuan's hand.

From its mouth came a satisfied burp: "Burp! I'm full!"

Su Yuan looked up at Lei Mang in the sky and cupped his hands: "Many thanks for your generous gift, fellow daoist! Safe travels, no need to see yourself out!"

Lei Mang hovered mid-air, now acutely aware that his dignity had been compromised!

He couldn't help but glance up at the sky before quickly looking back down, his expression darkening as he glared at Su Yuan. This human had made him lose face before his clan leader! He would extract this human's soul and condemn it to suffer ten thousand years of thunder torture in the Endless Thunder Prison!

Meanwhile, Su Yuan was analyzing the creature before him.

Streaks of starlight descended from the heavens, bringing him accurate divination results.

Su Yuan gradually gained a general understanding of the being before him.

He mentally compiled the key data:

[Name]: Lei Mang

[Race]: Thunder Spirit Giant

[Cultivation]: Mid-stage Void Refinement

[Weak Point]: Thunder Source Core

[Law Comprehension]: Thunder Law: Just begun (9/129,600)

[Divine Abilities]: Thundercloud Descent, Thunder Teleportation, Yin Water Thunder, Thunder Domain

[Weapon]: Thunder Hammer (7th-grade lower tier spiritual treasure)

[Physical Defense]: Comparable to 7th-grade mid tier spiritual treasure

Through gradual analysis, Su Yuan came to understand his opponent's information.

The opponent's cultivation was extremely high, with formidable physical defense, possession of a 7th-grade spiritual treasure, and considerable divine abilities—only slightly lacking in law comprehension.

Earlier, while contemplating the Thunder Law, Su Yuan had perceived that the complete Thunder Law contained 129,600 mysteries. His opponent had comprehended nine, barely scratching the surface.

In contrast, during his recent enlightenment of the Heaven-Overturning Thunder Sea, Su Yuan had focused specifically on thunder's destructive properties, comprehending 72 mysteries—enough to step across the threshold of law comprehension.

His physical body was also exceptionally strong—a lifespan of 120,000 years placed him in the category of super lifeforms, not inferior to his opponent.

He similarly possessed two 7th-grade spiritual treasures. Though the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron hadn't fully recovered to 7th-grade, its fundamental nature remained.

The greatest disparity lay in the quality of their magic power. Peak Nascent Soul magic power was two major realms below peak Void Refinement. However, because Su Yuan's magic power quality far exceeded others at his level, his peak Nascent Soul magic power actually equaled mid-stage Soul Transformation in potency, meaning the actual gap was only one major realm.

He wondered whether his law comprehension could compensate for the magic power disparity. If it could, it would prove one thing: in cultivation, enlightenment is paramount, while magic power is secondary.

All these thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

Having turned back, Lei Mang was now furious. A massive hammer appeared in his hand, and with a single step, he teleported right outside the Seven Stars Sect.

"Die!"

With one hammer strike, the sky filled with thunder.

Su Yuan snorted coldly. The Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron transformed into a seven-star sword. Channeling his magic power through the sword, Su Yuan unleashed his modified divine ability:

"Seven Stars Five Elements Thunder Sword!"

With one sword stroke, six sword shadows followed. As the seven flying swords formed a sword formation, countless thunderbolts spread among them, ultimately coalescing into one gigantic thunder sword!

The Thunder Essence stored within the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron further empowered this thunder sword, causing its might to skyrocket.

The giant thunder hammer clashed with the giant thunder sword mid-air.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Countless thunderbolts exploded upon contact. Both spiritual treasures were sent flying back by the impact. The violent energy spread across a hundred-mile radius, tearing a fine spatial crack in the sky. The instant this crack appeared, it generated an incredible suction force that swallowed all the scattered thunderbolts into the spatial rift.

Even the Thunder Hammer and Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron were nearly pulled into the spatial crack.

Fortunately, the spatial crack lasted only a moment, and neither treasure was drawn in.

But the close call startled both Lei Mang and Su Yuan.

Lei Mang hastily retreated dozens of miles.

Su Yuan caught the Heaven-Earth Cauldron, hearing Old Qian's frightened voice: "A spatial crack! That was a spatial crack! Scared me to death! If we'd been sucked into the spatial turbulence, that would've been the end of me!"

Su Yuan hadn't expected a spatial crack to appear either.

Their attacks had reached perfectly balanced power.

Su Yuan hadn't borrowed any special abilities—relying purely on his own law comprehension, he'd fought evenly with an opponent one major realm above him.

The combat enhancement from law comprehension was terrifying indeed!

Regaining his composure, Lei Mang snorted coldly: "Lower realm human, I underestimated you just now. This time I'll concentrate my attack—you're dead!"

In the blink of an eye, his five-hundred-meter form shrank to five meters, with the Thunder Hammer shrinking proportionally while growing even more powerful!

The compacted Lei Mang became far more agile, blinking through the air as he rapidly closed in on Su Yuan.

Specializing in close combat, the instant Lei Mang reached Su Yuan, a five-mile radius around him transformed into his personal Thunder Domain!

Within this divine ability, enemies suffered suppression from heaven and earth's thunder laws, their movements severely slowed.

A flash of killing intent crossed Lei Mang's eyes as he prepared to deliver a thunderous strike while his opponent was impaired.

A perfect plan.

Yet the moment he got close to Su Yuan—

Su Yuan took a step back through a spatial portal.

"How can you still move?"

Lei Mang frowned, realizing his law domain hadn't restricted his opponent.

But he didn't dwell on it.

"A secret realm portal? Trying to flee?"

With a cold laugh, Lei Mang charged forward fearlessly.

In an instant, space shifted.

Su Yuan and Lei Mang entered the 7th-grade cave heaven spiritual treasure one after the other.

"You actually dared to follow me in?" Su Yuan said in shock.

"Why wouldn't I?" Lei Mang retorted.

But when he sensed his surroundings, his expression drastically changed: "Wait—this is inside a spiritual treasure?"

"Bingo! Seems you couldn't even be bothered to gather intelligence! Didn't know I possessed a cave heaven spiritual treasure? Xiao Li, suppress him!"

"On it!"

A silver fox materialized in mid-air, its little face stern as it shouted: "Suppress!"

Within the spiritual treasure, numerous restrictions instantly formed a super formation that came crashing down on Lei Mang.

In that moment, Lei Mang felt thirty percent of his strength vanish!

Though his expression darkened, Lei Mang remained calm.

But Su Yuan wasn't done.

"[Great Being's Demeanor]!"

Suddenly, an aura that should belong to a mid-stage Body Unity cultivator emanated from Su Yuan.

Locking eyes with Lei Mang, Su Yuan directed this oppressive aura at his foe.

The close-range pressure from this higher cultivation realm delivered a stern warning!

Under this Body Unity pressure, Lei Mang's strength dropped another thirty percent!

Simultaneously, the Big Dipper shone brightly in the sky above. Countless starlight pierced through the spiritual treasure to envelop Su Yuan, boosting his strength by seventy percent!

All these changes occurred within a single breath.

Only then did Su Yuan address Lei Mang: "Now we can have a fair fight!"

Lei Mang's face darkened to the point it seemed water might drip from it.

"Cheap tricks!"

Su Yuan frowned: "You're calling me cheap?"

He maneuvered the Floating Sky Pot to the center of the Seven Stars Sect's formation and commanded the Formation Spirit: "Activate the formation!"

The Formation Spirit immediately complied!

From each of the Seven Stars Sect's seven mountain peaks, a beam of light shot into the sky. The seven lights converged overhead, forming a seven-colored ribbon that instantly passed through the Floating Light Pot and landed on Lei Mang.

Lei Mang's strength was suppressed yet again as the colorful ribbon transformed into rainbow chains that restrained his movements.

Now Lei Mang panicked. His remaining strength was barely ten to twenty percent of his peak, while his opponent kept growing stronger!

With losses here and gains there, he was in grave danger!

"How did this happen?!" Lei Mang realized his situation had become extremely precarious!