CHAPTER 1189: CHAPTER 784: BROKEN BONE AND THUNDER

Since the fall of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable in ancient times, the Thunder Dao Race has declined, and no one in the tribe has achieved talents comparable to the Heavenly Thunder Venerable’s level.

At that time, the Heavenly Thunder Venerable didn’t leave any instructions, and the experts he brought died or were injured in great numbers, causing their race to languish, with very few exceptional talents emerging in the past hundred thousand years.

However, decades ago, the Thunder Dao Race’s Great Elder, Lei Tianze, by chance, found himself in a conflict over relics with others and inadvertently acquired a piece of broken bone.

This piece of broken bone perfectly complemented his Thunder Dao cultivation, and he integrated it into his thumb, using the laws of thunder to cultivate, his strength and cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds!

They have never known what this piece of broken bone signifies, nor its relationship with ancestral artifacts, but Great Elder Lei Tianze always believed it likely has a significant connection to the Heavenly Thunder Venerable!

The Broken Bone Sacred Object can assist in cultivation, and Lei Tianze used it to advance his cultivation to the Inquiry Dao Realm, becoming the most formidable figure in the tribe and protecting the entire race!

When he learned that entry to the Common Valley was possible, he brought two talented individuals from the tribe, hoping to find the Heavenly Thunder Venerable. To his surprise, persistence paid off, and he truly found him!

Not only that, the broken bone he obtained by chance is indeed a match for the remains of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable!

This filled Lei Tianze with immense excitement!

The battle spirit of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable that once clashed with another ancestral artifact in the sky sensed the fragment of its ancestral artifact, and its attention immediately shifted to this side, focusing on Lei Tianze!

Roar!

A tempestuous aura emanated from the blue remains, its sound waves thunderous, sweeping across the heavens, even overturning the red mist, revealing a brief moment of clarity.

"Junior of the Thunder Dao Race, Elder Lei Tianze, greets the Old Ancestor of Heavenly Thunder!"

Lei Tianze excitedly knelt before the blue remains, and as he knelt on the ground, he raised his right hand high, his thumb flickering with dazzling blue thunder light, declaring his identity to his ancestor.

The two Thunder Dao Race experts following Lei Tianze immediately called out the name of the Thunder Ancestor, and knelt down as well.

At this moment, all the thunderous pressure in the sky poured towards this spot, surrounding the three in the center, countless strong lightning bolts crashing down, scattering everyone into disarray, many fleeing in panic.

However, these thunders seemed to deliberately avoid the three from the Thunder Dao Race.

Crack!

Just then, the blue remains standing on the steps moved, its head tilting, then crackingly swivelling around, producing a sound of joint friction, as sparks of blue electricity appeared in the eye sockets of the skull.

The entire blue remains seemed resurrected as if a phantom shadow shrouded the bones, vaguely depicting a tall and mighty middle-aged man, resembling a soul-like figure, vanishing and reappearing.

Though the man only has a spiritual body remaining, his demeanor is imposing, filled with righteous vigor; the mere aura he exudes gives off a feeling of uprightness and integrity, as if all the world’s wickedness and filth must be illuminated and destroyed before him.

Though he fell hundreds of thousands of years ago, the skeleton of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable still possesses such terrifying might, it’s unimaginable how fearsome he must have been at his peak!

Crackling!

The skeletal figure stepped forward towards the three!

Suddenly, mighty winds and thunders surged, the whole expanse resounding with thunderous rumblings, like cheering for his resurgence.

Crackling!

The skeleton of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable slowly walked towards the three, its formidable presence instilling deep fear in the experts of other races watching from afar, making them realize that the Thunder Dao Race, despite its unremarkable reputation, once had such a powerful ancestor!

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"This Heavenly Thunder Venerable is quite special."

Xiang Beifei also backed away sideways, avoiding the overwhelming thunder, and said softly.

For a moment, he even hesitated on whether to call the figure an ancestral artifact—the skeleton has the traits of an ancestral artifact, yet it seems to carry the spiritual essence of the Heavenly Thunder Venerable within it. Now, upon encountering its broken finger, the spiritual essence appears to be gradually awakening.

Li Qianluo nodded with furrowed brows and said, "Indeed, I feel as though he is entirely different from other ancestral artifacts, truly a rare powerhouse."

Xiang Beifei glanced around, then focused on the blue skeleton, saying, "Perhaps his spirit is still alive, merely confined here in the form of an ancestral artifact."

Luo Shanyou said seriously, "These three from the Thunder Dao Race bringing the broken finger isn’t a good thing."

"Indeed, they can’t take away this skeleton." Xiang Beifei seemed to sense something, turned to look at the area of red mist ahead on the left.

Within the mist, there is vaguely a strong presence hidden, this presence is discreet, yet constantly observing, never pausing.

This presence is not an ancestral artifact, but a true Ancestral Dao Realm expert!

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Above the high skies of the red mist, a figure stands there, overlooking below like an absolute sovereign, causing the thick red mist around to churn endlessly.

"So, the ancestral artifact fragment is actually in the hands of their Thunder Dao Race, truly peculiar that it wasn’t discovered before." The figure muttered as if talking to itself.

The Dao Palace is well-acquainted with all ancestral artifacts in the Common Valley. The ancestral artifacts shattered after fierce battles in the Common Valley long ago remain here, unremovable, and for ten thousand years, the Dao Palace has been striving to collect the fragments of these ancestral artifacts.