Chapter 602: Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree

Thunder rumbled endlessly under the oppressive sky.

A divine tree, only a dozen or so zhang tall, steadily grew deep within the poisonous mist. Its azure glow was blinding as it climbed higher and higher, tethered to the raging lightning.

Swirling lightning vortexes surrounded its branches, birthing massive spheres of lightning.

This was the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree, a supreme treasure all Thunder Gods longed for.

Long Xiao had heard faint mentions of such a thing from an Outer God whose divine consciousness had descended in the past.

Unfortunately, despite scouring every corner of the Abyss, he had never found a trace of the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree.

He had long confirmed that the Abyss was incapable of nurturing such a divine tree, and for a time, he even felt regret over it.

Unexpectedly, the Thunderclap Paradise from the Resolute Expanse had hidden such a miraculous object all along!

As the strongest Thunder God in the abysses within the bizarre mist, Long Xiao's comprehension of the Dao of Lightning surpassed that of any equivalent Thunder God from beyond the starry skies.

When he sensed the mysteries of this Thunderclap Paradise, he quickly deduced a method to nurture and refine the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree.

The Rock Bear and Abyssal Demon had both joined his battle against Su Wanrou. The residual divine power from such powerful combatants turned out to be the perfect nourishment for the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree.

Long Xiao had used the aura and divine power of a Demon God, a Fey God, and a True God to nurture the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree.

The tree flourished, even bearing Dao Fruits that silently merged with Long Xiao's nine lightning vortexes.

Long Xiao even gained insight into the Thunder Duke's Dao of Lightning through the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree.

When the time was right, he reversed the flow, using the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree to consume the Thunderclap Paradise itself.

Fortunately, he succeeded on the first try!

The Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree amplified Long Xiao's divine power, allowing him to unleash nine thousand annihilating bolts of lightning, which instantly destroyed Su Wanrou's Dharma Idol!

Seeing the lightning tear through the air, the Abyssal Demon quickly vanished into the Abyssal Demon Sword, transforming into a streak of black-gold sword light to escape the relentless lightning vortex.

Thunder and lightning clashed violently within the swirling poisonous mist like wrathful Thunder Gods unleashing their power in unison.

The raging lightning had ripped through the area once shrouded in Su Wanrou's poisonous mist.

In the end, all that remained was a majestic azure dragon, its serpentine body coiling in dominance.

Long Xiao hovered like a mountain range in the air, with streaks of radiant lightning continuing to surge outward from his glistening scales.

The blinding radiance emanating from Long Xiao made the dim sky as bright as day. The surviving members of the Fey Race across the Sacred Soul Continent were all moved to tears.

"He ended the Poison Scourge!"

"Our leader has destroyed Su Wanrou's Poison Scourge! Lord Long Xiao is the beacon of hope for our Fey Race! As long as he still lives, we will never perish!"

"The Pure Land Sect, Su Wanrou, and the humans have slaughtered our kin without mercy!"

"Back then, they treated our beloved Lady Celestial Phoenix the same way!"

Howls echoed from the Fey Race on the chunks of fractured land near the Sacred Soul Continent.

The Fey Race, forced to flee their homeland, gazed admiringly at Long Xiao's towering dragon form from afar, praising his greatness while cursing the cruelty of the human race.

The hatred between the human race and the Fey Race had only grown deeper.

In his human form, the newly ascended Fey God Rock Bear let out a long sigh, and his eyes filled with helplessness.

The human race and the Fey Race had stood as allies for tens of thousands of years. Rock Bear Yan Xiong had never wished for them to fall into this disastrous conflict.

After witnessing this battle, he finally understood the unfathomable force that was the ancient Thunder Dragon.

Though Long Xiao harbored selfish ambitions, seeking to elevate the Dragon Race above all the other Fey Race, he still considered the Fey Race's overall prosperity and survival. The Fey Race also accepted him as their leader for the most part.

Under such circumstances, anything less than the Celestial Phoenix or the ancient black turtle being reborn would not be enough to challenge Long Xiao's position,

All the Rock Bear could do at this point was support Long Xiao to the best of his ability for the sake of the Fey Race.

"Su girl! You dared to unleash the Poison Scourge upon the Sacred Soul Continent? After your death, I will personally descend upon the Western Loam and rain down lightning on your Pure Land Sect!" Long Xiao roared. "The Pure Land Sect will be erased from this world for your crimes!"

The Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree rested atop Long Xiao's head like a crown. One of his massive claws also still clutched the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

As always, Long Xiao exuded overwhelming arrogance and dominance.

Long Xiao paid no heed to the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains, Pang Jian, Yu Xin, Lu Qinghe, Zhou Yi, and the others.

His attention was solely on Su Wanrou.

Massive lightning vortexes emerged one after another, manifesting worlds of lightning filled with thunderborn beings.

These lightning vortexes were like nine miniature worlds within the Abyss, resonating with Long Xiao's heart and soul.

He casually swayed his tail, sending out thin arcs of lightning that cut off Su Wanrou's connection with the other True Gods.

Su Wanrou's complexion had returned to pale white after her Dharma Idol shattered, and the basket she once carried was now in tatters. Even the delicate floral patterns on her robe had been completely erased.

Her eyes were filled with confusion as if she had not yet fully awakened from the chaos of the battle.

She could no longer detect even a trace of her poison from the Sacred Soul Continent. Her link to the poison capable of corroding Long Xiao's blood and scales had also been severed entirely.

Gathering her thoughts, she realized that her Poison Scourge had been halted prematurely. She had failed to nurture a poison potent enough to kill Long Xiao.

Her Poison Scourge became more terrifying the longer it lingered.

If she had more time to allow the Poison Scourge to evolve, she could have corroded any flesh-and-blood being in existence.

However, Long Xiao had secretly nurtured that mysterious divine tree during the battle and successfully severed her connection to the Poison Scourge on the Sacred Soul Continent, forcefully bringing it to an end.

Despite her frustration, Su Wanrou quickly regained her composure. "The Pure Land Sect can withstand your lightning.

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"If the human race's foundation, meticulously laid out over tens of thousands of years, could be so easily overturned, this world would've long since fallen under the rule of the foreign races or your Fey Race.

"Long Xiao, I'll be watching closely. Will the Fey Race truly usher in a new future under your rule? With choices different from the Celestial Phoenix and the black turtle?"

Her voice was cold and laced with sarcasm.

Reaching out with her slender, jade-like fingers, she gently wiped the blood from her lips and asked in a soft voice, "Pang Jian, what's the situation?"

"Lin Qiyang and Li Chu have both fallen. Powerhouses of the Fifth World have intercepted the remaining True Gods," Pang Jian reported. "At the moment, the battle is solely between peak-level beings. Not even Immortal Realm cultivators or Rank Nine foreign race warriors have the qualification to take part."

"Two have already died, huh..." Su Wanrou sighed softly.

Pang Jian's expression remained calm, his gaze fixed firmly on the azure dragon. "As the old True Gods fall, new ones will inevitably rise. This is the natural cycle of the Abyss."

His master's ascension was at a critical stage. As long as he remained undisturbed, Pang Jian was more than willing to let Long Xiao and Su Wanrou exchange a few more words.

Time was the one thing his master needed most right now.

"No new True Gods will rise from the human race. Not now, not ever again."

The ancient Thunder Dragon twisted his colossal body and let out a wild, arrogant laugh.

Long Xiao's large eyes blazed with scorching radiance as he turned his massive head toward Pang Jian and the well-shaped domain of sword light behind him.

"You have no idea what it truly means for a Sovereign to personally orchestrate the extinction of the human race within the Abyss.

"Now that she's arrived, you humans no longer have the slightest chance. The very structure of this world will be overturned according to her will.

"You two, along with Zhu Ji, Li Wang, and Li Zhaotian, are all just insects trying to stop a chariot.

"As for me? I'm simply going with the flow!"

The azure dragon slithered through the air, its winding body stirring lightning vortexes as it leisurely closed the distance.

As Su Wanrou moved to intercept, she suddenly saw countless floating landmasses around her.

The Rock Bear channeled his Dao through the fragmented pieces of the Sacred Soul Continent to conjure a crushing gravity field—a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold in strength!

Su Wanrou's flesh, bones, meridians, and divine sense twisted unnaturally under the overwhelming force of the gravity field.

Her thoughts grew sluggish, her body felt weighed down, and even the power within her was suppressed.

Phantom mountains materialized one after another in the surrounding space, further intensifying the Rock Bear's gravity field, pressing down on Su Wanrou like an inescapable seal.

Ah Man was aiding the Rock Bear from the shadows!

A Fey God, ascended through the Dao of Earth and spiritual qi, and a one-eyed giant, advanced through the insights into ten thousand mountains and murky energy, worked together in perfect synergy.

Two similar Daos from vastly different origins converged upon Su Wanrou with devastating force.

The Sect Master of the Pure Land Sect found herself completely confined like a beast crushed beneath a mountain range.

Ah Man's crimson eye had silently slid shut. He had even sealed his hearing, refusing to listen to Long Xiao's words or gaze upon him.

This was the only way he could bury his boundless hatred for Long Xiao and maintain control over himself.

"The Resolute Expanse was formed from three fragmented lands. One of them was once known as the Forbidden Land of the Thunder God," Long Xiao said, his massive body rapidly shrinking as he assumed a human form before Pang Jian. "I sincerely thank you, Pang Jian.

"The Thunderclap Paradise would have never been born if you had not pulled the Forbidden Land of the Thunder God from the bizarre mist.

"Without the Thunderclap Paradise, I would not have gotten my hands on the Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree."

Long Xiao's grin widened into a reckless, domineering laugh.

"That Fire God, Yan Lie, told me that the Forbidden Land of the Thunder God once belonged to the Duke of Thunder, the first Thunder God to ever exist.

"The Duke of Thunder forged the Divine Court of Thunder, gathered Thunder Gods from the starry skies, and sought to create an unprecedented wonder of lightning!

"He was a high-ranking Thunder God on the verge of ascending to the rank of a Sovereign!

"I will follow the Duke of Thunder's path, carry forth his Dao of Lightning, and help realize the world-shaking vision he never fulfilled!"

Following this grand proclamation, Long Xiao's smile deepened and his gaze turned almost playful.

"Pang Jian, could the Thunder Pool be in your possession?"