Thunder Punishment

Within the Thunder Domain, dragons roared across the wilderness as purple radiance filled the sky, causing space itself to fracture.

Through Xu Xian's perspective, he saw a man arrive.

With a single barehanded punch, the man shattered millions of lightning bolts. With a clench of his fist, he captured a dragon with a single arm.

With another wave of his great palm, he tore through the curtain of lightning and sauntered away.

Within the golden Thunder Pool, the remaining nine-colored thunder dragons charged out in unison.

The perspective pulled back.

The scene shifted above the Star Sea.

The man, holding the dragon in one hand, flew out of the thunder mass and tore open a corner of the void. He muttered softly, “Today, I borrow a spirit from you to quench my sword. In the future, when I face the Tribulation of the Extreme Path, I shall spare your life.”

With that, he departed.

The nine-colored thunder dragons lunged at nothing but air, letting out frenzied roars and bellows.

The rampaging lightning pulverized several stars...

Innocent lives suffered.

The entire thunder mass surged with rage, as if it had gained a life of its own.

“You shall suffer heaven's retribution!!”

Xu Xian's heart was filled with an unending sense of shock.

Before he could even recover from the images he had just witnessed, he saw that man use the purple thunder spirit to quench a sword.

Full of self-satisfaction, the man talked to himself.

“Not bad.”

“The spirit of the Thunder Pool shall quench your edge.”

“From now on, you shall follow me to campaign across the cosmos.”

“I grant you the name,”

“Thunder Punishment!”

The new sword was majestic, its thunderous power surging.

At the Divine Sword Pool, Xu Xian abruptly opened his eyes. He exerted force with his hands, and the chains snapped one after another with loud bangs.

The sword emerged, held high.

Countless lightning bolts swirled around his body, filling the entire platform.

The Old Tortoise was horrified, his face etched with fear.

An ancient sword was actually nurturing a wisp of the Heavenly Dao's majesty.

“The divine weapon... Thunder Punishment.”

It recognized this sword.

Years ago, at the Boundary Sea, the power of this sword had once bloomed wantonly before the eyes of the world...

Xu Xian's ears twitched; he keenly captured the Old Tortoise's reaction. He turned his head, his gaze cold.

“You know it?”

The Old Tortoise's throat bobbed as he said hoarsely, “I've heard of it.”

Xu Xian remained silent, contemplating the blade.

Quenched by the spirit of the Thunder Pool and named Thunder Punishment. To punish the good and evil of all living beings in the name of lightning—such a sword was indeed extraordinary.

A Two-Character Sword seemed to have an origin that was indeed stronger than the other four Three-Character Swords.

It wasn't just because the scene was grand, but because the person who forged the sword was simply too strong!

With a thought from Xu Xian, the sword vanished, returning to the fifth floor of the Sword Tower.

As the fifth floor of the Sword Tower rose and Thunder Punishment left the sword pool, the Sword Tower's fortune fed back into Xu Xian. His sea of consciousness expanded, his spiritual power spread, and his realm began to climb...

Early Great Ascension stage...

Middle Great Ascension stage...

Late Great Ascension stage...

Peak of the great ascension stage...

The aura of tribulation transcendence faintly stirred, leaving only a single shackle remaining to imprison his dantian.

The emergence of Thunder Punishment had provoked a lightning tribulation.

At that moment, Xu Xian felt as if a pair of eyes had crossed the endless cosmos to stare fixedly at him...

At the same time, at the White Jade Capital of the sword sect, a sword intent rose from Zhujian Peak just as it always did, shocking the world.

The sky, already darkened by the sect's chaotic war, grew even heavier.

When the sword intent rose, thunder roared through the Three Realms.

The sound was piercing and deafening.

Lightning bolts pierced through the sky, and waves of heavenly majesty swept in all directions.

The entire Zhujian Peak seemed to be bathed in a curtain of lightning for a moment...

This sudden occurrence naturally disturbed both sides who were currently engaged in a fierce battle within a thousand-mile radius.

The attacks in their hands momentarily stalled as they turned to look, their expressions complex.

“What is this?”

“Such powerful lightning sword intent.”

“Where did this heavenly majesty come from...?”

At first, they thought Lei Yunche had fought his way back. In all of Fanzhou, they couldn't think of anyone else who could manifest a lightning sword intent possessing such heavenly majesty.

But facts proved that it was merely a wisp of sword aura.

Within the entire range of their divine sense, no aura of a strange powerhouse had appeared.

But... why would such a sword appear?

Where did the sword qi come from?

These people all had some guesses in their hearts regarding the answer.

Although they had never shown their faces and rarely appeared in the world before this, they still knew of the world's affairs even while slumbering in their grotto-heavens.

They were especially well-informed about the affairs of the Wendao Sword Sect.

In recent years, ever since Xu Xian broke the sword stele, the current scene had frequently played out on the sect's Zhujian Peak.

Fire sword intent. Death sword intent. Extreme cold sword intent. Life sword intent. And now, lightning sword intent...

They knew that Xu Xian possessed a twelve-story Sword Tower. He had once manifested two divine swords before the world, and those two swords matched the previous two sword intents.

Therefore, it wasn't hard for them to guess that the birth of this sword aura must be related to Xu Xian's tower.

Now that five sword intents had appeared in total, it indicated that Xu Xian could manifest five divine swords.

This was not good news for them.

Several hours had passed since the battle began, yet that youth had never shown his face. Originally, they thought the Wendao Sword Sect had placed him in the Demon Abyss to keep him as a spark for the sect's future.

Now it seemed they had all guessed wrong.

The youth was right there in the mountains, and he was busy unsealing divine swords.

Now that the sword intent had been born, he would likely show his face very soon.

He would surely do as he did eight years ago on the banks of the Wild River, manifesting a divine sword to lend the powerhouses of the Wendao Sword Sect a helping hand and slay them.

“Is this what you all have been waiting for?”

“Heh... the Wendao Sword Sect has truly declined, actually pinning its hopes on a junior.”

“Well, this is fine too. With one more divine weapon, we can each get a bigger share of the spoils, haha!”

These people had come to invade the Wendao Sword Sect today seeking nothing more than three things.

First, the destruction of the Wendao Sword Sect. Second, the reopening of the Sky Gate. Third, to plunder all of the Wendao Sword Sect's foundations.

That Sword Mound was at the top of the list, and the Sword Tower on Xu Xian's person, along with the swords inside, was naturally included as well...

With one more sword, there would be one more portion to divide!

Jiang Wanyin, who had transformed into dozens of water clones, remained silent in the face of the mockery and ridicule.

She continued her offensive, suppressing these invading enemies.

It seemed she had not pinned her hopes on Xu Xian. At the very least, she felt that this single sword intent was not enough to change the course of the battle.

However, if her little junior brother could come out from there and manifest the divine sword to help them, the fight would indeed be a bit easier.

If nothing else, if the source of this lightning sword intent were placed into the hands of her junior brother Lei Yunche, he would probably go on a killing spree.

There was also that extreme cold sword intent from a few years ago, which was also very suitable for Little Ten.

The fire sword for Little Eight.

And the life sword from a month ago was the most suitable for Little Nine.

As for her, it was the same whether she had one or not.

She was a peerless genius. In terms of natural talent alone, she was absolutely above the others. Her senior brother could trample the East Desolation, and her junior brother could sweep through the Demon Abyss.

She, Jiang Wanyin, could naturally slaughter the whole world.

In this battle, she had never been afraid. She had never even considered that there would be any variables.

From the beginning, she had intended to use the Wendao Sword Sect's existing combat power to block the offensive of the entire world.

They wanted to exhaust her to death, but was she not also exhausting them to death?

Even though many disciples might fall in the process, for the Wendao Sword Sect, war and death were already the norm.

She spoke no words, but her attacks grew even more violent.

Those old monsters naturally no longer had the energy to care about that sword intent and dealt with her with all their strength.

“Damn woman, she's fighting harder and harder...”

“I refuse to believe that I can't even defeat one of your clones.”

Others were cursing, such as the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, who had shouted the loudest at the beginning but was now in the most wretched state.

“Dammit, how much longer do those old guys want to watch? Do they want to wait until we're all dead before they're willing to make a move?”