Chapter 63 Nine Heavens Divine Embryo
At the end of the fifth level of the Thunder Swamp, Feng Zichen had just approached the sixth level when his true spirit began to tremble wildly. At the same time, a shadow of death loomed over him.
"True spirit warning!" he muttered to himself, stopping in his tracks, staring at the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp with suspicion and uncertainty.
"What's in the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp? What could make my true spirit so terrified?"
After thinking for a moment, Feng Zichen activated his Sun and Moon Divine Eyes, his eyes flashing with golden and silver light as he looked towards the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp.
"Hmph!"
Before his gaze even touched the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp, a dazzling bolt of lightning flashed, and Feng Zichen felt his vision go white, unable to see anything clearly. He couldn't help but groan, blood tears streaming from his eyes.
"Is the difference that great?" Closing his eyes, not daring to further investigate the true nature of the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp, Feng Zichen mobilized his magic power to heal the injuries caused by the lightning.
He had thought that after achieving the Innate Dao Body, his strength would greatly increase, and even if he couldn't defeat a Taiyi Golden Immortal, he could at least hold out for a while.
Unexpectedly, a mere wisp of lightning at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level nearly blinded him. The strength of a Taiyi Golden Immortal was evident.
"It seems my recent rapid advancement has made me arrogant!" Once his eyes returned to normal, Feng Zichen chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"That's fine too. Recognizing my own strength allows me to better motivate myself to improve, preventing me from becoming complacent with my current meager achievements."
Then, Feng Zichen's figure flickered, disappearing into the Chaos Pearl, using its power to enter the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp.
"Boom!"
Within the sixth level of the Thunder Swamp, innate divine lightning was densely packed, radiating a chilling pressure.
"Hiss! Innate Yi Wood Divine Lightning, Innate Yin Nether Divine Lightning, Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, Demon-Slaying Divine Lightning… all the top-tier divine lightning of the Primordial Era must be here!" Inside the Chaos Pearl, Feng Zichen looked at the various divine lightning bolts floating in the void, a chill running down his spine.
Any one of these innate divine lightning bolts striking him would severely injure him. Several striking at once would likely obliterate him instantly.
Fortunately, the Chaos Pearl glowed faintly, suppressing all space and time. The innate divine lightning bolts, barely approaching before they could erupt, were suppressed and absorbed into the Chaos Pearl.
Looking at the innate divine lightning beside him, Feng Zichen's heart stirred. He carefully drew a wisp of lightning power into his body, sensing the innate Dao essence it contained.
Each innate divine lightning bolt was a natural lightning Dao code. If one could fully comprehend its innate Dao essence, one could master this lightning technique.
Although Feng Zichen already possessed the Myriad Manifestations Divine Lightning for protection, the Myriad Manifestations referred to all phenomena in the universe, and these innate divine lightning bolts were also contained within it. Each fusion with an innate divine lightning bolt would enhance the power of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Lightning.
Now that the Chaos Pearl suppressed many innate divine lightning bolts, he could take this opportunity to comprehend their innate Dao essence, integrating it into the Myriad Manifestations Divine Lightning to strengthen its power.
Hundreds of years later, a bolt of innate divine lightning struck the Chaos Pearl with a deafening roar, causing it to shake violently. Feng Zichen suddenly realized that he had left the sixth level of Thunder Swamp and arrived at the seventh level.
Compared to the scattered innate divine lightning of the sixth level, the seventh level was incredibly chaotic. Countless strands of innate divine lightning intertwined and devoured each other, their violent power overflowing and causing the void to tremble.
"Have these innate divine lightning bolts gone mad?"
Not daring to let the Chaos Pearl drift freely any longer, Feng Zichen personally controlled it, carefully avoiding the battlefield of innate divine lightning, and rushed towards the eighth level of Thunder Swamp.
Boom!
Like the roar of the Great Dao, the entire seventh level of Thunder Swamp boiled over. Countless strands of innate divine lightning intertwined, space disintegrated layer by layer, and destructive energy overflowed, creating a scene of apocalypse.
"Luckily, I ran fast!"
Inside the eighth level of Thunder Swamp, Feng Zichen saw the scene behind him and couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.
Unbeknownst to him, the seventh layer of Thunder Swamp suddenly erupted. Fortunately, Feng Zichen had already reached the depths of the seventh layer of Thunder Swamp; otherwise, being swept in would have made escape difficult.
Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, Feng Zichen rode the Chaos Pearl forward.
The innate divine lightning within the eighth layer of Thunder Swamp already contained a trace of innate thunder essence; even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would not dare to underestimate it.
However, most of the innate divine lightning was gathered in one place, forming thunder domains, concentrating its power within, unusually quiet.
"Eh! A sense of sorrow? Strange! Why is there a sense of sorrow emanating from this place?" Not long after arriving at the eighth layer of Thunder Swamp, Feng Zichen sensed a pervasive sense of sorrow and couldn't help but feel somewhat surprised.
Wailing…
"This sounds like crying…" After walking a little further, Feng Zichen even heard the sound of crying. Infected by this, a sense of sorrow welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help but shed tears.
"No..."
"That's Lei Ze's crying!"
"What happened here? Why is Lei Ze so sorrowful, even uttering mournful cries?"
Sensing something amiss, Feng Zichen abruptly stopped, releasing his divine sense to survey the surrounding area, searching for the source of the anomaly.
"That is..."
Shocked, Feng Zichen rode the Chaos Pearl, flying into a thunder domain.
This was a thunder domain composed of innate Azure Heaven Divine Thunder, permeated everywhere. Normally, if Feng Zichen entered this place, he would likely be greeted by endless Azure Heaven Divine Thunder.
But now, these innate Azure Heaven Divine Thunder ignored Feng Zichen's intrusion, completely immersed in sorrow, appearing gloomy and lifeless.
Deep within the thunder domain, endless innate Azure Heaven Divine Thunder converged, forming an Azure Heaven Thunder Palace, within which an innate divine embryo was being nurtured.
Arriving before the innate divine embryo, Feng Zichen carefully examined it for a moment, discovering that the embryo was surrounded by a baleful aura, its life force exhausted, clearly a stillborn fetus.
"As expected!"
Only the demise of a Primordial God-Demon could cause such grief for Lei Ze. The divine embryo before him was the Primordial God-Demon that Lei Ze had conceived.
However, someone had secretly poisoned it, stealing its life force, causing the Primordial God-Demon to become a stillborn fetus before even being born.
The Chaos Pearl flashed, arriving at another Thunder Domain. Here, Primordial Azure Heaven Divine Thunder converged, forming an Azure Heaven Thunder Palace, where another Primordial God-Demon was being conceived.
However, just like before, this Primordial God-Demon was surrounded by malevolent energy, its life force extinguished.
Next, Feng Zichen found seven more Thunder Palaces: Divine Heaven, Pill Heaven, Scenery Heaven, Jade Heaven, Lang Heaven, Purple Heaven, and Supreme Heaven, each containing a Primordial God-Demon, all surrounded by malevolent energy and devoid of life force.
"Hiss! How ruthless! No, how dare they! Who did this? To steal the life force of nine innate divine embryos is equivalent to killing nine unborn innate gods and demons. Doesn't he fear the wrath of Heaven?"
Having investigated the events of the Eighth Thunder Swamp, Feng Zichen was utterly shocked. Innate gods and demons are favored by Heaven; let alone these nine innate gods and demons born from the source of thunder, who are highly favored by Heaven.
That person dared to destroy the Nine Heavens Divine Embryos; they are truly audacious!
(End of Chapter)