Chapter 1165: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Pride! (Third Update)

Sitting cross-legged atop the Stone Statue, Wang Lin knew that the reason Cang Songzi's Physical Body had recovered and he possessed the Lightning Imprint on his brow was greatly related to this Stone Statue.

One of Cang Songzi's Blood Infants Cultivated the insights left by the Lightning Imprint on the Stone Statue's brow during its comprehension, and using its Ninefold Comprehension Power, it barely managed to obtain a portion of the Legacy of this Lightning Imprint.

Now, during Wang Lin and Cang Songzi's second battle, most of this Legacy was absorbed under the Divine Ability of controlling the thunder of heaven and earth, condensing in his right eye.

At this moment, he took a deep breath, spread his mind, covering the area around the Stone Statue. Lightning flashed in his right eye, suddenly leaving his body, and just then, the Lightning Imprint on the Stone Statue's brow flashed even more violently. Electric light permeated the area, emitting crackling sounds.

There were also faint rumbles echoing.

Wang Lin closed his eyes, his Divine Sense wrapped around the Stone Statue, and lightning flashed all over his body. He possessed the Primordial Spirit of the Primordial Thunder Dragon, making him the controller of the thunder of heaven and earth; all lightning must obey his command!

However, the lightning on the Stone Statue's brow was filled with an aura of antiquity and was unruly, moving outside the Stone Statue and constantly colliding with the thunder Wang Lin controlled.

Looking from afar, one could see thunder spheres covering the area around the Stone Statue, and arcs of electric light scattered everywhere. The rumbling thunder continuously boomed.

This was the entanglement between lightning and lightning, the roar between flashes and thunder, and, more importantly, a battle for the control of thunder!

Unlike Cang Songzi, Wang Lin did not try to comprehend, comply with the Lightning Imprint on the Stone Statue's brow, understand the meaning of the lightning, or submit to the Stone Statue's Lightning Totem like a servant to borrow the thunder for comprehension.

It was like begging for charity, thereby obtaining the residual lightning power within the Stone Statue—which had existed here since unknown times—to transform it into his own Divine Ability, or even summon the Seventh Spirit of the Boundary Sealing, which was powerful enough to harm even Wang Lin's Ancient God Physical Body!

The path Cang Songzi chose was one of submission, holding the Stone Statue as a divine spirit in his heart, using a Nascent Soul to Cultivate the Cultivation Technique he comprehended, and practicing through worship.

This path held no danger; it could be achieved as long as one's Aptitude was sufficient.

But how could Wang Lin choose such a path? He dared to go against the Heavenly Dao itself, traveling the world throughout his life, dominating the situation, daring to fight Heaven, becoming a Dao through Reverse Cultivation, and competing with the Heavenly Tribulation!

He would never worship this mere Stone Statue like Cang Songzi, even if the lightning power contained within it was world-shaking and could summon the Seventh Spirit of the Boundary Sealing!

What he wanted was for the lightning within this Stone Statue to submit! To submit beneath Wang Lin. He wouldn't comprehend the Stone Statue; instead, he demanded that all the lightning inside the Stone Statue be sucked toward him! He demanded it worship him!

This was his pride, the pride of a Reverse Cultivator, and the dignity of being an Ancient God!

Among the Myriad Races of the Ancient Era, was there any that could compare to the Ancient God race?

Even a powerful entity like the Moon Devourer, Wang Lin knew from Ling'er, was merely a subordinate of the Ancient God race in the early years. If the Moon Devourer race was like this, then the entity with this Lightning Imprint, clearly a Race from beyond the Boundary, must also submit to him!

Wang Lin opened his eyes, revealing an extremely domineering expression. With a cold snort, he raised his right hand and violently slapped the head of the Stone Statue. A rumbling sound echoed. The Stone Statue did not collapse, but instead erupted with world-shaking lightning. This lightning shot straight into the sky, transforming into a Dragon of Lightning Light, roaring as it charged directly at Wang Lin!

As it charged, all the surrounding thunder was absorbed by it. Carrying a hint of madness and ferocity, it drew closer and closer to Wang Lin!

If the Dragon of Lightning was ferocious, Wang Lin was even more ferocious. If the Dragon of Lightning was mad, Wang Lin was ten or even a hundred times madder!

The moment it roared toward him, electric light flashed violently in Wang Lin's right eye and shot out. His Primordial Spirit also flashed forth from his brow. The Primordial Thunder Dragon seemed to have descended upon this Seven-Colored Realm!

With a roar, Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit of the Primordial Thunder Dragon collided directly with the Dragon of Lightning Light and began to wildly devour it.

During the continuous devouring, the Ancient God Star Points faintly emerged from the vortex on Wang Lin's brow, and Ancient God Power filled his entire body. He raised his right hand and fiercely grabbed forward. At this moment, a massive Ancient God Arm materialized, and as Wang Lin's right hand grabbed, it instantly seized the Dragon of Lightning Light and squeezed violently!

The Dragon of Lightning Light was being devoured by Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit. Its body violently shook, and it tried to struggle while roaring, but the Ancient God's Hand held its body tightly, and the squeezing caused a massive amount of thunder to scatter from within its body.

At that instant, Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit swept forward, swallowing the Dragon of Lightning Light in one gulp before returning to his body.

The lightning in his right eye suddenly intensified several times over, making every part of Wang Lin's body seem blurred, except for his right eye, which shone blindingly!

"Any thunder existing between heaven and earth must obey my command!" Wang Lin's voice was calm, yet an invisible pressure enveloped the area, causing the scattered lightning all around to instantly rush toward Wang Lin, condensing entirely within his right eye, forming a Lightning Imprint!

The moment the Lightning Imprint appeared in Wang Lin's right eye, large cracks suddenly appeared on the Stone Statue beneath him. These cracks began at the statue's feet and spread wildly, resembling Dragons of Cracks rushing toward Wang Lin, who was atop the statue's head.

Startling cracking sounds echoed, and streaks of bright lightning flashed within those cracks. As they continuously approached, the statue seemed about to shatter, yet it remained majestically still.

The cracks, containing wandering lightning, instantly neared Wang Lin. A loud boom erupted as countless Silver Snake Electric Lights flashed around Wang Lin's body—specifically the head of the Stone Statue—forming a massive Sphere of Lightning Light a hundred zhang in circumference!

Wang Lin was inside that Sphere of Lightning Light. The lightning struggled, unwilling to be controlled by Wang Lin, and frantically contracted, charging directly at him!

A cold snort was emitted. Wang Lin was encircled by electric light. His cultivation might not be sufficient to contend with the power inside the Stone Statue, but his Primordial Spirit was the Thunder Dragon of Heaven and Earth. He was the controller of the thunder of heaven and earth; as long as it was lightning, it had no right to resist him!

This had nothing to do with cultivation; this was a battle of thunder!

The Primordial Thunder Dragon exercised the Authority of Thunder on behalf of the Heavenly Dao. But in Wang Lin's case, he did not believe in the Heavenly Dao; he seized the Authority of Thunder, using himself as the Dao to control the thunder of heaven and earth!

That Stone Statue was the ancestor of the Flash Thunder Tribe of the Ancient Era. Although deceased, he had been accompanied by thunder his entire life, practically becoming thunder himself, transforming into the Lightning Imprint on his brow, and would not easily submit! Furthermore, according to legend, the ancestor of the Flash Thunder Tribe was formed from a streak of lightning—a Heaven-Defying streak that refused to submit to the Heavenly Dao!

If mortals worshipped him, they would be qualified to obtain the Authority of Thunder, but if they resisted him, they would be extinguished by the lightning!

But Wang Lin chose to resist. Lightning flashed violently in his right eye, and the Primordial Spirit of the Primordial Thunder Dragon flew out again, circling his body and roaring at the rapidly contracting Sphere of Lightning Light. In its roar, the majesty of controlling the thunder of heaven and earth was conveyed.

The Sphere of Lightning Light continuously contracted, yet it stopped abruptly one zhang away from Wang Lin's body, emitting a massive rumbling sound, but it could not contract even a single inch further!

Wang Lin's body had already stood up, resembling a Thunder Immortal!

Furthermore, the aura of an Ancient God emanated from him. If an Ancient God and thunder could combine, then he was the Ancient God of Thunder!

"Submit, or be destroyed!" Wang Lin transmitted his Divine Thought. He knew the surrounding lightning was not ordinary; it was lightning imbued with its own will!

With will, it became a Spirit! This lightning was a Thunder Spirit, formed from the will of the person represented by the Stone Statue after death!

Rumbling sounds echoed. The sphere of lightning outside Wang Lin's body seemed to tremble. Under the enveloping might of Wang Lin's thunder and the impact of the Ancient God aura, it submitted!

They transformed into streaks of lightning, rushing straight toward the Primordial Spirit of the Primordial Thunder Dragon. With a heaven-shaking roar, the Primordial Spirit of the Primordial Thunder Dragon suddenly grew massive. Simultaneously, the Stone Statue trembled as if on the verge of collapse.

Wang Lin took a step forward, standing in the Void Realm. He turned, his eyes flashing, and stared at the Lightning Imprint on the Stone Statue's brow that still hadn't dissipated.

"From this day forth, the right to wield the Authority of Thunder is stripped from your race in my presence!" Wang Lin's right eye flashed. The Primordial Spirit of the Primordial Thunder Dragon roared, wrapped around his body, and fused with the lightning in his right eye, transforming into a Lightning Imprint that shot toward the totem on the Stone Statue's brow.

With a boom, the lightning struck the totem on the Stone Statue's brow. The Stone Statue trembled even more violently. At that instant, as the lightning struck, the statue's eyes suddenly glowed, and within them, Wang Lin saw a Starry Sky.

In that Starry Sky, there was a massive Formation. The Formation was so large it covered the entire Star Domain, sealing it tightly. Outside the Formation were countless Strange Individuals, densely packed. They wore peculiar clothing and were clearly not Cultivators! They stared into the Formation with coldness, mockery, and disdain.

Inside the Formation, Immortal Qi was abundant, and Origin Power echoed. Countless Ancient Qi Refining Cultivators and Immortals were frantically attacking the Formation, attempting to break out.

But this Formation was extremely strange and unbreakable. No matter how the Qi Refining Cultivators and Immortals attacked, it remained completely motionless! Some Immortals even chose to self-detonate their bodies, yet they couldn't shake the Formation in the slightest. A desperate sadness enveloped the inside of the Formation.

Within the Formation, Nine Beams of Light flashed. One beam of light was a Sky-Opening Axe. Wherever this axe passed, all those who tried to cross were instantly destroyed and died.

Wang Lin even saw many Qi Refining Cultivators sadly choosing to self-detonate, attempting to seal the Sky-Opening Axe, but ultimately, they still failed!

Among the Nine Beams of Light, another was lightning. This lightning rumbled as it moved, and everywhere it passed, Cultivators and Immortals alike perished!

The observers outside the Formation had even stronger expressions of mockery and indifference in their eyes, as if high-status individuals were looking down upon common mortals, who were like ants!

"Unwilling!! I am unwilling!!! One day, the descendants of our Cultivators will surely break open this Formation and completely exterminate all you Foreign Beings! We will make the lands beyond the Boundary flow with blood!" An Immortal struck by lightning let out a crazed roar before death!

The third update has been delivered! The first update for the 1st will be at 12 AM. Damn it, I'll be doing four updates on the 1st!!

I'll be heading to YY soon to celebrate the New Year with everyone. I'm actually a little nervous. I heard there will be a game where you guess the character type based on hints in the text. Hehe, I'm really looking forward to that. Er Gen has also prepared two deep questions for everyone to answer quickly. Er Gen will personally ask the questions then. I hope there isn't a situation where no one can answer; otherwise, Er Gen will just have to say you didn't prepare your homework well. Haha, everyone hurry up and review!