"The Lord of Thunder controls the blessings and curses of heaven, holding the scales of power, ruling objects and people, commanding life and death! The Great Five Thunders descend, destroying the domain of ghosts and shadows!
This great divine ability, the mastery of the Five Thunders, was previously held by General Nuogao of the Jinglun Heavenly Palace. It is unexpected that it would appear within Wang Lingguan's token. Perhaps this is the first time this token has been provoked.
Does this divine ability originate from Xihe Shenxiao, a technique left in this token by Master Tian Shi Sa or some other senior from Xihe Shenxiao? Specially bestowed upon a destined individual to wield?
You all took advantage of the Heavenly Dao's loopholes and violated my vows, but the Heavenly Dao is not foolish. Now that you are struck by heavenly lightning, you are beyond salvation!
Ji Xiang waved his hand. The divine ability was easy to use, but it still required cultivation for complete mastery. Therefore, by directly writing it in the Mingguang Heavenly Book, the Five Elements could be circulated, bypassing the cultivation stage and unleashing unprecedented power through the heavenly tribulation!
The lightning was like a prison, pouring down like a sea! It swept away the red light in the distance, which was the blessed land of Xuanmiao Temple. Upon being struck by heavenly lightning, its divine palaces collapsed, its heavenly gates fell, and the Daoist priests within screamed as they were struck by the tribulation lightning!
Ji Xiang's fingers did not stop. As he wrote in the Mingguang Heavenly Book, the five directions of heaven and earth responded with earth-shattering thunderous tremors!
'Summon! Eastern Sky-Splitting Thunder Gate Emperor!'
'Summon! Southern Crimson Sky Fire-Glow Thunder Fiend Emperor!'
'Summon! Western Great Dark Kun-Subduing Thunder Emperor!'
'Summon! Northern Tide-Overturning Sky Thunder Emperor!'
'Summon! Central Yellow Sky Collapse-Splintering Thunder Emperor!'
With the writing of the five summoning incantations, thunderous light surged. The five directions of heaven and earth responded with five bolts of lightning. Five heavenly gates slowly appeared, and from their cracks emanated buzzing sounds and lightning of various colors. The five divine tablets responded to the summons!
Among the divine tablets of the Five Directional Thunder Emperors, three had already been claimed by others. Now, summoned by Ji Xiang, these three individuals scattered across the vast lands and rivers were all affected. Their divine tablets responded to Ji Xiang's call, emitting lightning and guiding immense power, forcibly detaching themselves temporarily!
Thus, within the five heavenly gates, human-like phantoms appeared before the cracks of three of them!
Heaven and earth tilted, and the hundred valleys boiled!
Nanyangzi was greatly terrified. The炼形鬼 (Refining Form Ghosts) under his control also had their Yin energy scattered by the thunderous tremors, turning into ashes and dust with the horrifying exclamation of 'Five Thunders Bombard the Top!' Before Nanyangzi's eyes, a vast expanse of lightning appeared. Five bolts of lightning descended from the heavenly gates, striking directly at his crown!
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The earth-shattering, dense, and massive lightning bolts, like dragons and snakes descending to the mortal realm, fiercely and densely bombarded a certain area. Its momentum could no longer be described as grand, as its light had already illuminated the land for a hundred miles!
The three people in Guzhou City also saw this display of lightning. Feng Menglong slapped his thigh, "Such a grand spectacle, it must be that place!"
The young couple hurried to investigate, while the clay figurine god stood stunned, "The Yellow Heaven Sect can still wield the Five Thunders Divine Art?"
"That, is that the tribulation cloud of the heavenly tribulation? But how can those illusory portals appear within the tribulation cloud?"
"Are those heavenly gates?"
"This, this is not the Five Thunders Bombard the Top?!"
The clay figurine god's heart trembled. The scale of the lightning within these five heavenly gates clearly indicated the summoning of five Thunder Emperors!
This is a top-tier great divine ability. First, one must master the 'Mastery of Five Thunders' from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Transformations. When cultivated to a profound level, one progresses from commanding minor Five Thunders, to commanding Five Thunder Envoys, and then to summoning the Five Directional Thunder Kings and Five Directional Thunder Emperors. Only at the stage of the Thunder Emperors can it be called 'Five Thunders Bombard the Top'!
The clay figurine god frantically pondered, wasn't this person supposed to be Zen Master Hu Yan? How could he use the True Method of Five Thunders?
"Thunder techniques are the foundation of the Zhengyi Dao. Although many sects use thunder techniques, the True Method of Five Thunders Bombard the Top can only be performed by the leader of the Zhengyi Dao, someone from Longhu Mountain. Thunder techniques once flourished throughout the land, reigning supreme as the foremost of all techniques..."
"Never mind who he is! We must ask him to save our Xuanmiao Temple from this tribulation now!"
However, when they arrived, they were all dumbfounded.
The crowd had turned to dust, not even their bones remained. Both humans and ghosts were utterly annihilated by the lightning!
Nanyangzi endured a strike of the Five Thunders Bombard the Top and escaped, his flesh and blood mangled, his cultivation greatly damaged!
His peak Yellow Court realm had dropped to the middle Yellow Court realm. His physical body was robust, but under the Five Thunders Bombard the Top, it could only endure for a moment longer.
He was panicked and terrified. Although the body he controlled was also that of a Yellow Court realm expert, Nanyangzi still had half a face that he had not refined, and his spirit and form were not unified. The opponent still had the ability to revive, rather than being completely possessed.
The lightning had weakened him. At this moment, the normal half of his face was stirring, seemingly about to awaken!
"No! No! You cannot awaken, your body is what I obtained, what I gained, it cannot be returned to you!"
The Refining Form Ghost possessing Nanyangzi was desperately clawing at its own half-face. As Ji Xiang was about to unleash another Five Thunders strike, a clay figurine god flew over and prostrated before Ji Xiang:
"Great Immortal, have mercy! Do not wield the Five Thunders!"
Ji Xiang looked at him and immediately recognized his true form.
"Are you the fellow whose physical body I destroyed earlier today?"
The clay figurine god quickly replied, "It is I! Great Immortal, have mercy. That red-eyed Daoist in front is my senior brother. He has been harmed by a demon, but he is not yet dead. Look at that half of his face, that is proof he is still alive!"
"If you kill him now, my Xuanmiao Temple will be left with only me, truly a sect annihilated!"
"Zen Master Hu Yan! I implore you to save my Xuanmiao Temple!"
Hearing the clay figurine god's words, the ghost possessing Nanyangzi also shouted, "That's right, you cannot kill me! Ji Xiang, how about we call it even this time? You spare my life, and I will speak well of you before King Tianluo, and consider this matter settled..."
"Settled?"
Ji Xiang's gaze turned icy, "I have killed so many Yin spirits and ghosts here, and it is still not enough. I will slaughter all of you here, and then it will be settled."
Nanyangzi cried out, "You call this slaughter!"
Ji Xiang laughed heartily, "I am indeed slaughtering, and you will be the next one I slaughter!"
Without further ado, he grabbed the clay figurine god and tossed him aside, scolding, "Xuanmiao Temple? It cannot be saved. Your temple has already been annihilated by my heavenly lightning!"
"Now, by killing your senior brother, I am actually helping him! Since his soul is still intact and that half of his face still retains his form and spirit, killing him now gives him a chance to reawaken!"
"If he is not killed, and his form and spirit are later usurped by someone else, that would be true annihilation of form and spirit!"
With that, the Five Thunders roared again in the sky, shaking the nine heavens and ten earths. Seeing the Five Thunders brewing once more, Nanyangzi knew he was about to die and screamed:
"Senior, Senior, please lend your aid!"
As the words fell, a cold snort echoed from the void.
"You finally called out. But you all said there were no problems before. I only needed to bestow the 'Five Decays of Heaven and Man' upon him. Why do you need me to act personally now?"
Nanyangzi shouted, "Please, Senior, save me! Once this matter is concluded, I will report to King Tianluo and will not treat you unfairly!"
"I hope you will help, in consideration of our relationship with the Grand Ancestor!"
The Five Thunders Bombard the Top struck down again!
Then, within the palace that was destroyed by lightning, a dried corpse appeared. It was "He Suoyi," who had previously annihilated all the Daoists of Xuanmiao Temple.
This dried corpse stepped out, holding a large bell. The bell rose into the sky and surprisingly withstood the Five Thunders Bombard the Top!
Clang—!
The bell's chime resonated through all ten directions, radiating a brilliant glow. The power of the Five Thunders struck the bell and was dissolved by the radiance.
The Inner Scene Divine Tablet provided a description of this artifact:
[Mysterious Great Bell: Heavenly Celebration Incense, Mi Luo Protection!]
[Spiritual Artifact! The bell used by Xuanmiao Temple to gather Daoist disciples and protect the mountain gate. It can emit thousands of golden lights to injure enemies, manifesting the profound imagery of tiger and leopard clouds. It is imbued with the Mi Luo Precious Light left by the Mysterious Ancestor He Suoyi, which can allow the bell wielder to resist the invasion of heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities!]
[The Mi Luo Precious Light cannot be broken by divine incantations! It can only be shattered by striking this bell with a striking device (such as a Jin Jizi)!]
Ji Xiang saw this dried corpse. The dried corpse appeared here, its empty seven orifices filled with black blood, as if weeping for the calamities suffered by its disciples and grandchildren.
The clay figurine god was even more shocked and cried out:
"A demon, usurping my ancestor's corpse to become a puppet! I will grind you to ashes!"
But from the mouth of the dried corpse came the "voice" of that senior.
"You probably cannot grind me to ashes; you are too weak."
He mocked the clay figurine god, then said to Ji Xiang:
"Ji Xiang, listen carefully. My name is Wu Bao Yi. I originated from Maoshan hundreds of years ago. Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and I were old acquaintances, so do not blame me for killing you today."
"I will likely bear considerable karma for the Guzhou calamity this time. If I act against you again, I will be resisting the heavenly tribulation, adding disaster upon disaster. But as things stand, I must quickly eliminate you to stop the losses in time."
"You are also a target for the Song Dynasty court and many experts from the inner mountains and rivers. It appears you are indeed troublesome. Although this dried corpse body of mine has devoured many souls to boost my magic power, in a fair fight, it is probably difficult to defeat you."
"Therefore, do not blame me for not fighting honorably... Goodbye."
The person manipulating He Suoyi's dried corpse, calling himself Wu Bao Yi, raised his withered palm. Within his five fingers, a small ball of nine-colored light appeared!"