518: Chapter 518 Secluded Cultivation, A Great Battle Against the Celestial Dynasty

Training room.

Hun Tiandi sat cross-legged, quietly contemplating the cultivation method of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body. Time passed quickly.

It felt like only yesterday; this time, Hun Tiandi was going into a complete and comprehensive secluded cultivation.

After an unknown amount of time, his tightly closed eyes slowly opened, a sharp glint flashing within them.

This Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body was indeed profound; it had extremely high, even demanding, requirements for soul power.

Even in the Wind and Thunder Pavilion of the past, very few people had mastered it.

The demand for soul power was immense; aside from those with extraordinary talent or freakish natural gifts, ordinary people found it difficult to achieve. Even if their soul power was sufficient...

...it was still very difficult to condense a clone.

To cultivate the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, one first had to practice the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and reach the Major Achievement of Three Thousand Lightning before there was a chance of successful condensation.

Even if successfully condensed, the clone was divided into three levels.

Subtle, Proficient, and Major Achievement.

These three levels also represented the clone's strength; a clone at the Subtle level could possess one-third of the original body's strength.

The Proficient level possessed about two-thirds, while the third level, the Major Achievement stage, was equal in strength to the original self.

"The Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body is uniquely gifted. Such a profound Dou Technique could indeed only be created by someone as brilliant and talented as the Thunder Emperor, who was born to wield the power of lightning."

Hun Tiandi sighed in admiration. His expression tightened as brilliant silver lightning surged from the soles of his feet.

His gaze turned cold, and his figure suddenly burst forward.

As his figure flickered and shot out, several afterimages immediately appeared behind him. He paused and turned his head to look.

He only saw the afterimages slowly dissipating.

The situation recorded in the cultivation method of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body did not occur.

"Jie jie jie, condensing a clone is indeed difficult..."

"If it were that easy, it would be an insult to the profound Dou Technique that is the Lightning Illusion Body..."

Hun Tiandi was not discouraged at all. He frowned slightly, recalling the mnemonic in his mind...

"Control the form with the heart, leave the soul in the shadow..."

Softly murmuring the mnemonic, he slowly closed his eyes. With a stomp of his foot, his figure appeared dozens of meters away like a ghost, leaving five afterimages along the way.

Of the five afterimages, four dissipated extremely quickly, while the last one broke apart slowly.

However, in the end, it still collapsed into nothingness.

Within that afterimage, Hun Tiandi's keen perception detected a faint soul ripple.

The soul power left in the afterimage was the key, but with such speed, how could one leave soul power behind?

The cultivation of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body was indeed difficult, but he would not give up.

He had to succeed; it was related to that plan. Once he successfully condensed a clone, the help it would provide would be immense.

Jie jie jie!

Hun Tiandi gave a wicked smile and threw himself back into cultivation, continuously performing the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, pushing himself through hundreds and thousands of iterations.

Although doing so consumed a massive amount of his Dou Qi, it would all be worth it as long as he succeeded.

Inside the training room, silver light flickered repeatedly like a ghost; fortunately, no one dared to intrude.

Hun Tiandi fell into a frenzy, practicing for an entire night. Although he had not yet successfully condensed a clone, his mastery of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement had reached a superb level.

The Dou Qi in his body was heavily consumed, but luckily, Hun Tiandi had advanced to the Dou Huang Ultimate Realm, and his strength had improved rapidly.

Combined with the support of Spirit Wine and pills, he didn't care at all.

While he was in secluded cultivation, in the Western Region of Central Plains...

...the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty appeared. Previously, the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty had no reputation in Central State, as if it had appeared out of thin air.

In Central State, there was only the Daxuan Heavenly Dynasty, so the mysterious appearance of the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty was truly strange.

Back then, in the Heaven-Burial Cave, the World's Number One Tomb, there was a Gan City in the deepest part, where a Sovereign, an imperial seal of the celestial dynasty, and a holy sword were buried.

The momentum was grand as many powerful forces entered to fight for the treasures, only to encounter the descent of evil ghosts.

Later, Hun Tiandi obtained the Extreme Yin Black Bead from there, a treasure he had kept in his collection.

However, the Blood Shadow Clone's eyes flickered; it was indeed him.

The intelligence reports expressed some suspicion about the sudden appearance of the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty, yet the five major imperial dynasties of the Western Region of Central Plains had all submitted.

Many top-tier forces had attempted to test them, but the next day, their corpses were hung outside the Da Gan Heavenly Dynasty. Now, only fear remained.

In one fell swoop, the Heavenly Dynasty's fierce reputation was established, revealing its deep foundation.

Battle results from all directions converged; the four major legions were like lightning, continuously capturing cities and seizing territory with extreme speed.

The Emperor of Great Yan, Yan Zhao, had already been succeeded by the Crown Prince, and news of defeated armies arrived at the court every day.

It caused him great distress.

"Your Majesty, the Dazheng Dynasty's military edge is too sharp. Especially their four legion commanders, who use troops like gods; every city our army holds surrenders as soon as they arrive!"

An old man dressed in official robes spoke respectfully.

"Prime Minister, is there any way to resist the enemy's attack?" the Great Yan Emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, the only way out now is to borrow troops from the Daxuan Heavenly Dynasty to resolve this crisis," the Prime Minister said.

"No, when my Imperial Father was alive, he aimed to break away from the Daxuan Heavenly Dynasty. If we ask for help now, everything he did will have been in vain!"

The Great Yan Emperor said firmly.

"Pass down the order: command all legions to resist with all their strength!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the Prime Minister said helplessly.

In the Northern Region of Central State, the Dazheng Dynasty's army was proceeding according to plan, gathering luck.

Meanwhile, in the training room of the Longevity Hall in the Black-Corner Region...

Chi...

Hun Tiandi pushed the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to its limit, his figure like a ghost. Three afterimages emerged; after several days of cultivation...

...he had already turned the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body into an instinct. Every time he used Three Thousand Lightning, his figure moved like lightning.

"Is this... success?"

After the first two afterimages dissipated, a trace of soul power permeated the third afterimage.

After nearly half a month of bitter cultivation, he had finally succeeded in condensing a clone.

A look of joy appeared in his eyes as an invisible speck of light drilled into his sea of consciousness.

This was only the first step: condensing a clone seed. This was the most difficult part; next, it would require continuous tempering.

Then, the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body could truly be born.

Immediately, Hun Tiandi poured in soul power to strengthen the clone seed. After an unknown amount of time, an invisible energy surged from between his brows.

It writhed in front of him, transforming into a figure in an instant, with an appearance identical to Hun Tiandi's.

Looking at this transparent clone, he spoke slowly, "The strength of this clone should be at the Dou Ling level, and it has only just been condensed."

"If someone with great strength and a sharp eye saw it, they would be able to see through its details at a glance."

According to the cultivation method of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, the first step was to condense the clone. If this was successful, the next step was to temper the clone.

Until its strength was tempered to the same level as the original self.

This was easier said than done, and the three stages of Subtle, Proficient, and Major Achievement were vastly different from each other.

"To condense the clone, one needs to inject the power of wind and lightning, merging it into the clone to mask its soul ripples with that power."

"In this way, the violent power of wind and lightning will protect the clone and hide the secrets of the soul."

Hun Tiandi looked at the clone before him, his thoughts racing.

Speaking of the special energy needed to temper the clone, he actually had quite a lot on him.

Such as the purple flame thunder bead, Taiyin True Fire, Blood God Child, Killing Sword Intent, Destruction Sword Intent...

"The power of wind and lightning? That's not hard for me." He flipped his hand and took out the purple flame thunder bead, which contained infinite lightning power.

Furthermore, if tempered with lightning power, it could even be turned into a means of attack.