381: Thunder Spirit Recognizes Its Master, the Great Secret of the Divine Treasury

After killing Sword Profound One with a single strike, the Thunder Giant did not stop.

Those purple thunder eyes, which had just regained a hint of clarity, coldly turned outside the Myriad Thunder Return Ruins.

They were aimed at the two cultivators—the demon and the fiend—who were fleeing in panic as two streaks of light.

"Not good!"

The Blood-Eyed Giant and the Black-Robed Demonic Cultivator felt their Divine Souls jump wildly; a fatal sense of crisis etched into their instincts made their hair stand on end!

They could not understand why that Hedao Realm Dao Thought would suddenly let go of Shen Yuanmo and turn to attack them instead!

But at this moment, there was no time for them to think.

The Thunder Giant did not even chase; it just indifferently raised its hand and flicked two thin streaks of purple Divine Thunder in their directions.

Chi! Chi!

The two Divine Thunders ignored the distance of space, as if crossing time and space, instantly catching up to the fleeing streaks of blood light and Devilish Qi.

"Ah—!"

"No!!!"

Two piercing, extreme screams came from the distant horizon.

Half of the Blood-Eyed Giant's body, along with the life-bound demon treasure he had sacrificed, was blasted into nothingness by the Divine Thunder, with thunder light lingering at the wound, constantly erasing his vitality.

The Black-Robed Demonic Cultivator's situation was even worse; his proud protective Devilish Qi, which claimed to be impervious to all techniques, was as thin as a cicada's wing before the purple Divine Thunder, and his body was pierced through, with seventy percent of his Demonic physique shattering on the spot!

The two did not even dare to look back, forcibly suppressing their injuries and burning their Origin essence blood.

Driving their escape techniques in a near-suicidal manner, they turned into two specks of light and disappeared completely at the end of the broken world.

In the center of the Myriad Thunder Return Ruins, Shen Yuanmo watched the direction they fled, his expression calm and waveless.

He just flicked his finger lightly toward the Void Realm.

Two imperceptible wisps of Chaos aura, almost blending in with the surrounding thunder, attached themselves silently to the residual blood light and Devilish Qi left behind by the two as they fled, then vanished.

Having resolved all disturbances, Shen Yuanmo focused all his attention back on the Thunder Giant before him.

He increased the output of his Chaos Origin, mixing his Divine Thought with the dao rhyme of life and death Reincarnation.

He meticulously combed through the last sliver of decaying Law eroded by time in the core of the Dao Thought.

Hum—

As the last wisp of black Impurities was domineeringly swallowed and refined by the Chaos Myriad Dao Returning Origin Scripture, the entire thousand-foot Thunder Giant suddenly erupted with unprecedented brilliant light!

The blinding purple light made the entire pitch-black Myriad Thunder Return Ruins as bright as day!

Within the light, that massive body began to shrink and condense rapidly.

The madness and Chaos left behind from ancient times were thoroughly purified, and the purity and spirituality sealed by time were reborn at this moment.

Finally, when all the light was internalized, a palm-sized Spirit Beast, composed entirely of the purest purple thunder crystal and shaped like an ancient Qilin, floated before Shen Yuanmo.

It blinked its pure, flawless purple eyes, looking at Shen Yuanmo with the ignorance and curiosity of a newborn.

Immediately, it let out a joyful, light chirp and turned into a streak of purple light.

It landed affectionately on Shen Yuanmo's palm, rubbing its warm, crystalline little head against his finger.

An incomparably clear sense of attachment, gratitude, and absolute submission was directly transmitted to the depths of Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul.

From this moment on, this Spirit of Origin, formed by the Dao Thought of Dao Lord Zixiao and the Hedao Realm Law, completely recognized him as its master.

"From now on, I shall call you Zixiao Thunder Spirit."

Shen Yuanmo smiled faintly, stroking the Zixiao Thunder Spirit's spine with his fingertips.

The Zixiao Thunder Spirit squinted its eyes comfortably, letting out a satisfied "purr," although its aura was currently only stabilized at the Late Void Returning Stage.

But its essence was the true Hedao Realm Law, and its potential was limitless.

More importantly, it had absolute loyalty to Shen Yuanmo.

Done.

With a thought, Shen Yuanmo grabbed through the air.

Not far away, after Sword Profound One was wiped out in body and soul, a solitary Storage Ring, as well as the largest remaining piece of dragon bone inscribed with core array runes after the immortal slaying sword boat was shattered, turned into two streaks of light and were steadily taken into his hand.

Shen Yuanmo probed his Divine Sense into the Storage Ring, and even with his vast experience, he could not help but be secretly shocked.

As expected of the previous Sect Master of the Taiyi Sword Sect, an old monster who had lived for tens of thousands of years, his wealth was simply shocking.

Mountains of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, various Heaven And Earth Treasures, precious Medicinal Pills, ancient texts...

Their value was even comparable to the entire foundation of half a first-rate Sect!

"This wave, huge profit!"

And that piece of the immortal slaying sword boat, several feet long, was an even greater unexpected joy.

This was forged from rare Taibai Star Gold mixed with Void Realm divine iron, and it was a top-grade main material for refining a sixth-tier spatial Dao Artifact!

Whether used to upgrade the chaos myriad dao armor or to re-refine the great evolution immortal slaying sword, it had immeasurable value.

Just as Shen Yuanmo was counting his spoils, the Zixiao Thunder Spirit in his palm suddenly transmitted a pure Divine Thought.

The information was very clear.

What it was guarding was not some treasure, nor was it a Legacy.

It was a gateway!

A gateway leading to the true place where Dao Lord Zixiao fell!

The entire Myriad Thunder Return Ruins was merely the natural barrier and energy source for this gateway.

To open it, one must collect three divine treasury keys.

So that was it.

A glint flashed in Shen Yuanmo's eyes as he looked at the Zixiao Thunder Spirit.

"Open the door."

Having received Shen Yuanmo's instruction, the Zixiao Thunder Spirit let out a clear, resonant chirp, turned into a streak of purple light, and soared from his palm.

At the same time, with a thought from Shen Yuanmo, the three ancient beast hide map divine treasury keys flew out and hovered in the air.

The Zixiao Thunder Spirit circled in the air and actively merged with the three divine treasury keys!

Hum—!!!

The three keys burst with light, the ancient beast hide shedding its disguise and transforming into three mysterious runes containing infinite time and space dao rhyme.

The three runes spun rapidly around the Zixiao Thunder Spirit, finally merging into one.

It projected a solid, golden pillar of light composed of countless spatial coordinates, shooting straight into the very bottom of the Myriad Thunder Return Ruins abyss!

Rumble—!!!

The entire dead-silent Ruins began to shake violently!

It was as if an ancient beast that had slept for hundreds of millions of years was waking up!

Under Shen Yuanmo's gaze, a huge crack slowly opened at the bottom of the bottomless thunder abyss.

A Gate of Time and Space, hidden by endless years, engraved with ancient patterns, and exuding an aura of vastness and deathly silence, slowly revealed itself!

Shen Yuanmo took a deep breath, his Chaos Dao Body activating automatically, and the chaos myriad dao armor on his body bloomed with unprecedented brilliance, firmly protecting him.

He took a step forward, and his figure instantly appeared before that huge Gate of Time and Space.

Through the translucent gateway, rippling like water, he saw a completely different scene behind the door.

It was a world of absolute, dead silence and darkness.

There were no stars, no light, no sound, only endless Void Realm and coldness.

Right in the center of this dark world, a massive golden skeleton was quietly sitting cross-legged.

The skeleton was of unknown size; a single finger bone was comparable to a mountain range.

On its bones were branded countless broken, dim dao runes.

Even through the gateway, the terrifying residual Hedao Realm pressure still made Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul feel palpitations.

This was the true body of Dao Lord Zixiao?

Shen Yuanmo's gaze traveled up along the huge golden skeleton.

Finally, it fixed on the skeleton's chest, the location where the heart should have been.

There, a black speck of light, only the size of a fist but seemingly containing all the evil thoughts, ominousness, and filth in the world, was beating rhythmically!

Thump...

Thump... Thump...

The beating sound seemed to strike directly on Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul, carrying an indescribable demonic nature.

It wanted to drag his mind, his will, and everything about him into that endless dark abyss!

The moment Shen Yuanmo's gaze made contact with that strangely beating black speck of light.

Hum!!!

In his bosom, the black Jade Slip, which had been silent since he left the Ghost Market and was personally given by the Lord of the Ghost Market, suddenly erupted with ice-cold chill!

At the same time, an unprecedentedly urgent, familiar Divine Thought full of panic and horror exploded like a thunderclap in his mind!

"Don't look! Retreat quickly!!!"

"Zixiao failed his Mahayana Breakthrough and was taken advantage of by the Outer Realm Heart Demon, who has occupied his remains!!!"