107: Thunder Spirit Pool Body Refining

The next day.

Under Long Hua's lead, Li Xiangyun once again arrived at Wind-Thunder Valley and met Lord Thunder Dragon.

At this time, Lord Thunder Dragon's appearance had undergone a drastic change; he had not only transformed from an elder into a middle-aged man, but his looks had also become much handsomer.

"You're an interesting fellow. Of all the people here, you're the only one who gained something, which shows you have some talent."

Lord Thunder Dragon patted Li Xiangyun's shoulder, his voice like a thunderous drum. Each time his palm landed, it made Li Xiangyun's body sink a little.

Li Xiangyun grimaced in pain but could only force a laugh, "Lord Thunder Dragon is joking. It's just that the Dao Intent I Cultivate is related to it."

"This is no joke." Lord Thunder Dragon withdrew his hand and walked ahead to lead the way, "Ordinary Cultivators who can master two Dao Intents at the Golden Core stage are already considered exceptionally talented."

"Yet you have mastered four, and can even fuse them together in combat. You can truly be called a prodigy!"

Listening to Lord Thunder Dragon's praise, Li Xiangyun, to be honest, felt a little embarrassed.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard him continue, "To be honest, I didn't think highly of you initially."

"After all, you are merely an Ice Spiritual Root. It's hard to say if someone with this talent can even Breakthrough to Golden Core, let alone Nascent Soul."

"But now, that you've reached this point, I'm actually quite surprised."

"What exactly does Lord Thunder Dragon want to say?" Li Xiangyun was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked.

Lord Thunder Dragon shook his head and said, "Nothing, I just hope you don't let your talent go to waste."

As he spoke, Lord Thunder Dragon suddenly stopped and softly said, "We're here!"

Li Xiangyun looked intently and indeed saw a Thunder Spirit Pool filled with lightning ahead.

"When?"

Li Xiangyun looked around in surprise, gaining a clearer understanding of a Nascent Soul True Lord's power.

Perhaps a Nascent Soul True Lord's power isn't just limited to combat strength, but also includes a preliminary mastery of spatial power.

Just then, Lord Thunder Dragon's voice suddenly boomed in the air.

Li Xiangyun realized that at some unknown point, Lord Thunder Dragon's figure had disappeared.

"Cultivate well. As long as you can absorb it, even if you drain this Spirit Pool, it doesn't matter."

"So generous?"

Li Xiangyun listened in surprise. Then, he took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the Thunder Spirit Pool before him.

The pool water was not a uniform silver-white but divided into nine rings. From the outside in, they were purple, green, gold, crimson... The innermost ink-black thunder ring, however, remained still, like an ancient thunderbolt locked away.

Upon closer inspection, each ring of pool water churned with different forms of lightning.

The outer ring had fine, winding lightning like swimming snakes, splashing specks of light when it hit the pool wall. The middle ring had spherical thunderous radiance, gathering and dispersing like burning thunder-fire.

The most peculiar was the innermost thunder ring, where lightning flickered, as if thunder patterns were rising and falling within it.

Li Xiangyun took a deep breath, held it, and dove into the middle ring. The water pressure was packed with dense lightning threads, like countless fine needles pricking his skin.

The Nine Nether Ice Abyss Art automatically circulated, and an ice-blue shield rose on his body, yet he could still hear the 'buzzing' sound of his bones resonating with the thunder, clearly indicating that the Spirit Pool was refining his Physical Body.

But this was clearly not enough, so Li Xiangyun dove deeper into the Spirit Pool, beginning to advance towards the very center.

Purple, green, gold... Li Xiangyun moved quickly until he reached the sixth layer and felt the pressure.

But this was still not what he wanted.

So, without hesitation, Li Xiangyun continued to swim forward.

When Li Xiangyun entered the seventh layer.

In an instant, blood-red lightning furiously lashed his skin, instantly leaving his originally fair and smooth skin covered in wounds.

But this was clearly not enough; superficial wounds on his body healed faster than they appeared, and he didn't even need to use his Dao Intent of Life.

Therefore, after adapting for a moment, Li Xiangyun continued to swim forward.

The eighth layer was a expanse of white lightning.

Unlike the other violent lightning, the lightning here was evidently silent, exceptionally harmonious.

As soon as Li Xiangyun entered it, a tingling sensation spread throughout his body.

There was no intense pain; instead, it was somewhat comfortable, making him feel a little intoxicated.

And under this tingling sensation, Li Xiangyun was surprised to find that his body was strengthening.

Although very slowly, it was very clear.

At the same time, this white lightning also contained a very special energy that subtly aligned with his Dao Intent of Life.

Li Xiangyun understood in his heart that this white lightning was more like a reward for Cultivators who reached this point.

For ordinary people, this place was naturally excellent.

It could enhance Physical Body strength without any pain.

But this was not what Li Xiangyun wanted.

The fundamental reason was that it was too slow!

Li Xiangyun simply could not wait that long.

So, he looked at the final layer, the ink-black lightning.

Dark lightning surged in the Spirit Pool, like swimming Dragons, carrying an aura of destruction.

Li Xiangyun's eyes became firm, and he resolutely entered it.

Almost instantly, Li Xiangyun felt as if his skin was being pierced by steel needles, and intense pain swept through his entire body.

Li Xiangyun gritted his teeth, his knuckles turning white, his robes long since scorched into tattered strips, revealing his blood-streaked back.

At the same time, the lightning was drilling into his bone marrow through his pores, his internal organs felt like they were being repeatedly roasted over thunder-fire, a sweet metallic taste surged in his throat, but he forcibly swallowed the bloody foam back into his stomach.

Although he had anticipated it, the terror of this ink-black lightning still surprised Li Xiangyun.

The surging, violent lightning not only brutally ravaged his body, but even his internal organs began to wither under the influence of a mysterious power.

The key was that the Dao Intent of Life asserted itself, firmly preventing this from happening, and then engaged in a tug-of-war with it.

"Three hundred and forty thousand ~"

A hoarse voice boomed like muffled thunder on the surface of the pool.

Time slowly passed. Li Xiangyun didn't know how much time had gone by, but he continuously counted his heartbeats, which pounded like a drum, using it to maintain consciousness.

After an unknown period, Li Xiangyun suddenly heard a "crack."

Like the crisp sound of a breaking chain, the lightning around his body suddenly condensed into fine chains, flowing into his Dantian along his Meridians.

The swelling pain in his limbs and bones turned into a tingling numbness. A terrifying cold ice suddenly emerged from Li Xiangyun's body, freezing the surrounding Thunder Pool.

When the lightning on the pool surface dissipated, Li Xiangyun staggered to his feet. A gentle breeze brushed his newly smooth skin, and a slight tremor of lightning at his fingertips actually scorched a three-zhang-long mark on a green bamboo three zhang away.

Coughing up accumulated blood clots, Li Xiangyun touched the spot where his heart was now beating. There, a vitality more fervent than thunder pulsed.

This brought a smile to his lips.

Although the process of this Cultivation was painful, the gains were undoubtedly immense.

He had not only fully digested the insights gained from observing Lord Thunder Dragon's Breakthrough earlier but had also Breakthrough to the Late Stage of the Divine Treasury.

At the same time, he had also mastered a trace of the power of thunder.

It could be said to be killing multiple birds with one stone.