657: Chapter 655 My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens; if the heavens obstruct me, I will destroy them!

Crack! Crack!

Large patches of charred skin peeled off Chu Xuan's body, revealing the scarlet subcutaneous tissue.

Now that the Lightning Tribulation had vanished, Chu Xuan still felt his body somewhat numb and stiff, with a slight sense of obstruction when moving.

"Fortunately, I added quite a bit of stamina earlier..."

Chu Xuan let out a long sigh of relief, and the feeling of stiffness quickly disappeared.

This time, a full seven golden lightning bolts had descended, but fortunately, he had already experienced bombardment by Heavenly lightning many times before and had developed significant resistance to lightning.

Coupled with sufficient stamina and health points, he had passed this Lightning Tribulation without any major mishaps.

Chu Xuan checked his health points, and over 4,000 remained.

Not only had it not reached the level to trigger his exclusive skill [I Will Not Die], but even the [super life recovery potion] he had prepared and kept ready for use at any time was saved once again.

Under the [Regeneration] trait, Chu Xuan's injuries were slowly recovering, and the scarlet subcutaneous tissue began to form reddish-brown scabs visible to the naked eye.

This battle could be described as a great success.

Not only did he gain a large amount of spirituality value and rule fragments, but he also obtained a Divine Ability through [Strong Plunder], [Thunderous Might] had reached the [Perfection] level, and he had gained an exchange quota for 15 real attribute points.

[Thunderous Might (Perfection): Within the range of your Mental Energy, you can consume spirituality value to arbitrarily trigger thunder and lightning, inflicting indiscriminate area-of-effect damage on targets. The lightning strike penetration carries a potent paralysis effect, or it can be condensed into a thick lightning pillar to cause single-target damage. When you trigger thunder and lightning in an area, you can determine the target's Rank. If the target's Rank is within 20 levels and does not exceed yours, they will be unable to use teleportation or blink-type skills.]

Chu Xuan's spirit lifted.

After [Thunderous Might] reached [Perfection], it actually possessed a crowd-control effect. Although it was slightly inferior to the lightning web restraint used by Gaga Chicken and had a Rank restriction, it was still extremely powerful.

At this moment, although Chu Xuan's injuries had not yet fully healed and he felt pain, numbness, and itching all over his body, he was in an extremely good mood.

The only fly in the ointment was that he had almost failed to maintain the physical appearance of Zhou Fan just now.

"It seems [Myriad Forms] also has flaws. When my true form suffers severe trauma, I will revert to my original shape." Chu Xuan muttered in his heart, noting this characteristic.

At this time, as the Lightning Tribulation dissipated, the sky of the Secret Realm returned to normal, and the high-ranking members of the Heavenly Dao Alliance who had previously stayed far away quickly rushed over.

When they saw Chu Xuan motionless, covered in blood scabs, appearing as if he were severely injured and unable to move, their expressions were all varied.

Just then, Guardian Qingyang suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Chu Xuan, and shouted loudly:

"Everyone! The moment Young Alliance Leader Qi Yun died, Heavenly Punishment descended. Isn't this enough to prove that Young Alliance Leader Qi Yun was not a monster? Everything is the work of this Zhou Fan!"

"The real monster is actually this Zhou Fan! Let us take this opportunity to kill Zhou Fan; we must not give this monster a chance to catch his breath and recover!"

As soon as Qingyang said this, before anyone could respond, killing intent flared in Chu Xuan's eyes, and he suddenly roared:

"Audacious monster, how dare you spread such lies? I can tell at a glance that you are not human!"

"Thunder, come!!!"

Chu Xuan raised his hand to the sky, lightning flashed in his palm and instantly filled the sky. The thunderclouds above rolled, and immediately after, a pillar of lightning crashed down.

In reality, Chu Xuan did not need to go to such trouble; he could have directly conjured lightning with his hands and blasted it at Qingyang. Doing it this way was naturally to build momentum for himself and be more eye-catching.

Boom—

Qingyang's expression changed. He was instantly struck by the lightning pillar, turning into charred remains in an instant, and was already on the verge of death.

At this moment, Chu Xuan leaped, instantly teleporting to his side, and stomped on Qingyang's head, shouting coldly: "Are you still not going to reveal your true form?!"

As his words fell, Qingyang's figure twisted, and under Chu Xuan's foot, he transformed into a monster covered in tentacles.

"Die!"

Chu Xuan snorted coldly, lightning flashing around his body, all of it converging on the monster beneath his feet.

Amidst the exploding lightning, Chu Xuan had already crushed Qingyang's head, while the Fire of Nirvana surged out, exterminating the dying Qingyang.

[You have killed Qingyang...]

[Your spirituality value + 29360, your rule fragment + 6]

Everyone watched helplessly as Qingyang turned into a monster, immediately putting aside their previous doubts, while also feeling shocked by Chu Xuan's strength and decisiveness.

"And you!"

Chu Xuan did not stop; he suddenly turned his head to look at Guardian Hanshuang. Just as the other party's expression changed drastically, his arm struck out like a dragon, and a lightning spear thrust out suddenly.

It was so fast that it instantly pierced through Hanshuang's chest and abdomen.

Chu Xuan shook his arm, and the lightning exploded, passing through the body. Arcs of electricity instantly flickered on Hanshuang's skin, while the Fire of Nirvana rampaged inside his body, causing massive destruction.

Seeing that Hanshuang's health points were bottoming out and he was about to die, Chu Xuan used [Myriad Forms] to turn him into a humanoid monster covered in spikes.

Subsequently, Chu Xuan repeated the process, enveloping the monster with wild lightning, and while the intense current burst forth and blinding light bloomed, he killed it with the Fire of Nirvana.

[You have killed Hanshuang...]

[Your spirituality value + 30500, your rule fragment + 6]

Everything happened too fast.

From the moment Chu Xuan acted until Qingyang and Hanshuang were both killed, only three or five breaths of time had passed.

Everyone gazed at this scene in extreme shock.

Although Chu Xuan had already displayed sufficiently powerful strength when killing Young Alliance Leader Qi Yun, everyone still felt a sense of trepidation.

At this moment, the gaze they directed at Chu Xuan was already filled with deep awe.

At this moment, the remaining two Guardians, Xuanchen and Chili, actually breathed a huge sigh of relief.

They were both Strange Creatures who had infiltrated from the Shendao Sect. Just now, when they saw Young Alliance Leader Qi Yun turn into a monster, they thought there had been a mistake.

But after seeing Qingyang and Hanshuang suffer the same fate, they all reacted and understood that Chu Xuan must have done something in this.

At this moment, a meaningful gaze swept over them.

Xuanchen and Chili's spirits lifted, and after meeting Chu Xuan's meaningful gaze, they immediately smiled.

"Congratulations to Zhou Fan on the great success of your divine technique, and for eliminating the treacherous and exterminating the monsters!"

Xuanchen and Chili cupped their hands in salute, bowed to Chu Xuan, and said in unison: "Please, Zhou Fan, take the position of Alliance Leader. We are willing to follow Zhou Fan, and for the sake of all living beings in the world, reopen a new heaven!"

As their words fell, many people immediately shouted in unison: "Please, Zhou Fan, take the position of Alliance Leader. We are willing to follow Zhou Fan, and for the sake of all living beings in the world, reopen a new heaven!"

Chu Xuan looked up and found that most of those who spoke were Strange Creatures, and while there were many others, it was not everyone.

Apparently, they still harbored a trace of doubt because Chu Xuan had suffered the Lightning Punishment earlier.

"Good!"

Chu Xuan's Aura erupted, and the blood scabs on his face fell off in rustles, revealing solid skin.

With a wave of his hand, he took a cloak from Zhou Fan's storage space and draped it over his body. He held the lightning spear high above the sky and laughed up at the sky:

"I exterminated the monsters, yet Heaven instead sent down Lightning Punishment. How unfair is the Heavenly Dao?!"

"My fate is determined by me, not by Heaven; if Heaven stands in my way, I will destroy Heaven!"

"Since that is the case, I, Zhou Fan, hereby swear that I will overturn the mandate of Heaven, reshape the Heavenly Dao, and for the sake of all living beings in the world, reopen a new heaven!"

As his words ended, thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, and beams of lightning descended from behind Chu Xuan, forming a shocking backdrop.

At this moment.

On the summit of the main peak, among the buildings of the peaks.

The entire Secret Realm bowed their heads and shouted in unison: "We are willing to follow the Alliance Leader, and for the sake of all living beings in the world, reopen a new heaven!"