Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1537 World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment
At this moment, the sky above had been completely occupied by dark, inky clouds.

Those dense dark clouds were no ordinary rain clouds, but rather swept across the sky like a surging black sea, carrying a tyrannical momentum that devoured everything, and in an instant, they obscured all the light of Shenhua Heaven.

The world suddenly sank into a deathly silence of darkness, with even the faintest light and shadow being completely swallowed up. Only the dull, turbid sounds of rolling dark clouds slowly echoed between heaven and earth.

This extremely dense dark cloud, like a colossal, ancient beast, is silently opening its enormous maw, slowly gnawing at the outline of the sky.

It seemed as if it wanted to swallow the entire Divine Flower Heaven, along with the laws of heaven and earth, into nothingness.

Within the territory shrouded in dark clouds, a terrifying sense of oppression, comparable to the collapse of heaven and earth, spread like a tidal wave.

The oppressive feeling did not come from the spiritual power of the cultivators, but from the majestic might of the Heavenly Dao's punishment.

The weight was so heavy that it bent the backs of all living things on the ground, their chests felt so suffocated they almost exploded, and even breathing became a luxury. The suffocating despair gripped the mind of every living being.

"Ka... Ka..."

A dull tearing sound came from the depths of the dark clouds, followed by blinding flashes of lightning that suddenly burst forth from the black clouds.

Like golden swords slicing through the darkness, instantly illuminating the pitch-black world with a stark white light.

The dazzling lightning was not scattered, but rather resembled a herd of golden dragons galloping and weaving through the clouds.

The dragon scales were clearly visible in the lightning, and the dragon's roar was hidden in the thunder. It had both the terror of a cataclysmic apocalypse and the majestic power of the heavens that made people afraid to look directly at it.

It makes the viewer tremble with fear and awe, and they dare not even lift their eyelids.

The inky black clouds churned more violently, bubbling like boiling asphalt. Countless electric snakes darted and converged within the clouds, and the silvery-purple lightning grew thicker and thicker, eventually coalescing into a towering, sky-covering, vertical eye of lightning in the very center of the clouds.

The vertical eye was constructed from pure lightning power, with the whites of the eye being blazing silver-purple lightning, and the pitch-black vertical pupils like a bottomless abyss, devoid of any emotion, only icy indifference.

Like the Heavenly Dao looking down upon ants, it indifferently gazes at the world below. That is the materialized form of the Demon-Suppressing Thunder Seal, and every wisp of lightning exudes a terrifying aura that purifies all evil spirits.

Chen Qingxuan and the other top-tier cultivators of Shenhua Heaven were all frozen in mid-air, staring dumbfounded at the strange phenomenon in the sky.

They were all old monsters in the late stage of the Integration Realm, who had roamed the lower realm for tens of thousands of years and had seen countless storms.

But now, facing that thunderous vertical eye, an uncontrollable fear surged from the deepest part of their souls, as if that vertical eye could crush their souls into dust with a single glance.

Such terrifying celestial phenomena are beyond the capacity of the lower realm to bear; they have already touched the forbidden edge of the Heavenly Dao.

"This...this is the 'Thunder Dharma Form,' a Dharma Form that only ancient thunder-path masters could condense!" A white-haired old cultivator's voice trembled, his tone filled with disbelief.

"Could it be... could it be that a senior from the upper realm sensed the crisis facing my Divine Flower Heaven and sent them to provide support..." Another cultivator's eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope, yet also carried a hint of uncertainty.

"Impossible..." someone immediately retorted.

"The source of this thunderous aura clearly lies within my Divine Radiance Heavenly Realm... It is definitely not an external force..."

"When did our Shenhua Heaven produce such a powerful cultivator in the Dao of Thunder? I know all the top cultivators in the major sects, but I've never seen such a terrifying Thunder cultivator before..."

"This is no ordinary lightning technique. Carefully sense that aura; it's a legendary ancient forbidden technique of lightning..."

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Chen Qingxuan trembled with excitement, his fingertips shaking slightly.

His intuition told him that the being who activated this forbidden lightning technique must have come to their aid.

The critical situation in the Eastern Theater Command today is salvageable.

This earth-shattering phenomenon instantly put the several avatars of the great demons from the upper realm, who were suspended in the air, on high alert.

Although they forcibly tore through space to descend to the lower realm and were suppressed by the rules of Heaven, losing only one-tenth of their strength, they were still great demons who had been famous in the upper realm for a long time, and their vision and perception far surpassed those of cultivators in the lower realm.

At this moment, sensing the terrifying aura emanating from the Thunder Vertical Eye, their fear was a hundred times stronger than that of Chen Qingxuan and the others.

That thunderous power contained a purifying ability specifically designed to subdue demons. Every ray of lightning caused their demonic bodies to tremble instinctively, and a sharp pain emanated from the depths of their bloodlines.

In their long-standing memories, this aura seemed familiar.

That was the despairing aura of the demon race suppressed by the heavenly thunder in ancient times.

Just then, the massive, sun-covering, vertical eye of lightning in the sky slowly closed.

However, the surrounding lightning did not weaken; instead, it became even more intense, with silver-purple electric snakes darting wildly, dyeing the entire dark cloud an eerie purple.

The air seemed to be completely frozen by this invisible divine power, and not even the wind dared to stir it. The world fell into a deathly silence.

Only the crackling sound of lightning continued to echo, foreshadowing the terrifying stillness before divine punishment descended.

The next moment, Thunder's vertical eye suddenly opened.

"Shoot..."

With an ear-piercing, tearing sound that shattered the heavens and earth, a destructive purple divine light erupted from the vertical eye.

The light was ten thousand times more intense than the sun; even its afterglow was enough to blind cultivators in the lower realms.

"Click..."

A blindingly bright bolt of silver lightning ripped through the sky first, followed by a terrifying explosion that shook mountains and the earth.

That booming sound was no ordinary thunder; it was like thousands of heavenly drums beating simultaneously.

Wherever the terrifying sound waves passed, visible ripples appeared in the space, rocks on the ground cracked, and distant mountain peaks even began to crumble.

The blinding light pierced through the thick dark clouds, illuminating most of Shenhua Heaven as if it were daytime.

The originally pitch-black sky was torn apart by this bolt of lightning, creating a huge, irregular crack. Chaotic energy flowed through the crack, as if the entire world was about to collapse and shatter.

"Rumble..."

A deafening roar echoed across the vast territory, instantly cracking the ground with countless spiderweb-like fissures.

White smoke billowed from the cracks, and countless low mountains were directly shattered by the sound waves, turning into ruins.

Immediately afterwards, a massive, deep purple beam of lightning, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, crashed down from the vertical eye of the lightning.

This deep purple beam of light was thick enough to engulf an entire mountain peak, its entire body wreathed in silver-purple electric snakes, piercing straight from the top of the sky to the depths of the earth.

Wherever the beam of light passed, all sounds in the world were swallowed up, leaving only the terrifying roar of thunder.

It was as if this pillar of light was the sole ruler of the world at that moment.

A pillar of purple lightning roared down, instantly scorching the air in its path with a loud sizzling sound. Even space itself was distorted by the terrifying heatwave, rippling like water, as if it were about to be torn apart at any moment.

This overwhelming divine might far exceeded the comprehension limits of cultivators in the lower realms. The laws of heaven and earth trembled violently amidst the lightning, as if they were all in awe of the power of this demon-suppressing lightning seal.

Chen Qingxuan and the others, who were suspended in the air, changed their expressions drastically. They quickly circulated their spiritual power to protect their eyes and turned their heads sharply to avoid the blinding lightning.

"Retreat...Everyone retreat immediately...Quickly..."

Chen Qingxuan's voice was a rapid roar, almost drowned out by the thunder.

As soon as the words were spoken, the human cultivators guarding the demon race's defensive line activated their fastest escape techniques and fled the area like a tide.

Even though they were thousands of miles away from the area covered by the pillar of lightning, they were still overwhelmed by the terrifying pressure and their blood and qi surged, and their throats tasted sweet.

Any hesitation could result in damage to one's meridians from the aftershocks.

There was no way around it; that towering pillar of lightning was simply too terrifying. The mere aura it emitted was enough to crush cultivators at the Integration Realm in the lower realms.

Fortunately, the main force of human cultivators in the Eastern Theater Command was far away, and even if they were affected by the aftershocks of the lightning, they could barely withstand it with their spiritual power.

However, the countless demon beasts deep within the demon realm were not so lucky.

The bolt of lightning that descended from the sky landed directly above them.

The moment the deep purple lightning approached, the black demonic energy that had filled the world due to the descent of the great demon avatar from the upper realm was torn to shreds like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, without even a chance to struggle.

Within a radius of thousands of miles, all the demonic beasts, whether flying birds of prey or crawling beasts, were instantly vaporized by the lightning before they could even utter a scream.

Not even a wisp of ash or a remnant soul remained; this region instantly turned into a desolate, scorched wasteland.

Those few avatars of powerful demons from the upper realm were now completely panicked.

Their scarlet vertical pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints, their usual arrogance and haughtiness were completely stripped away, leaving only extreme fear seeping from their very bones.

They clearly felt that they were locked onto by the vertical eye of lightning in the sky, and the surrounding space was completely imprisoned by the power of lightning.

At this point, let alone escaping, even moving their demonic bodies was as difficult as ascending to heaven; they could only grit their teeth and endure this world-destroying divine punishment.

The crimson pupils of the several demonic clones were filled with madness and resentment.

They roared and urged the last of their demonic power, frantically unleashing their most powerful demonic arts in an attempt to fight against the pillar of lightning that was enough to destroy their clones.

Leading the group was a colossal black elephant demon, as tall as a towering mountain. Its body was thousands of feet high, its skin was as black as ink, and it was covered with hideous bone spurs.

Black demonic flames coiled around the three thick elephant trunks, and its eyes were blood-red.

At that moment, it suddenly raised its head and let out a deafening roar, the sound waves causing the surrounding dark clouds to churn.

The giant elephant demon's black demonic energy surged wildly, churning like boiling black water, and rapidly condensed into thick black barriers around it.

It was layered with over a hundred layers, forming an airtight black cocoon that completely enveloped its enormous demonic body.

At the same time, it suddenly swung its three trunks, each as thick as a giant pillar, and spewed out a blue water dragon, a red fire dragon, and a white ice dragon, respectively.

The three dragon-shaped demonic spells, carrying a world-destroying force, crashed fiercely into the pillar of lightning in the sky.

The blue water dragon roared and surged, freezing the space in its wake, carrying with it a massive amount of water vapor powerful enough to engulf continents.

The crimson fire dragon burned fiercely, its flames as black as ink. It was a demonic fire from the underworld that could burn even the soul, with a temperature high enough to melt refined iron.

The white ice dragon exuded a bone-chilling cold, freezing the air and even the light in its wake.

Each of these three demonic arts possesses the terrifying power to easily flatten mountains stretching for thousands of miles. If used in the lower realm, they would be enough to turn a region into scorched earth or an ice field.

But just as the three dragon-shaped demonic spells touched the pillar of lightning, a bizarre scene unfolded.

That earth-shattering sorcery couldn't even break through the lightning's defenses; it was instantly reduced to ashes.

It didn't even cause a ripple; in the blink of an eye, it shattered into dust and dissipated into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the black barrier that had been layered around the black giant elephant barely held on for half a breath before its surface was quickly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and with a loud "bang," it was completely shattered.

The flying black fragments, carrying a strong burnt smell, landed on the ground and instantly burned small pits several feet deep, from which white smoke still rose.

The remaining force of the lightning pillar, like an unstoppable spear of divine punishment, slammed heavily into the black colossus's demonic body. "Boom..."

With a deafening roar, the colossal elephant's massive body was instantly slammed into the ground, creating a bottomless crater that billowed with dust.

The demon's body, which was thousands of feet tall, was mostly sunk deep into the ground, leaving only its enormous head and three broken elephant trunks on the surface.

Most of the bone spurs on the elephant's trunk were broken off, leaving it a bloody mess. It lay sprawled on the edge of the pit like three dead snakes, its former imposing presence gone.

The other avatars of powerful demons from the upper realm met even more tragic ends than the black giant elephant.

A monster resembling a nine-headed serpent was about to unleash its magic when it was struck by a pillar of lightning. All nine heads exploded simultaneously, black blood mixed with brain matter splattering everywhere. The massive serpentine body was melted by the lightning and broken into several pieces.

Another ferocious lion-like demon had its protective demonic aura shatter like paper. Its lion body was charred black by lightning, its fur turned to ash, and its bones broke inch by inch, making a crisp "crackling" sound.

There was also a tiger demon with wings on its back. The moment its wings flapped, it was torn apart by lightning. Its body fell like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the ground and creating a huge crater. Then it was completely swallowed up by the remaining lightning and turned into a pile of charred ashes.

Even more terrifying was that the lightning bolts that pierced through the demons' bodies were like living venomous snakes, burrowing into their bodies and wreaking havoc.

Wherever the lightning passed, the demon bones shattered inch by inch, the demon tendons were completely burned, and even the demon cores where their origins were located trembled violently under the impact of the lightning, and the surface was quickly covered with cracks, ready to collapse at any moment.

The deep purple lightning beam that descended from the sky was merely an appetizer for the Demon-Suppressing Thunder Seal.

Immediately afterwards, countless fine chains of lightning, composed of thunder and lightning, poured down from the dark clouds, like a huge net of thunder, completely enveloping the several enormous demon bodies.

The lightning chains intertwined and collided, emitting a chilling "sizzling" sound. The lightning continuously eroded their broken demonic bodies, emitting billowing black smoke.

"Awoo...woowoo..."

Several avatars of powerful demons from the upper realm let out extremely mournful roars. Their voices had lost all their majesty, leaving only heart-wrenching pain and resentment. The sound waves were filled with intense despair and spread throughout the entire world.

The black demonic energy that had enveloped the world melted away at a visible speed, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, leaving no room for resistance whatsoever.

Instead, a thick, nauseating smell of burning flesh, mixed with the stench of demon blood, permeated the entire Shenhua Tiandu, lingering for a long time.

Between heaven and earth, only the roar of thunder and the desperate howl of the great demon remained, and the vertical eye of thunder still indifferently watched down, carrying out the heavenly punishment of purifying evil spirits.

(End of this chapter)