The Lord of Thunder

Chapter 1389 The Sour Tale of the Old Partner, the Butcher

The successful completion of the burial ceremony was an incredible piece of good news for the powerful figures on the side of Heaven.

This means that the fighting power on the side of Heaven is stronger.

The powerful members of the strange race learned of the successful completion of the Burial Master's Sacrifice immediately.

They were eager to make a move and kill the master of the burial.

In the end, they returned defeated and humiliated.

There hasn't been a major battle at the level of a sacrificial Dao expert for many years.

This brief battle between powerful Dao cultivators alarmed almost all the Immortal Emperors and Dao Ancestors.

Such a duel between supreme and unparalleled powerhouses is truly astonishing.

The two bizarre progenitors gained no advantage whatsoever.

Ultimately, they did not intend to start a final battle, so after a brief fight, they returned to the eerie plateau.

Everyone knows that the real decisive battle is yet to come, and everyone is engaged in a frantic arms race.

The Oddity Ancestor wants to create more Oddity Ancestors and Oddity Immortal Emperors.

On the other side of Heaven, numerous peerless geniuses are also growing rapidly, but their growth also takes time.

The fact that the Burial Master, an old figure much older than the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, successfully stepped into the Sacrifice Dao Realm was a joyous and encouraging event for all the veteran Immortal Emperors.

This boosted their morale and gave them more motivation to strive harder.

Meanwhile, the strange races did not let their guard down either; they also created numerous strange quasi-immortal emperors and strange immortal emperors.

This is in preparation for further selecting powerful individuals at the level of the mysterious progenitor.

The eerie progenitors are slumbering and undergoing transformation, and their strength is also increasing.

This can be seen from their battle with the burial master.

If it weren't for the Thunder Emperor's timely intervention, the Burial Master might have actually died at the hands of these two strange progenitors.

The brief battle between the powerful figures of the sacrificial path, which did not escalate into a final battle, was beneficial to everyone.

After all, it has been tens of thousands of years since the last time the eighteen strange progenitors were born together.

Everyone is still preparing frantically.

Whether it was the mysterious progenitor or the powerful figures on the side of Heaven, they were all sharpening their knives.

As long as the powerful Daoist masters don't make a move, the strange Immortal Emperor and the strange Quasi-Immortal Emperor won't have much of an impact.

At least in the star-studded heavens and myriad realms, the strange Immortal Emperor alone can no longer stir up any waves.

. . .

The sacrificial sea has now been completely refined by the Thunder Emperor, the Desolate Heaven Emperor, and the Ye Heaven Emperor, among others.

This endless void is now known as the Void Rift.

Yes, this void is a place that is almost an absolute vacuum, where there is not even dark matter.

In a sense, it is indeed a void rift valley.

However, from time to time, immense storms of law would erupt from there.

Countless strange substances blotted out the sky and surged like waves.

That was a strange fluctuation of the Great Dao Laws at the level of an Immortal Emperor. It seems that he is not far from becoming a strange progenitor.

Amidst the swirling, eerie substance, one powerful and bizarre Immortal Emperor after another emerged.

They actually took the initiative to challenge the Celestial Emperor on the side of Heaven, wanting to fight together and hone their skills against each other.

At first, people thought they were going to attack the heavens and all the realms again.

When the strange Immortal Emperor's challenge arrived, many Immortal Emperors from the Heavenly Realm went to fight him.

They also hoped to break through and become powerful sacrificial practitioners in the fierce battle.

Only a strong enough enemy can hone you into a stronger self.

With the powerful Daoist priests and the mysterious progenitors not intervening, that place became the stage for the Immortal Emperor.

There are many strange and powerful Immortal Emperors, who can be called Immortal Emperors of the Tyrannosaurus Rex level.

It seems they're going to fight tooth and nail to break through as quickly as possible and become the progenitors of the bizarre.

The Celestial Emperor on the other side of Heaven also had a burning gaze.

They were eager to engage in a fierce battle with the powerful members of the strange race.

That chaotic war lasted for millions of years before it ended in a rather murky way.

This marks the beginning of a new era of peace.

For a long time after that, no strange immortal emperor took the initiative to leave the strange plateau.

Many newly emerging powerhouses have not even fought against any strange powerhouses, and the legends of those strange immortal emperors and strange progenitors have gradually become legends.

Now, strange Immortal Emperors have appeared, in large numbers, seeking to hone their skills and have begun a training program.

The rules of the eerie plateau are cruel: only those who survive the brutal wars are qualified to advance to higher levels.

Faced with the menacing and eerie Immortal Emperor, as well as the eerie Quasi-Immortal Emperor, the Immortal Emperor and Quasi-Immortal Emperor on the side of Heaven tacitly charged forward.

The Void Rift became a battlefield.

An endless stream of eerie matter blotted out the sky, seemingly capable of destroying all living things.

However, the Celestial Emperors and Quasi-Celestial Emperors on the side of Heaven showed no fear whatsoever, and instead took the initiative to charge forward.

They had also trained in the dark plateau, but it certainly wasn't a life-or-death struggle.

Only the truly bizarre creatures of this strange plateau will show no mercy and hone them to the fullest extent.

Their trials on the dark plateau have made them immune to strange substances.

The great battle against this strange Immortal Emperor was the life-or-death struggle they had longed for.

Only in dire circumstances can they be forced to transform and elevate themselves.

Thanks to the efforts of Lei Di and others, the entire Shangcang River and its myriad realms are teeming with life, and countless peerless geniuses are growing up.

The current environment for spiritual practice is more splendid and glorious than in countless past eras.

Moreover, under the immense pressure of the eerie progenitor, all living beings in heaven and earth united as one, and there was no longer a struggle for life and death, but only unity, mutual assistance, and courageous fighting against the enemy.

Without internal strife, the heavens and all the myriad realms shone with the most brilliant light.

Almost all of its potential has been realized.

Years of peace have deprived them of real challenges.

This incredibly fierce battle was exactly what Lei Di and the others had been looking forward to.

Only in this way can true warriors be forged.

Moreover, once one's cultivation reaches the Quasi-Immortal Emperor or Immortal Emperor level, simply engaging in secluded cultivation is no longer very effective in breaking through to higher realms; only life-or-death battles can lead to faster breakthroughs.

Now that these strange Immortal Emperors and strange Quasi-Immortal Emperors have reappeared, those strange progenitors must be thinking the same thing.

For the Celestial Emperor of Heaven, this was both a challenge and a tremendous opportunity for good fortune.

True powerhouses are forged in the most brutal battles.

The auras of the eerie Immortal Emperor and the eerie Quasi-Immortal Emperor permeated the Void Rift Valley.

Every now and then, strange substances of various colors would erupt.

Faced with this scenario, the Celestial Emperor and Quasi-Celestial Emperor of Heaven had already made preparations.

No matter how powerful these bizarre legions are, they are fearless.

Numerous Celestial Emperors and Quasi-Celestial Emperors rushed to the Void Rift Valley almost in a swarm.

They had long wanted to see what a truly powerful and mysterious expert looked like.

The powerful beings from the heavens and all the myriad realms joined the battle.

The entire Void Rift Valley became an ocean of law-based storms.

The Immortal Emperor and the Quasi-Immortal Emperor each sought out different opponents to fight on different battlefields.

Endless holy light erupted, and endless strange laws of the Great Dao erupted. The battle there was beyond everyone's imagination, as if the heavens and earth were being created and destroyed.

Those who can participate in the battle must be at least at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

Whether it's a clash of physical bodies or a clash of the laws of the Dao, it can easily destroy one great world after another.

Fortunately, the place where they fought was the Void Rift Valley, the site of the former sea sacrifice.

Now, the sacrificial sea has transformed into a vast ocean of laws amidst the great battle.

People can create and destroy worlds with ease, so this place quickly became an ocean of shattered worlds once again.

Here, the conversion of energy and matter happens almost in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, energy transforms into matter, and in an instant, matter transforms back into energy.

It's truly unbelievable that these powerful beings managed to fill the Void Rift Valley.

After a truce that lasted for nearly ten million years, a great war broke out again.

The era of peace has ended, and the era of large-scale military training has begun.

Rumble.

Elsewhere, the Immortal King Battlefield has also begun.

The eerie Immortal King and the eerie True Immortal also appeared.

The Celestial Kings and True Immortals on the side of Heaven were not afraid at all, and they actively participated in the great battle.

Everyone knows perfectly well that only the great battles between those powerful figures who practice sacrificial rituals can truly determine the course of the war.

Even a battle at the level of Immortal Emperors wouldn't change the overall outcome.

Only by diligently cultivating oneself and becoming a powerful figure in the sacrificial path can one be qualified to become a player on the chessboard.

Without becoming a Celestial Emperor, one doesn't even qualify to be a pawn. Currently, the Thunder Emperor and the Desolate Heaven Emperor, among others, are clearly not yet ready for a true final battle.

They were all preparing quietly.

Therefore, this large-scale military exercise is destined to be protracted, and may last for hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of years.

The powerful cultivators were all quietly in seclusion, either cultivating or doing other things.

It's difficult for people to see them.

Therefore, the strongest person that everyone can see on the surface is the Immortal Emperor.

At this moment, these Immortal Emperors appeared one after another in the Void Rift Valley, training their troops at the forefront of the war.

Those top-tier experts sometimes engage in fierce battles there, and sometimes they retreat to secluded places to cultivate their spiritual path.

They never forgot their original aspirations; participating in the war was not their goal, because becoming a powerful sacrificial deity was what they truly sought.

Many people in past eras were destined to be chosen ones, and they were all born in this era.

It is truly incredible that they rose to prominence in such a short period of time.

Theoretically speaking, anyone who can become a Celestial Emperor has the opportunity to become a Sacrificial Dao expert.

What they lack may simply be an opportunity.

Once they reach that level, they can break through.

Enlightenment and spiritual practice can play some role, but intense warfare, which verifies one's own path, often sparks the most brilliant inspiration.

The earth-shattering battle in the Void Rift Valley, though somewhat weaker than the great battle of the sacrificial Dao experts millions of years ago, was still an incredible war.

Numerous powerful individuals fought fiercely there, holding nothing back.

As long as the powerful priests do not participate in the battle, there is still hope for them to be resurrected.

Even if you die in battle, there is still hope of resurrection.

Even dying in battle is a form of cultivation for them.

. . .

There was a loud bang.

A tremendous ripple of the Great Dao spread from a corner of the Void Rift Valley.

A tremendous surge of energy emanated from there.

A pair of purple-gold divine fists tore through the vast void and the endless ocean of strange matter.

One after another, the strange and terrifying Immortal Emperors were beaten and sent flying everywhere, their blood splattering everywhere.

Judging from their auras, those strange Immortal Emperors were undoubtedly at the level of Great Tyrannosaurus Rex.

But now they are being forced to retreat.

In that dazzling light, countless strange substances were forcibly obliterated.

The man shrouded in purple light finally revealed his true form.

It is indeed unbelievable that three bizarre Immortal Emperors at the level of Great Tyrannosaurus Rex could not defeat a single Celestial Immortal Emperor.

The man was tall and imposing, with an intensely burning light in his eyes. He had a face that was both very familiar and terrifying.

Those eerie immortal emperors almost cried out in alarm when they saw it.

This person looks remarkably like both the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and the Leaf Heavenly Emperor.

If you didn't know better, you'd think they were the same person.

Yes, that person was actually Ye Fan's son, Ye Yishui.

Ye Yishui, possessing an innate sacred body and Dao embryo, was incredibly powerful.

He had already reached the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm long ago, but he had never truly broken through to the Sacrifice Dao realm.

Many people originally thought that he would be the first person to become a powerful figure in the sacrificial path after the Lotus Empress.

Unexpectedly, the first to become a powerful figure in the sacrificial path was the Burial Master.

Faced with this sudden outbreak of the Immortal Emperor War, Ye Yishui erupted.

He actively participated in the great battle, and also devoted himself to honing the profound principles he had comprehended over the years.

In the original text, Ye Yishui tragically perished in a great battle against a strange and powerful figure not long after Ye Fan became a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Although Ye Fan later became a master of the Dao and used heaven-defying methods to forcibly reflect him back, it ultimately delayed him by a great deal of time.

Even so, Ye Yishui still became an incomparably powerful Immortal Emperor during the final battle of the Sacred Ruins.

Now, Ye Yishui, who has not perished, is even more powerful.

He is currently at the peak of the Immortal King realm and could break through to become a Sacrificial Daoist at any time.

Now, facing three bizarre Immortal Emperors at the level of Great Tyrannosaurus Rex, they have even shown an overwhelming advantage.

He inherited Ye Fan's bloodline and innate talent.

Even their tempers are similar to Ye Fan's.

He displayed invincible prowess in battle.

The imposing Ye Yishui stared intently at the three eerie Immortal Emperors, each at the level of a giant tyrannosaurus, her eyes burning with fierce flames.

His incomparably powerful divine sense firmly locked onto the three strange Immortal Emperors.

Clearly, they didn't want these three to escape or go off to fight someone else.

The three-way battle is now locked in.

These three bizarre Immortal Emperors, who were at the level of giant tyrannosaurus dragons, also had their own dignity.

They had just missed Ye Yishui's strength and were actually defeated by her in one move.

Now that they have reformed their bodies, they immediately rushed forward again, confronting Ye Yishui with solemn expressions.

Although they were not as strong as Ye Yishui, they were ultimately not fatally injured.

Having lost face, they all looked grim.

Especially when they recognized the person as Ye Yishui, a person who claimed to possess the bearing of a sacrificial priest, they felt even more terrified.

They knew that Ye Yishui was no ordinary person.

His strength far surpasses that of ordinary Immortal Emperors, and he even possesses the power to completely annihilate the strange Immortal Emperor.

Therefore, these three strange immortal emperors would never underestimate Ye Yishui; on the contrary, they would immediately join forces to fight to the death.

Only in this way can they have a slim chance of winning.

However, they did not expect that even though they had joined forces and tried their best, they were still easily suppressed by Ye Yishui.

"You three old devils are pretty tough..."

Ye Yishui spoke calmly and coldly.

Although he didn't deliberately mock them, those strange immortal emperors felt a strong sense of contempt.

"Junior is rampant!"

“Ignorance is fearless!”

Those who underestimate my plateau will die!

The eerie Heavenly Emperor roared again and again, his strange laws and strange matter blotting out the sky, as if he wanted to dye the void into an ink-like shape.

Ye Yishui showed no fear and did not retreat; instead, she charged forward.

He had long regarded these three Immortal Emperors of the Tyrannosaurus Rex level as his whetstones, and now he was going to wear them down completely.

The Celestial Emperor on the Celestial side watched Ye Yishui fight against three Celestial Emperors at the level of Great Tyrannosaurus Rex and felt that Ye Yishui was not far from breaking through.

If nothing unexpected happens, another powerful sacrificial expert should be born in the heavens soon.

Looking at Ye Yishui's heroic and majestic figure, many people had this thought in their minds.

Besides this kind of battlefield, powerful figures such as Emperor Venerable, Celestial Ancient Tuo, and Azure Emperor have also reached the peak of Dao Ancestor and may break through to become true Immortal Emperor at any time.

Their battles were equally fierce, and they used their opponents as whetstones.

In addition, there are many people in the Immortal Emperor Battlefield who are expected to achieve a breakthrough.

For example, Xiao Tian and Ye Qingxian, Butcher, Little Stone, Heavenly Horned Ant, and Red Dragon Ge Gu are all people with endless potential.

The Burial Master and the Butcher were once the renowned Emperor Light Immortal Kings of the era of the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

The Burial Master has now broken through to become a Sacrificial Master, and the Butcher has been hovering at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm for a long time.

The Butcher was undoubtedly the most affected by the Burial Master's breakthrough.

This mentality is roughly equivalent to both fearing that one's brother will suffer and fearing that one's brother will drive a Land Rover.

Now that his brother has already gotten a Land Rover, the butcher's feelings are probably the most complicated.

Therefore, in the battle, the butcher's attacks were almost frenzied.

The two Immortal Emperors opposite him, both at the level of Tyrannosaurus Rex, were somewhat intimidated by this butcher's reckless and desperate fighting style.

I don't understand. Everyone is here to gain experience, so why are they fighting so hard?

They couldn't understand the butcher's feelings.

Only those who know the butcher can understand how bitter he felt at that moment.

Seeing his old friend of many years so distraught, the funeral director knew that he was also under psychological pressure.

But he didn't say much.

Having this kind of emotion might be more conducive to this old friend's breakthrough. He doesn't need to say much; he just needs to observe and wait.

I believe this old partner will definitely make a breakthrough, and that day may not be far off.

Just when the Burial Master thought that the next person to break through would likely be his old brother and partner, Butcher, it was someone else who broke through to become a Sacrificial Dao expert first.

(End of this chapter)