Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division

The captain bowed to the three men and said, "If you are unable to pass through and wish to return, we will stay in the nearby waters for a while."

Li Yuan thanked the captain and led Ji Fanghua and the other two off the ship. Just like the previous glacial sea, this place had a suppressive effect on spiritual energy. The three of them chose to fly close to the sea and headed towards the thunderstorm area.

As we got closer, we saw that the sky was piled with strange, leaden-black clouds, with countless dark blue lightning bolts flashing within them, and deafening thunder rumbling incessantly, while the entire sea was churning and roaring.

"The lightning is so dense?"

Leng Ningshuang's expression changed. She had originally planned to take advantage of the gaps in the lightning, but after observing carefully for a while, she discovered that the lightning was not only dense, but also appeared without any pattern.

Ordinary cultivators would be torn apart by a single strike of heavenly lightning, and if they accidentally stumbled into the central area, the Nine Heavens Profound Lightning could cause their souls to be scattered.

Thick thunderclouds hung low over the sea, making it hard to breathe.

The three attempted a forced crossing. Li Yuan was at the forefront, using his star field to create a silver-white light screen, protecting Leng Ning Shuang and Ji Fang Hua as they passed through the outer edge of the thunderclouds.

Bolts of lightning struck, shaking the star field violently. After more than a dozen bolts of lightning, a tiny crack was finally cleaved through the star screen, allowing the violent lightning to penetrate and making half of his body go numb.

Then, one lightning bolt after another came, like venomous snakes descending from the sky, relentlessly pursuing him.

Leng Ning Shuang hurriedly raised an ice shield to defend herself, but she could only hold out for a few breaths before being cleaved into pieces.

Ji Fanghua's figure flickered in and out of existence amidst the lightning. Although her spatial teleportation was powerful, the lightning was too numerous and unpredictable, making her dodges extremely dangerous. Several times she nearly crashed into the depths of the thunderclouds.

At the critical moment, Li Yuan grabbed them and forced them to retreat, getting them out of Lei Hai's range.

The three of them fell onto a distant ice floe, their bodies charred and in a sorry state.

"no."

Leng Ning Shuang looked pained, with several lightning burn marks on her body. She had an ice-type talent, which was inherently incompatible with lightning and fire, so she couldn't unleash her full power.

"We can't get through this, at least not right now."

Li Yuan nodded. The lightning struck his body, causing rampant destruction and burning. Even now, his body is still numb. But after the numbness subsided, he felt that the meridians in his body were more open than before.

He was shocked. Those were his own meridians and internal organs. He realized that this was not a hallucination. While the lightning was destroying, it was also tempering his physical body, and even his soul had become stronger.

He looked down at his palms, lost in thought.

The next day, they set up camp overseas. Li Yuan had an idea in mind and decided to conduct the experiment alone.

"You two don't go in yet. Stay here and wait. I'll go scout ahead."

His expression was solemn.

"Senior brother, be careful. Don't force your way in. Let's plan this carefully."

Ji Fanghua couldn't help but give her some advice.

"Don't worry, I'm not a reckless person."

Li Yuan offered a word of comfort, picked up his sword, and slowly stepped into the thunder. The outermost thunder fields were relatively sparse, and relying on his agile movements, he advanced more than ten feet forward.

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning, like a fireball, suddenly appeared beside him. It was so fast that there was no time to dodge, and Li Yuan waved his hand to create a spiritual energy shield.

With a "crack," the spiritual energy shield was shattered into pieces, but fortunately, the lightning was also neutralized at the same time.

Li Yuan was alarmed. The power of this lightning was truly immense. He could withstand one or two bolts of lightning if he wanted to pass through the sea of ​​lightning, but with his cultivation at the Dao Realm, he could probably withstand more than a dozen.

But what if it were hundreds or thousands of lightning bolts? He would probably have been reduced to ashes long ago.

He didn't continue forward, but stopped there, stretched out his finger, and drew out a trace of the lingering light from the lightning in front of him, playing with it on his fingertip.

The blue-purple electric light, like a small snake, flickered and coiled around his fingertips, looking quite docile.

With a sudden thought, he tried to guide the lightning into his body. As soon as the lightning entered his body, it penetrated his meridians and raged around inside.

The power of this wisp of lightning was not great, and Li Yuan quickly subdued it, but it did widen a certain part of his meridians.

Li Yuan examined his meridians internally and smiled with satisfaction. Ever since he learned of the existence of this sea of ​​thunder, he had been thinking about how to deal with it.

The attributes of thunder are complex, representing a fierce clash between metal and fire. Since it is still within the Five Elements, perhaps we can try to refine it.

And so, while dodging the rolling thunderbolts, he continuously absorbed the lightning threads to widen his meridians and strengthen his muscles and bones.

He stayed in the sea of ​​lightning for several hours, and only after realizing that his Yuan energy was severely depleted did he withdraw from it.

After a short rest, he threw himself into the fray again, this time advancing a distance. More thunderbolts crashed down on him, seemingly trying to tear him to shreds.

From that day on, he would go into the outer edge of the sea of ​​thunder alone every day, not going too deep, but just standing on the edge of the thundercloud, letting go of his defenses and letting the lightning strike him one by one.

At first, he withdrew after enduring only three bolts of heavenly lightning, spitting out a mouthful of turbid blood, but his eyes shone with an astonishing brightness. His guess was correct; these bolts of lightning did indeed have a tempering effect.

After entering the Dao Realm, the growth of one's cultivation level becomes slow. After finally reaching the middle stage, one can no longer feel any growth at all.

Now, under the baptism of thunder, he finally felt a slight loosening, however tiny, but no longer stagnant as before.

Unexpectedly, the Thunder Sea had such benefits; it was practically a paradise for his cultivation. Overjoyed, Li Yuan stopped rushing through and instead calmed down, constantly refining himself within the Thunder Sea every day.

As the days went by, the number of lightning strikes increased from three to five, then seven... After more than ten days, he was able to walk around the outer edge of the sea of ​​lightning for half an hour in the midst of thunder and rain.

From a distance, he was enveloped in tiny sparks of electricity, like an electrified iron tower with crackling and leaping sparks.

The effects of lightning tempering far exceeded Li Yuan's expectations. His meridians became more resilient through repeated destruction and reconstruction, and his physical strength increased rapidly.

What surprised him even more was that the tempering effect of the lightning on his soul was equally astonishing. Every time he was struck by lightning, his consciousness would briefly dissipate before regrouping. After hundreds and thousands of regroupings, his soul became incredibly solidified.

The distracting thoughts lingering deep within his consciousness were shattered one by one by the lightning, and his will was repeatedly forged, becoming increasingly pure.

However, he also encountered several dangers during this process. As he continued to advance towards the central area, a bolt of lightning from the heavens would occasionally strike him, causing him to scream in agony, even in his soul.

Once, he was entangled in a large, intertwined chain of lightning. His energy was quickly depleted, and his entire body turned charred black. He was on the verge of collapse.

On a sudden impulse, he consciously entered the Myriad Realms Palace to hide, and it was during this time that he discovered an astonishing secret.

It turns out that when a highly dangerous situation is triggered, he can enter the Myriad Realms Palace with his entire physical body.

Dense lightning struck the bronze palace, but vanished without a trace, as if it had disappeared into the sea.

A few breaths later, his body appeared in another direction, avoiding the binding of the lightning chains.

A small bronze palace floated above his head, absorbing all the lightning bolts that struck him, creating a small vacuum for him.