Chapter 114: Continuous Surprises

This scene shocked Su Yuan and countless dragon-blooded creatures on Dragon Transformation Island. They all stared blankly at the sky, feeling deep admiration and intense pride towards the dragon expert's power!The seven little dragons stood dumbfounded, their eyes sparkling as they gazed at the dragon head. The dragon head glanced down and exclaimed in surprise, "Hmm? You seven young dragons have unexpectedly pure bloodlines. How strange." The dragon elder calculated with his fingers and said in astonishment, "Ah! You've been tainted by the bloodline of the Myriad-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Carp? It washed away all your impure bloodlines, then you transformed into true dragon blood through the Dragon Gate. Interesting! Since your bloodlines are so pure, there's no need to stay on this island anymore! Come with me!" With one claw, he grabbed the seven little dragons. Then with a flick of his dragon tail and turn of his head, he vanished without a trace amid clouds and mist, leaving only the excited roars of countless dragon-blooded creatures on the island. "What... what just happened?" Su Yuan was completely baffled. Meanwhile, beyond the Nine Heavens of Tianyuan Realm... On a floating island, the slumbering Thunder Giant suddenly awoke. "Damn it! What are those dragons doing? They suddenly attacked our territory, wiping out nearly half our clan! Thirteen Earth Immortals fell! This represents millions of years of accumulation for our Thunder Spirit Giant clan! My children and descendants were among them!" The Thunder Giant went mad with rage! Their clan had always been peaceful - who could have imagined the dragons would do this? "Damn it! I must report to our Patriarch and demand justice!" He hurriedly stood up and headed for the teleportation array, glancing back at Tianyuan Realm. "With Lei Mang there, Tianyuan Realm won't fall into chaos. I'll make this quick - the round trip won't take more than ten years. Nothing major can happen in that time!" With that thought, the Thunder Giant hastily entered the teleportation array and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only the island slowly orbiting beyond the Nine Heavens. Su Yuan quickly withdrew his consciousness, his main body's heart pounding wildly. "Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying! What kind of existence was that? Probably an incredible powerhouse even in the Immortal Realm." After catching his breath, Su Yuan muttered, "Wait... he said the seven little ones were tainted by the Myriad-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Carp's bloodline?" His gaze turned to Little Cai, who was currently undergoing metamorphosis. Any bloodline valued by such an expert must be extraordinary, yet Little Cai seemed like nothing more than an ornamental pet - aside from being able to feedback cultivation and having a voracious appetite, there didn't seem anything special about her. Su Yuan had completely forgotten how Little Cai had devoured ninth-order beings as easily as eating radishes. His attention then shifted elsewhere. His Thunder Spirit Giant avatar, after two inter-realm crossings, had directly achieved spatial teleportation and arrived beside Elder Lei Yan. Elder Lei Yan was swept by the overwhelming pressure from the Thunder Spirit Giant and plunged headfirst into the sea, swallowing a mouthful of water. Sensing deadly danger, he immediately dove deeper without daring to look back. "Don't panic, Elder Lei Yan! It's me!" Su Yuan's voice transmitted directly into the elder's consciousness. Elder Lei Yan froze as he felt the pressure above the sea surface recede. He swam back up and looked - a terrifying ice-blue giant nearly two li tall was staring expressionlessly at him. "An-Ancestor?" Elder Lei Yan stammered. "Mm," Su Yuan controlled the Thunder Spirit Giant to nod slowly. "Your current form..." Lei Yan asked cautiously. "I seized this creature with my second Nascent Soul. Don't worry," Su Yuan explained. Elder Lei Yan nodded in understanding, then suddenly realized something. He asked dumbfoundedly, "You've reached the Nascent Soul stage? In just a few years... And this new body - what was its original cultivation? I can barely breathe in its presence." "I just broke through yesterday by luck. This body was at the Great Ascension Realm. Ask me about it when you return to the sect. Right now I need to absorb this Thunder Sea - no time to explain!" With a wave of his hand, Su Yuan made Elder Lei Yan disappear, first sending him to a remote location in the Black Demon Realm before instantly teleporting him back to the sect. Elder Lei Yan stood before a smiling Su Yuan, his mind completely blank. "Elder, welcome back to Seven Stars Sect," Su Yuan said cheerfully, pouring him tea. The elder's trembling hands nearly spilled the tea as he accepted it. Quickly controlling the spilled liquid back into the cup, he drank mechanically. "Good tea," he muttered numbly. Meanwhile... The Thunder Spirit Giant avatar stepped directly into the Thunder Sea! Violent lightning immediately surged toward him, only to be rapidly absorbed by his body. His instincts automatically converted the surrounding thunder into energy, rapidly replenishing his depleted reserves. "How familiar this thunder energy feels - like returning to a mother's embrace!" The Thunder Spirit Giant body felt incredibly comfortable absorbing the lightning. Surprisingly, fragments of thunder law comprehension spontaneously appeared in his mind - these lightning bolts contained pieces of thunder law! "Why doesn't this lightning reject me at all? It's as if we share the same origin!" Su Yuan watched in amazement as the lightning willingly merged with his body. Some bolts even approached immortal-level thunder! Originally planning to avoid the immortal thunder, Su Yuan now decided to try absorbing it. As he approached one strand, it naturally drew near and merged into his body, beginning to temper his thunder form. Su Yuan was stunned. "This... this is incredible fortune!" He took a deep breath of thunder energy. In truth, these immortal thunder strands were originally exhaled by the Thunder Spirit Giant Patriarch - discarded energy from his cultivation, essentially waste thunder. But for pre-immortal Thunder Spirit Giants, this was invaluable nourishment, even a foundation for immortality! The patriarch had intended to weaken Tianyuan Realm's heavenly power with this waste thunder, never expecting another Thunder Spirit Giant would come reclaim it. The enormous Thunder Sea rapidly converged toward Su Yuan's body like water draining into a bottomless pit. Each crystalline "cell" of the Thunder Spirit Giant formed its own spatial pocket capable of storing vast amounts of thunder energy. Moving swiftly through the sea, Su Yuan found the lightning entering his body more easily than refining natural thunder. Though unclear why, he decided to absorb first and ask questions later. Within half a day, the massive Thunder Sea had been completely devoured. The area that had known constant thunder for countless years finally became calm again. Su Yuan burped contentedly - he was stuffed. The amount of immortal thunder within him was terrifying;he felt this avatar might achieve physical immortality! Just then, golden clouds suddenly appeared in the sky. Su Yuan looked up in surprise. "Is that... Celestial Merit?" As he wondered, a golden pillar of light descended upon his second Nascent Soul. The Celestial Merit automatically merged with it, causing its cultivation to rise uncontrollably. "Wait! No!" Su Yuan's expression changed. His second Nascent Soul's power was skyrocketing! He urgently stopped the merit infusion, instead using it to perfectly fuse his soul with the Thunder Spirit Giant body. True to its reputation as a universal remedy, the Celestial Merit worked wonders. The previous incompatibility between his human soul and giant body began resolving astonishingly - his control over the form became increasingly natural. When the merit light faded, Su Yuan's second Nascent Soul had completely fused with the Thunder Spirit Giant. His eyes shone brightly: "The limitation on the second Nascent Soul's advancement seems lifted! They've truly become one." The inherent flaw preventing the second Nascent Soul technique from progressing had been fixed by the Celestial Merit! Just as Su Yuan rejoiced, numerous law chains connected to him. His face fell. "Are they cutting the bridge after crossing the river?" When he tried breaking free, many chains shattered effortlessly. Bewildered, Su Yuan suddenly sensed a heavenly restriction being lifted. A quick calculation revealed the truth - Tianyuan Realm's upper limit had been raised from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Great Ascension Realm! "Oh no!" Su Yuan was horrified. A tremendous roar came from Green Vine Continent's direction. Looking over, Su Yuan saw the continent rising! Coastlines expanded as submerged land emerged. The continent's area multiplied hundreds of times as spiritual energy surged upward, flooding the entire landmass. Looking down, Su Yuan saw the former Thunder Sea islands rapidly ascending. Seas split as new continents formed - the ocean floor transforming into vast plains. Tianyuan Realm's land area was expanding thousands of times over. Anxiously looking skyward, Su Yuan knew such changes couldn't escape the notice of that immortal Thunder Giant stationed beyond. "We're doomed! Time to consider fleeing!"