Chapter 19: Thanks for the Advice, Breaking the Third Gate

After hurriedly thanking Senior Sister Lingjing, Qin Yu immediately knelt on the spot and sat down, ready to begin cultivation. This action left the inner‑door disciples and the delicate young woman present feeling puzzled.

Cultivating on Lei Fa Gu Lu? Is this person insane? The longer one stays here, the lower the chance of clearing the gate, because the oppressive pressure and Thunder Punishment multiply, making even standing still life‑threatening. Even they dare not let their guard down here.

"What is he doing? Seeking death? Someone should crush his teleportation jade pendant and help him leave; we can't just watch him die," someone suggested.

"The first time anyone enters Lei Fa Gu Lu, they receive a warning… Now thunder rays are already gathering around him; it could be fatal," the disciples said gravely, watching the converging thunder rays fall like a crashing wave beside Qin Yu.

However, at that moment…

Above the mist, a faint light appeared, and strands of thunder serpents imbued with the power of law merged toward Qin Yu's flesh. The thunder rays gathered nearby did not attack; they waited silently, as if protecting him.

"Wait… this isn't ordinary Thunder Punishment, but the legendary Thunder Dao Bestowal; all the thunder rays are shielding his path!" someone exclaimed.

"What's his background? He's in the Body Tempering Realm, has broken two layers, and even received the Thunder Dao Bestowal? Does he have some special connection with the Leize Secret Realm?" the inner‑door disciples said in astonishment.

The number of members of the Profound Sun Sect who have received the Thunder Dao Bestowal can be counted on one hand; each broke a record to obtain it. Surely a sect elder set a precedent for him, or he has mastered some mechanism of the Leize Secret Realm. Otherwise, how could he break the record?

Nevertheless, everyone's expression remained grave. If this Body Tempering junior brother has mastered the Thunder Dao, the whole Profound Sun Sect will likely boil over. The power of the Great Dao can only be grasped when breaking into the Spiritual Realm, divided into three levels: Intent, Domain, and Dao. Mastering Intent allows one to breakthrough into the Spiritual Realm; those who achieve it early are the era's elites, possessing extraordinary comprehension talent and can perceive its subtleties. If the Body Tempering realm can master… it would certainly alarm the sect. That is even more astonishing than breaking the limits of the mortal body.

"Buzz—buzz—buzz."

At that moment, Qin Yu felt his interior explode as if, and the tempered, resilient meridians seemed about to snap, causing excruciating pain. His skin began to take on a blood‑red hue. Even without any destructive power, the Thunder Dao law still demands immense pressure for Qin Yu to endure and absorb.

"Buzz—buzz—buzz!"

A faint buzzing sounded, and within those strands of law, vitality also emerged, repairing Qin Yu's organs and flesh. It was equivalent to re‑tempering.

At that moment Qin Yu vaguely realized: "The Thunder Dao is not only destruction; it also contains vitality."

As time passed bit by bit, he gradually learned to control the Thunder Dao law within him, continuously tempering his limbs and bones. He could even draw external thunder rays with spiritual energy, merging them into his flesh little by little to aid his cultivation.

In just a quarter of an hour, Qin Yu seemed to open the gate to a new world; his limbs and bones were fully tempered, and he could control thunder and lightning at will.

Your limbs and bones have been tempered; your mortal strength now reaches twenty‑two thousand jin.

Because of the law's power in the Thunder Dao Bestowal, you have comprehended life and death within it, and have grasped the initial Thunder Intent of the Great Thunder Dao.

You can briefly manipulate thunder and lightning; in the future, if you master the Great Dao power, you could even use Thunder Punishment to refine your body, or command Thunder Punishment itself.

After a while, Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes. Faint thunder rays twined around him, his black hair fell loose behind, and an extraordinary aura drifted slowly, causing many inner‑door disciples to shudder.

"He… really mastered the Thunder Intent!" The inner‑door disciples who had tried to make him retreat fell silent, some trembling with fear, lest Qin Yu become angry over their earlier words.

At that moment, high above the heavens, countless spiritual energies gathered, and thunder coalesced into the silhouette of a man. He gazed thoughtfully toward the origin of Lei Fa Gu Lu.

"I never expected he truly controlled the Thunder Intent, eightfold Body Tempering… twenty‑thousand‑jin mortal strength. Could it be that my division will produce a peerless demon?" It was the spirit of the Leize Secret Realm. Leize is a secret realm created by a peerless great being, split into countless sub‑realms scattered everywhere, its purpose being to seek a peerless demon and expand its sect's bloodline.

"Let me observe; if he truly is a once‑in‑a‑generation demon, we could consider taking him as a disciple… then have him devour other secret realms to enlarge himself," the Thunder Spirit's eyes flashed with a sharp light, hinting at rising ambition.

But at that instant, a series of booming explosions rang out. He sharply looked toward the direction of the first gate; five youths, their clothes tattered, bodies charred, the broken formation in their hands already smoking. Their spiritual armor was shattered, ripped apart by two bolts of thunder. At that moment, the five of Zhang Wu wore expressions uglier than crying.

The difficulty turned out to be this great? When we watched Qin Yu clear the gate earlier, wasn't it that easy? We passed it casually. We prepared so thoroughly, even attempted the gate together, yet we all failed. It made me want to cry. Yet I looked up to Qin Yu even more, because his cultivation level is only seventh Body Tempering, and he cleared two gates, while we can't even pass the first.

Zhang Wu's mouth curled bitterly. With his own strength, still trying to snatch the opportunity was pure courting death.

"Damn, they forgot to adjust the level; they tackled it at second‑gate difficulty." "Fine, we'll compensate them next time." The Thunder Spirit immediately waved a hand, kicking them out of Leize outright; after all, even if Zhang Wu's group were set to first‑gate difficulty, they still couldn't survive this state. He had only remembered to bestow the Thunder Dao on Qin Yu and forgot everything else.

Immediately, his gaze fell again on Qin Yu, hopeful in his heart.

"Huh."

"This upgrade is indeed substantial," Qin Yu's forehead beaded with crystal‑clear sweat drops. Cultivating the Thunder Dao is truly hard; even this pure Thunder Dao law without destructive power nearly gravely injured him. His cultivation is still too low. Clearing the third gate is about enough. His level now reaches eighth Body Tempering.

"Let's clear the gate as soon as possible," Qin Yu murmured, then leapt a full ten meters forward. All the inner‑door disciples in the arena froze in shock. "This… is unbelievably fierce!" Even they only dared to advance a meter at a time, fearing a sudden surge of power that would cause them to fall dead on the spot.

What outer‑door junior brother burst forth so ferociously? In an instant, Qin Yu was already fifty meters away, employing the Diamond Sutra; his mortal strength now totals forty‑four thousand jin. Coupled with his ability to wield Thunder Intent, those so‑called Thunder Dao attacks are greatly diminished for him. Even a Foundation Establishment's mortal strength is only fifty thousand jin. Thus the third gate isn't overly difficult for him; although his cultivation hasn't risen, it's sufficient.

At one hundred fifty meters, ancient oppressive pressure threatened his spiritual consciousness with collapse, so Qin Yu halted. The Nirvana power surged again from his dantian, repairing and strengthening his spiritual consciousness; he felt his awareness become markedly stronger and clearer, able to perceive the mist a meter away without even his luminous lantern.

Every ten meters he paused, then again ten meters. Immediately, the many inner‑door disciples trailing behind, witnessing this Body Tempering realm gate‑clearing miracle, couldn't help asking: "Junior Brother, you're in such a hurry—are you heading to the outer‑door grand competition? Or will you just leap three hundred meters into Lei Fa Gu Lu and cultivate on the spot?"

"Anyway, those thunder rays and oppressive pressure are useless to you."

Everyone was shocked; his damn recovery ability was truly monstrous. Every time they thought he could no longer advance, Qin Yu, after a pause, continued walking, a ten‑meter stride, paused again, resumed cultivation, and endured the pressure.

So some people wanted to see where Qin Yu's limit truly lay; judging by his appearance, he certainly hadn't reached it yet.

Qin Yu was momentarily stunned as a prompt flashed in his mind.

【You have received a suggestion: enter the ancient path three hundred meters to cultivate; the Thunder Punishment pressure is now useless to you, you may freely absorb its Thunder Punishment power, comprehend the Thunder Dao, and your recovery speed doubles.】

A smile rose in Qin Yu's heart, and he quickly spoke.

"Thanks, senior brothers, for the suggestion."

Immediately, without a word, he summoned spiritual energy, leapt forward, reached the three‑hundred‑meter mark, knelt, and truly began cultivating.

Everyone: "???"

Holy crap, he actually leapt a hundred meters in a single step? This is Lei Fa Gu Lu, not the outside! If they tried, they'd die eight hundred times! A Body Tempering practitioner really achieved this? And… is this his limit?