Chapter 359

When Fang Qingxue asked about the Six Thunder Envoys, the Sun Thunder Envoy and several others exchanged glances before speaking.

"The thirty-fifth-ranked bandit among the Forty Thieves, Lie Tian Dao, has been slain; the Forty Thieves are now fewer than forty."

"Someone once glimpsed Ji Mie Dao, ranked twenty-fifth, in the Gui Xu region—but only briefly."

"The Ci Yue Dao, Mie Xing Dao, and Zhu Xiandao among the Forty Thieves seem to have appeared in the Liudao Alliance, apparently purchasing some information."

The Sun Thunder Envoy respectfully relayed the few pieces of information they had gathered.

Of these, only the first was easy to verify, for Lie Tian Dao had already been active in the South Sea region; he preyed upon traveling cultivators until one day, attempting to ambush another, he was instead slain—his head now rests at Wan Gui Xiandao.

As for the other reports, they were all matters of chance.

After all, the Forty Thieves each possess at least the 3rd Stage of Divine Abilities in Gang Qi Realm; our current strength could never openly track any of them—we could only stumble upon such tidings by accident.

"Good, very good."

Fang Qingxue listened to the Sun Thunder Envoy's report, nodded, and waved her hand, bestowing a cluster of Thunder Star Stones.

"You've done well. Continue cultivating diligently and strive to reach the True Qi Realm."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All six Thunder Envoys wore expressions of joy.

They currently stood at the 1st Stage of Divine Abilities, cultivating Thunder Divine Abilities; to advance to the 2nd Stage of Divine Abilities in the True Qi Realm, they required vast quantities of Thunder treasures—yet they never expected Your Majesty would reward them so generously.

With these rare treasures, they could save decades of arduous cultivation to reach the True Qi Realm.

"Cultivate well, and train out on the seas. If you uncover any divine fortune, report it—and your rewards will not be lacking."

Fang Yu smiled, extended a finger, and a talisman materialized in midair, landing in each of their hands.

"This talisman can withstand a full-force strike from a Heavenly Man Realm expert, safeguarding your lives. If you truly accomplish something worthy, I may bestow upon you treasure weapons and more—but it all depends on your performance. Do you understand?"

Fang Yu gazed at these disciples and spoke.

"We understand."

All bowed respectfully, accepting the talisman; a single talisman capable of withstanding a full-force strike from a Heavenly Man Realm expert was like gaining an extra life—each disciple beamed with delight.

"Alright, go about your business."

Fang Qingxue watched this scene, nodded, turned her gaze to Fang Yu, and both vanished from the scene at once.

With their departure, the entire Lei Di's Forty-Nine Caves erupted in activity; every disciple had never imagined such a fortune would befall them today.

"A talisman that can withstand a Heavenly Man Realm expert's full-force strike! I have this treasure, plus three hundred Bai Yang Pills—if I don't accomplish something remarkable, won't I be squandering all these blessings?"

A youth clenched his fist, deciding at once to set sail for the sea in search of divine fortune.

He considered his current state: 10th Stage of Physical Body, Realm of Divine Transformation; to appear openly on the sea would make him an obvious target, a fat lamb for any cultivator to slay—but with luck, he could use the talisman to counterattack, seizing treasures from a Divine Ability Secret Realm expert.

Of course, if a Physical Body Secret Realm cultivator came after him and he couldn't defeat them, he might as well kill himself.

Now was truly the best moment to establish merit; whether he could seize this opportunity, earn the favor of Your Majesty and Young Master Fang, and ascend swiftly from here, all hinged on this one chance.

So the youth immediately took flight, heading into the boundless sea in search of fortune.

Meanwhile, Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue also set course for the cave location described by Master Xia Qiu.

Their current cultivation bases were the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities in the Heavy Heavenly Man Realm and the 6th Stage of Divine Abilities in the Return to Oneness Realm; both had perfected the Great Five Elements Art and consumed Lei Gu Sheli Dan, making their physical bodies nearly stronger than those of 8th, 9th, or even 10th Stage Divine Ability cultivators; with a mere thought, they could fly through the void at dozens, even hundreds of times the speed of sound.

To Divine Ability Secret Realm cultivators, this was already the ultimate.

Thus, flying from the Lei Di's Forty-Nine Islands to the Gui Xu region, they spent little time.

"Ahead lies the cave treasure described by Master Xia Qiu, Sister, take a look."

After weaving through countless black holes in the Gui Xu region, they gradually reached a place untouched by past travelers; after passing through several more black holes, the scenery ahead suddenly brightened.

It was a desolate world, devoid of any sign of life, strikingly similar to the Heaven Demon Battlefield—but at its center stood a mountain, a thousand zhang tall.

Within the mountain lay a cave.

"I've never been here before. The Gui Xu region is a peculiar place born after the ancient gods' war with mortals, connecting to countless mysterious realms—even Longevity Secret Realm titans cannot fully explore it. Yet I sense the presence of thunder here."

Fang Qingxue's gaze focused, and she sensed familiar qi signatures—thunder.

A high-grade Dao artifact, the Lei Di's Edict, rose gently and settled upon Fang Qingxue and Fang Yu's heads; the moment it appeared, boundless thunder illuminated the gray, hazy world ahead.

Vast amounts of thunder energy spread through the void, extending like Fang Qingxue's spiritual sense.

Fang Yu subtly willed it, reached out his hand, and some Lei Guang rose from the distant cave, flying toward him.

Fang Yu was no longer an ordinary human; after consuming a Lei Gu Sheli Dan, his body transformed into a Thunder Holy Spirit Body, inherently attuned to thunder—even the thunder within the cave now flowed toward him at his slightest thought, directly absorbed and refined.

"This is truly a fine place—not at all as Master Xia Qiu described."

Fang Yu laughed; Fang Qingxue nodded in agreement.

The two advanced together; all thunder, before the high-grade Dao artifact—the Lei Di's Edict—meant nothing.

No matter how powerful the thunder, could it surpass the Lei Di's Edict?

As the two entered the cave, vast amounts of thunder were absorbed by them, each transforming into their own power.

Especially Fang Yu—he had once cultivated alongside Fang Qingxue and received the five supreme thunder divine abilities: Gathering Thunder to Refine Spiritual Qi, Refining Thunder to Sever Demonic Blades, Ten Thousand Thunders Pay Homage, Thousand Shadows Thunder Kill, and Thunder Elemental Law—all supreme thunder techniques. Though he had obtained them in the past, he lacked sufficient Thunder Xu Yuan Qi to cultivate them.

Now, however, the thunder blocked from him by Master Xia Qiu—meant to prevent him from accessing the second-layer treasure—was now an abundant reservoir of Thunder Xu Yuan Qi for Fang Yu.

Especially the thunder within this cave, once wildly chaotic and nearly impossible to absorb, now grew docile under the influence of the Lei Di's Edict, becoming perfectly absorbable.

Vast quantities of Thunder Xu Yuan Qi were absorbed by Fang Yu; upon entering his body, they coalesced into five great arrays.

Indeed, at this moment, Fang Yu directly perfected all five supreme techniques.

"Gathering Thunder to Refine Spiritual Qi, Refining Thunder to Sever Demonic Blades, Ten Thousand Thunders Pay Homage, Thousand Shadows Thunder Kill, Thunder Elemental Law—five supreme techniques, perfected all at once. Good, very good—I now possess five more supreme techniques."

Fang Yu's face glowed with profound joy.

Had Master Xia Qiu not revealed this cave's secret, he might have taken ages to perfect these five supreme techniques; now, not only had he gained them, but upon perfecting them, his magic power surged to three million Xuan Huang Horse Power.

5th Stage of Divine Abilities: three million Xuan Huang Power.

To most Heavenly Man Realm cultivators, this was an illusion, a fantasy, a delusion.

Those cultivators who stepped into the Divine Ability Secret Realm—were any of them not people of outstanding talent and great comprehension? Yet when they stepped into the Heavenly Man Realm, they only had the strength of ten thousand horses.

Of course, the strength of ten thousand horses was already considerable.

This advancement directly gave several thousand more units of strength than the Yin-Yang Realm.

But now, the ordinary Heavenly Man Realm's strength of ten thousand horses was nothing in front of Fang Yu's three million units of strength.

Even figures like the six True Persons of Taiyi Gate—such as the True Person of Fortune and Longevity, the True Person of Prosperity and Fate—who had carved out a renowned reputation across both the immortal and demonic paths, relied on each of them cultivating twenty to thirty thousand units of strength; yet before Fang Yu, this too was nothing.

Reaching the Heavenly Man Realm and cultivating three million units of profound yellow strength was truly a great terror.

"It seems I can now open the third, fourth, and fifth cerebral seas."

The moment Fang Yu's magic power surged to three million units of profound yellow strength, he felt that within his two cerebral seas, magic power was stored everywhere, reaching a limit.