[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory":3,"chapter-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-978":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1242522,1669,"Chapter 978 978: The Shape in Lightning","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-978",978,"\u003Cp>Just as Ethan was finally syncing up with this world's energy rhythm, the entire space suddenly shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the air got plucked by an invisible finger. A soundless ripple spread from the distance, rolling outward in a wave no one could see—only feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white lightning that had been drifting through the void a moment ago started twisting violently, like it had answered a summons from something higher. The thunder dropped into a deeper register, tight and crowded, and the sky itself looked like some giant hand had reached in and stirred it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive figure fell from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a living, flesh-and-blood thing. It was made from countless strands of white lightning packed together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body flickered between semi-transparent and solid, electricity flowing through its limbs and torso until it looked like a giant carved straight out of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What stood out most was its chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure-white energy gem was embedded there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gem rotated slowly, and with every turn it released a visible ring of power—ripples that warped the space around it like heat haze turned violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's breath caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood immediately: this wasn't some random phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that white lightning… was almost identical to the Infernal Primordial Power inside his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning giant's gaze settled on Ethan and the others. Then it spoke, its voice like thunder rolling across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's been a long time since I've seen outsiders make it this far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes lingered on Ethan, then swept over Nysera, Lily, Idra, and Auri—cool, detached, like it was taking inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What surprises me even more is that you actually wield Infernal Primordial Power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, it raised an arm. Lightning gathered into its palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That power doesn't belong to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you've come here—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then give it back to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the words landed, the whole sky detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless streaks of white lightning converged at once, compressing in midair into a gigantic energy core. Inside it, lightning boiled and churned, like a white star about to crash down to earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air tore open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thunder core carried raw, annihilating force as it slammed straight for Ethan's position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right before it could hit, an angry presence flared—hard and sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily's eyes went cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her head slowly, and the power inside her erupted like a volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice wasn't loud, but the fury in it was barely contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A hollow little energy body, and you're gonna lecture me about power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next heartbeat, the lightning between heaven and earth answered her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White bolts surged in from the depths of space, gathering in her palm and compressing fast. Lightning stacked on lightning, spiraling tighter and tighter until it took shape—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive phoenix of thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was formed from pure white electricity. When it spread its wings, it nearly blanketed the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It let out a piercing cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it shot forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thunder phoenix collided with the falling thunder core in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact burst outward. Cracks spiderwebbed through space in an instant, and a savage storm of energy ripped across everything around them. But the phoenix didn't scatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It punched straight through the core and kept going, surging toward the towering lightning giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it made contact, the phoenix's body split into countless fine strands of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those strands became blades—razor-thin, relentless—drilling into the giant's body and tearing at the internal structure of its white lightning from the inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mixed into the phoenix's lightning was another kind of power, something higher, heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That energy was forcibly stripping the Infernal Primordial Power out of the giant's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, the lightning giant let out a low, furious roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood there, rooted to the spot, staring with his mouth half open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd always thought he'd already hit the ceiling with white lightning. Only now did he realize Lily was operating on a completely different level. She wasn't just firing off thunder—she was reaching into someone else and ripping their lightning out by force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could learn to do that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then when he ran into something truly terrifying later, he wouldn't have to lean on anyone else's strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still turning that over when a faint, eerie presence slipped into his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ridiculously weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost like a firefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's eyes snapped to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out in the distant thunderstorm, a tiny point of light was drifting, slow and steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a minuscule glowing creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nail-sized, like a firefly—except the energy coming off it was unmistakable, the same flavor as Infernal Primordial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's instincts spiked hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a sharp step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Heavenly Demon Lightning inside him surged together, compressing in his palm into a massive orb of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy sphere tore through the air, screaming straight toward the \"firefly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the thing was absurdly fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flickered once—just a soft little flash—and slipped past the attack like it had seen it coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then its body suddenly started to swell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That tiny speck of light expanded in seconds. The glow split apart like a skin tearing open, and a huge freakish fish burst out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster fish was made of semi-transparent energy. Its mouth bristled with razor-sharp spikes of lightning, and its enormous tail snapped hard as it lunged straight at Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's pupils widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected something that small to bring out something that big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fish moved insanely fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could fully react, it was already in his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her hand, almost casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible barrier unfolded in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster fish slammed into it with a heavy, ugly impact. Space rang with a muffled boom, and a shockwave rolled outward in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan finally let out the breath he'd been holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second, his expression tightened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the \"firefly\" hadn't vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still hovering in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its wings beat lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with each delicate flutter, new fluctuations rippled through the space around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A system scan unfolded across Ethan's vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The data refreshed rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ethan realized the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That monster fish hadn't transformed from the firefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost the moment the conclusion clicked into place, the firefly beat its wings again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More energy fissures split open in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One monster after another burst from those cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight, in that instant, fully erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nysera's lightning and Idra's power flared at the same time, slamming head-on into the summoned creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder, raw energy, and tearing space tangled together in a single violent knot.\u003C\u002Fp>",1133,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","a9053770322393cc9abe02a2fa12e07d51cb917b19b9f218e88cfecac22be0c4","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-979","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-977",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]