Chapter 452: Great Ancestor of the Thunder Clan

Just as Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen and their companions were each stepping into the Chaos Sea in search of opportunities.

At the same time.

Nine Heavens Ten Lands, Eternal Heaven, Thunder Clan.

As one of the pinnacle great clans that have stood for countless ages across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands with unparalleled depth, its Ancestral Land lies within the Wanjie Leiyu, which is perpetually shrouded by billions of thunderbolts of varying hues and terrifying power—heavenly thunder and earth thunder—like a furnace of thunder, and ordinary beings dare not approach.

Yet today, this Thunder Star Domain, famed for its ferocity and majesty, is suffused with an unprecedented sense of oppression, chaos, and fury!

"Lei Yuhuang… my son!"

Inside the core Divine Hall Jinglei Hall of the Thunder Clan, the current Clan Leader of the Thunder Clan, a tall middle‑aged man with purple hair draped over his shoulders and a face that radiates authority without anger, Lei Wanjie, suddenly smashed the throne armrest, forged from Nine‑Sky Thunder Crystals, with a single palm!

His eyes glowed crimson, and purple Lei Dian surged uncontrollably around him, exploding and carving deep, charred trenches into the immensely sturdy Great Hall floor, which was engraved with countless defensive divine sigils.

Just a short while ago, the life‑origin thunder talisman enshrined in the Ancestral Shrine, which represented Lei Yuhuang's primordial life source and divine soul imprint, suddenly and without warning dimmed completely, shattered, and turned into a handful of charred powder!

This means that the First Heaven's Pride, into which the Thunder Clan poured countless resources and great hopes—Lei Wanjie's own son, Lei Yuhuang—has fallen!

And both his divine form and body were annihilated; not even a fragment of a Remnant Soul could escape back!

"Search! Find out for me! Who? Who on earth dared to kill my Thunder Clan Qilin Child!!" Lei Wanjie's roar rang like ten thousand thunders, shaking the entire Jinglei Hall, while countless Thunder Clan guards outside the hall crouched on the ground, trembling and silent.

The massive Thunder Clan apparatus instantly sprang into high‑efficiency operation.

Several Supreme Elders of the Thunder Clan, masters of Causality inference and bearing ancient aura, were summoned; together they activated a forbidden secret art inherited by the Thunder Clan… the Leiji Suyin Art.

This method uses the residual Causality of the recipient as a guide, borrowing a sliver of judgment and retracing Dao Rhythm contained within the ancient Lei Dian, to forcibly glimpse the cause of the fall.

The price is enormous, but to uncover the cause of Lei Yuhuang's death, the Thunder Clan spares no expense.

The secret art activated, and thunder light interwove into a hazy light curtain.

Within the light curtain, scenes shifted rapidly, finally freezing on a single image… the Ultimate Main Road, the summit of Tongtian Peak!

A figure clad in snow‑white robes, sword in hand, stood calmly sheathing the long sword, while before him, Lei Yuhuang's silhouette was disintegrating and vanishing!

Although the image was blurry and Causality interference was intense, the sword intent distilled to pure perfection, and the cold, indifferent gaze of the white‑clad swordsman, were as clear as an imprint!

"It's… Feng Caichen!" a Supreme Elder who participated in the casting suddenly opened his eyes, lightning‑like Lei Dian bursting from them, his voice hoarse and murderous, "Saint Son of Great Thousand Divine Universe, the contemporary successor of the Ancient Sword Tomb… Wind Clan remnant!"

"Feng! Cai! Chen!"

Lei Wanjie paused after each word, each syllable like ice shards forced from his teeth, brimming with a hatred so vast that even the waters of five lakes and four seas could not wash it away!

The other high‑ranking Thunder Clan members in the hall—Elders and senior elders alike—were instantly startled, their fury and murderous intent rising as if material.

"It's that little brute!"

"Back then the Wind Clan was obstinate and opposed my Thunder Clan, deserving annihilation! I never imagined a remnant survived to this day and grew to such a level!"

"Kill! Must kill! If this child is not eliminated, trouble will be endless! He could kill Lei Yuhuang today; tomorrow he could threaten the foundation of my Thunder Clan!"

"Wind Clan remnant, the enmity between us is beyond the heavens! This is a generational feud, unending until death!"

The crowd's fury surged, and the cries of killing thundered to the heavens.

Countless Divine Senses within the Jinglei Hall intertwined and collided, yearning to instantly marshal troops, storm the Ultimate Main Road, and rend Feng Caichen's body into countless fragments, extracting his soul and refining his spirit!

Yet amid the clamor of slaughter, a calm voice rose.

"Everyone, calm down!" a venerable Thunder Clan Grand Elder with white hair hanging to his shoulders said in a deep voice, suppressing some of the uproar, "That Feng Caichen now holds a position of great significance. He is not only the Saint Son of the Great Thousand Divine Universe, highly valued by its upper echelons, but also the contemporary successor of the Ancient Sword Tomb! Those old monsters of the Ancient Sword Tomb are notorious for protecting their own, and their sword path reaches the divine—extremely dangerous to provoke."

The other ruling Elder frowned and said, "Moreover, the Ultimate Main Road has its iron rules: it is the trial ground for the younger generation recognized by Zhutian Wanjie, and the older beings may not intervene lightly; it strictly forbids the strong from bullying the weak and cross‑realm assassinations. If our Thunder Clan were to blatantly violate this and forcefully enter the Main Road to kill, we would instantly become a target of many, drawing condemnation and interference from other major forces, even from the Other Shore, Xuanhuang, and the Honghuang World. The loss would outweigh any gain."

"Could we just let that little brute roam free, killing our clan's Heavenly Pride without any restraint?!" a radical young Elder shouted.

"Of course not." the white‑haired Grand Elder's eyes flashed coldly, "Within the Main Road we may not be able to act directly. But he… will eventually emerge. The Ultimate Main Road will not stay open forever; opportunities also have an end. We only need to act after he leaves the Main Road and returns to the Nine Heavens Ten Lands…"

"Right! Wait for him to emerge! As soon as he steps out of the Ultimate Main Road's bounds, he will no longer be protected by those rules! Then his death will come!"

"But… if he keeps hiding within the Great Thousand Divine Universe, or is shielded by the Ancient Sword Tomb…" someone raised a concern.

Lei Wanjie's cold voice rang out, bearing unquestionable resolve: "Then force him out! Or… find an opening, infiltrate, and strike with Lei Dian! No one the Thunder Clan wishes to kill has yet been able to survive indefinitely! The Wind Clan remnant must be eradicated in the cradle! This child's growth is terrifyingly rapid; given time, he will become a major internal threat! For that, even if we must pay a price and clash head‑on with the Ancient Sword Tomb or even the Great Thousand Divine Universe, we will not hesitate!"

Just as the murderous intent in the hall boiled over, with everyone debating various interception and encirclement plans, yet hesitating due to concerns over the two great powers—

Boom—!

A indescribable terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from the deepest part of the Thunder Clan's Ancestral Land, from that mysterious zone designated as an Absolute Forbidden Land, rumored to connect to the source of the Wangu Leichi!

This pressure was vast, ancient, and overwhelmingly domineering!

It seemed as if the ancient Thunder God of the Taigu era, dormant for countless epochs, suddenly awoke; even a single breath of its leak made every Lei Dian in the entire Wanjie Leiyu bow and fall silent!

Inside the Jinglei Hall, all the Thunder Clan high‑ranking members, including Clan Leader Lei Wanjie, underwent a drastic change of complexion, feeling their own bloodlines and cultivation trembling uncontrollably!

"This… this is…"

The next moment, a figure composed entirely of pure, ultimate purple‑golden Lei Dian silently materialized at the center of the Jinglei Hall.

The Lei Dian gradually contracted, transforming into an old man clad in a simple gray robe, with white beard and hair, and a primitive visage.

The old man was not tall, even slightly stooped, yet standing there he seemed the very center, the source of all thunder in the Wanjie Leiyu!

When his eyes opened and closed, no Lei Dian flashed; instead a deep chaotic hue filled them, as if containing the mystery of the first thunder when heaven and earth first opened.

Seeing this person, every Thunder Clan member in the hall, regardless of seniority or authority, felt their bodies shudder, then immediately bowed in utmost reverence, their voices carrying a soul‑deep awe:

"We humbly present ourselves… Great Ancestor!"