Chapter 459: Quasi‑Supreme

A dignified Quasi‑Supreme who has touched the Supreme threshold, an ancient being who has lived for an unfathomable span, actually has the audacity to disregard the rules and personally strike down two juniors who have cultivated less than a hundred years…

The voice paused briefly, as if gently shaking its head, bearing a faint hint of disappointment and sarcasm.

Relying on strength to bully the weak, using the great to oppress the small… If the interior of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths were all like this, how could we repel external aggression? No wonder in recent years the Thunder Clan has become increasingly arrogant and overbearing; it seems they have forgotten what reverence is.

When the final word "reverence" was softly spoken, an indescribable, ancient, vast yet supreme terror pressure, as if emanating from the universe's Tai Chu, the source of all things, quietly spread.

The moment this world‑shaking pressure descended, it caused the Heavenly Sword Master and the Seven Yu Elder's imminent offensive to involuntarily pause!

Both of them simultaneously felt a strange sensation in their hearts.

It was as if they were confronting not a powerful being, but a living, wandering cosmic epic!

A reverence born from the level of life and the Path Origin arose spontaneously.

Lei Tiankuang's whole body trembled violently!

As that voice rang out, he felt as if he had been stripped bare and placed under the gaze of some supreme existence; all secrets, all powers, even the thoughts in his heart, could hide nowhere!

A chill and fear, long absent and emanating from the deepest part of his soul, grew uncontrollably!

"Who?! Pretending to be a god! This is my Thunder Clan's private grievance, none of your business! Withdraw quickly, lest you bring trouble upon yourself!"

Lei Tiankuang shouted fiercely, attempting to intimidate the opponent with the Thunder Clan's renowned might.

Yet even he did not notice that his voice already carried a trace of unmistakable tremor.

"Oh? Thunder Clan private grievance?"

That lazy voice seemed to let out a light laugh.

"What a coincidence, these two little brats, I find them rather pleasing to the eye."

The moment the words fell—

In the void not far in front of Lei Tiankuang, a speck of light silently ignited.

It was not light in the ordinary sense.

It began infinitesimal, like a singularity before Chaos opened, then suddenly burst forth, becoming a blaze of brilliance beyond description, towering beyond imagination… a divine light!

That divine light possessed a hue indescribable, as if it contained the source of all colors in the world, yet seemed to transcend the very realm of color.

It was not dazzling, but wielded a penetration that struck straight to the soul, piercing through ages.

Within the radiance, it seemed the primordial scene of the universe was unfolding: before the Honghuang was decided, Chaos roiled, the first strand of rule was born, the first star ignited, the first civilization sprouted… then epochs succeeded one another, civilizations rose and fell, the Star River fell into Jiemie, and finally returned to the original, eternal Tai Chu!

"Could this be… Primordial Light!!"

At the instant they saw that divine light, the Heavenly Sword Master and the Seven Yu Elder—two supreme Titans of vast knowledge and Heavenly cultivation—were simultaneously stunned on the spot!

It was as if they beheld a forbidden sight that exists only in legend!

The next moment, the expression on their faces shifted from startled doubt to extreme shock, then turned into profound solemnity, even… a solemn reverence!

"This… could this be…"

The Heavenly Sword Master's lips twitched slightly, and his usually cool, sharp eyes revealed a rare excitement and disbelief.

"No mistake… this Dao Rhythm that seems to be the origin of all things yet transcends everything… across the Zhutian Wanjie, from antiquity to now, only that…"

The Seven Yu Elder's voice also carried a barely perceptible tremor, a heartfelt reverence when confronting true legend and supreme existence.

Their gazes fixedly followed that leisurely, void‑piercing, world‑ending divine light aimed at Lei Tiankuang, their breaths freezing.

Facing that seemingly leisurely yet containing supreme might world‑ending divine light, Lei Tiankuang's pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip!

As a supreme Titan, his sense of danger far exceeds that of ordinary beings!

The moment that divine light appeared, he felt as if he were a cub eyed by a Honghuang beast, a Great Terror and overwhelming crisis capable of freezing thought and erasing soul, pouring over him like icy water from head to toe!

"Roar!! Let me smash it!!"

At the brink of life and death, Lei Tiankuang could no longer care about anything else; he forced out all the potential and Dao cultivation within his body, letting out a hysterical roar!

He frantically formed seals with both hands, and the chaotic thunder that had been subdued around him reignited, burning and boiling recklessly!

"Thunder Ancestor protect! Dao Fruit manifest!!"

Boom—

A sound like a thunderous roar emanating from the very source of cosmic thunder!

Above Lei Tiankuang's head, the void collapsed with a roar, endless thunder converging and collapsing as if worshipping a sovereign!

Finally, a peculiar fruit about the size of a fist, entirely cloaked in a noble dark‑gold hue, its surface etched with countless natural thunder Dao patterns, its interior seeming to contain innumerable miniature universes birthing and perishing, exuding an awe‑inspiring aura that gazes over the Transcendent Cycles and wields ten thousand eons of punishment, slowly floated into view!

This fruit was not solid, yet it was heavier and more stable than any divine gold, immortal iron.

The instant it appeared, the thunder laws of the entire starry sky seemed to cheer and resonate!

The pressure it exuded made the Heavenly Sword Master and the Seven Yu Elder feel heavy in spirit, as if confronting a Tiandao‑forged, about‑to‑erupt Ancient Divine Mountain of thunder!

"This is… Supreme Dao Fruit! No… still missing a strand! It's Quasi‑Dao Fruit!"

The Heavenly Sword Master's eyes flashed like lightning, instantly perceiving.

"He has hammered his own Thunder Dao to the extreme, infinitely nearing the true Supreme Realm; only a final sliver of opportunity remains for the Dao Fruit to be complete and break into Supreme! No wonder he's so rampant! No wonder he alone can firmly suppress both of us! Indeed, he has already reached this level!"

In his profound sword‑like eyes, a gleam flickered as he spoke with utmost gravity!

The Seven Yu Elder also nodded gravely: "Quasi‑Supreme Realm… an unparalleled tier that lies between the Origin Dao Realm and the Supreme Realm. Though not true Supreme, it can already begin to wield the power of the Supreme Dao Fruit, its might far surpassing the ordinary peak of the Origin Dao Realm! Though the gap is less than a single realm, his combat power far exceeds yours and mine!"

At this moment, both the Heavenly Sword Master and the Seven Yu Elder inhaled deeply, horrified beyond measure, feeling a profound lingering dread!

Both the Heavenly Sword Master and the Seven Yu Elder have reached the pinnacle of the Dao Ancestor Realm of the Third Stage of the Origin Dao Realm!

There remains a distance to that great Quasi‑Supreme Realm!

Yet this distance is comparable to the Eternal Heaven Rift!

At this moment, the Quasi‑Supreme Dao Fruit's radiance atop Lei Tiankuang blazed, cascading countless dark‑gold thunder order divine chains that firmly shielded him.

Simultaneously, the Dao Fruit roared, drawing forth the Great Power of thunder across the Zhutian.

"Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly River!! Suppress!!"

Lei Tiankuang mustered his last strength, pointing at the incoming world‑ending light!

Only then the Quasi‑Supreme Dao Fruit suddenly quivered, and a Lei Dian River—its grandeur and horror beyond description—roared out of the void!

This river stretches endlessly, spanning the Zhutian Huanyu, vast and majestic, formed entirely from the most Primordial Lei Dian law and Destruction Dao Rhythm; its water is liquid dark‑gold Lei Dian, its bed a woven chain of order divinity, and within it countless thunder‑lightning stars and phantom shadows of ancient Lei Dian gods float.

It sweeps grandly across the endless Star River, as if it has existed since the Open Heaven and Split Earth, bearing the supreme pressure that judges all spirits and Jiemie the myriad realms, and it sweeps and suppresses toward that seemingly insignificant speck of world‑ending light!

This is Lei Tiankuang's ultimate strike, driven by the Quasi‑Supreme Dao Fruit and nearly the very essence of his lifelong cultivation!

The terror of its power forces even ordinary Quasi‑Supremes to retreat three houses!

The Heavenly Sword Master and Seven Yu Elder felt their hearts rise to their throats, staring intently at the impending collision.

They asked themselves, if they were to face this strike alone, even giving their all and employing Burn All tactics, they could be gravely wounded in an instant, or even be annihilated!