Chapter 505: Thunder Ancestor

Extinction Thunder Clan?!

The three brief characters "Grand Thousand Divine Universe Sovereign" struck the hearts of everyone present, except himself, like three world‑ending divine thunders, instantly raising a towering wave!

Great Universe Elder, Seven Universe Elder, Ye Wuque, and Feng Caichen, all four showed sudden changes in expression, their eyes filled with incredulous shock!

Extinction Thunder Clan?

That is, after all, one of the pinnacle clans that stands unshaken across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, overlooking the succession of epochs!

Its foundation is unfathomable, its heritage ancient; masters within the clan are as numerous as clouds, the strong as plentiful as rain, and an ancient Ancestor-level being presides, intertwining with countless forces of Zhutian Wanjie, its influence radiating in all directions!

The resilience of its clan's lifeline is such that heaven finds it hard to bury and earth finds it hard to extinguish!

Such a colossal entity cannot be spoken of as easily annihilated, can it?

How much causality does this involve? How many games of strategy? How many unpredictable variables and backlashes?

Moreover, why must the Thunder Clan be eradicated? Simply because Thunder Tai Ji alone colluded with the Ominous and assassinated the Holy Son?

That reason, it seems… insufficient!

A terrifying speculation, like a cold venomous snake, slithered again from the thought that had arisen when Thunder Tai Ji first displayed Ominous Power, and now, spurred by the Sovereign's words, became starkly clear and chilling!

Though Thunder Tai Ji is powerful, he is still a Supreme Elder, not the highest decision‑maker of the Thunder Clan.

If it were merely his personal betrayal, the Great Thousand Divine Universe and even the upper echelons of the Nine Heavens Ten Lands would at most unleash Lei Dian's wrath, capture and execute the chief villain, purge the remnants, and impose severe punishment, but not necessarily rise to the level of exterminating the entire clan.

Unless… there is more than one Thunder Tai Ji!

Unless… the source of the betrayal comes from the most core, highest tier of the Thunder Clan!

A hair‑raising, deeply terrifying possibility surfaced in their minds:

Could it be… that the entire Thunder Clan, from top to bottom, has already…

That thought is too horrifying!

What magnitude of existence is the Thunder Clan?

Rooted across countless epochs of the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, its branches flourish, its influence far‑reaching.

If indeed an entire pinnacle clan were to turn wholly toward the Ominous, the resulting devastation, chain reactions, and the pernicious example and disintegration it would cause at this crucial moment of emerging Darkness and wavering hearts would be incalculable!

Just as turmoil roiled in their hearts and shock was barely concealed on their faces, the Sovereign's next words, like the coldest iron hammer, utterly shattered their most reluctant terrifying conjecture!

Behind the Sovereign's vague visage, his gaze seemed to pierce the endless Void, bearing a profound, solemn insight into all secrets, slowly sweeping over everyone; his voice was calm, yet each word weighed a thousand pounds:

"Just now, from several cultivators stationed deep of No Return Path, classified intelligence arrived…"

He paused briefly, his tone suddenly sharpening, like ancient cold iron clashing.

"The Thunder Clan… has covertly colluded with the Ominous; the evidence is conclusive! Their crime… must be executed!"

Those words, once spoken, were like a massive stone cast into the hearts of everyone present!

Although speculation existed, hearing confirmation directly from the Sovereign still delivered an unparalleled impact!

The Sovereign continued, his voice low and solemn, unveiling an even deeper cruel truth: "Not long ago, the terrifying cataclysm deep of No Return Path that rippled through Zhutian, you must have sensed it. In that battle, our losses were catastrophic, far beyond what the outside world knows. Countless top‑tier beings bled in a long river, defenses wavered, and the Ominous plot's pivotal link…"

His gaze flashed like lightning across the uncertain faces, each word laced with bone‑chilling cold: "It is because, within the core layer of our highest decision‑making and defense… a traitor has emerged!"

"And one of the Thunder Clan's supreme beings, its clan's source and pillar—Thunder Ancestor… was one of the traitors exposed and confirmed in that upheaval!"

"Thunder Ancestor?!!"

This time, even Great Universe Elder, who has long attained Supreme status and whose resolve is as solid as rock, could not help his pupils contract, his face showing an unmistakable shock!

Seven Universe Elder gasped a cold breath, and Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen were likewise shaken to their cores!

Thunder Ancestor! That is a true Ancestor-level being of the Thunder Clan, a venerable titan comparable to Ye Shizu, Kun Ancestor, Blade Ancestor and Yongye Zunzhu!

He is the source of the Thunder Clan's bloodline, its spiritual totem, the pinnacle symbol of its power!

Such a status, such might, such standing… has betrayed? Turned toward the Ominous?!

What does this imply?

It signifies a complete shift in the Thunder Clan's highest‑level will!

It means this ancient clan may have long been secretly eroded and corrupted by the Ominous!

Moreover, it means that the No Return Path cataclysm that even Ye Shizu had to attend personally, which caused our heavy losses, was likely critically driven by Thunder Ancestor's betrayal!

A traitor of this caliber's destruction and intelligence leakage are devastating!

"I originally thought… that a single Supreme Elder like Thunder Tai Ji colluding with the Ominous was already the limit of the Thunder Clan's decay… never imagined, never expected… that even the supreme Thunder Ancestor also…"

Seven Universe Elder's voice was hoarse, filled with inconceivable grief and anger.

He had dealt with the Thunder Clan before, fully aware of its ancient strength, and understood the cataclysmic disaster a single Ancestor-level betrayal could unleash.

Great Universe Elder's shock quickly gave way to a murderous intent; his surrounding crimson Primordial Force quivered slightly, temperature subtly rising, his voice icy as iron: "Has that traitorous Thunder Ancestor already been executed?!"

The Sovereign gave a slight nod, his tone decisive: "The evidence is conclusive, revealed on the spot. Several cultivators from the No Return Path, acting together, have already slain the traitorous Thunder Ancestor on the spot, Body and Spirit Annihilation!"

He shifted his tone, his murderous resolve intensifying: "But subsequent investigations and intelligence aggregation show that within the Thunder Clan, Ominous infiltration and corruption run deep, far beyond Thunder Ancestor alone! The entire Thunder Clan, from top to bottom, is now inseparably tainted, perhaps already reduced to a crucial stronghold and minion of the Ominous in the Nine Heavens Ten Lands!"

Behind his vague visage, a gaze as sharp as a blade seemed to flash:

"That is why I have come here personally. Eradicate evil… to the utmost! Such a tumor must not survive until dawn; it must be uprooted completely, as a warning to all!"