Chapter 511: Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch

He was the first to turn into a streak of light, leading a large contingent of elite Ji Clan warriors, boldly charging deep into Thunder Clan territory, killing any Thunder Clan being he saw, without mercy!

With the Ji Clan taking the lead, other forces that harbored grudges against the Thunder Clan or upheld justice, as well as lone cultivators, also rushed to join the battle corps, beginning to sweep the Thunder Clan from the outskirts!

In an instant, the Thunder Clan fell into a desperate predicament, beset on all sides by internal and external foes!

"Ahhh! Damn it! Ji Changkong! You're courting death!"

Lei Wanjie, who was being tightly suppressed by Ye Jinghong, saw the Ji Clan join the battlefield and frantically slaughter Thunder Clan youths, his eyes bulging, letting out a resentful roar.

"Dare you fight me and still be distracted?"

Ye Jinghong's expression was stern; seizing the opponent's lapse of mind, he unleashed a fierce strike of the Heaven‑and‑Earth Myriad Transformations Annihilation Palm, which fused the Ye Clan's supreme secret technique!

Within the palm seal, it seemed as if countless Great Thousand Divine Universes were being born and dying in endless cycles, bearing a terrifying Dao Rhythm that shatters all laws and ends everything!

"Puff—!"

Lei Wanjie hurriedly tried to block, but the palm stamped solidly onto his chest; his protective Thunder Armor shattered instantly, his torso caved in, a torrent of blood mixed with organ fragments spewed out, his body flew backward like a torn sack, crashing through several Thunder Divine Mountains, his aura withered to the extreme, leaving him gravely wounded and on the brink of death!

"Clan Leader!!" a Thunder Clan Elder cried mournfully from afar.

The entire Thunder Clan had already reached the final moment of life and death!

The dead and wounded were countless; the higher-ups were either restrained or severely injured, the younger generation was being slaughtered, and external forces continued to join the encirclement…

Yet, just as the situation seemed decided and the Thunder Clan was about to meet its doomed, desperate moment—

From the deepest, darkest ultimate Forbidden Land of the Thunder Clan's Ancestral Land, where even time seemed frozen, a breath older, more vast, and more terrifying than the combined might of the three previous Supreme Patriarchs rose, like a slumbering world‑ending Demon God, slowly yet inexorably… awakening.

The moment this aura appeared, it caused the battlefield's space to solidify and time to flow sluggishly!

The raging energy turbulence, surging thunder, blazing flames, and piercing sword qi all seemed, under this aura's shroud, to become sluggish and heavy!

An overwhelming pressure, surpassing ordinary Supreme beings, bearing the Majesty of the Heavenly Dao and the will of Thunder Penalty, spread outward!

"Who... dares... come... to... my... Thunder... Clan... cause... trouble...?"

A voice, dignified, ancient, as if formed from the primordial thunder laws themselves, sounded like the judgment of the Heavenly Dao, each word slowly resonating, echoing in the deepest souls of every being!

It carried an absolute indifference toward all beings, wielding punishment with supreme dignity!

Accompanying the voice, a terrifying, vague figure shrouded in chaotic hues, its core seemingly containing the first strand of thunder from the Open Heaven and Split Earth, coiled with divine thunder, stepped out from the ultimate Forbidden Land!

The figure was towering and majestic, as if propping up the very sky of the Thunder Path!

Its face was indistinct, save for a pair of eyes seemingly forged from endless world‑ending thunder, coldly scanning the battlefield.

He simply stood there, not deliberately exerting pressure, yet every Supreme engaged in the fierce battle—Ye Clan Heavenly Ancestor, Ice Sword Immortal Sovereign, Great Universe Elder—at that moment felt a jolt in their hearts and their expressions changed!

"This aura..." Seven Yu Elder inhaled sharply, his face showing horror.

"The Thunder Clan... still hides such a being?!" Heavenly Sword Master also furrowed his sword‑shaped brows, sensing unprecedented pressure.

Even the Great Universe Elder, still locked in battle, wore an unprecedentedly grave expression; he could clearly feel that the newly appeared figure's aura was so profoundly terrifying that it far surpassed his own—he was no match!

Only the Great Thousand Divine Universe Sovereign, who had stood with hands behind his back, seemingly detached from the battlefield, at this moment let his vague gaze flicker slightly, looking toward the figure in the chaotic thunder light, and uttered a clear voice:

"Hehe... Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch, you truly... are still alive."

Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch!

The figure within the chaotic thunder light was, aside from the fallen Thunder Ancestor, another Ancestor-level being of the Thunder Clan—Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch!

For a living being to dare take the title Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch, its significance is far from trivial!

Heavenly Patriarch, as the name implies, is the Supreme of the Heavenly Dao!

In the ancient consensus of the Zhutian Wanjie, the term Heavenly Patriarch is not bestowed lightly; only those who elevate their own Dao to the level of the Heavenly Dao and achieve the Supreme fruit, truly reaching or even wielding portions of Heavenly Dao authority, are qualified to be called Heavenly Patriarch!

For example, Ye Shizu, who attained the Supreme Heavenly Dao; Yongye Zunzhu, who attained the Eternal Night Dao; and Jiang Tianyan, the Jiang Clan ancestor who attained the Great Derivative Heavenly Dao!

Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch is such a being who, through the Way of Thunder, reaches the Heavenly Dao Penalty, attaining the rank of Thunder Heavenly Patriarch, a Heavenly Dao Supreme!

Its terror and might far exceed ordinary Supremes!

Countless surviving Thunder Clan beings, upon sensing this aura and hearing the name Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch, felt as if they grasped a final lifeline; the once hopeless, deadened gaze reignited with fervor and hope!

Ignoring their wounds, they rushed toward the direction of the chaotic thunder-light figure, kneeling reverently and excitedly, shouting in hoarse voices:

"May I have an audience... Ancestor!"

"Ancestor, help! Save the Thunder Clan!"

"The Thunder Clan... still possesses such ultimate depth..." Ye Clan Heavenly Ancestor halted his battle with the Thunder Clan Mystic Ancestor, his aged face heavy with gravity.

"No wonder even the Great Thousand Divine Universe Sovereign had to come personally..." Ice Sword Immortal Sovereign's eyes were cold, his sword aura increasingly refined, readying a strict formation.

Even the Great Thousand Divine Universe Sovereign could not deny: "The Thunder Clan is indeed remarkable; its depth exceeds expectations. The sect holds two Heavenly Patriarch-level positions, plus three Supremes! In total... five Supremes! With such strength, not only surpassing the solitary Supreme Eternal Heaven, but even across the entire Nine Heavens Ten Earths, they rank among the top clans, their might shaking the universe, famed far and wide! Alas, alas... they took the wrong path, destined today... for annihilation."

The Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch within the chaotic thunder light seemed indifferent to the kneeling Thunder Clan descendants below and the brutal battlefield.

His eyes, forged from world‑ending thunder, slowly turned, finally locking firmly onto the only presence on the field that truly threatened him—

Great Thousand Divine Universe Sovereign!

"Hehe... the old monster of the Great Thousand Divine Universe..."

The Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch spoke, his voice still like ancient thunder grinding, bearing an age‑old indifference and faint mockery, "You haven't died... I... how could I... be a step ahead of you?"

In his eyes, at this moment across the battlefield, among countless beings, only the Great Thousand Divine Universe Sovereign was worthy of being regarded as his opponent.

All others, even the Ye Clan Heavenly Ancestor, Ice Sword Immortal Sovereign, and Great Universe Elder, were merely slightly larger ants.