Chapter 515: Thunder Clan! Annihilation!

He's about to self‑destruct!

A complete self‑destruct of a Heavenly Dao Supreme‑level being!

And it's a self‑destruct fused with high‑quality Ominous Power!

Its might will be terrifyingly incalculable, enough to drag this sealed Star Domain—and even most of Yong Heng Tian—into the abyss of Destruction!

"This is because you forced me! Then let everything accompany me to the grave! Hahahahaha!!!"

Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch's final thought let out a mad roar, full of vengeful exhilaration and endless spite!

"Not good!"

"He's about to self‑destruct!!"

"Retreat quickly!!"

On the battlefield below, whether the Ye Clan Heavenly Ancestor, Ice Sword Immortal Patriarch, Great Universe Elder and other Supremes, or Seven Yu Elder, Heavenly Sword Master, Ye Jinghong and the like, even the ordinary cultivators locked in combat on both sides—

All their faces changed dramatically, sensing that world‑shattering, soul‑freezing aura of death!

The desperate self‑destruct of a Heavenly Patriarch‑level terrifying overlord could engulf every one of them, leaving no survivors!

Yet, at the very moment this apocalyptic crisis hung by a thread—

"Stubbornly unresponsive."

The calm voice of the Lord of the Great Thousand Divine Universe sounded again, bearing an absolute composure that seemed to command everything.

He did not try to stop Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch's self‑destruct process—it was already irreversible.

Instead, he raised his other hand, both palms forming a void embrace, as if encircling the entire Zhutian Wanjie.

"Great Thousand... Return‑to‑Void Realm."

Softly chanting, centered on him, a hazy, vast Chaos Light Realm—seemingly composed of countless overlapping spaces and dimensions—expanded rapidly!

This Light Realm was not material, yet it contained supreme spatial and sealing laws!

In an instant, the Light Realm tightly enveloped and sealed Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch at the self‑destruct core, along with the overwhelming destructive energy generated by his explosion.

Like an invisible cosmic egg!

At the same time, the Sovereign's previously formed hand of the Endless World Barrier pressed gently downward.

The Endless World Barrier that spanned heaven and earth suddenly sank and spread downward, turning into a veil thin as a cicada wing yet incredibly resilient—a Guardian Sky Curtain—that tightly shielded Ye Wuque, Feng Caichen, Seven Yu Elder, Heavenly Sword Master, Ye Jinghong, and all living beings on the non‑Thunder side, as well as portions of the still‑intact Yong Heng Tian void.

Just when you think it's too late, it's already too fast!

At the instant the Guardian Sky Curtain formed—

Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch, sealed within the Great Thousand Return‑to‑Void Realm, along with everything he sacrificed, detonated with a thunderous blast!!!

Boom—boom—boom—boom—boom—!!!!!!!!!

No words can describe the horror of this explosion!

Even though the Great Thousand Return‑to‑Void Realm sealed off most of its power, those outside only saw within the Chaos Light Realm a cataclysmic scene of blinding brilliance interwoven with utter darkness, capable of erasing all light and sound!

The Light Realm expanded and twisted violently, its surface sprouting countless fine cracks that seemed ready to burst at any moment!

The faint energy ripples that leaked out made the external Guardian Sky Curtain ripple intensely, emitting strained moans!

Inside the Great Thousand Return‑to‑Void Realm, it was a true apocalyptic scene!

The Thunder Heavenly Dao Origin mixed with high‑grade Ominous Power exploded, producing destructive force that surpassed mere matter and energy, affecting laws, concepts, and even portions of spacetime structure.

It could, in an instant, erase countless eons of the Great Universe from the very meaning of existence!

Yet the Lord of the Great Thousand Divine Universe remained steadfast outside the Great Thousand Return‑to‑Void Realm, his dark robe rustling, hands still in the void‑embrace, his flawless Supreme Dao Rhythm like the Sea‑Calming Divine Needle, firmly stabilizing the on‑the‑verge‑of‑collapse Chaos Light Realm!

He seemed to, with his own strength alone, confront, digest, and quell a cosmic end that could doom countless Star Domains!

The process lasted roughly three breaths.

For the protected beings outside, it felt as long and agonizing as three hundred years!

Finally—

Puff…

A soft sound, like a bubble popping.

The Great Thousand Return‑to‑Void Realm, swollen to its limit and riddled with cracks, together with its internal world‑shattering blast of light and energy, collapsed inward, vanished, and finally turned into a negligible stream of Chaos Qi, dissipating into nothingness.

In place, only a hollow void remained, its spatial structure unusually fragile and chaotic.

Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch, along with everything of his, was utterly, completely… reduced to ash and smoke, leaving not a single trace.

And the Lord of the Great Thousand Divine Universe slowly withdrew his hands, his breath steady as before; behind his blurred visage, not even a hint of fatigue showed.

It seemed that the feat of stopping a Heavenly Patriarch‑level being from self‑destructing the world was, to him, merely brushing a speck of dust off his sleeve.

Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch's final spite‑filled, venomous thought roar still faintly echoed in the void:

"Detestable! Detestable!! I——won't——accept—!!!"

Then, it fell into absolute silence, the void of eternity.

Sss—

The whole arena sank into an eerily extreme dead silence.

All living beings, whether foe or friend, whether Supreme or ant, stared blankly at the void that had returned to emptiness, at the dark silhouette that stood proudly in the heavens as if supporting the entire sky.

A Thunder Patriarch who oversees the Heavenly Dao Penalty across eternity, a peak traitor allied with Ominous Power, fell… like this?

Before a Supreme Boundless Great Perfection absolute force, his final frantic counter‑strike and self‑destruct seemed so feeble and pale, failing even to trouble the supreme being by a hair.

Such an absolute crushing of power levels delivered a psychological impact to all spectators far stronger—by hundreds, even thousands of times—than any bloody melee.

After the brief dead silence—

"Kill!!"

Great Universe Elder was the first to react, his scarlet battle robe blazing, roaring wildly as he charged again to slay the three Thunder Clan Supremes whose spirits had shattered and will had vanished after Thunder Punishment Heavenly Patriarch's fall!

The Ye Clan Heavenly Ancestor and Ice Sword Immortal Patriarch were likewise reinvigorated, their assaults growing ever more fierce!

"The Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable is dead! Traitors must be executed!!"

"Eradicate all remaining Thunder Clan scum! Leave none!!"

"Seven Yu Elder, Heavenly Sword Master, Ye Jinghong and others roared in unison, and with the Ji Clan and other allies that joined the battlefield, they launched the final, merciless purge against the remaining high‑ranking Thunder Clan and its forces!"

"The overall situation has been decisively settled!"

"Having lost its supreme pillar, the Thunder Clan—already suffering heavy casualties and shattered morale—could no longer mount any effective resistance."

"Clan Leader Lei Wanjie had long been gravely wounded and near death, and was easily finished off by Ye Jinghong's finishing blow, dying beneath her palm."

"Great Elder Lei Riyuan, Core Elder, the surviving Supreme Elder… each was surrounded and slain, falling in despair."

"The foundation of the Thunder Clan's Three Great Supremes—the Mystic Ancestor, Guardian Lei Youming, and Lei Zhenyu—had already been strained by the ferocious assault of the Ye Clan Heavenly Ancestor and others; now, terrified, they were swiftly shattered, their Dao Fruit destroyed, their divine souls erased, following in the footsteps of the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable."

"Within the Thunder Clan's domain, although most of the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable's self‑destruct power was sealed by the Universe Lord, the tiny fraction that leaked out, together with the aftershocks of the previous great battle, still turned this ancient Ancestral Land that had endured countless Epochs into complete ruin!"

"Mountains shattered, rivers evaporated, palaces collapsed, living beings burned!"

"Over ninety percent of ordinary Thunder Clan members and kin perished in the earlier slaughter and the final energy shock!"

"The few scattered survivors, already terrified, could not escape death in the subsequent great purge."

"A once‑glorious, thriving great clan that dominated Yong Heng Tian and was renowned across Nine Heavens Ten Earths has, in this brief span, been utterly annihilated, reduced to dust in history!"