<h4>Chapter 857: Lightning Pool Refinement</h4>
He wondered how the Thunder Emperor Mark managed to attract these droplets from the lightning pool of nine heavens.
This lightning pool liquid fused into the Chest Center point at his chest first through the Thunder Emperor Mark.
Later on, even more lightning pool fluid seeped into the Thunder Emperor Mark. However, he wasn’t able to expand his fist-sized Chest Center point any further despite his greatest efforts.
Qin Lie moved on to the points beside his Chest Center point and worked on his Jade Hall point and Central Courtyard point with the power of thunder and lightning, washing and tempering them into two small spaces.
Just like the Chest Center point, they were only as big as a fist.
The three meridians that neared their limits absorbed a single drop of lightning pool liquid each and formed three extremely tiny puddles.
However, the Thunder Emperor Mark stopped attracting the lightning pool liquid into his body.
It stopped glowing with brilliant light, and the wild surge of thunder energy running inside Qin Lie also gradually subsided.
The maic field at the center of the eight Thunderblitz wood bs also stopped.
The ck clouds, the downpour and the fierce wind that dominated the sky slowly vanished over time.
Two hourster, the sky of Soul Summoning Ind regained its blue colors.
Qin Lie quickly awakened after that.
A few thousand meters away, Song Tingyu and Mo Hai waited until everything had subsided before they approached him once more.
Li Mu, Duan Qianjie, and the others hadn’t moved away too far to begin with. They all gathered near Qin Lie when he finished.
“Is that the Thunder Emperor Mark?” Li Mu asked while staring at the lightning tattoo in front of Qin Lie’s chest.
Right now, Qin Lie was still naked all over.
Under Tate and Mo Hai’s strange gaze, he hastily fished out an azure-colored martial practitioner uniform from his spatial ring and put it on before he finally said, “It is the Thunder Emperor Mark.”
Li Mu nodded. While rubbing his chin, he said calmly, “Your grandfather really is capable.”
“Qin Lie, this secret realm entrance will remain open three days for you.” Tate pointed at the picture of a White Bone Nether Spirit Altar on the wall and said, “You must enter within three days’ time.”
Through the Thunder Emperor Mark, Qin Lie learned that this whole thing was arranged by his grandfather. Tate was just the person who carried out his n.
He nodded and said, “Then I will enter in three days’ time.”
“Mn. I will stay at Soul Summoning Ind for three days as well. Just notify me once you’re about to leave.” Tate then cast La Pu another nce before he thought to himself for a moment. Then, he said, “You’ve already grown your eighth eye, so there are some things that I would like to tell you about. We will speak at your ce of cultivation.”
“Alright.”
The two Nether Realm denizens left the front part of the obsidian pce in session. They were headed towards the forest where La Pu had nted arge number of Nether Realm nts.
The evil dragon Gilbert had alsoe over to take a look after noticing themotion at this ce.
When he noticed that Duan Qianjie, Li Mu and eight horned expert of the Horned Demon Race were present, and that they were obviously not hostile towards Qin Lie, he obediently retreated without any fuss.
And so, Li Mu, Duan Qianjie, Song Tingyu and Mo Hai were the only ones left in front of the obsidian pce.
“Why have you alle?”
It was only now Qin Lie managed to fully sort out his thoughts and recover his senses. He looked at Li Mu and everyone.
“A lot of things had happened in the Land of Chaos as ofte. The three great ghoul races’ invasion, the wars on several continents, and your recent conflict with the Illusory Demon Sect…” Li Mu thought for a moment before saying calmly, “I knew that you ran into some trouble as ofte, but I wasn’t able to help you because I was constructing the third level of my Soul Altar in seclusion. Duan Qianjie was protecting me during this period.”
“Third level of your Soul Altar?” Qin Lie couldn’t help but ask upon hearing this, “Does this mean that you’ve… seeded, Uncle Li?”
Li Mu smiled coolly. “I was lucky.”
Pleasantly surprised, Qin Lie said sincerely, “Congrattions, Uncle Li.”
He once heard from Forefather Terminator that Li Mu was the only person in the entire Land of Chaos whose cultivation was stable to the extreme. He was a cultivator who took in everyw and secret of a particr realm before he attempted to ascend to the next realm.
Forefather Terminator had also said that Li Mu would be the strongest cultivator in the entire Land of Chaos after he constructed the third level of his Soul Altar and broke through to thete stage of the Imperishable Realm.
He imed that when that happened, Li Mu would truly be qualified to challenge him!
Forefather Terminator even believed that Li Mu with a three-level Soul Altar was even more difficult to deal with than Duan Qianjie. He believed that he was a martial practitioner who could truly threaten him in the Land of Chaos.
“While the three great ghoul races were invading ournds, the human race should unite their strength against thismon enemy instead of fighting against each other. Otherwise, we would lose too many experts and cause too many innocent mortals and low rank martial practitioners to suffer a cmity.” Li Mu pondered for a moment before continuing, “As for you, if you continue to stay in the Land of Chaos, you may be the fuse that triggers the internal conflict of the human race. Also, there are a lot of evil spirits and foreign races who are attempting to kill you. For example, the evil spirits and the foreign races of the Ruined Lands wouldn’t care about Forefather Terminator’s threat.”
“My grandfather told me to leave temporarily,” Qin Lie said.
“Mn. Departure will good for you, ming Sun Ind, Terminator Sect, and the entire Land of Chaos.” Li Mu smiled and said, “I was going to beg Old Duan to join ming Sun Ind as a foreign delegate and protect it when you leave, but now… it is no longer necessary.”
“Why is that?” Qin Lie asked in astonishment.
Li Mu chuckled while looking at Song Tingyu.
Qin Lie also followed his gaze.
It was at this moment he suddenly noticed the sadness and helplessness inside Song Tingyu’s pupils. He hastily consoled her, “I’m just leaving temporarily. I’ll return to the Land of Chaos soon.”
“Really?” Song Tingyu stared deeply at him, asking him to make her a promise with her eyes.
Qin Lie hastily raised his hand and made the promise.
It was only then Song Tingyu rxed slightly before exining, “Seven days ago, me Demon Tang Beidou had returned from the Eastern Fire Hall and decided to stay at Gray Ind.”
“me Demon Tang Beidou?” Qin Lie looked astonished.
“He said that he’s staying there because of Tang Siqi,” Song Tingyu exined.
“Tang Siqi is one reason. The other reason he stayed behind… is probably Tate.” Li Mu smiled. “I’m not sure what kind of benefits Tate had promised him, but at any rate, this irritable old man had chosen to protect Gray Ind for now. With him, Evil Infant Ind, Lu Yi—who is soon to ascend to the Imperishable Realm—and a ton of zing Profound Bombs around, there shouldn’t be anyone who is foolish enough to provoke ming Sun Ind after your departure.”
Qin Lie nodded on the inside.
He had already heard from various people about the terror that was the me Demon Tang Beidou, and that he was even stronger than Duan Qianjie’s before thetter’s breakthrough.
A three-level Soul Altar expert who was still at his peak was a tremendous source of intimidation towards any force.
At the very least within his scope of knowledge, Qin Lie believed that Illusory Demon Sect was no longer a threat to ming Sun Ind with Tang Beidou and Evil Infant Boy around.
“Wait, Uncle Lu is about to have a breakthrough?” He suddenly noticed the other detail in Li Mu’s words.
“Senior Lu was already in thete stage of the Nirvana Realm in the first ce, and he has been qualified to construct a Soul Altar since a long time ago. However… in the past, Blood Fiend Sect was too poor after their defeat, and they weren’t able to gather the spirit materials necessary for him to break through.” Song Tingyu smiled before continuing, “Blood Fiend Sect has been doing well these past few years, but even then they could only gather enough spirit materials to promote one person’s ascension to the Imperishable Realm. Due to various reasons, Blood Fiend Sect had chosen to use these spirit materials on Elder Mo Jun instead of Senior Lu. That is why his ascension was even more dyed.”
“But we are different.”
“Right now, ming Sun Ind is filled with all kinds of spirit materials, not to mention therge sum of spirit materials you brought back from Turin Cave. We now have enough spirit materials to support Senior Lu’s ascension.”
“Despite Senior Lu Yi’s objections, I insisted that he, a foreign delegate of ming Sun Ind, should ascend to the Imperishable Realm with the spirit materials supplied by ming Sun Ind.”
“Regardless of whether he seeds or fails, this promotion gives the foreign delegates and martial practitioners of ming Sun Ind a reason to feel safe.”
She was trying to use Lu Yi to show all ming Sun Ind martial practitioners that ming Sun Ind wouldn’t treat any contributors unfairly.
By preparing Lu Yi’s ascension materials, she was also proving to them ming Sun Ind’s wealth and sincerity.
This would attract even more wandering experts outside to join ming Sun Ind.
“I got it.” Qin Lie understood Song Tingyu’s underlying intentions after just a moment of thought. He inwardly praised his good wife for her abilities.
He knew that the reason ming Sun Ind was growing more prosperous and stronger by the day was thanks to Song Tingyu. More and more experts were joining ming Sun Ind too.
“Qin Lie, I’ve forged a new Heaven Cloud Armor for you. I hope it will be of use to you.” Mo Hai passed over a light armor and said, “This new spirit armor is an Earth Grade Seven spirit artifact, so it means that it can be a… Heaven Grade spirit artifact if it is improved further.”
“Wonderful!” Qin Lie’s eyes lit up again.
Back at Turin Cave, his old Heaven Cloud Armor had managed to endure one strike from Helian Zheng whose power had been enhanced by the Moon Demon.
He waspletely defenseless when the attack had hit him, but the Heaven Cloud Armor had saved his life despite shattering under the impact.
Later on, when he raised his guard and created a light shield using Heavenly Thunder Eradication, the Frost Arts, the Blood Spirit Art, and the Records of Geocentric Maism at full power, it was still shattered by Helian Zheng in a single strike.
This proved just how excellent the defensive power of Mo Hai’s Heaven Cloud Armor was.
Since this new Heaven Cloud Armor was of a higher grade, he was sure that it would be even more useful than the previous armor.
“Perhaps ming Sun Ind will be able to refine a Heaven Grade spirit artifact by the time you return from the Land of Chaos,” Mo Hai said calmly.
“When that happens, ming Sun Ind may be able to rece Illusory Demon Sect as a new Silver rank force of the Land of Chaos.” Song Tingyu’s eyes were filled with dreams of the future.
“Every time a foreign race invades the Land of Chaos, there will be Silver rank forces who decline under pressure and are ultimately reced.” Li Mu smiled and said, “In my opinion, the same shuffle will happen after the three great ghoul races are eliminated.”
“It is up to you all to seize this opportunity and have thestugh,” Duan Qianjie abruptly interrupted.
Qin Lie sucked in a deep breath and said seriously, “ming Sun Ind will definitely have thestugh!”