Spirit Realm Chapter 749-751

Chapter 749: Qi Yang’s Ambition

“That Illusory Demon Sect is given first rights to the Blazing Profound Bombs is the mutual understanding we and Blood Fiend Sect had come to. Why else do you think you’re allowed to remain authority over the Setting Sun Islands?”

“First rights going to Illusory Demon Sect, you say? Mutual understanding with Blood Fiend Sect, you say?” Qin Lie smiled. “Why don’t you figure out the relationship between the Setting Sun Islands and Blood Fiend Sect first before you say anything?”

He then turned around and said to his three companions, “Let’s go.”

Chu Li chuckled and led them up a crystalline war chariot, ignoring Ju Ruijie.

Qin Lie, Du Xiangyang and Luo Chen got up the chariot behind him.

“The Setting Sun Islands are just a vassal force beneath Blood Fiend Sect, are they not? What is there to be proud about?” Ju Ruijie said disdainfully.

“As long as you are still the person in charge of buying the Blazing Profound Bombs, Gray Island will not sell a single spirit artifact to Illusory Demon Sect!” Qin Lie tossed down these final words.

Chu Li’s crystalline war chariot took to the skies.

Ju Ruijie and Illusory Demon Sect martial practitioners all wore gloomy looks on their faces. It was obvious that they had gotten angry for real.

“Foolish boy!” Ju Ruijie turned her head and walked away too.

Celestial Artifact Sect’s Luo Kexin and Feng Yiyou didn’t request to challenge Qin Lie even though he was departing the area.

“Senior sister?” Feng Yiyou looked a little astonished.

“Something’s strange about that kid.” Luo Kexin frowned. “There’s no need for hurry. Let us wait and see for now.”

Apparently, Feng Yiyou was very obedient before his senior sister. He nodded in understanding and didn’t pry any further.

……

“What? Tian Yu’s hurt?” At the meeting place, Qi Yang jumped to his feet the instant he heard of this.

The mountain lord of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain hastily bid Nan Zhengtian and the other heads goodbye and left the scene.

It didn’t take long before Qi Yang and a few haggard-looking old men with necklaces of animal bones hanging around their necks and animal skins clinging to their shoulders appeared on a flying spirit artifact shaped like an ancient beast that belonged to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain..

They quickly arrived at a small, traditional tower built from animal bones.

Tian Yu was currently lying atop a cold bed of white jade. The finger-sized bloody holes on her body were oozing with the scent of lava and sulfur.

“I’m fine,” Tian Yu said through clenched teeth and a pale face. “I was splashed by a kind of fire. It is deadly, and it contains incredible combustive power. It feels like it will never fade unless it runs out of energy.”

Yu Men and many other Ten Thousand Beast Mountain martial practitioners looked solemn when they heard this.

“Let me have a look.” Qi Yang walked over.

He pressed a finger onto one of the bloody wounds on Tian Yu’s body.

“Zzt zzzt!”

A tiny spark appeared from the bloody wound. The terrifying flame that surged out of her wound caused even Qi Yang to turn pale in fright.

He closed his eyes and probed the wound carefully.

Five whole minutes later.

“Everyone, please leave the room for now!” Qi Yang opened his eyes with a frown and yelled.

“Master…” Yu Men cried out.

“You too, Yu Men!” Qi Yang exclaimed seriously.

The crowd obediently left the room after a moment of slight surprise. This included Yu Men.

“Tell me what you felt when you last clashed against Qin Lie. I want to know everything,” Qi Yang instructed.

“When I used the power of my bloodline and punched at him with the Hundred Beasts Fist, his arms turned as red as hot iron. The terrible volcanic aura that they gave off… made me feel instinctively afraid.” Tian Yu thought for a moment before describing what happened then carefully. “When the Hundred Beasts Fist touched his fist, the power born from my bloodline was instantly burned into nothingness. Since I ran out of bloodline power, I wasn’t able to organize another attack. Moreover, I couldn’t extinguish the flames after I was touched by those sparks…”

“Your bloodline power was burned by those flames?” Qi Yang looked shocked.

Tian Yu nodded seriously.

Qi Yang suddenly fell silent.

A while later, he said darkly, “I understand.”

“Master, the fight between us was a fair fight. I’m the one who allowed him to use spirit energy. It’s my own fault for getting careless during the duel,” Tian Yu explained.

“No, you weren’t careless, and he wasn’t using spirit energy.” Qi Yang shook his head.

“Ah?” Tian Yu exclaimed in surprise.

“Alright, I checked your wounds, and I don’t think they’re serious. Your bloodline is special, and your recovery speed is ten times faster than a normal person’s. You should recover in no time,” Qi Yang consoled her a little before thinking for a moment. “Try not to talk too much about your battle with Qin Lie. Also, try not to stand up for Yu Men again.”

“I wasn’t trying to stand up for Yu Men! I, I just wanted to find a opponent for myself,” Tian Yu retorted.

“Alright, alright, I understand.” Qi Yang smiled. “I’ll be leaving.”

After he said that, he left the room and gave a few instructions to the elders who accompanied him. Then, he sought out Forefather Terminator during the night alone.

“Old Monster Nan, what kind of blood flows in that boy’s veins?” Qi Yang broke the ice immediately with an honest question. “Tian Yu’s bloodline of Ancient Beast grants her extraordinary strength and the ability to execute all the skills of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain with perfection. She’s also able to summon the souls of beasts with her bloodline to protect herself. She has almost never suffered a loss in the hands of her peers in the Land of Chaos, and even if she did, it was always because her cultivation realm was insufficient. She has never lost in terms of physical constitution!”

Qi Yang said solemnly, “The power Qin Lie used to hurt Tian Yu is neither spirit energy nor blood spirit energy. It is also a bloodline power!”

“So she’s hurt. What about it?” Forefather Terminator looked completely unconcerned. “It was a fight between juniors. Do you really have to confront me about it?”

“I’m not trying to stand up for Tian Yu. I want to know what kind of bloodline Qin Lie possesses,” Qi Yang explained.

Nan Zhengtian grew impatient, “I couldn’t care less about your curiosity.”

“Old Monster Nan, you should know that I once left the Land of Chaos and ventured into an auxiliary world millions and millions of miles away, right?” Qi Yang’s expression slowly turned serious.

“So what?” Nan Zhengtian frowned.

“Tian Yu was brought back from that world!” Qi Yang added.

Nan Zhengtian finally looked a little interested in the conversation and sat up properly. He motioned for Qi Yang to continue.

“In that place, there are a lot of humans who possess bloodline powers just like Tian Yu!” Qi Yang inhaled deeply before continuing in a heavy tone, “In fact, the humans of that world had figured out all kinds of ways to mix bloodlines of powerful ancient races into their own and pass them down to next generations!”

“There are plenty of powerful forces in that place, they are all Gold rank forces. They war against outer realms and rule over auxiliary worlds, and they steal bloodlines of many ancient experts through marriage. Therefore, their descendants possess powerful bloodlines from birth. This method allows their descendants to ascend further into the realms and escape the natural flaw of weak constitution that exists in all human beings. It gives their descendants the power of wild beasts and giant dragons while they’re still children!”

“The reason there are many martial practitioners who surpassed the Imperishable Realm in that place is because they’re continuously evolving through reproduction with ancient experts. They’re gradually fixing their flaws and perfecting their bloodlines, enabling their descendants to gain scarier and more perfect talents.”

“The power of bloodline is something that only the ancient experts used to possess. The human race has never had such a thing.”

“The human race has a short natural life span, and both our life force and physical constitution are dozens of times behind that of ancient experts. This is also the natural limit of our cultivation.”

“Our advantage is that we reproduce quickly. The time between insemination and birth is very short. Our other advantage is that we can cultivate all attributes of spirit energy. Unlike the ancient races, who are naturally limited to a specific spectrum of powers, we can even cultivate the power they possess. We are good at fusing powers, and our blood can accommodate even the bloodline of an ancient race.”

“In that place, our kind is gradually erasing the human weakness of bloodline through marriage with ancient experts. They absorb power of ancient experts’ bloodline and grow stronger and stronger!”

“There are plenty of people like Tian Yu in that place. They place the power of bloodline on equal standing as spirit energy and treat it as a core part of their power. They work hard to figure out the cultivation secrets of bloodlines.”

“That is the source of their strength, and why they surpass all of us!”

When Qi Yang was finally done, Nan Zhengtian fell into a long, pondering silence.

A long time later, Nan Zhengtian muttered, “You’re saying… that they surpass us since the moment they are born?”

“Mn. Moreover, their descendants are destined to surpass their predecessors as their understanding and knowledge of bloodline grows!” Qi Yang said affirmatively.

“What kind of bloodlines have they obtained?” Nan Zhengtian asked again.

“They have the bloodline of the Giant Dragon Race, the Ancient Beast race, the Asura Race, the Yaksha Race, the Wood Race and many, many more powerful races of ancient times. When they set their eyes on a race with special bloodline, they would try to either connect with them by marriage, or capture a female of the target race. Then, they would use some mysterious methods to steal the other party’s bloodline, so their descendants would be born with this special bloodline. That is how their descendants are born powerful,” Qi Yang said.

“What are you trying to say?” Nan Zhengtian looked up at Qi Yang after a moment of silence.

“Maybe. Maybe we can try the same thing they did.” Qi Yang’s eyes lit up. “If we could fuse bloodline of ancient experts into our own, then the descendants of the Land of Chaos would be born with natural strength and talent that exceed that of common humans too! If we succeed, then some of our descendants will have a higher chance of breaking through to the Void Realm, and we will realize the dream of creating a Gold rank force in the Land of Chaos!”

“That’s not a bad idea.” Nan Zhengtian gave him a strange smile.

Qi Yang said excitedly, “Tian Yu possesses the bloodline of Ancient Beasts. I can marry her to Chu Li, and give her child to the Terminator Sect. I have a daughter too whom I can marry to Qin Lie. The child they birth shall be raised by Ten Thousand Beast Mountain. What do you think?”

“Why not marry Qin Lie and Tian Yu?” Nan Zhengtian asked in puzzlement.

“It is very difficult for bloodlines of different ancient races to fuse together. That’s what I learned from that place,” Qi Yang continued to explain.

“It is more likely for a descendant to be produced when the bloodlines of an ancient race and the human race are merged. On the other hand, it is almost impossible for two beings of different ancient races to produce a descendant. That’s because the struggle for dominance between two different bloodlines would often kill the mother and the child during the infancy stage!”

“While Qin Lie and Tian Yu are both human, the bloodlines they possess are obviously different. It is extremely likely that their bloodlines would clash against one another if they mixed. Therefore, it is impossible for them to give birth to an offspring.”

“Oh, I see,” Nan Zhengtian exclaimed in realization. “If you’re really interested, why don’t I get the Asura Race to send a few women to you? You can try making your own offspring. As you know, some of the females of the Asura Race look pretty good.”

Qi Yang blushed despite his age and shook his head. “No, that won’t work. A special method is necessary for a human and an ancient expert to reproduce directly with success. Even the Gold rank forces over there had to experiment and sacrifice who knows how many test subjects in order to finally figure out a method. We don’t have the resources to try that.”

Chapter 750: Secret Discussion

“Then it is settled. We will discuss this later,” Forefather Terminator said gravely.

“What bloodline does Qin Lie have?” Qi Yang did not give up.

“I do not know either. When I know, I will tell you,” Forefather Terminator said perfunctorily.

“Alright.” Qi Yang stood up in disappointment and walked out.

Forefather Terminator frowned. After thinking for a while, he contacted Xu Ran and Lei Yan using his soul energy.

Soon after, Xu Ran, his wife, and Lei Yan came in together.

“Qi Yang just came and he said some things that I feel are interesting…” Forefather Terminator repeated what he had discussed with Qi Yang. Then he asked, “What do you think?”

Xu Ran, Tong Zhenzhen, and Lei Yan knew Qin Lie’s situation.

“Trading bloodlines…” Xu Ran rubbed his chin and said humorously, “Only Qi Yang could think of this.”

“Qi Yang’s suggestion isn’t bad!” Lei Yan was full of interest.

Forefather Terminator’s gaze passed over Xu Ran and Lei Yan to land on Tong Zhenzhen. “Sister-in-law, what do you think?”

“Qin Lie’s bloodline is much more valuable than Tian Yu’s. If we go through with this trade, Ten Thousand Beast Mountain will have made a great bargain.” Tong Zhenzhen discussed the matter seriously. “I have some knowledge about the place Qi Yang visited. According to what I know, there is no force that can steal the bloodline of the God Race.”

Lei Yan’s expression changed. “So Qin Lie is very special?”

Forefather Terminator also showed great interest. “Is it difficult to get the God Race bloodline?”

“After the great ancient hundred race battle, the God Race left for the faraway space. They have been gone for far too long. The present Gold rank forces of the humans are not able to explore the Galaxy Battlefield, so even though they are active in auxiliary worlds, there has been no news of the God Race. They are not able to find them.” Tong Zhenzhen thought as she spoke. “They aren’t even able to find members of the God Race, how could they steal their bloodline?”

“What about Qin Lie? If there is no one that can steal their bloodline, how do you explain Qin Lie?” Lei Yan asked in puzzlement.

“I cannot understand this either.” Tong Zhenzhen shook her head.

Everyone became silent.

After a while, Xu Ran said slowly. “Qin Lie is that person’s grandson, he must have a great background, and his bloodline is also important! In my opinion, even if we decide to use his bloodline to breed, it shouldn’t be with Qi Yang’s daughter!”

Lei Yan’s eyes suddenly lit up. He said, “Our Terminator Sect also has many good girls! Elder Shen! What about his granddaughter?”

“You mean Shen Yue?” Xu Ran’s interest was stirred.

“That girl is a good candidate.” Tong Zhenzhen also nodded and said, “Qin Lie’s God Race bloodline might be good fortune to Terminator Sect’s future if the flower blooms through Shen Yue.”

“Elder Brother, what do you think?” Lei Yan became interested. “Is there anything you’d like to add? Qi Yang may have pointed us in an unusual direction, but this may actually work!”

“Concerning Qin Lie’s God Race bloodline, we are the only ones who know. If we can use it well and have him and Shen Yue give birth to an offspring…” Xu Ran’s eyes grew bright. “That child will be Terminator Sect’s future! It very well may become a seed that would transform all of the Land of Chaos!”

“Brother!” Lei Yan shouted.

Xu Ran and his wife also looked at Forefather Terminator.

Forefather Terminator’s brows were furrowed as he thought for a long time. He nodded and said to Xu Ran, “Go and personally talk to Elder Shen, have him persuade Shen Yue to interact more with Qin Lie.”

“When a female pursues a male, it is much easier. Shen Yue is good in all aspects. If it is just for a child… it shouldn’t be difficult.” Xu Ran’s smile was ambiguous.

“Sister-in-law, please think if there is any race whose bloodline attributes are similar to Qin Lie’s. When the time comes, I will find an excuse to fool Qi Yang.” After a short pause, Forefather Terminator continued, “Tell Qin Lie to be careful and not reveal his bloodline under any circumstances to avoid attracting too much trouble.”

“Mn.” Tong Zhenzhen acknowledged.

After the four heads of Terminator Sect reached an agreement, they immediately separated and went about their own matters.

……

On the other side.

Ju Ruijie returned to Illusory Demon Sect’s side and found Shi Xiuling. She complained to Shi Xiuling about Qin Lie’s arrogance.

Many of Shi Xiuling’s subordinates had also seen Qin Lie and Tian Yu’s battle. They had seen Ju Ruijie’s conflict with Qin Lie and added a few details, exaggerating some of them.

“Why are you telling me this? Shouldn’t you go with this to your master?” Shi Xiuling’s expression was one of helplessness.

“Master treats Senior Sister Xue like her own daughter. What is the point of telling her this? She will naturally protect Blood Fiend Sect and that Qin Lie!”

Ju Ruijie had a dispirited face. “Senior Aunt, we cannot continue like this! Many people in the sect have reservations about Blood Fiend Sect, I am not the only one! Before this, we could earn the price difference through purchasing Blazing Profound Bombs and sell them to other factions, so the people in the sect were willing to tolerate Blood Fiend Sect. Now, this benefit has been taken away from us. Why do we have to tolerate Blood Fiend Sect and let them do whatever they want?”

Shi Xiuling sighed inwardly and said, “What do you want me to do?”

She knew that some people in the sect were discontent with Blood Fiend Sect. She knew that conflict would occur sooner or later. She hadn’t expected it to occur so soon.

In reality, she didn’t know why Yu Lingwei took such care of Blood Fiend Sect and gave many of the benefits that should have belonged to Illusory Demon Sect to Blood Fiend Sect.

She actually had some objections as well.

“I think we should give Blood Fiend Sect and Gray Island a lesson!” Ju Ruijie said coldly.

“What are you talking about?” Shi Xiuling frowned.

“Blood Fiend Sect and Gray Island’s martial practitioners and artificers cannot do anything without all kinds of spirit materials.” Ju Ruijie snorted and said, “This past year, they have always purchased from Illusory Demon Sect, trading spirit stones for all kinds of spirit materials to maintain constant production of Blazing Profound Bombs and improve their realms. Without us supplying them with spirit materials, their cultivation will be hindered, and their artifact forging will halt!”

Shi Xiuling also reacted.

The biggest force within the Setting Sun Islands’ range was Illusory Demon Sect. Blood Fiend Sect and Gray Island had to go through Illusory Demon Sect to purchase many strange materials for forging and cultivation.

Blood Fiend Sect had set up an item teleportation formation, but not all spirit materials could be sent through it.

Many spirit herbs and spirit materials would be damaged by spatial vibrations and couldn’t be transported through the formation.

Also, for large amounts of materials, it would take too many spirit stones to pass them through an item teleportation formation. That would be inefficient.

Blood Fiend Sect’s small item teleportation formation could not provide much help to Blood Fiend Sect and Gray Island even if it was constantly working.

Also, when other forces requested to purchase Blazing Profound Bombs from Blood Fiend Sect, they would almost always send spirit stones, and not spirit materials.

If Illusory Demon Sect did not sell them the materials for cultivation and forging, the cultivation of Blood Fiend Sect’s martial practitioners and the artifact forges on Gray Island would have a severe supply problem.

“If Qin Lie is not selling Blazing Profound Bombs to us, why do we have to be courteous to them? Senior Aunt, if we do not teach them a lesson, they will become even more arrogant!” Shi Xiuling remained silent during Ju Ruijie’s alarmist talk.

Shi Xiuling thought for a while and felt that Ju Ruijie was right. She nodded and said, “Then let us give them a small lesson.”

“Leave it to me!” Ju Ruijie smiled coldly.

“Alright, do not go overboard,” Shi Xiuling said.

“I know.”

……

Evening.

On top of a desolate island rising above the vast ocean, Qin Lie, Chu Li, and the others parked their crystalline war chariot and started drinking to their hearts’ content.

They could see many flying artifacts in the clouds above their heads that were like enormous beasts. Occasionally flashing chariots would flicker through the skies.

The five great Silver rank forces were still meeting in the clouds.

“Just slightly more than a year and everyone has entered the Fulfillment Realm. It seems that the hardship in the Graveyard Gods was beneficial to our growth.” Du Xiangyang drank with one hand splashing in the water. He had a bright smile.

Du Xiangyang, Chu Li, and Luo Chen had been in the late stage of the Netherpassage Realm when they left Graveyard of Gods. Each of them had advanced greatly, breaking through their limits, and successfully entering the Fulfilment Realm.

They were geniuses and important people within their own factions. They obtained ancient elites’ remains for their sects from Qin Lie. In result, their sects thought even more highly of them.

After the Trial at Graveyard of Gods, Qin Lie and these three people built a friendly relationship and reached an unspoken agreement.

Chapter 751: Profound Thunder Heart

“It’s been a while since we got together, and we’re all at the Fulfillment Realm too. Anyone interested in a spar?”

Under the moon, Du Xiangyang finished his wine, stood up and suggested smilingly while overflowing with the desire to fight someone.

Luo Chen’s eyes lit up as deadly sharp sword intent burst out of his pores, making him seem like a heaven-piercing sword.

He stared straight at Qin Lie.

Chu Li chuckled and winked at Qin Lie, saying, “It looks like these two have a beef to pick with you!”

Qin Lie smiled wryly in response.

“It’s only been a year or so since we parted ways at the Graveyard of Gods, so where in the Spirit Realm did you learn that fire spirit art?” Du Xiangyang looked eager as clumps of flames appeared from inside his palms. They colored his excited face in red. “Come on, let’s fight already! Let me test that new fire spirit art you learned and see just how powerful it is to hurt someone like Senior Sister Tian Yu!”

“That will be fun.” Chu Li couldn’t wait for them to get started.

“I’ll wait for you guys to end your battle!” Luo Chen said.

All three of them assumed that Qin Lie had used a fire spirit art to produce a special kind of flame to burn Tian Yu.

They didn’t know that it was the power of bloodline.

Since Du Xiangyang also cultivated a fire spirit art, he was especially curious about the lava-like blaze. He wanted to know just how much Qin Lie had improved since last year.

“I’m not too familiar with that spirit art yet. I have something else for you to test, if you don’t mind.” Qin Lie laughed softly.

“Something else?” Du Xiangyang asked doubtfully.

“Something like this, for example!”

Wisps of blue electricity abruptly shot out of his body like dozens of spirit snakes.

They appeared incredibly bright under the curtain of night as they instantly arrived before Du Xiangyang’s chest.

“Scarlet Flame Circle!”

Clumps of red fire took on the shape of a ring in front of Du Xiangyang.

“Crackle!”

The electricity landed inside the fiery circle and caused some spirit energy explosions.

“Did you learn it from Forefather Terminator?” Du Xiangyang laughed loudly without moving. “It’s pretty average!”

“Is it?” Qin Lie answered.

Du Xiangyang was just about to say something when his expression abruptly changed. He involuntarily jumped backwards from the spot.

“Boom!”

A thunderous boom abruptly resounded from the web of electricity. The explosive power of heavenly thunder instantly scattered the fiery ring into sparks.

Qin Lie had concealed the aura of the power of thunder completely inside the electricity. That was why Du Xiangyang thought that the lightning his conjured didn’t contain any power of thunder.

The sudden explosion of thunder forced Du Xiangyang to dodge out of the way as soon as possible.

“I’m coming.”

Qin Lie smiled coolly and dashed across the air like a bolt of lightning. He dragged a dazzling tail of electricity behind him and charged towards Du Xiangyang like a meteor.

“Boom boom boom!”

The muffled sounds of thunder could be heard erupting deep inside the clouds on the sky. It was as if they were responding to Qin Lie’s attack.

Both Chu Li and Luo Chen looked astonished by Qin Lie’s movements.

That was because Qin Lie’s electrically-charged jump actually propelled him tens of meters into the sky instantly.

Utilizing the power of thunder, he jumped into the air and shot towards Du Xiangyang like a thunderous meteor even though he was still at the Fulfillment Realm.

Sky battle was a combat tactic that only Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners possessed. Therefore, they couldn’t help but be surprised when Qin Lie executed this technique while he was still at the Fulfillment Realm.

“Five Flames Flowing Light Sword!”

A sword flew out of Du Xiangyang’s sleeves. Flames of red, orange, purple, black and blue color flew out of the sword at once.

A prismatic sea of flames suddenly appeared above Du Xiangyang’s head.

The five flames were fused together in a strange fashion and burned in accordance to some kind of worldly law.

Like a thunderous meteor, Qin Lie charged violently into the sea of flames while attracting lightning bolts and explosive thunders all around him.

The second he charged into the sea of flames, all five flames burned bright and engulfed Qin Lie completely.

“Bang!”

He crashed heavily into the five-layered wall of flames, losing his clothes to the flames in the process.

“You’ve definitely grown a lot!” Qin Lie laughed loudly inside the sea of flames.

While laughing, a layer of ice swiftly appeared beneath his skin and protected his body from the flames.

At the same time, he pressed both his palms together.

“Thump! Thump! Thump!”

A dazzling sphere of thunder and lightning appeared over his palm, accompanied by loud heartbeats.

Chu Li’s expression changed as he exclaimed, “The Profound Thunder Heart!”

Luo Chen’s eyes also lit up brightly.

“Thump! Thump thump! Thump thump thump!”

Booms of thunder resounded nonstop from the thunder lightning ball in Qin Lie’s palm like the heartbeat of a person.

A terminating, desolate, and sad intent appeared from Qin Lie’s palm and struck Du Xiangyang in the chest through the sounds of thunder.

“Bang!”

Du Xiangyang looked like he was struck by a heavy blow as an abnormal, electrifying reaction suddenly erupted inside his heart.

Every time the thunderball let out a thunderous boom, Du Xiangyang felt like his heart was blasted by a surge of thunder.

The five-colored sea of flames he worked so hard to create abruptly dissipated as he lost control over his spirit energy.

He could no longer maintain the fiery barrier, so it crumbled in an instant.

“Whoosh!”

Qin Lie passed through the flames and stood still above a reef. He was still holding the ball of thunder firmly.

“Thump! Thump thump!”

Thunder boomed inside the ball as the noise was spreading to the surroundings through some mysterious method.

Du Xiangyang wasn’t the only one who was suffering. Even Chu Li and Luo Chen were forced to gather spirit energy inside their chest.

Their hearts were affected by the thunderous noise too. They felt as if the sound of thunder was hitting them in the chest again and again.

“Thump!”

A dull explosion resounded once more as the thunder lightning ball in Qin Lie’s palms abruptly turned bright.

Du Xiangyang let out a light snort as blue electricity surfaced from inside his own body. They started wrapping around him like binding ropes.

“Bastard!”

He swore once before swinging his sword. The slashes turned into flames that burned the electricity into nothingness.

He took another few step backwards until he was standing on a reef dozens of meters away from Qin Lie. It was only then he finally yelled, “Alright, I concede!”

Qin Lie smiled as the lightning started to slowly dissipate and go back into his palm. After a short while, the last thread of lightning was retracted back into his body.

“The Forefather Terminator actually taught you the Profound Thunder Heart? Are you actually his illegitimate son or something?” Du Xiangyang complained.

“Dammit, Du Xiangyang, you just can’t control your mouth, can you? You can shame Qin Lie all you want, but don’t you involve my master, you hear?” Chu Li scolded while laughing. “Do you know why my master is called Forefather Terminator? That’s because he never had a love relationship with anyone his entire life. Obviously he wouldn’t have an illegitimate son. His entire life has been cultivation and cultivation only. He doesn’t even care about the internal matters of Terminator Sect and left them all to Senior Uncle Lei Yan and Elder Shen to manage. He is obsessed with the martial way, and there are no emotional bonds that can stop him from pursuing greater heights.”

“But the Profound Thunder Heart is your master’s unique spirit technique,” Luo Chen exclaimed in astonishment.

“How would I know how that came to be?” Chu Li’s mouth twitched as he pondered for a moment. Then, he looked at Qin Lie and asked, “Have you really become my junior brother, Qin Lie?”

“That has to be the case, right?” Du Xiangyang let out an odd cry. “He even taught him the Profound Thunder Heart. If this doesn’t qualify him as a disciple then what is? If I remember correctly, not even your seniors brothers were taught this spirit technique, were they?”

“That is true,” Chu Li also exclaimed.

The Profound Thunder Heart was a miraculous spirit art that Nan Zhengtian learned after spending countless years researching the power of thunder and lightning.

By condensing thunder and lightning into a ball and holding it in his palms, he could build a strange connection with his opponent’s heart, causing it to resonate with the thunder booms.

This was a technique that only Nan Zhengtian possessed.

For many years, he had used this mysterious spirit technique to defeat countless opponents equal to or even stronger than him.

Countless martial practitioners who cultivated the thunder spirit art dreamed of learning Profound Thunder Heart one day, and there were plenty of elite martial practitioners who tried to discover this technique’s secrets and execute it themselves.

Unfortunately, no one else but Nan Zhengtian had successfully executed the “Profound Thunder Heart.”

Even his direct disciples never had the experience of using the Profound Thunder Heart against an enemy. This made a lot of people think that the Profound Thunder Heart was a spirit technique that Nan Zhengtian taught no one but his true successor.

“Old Monster Nan couldn’t possibly have chosen you as the future successor of Terminator Sect, could he?” Du Xiangyang exclaimed.

But he suddenly shut up the moment the words tumbled out of his mouth. A trace of panic passed through his eyes.

Luo Chen cast an odd glance at Chu Li after a brief moment of astonishment.

Chu Li’s expression suddenly turned a little unnatural.

He was Forefather Terminator’s direct disciple, so there were many people who thought that he would succeed Forefather Terminator to become the sect master of Terminator Sect in the future.

Chu Li thought so too.

Even though he didn’t cultivate a thunder spirit art.

In fact, Forefather Terminator himself had declared to the outside world again and again that the successor of Terminator Sect didn’t necessarily need to cultivate the thunder spirit art. He also said that the thunder spirit art wasn’t the core spirit art of Terminator Sect.

Moreover, the sect masters prior to Forefather Terminator all cultivated the spirit art Chu Li was cultivating right now—the Starry Arts.

Chu Li knew that there were plenty of seniors inside the sect who thought well of his chances. For example, there were Xu Ran and Tong Zhenzhen, Lei Yan, and Shen Kui.

He always thought that he was the most likely person to succeed Terminator Sect.

But today, he witnessed with his own eyes Qin Lie executing the s”Profound Thunder Heart.” No matter how close he was to Qin Lie, he couldn’t help but feel discomfited by it.

After all, the current sect master of Terminator Sect was Nan Zhengtian. His influence was bigger than combined influence of Xu Ran, Tong Zhenzhen, Lei Yan, and Shen Kui put together. Forefather Terminator’s place in his disciples’ hearts’ was irreplaceable, and they all considered him a living deity.

If Forefather Terminator truly wanted to raise Qin Lie as his successor, Chu Li knew that his chances would be slim at best.

And so he suddenly fell silent.

Du Xiangyang and Luo Chen realized the implication and conflict boiling inside Chu Li’s heart. They too fell into the same silence.

Qin Lie was surprised when he noted their sudden silence. A moment of thought later, he also came to the same realization.

He couldn’t help but feel a headache.

“If my master truly wishes to raise you as the future sect master of Terminator Sect, then it only proves that my strength was insufficient to begin with,” Chu Li forced a smile and pretended that he was fine with the whole thing. “Worse comes to worst, I’ll take follow Senior Uncle Xu’s example and journey all across the world with a woman I love. I can come back every couple hundred years and see how far you’ve developed Terminator Sect.”

Everyone present could see that Chu Li was forcing the smile on his face.