In the endless Thunder Pool, purple-gold waves of lightning occasionally surged, whipping up towering tsunamis of thunderous light.
“Wuhaha... This is so awesome!”
“Living without Ten Thousand Tribulations Lightning hanging over our heads is just too sweet...”
Punishment Lightning and Tribulation Lightning happily drifted through the Thunder Pool...
“Brother Punishment, what do you think Big Brother is up to? Ever since he took care of those enemies and Ten Thousand Tribulations Lightning that day, he hasn't shown his face at all...”
“I went to the Qingshan Sect for a mission and asked their people, but they also said they have no idea where Big Brother went,” Tribulation Lightning asked with a hint of worry.
Punishment Lightning adopted the air of a seasoned veteran and spoke up:
“Big Brother is a man who does great things. How could he easily let anyone—including you and me—know his whereabouts?”
Hearing this, Tribulation Lightning nodded in agreement.
He felt that Punishment Lightning was absolutely right.
Big Brother was no ordinary person; he was a man who could whip lightning itself into shape!
Just then, Punishment Lightning’s voice rang out, sounding sinister and eerie:
“From now on, when you execute missions involving the Ancient God Clan, show no mercy... Strike them with everything you've got. I've already dug up the details—the fool who chased Big Brother that day was the stupid ancestor of the Ancient God Clan...”
“What? It was actually someone from the Ancient God Clan?”
“Damned Ancient God Clan! Don't worry, Brother Punishment. If I encounter anyone from the Ancient God Clan in the future, I will absolutely show no mercy... I'll wipe out their entire clan, unless they stop cultivating altogether!”
Punishment Lightning laughed in satisfaction:
“Wuhaha... Good, very good. No one can offend our Big Brother and get away scot-free...”
“Wuhaha...”
“Hehehe...”
The two lightnings' sinister and arrogant laughter echoed throughout the Thunder Pool!
Their laughter whipped up terrifying waves across the entire Thunder Pool!
In the deepest depths of the Thunder Pool, completely unbeknownst to the two lightnings, a black ring as tiny as a grain of rice quietly drifted to the bottom.
Because the halo was so minuscule, the words “Protagonist” and “Stepping Stone” in the center of the black ring were too blurry to be read.
Suspended just behind the black ring was a single droplet of crimson blood.
A brilliant golden glow swirled within it, emitting a soft radiance.
On the other side of the blood droplet, a pitch-black vortex spun.
Inside the vortex, houses floated and swayed!
Suddenly, the gold-flecked blood droplet trembled violently, and the golden light on its surface flared up.
The droplet, which was originally only the size of a grain of rice, slowly stretched and expanded, its crimson essence spreading outward like flowing water.
As it spread, the black vortex merged into it, spinning faster to accelerate the absorption of energy.
Soon after, countless golden light patterns wound and intertwined along the blood vessels, outlining the faint shape of slender limbs.
As time passed, the form continued to condense and take shape. First, a small, round head formed, with the outlines of the brows and eyes gradually becoming distinct.
Once the head was formed, the black ring whooshed directly into the center of its forehead.
It came to rest deep within the sea of consciousness!
At that moment, the torso and limbs also formed in quick succession.
The flowing blood solidified into the soft flesh of a child. Just moments ago, it had been a mere drop of blood.
Yet, in the blink of an eye, it had condensed into a toddler of about two or three years old.
The child's skin was translucent and lustrous, with occasional arcs of lightning flickering across his body.
At this moment, the child floated quietly in the Thunder Pool with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, a powerful suction force emanated from his body, drawing the laws of heaven and earth into him...
As the suction intensified, it formed a vortex of rules...
Meanwhile, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect was busy studying the rules!
Suddenly, his eyes snapped open. He had sensed an abnormality in a section of the rules.
His gaze sharpened, and a flash of pleasant surprise crossed his eyes.
The opportunity had come, and he could not afford to waste a single second.
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect unleashed an attack directly at the spot where the rules were fluctuating.
Boom!
Following his strike, a crack actually split open at the site of the rules' abnormality.
Delighted by this development, he didn't dare to delay and quickly dove into the crack.
Crackle... Crackle...
After passing through the crack, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect found himself directly inside a sea of lightning.
Deploying a protective barrier of laws with a casual wave of his hand, he felt somewhat bewildered, not realizing he had arrived in the Thunder Pool!
Suddenly, his gaze locked onto something, and he couldn't help but exclaim in shock:
“My goodness, why is there a child here?”
Peering between the child's legs, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect grinned.
“Oho... It's a boy!”
Dashing forward, he found that the child was breathing steadily and sleeping soundly!
He found it even more bizarre. Why was a child at the Mahayana stage sleeping here?
Believing that their meeting was a twist of fate, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect grabbed the child by the foot and hoisted him up!
Then, he pulled out his Qingshan Sect token to sense the direction of the sect.
Holding the child by his foot, he departed from the Thunder Pool, taking care not to alert Punishment Lightning and Tribulation Lightning as he left.
At the same time, he was rather puzzled, unable to fathom how a child could end up in the Thunder Pool.
This naturally reminded him of Lu Ming, who had vanished after the explosion. He wondered what that kid's current situation was.
...
At the moment of the explosion, before he could even register any pain, Lu Ming's consciousness had plunged into darkness.
By the time he regained awareness, his entire body felt incredibly comfortable—the kind of pure, unconstrained comfort!
But with this comfort came a chilly, drafty sensation, as if he weren't wearing any clothes!
And why did he feel like he was swinging back and forth?
Suddenly, he snapped his eyes open!
Immediately, he saw the scenery flying backward at high speed.
But that wasn't the most important part—the scenery was completely upside down in his vision!
“Holy crap...”
Lu Ming couldn't help but cry out in shock!
Then, he saw a familiar old man carrying him and swinging him around!
Why did this old man look so familiar?
Soon, it hit him. Wasn't this his own Grandfather... no, his Sect Master?
But why did his Sect Master look so massive?
Hearing Lu Ming's sudden shout, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect nearly threw him away in fright...
At the critical moment, he remembered that he was holding a human baby!
Crying out in shock was a perfectly normal reaction!
He turned his head and saw Lu Ming, who had his eyes wide open, sizing him up.
He instinctively brought Lu Ming right up to his face, staring at him as he asked,
“Little kid! You're awake?”
Lu Ming was completely dazed and bewildered. Then he recalled that when he had been with the Sect Master before, the old man was in life-or-death seclusion, so they had never actually spoken!
“Sect Master, I'm Xiao Lu!”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect was taken aback.
“What Xiao Lu? I don't know any Xiao Lu!”
Startled, Lu Ming quickly explained again,
“Sect Master, I'm Lu Ming, the Saint of the Qingshan Sect!”
“What?!”
“You're Lu Ming?!”
The Sect Master's eyes widened in shock as he cried out!
“Uh... is there a problem?”
Lu Ming asked, somewhat puzzled.
“There's a huge problem! How did you end up like this?”
The Sect Master couldn't help but ask.
By now, Lu Ming had also realized that something was very wrong!
Why did it feel like the Sect Master was holding him upside down by the leg?
“Sect Master, can you put me down? Also, why are you so huge?”
Lu Ming asked, rather curiously.
“Is it possible... that you just shrank?”
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