Chapter 220: Seizing Thunder into the Body

On this massive black ship, there were countless blood-red evil spirits, far more formidable than those resisting the Void Gods outside. Even the powerful aura hidden among them surpassed that of peak Void Gods.
Chen Xiao dared not take it lightly. He moved cautiously, fearing even the slightest leakage of his aura. On this divine ship, Void Gods and evil spirits continued to fall from the sky onto the deck. Seeing these fallen corpses, Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up. Silently, streaks of ice-blue flames emerged from his body, burning the corpses on the ground.
Although the laws of the Void Gods within these corpses had been shattered, the remaining traces of those laws were still burned into void-like trails, merging into the flames and enhancing their power.
“Though the increase in strength is imperceptible, it’s still real,” Chen Xiao mused. With a wave of his hand, more flames rose, burning toward a Void God or evil spirit that had fallen to the ground but wasn’t dead yet.
In an instant, this severely weakened and dying Void God was completely burned to death, its laws fully transformed.
With a whoosh, the ice-blue flames in Chen Xiao’s dantian flared brightly, even growing slightly taller.
“Good.”
Chen Xiao’s eyes shone. Before anyone else could react, he vanished again. Almost constantly, Void Gods and evil spirits fell here, so no one paid attention to what was happening.
“I underestimated the allure of the Heavenly Dragon Secret Treasury. I never expected so many Void Gods.”
Chen Xiao frowned. In his line of sight, there were already over a thousand Void Gods, all of whom clearly didn’t come from Earth or the world of superpowers—they all originated from the Land of Origin.
Outside the Land of Origin, Void Gods were rulers who could control entire worlds, but across the universe, their numbers were substantial. Most of the Void Gods here were of the early stage, with a fair number at the middle stage as well. There were also many at the peak stage, those on the verge of mastering the path of deities.
It could be said that the early-stage Void Gods seen in the secret treasury before were nothing but pawns here; only the peak-stage Void Gods had the right to compete for this divine artifact.
At this point, cultivators at the Domain realm were utterly useless here.
Relying on the “Control” technique, Chen Xiao managed the ice-blue flames within his body to conceal his aura. He moved constantly across the divine ship, collecting the remnants of the laws of the fallen Void Gods or evil spirits, turning them into energy to nourish the flames in his dantian.
In just a short while, the flames in his dantian grew by half again, emitting a chilling cold aura.
“Hm? These flames are forging my mental strength.”
Suddenly, his mind stirred. He realized that as the ice-blue flames grew stronger, his own mental strength was also accelerating rapidly. With his body now fused with “Falling Snowflakes,” he had become unbearably powerful. As long as his mental strength improved, so would his overall strength.

Boom!
Suddenly, a loud noise erupted in Chen Xiao’s mind, and his mental power underwent rapid transformation. In an instant, Chen Xiao stood frozen, his body involuntarily manifesting.
“Not good!”
Chen Xiao was terrified, realizing this was a sign of his breakthrough. His mental power was breaking through to the ninth level, reaching the Source Realm!
At this moment, the rules of the world would take effect, and thunder tribulation would descend.
Chen Xiao wasn’t afraid of the thunder tribulation, but under these circumstances, if he revealed his form and exposed himself, it would be suicide—he might be instantly overwhelmed by an endless tide of vicious spirits.
Gritting his teeth, Chen Xiao tried to communicate with the Main God’s Space to hide there. But he was powerless; his body was already surrounded by the rules, rules that even the Main God couldn’t defy.
Thick dark clouds slowly gathered.
At that moment, everyone, including the vicious spirits, was stunned. They stared at the dark clouds above, unsure what was happening.
“How is this possible? Someone has come here to endure the thunder tribulation? The tribulation required to break through to the ninth level and reach the Source Realm?”
The virtual gods blinked, as if seeing the funniest joke in the world. Here, even virtual gods could perish in large numbers—how could a ninth-level ability user sneak in and break through?
Yet this was an undeniable fact.
It wasn’t until a bolt of lightning as thick as an adult’s thigh struck down from the sky that they snapped out of their daze.
Boom…
The deafening sound was countless times louder than that of ordinary ninth-level ability users enduring thunder tribulation.
Chen Xiao noticed that although the virtual gods and vicious spirits were all staring at him, they weren’t attacking him, which gave him some relief.
“Water of Death!”
Slightly relieved, Chen Xiao diverted a bit of his focus and unleashed the Water of Death summoned through the Imperial Character Art, surrounding his body.
The virtual gods were unlikely to attack him, but the vicious spirits were a concern. The Water of Death could suppress them.
However, vicious spirits at the virtual god level were probably no longer afraid of the Water of Death. Chen Xiao had no other choice.
With a wave of his hand, the divine artifact Snowflakes Drifting appeared on his body’s surface, heading straight toward the lightning bolt.
Boom!
Snowflakes Drifting was struck by the lightning and sent back to Chen Xiao’s body.
“What terrifying power! Even stronger than that sporadic strike.” Chen Xiao’s face paled slightly. He suddenly remembered when Ming Qing and Ming Lan endured the thunder tribulation—they didn’t wait for the lightning to strike but flew directly into the storm clouds.
Gritting his teeth, Chen Xiao dispersed the lightning bolt and also flew into the storm clouds.
He was trying to avoid danger—if anyone interfered at this moment, he might suffer greatly.
Sure enough, when Chen Xiao flew into the storm clouds, the virtual gods and even the vicious spirits didn’t dare approach. It was the rules at work; they simply couldn’t interfere. If they followed him into the clouds or attacked them, they would face punishment from the rules.
At that moment, everyone stopped. They just watched the black storm clouds, seemingly waiting to see what would happen.
“Wow!”

Suddenly, a blood-red monstrous spirit let out a loud scream, opened its mouth, and swallowed a Void God beside it, chewing on it before the situation returned to normal. Everyone resumed attacking their opponents frantically, no longer paying attention to Chen Xiao. “That’s Chen Xiao. He really is a ninth-tier supernatural being?” Mo Changqi stood in the air far away from the giant ship. He blinked, somewhat unsure. “Now we have to believe it, even if we didn’t before. But him undergoing the thunder calamity here is truly exceptional.” Xuan Yuan Po laughed heartily. “How did he get onto that divine artifact ship?” Lou Yu frowned. “Even if we wanted to go up, it wouldn’t be that simple, right?” When Chen Xiao first appeared, he was clearly standing on the hull of that giant ship. After all, not even any Void God, not even the peak ones, could stand there without just fighting against the monstrous spirits in the sky above the ship. … Within the storm clouds, around Chen Xiao’s body, snowflakes drifted, constantly pressed by various bolts of lightning. He had already realized that his thunder calamity was hundreds of times stronger than those faced by Ming Lan and Ming Qing. But with the protection of the snowflakes, his body wasn’t harmed at all. “This can’t go on,” Chen Xiao frowned tightly. “The snowflakes probably won’t last much longer and will collapse under these thunder bolts…” “But maybe we should take this opportunity to refine more divine artifacts.” An idea struck Chen Xiao, and suddenly, a long bow emitting a cold glow appeared in his hand. This bow radiated a powerful water element divine energy—it was a water-type divine artifact. Chen Xiao immediately stored the bow inside his body, sending it to his dantian, where it was burned by the ice-blue flame. Yet, the power of the ice-blue flame was still too weak to assimilate the divine artifact. But this time, Chen Xiao intended to use the power of the thunder calamity to refine the bow. In an instant, he released his mind, withdrew the snowflakes back into his body, and allowed those terrifying thunder bolts to enter his body! This time, the thunder bolts had turned almost entirely black, roaring and flashing within the storm clouds. Once they entered Chen Xiao’s body, they nearly shattered it. The terrifying power of the lightning ravaged his body, destroying various functions within it. Even though Chen Xiao had already integrated a divine artifact, he still couldn’t withstand these thunder bolts. Boom… With a loud explosion, Chen Xiao’s flesh and bones were almost completely shattered. But the next moment, a stream of green life energy flowed rapidly, repairing his injuries. Gritting his teeth, Chen Xiao began to channel the raging lightning within his body directly into his dantian. He wanted to use the power of this lightning to pressure the divine artifact bow, forcing it to be refined by the ice-blue flame. But at that moment, something unexpected happened. The ice-blue flame, upon encountering the black lightning, surged upward and instantly swallowed the black thunder bolts. Chen Xiao was completely unprepared for this. The next moment, he lost complete control over the ice-blue flame. Whoosh!

Suddenly, the ice-blue flame in his dantian burst out of his body and rushed upward toward the black storm clouds in the sky. Initially, those terrifying thunderbolts, upon encountering the ice-blue flame, were like rabbits facing tigers—devoured without any ability to resist. Meanwhile, on the other side, the Void Gods engaged in battle with the fierce spirits and did not notice that a faint blue light had already appeared within those dark storm clouds.