Chapter 0989: The Wind and Thunder Divine Tree

There were forty-two fragments of these top-grade Dao Divine Artifacts, equivalent to six complete top-grade Dao Divine Artifacts. Adding the previous fragments and those purchased, there were now thirty top-grade Dao Divine Artifacts in the Yellow Dragon Sacred Cauldron. Thirty pieces, plus the top-grade Sunflare Divine Spear previously used by Jun Xuan, made a total of thirty-one. Thirty-one pieces were enough to elevate the Yellow Dragon’s true body to around 1,200th place on the Dao Divine Artifact ranking! 1,200th place—nearly at the peak of the top grade! However, the prerequisite was that the Yellow Dragon’s true body must first be upgraded to the top grade; otherwise, it could not absorb or transform these top-grade Dao Divine Artifacts and fragments.
“The Goddess Tree of Heaven—only the Goddess Tree of Heaven is missing!” the Yellow Dragon thought to itself. Back in the Valley of Falling Demons, due to time constraints, it had not continued searching for the Goddess Tree of Heaven. As a result, it was now impossible to elevate its true body to the top grade.
“Once I find the Heavens-Reversing Treasure Vault and settle everyone down, I need to hurry up and search for the Goddess Tree of Heaven. Only then can my true body be upgraded to the top grade, giving me more confidence in dealing with those twelve Era Semi-Saints!” the Yellow Dragon murmured.
Time passed inside the Sacred Cauldron, as everyone practiced their cultivation. Several days passed outside, and they finally arrived at one of the four great abysses in the three thousand universes—the Thunder Sea Abyss. Looking around, they saw thunder roaring loudly, with various divine thunders continuously falling, one after another. The Thunder Sea Abyss truly lived up to its name—it was an ocean of violent thunder, a world of divine thunders.
“Let’s go!” The Yellow Dragon led everyone through the thunderous light of the Thunder Sea Abyss and entered it. After entering, the Yellow Dragon headed straight toward the northern region. According to the Heavens-Reversing Map, the valley where the Heavens-Reversing Treasure Vault lay was in the northern part of the Thunder Sea Abyss. As they delved deeper, the power of the divine thunders they encountered grew stronger. Half a month later, the Yellow Dragon and his companions even ran into some thunders as powerful as the Destruction Calamity Thunder—such as the Silence Thunder, the Void Fire Thunder, and the Heavenly Punishment Light Thunder. Even some junior and intermediate Semi-Saints would not dare to underestimate these divine thunders. But for the Yellow Dragon, they were merely nourishment. Along the way, the Yellow Dragon did not use the Sacred Cauldron to fly; instead, he and the others flew outside the Cauldron, using these thunders to temper their true bodies! For Huang Yi and the others, these divine thunders served as natural trials to temper their true bodies and enhance their strength and attack capabilities. Although it was somewhat dangerous, with the Yellow Dragon’s protection, everyone survived unharmed.

As the Yellow Dragon flew, it chanted spells, and waves of Annihilation Thunder struck it, causing bursts of flames to erupt from its body. It was like the flames produced when a giant hammer struck a sacred artifact. Through this process of refinement, the Yellow Dragon’s form became increasingly pure and powerful. To avoid others, it chose paths uninhabited by people, but this also led to some minor troubles, as these areas were the habitats of powerful thunder beasts. “Roar!” As the Yellow Dragon and its companions flew, a thunderous roar was heard, followed by a swarm of thunder beasts charging at them. These beasts all had three heads, four legs, and wings, each as large as a mountain, totaling over twenty of them. “These are Three-Headed Thunder Wolves!” Oak exclaimed in shock upon seeing the swarm of giant beasts charging at them. Rivia and the others were also taken aback. Three-Headed Thunder Wolves were mutated thunder beasts born from the union of a Thunder Dragon and a three-headed wolf. Such mutated beasts were rarely seen in normal times, yet here in the Thunder Sea Abyss, they encountered a whole swarm at once! The Yellow Dragon remained calm, not intervening, but leaving these Three-Headed Thunder Wolves to Huang Yi and the others. Though fierce, the Yellow Dragon could see that Huang Yi and his group were capable of dealing with them. In the future, when it left, Huang Yi and his group would have to cultivate alone in this Thunder Sea Abyss, so from now on, they must adapt and grow stronger without the Yellow Dragon’s protection. As soon as the Three-Headed Thunder Wolves attacked, they opened their three massive mouths, each spewing a pillar of lightning. These three pillars of lightning were respectively Earth-type divine lightning, Fire-type divine lightning, and Metal-type divine lightning. The combination of these three types of divine lightning amplified their power exponentially. Seeing this, Huang Yi and his group quickly summoned their sacred artifacts and launched attacks. In an instant, flashes of lightning, blade light, sword glints, hammer shadows, and spear beams intertwined. The Yellow Dragon stood aside, setting up a large formation around them to isolate sound from the outside. Roars, screams, and shouts echoed continuously. After more than an hour, Huang Liang, Rivia, Susan, Pi Long, and the others fought with all their might and finally wiped out the entire swarm of Three-Headed Thunder Wolves. Looking at the piles of their corpses on the shattered ground below, everyone was out of breath, still shaken from the fierce battle. “Let’s go!” After taking a short rest and cleaning up the corpses, the Yellow Dragon led them onward. Later, they encountered many more powerful thunder beasts, all of which the Yellow Dragon left for them to deal with.

Of course, although these Thunder Beasts were powerful, none of them had existed for more than nine eras. Thus, even without Huang Long stepping in, Huang Yi and the others could handle them. As they fought against these Thunder Beasts, Huang Yi and the others saw a significant boost in their strength. A person’s strength wasn’t just determined by their innate abilities but also by their experience in fighting enemies. A month later, Huang Long and the others finally entered the northern region of the Stormy Sea Abyss. “It should take another two or three days to reach the valley where that Heaven-Shattering Treasure Trove is!” Huang Long estimated the journey time. Then, he urged everyone to speed up, and two days later, they finally arrived at the valley indicated by the Heaven-Shattering Treasure Map. “The innate thunder energy here is so abundant! Is that… the Wind-Thunder Divine Tree?!” Upon arriving at the valley, Huang Long sensed the thunder energy and, upon seeing the giant tree in the middle of the valley, was astonished. “The Wind-Thunder Divine Tree—it truly is the Wind-Thunder Divine Tree!” Ao Ke also exclaimed in shock. The Wind-Thunder Divine Tree was the supreme innate divine tree among thunder-related elements. It was said that practicing thunder-based techniques within a radius of ten million miles around this tree would accelerate progress by a hundred times and reduce the obstacles encountered during breakthroughs by half! In other words, the success rate of breakthroughs would double! Pangu had five spiritual roots: the Ginseng Fruit Tree (Earth), the Bodhi Root (Metal), the Gourd (Fire), the Peach Tree Root (Water), and the Yellow Pear (Wood). The Wind-Thunder Divine Tree was no weaker than these spiritual roots. However, Huang Long realized that this tree was still not fully mature, but even so, it was an extremely precious treasure. If this tree reached maturity, it could be used to craft a life-saving divine artifact, comparable to a sacred-grade great divine artifact! “I never expected that the Heaven-Shattering Demon Ancestor would find such a valley in this Stormy Sea Abyss. If this Wind-Thunder Divine Tree had matured, perhaps he wouldn’t have died at the hands of Qing Cang, the top disciple of the Heavenly Taoism!” Huang Long sighed with regret. If the Wind-Thunder Divine Tree had matured and the Heaven-Shattering Demon Ancestor had used it to craft a life-saving divine artifact, even Qing Cang, at the peak of the later stages of twelve eras, would have found it difficult to kill him!