Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Wang Chen watched the other person leave.

He was very aware that his behavior of purchasing a large amount of Thunderstones but not wanting Thunder Crystals had aroused suspicion from this fellow sect member. Experience new stories on empire

But Wang Chen didn't care.

Because after he finished collecting Thunderstones today, he planned not to buy any more.

Once he made a breakthrough to the Great Perfection with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique, Wang Chen intended to immediately return to West Sea City and challenge the third level of the Purple Mansion.

He probably wouldn't come back to Thunder Island after that.

What did it matter whether the other person was suspicious or not?

How many cultivators who managed to reach the Purple Mansion didn't have some secrets of their own!

The rules of West Sea Sect were strict, and the disciples were strictly forbidden from fighting amongst themselves within the confines of the sect. As long as one didn't seek death on their own, nobody dared to blatantly break the rules.

Packing up his stall and taking with him more than a hundred thousand Thunderstones, Wang Chen went to the Cultivation Chamber that he had rented for an extended period.

Here, he used the Creation Cauldron to refine all these Thunderstones into Thunder Crystals.

In the end, he obtained a total of five.

In the following days, Wang Chen devoted more time to cultivating the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique.

After nine days, he mastered this thunder technique to the Grandmaster realm.

Three months later.

In the early morning, a torrential rain began to fall on Thunder Island.

The climate of this large island was unpredictable. Aside from the year-round thunder, it often experienced violent storms or hail and frost, and at such times the power of the thunder and lightning would greatly increase.

The disciples from West Sea Sect training on the island all hid in caves and did not dare to venture out easily.

The thunder and lightning on Thunder Island could really strike someone dead!

However, in such terrible weather, Wang Chen quietly left the warm cave mansion on Furious Thunder Peak.

Boom, boom, boom~

The torrential downpour raged on, with peals of thunder escalating one after another. Streaks of lightning snaked through the clouds intermittently, illuminating the dreary sky.

Walking on the rugged terrain, Wang Chen moved at an unhurried pace, seemingly taking a leisurely stroll.

The rain, large as soybeans, pelted his body but was repelled by an invisible barrier.

Crack!

A fierce bolt of lightning descended from the sky and struck Wang Chen's shoulder with unerring accuracy.

But it did not stir any ripples.

If one observed closely, they would find wisps of electricity, fine as hairs, emerging on Wang Chen's body, densely interwoven into a nearly transparent barrier.

It was this barrier that completely neutralized the might of the thunder.

And it also kept the rain from drenching his body.

This was the special power produced when the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique was cultivated to the Great Perfection Level!

Just yesterday, Wang Chen had reached the highest level of this Purple Mansion-tier thunder technique.

Today, he came out for testing.

Meanwhile, hundreds of steps behind Wang Chen, a Thunder Leopard was stealthily following his footsteps.

A Thunder Leopard was a type of Thunderbeast. Unlike most Thunderbeasts that were social creatures, Thunder Leopards were solitary and never lived in packs. With speed topping their kind, they were cold and merciless hunters.

For cultivators who came to Thunder Island to collect resources, the most dreaded encounter was with a Thunder Leopard, because this type of Thunderbeast was adept at hiding and ambushing. They were extremely difficult to capture and hard to deal with.

Moreover, Thunder Leopards were quite cunning, preferring to move about in terrible weather.

They would also assess the strength of their prey and voluntarily give up if they sensed danger, as they were suspicious and hesitant to take risks.

The Thunder Leopard that had set its sights on Wang Chen considered him a juicy prey!

Just as cultivators hunted Thunderbeasts to obtain Thundercores, the Thunderbeasts also hunted cultivators as prey.

The essence of the cultivators' flesh and blood was very tempting to them.

To a solitary cultivator, in the eyes of a Thunder Leopard, that was a walking steak!

Most importantly, in its perception, Wang Chen could only be categorized as "weak."

As a spirit creature, it trusted only its instincts, completely ignoring the incredible sight of Wang Chen being struck by lightning yet remaining unharmed.

This sealed its tragic fate!

Staring at the prey ahead, the Thunder Leopard increased its speed, constantly closing the distance between them.

As it approached within about fifty steps, just as it was about to launch its real attack,

Wang Chen abruptly stopped in his tracks.

He turned around, gazing at the Thunder Leopard poised to strike, and chided aloud, "Cease!"

Boom!

A dazzling bolt of lightning suddenly struck down, hitting the sly creature.

The Thunder Leopard jolted violently, opened its mouth to let out a silent roar, as if in extreme pain, its body grotesquely contorting.

Thunderbeasts are a kind of creature born from the power of thunder, the least of their fears is lightning; however, the might contained within this bolt of lightning completely exceeded the Thunder Leopard's threshold of endurance.

It was literally blown apart!

Crackle—

Accompanied by bizarre sizzling sounds, the Thunder Leopard suddenly exploded into countless scattering streaks of electricity.

Striking the surrounding rocks with a crackling noise.

A crystal gleaming with electric sparks flew out.

Wang Chen's eyes flashed, he suddenly reached out and caught the crystal in mid-air with his hand.

Thundercore!

Wang Chen hadn't expected that the first Thunderbeast he took down today would actually yield a valuable Thundercore.

It was a pleasant surprise indeed.

The real delight, however, was the power of the Great Perfection level Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique!

A Thunderbeast, taken down by him with a single strike.

What effect would it have if used on a living creature or an Evil Wraith?

Without a doubt, it would be another ace in the hole for Wang Chen!

Most importantly, his current mastery of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique was only at the Purple Mansion level.

This spell could be cultivated all the way to the Nascent Soul!

Interestingly, when Wang Chen killed the Thunderbeast, he didn't gain a speck of Human Virtue or Heavenly Merit.

Wang Chen didn't mind; if he wanted to accumulate Human Virtue, there were plenty of Evil Wraiths and Monster Beasts to kill in the outside world.

Pocketing the Thundercore, Wang Chen continued moving forward.

The unique environment of Thunder Island was the best place to practice the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique.

He intended to thoroughly master the technique of casting this Thunder Magic.

Three days later, Wang Chen vacated the Enlightenment Cave and the Cultivation Chamber he had rented, returning to West Sea City from Thunder Island.

He didn't go back to his own place but instead used the Transmission Array to travel to Wanling City.

When Wang Chen saw Xu Xinlan again, the color of lovesick grievance in the beautiful female cultivator's eyes nearly solidified into something tangible.

In the past six months, Wang Chen had been in deep training on Thunder Island.

He hadn't visited Wanling City again.

As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage; their reunion was unusually fervent.

After a night of fierce wind and heavy rain, the flowers that had been drenched were especially radiant. Xu Xinlan lay in Wang Chen's arms, whispering the woes of her lovesickness.

Wang Chen couldn't help it.

He was still doing well; for some cultivators, it was common to seclude themselves for several years or even more than a decade.

In pursuit of the supreme Dao, many cultivators completely abandoned their worldly desires.

After some comforting words, Wang Chen took out the spoils from Thunder Island from his Storage Bag and handed them over to Xu Xinlan to handle.

While he was cultivating the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique, he occasionally went out to engage in real combat.

Using the Hidden God Technique to conceal his presence from the Thunderbeasts' perception, he killed quite a few creatures and acquired some Thundercores.

And Xu Xinlan handed back a Storage Bag to Wang Chen.

Inside, it was filled with a large amount of Spirit Stones!

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The second update is here.