Chapter 1885: Clarias Fish Skeleton? Thunder-attracting Pearl

In the Myriad Thunder Sea, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Occasionally, thick bolts of lightning tore through the sky, striking the sea below.

A blue light flew in from afar. Immediately, a deafening thunderclap resounded high above as dozens of lightning bolts pierced the sky, striking at the blue light.

With a muffled thud, the blue light revealed its true form: a shimmering blue palace. On its plaque, the characters "Profound Water Palace" were inscribed.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood at the palace entrance, which was sealed by a blue water curtain.

They had been to the Myriad Thunder Sea before; last time, they had to flee in disarray. This time, they planned to deal with the fifth-tier Human-Faced Whale.

Unlike the Demonic Burial Icefield, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan had explored the Myriad Thunder Sea, so as long as they followed their previous route, there should be no danger.

Dense silver lightning bolts struck the Profound Water Palace, yet it remained completely unaffected.

Wang Changsheng chanted an incantation, and the Profound Water Palace immediately accelerated.

Half a month later, the Profound Water Palace appeared above a barren island where not a blade of grass grew. They did not find the Human-Faced Whale.

"Could it have transformed into human form and left this place?" Wang Changsheng wondered.

"It might be cultivating hidden in the seabed," Wang Ruyan speculated. "It's possible it really did transform into human form and left." Hundreds of years had passed, making the Human-Faced Whale's transformation into human form a possibility.

Wang Changsheng chanted an incantation, and the Profound Water Palace's escape light greatly intensified. It transformed into a blue streak of light and plunged into the sea.

He controlled the Profound Water Palace to move swiftly along the seabed, where demonic beasts were scarce.

More than a month later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan still hadn't found the Human-Faced Whale.

Wang Changsheng seemed to sense something. With a gentle flick of his right hand, a blue light flew out from his spirit beast bracelet; it was precisely the Qilin Tortoise.

The Qilin Tortoise, currently a low-tier fourth-level beast, was over ten zhang in size, its body growing ever larger, with several new blue scales on its neck.

It let out a joyful roar, countless blue electric arcs emerging on its body. It transformed into a blue light and shot out of the Profound Water Palace.

"It seems to have found something good." Wang Changsheng's eyes lit up. He chanted an incantation, and the Profound Water Palace immediately changed direction, following the Qilin Tortoise.

Three days later, the Qilin Tortoise abruptly stopped. Before them was an incredibly colossal skeleton. Multicolored electric arcs flickered across its surface, and profound patterns covered its bones. It seemed like a natural lightning field, as bolts of lightning continuously tore through the sky, striking the demonic beast's skeleton.

The Qilin Tortoise let out excited roars, as countless blue electric arcs surged across its body.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's expressions turned grim. It was the first time they had seen a demonic beast of such immense size. For instance, the Eight-Winged Snow Qiong Beast was less than one percent the size of this skeleton, demonstrating just how massive it was.

The demonic beast skeleton's abdomen was enveloped in such dense lightning that it was hard to open one's eyes.

A bold conjecture appeared in Wang Changsheng's mind: "Could it be that the lightning in the Myriad Thunder Sea is being drawn by this demonic beast skeleton? If so, it would be terrifying. A single demonic beast skeleton could cause an entire sea region to undergo abnormal changes. How powerful must this demonic beast have been? At least above the fifth tier."

"A lightning-attribute demonic beast, and one this massive... Could it be a Yingyu?" Wang Ruyan speculated. The Yingyu is an ancient exotic beast, dwelling in the ocean and skilled in water-attribute divine abilities. Could it be a mutated Yingyu, or a descendant of another Yingyu?

A red light illuminated between her eyebrows; it was her Black Phoenix Eye, which emitted a dazzling red glow.

With the aid of her Black Phoenix Eye, Wang Ruyan clearly saw a spherical bead the size of a pigeon's egg in the demonic beast skeleton's abdomen. The bead's surface was enveloped by countless delicate electric arcs.

"A Lightning Attracting Bead! It's actually this kind of rare treasure," Wang Ruyan exclaimed in surprise. The Lightning Attracting Bead is a special refining material that usually forms within the bodies of certain lightning-attribute demonic beasts. Only a rare few can produce such an item, and obtaining one is equivalent to acquiring a lightning-attribute magic treasure.

If all the lightning in the Myriad Thunder Sea was drawn by this Lightning Attracting Bead, then this bead is equivalent to a lightning-attribute Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, or even higher in grade. Even a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure cannot gather lightning from an area spanning tens of millions of li into one spot. This Lightning Attracting Bead has accumulated an unknown amount of lightning power; it can truly be said to be a treasure nurtured by heaven and earth.

"A Lightning Attracting Bead! The grade of this Lightning Attracting Bead is even higher than that of the Nine Dragon Drum. And it's naturally formed. If it continues to absorb lightning power, its grade will continuously increase." Wang Changsheng took a deep breath, his gaze becoming fervent.

He sent the Qilin Tortoise back into the Profound Water Palace, then controlled the palace to fly towards the demonic beast skeleton.

As soon as the Profound Water Palace approached within a thousand zhang of the demonic beast skeleton, a vast swath of dense lightning bolts shot out, striking it.

With a muffled thud, the Profound Water Palace remained unharmed and continued forward.

Eight hundred zhang, six hundred zhang, three hundred zhang... one hundred zhang. As the Profound Water Palace approached within one hundred zhang of the demonic beast skeleton, an earth-shattering thunderclap resonated, and an incredibly thick five-colored lightning bolt shot out, accurately striking the Profound Water Palace.

The Profound Water Palace was sent flying backward. Wang Changsheng's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Five-Colored Divine Thunder!"

He naturally wouldn't fear ordinary lightning power, but Five-Colored Divine Thunder was different.

Five-Colored Divine Thunder was a type of lightning with significant power. While the Sea-Suppressing Ape could unleash Water-Aura Divine Thunder, its power was far inferior to that of Five-Colored Divine Thunder.

Wang Ruyan proposed a bold conjecture: "Who knows how many years this Lightning Attracting Bead has existed. If it has enough serendipity, it might even gain sentience and transform into human form." The Lightning Attracting Bead was a massive lightning storage pool; when the quantity of lightning power accumulated sufficiently, a qualitative change would occur.

"Gaining sentience isn't that easy," Wang Changsheng said with a frown. "However, this item is indeed rare. If we had a treasure that could weaken lightning power, perhaps we could collect this item." He was still counting on using the Profound Water Sea-Suppressing Medallion when ascending, so he refrained from urging the Profound Water Palace further forward, to prevent any damage to it.

"Forget it. We'll come back to collect this item another time if there's an opportunity. Ascension is more important." Wang Changsheng dismissed the idea of collecting the Lightning Attracting Bead; compared to ascension, a single treasure held less appeal for him.

Given the immense size of this demonic beast skeleton, and recalling the Immortal Suppressing Tower and the Flying Immortal Ruins, Wang Changsheng felt it might be the skeleton of a True Immortal-level demonic beast. Of course, these were just conjectures. Without a treasure to counteract lightning power, he dared not attempt to collect this Lightning Attracting Bead.

He chanted an incantation, and the Profound Water Palace returned along the way it had come.

Heavenly Ripple Sect Headquarters, Council Hall.

Shangguan Tianhong and over ten other cultivators gathered in the Council Hall, discussing the future of the Heavenly Ripple Sect. In a few years, Shangguan Tianhong and two others would follow the spirit artifact to attempt ascension to the Spirit Realm. The spirit artifact itself couldn't guarantee success, let alone them.

"Junior Martial Brother Long, from now on, you will be the new sect master of the Heavenly Ripple Sect. I hope you will lead our sect to glory," Shangguan Tianhong said to a handsome young man in a golden robe, his tone heavy.

The young man in the golden robe was named Long Xin, a descendant of Long Xiaoyao who had recently advanced to the Soul Transformation stage.

If not for the sacrifices of Long Xiaoyao and Long Hanji, they would not have been able to resolve the demonic tribes so easily.

"Senior Martial Brother Shangguan, rest assured, I will ensure our sect prospers," Long Xin readily agreed.

Shangguan Tianhong knew clearly that once they left, Long Xin might not be able to keep the other Soul Transformation cultivators in check.

He took out a golden storage ring and handed it to Long Xin, saying, "There are two spirit treasures inside. Take them."

He kept his word, having promised Long Xiaoyao to look after his descendants, and he would indeed look after them.

Long Xin thanked him and accepted the storage ring.

Situ Qing suddenly took out a green communication disk. She entered an incantation, and a respectful male voice sounded, "Martial Aunt Situ, the Green Lotus Immortals have arrived."

"Quickly, invite them to the Guest Hall," Situ Qing instructed.

Shangguan Tianhong stood up. "Alright, from now on, you all must assist Junior Martial Brother Long well. Junior Martial Sister Situ, Junior Martial Brother Sun, let's go. We'll go meet the Green Lotus Immortals."

Shangguan Tianhong, Situ Qing, and Sun Hao left the Council Hall.

They arrived at the Guest Hall. Not long after, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan flew in.