Chapter 4388: In the Underworld Palace, Heart Belongs to the Wang Family

The Five-Thunder Sea Domain is the most unique sea domain in the Northern Sea Immortal Realm, abundant in lightning energy and rich in lightning-attribute materials.

Over a stretch of black sea, where the water itself was black, lightning flashed and thunder roared high in the sky, as thick bolts of lightning streaked across the heavens and struck downwards.

The calm sea surface suddenly burst open, and a slender maiden in a blue dress flew out from beneath the waves. Her face was pale, her right arm was gone, and a finger-width bloody hole marred her left shoulder. Her clothes were stained crimson with blood.

The maiden in blue had inherent blood-colored spiritual patterns on her body, and her eyes were also blood-red, clearly indicating she was of an otherworldly race.

"It's a good thing I cultivated the Law of Water to great mastery, otherwise I would have been in grave danger this time," she murmured. "I don't know where those cultivators came from, but once I recover, I will definitely seek revenge on you."

She flew towards a desolate island not far away. She flicked her sleeve, and over a thousand blue-glowing formation flags shot out, transforming into a thousand streams of blue light that submerged into the sea around the island.

The maiden landed in a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. At the end of the valley was a cave about ten feet wide, which she entered.

Not long after, a large expanse of blue mist surged from the sea surface, covering the entire desolate island. A sea breeze blew through, the blue mist dissipated, and the desolate island vanished. Even a Golden Immortal cultivator passing by would not be able to find the island using their divine sense.

Three days later, a golden streak of light flew from afar. It flashed once and stopped high in the sky, revealing a golden-glowing flying boat with Wang Chuanming and Wang Xiu standing on it. Wang Chuanming had already recovered his cultivation and was currently at the late Golden Immortal stage, while Wang Xiu was at the mid-Golden Immortal stage.

"This is it," said Wang Xiu, sniffing the air a few times, then pointing to a certain spot in the void below.

Wang Chuanming's right hand glowed brightly with golden light as his right arm transformed into a mid-grade Immortal Exterminating Cannon. He had cultivated the acquired spiritual physique, the Molten Gold Body, with the aid of external objects, having switched to cultivating the "Hundred Refinements Immortal Scripture." This allowed him to refine treasures into his body, integrating them with himself, making him now half-man, half-artifact.

A red light flashed, and a thick red light beam shot out, striking a certain spot in the void. With a deafening roar, the red light beam struck the void, sending ripples through it and causing numerous cracks to appear, revealing a desolate island spanning over a thousand miles.

Wang Xiu flicked her sleeve, and three blue-glowing command flags shot out, plunging into the seabed. The sea surface quickly froze, locking the sea for a million miles around in ice.

Wang Chuanming's eyes shone with blinding golden light. This was not an optical technique, but because he had refined immortal artifacts into his body, all of which were provided by his family.

The mid-grade Immortal Exterminating Cannon fired again, and a thick red light beam shot out, heading straight for the desolate island. Countless blue water vapor surged forth from the void, forming a giant blue palm which rose to meet the attack. The giant blue palm collided with the red light beam, but it was like an egg striking a stone. The red light beam struck a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides; the ground burst open, and dust billowed.

Wang Chuanming gazed into the distance, let out a cold snort, and emitted a loud, resonant chime. Dozens of miles away in the void, a blue light flashed, revealing the figure of the blue-dressed maiden. Her brows were tightly furrowed.

A golden lightning flash appeared, and Wang Chuanming materialized. He had a pair of golden feathered wings on his back, wreathed in lightning, blocking the blue-dressed maiden's path.

The blue-dressed maiden was startled. She opened her mouth slightly, and five blue-glowing flying daggers shot out, instantly merging into a ten-foot-long blue giant blade that slashed towards Wang Chuanming. Her right hand glowed brightly with white light, emitting a ring of white light that slammed towards Wang Chuanming.

Wang Chuanming's left hand pulsed with blinding golden light, and a golden-glowing shield appeared, positioning itself in front of him. The blue giant blade struck the golden shield, emitting a muffled clang of metal on metal. Wang Chuanming's golden feathered wings on his back flapped lightly, and he vanished in a flash of golden lightning.

The blue-dressed maiden seemed to realize something. She raised her right hand, and a blue-glowing shield flew out, orbiting constantly around her. Wang Chuanming appeared behind the blue-dressed maiden without warning. A golden-glowing spear extended from his left hand, emitting terrifying immortal energy fluctuations.

"A top-grade immortal artifact!" the maiden exclaimed.

Wang Chuanming's right fist smashed onto the blue shield. The blue shield's spiritual light dimmed, and numerous fine cracks appeared on its surface. The golden spear struck the blue shield, shattering it into pieces. The spear then easily pierced through the blue-dressed maiden's defenses, impaling her head.

As a nascent soul resembling the blue-dressed maiden's appearance just left her body, Wang Chuanming exhaled a stream of golden light that enveloped it. He then took out a silver-glowing talisman and affixed it to the nascent soul. The nascent soul's eyes became dull, and Wang Chuanming collected it.

He retrieved a blue storage bracelet from the corpse and burned the body. He landed on a desolate island. With a gentle shake of the blue storage bracelet, a wave of blue light swept across, revealing a large pile of items on the ground: mid-grade immortal artifacts, immortal medicines, refining materials, immortal essence stones, and more.

Wang Chuanming picked up a green jade slip and immersed his divine sense into it. Not long after, he withdrew his divine sense and then picked up a blue jade slip instead. Wang Xiu hurried over and examined the contents of the jade slips with Wang Chuanming.

"The Blood Rhinoceros Pill, a third-tier immortal pill," Wang Chuanming said, his face lighting up with joy. "It can be refined with the crystal core of an eight-colored Chaos Beast at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage and has a certain auxiliary effect for immortals cultivating an immortal physique. We found it."

The blue-dressed maiden was from the Blood Rhinoceros Clan, an old established power in the Five-Thunder Sea Domain and a hostile force to the Five-Thunder Sect. The Blood Rhinoceros Clan had been in decline. Not long ago, the Five-Thunder Sect allied with other forces to deal with them, attacking Blood Rhinoceros Island, the clan's ancestral land. Lei Yao of the Five-Thunder Sect activated the Law of Thunder, killing the Blood Rhinoceros Clan's Grand Elder, and the clansmen scattered to flee for their lives.

The blue-dressed maiden was a descendant of the Blood Rhinoceros Clan's Grand Elder. The Yama Palace had sent people to intercept and kill Blood Rhinoceros Clan cultivators, but the maiden possessed a third-tier immortal talisman and managed to escape. Nevertheless, Wang Chuanming and Wang Xiu still managed to find her and eliminate her.

Han Rong had perished. Tang Long obtained the "Heavenly Aperture Immortal Scripture" and successfully became the head of the Yama Palace's Intelligence Hall. Meanwhile, Wang Chuanming worked under Murong Bing, and through Murong Bing's deliberate arrangements, he made many contributions, which led to a significant rise in his status. Both the Wang family and the Yama Palace provided Wang Chuanming with cultivation resources. Although Wang Chuanming was in the Yama Palace, his heart remained with the Wang family. Previously, when carrying out tasks, he would consider the implications and worry about provoking powerful enemies for his family. Now that he had joined the Yama Palace, he had no such concerns.

"Let's go, it's time to return!" Wang Chuanming said. The pill formula for the Blood Rhinoceros Pill would naturally not be handed over to the Yama Palace. Instead, it would be given to the Wang family through their intelligence network. After all, no one knew he had killed the descendant of the Blood Rhinoceros Clan's Grand Elder. Wang Chuanming refined the Golden Luo Pearl into his body. When Tang Long used a top-grade Immortal Scrying Mirror for lie detection, no abnormalities were found.