Shi Hao exerted all his strength, yet he couldn’t budge the meditation cushion—it was impossibly heavy, as if it were an unbreakable celestial body.
“Is there something beneath it?” The little rabbit hopped over, her snow-white ears perked up, ruby-like eyes darting around with a greedy glint. “I’ll help you, but you have to split it with me!”
**BOOM!**
An attack came—a massive black seal descended, crashing toward Shi Hao’s back. Drenched in sweat and nearly exhausted, he still couldn’t move the cushion.
“Deal or not?” The little rabbit ignored the incoming black seal.
Shi Hao was furious. This greedy rabbit had time to haggle but wouldn’t lift a finger to help. He had no choice but to turn and punch the seal, sending it flying.
The Great Demonic God charged in, holding off enemies to give Shi Hao time.
Shi Hao wasn’t the only one with sharp instincts—others had also sensed something unusual beneath the cushion. Even those who hadn’t noticed before now suspected something, seeing how desperately he was trying to move it.
“Can you do it or not?” The Lunar Grace Goddess asked, her large, gem-like eyes glistening.
“Yes, if you can move it!” Shi Hao replied.
“Fatty, come here!” The snow-white rabbit called for Cao Yusheng. At the same time, the Great Demonic God joined in, and the four of them strained together to lift the cushion.
Despite their efforts, sweat pouring and runes burning, it remained immovable.
“Looks like we’ll have to rely on the alchemy furnace,” Shi Hao muttered.
**WHOOSH!**
The Scorpion struck, its venomous blue stinger lashing out toward them.
Shi Hao and his group retreated, dodging the attack, letting others rush forward to try their luck with the cushion while they recovered.
Chaos erupted on the golden platform—everyone fought for the azure bone scripture, the air thick with battle cries. Some even turned their attention to the cushion.
The fiercest battle raged around the Golden Lamp youth, the inheritor of the Immortal Palace, where even deities joined the fray for the scripture.
**SLASH!**
The Jade Mantis’s twin blades were lethally sharp, weakening the teleportation rune’s glow with each strike.
Of course, the prodigies here were no pushovers either, armed with secret treasures to protect themselves—otherwise, they’d have fallen to the deities long ago.
**CLANG!**
The Void Halberd clashed with the Golden Lamp, flames erupting, holy fire blazing. Cracks split the void, forcing even Divine Flame experts to retreat.
The void shattered into deadly fissures—even gods would perish if caught within.
“Damn scorpion! Why isn’t it fighting for the scripture instead of fixating on us?” Shi Hao gritted his teeth. He’d been waiting, but one of the strongest deities had locked onto him.
**BOOM!**
Suddenly, radiant light surged as a scroll unfurled midair, exploding and destroying the teleportation rune, sending the azure bone scripture plummeting.
At the same time, a confident and elegant woman appeared. With a flick of her hand, a sword beam forced back a prodigy as she reached for the scripture.
The crowd shuddered—destroying the teleportation rune so easily meant that scroll was a supreme treasure, forged by an Upper Realm overlord.
They recognized her—Phoenix Dance of the Celestial Immortal Academy, a prodigy of Celestial Immortal Prefecture!
She had stayed hidden until the final moment, seizing the ultimate opportunity.
The battlefield erupted. Freed from its runic bindings, the azure bone scripture became fair game, and everyone lunged for it.
Though formidable, Phoenix Dance was blocked by a scorpion’s tail, missing her chance to grab the scripture. The battle descended into utter chaos.
**Now!**
Shi Hao moved. With the scorpion and other deities distracted by the scripture, he acted.
**BOOM!**
Holding nothing back, he tilted the alchemy furnace, pouring heavenly river water onto the cushion. Thunder exploded, immortal energy surged, and cursed power spread.
Even allies like the Great Demonic God and Lunar Grace Goddess had to retreat, wary of the deadly aura.
The golden page glowed, absorbing immortal energy, becoming increasingly translucent. Runes swirled across its surface, unleashing thunderous resonance—**BOOM!**—jolting the cushion aside.
Then, it transformed into a streak of golden light, soaring into the sky like a radiant sun.
“No!” Shi Hao gasped. He couldn’t catch it—it was too fast. He leaped after the golden page with everything he had.
The crowd was stunned. The cushion had indeed concealed something extraordinary, and now the Young Demon had unearthed it. Many lunged forward, eyes burning with greed.
“Stand in my way and die!” Shi Hao roared. He couldn’t afford to lose this treasure, fighting desperately to reclaim it.
**WHOOSH!**
A silver divine arrow shot toward him, but he deflected it, shattering the shaft midair.
**ROAR!**
Beasts howled—hidden creatures from the secret realm now revealed themselves, pouncing from the shadows.
“Scram!”
Shi Hao had worked too hard to retrieve the golden page to let anyone steal it.
He held nothing back. The Kun Peng Art manifested, and with four explosive strikes, four powerful foes burst into bloody mist.
**SLASH!**
A sword beam, lethally sharp, aimed for Shi Hao’s back, seeking to pierce his heart.
Shi Hao whirled around—it was Moon Fairy. A golden cauldron hovered above her head for protection as she wielded an immortal sword, targeting his vitals.
With a roar, Shi Hao countered with full force.
“Your luck is astounding—you survived and even reached the Upper Realm,” Moon Fairy transmitted mentally, her flawless face flickering with complex emotions.
“What are you talking about?” Shi Hao played dumb.
“Shi Hao, I’d recognize you even if you turned to ash. Stop pretending!” Moon Fairy sneered, her eyes blazing—though still communicating telepathically.
“Tch, after all we’ve been through, you’re still so sharp. You recognized me instantly,” Shi Hao teased, his tone roguish.
“Nonsense!” Moon Fairy’s white robes fluttered, her beauty ethereal. But now, her eyes widened, murderous intent flaring as she attacked.
“Your secondary self and I even had a child—Shi Xiaochan. If we meet, she should call you ‘Mother,’” Shi Hao said casually.
“Lies!” Moon Fairy staggered as if struck, nearly taking a punch from Shi Hao.
“Believe what you want. I’ll raise her with your other self—no need for you,” Shi Hao said flatly.
“Ah—!” Moon Fairy’s primary self screamed, her usual serenity shattered. Though skeptical, the mere possibility horrified her—it was a nightmare.
“That child is yours too. Come with me to see her. The Immortal Palace inheritor is nothing—just my defeated foe. You don’t need to marry him…”
Shi Hao rambled on, thoroughly enjoying himself.
“I’ll kill you!” Moon Fairy’s gaze turned icy. Despite her fear and rage, she regained her composure.
Shi Hao fought back fiercely. Earlier, her sword had been the reason he died and had to revive at the altar.
“If you won’t raise her, I will,” Shi Hao said, his face thicker than a city wall.
But he showed no mercy. Since she knew his identity, there was no need to hide. Reincarnation runes materialized in his palm, striking forward.
“Restoration Art!” Moon Fairy paled, immediately activating her strongest forbidden technique before retreating.
**WHOOSH!**
Multiple divine lights shot toward the golden page—the Golden Lamp youth, the Immortal Palace inheritor, the Scorpion, and the Purple Sky Centipede all lunged for it.
Shi Hao’s eyes darkened. He activated the alchemy furnace, summoning the heavenly river and shaking out soil from the immortal grave to fend them off while trying to reclaim the golden page.
“Oh no!”
Elsewhere, someone shouted—Cao Yusheng had snatched the azure bone scripture, tucking it into his robes and bolting.
**BOOM!**
The crowd turned on him, cutting off his escape. Even the Immortal Palace inheritor pivoted, swinging his halberd to crush the chubby youth.
“Damn it!” Cursing, Cao Yusheng pulled out the scripture, studying it briefly before tossing it toward the Lunar Grace Goddess. “Let’s take turns deciphering it!”
Midair, Shi Hao gritted his teeth. He pulled out the golden page from his robes and tossed it into the alchemy furnace, channeling thunder to resonate with the golden light in the sky.
**WHOOSH!**
In an instant, it worked—the golden page merged into the furnace.
The reaction was volcanic. The battlefield erupted—everyone coveted the golden page, realizing it surpassed even the azure bone scripture as the supreme inheritance.
“Kill!”
The crowd surged forward, deities included, desperate to eliminate Shi Hao.
**CRACK!**
Inside the furnace, the two golden pages met. Lightning erupted, shaking the heavenly river and immortal soil, unleashing unparalleled thunderous force.
Indiscriminate attacks rained down, immortal lightning filling the void.
Even Shi Hao, the furnace’s owner, wasn’t spared—his hair stood on end, his body charred.
Luckily, the thunder surged outward from the furnace’s mouth, sparing him the worst. The pages seemed to recognize his contribution, targeting others instead.
Screams echoed as bodies were pierced, some plummeting, smoke rising from their forms.
The crowd scrambled back, not daring to approach.
Shi Hao landed, the furnace pulsing with lightning, shrouding the area. He could only sit cross-legged, not daring to move recklessly.
The two golden pages voraciously absorbed the heavenly river’s lightning and the immortal soil’s divine energy, growing ever more radiant.
“Thunder Emperor!”
Shi Hao spotted these ancient characters on the second page, revealing the supreme art’s origin.
His heart trembled, waves of shock crashing within him.
During his lightning cultivation on Demon Island, he’d researched thunder-related legends.
“The Thunder Emperor—said to be the pinnacle of thunder mastery.”
Yet, beyond that one line, little else was known.
Initially puzzled, Shi Hao later uncovered fragmented whispers—rumors that the Thunder Emperor was an immortal from the boundless forbidden lands, not of the three thousand Upper Realm provinces. Ancient beings avoided speaking of his origins, erasing his legacy.
“Did the Primordial Heaven Supreme bring this golden page back from the forbidden zone before his fatal injuries?” Shi Hao wondered.
**HUMMM!**
Suddenly, his battered armor glowed, emitting an eerie aura that startled him.
“Could this also be from the forbidden lands?” Rubbing the rusted armor, he recalled overhearing elders at the secret realm’s exit—hinting at such a possibility.
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