Chapter 1 The Beginning

Qian Duoduo’s voice broke the awkward silence. Everyone looked in his direction, seeing Qian Duoduo covered in dirt, holding a jade slip in his hand.

“Didn’t the monkey crush the jade slip?”

Wan Lei frowned in curiosity.

“It’s different.”

Qian Duoduo flew back excitedly.

“Usually, where powerful demonic beasts gather, there are divine ability jade slips within. I suppose the immortals did this intentionally, wanting us to undergo trials before receiving rewards. Since so many demonic beasts are gathered here, the divine abilities must be very powerful.”

“Heh, this immortal really likes to play the game of killing monsters to get equipment.”

Wan Lei chuckled. Everyone thought he was referring to obtaining divine abilities by fighting demonic beasts in the secret realm. Only Fang Xiaoyu knew he was talking about how defeating thunder beasts in the Thunder Sea could actually drop equipment.

“Wan Lei, the demonic beasts were all killed by you, so this divine ability should belong to you.”

Qian Duoduo was very generous. Without even looking at the jade slip, he handed it directly to Wan Lei.

After taking the jade slip, Wan Lei smiled and looked at everyone.

“Everyone, come over here, let’s learn together.”

“This isn’t good. After all, it’s you and Senior Sister Fang who are putting in the effort; we haven’t done anything.”

Yue Lingxi now called Fang Xiaoyu "Senior Sister" very sweetly.

“Since it’s a divine ability and not some magic treasure, then whoever sees it gets a share. What are you afraid of? Do you think you have too many divine abilities?”

Wan Lei was always generous to his own people. These people had not retreated an inch when facing Huo Liuli, and that was enough for him.

A warmth spread through everyone’s hearts. Although Wan Lei was overbearing and ruthless, he was truly good to his own people.

All of them gathered around. Wan Lei directly activated the jade slip and projected its contents.

“Divine Light Art. With a thought, point to the stars; with the spirit, gather light; illuminate everything with one’s own body…”

Everyone watched intently.

As they watched,

They felt something was wrong.

“Isn’t this just a light bulb?”

The little yellow dog poked its head out.

“What’s a light bulb?”

“It’s something very, very bright, similar in effect to this divine ability.”

Wan Lei found this divine ability incredible.

“Speaking of which, does this divine ability only have the function of emitting light? No offensive capabilities? No defensive power? No other functions at all?”

“There’s one here. This light is pure and righteous energy, which can make evil spirits scatter.”

“…Who the hell is afraid of evil spirits?!”

Young Master Lei was somewhat exasperated.

“No, Little Lei, this divine ability has great use.”

The little yellow dog’s expression was very serious.

“What great use?”

Everyone’s spirits were lifted.

“This divine ability is the culmination of the art of showing off. Think about it, before, when you showed off, there was light around you, so bright it was like you had no friends. But now, with this Divine Light Art, you can shout,

‘Let there be light!’

And then, whoosh, the entire world brightens, and people will think they’ve seen the sun. Think about it, wouldn’t this be an awesome way to show off?”

Young Master Lei’s eyes grew brighter and brighter; he had already begun to comprehend this divine ability.

The others looked at the excited man and dog with strange expressions.

What on earth were these peculiar hobbies?

Since He Shiba, Yue Lingxi, and the others had sustained injuries, everyone unanimously decided to rest here before setting off. Well, it was definitely not because Young Master Lei wanted to cultivate his show-off divine ability and make everyone wait for him.

With nothing else to do, everyone also began to practice the Divine Light Art. After all, one could never have too many divine abilities; who knew when they might be useful?

After half a day of rest and cultivation, over a dozen light bulbs lit up simultaneously.

“Holy crap, what is that? It’s blinding my dog eyes.”

Suddenly, a very familiar voice of Wan Lei came from a distance.

“Sui Xiaohang?”

Wan Lei opened his eyes in surprise and quickly told everyone to dim their lights.

“Young Master Lei, Young Master Lei, is that you?”

Sui Xiaohang shouted from afar.

“It’s me.”

Upon hearing this, Sui Xiaohang was overjoyed and immediately flew over quickly, followed by several Nascent Soul guards.

“Hahahaha, Young Master Lei, I knew you were as tough as a turtle, impossible to kill.”

Sui Xiaohang excitedly gave Young Master Lei a big hug.

“A dog’s mouth can’t spit out ivory. You’ve done well too; you’ve already broken through to Core Formation. I heard you’re now a Grandmaster Alchemist?”

“Earth level, Earth level.”

Old friends meeting again, they were exceptionally enthusiastic.

“How did you know I was here?”

“I heard all about you. That Tian Suanzi fellow calculated your location and told me to come find you here. Oh right, let’s go, hurry up and save your father.”

Sui Xiaohang suddenly became anxious.

“My father? What happened to my father? Why is he here?”

Wan Lei was completely confused.

“Your father offended the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect before. Now he’s trapped in a formation by people from the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect. That formation is extremely bizarre. I’ve already asked Fairy Xu Qing from the Heavenly Array Pavilion to break it. Wan Liuchuan and the guards from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and Grandmaster Alchemist Pavilion are fighting the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect now. Let’s go, let’s go quickly.”

Sui Xiaohang pulled Wan Lei along. The others immediately got up and followed.

“Tell me properly, what’s going on?”

Wan Lei asked as they flew.

“Your father… do you know the White-Haired Sword Demon? That’s your father.”

“Holy crap? My father is the White-Haired Sword Demon?”

“What? The White-Haired Sword Demon is Wan Lei’s father?”

Qian Duoduo’s eyes widened in surprise.

“I’ve even crossed swords with him twice.”

“And how did that go?”

“No winner, no loser.”

“Oh, it seems my father is quite formidable.”

Wan Lei looked at Sui Xiaohang.

“How did my father come to the Central Region?”

“Back when you and…”

Sui Xiaohang deliberately glanced at Fang Xiaoyu.

“After Sister-in-law went missing, I wrote to your father to tell him about the situation. Your father’s hair turned white overnight after reading the letter. He sat at home for three days, and then he came to the Central Region. He made a name for himself in the Central Region as the White-Haired Sword Demon. He didn’t want us to publicize his identity, so only Tian Suanzi and I, Wan Liuchuan, knew about it. No one else did.”

“My father…”

Wan Lei sighed, and his flying speed increased again.

In a clearing in the forest, inside a large formation, Wan Hongxin sat alone. Compared to the silence within, the outside was very lively.

“Wan Liuchuan, I’m warning you one last time. Get out of the way, or don’t blame me for killing you.”

Jian Xunhuan’s face was filled with gloom, his sinister eyes fixed on Wan Liuchuan in front of the formation. Beside Wan Liuchuan were Tian Suanzi and a group of guards from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and Grandmaster Alchemist Pavilion.

“So much nonsense. If you want to fight, then fight. I want to see if Jian Xunhuan has improved now.”

Wan Liuchuan sneered.

“Heh, you’re truly a fool. Behind me are five Nascent Soul elders from the Sword Sect, and dozens of Sword Sect disciples in Nascent Soul and Core Formation stages. What can you use to fight me? Why are you being so foolish for that Sword Demon? What’s your relationship with him?”

“No relationship, just mutual admiration. I just can’t stand the look of you Heaven Splitting Sword Sect people. What else do you want to ask?”

“Then you shall die.”

Jian Xunhuan drew his sword.

“Liuchuan, step aside. There’s no need to lose your life for me.”

Wan Hongxin said, trying to dissuade him.