Chapter 488 - 486: Spirit King
An incredibly sharp glint pulsed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.
As the Soul Origin Dao Tea entered his mouth, its serene fragrance filled his senses, transforming into countless clear streams that spread throughout his entire body.
Every inch of his body felt an exhilarating sense of complete renewal.
Especially his soul...
Enveloped by the clear streams of the Soul Origin Dao Tea, it felt exceptionally soothed and incomparably refreshed.
Jiang Chen could clearly feel his soul growing stronger. Before, his Divine Thought could only cover a distance of a few hundred zhang, but now, he could easily cover a radius of a thousand zhang.
And this range was continuously expanding!
Fifteen hundred zhang...
Two thousand zhang...
Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought’s coverage finally increased to a distance of three thousand zhang—equivalent to a radius of ten kilometers!
A city with a million people was only about that large!
This meant that with a single thought, Jiang Chen could now completely envelop a city in his Divine Thought. If he were to use the Five Thunder Secret Technique and call down lightning from the heavens, he could obliterate a city of a million people in the blink of an eye, wiping it completely from the face of the earth!
As his Divine Thought Power increased enough to cover a radius of three thousand zhang, Jiang Chen’s soul suddenly trembled.
A ray of rosy light descended from the heavens.
It was a brilliant pillar of light.
It enveloped Jiang Chen!
Surging waves of Divine Thought Power filled the pillar of light, coursing over Jiang Chen’s body. Countless motes of energy glowed, rosy light radiated, and a vast Divine Aura swept forth.
HUM!
Within the pillar of light, a phantasmal image suddenly condensed above Jiang Chen’s head.
This phantasm was only the size of a palm.
It looked exactly like Jiang Chen, with very similar features and contours. It sat cross-legged with a solemn and sacred air.
Two emerald-green leaves flew up from the teacup. They were the very leaves of the Soul Origin Dao Tea.
The two tea leaves flew before the phantasmal image.
POP! POP!
With two crisp sounds, the two green leaves shattered, transforming into specks of green light that continuously converged upon the phantasm above Jiang Chen’s head. They merged together perfectly and vanished. The phantasm, in turn, became increasingly solid, blending as seamlessly as milk with water before merging into Jiang Chen’s mind.
Finally, it fused completely with his soul.
BOOM—
At this moment, a terrifying energy fluctuation appeared in the space around Jiang Chen. Whirlwinds raged, and an explosive storm centered on him swept furiously toward the sky.
RUMBLE!
The storm shot straight into the clouds, its roar shaking the heavens.
The roiling clouds blanketing the Celestial Vault were churned by the fierce winds and completely scattered.
The clouds that had covered half the sky were now pushed outward from the center, forming a gigantic ring.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
From that ring of clouds, purple-gold lightning suddenly descended.
One bolt, two bolts, three bolts...
As the bolts struck down, each one transformed into a ferocious-looking Evil Ghost with a green face and sharp fangs.
These malevolent Evil Ghosts charged ferociously toward Jiang Chen.
Just as a Union Palace Realm expert must overcome the Human King Tribulation to advance to the Human King Realm, a Fourth-Grade Divine Thought Grandmaster wishing to break through to the realm of a Fifth Grade Spirit King must also face a tribulation. This tribulation is known as the Spirit King Soul Tribulation!
Just as Gai Shi’s terrifying talent drew the Hundred Ghosts Devouring Body Tribulation when he faced his Human King Tribulation, Jiang Chen was receiving similar treatment as he broke through to become a Fifth Grade Spirit King. The only difference was that he was facing the Spirit King Soul Tribulation, also known as the Hundred Ghosts Soul-Devouring Tribulation!
Facing the endless stream of lightning-born Evil Ghosts, Jiang Chen’s expression remained perfectly calm. He gave a soft, cold snort, and with a flash of his Divine Thought, he roared, "Thunder Punishment!"
The Five Thunder Secret Technique consisted of five forms: Thunder Realm, Thunder Punishment, Earth Extinction, Celestial Punishment, and Five Thunders World Destruction!
With his current Divine Thought Power, Jiang Chen could only use Thunder Realm and Thunder Punishment.
As for the remaining three forms, he needed to become a Spirit King to use them. The final form, Five Thunders World Destruction, required one to reach the Fifth-Grade High-Level Spirit King Realm to even attempt to use it.
It was an incredibly terrifying Divine Thought Secret Technique!
RUMBLE!
Guided by his Divine Thought, boundless lightning converged into a great river of thunder that surged forward. Everywhere the river of thunder passed was a scene of utter devastation, like a Divine Punishment descending from the heavens. It utterly crushed the Soul Tribulation Evil Ghosts, not leaving even a speck behind!
BOOM!
The second wave of lightning descended.
This time, the lightning Soul Tribulation Evil Ghosts formed a massive, stampeding army.
Their mighty war cries shook heaven and earth!
Jiang Chen’s gaze sharpened to a point as his Divine Thought Power surged like the sea. It converged into two torrents of energy as he once again activated a powerful Secret Technique: "Earth Extinction!"
His Divine Thought Power had already ascended to the level of a Fifth Grade Spirit King.
It was more than enough to support the activation of the Earth Extinction technique!
HUM!
Even from ten thousand meters away, one could clearly feel the immense power of this technique as the entire earth trembled. Before Jiang Chen, his Divine Thought Power had coalesced into a magnificent Thunder God City. It floated in mid-air, moving with his thoughts as it slowly ascended into the sky.
The Thunder God City was covered in crackling lightning, and one could faintly make out figures in Golden Armor moving along the city walls.
These were the Thunder Divine Generals!
They were a phenomenon created entirely by Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought activating the Secret Technique!
RUMBLE...
The Thunder God City, carrying roiling waves of world-ending Divine Thunder, charged majestically toward the Nine Heavens.
Before the might of the Thunder God City, these Soul Tribulation Evil Ghosts were as fragile as tofu.
AWOO! AWOO! AWOO!
Amid waves of wretched screams, the sky full of Soul Tribulation Evil Ghosts was utterly crushed by the Thunder God City and reduced to nothingness!
The third wave of the Spirit King Soul Tribulation didn’t even have time to descend before it was annihilated within the tribulation clouds by the charging Thunder God City.
The dark clouds filling the sky dissipated.
It was as if they had never appeared.
Everything around the wooden house was calm again, as if the terrifying tribulation had nothing to do with it. The little white rabbit widened its red eyes, a peculiar light shining within them as it gazed at Jiang Chen, who stood suspended in the air amidst floating specks of golden light.
This golden light was the essence of energy transformed from the destroyed Thunder Tribulation. It was all devoured and absorbed by Jiang Chen, making his Divine Thought more robust and the fusion of his soul with the golden phantasm even more perfect.
SHING! SHING!
Jiang Chen’s eyes snapped open. The cyan-gold light within them blazed brighter, transforming into two solid beams several hundred zhang long that shot toward the distant sky, as if to tear the Celestial Vault asunder. The beams persisted for several breaths before slowly fading away...
The corners of Jiang Chen’s mouth lifted into a confident and excited smile. "The Spirit King Realm... To think my Divine Thought Power would break through before my Martial Arts Cultivation!"
A Spirit King!
A Fifth-Grade Divine Thought Master.
A Divine Thought Spirit King—an expert even rarer than a Human King!
With his current strength, Jiang Chen could easily defeat an expert at the Fourth Stage of the Human King Realm. If he were to use his Divine Thought Power and unleash Earth Extinction, he could even slay an expert at the Fifth Stage of the Human King Realm!
Jiang Chen looked toward the little white rabbit, his eyes filled with gratitude. Just as he was about to speak, he saw it hopping away, bounding toward the wooden house.
Startled, Jiang Chen’s gaze followed it to the wooden house.
He saw the door of the wooden house slowly swing open, and a figure emerged from within...