Chapter 456 - 407: A Scalp-numbing Plot, the [Bloodthirsty White Tiger]’s Unstoppable Momentum

They were not just natives of this world, but members of the Thunder Clan. The Clan’s roots in the Thunder Great Realm ran so deep they were practically the realm’s own children, enjoying supreme status as its one and only great clan.

And yet, in just a single moment, the group of top experts that the Thunder Great Realm’s World Will had so highly approved of—perhaps its only true champions, the Unity Realm masters of the Thunder Clan—had all been killed by the Bloodthirsty White Tiger!

The mournful cry of the Thunder Great Realm’s World Will echoed across the entire world. Even the rocks and dust could feel the despair and hatred contained within its wail.

Though the World Will of the Thunder Great Realm did not possess independent thought, it had emotions akin to it. It possessed a natural vitality, an innate drive to grow and ascend.

Just as every person is born with a desire to explore the world, every World Will hopes for the world under its governance to grow ever stronger.

The nebulous, unformed will of a minor world subconsciously yearns to develop into a Great Realm. In turn, the World Will of a Great Realm naturally aspires for its realm to evolve, to become renowned, and ultimately, to reach the pinnacle.

This was a natural pursuit, one that, like fate, imposed the World Will’s drive onto the Unity Realm cultivators it acknowledged. In other words, to successfully achieve Unity, a cultivator must have implicitly promised the World Will to aid in the evolution and development of its realm through their actions.

And those dozen or so Unity Realm masters within the Thunder Clan were the World Will of the Thunder Great Realm’s most prized developers—they were the very pillars of this world!

Behind the scenes, the World Will had expended vast resources to help them grow. In a way, it was the World Will itself that had bestowed upon them the powerful bloodline of the Thunder Clan, granting them an unparalleled affinity for the Vast Thunder Spirit Charm and allowing them to awaken their unique racial Talents.

In essence, since the dawn of this era, the World Will of the Thunder Great Realm had been laying its plans. It had subconsciously nurtured the unique Thunder Clan, paying a considerable price to grant them extraordinary Talent. After tens of thousands of years of development, it had finally cultivated over a dozen Unity Realm masters, all to contribute to the development of the Thunder Great Realm.

But now, just as the Thunder Great Realm was in its ascendant phase with the potential to become a top-tier Great Realm, its dozen-plus Unity Realm masters were all gone—their lives and the realm’s investment had merely paved the way for another!

RUMBLE—

RUMBLE—

RUMBLE—

Purple lightning blanketed a vast area. Zuo Xuan lifted his gaze. As far as the eye could see, heaven and earth were saturated with a majestic purple radiance, as if the only thing that existed between the sky and the ground was Thunder.

And it was *purple* Thunder!

Without a doubt, the World Will of the Thunder Great Realm was furious. The might of this Thunder rivaled even the world-ending lightning from the Thunder Restricted Area before it had been suppressed.

Even someone of Zuo Xuan’s caliber felt his heart race in the face of such a scene. He had the inexplicable feeling that he wouldn’t be able to interfere here.

Of course, this didn’t mean he truly *couldn’t* interfere, only that the price would be immense. After all, he had already expended a wisp of the Nine Venerable Great Realm’s World Will just to suppress the Law of the Thunder Restricted Area for three days. Intervening further would make it difficult to guarantee his own survival.

However, he knew he had to eliminate the Bloodthirsty White Tiger. After all, this was a being that had killed over a dozen Unity Realm masters in an instant, an existence that had enraged even the World Will of the Thunder Great Realm!

That creature had only advanced to the Unity Realm half a day ago!

The more he thought about it, the more Zuo Xuan was gripped by a terrifying sense of dread. He couldn’t begin to imagine the kind of potential the Bloodthirsty White Tiger must possess to master the ability to instantly kill over a dozen Unity Realm masters...

Just as Zuo Xuan was lost in his thoughts, another ripple of energy burst forth from the depths of the Thunder Restricted Area. The fluctuation was like a gentle ripple spreading across a lake—not particularly profound, yet everyone was like motes of dust on that water’s surface, helplessly caught in its wake.

Indeed, this time, even Zuo Xuan felt the pressure contained within. His eyes nearly popped out of his head, and he could no longer suppress his horror. "Middle Tier of Unity Realm?!"

’It’s only been half a day! The Bloodthirsty White Tiger is already at the Middle Tier of Unity Realm! It took me six hundred years to make that same leap!’

Advancing within the Unity Realm is incredibly difficult; each tier is like a new Celestial Realm entirely. For most peerless geniuses, simply reaching the Initial Tier of Unity Realm is a satisfying achievement. Most wouldn’t dare to dream of continuing their cultivation beyond that.

This is because without immense karmic fortune—the kind he himself enjoyed as one favored by the Nine Venerable Great Realm’s World Will, blessed with a ceaseless stream of opportunities—the path from the Initial Tier to the Middle Tier of Unity Realm is one most can never complete. Their ten-thousand-year lifespan simply runs out.

Only those from special long-lived races might last an extra ten or twenty thousand years before they, too, perish.

Such is the final fate of most who reach the Initial Tier of Unity Realm. Thus, those who can truly cultivate beyond it are few and far between.

’And under these circumstances, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger broke through to the Middle Tier of Unity Realm right after reaching the Initial Tier?’

’Where did it get so much Spirit Charm to replenish itself? What about its comprehension of the Great Dao? How did it shatter all those barriers?!’

Zuo Xuan’s very soul and bloodline began to tremble. A strange sense of powerlessness washed over him. It was a bizarre feeling he had only ever experienced twice in his life: once when encountering a few extremely remote Restricted Areas, and again when caught in the schemes of peerless experts reincarnated from a previous era...

’Could the Bloodthirsty White Tiger be a supreme expert reincarnated from the last era? Did it lay this scheme in the Thunder Restricted Area specifically to awaken its White Tiger Bloodline, with the intent of devouring the Thunder Origin of the entire Thunder Great Realm?!’

The moment this thought erupted in Zuo Xuan’s mind, he felt a piercing pain in his soul, as if by merely glimpsing the truth of some grand design, he was subconsciously chilled to the bone.

This bold conjecture might not be entirely correct, but he felt it was close to the truth. Because at that very moment, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger swept up tens of thousands of Fusion Realm Cultivators—all of them members of the Thunder Clan!

That’s right—all the Fusion Realm Cultivators of the Thunder Clan on the battlefield had vanished. It happened in an instant, without a sound. At the same time, members of the Thunder Clan at the Dao Entry Realm and Dharma Realm also began to disappear. The tide of the entire battle was turning!

Seeing this, Zuo Xuan broke out in a cold sweat. He felt as if he were witnessing the awakening of a Demon born for the sole purpose of destroying the Thunder Clan—or perhaps, destroying the World Will of the Thunder Great Realm itself. Its power was so absolute, it could only be described as a natural enemy!

On closer inspection, however, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger didn’t seem to be merely killing the Thunder Clan. It needed to absorb the Thunder Origin Power they contained—the very power that linked them to this world’s Will.

In other words, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger’s very presence in this Restricted Area was part of an ambition to devour the World Will of the entire Thunder Great Realm. And now, it had partially succeeded. It had killed every Unity Realm master acknowledged by the World Will and had even devoured all of their auras!

His scalp went numb with fear.

Zuo Xuan didn’t dare let his thoughts stray any further. In an instant, the urge to retreat washed over him like a tide. He no longer even considered his goal of killing the Bloodthirsty White Tiger before it could grow any stronger.

After all, when one reaches a certain level of power, one tends to cherish one’s life.

He was an explorer; he wouldn’t waste his life on a pointless battle. ’What does it matter to me what becomes of the Thunder Great Realm?’

’I’ll just cut my losses on this venture and escape back to the Nine Venerable Great Realm!’

Without a second thought, he instantly retracted the wisp of the Nine Venerable Great Realm’s World Will that he hadn’t fully expended. His figure vanished on the spot. And with nothing to hold them back, the Laws of the Restricted Area descended once more upon the million-strong army...