Chapter 457 - 408: An Ancient Power’s Possession, Sea of Chaos, Transcending This World

The moment Zuo Xuan fled, the entire army of a million soldiers was devoured by the thunderstorm. They were as powerless as a colony of ants facing a flood. In the blink of an eye, they were all reduced to ash and scattered, with no chance to resist.

That’s right. Even those at the Peak of the Fusion Realm had no chance of survival against the apocalyptic Thunder within the Thunder Restricted Area. They were annihilated instantly.

Until the moment they died, they never imagined the Thunder from the Thunder Restricted Area would descend upon them. The root cause of it all was Zuo Xuan forcibly retracting the sliver of the Nine Venerable Great Realm’s will that he controlled.

In the aftermath of this battle, nearly all the top-tier fighters of the entire Thunder Great Realm were killed. Its backbone of core experts was shattered, and the vast majority of its powerhouses perished in the Thunder Restricted Area. Only a very small number who, for one reason or another, hadn’t participated in the battle against the Bloodthirsty White Tiger managed to escape this calamity.

It was this single battle that caused the Thunder Clan’s destiny to collapse. They fell into decline in one fell swoop. With all their Harmonization Realm masters dead, they lost the power they used to suppress the other clans, and their control over the Thunder Great Realm plummeted to an all-time low.

Furthermore, over eighty percent of the Thunder Clan’s Fusion Realm experts also died, leaving them with virtually no top-tier fighting power. There was no one left to shoulder the burden of leadership. Even the very Origin of the Thunder Great Realm’s will was depleted, as it had all been converted into a special energy and absorbed by the Bloodthirsty White Tiger.

It was as if the will of the Thunder Great Realm had bet all its assets on the Thunder Clan, but after this battle, their bet failed. All those assets were forfeited to the Bloodthirsty White Tiger. Empowered by such an immense Origin, the annihilated army of a million transformed directly into the foundation of his personal Spirit Charm!

The overwhelming aura of a High Tier Harmonization Realm expert erupted, instantly scattering the heavy rain around the Thunder Restricted Area. Bathed in a scorching crimson light, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger rose into the air, like the one true master of this domain. His body exuded a tyrannical aura that didn’t belong to this age. His pupils, blood-red and chillingly profound, stared out. "Power... is slowly returning."

A strange voice burst from its mouth, one that seemed to mask its former aura. A completely new soul now occupied this body, in control of a High Tier Harmonization Realm White Tiger Bloodline.

Indeed, the soul within was no longer the original Bloodthirsty White Tiger, but a remnant soul from countless eons ago. As for the origins of this remnant soul, he himself wasn’t sure; his memories were too fragmented.

The remnant soul had been awakened by the special Cultivation Technique the Bloodthirsty White Tiger practiced. It had lain dormant deep within the Tiger’s own soul, only to successfully usurp the host and possess its body after it reached the Harmonization Realm, cultivated the White Tiger Bloodline, refined the entire Thunder Restricted Area for its own use, and even devoured the world Origin of the Thunder Great Realm.

He didn’t know his own origins or identity, but one thought burned with overwhelming intensity: he had to cultivate to his peak state as quickly as possible, so he could return to his homeland and reclaim everything the White Tiger Race had lost!

"Transcendence beyond the realms, Sea of Chaos... I will fight my way back! The White Tiger Race will never know defeat!"

The Bloodthirsty White Tiger clenched his fists and gazed up at the heavens. His ferocious glare seemed to pierce through the cosmos itself; any creature that met his eyes would surely drop dead on the spot. Behind him, the faint, illusory image of a White Tiger emanated a primordial aura.

He was, in fact, a supreme expert from an unknown era, reincarnated through special means. For some reason, it wasn’t until this current epoch that the first fragments of his soul’s memories were finally released.

Logically, he should have had a chance to emerge in the previous epoch. After all, Chen, the one who had obtained the Cultivation Technique for producing the White Tiger Bloodline, had entered the Exotic Realm during that last epoch and acquired a great many legacies!

He knew of Chen. He was a Dragon Race genius whose fame shook the ages. One could say the great burden of the Dragon Race’s final revival rested entirely on Chen’s shoulders. Not only was he the Dragon Race’s last hope, but he was also the last peerless prodigy of the Ten Great Demon Clans. Though born in the wrong era, he still possessed astounding talent.

Chen was the first prodigy in several epochs to set foot in the Exotic Realm and successfully claim several major ancient legacies. Tragically, the Dragon Race’s final protector, the True Dragon who had achieved Transcendence beyond this world, had fallen. Everything was brought to an abrupt end, and only then did the "Dragonfall" Epoch conclude. That was why the soul had been unable to reincarnate at that time.

In other words, as long as someone cultivated according to the Cultivation Technique he had left behind and reached the Harmonization Realm, this remnant soul would be unlocked. It would then supplant the host’s original soul, allowing him to begin his second life.

Clearly, the reincarnation had been a success. Even Chen himself had not noticed anything amiss and had casually passed the Cultivation Technique to his exceptionally talented subordinate.

However, this didn’t mean he was now invincible and could just steamroll all opposition. After all, his current Realm was still a far cry from his peak state—he was practically a fledgling. He still had to be on guard against those bastards from the Sea of Chaos and could not, under any circumstances, expose his true aura.