The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2458: Chapter 2458: Young Master of the Thunder Domain

Leave here freely?

Luo Hao and Peng Qiuping did not expect City Lord Jing Yan to say such words. They always thought that City Lord Jing Yan intentionally rescued them from the Red-Clothed Killing Star of Yama Palace, but why would City Lord Jing Yan do that? Was there no reason or explanation?

"However, before you leave Hongmeng City, I want to ask if you recognize this." Jing Yan shifted the topic.

With the operation of divine power within his body, the Thunder Origin Immortal Skill was displayed.

A tiny purple thunder appeared in front of Jing Yan. Thunder Light extended to the surrounding space, looking extremely beautiful, yet it contained astonishing energy fluctuations—although these fluctuations were under Jing Yan’s control at the moment.

The skill Jing Yan displayed was the Thunder Light Shining, a single-target attack technique from the Thunder Origin.

Upon seeing Jing Yan display Thunder Light Shining, Luo Hao’s eyes widened instantly. Peng Qiuping also looked at the purple Thunder Light with a questioning gaze. Peng Qiuping didn’t recognize Thunder Light Shining, but he could feel the connection between Thunder Light Shining and the Thunder Domain. Nowadays, some cultivators from the Thunder Domain remnant have mastered Thunder Techniques that have some kind of connection with this Thunder Light.

"How is this possible?" Luo Hao exclaimed with his mouth wide open.

He recognized Thunder Light Shining!

"It seems that Daoist Luo Hao recognizes this technique!" Jing Yan said aloud.

"This... this, City Lord Jing Yan, how can you display Thunder Light Shining?" Luo Hao said, looking at Jing Yan with an excited expression.

Thunder Light Shining is an immortal skill from the Thunder Origin; back when the Thunder Domain was at its peak, very few had the privilege to cultivate the Thunder Origin. Those who could cultivate this were core members of the Thunder Domain, whereas members like Luo Hao were not qualified to cultivate the Thunder Origin Immortal Skills. They could only cultivate Immortal Venerable Level Techniques that derived from the transformation of the Thunder Origin.

"I can not only display Thunder Light Shining; I am cultivating the complete Thunder Origin Immortal Skill." Jing Yan retracted the condensed purple Thunder Light with a gentle smile.

"The enemies of the Thunder Domain are still hunting you down. Clearly, your loyalty to the Thunder Domain is unquestionable. When the Red-Clothed Killing Star urged you to join Yama Palace, you refused directly. So now, let me reveal my identity to you." Jing Yan continued.

"Before coming to Kunling Heaven, I indeed spent some time in Faro Heaven. However, I am not a native of Faro Heaven. I come from a Chaos World, a world created by the Thunder Emperor. In that world, I obtained the Thunder Origin of the Immortal Emperor. Hence, I could be considered a disciple of the Thunder Emperor." Jing Yan looked at the two.

Luo Hao and Peng Qiuping stared at Jing Yan dumbfounded.

A disciple of the Immortal Emperor?

A complete Thunder Origin Immortal Skill inheritance?

"Greetings, Young Master!" Luo Hao, after recovering from his shock, immediately knelt down.

"Greetings, Young Master!" Peng Qiuping quickly followed suit and knelt before Jing Yan.

They had no doubts about Jing Yan’s words. This wasn’t just because Jing Yan’s few words convinced them, but because the series of events left them no choice but to believe. If Jing Yan didn’t have a profound relationship with the Thunder Domain, why rescue the two remnants of the Thunder Domain?

If Jing Yan hadn’t obtained the Thunder Origin Immortal Skill, how could he display Thunder Light Shining?

Most importantly, Luo Hao sensed the aura of the Thunder Emperor from Jing Yan. That aura was faint yet eternally enduring.

"What are you doing?" Jing Yan did not expect such a reaction from the two, frowned, and questioned.

Young Master? What Young Master?

"Young Master, our Thunder Domain... has hope. We, the elder members of the Thunder Domain, have not waited in vain. We won’t wait in vain. I knew, I knew this day would come. The Immortal Emperor would not abandon us!" Tears flowed from Luo Hao’s eyes.

"Both of you, get up first, and then speak." Jing Yan released a stream of divine power, pulling the two up.

"I haven’t been in Kunling Heaven for long; I only know that the Thunder Domain declined long ago, but as for the specific reasons for its decline, I don’t know much. I know that the Thunder Domain seems to have many powerful enemies. Yama Palace should be one of them." Jing Yan said with a frown.

"Yes, many enemies. Fierce and powerful enemies—we were outnumbered during that war; we lost. Countless cultivators of the Thunder Domain died. Only very few survived. Those who did survive went into hiding, but were still constantly found and killed. Today’s Thunder Domain is already controlled by those forces; we Thunder Domain members have no place to stand. If not for the Red Victory Secret Land, we might have been exterminated long ago."

"Young Master, the enemies are too cruel, too ruthless. They want to wipe us out completely! Whenever a Thunder Domain member appears, the enemies rush like scorpions and snakes to kill them." Luo Hao was deeply unsettled. He had been oppressed for too long; the feeling of helplessness and despair weighed on him like a mountain.

Now seeing Jing Yan, knowing Jing Yan’s identity, he felt he had a pillar to rely on, finally able to breathe freely.

"How many Thunder Domain members are still alive?" Jing Yan asked.

"Scattered, most are difficult to contact. Peng Qiuping and I were previously in a gathering place, located deep within the Red Victory Secret Land. The gathering place has over two hundred brothers from our Thunder Domain."

"The gathering place is very concealed, difficult for outsiders to find. However, there is a lack of cultivation resources there—we progress slowly. Although we can hunt some Ghost Pattern Beasts, Ghost Pattern Beasts can’t be directly used for cultivation. We have to find ways to exchange Ghost Pattern Beasts for basic resources and elixirs, so we periodically have to come out from the Red Victory Secret Land into outer cities to trade Ghost Pattern Beasts for Black Crystal Stones."

"This time, Qiuping and I came out to trade. Though we were very careful, we were still discovered by people from Yama Palace, and then we were relentlessly pursued." Luo Hao explained.

Through Luo Hao’s explanation, Jing Yan roughly grasped the situation.

Currently, Luo Hao and the other Thunder Domain members are hidden in a gathering place deep within the Red Victory Secret Land. These people cannot show themselves; they must carefully hide their identities, making it very challenging to obtain cultivation resources directly. The main way to acquire cultivation resources is to hunt Ghost Pattern Beasts and then trade what they obtain from the beasts in cities.

And each trade carries considerable risk—being discovered means being hunted down.

"Why do you call me Young Master?" Jing Yan pondered for a moment and asked.

"Young Master, to my knowledge, you are now the only Thunder Domain member who has mastered the Thunder Origin Immortal Skill. Other elders were killed by enemies in the war..." Luo Hao continued to recount.

At the peak of the Thunder Domain, there were still some cultivators practicing the Thunder Origin Immortal Skill. Of course, among them, maybe very few could access the complete Thunder Origin.