"Perhaps at this very moment, that brat is slaughtering your Bradley clansmen across the Thunder Firmament Star Domain. By the time the seal on the domain is lifted, your entire family might be wiped out," Xiaoyao sneered.

"He is merely at the First Heaven of the Primordial God Realm. Within the Thunder Firmament Star Domain, we currently have three experts at the Second Heaven of the Primordial God Realm from the Bradley family, along with nearly a thousand battle-hardened warriors. I highly doubt he can frolic about with such impunity," the Radiant Heaven King grinned, chuckling deeply. "Xiaoyao, you’d best spend more time worrying about your own disciple."

"You underestimate him too greatly. This child is the inheritor of that person. You will regret misjudging him," Xiaoyao commanded sternly.

The Radiant Heaven King shook his head, smiling dismissively. "He has only mastered the Esoteric Meaning of Devouring, not that specific power. What is there to fear? If he truly possessed that kind of strength, breaking the barrier of the Thunder Firmament Star Domain would be the least of it—destroying several star domains to kill him would still be worthwhile. But as it stands now... it hardly warrants a major mobilization."

"I told you that you would regret this. Just wait and see," Xiaoyao said coldly, shaking his head, and saying no more.

The Radiant Heaven King remained unconcerned. "Let us not speak of him. It has been quite some time since we met. Now that we are reunited in our ancestral lands, we must drink our fill."

With that, he forcefully pulled Xiaoyao along, paying no mind to the elders Feng Jue or Xing Huo beside them, and stepped into the void, their figures vanishing inch by inch.

Within the Thunder Firmament Star Domain lay a unique location, a confluence of several nebulae.

This place was called the Thunder Firmament Celestial Pool, where the energy of heaven and earth was intensely concentrated. It held the chilling essence of frozen stars, yet thunder and lightning were perpetually gestating within it. For cultivators specializing in certain unique Esoteric Meanings, this Celestial Pool was nothing short of a sacred ground.

Leitka cultivated the power of lightning, and his palace was situated upon an asteroid bordering that very pool. The palace was constructed to be exquisitely luxurious and imposing, carved with numerous mysterious totems of the God Clan, built entirely from countless Divine Crystals and jade stones. From a distance, the palace shimmered with the opalescent glow of multicolored neon halos, a spectacle of breathtaking beauty.

Nestled between these grand structures was the mysterious "Celestial Pool." At this moment, Leitka and two other members of the God Clan were submerged within the pool, their expressions utterly serene.

Hundreds of women from various races—some pure, some seductive, some beautiful, some alluring—were clad in sheer gauze garments, their delicate forms subtly revealed. Slave collars encircled their necks, and their faces held expressions of fawning subservience as they catered exhaustively to the three powerful God Clan members in the pool. They carried platters of fruit and held fine wines, serving with meticulous caution.

On the guard posts of the palaces flanking the Celestial Pool, rows of God Clan warriors stood guard with solemn expressions, diligently fulfilling their duties.

"Harlot, you are not clean enough! You utterly disgrace me!" Leitka roared suddenly, glaring with savage malice at a Ghost Rune Race woman in the pool.

The Ghost Rune Race woman’s alabaster body was covered in fine, purplish markings, lending her an ethereal, strangely mysterious allure. Leitka had been captivated by those very purple patterns when he forcibly abducted her years ago. Now, in a foul mood, he found the markings an eyesore and sought trouble arbitrarily.

"Master, this slave meticulously cleansed herself three times before coming. Those purple markings are innate since my birth. I beg my Master to suppress his anger," the Ghost Rune Race woman pleaded, her eyes filled with terror as she immediately knelt prostrate.

"You dare to argue? Truly, you do not know death!" Leitka growled with explosive irritation, then spat forth a ball of lightning that enveloped the woman. In an instant, her voluptuous body dissolved into motes of ash, her very soul annihilated by the electric current.

The surrounding beauties and slaves felt an icy chill grip their hearts. Their eyes filled with dread and apprehension, causing them to become even more careful and restrained, terrified that Leitka might take a disliking to them and dispatch them on a whim.

In recent times, the number of people who had died inexplicably at Leitka’s hands had already reached into the tens. Almost daily, several individuals were suddenly extinguished, keeping the women in a state of perpetual panic.

The other two God Clan members watched Leitka’s fit of murderous rage from beginning to end, merely giggling and displaying complete indifference. In their eyes, anyone not of their own clan was considered a base, lowly subject—much like how humans do not concern themselves with the fate of insects. This was an inherent, deeply rooted arrogance and disdain woven into their very core values.

"Brother, is there more bad news?" Cook asked casually, picking at a skewer of crystalline fruit.

"That Bloodthirsty New Sovereign is merely a puppet installed by the Three Grand Chieftains. What are you worried about?" Jeremyche countered.

"I just received word—he went to the Cloud Thunder Star and lined up the heads of my subordinates one by one in Thunder City. This is a provocation against me, utterly intolerable!" Leitka fumed.

Cook looked surprised, shaking his head. "This generation’s Bloodthirsty New Sovereign is indeed impetuous in his youth. But this kind of action is utterly pointless. Do the people of the Thunder Firmament Star Domain truly believe they can oppose us, the God Clan?" His eyes suddenly turned cold, and he sneered, "After all these years, have they not been sufficiently terrified by slaughter?"

"Recently, the clan conquered a new star domain. Its resources are depleted, but it offers plenty of warriors we can utilize. If the warriors of the Thunder Firmament Star Domain truly dare to resist, we can initiate another great purge. After the cleansing, I believe they will be much more compliant," Jeremyche remarked.

"Right now, all I want is to find that brat and kill him!" Leitka snorted.

"Finding one person across an entire star domain is not easy. We are not like those old monsters back in the clan who can cover an entire domain with divine sense and soul power," Cook shook his head. "It’s strange, too. Ever since the two of us arrived, the passage here has been sealed. Lord Heaven King should have arrived by now but is delayed; perhaps it is also due to the strangeness of the passage..."

As the three discussed, they continued to drink and indulge themselves in the Celestial Pool, with only Leitka harboring a belly full of schemes and simmering rage.

Suddenly, high above the three, within the mysterious expanse of the starry sky, a long, narrow streak of bright light flickered into existence. The line pulsed intermittently, transmitting intense spatial fluctuations.

Leitka, Cook, and Jeremyche looked up at the line, their expressions instantly turning grave. The three figures moved, surging abruptly out of the pool water, and three exquisitely crafted suits of armor instantly materialized upon them, fitting perfectly to their bodies, accentuating their heroic, formidable, and extraordinary bearing.

"Who dares approach?!" Leitka roared.

The bright line twisted and warped, gradually splitting open like a seam, and several figures emerged from it, materializing above Leitka, Cook, and Jeremyche.

Leitka let out a sinister grin. "Lei Dong, Ji Feng, Harmon! Have you grown tired of living that you dare trespass upon my territory without my permission?"

Lei Dong, Ji Feng, and Harmon were the very individuals Shi Yan had encountered in the subterranean chamber beneath Thunder City. At this moment, Lei Dong smiled and nodded, resolution shining in his eyes. "Indeed, we are tired of living. We came today prepared to meet our end."

He glanced back at Shi Yan. "Sovereign, was the information I gave you correct?"

Shi Yan nodded slightly. He hadn't expected Lei Dong, Ji Feng, and Harmon to insist on coming. Among the three, only Lei Dong had reached the Second Heaven of the Primordial God Realm and could offer some resistance; Ji Feng and Harmon were only at the First Heaven. Their contribution against the God Clan forces would be limited. Yet, they had come, driven by a conviction Shi Yan could hardly comprehend. Before arriving, they had even made arrangements for their affairs, clearly preparing for the worst possible outcome.

"Sovereign?" Leitka paused, then burst into roaring laughter. "You are that brat? Hahahaha! Excellent! I have been searching for you for so long, yet you deliver yourself right to my doorstep!"

Cook and Jeremyche also went cold, shifting their gazes away from Lei Dong, Ji Feng, and Harmon, fixing them entirely upon Shi Yan.

"From this day forward, the Thunder Firmament Star Domain will change ownership. I will use the deaths of you three to bring new life to this star domain," Shi Yan stated, looking at them with chilling indifference.

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