Wu Shattered Star River

The fierce wind whipped the torrential rain, like countless whips lashing mercilessly at the earth.

The rain poured down like a giant waterfall, engulfing the sky, with dark clouds merging into a vast black cloth, and the downpour continued relentlessly.

Jiang Han sat cross-legged on the small mountain, unaffected by the storm due to the two light shields surrounding him.

He had been meditating within the mountain for five and a half days, a feat that would have been unbearable for an ordinary person.

As a peak Reincarnation Realm martial artist, Jiang Han possessed an extremely powerful physical body, and his soul strengthened with each breakthrough.

Therefore, going without food, drink, or sleep for days and nights had little impact on him.

The reason for this prolonged seclusion was due to a realization he had.

Before the announcement of the Hall of Fame rankings, he had already secluded himself for many days, during which he had been researching how to integrate the Thunder Radiance into his Thunder Domain.

These past few days of seclusion had clarified his thoughts considerably, and he now had a clear direction.

He had been secluding himself continuously, hoping to integrate Thunder Radiance in one fell swoop.

Once this divine ability was integrated into the Thunder Domain, the power of the Thunder Domain would definitely increase, and with the enhancement of his Extreme Dao divine ability, perhaps he would have a chance to enter the state of unity between heaven and man?

The Extreme Dao divine ability itself was a fusion of the Great Dao Laws and divine abilities; the essence of divine abilities was the preliminary application of the laws of heaven and earth, so ultimately, it was all about the fusion of the Great Dao.

Furthermore, his understanding of Heavenly Slaughter gave Jiang Han a sense of clarity.

Powerful killing techniques were actually about comprehending the Great Dao Laws, using the Great Dao Laws to control the power of heaven and earth, and evolving various wondrous techniques of killing.

The deeper one's comprehension of the Great Dao Laws, the more power of heaven and earth one could control, and the stronger the killing techniques one could evolve.

This was the essence of martial arts!

Therefore, the direction of cultivation after the Heaven-Human Realm was to comprehend the Great Dao, not to construct a divine altar.

The divine altar was merely a source of power; without comprehending the Great Dao Laws, having only power would not allow one to evolve powerful killing techniques, rendering it meaningless.

"Buzz ~"

Arcing lightning flashed around Jiang Han's body, countless lightning arcs condensing into lightning snakes, and these lightning snakes combined into lightning dragons, moving along a specific trajectory.

Jiang Han, with his eyes closed, could clearly sense the trajectory of the lightning snakes.

After circulating his Thunder Domain for a moment, the lightning snakes all burrowed into his body, and he then released Thunder Radiance.

Streaks of lightning arcs shot out, and his body instantly blurred, the dense lightning arcs turning the space within twenty feet of him into a white expanse, like a sea of lightning beneath a thunder abyss.

"The lightning snakes of the Thunder Domain move along a specific trajectory, while the lightning arcs of Thunder Radiance shoot out in straight lines; these two methods of releasing lightning are completely different, so how can they be fused?"

"If the Thunder Domain and Thunder Radiance are released simultaneously, the two types of lightning arcs will interfere with each other, causing both divine abilities to collapse."

"Although both divine abilities are of the Thunderous Great Dao, they feel like completely different applications, making it very difficult to fuse them…"

"What if the two divine abilities are released intermittently? No, that won't work…"

"Should I change the trajectory of the lightning snakes? That won't work either!"

Jiang Han muttered to himself, constantly releasing lightning arcs and condensing the two divine abilities, repeatedly verifying and deducing.

Martial artists passing by nearby watched from afar, secretly marveling; Jiang Han's two divine abilities were both very strong, and he was constantly releasing them, obviously comprehending them.

Perhaps it wouldn't be long before Jiang Han might comprehend another Extreme Dao divine ability.

Time passed quickly, and the sky gradually darkened!

Because the heavy rain was still falling, Sword Demon Peak gradually quieted down as night fell.

Although the heavy rain had no effect on martial artists, such weather affected their mood, and many were not in the mood to play around, either quietly cultivating or going to bed early.

Time reached the latter half of the night!

The thunder ceased, the heavy rain stopped, the sky cleared, and moonlight sprinkled down on the earth.

On Sword Demon Peak, apart from the patrolling soldiers, not a single person could be seen, only Jiang Han was still on the small mountain, his body radiating lightning.

"Whoosh!"

A black shadow floated up from the foot of the mountain like a ghost, moving extremely fast but without making any sound.

He was completely shrouded in a wide black robe, making it impossible to see his face or distinguish his gender.

He arrived below the small mountain where Jiang Han was, and the lips beneath his black robe moved slightly, a thunderous sound echoing in Jiang Han's ears: "Jiang Han!"

Jiang Han was startled awake, his gaze sweeping around like a knife, quickly locking onto the black-robed man.

The black-robed man's lips moved again, transmitting his voice: "My master said, if you want to save Jiang Li, you must arrive alone at Black Shark Island, north of Heavenly Chaos Island, within four hours, without notifying anyone, or Jiang Li will surely die!"

After speaking, the black-robed man flicked a black crystal stone from his hand, dropping it halfway up the mountain, and with a flash of his figure, he transformed into a ghost and floated away.

"Jiang Li?"

Jiang Han's body trembled, his eyes instantly turning gloomy, filled with murderous intent.

He quickly deactivated the Lightning Unloading Array and Lightning Attraction Array, his figure flashing as he grabbed the black crystal stone halfway up the mountain.

He recognized this crystal stone; Jiang Lang had one; it was an image crystal stone.

His Xuan Power surrounded it, and he closed his eyes to sense the image crystal stone.

Black light flashed on the image crystal stone, and a scene appeared in Jiang Han's mind; it seemed to be a small island, with a vast and boundless sea visible in the distance.

In the scene, a beautiful girl was tied to a tree, her eyes closed, appearing to be unconscious.

Next to the girl was a masked woman, holding a dagger against the girl's neck.

"Jiang Li!"

Jiang Han's body and mind shook, and although the girl in the picture was somewhat different from the Jiang Li in his memory, Jiang Han still recognized her at a glance.

It had been more than three years since Jiang Li had separated from him, and Jiang Li was now fourteen years old, naturally no longer the innocent little loli she once was.

The beautiful girl in the picture looked very much like a grown-up Jiang Li.

Jiang Han's breathing became rapid, and he forced himself to calm down, taking a deep breath and watching the image again.

After watching it several more times, Jiang Han became increasingly certain, because the girl had a black mole on her neck, and Jiang Li also had a black mole on her neck.

Whether it was her facial features or her temperament, it was exactly the same as Jiang Li.

"The figure of this masked woman looks somewhat familiar."

Jiang Han felt that the masked woman holding the dagger looked very familiar, and as one figure after another flashed through his mind, his eyes quickly turned cold.

He gritted his teeth and shouted: "It's that servant girl beside Chunyu Yan!"

Jiang Han circulated his Xuan Power and watched it again.

This time he was certain; the person holding the dagger and holding Jiang Li hostage was the Heaven-Human Realm servant girl beside Chunyu Yan.

Then the possibility that the beautiful girl tied to the tree was Jiang Li was infinitely high.

Chunyu Yan was the Young Palace Master of the Enchantment Palace of the Azure Garment Palace, and her status and position in the Azure Garment Palace were very high.

Because of the arena incident, he had damaged Chunyu Yan's reputation, so it was understandable that Chunyu Yan hated him to the bone.

It was reasonable for Chunyu Yan to send a message back and have the Azure Garment Palace send Jiang Li over!

"What to do?"

Jiang Han closed his eyes, the veins on his face bulging, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Chunyu Yan was holding Jiang Li hostage, trying to lure him out of Heavenly Chaos Island and go to Black Shark Island alone!

Her purpose was self-evident; Black Shark Island, needless to say, was already covered with a net, waiting for him to go and die.

The problem was…

Could he not go? With Chunyu Yan's temperament, if he didn't go, Jiang Li would surely die!

"Go find Si Li? Find Lord Gu? Find Lan Lin?"

Several names popped into Jiang Han's mind, and he quickly shook his head.

Si Li was only in the Heaven-Human Realm and couldn't help much, and Gu Qingtian might not help him, after all, that would be offending the Azure Garment Palace to the death.

As for Lan Lin, he had comprehended Heavenly Slaughter for so long, and Lan Lin had not summoned him.

It was still the middle of the night, and he couldn't even enter Heavenly Chaos City, let alone go to the City Lord's Mansion.

Chunyu Yan must have arranged spies everywhere, and if he dared to enter Heavenly Chaos City, Jiang Li would probably be killed immediately, and Chunyu Yan would not leave any evidence.

Jiang Han thought about it and realized that he couldn't find any helpers!

"Go!"

His eyes quickly became firm, and his figure transformed into a breeze and floated out of the small courtyard.

He took out a brush and wrote a few words, then took off his Battle Beast Ring and placed it along with the letter outside Jiang Lang's window.

"Whoosh!"

Having done all this, he did not hesitate and transformed into a breeze, floating towards the foot of Sword Demon Peak.

He knew clearly that Black Shark Island was a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, but he had no choice but to go.

No one could help him; he could only rely on his own blade to venture into the dragon's pool alone.