Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 172 The Vajra Bracelet Related to the God of Thunder and the God of War, Nan Liujing's Great Harvest!
"Great-grandfather, great-grandmother, let Lei Ming do his work first. We'll continue exploring the secret realm."

Turning his gaze away, Nan Liujing spoke to Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng.

"it is good."

The two said in unison.

The three of them bypassed the fertile fields that covered the hills and came straight to a hill behind them. This time, they discovered a truly human-made structure.

Looking straight ahead, thousands of meters away, a magnificent and imposing palace sits beneath a vast, low-hanging thunderstorm cloud, with blinding lightning constantly striking down from the sky, like the wrath of a god.

Qian Gu Qing Feng said in a deep voice, "I suppose this is the legendary temple."

Xia Zheng said impatiently, "Let's go, let's go take a look."

Qian Gu Qingfeng immediately grabbed Nan Liujing's shoulder and sped up to catch up.

After a few breaths, the three did not approach the palace surrounded by lightning, because about a thousand meters away from the palace, there stood a huge stone gate. The stone gate was tightly closed, and there was a palm print in the center, as if the only way to open it was to touch it with your hand.

Starting from the stone gate, a massive lightning net extends outwards in a circular pattern, enveloping the palace and prohibiting outsiders from entering.

Through the almost translucent arcs of lightning, one can see a covered bridge connecting the palace gates.

Nan Liujing directly placed his hand on the palm print.

"null--"

A clear, ethereal voice, as if descending from the heavens, rang out, and the stone gate automatically slid open to both sides, revealing a passageway directly facing the covered bridge.

The extremely viscous lightning element suddenly swept over their faces. As powerful figures of the era, Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng felt their scalps tingle and their minds tremble violently, as if an invisible hand had gripped their very souls.

Nan Liujing was unharmed; in fact, he felt incredibly comfortable facing the thunderous laws, even more so than when soaking in a hot spring.

"In the end, there are still destined people who have come here, and my divine position will eventually see the light of day again."

Suddenly, a phantom figure appeared out of thin air inside the door, smiling at Nan Liujing.

"Senior?" Nan Liujing was taken aback, never expecting that the Thunder God Ling Ting, whose remnant soul had disappeared, would reappear.

Upon hearing the word "senior," Ling Ting's gaze shifted. He noticed the Thunder God mark on Nan Liujing's forehead and exclaimed, "It seems you've seen the remnant soul of the original body attached to the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl."

These words were spoken only to Nan Liujing; Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng did not hear them.

Ling Ting then glanced at Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng, and casually waved his hand.

Instantly, the fierce and domineering pressure of the thunderous laws receded like a tide.

Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng felt their bodies lighten, and their eyes widened in surprise as they stared at the illusory figure of a deity, nearly three meters tall and with incomparably handsome features, clad in armor.

"Is this the legendary deity?"

Ling Ting said to Nan Liujing, "Come with me to take on your divine trial mission. They'd better not follow us until you gain control of the Thunder God Temple."

After saying that, he turned and walked deeper into the area.

Nan Liujing said in a low voice, "Great-grandfather, great-grandmother, please stay here for now while I figure out what's going on inside."

"Be careful," Xia Zheng said in a cold, deep voice.

"Ah."

He glanced at the South Flowing Point and immediately stepped through the stone gate. As soon as he entered, the space rippled with subtle energy, and a thick layer of lightning element enveloped his body, as if it were inspecting something.

The world behind the stone gate looks dangerous, with solidified magma bursting open at any moment, and thousands of electric snakes dancing wildly, shuttling between reality and the void.

Ling Ting walked ahead: "I sensed the aura of the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl on you, so you must have seen my original remnant soul."

"Yes." Nanliu nodded.

Ling Ting said slowly, "The Thunder God is the strongest in attack among the main gods of the God Realm, and also the closest to the God King. Therefore, in the war of the God Realm back then, the task I shouldered was higher than that of any other main god, and I was eventually attacked by the masses, which led to my demise."

"Your overwhelming strength makes the succession to the divine throne far more difficult than that of other gods. I don't know what kind of divine test you have been given, but judging from the reward information left in the divine throne mark, the benefits you can obtain are definitely not small."

Nan Liujing raised an eyebrow, as if he had received an unexpected piece of good news.

"I don't know if the remnant soul of the original body has told you this," Ling Ting said wistfully. "If you are able to achieve the cultivation of a God King in the future and meet the previous owners of the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl, please remember to give them my regards."

“I will convey your words to the proper place,” Nan Liujing said solemnly.

Ling Ting said nothing and quietly led Nan Liujing to the palace.

The majestic main gate is over a hundred meters high, making people below feel as insignificant as ants.

As Ling Ting walked in, the main gate opened silently, revealing a huge statue.

His figure was exceptionally heroic, his eyes were sharp, and he stood there silently for who knows how long.

Nan Liujing immediately noticed something in the statue's right hand; upon closer inspection, it was an arc-shaped object.

Could it be that Thor also possesses a divine weapon similar to Poseidon's trident?
Nan Liujing asked as soon as he thought of it, "Senior, what is the thing the statue is holding in its right hand?"

Ling Ting looked up and casually said, "It's called the Vajra Bracelet."

"That sounds familiar..." Nan Liujing thought to himself, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

"What is this Vajra Bracelet used for?" Nan Liujing asked again. If it truly is a divine artifact exclusive to the Thunder God, then as his successor, it's only natural for him to inquire, right?
Ling Ting answered every question: "In the God Realm, I and the God of War share the responsibility of refining divine artifacts. Except for the innate super divine artifacts of the five God Kings, all the weapons used by the other gods rely on my divine lightning to remove impurities and the God of War's will to nurture their sharpness. The quality is not to say that it has been qualitatively improved, but it is at least 20% to 30% stronger than before."

"If the materials are strong enough, the God of War and I can even work together to refine and nurture them to the level of a half-step super artifact. Therefore, the gods of the divine realm have all entrusted me to help them strengthen their weapons. This saved the lives of many gods in the later wars of the gods. After all, in terms of physical strength alone, human gods are hard to compare with beast gods of the same level."

"Speaking of which, if you were to inherit the position of the Thunder God and return to the God Realm, you might be able to use these old favors for me. Over the years, as long as they are still old gods who have not left the God Realm, they would probably give me, their old friend, some face."

Ling Ting stood with his hands behind his back and said gently:

"As for this Vajra Bracelet, it was created by the God of War. Its function is to store divine artifacts. It can store five divine artifacts at a time, which allows the God of War and me to refine and nurture five divine artifacts at the same time, avoiding the problem of refining and nurturing each divine artifact one by one being too time-consuming."

"Unfortunately, after the Martial God and I fell one after another, the Vajra Bracelet disappeared. Otherwise, it would have been a good extra reward for your divine test."

In the end, he still had some regrets.

Nan Liujing suddenly remembered what the Vajra Bracelet was.

Isn't this the name of the national treasure that the Star Luo Empire's royal family stole from the native soul masters?

The timeline was originally used to deal with Tang Wulin.

No wonder the Vajra Bracelet, despite being a divine artifact, has such a low profile; it turns out it's just something used to refine weapons.

Ling Ting, unaware of Nan Liujing's thoughts, solemnly ordered, "Take a drop of your original essence blood."

Nan Liujing decisively drew a line across his palm with his fingertip, and a wisp of golden-red light suddenly gathered at the crack, condensing into a perfectly round, full bead of primordial blood that shimmered with crimson light.

Ling Ting said in a deep voice, "Throw it into the lightning pool."

Nan Liujing looked towards the pool at the foot of the statue. He saw that the pool walls were covered with ancient and obscure divine patterns, and a clear spring existed in the pool, its bottom crystal clear.

He stepped forward steadily and gently flicked the drop of crimson blood from his fingertip into the Thunder Pool.

"boom--"

A blinding burst of lightning suddenly erupted, and the divine runes were activated by the blood. In an instant, a clear spring transformed into a viscous, tangible purple-gold lightning paste. The intense radiance, accompanied by thunderous roars like war drums, soared into the sky, illuminating the entire Thunder God Temple hall as if it were daytime.

With a whoosh, the radiance, like a giant dragon turning over, crashed towards Nan Liujing's forehead.

The mark of Thor trembled, and a divine voice resounded throughout Nan Liujing's spiritual sea.

"Thor's first test: the successor must elevate their own attributes to the extreme!"

"???"

Nan Liujing was stunned, but quickly recovered. His eyes seemed to be filled with surging thunderclouds. He grabbed at the air with his right hand, and the Panlong Staff materialized. The moment it landed, the Thunder Dragon Soul roared and circled, and the endless thunder roared as if it would tear the void apart. The voice of the celestial being rang out again.

"Divine test completed. Reward: 20% affinity with the God of Thunder. Additional reward: Control of the Thunder God Realm!"

Nan Liujing opened his eyes, his thoughts stirring the intense radiance that filled the hall. In the darkness, this special world seemed to have become a part of his body, and everything he desired was subject to his will.

"The Thunder God Realm?" He looked at Ling Ting.

Ling Ting said, "It's this small world you're in. Inside, you can command all thunder laws, but with your current cultivation level, the power these thunder laws can unleash is limited, unless you're dealing with an extremely evil enemy. But even then, you probably won't be able to use this ability. Besides that, the Thunder God Realm has another ability that used to be very powerful, but now it might be rather useless. You can let beast race powerhouses who are about to face heavenly tribulation come in and undergo their tribulation here. If we're only talking about failure, the mortality rate is zero."

Nan Liujing asked in surprise, "Zero?"

“That’s right.” Thor recalled, “In the earliest planes managed by the God Realm, only one in a hundred human beings was truly powerful, while the beast race had many exceptionally talented individuals. To fill the vacancies in the God Realm, the five God Kings ordered me to control the Heavenly Tribulation to help more beast race deities who were just one step away from passing through it. But who could have imagined that the beast race deities would later rebel under the instigation of the Dragon God? Although it was the God Kings who ordered me, I was ultimately the one who carried out the order. Many human deities were attacked and perished, and I had no choice but to take responsibility, so I chose to fight to the death.”

"Finally, by slaying the Dragon King, we can consider it revenge for them."

Hearing another secret tale of the divine realm, Nan Liujing's interest lay elsewhere. He was completely captivated by the zero failure rate of the tribulation. Curious, he asked, "Senior, what would happen if I brought a beast race expert in to undergo a tribulation that wasn't for ascension?"

Ling Ting said calmly, "No matter what scale of heavenly tribulation you undergo, the effect is roughly the same. The first failure results in a minor injury. The second failure results in a serious injury. The third failure means your cultivation will be permanently fixed at the current level for the rest of your life."

"Three more chances?" Nan Liujing was dumbfounded, thinking he had misheard.

That's a heavenly tribulation; if you can't overcome it, you'll be reduced to ashes.

Ling Ting calmly said, "The more times you fail, the more difficult it becomes. In the end, it's all about the same; you just have to keep your life."

On another note, you were incredibly lucky. The first divine test that the main body arranged for you required you to reach the ultimate attribute, and you passed it on the spot.

Alright, you now have control of the Thunder God Realm. From now on, you can open it remotely at any time without needing to find a spatial node to enter. Prepare for the second divine trial.

Just then, a voice rang in Nan Liujing's ears.

"Thor's Second Trial, Thunder Slays Evil Spirits: Slay three extremely powerful and sinful evil spirit masters. Reward: Thirty percent affinity with Thor's divine power, all soul spirits' lifespan increased by 50,000 years, cultivation level increased by three levels. If you have already reached the peak of this plane, you can convert it into other rewards."

"High risk, high reward" is the case. Nan Liujing's expression was solemn.

What does it mean to be extremely powerful and deeply sinful? It simply means those few members of the Holy Spirit Cult. It would be quite difficult to kill them in battle.

Upon learning of the second divine trial, Ling Ting murmured, "Killing three supreme evil experts, it seems the divine trial task given to you by the main body is not simple."

"Fine, whether you pass or not is your business, it has nothing to do with this wisp of my divine will. Go on, those two must be getting impatient."

Nan Liujing glanced at the divine sense, whose personality differed somewhat from that of the remnant soul of the Thunder God, and respectfully bowed: "This junior takes his leave, see you another day!"

Ling Ting watched Nan Liujing leave, his voice audible only to himself: "We won't see each other again in the future."

"Flowing Scenery".

Upon seeing Nan Liujing emerge from the stone gate, Xia Zhengleng immediately approached to check on Nan Liujing's physical condition.

Nan Liujing smiled and said, "Don't worry, great-grandmother, I'm fine."

Xia Zheng Leng was still somewhat uneasy, so Qian Gu Qing Feng interjected, "What did you find?"

Nan Liujing replied, "I'll explain in detail to you two on the way."

Returning to the fertile fields that covered the mountains and plains, Lei Ming had already washed away the Thunder God's bloodline from the tens of thousands of Lei Ming Yama Vine plants.

Upon closer inspection, its appearance remains unchanged, but its aura has become even more profound and abyssal. Floating in the air, it resembles the eye of a thunderstorm, capable of unleashing world-destroying power at any moment.

Upon seeing Nan Liujing return, Lei Ming transformed into a beam of light and entered his brow, returning to his spiritual sea.

It excitedly said, "Master, my bloodline strength is already enough for me to ignore the thunder and your protection and directly increase to 100,000 years."

Nan Liujing said in surprise, "It seems that not only am I, the master, lucky, but you are lucky too. After we get back, I will immediately use lightning to help you."

"How is it?" Qian Gu Qing Feng asked.

Nan Liujing smiled: "This trip has yielded far more than I imagined. Most importantly, it can be used as a burial place for Zhang Geyang and the high-ranking members of the Green Skull organization."

Upon hearing this, Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng exchanged a cold glance, a hint of a smile appearing in their eyes.

The roaring soul-guided helicopter tore through the sky and returned towards Star Luo City.

Ding Dong!

This time, Nan Liujing couldn't sit in the driver's seat; the couple were cuddling and showing their affection.

Nan Liujing took out his phone and glanced at it; it was a message from Gu Yue.

[Senior brother, Dai Yueyan just sent an invitation to our Spirit Transmission Academy to go to the Star Luo Grand Theater tomorrow night. Do you want to go?]

His gaze paused slightly, then Nan Liujing quickly replied: 【Go!】

I thought that with the flapping of butterfly wings, this surprise attack on the grand theater might not happen again, but it still happened.

Good, by taking advantage of this rescue, we can gain a lot of respect from the people of the Star Luo Empire.

"Owner."

Lei Ming, who was already immersed in the improvement of his bloodline and was so happy that he couldn't extricate himself, suddenly spoke up.

Nan Liujing asked, "What's wrong?"

Lei Ming said in a deep voice, "The clone pretended to absorb the power of thunder to stabilize itself and sent me a message. Zhang Geyang just chatted with Qian Gu Dongfeng for two minutes, and the content was related to you."

"I see."

Nan Liujing leaned against the bulkhead, gazing out the window with an extremely calm expression.

Zhang Geyang, you did not die innocently.

(End of this chapter)