The Cycle of Reincarnation in the Four-Courtyard House: A Journey Through the Heavens

He composed himself, suppressing the doubts churning within him, and asked in a deep voice, "Just now, was it you who summoned me here via telepathy?"

Li Xiao nodded slightly, then pointed to Shi Shaojian's body beside him and asked, "Is this your son?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian was immediately shaken!

His relationship with Shi Shaojian has always been kept secret. In public, the two always addressed each other as master and disciple. Even Shi Shaojian himself never knew that the master who taught him since childhood was his biological father.

He had kept this a secret for many years and never revealed it to anyone, but now the unfamiliar young man in front of him had revealed his secret in a single sentence.

He forced himself to remain calm and replied, seemingly unrelated to the question, "I wonder what brings you here so late at night?"

Li Xiao's eyes turned slightly cold, his tone completely calm: "You good son, tonight you used the technique of astral projection to sneak into my woman's boudoir, attempting to do filthy and immoral things. I summoned you here to let you know about this."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian was greatly shocked, and his expression changed drastically in an instant.

Shi Shaojian was raised by him since childhood. He was unruly and often engaged in petty theft, womanizing, and other despicable acts.

However, Shi Shaojian was his only bloodline descendant and his greatest weakness, so no matter what trouble Shi Shaojian caused, he would do his best to protect him and clean up his messes.

According to the boy, Shi Shaojian had obviously fallen back into his old ways tonight, but this time he had run into a brick wall.

A chilling coldness instantly swept over Shi Jian. He stared intently at Shi Shaojian's body on the ground, and asked in a dry voice, "Where is my son's soul now?"

"hehe……"

"Your son's soul has been scattered to the winds."

"What?!"

These four words, like a thunderclap, instantly distorted Shi Jian's usually cold and composed face, and a hint of scarlet appeared in his eyes.

His powerful spiritual energy suddenly went out of control, shaking all the leaves off the surrounding trees to the ground.

With Shi Jian's abilities, as long as Shi Shaojian still has a trace of his soul remaining, he can use some evil magic to wake him up.

But now the other party has made it very clear that Shi Shaojian's soul has been completely scattered, unless he is a Great Immortal who can directly retrieve his son's soul from the river of time.

Clearly, Shi Jian cannot do this!

The pain of losing his son completely overwhelmed Shi Jian's reason. He no longer cared about probing the depths of the young man before him; his heart was filled only with boundless hatred and murderous intent.

He suddenly raised his hands, and wisps of blue-purple lightning began to leap in his palms, crackling sounds echoing through the forest. Violent lightning spiritual power permeated his two palms.

"Prepare to die!"

Shi Jian roared, and two blinding bolts of lightning shot out from his palms, accompanied by a deafening roar that tore through the air, and slammed straight into Li Xiao's chest.

"Lightning Thunder Fist, this is a good opportunity to test your mettle."

Li Xiao stood still, neither dodging nor avoiding, intending to take this powerful killing blow head-on with his bare body.

Although this lightning is far less destructive than true heavenly thunder, it far surpasses ordinary techniques and can be considered a top-tier Taoist skill.

Boom—!

Two violent bolts of lightning struck Li Xiao's chest, and the intense heat instantly engulfed his entire body.

His clothes couldn't withstand the high temperature of the lightning and instantly shattered, turning into countless strips of cloth that scattered in the wind.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Li Xiao's exposed skin was flawless. Despite the violent impact of the lightning, not a single faint mark was left on his body.

This bizarre scene did not deter the crazed Shi Jian.

His eyes burned even brighter with crimson, and he recklessly and frantically squeezed out the spiritual energy within his body. His meridians swelled, and countless blue-purple arcs of electricity crackled and exploded around him, instantly engulfing the entire grove in a raging storm of lightning.

He began to compress, condense, and store the lightning power around him, and the lightning in his palms became increasingly terrifying. Then, Shi Jian pushed out his arms, and the lightning gathered in his palms slammed towards Li Xiao!

Boom—!

A deafening roar echoed through the mountains and forests, and two thick bolts of lightning, more than ten times stronger than before, slammed into Li Xiao with destructive power!

These two domineering lightning forces circulated throughout his body, and this time, Li Xiao finally felt a tingling sensation.

He nodded slightly and said, "Hmm, this time it's not bad; it already has three-tenths of the power of heavenly lightning."

With a wave of his hand, Li Xiao was dressed in a clean and neat new outfit, his speed was unbelievable, like a magician's instantaneous transformation.

On the other hand, Shi Jian's two consecutive overloaded Lightning Thunder Fist attacks had already drained most of his spiritual power.

Her reason, which had been overwhelmed by the grief of losing her child, finally returned as her spiritual energy was rapidly depleted and her body became weak.

The overwhelming killing intent quickly faded, replaced by a deep-seated fear.

Only now did he truly see the difference between the two sides—his proud Maoshan Thunder Technique was met with no resistance from the opponent, who chose to withstand it with his bare body without any injury. The strength of this young man had long exceeded his comprehension.

The crisis of death completely enveloped him, and a look of despair even appeared in Shi Jian's eyes. Just as he was about to beg for mercy, he saw two purple-gold lightning bolts suddenly shoot out from Li Xiao's eyes!

Lightning flashed and purple clouds billowed into the sky—wasn't this the legendary Purple Heaven Divine Lightning?

This was the first time Li Xiao had fully activated the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning since receiving the system reward.

His previous opponents were all too weak to warrant him using this trump card.

Now that he had encountered Shi Jian, who also specialized in the way of lightning, he wanted to test his strength and see if the other party could withstand his divine lightning power.

But in the end, he was greatly disappointed.

The Purple Heaven Divine Lightning flashed by in an instant, carrying the supreme power to destroy all things, and struck Shi Jian in a flash.

There was no earth-shattering roar, no dying screams, not even a short, drawn-out scream.

Before the overwhelming power of the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, Shi Jian's body began to dissipate like shattered specks of light, carried high into the sky by the night wind in the forest.

With a soft "thud," a yellowed, thread-bound ancient book fell from mid-air and landed on the ground.

Li Xiao bent down and picked up the ancient book. The pages were simple and the characters were vigorous. The cover had five big characters written on it: Lightning Thunder Fist.

Li Xiao ran his fingertips along the antique cover, casually flipping open the book "Lightning Thunder Fist" and browsing through it carefully.

The book contains many ingenious techniques for attracting, gathering, and condensing lightning, which are unique and have merit even from his perspective. There are many details that can be learned from and used to improve one's own lightning techniques.

In just five minutes, Li Xiao had memorized all the incantations, techniques, and energy circulation routes of the entire manual.