The Battle in Journey to the West
Chapter 258 - 236: The City of Thunder is Hard to Tame_2

Chapter 258: Chapter 236: The City of Thunder is Hard to Tame_2

"Without thunder today, who is using divine powers to wield lightning? Are they not afraid of the Jade Emperor’s blame?" Universally Transformative Heavenly Venerable of Thunder, Responsive to the Nine Heavens Wen Zhong could not help but frown.

He was the one in charge of the Thunder Department, taking orders from Duke Gouchen, and commanding all the thunder in the world.

Although there were many uses of thunder in Taoist arts, such as the True Method of the Five Thunders that Zhang Daoling had established in the Shangqing Sect of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, which was extremely adept at using, these were considered "minor supernatural powers". The "Great Divine Power" like that of Chi Songzi who drew Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder from above the Nine Heavens was the true Divine Sky Taoist Magic!

A hundred and eight Ancient Thunder Cannons arranged in the formation of the Heavenly Gangs and Earthly Fiends were lined up on the city walls, booming in succession. Even Wukong, who swung his Jingu Bang so fiercely that not a drop of water could get through, felt at a great disadvantage.

One of the Ancient Thunder Cannons struck him in the chest, and since he was primarily a Primordial Spirit with his flesh still outside the Sea of Thunder, the blow made him dizzy, almost causing him to faint.

"The City of Thunder from the Ancient Thunder God truly is terrifying. The power of these one hundred and eight Ancient Thunder Cannons is astonishing! The question is whether the City of Thunder is now without a master, and how exactly one should go about subduing it?" Wukong pondered to himself.

In the era of the Three Emperors, there was no Heavenly Court above, and it was the capable beings under the Three Emperors who controlled the thunder and dew. Chi Songzi, for example, served as the Rain Mage during the time of Shennong, imparted the Taoist arts of immortality to Shennong, often debated with the Queen Mother of the West on Mount Kunlun, leading Shennong’s daughter to become an immortal. He was highly regarded.

This Ancient Thunder God was also a figure from the era of the Three Emperors, in charge of thunder, with mana that was not inferior to Chi Songzi’s, at least on the level of the creator.

During that golden age of ancient times, creators weren’t few, with nearly a hundred battling under the command of Chi You and under the Emperor.

"Samadhi True Fire!"

Wukong opened his mouth and spewed out a great gush of Samadhi True Fire, attempting to directly refine the City of Thunder forcefully. However, thunder was inherently pure yang and extremely rigid; although Samadhi True Fire was said to burn all in its path, when confronted with thunder, it too started to struggle.

Wukong spewed out a stream of Samadhi True Fire to no avail; the City of Thunder continued to unleash the one hundred and eight Ancient Thunder Cannons upon him.

At just the right moment, Enlightenment Dao had already achieved great success in his cultivation of the Divine Sky Taoist Magic, having perfected Chi Songzi’s "Shenxiao Torrential Rain" to a masterly degree, and was just emerging from Shennong’s Secret Realm of Mount Shushan.

Hearing that the Sea of Thunder hid the City of Thunder left by the Ancient Thunder God along with the long-lost Ancient Thunder Cannons, Enlightenment Dao dared not slack for an instant. He mounted the clouds straight towards the Sea of Thunder, plunging directly into its depths.

Inside the Sea of Thunder were endless bolts, yet having perfected the "Shenxiao Torrential Rain," his control over the thunder was ingenious. Upon entering the Sea of Thunder, the bolts scattered aside, clearing a path for him.

Upon arrival, Enlightenment Dao saw Wukong being put on the defensive by the one hundred and eight Ancient Thunder Cannons; his Primordial Spirit had already been wounded.

"Do not panic! Subduing something left by the Ancient Thunder God naturally requires thunder! Hold on for a moment while I draw down the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and refine it in one go," Enlightenment Dao commanded.

The City of Thunder was a manifestation of thunder within the Sea of Thunder, which itself lay beneath the Nine Heavens. The most powerful thunder between heaven and earth came from above the Nine Heavens, a place unreachable by mortals, the realm of the Heavenly Dao. Hence, this thunder was also known as Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder.

Enlightenment Dao sat down cross-legged, murmuring spells, his heart clear as crystal, unaffected by all disturbances. Each spell he chanted resonated with the Heavenly Dao Laws, invoking a resonance within the laws themselves.

The one hundred and eight Ancient Thunder Cannons were uncontrolled, firing randomly without any strategy. If someone had been directing them, even a high-ranking Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal might have been obliterated by their coordinated onslaught. You see, these Ancient Thunder Cannons were the most ferocious offensive weapon of the Ancient Thunder God, and having been lost for so many years, how could they be ordinary?

"Nine Heavenly Mysterious Temples, Purple Dawn Divine Thunder!" With a roar from Enlightenment Dao, the Nine Heavens Thunder Movement occurred as a violet lightning bolt descended from the skies.

This bolt of lightning held terrifying power, basking the entire Sea of Thunder in a violent purple glow.

Seeing the arrival of Purple Dawn Divine Thunder, Wukong hastily backed off. Being struck by such Nine Heavens Divine Thunder was no trivial matter. Moreover, at the moment, he was there as a Primordial Spirit, with his physical body still outside the Sea of Thunder! If his Primordial Spirit took a direct hit from the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, it would turn to ash in an instant, such a predicament.

Perhaps even a creator-level master wouldn’t dare to withstand Nine Heavens Divine Thunder with just their Primordial Spirit. Otherwise, why would the Divine Sky Taoist Magic be called the most domineering and powerful of all Taoist arts, unparalleled in offense and defense?

The Purple Dawn Divine Thunder clashed with the City of Thunder, both unleashing their might upon each other, with the outcome being fiercely contested and difficult to discern.

Now the Ancient Thunder Cannons had a target, all blasting at the Purple Dawn Divine Thunder that descended from the heavens, with cannon fire shaking the earth and nearly reverberating across the Four Great Continents.

"This noise from the Ancient Thunder Cannons is too loud!" Wukong thought to himself, as the sound from the cannons carried far and wide, rolling onward, spreading who knows how far.

However, for sound to travel takes time, and by the time others came rushing over, he might have already subdued the City of Thunder.

Wukong was indeed very fortunate to have been led deep into the Sea of Thunder by a kasaya while refining his Primordial Spirit, discovering the City of Thunder left by the Ancient Thunder God. If he could refine and subdue the City of Thunder, conceal it within his body, and catch his enemies off-guard by releasing it, trapping them inside to then unleash all one hundred and eight Ancient Thunder Cannons upon them, they would surely be reduced to dust.