Fang Xiaoyu shook her head,
"I'm afraid we don't have time for that. We still have too much to do and no time to rest.
Even after becoming immortals, we must go to the Immortal Realm to find a way to revive Qi Manyao, to find the ancestor of the First Thunder Emperor, and to find the Six Immortals."
"Alas, when will we ever get a moment of peace?"
Wan Lei sighed.
Seeing this, Fang Xiaoyu smiled gently, embraced Wan Lei, and said,
"We don't necessarily have to return to this forsaken Lei Xinghai. Nostalgia isn't everything in life, and memories can't be eaten. Besides, I'm still by your side, so why dwell on the past?
I will always be with you. When we left Lei Xinghai, I said that it's okay if home is gone; wherever you are, that's home."
Even after five or six years, when Wan Lei heard these words again, he couldn't help but feel his heart stirred. He pulled his Empress close and kissed her fiery red lips deeply.
The little yellow dog watched from the side, rolled its eyes, and spat.
"Alright, stop being so mushy. You two are married, don't you get tired of each other? Let's go get the Thunder Emperor Hammer.
The whole world is busy, and you two lovebirds are out here having a rendezvous in the wild..."
The two and the dog turned into a stream of light and flew towards the central area.
On the way, Fang Xiaoyu asked Wan Lei,
"Becoming an immortal requires a lot of energy. There's so much lightning in Lei Xinghai, it should be enough for you to ascend, right?"
Wan Lei shook his head without hesitation,
"No, the lightning in Lei Xinghai is mixed and chaotic, not pure enough, and too scattered. If I absorb it all to become an immortal, it might take over a thousand years. By then, the Lei Feng Realm might be gone.
Moreover, there are many thunder beasts inside, and these are lives. If I absorb all the lightning, how will they survive? We must have compassion, we must protect the living beings of this world..."
Hearing Wan Lei's words, Fang Xiaoyu curled her lips,
"Tsk, acting all kind now, as if you didn't kill many thunder beasts back then. Now that you're strong, you're pretending to be benevolent. What hypocrisy, utterly shameless."
"Uh... back then, it was self-defense, we had no choice."
Wan Lei chuckled awkwardly,
"The energy from the Creation God Disk is enough for me. That chaotic energy is purer and much more powerful than the lightning in Lei Xinghai, enough for me to become an immortal. Besides, I still have a cosmic seed inside me, so don't worry about energy."
As they chatted and flew, they encountered many thunder beasts at the Mahayana stage, but they dared not approach due to the pressure emanating from the couple and fled in panic.
Soon, they arrived at the very center of Lei Xinghai.
Here, they encountered two thunder beasts at the Tribulation Crossing stage.
One was snake-shaped and extremely fast, while the other was shell-shaped and had extremely high defense.
Who knew how a shell managed to cultivate to the Tribulation Crossing stage in Lei Xinghai.
Unlike other thunder beasts, these two had sentience.
Just like the four Mahayana stage thunder beasts they had encountered before, they not only possessed intelligence but could also reproduce.
These two thunder beasts stared at Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu menacingly, with a formation in between them.
"I don't know if it was Squirrel's command for these thunder beasts to guard this place, or if they were attracted by the Thunder Emperor Hammer, but it's clear that if you want to take the Thunder Emperor Hammer, you have to get past them first."
Facing the two menacing thunder beasts at the Tribulation Crossing stage, Wan Lei was troubled.
What troubled him was that these were two precious treasures that couldn't just be killed. Should he use the Fate Control Diagram to capture and enslave them, or the Myriad Beast Array?
"If we use the Fate Control Diagram, we can take them wherever we go, and they'll never betray us. The space inside can also allow them to cultivate.
However, I want to leave them to guard the Thunder Emperor Hall, but if something happens to us in the Immortal Realm, they will die too.
If we use the Myriad Beast Array, we can directly set it up in the Thunder Emperor Hall. That way, if anyone invades the Thunder Emperor Hall, they'll have to consider these two Tribulation Crossing stage thunder beasts and those Nascent Soul stage thunder beasts..."
"Use the Myriad Beast Array."
Fang Xiaoyu immediately gave her answer.
"Why?"
"Because you didn't bring the Fate Control Diagram."
...
My wife makes so much sense.
Wan Lei then remembered that he had left the Fate Control Diagram at the Thunder Emperor Hall.
"Besides, who are you planning to guard against by leaving the two Tribulation Crossing stage thunder beasts in the Thunder Emperor Hall?"
A playful smile appeared on Fang Xiaoyu's lips,
"If we ascend to the Immortal Realm, we'll definitely bring Yuan Jun and the other two. Then, the Thunder Emperor Hall will have no Tribulation Crossing stage powerhouses.
The only ones who can threaten the Thunder Emperor Hall are the Kui Lian Sect, the Yin Yang Sect, and the Fang family. Are you trying to guard against our Fang family?
Hmm?"
Wan Lei rubbed her little head and said,
"The younger generation of the Fang family won't have any malicious intentions towards the Thunder Emperor Hall, but human hearts are unpredictable. Who can guarantee the future?
I don't want the tragedy of the Thunder Emperor Hall from fifty thousand years ago to happen again. Things that the old ancestor of Thunder Emperor didn't think of, I have to do them in advance."
"Alright, it's better to be safe than sorry. We'll do as you say."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded.
"No, that's not right. What do you mean 'our Fang family'? A married daughter is like spilled water. You are now my Empress, Wan Lei's wife. You should think about our family..."
"Did I marry you? You keep calling me Empress, Empress. When did I marry you? Did I agree to it?!"
"Hey, hey, hey, let go, let go."
...
The two powerful Tribulation Crossing stage thunder beasts looked confusedly at the two people bickering in front of them, feeling ignored for a moment.
However, they were no longer confused. After being thoroughly beaten without any resistance, both of them, along with their kin, were obediently ushered into the Myriad Beast Array.
"Alright, the first obstacle has been cleared."
The dog pointed at the formation and said,
"This is the second test. Squirrel left this formation to assess the successor's array skills. Only by breaking this formation can you obtain the Thunder Emperor Hammer... Hammer..."
Before the dog could finish speaking, Wan Lei vanished with a whoosh. Then, he reappeared with a whoosh, holding a giant hammer.
"With Wind Blade Evasion, who would be foolish enough to break the formation?"
The two difficult trials were equivalent to air for the current Wan Lei.
It was likely that Squirrel never expected Wan Lei to drag it out until he reached the peak of Tribulation Crossing stage and was about to ascend before coming to retrieve the Thunder Emperor Hammer.
"This hammer's internal structure is so complex. There are runes and machinery?"
After Wan Lei recognized the Thunder Emperor Hammer as his own, he couldn't help but examine it closely.
The dog, after recovering its composure, took a deep breath and said,
"This is the Thunder Emperor Hammer with nanotechnology. Now, command it to transform into an axe."