Their formidable divine senses communicated with each other, and even the roaring, venting downpour could not obstruct their clear transmissions.
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Lightning serpents slithered across, illuminating the canopy of the sky.
In a flash, one could vaguely make out one Divine Symbol Cultivator after another, clad in black nocturnal garbs and wearing various masks, harnessing the currents of air, and soaring in the night sky.
Only a Divine Symbol Cultivator could achieve flight, a hallmark exclusive to the Divine Phase Realm.
Illusory Phase Cultivators could only levitate briefly, completely unlike Divine Symbol Cultivators who could treat the sky as the ground they walked on for extended periods of time.
From a distance, they fixated on Zheng Lei Peak, staring at the Divine Temple atop the summit as if drawing upon the thunder from the heavens and earth!
An overwhelming and terrifying presence!
Thunder Exorcism!
Thunder was the epitome of righteousnessâany sinister spirits that came close would vanish into smoke.
And the thunder of the heavens and earth was even more magnificent and boundless!
To observe divine likeness, the first thing one must achieve is to match the temperament of the Divine Symbol.
Although Thunder Exorcism is part of the Thought Divinity among the Seven Emotions, it represents the temperament of the Divine Symbol.
If one's temperament does not match, the chances of failing to mold the divine likeness are incredibly high.NoÌv(el)B\\jnn
To match the temperament of the Divine Symbol, Li Qingshan had always taken the path of detesting evil as if it were a personal enemy, resolute and upright.
With his Ram Horn Sky-breaking Hammer in hand, how many evildoers engaged in wrongdoing had he hammered to death, how many evils had he eradicated?
This was Li Qingshan's path of cultivation.
The temperament of the Divine Symbol he sought to match!
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The many masked experts did not immediately make their move. Their powerful divine senses swept forth, their forms hovering, drawing closer to the peak of the mountain.
If Li Qingshan chose to mold the Seven Elements Divine Visage, they would act right at the start of his molding process.
Because Li Qingshan would undoubtedly succeed in molding the Seven Elements Divine Visage, so they would need to interfere.
But if Li Qingshan chose to mold the Six Ministries Godly Aspect, things would be different.
One should not be fooled by a mere rank's differenceâthe disparity was extremely frightening.
The interwoven lightning molded into the shape of a deity!
Rumble!
The deity of flashing thunder descended from the sky, bursting with a supremely brilliant radiance, catching the eyes of countless onlookers.
It was like a deity slowly tearing through the barriers of the firmament, walking out from the celestial palaces on high.
A face larger than a house, with lightning darting about and whiskers and hair moving, slowly peeked out from behind the clouds.
With the howling of gales and the pelting of raindrops, the presence was massively imposing.
Li Qingshan continued to form the Treasure Pagoda seal as he sat, his azure clothes flapping swiftly backward, clinging tightly to his body.
His hair whipped and danced wildly, and the Ram Horn Sky Shatterer, that had fought beside him in countless battles, soaked in endless blood, was placed to one side.
It too ceaselessly attracted the thunder, being tempered and baptized by it.
The transition from Divine Foundation to Divine Symbol was a leap in major realms, with a very clear elevation.
It was a transformation as if truly invoking a deity within oneself.
Turning the deity's divinity into something one completely possessed oneself.
The realm of the Divine Symbol was somewhat akin to carving.
The Divine Foundation, like the wood material for the Wood Carver, the evolved divine sense served as the engraving knife, slowly carving out the envisioned shape of the deity's figure.
By using the property of like attracting like, one draws in and absorbs the divinity unique to the deity.
The Illusory Phase is but a rough carving, only temporarily taking on the shape of the deity - not clear, not truly carved to form.
Only a true Divine Symbol is a completed carving.
The subsequent cultivation in the Divine Phase Realm involves the slow, meticulous polishing of the completed Divine Foundation carving.
In this polishing, one is also nurturing nature.
In fact, the cultivation of divinity from the very beginning to the end cannot be separated from the two words "nurturing nature."
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As Li Qingshan pulled it down, as if the true body of the thunder deity descended, the entirety of Zheng Lei Peak instantly erupted in myriad arcs of thunder.
Li Qingshan suddenly opened his eyes and abruptly stood up from the ground.
Under the terrifying divine pressure of the deity's rank, his spine was pressed down by the oppressive force, unable to straighten.