"Success!" Long Chen stood up excitedly as he gazed towards the ashes of the tree.

"Such strong skill!!! Too bad that it consumed a lot of my Qi" Long Chen muttered as he smiled.

" Again! Thunder Blade!!!" Long Chen roared again as he pointed towards the sky and moved that same finger towards another tree nearby. Again a thunderbolt formed amongst the clouds and fell on the tree Long Chen pointed at.

Long Chen sat down on the ground as he smiled. He closed his eyes as he lay down and finally rested after working hard for three days.

Long Chen had already noticed that this whole mountain range was empty of people and beast, especially the peak of the mountain, so he didn't need to worry about any beast or humans. He rested without much worry. The only thing that still somewhat worried him was the natural lightning bolts that could fall on him, but that was what he wanted either way.

Long Chen rested for two hours as he lay on the ground. After resting, he sat up.

"Time for the main event" Long Chen muttered in a serious tone as he looked towards the sky.

" Thunder Blade! " Long Chen muttered softly as he pointed towards the sky, he finally moved his finger as he pointed towards himself.

A thick lightning bolt formed in the sky.

Long Chen utilized his Demon Monarch physique to the fullest as he tried to rely on just the defense of his body.

The lightning moved towards Long Chen and soon fell on him.

"Aaaaaaaarrrrhhhh!!!!" Long Chen roared loudly in pain as soon as the lightning struck him. It was much worse than he had expected. His body feels like it was going to burn as electricity pa.s.sed through his bones and veins. He couldn't move his body in the slightest.

Long Chen became unconscious as he fell on the ground.

Long Chen opened his eyes after 5 hours and all his eyes could see were the dark clouds in the sky. He couldn't help but remember the feeling of being struck by lightning.

"It was much worse than I had expected... without the effect of Demon Monarch Physique, I might even be dead. Thunder blade is really strong..." Love chen muttered with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Do you want to stop?" Xun appeared again as she asked.

" Stop? I'm just getting started" Long Chen let out with a thoughtful look on his face. Xun couldn't help but smile as she heard his words.

"Thunder Blade! " Long Chen let out loudly as he again used his martial skill on himself. Another lightning bolt fell on him as he again went unconscious.

Every time Long Chen woke up, He would use his martial skill on himself. Long Chen kept going through the same thing but he could feel that the pain he felt was decreasing with time.

After three more days, Long Chen was finally able to face the lightning without losing his consciousness which further boosted his morale.

Long Chen kept hitting himself with Thunderbolts again and again for two more days. By this time, he was able to walk even when being hit by lightning. From walking, he went on to run as he felt like his speed was over a hundred times faster than before. Although the lightning still hurt him, the pain was bearable now as Long Chen's resistance to lightning increased.

Long Chen kept cultivating the Earthly Monarch Effect which increased his speed and defense. Long Chen's efficiency and understanding of the Thunder blade also kept increasing the more he used the skill.

It had been over nine days since Long Chen had entered this mountain range and he felt like the difference between his abilities before and after this trip was miles apart.

"Tomorrow is my birthday and you are still not coming out? You're a bad guy you know that?" Long Chen muttered with a smile as he talked to the egg.

Long Chen put the egg back in his storage ring as he went to sleep.

Long Chen woke up early morning the next day as he began Cultivating. He had already reached the late 9th stage of Gold Core Realm in these nine days and he was now just a step away from the peak of 9th stage Gold Core Realm. Long Chen cultivated for over three hours before he stopped his Qi cultivation and began his Demon Monarch Physique cultivation. He cultivated like that for two hours before he stopped.

After his Cultivation, Long Chen stood up.

He again began using Thunder Blade on himself as he cultivated Earthly Monarch Effect.

Time pa.s.sed quickly as the evening arrived. Long Chen sat down and began eating the fruit he brought out from his storage ring.

Long Chen brought out his mysterious egg after he finished eating. 

'Soon it will be the next day, my birthday will be over. I still remember how good my 16th birthday was… Mom… Dad...I miss you'  Long Chen thought about the birthdays he celebrated with his family on Earth as he began feeding his Qi to the Mysterious Egg.

As Long Chen was lost in thoughts, a strong lightning bolt was being formed in the sky which began falling towards Long Chen.

The lightning fell on top of him and the egg abruptly. Long Chen had experienced the lightning at least a few hundred times in the last few days so he wasn't much affected but he couldn't help but be worried for the egg which was also struck by lightning along with him.

"Are you fine?" Long Chen let out as he looked at the egg for any signs of damage but he saw nothing.

Long Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief but his expressions soon turned grave as a cracking sound came.

Long Chen noticed that cracks were starting to develop on the surface of the egg which kept enlarging.

Soon the sh.e.l.l of the egg was turned to pieces as Long Chen finally saw what was inside...