Chapter 490

Chapter 490: Crossing the Space Barrier

Ye Yun stepped forward, transforming into a bolt of lightning that vanished into thin air.

When he reappeared, he stood directly before Tongtong. He’d shattered the space barrier, crossing into her isolated pocket of space.

Jun Ruolan froze in shock. By the time she reacted, Ye Yun had already breached the spatial barrier and escaped her grasp.

Her face twisted. She knew Ye Yun well enough—no honorable man would’ve survived three years as an errand boy in the Heavenly Sword Sect. Only the ruthless and cunning thrived there. If that brat Tongtong handed him the seed of the mysteries of thunder, he’d devour it without hesitation.

Worse, Ye Yun had already mastered Thunder Spirit Qi and brushed against the Lightning Element Law. With Tongtong’s help, he might truly refine the seed swiftly, leaving Jun Ruolan and the others with nothing.

“Ye Yun!” she barked. “Remember our pact!”

He shot her a mocking grin. “I haven’t forgotten. But this seed might be flawed. Let me inspect it first—for your sake, of course.”

Jun Ruolan’s nails dug into her palms. The bastard was toying with her. That seed would never leave his hands now.

“Don’t be a fool,” she hissed. “You’ve got Tian Yunzi of Divine Grace Palace backing you. Why throw away your future over this?”

Ye Yun chuckled. “Scare tactics, Jun Ruolan? My Master stands one step from the realm of saints. Who in the Great Qin Empire would dare touch me?”

“You think the Great Qin Empire matters to powers beyond?” Her voice turned icy. “You’ll bring ruin to Divine Grace Palace!”

He waved dismissively. “You mean the Moon Goddess Palace? One of the Eight Major Sects, crawling with Nascent Soul experts and saints. What’s that to me? You think they’d send saints over a single seed?”

Jun Ruolan stiffened. He wasn’t wrong—Thunder Falls Valley’s trials were open to all beneath Nascent Soul stage. For Moon Goddess Palace to interfere would tarnish their precious reputation.

“Name your price,” she ground out. “Two million top-grade spirit stones?”

“Let’s see if this trinket’s worth keeping first.”

Tongtong bounced forward, shoving the purple-hued seed into Ye Yun’s hand. “Here! It’s got super pure Thunder Spirit Qi and Lightning Law bits! You’ll get it for sure! Don’t let that mean lady steal it!”

Jun Ruolan’s face purpled. Were they in the same space, she’d have throttled the brat.

Energy exploded in Ye Yun’s palm before he could blink. Thunder Spirit Qi flooded his meridians—strangely painless, yet overwhelming.

“Don’t resist!” Tongtong chirped by his ear as he sat cross-legged. “It’s good stuff! But only works if you’ve touched the Lightning Law, which you totally have!”

Ye Yun relaxed his defenses. Lightning crackled across his skin as the Qi condensed in his dantian, thickening toward liquefaction.

Unlike ordinary cultivators refining golden dans through true fire, this was pure Thunder Spirit Qi coalescing into a Thunder Spirit False Pill. Success would elevate his lightning mastery beyond imagination.

“Condense!” he growled, sweat beading his brow as he wrestled the raging energies.