Douluo Continent: Five Thunders Shake the Drums, I am the Thunder Emperor!

Chapter 104 Discussing the lingering regrets of the Thunder God, who once possessed the Golden Thunder Drum.

Sikong Zhen took the crystal.

Instantly, he felt a gentle surge of lightning power flow into his body, and the injuries from the previous battle began to heal rapidly.

Even more amazingly, the surrounding lightning elements became exceptionally compatible with him!

"Thor."

Sikong Zhen's eyes flickered slightly. He cupped his hands in greeting to the 100,000-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine, and then walked into the depths of the forest.

……

As he walked towards the Temple of Thunder God, Sikong Zhen's doubts deepened.

Why did Thor choose him?
What secrets are hidden behind the Five Thunderclaps?
Sikong Zhen had a vague feeling that the Five Thunder Drum Martial Soul and the Five Thunder Drum were not as simple as he had seen so far!
……

Deep in the forest.

As the altitude increases, the surrounding scenery begins to change.

Ordinary plants gradually disappeared, replaced by various strange lightning crystals and minerals that shimmered with electricity.

Lightning flashed across the sky from time to time.

There was not a sound of thunder, as if a silent thunder dance was being performed.

"arrive."

Turning a ridge, the sight before him made Sikong Zhen gasp for breath—

A grand, ancient palace, entirely constructed of lightning crystals, stands atop the mountain, with a huge emblem hanging above its entrance.

The emblem features five intertwined thunder patterns at its center.

but,
Those five lightning patterns were exactly the same as the patterns on the Five Thunder Drum!
Sikong Zhen's pupils contracted, and he thought of many things in an instant, his mind racing.

After calming down, his gaze fell on the main hall again.

The entire hall was surrounded by nine pillars of lightning, which moved like living things, forming a mysterious and unpredictable array.

Temple of Thor

Sikong Zhen muttered to himself as the red and blue thunder drums in his hands flew out and hovered on either side of him, with the thunder patterns on the drum surfaces lighting up one after another.

It's like resonating with a temple.
at this time,

The palace doors slowly opened. A majestic voice echoed from within:
"Come in. It's time for you to know the truth about the Five Thunder Drums."

Sikong Zhen took a deep breath and stepped towards the door leading to the unknown.

……

"Tap Tap"

Sikong Zhen paused slightly in front of the Thunder God Temple.

The main hall was deep and dark, with only a few flashes of lightning occasionally illuminating the ancient and mysterious patterns.

He took a deep breath, the red and blue drums swirling around him, and stepped inside.

"This is."

The scene before my eyes far exceeded my expectations.

The Thunder God Temple, which appears to be no more than a hundred feet in diameter from the outside, seems to have an endless interior.

The dome hangs high like a celestial curtain, inlaid with countless lightning crystals. The ground is paved with a bluish-purple crystal, and each step on it creates ripples of lightning.

The most eye-catching part is the center of the main hall—

A towering statue of Thor, ten feet tall, stands majestically.

The statue is made entirely of a metal containing terrifying lightning power, and it is incredibly lifelike.

Thor has a majestic face and eyes like lightning. He holds a thunder hammer high in his right hand and a small thunder drum in his left.

The style of those five drums is exactly the same as Sikong Zhen's Red Thunder Drum and Green Thunder Drum!
"You came."

Suddenly, the statue's eyes flashed with blinding lightning.

A phantom figure separated from the statue and gradually solidified.

He was a middle-aged man clad in lightning-patterned armor, his brows exuding a suffocating majesty, and surrounded by lightning.

Sikong Zhen's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively wanted to take a half step back, but he stopped himself.

Although it was just an incarnation of a remnant divine thought, the aura emanating from the other party still made his soul tremble.

Is this the oppressive power of the gods?
"Do not be nervous."

The avatar of Thor smiled slightly, and the surrounding pressure instantly dissipated. "I am Thor, a first-level deity who wields the laws of thunder." "And you... are the true chosen master of the Five Thunder Drums."

"Truly selected?"

Sikong Zhen keenly grasped the implied meaning of those four words, "Could it be that you..."

The Thor incarnation raised his hand and waved it lightly, and countless lightning patterns suddenly lit up on the walls around the hall, forming flowing murals.

"See? This is the truth of what happened back then."

In the mural,
The young Thor was just an ordinary boy in the mortal realm when he accidentally discovered the 'Golden Thunder Drum', one of the Five Thunder Drums, in an ancient ruin.

The Golden Thunder Drum is also known as the Golden White Thunder Drum!

With this thunder drum, he rose rapidly and eventually became the God of Thunder.

But then the scene shifts, and the Thunder God, now a deity, finds the other four Thunder Drums and attempts to gain complete control over them.

The other four drums suddenly burst into the air and disappeared without a trace.

All that remained was the golden thunder drum in his hand.

Clearly, of the five thunder drums, only the Golden Thunder Drum chose the Thunder God.

"do you understand?"

The Thor incarnation sighed, "The Five Thunder Drums never truly belonged to me."

"The other four thunder drums chose me simply to find a vessel that could carry them to the realm of the gods, nothing more!"

"But you are different."

Thor's gaze fell on Sikong Zhen, his expression complex.

"You are the object of their active integration, the true host, the chosen master."

"What's even more astonishing is that your martial spirit is the Five Thunder Drum!"

A storm raged in Sikong Zhen's heart.

Could it be that the Five Thunder Drums arrived in this world more than a million years before him?
"Senior, where exactly does this Five Thunder Drum come from?" Sikong Zhen asked tentatively.

Thor's avatar shook his head: "Not of this world."

“I have searched through countless ancient texts and found only a few words in the oldest records—the artifacts from beyond the heavens choose their masters.”

"They seem to have their own will."

Speaking of which,

Thor's avatar suddenly became serious: "Sikong Zhen, before I tell you more, you need to understand the situation in the God Realm."

He raised his hand and pointed, and nine bolts of lightning intertwined in the air, forming a three-dimensional pyramid structure.

"The power hierarchy in the divine realm, from bottom to top, is as follows: priests, third-level gods, second-level gods, first-level gods, god kings, and the creator gods who only exist in legends."

As the top of the pyramid lit up, the Thor avatar's tone became solemn.

"God-kings, such as gods of goodness, gods of evil, and gods of destruction, rule over the divine realm."

Sikong Zhen stared at the pyramid of power, deeply shocked.

He had always thought that gods were high and mighty beings, but he never expected that there was such a strict hierarchy among them.

"Before I died"

The Thor avatar continued, "With the help of the Golden Thunder Drum, I became one of the top beings among the first-level gods, touching the threshold of a half-step god-king."

"but……"

Thor's figure suddenly became somewhat ethereal: "In that war of the gods back then, I fought a bloody battle with the Dragon King and ultimately perished."

"Fortunately, at the last moment, the Golden Thunder Drum carried my lingering resentment to the lower realm and built this Thunder God Temple here."

"Furthermore, the Azure Thunder Drum was found."

Sikong Zhen's heart stirred: "Senior, do you intend to pass on the position of Thunder God to me?"

"Do not."

Unexpectedly, the Thor avatar shook his head, "If you were just an ordinary genius, I would directly pass on my divine position to you."

"But you are the true master recognized by the Five Thunder Drums, and your potential far surpasses mine back then. Your future achievements should not stop at being a first-level god!"

"I hope you can create your own divine position!"

(End of this chapter)