Fengshen: I, Nezha, don’t need a system

The body of the goddess Nuwa was now firmly pinned to mid-air by nine lightning chains as thick as bowls.

The purple-gold lightning arcs dancing on the chain were accompanied by excruciating pain that tore at the soul with each flash.

The chains were no ordinary objects, but were transformed from the most primordial Heavenly Dao Thunder Spirit Treasure.

The barbed tip was deeply embedded in her limbs and bones, gradually drawing out the surging power of the Heavenly Dao within her body along the patterns of the chains.

Her power, however, surged uncontrollably towards the figure on the other end of the chains, like a flood bursting its banks.

What chilled her to the bone even more was the thunderous spear piercing her heart through her chest.

The spearhead, adorned with spiraling lightning patterns, resembled a sophisticated water pump, gradually stripping away the Heavenly Dao power—which she had painstakingly tamed over countless eras and which was not yet fully integrated—from her shattered divine core.

And besides the power of the primordial Heavenly Dao...

The newly formed Heavenly Dao power, which was imprisoned within her body, could only be refined in part...

It was also slowly peeled away along with it.

That power was warm and boundless, carrying the raw energy of the newborn world. It was transformed into strands of golden light that meandered along the spear shaft toward Li Ziting's palm.

With each drop of water, Nuwa's divine body dimmed, and even her long, flowing black hair began to turn a withered, grayish-white.

But it recovered quickly.

The power of creation is repairing her body.

"My Heavenly Dao power... how could this be..."

Nuwa struggled to open her chapped lips, her divine sense frantically probing into her body.

But they could only watch helplessly as those two forces were drawn away like magnets.

She could clearly sense that when the newly born Heavenly Dao power left her divine core, it did not resist at all, but instead carried a kind of "returning home" joy.

They quickly followed the trajectory of the Thunder Spear and joyfully surged towards Li Ziting.

This strange connection sent a chill down her spine that she had never felt before.

—Apart from the Primordial Heavenly Dao itself, she couldn't think of any other being that could make the power of the Primordial Heavenly Dao feel such an instinctive affinity.

Li Ziting stood about ten feet in front of her, his black robes fluttering in the thunderous air currents.

The purple-gold lightning arcs surrounding him echoed the power flowing out of Nuwa's body, forming a visible energy vortex.

He looked down at Nuwa's pale face, a faint smile curving his lips, his voice calm and undisturbed: "It was originally mine."

Before he finished speaking, his right hand, which was not holding a spear, suddenly rose up, his five fingers forming a claw, and lightning blazing in his palm.

In an instant, the lightning power of the entire void seemed to be instantly drained away...

In an instant, all of it gathered in his palm, transforming into a lightning blade formed from pure lightning elements.

—The blade is as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it exudes a terrifying pressure capable of cleaving through chaos...

The flickering lightning at the edges scorched and distorted the surrounding space.

"Pfft-"

The lightning blade pierced Nuwa's chest without any resistance, penetrating three inches deeper than the lightning spear.

This time, Li Ziting didn't stop. With a flick of his finger, the lightning blade instantly transformed into several slender, silk-like lightning needles, which traveled wildly along Nuwa's meridians.

It was like the sharpest scalpel, precisely hooking the newly formed Heavenly Dao power that was about to completely detach from the divine core.

"Om-"

The moment the lightning rod triggered that power, the entire world seemed to be switched on with a tremor.

At the once tranquil edge of chaos, countless dazzling chains of laws, like a reversed galaxy, rushed toward this place, trailing long tails of light.

Deep within the void, the hidden rules of heaven and earth began to emerge, transforming into runes visible to the naked eye, constantly revolving around Nuwa's body.

Even in the newly formed world far outside the inner space, every region could clearly feel this tremor originating from the source of the Heavenly Dao. Weak creatures knelt on the ground, unaware of the dramatic changes that had occurred.

Nuwa's divine body trembled violently, and golden divine blood gushed out from the wounds pierced by the lightning needles, dripping into the void with a sizzling burning sound.

She could clearly feel that the core power belonging to the newly born Heavenly Dao was being gradually stripped from the depths of her soul by the lightning needle.

—That was not just power, but also the only connection between her and the newly born Heavenly Dao, her last hope in trying to transcend the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

"No...that's mine!"

Nuwa let out a shrill roar.

The divine sense transformed into a final blade, attempting to stop the lightning rod's movement, but it was instantly shattered by the lightning power erupting from Li Ziting's body.

She watched helplessly as the newly born power of Heavenly Dao was drawn in by the lightning needles...

It slowly rose from his chest, transforming into a golden ball of light the size of a fist.

—Within the ball of light, countless patterns of laws moved as if they were alive.

Each of those lines represented a rule of heaven and earth, and the pressure emanating from them caused the entire void to continuously collapse and repair itself.

Li Ziting slowly raised his hand, and the lightning power around him suddenly surged, causing his body to expand at a visible speed.

His skin transformed into purple-gold lightning patterns, and his limbs into thick pillars of lightning.

The head transformed into a floating ball of lightning, instantly becoming a thunder giant tens of thousands of feet tall.

The giant was surrounded by thousands of lightning laws, and with each breath it stirred up the lightning power of heaven and earth. The pressure it emitted even faintly surpassed the primordial heavenly Dao itself.

"The power of the newly born Heavenly Dao is ultimately mine."

The Thunder Giant's voice was like rolling thunder, shaking the chaotic air currents and causing them to dissipate.

He opened his enormous mouth, and a terrifying suction force erupted from it, instantly drawing the golden ball of light that was suspended in the void into his mouth.

The moment the ball of light entered the Thunder Giant's body, countless chains of laws instantly wrapped around the giant's body, merging with the thunderous power within him.

The runes of the laws of heaven and earth deep within the void, as if finding a home, surged wildly into his body.

Even the nine lightning chains that had bound Nuwa began to crumble inch by inch, transforming into pure lightning power that merged into the giant's body.

Li Ziting, transformed into a thunder giant, slowly closed his eyes, and the thunderous power around him began to recede.

Golden patterns of laws shimmered on his body, radiating a heavenly pressure that was both ancient and new.

Nuwa, stripped of her divine power, instantly lost her luster and, like a broken puppet, slowly fell into the depths of chaos.

At this moment, all that remained in his eyes was resentment.

—In the end, she still couldn't understand why this newly born power of the Heavenly Dao, which should have belonged to her, had such an instinctive affinity for Li Ziting.

Above the void, the light around the Thunder Giant gradually faded, eventually transforming back into the appearance of Li Ziting.

He glanced down at the golden patterns remaining on his palm, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.

At this moment, he not only merged with the power of the Heavenly Dao that originally belonged to him, but also completely took control of the core of the newly born Heavenly Dao.

The two forces merged perfectly within him, forming a new power that surpassed the primordial Heavenly Dao.

The next step is simply to fully control the newly formed Heavenly Dao and merge it into one.

Then he can become... again.

The ruler of this new world!