At the very moment he communicated with the golden little figure through his mind, a vast stream of words and images was transmitted from the little figure, entering his sea of consciousness—it turned out to be a cultivation method for practicing qigong.

“Divine Elephant Suppresses Prison Force.”

“To guide the spirit with qi, to form the image with spirit; every movement, the power of a giant elephant; the human body, composed of 840 million micro-particles—if their potential is awakened, each tiny particle holds the strength of a giant elephant. If all are awakened, it rivals the divine elephant, overturning rivers and seas, roaring down the stars, plucking the moon and swallowing the sun, all in a single thought…”

As these words entered James Walker’s mind, he was so startled he nearly jumped up.

“What kind of cultivation method is this? How profound! It’s a thousand times more advanced than the qigong practiced by our Yang family!”

The Yang family’s qigong was already extremely advanced; James Walker’s father, David Walker, had reached the seventh or eighth level in his cultivation, and in Yandu City, aside from the city lord, he was considered a top expert.

“Divine elephant? Divine elephant? According to legend, beyond the Fertile Continent to the west lies a distant land, where the climate is hot and elephants are revered as deities. In the west, there is also an endless hell, so people use divine elephants to guard the underworld. This Divine Elephant Suppresses Prison Force must be a supreme technique from the west.” James Walker pondered in his mind.

In fact, he was not a spoiled young master, but a talented youth, well-read, and his cultivation was not lacking—he was just one step away from reaching the fifth level, “Explosive Qi,” able to strike with the Hundred Steps Divine Fist and injure people from a distance. Unfortunately, he was troubled by love, made a single wrong decision, fell for Edward Clark’s trick, and ended up in his current predicament.

His knowledge was by no means shallow.

This technique obtained from the golden little figure amidst the lightning was completely different from ordinary qigong. Normal qigong gathers and circulates qi through the meridians, but this “Divine Elephant Suppresses Prison Force” regards the entire body as 840 million micro-particles—each one awakened is a giant elephant, and together their strength is limitless! With a single roar, even the stars would fall.

“Divine elephant suppresses the prison, a divine elephant alone guards the endless underworld—what unimaginable power!” James Walker was filled with excitement: “I’ve turned misfortune into blessing and obtained this divine art. Once I master it, I’ll far surpass my previous level, rise from the ashes, and become invincible in the world!”

Immediately, he began to cultivate according to the method.

Countless streams of vital energy coursed through his body.

Buzz!

As James Walker cultivated according to the method, the thunderous giant elephant in his dantian also became excited. Waves of vital energy on its body melted away, shrinking in size, and all this power flowed into James Walker’s flesh, transforming it.

With his eyes closed, James Walker could feel his body creaking and groaning; all his damaged meridians began to heal, his dantian and sea of qi recondensed, even stronger and with greater capacity than before.

Ordinarily, a top-tier technique like “Divine Elephant Suppresses Prison Force” would be extremely difficult to cultivate—even the most gifted genius, without enlightenment, would make no progress in a lifetime. But because he had been struck by lightning, a thunderous divine elephant had formed within James Walker’s body. Each time he circulated his qi, the divine elephant would melt a portion of itself into his body, causing his progress to skyrocket—one day of cultivation was worth more than ten years of hard work for others.

Gradually, the flesh and blood in his body became more refined, waves of surging power washed over him, and James Walker’s mind was crystal clear: “According to legend, supreme experts, when cultivating, can trigger celestial phenomena and summon thunder to strike them. Could it be that a peerless master was struck by lightning, transformed into this golden little figure, and now resides in my brow? And this thunder elephant is a portion of his qigong power?”

With his qigong suddenly restored and advancing by leaps and bounds, James Walker’s mind became more agile, pondering why such changes had occurred to him.

He kept trying to communicate with the golden little figure residing in his brow, but it remained motionless.

This golden little figure existed somewhere between matter and vital energy, like a deity, completely beyond James Walker’s control. After imparting the “Divine Elephant Suppresses Prison Force,” it fell silent, as if resting.

James Walker tried to communicate several times, but there was no response, so he gradually got used to it and devoted himself wholeheartedly to using the newly learned qigong to temper his body and refine the massive thunder elephant within him.

The power contained in that thunder elephant was unimaginably terrifying. If he could fully refine it into his body, James Walker had no idea what level his qigong cultivation would reach.

“Young master, you’re awake?”

Just as James Walker sat up, legs crossed, cultivating, the little maid outside was startled awake and looked at him in surprise. In her mind, when James Walker was carried in yesterday, he was half-dead, barely clinging to life, but now he seemed full of vigor, his spirit restored, even though his whole body was still wrapped in bandages and white cloth.

“Xiao Yan, what’s wrong? Your young master isn’t dead yet.” James Walker said calmly.