Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1484 is probably not even the tip of the iceberg.

Gazing at the lingering warmth of the lightning arc on his fingertips, Su Fan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Real combat is indeed the fastest crucible for tempering cultivators.

My previous vague understanding of the origins of evil spirits has now been transformed into practical experience in precise control.

Even the ancient forbidden thunder technique, "Tai Xiao Hua Dao Chaos Divine Thunder," has transformed from its initial awkwardness and stagnation into a skillful divine power that can be controlled at will with a mere wave of the hand.

He could even clearly foresee that if he were to be besieged by a ninth-tier beast king again, he would be able to crush them with ease, thanks to the skills he had honed in actual combat.

The setting sun was slowly sinking behind the western mountains, and the orange-red afterglow cast a long shadow of Su Fan across the wasteland.

He turned around, his gaze fixed on the dark forest where strange beasts might roam. The caution and wariness he had shown when he first entered enemy territory had faded from his eyes, replaced by a steadfast confidence honed through real combat.

It was these experiences, learned from blood and fire, that gave him the confidence to face the perilous battlefield with composure.

Before the last rays of sunlight had completely faded, pale purple arcs of lightning flickered again at Su Fan's fingertips.

Just as he had figured out the trick to fusing evil spirit energy with chaotic divine lightning, an even bolder idea suddenly ignited in his mind like a spark.

He raised his hand and stared at the quietly dormant thunder mark in his palm.

This is precisely the external manifestation of the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" within the body.

Since the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" can store the power of thunder, can it also bear magical imprints?

Su Fan's heart stirred. If he could inscribe the condensation trajectory of the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" into it, wouldn't he be able to achieve instant casting of spells?

The moment the thought popped into his head, it ignited Su Fan's interest like wildfire.

He immediately sat down cross-legged and gently touched the cool lightning mark on his palm with his fingertips.

When my fingertips touched those uneven, ancient patterns, a passage from an ancient book about the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" suddenly came to mind.

This seal was created by ancient thunder cultivators. Its core contains innate thunder spirit patterns, which can be used as a guide to inscribe mastered thunder-based spells into the seal.

When cultivators engage in combat, they only need to inject their magical power, thus saving them the tedious process of condensing spells.

He had never dared to imagine before that he would inscribe such a complex and powerful divine power as "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" into the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal".

It should be noted that he had to go through three steps to condense this forbidden technique: "drawing the thunder of heaven and earth into his body", "compressing the thunder core with his divine sense", and "integrating all his magical power to shape it".

Every step requires complete concentration; the slightest mistake will cause the power of thunder to become disordered, resulting in either a backlash of spiritual energy or serious damage to the meridians.

If handled carelessly, it could even trigger a cataclysmic thunderous disturbance.

At that time, the entire portable secret realm will probably be reduced to nothing.

Su Fan took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly becoming sharp.

His eyes narrowed, and the pale purple lightning, swirling with gray-black evil energy, rose again from his palm.

Now, the complete trajectory of these three steps must be engraved into the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" without the slightest error, allowing no room for negligence.

He first used his fingertips to draw upon his magic power, carefully outlining the golden patterns on the surface of the lightning seal, feeling the slowly flowing aura of lightning within it.

Those fine lines resemble sleeping lightning channels, which can only be fully awakened by the power of chaotic divine lightning.

Su Fan slowly brought the Chaos Divine Lightning in his palm closer to the Lightning Mark, but the moment the pale purple lightning arc touched the Lightning Mark, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his palm.

The golden patterns on the surface of the Thunder Mark began to flicker violently, as if resisting this strange and violent power.

"I knew it wouldn't be that easy," Su Fan thought to himself with a wry smile.

But he did not back down at all. He gritted his teeth and calmed his mind. Suddenly, he remembered the scene when he was getting used to the Chaos Divine Lightning.

He was burned by lightning arcs due to the clash of forces, and it was only by "guiding rather than suppressing" that the two forces were able to reach a balance.

At this moment, Su Fan followed the same pattern, no longer forcibly stuffing the Chaos Divine Lightning into the Lightning Seal.

Instead, it slowed down, allowing the dark gray evil energy to slowly seep through the patterns of the lightning seal, like gently turning a key to open a lock, patiently prying open the barrier of resistance.

The evil energy slowly traveled along the golden patterns, and wherever it passed, the originally violently flashing lightning marks gradually subsided.

Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Su Fan began to meticulously etch the condensation trajectory of the Chaos Divine Lightning into the patterns.

First, he used his magic to simulate the pulsating frequency of the lightning gathering in the clouds, following the path of the heavens and earth.

Next, at the crucial point of mana compression, the spiritual rune strength of the lightning seal core was specially increased to ensure that the compression speed could keep up with the instant casting requirements.

Finally, there's the fusion ratio of evil spirit energy and lightning. He meticulously marked the optimal ratio, which he had discovered through actual combat, at the inflection points of each line with spiritual energy scales as fine as a hair.

The process was far more complicated than imagined, and the Thunder Mark trembled violently several times because it could not withstand the pressure of the Chaos Divine Thunder.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Su Fan's forehead, and his left arm was tingling from the excessive consumption of spiritual energy.

Even after figuring out some tricks, they still couldn't escape the fate of failing at the last minute time and time again.

On one occasion, the evil spirit energy even clashed with the lightning power of the Thunder Seal itself, and pale purple lightning arcs rebounded along the patterns.

Fortunately, Su Fan reacted quickly, immediately using the evil spiritual energy in his palm to envelop and suppress it, thus preventing the power of thunder from completely spiraling out of control.

He knew in his heart that the thunderous power within the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" was no joke.

The power of thunder and lightning is inherently violent and turbulent. Once it gets out of control, not only will his own safety be at risk, but even the secret realm he carries with him may be completely destroyed by the violent lightning.

After trying this tirelessly for more than ten days, we finally reached the last step.

After the trajectory of the first two steps of the Chaos Divine Lightning was successfully engraved into the lightning seal, Su Fan's gaze was fixed on the most crucial "fusion node".

This is the core of the Chaos Divine Thunder, and also the part most prone to errors.

He recalled his previous attempt in front of the boulder, where the evil spirits had to be integrated at the moment when the lightning was compressed to its limit in order to achieve a balance between the inside and outside.

At this moment, Su Fan held his breath and injected a wisp of the Chaotic Divine Thunder core power, refined to its extreme, into the intersection of the spiritual patterns in the core of the Thunder Seal with the precision of embroidery.

"Om..."

As a deep and resonant hum emanated from the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal," Su Fan's palm was instantly enveloped in a layer of pale purple light.

He opened his eyes and saw that the dark gold patterns on the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" inside his body had gained a few more flowing light purple light.

Upon closer inspection, the trails of those flowing lights were precisely the complete condensation path of the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder".

Su Fan tried to inject a trace of magic power into the lightning seal, and the mark on his palm lit up instantly.

A lightning core, the size of a fist and wreathed in gray-black evil energy, floated unexpectedly in his palm.

The previous cumbersome three-step process was gone, along with the intense consumption of spiritual energy. It was even several times faster than his usual fastest condensation speed.

"It's done..."

Su Fan could not hide his elation and forcibly suppressed the urge to throw out the lightning core to test its power.

He took a deep breath, and with a flick of his fingertips, he dispelled the spell. The lightning core in his palm instantly turned into a wisp of pale purple mist and dissipated.

Even if Su Fan were incredibly reckless, he wouldn't dare to test the "Tai Xiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" in his personal secret realm.

The terrifying, world-destroying power he felt when he first activated this forbidden technique still sends shivers down his spine.

For the next few months, Su Fan simply stayed indoors, immersing himself in studying the connection between the "Tai Xiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" and the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" in his personal secret realm.

The reason he spent so much time was because he vaguely sensed that there seemed to be some unknown deep connection between this ancient forbidden thunder technique and the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal".

Unfortunately, Su Fan's understanding of the Dao of Thunder is still at a superficial level, and he is unable to verify this conjecture at all.

The world of cultivation has countless paths, each as vast and boundless as the deep sea.

The deeper he delved into his studies, the more clearly he realized his own insignificance.

I used to think that mastering the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" was opening a door to the path of cultivation.

But once you really delve deeper, you realize that you've merely stepped from a small, dark room into a magnificent, boundless palace.

Su Fan couldn't help but laugh at himself, realizing that based on his previous understanding of the cultivation world, it probably wasn't even the tip of the iceberg.

However, these months of dedicated research ultimately brought Su Fan unprecedented and enormous gains.

He not only successfully inscribed the mark of "Tai Xiao Hua Dao Chaos Divine Thunder" on the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal," but also broke through the most crucial difficulty of "power control."

Now he no longer needs to worry, as this ancient forbidden thunder technique has a terrifying, world-destroying effect as soon as it is unleashed.

On the contrary, it can flexibly adjust the power of instant lightning spells according to the situation on the battlefield, making them lighter or heavier as needed, with complete control.

This is undoubtedly the greatest achievement he has made through months of hard work.

It should be noted that pushing the power of the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" to its peak is no longer a difficult task for Su Fan.

However, to suppress this ancient forbidden thunder technique, which is known for its violent nature, to its minimum power is an extremely difficult task.

Moreover, he also needed to ensure the stable fusion of the evil spirit energy and the power of thunder while compressing the power.

This meticulous control, down to the millimeter, led him to try again countless times despite the backlash from spiritual energy.

Fortunately, his perseverance day after day has finally paid off, and now he can perfectly master this ability to "control and release at will".

"It's time to verify the results..."

With a thought, Su Fan rose from the blue stone by the pool, his spiritual energy rippled slightly, and his figure retreated from his personal secret realm like a wisp of smoke.

The next second, a refreshing scent of grass and trees wafted over.

He found himself in a vast mountain forest, surrounded by towering ancient trees that would take several people to encircle. Their intertwined branches and leaves blocked out most of the sky, with only a few sparse spots of light filtering through the leaves.

Su Fan slowly walked out of the edge of the dense forest, his gaze fixed on a giant tree several hundred feet away.

The trunk was so thick that it would take more than ten people to encircle it, and its branches and leaves were lush, like a giant green tower.

His eyes suddenly narrowed, and the lightning mark on his palm lit up almost imperceptibly. A chaotic lightning core, the size of a grain of rice and surrounded by a faint gray mist, instantly condensed at his fingertip.

Without any unnecessary movements, Su Fan simply flicked his hand.

The purplish-black miniature lightning core transformed into a streak of blackish-purple light, moving so fast that its trajectory was almost invisible, and instantly struck the trunk of the towering tree.

This is completely different from the terrifying scene of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting apart when forbidden techniques were activated in the past.

This time, as soon as the Chaos Thunder Core touched the tree trunk, the evil energy that merged with it burrowed into the wood grain like a dense swarm of ants, silently corroding a hole the size of a fingertip.

Immediately afterwards, chaotic lightning suddenly erupted inside the tree trunk, but instead of spreading outwards, it spread upwards along the wood fibers.

Pale purple lightning flickered faintly among the tree trunk and branches. In the blink of an eye, the towering ancient tree, tens of feet tall, lost all its vitality, and its trunk became charred and brittle at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, with a crisp "crack," the entire tree broke and collapsed layer by layer, like a carefully toppled tarot card.

In the end, it turned into a pile of scattered black wood chips, raising a thin layer of smoke and dust.

Su Fan stepped forward, squatted down, and picked up a pinch of warm, dark wood shavings.

Who would have thought that just moments ago this pile of black sawdust was a towering, centuries-old tree?

He thought to himself that what seemed like a light strike could have been easily accomplished by an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

But what he used was an ancient forbidden technique of thunder magic, which is notoriously difficult to control.

Only he himself knows the hardships he endured to be able to control the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" to such a precise degree in just a few months.

Su Fan raised his hand again, and the lightning mark on his palm shimmered with light.

This time, dozens of chaotic lightning cores, each the size of a grain of rice, appeared one after another in his palm.

The purplish-black lightning arcs danced gently on the surface of the tiny lightning core, yet remained firmly confined within a small space.

After hovering for a moment, it slowly dissipated into the air as he withdrew his spiritual power, without causing any extra energy fluctuations.

By this time, the sun had completely sunk behind the western mountains, and the inky night began to spread from the depths of the forest, stretching the shadows of the ancient trees into an even longer and more somber state.

Su Fan lowered his head and stroked the lightning mark on his palm, his fingertips clearly feeling the chaotic lightning power slowly flowing within it.

That once awe-inspiring, violent power has now become like a gentle stream, flowing at his will.

A confident smile unconsciously crept onto his lips, and he felt a sense of relief.

After months of sleepless nights of grueling effort, it finally paid off; he had completely mastered this ancient forbidden thunder technique.

From initially grasping the basics of "Tai Xiao Hua Dao Chaos Divine Thunder" to now being able to control it freely, several years have unknowingly passed.

This gives a glimpse into the profound and obscure nature of ancient forbidden thunder arts.

Next, it's time to try the 'Taiyi Soul-Shattering Heaven-Shaking Tribulation Thunder'.

Su Fan looked up at the night sky, a hint of anticipation and curiosity flashing in his eyes.

It's just unknown how long it will take him to master this other forbidden technique, which is based on the ancient Thunder Dao.

(End of this chapter)