Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1098: The Gathering of the Gods
With a knock on the door, Huangfu Jin walked in.

Even the usually composed man lost his composure at this moment, and asked impatiently, "How is it? Has your innate divine ability been activated? What kind of innate divine ability is it? What level is it?"

Ning Fa gave him a strange look, but replied directly, "Devouring Essence, high-grade purple level."

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Jin, though having anticipated it, couldn't help but change his expression, his envy evident in his eyes, and his gaze toward Ning Fa was also quite complex.

"It's actually a high-grade purple-level innate divine ability..."

Ning Fa couldn't help but ask, "Is this purple-level talent so rare?"

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Jin seemed so angry that he almost choked. It took him a while to calm down before he said irritably, "It's not just rare, it's practically unheard of."

Did you know that the innate supernatural abilities our clan acquires are divided into four levels: red, yellow, silver, and purple, with each level having three sub-grades?

In the long history of our Ziyin clan, only one ancestor has obtained a purple-rank innate divine power, and even that was only a low-grade purple-rank.

Even among the other clansmen with exceptional talent, very few manage to obtain a silver-tier talent. I only obtained a mid-grade silver-tier talent ability. Lord Shenmu truly favors you!

At this point, Huangfu Jin's tone already betrayed a hint of jealousy.

Ning Fa couldn't help but smile. This Devouring Yuan talent was indeed very powerful and extremely helpful to him now.

At this moment, Huangfu Jin's expression changed, and he stared intently at him, saying:

"Boy, do you still reject becoming a member of our Ziyin clan? Isn't this top-grade purple-level innate ability enough to change your mind?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa fell silent for a moment.

Huangfu Jin added, "I'll say it again: whether you admit it or not, you are now a member of our Ziyin clan."

Moreover, now that you have demonstrated this superior purple-grade talent, I will discuss it with Ziyue, Zhuo Qing, and other core clan members.

You will be the candidate for patriarch of our Ziyin clan from now on. After you advance to the Nascent Soul stage, I will pass the position to you.

This person was originally chosen to be Zi Yue, and she will also be your clan's dual cultivation partner in the future, and even Zhuo Qing could be chosen.

Of course, don't worry, we don't care about your female confidantes outside.

To be honest, we are now largely thanks to the threat of the sea tribes. Otherwise, after you used the Divine Wood Totem to kill Ying Xiao, I'm afraid the Tian Shu Alliance would have been unable to resist taking action against you.

But now that everyone has signed the Primordial Spirit Forbidden Scroll, there's no need to worry about it for the time being, and our clan will do everything in its power to help you advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

Huangfu Jin spoke earnestly, and then took out three different colored bottles from his storage ring, all of which emitted an astonishing chill.

“I heard that you urgently need the Divine Soil of the Primordial Essence and the High-Rank Frost Flame.”

We don't have the Divine Soil of the Primordial Essence right now, but the High-Rank Frost Flame still has these three portions, so we'll give them to you.

As for the matter of the Divine Soil of the Primordial Essence, we can try to ask Lord Shenmu for it when we return to our ancestral land next time. There is a good chance we will get it.

Of course, if you perform the ritual yourself, the chances are much higher.

After all, it seems that Lord Shenmu favors you greatly.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's expression changed slightly.

He wasn't particularly interested in becoming the Ziyin Clan Chief, but he definitely needed the Primordial Spirit Soil and the high-level Frost Flame.

He did indeed feel Huangfu Jin's sincerity. In fact, he had already realized this when he did not refuse Huangfu Ziyue last night.

He said in a deep voice, "I would like to reiterate that I have no interest in leading the Ziyin Clan to overthrow the Tian Shu Alliance and regain control of the Nine Dragons Sea."

But I can promise that if the Ziyin clan encounters any danger in the future, I will not stand idly by and will lend a helping hand.

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Jin merely frowned slightly before returning to normal.

Although Ningfa did not completely back down, his statement was already quite satisfactory.

The two then discussed cooperation and mutual support in the war between the two races before Ningfa took his leave.

Huangfu Jin got up and went to another cabin. In this room sat a stunningly beautiful woman with a tall and alluring figure, dressed in light purple-black armor. It was Zhuo Qing.

She was intently wiping a long sword, not even glancing up at Huangfu Jin's arrival.

Huangfu Jin sighed and said, "He's gone."

"I know," Zhuo Qing said calmly.

"Are you still blaming me for not giving you this opportunity?" Huangfu Jin asked again.

Zhuo Qing paused in her work, looked up at him, and said, "It's not that I'm strange. If I were you, I would have made the same choice."

But I'm making it clear beforehand that I'll only give Ziyue ten years. If she's not pregnant within ten years, don't blame me for taking her away.

Zhuo Qing said with an extremely serious expression.

Huangfu Jin smiled helplessly, then nodded: "Okay, I can agree."

Meanwhile, Ningfa had already arrived at another sea surface hundreds of miles away.

With a shrill roar, a colossal beast resembling a pure black whale, over fifty feet in size, hovered in the air, its eyes, as large as water tanks, filled with terror.

This was none other than a third-tier peak-level Overturning Whale.

Before it stood Ningfa, who was disproportionately small, with a hint of excitement on his face. Behind him, with a rustling sound, the Thunderwood reappeared, and the mysterious purple runes reappeared on its surface.

As Ning Fa's mind stirred, the purple rune flew off the wood and, in a flash of light, transformed into a slender purple rune chain, binding the giant whale tightly.

Then, a strange wave emanated from the surface of the chains, and the giant whale let out a mournful howl. Its enormous body shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Within three breaths, the giant whale had vanished, and the runic chains had also disappeared.

At this moment, a deep red blood sphere the size of an egg floated in Ning Fa's palm, radiating incomparably pure blood energy.

Ning Fa looked at it and secretly weighed the difference. This blood sphere was probably only a fraction of what he had obtained from devouring Ying Xiao.

Although it may seem like a small amount, refining it would be enough to offset the effects of a month of arduous cultivation.

Ningfa placed it in a clean bottle and couldn't help but show his delight.

After verifying it himself, he finally felt relieved.

With this supernatural power to help him, his future cultivation of body refinement will be smooth sailing, greatly enhancing his abilities.

Taking advantage of this battle with the two sea monsters, I can use this supernatural power to devour some demon cultivators who are at least at the Transformation Realm, which will definitely provide greater assistance.

Thinking of this, Ning Fa smiled and disappeared in a flash.

……

As time passed, the allied forces of the two sea monster races broke their previous silence and dispatched numerous small groups to conduct reconnaissance activities in the human-controlled areas of the Nine Dragons Sea, especially near Zhenhai City.

The human alliance naturally wouldn't stand idly by, and also dispatched elite troops led by high-level cultivators to intercept and kill them.

This small-scale battle between elite cultivators lasted for more than a year, with both sides suffering losses.

Next, the actions of the two sea monsters were somewhat unexpected by the human side. They began to retreat with their army, even abandoning the city that had already been built.

Later, news came from spies from the two sea monster clans that the two sea monster clans were worried that the power of Zhenhai City was too strong and that there might be too many casualties.

Therefore, they decided to temporarily abandon the attack and wait for the second wave of reinforcements from the Sea Plains. This also thwarted the human side's plan to use the power of Zhenhai City to annihilate a large number of the sea monster and demon races' forces.

Therefore, Master Jizhao convened a second meeting with a group of Nascent Soul cultivators to discuss whether or not to launch an immediate counterattack.

Before the second wave of sea creature reinforcements arrives, try to eliminate as much of the enemy's manpower as possible.

Ultimately, the resolution was passed.

In a short period of time, several more Nascent Soul cultivators arrived at the Nine Dragons Sea.

At this time, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators in Zhenhai City had reached an astonishing number.

However, just as the Nascent Soul cultivators were about to lead a group of high-level cultivators in a counterattack, the two sea monster races seemed to have a premonition. After losing some manpower, they retreated to the vicinity of the sea monsters' lair.

This made the human side hesitant to act rashly, since in the sea race's lair, the sea race could use the power of the ancestral sea to temporarily enhance the strength of their Nascent Soul cultivators.

Although the human race took advantage of this period to reclaim a large amount of territory, the allied forces showed no joy, as it was meaningless.

But they could only wait for the enemy's second wave of reinforcements to arrive, as this was originally part of the plan.

Everyone could only pray that, just as Master Jizhao had said, when the second batch of reinforcements from the Sea Origin Realm arrived, the strongest divination powers of the three human races—Star Luo Palace, Tianhong Palace, and Locking Star Platform—would be able to break through the weakness of that defensive barrier.

Five difficult years have passed.

On this day, a group of Nascent Soul cultivators in Zhenhai City were urgently summoned and brought once again to the council hall of the Central Spirit Mountain.

A group of Nascent Soul cultivators, numbering an astonishing twenty-five, were seated in front of a long obsidian table.

It can be said that almost all the Nascent Soul cultivators in the cultivation world of the mortal realm, except for a few who were in seclusion or had fled, came out in droves.

On the left, at the head of the table, was a man in his forties dressed in a black and gold robe. He had a handsome face and was full of majesty. His every move exuded great power, and his powerful spiritual pressure made him stand out among the Nascent Soul cultivators in the hall.

This is none other than Gu Zun, the Supreme Elder of the Qian Yuan Business Alliance.

Seated at the head of the right side was a man wearing a silver mask and with long, flowing hair. He exuded no aura whatsoever, appearing as if he were just an ordinary mortal.

This person is none other than Yuan Zun, the president of the Nine Immortals Society.

These two strongest human cultivators were making their first public appearance in Zhenhai City.

The hall fell silent for a moment.

Sitting in a corner, Ning Fa's gaze involuntarily swept over a man, a refined gentleman dressed in a blue robe.

Ning Fa recognized this person as Qing Hong, the sect master of the Tianyan Sect, who had already broken through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Noticing Ning Fa's gaze, Qing Hong also looked at him calmly before naturally turning her gaze away.

Ning Fa's expression turned slightly cold. At this moment, he noticed that someone was looking at him. He looked up and saw a middle-aged scholar in a cloud-patterned robe looking him up and down on his right.

Seeing Ning Fa looking at him, the scholar smiled faintly and looked away.

"Yunxiu Tianjun".

Ningfa silently recited the name in his heart.

This person is a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Nine Dragons Sea, and is also recognized as the human cultivator with the strongest supernatural abilities in the Nine Dragons Sea, apart from Xuan Yi Divine Lord.

Ning Fa had heard of his great reputation before, but this was the first time he had met him in person.

He couldn't help but feel a chill, because over the years he had heard some rumors.

It is said that the one who funded the Demon Lord and supported him was this Yunxiu Tianjun.

In the end, however, he only used the Demon Lord as a pawn, a bargaining chip to trade with the Heavenly Pivot Alliance. He clearly did not have good intentions towards the Demon Lord.

When the sea races first invaded, the Tian Shu Alliance wanted to use every means to increase the number of their own Nascent Soul cultivators. The Demon Lord was one of the candidates, but he was rejected because of this person.

Over the years, the Demon Lord has never contacted Ning Fa, and Ning Fa has been unable to reach him even when he tried.

This made Ning Fa wonder if the Demon Lord had been secretly killed by Yunxiu Tianjun.

If that were the case, Ning Fa would be very disappointed, but he had a feeling that someone like the Demon Lord shouldn't have died like that.

Moreover, the man seemed quite interested in her, suggesting he might have ulterior motives.

At this moment, Master Jizhao stood up. His expression was solemn and his voice was hoarse as he said, "Everyone, just yesterday, the interdimensional passage was activated again. Please take a look."

As he spoke, Master Jizhao had already produced a fist-sized white bead, from which a burst of white light shot out, forming a light screen about ten feet in size.

The group of Nascent Soul cultivators immediately sat up straight and stared intently.

A ripple appeared in the light screen, followed by a shockingly large crack appearing in the air.

Within it was a misty spatial passage, from which sea creature cultivators surged forth like a tidal wave, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

The light screen quickly dissipated.

Master Jizhao said with a heavy expression, "According to the observations of the Star Luo Palace, the second batch of reinforcements from the Sea Origin Realm consists of about ten Nascent Soul cultivators, among whom there may be three mid-Nascent Soul cultivators."

Moreover, it seems that several of them are not from the Sea Clan's Nascent Soul stage; their specific race is still uncertain, but judging from their spiritual pressure fluctuations, they are extremely powerful, even surpassing the Nascent Soul stages of the Sea Demon and Sea Monster races of the same level.

Upon hearing this, the Nascent Soul cultivators fell silent, many of them frowning deeply.

Although this situation had been anticipated during the first meeting, it still left everyone feeling somewhat oppressed when it actually happened.

Including this batch of reinforcements, the sea race alone has nearly thirty Nascent Soul cultivators. Adding the few Nascent Soul demon cultivators from the Demon Court, the number may even exceed the total number of Nascent Soul cultivators among the human race.

Master Jizhao said solemnly, "There's no need for everyone to be discouraged, after all, this is still within a controllable range."

Although the enemy has a large number of high-level cultivators, their strength is only on par with that of our human race as a whole.

"As long as we work together, we should be able to get through this."

At this moment, a beautiful woman in palace attire with a cold expression said in an icy tone:
"So now the key question is whether your three major cultivation worlds can detect the weakness of that defensive restriction through this interdimensional teleportation by the enemy."

"If we can't, even if we manage to hold out now, if the enemy sends another wave of reinforcements through the interdimensional portal, we might suffer a complete rout."

Ning Fa couldn't help but look at this woman. She was the only mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the hall, besides Gu Zun, Yuan Zun, Ji Zhao Shangren, Xuan Yi Shenjun, and Yue Long.

She did not come from the three major cultivation worlds, but from a small cultivation world called Muyue Cultivation World, and her name was Lady Jiuhua.

From Ning Fa's understanding, the cultivation world of Muyue is similar to that of Cangyuan, yet it was able to produce such a powerful cultivator in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, which is truly remarkable.

At this moment, the ancient venerable one, who was in the first position on the left, smiled leisurely and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiuhua, you don't need to worry about this."

Before the meeting, I had already confirmed with Fellow Daoist Tianyi that, with the assistance of the Star Luo Palace and the Star Locking Platform, he was confident that he could break through the instantaneous teleportation ability of that defensive restriction within ten years.

In such a short period of time, it is unlikely that the sea creatures would conduct a third interdimensional teleportation.

So as long as we can get through these ten years, that's fine.

Although the enemy is powerful, we have the advantage of terrain and popular support; surviving these ten years shouldn't be a major problem.

Upon hearing this, Lady Jiuhua's expression softened slightly, and she said no more.

(End of this chapter)