Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1100 The Embryo of the Primordial Spirit Realm, Heavenly Flame Candle
A month later, it was still that deserted island.

Several streaks of light rose into the air from the high mountain on the island. Then, three of them circled around and sped off to the north, disappearing in an instant.

Ning Fa withdrew his gaze, his face now showing barely concealed excitement.

With a thought, a flash of fire appeared in front of him, revealing a firebird the size of a fist—the Spirit Flame Firebird.

The Flame Bird was in a strange state, sometimes black and sometimes white, and its body was trembling incessantly.

In the blink of an eye, it split into two firebirds, the larger one being entirely white and the smaller one being pure black, each radiating extreme heat and extreme cold, like two extremes.

Ning Fa looked at the white firebird, unable to hide his excitement.

Over the past month, with the help of Bingyi, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Ice Phoenix Clan, who expended her natal cold flame, the original nascent Taiyin True Fire finally stepped out of that threshold and truly advanced into Taiyin True Fire.

Bingyi also paid a heavy price. She frankly said that she originally had more than 300 years of lifespan left, but now she may only have less than 50 years left. The reason for this is that she is in a hurry to bring Xiaobing back.

Ning Fa couldn't help but sigh inwardly; Xiao Bing had really helped him a lot this time.

He originally wanted to accompany Xiao Bing to the Ice Phoenix Clan's territory, but Bing Yi said that the restoration of the sacred statue might be a long process.

During this period, the Ice Phoenix Clan will completely close off its territory and remain neutral in the war between the human and sea monster races.

Therefore, Ning Fa had no choice but to give up, since he couldn't leave Zhenhai City for too long.

Ning Fa looked at the two firebirds fluttering in front of him, his eyes gleaming.

The true advancement of the Taiyin True Fire was extremely important to him, not only because it enabled him to begin preparing to open up the Thunder Sea Divine Treasury to the Water God Thunder.

Another crucial point is that it can evolve Yin and Yang within his Primordial Realm Pearl together with the Sun Essence Fire, allowing it to truly begin its advancement towards the realm, which is related to his path to ascension.

However, after the Taiyin True Fire was fully formed, it seemed that the Jingyan Firebird could not simultaneously contain it and the Taiyang True Fire.

A thought popped into Ning Fa's mind: was it possible to fuse these two primordial true flames together?
What kind of powerful spirit flame would that create?
Ningfa was very interested in this idea, but he knew that it was not something that could be accomplished overnight, and he could only wait until later.

In fact, even the current power of the two great spiritual flames is already enough to pose a considerable threat to Nascent Soul cultivators.

Ning Fa suppressed the turmoil in his heart and sped south.

Before long, he had returned to the quiet room of his cave in Zhenhai City.

He couldn't wait to wave his hand in front of him, and immediately a gray bead the size of a thumb appeared in a ball of light, which was the Primordial Realm Bead.

As Ning Fa thought for a moment, the Primordial Realm Pearl emitted a beam of light, which gradually formed the hazy and illusory figure of a beautiful woman, none other than Si Chenxing, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Because she was a spirit of the realm, she had been sleeping in this Primordial Realm Pearl since leaving the Abyss Heavenly Pool.

She opened her eyes, initially looking somewhat bewildered, but upon seeing Ning Fa's expression, she immediately became excited and exclaimed, "Brother Ning, are you ready?"

Ningfa nodded, then took a deep breath and summoned the two Flame Birds again.

Driven by the Ningfa Technique, the two firebirds instantly transformed into two pure black and white flames, each splitting into half its original size. They intertwined and surrounded the Primordial Realm Pearl within them before disappearing directly into it.

Ning Fa's divine sense immediately entered the Primordial Realm Pearl.

This was a special space, without sky or earth, only a chaotic and hazy gas, which was the initial chaotic state of an interface.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of light appeared, and two balls of fire, one black and one white, appeared. As they intertwined, they slowly transformed into a yin-yang fire diagram, which began to rotate slowly, and the speed increased.

Immediately afterwards, the chaotic gas seemed to be attracted and flew towards the Yin-Yang diagram, transforming into two streams of air that merged into the eyes of the two Yin-Yang fish.

After an unknown amount of time, the chaotic gas had completely disappeared, and the Yin-Yang diagram was still spinning at an even faster speed.

Before long, two more streams of gas flew out from the two fish eyes, one clear and one turbid.

The pure air rose gently, gradually transforming into a sky as blue as a sapphire, unfolding in all directions like a scroll painting.

The turbid air condensed and settled like syrup, slowly descending and gathering to form a vast and solid land, giving rise to mountains and rivers.

Thus, the previously chaotic and undeveloped space finally revealed itself as a true world.

Ning Fa, who witnessed all of this from the outside, couldn't help but murmur excitedly:
"The pure air rises to become the sky, and the turbid air descends to become the earth. Thus, the world was first created and chaos was separated. I never imagined that I would be able to witness such a scene with my own eyes!"

After an unknown amount of time, the Tai Chi Yin Yang diagram in that space stopped rotating, and within a burst of light, they merged together, forming two spheres suspended high in the sky.

One was so dim it was almost invisible, while the other, like a fireball, radiated light and heat, illuminating every corner of the space.

In an instant, the fireball's heat and light faded, and the surrounding world became dark. Another sphere reappeared, radiating a cool glow.

"Congratulations, Brother Ning. This Primordial Realm Pearl has finally advanced from the Chaos Mustard Seed to the Primordial Spirit Realm Embryo stage. It may advance to a higher level realm in the future."

At this moment, Si Chenxing also congratulated Ning Fa with an excited expression.

Ning Fa couldn't stop smiling.

According to the information left by Daoist Yanyuan, the interface is divided into different stages:
There are six stages: Chaos Mustard Seed, Primordial Spirit Realm Embryo, Star Luo Law Realm, True Realm Cave Heaven, Lesser Thousand Origin Realm, and Greater Thousand Origin Realm.

If this small interface can be allowed to grow to a level close to the Star Luo Dharma Realm, then it can be used to ascend to the Spirit Realm.

This Primordial Realm Pearl has now truly entered the embryonic stage of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

In layman's terms, if we compare the embryonic spirit realm to a major realm, then as long as one advances from the initial stage to the later stage, one may be able to ascend to immortality.

Although this process also requires a huge amount of resources and time, it is much easier than the huge threshold of stepping from a chaotic mustard seed into a primordial spirit realm embryo.

Ningfa is confident that it will be completed within a few hundred years.

"Brother Ning, don't forget the seed of your Chaos Green Lotus," Si Chenxing reminded him.

Ning Faye's eyes flashed, and he immediately took out a grayish lotus seed from his storage ring.

This lotus seed was obtained from Baili Ming, who originally acquired it in Mitian Valley.

According to Si Chenxing, this Chaos Lotus Seed also has a sliver of hope that it can be upgraded to a Profound Heaven Spiritual Treasure in the future, or like its former master, Yuanzu, it can be cultivated to the prototype state of a Profound Heaven Spiritual Treasure, which would be a treasure far surpassing a Heavenly Spiritual Treasure.

If things go smoothly, it will undoubtedly become a significant asset for Ningfa in his future adventures in the spirit world.

Of course, this is on the premise that the lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus can grow smoothly in his interface, and that his interface can also advance all the way.

Si Chenxing carefully held the lotus seed, then vanished in a flash.

The next moment, she appeared in the small interface.

In the center of that landmass, which was already hundreds of miles in size, Si Chenxing looked around, a smile appearing on his face. His entire body radiated spiritual light, transforming into a green vine that took root in the ground.

A small pond quickly appeared around the green vines, and the lotus seed floated lightly into it.

Then, hazy green lights emanated from the green vines and disappeared into the pond.

Ning Fa, who was outside, breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

But before long, the smile on his face slowly faded, and a glint of shrewdness appeared in his eyes.

Although he now has a chance to ascend, he must first resolve the threat posed by the sea race before ascending to the Spirit Realm.

Otherwise, even if he ascends to the upper realm, his relatives and friends will still remain in the human realm. How can he be at ease?

Although the human race seems to be at a great disadvantage now, Ning Fa believes that as long as he can break through to the Nascent Soul realm, he alone will be able to solve the problem of the sea race.

As for putting other people into his small interface and ascending to the upper realm together, Ning Fa originally had this idea, but Si Chenxing said it was basically impossible to do.

Because the interface at the embryonic stage of the Primordial Spirit Realm is extremely fragile, it is simply unable to support high-level beings; it would be possible to do so only at the Star Luo Law Realm. However, it is practically impossible to truly advance this small interface to the Star Luo Law Realm stage using resources from the lower realm.

The difficulty is much higher than that of advancing from a Chaos Realm Embryo to a Primordial Spirit Realm Embryo.

Ning Fa sighed softly, calming the turmoil in his heart, and prepared to continue his cultivation.

The most urgent task now is to open up the treasure trove of the Water God, Thunder God, and Sea God as soon as possible.

But not long after Ningfa entered meditation, his expression changed, he opened his eyes, and with a flick of his right hand, he took out a round communication jade talisman.

As the light flashed, Baili Ming's voice entered his ears: "Ning boy, your Heaven-Reaching Treasure is finished. Come and pick it up when you have time."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's face lit up with joy.

The "heaven-reaching treasure" that Baili Ming mentioned naturally refers to the Heavenly Flame Candle.

He used the spiritual materials already available on Xuanning Island, plus the large amount of spiritual materials he had traded from the Tian Shu Alliance over the years.

Of course, the most crucial thing is what he traced back to through the Heavenly Book of Crossing Origins—the [Blazing Sun Crystal] and the [Burning Heaven Fire Jade].

Both of these top-tier fire-attribute spiritual materials are of the fifth-grade superior quality, and can be said to be extinct in the current human realm.

In order to trace their origins, Ning Fa consumed a total of 18 fifth-tier source points, which also reduced his total number of fifth-tier source points from 46 to 28.

It should be noted that the most important thing Ningfa hired from Tianbao Immortal Merchant—Star River Essence Dew—only requires two and a half level source points to trace its origin.

Over the years, Liu Ying has remained on Xuan Ning Island, working with Bai Liming to refine this treasure, and now it seems they have finally succeeded.

At such a moment, possessing a true, all-powerful spiritual treasure would naturally greatly boost Ning Fa's confidence.

But then another voice from Baili Ming came: "But don't be too happy yet. There's a small problem with this Heavenly Treasure. You'll know when you get here."

Ning Fa's smile froze.

After a moment's thought, he realized he still had to return to Xuanning Island.

This round trip would take more than twenty days. Fortunately, the two sea tribes are still holding back for the time being. Although we don't know what their purpose is, it's a good opportunity to take a trip back.

With this in mind, Ning Fa first visited Wen Yuchen, and then, using an excuse, took Tianbao Immortal Merchant back to the Starry Sky Sea via the teleportation array, heading straight for the Thousand Desert Sea.

"Father, you've finally come!" On Xuan Ning Island, Le'er, who hadn't seen Ning Fa for a long time, was overjoyed. She hugged Ning Fa tightly, her little face full of smiles.

Ning Fa also patted her head with a look of affection.

Over the years, Le'er has grown up a lot from the little girl I first met. She looks like a normal ten-year-old girl, still so innocent and romantic.

After a while, once Le'er's excitement at seeing Ning Fa subsided slightly, she said with a face full of regret:

"Father, you've come at a really bad time. Mother just fell asleep the day before yesterday, and she won't wake up again for another month."

Father, could you stay a little longer this time?

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa looked at Luo Feixuan, who was smiling silently to the side.

Luo Feixuan truly lives up to her reputation as the reincarnation of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and she has cultivated the Moon Goddess Technique to such a high level.

She came up with a way to alleviate Zhu Lingyun's symptoms, but it couldn't cure them completely, so Zhu Lingyun fell into a state of alternating sleep and wakefulness.

“Fellow Daoist Ning, you don’t need to worry too much. I am confident that I can deduce the missing part of the Yuanhun Dividing Technique within twenty years. By then, Sister Lingyun’s condition should be fully restored.”

Luo Feixuan smiled faintly.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, thank you for your trouble. I owe you a favor for this matter," Ning Fa said in a deep voice.

Luo Feixuan smiled and shook her head.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Fa visited Zhu Lingyun and then went to the spirit peak where the Heavenly Flame Candle was refined, where Baili Ming was already waiting for him.

"Fellow Daoist Baili, what exactly is going on?" Ning Fa asked, frowning.

Although Liu Ying was in charge of upgrading the Five Flame Lamp to the Heavenly Flame Candle, Bai Li Ming was also the main assistant. As a puppet master, his weapon-forging skills were naturally extraordinary.

A strange look flashed in Baili Ming's eyes: "Come with me first."

With that, he flew down to the cave below.

Before long, the two arrived at the fire pool inside the mountain.

A ray of light was seen hovering quietly above the pool of fire, then trembled slightly and flew to Ning Fa's side.

As the light faded, Ning Fa was able to see what it looked like.

This is an ancient, long candle, about three feet tall, entirely made of pure gold. The base is inscribed with mysterious runes, and the candle body is wrapped with nine golden patterns, like a dragon coiling around it.

A pure white flame was burning at the top of the long candle. Even Ning Fa felt a distinct burning sensation, not only on his physical body but also on his soul.

It should be noted that the fact that Ning Fa, with his current physical and spiritual strength, could feel such a threat is enough to demonstrate the power of this flame, especially since it was still in an unactivated state.

Ning Fa was moved, and his face lit up with joy. This must be the Heavenly Flame Candle, whose power far surpasses that of the Five Flame Lamps.

However, Ning Fa soon realized something was wrong, even though this treasure was clearly different in level from ordinary spiritual treasures.

But for some reason, it gave him a sense of emptiness, like a pond without fish, or more accurately, a lack of spirit.

At that moment, the candlelight flickered, and the figure of a firefly appeared.

She looked at Ning Fa, somewhat embarrassed and with a regretful expression, and said:

"Brother Ning, I apologize. The forging of this Heavenly Flame Candle, a spiritual treasure that reaches the heavens, was not completely successful. It can only be considered a half-step Heavenly Treasure at present."

It can only unleash about 60-70% of the power of the Complete Heavenly Flame Candle, and it cannot use the powerful supernatural abilities unique to this treasure.

You should also be able to sense that although the Heavenly Flame Candle is very powerful now, it has no spirituality.

Fellow Daoist Baili and I were also puzzled at first, because we upgraded the Five Flame Lamp exactly according to the blueprints left by the Xuanhuo Sect, and the process went very smoothly.

However, after some research, we discovered that because this Heavenly Flame Candle is quite special, it requires a specific spirit to imbue it with its essence in order to be successfully forged. Moreover, it must be the essence of a fire-attribute being at least at the Nascent Soul level…”

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's face immediately darkened.

"In other words, I must kill a Nascent Soul cultivator with fire attributes and obtain its essence in order to fully activate this Heaven-Reaching Treasure?"

He checked it again.

Liu Ying felt even more embarrassed and lowered her head deeply, cautiously stealing glances at Ning Fa's expression.

After all, she had previously made a solemn vow that as long as Ning Fa could provide her with those spiritual materials, she was confident that she could forge the true Heavenly Flame Candle, a spiritual treasure that could reach the heavens. But now things have turned out like this.

Baili Ming chuckled and said, "Young Ning, don't be in such a hurry."

With your strength, you'll be able to obtain a Divine Transformation Essence sooner or later, and then you can acquire a true Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

Moreover, these kinds of powerful spiritual treasures that require the application of spiritual energy often have the potential for growth.

So take a long-term view; this treasure will definitely shine in your hands in the future, and its power is already quite formidable, far surpassing that of ordinary spiritual treasures.”

(End of this chapter)