Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1117 Heavenly Thunder Realm, Divine Thunder of the Cave Heaven

Three hundred and sixty years.

Even if a cultivator condenses a nascent soul at this age, they are still considered very young, let alone advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

Throughout the entire history of the human realm, there are probably only a handful of cultivators who advanced to the Nascent Soul stage earlier than Ning Fa.

Ning Fa's achievement is all the more remarkable because he possesses the Five Elements Thunder Body, making each breakthrough in his realm extremely difficult.

The look of emotion in Ning Fa's eyes slowly faded, and he closed his eyes again, sensing the changes within his body.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, he underwent a complete transformation compared to before.

At this moment, his total magical power was more than ten times higher than before his advancement, as vast as an ocean.

Moreover, this increase in total mana might only be the most insignificant change after he advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

The power of magic of a Nascent Soul cultivator is vastly different from that of a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

Even if Ning Fa didn't use the innate divine lightning at this moment, but only used ordinary magic power to attack, it would be enough to mobilize the surrounding heaven and earth energy and contain the power of heaven and earth. The power of the two is naturally worlds apart.

In terms of spiritual sense, his spiritual sense range has increased from 1,800 li to 5,000 li.

This far exceeds the spiritual sense limits that an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator should have, and is comparable to the spiritual sense strength of a cultivator in the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm.

The power of Qi and blood, as well as the strength of the physical body, have also been greatly enhanced.

At this moment, Ning Fa's entire body, having undergone tempering by heavenly lightning and feedback from the laws, was incredibly resilient.

In terms of physical strength alone, it is comparable to a defensive spiritual treasure, and has completely reached the level of a Nascent Soul demon cultivator, on par with Ying Xiao, a Nascent Soul demon cultivator in the past.

This is only his normal state. If he were to activate the Divine Firmament Dharma Form, his physical strength would be even more formidable than that of a Nascent Soul demon cultivator of the same level.

It can be said that after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, his essence, energy, and spirit have all received a tremendous improvement compared to previous advancements to higher realms.

But the changes after Ningfa's advancement go far beyond this.

As Ning Fa thought for a moment, a flash of light appeared on the top of his head, and a five-inch-long baby emerged from it, looking exactly like Ning Fa, with a smile on its little face.

At this point, the nascent soul was nearly twice the size of its original size and was much more solidified.

This is a significant change after a cultivator advances to the Nascent Soul stage; the Nascent Soul body becomes extremely robust, allowing it to remain outside the body for extended periods and roam freely beyond the physical realm.

Even if the physical body is destroyed, one can continue to survive with the nascent soul body.

After playing around for a while, the nascent soul disappeared back into Ningfa's head.

Ning Fa reopened his eyes, a look of surprise on his face.

At this moment, the Moon God's Heart, which was originally shaped like a full moon, underwent a tremendous change in his sea of ​​consciousness.

It had transformed from a full moon into the shape of an infant, very similar to his nascent soul, except that the facial features were still slightly blurred, clearly not yet fully formed.

But the aura it exudes is far different from what it used to be.

This is the third stage of the Moon Goddess's Heart, "Taiyin Jade Infant," but it is still in its embryonic stage.

Judging from this progress, it's only a matter of time before it's fully formed.

This is because Ning Fa had already cultivated the Moon Goddess Heart to the peak of the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage before attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Then, with the help of the Law feedback he received during this Nascent Soul stage attempt, he was able to advance the Moon Goddess Heart by a significant step.

This is also an important reason why his spiritual strength has been greatly enhanced, and it will surely become an important reliance for him in future battles.

If he were to unleash a full-force soul attack at this moment, even a Nascent Soul cultivator, without a powerful soul defense treasure or other means to resist, could be killed in one blow.

At this moment, Ning Fa gave a soft shout, and amidst the dazzling purple lightning, his figure rapidly rose to several zhang in height, suddenly activating the Divine Firmament Dharma Form.

At this moment, the Dharma form did not appear to have changed much from before, but there were many more mysterious runes on its surface, especially the conspicuous, sword-like lightning rune on its chest, which had turned into a lightning vortex and was slowly rotating as if it had a spirit.

Although it had not been actively activated, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) seemed to be drawn towards the Dharma image, slowly surging towards it and forming mysterious halos of spiritual energy around it.

At this moment, the aura emanating from the Divine Firmament Dharma Image far surpassed that of the past.

At this moment, it has officially advanced from the first transformation realm—the Spiritual Aspect Realm—to the second transformation realm—the Celestial Aspect Realm.

The key is in the word "天" (tian), which means "innate".

When Ning Fa was in the Nascent Soul stage, although he could use innate divine thunder, he could not bless the Dharma form itself.

However, the current Second Transformation Realm Divine Firmament Dharma Form can mobilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth to empower itself and resonate with heaven and earth.

In this way, the power of the Dharma Form itself will increase dramatically. If Ningfa were to draw upon the primordial energy of heaven and earth without regard to cost, the power of the Dharma Form could even exceed the limitations of the current realm, and its upper limit would naturally be greatly increased.

It can be said that after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, the improvement in essence, energy, and spirit alone, as well as the breakthroughs in the realms of Divine Firmament Dharma Form and Moon Goddess Heart, have resulted in an unimaginable increase in Ning Fa's strength.

Ning Fa had no doubt that if he were to activate the Divine Firmament Dharma Image of the Heavenly Manifestation Realm at this moment, he could completely contend with not only mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, but even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

It is not impossible to even kill him, because the changes he has undergone after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage are not limited to this.

After all, he possessed the Five Elements Thunder Body, and the Nascent Soul Realm was a crucial juncture. At this moment, his Five Elements Divine Thunder had also undergone tremendous changes.

As Ning Faxin thought, the Five Elements Thunder Pattern, representing his Five Elements Thunder Body, appeared before his eyes.

Ning Fa glanced at it and immediately showed a look of surprise.

First, the innate divine power representing spring thunder is still present and is in an activated state.

At this time, his lifespan increased dramatically from 2,400 years for a normal Nascent Soul cultivator to 4,800 years.

At this moment, Ning Fa is 360 years old. Even adding the 100 years of lifespan he lost in the Six Paths Meteorite Array, it is still less than a fraction of his enormous lifespan.

This gave him ample time to seek advancement to the Void Refinement stage.

In addition, the Chaos Divine Lightning was rekindled and is now in an activatable state, unchanged from before, and can still be used once per minor realm.

Needless to say, the power of the Chaos Divine Thunder at this moment is absolutely terrifying. A mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would definitely be killed in one blow, and while it's hard to say for a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, they would definitely be severely injured even if they didn't die.

In addition, the rune representing the talent of avoiding lightning has changed, from "avoiding lightning" to "controlling lightning".

Not only were his original abilities greatly enhanced, but he also gained a powerful new ability that thrilled Ningfa.

That means it can withstand the lightning of heavenly tribulation, and at least offset 30% of the power of heavenly tribulation.

Heavenly Tribulation is something that every high-level cultivator fears.

In the Spirit Realm, cultivators from the Nascent Soul stage onwards will encounter Heavenly Tribulations, except that Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation cultivators encounter Minor Heavenly Tribulations every three hundred years.

Once one reaches the Refinement of Emptiness realm, one will encounter a great calamity that occurs once every three thousand years.

The Great Heavenly Tribulation is so terrifying that even high-level cultivators who have reached the Refining Void Realm turn pale at the mere mention of it and find it difficult to withstand.

Even if they manage to withstand this one, the next tribulation will be even more powerful. If they cannot advance to a higher realm, they will surely die under the tribulation.

Ning Fa learned this information when he read the "Tianji Lingjuan" before.

The reason why the Tianji Spirit Scroll highly praises the Great Five Elements Thunder Body is because cultivators with the Five Elements Thunder Body have an important advantage: they can resist the power of heavenly tribulation much more easily than other cultivators. However, the Tianji Spirit Scroll does not know how cultivators with the Five Elements Thunder Body do this.

Ning Fa now understood that it was this "Lightning Control" innate divine ability that cultivators with the Five Elements Thunder Body obtained after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage that could weaken the power of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Even a reduction of only 30% is significant, and this 30% is not fixed; there are ways to further increase it. When Ning Fa touched this talent rune, he received a mysterious inherited message.

That is, it is possible to create a special set of Five Elements magic treasures that can amplify and enhance the power of this lightning control talent.

If this set of magical artifacts is of a high enough level, it can even weaken the power of the Heavenly Tribulation by 50%, or even more.

However, it is extremely difficult to create this set of magical artifacts. Of the many materials listed above, Ning Fa could only barely recognize one of them, all of which were legendary items recorded in ancient books.

At this moment, he could only sigh in despair, but there was no rush. He could wait until he ascended to the Spirit Realm to discuss it, which could also be seen as a long-term goal.

Ning Fa then looked at the second talent rune. This rune was newly appeared and was derived from the lightning escape rune. Its name was [Lightning Leap], which could also be called - Lightning Teleportation.

That is, by consuming the Five Elements Divine Thunder to construct a lightning teleportation array, one can instantly teleport to a distant place.

The upper limit of this distance is the upper limit of the range of the spellcaster's divine sense.

In other words, as long as Ning Fa is willing, he can use this Thunder Leap Divine Power to teleport directly to a distance of 5,000 miles, and then he can continue to activate Thunder Leap to teleport to a distance of 5,000 miles again.

This ability is far more powerful than teleportation arrays, since teleportation arrays are directional, while Ningfa's Thunder Leap can reach anywhere within the reach of divine sense.

Of course, activating this supernatural power comes at a price; it requires the use of Five Elements Divine Thunder to construct a lightning teleportation array, and the amount consumed is quite high.

With the current quantity of Five Elements Divine Thunder he possesses, he can probably activate it three times in a row.

Once the Five Elements Divine Thunder is exhausted, it will consume the essence of the Divine Thunder if you want to activate it again.

But this is harmless; it can be very useful in critical moments.

Putting everything else aside, even if a Void Refinement cultivator came to capture him now, they should be powerless against him.

After calming his excitement, Ning Fa looked at another talent rune, which was also a brand new one.

After Ning Fa touched it with his divine sense, he paused for a long time before reopening his eyes, his face full of shock.

This newly acquired talent rune is his second offensive talent divine ability besides Chaos Divine Lightning. Its name is [Thunder Treasure], also known as [Dharma Heaven Thunder Realm].

This is a lightning-based barrier. Once activated, he will become the controller of this barrier, able to seal off the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within it.

Those trapped inside cannot mobilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth; they can only rely on their own true magical power. Furthermore, their attacks are suppressed and greatly weakened.

Ning Fa, on the other hand, receives a significant boost from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which enhances his lightning attacks in all aspects.

In this way, even an opponent who is evenly matched with Ning Fa, once trapped inside, can only be forced into a passive and defensive position.

Moreover, this is an area-of-effect attack, capable of pulling multiple enemies into the Heavenly Thunder Realm at once, making it easy to fight against many enemies at once.

This divine power is extremely powerful. Once Ning Fa uses the Heavenly Thunder Realm, his strength can be conservatively estimated to increase by at least 100%, while his opponent will be weakened by at least 100%. This is definitely a powerful divine power that can be called a trump card.

However, using it once consumes a great deal of energy, and with his current cultivation level, he can only activate it once in a short period of time.

However, compared to its terrifying power, this is not a major drawback.

What Ningfa was even more concerned about was that the Dharma Heaven Thunder Realm was only in its initial state.

According to the inherited information, as his realm improves, this Dharma Heaven Thunder Realm will continue to evolve until it reaches the legendary "Spiritual Domain" supernatural power that only Mahayana cultivators can master.

That is a world-destroying divine power; at that time, he will be the master of a region, truly comparable to a god.

This description captivated Ning Fa, and he also deeply realized that it was only from the Nascent Soul stage onwards that the Five Elements Thunder Body gradually revealed its true power.

Immediately afterward, Ning Fa carefully sensed the changes in the Five Elements Divine Thunder at that moment.

Generally speaking, after a cultivator advances to the Nascent Soul stage, they can obtain some of the original essence of the current realm when the laws of heaven and earth provide feedback, which is the power of innate essence. With this, they can unleash innate supernatural powers.

This is the fundamental difference between Nascent Soul cultivators and ordinary cultivators.

Ning Fa, after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, also obtained a great deal of the essence of heaven and earth, all of which was absorbed by the five divine thunderbolts.

In addition to the Supreme Gold and Supreme Wood Divine Thunders, which were already at the peak of the fourth tier, remaining unchanged, the Supreme Fire Divine Thunders were also upgraded to the peak of the fourth tier.

In addition, the Water Divine Thunder was upgraded from the fourth-order mid-grade to the fourth-order high-grade, and the Earth Divine Thunder was upgraded from the fourth-order low-grade to the fourth-order high-grade.

This puzzled Ning Fa, as he wondered why, after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, these three divine lightning bolts, which had already reached the peak of the fourth stage, failed to advance to the fifth stage.

What kind of divine lightning is this fifth-order divine lightning? Could it be that there are specific conditions required for advancement?
Just then, a great hymn of Buddhist chanting suddenly rang out, and a mysterious luster suddenly appeared in front of him. A special bolt of lightning, only a few inches long and flashing with five-colored spiritual light, slowly condensed out.

Upon seeing this lightning bolt, Ning Fa's expression changed.

Although this lightning bolt seemed insignificant, he sensed an incredibly terrifying aura emanating from it, very similar to the tribulation lightning he had experienced before, indicating that it contained the power of the laws of heaven and earth.

Then, another mysterious message entered Ningfa's sea of ​​consciousness.

After a long while, Ning Fa opened his eyes again. When he looked at the special lightning bolt, he was filled with shock, as if it were a precious treasure.

This actually contains the Daoist essence of the laws of thunder!

At this moment, he has reached the peak of the fourth rank, possessing the three innate divine thunders of supreme metal, supreme fire, and supreme wood. If he can absorb this thunderous Dao essence, he can advance to the fifth rank of divine thunder, which is the Cave Heaven Divine Thunder.

But what is the innate? What is the grotto-heaven?

Generally speaking, cultivators can only reach the Innate Realm after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. Even if they can mobilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth, it can only be considered the most basic level of mobilization, which is a very primary and superficial stage.

Once one reaches the Refining Emptiness Realm where the Five Elements are unified, one can utilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth at a higher level.

Because the "emptiness" in the Refining Emptiness Realm refers to heaven and earth, that is, the current interface.

After a cultivator at the Refinement of Emptiness achieves the unity of the five elements, they can better comprehend the universe, resonate with it, and even leverage or borrow a trace of the power of the laws of the universe.

Of course, this refers to "borrowing".

Although the Refining Void Realm is already quite high, it is still far from truly touching upon and comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.

Even if it's just borrowed, it's enough to make the power of a Void Refinement cultivator reach an unbelievable level, far beyond what a Nascent Soul cultivator can match.

Reaching the Integration Realm is a further step, referring to the cultivator becoming one with heaven and earth.

At this point, cultivators are no longer merely borrowing the power of the laws of heaven and earth, but are qualified to truly begin to touch upon and comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. Even if they only comprehend the superficial aspects, it can still cause a cultivator's strength to increase dramatically.

Upon reaching the Mahayana realm, one is no longer merely comprehending the superficial aspects of the laws, but is qualified to deeply comprehend them, and even integrate the laws of heaven and earth into oneself.

This is also the fundamental reason why Mahayana cultivators are so powerful.

In fact, the author of the Tianji Spirit Scroll once mentioned one of his conjectures.

Why does such a terrifying heavenly tribulation exist, causing most of the high-level cultivators who have cultivated for countless years to perish under its influence?
The author speculated that this was actually the self-salvation of the laws of nature.

Because the higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the easier it is for them to borrow and absorb the essence of the interface. If this is not restricted, the extent to which a cultivator absorbs the essence of the interface will inevitably exceed the interface's own recovery speed, and then the interface will inevitably collapse.

Therefore, Heaven sends down a calamity to save itself.

For cultivators who cannot withstand the test, the essence of heaven and earth they absorbed will return to the interface, thus allowing the interface to return to its normal cycle.

This is why it is said that those who cultivate Taoism are "going against the will of Heaven," because to some extent, the path of cultivating immortality is "stealing from Heaven."

(End of this chapter)