Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1121 A Century of Change
"Ah? Could it be that Brother Ning has been unaware of the outside world for over a hundred years?"

Su Wanwan was startled at first, then patted her prominent chest and said:

"When it comes to information, I, Su Wanwan, am the most well-informed! Let me tell you the details."

Then, Su Wanwan gave Ning Fa a detailed account of the changes in the human world over the past hundred years, mainly the war between the human race and the sea monster race.

Jin Hao was also eager to show off, adding a few words every now and then.

As the man and the dog recounted their story, Ning Fa's expression shifted several times, his heart deeply shaken.

Although only a century has passed, the human world has indeed undergone tremendous changes.

First, after their operation destroyed the sea race's inter-realm passage, the sea race, having lost its support, went berserk and began a fierce attack on the Nine Dragons Sea Human Race.

The human faction lost seven key combatants in this operation. Although they had some backup plans, they were still short of high-level combatants.

After struggling for nine years, Zhenhai City finally succumbed and was breached by the combined forces of the two sea monster clans.

In this battle, two Nascent Soul cultivators from both the human and sea monster races died, and hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators perished on each side, not to mention countless others below the Nascent Soul level.

However, the greatest advantage of the human race is that they have a continuous stream of reinforcements.

When the human race's high command devised that operation, they had already prepared a backup plan. Behind the Nine Dragons Sea, in the Haoqiong Sea area, they built another immortal city that was not much smaller than the original Zhenhai City.

After Zhenhai City was destroyed, the human race immediately used this immortal city as their base to withstand the attacks of the sea monsters and the two sea demons again, and still named it Zhenhai City.

Meanwhile, the reinforcements from the two sea monster clans had already lost many of their elite troops in the last siege.

After all, although the two races have the advantage in the Nascent Soul stage combat power, the human race's strong and fortified city can largely offset the difference in Nascent Soul stage combat power.

Moreover, below the Nascent Soul level, the power of the two sea monster races is still inferior to that of the human race as a whole.

In particular, the human race has the advantage of geographical location, and there are many other cultivation worlds outside the Nine Dragons Sea that provide constant support. Those powerful forces have also opened their sect treasuries and provided a wealth of precious cultivation resources.

Therefore, although many human cultivators perished in the brutal war, quite a few also broke through their cultivation levels during the war.

In comparison, the two sea monster races, who only have the territory of Kowloon Sea, naturally seem to lack staying power.

The high-ranking officials of both the Siren and the Sea Demon races also recognized this. After realizing that they could not annihilate the main force of the human race through a direct assault, they changed their strategy, no longer pursuing short-term victories but seeking long-term development.

In other words, they seize territory and plunder cultivation resources to give both races better development potential and prevent them from being dragged down by the human race.

Therefore, the two sea monster races no longer focused on completely annihilating the human race of the Nine Dragons Sea, but instead diverted their forces to invade and expand into the surrounding cultivation world in order to gain more territory and cultivation resources.

After all, the two sea monster races were still very powerful and had the upper hand in terms of high-level forces. Without the support of strong cities, the human race often did not fare well when facing the two sea monster races head-on.

Moreover, the sea race is even stronger than the human race in the inheritance of building ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays, and has played an important role in this war between cultivation worlds.

This strategy has indeed put the human side at a great disadvantage. In a short period of time, the two sea monster races have occupied several cultivation worlds around the Nine Dragons Sea.

However, after initially being on the defensive, the human race immediately responded by setting up numerous teleportation arrays in the surrounding cultivation worlds at great cost, and gathering heavy troops in these cultivation worlds. This suppressed the invasion of the sea monsters and began to counterattack the occupied territories.

In a short time, the war between the two camps was no longer limited to Kowloon Sea, but spread to most of the cultivation world.

It can be said that the entire human realm was engulfed in war.

However, for the two sea monster races, the most important goal is to seize cultivation resources, so even if they cannot occupy the human territory, they will still plunder it and destroy it.

Therefore, although the number of human cultivators was much greater than that of the sea monsters, the fact that their territory was too large became a disadvantage, and they were often in a passive and defensive state.

Fortunately, the human race had sufficient strategic depth, and after initially being on the defensive, they devised many ways to counter it, so in the later stages of the war, the two factions had their share of victories and defeats.

The fighting between the two sides intensified, especially among the human race, which was in a state of total mobilization.

Because this is a war between races, unlike normal cultivation wars among humans which do not involve mortals.

In any territory occupied by the sea monsters, the best outcome for mortal humans is simply to become food for the monsters.

Forty years after Ningfa closed his retreat.

The other two major forces in the human realm finally entered the fray: the two other branches of the demon race, the Myriad Demon Sea Demon Race and the Cloud Broken Mountain Range Demon Race.

Both sides have several Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators, as well as a large number of high-level Transformation stage demon cultivators.

The final result was that the demon race of the Cloud Broken Mountains joined the human race, while the sea demon race of the Myriad Demons joined the alliance of the two sea demon races.

The problem is that the number of Nascent Soul cultivators in the Cloud Broken Mountains is three, while in the Myriad Demon Sea it is four. As a result, the Nascent Soul cultivators in the human race are even weaker.

However, since this was already a full-scale war that had spread to dozens of cultivation worlds across the entire human realm, this disparity did not have a decisive impact.

At this point, the war between the two camps became even more intense, with an astonishing number of cultivators from the three races dying in battle every day.

And so, another thirty years passed.

Although both sides had their share of victories and defeats, the human race ultimately prevailed due to insufficient high-level power. They seized control of the other six major cultivation worlds near the Nine Dragons Sea, and three other cultivation worlds, like the Nine Dragons Sea, also controlled considerable territory.

Just as the war between the two camps was escalating, a major event occurred.

That was a place far away near the Tianwu Immortal Cultivation World, where an astonishing celestial phenomenon appeared.

From that point on, a truce was quickly reached between the two camps. Hearing this, Ning Fa's expression changed slightly, and he blurted out, "What? You're saying that place is Mitian Valley?"

“That’s right. Although the outside world knows little about this matter, it certainly won’t stump me, Su Wanwan.”

Su Wanwan raised her chin proudly.

"The place where the anomaly occurred is Mitian Valley."

It is said that this is also the most mysterious place in the human realm; otherwise, the two opposing factions, locked in a life-or-death struggle, wouldn't have stopped fighting so quickly and even joined forces to explore it and find out what's going on.

Ningfa's expression shifted, his heart surging with emotion.

He was very familiar with this Mitian Valley, because it was the hiding place of that Xuan Tian spiritual treasure, and also the root cause of the sealing of the human world's spiritual energy.

Could this strange occurrence mean that a treasure has appeared in the world?
"What exactly happened inside Mitian Valley?" Ning Fa immediately asked.

Su Wanwan, who had just boasted, suddenly looked embarrassed and stammered, "Well... I don't know."

At this moment, Jin Hao blurted out, "That place should contain unimaginable treasures, perhaps not even ordinary spiritual treasures."

Unfortunately, Jin's cultivation level wasn't high enough. If he had also reached the Nascent Soul stage, he would definitely have tried to get a share of the spoils.

At this point, Jin Haogou's face was full of frustration.

"How did you know?" Ning Fa couldn't help but ask.

"I may not have many other skills, but my treasure hunting skills are top-notch!" Jin Hao said smugly with a dog-like face.

Ning Fa suppressed the turmoil in his heart and continued, "So what happens next?"

"Next, Nascent Soul cultivators from both camps entered the Mitian Valley."

The Nascent Soul cultivators who went in first seemed to have gained considerable benefits.

Subsequently, more Nascent Soul cultivators from both camps entered the valley; there should be more than a dozen on each side.

However, something seems to have happened in Mitian Valley, and the Nascent Soul cultivators who entered this batch have not yet come out.

While the war between the two camps has not completely ceased over the past few decades, it is no longer as intense as before. Both sides' leadership seems to be exercising restraint, awaiting the outcome in Mitian Valley.

After listening to Su Wanwan's words, Ning Fa narrowed his eyes slightly.

If that's the case, these Nascent Soul cultivators should have been in Mitian Valley for forty years, yet they still haven't come out.

But for him, this seems to be a good thing.

Although he was confident that his strength was now unmatched in the human realm, he was not so arrogant as to think he could take on many opponents alone.

Now that both sides have a considerable number of Nascent Soul cultivators entering Mitian Valley, the power of the higher-ups has been greatly weakened. As a result, I can do whatever I want.

As for whether or not to enter the Mitian Valley, a decision will be made after obtaining more information.

After all, it seems there are still considerable dangers in this Mitian Valley. It can trap so many Nascent Soul cultivators inside, so I don't necessarily have to take the risk now.

"Do you know anything about my clan and sect?" Ning Fa asked, slightly nervous.

But both the man and the dog shook their heads.

Ning Fa sighed slightly. This was normal, since his relatives were all on Xuan Ning Island, and his clansmen and sects were all in the Cang Yuan Immortal Cultivation World, so it was naturally difficult for them to know.

Ning Fa's eyes flashed, and he asked again, "What's this about the sea tribe's treasure trove that you just mentioned?"

Upon hearing this, both the man and the dog were greatly alarmed.

Su Wanwan's almond-shaped eyes widened in surprise: "You were eavesdropping on our conversation?"

"Sorry, I just overheard it by accident." Ning Fa smiled.

Su Wanwan was a little angry, but she didn't dare to lash out at Ning Fa at this moment.

Jin Hao, however, immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Su, since Senior Ning already knows about this matter, then we can invite Senior Ning to join us."

After all, our original plan didn't have a high chance of success, maybe only 20% or 30%, but with Senior Ning joining us, it's a completely different story; victory is practically guaranteed.

Su Wanwan's expression immediately softened, realizing that Jin Hao was right; it was just her usual doting personality acting out.

At this moment, Jin Hao chuckled and said, "Senior Ning, you should know the great name of the [Mysterious Life Boundless Fruit], right?"
We know that the Sea Clan has planted a Mysterious Boundless Fruit Tree in one place, and it is nearly ripe. Fellow Daoist Su and I are plotting to steal this fruit.”

"What? The Mysterious Life Limitless Fruit!"

Ning Fa's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, showing disbelief.

Because this is a legendary spiritual fruit of heaven and earth, even if eaten raw, it can increase a cultivator's lifespan significantly.

Furthermore, it has a miraculous effect, making it much easier for cultivators to break through to the next realm, and even has a remarkable effect on breaking through major realms.

(End of this chapter)