Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1030 Innate Thunder Essence
Three days later, in a dark canyon.

With a deafening, mournful roar, a ferocious beast with wings over a hundred feet long crashed to the ground, causing a tremor. But soon the demon vanished in wisps of light.

Soon a bolt of lightning flew into the depths of the canyon.

There was a hazy ball of light there, in which two vortex spirit beads floated quietly, as well as a somewhat transparent yellow crystal, emitting rings of yellow light.

Ning Fa picked up the yellow crystal and whispered with delight, "This piece of Yellow Yuan Earth Essence is one of the best earth-attribute spiritual objects for upgrading from the fifth rank to the origin of Earth God Thunder. Such a large piece is enough to upgrade my Earth God Thunder to the third rank, high grade."

Ning Fa smiled and put away the precious item, then looked at the two vortex spirit beads, his face showing contemplation.

In the previous sixty-second spiritual realm, after recovering his condition, he successfully eliminated a group of demonic monkey monsters in the dense forest and obtained two of the vortex spirit orbs. He then came to this secret realm.

Besides the fact that the Yellow Yuan Earth Essence was what he needed, it was also because it was relatively easy to obtain, and Ning Fa wanted to quickly collect ten Whirlpool Spirit Pearls in order to meet the requirements for the second level of the Spirit Mountain.

Although there were many spiritual items listed by the Vortex Spirit Realm on the first floor that tempted him greatly, none of them were as important to him as the Soul-Deriving Divine Spring.

Soon, Ning Fa waved his right hand, and nine more vortex spirit orbs appeared.

The eleven swirling spirit orbs emitted a hazy spiritual light and gathered together in the air.

With a buzzing sound, a portal of light appeared, but the scene behind it was distorted and unclear.

Without hesitation, Ning Fa transformed into a streak of light and flew into it.

In a flash, he found himself in another place.

The roar of the massive water flow filled their ears, and ahead lay the colossal Thousand Whirlpool Spirit Mountain.

Not far below, there was a white light curtain with no visible edge, enveloping the lower half of the mountain.

Clearly, this is the second level of Mount Ling. Ning Fa glanced around and immediately looked up. There, on the surface of the mountain, was an enormous vortex.

Unlike the first level of the sacred mountain, this second level seems to have only this one vortex.

Ningfa flew upwards without further hesitation.

Besides him, two other people had arrived a step earlier and were hovering ten feet away from the vortex.

One of the men, a white-robed man with a gentle and refined appearance, was Shen Cizhou, a key figure in the Great Qin Bright Moon Palace.

The other person, dressed in a dark gold dragon robe and with rare dark green long hair, was none other than Ying Zhen, the grandson of the illustrious Nine Immortals Society's president.

Ning Fa couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

It's not surprising that Ying Zhen was able to arrive at the second floor ahead of time, after all, besides his own extremely strong strength, he also had guards accompanying him back then.

Ning Fa was somewhat surprised that Shen Cizhou could arrive so quickly.

After all, among the cultivators who came from Great Qin this time, very few were from the Radiant Moon Palace, and only Shen Cizhou entered the Abyss Heavenly Pool.

This shows that he, like Ning Fa, fought alone, yet he reached the second level even faster than Ning Fa, which is enough to demonstrate his strength.

The two men also looked at Ning Fa, their expressions differing.

Ying Zhen looked Ning Fa up and down, a strange glint in his eyes, and asked with a half-smile, "You're Ning Fa?"

Ning Fa looked at him and said calmly, "What advice do you have?"

Ying Zhen's lips curled up, but he didn't answer. He just continued to look at the huge vortex in front of him.

Ning Fa frowned slightly; the man's gaze made him somewhat uncomfortable.

At this moment, Shen Cizhou smiled gently at him and said, "Fellow Daoist Ning, the spiritual realm on this level is extraordinary. Come and take a look."

Ning Fachong and Shen Cizhou smiled and nodded, then ignored Ying Zhen and flew over to examine him closely.

Soon, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

As the massive vortex spun rapidly, it emitted a misty vapor that formed a blurry water mirror, within which numerous scenes flashed by at lightning speed.

At the same time, that ethereal voice reappeared in Ningfa's sea of ​​consciousness.

"The second level of Thousand Whirlpool Spirit Mountain will randomly assign a spirit realm to each trial participant. They must pass three spirit realms within fifteen days to pass the test and advance to the third level of the spirit mountain."

Each person has two chances to choose a new spiritual realm, but once the challenge begins, they cannot give up halfway; it's either success or death.

Upon hearing this, a look of surprise appeared in Ning Fa's eyes.

This Thousand Whirlpool Spirit Mountain is truly special; it has actually enabled random matchmaking.

In that case, it will depend on individual strength, because it seems that you can't team up here like you can in the first level of the spiritual realm.

There might also be an element of luck involved; perhaps some of these randomly matched spirit realms are relatively easy to find.

This is naturally good news for Ningfa.

Because of this, he no longer needed to worry about the sea tribe and the demon tribe.

Even if multiple people are assigned to the same spiritual realm, the number of them would not be large.

For Ning Fa, there was nothing to fear. He was confident that with his current strength, he was definitely among the top tier of the powerful individuals participating in this event. However, Ning Fa then felt a sense of unease, because he was unsure whether the spiritual realm where the Soul-Deriving Divine Spring was located was on this second level.

If so, what if I wasn't assigned to this spiritual realm?
This is indeed a very troublesome problem.

Of course, there is another possibility: that the Soul-Deriving Divine Spring is located in the third layer of the spiritual realm. In Ning Fa's opinion, this possibility is even higher.

Ningfa secretly resolved to pass through the second spiritual realm as soon as possible and proceed to the third.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, I'll go in first."

Ning Fachong said something to Shen Cizhou, and without hesitation, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew into the vortex.

After a moment's thought, Shen Cizhou also flew into it.

Only Ying Zhen remained. The arrogant look on his face faded, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes. He then disappeared from his spot in a flash.

Ningfa had already appeared in an unfamiliar place.

He looked around with a strange expression.

All around, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the sky was filled with churning, inky clouds that seemed to have no boundaries, with bolts of lightning as thick as bowls striking down from time to time.

Further away, the lightning appeared even denser, resembling a dense forest formed by lightning, sending a shiver down one's spine even from a great distance.

"No way?" Ning Yu muttered in a strange tone.

Could the test in this spiritual realm be this kind of heavenly lightning power?

If that's the case, then letting him undergo the trial is practically cheating.

Ning Fa felt that his luck was really too good. He didn't expect that the first spiritual realm he was randomly assigned to would be his home ground.

Without further hesitation, he immediately flew forward.

The further forward they went, the denser the heavenly lightning became. After Ning Fa flew halfway, the surrounding area was already a thunderstorm zone.

Its violent power is something that ordinary cultivators cannot withstand.

Ning Fa strolled leisurely, and the originally raging lightning around him immediately became docile when it came near him.

Even the thunder dragons hidden within the thunderstorm, seemingly formed from lightning, respectfully howled at Ning Fa and immediately retreated.

Before long, Ningfa had arrived deep within the clouds.

At this moment, the powerful lightning force surrounding them would have killed even a great cultivator if they stayed there for too long, but it posed no threat to Ning Fa.

Then Ningfa finally arrived at the center of this thundercloud.

The thunderstorm subsided, and a thick, mercury-like liquid floated quietly in the air.

Upon closer inspection, the thick liquid was clearly formed from lightning compressed to its extreme, radiating an unimaginable pure lightning power.

"This is... innate thunder essence!"

Upon seeing this object, Ningfa was so shocked that he blurted out.

His eyes were filled with ecstatic joy, because this innate thunder essence was an unimaginably precious thunder-attribute spiritual object.

Generally speaking, although the heavenly lightning commonly seen in the human realm is also innate divine lightning, most of it contains the turbid energy of the realm, so even he cannot absorb it at will.

However, in the Ninth Heaven, the spiritual energy is the most violent, and at the same time, the turbid energy of the realm is the least.

The heavenly lightning born here may be purified and refined by the violent spiritual energy of the Ninth Heaven, thus forming a precious spiritual object called—Innate Thunder Essence.

This item is a genuine fifth-tier divine artifact, and even among fifth-tier divine artifacts, it belongs to the top tier.

It is an excellent main material for crafting some thunder-attribute spiritual treasures, and it is even more important to Ning Fa, because it is a great tonic that can enhance his innate divine thunder.

The innate divine lightning is not the end point; in some ways, it is merely the beginning. It requires continued cultivation to improve and elevate its rank.

The two types of innate divine thunder that Ning Fa currently possesses, namely the Golden Divine Thunder and the Fire Divine Thunder, are only at the initial stage of innate divine thunder if classified by rank.

Once Ning Fa absorbs and refines this innate lightning essence, it is highly likely that he will take a big step forward in the cultivation of these two innate divine lightnings.

It's not impossible for one of the innate divine lightning types to break through to the mid-stage of the innate realm.

This is of extraordinary significance, since the most powerful supernatural ability of a Nascent Soul cultivator is the ability to control the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy).

Once the innate divine lightning advances to the next level, it will undoubtedly give Ning Fa more confidence when facing Nascent Soul cultivators.

So it's no wonder Ning Fa was so excited. However, he was also slightly disappointed because this item couldn't help him break through to the innate level with the other three types of Five Elements Divine Thunder, which were still acquired.

To put it simply, if we compare his innate divine lightning to the Nascent Soul stage, then this innate lightning essence is equivalent to a Nascent Soul level elixir for enhancing cultivation and magical power; its purpose is not to break through bottlenecks.

Those special items that can help the acquired divine lightning break through to the innate realm are equivalent to breakthrough pills like Foundation Building Pills and Crystal Condensation Pills, and their effects cannot be easily replaced.

(End of this chapter)