Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1036 Innate and Acquired

Ningfa flew for over a hundred miles through the golden desert. Apart from the rising temperature, nothing unusual or dangerous happened, but Ningfa became even more vigilant.

Before long, within the limits of Ning Fa's divine sense, he had already detected the figures of Ying Zhen and Ning Daozhen's groups who had entered the area first.

At this moment, their state was somewhat strange. They had all given up flying and were walking slowly through the desert, looking as if they were carrying heavy loads.

Ning Fa's eyes flashed, knowing that this was most likely a test from the spiritual realm.

Sure enough, after he flew several miles, he suddenly felt an indescribable force exerted on him, causing him to fall uncontrollably onto the desert.

There was a powerful suction force coming from the desert, as if taking a step would cause you to sink into it.

Ning Fa used his magical power to resist and finally neutralized the suction force.

However, after Ning Fa had walked another ten or so feet, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

He felt his mana draining much faster, and the faster he moved, the faster the mana draining would increase.

Ning Fa then understood why Ying Zhen and the others were walking so slowly.

Ning Fa had an idea and immediately switched to using his powerful physical strength to resist the suction force in the desert.

However, the consumption of qi and blood also increased significantly, but it was still better than the consumption of mana.

Ning Fa's heart skipped a beat; this was actually an advantage for him.

After all, he cultivated both physical and magical abilities, and both his magical power and physical strength were extremely formidable.

Moreover, he possesses the Five Elements Thunder Body, and the speed at which his magical power recovers is beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators.

Compared to other cultivators, they can naturally endure longer in this strange desert.

Ningfa followed the two groups of people from a distance for nearly a day.

At this moment, the strange suction force in the desert was becoming stronger and stronger. Even though Ning Fa used his physical strength and magic power in turn, he still consumed more than half of it.

The two groups of people ahead were clearly more exhausted, and had even stopped to rest several times along the way, taking recovery pills to replenish their supplies.

After walking nearly a hundred miles further, the desert conditions changed.

Ahead, there seemed to be an invisible dividing line, with the golden desert where they were located to the left.

To the right is a vast, dark desert, eerily unsettling and oppressive.

Ning Daozhen and Ying Zhen's groups were clearly also apprehensive. They rested at the border for a full day and made some probes before cautiously stepping into the black desert.

Ning Fa was watching closely from behind, knowing that the real test of this spiritual realm was about to begin.

Sure enough, after the two groups of people had walked several miles, their expressions suddenly changed drastically.

Just ahead, a black sandstorm suddenly swept towards them, blotting out the sky and radiating a terrifying oppressive force.

"It's Behemoth! Damn it! How could such a terrifying thing exist here!"

Upon seeing this, Ying Zhen's expression changed drastically, and he began to curse loudly. The group of Heavenly Martial cultivators around him were also extremely frightened.

At this moment, Ying Zhen took a deep breath, flipped his right hand, and took out a gourd with a hazy blue light.

Ying Zhen's face showed a pained expression, but his hands did not slow down at all as he quickly cast a spell.

The cyan gourd instantly grew to several feet in size, and as its mouth flashed with spiritual light, it spewed out a misty fog that enveloped the group.

On the other side, Ning Daozhen and the other two also had solemn expressions. Xiao Han and Dan Hongzi immediately looked at Ning Daozhen.

Ning Daozhen took a deep breath, and with a sudden flick of his right hand, a small gray stone tablet flew above the three of them in a flash of spiritual light.

As a spirit pattern on its surface lit up, a hazy gray halo immediately emanated from it, just enough to envelop the three of them.

The next moment, the black sandstorm swept in, engulfing both groups.

"It's actually the legendary Beppus!..."

Ning Fa, who was standing at the border, was also shocked and his heart was heavy.

He finally understood why Ning Daozhen had said that to obtain the Soul-Deriving Divine Spring, one must possess innate supernatural abilities.

According to ancient records, this wind was a very strange and terrifying natural disaster.

It is said that the Behemoth can only exist in newly formed or soon-to-be-destroyed realms.

The rules governing this interface are either not yet perfect or are already in disarray.

Therefore, the resulting shell winds possess the characteristics of chaos and devouring.

Therefore, cultivators have almost no power to resist this kind of wind.

Whether it's magical power, blood and qi, or the power of the soul, it will all be devoured by this shell wind. The only effective way to resist it is through innate supernatural powers.

As for what is innate and what is acquired, in reality, cultivators or other living beings are marked with the imprint of the current interface at the moment of their birth.

Whatever martial arts and internal energy he cultivated thereafter, whether it was magic power, blood and qi power, or soul power, could only be cultivated by relying on the laws of the current realm.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the beings in the interface can control the laws; it only means that they act under the laws of the interface, and they are still far from directly confronting the laws.

After all, in legends, only beings at the Mahayana level have the ability to touch the power of laws.

Like other living beings, they can only act under the constraints of various laws and forces.

Only Mahayana cultivators have the ability to comprehend the laws, and even utilize them, which is what makes Mahayana cultivators so terrifying.

Therefore, the power cultivated by living beings is acquired through the laws of the interface, and can be called acquired power. In fact, living beings themselves can be called acquired beings.

If we compare the interface to a pond, then the creatures that come into being are like the fish in it.

The size of the pond and the water quality determine how big the fish can grow.

In a Dharma-ending realm where spiritual energy is scarce and laws are incomplete, one might only be able to reach the Golden Core stage as the limit of cultivation.

In a vast world rich in spiritual energy and with complete laws, one can cultivate all the way to transcend tribulation and ascend to immortality.

However, as long as it remains in this pond, the growth limit of this creature is locked by the upper limit of this pond.

But what is innate power?

This can be seen as the power of the spring that gave birth to this pond, the source of the water that created the pond.

It is the fundamental force that forms the basis of the current interface; it exists independently of the rules of the current interface.

If a cultivator can advance to the Nascent Soul stage, they will receive the gifts of the Great Dao Laws and gain a trace of the original power of this realm, which is innate power.

This allows one to mobilize the power of the interface, such as controlling the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy).

Therefore, to some extent, Nascent Soul cultivators can be considered innate beings, only at the very beginning.

There are also some beings with powerful innate Dao bodies who possess innate power from the moment they are born.

However, generally speaking, one must reach a certain level to unlock the innate power within the body.

For example, Ning Fa's Five Elements Thunder Body was like this; he was only able to control innate power after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, the reason why the Five Elements Thunder Body is so powerful is that it can open up five innate thunder sea divine treasures within a cultivator's body.

Therefore, it can control far more innate power than a normal cultivator, and this advantage becomes more and more obvious as its cultivation level increases.

After all, as cultivators continuously break through their cultivation realms, they receive more and more innate power bestowed by the laws of the Great Dao.

In the end, such as the Mahayana realm, when the innate power within the body reaches a certain limit, quantitative change leads to qualitative change, thus qualifying one to begin comprehending the power of laws.

This is why the Tianji Spirit Scroll highly praises the Five Elements Thunder Body, precisely because of its advantages.

Therefore, the Five Elements Thunder Body can be said to be a truly great late-stage spiritual body. The higher the realm, the stronger the five innate thunder sea divine treasures in the cultivator's body become, and the more innate origins they can master, and naturally, the more powerful they become.

To some extent, this is an important reason why cultivators with the Five Elements Thunder Body have such a high probability of advancing to the Mahayana stage.

That's because at that time, the innate power of cultivators with the Five Elements Thunder Body had accumulated to an exaggerated level, so advancing to the Mahayana stage had a very high bonus.

This Beifeng is like the embodiment of the chaotic laws of the interface, or it can be seen as a kind of out-of-control innate creature, which is randomly devouring the surrounding heaven and earth energy, and even the acquired creatures themselves.

This is why innate power can withstand this wind.

Because after mastering the power of innate nature, he became an equal to Bei Feng, and was able to compete with Bei Feng for the surrounding spiritual energy.

It's clear that Ning Daozhen and Ying Zhen are using innate supernatural powers.

Ning Daozhen's special stone tablet magic weapon should have been made from the innate five elements of Qi that Ning Fa had previously given him.

Ning Fa breathed a sigh of relief; he was not flustered at all.

After all, he had opened up two innate Thunder Sea Divine Treasures. Although they were still in the initial stage, they should be much stronger than the two groups that relied on external objects.

The key point is that he has just obtained the innate lightning essence, which can be regarded as a mine. Whenever his innate power is over-consumed, he can absorb and refine it to replenish it.

Ning Fa's eyes flashed with a cold light. This might be a good opportunity to take advantage of this and eliminate these two groups.

With that in mind, Ning Fa crossed the boundary without hesitation.

Soon, a gust of wind howled towards him. Ning Fa felt a little disappointed. He had originally hoped that his Spirit Transformation Talisman might be able to deceive this spiritual realm, but it seemed that he could not take the shortcut.

Thinking of this, Ning Fa immediately activated the Innate Supreme Golden Thunder Sea God Treasury within his body. A layer of white, misty lightning immediately appeared on the surface of his body, and the next moment he was swept into the sea wind.

Amidst the mournful howling, an indescribable feeling of being squeezed and swallowed came.

However, as Ning Fa activated his innate divine lightning, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) immediately converged towards him, forming a stable protective aura, which greatly reduced the feeling of pressure.

(End of this chapter)