Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1070 Seclusion, Advancement of the Moon Goddess's Heart

Three months later.

The spirit island hidden deep in the Thousand Desert Sea by the Xuanhuo Sect has now been renamed Xuanning Island by Ning Fa.

At the very top of that spiritually rich mountain, a magnificent crimson palace stands tall.

At this moment, the main hall was bathed in radiant light, clearly indicating that all restrictions had been lifted.

Inside a quiet cultivation room in the main hall, the air was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the room had reached the peak of the fourth level.

Ningfa sat cross-legged on a white futon, his expression solemn.

After settling his affairs, he planned to go into seclusion to cultivate.

Although his cultivation level was already at the top of the Nascent Soul stage, his situation was very special. He was exposed to the eyes of the Nascent Soul cultivators too early, making it difficult for him to move forward. He could only maneuver among them, and every step he took was like walking a tightrope.

He really didn't want to experience that feeling of being at the mercy of others again.

Even with the help of the Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant, it is still only an external force; in the end, one can only rely on oneself.

Therefore, Ningfa's desire for strength is even deeper than before.

He has two main goals for this seclusion: one is to cultivate his Moon God Heart to the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage, and the other is to completely cultivate his Divine Firmament Dharma Image to the First Transformation Realm.

If he can achieve this successfully, even if his cultivation level doesn't break through to the late Nascent Soul stage, his strength will likely undergo a qualitative change.

Ning Fa breathed a sigh of relief, and with a wave of his right hand, a small pile of things appeared in a ball of light.

Among them were several transparent bottles, each containing a mysterious pale blue liquid that resembled a galaxy—the Soul-Deriving Divine Spring he had obtained from the Abyss Heavenly Pool.

There was also a pure black lotus with seven petals, seemingly ethereal, which slowly rotated as if it possessed a spirit, emanating a strange divine aura.

This is the mysterious soul lotus that has matured within Su Yu's sea of ​​consciousness.

In addition, there were five or six spiritual flowers and herbs of different colors, all exuding a rich spiritual aura, clearly extremely rare spiritual objects.

These items were what Ning Fa had obtained from trading with those Nascent Soul cultivators, and each one was worthy of being the grand finale item at a Nascent Soul level auction.

With so many wondrous items that could aid the soul laid out before them, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would likely be astonished.

Ning Fa intended to use these divine and wondrous objects to completely cultivate his Moon God Heart to the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage.

The reason for cultivating the Heart of the Moon Goddess first instead of the Divine Firmament Dharma Form was because of the threat posed by the Ancient Immortal Soul Demon and Shen Cizhou of the Radiant Moon Palace.

Once the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage is fully mastered, the threat posed by these two will be much less of a concern.

Ning Fa no longer hesitated, reached out and opened a clean bottle, and the Soul-Deriving Divine Spring inside flew to his front.

With a solemn expression, Ning Fa pointed his fingers, and the mysterious liquid immediately seeped into his forehead.

The next moment, Ning Fa's body trembled violently, and his face immediately showed a ferocious and painful expression. However, he immediately formed hand seals and began to practice the cultivation method of the Moon God Technique.

At the same time, the Moon Goddess Heart in his sea of ​​consciousness also shone brightly with white light, and the Moon Tribulation Heart Fire burning fiercely on its surface suddenly surged.

The next moment, a pale blue mist appeared in Ningfa's sea of ​​consciousness, enveloping the Heart of the Moon Goddess, churning and shimmering with astonishing streams of light.

Ning Fa's figure was obscured by the blinding white light.

And so time passed little by little during Ningfa's seclusion, the temple doors never being opened.

Before we knew it, ten years had passed.

On this day, the long-silent red hall suddenly came to life.

A rushing sound of water seemed to come from nothingness.

Although the sound wasn't loud, it instantly spread throughout the entire Spirit Island.

At the same time, a silver full moon, about ten feet in size, suddenly appeared in the clear sky, emitting a soft, moonlit glow.

What's special is that the surface of this full moon is as clear and flawless as a crystal, with mysterious runes floating on its surface.

Then the full moon swayed gently, and the void rippled like the surface of a lake, spreading out to the infinite distance before disappearing into the crimson palace below, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

At this moment, Tianbao Xianshang, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in another palace not far from the mountaintop, suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of Ningfa's palace, his eyes flashing with golden light.

Even his usually calm and composed face couldn't help but show a hint of surprise. After silently watching for a moment, he continued to close his eyes and sit cross-legged.

At another residence, Luo Feixuan also suddenly stood up.

A look of shock appeared on her beautiful face.

"He actually reached the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage so quickly, and the quality is so good. It seems there's a good chance he can advance to the Taiyin Infant Nurturing stage in the future..."

Luo Feixuan murmured, her eyes revealing a look that was hard to tell whether it was surprise or apprehension.

Inside another palace, Zhu Lingyun was studying an extremely complex teleportation array diagram.

The ancient teleportation array was completely destroyed by Wen Xiuxin, and it will not be easy to rebuild it.

Although Meng Ruoqi had recorded the complete array diagram of the teleportation array on the other side of Cangyuan, this kind of ancient teleportation array is very special and has very high requirements for the location where it is set up.

Often, the approach must be adapted to local conditions; in most cases, the teleportation arrays at both ends are not the same.

Although Meng Ruoqi has a high talent for array formations, her cultivation level is too low. In addition, she has been focusing on preparing to break through to the Core Formation stage in recent years. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of comprehending the teleportation array fell on Zhu Lingyun.

On the other side, Le'er was riding the blue dragon that had transformed into a dragon only a few feet in size, flying around the hall, with occasional giggles coming from it.

At this moment, Zhu Lingyun suddenly paused, and a faint golden luster suddenly appeared on the surface of her body, with a mysterious golden crescent moon appearing on her forehead.

Zhu Lingyun looked surprised.

"What's going on? Why did my Soul Splitting Technique activate automatically?"

Zhu Lingyun frowned slightly, seemingly finding it somewhat difficult to understand.

Just then, Le'er flew to her side with a whoosh, her big eyes looking Zhu Lingyun up and down, and asked with some concern, "Mother, what's wrong?"

"Mother is fine, Le'er, you continue playing. Mother still needs to study this teleportation array diagram," Zhu Lingyun said gently with a smile.

Le'er breathed a sigh of relief, but then her eyes lit up: "Mother, I haven't seen Father in so long. Why has he been in seclusion for so long? Mother, can you take me to see Father?"

Zhu Lingyun shook her head: "Your father is in seclusion at a critical moment and cannot be disturbed. Please wait a little longer."

Le'er pouted, but she was sensible enough not to beg any further.

Zhu Lingyun, however, frowned deeply, because the activation of the Yuanhun Dividing Technique within her body had not stopped and even showed signs of intensifying.

She no longer had time to study the teleportation array diagram, and immediately sat cross-legged to begin cultivating.

Inside the crimson hall, Ning Fa slowly opened his eyes, and an indescribable divine light shot out from them, instantly illuminating the entire hall—a truly astonishing sight.

At the same time, Ning Fa's entire body was also surrounded by moon-white light, and a special aura that seemed to have no boundaries emanated from him.

Before long, these strange phenomena dissipated, and Ningfa returned to normal. However, his eyes were like deep, ancient pools, and his temperament had also changed, becoming more profound and melancholic.

At this moment, within Ning Fa's sea of ​​consciousness, his Moon Goddess Heart had shrunk slightly, transforming from its vaporized state into a translucent, moon-white crystal. As it spun gently, it emitted rings of mysterious silver-white runes. A smile involuntarily appeared on Ning Fa's face. After ten years of secluded cultivation, he had finally perfected the Moon Goddess Heart to the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage.

The extremely agonizing period of the Moon Tribulation Heart Fire has finally passed, and the feeling is indescribable, even if it were a huge burden lifted off one's shoulders.

Before that, he had to control his emotions at all times to avoid being consumed by the moonlight.

Now that I no longer have these worries, this feeling of ease and joy is simply wonderful.

The benefits of advancing the Heart of the Moon Goddess go far beyond these.

At this moment, Ning Fa's spiritual power was enhanced in an unimaginable way. His divine sense detection range increased from the original four hundred miles to a thousand miles, reaching the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Moreover, Ningfa's spiritual sense quality has also been improved several times over, such as the range of spiritual sense diffusion, penetration, and the ability to simultaneously track targets.

In this respect, Ning Fa may even surpass ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

In addition to his spiritual strength, Ningfa's spiritual defense capabilities have also been enhanced in an unimaginable way, after all, this is the main ability that is improved during the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage.

According to Ningfa's estimate, the soul defense capability provided by the Moon Soul Crystal Core is roughly equivalent to a spirit treasure of the spirit defense level.

Treasures that can defend the soul are extremely rare, let alone spiritual treasures.

It is no exaggeration to say that its value can even be compared with the worst-quality Heavenly Treasure.

Of course, the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage is not only about defensive capabilities.

Thinking of this, Ning Fa made a hand seal, and the mysterious patterns on the surface of the Moon Goddess Heart crystal in his sea of ​​consciousness were suddenly illuminated, emitting a mysterious glow.

At the same time, the entire hall suddenly became as if night had fallen, turning it into an eerie and serene space, like a nightmare.

Then dozens or even hundreds of crescent moons suddenly appeared. With a slight sway, they unleashed a series of moon-shaped light blades, which looked like graceful moon shadows, beautiful and dreamlike, yet filled with deadly killing intent.

As Ning Fa changed his hand seals, thunderous sounds rang out, and wisps of silvery-white electric arcs swirled around the surface of these moon blades, further enhancing their power.

Feeling the astonishing power contained within these moon blades, Ning Fa smiled.

This is a powerful soul attack technique from the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage, called Moon-Slaying Divine Light.

What's amazing is that the Spirit Heart Divine Thunder he had previously cultivated could also perfectly merge with this Moon-Slaying Divine Light, increasing its power by several times compared to the original Spirit Heart Divine Thunder.

This will undoubtedly become another major trump card in Ningfa's hands.

After familiarizing himself with the process, Ning Fa closed his eyes and began to meditate. He needed some time to fully stabilize the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage.

A few days later, Ningfa briefly came out of seclusion and had a small reunion with his relatives, especially spending a few days having fun with Le'er.

At this moment, Baili Ming, who had received his message, also rushed back.

Ning Fa had previously instructed Murong Zhaoxue and others to occupy the Black Star Islands, which he thought would be an easy task, but they encountered some trouble instead.

Because there was a demonic cultivator there who had quietly broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage and was secretly manipulating several forces on the Black Star Islands.

After the Fuling Palace and Wangyue Sect moved in en masse, that demonic cultivator brought in some reinforcements from the Demon Sea Alliance.

Ning Fa then sent Baili Ming to help them. Now, so many years have passed, Ning Fa is also very curious about the current situation there.

"Since I've personally taken action, what are you still worried about?"

"That demonic cultivator who led the group, Yang Aochuan, was ambushed and killed by me while he was engaged in a fierce battle with your subordinates. His forces naturally scattered as a result."

Baili Ming, dressed in a black robe and still looking like a young man, chuckled.

Then he changed the subject: "However, to be honest, things were a bit complicated."

Yang Aochuan also had a close relationship with an elder of a major sect in the Demon Sea Alliance—the Thousand Souls Hall. After Yang Aochuan's death, the Thousand Souls Hall seemed to have some intention to intervene, but they eventually backed down.

Later, I heard from your subordinates that it seemed the Demon Lord had secretly intervened to stop it; otherwise, whether or not the Black Star Islands could have been taken is another matter entirely.

"The Demon Lord?" Ning Fa was slightly surprised, and couldn't help but recall the agreement he made with the Demon Lord when he first returned to Kowloon Sea.

So many years have passed, and neither Huangfu Jin nor the Demon Lord has come looking for him yet, but Ning Fa has a feeling that it shouldn't be too long.

Then Ning Fa obtained more information from Bai Liming, such as how the Fuling Hall and the relocated Wangyue Sect, together, completely wiped out the forces of the Black Star Islands in just a few years.

After killing some and forcing others to surrender, the vast Black Star Islands are now entirely the territory of the Fuling Temple.

In the time that followed, thanks to the vast resources left behind by Ning Fa, the Fuling Palace also developed rapidly.

Although they have moved far from Thunder Sea, some of their underground channels remain, and they have also recruited some disciples with thunder spirit roots.

In addition, a number of promising talents were recruited from the local people of the Black Star Islands and trained from a young age.

After all, the forces that surrendered earlier can only be considered peripheral forces.

After listening, Ning Fa couldn't help but thank Baili, saying, "Fellow Daoist Baili, thank you for your hard work in overseeing things during this time."

Baili Ming waved his hand and laughed, "Why are you being so polite with me, kid? The Soul-Deriving Divine Springs you gave me before gave me another fifty or sixty years of lifespan. This is nothing."

Ning Fa smiled and said, "I'm afraid you'll have to stay there for a while, because I'll be going into seclusion soon."

Baili Ming nodded and then took his leave.

Ningfa also returned to his mountaintop hall, intending to begin his next period of seclusion.

Before that, he went to another room in the hall.

The room was filled with a blinding blue light, and inside was a blue water droplet several meters in size, yet it gave the impression of a vast ocean.

One figure was faintly visible among them, exuding an aura that even Ning Fa found alarming.

Seeing this, Ning Fa couldn't help but show a look of anticipation on his face.

Inside the room was Lan Dian, who had absorbed that drop of Qilin's true blood. He had not yet finished refining it, which made Ning Fa look forward to seeing what changes Lan Dian would undergo after he emerged from seclusion.

Then Ning Fa went to his room and took out a jade slip with a flick of his right hand. It contained the cultivation method of the Divine Firmament Dharma Form from the Ancient Origin Thunder Scripture.

Next, Ning Fa plans to cultivate his Divine Firmament Dharma Form to the first stage of transformation.

Just then, Ning Fa's expression changed, and with a flick of his right hand, he took out a palm-sized purple jade tablet. The tablet shimmered and displayed a line of text.

Upon seeing this, Ning Fa couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

This was the message Huangfu Ziyue had sent him, saying that they were almost ready and asked Ningfa to come and help in seven years.

"Seven years from now? Perhaps that's enough time."

Ning Fa murmured, then waved his right hand in front of him, revealing a small pile of radiant treasures, among which was the bottle of Myriad Spirit True Liquid obtained from the Mingyuan Heavenly Pool.

Ning Fa smiled slightly and picked up the bottle.

Soon after, his body was enveloped in a dense cloud of bloody light, and the crimson hall fell silent once more.

(End of this chapter)