Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1072 The Third Innate Divine Thunder, Purple Yin Divine Wood
Ning Fa felt his vision blur slightly and then found himself in an unfamiliar place.

Looking around, this was a hazy gray space. Through divine sense, it was estimated to be about two hundred miles in size, with thick barriers at the edges.

The Ziyin clan members had already flown forward. Ning Fa called out to Tianbao Immortal Merchant and Luo Feixuan, and then followed closely behind.

Not long after, everyone stopped.

Before them appeared a vast, continuous cluster of palaces, towering majestically and exuding an extraordinary aura. They were also illuminated by layers of forbidden glow, exactly as depicted in the previous painting.

At this moment, the group was located in a huge square directly in front of this palace complex, with a lifelike stone dragon coiled in front of the palace gate.

A series of cracking sounds rang out, and the stones on the surface of the stone dragon shattered, revealing a purple dragon more than ten feet long.

Its enormous dragon eyes looked down at the crowd with majesty, and it let out a dragon roar. A powerful spiritual pressure rose from its body, reaching the peak of the fourth rank.

"This is... the Purple Star Dragon."

Ning Fa couldn't help but recall the Purple Star Dragon he had seen in the secret ruins of the Purple Yin Immortal Dynasty in the Jinchuan Islands. Compared to that, the one before him was much more powerful.

Huangfu Jin took a step forward, holding a large purple seal in his hand, and loudly spoke a sentence in an ancient language that Ning Fa had never heard before.

The hostility in the eyes of the Purple Star Dragon dissipated, and with a gentle flick of its tail, it transformed into a stream of light and fell into the purple seal in Huangfu Jin's hand.

Huangfu Jin gently shook the seal, and a stream of light shot out. In an instant, the protective glow of the outer layer of the palace was removed layer by layer, and the tall palace doors, each about ten feet high, in front of it slowly opened.

"I never imagined that one day we would be able to return to our ancestral land!..."

An elderly member of the Ziyin clan, around sixty years old, burst into tears upon seeing this, and everyone else, including Huangfu Ziyue, also wept with joy.

A flicker of excitement flashed in Huangfu Jin's eyes, then he took a deep breath: "Alright, everyone, let's go into the hall. Ziyue, you entertain Fellow Daoist Ning and Fellow Daoist Tianbao."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked into the hall, and the other Ziyin clan members immediately followed.

Huangfu Ziyue wiped away her tears, came to Ning Fa, and said with a smile, "Brother Ning, I will take you to the exclusive palace of the Zixiao lineage."

Ning Fa nodded, and the three of them followed Huangfu Ziyue. After entering the main hall, they passed through layers of pavilions and finally arrived at the westernmost part of this palace complex.

On a sacred mountain hundreds of feet high, there stood a somewhat lonely, purplish-black palace.

What's unusual is that, above this sacred mountain, dark clouds hang low, and every now and then a bolt of lightning strikes down from them, only to fall into the great hall as if it were a mud ox sinking into the sea.

Ning Fa looked at the grand hall, his expression shifting. He sensed an extremely powerful lightning attribute force emanating from it.

Huangfu Ziyue smiled and said, "Brother Ning, this is the Zixiao Palace, which was also the sacred cultivation ground of the Zixiao lineage in the past. It will be of great benefit to you in refining that innate lightning seed later."

As she spoke, Huangfu Ziyue walked forward on her own. Ning Fa's gaze sharpened, and he followed with Tianbao Xianshang and Luo Feixuan.

Before long, the group arrived at the deepest part of the Zixiao Palace. Tianbao and Luo Feixuan were left outside by Huangfu Ziyue, while she and Ningfa went in.

This is a large hall, with mysterious array patterns engraved on the walls and floor, extending all the way to the center.

At the center is a circular pool about twenty feet in diameter, filled with a deep blue liquid. Streaks of blue lightning can be seen emanating from the surrounding walls and then rapidly flowing into the central pool.

Ning Fajian's expression suddenly changed, because this was not a liquid at all, but clearly liquefied lightning power.

Its terrifying lightning power is far stronger than that of ordinary lightning.

Moreover, this power was extremely pure, clearly due to the special formation of this hall, which purified and refined the lightning power that struck down from the sky, and accumulated it over an unknown period of time to fill this pool of liquid lightning.

Ning Fa's eyes lit up. No wonder Huangfu Ziyue said that he could accelerate his cultivation here. It was indeed true.

Although this liquid lightning was not as good as the innate lightning essence he obtained from the Mingyuan Heavenly Pool, it was still a great tonic for him.

It is equivalent to a top-tier elixir for enhancing cultivation, which can not only accelerate the refining of his innate lightning seed, but also greatly speed up the advancement of his magical power.

At this moment, Huangfu Ziyue flipped her hand and took out a clean bottle with several restrictive talismans affixed to it. Inside the clean bottle, one could vaguely see a swirling, unpredictable blue thundercloud.

Ning Fa looked at the jade bottle, his eyes immediately burning with desire. This was the innate thunder seed he had longed for for so long.

Huangfu Ziyue readily tossed the jade bottle to him, smiling sweetly as she said:

"Brother Ning, now you can refine this innate lightning seed in the Zixiao Palace."

"It just so happens that the special ceremony we prepared for our great-uncle's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage still needs some time."

Ning Fa nodded. With the help of this vast amount of liquid lightning power, he was confident that he would soon be able to open up the Thunder Sea Divine Treasury of the Wood God Thunder.

"Fellow Daoist Tianbao and Fellow Daoist Luo, Brother Ning, you don't need to worry. I will arrange for them to live nearby."

"By the way, I'm really curious, what's your relationship with that beautiful, ethereal Fellow Daoist Luo? Could she be your Daoist partner?"

Huangfu Ziyue's eyes flickered, and she asked a question seemingly casually.

“We are not Daoist couples, but there are some special circumstances at this time, so Fellow Daoist Luo needs to stay by my side for a while.”

Ning gave a vague explanation.

Huangfu Ziyue raised an eyebrow, but didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she added a reminder:
"There is one more thing, Brother Ning, I must remind you that the innate lightning seed was, after all, transformed from the origin of our Zixiao lineage."

Therefore, you may obtain some of their essence blood during the refining process; please don't be offended, Brother Ning.

Ning Fa nodded, and Huangfu Ziyue smiled at him before leaving the hall. The hall doors closed, leaving Ning Fa alone.

Ning Fa breathed a sigh of relief and then jumped directly into the round pool.

The surrounding liquid lightning power surged in, but was directly absorbed by Ning Fa's body. Instantly, a pure and powerful lightning spiritual power flowed into his limbs and bones, making him feel extremely comfortable.

Ningfa wasted no time, peeled off the several restrictive talismans on the clean bottle, and solemnly cast a spell with his fingers together.

Suddenly, a wisp of azure thundercloud flew out from it and was directly inhaled by Ning Fa. Under his control, it fell directly into his liver.

At the same time, the pure lightning spiritual power followed, enveloping the entire liver.

Ning Fa was already enveloped in a blinding blue light, his figure appearing and disappearing.

Before we knew it, a year had passed.

The liquid lightning power in the circular pool had completely dried up, leaving only a blue cocoon of light in the center.

A distinctive rumble of thunder sounded, like the first thunder of spring at dawn.

The cocoon of light split open, revealing a green tree about ten feet tall. It was exceptionally green, with wisps of blue lightning dancing on its surface.

If others were here, they would surely be astonished to discover that this piece of green wood was entirely formed from lightning, yet it possessed none of the violent destructive power of ordinary lightning. Instead, it radiated vitality, as if all things were being reborn.

As the green tree branch swayed, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) surged and converged towards the tree as if in a frenzy.

Immediately, green leaves rapidly grew on the branches of the green tree at a speed visible to the naked eye. The leaves had mysterious runes on them, exuding a pure and innate quality, and containing unimaginable and terrifying power.

At this moment, the green wood swayed gently and transformed into a handsome figure in a blinding green light—Ning Fa.

His face was full of joy, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter. In just one year, he successfully refined that innate lightning seed.

At this moment, the third innate thunder sea divine treasure has been opened up in his liver, and the Supreme Wood Divine Thunder has become the third divine thunder to reach the realm of innate divine thunder, following the Supreme Metal Divine Thunder and the Supreme Fire Divine Thunder.

His personal strength has increased by a lot again. After all, the innate divine lightning is an innate divine power that can generally only be mastered by Nascent Soul cultivators, so it can naturally threaten Nascent Soul cultivators.

Ning Fa now possesses three types of innate divine lightning, which greatly increases his confidence even if he encounters a Nascent Soul cultivator again.

Moreover, after opening the third Thunder Sea Divine Treasury, he should have no further obstacles in breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

Once you cultivate your magical power and physical strength to the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage, you should be able to break through naturally, and this stage shouldn't take too long.

Because he absorbed all the massive amount of liquid lightning power in the circular pool, and much of it he did not fully refine but stored in his meridians and dantian.

Moreover, because of his previous advancement in the Divine Firmament Dharma Form, his physical cultivation progress has also increased significantly. This was originally the most difficult hurdle in the advancement, but now it should not pose too much of an obstacle.

So Ningfa was naturally in a great mood. After calming himself down, Ningfa raised his index finger.

Under his intense pressure, a drop of pale purple blood oozed from his fingertip.

Ning Fa stared at the drop of blood, his eyes filled with contemplation.

Although he successfully refined the innate lightning seed, just as Huangfu Ziyue said, some of this light purple essence blood appeared in his body, which seemed to be the remnants of those Ziyin clan members.

At this moment, Ning Fa's entire body was suddenly crackling with intense electric light. Not only his body surface, but also his internal body was crackling with countless electric arcs, completely annihilating the pale purple essence blood.

If Huangfu Ziyue and the others knew this, they would be dumbfounded, after all, the mystery of the Five Elements Thunder Body is beyond their comprehension.

Ning Fa was unaware of the true meaning behind Huangfu Ziyue giving him the innate thunder seed, but after erasing all the remaining essence blood, he felt much more relaxed.

Just then, a flash of fire appeared in front of him, and Huangfu Ziyue's voice came from it: "Brother Ning, I sensed something. Have you broken through to the Innate Divine Thunder realm? We've just finished setting up the ceremony and are waiting for you."

Ning Fa smiled and then got up and left the hall.

Outside, Huangfu Ziyue was already waiting for him.

Her beautiful eyes swept over Ning Fa, and she smiled brightly, saying, "As expected of Brother Ning, you've mastered the Supreme Wood Innate Divine Thunder so quickly. I'll have to rely on you a lot for the ceremony later."

Luo Feixuan and Tianbao Xianshang also emerged from two other side halls nearby. They looked at Ning Fa with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Although they did not know that Ning Fa's purpose in this seclusion was to break through to the Innate Divine Thunder, they clearly noticed the changes in Ning Fa.

"There's no time to lose, Fellow Daoist Huangfu, please lead the way," Ning Fa said with a smile.

At this moment, Huangfu Ziyue said tactfully, "Brother Ning, the special ceremony that is to come is the highest secret of our Ziyin clan, so I hope that you can go by yourself."

Ning Fa merely raised an eyebrow, then nodded: "Alright, then I'll go with you."

However, before leaving, he quietly activated the Star Compass and buried a blue star underground.

Before long, Huangfu Ziyue led Ningfa to the very center of the palace complex.

This is a hexagonal altar several miles in size, with a three-tiered platform in the center, where Huangfu Jin is sitting cross-legged.

He glanced at Ning Fa, then closed his eyes again to regulate his breathing.

Ning Fan could clearly sense that Huangfu Jin's magical power, spiritual sense, and physical strength were all significantly stronger than when he first arrived a year ago.

He has reached the limit of the Nascent Soul realm and is clearly ready to break through to the Divine Transformation realm.

Huangfu Ziyue led Ningfa to one corner of the hexagonal altar, where a pattern of a purple lightning sword was carved on the ground.

"Brother Ning, this is your seat."

First, memorize the incantation in this jade slip. When the ceremony begins, simply activate the Purple Cloud Sword according to the incantation.

As Huangfu Ziyue spoke, she handed a jade slip and the Zixiao Sword to Ning Fa, then drifted away to another corner of the altar.

Ning Fa didn't rush to look at the incantation in the jade slip, but instead glanced at the hexagonal altar.

There was another member of the Ziyin clan standing at each of the other four corners. Besides Zhuo Qing, there were three other people, each with powerful spiritual pressure, all of whom were at the late Nascent Soul stage. The altars beneath their feet were also engraved with different symbols.

Ning Fa withdrew his gaze and began to read the contents of the jade slip.

As time slowly passed, Huangfu Jin, who sat in the center of the hexagonal altar, began to emit increasingly stronger spiritual pressure, which even exceeded the limit of the Nascent Soul realm.

The surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) began to surge, as if a volcano was about to erupt.

"Ready!" Huangfu Ziyue shouted softly, then suddenly threw up a purple ancient mirror in her hand and unleashed a series of spells.

A burst of purple light suddenly emanated from the ancient mirror, and the same purple ancient mirror pattern engraved on the surface of the altar where Huangfu Ziyue stood was also illuminated in an instant.

The other four Ziyin clan members did the same, throwing out four treasures: a knife, a staff, a pearl, and a cauldron. The special symbols at their feet were also lit up.

Seeing this, Ning Fa also threw the Zixiao Sword in his hand into the air, and unleashed a series of spells towards it, while the innate supreme wood divine lightning within his body also surged forward.

As the Purple Cloud Sword flashed with lightning, the pattern of the Purple Cloud Sword beneath his feet also lit up.

Once the special hexagonal pattern on the altar was fully illuminated, the light quickly connected and spread throughout the entire altar.

In the blink of an eye, all the array patterns on the hexagonal altar were lit up, and a thick purple beam of light suddenly rose up and disappeared into the void.

At this moment, Huangfu Ziyue suddenly slapped her right hand forward, and several treasures appeared in a burst of light.

Ning Fa glanced at it briefly and, after seeing the appearance of the treasure clearly, couldn't help but show a look of shock, even with his current level of understanding, because what was in this ball of light was truly extraordinary.

Ancient spiritual herbs, fifth-grade spiritual materials, top-grade spiritual eye stones...

Each one of them is a precious item that even Nascent Soul cultivators would fight tooth and nail for.

Especially that ancient herb.

Once a medicinal herb reaches ten thousand years of age, even the most ordinary one will contain unimaginably pure spiritual energy.

Moreover, the Snow Dragon Grass is an extremely rare fifth-grade spiritual herb, and its value is so precious that it is difficult to measure with spirit stones.

Even if one were to take the medicine raw, even a Nascent Soul cultivator could gain at least several hundred years' worth of arduous cultivation, and might even break through a bottleneck directly.

These things disappeared into the purple pillar of light in the blink of an eye.

Ningfa took a deep breath, feeling somewhat strange.

He had a feeling that the ritual prepared by Huangfu Ziyue and the others was not for Huangfu Jin to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, but rather more like some kind of sacrifice.

You can see that they are all looking up at the sky, their faces full of excitement and anticipation.

At this moment, the purple beam of light stopped shooting out. Not long after, a rumbling sound suddenly came out, and a crack suddenly tore open in the air above the altar.

Then a huge branch extended from it, rapidly widening the spatial rift.

Then, a scene that left Ning Fa dumbfounded occurred: as the spatial rift expanded to over a hundred feet in size, a purple ancient tree slowly fell from the rift.

The ancient tree was over thirty feet long, with lush branches and leaves, and its whole body shimmered with a hazy purple light.

Surprisingly, on the surface of this ancient tree trunk, there is a huge, ancient, and weathered human face.

Upon seeing this, Huangfu Ziyue and the others were overjoyed. They all knelt on one knee and loudly proclaimed in an ancient language that Ning Fa had never heard before, "Greetings, Lord Shenmu!"

The face on the purple ancient tree trunk slowly opened its eyes, and an old voice followed, speaking in the same mysterious ancient language.

At the very center of the altar, Huangfu Jin stood up and respectfully answered something in ancient language.

Ning Fa watched all this with his brows furrowed tightly.

Something was amiss. It was clear that Huangfu Ziyue and the others had set up this special ritual, even offering up such precious spiritual objects, all in order to summon this mysterious ancient tree.

At this moment, he heard Huangfu Ziyue's voice transmission: "Brother Ning, please don't be offended. We did set up this ceremony to summon Lord Shenmu."

In fact, the reason why our Ziyin clan was born is entirely due to Lord Shenmu, which is also the highest secret of our clan.

Tens of thousands of years ago, our clan was just an ordinary mortal family. Fortunately, the Divine Tree Lord favored us and bestowed upon us an extraordinary bloodline, which led to the formation of our Ziyin clan.

This time, my great-uncle used an extremely powerful but also very dangerous method to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. It was called the Disintegration and Spirit Shaping Method, which was passed down in the True Demon Realm. This secret method was also given to him by the Divine Tree Master.

However, it is impossible to use this secret technique to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in our world where the spiritual energy is scarce. We need the help of the Divine Tree Master.

However, to summon Lord Shenmu, all six sacred artifacts that Lord Shenmu passed down must be activated.

"Because all members of the Zixiao lineage have perished, we can only rely on Brother Ning."

(End of this chapter)