Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1073 Favored by the Divine Tree, Ancestor Zixiao

Ning Fa's expression softened slightly, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, the origins of the Ziyin clan, who founded the extremely powerful Ziyin Immortal Dynasty, were so mysterious.

This undoubtedly demonstrates the mysterious and terrifying nature of the ancient purple tree before him; Ning Fa could not perceive the depth of its cultivation level at all.

At this moment, Huangfu Jin and the mysterious ancient tree had finished their conversation.

Suddenly, a thick branch of the ancient purple tree swung out, and a mysterious purple fruit the size of a fist flew out and landed on the head of Huangfu Jin, who was beaming with joy.

The fruit exploded with a bang, transforming into a dense purple light that enveloped it.

Huangfu Jin's figure instantly melted into it, but another aura quickly rose up.

The ancient purple tree did not stop moving; another branch swayed, and another purple fruit flew out.

Unexpectedly, the purple fruit did not disappear into Huangfu Jin's side, but instead flashed to Ning Fa's head.

Ning Fa's expression changed drastically. Without thinking, a flash of lightning appeared around him, and he immediately tried to activate the Thunder Escape Technique.

However, an inexplicable force of confinement prevented him from moving, and even Ning Fa's attempt to activate the Star Compass had no effect.

At this moment, the purple fruit exploded, transforming into a dense purple light that also enveloped it.

Ning Fa was furious and was about to activate the Divine Firmament Dharma Form when a thought suddenly struck him.

Because he discovered that within the newly opened Innate Wood God Thunder Sea God Treasury, an extremely dense and mysterious power was surging madly into him.

His innate symbol of divine wood and thunder—the sapling-like blue thunderwood—grown rapidly after absorbing these mysterious energies.

Ning Fa also clearly felt that his Supreme Wood Divine Thunder Origin was increasing rapidly.

Before long, his Wood Divine Thunder had already reached a level close to that of Metal Divine Thunder and Fire Divine Thunder.

This change made Ning Fa change his mind. Instead of taking any other measures, he took the initiative to absorb and refine this energy.

This also allowed his innate Wood Divine Lightning to improve even more rapidly, almost reaching the middle grade of the fourth rank.

The Ziyin clan members outside, apart from Huangfu Ziyue and Zhuo Qing, all looked surprised.

After Huangfu Ziyue explained in a telepathic message, their expressions eased slightly, but many still frowned deeply, looking very regretful and even a little jealous.

Huangfu Ziyue and Zhuo Qing looked at Ning Fa, who was bathed in purple light, with expectant expressions on their faces.

When they first sought Ning Fa's help, Huangfu Jin, Huangfu Ziyue, and Zhuo Qing, the three core members of the Ziyin clan, had already devised this plan.

The true meaning behind the innate lightning seed they gave Ning Fa was to ensure that when Ning Fa refined it, the essence and blood of the Zi Xiao lineage would remain in his body.

In this way, after the sacrifice to the sacred tree, the mysterious fruit bestowed by the sacred tree can be used as a catalyst to transform Ningfa into a true member of the Ziyin clan.

In this way, they completely bound Ning Fa, who possessed the Five Elements Thunder Body and had boundless potential, to their clan's war chariot.

At this moment, they did not know that the remaining essence blood had already been automatically annihilated by Ningfa's lightning body.

Under normal circumstances, their plan should not have succeeded.

But then the situation changed in a way that caught Huangfu Ziyue and the others off guard.

First, the Heavenly Book of Crossing Origins in Ningfa's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled slightly, and the phantom of an ancient tree appeared on the surface of the pages. Although its shape was similar to this purple ancient tree, it looked more mysterious and extraordinary, as if it had existed for countless epochs.

On the mysterious purple ancient tree in the air, the ancient and weathered human face, whose eyes had been closed, suddenly opened, revealing a clear sense of shock.

It stared intently at Ningfa, as if it had discovered something incredible.

Then, a scene that shocked Huangfu Ziyue and the other members of the Ziyin clan occurred.

The ancient purple tree suddenly trembled, revealing a mysterious fruit hanging high on its central trunk.

This fruit was twice the size of the one the ancient purple tree had given before. It was entirely purple-gold in color, and when it swayed gently, it scattered mysterious purple-gold runes, making it look extremely extraordinary.

"This is……?"

Upon seeing this, Huangfu Ziyue and the other members of the Ziyin clan widened their eyes, their faces filled with shock.

None of these people had ever seen the sacred tree before; they had only read descriptions of it in their clan's records.

It is said that when their clan was first born, they were not only given extraordinary bloodlines by the divine tree, but also various fruits.

These fruits are not ordinary fruits; they encompass a wide variety of things, including elixirs, talismans, magical artifacts, spiritual weapons, magical treasures, cultivation techniques, and other spiritual objects.

Later, as the Ziyin clan grew stronger, they needed to offer sacrifices to the sacred tree in order to receive these rewards.

The better the offerings, the higher the level of the reward.

This is also the key reason why the Ziyin clan was able to establish a celestial dynasty and unify the Nine Dragons Sea, making the Great Qin and Tianwu wary of them.

However, for some unknown reason, the sacred tree could no longer be summoned frequently and could only be seen once in a long while.

Otherwise, if they could still receive precious rewards from the sacred tree through sacrifices, the Ziyin clan, even if severely weakened at the time, would not have been easily destroyed by the Tian Shu Alliance, the Mo Hai Alliance, and the Yuan Shou Ancestral Court.

As for the level of the spiritual object bestowed by the sacred tree, one can get a glimpse from the position of the fruit on the sacred tree.

The lower the position, the lower the level of the spirit.

If the fruit is located in the middle section of the sacred tree, it is already a top-grade treasure.

Just like this time, they used extremely precious offerings in exchange for the original blood from the source of their bloodline.

Even in the True Demon Realm, this is incredibly precious.

This was to allow Huangfu Jin to successfully complete the disintegration and spirit-shaping method and attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, it won't be as simple as just reaching the Nascent Soul stage in the future; there's even a chance that he can successfully cultivate to the late Nascent Soul stage.

The other source blood was used for Ningfa, as they wanted to make Ningfa a true member of the Ziyin clan.

This precious fruit is only found in the upper-middle section of the sacred tree.

But the mysterious purple-gold fruit that the sacred tree has sent is located at its very top.

What kind of concept is this?

What kind of treasure could it be?
Immediately afterwards, Huangfu Ziyue and the others were overjoyed.

Could it be that Lord Shenmu, seeing the current state of decline of the Ziyin clan, is showing them special favor and helping them rise again? That's why he's bestowing such precious fruit upon them.

But what shocked them next was that the purple-gold fruit did not fly to Huangfu Jin's side. Instead, it flashed and disappeared directly into the purple light where Ning Fa was.

Huangfu Ziyue, Zhuo Qing, and the others were dumbfounded. The old man from the Ziyin clan and the square-faced man, along with other members of the Ziyin clan, looked anxious, and some even couldn't help but want to take action.

At this moment, Huangfu Ziyue was the first to react. She sternly stopped those people with her eyes and quickly transmitted a message through her divine sense.

The others finally calmed down, but their expressions were complex and hard to decipher.

After all, in the minds of these pure Ziyin clan members, Lord Shenmu is the protector of their clan, and this protection is exclusively enjoyed by their clan.

The fact that Lord Shenmu is showing such favor to an outsider makes them feel very uncomfortable.

At the same time, Ningfa was shocked to discover that the purple-gold fruit had appeared in his Supreme Wood Thunder Sea God Treasury. It directly transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into his Azure Thunderwood.

The azure thunderwood instantly emitted purple, azure, and gold lightning, rapidly rising more than half its height. A booming sound, as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart, spread from the sea of ​​thunder to the infinite distance.

At this moment, the Divine Lightning of the Wood directly broke through to the middle grade of the fourth rank, and it was far from stopping, continuing to climb upwards.

Although the entire tree is still green, mysterious purple-gold patterns have begun to appear on its surface.

At that moment, the ancient purple tree outside gave Ning Fa a deep look with its ancient eyes, then its trunk trembled slightly, transforming into a stream of light that disappeared back into the spatial rift above. In the blink of an eye, the enormous spatial rift closed rapidly, as if everything before had been an illusion.

The purple light enveloping Ning Fa and Huangfu Jin below still hadn't dissipated.

A full six months have passed.

The purple light surrounding Huangfu Jin finally dissipated, and he reappeared, his figure slightly taller and more robust than before.

Although the spiritual energy he exuded was not much stronger than before, the overwhelming and powerful pressure it exerted was far beyond what it had been before.

He glanced intently at Ning Fa, who was still enveloped in purple light, his eyes flashing with shock and disbelief. Then, he took a deep breath and flew directly upwards.

With a long roar, an astonishing spiritual pressure erupted from his body.

Thunder rumbled across the heavens and earth, and a vast expanse of dark clouds appeared out of nowhere—the very tribulation clouds of the Nascent Soul Transformation Tribulation. Clearly, Huangfu Jin was about to begin his tribulation.

Layers of protective light shields rose above the hexagonal altar below, and Huangfu Ziyue and the others beside the altar looked at the sky with tense anticipation.

A deafening roar of thunder followed, and Huangfu Jin's figure was quickly engulfed in a tidal wave of lightning.

A full day passed before the Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation finally ended.

With a long, resounding roar that shook the heavens and the earth, a powerful surge of divine transformation energy emanated from the sky, clearly indicating that Huangfu Jin had successfully advanced to the next level.

The Ziyin clan members were overjoyed and wept with happiness.

Then they all withdrew from the place, leaving Ningfa, still enveloped in purple light, alone in the hexagonal altar.

Another year has passed.

At this moment, the Thunderwood in Ningfazhi Wood God Thunder Sea God's Treasury finally stopped growing, having already reached a height of ten zhang.

The purplish-gold patterns on the tree trunk were even more pronounced, making the Thunderwood resemble a work of art, exquisite and beautiful.

At the same time, the lightning emitted by Lei Mu also changed to three colors: purple, gold, and cyan, and the power contained within it was far greater than before.

At the same time, the purple light surrounding Ning Fa finally dissipated.

Behind him, however, slowly emerged a tricolor thunderwood, identical to the one in the Thunder Sea God's Treasury, with purple, gold, and cyan colors.

Although it is only ten zhang tall, it gives people a feeling of covering the sky and the sun, as if it has existed for countless years, making people want to worship it.

Ning Fa slowly opened his eyes, his eyes shining with divine light. A series of heart-shaking thunderous sounds rang out, and the thunderwood behind him swayed gently, rippling out a circle of mysterious purple, blue and gold thunder.

Ning Fa stood up, slowly looked himself over, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Under the influence of the two fruits from that mysterious ancient tree, especially the second purple-gold fruit, his Supreme Wood Divine Lightning directly broke through to the upper-grade fourth rank, even reaching the peak of the fourth rank, and was only one step away from the fifth rank.

This improvement is truly astonishing. You must know that for so many years, his Innate Supreme Gold Divine Lightning was still quite a distance from the middle grade of the fourth rank.

But Ning Fa soon frowned, because his innate Wood Divine Lightning was clearly not quite right.

It seemed to be deeply affected by the second purple-gold fruit of the Purple Yin Divine Tree, as if it had mutated, or rather, been endowed with some special attribute.

Just then, a whooshing sound rang out, and a group of Ziyin clansmen, led by Huangfu Jin, returned to the hexagonal altar.

They glanced at Ning Fa first, then their gazes immediately focused on the purple-gold thunderwood behind him, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Even Huangfu Jin, who was already radiating powerful spiritual energy at the Nascent Soul level, was dumbfounded.

"How is this possible? This kid has already condensed a divine wood totem without even advancing to the Nascent Soul stage?"
Even the grade of his sacred tree totem is higher than mine?

Moreover, aren't all the sacred tree totems of our Ziyin clan purplish-black? Why is this kid's one purplish-gold?
Why do I feel such a strong sense of pressure from his sacred tree totem?

Huangfu Jin's sword-like eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and his expression was somewhat unpleasant.

On the other side, Huangfu Ziyue and other members of the Ziyin clan were in an even worse situation.

The oppressive feeling emanating from the divine tree phantom behind Ningfa was so intense that they couldn't help but want to prostrate themselves in worship, just like subjects facing a monarch.

But after their initial shock, Huangfu Ziyue and Zhuo Qing's eyes revealed a look of delight.

Ning Fa raised his head and looked at them coldly, saying, "I need an explanation."

Clearly, he was outmaneuvered by Huangfu Ziyue and the others this time.

Their request for my help, and their offering to let me use the Purple Cloud Sword, was probably only one reason. Another purpose was to get the Purple Yin Divine Tree to bestow that mysterious fruit upon me.

Although he now seems to have gained a great advantage, this cannot erase the anger he felt from being tricked.

Huangfu Ziyue chuckled and said, "Brother Ning, you should see it now."

Actually, there is another important purpose to our invitation to you to our Ziyin ancestral land: we want you to become a true member of our Ziyin clan.

It seems, Brother Ning, that you are even more favored by Lord Shenmu than we imagined, and the bloodline power bestowed upon you is extraordinary.

Ning Fa frowned, finally realizing that the two fruits contained the power of bloodline.

However, his bloodline should not have been changed, but his innate Wood Divine Thunder was significantly affected.

"Wishful thinking. I am not a member of your Ziyin clan," Ning Fa sneered.

At this moment, Huangfu Jin snorted coldly: "You really don't know how lucky you are!"

Do you know how many exceptionally talented cultivators wanted to join our Ziyin Immortal Dynasty and become members of our clan in the past?
Moreover, what's done is done, and you can't pretend it never happened just because you don't acknowledge it.

The sacred tree behind you is the unique sacred tree totem of our Ziyin clan's high-ranking members.

As soon as he finished speaking, Huangfu Jin's aura suddenly surged.

A phantom image of an ancient tree slowly emerged behind him. It was entirely purplish-black, but only about three zhang tall. Compared to the one behind Ning Fa, the difference in height was obvious, almost like the difference between a genuine and a fake.

Upon seeing this, some members of the Ziyin clan immediately frowned.

Huangfu Jin was clearly a little embarrassed, and immediately put away the divine tree totem on his back, saying in a somewhat unnatural voice:

"Do you see that? This is the divine tree totem unique to the Nascent Soul cultivators of our Ziyin clan."

You have gained the approval of Lord Shenmu and activated this totem at the Nascent Soul stage, so you are now a genuine member of the Ziyin clan.

You can even be considered the founder of the Zixiao lineage now, and the Zixiao lineage will need you to develop and expand it in the future.

Ning Fa sneered inwardly upon hearing this.

Is becoming a member of the Ziyin clan now a good thing?

It's not like the heyday of the Ziyin Immortal Dynasty anymore. To put it bluntly, the current Ziyin clan members are like rats crossing the street.

As for why they did this, Ningfa immediately understood.

He said expressionlessly, "You're doing this to tie me to your clan's war chariot so that I can share the burden with you in the future and fight against the Tian Shu Alliance?"

Under Ning Fa's sharp gaze, Huangfu Ziyue and Zhuo Qing lowered their heads, their faces showing some embarrassment. This was indeed their motivation for doing so.

But Huangfu Jin remained unfazed: "Young Ning, you need to broaden your horizons."

Our Ziyin clan is in a bit of a slump right now, but this is only temporary.

You have just witnessed the mysterious power of Lord Shenmu. As long as Lord Shenmu is here, it is only a matter of time before our Ziyin clan rises again.

With such favor from Lord Shenmu and such a young age, it's highly likely that you will become the patriarch of our Ziyin clan in the future.

"Once the Celestial Dynasty is rebuilt, you will be the new Emperor!"

(End of this chapter)