Ancient Source Thunder Scripture

Ning Fa let out a long breath. Reading this Heavenly Mechanism Scroll had truly left him deeply shaken.

At last, he had learned the answer to the secret of his own body.

He actually possessed the Great Five Elements Thunder Body—a mysterious spirit body that was legendary even in the Spirit Realm. It was so unbelievable that he felt as though he were dreaming.

No wonder his perception of Thunder Spiritual Power was now so astonishing. And he had directly mastered the Thunderball Technique to the great completion realm and obtained the Perfected Technique Seal. Was this what the scroll meant by Thunder Body cultivators being born proficient in lightning-element spells?

Beyond that, Ning Fa had also learned many hidden secrets.

For instance, he now knew that he was in the Human Realm, also called the Lower Realm. Once cultivators in the Lower Realm reached the Shapeshifting Realm, they could ascend to the Upper Realm—the Spirit Realm.

The Spirit Realm was boundless. Even mighty cultivators could only travel through a portion of its regions in their entire lives.

The Spirit Realm's spiritual energy was unimaginably rich and pure. Countless races fought for supremacy there, powerful experts gathered like clouds, and many legendary heavenly treasures existed only within the Spirit Realm.

Yet the Spirit Realm was not the true end for cultivators. Above it, there was even a higher realm: the Immortal Realm.

The greatest wish of countless mighty cultivators in the Spirit Realm was to one day survive the Ascension Tribulation, ascend to the Immortal Realm, become immortals, and truly live as long as heaven and earth.

These records filled Ning Fa with longing. Though his cultivation was still low, lofty ambitions had taken deep root in his heart.

Ning Fa forcefully suppressed the turmoil in his heart and activated the Mysterious Scroll once more.

This time, as he looked at the Mysterious Scroll, his scalp prickled, his eyes filled with reverence.

No wonder the Mysterious Scroll had consumed so much energy after completing that Thunder Rune Pattern. The Great Five Elements Thunder Body had such an extraordinary origin.

This only further highlighted the scroll's unfathomable mystery. It could actually turn even a supreme spirit body like the Great Five Elements Thunder Body from incomplete to whole. It was simply inconceivable.

Ning Fa was both delighted and worried. Delighted because he possessed the Great Five Elements Thunder Body, a mysterious spirit body legendary even in the Spirit Realm, one that seemed to hold limitless potential.

Worried because this Thunder Body seemed exceptionally difficult to advance. It required certain specific conditions, yet even the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll, which appeared to have no small origin, had no idea what those conditions were.

But they were undoubtedly extremely difficult. Otherwise, the scroll would not have said that the strength of an entire race was needed to assist it. One could see this from the harsh advancement requirements of the Mystic Dragon Physique, which was as famous as it.

He was alone now. Though he had a Foundation Establishment Family behind him, how could that compare to the strength of an entire race mentioned in the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll?

But Ning Fa quickly adjusted his mindset. Since he had obtained it, he would accept it as it was. There was no need to think so far ahead. The road had to be walked one step at a time; for now, he should first consider how to break through to the Qi Condensation Mid-stage.

Besides, he possessed the heaven-defying treasure that was the Mysterious Scroll. When his Thunder Body advanced in the future, it might perhaps play an unexpected role.

Ning Fa looked at the Mysterious Scroll again.

He recalled that what he had just read of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll was probably not its full content. It seemed to be only one section; the complete scroll should contain other sections as well.

The scroll had only traced back this one section. Did that mean it could only trace things back this far, or had it only traced back one section because it lacked energy?

Ning Fa felt that it was probably the latter. From his previous observations, the scroll had clearly been unable to sustain itself toward the end of its tracing, looking weak and listless.

With a thought from Ning Fa, he activated the scroll again. As he examined the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll with his divine sense, the image of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll indeed appeared upon the scroll once more.

The remaining Mysterious Pattern on the scroll merely flickered once before falling still, while the image of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll turned grayish-white.

Ning Fa nodded, basically confirming that the scroll had only traced back one section of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll because it lacked energy.

He did not feel too much regret. This one section alone had benefited him immensely and answered the mystery of his body.

As for the other contents of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll, he would see whether he could restore the scroll's energy in the future.

Ning Fa calmed himself, his gaze flickering endlessly.

After reading what this section of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll had said, he not only learned that he possessed the Great Five Elements Thunder Body, but also found the answer to why he could not sense a cultivation bottleneck.

When the scroll introduced the various spirit bodies, it explained that most cultivators with spirit bodies possessed constitutions vastly different from ordinary people, and the conditions for their breakthroughs also differed from those of most cultivators.

The most common point was that the Mana spirit body cultivators required for a breakthrough could be several times greater than that of cultivators at the same stage.

Not only were the requirements for the total quantity of Mana high, but the purity of that Mana was also held to no low standard.

Therefore, such spirit body cultivators could not cultivate ordinary cultivation techniques, because the total amount of Mana that ordinary techniques could cultivate at a fixed realm had a certain limit.

This was because cultivation techniques relied on different meridians and acupoints. Simple techniques might require only a small number of meridians and acupoints, while high-grade techniques might require several times as many.

Thus, the Mana cultivated at the same realm would naturally differ greatly in both purity and quantity.

Therefore, cultivators with spirit bodies generally needed suitable high-grade techniques in order to bring out the power of their spirit bodies. Otherwise, their spirit bodies might instead become a burden.

Clearly, Ning Fa's Great Five Elements Thunder Body was similar. His body should now have an extremely high requirement for the total amount of Mana needed to break through to the Qi Condensation Mid-stage.

But the Primordial Thunder Art he cultivated could only produce this much Mana during the early Qi Condensation stage. It was like a pool filled to the brim; only after breaking through to the next realm could he expand the pool and continue increasing the total amount of Mana.

That meant that even a high-grade lightning-element technique like the Mystic Grade High Rank Primordial Thunder Art could not satisfy the advancement needs of the Great Five Elements Thunder Body.

He needed an even higher-grade technique, such as an Earth Grade or even Heaven Grade lightning-element technique.

Once Ning Fa understood this, he went numb.

Where was he supposed to find a lightning-element technique of a higher grade than the Primordial Thunder Art?

This technique was already the finest cultivation method the entire Ning Clan could find. Back then, the Ning Clan's First Elder had spent nearly twenty thousand spirit stones to purchase it at an auction—enough to buy most of a Foundation Establishment Pill.

How could he, on his own, obtain a cultivation technique even better than this?

"Go to the clan and tell them that I have the Great Five Elements Thunder Body? Draw the clan's attention and have them help me search for another technique?"

The thought flashed through Ning Fa's mind, but he immediately discarded it.

Leaving aside whether the clan's Foundation Establishment Elders could recognize its worth, even if they truly valued him because of it, he would never reveal this matter.

This was the reminder Ning Yuwen had given him when he went to the Scripture Pavilion.

Of Ning's Twin Prodigies, Ning Yuwen and his third uncle Ning Hongye, one had been missing for a long time and had likely already fallen, while the other had suffered grave injuries, damaging his Dao Foundation and losing all hope of Foundation Establishment.

Ning Fa strongly suspected that the Xue Family, Thousand Wave Lake's foremost cultivation faction, had secretly acted against them.

After all, the Ning Clan's rise was so vigorous, and both Ning Hongye and Ning Yuwen, Ning's Twin Prodigies, had the potential to advance to Foundation Establishment.

By then, the title of Thousand Wave Lake's foremost family might change hands, and its territory and distribution of interests would inevitably have to be reshuffled.

So long as the Xue Family's higher-ups were not fools, they should not have remained indifferent to this.

Therefore, the Xue Family had every motive to strike in secret.

One could imagine how the Xue Family would react if the secret that Ning Fa possessed a Thunder Body were exposed.

After that, Ning Fa would likely face endless open attacks and hidden schemes.

Ning Fa had no desire to live such a nerve-racking life.

Wasn't it better to keep his head down and develop quietly?

Of course, the more important reason was that he possessed the heaven-defying treasure known as the Mysterious Scroll, giving him the confidence that he did not need the clan to provide cultivation resources.

But how exactly was he supposed to obtain a high-grade lightning-element technique suited to himself?

Ning Fa's expression suddenly shifted. He remembered that the Primordial Thunder Art he cultivated seemed to have been simplified from an ancient lightning-element technique.

Since the Mysterious Scroll could trace the Heavenly Brilliance Treasure Scripture back to the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll, could it also trace the Primordial Thunder Art back to its source—that ancient lightning-element technique?

Ning Fa's eyes lit up. He hurriedly took out a cyan ancient book from his Storage Bag. Three large characters were written on its cover: Primordial Thunder Art.

As Ning Fa began examining the technique, white light suddenly flashed across the Mysterious Scroll still floating in the air, and an image of the Primordial Thunder Art slowly appeared.

Ning Fa excitedly swung his fist.

"This can work!"

The white light then extended downward. Amid a series of white flashes below, though it was not especially strong, the image of another technique manual gradually emerged.

Finally, the white light on the scroll vanished, and the image of another technique manual appeared.

Its cover was entirely blue-black, carrying an ancient, weathered aura.

Its surface looked as though a thunderstorm raged across it, and four large characters outlined in lightning reflected in Ning Fa's eyes.

"Ancient Source Thunder Scripture"