"No, no, you flatter me, Fellow Daoist Li. I've only scratched the surface. I can't even make Solar Divine Thunder yet..."
Qi Maigu seemed an honest sort. Hearing Li Chen's repeated exclamations of admiration during their conversation, he blushed despite his age, waved his hands, and corrected him.
"Actually, there's a fundamental difference between Blazing Sun Divine Thunder and Solar Divine Thunder. They..."
From his previous life, Li Chen already knew that nuclear bombs based on fission and those based on fusion were indeed vastly different.
The relationship between this world's Blazing Sun Divine Thunder and Solar Divine Thunder was similar, but there was also a line of inheritance and continuity between them. Strictly speaking, their release involved multiple modes at once. Achieving completely pure Solar Divine Thunder was difficult, and unnecessary.
By comparison, weaponizing it-directly detonating Solar Divine Thunder to kill enemies-was easier. A Solar Divine Thunder Furnace akin to controlled nuclear fusion was difficult upon difficult.
The ultimate form of this path was to refine a Golden Crow Puppet capable of harnessing the sun's power in all its aspects.
Qi Maigu was currently only a Master Artisan, so naturally, he could not yet refine such powerful weapons or energy-producing creations on his own.
But Li Chen caught one crucial point. "You can already refine Blazing Sun Divine Thunder?"
That was something on the level of a nuclear weapon, its might surpassing Thunderfire Thunderclap and Bing Fire Blaze Thunder countless times over!
More precious still, it contained the power of Solar True Fire and Solar Divine Light, allowing it to effectively disrupt supernatural Gang Essence Force and inflict a greater proportion of true damage.
If ordinary guns and cannons dealt purely physical attacks and struggled to injure this world's cultivators, then something on the level of a nuclear bomb