Ning Fa let out a long sigh. Reading this Heavenly Mechanism Scroll had truly shaken him.
He finally had the answer to the secret of his own body.
He actually possessed the Great Five Elements Thunder Body, a mystical spiritual body that was legendary even in the Spirit Realm. This was almost unbelievable, making him feel as if he were dreaming.
No wonder his affinity for Thunder Spiritual Power was so astonishing now, and that his Thunderball Technique had directly reached the Paragon realm, acquiring the Perfected Technique Seal. Was this what the scroll meant by a thunder-body cultivator having innate mastery over thunder-elemental spells?
Furthermore, Ning Fa learned many hidden truths.
For instance, he now knew that his current location was the Human Realm, also known as the Lower Realm. In the Lower Realm, once a cultivator reached the Soul Transformation stage, they could ascend to the Upper Realm, which was the Spirit Realm.
The Spirit Realm was vast and boundless; even mighty figures could only traverse portions of it in their lifetime.
The spiritual energy in the Spirit Realm was unimaginably dense and pure. Countless races battled there, and powerhouses were as common as clouds. Many legendary heavenly treasures and earthly materials only existed in the Spirit Realm.
And the Spirit Realm was not the true end for cultivators. Above it, there was even a higher level: the Immortal Realm.
The greatest desire of countless mighty figures in the Spirit Realm was to one day pass the tribulation of ascension and ascend to the Immortal Realm, becoming an immortal and truly living in harmony with heaven and earth.
These records made Ning Fa's heart yearn for more. Although his current cultivation was low, the grand goal was deeply rooted in his heart.
Ning Fa suppressed the turmoil in his heart and activated the Mysterious Scroll again.
Looking at the Mysterious Scroll this time, Ning Fa's eyes widened with awe and a touch of fear.
No wonder the Mysterious Scroll consumed so much energy after he completed the Thunder Rune Pattern. It turned out the Great Five Elements Thunder Body had such a profound origin.
This further highlighted the scroll's unfathomable mystery; it could even restore a supreme spiritual body like the Great Five Elements Thunder Body from incompleteness to wholeness. It was simply inconceivable.
Now, Ning Fa was both overjoyed and worried. He was overjoyed that he possessed the Great Five Elements Thunder Body, a mystical spiritual body legendary even in the Spirit Realm, with seemingly limitless potential.
He was worried, however, that advancing this thunder body seemed extremely difficult, requiring specific conditions that even the seemingly significant Heavenly Mechanism Scroll did not know.
But it was undoubtedly extremely difficult. Otherwise, the scroll wouldn't have mentioned needing the power of an entire clan to assist. The harsh advancement conditions of the Mystic Dragon Physique, which was mentioned alongside it, were a testament to this.
He was alone now. Although he had a Foundation Establishment Family behind him, how could that compare to the power of a clan mentioned in the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll?
But Ning Fa quickly changed his mindset. What is gained is gained. He didn't need to think so far ahead. He had to take things one step at a time. For now, he would focus on breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Condensation.
Moreover, he possessed the heaven-defying treasure, the Mysterious Scroll. Perhaps it could play an unexpected role in his future thunder body advancements.
Ning Fa looked at the Mysterious Scroll again.
He thought that what he had just seen from the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll was not the complete content; it seemed to be only one chapter. The entire scroll should contain other chapters.
Now that the scroll had only traced back this one chapter, he wondered if the scroll could only trace back this far, or if it was due to insufficient energy that only one chapter was traced back?
Ning Fa felt it was likely the latter. Based on his previous observations, the scroll clearly struggled to trace further, showing signs of weakness and fatigue.
As Ning Fa's mind stirred, he activated the scroll again. As he consulted the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll in his divine sense, the patterns of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll indeed reappeared on the scroll.
The remaining mysterious pattern on the scroll flickered once and then stopped moving. At this moment, the patterns of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll turned gray.
Ning Fa nodded, basically confirming that it was due to the scroll's insufficient energy that only one chapter of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll's content had been traced back.
He didn't feel too regretful. This single chapter alone had benefited him immensely, answering the secret of his body.
As for the other content of the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll, he would see if he could restore the scroll's energy in the future.
Ning Fa calmed his emotions, his eyes gleaming.
After reading what the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll said, he not only knew that he possessed the Great Five Elements Thunder Body but also found the answer to why he couldn't sense his cultivation bottleneck.
The scroll had explained when introducing various spiritual bodies that most cultivators with spiritual bodies had physiques different from ordinary people, and their conditions for breaking through cultivation realms also differed from most cultivators.
The most common point was that the magical power required for a spiritual body cultivator to break through a realm might be several times that of a cultivator of the same level.
Not only was the total amount of magical power required high, but the purity of the magical power was also not low.
Therefore, such spiritual body cultivators could not cultivate ordinary cultivation techniques, because ordinary cultivation techniques had a certain upper limit on the total amount of magical power that could be cultivated at a fixed realm.
This was because the meridians and acupoints relied upon by cultivation techniques were different. Simple techniques might only require a small number of meridians and acupoints, while high-level techniques might require several times more.
Thus, the magical power cultivated at the same realm would naturally differ greatly in both purity and quantity.
Therefore, cultivators with spiritual bodies often needed corresponding high-level cultivation techniques to unleash the power of their spiritual bodies. Otherwise, it might become a burden instead.
Clearly, Ning Fa's Great Five Elements Thunder Body was similar. His body likely had a very high requirement for the total amount of magical power to break through to the middle stage of Qi Condensation.
However, the Primordial Thunder Art he cultivated could only cultivate this much magical power in the early stage of Qi Condensation. It was like a full pond; he could only expand the pond and increase the total amount of magical power after breaking through to the next realm.
This meant that even a high-level thunder-elemental cultivation technique like the Primordial Thunder Art, which was Mystic Grade High Rank, could not meet the advancement needs of the Great Five Elements Thunder Body.
He needed even higher-level cultivation techniques, such as Earth Grade, or even Heaven Grade thunder-elemental cultivation techniques.
After realizing this, Ning Fa was dumbfounded.
Where could he find a thunder-elemental cultivation technique superior to the Primordial Thunder Art?
This cultivation technique was already the best his entire Ning Family could find. The First Elder of the Ning Family had spent nearly twenty thousand Spirit Stones to purchase it at an auction, which was enough to buy more than half a Foundation Establishment Pill.
How could he, by himself, obtain a better cultivation technique than this?
"Go to the family and tell them I have the Great Five Elements Thunder Body? To attract the family's attention and have them help me find a cultivation technique?"
This thought flashed through Ning Fa's mind, but he immediately dismissed it.
Putting aside whether the Foundation Establishment elders of the family would recognize its value, even if they did pay attention to him because of it, he would never reveal this matter.
This was a reminder Ning Yuwen gave him when he went to the Scripture Hall.
Ning Yuwen and his third uncle, Ning Hongye, were the Ning's Twin Prodigies. One had been missing for a long time and was presumed dead, while the other was severely injured, damaging his Dao Foundation and making Foundation Establishment impossible.
Ning Fa strongly suspected that the Xue Family, the foremost immortal cultivation power in Thousand Wave Lake, was secretly behind it.
After all, the Ning Family's current momentum was rapidly increasing, and both Ning Hongye and Ning Yuwen, the Ning's Twin Prodigies, had the potential to advance to Foundation Establishment.
At that time, the title of the foremost family in Thousand Wave Lake might change hands, and their spheres of influence and distribution of benefits would inevitably need to be redrawn.
As long as the Xue Family's high-ranking members weren't idiots, they wouldn't remain indifferent to this.
Therefore, the Xue Family had ample motive to act in secret.
One could imagine how the Xue Family would react if Ning Fa's secret of possessing the Thunder Body were to be exposed.
It was estimated that Ning Fa would face endless open attacks and hidden assaults from then on.
Ning Fa didn't want to live such a life of constant anxiety.
Wouldn't it be better to just lay low and develop?
Of course, the more important reason was that he possessed the heaven-defying treasure, the Mysterious Scroll, which gave him the confidence to not rely on the family for cultivation resources.
So, how exactly could he obtain a high-level thunder-elemental cultivation technique that suited him?
Ning Fa's expression suddenly shifted. He remembered the Primordial Thunder Art he cultivated seemed to be a simplified version of an ancient thunder-elemental cultivation technique.
Since the Mysterious Scroll could trace back the Heavenly Hua Treasure Scripture to the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll, could it also trace back the Primordial Thunder Art to its origin, that ancient thunder-elemental cultivation technique?
Ning Fa's eyes lit up. He quickly took out a cyan ancient book from his storage bag. The cover was inscribed with the three large characters: "Primordial Thunder Art".
As Ning Fa began to examine this cultivation technique, the Mysterious Scroll, still in mid-air, suddenly flashed with a white light, and then the pattern of the Primordial Thunder Art cultivation technique slowly appeared.
Ning Fa clenched his fist excitedly.
"This might work!"
Then, the white light extended. Below, amidst a flash of white light, although not very strong, the pattern of another cultivation technique scripture gradually appeared.
Finally, the white light on the scroll disappeared, and the pattern of another cultivation technique scripture appeared.
It was a scripture with a dark blue cover, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.
The surface seemed to be ravaged by thunderstorms, and four large characters drawn with lightning appeared in Ning Fa's eyes.
"Ancient Source Thunder Scripture"