After advancing to the Eighth Level of Qi Condensation, Ning Fa's magical power, spiritual sense, and physical body had improved significantly, greatly increasing his strength.
While studying the subsequent cultivation methods of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, his mind stirred, and he attempted to view the second stage of the techniques, which were located after the third level.
These were the cultivation methods that could only be practiced after advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Originally, he couldn't view the second stage of the techniques.
To be more precise, he could see the content, but its meaning was obscure. Those symbols were like a heavenly script, utterly incomprehensible.
Ning Fa guessed it might be due to his insufficient realm; the techniques would only be unlocked upon reaching the Foundation Establishment realm.
He had seen such situations in ancient texts; it was common for high-level cultivation methods to have such peculiarities.
This was also to prevent cultivators of lower realms from comprehending high-level techniques, which could lead to qi deviation during cultivation.
Now, after advancing to the Eighth Level of Qi Condensation, Ning Fa found that he could view the cultivation methods from the fourth to the sixth levels.
He speculated that this was likely because his magical power and spiritual sense had already reached more than half the level of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Upon closer inspection, the content greatly shocked him.
He then realized that the second stage of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture truly showcased its formidable power.
The first three levels of the cultivation methods focused on building a solid foundation and did not emphasize offensive capabilities.
However, the skills, techniques, and secret records documented from the fourth level onwards, along with brief mentions of divine abilities after Golden Core formation, left him mesmerized.
These secret techniques and moves were all incredibly powerful divine abilities.
For instance, after reaching Foundation Establishment, one could cultivate a formidable divine ability called the Mysterious Thunder True Body, which was an advanced version of the Thunder Yuan Overlord Body.
This true body was said to be both offensive and defensive. In this state, by consuming magical power and vital energy, one's personal strength could be stimulated beyond limits.
According to the cultivation method's description, activating this true body could increase one's strength by at least a minor realm, making it effortless to fight against opponents of a higher realm.
Furthermore, upon reaching Golden Core formation, the Mysterious Thunder True Body could be further evolved.
The next stage was the Divine Firmament Mysterious Thunder Dharma Aspect.
This was a truly great divine ability.
It possessed unimaginably powerful might.
Once this dharma aspect was cultivated, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say one would be invincible among peers.
Reading these descriptions, Ning Fa's heart surged with excitement, wishing he could start cultivating them immediately. However, he was still far from being able to cultivate these divine abilities, so he could only suppress his excitement.
In addition to these.
The Ancient Source Thunder Scripture also included several powerful thunder-elemental techniques.
For example, the Nine Forms of Primordial Thunder Law.
Each form possessed immense power.
Take the first form, Moving Thunder Cloud.
It was a large-scale offensive technique.
It could use the cultivator's internal magical power as a source to activate a thundercloud and unleash the power of lightning.
According to the description in the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, this technique was immensely powerful.
If a Golden Core cultivator were to activate it, destroying an entire city would be no problem.
Even if one reached the Nascent Soul stage, they could draw upon the world's spiritual energy and summon true heavenly lightning.
That could truly destroy a nation with ease.
Another example was the second form, Spirit-Commanding Thunder Whip.
It could condense lightning into a thunderous whip using thunder law, possessing immense killing power and unpredictable variations, making it infinitely useful in combat.
These descriptions made Ning Fa incredibly excited, but he could only forcibly restrain himself.
Because he had not yet reached Foundation Establishment, he was still quite far from the threshold of cultivating these divine abilities.
However, it wasn't as if he had gained nothing from this.
For example, it also included a method for refining a special consumable spiritual item.
The Thunder Calamity Bead.
Its refining method was quite unique, requiring the cultivator to expend their true essence, compress their internal magical power, and condense a thunder-attracting core.
Then, with the addition of some precious materials, this Thunder Calamity Bead could be refined.
The power of this bead largely depended on the quality of the condensed thunder-attracting core.
The more compressed and condensed the thunder-attracting core was by the magical power, the stronger the refined Thunder Calamity Bead would be.
However, even the lowest-grade Thunder Calamity Bead posed a significant threat to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
If the quality was high enough, it was not impossible to directly kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
It's just that the cost of refining this bead was not low.
Most of the auxiliary materials were precious spiritual materials, including many second-tier spiritual materials.
A complete set of spiritual materials would cost around a thousand spirit stones.
Additionally, in order to form the thunder attractor, one needs to compress the true essence within their body.
This would lead to a significant drain on one's own magical power, impacting the advancement of their cultivation realm.
However, compared to the powerful might of the Thunder Calamity Bead, it was entirely worth it.
Ning Fa's heart pounded upon reading this.
He could refine the Thunder Calamity Bead right now.
Although the auxiliary materials required were precious, he should be able to gather them through the Ning Family and the channels of Tongbao Pavilion.
Furthermore, his internal magical power was extremely abundant, so he didn't mind a little depletion.
If he could refine one or two Thunder Calamity Beads to keep with him, he would even have the power to protect himself against Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Talisman Treasures were powerful, but they also consumed a lot of magical power and spiritual sense, and they couldn't be used as desired.
The Thunder Calamity Bead, however, had no such problems.
Without delay, Ning Fa immediately sent a message to Wei Shiqin, asking her to help gather the auxiliary materials for refining the Thunder Calamity Bead.
In addition to this, the general outline of the second stage of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture also included a very special item.
It was a secret record called the [Thunder Derivation Profound Scroll].
This secret record was not some powerful secret technique or forbidden move.
Instead, it was a compendium of formations, essentially a formation scripture, but not entirely so.
Its contents were profound and extensive, and the introduction to it opened Ning Fa's eyes and left him in awe.
The Thunder Derivation Profound Scroll focused on introducing something called [Thunder Derivation Talismans].
There were many types of these Thunder Derivation Talismans, each with different functions, such as spirit absorption, weakening, tempering, connection, paralysis, stabilization, acceleration... and hundreds of other different effects.
There was even... a teleportation talisman!
These numerous Thunder Derivation Talismans were like the smallest units, which could be combined with different Thunder Derivation Talismans and some special materials to form Thunder Derivation Arrays with different effects.
These Thunder Derivation Arrays were what cultivators could truly use.
For example, the [Thunder-Attracting Essence-Forging Array] could attract the power of heavenly lightning into the array.
It would purify the violent energy within the heavenly lightning, compress it, and finally form a precious spiritual material called [Thunder Yuan Essence].
This Thunder Yuan Essence was extremely precious and was a valuable spiritual material for crafting Dharma Treasures for Golden Core cultivators.
Adding some of it to a Dharma Treasure could grant the cultivator's Dharma Treasure some lightning attributes, increasing its power.
Alternatively, this Thunder Yuan Essence could also be used to refine high-level [Thunder Calamity Beads].
This saved cultivators the trouble of using their own true essence to refine them, and generally, the power was much greater.
In addition to this, the [Thunder-Attracting Essence-Forging Array] could also draw upon the power of heavenly lightning to temper spiritual materials, removing impurities and refining the dross from spiritual materials.
Many artifact-refining spiritual materials, when tempered with this array, could directly increase their grade, naturally doubling their value.
Although this array was an auxiliary type, its function was immense.
After all, the higher the grade of spiritual materials, the more priceless they became.
Many Golden Core cultivators, in order to slightly increase the power of their Natal Dharma Treasures, were even willing to go bankrupt or venture into dangerous places to obtain some precious spiritual materials.
This array also held significant importance for cultivators practicing the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture.