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Chapter 1037: Chapter 987: Resigned to Fate_2
"Ancestor Rui has made a breakthrough!"
"Ancestor Rui should have just broken through to the Mid Nascent Soul stage, yet his aura is so terrifying. Compared to the Wanling Sutra and the Earth Spirit Tao Record, the advantage is just too obvious!"
Hearing these words, Li Xianxun shook his head and said, "The Earth Spirit Tao Record is indeed extraordinary, and it can even lead to the Immortal Realm, but this does not mean that everyone can be as powerful as Ancestor Rui."
For example, the Taiyi Scudding Wind Path Scripture that he practiced, because it perfectly fits his constitution, even after the Li family gave birth to many people with Wind Spiritual Roots to cultivate, no one has ever surpassed Li Xianxun, in any aspect.
"You are right, I was thinking too simplistically."
The cultivation technique is just one part of it, more of it is Li Zhirui’s own extraordinariness.
"However, we have been cultivating up to now, and it’s time to consider whether to change our cultivation technique." Suddenly, a member of the Void Refinement Clan spoke up.
After all, once you break through to the Integration Realm, your Spiritual Soul and Qi-Blood merge, and with the formation of the Dharma, the nature of your Mana will to some extent influence the orientation of the Dharma.
At that time, if you want to change the cultivation technique again, the difficulty will be great. You’d have to first disassemble the Dharma, otherwise different kinds of Mana will cause conflicts within the Dharma!
For example, the Taiyi Scudding Wind Path Scripture that Li Xianxun practiced is filled with the attribute of Scudding Wind in the Mana he cultivated. After forming the Dharma, if you suddenly decide to change the cultivation technique, the property of the Mana will change.
Different from the Mana that originally formed the Dharma, it will not only cause conflicts but also prevent the Dharma from growing!
Keep in mind, what you cultivate in the Integration Realm is the Dharma, only by continually strengthening the Dharma, enhancing its power, you can ascend in realm, and the Dharma is also the trump card in battles between Immortal Realm practitioners.
As for the Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence Realms, despite being the last of the ninefold Mortal Realm, their importance cannot match that of Integration Realm!
Because Mahayana is about checking for oversights and filling in the gaps, and Tribulation Transcendence is about finding ways to enhance strength.
Simply put, these two realms are all for the final Immortal Ascension Tribulation!
The reason why those predecessors of the Immortal Tao specifically divided these two ’somewhat useless’ realms is to give people more time to prepare, to increase their chances of successfully transcending the Tribulation.
Li Xianxun and others were stunned upon hearing this, but soon nodded in agreement with this view.
They were able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Completion; of course, they wanted to go further, so it’s time to make a decision.
"Do you plan to continue cultivating your current cultivation technique or switch to the Earth Spirit Tao Record?" Li Mingyao asked out of curiosity.
Li Xianxun was the first to say, "I plan to continue perfecting the Taiyi Scudding Wind Path Scripture."
The other people looked at him in surprise, although everyone knew that this technique was a perfect match for Li Xianxun, and that he had perfected the technique, the current Nascent Soul Completion was his perfection.
But this is very time-consuming!
Given Li Xianxun’s talent and age, he should have been one of the earliest to break through to the Nascent Soul stage among those present, but because of perfecting the cultivation technique, he only broke through in recent years.
This speed of cultivation is nearly being caught up by the juniors like Li Yunran.
However, no one else voiced any persuasion, and they all started discussing their own plans; the vast majority wanted to switch to the Earth Spirit Tao Record.
The reason is simple; the cultivation technique is complete, this reason alone is enough!
After all, they are geniuses and naturally have their own ambitions to practice to higher realms, but if they continue to practice the Wanling Sutra, there will be no way forward once reaching the Great Vehicle Realm; they would need to perfect it themselves.
Most people don’t have the patience and resolution like Li Xianxun; it takes centuries of continuous deduction, never knowing how many times they would fail.
"Mingzhou, Mingtao, why don’t you two speak?" Li Mingyao asked curiously.
The two answered in unison: "We plan to continue cultivating the Wanling Sutra."
"But once you cultivate to the Great Vehicle Realm, there won’t be a way forward."
The two smiled and nodded, "We know, but if there truly comes such a day, we believe there will definitely be other clan members like us who can seek together, jointly push the perfection of the Wanling Sutra, and perhaps even add an Immortal Realm lineage to the family."
"Great! What great ambition!"
Just as he finished cultivating, Li Zhirui came out and heard the two speak, he couldn’t help but voice his praise.
Not to mention whether they can accomplish it or not, this kind of ambition alone is quite remarkable!
Because this is a very difficult endeavor, there isn’t much of a problem with the transitional realms of Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence, even the simplest breathing techniques would suffice.
But the key point is the subsequent Individual Immortal Realm!
"If you need help by then, you can come to me," Li Zhirui promised in front of everyone.
"Thank you, Ancestor Rui!"
The two had not expected such a surprise and immediately fell into ecstasy.
By the time they were hopeful of breaking through to the Immortal Realm, Li Zhirui would certainly have already become an Immortal, and his help at that time would definitely greatly benefit their derivations!
"It seems, during the time of my seclusion for cultivation, the family has developed very rapidly, not only has the number of the Void Refinement Clan members increased by so much, but the population on the island has also greatly increased," Li Zhirui said with a smile.
These were things that one could directly notice, and there were many other aspects that were not visible, such as various inheritances, accumulation of foundations, and so on.
In short, the development of the Li family over the years was very gratifying to Li Zhirui.
"Ancestor Rui, when you just broke through, you created a huge commotion; may I inquire what your current level of cultivation is?" Li Mingyao, who was quite familiar with him, asked.
"Mid Nascent Soul stage."
It appeared that Li Zhirui had only recovered his original cultivation level, but over the years, he had been solidifying his foundation and had been reviewing it from beginning to end; all kinds of problems left behind during the rapid recovery of his cultivation level had been resolved.
The Five Elements Immortal Root growing in space became even thicker, raising a large canopy, with five-colored Spirit Light interweaving within it, which was quite beautiful to behold.
And the area of the Cave Heaven space also expanded quite a bit, becoming even more perfect.
Everyone was astonished, the fact that just at the Mid Nascent Soul stage he had such a powerful aura; if he reached the Late Stage Refinement Void, or Integration, how strong would that be!
"Ancestor Rui, what about your current strength?" Li Xianxun inquired.
Not just him, other clan members were also quite curious; the story of Li Zhirui fighting alone against several Void Refinement cultivators a hundred years ago and driving them all away was still passed on among many clan members to this day.
"No significant improvement," Li Zhirui shook his head.
He had originally thought that after the breakthrough, his combat power would increase; not to say it would be comparable to an Integration cultivator, but at least he would have a decent defensive capability.
However, as if there was some kind of invisible barrier, Li Zhirui’s strength was still halted at Nascent Soul Completion!
"Everyone go back, don’t stay here."
After saying that, Li Zhirui took Li Xianxun and a few others into the Cave Mansion.
"Sit down."
Once everyone was seated, he began to inquire: "Tell me about the family’s major changes and events over the past century."
Such as the significant increase in the family’s strength, and the fact that the veins of Spirit Stone have shown no signs of depletion to this day!
For the former, Li Zhirui had already seen concrete manifestations, and the latter did surprise him.
"Is it because there are not enough puppets, so the amount of Spirit Stone mined is not many?" 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
"No, it’s because the vein is very vast, so even if we mine billions of Spirit Stones every year, the current Spirit Stone mine can still produce a large amount of Spirit Stones," Li Mingyao explained.
"It seems that back then we misjudged the grade of the vein; now it seems that it should be an ultra-large Spirit Stone vein."
Anyway, this is a great thing for the Li family, allowing the family to maintain a period of rapid development for a long time.
"Is there any other big news?"
"Yes!"
Li Xianxun’s expression immediately turned solemn, "Nowadays, more and more cultivators come to the East Sea to experience hardships, and the Sea Clan has rarely attacked. Perhaps it’s because the Sea Clan has resigned to their fate!"
After all, more than a hundred years have passed, and the Sea Clan has not found any breakthroughs in the nearby sea area, while the power of the cultivators has grown stronger and stronger.
