Patriarch is Taking Concubines Again!

After bathing and changing into fresh clothes, the maidservants brought some special herbs and lit them. They were creating a fragrant atmosphere for Li Su’s upcoming meditation.

Li Su also focused on calming his mind. Even though he didn’t need to advance to the Nascent Soul stage like others, he still aimed to do so under the best possible conditions. Before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, there was a preliminary stage known as the “False Nascent Soul.” A prolonged stay in this stage wasn’t advisable, as it could complicate forming the Nascent Soul. The ideal scenario was achieving it in one seamless transition, but only true geniuses could accomplish this.

In the broader world, beyond the Flying Immortal Sect and the Wu Kingdom’s wandering cultivators, there were numerous Qi Refining stage practitioners. These individuals owed their existence to the populous Wu Kingdom, which continually produced people with spiritual potential. The other two secular countries operated similarly, sustaining immortal sects through their large populations. This allowed cultivators to step in when demonic forces threatened, preventing them from remaining aloof from worldly concerns.

The broader world beyond these countries had an even larger population and denser spiritual energy, resulting in a more extensive community of cultivators. However, individuals with Grade Three or higher spiritual roots remained scarce.

Li Su learned from the Sect Master that she had taken years to form her Nascent Soul due to her leap from the peak of the Gold Core stage directly to the Nascent Soul stage. Her continuous effort had led to this time-consuming process. The Sect Master had passed down all these teachings before Li Su departed from the Flying Immortal Sect.

Having made all necessary preparations, Li Su didn’t immediately proceed to the Nascent Soul stage within the Li family’s residence. After reaching that stage, he still had to face the formidable thunder tribulation. Given its immense power, doing so in a remote location was wiser. Additionally, Li Su intended to use the tribulation thunder to refine the Purple Twilight Divine Thunder.

He selected a secluded area in the rear mountain of the Li family estate, which was vast and entirely his own. No one would disturb him there. All the arrangements included the Great Yan Killing Formation, a thunder-collecting array, and twelve cauldrons specifically designed to store the thunderbolts. This was necessary because he couldn’t collect and refine the thunder simultaneously, hence the need for more cauldrons to hold the bolts.

With the Great Yan Killing Formation in place, Li Su no longer required protection, which became unnecessary. His success rate was now a perfect 100%.

Converting his First-Rank Gold Core into a Nascent Soul had become easier, especially with Li Su’s accumulation of a thousand points of infant formation energy. Seated cross-legged on a cushion, Li Su initiated the process through the system. The infant formation energy gradually converged into his body.

Li Su shut his eyes and began to perceive the changes. The infusion of infant formation energy continued for a considerable duration, not injected all at once but flowing steadily into his body. This also included the cultivation rewards from the system, which required an absorption process rather than an abrupt increase.

After a day, roughly half of the infant formation energy had already been integrated. At this point, his Gold Core started transforming. Under the influence of the infant formation energy, the energy within the Gold Core began to change and thicken into a Nascent Soul.

Given this pace, Li Su thought condensing the Nascent Soul from the Gold Core seemed almost unnecessary.

The process of Nascent Soul condensation went astonishingly smoothly, as smooth as silk. This was mainly thanks to the substantial influence of the 1000 points of infant formation energy. Without this assistance, the process would have been significantly more challenging.

Of course, Li Su had the capability to attempt it on his own with his First-Rank Gold Core and other exceptional attributes, even though his spiritual roots were somewhat lacking. With the help of elixirs, the success rate wouldn’t have been too low, and the resulting Nascent Soul would have been quite satisfactory.

However, the opportunity to form the Nascent Soul effortlessly, without any uncertainties, and with even better results was too good to pass up. The system’s rewards did not carry any hidden risks. Forming the Nascent Soul while lying down, under the influence of the condensed infant formation energy that contained the experience of Nascent Soul formation, was the same as performing it manually. Therefore, Li Su gladly took advantage of this transformation.

Despite its rapid progress, due to the size of the First-Rank Gold Core, it still took several days. Then, a rosy radiance appeared in the sky above Luo City on a particular day.

Soon, within the vicinity of Luo City, with Li Su as the epicenter, a radius of several hundred miles was bathed in this vibrant, rosy radiance, visible to the naked eye.

“Look! It’s incredible! Why is there such a stunning display of rosy radiance?”

All the residents of Luo City were astonished. Many cultivators from the immortal sects settled in the area also emerged. Unlike ordinary people, these cultivators possessed a different level of perception. They had spiritual power and could naturally sense the awe-inspiring spiritual pressure contained within this rosy radiance. This spiritual pressure was as imposing as divine might, making them uneasy.

“There’s quite a commotion, and that spiritual pressure is overwhelming. Could it be the Li family’s ancestral elder?”

A Foundation Establishment cultivator in the late stage speculated, “It must be the Li family’s ancestral elder.”

Other cultivators also began speculating that Li Su might cause this phenomenon in the region. In this area, only Li Su had the potential to create such a disturbance. Many cultivators had already headed towards the Li family’s location.

Before long, they observed the brilliant, rosy radiance emanating from the Li family’s rear mountain. However, they dared not venture too close as they felt extremely uneasy when approaching. It seemed that no one dared to get any closer.

“It’s indeed the Li family’s ancestral elder!”

“My word, the rosy radiance stretches for miles. What is the Li family’s ancestral elder up to?”

A large group of cultivators gathered, discussing the situation.

“It must be the Nascent Soul stage. The Li family’s ancestral elder attempts to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!”

“It’s inconceivable. The Li family’s ancestral elder is only 153 years old and currently in the Gold Core stage. He’s not even 210 years old yet. How could he possibly achieve the Nascent Soul stage so rapidly?”

Another cultivator found it hard to believe. The main reason was the remarkably short period Li Su took to progress from Gold Core to Nascent Soul.

Many cultivators recalled Li Su’s remarkable milestones in his growth more vividly than Li Su himself. Li Su established his Foundation at 100 and then spent 53 years reaching the Gold Core stage. He had been in the Gold Core stage for 56 or 57 years. Going from the Gold Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage in just 56 or 57 years was astonishing.

“Could he be attempting to advance to the Nascent Soul stage?” murmured one cultivator amid the commotion. The Holy Maiden of the Mystic Moon, who had recently given birth to Li Su’s child, had already risen. While her cultivation was limited, her physique was not as fragile as an ordinary woman’s. After a few days, the Holy Maiden’s body had mostly recovered, albeit still needing some rest behind the scenes, considering the essence consumed during childbirth.

The Holy Maiden had observed the rosy radiance stretching for miles outside her window. Although it wasn’t as exaggerated as “miles,” it did extend over a thousand miles, visible even in distant locations. Powerful cultivators thousands of miles away could sense the fluctuations. The Holy Maiden of the Mystic Moon understood Li Su’s surprise.