Chapter 155
“It’s finally complete,” Li Su murmured when Liu Xinshui welcomed another descendant with spiritual potential. Over a decade had passed since Li Su had wed Liu Xinyue. During this time, Li Su’s cultivation had finally reached the stage of Nascent Soul perfection, not the pinnacle, but a true culmination.
Over the years, the number of his descendants with spiritual potential had exceeded 400 and was close to reaching 500. The total number of his descendants had surpassed 500,000. This count was real-time, and since many of Li Su’s descendants were ordinary humans, some would pass away each year as their lifespans ended. While Li Su’s elixirs could prolong their lives, he couldn’t provide elixirs to hundreds of thousands of descendants. Only the most exceptional ones among his descendants would receive elixirs.
However, the lifespans of Li Su’s descendants were gradually increasing on their own, particularly for those born later. Many of his ordinary human descendants could now live beyond 100 years. Li Su believed this might be related to the family’s bloodline. As his strength grew, the entire family’s bloodline became more robust.
Of course, those born earlier wouldn’t benefit from these improvements. To gain these benefits, Li Su speculated that he might need to become immortal, potentially having a “rising tide lifts all boats” effect on the bloodline, similar to the concept that “when one person achieves enlightenment, even the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.”
Li Su not only reached the stage of Nascent Soul perfection but also received various other rewards. His skills in alchemy, formations, and artifact crafting remained at a 3,500-year level, with no further improvements for the time being. However, his ability to create talismans had reached 3,500 years. He had invested 3,000 years of experience points in them, starting with an initial 1,000 years for his talismanic abilities. Once his talismanic skills reached 3,000 years, they followed the same pattern as other abilities, increasing by 500 points for every 1,000 experience points.
His physical cultivation had reached 1,000 years, equivalent to the early Nascent Soul stage. In other words, Li Su could now match Nascent Soul cultivators in terms of physical strength alone. Nevertheless, hand-to-hand combat would still pose a challenge. To address this, Li Su had created two low-grade magical items for himself: a spear and a shield. These magical items were meant for use in critical situations when he needed to engage in physical combat.
The choice to wield a spear was rooted in the preference of practitioners dedicated to physical enhancement, favoring heavier and sturdier weapons for optimal results. If he were to opt for a sword, it would need to be considerably large. Those slender swords often depicted in TV dramas would shatter with a single blow when wielded by potent physical cultivators.
Magical implements used by cultivators, including swords, were seldom of great length. Even a lower-grade magical item like the Flying Immortal Sword was relatively short but exceptionally sharp, rendering it more effective. While longer swords were not entirely unsuitable, they did possess drawbacks at this stage that Li Su couldn’t overlook for aesthetics.
Regarding the Dayan Sword, it indeed fell into the category of longswords but qualified as one of the larger ones.
After reaching 1,000 years in physical cultivation, there was another development. In the past, accumulating 1,000 years of experience would add 500 years to physical cultivation, but it only contributed 250 years, halving the effect.
Despite halving the effect, Li Su soon grasped an important realization: there was no longer a bottleneck for his physical cultivation. He simply needed to accumulate more experience in this area. While physical cultivation would inevitably encounter bottlenecks in the future, for now, his primary task was amassing more experience.
However, due to the significant reduction in effectiveness, Li Su decided against further augmenting his physical cultivation after reaching 1,000 years. He resolved to save further improvements later when he had amassed more experience. He then allocated the remaining few hundred years of experience to enhance his puppetry skills and spiritual soul.
This time, upon attaining the stage of Nascent Soul perfection, Li Su witnessed significant growth in his other abilities. His alchemy, artifact crafting, formations, talismans, and puppetry skills surpassed 3,000 years. His physical cultivation reached 1,000 years, equivalent to the early Nascent Soul stage.
“Next, it’s time for the Nascent Soul stage,” Li Su remarked, gazing over the entire Li Family mansion. From his current vantage point, he had a clear view of the entire Li Family mansion and the entire expanse of Luo City.
Luo City had nearly transformed into a city of immortals, with many cultivators active in the area. The Li Family had delved into the world of cultivation, engaging in various ventures such as procuring and trading demonic beasts.
Following the opening of Mangkang Mountain, fourth-order demonic beasts had been eliminated by the sect’s elders, and more cultivators had initiated hunts in Mangkang Mountain. The business related to demonic beasts had developed into a thriving industry.
Li Su planned for all the demonic beasts in Mangkang Mountain to be eradicated eventually. When he acquired the fragments of the immortal treasure from Mangkang Mountain, the mountain, spanning tens of thousands of miles, would become the region’s most spiritually rich immortal mountain. At that point, Li Su could relocate the entire Li Family to Mangkang Mountain.
Now, the focus shifted to Nascent Soul. After achieving Nascent Soul perfection, Li Su could progress towards breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. Fortunately, there was no need to rush the initiation of the Nascent Soul transformation.
To attain the Golden Core stage, 500 years of cultivation were required to condense a first-grade Golden Core. The Nascent Soul stage required 1,000 years of cultivation to form a top-tier Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul stage, however, had even higher requirements.
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