Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan Chapter 1846: 1392: Awaiting Consolidation

The heavenly tribulation unfolded exactly as Li Zhirui had anticipated. The clansman navigated the process with success, officially ascending to the rank of an Individual Immortal.

“Xiuyu offers his deepest gratitude to Ancestor Rui for your protection and guidance!” Li Xiuyu spoke, his voice thick with appreciation.

“There is no requirement for thanks; this is the fruit of your own persistence.”

With a casual flick of his sleeve, Li Zhirui observed the turbulent aura surrounding the younger man and instructed, “Your breakthrough is fresh and your cultivation remains volatile. You must return immediately to consolidate your realm.”

“Yes!” Startled by the reminder, Li Xiuyu realized he had nearly overlooked this vital step in his fervor. He bowed deeply before making a hurried departure.

Li Zhirui made his way back to the site of his recent lectures. Surveying the area, he noted the visible progress in the cultivation of many family members. He nodded in approval, thinking, “It appears my insights have borne fruit.”

However, he knew such sessions could not be held too often. Both delivering and receiving profound teachings were mentally draining endeavors, particularly since he poured his entire focus into them, making the process even more taxing.

Furthermore, even if his own endurance held, the clansmen would eventually reach their limits. Over-frequent lectures would only serve to dilute their impact.

Seeing that many were still deep in meditation, digesting the knowledge while others stood guard as protectors, Li Zhirui decided not to linger. He vanished, returning swiftly to his cave mansion.

He intended to prepare for a journey to explore the transformed Primal Spirit Realm. Given how much Mount Wanxian and the Sect had evolved, the shifts in the wider world were bound to be even more dramatic.

It had, after all, been a long time since he last traveled through the Primal Spirit Realm for training.

Initially, his focus had been entirely consumed by his pursuit of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, leaving no room for wandering. Secondly, the Primal Spirit Realm’s environment had ceased to meet his cultivation needs. Finally, since The Void offered a superior training ground, he saw no reason to settle for less unless it was necessary.

This trip was not intended for advancing his realm, but rather to find relaxation and witness the evolution of the Primal Spirit Realm firsthand.

Consequently, he spent the following year refining pills every day, accumulating a vast hoard of top-tier elixirs at both the Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal Ranks.

As for the lower-tier pills, the family now possessed a sufficient number of alchemists capable of refining them, meaning his intervention was rarely required.

He only stepped in to refine and purify high-grade Immortal Pills when it was time to reward exceptionally talented clansmen.

Most of the Immortal Pills Li Zhirui produced during this year were not for his personal consumption. Given his current Sage-like strength, few beings in the Primal Spirit Realm possessed the power to threaten or wound him.

Instead, these resources were set aside for Da Qing, Li Xianxun, and other relatives, with the hope of smoothing their paths of cultivation.

He did not prepare them for Xiaoqing or Cang, as they followed the path of the Divine. For Divine beings, a breakthrough is less about overcoming a cultivation bottleneck and more about the boundaries set by their divine status and roles.

This represents a significant disadvantage of the Divine Path; the Heavenly Dao is inherently balanced. While Divines receive many boons, they are also shackled by specific limitations.

Among the three family Divines, the one most likely to achieve a breakthrough was actually the junior, Li Mingyao, rather than Xiaoqing or Cang.

Under the early guidance of Li Chengsheng and Li Chengshuo, Li Mingyao had taken advantage of the era when the Demonic Tao corrupted the world to aggressively grow his Divine Domain!

His Divine Domain now extended beyond Shanhai State, encompassing territories from several neighboring small domains and even exerting significant influence over the Boundary Mountain Range.

In contrast, Xiaoqing and Cang found their Divine Domains restricted entirely to the borders of Shanhai State.

Furthermore, they had hit a wall with no clear path for further expansion.

The surrounding Immortal Tao organizations had grown extremely cautious of the Li family’s Divines. Following Li Mingyao’s expansion, their vigilance toward the family intensified.

To counter this, they had quickly filled the vacancies for the roles of Wind God, Water God, and Earth God, ensuring no more Li family Divines could manifest in their lands.

Unless Xiaoqing and Cang intended to declare war on those established Divines, they could not mimic Li Mingyao’s strategy. They would have to discover alternative ways to raise their divine status and shatter their current limits.

Li Zhirui and the rest of the family could offer little help in this matter. Despite their close ties, the fundamental laws separating Immortals and Divines prevented them from interfering in the internal affairs of the Divine Path.

This was especially true regarding divine roles and positions, which constitute the core authority of that path.

To advance, they would have to rely on their own ingenuity, while the family provided whatever material resources were possible.

On that note!

Li Zhirui handed the collection of refined Immortal Pills to Da Qing, tasking him with distributing them to the deserving clansmen.

He also cleared out a significant number of mature, high-grade Spiritual Objects from his personal space, as he no longer had a use for them.

“Jiu, are you setting out on another journey?” Da Qing asked quietly as he took the items, already knowing the answer but feeling compelled to speak.

“Indeed, I plan to wander through the Primal Spirit Realm for a time to see how this world has changed,” Li Zhirui confirmed with a slight nod.

Da Qing paused, and after a moment of quiet reflection, he said, “Jiu, I wish to head into The Void for some training of my own.”

“Go then.” Li Zhirui did not object. He realized that while Da Qing’s path was the most stable, it was also the most arduous.

Watching one junior after another leapfrog past him in rank would inevitably weigh on even the most disciplined mind.