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

The heavenly tribulation unfolded exactly as Li Zhirui had anticipated. The clansman endured the trial successfully, completing his transformation into an Individual Immortal.

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

“There is no need for such thanks; it was your own dedication that bore fruit.”

With a casual wave of his hand, Li Zhirui observed the turbulent aura surrounding the younger man. “You have only just achieved your breakthrough, and your Cultivation is currently unstable. You must return immediately to consolidate your realm.”

“Yes!” Li Xiuyu replied, startled. In his state of euphoria, he had nearly overlooked this vital step. After performing a respectful bow, he departed in a hurry.

Li Zhirui made his way back to the site of his recent lectures. Surveying the area, he noticed significant progress in the Cultivation of many clansmen. He nodded in quiet approval, thinking, “It appears my instructions have been quite effective.”

However, he knew such sessions could not be held too often. Both the imparting and receiving of Daoist truths were mentally exhausting endeavors. Because he had poured his entire focus into the teaching, the drain on his spirit was even more pronounced.

Furthermore, even if his own endurance held, the clansmen would reach their limits. Constant lecturing would only serve to dilute the impact of his words.

Seeing that many were still immersed in digesting the insights from his lecture—and with others standing guard as protectors—Li Zhirui chose not to linger. He quickly retreated to his cave mansion.

He intended to organize a trip to explore the transformed Primal Spirit Realm. Given how much Mount Wanxian and the clan had evolved, he suspected the changes across the wider world would be even more staggering.

It had, after all, been many years since he last traveled through the Primal Spirit Realm for training.

His absence was due to several factors: first, his absolute focus on reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm left no room for wandering; second, the Primal Spirit Realm’s environment could no longer provide the challenges his level required; and third, since The Void offered a superior training ground, he saw no reason to settle for less.

This upcoming journey was not intended for advancing his realm, but rather to find relaxation and witness the shifting landscape of the Primal Spirit Realm.

To prepare, he spent the following year refining pills on a daily basis. He produced a vast quantity of top-tier elixirs at both the Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal Ranks.

As for lower-tier pills, the family now boasted many alchemists capable of refining them, meaning his intervention was rarely required.

He only took up the cauldron to refine and purify high-grade Immortal Pills when it was time to reward the most exceptional members of the clan.

The Immortal Pills Li Zhirui crafted over that year were mostly not intended for himself. At his current level of power, few beings in the Primal Spirit Realm could truly threaten or wound him.

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

Xiaoqing and Cang were excluded from this, as they were Divine beings. For those on the Divine Path, a breakthrough is less about overcoming a Cultivation bottleneck and more about the boundaries set by their specific divine titles and responsibilities.

This represents a significant disadvantage of the Divine Path; the Heavenly Dao remains impartial, granting Divines great power while simultaneously imposing strict limitations.

Among the three Divines within the family, the one most likely to advance was neither Xiaoqing nor Cang, but the younger Li Mingyao.

Under the early mentorship of Li Chengsheng and Li Chengshuo, he had capitalized on the chaos of the Demonic Tao’s corruption to aggressively grow his Divine Domain!

His Divine Domain now reached far beyond Shanhai State, encompassing several neighboring minor state domains and even granting him significant influence over the Boundary Mountain Range.

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

They were currently facing a major hurdle: they had no clear path for further expansion.

The surrounding Immortal Tao organizations had grown extremely suspicious of the Li family’s Divines. Li Mingyao’s rapid expansion had only increased their wariness, leading them to take defensive measures against the clan.

To block the Li family from producing more Divines on their lands, these powers had proactively filled the vacancies for local Wind, Water, and Earth Gods.

Unless Xiaoqing and Cang were prepared to start a war against those established Divines, they could not copy Li Mingyao’s success. They would have to find alternative ways to elevate their divine status and shatter their current limitations.

Li Zhirui and the rest of the clan were limited in how much they could help. Despite their family ties, the fundamental laws separating Immortals and Divines meant they could not meddle in Divine affairs.

This was particularly true regarding divine roles and titles, which are the core authorities of the Divine Path.

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

Speaking of which!

Li Zhirui passed the collection of refined Immortal Pills to Da Qing, instructing him to distribute them to the clansmen who needed them most.

He also gathered a large amount of mature, high-grade Spiritual Objects from his personal space to give away, as he no longer had any use for them.

“Jiu, are you setting out on another journey?” Da Qing asked quietly as he took the items. He already knew the answer, but he couldn't help but voice the question.

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

Da Qing fell silent for a moment before hesitatingly adding, “Jiu, I was thinking of heading into The Void for some training of my own.”

“Go then.” Li Zhirui did not object. Reflecting on it, Da Qing’s path was the most stable, yet it was undoubtedly the most difficult.

Watching one junior after another surpass him had clearly taken a toll, even on someone with a mental state as resilient as Da Qing’s.