Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 161

Chapter 161: Master, I Am Now a Celestial Being

Master Zhou Buping, who hadn’t been at the Time Bell Pavilion for the past two days, suddenly returned. He was overjoyed when he saw Li Qian.

Li Qian’s prolonged closed-door cultivation had him a little worried.

“Li Qian, did your Sword Intent break through?”

He quickly asked.

“Yes, it broke through.”

Li Qian nodded.

“Excellent! It seems my Divine Sword Sect is about to have another Celestial Being.”

Zhou Buping beamed.

Li Qian was almost sixty years old now.

A sixty-year-old Celestial Being was quite young.

After all, among the Celestial Beings of the Divine Sword Sect, besides Elder Qingsong who broke through in his seventies and Celestial Being Xiao in his eighties, the others all broke through when they were nearly a hundred years old.

“Master, I am already a Celestial Being.”

Li Qian said with a smile.

As he spoke, his body floated up.

He couldn’t make him break through again, could he?

It was better to admit directly that he had already broken through to the Celestial Being Realm.

“Your cultivation level also broke through?”

Zhou Buping was overjoyed. “That’s not right. There were signs when the other Celestial Beings broke through. Why wasn’t there any sign when you broke through?”

However, Li Qian’s ability to levitate and fly was the mark of a Celestial Being.

“Master, I set up a simple formation to block my aura, so there were no signs.”

Li Qian explained with a smile.

“A formation can have such an effect?”

Zhou Buping was extremely surprised.

Bai Yun and Chai Shao, who were standing nearby, were also overjoyed to see their Master levitate.

After all, who wouldn’t be proud to have a Celestial Being as their Master?

“I’ll go to the Inner Sect immediately and tell the Sect Master that you’ve become a Celestial Being.”

Zhou Buping hurriedly walked down the mountain.

“Master, there’s no need to rush.”

Li Qian hurriedly said, seeing his Master’s excitement.

“Why not rush? Now that you’re a Celestial Being, I’d like to see who dares to oppose you taking the position of Supreme Elder!”

Zhou Buping waved his hand and said.

For so many years, his disciple had only been an Inner Sect Disciple, not even an Elder. How could he not be anxious?

Now that Li Qian had become a Celestial Being, the position of Supreme Elder was secured.

Watching his Master leave, Li Qian touched his nose and didn’t bother to interfere.

Since his Master was happy, he wouldn’t spoil his mood.

Inner Sect.

Divine Sword Hall.

“Elder Zhou, what brings you here?”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu received Zhou Buping and asked with a smile.

He was almost one hundred and ten years old and had more white hair.

His cultivation level was Top-Tier Grandmaster, but he was still a little short of breaking through to the Celestial Being Realm.

He clearly felt his body aging.

As long as they didn’t break through to the Celestial Being Realm, Grandmasters at his age would experience this.

Therefore, he didn’t have much time left.

“Sect Master, Li Qian has become a Celestial Being.”

Zhou Buping didn’t waste any words and said directly.

“Eh?”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu was stunned at first, then reacted, “What? Li Qian has become a Celestial Being?”

Li Qian seemed to be only sixty years old, right?

He started as an Odd-Job Disciple, was taken as a disciple by Zhou Buping, and rose all the way to become a Divine Sword Matcher.

Many elders in the Inner Sect speculated that the reason why Li Qian’s Root Bone was measured to be very poor during the Inner Sect Assessment was likely due to a Hidden Root Bone.

But even if his talent was good, how could he have achieved the Celestial Being Realm so quickly?

Nangong Bei, who was more talented among his peers, now held the position of Elder with Real Authority due to his age and the lack of vacancies for Peak Master or Sword Envoy.

But he was only a Middle-Level Grandmaster.

As for Chang Xiaoyao, who was still in the Dragon Guarding Temple for another five years, he was also a Middle-Level Grandmaster.

Ji Ming, whose original Root Bone talent was not bad, was slightly worse off now. Although he had used the Life-Gathering Pill to restore his Natal Yuan Qi after being seriously injured, it still had some impact, so he was only an Initial Level Grandmaster.

“Yes, he was in closed-door cultivation for more than half a year. After he came out, he became a Celestial Being.”

Seeing the Sect Master’s shocked expression, Zhou Buping felt extremely pleased.

He believed that many of the elders, Elders with Real Authority, and Peak Masters in the Inner Sect would be shocked as well.

Moreover, now that Li Qian had become a Celestial Being, wouldn’t the Heartless Lineage naturally be able to establish the eighth peak in the Inner Sect?

“Elder Zhou, I’ll inform the Supreme Elders immediately.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu hurriedly said.

He knew Elder Zhou wouldn’t make groundless claims.

The birth of a new Celestial Being, especially one so young, meant his future achievements were truly limitless.

So far, among the several Celestial Beings of the Divine Sword Sect, not a single Supreme Elder had reached Middle-Level Celestial Being.

Even Celestial Being Hou, who had been a Celestial Being for twenty-two years, was still the same. It was probably related to his breakthrough using the Celestial Being Pill.

Elder Qingsong had the most potential.

After all, Elder Qingsong was less than eighty years old when he became a Celestial Being.

Except for Elder Cangyun, who was stationed at the Divine Sword Legion’s main camp, the other four Celestial Beings gathered at the Time Bell Pavilion.

After sensing the aura emanating from Li Qian, they had no more doubts.

In fact, they hadn’t doubted it from the beginning.

This Li Qian was the disciple valued by that Ancestor. Wasn’t it normal for him to become a Celestial Being?

“Li Qian, you have become a Celestial Being. According to the decision made by Grand Martial Uncle before his passing, a Celestial Being can assume the position of Supreme Elder. Do you have any other requests?”

Supreme Elder Hou Shuwen asked.

“Elder Hou, I hope the sect can allocate this mountain where the Time Bell Pavilion is located to my Heartless Lineage.”

Li Qian said.

His Master had always wanted to develop and expand the Heartless Lineage, so he naturally had to fulfill his wish.

“This mountain is too ordinary. I’m afraid it’s not suitable to be the foundation of the Heartless Lineage. It would be better to choose a better peak.”

Hou Shuwen said.

“Elder Hou, a mountain’s height isn’t important. My Heartless Lineage has grown accustomed to the Time Bell Pavilion.”

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Li Qian said with a smile.

“Alright, then this mountain shall be named Heartless Peak, serving as the foundation of the Heartless Lineage.”

Hou Shuwen nodded.

The other three Celestial Beings naturally agreed.

The four Celestial Beings originally proposed to hold a grand ceremony for the establishment of his Heartless Lineage’s peak, while also celebrating his achievement of becoming a Celestial Being, but Li Qian declined.

Zhou Buping also felt that a low-key establishment of the peak was fine.

There was no need for a grand ceremony or mobilization of forces.

After the four Celestial Beings left, Zhou Buping was overjoyed. “Chai Shao, go cook a few dishes. Today we’ll celebrate the official establishment of our Heartless Lineage’s peak.”

“Yes, Grandmaster.”

Chai Shao immediately nodded.

That day, Zhou Buping, along with his two grand-disciples, brought a large stone tablet, carved with the three words “Heartless Peak,” and placed it at the entrance to the mountain path.

Just like that, the Heartless Lineage simply completed the establishment of its peak.

The news of the Divine Sword Sect’s new Celestial Being quickly spread throughout the various peaks and halls of the sect, thanks to the Sect Master’s deliberate promotion.

When the numerous Inner Sect Disciples, Elders, Elders with Real Authority, and Peak Masters learned that the new Celestial Being was actually Li Qian from the Time Bell Pavilion, they were all shocked beyond words.

Time Bell Pavilion.

“Junior Brother Li, you’ve truly kept a low profile, only to astound everyone with your sudden rise. I’m not even a Grandmaster, and you’ve already become a Celestial Being. This makes me feel quite inadequate.”

After receiving the news, Pang Bai rushed to the Time Bell Pavilion to congratulate Li Qian.

“Just lucky.”

Li Qian chuckled.

“Junior Brother Li, no wonder you didn’t care about the Elder position. Being able to directly become a Supreme Elder, who would want to be a mere Elder? Those elders who kept trying to block your Elder qualification are probably in a tough spot now. Haha.”

Pang Bai said with a chuckle.

In the following days, people from the Divine Sword Sect continued to visit Li Qian, the new Celestial Being, at the Time Bell Pavilion.

Liu Ming also visited with his wife and children.

Two years after leaving the mountain, he married a female Inner Sect Disciple and had a child.

The two of them didn’t plan to leave the Divine Sword Sect for the time being, because their child had passed the Inner Sect Assessment during the recent recruitment and became an Inner Sect Disciple.

For the sake of their child’s future, they planned to work hard in the Divine Sword Sect for a few more years, laying a solid foundation for their child before returning to their hometown.

Unfortunately, after more than ten years of cultivation, Liu Ming hadn’t broken through to the Innate Realm, still stuck at the Postnatal Ninth Level.

If he hadn’t left the Time Bell Pavilion and had experienced the first bell ringing of the Time Bell up close, breaking through to the Innate Realm shouldn’t have been a problem.

However, life choices inherently led to different paths.

If he hadn’t left the Time Bell Pavilion, he might not have had the opportunity to marry and have children, and wouldn’t have the small family he had now.

Therefore, Li Qian felt that Liu Ming was doing quite well now.

He had a wife and children, and a goal to strive for.

Just like Chen Yong and Song Yingying, they all had their own families and their own life goals.

This was the choice of most people.

Ultimately, only a few could truly dedicate their lives to the Martial Path.

The vast majority of elders, Elders with Real Authority, and even Peak Masters in the Divine Sword Sect had families.

Only a few, like Master Zhou Buping, were childless and unmarried, at most taking on one or two disciples.

Thus, another half a month passed.

The commotion in the Divine Sword Sect caused by Li Qian’s breakthrough to the Celestial Being Realm gradually subsided.

After all, Li Qian had been hiding in the Time Bell Pavilion, never showing his face.

One day, late at night.

Li Qian quietly left the Time Bell Pavilion.

This time, he was going out to prepare for his breakthrough to Martial Saint.

Considering that the breakthrough to Martial Saint might bring about unexpected changes, he had to be cautious.

Therefore, this time he planned to stay away from the Divine Sword Sect and choose a truly uninhabited area.

Three thousand miles west of the Divine Sword Sect, beyond Ba Province in the former Shuchuan Circuit, there was an area known as the Endless Mountains.

Li Qian planned to break through in the Endless Mountains.

Even if the commotion was huge, it wouldn’t have any impact.

With Li Qian’s current flying speed, a journey of over three thousand miles naturally wouldn’t take much time.

After more than an hour, he had already appeared in a boundless sea of trees.

There were no humans living there, but it had become a paradise for Exotic Beasts.

The density of Exotic Beasts there was very high.

They could be seen everywhere.

Some powerful Exotic Beasts were probably comparable to Grandmasters.

Over the years, the changes in the Mortal Realm had made the mutation of animals more common.

Li Qian chose a relatively high mountain peak.

Towering into the clouds, the temperature was very low, and the summit was perpetually covered in ice and snow.

Under the hazy moonlight, Li Qian stood on the summit, overlooking the endless sea of trees below. Although it was night, with his eyesight, his vision was still extremely broad.

“I will ascend to the summit of the highest peak and enjoy a panoramic view of the lesser mountains.”

Li Qian felt a surge of emotion.

Immediately, with a wave of his hand, formation disks flew out, and he began to set up a small formation with effects such as spirit gathering, isolation, and sealing.

With his current cultivation level, there were few existences in the Mortal Realm that could threaten him.

However, he still needed to be cautious during his breakthrough.

He sat down, facing the endless sea of trees below, and closed his eyes.

Yuan Stones swirled around him.

There were more than a hundred of them.

This breakthrough to Martial Saint would definitely require an extraordinary amount of Yuan Qi.

Fortunately, he had a lot of Yuan Stones, so he didn’t have to worry about insufficient Yuan Qi for the time being.

He simply couldn’t break through to Martial Saint relying solely on the concentration of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the Mortal Realm.

“Let the breakthrough begin.”

He murmured to himself.

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