Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 112

Chapter 112: Breaking Through to the Late Stage of True Elixir Realm

Divine Sword Sect.

Divine Sword Hall.

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu and several high-level officials who remained at the sect were discussing matters.

“What is the origin of this Yuan Province He Family?”

Dripping Water Peak Master Yun Lei asked curiously.

He had previously participated in the Qishui Battle and suffered severe injuries. He had not yet recovered, which was why he remained at the Divine Sword Sect.

“This He Family has a significant background. The Grand Empress Dowager’s surname is He.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu said with a sigh.

“What? The He Family known as the Heavenly Blade Clan?”

Dripping Water Peak Master Yun Lei couldn’t help but exclaim.

The others also had the same expression.

Because they hadn’t dared to think in this direction before.

After all, the He Family was too famous. How could they possibly come to compete with the Divine Sword Sect for territory?

“The Heavenly Blade Clan wouldn’t go as far as to fight us for territory. However… this He Family should be a branch that separated from the main clan.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu shook his head and said.

“This is outrageous! Even if this He Family is from the Heavenly Blade Clan and the Grand Empress Dowager’s maternal family, how can they overreach so much? They even planted a branch in the Taixing Circuit. They didn’t contribute any effort during the suppression of Prince Luo’s Residence.”

The elders with real authority were furious.

With such a powerful background, the Divine Sword Sect really couldn’t do anything to the He Family.

This way, the benefits they could have obtained would likely be greatly reduced. Most importantly, having such a neighbor was an invisible threat to the Divine Sword Sect.

After all, this He Family had the Heavenly Blade Clan backing them.

“With the Grand Empress Dowager in power, this He Family will naturally rise with the tide. I’m afraid it will be very troublesome in the future.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu sighed.

He knew that the He Family settling in the Taixing Circuit was a done deal.

Over the next half a month.

More news came from Xuan Province.

The Divine Sword Sect and the He Family joined forces to conquer the Mysterious Netherworld Sect.

Moreover, Celestial Being Xiao from the Divine Sword Sect and a Celestial Being from the He Family negotiated the distribution of benefits and territory and finally reached an agreement.

The entire Xuan Province belonged to the Divine Sword Sect.

The other territories of the Mysterious Netherworld Sect were all controlled by the He Family.

In fact, the territory controlled by the He Family was not limited to this. Even the territory of the Purple Cloud Sect fell into the hands of the He Family.

It was the He Family’s martial arts forces that had destroyed the Purple Cloud Sect.

This showed that the power of this He Family branch was terrifying.

Controlling the entire territory of the Purple Cloud Sect, plus nearly 40% of the Mysterious Netherworld Sect’s territory, made the territory controlled by the He Family not much smaller than that of the Divine Sword Sect.

This He Family even encroached on a part of the Hundred Flowers Palace’s territory.

The newly rebuilt Hundred Flowers Palace was too weak, without even a single Celestial Being, and could only swallow their anger.

Moreover, there was even more shocking news: the imperial clan would send a prince to the Taixing Circuit to establish a feudal state.

In addition to the princes granted territories by the imperial clan, there were also non-imperial princes in the Great Chang empire.

These non-imperial princes had existed since the founding of the Great Chang empire.

Naturally, many non-imperial princes had perished for various reasons. Those who could survive to this day had an extraordinarily profound foundation.

It wasn’t that the imperial clan didn’t want to eliminate these non-imperial princes, but the resistance was too great, and they lacked a suitable justification.

But this time, the rebellion of the princes gave the imperial clan a reason.

Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian was discussing the recent situation with his Master Zhou Buping.

“I never thought things would develop to this point.”

He had just learned that an outsider He Family had become a dominant force in the Taixing Circuit, able to stand on equal footing with the Divine Sword Sect. He couldn’t help but feel deeply moved.

“This He Family is very domineering. They will definitely not be peaceful in the future.”

Zhou Buping was somewhat worried.

According to his understanding, this He Family branch was said to have three Celestial Beings.

It was precisely with such confidence that the He Family had occupied such a large territory upon their arrival.

Even if the Divine Sword Sect was unhappy, they could only grit their teeth and accept it.

“Master, don’t worry too much. That’s a matter for the future. This He Family still needs time to consolidate their territory.”

Li Qian said.

After a few years, when he raised his cultivation to the Celestial Being Realm, mastered the first level of the Great River Sword Qi, developed his Blood and Qi Sanctuary beyond its rudimentary form, and broke through his Heartless Sword Intent to the Celestial Image Realm, he believed the He Family would be nothing to him.

He wasn’t referring to this small He Family branch, but the He Family known as the Heavenly Blade Clan.

The most important thing now was time.

“How is your cultivation now?”

Zhou Buping suddenly asked.

“Master, my cultivation has already reached the early stage of the True Essence Realm.”

Li Qian revealed a little of his strength.

“Early stage of the True Essence Realm? Then you’ve already entered the ranks of Grandmasters?”

Zhou Buping’s eyes lit up.

True Essence Realm cultivation and Illusory Image level Sword Intent were the hallmarks of a Grandmaster.

If it were True Elixir Realm cultivation, then it would be a Great Grandmaster.

“Good, good, good.”

Zhou Buping’s face was filled with excitement. “It’s a pity that your merit points are insufficient and your age is also not enough, otherwise, you could directly be promoted to elder.”

Age was secondary, the main issue was merit points.

Li Qian hadn’t participated much in the battle to suppress Prince Luo’s Residence, so he definitely hadn’t earned many merit points.

The Divine Sword Sect had suffered heavy losses in this battle, with many elders falling and even more injured. Therefore, many elders needed to retire, which meant the Divine Sword Sect would have to promote some new elders.

Since the number of Grandmaster level martial artists was dwindling, they could only lower the standards and promote a group of elders from among the Innate martial artists who had sufficient merit points and potential.

Li Qian had the strength.

But his merit points were lacking.

If he wanted to become an elder, he would easily be stuck.

After all, promotions within the Divine Sword Sect ultimately valued merit points the most.

“Li Qian, you should participate in more merit missions in the future and accumulate merit points, otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to become an elder.”

Zhou Buping said.

He knew his disciple’s personality. He was somewhat indifferent to fame and fortune, spending his days cultivating at the Time Bell Pavilion, ringing the bell and not caring about worldly affairs. He seemed to lack any ambition.

Although he had spent decades guarding Wild Goose Gate Valley, he had also strived hard in his earlier years.

“Okay, Master.”

Li Qian replied.

However, he didn’t take it to heart at all.

What was so good about being an elder?

Being an elder in the Divine Sword Sect wasn’t easy. Although the benefits were good, when there was danger, it was often the elders who went first.

It would be a waste of time for him to become an elder.

After his Master left, Li Qian began to comprehend the Lion Camel Ridge Formation Manual again.

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Suddenly, he opened his eyes, his fingers gently moving. Streaks of True Qi emerged, gradually forming a formation diagram in front of him.

But this formation diagram had just been constructed halfway when it shattered with a crackling sound.

“Still a little bit off.”

Li Qian shook his head.

He had just tried to set up one of the seven foundation formations in the Lion Camel Ridge Formation Manual.

As long as he could set up the seven foundation formations and then combine them at will, he would have truly mastered the Lion Camel Ridge Formation Manual.

Of course, if he wanted to go further, he would need a higher level of comprehension.

Although he had failed, he wasn’t anxious.

Because he was making progress every time he attempted it.

Moreover, this progress could also be seen in the progress bar on the system panel.

As long as there was progress, it was fine.

Time flew by, and several more months passed.

One day, after Li Qian finished his bell ringing cultivation, he felt the True Elixir in his dantian Qi Sea slightly vibrate, with a faint sign of breaking through.

On the system panel, the cultivation progress bar had reached True Elixir Realm （Mid-stage 99/100）.

He could break through to the late stage of the True Elixir Realm at any time.

He decided to go out and find a place to break through his cultivation that night.

Night fell.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Li Qian quietly left the Time Bell Pavilion and flew rapidly towards the outside of the Divine Sword Sect.

Half an hour later, he was already in a mountain forest over a hundred miles away.

On a giant boulder.

Li Qian sat cross-legged, holding two Yuan Stones in his palms. He began to circulate the Heartless Sword Manual cultivation method, and his Immaculate Holy Body automatically released the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form, creating a pale golden area covering nearly three zhang in radius.

Countless Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi surged towards him, and upon entering the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form, it directly combined with his Blood and Qi, rapidly transforming into True Qi.

The Yuan Stones in his palms also released pure and vast Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

“This is…?”

Li Qian was surprised when he sensed this scene.

He didn’t expect such a change to occur during this breakthrough. The Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi actually directly combined with the Blood and Qi within the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form.

He remembered that this hadn’t happened when he broke through to the mid stage of the True Elixir Realm last time.

After all, he had the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form at that time as well.

“Could it be related to the progress of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form?”

Li Qian stroked his chin.

The progress of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form had already exceeded twenty points.

This could be seen from the range of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form; there was a clear improvement.

Previously, after the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form was released, it could only cover an area of about two zhang.

As a large amount of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi combined with his Blood and Qi, transforming into True Qi, this True Qi flowed into his body and gathered in his dantian Qi Sea.

One Yuan Stone turned into powder.

At this moment, his dantian Qi Sea and even his meridians were filled with True Qi, almost reaching their limit.

But Li Qian didn’t stop.

Because the Blood and Qi within the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form were still abundant.

He wondered if he could continue transforming it into True Qi.

Perhaps there would be unexpected gains?

Just like that, the second Yuan Stone was also drained of its Yuan Qi and turned into powder.

He took out the third Yuan Stone and continued to absorb it.

After absorbing most of it, he felt that the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form was also nearing its limit.

At this moment, his Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form contained a vast amount of True Qi.

Under normal circumstances, the body could only hold a certain amount of True Qi. It couldn’t be increased unless one’s cultivation level was raised and a breakthrough in realm was achieved. But now, he was actually using the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form to hold even more True Qi.

Moreover, this amount was terrifying, not just a little bit more.

“Break through.”

He took a deep breath and continued to guide the True Qi into his body.

Rumble!

Within his dantian, it was as if an explosion had occurred. The Eight Trigrams Qi Field collapsed, and the entire True Elixir melted. The ninth strand of True Qi also condensed, combining with the other eight strands to gradually construct a brand new Nine Palaces Qi Field.

At the same time, the melted True Elixir recondensed, absorbing a massive amount of True Qi.

After the True Qi in his dantian and meridians was completely absorbed by the True Elixir, Li Qian poured the True Qi contained within the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form into it as well.

The True Elixir actually continued to absorb it.

When the last wisp of True Qi in the Blood and Qi Sanctuary merged into it, the entire True Elixir completely solidified.

This True Elixir was much larger and more condensed than it was during the mid stage of the True Elixir Realm.

Li Qian withdrew the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form, opened his eyes, and let out a long breath.

He had finally reached the late stage of the True Elixir Realm.

Suddenly, he summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation: Innate True Elixir （Late stage 23/100）.

Sacrificial Instrument: Time Bell （Law 5285/10000）.

Martial Arts: Sword-Piercing Fist （Perfection）, Heartless Sword Manual （Perfection）, Immaculate Holy Body （Perfection）, Soul-Chasing Sword Technique （Perfection）, Great River Sword Qi （First Level 40/100）.

Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent （True Image 65/100）.

Divine Ability: Blood and Qi Sanctuary （Rudimentary Form 21/100）.

Secret Techniques: Myriad Transforming Sword Qi, Blood Burning Technique.

Auxiliary Techniques: Lion Camel Ridge Formation Manual （Entry Level 39/100）.

“As expected.”

Li Qian muttered to himself.

His Innate True Elixir Realm late stage cultivation progress wasn’t 1, but had become 23.

Obviously, the extra 22 points of progress should be related to his use of the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form to hold a large amount of True Qi.

After all, he had absorbed more than one additional Yuan Stone to refine that vast True Qi.

“In that case, when I break through in the future, if I fully utilize the Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s rudimentary form to hold enough True Qi, wouldn’t I be able to save a lot of cultivation time from the beginning?”

Li Qian muttered to himself.

Twenty-two points of progress, if it were his normal cultivation speed, he probably wouldn’t be able to achieve it without several months of time.

This was truly an unexpected surprise!

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