Immortal Martial Arts: Marry a Wife and Live a Long Life

Chapter 70: Soul Refining Peak

One year later.

Han Li was having a great time playing with his beautiful concubines in the backyard. A group of stunning women surrounded him, each with their own tasks, giving Han Li an ultimate sense of enjoyment.

"Husband, Qin Meimei is about to give birth," Liu Yuexin whispered in Han Li's ear.

Han Li immediately got up, bid farewell to his concubines, and quickly made his way to the small courtyard where Qin Buhui was.

Qin Buhui was a new concubine that Han Li had taken in. She was two months younger than the Chu twins and had a talent of eighth grade and an Innate cultivation level. For some reason, she willingly became his concubine.

In the past year, the four newly taken concubines, including the Chu twins, had given birth to offspring, adding four or five more children to Han Li's knees.

Han Li's other concubines had also given birth to some offspring during this year, and some were already pregnant and would give birth to new offspring next year.

Just like the Han family's ancestors, who worked hard to expand their family, his descendants also inherited his diligent work and continued to multiply. The population of the Han family was growing.

Today, Han Li already had 399 descendants. When Qin Buhui gave birth to this child, the number of his descendants would reach four hundred, resulting in another bountiful harvest.

"Wow~"

With a cry in the room, Qin Buhui's child was born. It was a daughter, and Han Li's mind also received a prompt.

Han Li didn't go to see the child. Instead, he tightly held Qin Buhui's delicate hand, giving her a sense of security, and kissed her forehead.

After talking with Qin Buhui for a while and ensuring her proper rest, Han Li left. He had a joyful expression on his face the whole time, which made Qin Buhui very happy.

In the bedroom, Han Li leisurely lay on the bed and began to review his gains.

"Your number of descendants has exceeded four hundred. You have gained fifty years of cultivation, obtained three Sea Opening Pills, and acquired the Profound Grade superior martial technique, 'Slaughter Sword Scripture.'"

Fifty years of cultivation at hand!

Han Li was very happy. He had accumulated a total of eighty-five years of cultivation, enough to further advance his cultivation.

Three Sea Opening Pills were also good. The concubines he had taken in earlier had all reached the Innate level. Among the newly taken concubines, Qin Buhui, Qiuyue Yao, and Lin Yiyin were also at the Innate level, while Lin Yiwu was at the Sea Opening Realm.

He had already accumulated a considerable number of Sea Opening Pills, enough to allow these Innate-level concubines to break through to the Sea Opening Realm one by one.

Under the effect of the Body Nurturing Furnace, the talents of all his concubines had been improved to varying degrees. The worse their talents were, the more improvement they had. At least, they all had eighth-grade talents.

On the contrary, the talents of Lin Yiwu and Lin Yiyin, the sister duo, didn't improve much because their talents were already better.

With the combination of Sea Opening Pills and the effects of the Body Nurturing Furnace, it was enough to ensure that the concubines at the Innate level would all successfully break through to the Sea Opening Realm without any accidents.

Han Li also took out a large number of cultivation techniques and martial arts for his concubines to practice. Most of them were Royal Grade top-tier and Profound Grade middle-to-lower-tier. He didn't teach them the Step-Gang Treading Battle Technique and the Indestructible Body Protecting Divine Art, as he would wait until their cultivation levels were higher to avoid trouble.

After absorbing the Slaughter Sword Scripture, Han Li gained a formidable offensive martial technique, which could be considered as making up for a shortcoming.

Although the Profound Grade superior martial techniques like the Heavenly Mystery Fist and the Godslayer Sword Scripture were of higher grade, they were difficult to cultivate. Han Li had not yet reached the stage of mastery. Although the Slaughter Sword Scripture was only a Profound Grade superior martial technique, it had a powerful effect at the complete level, almost reaching the threshold of an Earth Grade martial technique.

Afterward, Han Li also received some accumulated cultivation, raising his cultivation level to the peak of the ninth level of the Soul Refining Realm. It took him forty years of cultivation, five years more than he had estimated.

The improvement in cultivation caused his spiritual power to surge, nearly doubling, and his spiritual sense greatly increased, covering an area of about two thousand miles. His five senses also became much stronger.

With his cultivation reaching this stage, Han Li had officially reached the peak of the Soul Refining Realm and had also gained a complete level of the Slaughter Sword Scripture, greatly enhancing his strength.

After finishing these tasks, Han Li placed his hands behind his head and began to ponder.

In just under four years, the number of descendants had increased from three to four hundred, and the rate of expansion was much faster than before. If it were to expand to five hundred, it would take at most three more years.

With an additional one hundred descendants, Han Li's lifespan also increased by one hundred years. His maximum lifespan had now reached over 850 years.

His aptitude had improved significantly compared to when he first reached the Soul Refining stage. If there were a progress bar, it would probably be around 55% of the sixth rank, with 45% remaining to reach the fifth rank aptitude.

Reaching the peak of the Soul Refining stage meant that the power of his divine soul had reached another threshold. It was temporarily unable to continue improving unless he broke through to the Empty Void Realm.

To break through from the peak of the Soul Refining stage to the Empty Void Realm, one must comprehend the embryonic form of a martial dao true intent. The so-called martial dao true intent was a general concept that could be specific and nuanced, such as sword intent, knife intent, fist intent, and so on.

Those at the peak of the Soul Refining stage, as true cultivators, comprehended the heavens, the mortal world, and everything through their divine souls. When they pierced through the illusory and glimpsed the profound, they could condense their own embryonic form of martial dao true intent.

Every Empty Void Realm cultivator possessed their own martial dao true intent. Even if they comprehended sword intent, it would still be different, each having their own martial dao path. Only then could they be called grandmasters.

A cultivator who mastered the embryonic form of martial dao true intent would experience a tremendous increase in strength. Even a newly breakthrough Empty Void grandmaster could easily defeat a large number of peak Soul Refining stage cultivators.

It was almost impossible for those at the Soul Refining stage to challenge the Empty Void Realm. As the cultivation path progressed, the disparity between each major realm became immense, and even geniuses couldn't cross realms to challenge.

Who wouldn't be a genius if they could cultivate to the Empty Void Realm and become a grandmaster? Whose aptitude would be poor?

"Hiss~"

When Han Li saw the required cultivation level to break through to the Empty Void Realm, he felt the urge to condense his embryonic form of martial dao true intent.

There were just too many requirements, more than he had expected.

He estimated that it would take around two hundred years of cultivation to break through from the peak of the Soul Refining stage to the Empty Void Realm. However, the system indicated four hundred years, doubling the time.

It should be noted that his aptitude was considered good among the sixth rank. Normally, it would take a hundred years to have a chance to break through to the Empty Void Realm, find his own martial dao path, and condense his embryonic form of martial dao true intent.

The system explained that with a sixth rank aptitude, the probability of breaking through to the Empty Void Realm and finding a martial dao path was less than twenty percent.

If he spent four hundred years of cultivation, not only would he be able to achieve it in one step, saving a lot of time, but the embryonic form of martial dao true intent he condensed would also be very powerful.

After some tinkering, Han Li finally understood.

To break through quickly, he would need to spend twice the normal amount of cultivation. And to condense a powerful embryonic form of martial dao true intent, he would need to double it again.

Han Li felt that this was a bit of a pitfall, but he could accept it. Although four hundred years of cultivation was a lot, he could accumulate it in about ten years, saving a lot of time.

He didn't need to cultivate or comprehend the dao every day. He could enjoy an immortal life and still condense a powerful embryonic form of martial dao true intent. It seemed quite worthwhile to think about.

In addition, if his aptitude were to improve to the fifth rank, the required cultivation would be halved, as the probability of breaking through to the Empty Void Realm with a fifth rank aptitude was at least fifty percent.

Han Li felt that it would be very difficult to improve his aptitude to the fifth rank before breaking through to the Empty Void Realm.

To quickly improve, he would have to find a concubine with a fourth rank aptitude and have several descendants with fourth rank aptitudes.

But where could he find a beautiful female cultivator with a fourth rank aptitude?

Jiang Baiye and Yun Miaoyi had fourth rank aptitudes, but they were currently avoiding him, and he didn't want to cause trouble.

He didn't even know if the Sect Master's daughter, Gong Sunyue, had a fourth rank aptitude.

Han Li thought and thought, but he didn't know where else in Leizhou he could find a beautiful female cultivator with a fourth rank aptitude.

It was said that Wusheng Laomu and the Head of Hehuan Sect were also female cultivators, but Han Li immediately ruled them out.

Both of them were old-timers, and one was an Empty Void grandmaster while the other was a Myriad Manifestations grandmaster. He couldn't handle them.

(End of this chapter)