Family Management Game In Immortal Continent

Chapter 1363: Chapter 1357: Year 1090

[Year 1090]

The Blood Moon had almost reached the borders of Westfall Prefecture.

In the early morning, Azure Cloud Prefecture could even see a hazy, thin mist emanating a slightly crimson aura.

The number of refugees in Azure Cloud Prefecture was increasing, and the South Sea region was packed with them.

Fleeing before a crisis is the instinct of intelligent beings, and humans are no exception.

Even knowing that the path of escape holds a fifty-fifty chance of life and death, they still cannot muster the resolve to make a desperate last stand.

Westfall Prefecture in April; a continuous, dreary drizzle fell.

Inside the Eternal Immortal Sect.

Li Jianning was sitting cross-legged inside. He had been cultivating under Ancestor Lan for over a century, receiving his personal guidance.

The meridian acupoints all over his body emitted a faint luster as he continuously cultivated. If anyone could see his internal state, they would be utterly astounded.

In the seven hundred and twenty acupoints of his body, shockingly, each one contained a Nascent Soul.

Beneath each Nascent Soul was the pill shell left behind after the Golden Core broke open to form the Nascent Soul.

The pill shell formed a lotus platform, which served as the seat for each Nascent Soul.

These Nascent Souls chanted scriptures, varying in size and aura.

No one knew that, to date, Li Jianning had already survived thirty-six Nascent Soul tribulations. What awaited him next were the tribulations for all the remaining Nascent Souls.

“Just how powerful has Ancestor Lin become?” Li Jianning murmured in shock and doubt.

He was already unrivaled among all Nascent Soul cultivators in the world; even Divinity Transformation cultivators couldn’t match his Spiritual power.

Ancestor Lan even intended to pass on the mantle of the ‘Dao Ancestor’ to him.

However, Ancestor Lan had mentioned… it was because Li Yunlin was unwilling to become the Dao Ancestor and inherit Ancestor Lan’s tragic fate that Ancestor Lan had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and prepare to pass it on to him.

“I truly don’t know how such an inheritance exists in the world, gathering all Daos into one body, severing the path for all Void Refinement cultivators in the world, yet acting as a great benevolence for all the people.”

Thinking of the Dao, Ancestor Lan was about to impart, Li Jianning felt deeply moved.

Having cultivated in the Immortal Sect for many years, he had originally thought Ancestor Lan was an extremely powerful Body Integration mighty figure, and the cultivators of the Immortal Sect thought the same.

Even so, Ancestor Lan had been enough to ensure the Immortal Sect’s prosperity for tens of thousands of years, establishing a monumental Dao lineage.

Although the methods Ancestor Lan taught were somewhat unreliable, it didn’t hinder the Immortal Sect disciples’ respect and reverence for him.

But now, Ancestor Lan could no longer hide it.

When Li Jianning and the Immortal Sect disciples learned of Ancestor Lan’s true inheritance, it was said that the sect elders cursed him behind his back for days and nights on end.

Then, they frantically dug out all the ‘unreliable’ inheritances Ancestor Lan had ever given them and studied them meticulously for a long time.

The methods they had previously criticized inwardly were now treated as ultimate treasures, with everyone crying out how profoundly wondrous they were.

Li Jianning had originally thought the elders in his family weren’t so worldly.

As it turned out, High Ancestor Li Xinghuo stayed up all night clutching ancient texts to seek guidance from Ancestor Lan.

The method of dying, transforming into a spirit, and then being reborn to break through to the Body Integration realm was no longer some ‘fraudulent’ junk.

Thinking about it now, his cultivation of seven hundred and twenty acupoints was truly a case of a fool having a fool’s fortune.

Amidst his thoughts, Li Jianning suddenly froze.

Ancestor Lan, who had been out preaching the Dao these past few years, had returned to the back mountain.

Li Jianning hurriedly stood up, bowed, and said, “Disciple greets Master.”

Normally, Ancestor Lan would definitely inspect his cultivation progress, but today Ancestor Lan merely cast an easygoing glance at Li Jianning.

Meeting this gaze, Li Jianning felt that between him and Ancestor Lan lay an insurmountable chasm.

Behind Ancestor Lan were orthodox Great Daos radiating the aura of heaven and earth.

In front of these broad avenues stood open gates. Ancestor Lan seemed to have become a guide, intending to lead those outside the gates onto the path of the Dao.

In a mere instant, these auras swept over from ancient eternity.

Then, Ancestor Lan’s hand fell upon Li Jianning’s shoulder, making Li Jianning feel as if something extra had been added inside his body, yet he couldn’t find it no matter how hard he tried.

“Master…” Li Jianning stared deeply into his Master’s eyes, a profound sense of loss spontaneously rising within him.

At this moment, Ancestor Lan looked more like an incredibly ordinary, kindly old man on the street. “Don’t cultivate today; just chat with your Master.”

“Yes.”

Ancestor Lan had Li Jianning sit down, the old man smiling.

“Your Master taught you to cultivate this method. The centuries of cultivation pain were no less than mortal torture. Do you resent your Master?”

“In the beginning, I did not resent you,” Li Jianning answered truthfully.

“Oh?” Ancestor Lan looked puzzled.

“When this disciple received Master’s teachings, I was no longer young. It was the family elders defying the heavens to change my fate.

I had mismanaged my own small family to the point of breaking it apart, and even my grandson became rebellious.

This disciple only wanted to become stronger. The physical pain and the elevation of Spiritual power actually made me feel relieved.”

Ancestor Lan furrowed his brows slightly.

This disciple had experienced the suffering many cultivators went through—estranged from his wife and mourning his children. In the end, only he and Li Jianshu were left.

Li Jianning continued, “Resenting Master is inevitable. I resent Master for hiding in the Southern Frontier, and I also resent Master for not leaving earlier.

Since Master is the Dao Ancestor, the world is vast, and there is nowhere Master cannot go. Even immortals shouldn’t be able to block Master’s path. Master…”

“Hahaha!”

Ancestor Lan laughed heartily. Li Jianning was speaking from the bottom of his heart.

Everything happening in the Southern Frontier now was blamed on him. But Jianning was ultimately filial, merely hoping he would leave Azure Cloud Prefecture earlier; perhaps then everything would be different.

Ancestor Lan said to Li Jianning, “If I left Azure Cloud Prefecture, perhaps the Blood Moon would stop. But harboring the Dao Ancestor’s inheritance, the carefree life of an ordinary person has become an extravagance for me.”

He changed the subject, “Have you ever thought about what it would be like if you became the Dao Ancestor?”

Li Jianning shook his head. That matter was too far away. His ambitions were limited to ‘not disappointing the family elders’; he dared not think about anything else.

Besides, becoming the Dao Ancestor… would require trading his Master’s life.

Ancestor Lan looked dazed, his voice melodious.

“I was just like you, boy. In the past, my Master also asked me.

I was just an ascetic cultivator in the deep mountains who hadn’t even seen the world, so how could I know what I should do if I became the Dao Ancestor? I could only answer according to what the books said.”

“I said the greatest of heroes serves the country and the people.

Since becoming an immortal, one must harbor the world in their heart. Since being a human, one must protect our Human Race’s Dao lineage.”

“My Master fell into deep thought. It took a long time before he told me… everything I said was wrong; they were all clichés from books.”

Li Jianning didn’t understand. He saw Ancestor Lan pointing at his own chest.

“My Master said the world is so vast, let everything follow destiny, act according to your heart, and move according to yourself. Only with the true self can there be the world.”

“I have acted according to this my entire life, yet I still do not understand my Master’s reasoning.”

“My Master died at the hands of the people of the world. I wandered the world aimlessly, and the first thing I discovered was that my abilities were insufficient.

I had to find a way to survive; where would I get the ability to serve the world, the country, and the people?”

“Even after reaching the Body Integration and Mahayana realms, I still did not understand my Master’s reasoning, nor did I know what my inheritance truly meant.”

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