Immortal Cultivation Families: The Rise of the Jinling Immortal Clan

Before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Qi Refining cultivators need to hone their magical power. This step is of great significance. If the magical power is condensed and solid, it will greatly benefit the breakthrough. Therefore, Xia Yuhui dared not be negligent in the slightest.

These two steps took Xia Yuhui a full two and a half years. Only after he felt that his magical power had been refined to the extreme did Xia Yuhui begin to truly break through.

He first swallowed the protective pill, then activated his magic power to slowly break through the barrier. Because his magic power was condensed and solid, Xia Yuhui broke through the barrier in an instant.

Having completed this step, Xia Yuhui knew he had no way out, but he did not panic. He had not only read the jade slips from when his family broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, but he had also repeatedly looked at the memory stones on the ground over the past two years. Therefore, he naturally knew what to do next.

Under Xia Yuhui's control, the body slowly began the first step of foundation building, the physical body receiving spiritual energy. The most crucial step in this step is to have sufficient spiritual energy. Xia Yuhui had a second-tier spiritual vein as support, so he didn't need to worry about it. However, most rogue cultivators often find it difficult to even cross this step.

The second key point is that the physical body must not have any major hidden injuries. Xia Yuhui had no hidden injuries, so Xia Yuhui made extremely smooth progress in this step. His physical body began to slowly absorb spiritual energy, and the speed was much faster than that of ordinary people.

The reason is that this step of spiritual energy will expel impurities from the body. However, because Xia Yuhui had awakened his spiritual body last time, there were no impurities in his body. Therefore, Xia Yuhui's progress in this step was extremely fast. In just one month, he safely passed this test.

Soon they arrived at the second challenge: opening the sea of ​​consciousness. Since Xia Yuhui's spiritual consciousness had also reached its peak, he was not worried and quickly passed this step safely.

Soon Xia Yuhui reached the final step, which was also the most dangerous step, where most cultivators would often perish – the transformation of spiritual energy into liquid.

The reason is that this step takes a very long time, and if the magic power is not pure or solid, it will often fail halfway through, and failure means death.

Soon, Xia Yuhui began to slowly condense the magic power in his body into a liquid state. When the process was about halfway complete, Xia Yuhui took the vitality liquid given to him by Xia Lingshan.

After the Vitality Liquid entered his abdomen, it immediately flowed to Xia Yuhui's dantian, and its magical power gradually increased, becoming identical to Xia Yuhui's other magical power. It was clearly generated by copying Xia Yuhui's magical power...

Outside the formation, Xia Guangchang, the leader of the Guang generation, and Xia Yuhua, the eldest brother of the Yu generation, were pacing back and forth steadily outside the formation.

Meanwhile, the two ghosts, Qingfeng and Mingyue, were also extremely anxious. At this moment, the two ghosts were clasping their hands together and constantly praying in a low voice, clearly praying for blessings.

Another day passed, and Xia Yuhua finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked Xia Guangchang, "Elder, it's been almost three years. Has something happened to the Fifth Prince?"

"Stop talking nonsense! The step of condensing magic power takes more than two years. It's still early now, and it's normal that the jade radiance hasn't appeared yet."

"But now that the old patriarch has passed away, and the family's cultivators have been hunted down one after another, I'm afraid that when the Cai family patriarch and the Chimu family patriarch return from the northern frontier together, it will be a catastrophic disaster for my Xia family. How can I not be worried?"

"Alas, it is truly Heaven's will to destroy the Xia family. How is that matter being arranged?"

"Don't worry, Elder, I've made all the arrangements. If Fifth Brother fails to break through, I can immediately take him and the younger generation of the family away from the ancient kingdom," Xia Yuhua reported truthfully.

"Yes, very good. You don't need to worry too much. So far, Yu Hui's two spirits haven't shown any abnormalities, which means that Yu Hui is still safe and sound. We just need to wait patiently..."

Upon hearing this, the two ghosts, Qingfeng and Mingyue, immediately turned around, but considering their identities, they had no choice but to turn back.

Inside the cave, Xia Yuhui, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. A terrifying pressure surged from his body, and as Xia Yuhui stood up, his magical power dissipated in an instant.

Xia Yuhui subconsciously clenched his fist. "So this is the Foundation Establishment Realm?"

Experiencing the unprecedentedly terrifying magical power within his body, Xia Yuhui was overjoyed, but he still suppressed his excitement and immediately stepped out of the cave. He had just used his divine sense, which could cover a distance of 150 miles, to explore Lingfeng Mountain and found that Xia Lingshan was not in the clan. Therefore, he wanted to go out and find out what was going on.

Outside, Qingfeng and Mingyue, who were originally restless, felt the shackles within their bodies growing stronger. The two ghosts had different expressions. Qingfeng took a deep breath and smiled.

Mingyue, on the other hand, wore an extremely complex expression, a mixture of relief and melancholy. After all, although she had escaped death, she had also completely lost her freedom. Such feelings were difficult to comprehend without experiencing them firsthand.

Xia Yuhua and Xia Guangchang were puzzled by the expressions of the two ghosts. One ghost was happy, and the other was sad. They were really hard to understand.

"Hey, how's Yu Hui inside? Why do you all look so strange?" Xia Guangchang, who had long held a high position and had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Upon hearing this, Mingyue immediately came to her senses and, realizing her lapse in composure, flattered him, saying, "My lord, the master has successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"what."

Xia Guangchang was stunned before he could react.

"Elder, Fifth Brother has broken through!" Xia Yuhua immediately exclaimed excitedly.

"I've broken through! Hahahaha! My ancestors are above, my Xia family is not dead, and it will not die in the future!" Xia Guangchang also came to his senses and then laughed loudly.

At this moment, Xia Yuhui also slowly emerged from the cave.

Xia Yuhua immediately stepped forward, hugged him tightly, and said in a deep voice, "You've succeeded, you've succeeded."

Xia Guangchang immediately bowed to Xia Yuhui, saying, "Xia Guangchang greets the clan leader!"

Seeing this, Xia Yuhui rushed to Xia Guangchang's side and helped him up, saying, "Elder, what do you mean by this? How can you perform such a grand gesture towards a junior?"

“Yu Hui, now that you are the head of the Xia family, you must act with some authority in the future, otherwise it will be difficult to win the respect of the people. When the greater good of the family is at hand, how can we distinguish between seniority and rank?” Xia Guangchang immediately advised.

"What clan leader? By the way, where is the clan leader now? Why isn't he at Maple Spirit Mountain or Guiyun Sect? Could it be that he's starting to gather the clan's cultivators?"

"Fifth brother, the patriarch has passed away. Now you are the current patriarch of the Xia family," Xia Yuhua said sadly from the side.

"What? Tell me the whole story immediately."

"That's how it is..."

……

This story begins when Xia Yuhui went into seclusion. Three months later, a beast tide broke out across the northern frontier. Tens of thousands of demonic beasts surged out from the northern frontier and devoured the human race's front lines in an instant. Within a few days, the demonic beasts attacked Qingshui County of the ancient kingdom. The various families in Qingshui County tried their best to resist, but in the end, they suffered heavy casualties and retreated to the rear of Qingshui County a few days later. Only then did the reinforcements from Guiyun Sect arrive as promised.

However, this only slightly stabilized the decline, so what followed was the common scenario of summoning various factions within the ancient country to the front lines to serve as cannon fodder.

The Xia family was required to send no fewer than twenty cultivators, including one Foundation Establishment cultivator and two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. These cultivators nearly perished within a year of arriving at the battlefield, and the Xia family's only Foundation Establishment cultivator also died in battle six months after arriving at the battlefield.

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