59: Chapter 59 With enough effort, even an iron rod can be ground into a needle.

After settling the karma with Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er, Su Yu traveled at lightning speed and returned to Tianyun Market in the Yue Kingdom.

Su Yu did not alert too many people, only summoning Su Yao Su Yao.

After a brief inquiry about the family's recent situation, he went straight to the secret cultivation chamber in the deepest part of Ancestral Peak.

The Dragon-Breaking Stone slammed down, completely isolating all noise from the outside world.

Su Yu sat cross-legged on the core array eye of the Tier 3 low-grade spiritual vein and slowly closed his eyes.

His goal was extremely clear: to break through to the Golden Core Mid Stage.

In the cultivation world, after forming the Golden Core, every small breakthrough requires a shockingly long amount of time.

Thus, in the days that followed, Su Yu began a long and extremely dull period of seclusion.

Ten years.

Twenty years.

Fifty years.

The Tier 3 low-grade spiritual vein of Tianyun Market, while not comparable to the blessed lands of Cangxuan Sect, was sufficient for the daily breathing exercises of a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator.

Relying on the incredibly tyrannical absorption capacity of his Third-Grade Spiritual Root, the true essence within his Qi sea had accumulated to the absolute limit of the Golden Core Early Stage.

There was no room for further progress; it was overflowing.

At this stage, it was time to attempt the breakthrough to the Golden Core Mid Stage.

However, obstacles appeared.

Cultivation at the Golden Core Stage is no longer just a simple accumulation of spiritual energy.

"Crack."

A tremor came from the surface of the Golden Core, and a faint crack appeared on the Dao patterns.

A violent backlash instantly surged through his limbs and bones, causing a sweetness to rise in Su Yu's throat, and he nearly spat out blood.

He immediately stopped all movements and forcibly suppressed the true essence back into his Qi sea.

Sitting on the meditation cushion, Su Yu looked at the stubborn Rank 8 Golden Core inside his body with a calm expression and let out a long, turbid breath.

His previous judgment had been wrong.

Without the Comprehension Ability to smooth out the laws, forcing a breakthrough would only result in the Golden Core shattering and his soul dissipating upon death.

Golden Core Early Stage peak.

This was the highest limit he could reach in this lifetime.

For the rest of his life, it would be difficult to advance even half a step further.

"If I cannot advance, then I will not advance."

Su Yu stood up with extreme decisiveness and opened the stone door of the secret chamber that had been closed for decades.

As the secret chamber door opened, the news of Su Yu leaving seclusion spread throughout the Qianlong Su Family.

Su Yao Su Yao led the high-ranking family members to wait respectfully at the Ancestral Peak main hall.

A hundred years had passed, and the Su Family was becoming increasingly prosperous.

But when Su Yu's first decree was issued after leaving seclusion, everyone was stunned.

Su Yu did not ask about the income of Tianyun Market, nor did he ask about the movements of surrounding forces.

He only issued one extremely simple order.

Take concubines.

This was not out of greed for pleasure, but to execute the highest family iron law he had set for himself.

To propagate the bloodline.

As a Golden Core True Person with a Third-Grade Spiritual Root.

The quality of his bloodline was the most top-tier existence in the entire Qianlong Su Family.

As the Golden Core Ancestor, this decree from Su Yu set off a massive beauty pageant storm throughout Tianyun Market and even the surrounding countries.

Countless cultivation families and secular dynasties attached to the Su Family scrambled to send the youngest, most beautiful, and most vibrant women with spiritual roots to Luoyun Mountain.

Su Yu accepted everyone.

As long as their background was clean and their bone age was suitable, they were all taken into the inner residence.

In the years that followed.

Su Yu completely let himself go.

He put all his energy into the great family cause of making children.

However, as he labored day after day, a cruel iron law of the cultivation world was placed before Su Yu.

The higher the cultivation level, the harder it is to leave offspring.

This was also a disguised restriction imposed by the Heavenly Dao on high-level cultivators.

After stepping into the Golden Core Stage, Su Yu's life level had undergone a qualitative leap.

The essence, energy, and spirit within his body had long been integrated into one, extremely firmly locked within his Golden Core and flesh.

The mortal bodies of low-level female cultivators or secular women simply could not withstand or retain the essence of a Golden Core True Person, which contained vast spiritual power.

Even if Su Yu deliberately suppressed his magic power, the chance of conception was shockingly low.

Su Yu did not lose heart.

If the probability was low, he would just use quantity and frequency to stack it up.

"With enough effort, an iron rod can be ground into a needle."

Ten years, twenty years, thirty years.

The concubines in the inner residence were replaced batch after batch; the older ones were properly settled, and young ones continued to fill the vacancies.

It took a full hundred years.

After countless failures and futility.

Su Yu finally managed to get two concubines pregnant.

Both of these concubines had mediocre qualifications with Rank 8 Spirit Roots and were at the early stage of Qi Refining, but they had hit upon immense luck.

After ten months of pregnancy, they each gave birth to a baby girl for Su Yu.

Two daughters.

Having a daughter in his later years.

Although for Su Yu, who possessed a thousand-year lifespan, he could not yet be considered old.

But the birth of these two offspring still caused the entire Qianlong Su Family to hold a feast for a full month.

On the day of the full month, the Internal Affairs Hall tested their spiritual roots.

When the hands of the two baby girls were placed on the spirit-testing bead.

The light stayed steadily at the mid-grade mark.

Fifth-Grade Spiritual Root!

Both daughters were Fifth-Grade Spiritual Roots!

This result made the elder in charge of spirit testing tremble with excitement.

Su Yu sat in the main seat, looking at the light on the spirit-testing bead, and nodded slightly.

He himself was a Third-Grade Spiritual Root, so logically, the qualifications of his offspring should be extremely high.

But the two mothers only had Rank 8 Spirit Roots, which still significantly dragged down the upper limit.

With a Fifth-Grade Spiritual Root, as long as family resources were provided properly, Foundation Establishment was a certainty.

Su Yu named the two daughters Su Qing and Su Ning.

From the moment they were born, they enjoyed the top-tier resource allocation of Tianyun Market.

...

Meanwhile.

Far away, over a hundred thousand miles away, in the deepest part of the Southern Wilderness, the Jueling Sea.

This dead, silent land, spanning a thousand miles and devoid of even a blade of grass, was recognized as a forbidden zone by the entire Southern Wilderness cultivation world.

The Jueling Sea had no spiritual energy and no vitality.

The spiritual veins of heaven and earth were completely severed here, with only the gray sky and the cracked, bottomless earth confronting each other eternally.

No cultivator would come here.

Except for one person.

In the deepest part of the Jueling Sea, inside a cave dwelling forcibly opened by an ancient formation.

Li Han sat cross-legged.

In front of him floated a Golden Core that emitted world-shaking brilliance.

First-Grade Golden Core.

The Dao patterns were perfect, the laws were complete, and it was naturally formed.

Even just floating there quietly, it had a terrifying aura that faintly resonated with the laws of heaven and earth.

This Golden Core was a supreme treasure that Li Han had condensed after two hundred years of slaughter and cultivation, and countless blood-and-fire experiences of escaping death.

Today, he was going to shatter the core to form a Nascent Soul.

"Are you ready?"

Deep in his mind, an extremely old voice sounded.

That was the remnant soul in the ancient ring, Li Han's only teacher.

And also the guide who had accompanied him through countless desperate situations over the years.

Li Han did not open his eyes, just nodded slightly.

"Don't worry, Teacher."

"I have prepared for a hundred years."

The remnant soul was silent for a moment.

"Shattering the core to form a Nascent Soul has two tribulations."

"The first tribulation is the Heavenly Tribulation. With the foundation of your First-Grade Golden Core, although the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is dangerous, I am confident I can block the most ferocious strike for you."

"The second tribulation is the Heart Demon."

The remnant soul's tone was rarely a bit more solemn.

"No one can bear the Heart Demon Tribulation for you. This hurdle can only be passed by yourself."

"Is there... truly no flaw in your heart?"

Li Han slowly opened his eyes.

Those black pupils, which were once as sharp as a hawk's in the Taihuang Secret Realm, now had settled into a cold stillness after experiencing great sorrow and pain.

"There is none."

His voice was extremely calm.

"I have killed the people who needed to be killed. I have repaid the debts that needed to be repaid."

"As for those who have already died..."

Li Han's gaze dimmed slightly, but it was only for an instant before it returned to clarity.

"I used a hundred years to let go."

"I have let go."

The remnant soul sighed.

"Good, then let's begin."