[Your family's resource allocation is complete. Under the condition that the resources match their individual needs, they can foresee that they will be used up very quickly. They have unanimously developed a sense of urgency about becoming poor again, and have decided to visit the Wu Clan whenever they have free time.]
[In just half a year, all the Wu Clan tribes in the Endless Forest have been visited by the Li family. The clan members leave no trace, and their methods have become increasingly practiced.]
[Your family has acquired the group trait: Despicable Plunderers]
[When entering Wu Clan territory to gather wealth, the hostility they face increases by 50%. Your clan members are always able to hide their tracks and locate where the Wu Clan stashes their treasures.]
"..."
In just half a year, the Li family descendants had frequently gone to the Wu Clan's territory. Now, Li Wei had received news that all the Wu Clan tribes were hunting for despicable thieves and robbers... He had even heard that the ancestral tomb of one Wu Clan tribe had been completely overturned overnight, and the next day, that tribe had angrily attacked their neighboring tribe.
The Wu Clan tribes were in a state of panic.
Li Wei closed his eyes and resumed his comprehension of Heaven and Earth Qi. He thought to himself that it was fortunate the clan members weren't on Earth, otherwise the whole family would be behind bars, sharing their experiences through iron bars.
However, this resource allocation had yielded remarkable results!
Another two years passed, and a joyful expression appeared on Li Wei's face.
[Your descendant Li Yaozu has obtained various swords from the clan members, as well as numerous sword manuals. He borrowed a senior expert well-versed in swordsmanship from Li Tianyi and learned all of his sword intents. He has gained some insights!]
[The Heavenly Star Sword has become his Intrinsic (life-bound) Spirit Artifact. The Ten Thousand Sword Body is perfected!]
On this day, Li Yaozu left the Li family's residence and headed towards Starfall Region.
He didn't bring a single guardian from the clan, only taking the Ancestor's spirit tablet.
"Ancestor, your child's sword intent has reached great completion. Once I defeat the Heavenly Star Sword Saint with my Golden Core power and Ten Thousand Sword Body, that will be the day I break through to the Nascent Soul stage!"
...
Another three years passed.
The Li family grew increasingly prosperous. Looking at the information on the translucent screen in front of him, Li Wei stood up and walked toward the Heaven-Piercing Coffin.
[Your descendant Li Dalong has broken through to the third level of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin. Today, he directly enters the fourth level's space!]
"He's finally broken through to the third level."
Li Wei grinned and entered the Heaven-Piercing Coffin as well. Inside the fourth level, he saw Li Dalong.
The first and second levels of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin were filled with endless zombies, the third level was oppressive spiritual power, and the fourth level was something else entirely.
It was... a boundless black sea, with deathly energy rising from its surface, eerie and terrifying.
[Heaven-Piercing Coffin Fourth Level - Boundless Death Sea]
[Formed from the collected death energy of Heaven and Earth, the owner of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin can absorb the Death Sea and make it their own, using it to form a Dharma Body. Within the Death Sea, zombies can recover from their injuries. By establishing the Four Symbols Death Spirit Formation, using four Heavenly Corpses as the formation's foundation, when the great formation is completed, it will possess power comparable to that of a cultivator who has undergone the nine-nine thunder tribulation.]
"Hiss~" Li Wei gasped, "As expected of something left behind by an ancient Mahayana stage cultivator."
The strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator also depends on the intensity of the thunder tribulation they undergo. The nine-nine thunder tribulation is already the pinnacle for the Nascent Soul stage.
Li Dalong himself had assessed it, and he said that his heavenly tribulation would likely be at most a six-nine thunder tribulation, and even that was thanks to his Heavenly Core.
"Ancestor, your child has already reached the fourth level and must now also go out to await the descent of the thunder tribulation. With this Death Sea, your child can also utilize the thunder tribulation to refine a third Heavenly Corpse!"
Seeing Li Dalong holding the spirit tablet.
Li Wei nodded slightly. Two years ago, Li Dalong had already refined Long Xuankong's corpse into a Heavenly Corpse, but he had also used up all his materials in the process.
Li Dalong also left the family, carrying his coffin, to prepare for his tribulation.
...
Time flew by, and it was soon [Year 160]. The Grand Ceremony began once again, and there was another wave of harvests.
Li Wei opened his eyes.
[Congratulations, you have comprehended the power of the sun, moon, and stars!]
"Finally, I've grasped it!"
Li Wei was overjoyed. He could now feel the power of the five elements of Heaven and Earth and the power of the sun and moon within him - the power to withstand the heavenly tribulation in the real world.
The children of the Li family were also preparing for their tribulations one by one. The younger generation was constantly growing stronger due to the large amount of resources being consumed.
Even...
He glanced at the Primordial Blood Tree above him. More than ten years ago, this fellow had stopped opening its eyes. Its branches were emitting a red light, and its aura was also growing stronger. If it weren't for the Li family members working together to use formations to conceal its aura, the Spirit Jade Division, which was cooperating with the Li family, would probably have been unable to resist digging it up.
"Let's stay here a little longer. It's not like we're short on time anyway."
Li Wei smiled slightly. After many years of development, the family's current power was countless times greater than when they were fighting in the Azure Cloud.
Then, Li Wei took a walk around the family's residence.
Year after year, it wasn't just the Li family that was growing. The Li family's residence had not weakened in the slightest because of their surrender to the Wu Clan. On the contrary, it had become increasingly vast.
However... the contradictions between the Li family and the Wu Clan were also deepening.
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