The Question of Establishing a Lineage

The protagonist was only at the mid-stage of Spirit Transformation. At this point, he had neither territory nor much standing in the Spirit Realm. Establishing a lineage would be a precarious endeavor. It wasn't impossible to establish one immediately—he could just arrange some fortuitous encounter—but that would make things far too easy. Besides, establishing one now wouldn't offer much in the way of plot. I don't want to establish a lineage simply for the sake of establishing one. Right now, he has no territory, hardly any friends, and not enough strength. The second issue is cultivation. Once he reached the Spirit Transformation Stage, his advancement would slow down. My protagonist doesn't have the Heaven-Taking Bottle, so it's impossible for him to advance from the mid-stage of Spirit Transformation to the late stage in just a few decades. The higher one's cultivation, the slower one's advancement. If he became stuck at a bottleneck, it would take even longer. He would need clansmen for that, so I want to establish the lineage later. The plot is progressing step by step, and there will be hundreds of chapters featuring this lone-wanderer storyline. He will definitely establish a lineage before reaching the Void Refinement Stage. There's one other point: I want there to be a gap of several years between him and Qingshan and the others. Let's say this were a sect novel: the descendants of high-level cultivators would be disciples of that sect, right? That can't be denied! Even if the protagonist and his wife had a child now, would their child introduce himself as a member of the Wang Family? Wouldn't that be ridiculous? He would definitely be a disciple of Townsea Palace! Having a child now would mean that the entire lineage was still in Townsea Palace, which would change everything.