[Thirty-eighth Year, your cultivation advanced to the Late Heavenly Origin Realm.]
[That same year, you arranged for Zhang Tianhuo and your three children to cultivate alongside you. Aside from teaching them the principles of how to conduct themselves, you also spared no effort in guiding them in cultivation. Whenever the four youths had doubts about martial skills, you answered each question in turn. Zhang Tianhuo was immensely impressed by your vast knowledge.]
[At the same time, after a year of spending time together, Zhang Tianhuo truly had not sensed any designs you harbored toward him for the time being. Moreover, you treated him extremely well, as though he were half your own child. This allowed Zhang Tianhuo to quickly blend into the atmosphere and truly regard this place as home.]
[You also seemingly by accident allowed Zhang Tianhuo to come into contact with alchemy. Just as you had expected, the moment Zhang Tianhuo encountered alchemy, he displayed extraordinary talent and an immense love for it, much like your own attitude toward painting. Thus, you increased your efforts to nurture Zhang Tianhuo, hoping that under your guidance, he would surpass even the Zhang Tianhuo from your memories.]
[You gave Zhang Tianhuo the Minor Nirvana Treasure Pill Jiang Changtian had gifted you when you married Jiang Wen, raising his Mysterious Grade Middle Rank bone structure to Profound Grade High Rank.]
[Although Zhang Tianhuo did not know what grade of pill it was, any pill capable of improving even his Mysterious Grade Middle Rank bone structure had to be incomparably precious. His approval of and trust in you increased by quite a bit once more.]
[Fiftieth Year, you knew that according to your memories, Western Evil Demons would enter the Sky Flame Alliance. Several Spirit Condensation Realm evil demons would even enter Jiang State. By the reckoning of time, the renowned Song Family of Raocheng in Yang Prefecture would be exterminated in the fifty-fourth year. You instructed the Ye Family and Snow Mountain Sect disciples to go out less in the near future, conduct themselves properly, avoid anything unknown whenever possible, and refrain from meddling in other people's affairs.]
[Fifty-fourth year, the renowned Song Family of Raocheng was exterminated exactly as expected. When Song Family disciples who had been away completing missions returned and saw the miserable state of their relatives, they immediately broke down. Even though Jiancheng, the prefectural city of Yang Prefecture, later dispatched a Spirit Condensation Realm Great Power to investigate, nothing was discovered.]
[To those unaware of the truth, the entire incident became an unsolved case. Because the matter was far too strange, other major powers did not dare to seize the resource sites previously occupied by the renowned Song Family.]
[Having long prepared for this, you immediately had the Snow Mountain Sect occupy those locations, expanding its sphere of influence once again. At this time, the other powers were still completely bewildered. Perhaps in their eyes, it did not matter, because the Snow Mountain Sect had only one Void God Realm Great Power. When the time came, it would surely have to abandon some resource sites because it could not manage them all; otherwise, it would never be able to hold so many resources.]
[Fifty-fifth year, your cultivation officially broke through to the Early Void God Realm. The powers that had previously been preparing to strike at the Snow Mountain Sect and seize its resource sites immediately fell silent, and those resources naturally became your support.]
[That same year, you visited the Liu Family once more and beat its two Ancestors until they could not rise from the ground. The Liu Family surrendered a large amount of resources near Yicheng City, which were devoured by the Snow Mountain Sect and the Ye Family. You also used these resources to purchase several Earth Origin Pills, helping your relatives break through in cultivation.]
[At the same time, because you had broken through to the Void God Realm, the two major families of Fengyuan City relocated their entire clans once again. The Lin Family likewise became a vassal of the Ye Family, and all of Fengyuan City completely became a place where the Ye Family's word alone carried weight.]
[You arranged for people to begin mining the Copper Ore Vein. This time, the two Ancestors of the Min Family of Pingcheng saw you the moment they arrived at the border. You gave the two men a round of physical persuasion. After receiving that physical persuasion, the Min Family's two Ancestors immediately lost much of their desire to head for the Copper Ore Vein.]
[They were also deeply grateful for your persuasion, and on another day, they arranged for members of the Min Family's direct lineage to deliver considerable compensation to you.]
[Fifty-eighth year, after three years of sweeping through them, you had thoroughly looted all the Ordinary Secret Realms from your memories that had yet to be discovered, so long as they contained resources you could now obtain with ease.]
[The amount of resources you gained this time was far beyond anything that could compare with the resources you had explored during the Earth Origin Realm. Your funds swelled enormously once more. Unfortunately, precious pills like Nirvana Treasure Pills would not be auctioned until the Jiancheng Auction several decades later. As for even more valuable treasures, although you knew some would appear soon, it was inconvenient for you to bid on them. It was not that you did not want them; you merely feared attracting the attention of experts above the Spirit Condensation Realm and causing unnecessary trouble.]
[However, with so many resources and funds, you could give Zhang Tianhuo more opportunities to refine pills. Zhang Tianhuo's alchemy skill soared through repeated alchemy, and he was already capable of refining Profound Grade Low-Rank pills. To nurture Zhang Tianhuo, you once again bid on a copy of Alchemy Master's Notes at the Jiancheng Auction. Zhang Tianhuo's alchemy skill thus improved with each passing day, and you were greatly satisfied.]
[Sixtieth Year, you gave your three children the first portion of Bloodline Essence you had obtained after breaking through to the Void God Realm.]
[Very soon, after the three of them consumed the Bloodline Essence, their cultivation rose dramatically. All three felt they were on the verge of a breakthrough. Seeing this, you had them immediately prepare to break through while you stood guard for them.]
[Once they were ready, the three no longer waited and began their breakthroughs in meditation. As time flowed on, Ye Ping'an was the first to advance to the Earth Origin Realm Middle Stage. Ye Pingjing soon followed her brother and broke through to the Essence Gathering Realm Late Stage. Ye Chen, whose cultivation was the highest and who took the longest, also successfully broke through an hour later, advancing to the Earth Origin Realm Late Stage.]
[That same year, after your children's cultivation had stabilized, you gave Ye Pingjing and Ye Chen an Earth Origin Treasure Pill of Earth Grade Low-Rank and a Heavenly Origin Treasure Pill of Mid-grade Earth Grade, which you had recently purchased at the Auction House.]
[After consuming the pills, Ye Pingjing successfully broke through to the Earth Origin Realm, while Ye Chen once again broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.]
[That same year, after spending several decades together, your daughter Ye Pingjing reported to you after breaking through to the Earth Origin Realm that she and Zhang Tianhuo had feelings for each other. She wished to seek your opinion on whether you would agree to them being together.]
[Upon hearing Ye Pingjing's words, you saw that Zhang Tianhuo at her side had, for once, become nervous again. Seeing his expression, you understood that, like your daughter, he also held feelings for her.]
[Because of the immense kindness you had shown him, Zhang Tianhuo treated your three children extremely well. He often refined pills for the three of them to consume. The four also studied knowledge together under you and practiced martial skills together almost every day.]
[You had not expected the cabbage you had raised for decades to be rooted up just like that. Still, you understood Zhang Tianhuo's temperament. He counted as one of your own, and this was better than having her marry some unknown, dubious person.]
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