Chen Clan Generational Ranking, Qingxu Karma

Lu Wenyuan's heart stirred slightly. Helping the Lu Clan family achieve the status of the Golden Core Immortal Clan would be enough to repay the kindness shown to him over the years.

Within the entire Lu Clan, apart from the patriarch, the relationships with others were much shallower. Being able to help several close relatives who should have exhausted their lifespans break through to the Golden Core realm was the greatest help he could give to the Lineage.

Thousands of years later, after his cultivation reached a high level, the Lu Clan clan members had long since become distant from him, no longer bound by deep emotional ties, and therefore no longer needed to worry about him.

With this thought in mind, he knelt down and kowtowed nine times, saying, "Disciple Lu Wenyuan greets Master and Master's wife!"

"Very good."

Chen Nianzhi accepted the deep bow, then helped him up with a flick of his sleeve, saying, "From now on, you will be our second disciple."

"Now that you have become my disciple, you must understand my rules."

"As my disciple, you must understand one principle. In one's life, one may not kneel before heaven and earth, may not worship immortals or demons, may not bow to the powerful, but one must know how to be grateful."

"For me to accept you as my disciple is a debt of gratitude akin to giving you a second life; it is the grace of attaining enlightenment."

"Whether you become an immortal or a demon in the future, as long as you don't do anything that will anger heaven and man, and as long as you remember your master, then your master will be your strongest support."

Lu Wenyuan felt his blood boil and immediately knelt down again, bowing deeply and saying, "Even if this disciple is condemned to the Nine Netherworlds, I will never forget Master's kindness."

"Um."

Chen Nianzhi nodded, handed an ancient scroll and Storage Bag to Lu Wenyuan, and said, "This is the method for refining the Four Symbols Array Flags and the treasures needed for refining them."

"This set of array flags is incredibly powerful. It was the signature Law Treasure of one of my former enemies. Back then, this person's cultivation had reached the Nascent Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm, and he relied on this treasure to dominate the Golden Core realm stage, finding no match for him. It took me a precious Tier 5 Thunder Pearl to kill him."

"Now I have re-divided and evolved it into four natal Life-bound Magical Treasure, and the power of the array I have set up is several times greater than before."

"If you cultivate these four treasures as your natal array treasures to their fullest potential, you should be able to contend with Nascent Soul True Lord with your Golden Core Grand Completion cultivation level. This can serve as your means of dominating the world."

Lu Wenyuan accepted the treasure with a look of ecstatic joy. The entire Lu Clan did not have a single method for refining a Life-bound Magical Treasure, but unexpectedly, this time he directly obtained a top-tier set of Life-bound Magical Treasure.

Seeing his expression, Chen Nianzhi waved his hand and smiled, "Qingfeng is your senior brother. I have important matters to attend to. You should go with your senior brother to arrange things for the Lu Clan."

"I will summon you on a chosen day and, based on your physique, create a new Cultivation Method best suited to the Four Symbols Dao Body."

Lu Wenyuan quickly bowed again. "Thank you, Master. This disciple takes his leave."

Ye Qingfeng, who was standing to the side, also bowed slightly, then looked at Lu Wenyuan and smiled, "Junior Brother, please follow me."

The two left the main hall, and Ye Qingfeng glanced at Chen Fusu, who had been waiting for a long time, and said with a smile.

"You can go in now."

"Thank you, Ancestor."

Chen Fusu bowed slightly, glanced at Lu Wenyuan, and then smiled, "It seems I have another ancestor of the same age from now on."

Lu Wenyuan finally calmed down and a smile appeared on his face.

The two are close in age and have similar talents and backgrounds. Although their generational difference is now significant, they will likely maintain a friendly relationship in private.

With this thought in mind, Lu Wenyuan cupped his hands and said, "There's no need for such formalities between us. I'll host a banquet for you after I've settled matters concerning the Lu Clan."

"Then I'll look forward to the grand feast of the young patriarch."

Chen Fusu smiled, got up, and walked into the main hall.

In a few steps, he entered the main hall, and upon seeing the two, he immediately bowed and said, "Fu Su greets the two patriarchs."

"Have we reached the generation with the character 'Fu' in our names yet?"

Chen Nianzhi's brow twitched slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

Pursue the path to eternal prosperity, remember the virtuous and honor our ancestors, support each other to revitalize the clan, and ascend to Bu Xiu.

The Chen Clan's sixteen-character generational naming system has unknowingly reached the "Fu" generation. This is only because the Chen Clan Golden Core Immortal Clan, and the generational year line has been lengthened for each generation. Otherwise, the sixteen-character generational system would probably be insufficient.

"I heard that after advancing to the Nascent Soul Immortal Clan, the Old Clan Leader decided that only new clan members every three hundred years would be assigned a new generation, and now it seems that this is indeed true."

Chen Nianzhi murmured to himself, "According to the Old Clan Leader, once the Chen Clan's sixteen-character generational naming system is exhausted, no new generational naming system will be established."

By that time, the Chen Clan's mortal bloodline would have already been passed down for hundreds or thousands of generations, and the bloodline generation of two people of the same age might be hundreds of years apart.

By then, there will be no need to rearrange the generations, because it will be difficult to determine the generations between each other.

In this situation, cultivation level can be used to determine seniority.

According to the generations of Qi Refinement Stage (朽), Foundation Establishment (不), Purple Mansion Core (Golden Core realm), Nascent Soul (族), and Primordial Spirit (兴).

This method of arranging seniority will not only avoid affecting the original ancestors like the Old Clan Leader and Chen Nianzhi, whose bloodlines are clearly established, but will also allow future generations of the clan to improve their status and position through cultivation.

Moreover, if the Chen Clan uses the sixteen-character generational system in this way, even if they were to become Immortal and become part of the supreme and glorious Bu Xiu race in the future, it would be more than enough to be used even in the Immortal Realm.

The Ji Immortal Clan uses this system. Apart from cultivators whose bloodlines can be clearly traced, male True Lord True Lord of the Ji Clan who break through to Nascent Soul stage use the character "Fei" as their generation name, while female True Lord use the character "Fei" as their generation name.

Ji Feiye and Ji Feiyan obtained their generational rankings in this way, while Ji Feixue, being the legitimate daughter of Ji Daoyan, had her generational ranking clearly traceable, meaning she was born with the character "Fei" in her name.

"Cultivation level determines seniority."

Chen Nianzhi's mind raced with thoughts, but he shook his head with a wry smile. He had only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul, yet he was already thinking about seniority in the Immortal Realm. He was really overthinking things.

Pulling the thought back, Chen Nianzhi looked at Chen Fusu and smiled, "After emerging from seclusion this time, I heard that a peerless genius had emerged from the Fu generation. Seeing him today, it is indeed true."

"You flatter me, Ancestor."

Chen Fusu said excitedly, although he had received attention from many Golden Core realm cultivators in his Lineage after his Dao Body was discovered, this was the first time he had ever seen Nascent Soul Ancestor in person.

Chen Nianzhi smiled, examined the body without showing any emotion, and then pondered for a moment before saying, "The Three Origins Dao Body, also known as the Three Powers Dao Body, is a rare Higher Vehicle Dao Body in the world."

"With your talent, you can be considered the foremost of the three million cultivators born in the Chen Clan over the past few hundred years. If you are properly nurtured, your future will be limitless."

"It's a pity you're a member of my Chen Lineage, so I can't directly accept you as my disciple."

As he spoke, he pondered for a moment, then took out an ancient scroll and handed it to Chen Fusu.

After Chen Fusu finished reading the ancient scroll, Chen Nianzhi said, "This scroll is called the Ancient Vast Sea Scroll, and it is the treasured ancient scroll of the Azure Void Sect, a major immortal cultivation sect in the East Sea."

"I once promised the Azure Void Sect Azure Void Sect that I would find a suitable successor to carry on the Azure Void Sect's tradition. Are you willing to inherit this Karmic Retribution?"