So good he could fly! Grandfather and grandson broke through one after another to Foundation Establishment Late Stage!

"Comrade Lu must be feeling great right now!"

That was right. Lu Chenxing was feeling great.

So great he could almost fly.

More and more cultivation fed back to him, so much that the ocean of Spiritual Power in his vast Qi sea and Dantian kept rising at a rate visible to the naked eye.

From the beginning of the month until now.

Ten days.

In just ten short days, he had touched the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Could I break through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage before Grandpa Patriarch?"

He had missed it by a little.

Because Lu Changfeng had just broken through.

"Hahahaha! Foundation Establishment Late Stage! I did it!"

Trapped at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage for over a decade, Lu Changfeng had finally broken through today. How could he not be excited?

His unrestrained laughter was simply a release of the emotions in his heart.

As that powerful presence radiated from his body.

Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming, both in seclusion, were startled awake and hurried over to congratulate him.

Lu Chenxing already lived in a side hall of the Lineage's main hall, his room next to Lu Changfeng's, with only a wall between them.

He sensed it immediately and came before him.

"Grandpa Patriarch, congratulations on successfully advancing to Foundation Establishment Late Stage! The great path of the Golden Core is just around the corner!"

Lu Changfeng rubbed Lu Chenxing's little head and burst into laughter again. "Hahahaha! Then I'll take your auspicious words to heart, Little Chenxing."

"But this little achievement of mine is nothing compared to yours, Little Chenxing. You'll probably catch up and surpass me very soon!"

Very soon indeed.

Because the Spiritual Power inside him was still surging.

Lu Chenxing was almost unable to suppress it anymore.

Just as Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming arrived together, Lu Chenxing sat straight down on Lu Changfeng's meditation cushion. "Grandpa Patriarch, I can't take it anymore! I can't hold it in!"

With that, he closed his eyes.

He mobilized the immense Spiritual Power within his Dantian and sent it charging toward the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

At this sight, Lu Changfeng and the other two suffered another blow.

He was about to break through again!

Little Chenxing was about to break through again!

How long had it even been since his last breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage?

This was Foundation Establishment, not Qi Refining!

The higher the realm, the slower the progress, yet that seemed not to apply to Lu Chenxing at all.

He was already about to catch up and surpass them.

"A freak. He's truly too much of a freak!"

"Thank goodness Little Chenxing belongs to our Lu Household. If he'd been born into another Lineage or faction, how hopeless would we feel facing him?"

"Some monstrous geniuses leave the prodigies of their generation unable to even glimpse their backs. But Little Chenxing? He doesn't even have anyone of his generation, because he's not even a year old!"

Soon.

He would be a year old soon.

In a little over half a month.

An hour slipped quietly by.

Lu Chenxing successfully broke through and advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, radiating the same powerful, oppressive presence as Lu Changfeng.

"Little Chenxing, this time it's Grandpa's turn to congratulate you. At this rate, I'm afraid you'll already have a Golden Core before I've even reached Foundation Establishment Perfection."

Lu Changfeng's words stirred something in Lu Chenxing's heart.

Throughout his cultivation, from the time he transmigrated until now.

The entire Lu Household had helped him far too much.

The resources obtained from selling the Law Artifacts produced by Great Xia had all been sent back to Great Xia, so none of that counted as giving back.

All this time, the Lu Household had been giving to him without receiving anything in return.

So it was time to repay them.

As for how to repay them.

It was simple: resources.

Slow cultivation?

No fear. We've got money.

With unlimited pill-popping, even a pig could take flight.

Every realm had cultivation pills specifically suited to it. The Foundation Establishment Realm had Spirit Establishment Pills that directly increased cultivation once refined, as well as Mystic Spirit Pills that increased the speed of refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. They could even build an enormous Spirit Gathering Formation and pile on all manner of methods without regard for Spirit Stone consumption.

As long as there were enough resources.

There were plenty of ways and means to rapidly increase cultivation.

Just like over in Great Xia on Blue Star.

As long as you had money.

You were a powerhouse in everyone else's eyes.

You were the boss!

"Don't worry, Grandpa Patriarch. You're a sword immortal, a top-tier prodigy too. You'll definitely reach Foundation Establishment Peak very soon, then successfully break through to the Golden Core Realm."

Sword immortal.

Those two words alone were enough to mark someone as a top-tier prodigy in this cultivation world.

After all, their reputation was on everyone's lips.

Standing to the side, Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming watched the grandfather and grandson exchange compliments, then looked at each other and shook their heads with helpless, wry smiles.

The patriarch and Little Chenxing were both prodigies, monstrous geniuses.

By contrast, the two of them looked mediocre.

Their cultivation speed was ordinary, and their combat prowess could only be considered competent.

Just ordinary cultivators through and through.

Lu Changfeng noticed their dejection and reassured them, "As long as we keep climbing, there will eventually be a chance at immortality."

"Immortality is what we seek."

"So whoever lives to laugh last is the winner."

There was nothing wrong with those words.

Did the cultivation world lack prodigies?

No.

Monstrous geniuses and prodigies were as plentiful as crucian carp crossing a river.

But how many could truly reach the end, ascend, and become immortals?

They could be counted on one's fingers.

The nine realms of the immortal path were difficult at every step.

A mere Golden Core had once seemed too lofty for Lu Changfeng and the others even to gaze up at.

Within the vast Heavenly River Commandery, there was not even a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Of course.

The immortal path was difficult for the cultivation world's native cultivators.

For Lu Chenxing, an otherworldly heavenly demon with a system, it was like playing a game on easy mode.

After reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

His Dantian and Qi sea expanded, enlarging the vessel that held Spiritual Power.

And so his cultivation once again began to surge at a rate visible to the naked eye.

That was right.

Even after advancing a realm.

His cultivation progress was still soaring like a rocket.

This phenomenon also made him realize that the three spiritual mountains bearing Spirit Veins he had teleported back to Great Xia had taken effect.

Great Xia had probably organized even more people to cultivate.

Their numbers were likely several times, or even more than ten times, what they had been before.

"This feels amazing. It's not as outrageous as breaking through a realm a day, but at this rate, I'll probably reach Foundation Establishment Perfection in another half month!"

"Could I attain a Golden Core before I'm a year old?"

Breaking through a major realm was not as simple as breaking through a minor one. To reach the Golden Core Realm, Lu Chenxing still needed to make some preparations.

First were the legendary Heavenly Spirit Pills that could increase the chances of Core Formation.

There were also Spirit Recovery Pills to rapidly restore Spiritual Power.

He needed to prepare plenty of both to avoid another dangerous situation like his last Foundation Establishment breakthrough.

His aptitude was simply too terrible.

If one pill was not enough, he could only take another, and if that still was not enough, keep taking more.

Until he successfully broke through.

Of course, all these things cost enormous amounts of Spirit Stones.

At present, Lu Chenxing, along with the Lu Household, was almost completely penniless, so naturally they could not afford to buy them.

He could only wait quietly for Great Xia to teleport supplies over to feed him.

Taking advantage of this peaceful period, Lu Chenxing also began continuously compressing and condensing the Spiritual Power within him, strengthening his foundation and reserves.

This was mainly to prepare in advance for Core Formation in the future.

It could also free up some space along the way, so he would not become so overstuffed later that he had no choice but to break through.

However, the Lu Household's peace did not last very long.

After all, they still bore responsibility for the extermination of three factions affiliated with the Crimson Firmament Sect.

That day.

A streak of flying-sword light came from the east.

It descended before the Lu Household's mountain gate.

"I am Zhu Chuanxiong of the Crimson Firmament Sect!"