[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-concubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal":3,"chapter-concubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal-concubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1248068,1677,"Chapter 39: My Cousin is Not Human! (Please Follow)","concubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>Chapter 39: Chapter 39: My Cousin is Not Human! (Please Follow)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After four days of secluded cultivation, Liu Qingqing finally refined the Ten-thousand-year-old Snow Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the system prompt, he naturally did not hesitate; he immediately chose to share the results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sharing the refinement result of the Ten-thousand-year-old Snow Lotus with Daoist Couple Liu Qingqing… a strand of Coldness Law…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the system prompt sounded, Gu Changge suddenly felt that the Spiritual Energy inside him had been augmented with a hint of coldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing the Spiritual Energy onto his fingertip, he lightly touched a stone table, and frost quickly formed on the surface of the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the effect was far from as powerful as when he opened the Jade Box containing the Ten-thousand-year-old Snow Lotus, as his realm increased, the effect would similarly grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With such an enhancement to my Spiritual Energy, if I were to use the Heavenly Cold Finger, the power could increase by more than thirty percent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only felt it briefly, but he already had an idea in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he could also control it at will; if he desired not to be discovered, he could still use the most ordinary Spiritual Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides these changes, he also noticed an increase in the status of his realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sky-controlling Realm Late Stage (29\u002F100)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Liu Qingqing had been refining the Snow Lotus for the past few days rather than normally cultivating, the increase in cultivation brought about was not too substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realm had increased by twenty-five percent, which was about the equivalent of less than a month of his own cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he contemplated whether to go and find the Inner Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar voice had already sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin, are you awake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changming’s voice burst forth, followed by a gentle knock on the courtyard door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened the courtyard door, he found out that his uncle had invited him to discuss some details regarding marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no other matters to attend to, so he casually walked with his cousin Gu Changming towards the Inner Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After holding back for a while, Gu Changming couldn’t help but ask, “Cousin, have you really reached the Mid-Stage of the Sky-controlling Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time he had accompanied Liu Qingqing here, he was genuinely stunned by this news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was severely shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t it said that Cousin’s cultivation talent was quite poor, and even with the help of the Soul-Shaping Pill, he could at best break through to the Qi Sea Realm in this lifetime?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cousin’s rate of breakthrough didn’t seem to be headed for the Qi Sea Realm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he was envious, but… wasn’t this too demoralizing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he cultivated day and night, he had only just broken through to the Mid-Stage of the Sky-controlling Realm, yet Cousin had caught up to ten years of his cultivation in just a few days?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not exactly…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changge shook his head; he wasn’t truly at the Mid-Stage of the Sky-controlling Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his cousin deny it, Gu Changming seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, Cousin, you must have used some method to achieve flight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought so… Who can break through to the Mid-Stage of the Sky-controlling Realm in less than a month?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that were the case, what would be the point of us living in the Sky-controlling Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that right, Cousin? Haha, by the way, Cousin, how did you manage temporary flight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What layer of the Qi Condensation Realm are you at now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changming suddenly brightened up, returning to his usual talkative self, bombarding with an endless stream of questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cousin, you really got me, you actually fooled me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t get me wrong, indeed it’s not the Mid-Stage, but mainly because I just broke through to the Late Stage of the Sky-controlling Realm yesterday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changge spread his hands, earnestly saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his cousin’s serious expression, he first was taken aback, then realizing what was said, he burst into a smug smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin, you’re really funny, trying to fool me again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t be fooled this time; a few days ago it was the Mid-Stage, and you’re saying in three days you broke through to the Late Stage; are we even supposed to be alive then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changming wore an expression that seemed to see right through everything, confidently speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changge fell silent for a moment, then he levitated into the air and quietly looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he saw his cousin about to speak again, about how he achieved this through some trick, he simply raised his hand and pointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone brick in front of his cousin suddenly exploded, leaving behind a sizable hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Gu Changming took a large step backward, staring unblinkingly at the remaining hole, utterly dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just with that casual flick of his finger, the power was enough to prove that he had reached the Sky-controlling Realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… No, cousin, you’re in the late stage of the Sky-controlling Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This, this, this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changming, after a long while, pointed at the pit unable to utter a complete sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changge, still floating in the air, spread his hands with an expression of helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through too quickly and nobody believes it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two of them headed towards the Inner Court once again, Gu Changming was like a soul lost, stealthily glancing at his cousin from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That look was nearly akin to seeing a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone said the cousin was a waste who couldn’t cultivate, but what about now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just started cultivating less than a month ago, and his realm is already higher than ten years of my cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this what they call a waste?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, even if the story spread, probably no one would believe it, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the two had already arrived at Gu Yixiao’s courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The yard was filled with clothes racks, on which hung all sorts of festive attire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Changge has come?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pick one out, decide on a set, and let someone tailor it for you again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yixiao, seeing Changge, also welcomed him with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, seeing his son’s dispirited appearance, he kicked him right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing, lost your soul?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Asked you to run an errand and you dare be so reluctant, growing defiant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yixiao’s face was stern, his son was truly a worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, let me tell you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know what realm the cousin is in now!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sky-controlling Realm! Late stage of the Sky-controlling Realm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The cousin is not human!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a kick from his father, Gu Changming seemed to have snapped out of it, instantly taking cover next to his father like avoiding a monster, and whispered in horror into his father’s ear with his hand covering his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ridiculous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not human, could he be a ghost then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all because you don’t put enough effort into your cultivation that you’ve been surpassed by Changge in realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yixiao clearly had already heard about Changge’s situation from the Family Head and had long accepted that it was the Ancestor’s transmission of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though somewhat unexpected that he had broken through to the late stage of the Sky-controlling Realm in less than a month, it wasn’t unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this matter, he couldn’t be bothered to explain it to his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this a question of effort?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A month ago, the cousin couldn’t even cultivate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now he’s in the late stage of the Sky-controlling Realm, father, how is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changming looked deeply distressed. Was his father deluded? How could he find this normal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go and cultivate, don’t embarrass yourself here.” Gu Yixiao kicked him again, shoving him into the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Late stage of the Sky-controlling Realm now?” He then turned his head and asked his nephew Changge with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um, just broke through last night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changge didn’t hide anything, he didn’t know how these people came up with their ideas, but it seemed they weren’t surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seize this opportunity, and do not let down the Ancestor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yixiao’s face was wistful as he patted his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh…” Gu Changge could only nod, not understanding but respectful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, go pick out the clothes; in three days, it will be the big day of your marriage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Liu Family girl also had someone come over to pick out festive attire today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2 comment\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vote\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3 left\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2\u003C\u002Fp>",1416,"2026-06-05T15:31:36.632Z",1,"novelbin.me","1b6de948201ce37a10fa52e61ae631ec6743ce5170a5b5faeb0a4a8135e6ff9b","concubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal-chapter-286","concubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal-chapter-285",611,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fconcubines-lead-to-strength-the-path-to-immortal-cover.jpg"]