[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho":3,"chapter-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Immortal Cultivation from the Clan School",{"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},2313910,4525,"Chapter 16: The Breathing Ancient Tree","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>Su Jin’s “Little Grandpa” was her father Su Yan’s biological father, and the younger brother of her Elder Grandpa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin’s Elder Grandpa and Little Grandpa shared the same biological father, who were true brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin’s biological mother entered the Su family through a tribal alliance marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She represented the dignity of the Wood Witch Tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was first married to the Elder Grandpa’s eldest legitimate son, Su Zhang. Su Zhang was Su Jin and her younger sister Su Shen’s biological father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Su Jin’s biological mother was pregnant with her second child, Su Shen, Su Zhang’s original love returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Zhang insisted on divorcing and remarrying, even if it meant being expelled from the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming his eldest son’s true intentions, the Elder Grandpa immediately expelled him from the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s better to raise a char siu bao than a disobedient son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when they needed the alliance, he had asked his eldest son if he could accept the marriage arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His good eldest son had clearly agreed wholeheartedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then halfway through, he tried to run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could such an alliance be abandoned midway?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that rubbing his old face into the stone pavement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enraged, the old patriarch ordered his good eldest son to get out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he married the pregnant former eldest daughter-in-law to his adopted son, the fourth son Su Yan, who was still unmarried at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus Su Yan became a father by accident—he gained a wife for free and two children along with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, since neither Su Yan nor the former eldest daughter-in-law, now the fourth daughter-in-law, had done anything wrong, the patriarch couldn’t let them suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he directly used his own resources and quota to exchange for his fourth son a Foundation Establishment Elixir. Once Su Yan’s cultivation reached the right level, he could return to the clan’s controlled spiritual vein and enter seclusion to break through to Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also transferred the estate originally registered under his eldest son—the courtyard next to the one Su Jin’s family now lived in—to the fourth daughter-in-law, Lin Linghua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this estate was worth over one hundred thousand spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Linghua had grown up in the Witch Clan and was accustomed to situations where an older brother failed, so the younger brother took his place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had come as a diplomatic bride; she couldn’t just return home after arriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, she had two children, and Su Yan had a better temper, was more handsome, was six years younger than her, and was obedient and well-behaved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after declining twice, once she confirmed Su Yan himself agreed, she “reluctantly” accepted the new marriage to the younger brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving birth to her second child, Su Shen, Lin Linghua gave birth to a third child a year later—twin boys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were Su Jin’s third and fourth brothers, just turning one this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With four children at home, the young couple found it hard to manage, so they decided not to have any more—four was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? My grandfather left a stash of spirit stones with Elder Grandpa?” Su Jian was stunned, thinking, There was still this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. When my father told my mother, I was sitting on a small stool listening.” Su Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Su Jian immediately thought to himself: I’ll never gossip with my wife in front of Su Xiaohe again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Hua, are you reassured now? We have spirit stones. Just cultivate hard and strive to break through to the fourth level. The rest is up to your father and mother.” Su Jian turned to his daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Hua: Looks like I’ll have to push myself to the limit this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, I won’t let you down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Su Hua’s tense little frame, Liu Yunniang immediately comforted her: “Don’t force yourself. Do your best—that’s enough. If you truly can’t break through, then let it go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t talk like that. We’re not at the final stage yet. We can’t give up. Xiao Hua will definitely work hard.” Su Jian encouraged his eldest daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting her father’s expectant, approving gaze, Su Hua swallowed nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, tomorrow I’ll go talk to Master Cai.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin returned to her room and first made up for the cultivation she had missed that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she took out the Great Expansion Divine Cultivation Scripture and began studying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she pondered the scripture, she also thought about other matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood everything Master Liu had explained, but what image should she visualize?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she should visualize a willow tree—it’s easier to visualize, since there’s already a large willow tree in their courtyard. It’s been planted for many years and is nearly become a spiritual tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that’s it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had no better alternatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After choosing her visualization object, Su Jin began to visualize…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rested a bit, then tried again…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rested again, then tried…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After five or six rounds of this, Su Jin grew deeply frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she tried to visualize a willow tree in her spiritual sea, a massive ancient tree appeared, disrupting her visualization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she thought of the willow, the ancient tree showed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so huge, its silhouette strangely blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she possibly visualize it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to continue, Su Jin decided to sleep first and ask Master Liu tomorrow how to resolve such persistent interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin slipped into bed and fell asleep within a few breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she slept, the Great Expansion Divine Cultivation Scripture activated automatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a brush had begun slowly painting, stroke by stroke, within her spiritual sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the brushstrokes were weak and faded away, forcing her to redraw them. Or the completed strokes clung to multiple layers of phantom shadows, utterly unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But gradually, each stroke, though short, became clear and real, linking one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pattern slowly took shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night neared its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Su Jin’s spiritual sea, a simple ink-drawn green tree was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the tree was finished, it instantly sank into the center of her Little Witch Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the shadow of a colossal ancient tree flickered faintly, merged with the green tree, and within less than three breaths, a solid, over-two-meter-tall verdant tree materialized out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood firmly rooted in the black fertile soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the tree wasn’t particularly tall, it radiated an aura of mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, it seemed alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dawn, Su Jin had just woken up. Though her energy was full and her spirit sharp, she still wanted to complain about the strange incident of visualizing nothing the night before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could even voice it, she suddenly sensed—there was a tree in her Little Witch Heaven?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her consciousness immediately plunged into her Little Witch Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center, a towering, ancient, mysterious verdant tree stood majestically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this the very ancient tree that had repeatedly appeared in her spiritual sea, disrupting her willow visualization?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had it appeared?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where had it come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin stared in shock at the ancient tree and reached out to touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tree…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?? The editor says I update too fast and won’t allow two chapters per day. The author can only post one chapter per day now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>? But this book should be licensed on May Day, so I’ll resume dual updates then.\u003C\u002Fp>",1247,"2026-06-20T13:23:54.434Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d9420aa68d94a1980adafcec583a0a18b293250847507d0e157426d5a8aedf90","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-17","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-15",156,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-cover.jpg"]