Chapter 707: Breaking Through to the Seventh Layer of Jin Dan, Supporting Family Juniors

From the sixth layer of Jin Dan to the seventh layer of Jin Dan, although it is only separated by a small realm, this barrier is not so easy for Jin Dan cultivators to break through.

In this cultivation world, except for those one-in-ten-thousand geniuses with heavenly spiritual roots, cultivators who can successfully reach Core Formation are basically people who are diligent and hardworking in cultivation and have a firm Dao heart. Few people can successfully reach Core Formation entirely by luck.

But even though these people are one-in-ten-thousand cultivation talents, few people can successfully cultivate to the peak of Jin Dan to impact the Nascent Soul realm.

Unlike the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment realms, after cultivators reach the Jin Dan realm, because of the scarcity of high-tier spiritual items in the cultivation world, the assistance of spiritual items for breaking through cultivation realms is far less rich than in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, it is far more difficult for Jin Dan cultivators to break through realms than for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Many Jin Dan cultivators can have the good fortune to reach Core Formation and step into the Jin Dan Great Dao, but after entering the Jin Dan realm, they are easily stopped because of a lack of personal opportunity.

Even for a Nascent Soul major sect like the "Xiaoyao Sect," most of the many Jin Dan elders in the sect can only cultivate to the mid-stage of Jin Dan in their lifetime, and very few can break through to the late stage of Jin Dan.

Like Jin Dan cultivators such as True Person Guangling who like to hide in the sect to cultivate hard all their lives and have no personal opportunity, even if their lifespan is approaching, they can only cultivate to the fourth layer of Jin Dan. Such examples are everywhere in the cultivation world.

Song Qingming has reached the Jin Dan realm for nearly a hundred years, and his cultivation speed is already relatively fast among Jin Dan cultivators.

In the Xiaoyao Sect, currently, besides Sect Master Bai Yuxian and Chen Xuanxin, the cultivation speed of other Jin Dan elders in the Jin Dan realm is obviously not as fast as his.

This is also thanks to the fact that Song Qingming has obtained many high-tier spiritual items through traveling outside and exploring secret realms over the years, which has helped him improve a lot in his cultivation progress. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to cultivate to the peak of the sixth layer of Jin Dan so quickly now.

In addition, Song Qingming has tempered his spiritual root attributes with "Cui Ling True Water" over the years, which has also made up for some of his deficiencies in talent and spiritual roots, making him, a cultivator who was originally a pseudo-spiritual root, no weaker than a three-spiritual-root cultivator in cultivation.

And a whole set of cultivation insights from a Nascent Soul cultivator obtained from the "Tongtian Pavilion" has also allowed him to take many fewer detours in his daily cultivation.

Especially after obtaining the "Tongtian Wanling Jue" technique, Song Qingming, who cultivates this technique, is also more relaxed than before in breaking through his own cultivation bottlenecks.

These opportunities have also given him a lot of help on Song Qingming's cultivation journey in the Jin Dan realm, allowing his cultivation to successfully reach the current realm step by step.

For this closed-door breakthrough to the late stage of Jin Dan, Song Qingming did not prepare too many auxiliary spiritual items, only taking out a "Qian Yuan Pill" he had obtained from the East Sea earlier.

Although this pill is only of the third-grade mid-quality and its effect in assisting cultivators to break through to the late stage of Jin Dan is not as good as other third-grade top-quality spiritual items, Song Qingming's confidence in breaking through his cultivation this time is not low.

After all, with the help of the "Tongtian Wanling Jue," his meridians have been strengthened over the years, and his dantian has stored a lot of pure heaven and earth spiritual energy, all of which are of no small help to him in breaking through the bottleneck next.

Plus the assistance of the "Qian Yuan Pill," Song Qingming has at least a fifty percent chance of breaking through the realm this time.

Time flies, and after Song Qingming went into closed-door cultivation, more than two years passed quickly.

On this day, on the top of "Funiu Mountain," white clouds rolled in the sky, gathering a group of five-colored clouds that shone on a cave mansion on the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain is the place where several family ancestors cultivate. Usually, no one dares to approach this place except for a few family Foundation Establishment elders.

Therefore, the heaven and earth vision that appeared above the sky did not disturb the Song family members who were busy on the mountain. Only some birds resting in the woods saw this sudden situation and hurriedly flew into the sky to escape from the vicinity of the cave mansion.

Several Song family Foundation Establishment elders who happened to be in closed-door cultivation also felt some subtle changes in the spiritual energy on the mountain at this moment.

When they stopped their cultivation and went out to check the situation, they found that the source of the spiritual energy anomaly was located on the top of the mountain, so they couldn't help but stop and return to their respective cave mansions.

The two family ancestors on the top of the mountain had been in closed-door cultivation for a period of time. At this moment, the one who triggered the spiritual energy anomaly must be one of the ancestors. At this time, they didn't dare to go and disturb them.

As for which ancestor broke through the cultivation, they would naturally know when the two family ancestors came out of closed-door cultivation after a period of time.

Song Yuanfang, who was busy in the family "Discussion Hall," soon learned about the movement on the top of the mountain and hurriedly notified the family law enforcement team to open the mountain-protecting formation to strengthen the patrol around "Funiu Mountain" to prevent anyone from coming to make trouble at this time.

Half an hour later, the heaven and earth vision in the sky above the top of "Funiu Mountain" gradually dissipated, the spiritual energy on the mountain slowly stabilized, and the birds around also began to return to their respective nests. Everything seemed to have returned to its original calm.

Early the next morning, the cave mansion on the top of the mountain, which had been silent for more than two years without any movement, suddenly made a sound. Immediately after, a green-clothed man with a smile on his face opened the cave mansion door and walked out slowly from inside.

The green-clothed man seemed to have not tidied up his attire for a long time, and there was a lot of dust on his body, only his face was relatively clean, and there was a trace of excitement in his eyes.

After closing the restriction at the entrance of the cave mansion, the green-clothed man walked to the morning sun in front, stretched his hands to enjoy the sunlight shining on his face, and a burst of spiritual light suddenly rose on his body.

Immediately after, the green-clothed man turned into a streak of light, disappeared from the spot instantly, and flew to a bluestone not far above the cave mansion, scanning the "Funiu Mountain" under his feet with a serious expression.

After more than two years of closed-door cultivation, Song Qingming finally successfully broke through his cultivation yesterday and advanced to the seventh layer of Jin Dan, becoming a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator.

Feeling that after breaking through to the late stage of Jin Dan, both his magic power and spiritual sense had increased by about half compared to before, Song Qingming also withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.

The reason why this closed-door breakthrough took so much longer than in the past, taking more than two years to successfully come out, was also because Song Qingming did not break through successfully at once.

Although he had great confidence in his heart, after Song Qingming went into closed-door cultivation, he didn't rush to take the "Qian Yuan Pill" to break through his cultivation, but tried not to rely on any external force and directly relied on his own magic power to impact the cultivation bottleneck.

As a result, half a year later, although he successfully touched the bottleneck in his body with the magic power in his body, he ultimately failed.

However, this time, Song Qingming only tried it, and after feeling that the hope of success was not great, he stopped in time and stopped breaking through his cultivation, and did not choose to put all his eggs in one basket and force his way to impact the cultivation bottleneck.

Therefore, although his first impact on the cultivation bottleneck failed, he did not hurt the meridians in his body because of the breakthrough failure. It only took him one year to adjust his state, and he began to impact the cultivation bottleneck again.

This time, because he had some experience from the previous failure, Song Qingming was also much smoother when breaking through his cultivation.

Seeing that his chance of success was much higher than before, Song Qingming decisively took the "Qian Yuan Pill," and with the help of this pill, he soon successfully broke through his cultivation and advanced to the seventh layer of Jin Dan.

Although it took some time, it was worth it to be able to successfully break through the realm. Feeling the changes brought to him by the breakthrough, Song Qingming was also very happy at this moment.

After staying alone on the top of the mountain for a while, Song Qingming took out a sound transmission talisman to send the news of his coming out of closed-door cultivation to the foot of the mountain, and then turned into a streak of light, flashing a few times to arrive outside Huang Siyuan's cave mansion not far away.

Huang Siyuan had advanced to the second layer of Jin Dan for more than ten years, and like Song Qingming, her cultivation was also about to break through.

After Song Qingming went into closed-door cultivation to break through his cultivation, Huang Siyuan adjusted for more than a year and soon went into closed-door cultivation to start breaking through her own cultivation realm.

Breaking through from the second layer of Jin Dan to the third layer of Jin Dan did not have any major bottlenecks. Without accidents, Huang Siyuan would also have a high chance of successfully breaking through her cultivation realm in this closed-door cultivation.

Seeing that Huang Siyuan was still in closed-door cultivation and hadn't come out, Song Qingming sent her another sound transmission to inform her that he had come out, and then turned and returned to his cave mansion.

Just after walking into the cave mansion door, a red "Ice Fire Dragon" suddenly poked its head out from the cave mansion door and climbed onto his shoulder along Song Qingming's robe.

After swallowing the snake gall of the mid-stage Jin Dan "Nine-Pattern Dragon" in the "Jin Shan Workshop" last time, the "Ice Fire Dragon" went into closed-door cultivation and slept for nearly two years, and it didn't wake up again until the beast turmoil was about to end.

Although it lost a high-tier material from a Demon King, the "Ice Fire Dragon" that swallowed this snake gall didn't disappoint Song Qingming, actually successfully advancing to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Seeing this unexpected surprise, Song Qingming was also very happy at the time and rewarded it with quite a few pills.

Because it ate a lot, plus Song Qingming's careful cultivation, the "Ice Fire Dragon's" cultivation had improved very quickly over the years, advancing from the Qi Condensation stage to the late stage of Foundation Establishment in just a few decades. This cultivation speed was no slower than that of an average human cultivator.

This was also thanks to the fact that it had its own bloodline enlightened by Fire Phoenix early on, opened its spiritual wisdom in advance, plus followed such a generous master as Song Qingming, and had never been short of pills and spiritual items, which gave it a much faster cultivation speed than other beasts. Since going into closed-door cultivation to break through his cultivation, Song Qingming hadn't had much time to pay attention to it. Seeing the "Ice Fire Dragon" entangled again, Song Qingming hurriedly took out a pill to appease it.

Until the "Ice Fire Dragon" swallowed the pill and showed satisfaction, Song Qingming took it to the secret room for raising spirit insects beside the cave mansion to check on the "Golden Illusion Butterflies" he had also released in the cave mansion.

Just after walking in, the "Golden Illusion Butterflies" resting on the walls all around were immediately awakened and gathered toward Song Qingming, as if welcoming their master.

"Hey! There really is a change. It seems that this thing is also effective for spirit insects. I didn't expect it to have an effect after feeding only a little spiritual water."

Seeing that the aura of these "Golden Illusion Butterflies" in front of him had increased a lot compared to before, a flash of surprise appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

After bringing back those white spiritual waters from the "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm, Song Qingming also specially went to the sect's "Good Merit Pavilion" to check the origin of this item.

Since the "Xiaoyao Sect" was founded thousands of years ago, it had also collected hundreds of catalogs of various spiritual waters in the cultivation world. It was just that Song Qingming searched through these catalogs but still didn't find any existence similar to the white spiritual water in his hand.

He asked several sect elders who were well-informed, such as Chu Fengping and Chen Xuanxin, but didn't get any useful information from them, so Song Qingming could only return to "Funiu Mountain" with disappointment.

These natural spiritual items in the cultivation world have very different effects on different beasts. "Chiyan" could open its spiritual wisdom in advance after swallowing these spiritual waters, but that "Black Bear Demon King" only strengthened its physical body and cultivation after occupying the spiritual spring.

The "Ice Crystal Jade Liquid" Song Qingming obtained from the Yue Kingdom Nascent Soul cave mansion back then was also like this. This item could help the "Golden Illusion Butterflies" on Song Qingming break through their cultivation, but the effect of feeding it to the "Heavenly Fire Peng" was unsatisfactory, and it could only be said to be a waste.

Although he knew that this white spiritual water was very useful to beasts, Song Qingming didn't dare to use it casually because he didn't know the origin and true use of this item, so he first tried feeding some to the spirit insects "Golden Illusion

At first, the "Golden Illusion Butterflies" that swallowed this spirit water did not show any major changes. It was not until Song Qingming broke through his realm this time that he discovered their aura was much stronger than before his seclusion, and a few of the larger ones were even faintly approaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Seeing that this item was indeed useful to them, Song Qingming did not begrudge the spirit water in his hand, and took out another large bottle, pouring it into the already dry groove nearby.

In any case, he had brought back quite a lot of spirit water from the secret realm this time. As long as it wasn't wasted, Song Qingming would certainly not be stingy with these spirit insects that had followed him for many years.

After smelling the white spirit water, the hundreds of "Golden Illusion Butterflies" in the secret room swarmed over immediately, and soon surrounded the place completely.

The "Ice-Fire Flood Dragon" coiled on Song Qingming's body saw this scene and also poked its head out from Song Qingming's shoulder, seemingly wanting to go forward and taste some of the white spirit water as well.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately shook his head at it and said: "You have only just broken through your realm; don't be too anxious. Once your cultivation is completely stabilized, there will certainly be no shortage for you."

Just as Song Qingming finished speaking, a sudden fluctuation of spiritual energy came from the entrance of the cave dwelling. Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately walked out of the secret room and returned to the outer cave dwelling.

After tidying up the spirit items placed in his cave dwelling, Song Qingming waved his hand gently to open the gate of his cave dwelling. A moment later, Song Yuanfang, who had rushed over after receiving the news that Song Qingming had come out of seclusion, walked in from the outside with a respectful expression, "Congratulations to Seventh Grand-Uncle on your cultivation advancement!"

After entering, Song Yuanfang, sensing the significant change in Song Qingming's aura, immediately stepped forward with a happy face, bowing and cupping his hands to offer congratulations.

"It is just a small breakthrough in cultivation during seclusion, no need for such formalities. In the two years I have been in seclusion, has anything happened outside?"

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly waved his hand with a smile to signal Song Yuanfang to rise, then led him to sit down at a stone table not far away.

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Song Yuanfang, who had been prepared, hurriedly replied earnestly:

"Reporting to Seventh Grand-Uncle, everything in the clan has been normal these past two years. The businesses in Qinghe Market, Jin Shan Market, and Chiyan Market have now slowly recovered.

Last year, the family held a spirit-testing assembly, and five more cultivators were added to the mountain. Among them, we discovered a child with dual spirit roots in Mugu Town. I checked the genealogy under the mountain and found that he is a descendant of Fourth Grand-Uncle's lineage."

"Oh! A dual spirit root cultivator, and a descendant of Fourth Brother's lineage? This is truly a coincidence. Next time, bring him to see me!" Hearing the news that another dual spirit root cultivator had been discovered in the family, Song Qingming's face also revealed a hint of joy.

The Song family has developed rapidly over these years. Coupled with the peace in Qinghe County, the number of mortals under the mountain has risen with the tide, reaching over seven hundred thousand, already surpassing the nearby Huang family and other cultivation families that have been established for a thousand years.

After years of clearing by the family's law enforcement team, there are no traces of spirit beasts within a hundred miles of "Mount Funiu." The Song family has established many more mortal towns in the surrounding area, and it is estimated that in a few more decades, the number of mortals in the family should exceed one million.

This huge mortal base under the mountain provides the family with several children with spirit roots every year. It is no longer considered a rare genius to encounter a three-spirit-root cultivator during the family's spirit testing every few years.

However, cultivators with dual spirit roots or higher are still relatively rare in the Song family. In the more than one hundred years that Song Qingming has served as clan leader, the family has only discovered two people, Song Yuanli and Song Yuanhao, who have the talent of dual spirit roots or higher.

Back then, Song Yuanli was discovered by Fourth Brother Song Qingrui during spirit testing and brought to the mountain. Song Qingming, hearing that a dual-spirit-root cultivation genius had appeared in his lineage again, felt quite emotional about the cleverness of fate.

"How are the injuries of Yuanli and the others? Have they all recovered? And has there been any news from Xinyu?" After listening to the good news reported by Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming nodded and asked another question.

Hearing this question, the joy on Song Yuanfang's face slowly calmed down, and he replied in a low voice:

"The healing elixirs you brought back from the East Sea last time have all been distributed. Most of the injured cultivators in the clan have recovered over the past two years. Only Eighteenth Brother and a few others have not fully recovered because their injuries were more severe.

They all suffered too much damage to their physical bodies. Even with the aid of elixirs, it will take a long time of recuperation to slowly recover. I estimate that they should be able to recover in a few more years, so you don't need to worry too much.

Eighth Uncle sent a letter back half a year ago saying that he had already obtained the Yuchen Pill and was preparing to go into seclusion to impact the Jin Dan realm. I estimate that he should be almost ready to start his seclusion by now."

Song Qingming sighed slightly upon hearing this: "Hmm! I know about Yuanli's injuries; it will delay his future Dao path somewhat. You should take care of him when you have time, and let him heal with peace of mind without thinking too much.

Yuanfang, you are all people who have made great contributions to the family. No matter who can reach the Core Formation step in the future, the family will do its best to support them. However, personal Dao paths cannot be forced; how far one can go on this path of cultivation depends on your own opportunities."

Among the many Foundation Establishment elders of the Song family, Song Yuanli and Song Changze's cultivation has already broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, while Song Yuanhao, Song Yuanfang, and Song Yuanxue have already reached the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment. On the surface, they all seem to have some chance of cultivating to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment to impact the Jin Dan realm.

These family elders who were the first to establish their foundations are all people who have made great contributions to the family's development over the years. Although he certainly cannot support them all to the Jin Dan realm, Song Qingming does not want to treat them unfairly in this regard.

Having brought back so many high-tier spirit herbs from the "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm last time, Song Qingming had already made up his mind. After he breaks through his cultivation, he will go out to search other nearby places for Core Formation spirit items to prepare for their future impact on the Jin Dan realm.

As an elder, all Song Qingming can do is try his best to find Core Formation spirit items for them. As for whether they will have the opportunity to step into the Jin Dan realm in the future, that depends on their personal opportunities.

Suddenly hearing that his clan leader would support him in impacting the Jin Dan realm in the future, a trace of unexpected joy immediately appeared on Song Yuanfang's face, and he hurriedly kowtowed to Song Qingming in front of him to thank him!

"Thank you, Seventh Grand-Uncle, for your cultivation; Yuanfang understands!"

Since establishing his foundation, because his personal cultivation talent is average, Song Yuanfang has spent most of his energy over the years managing the family. His personal cultivation speed is not fast, and his cultivation has already been surpassed by the younger generation of the family who established their foundations later, Song Yuanhao and Song Changze.

Although Song Yuanfang knows that his talent is average and he is not as good as Song Yuanli and the others in cultivation, it would be impossible not to be tempted by the allure of the Jin Dan Great Dao.

Originally, Song Yuanfang thought that Song Qingming would not have the idea of supporting him in Core Formation. When he just heard that Song Qingming was going to treat the few family elders equally, he felt very excited at this moment.

After waving his hand at Song Yuanfang with a smile, Song Qingming continued to ask: "Yuanfang, how many spirit stones can be taken out from the family treasury now?"

"According to the treasury ledger that Yuanqian gave me last month, there are still more than thirty thousand spirit stones. Adding the treasury at Chiyan Market, we should be able to gather about fifty thousand spirit stones. If Seventh Grand-Uncle needs them urgently, I will immediately send a message to have Changze send all the spirit stones over tomorrow."

Song Qingming nodded gently: "Hmm! Now that the family already has several Jin Dan cultivators, the spiritual energy on the mountain is somewhat insufficient. I plan to first refine a set of high-tier spirit-gathering formations to further improve the spirit vein of Mount Funiu.

This improvement of the spirit vein will also cost about one hundred thousand spirit stones. I can still take out thirty thousand spirit stones myself. You go and think of a way for the remaining gap, and strive to gather these spirit stones within two months." (End of chapter)