Longevity Clan Starts with the Patriarch's Marriage

A heavy burden and a long road ahead!

This was Han Li’s feeling, but fortunately, his strength was now sufficient. Even if it took ten, twenty years, or even longer, his combat ability would ensure his own safety and that of Han Mansion.

Now, his combat ability was genuinely that of a Divine Yuan Realm Emperor Wu.

As for who is the strongest in the Xuan Domain now, that would really require a match to find out.

The higher the cultivation level, the higher the level of contact, and the more intelligence and secrets one can understand. The Ancient Empire has been a towering Divine Mountain over the Xuan Domain, standing unyielding for more than sixteen thousand years.

Only when one’s cultivation level reaches a certain stage, at least a Guru in the Hollow Void Stage, can one understand how powerful the foundation of the Ancient Empire truly is. This is the only top-tier power in the Xuan Domain with a Divine Yuan Realm Emperor Wu for generations without interruption.

If it weren’t for the intervention of the Four Great Sacred Lands, the Ancient Empire would have long since swept across the Six Harmonies, suppressed the Eight Desolations, and unified the vast and boundless Xuan Domain.

Just how strong the Divine Yuan Realm Emperor Wu of the Ancient Empire is, not even the True Martial Realm Emperor Wu from within the Ancient Empire knows, let alone the True Martial Realm Emperor Wu from the outside world. Probably only the higher-ups of the Four Great Sacred Lands are clear about this.

The Ancient Empire itself is aware that occupying one-third of the Xuan Domain is their limit and they cannot expand further unless a powerful being from the Tongxuan Realm emerges to change the situation.

“How do my combat abilities compare with those of the old monster from the Ancient Empire, who is stronger and who is weaker?” Han Li pondered silently.

When he was at the first heaven of the True Martial Realm, his True Yuan reserves were comparable to those of the sixth heaven, and now that he had reached the sixth heaven of the True Martial Realm, his True Yuan reserves barely matched those of the ninth heaven.

Han Li had anticipated this situation; every minor realm within the True Martial Realm had a great disparity, especially in the later stages. Having True Yuan comparable to the ninth heaven of the True Martial Realm, Han Li was quite content.

With the breakthrough across five minor realms in succession, Han Li’s overall strength also increased. His physique was comparable to a body cultivator’s at the third heaven of the True Martial Realm, and both his Divine Spirit and Spiritual Sense had vastly improved, on par with the ninth heaven of the True Martial Realm.

His five senses were also significantly enhanced, leading to a deeper understanding of Divine Sense and allowing him to stay in this realm for longer periods.

The first time he activated Divine Sense, Han Li could maintain it for 30 seconds, the second time for 25 seconds, and the third time for 20 seconds—able to sustain it for a continuous 75 seconds, roughly 25 breaths.

If the activation was intermittent, the time he could step into the realm of Divine Sense was even longer, roughly 80 breaths, close to half the duration of a cup of tea. (In the book, the duration of a cup of tea is set as 10 minutes; do not dispute this.)

With this improvement, Han Li was very satisfied. He could now activate Divine Sense for an extended period, no longer just the six-second man he once was.

The perfection level of his all-around Martial Dao true meaning prototype had soared by half, from 50% to 75%, which meant Han Li’s overall strength received an even stronger enhancement.

Before, he could only enhance the might of martial techniques by three grades, but now he could enhance them by three and a half.

Upon introspection, Han Li discovered that the Martial Fake Pill within him had become even more real, imbued with many Primordial Yuan meanings.

He knew that when Martial Dao and Primordial Yuan became one, it signified that his realm had reached the pinnacle of the True Martial Realm, and he could then prepare to break through to the Divine Yuan Realm.

After reflecting for a while, Han Li opened his personal attribute panel to check his combat ability after consecutive realm breakthroughs.

His speed had already been equivalent to the eighth heaven of the True Martial Realm, and now he had progressed further, rivaling the peak of the top True Martial Realm; his defense had also thoroughly entered the Divine Yuan Realm level, comparable to the first heaven of the Divine Yuan Realm.

Han Li discovered that using those Earth-grade mid-level martial techniques, he could now exert the combat ability of the ninth heaven of the True Martial Realm. If he used the Xuantian Punch and Yin and Yang Palm Seal, which were only cultivated to the major proficiency, he could barely unleash the threshold combat ability of the Divine Yuan Realm.

The so-called threshold combat ability of the Divine Yuan Realm is the lowest within the Divine Yuan Realm, but it could be considered invincible in the True Martial Realm.

The Meteor Sword Scripture could unleash the normal combat ability of the first heaven of the Divine Yuan Realm, and using the Dragon Abyss Sword would enhance his strength significantly, but it would not reach the second heaven of the Divine Yuan Realm.

Without activating Divine Sense, the strongest combat ability Han Li could unleash was the second heaven of the Divine Yuan Realm, enabling the use of the Meteor Sword Scripture, Six Harmonies Eight Desolations Punch, and the Stupa Suppressing Hell Seal.

These three martial techniques, with the enhancement of the all-around Martial Dao true meaning prototype, were very close to the martial techniques of the Divine Rank Lower Grade; he had cultivated all of them to the complete level, no less than some Divine Rank Lower Grade martial techniques.

If Divine Sense was to be activated, his overall strength would increase tenfold, reaching the third heaven of the Divine Yuan Realm, whether he could reach the fourth heaven, Han Li was not sure.

All these combat abilities were estimated based on records of the strength of some Divine Yuan Realm powerhouses and were compared to ordinary Divine Yuan Realm Emperor Wu.

If they were those who mastered high-level martial arts, possessed high-grade Martial Dao Primordial Spirits, controlled powerful Divine Weapons, had cultivated many Divine Rank martial techniques, and had a high mastery of those, their combat ability could be higher than their realm; such cases were not what Han Li was comparing himself against.

The further one cultivates, the more important one’s foundation becomes. The foundation includes many aspects; what has been mentioned is only part of it.

Just mastering one or two aspects can make one’s combat ability surpass one’s realm. The more aspects mastered, the higher the combat ability becomes. Such individuals are indeed peerless prodigies amongst their peers.