Longevity Clan Starts with the Patriarch's Marriage

“My previous life was nothing but a fig leaf. All I strive for is this life, to achieve longevity in this life, to be eternal, to stand tall across the endless heavens for all eternity.”

Han Li stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his back facing Long Yue, speaking in a calm tone, sharing his own ambition for the first time with someone.

“In this life, you are barely over a hundred years old, yet you’ve cultivated to the seventh level of the True Martial Realm. Although your foundation from the previous life assisted you, you’re still considered a rare genius, a peerless talent of this era. But compared to me, you’re still far behind.”

“In the eyes of the old ancestor here, you will always be nothing but the Dragon Princess.”

“Heh heh~” Long Yue let out a cold laugh, no longer arguing with him on this matter. Walking up to his side, she spoke indifferently, “Your ambition is too great, too heavy for you to bear.”

“I have seen many peerless geniuses and unparalleled prodigies, whose accomplishments shine brighter and outdazzle yours. Some are Quasi Emperors who have shaken the Eight Hundred Divine Regions, some are even invincible Great Emperors. Yet they all have fallen on the path to longevity, turned to piles of dry bones.”

“These geniuses, who astounded both past and present, couldn’t transcend the Emperor Tribulation, the Immortal Tribulation; what makes you think you can? Even a Heavenly Immortal lives only for one epoch, and yet you wish for eternity? To stand tall across the endless heavens forever? Do you think you’re an unrivaled Immortal Emperor? Ridiculous!”

“You haven’t experienced that splendid and magnificent Ancient Era, that is your sorrow; yet being born in this era is also your fortune. Without countless wunderkinds and geniuses to compete with, you could luckily cultivate to the Tongxuan Realm. This does not mean that you are more dazzling than those heroes who shone brightly in the Ancient Era.”

“A cultivator like you can dominate and call yourself a ruler in this era, but in the Ancient Era, you’d be one among many, too common, nothing worth mentioning.”

“I once traversed the Eight Hundred Divine Regions of the Yuankun Domain in search of immortality; I sought guidance from a Great Emperor and was fortunate enough to receive some pointers; I have debated the Dao with saints and have even battled with a Great Saint… you are not even my equal, let alone eligible to reach the level of those peerless geniuses who astound both past and present.”

The more Long Yue talked, the more stirred up she became, as if she was returning once again to that glorious and prosperous great era.

Han Li sneered, “You don’t even have the faith to match or surpass those peerless geniuses, no wonder you perished not long after becoming a saint.”

“If I had lived in the Ancient Era, the ultimate splendor of that age would have been created by me. Those peerless geniuses, those unparalleled prodigies, in the end, are just handfuls of dry bones.”

“I don’t need to compete with those geniuses who startled past and present ages. As long as I live long enough, endure long enough, the universe will eventually allow me to roam freely at will.”

At this point, Han Li paused, not continuing any further, his own secrets would never be revealed to anyone.

“You’re too presumptuous,” Long Yue disagreed with Han Li’s philosophy.

She had thought the same as Han Li did at the beginning, her ambition higher than heavens, but after being severely beaten countless times by the Cultivation Realm, she still bowed her head in the end.

Moreover, fighting for the Dao is inevitable, simply surviving is useless!

Surviving gets you no cultivation resources, no opportunities, no fortuitous encounters, without… If you rely solely on painstaking cultivation, no one could have an unimpeded and rapid progress; they would be firmly blocked by their realms.

Without breaking through to the next realm, there wouldn’t be enough lifespan to continue cultivating. How could one outlast those peerless geniuses?

Only someone like Han Li, who lived in the later ages, could hold such a thought.

Han Li did not explain further, closing off the topic, “Dragon Princess, don’t think about swaying the old ancestor’s Dao heart to find a chance to escape. With the old ancestor’s methods, there’s no one in the Qianyuan Divine Province who can oppose me.”

“Is that so?”

Long Yue’s expression remained unchanged, but she was somewhat disappointed inside. She said so much just to make this person expose a loophole.

Unsealing her cultivation wasn’t very difficult for her; as long as Han Li showed a weakness, she could pay a certain price to unseal her cultivation, then directly use a portion of the mighty power from her previous life’s Dao fruits to break free and flee the Qianyuan Divine Province.

Unsealing her cultivation and borrowing the power of her past life’s Dao fruits required time. Han Li had shown no weakness and could perceive her actions in an instant, causing her plan to fail.

Sighing softly to herself, Long Yue decided to look for another opportunity. She had only one chance to unseal her cultivation and shouldn’t act rashly without certainty. If Han Li became aware, it would be even more difficult to escape.

Thinking it over, Long Yue continued, “No one in the Qianyuan Divine Province can match you? You dare say that? You really don’t regard the powerful beings of the Tongxuan Realm from Bai Yujing, Xumi Mountain, Myriad Demon Mountain, and other Sacred Lands highly at all.”

“Let alone you, a Tongxuan Realm cultivator, even I, if I were to regain my previous life’s Saint Abyss Realm cultivation, wouldn’t dare make such a claim in the Qianyuan Divine Province. Sacred Land’s imperial weapons and Immortal Artifacts are not just decorations; a casual strike from them could obliterate you.”

Han Li smiled, offering no explanation. His trump cards were not to be revealed, not even to his beloved wives and concubines, let alone Long Yue, this new wife who hadn’t yet entered his household.

In these past six years, although he had not gone to the Secret Realm of Chengsheng Mountain to secure the ancient Supreme Life Nurturing Furnace, he had still acquired many good things.

The System’s treasure box function allowed a free treasure opening once a year; in six years, he had opened it six times without cost.

Besides, there were three paid treasure box openings every month. Han Li wasn’t greedy, he only spent five years of cultivation each month to open one treasure box.