370: The target of everyone's criticism!

He needed to achieve Nascent Soul while also preserving the potential and freedom to impact higher Realms in the future!

"However, it is indeed too early to consider these things now."

Lu Ming quickly calmed down.

One must eat one's meal bite by bite and walk the path step by step.

The urgent priority was to first achieve Nascent Soul; only with sufficient power and a long Lifespan would he be qualified to think about how to "break free" from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and find the opportunity to break through beyond Nascent Soul.

"There are always more solutions than difficulties. At worst..."

A flash of madness suddenly crossed Lu Ming's eyes.

If that day truly came, it would mean that [It] harbored malice toward him.

And once malice arose... Of course, Lu Ming hadn't forgotten the golden book's restrictions; its effects would be greatly diminished when dealing with a Cultivator an entire Realm higher than himself.

Therefore, becoming a Nascent Soul True Monarch was the prerequisite for everything.

Otherwise, setting everything else aside, a mere Golden Core ant wouldn't even be qualified to be a chess piece, let alone play a game against the Heavenly Dao.

Having understood all these key points, the haze in Lu Ming's heart caused by the discovery of the blocked path vanished, replaced by a sense of excitement.

To struggle against Heaven is endless joy!

...Spending most of the day, Lu Ming finally managed to completely categorize, digest, and organize the vast memories of Li Daoxuan and Zhuge Mingyi.

At the same time, his own future path became increasingly clear.

His primary goal was now defined: his Nascent Soul dao foundation would temporarily be set as the [Great Dao of Karma]!

However, given his own indescribable Comprehension Ability, Lu Ming still needed to wait patiently for the Wonderful Brush Scholar's "academic report."

So the current priority was to seize every moment to improve his own hard power!

Although condensing a "Law Dao Seed" didn't necessarily require waiting until Golden Core Perfection, as long as the strength of the Physical Body and Divine Soul could withstand the scouring of the corresponding Law dao rhyme.

But for every bit his cultivation Realm increased, both his carrying capacity and potential would rise accordingly; it was always beneficial with no downsides.

However, a practical problem followed.

That was, resources were running low!

Previously, impacting the Late Golden Core Stage had consumed nearly seventy percent of the resources he had painstakingly gathered while running here and there in recent years.

Later, for the sake of consolidating his cultivation and transferring various side effects, the remaining thirty percent had been gradually exhausted.

If he wanted to go a step further now and collect the massive resources required to support Cultivate to Golden Core Perfection, it would likely cost him much effort and time spent traveling again.

"Eh? Wait!"

A flash of inspiration struck Lu Ming's mind, and he suddenly remembered something, his eyes instantly lighting up.

"Li Daoxuan is now in my hands, having become a dead soul in the banner, so what about the Lancang Blessed Land Li Family?"

One must know, this was a Blessed Land Family with a long-standing Legacy!

The resources accumulated in its treasury, the Spiritual Vein mines it controlled, and even the foundation built over thousands of years... if he could take it all into his pocket, let alone supporting him to Golden Core Perfection, even the starting resources for impacting Nascent Soul would likely be more than enough!

At this thought, Lu Ming's heart couldn't help but burn with excitement.

But after just a few breaths, he forced himself to calm down and began a rational analysis.

"That being said, it's not that simple!"

First of all, although Li Daoxuan's Divine Soul was not extinguished, his Physical Body was destroyed, and his life Origin was cut off.

According to his memories, within the core ancestral lands of the Lancang Li Family, there was a dedicated "Hall of Life Souls," with specialized personnel guarding it day and night!

As the Family's only Golden Core Perfection and its stabilizing force, Li Daoxuan's "Life Soul" was certainly placed at the very core and most strictly protected area.

Now that his Physical Body had fallen and his Divine Soul had been transformed into a Banner Spirit, his soul lamp had likely undergone a mutation long ago!

This matter absolutely could not be hidden from the guards, and by now, all the high-levels of the Li Family must have been alerted!

As for doing what he did to the Luo Huang Immortal Sect—letting this Old Ancestor Li Daoxuan go back as a "guide" to take down the Li Family from the inside?

Lu Ming didn't even consider that option!

What a joke! He was able to easily handle the Luo Huang Immortal Sect because the opponent only had one Mid-stage Golden Core, Chu Guhong, and Lu Ming's own strength was absolute insurance.

But what was the scale of the Lancang Li Family?

It was a Blessed Land Family that dominated an entire region!

Qi Refinement Disciples were everywhere in the clan, Foundation Establishment Cultivators were abundant, and there were no fewer than twenty Golden Core Elders!

Although there was only one Golden Core Perfection in Li Daoxuan, there were as many as eight Grand Elders at the Late Golden Core Stage! The backbone of Mid-stage and Early Stage Golden Cores was even more terrifying.

No matter how overconfident Lu Ming was, he was never so arrogant as to think he could face a deep-rooted Blessed Land Family head-on by his own strength alone.

Taking a step back, even if Li Daoxuan still maintained his peak combat power, with his Golden Core Perfection cultivation, it would be no easy task for him to single-handedly destroy his own home base that had been operated for thousands of years.

It would inevitably meet desperate resistance and cause a huge commotion, drawing attention from all directions.

Furthermore, Li Daoxuan was no longer a "living person."

He had lost his Physical Body, the vessel for Law power. To prevent his Thick Earth Law from dissipating, he could only entrust it to the human emperor banner.

To be precise, it was within the "Hall of King Chujiang" where he resided.

As a result, his actual combat power had been greatly reduced, far from what it was when he was alive.

Therefore, a frontal assault was absolutely unfeasible!

"Then what should I do..."

Lu Ming's fingers unconsciously tapped his knee, his brows furrowed.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought of schemes like "killing with a borrowed knife" or "diverting trouble."

For example, finding a way to pin the "blame" for Li Daoxuan's accident on the Qingming Immortal Sect's Five Elements True Person, Yun Chenzi.

Using the opportunity to stir up conflict between the Lancang Li Family and the Qingming Immortal Sect, letting them fight like the snipe and the clam so he could benefit as the fisherman.

But this thought only flashed by before he rejected it.

Not to mention that Li Daoxuan didn't dare to easily provoke the Qingming Immortal Sect while he was alive, now that the Li Family had lost its greatest reliance, it was even less likely they would have the courage to anger that Half-step Nascent Soul Five Elements True Person.

Besides, the Li Family high-levels probably didn't want to spread the news of this matter at all.

The reason was simple: could a Blessed Land that had lost its Golden Core Perfection Old Ancestor still be considered a true Blessed Land?

In the Xuanling Outer Region, where the weak are prey to the strong and competition is cruel, the position of a Blessed Land is a piece of fat meat coveted by countless forces.

Once the Li Family's true situation was exposed, it would be like a tiger that had lost its teeth, instantly becoming the target of public criticism and the most tempting food in the eyes of the surrounding wolves!

"Eh?"

Thinking of this, Lu Ming was suddenly stunned, and then a sharp light exploded in his eyes!

"Right! If the news that the Lancang Li Family has lost its Old Ancestor spreads..."

In the Xuanling Outer Region, there were Thirty-Six Blessed Lands, with fixed slots—one radish per hole.

As long as the Blessed Lands above didn't fall, those powerful and ambitious forces, families, and even Sect Alliances below would never have a chance to rise and could only look up to them.

But if the pillar of a certain Blessed Land suddenly collapsed... what do you think those eyeing forces below would think? What would they do?