Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 099

Within the secret chamber, Xiao Yan slowly retracted the fist he had used to test his strength, feeling the vast, abyssal, and surging power within him, along with the exquisite sensation of complete control and flawless fluidity.

Peak Transcendent Ninth Grade! Basic fist strength close to eighty thousand kilograms! Shocking Thunder Nine Waves mastered to the Fifth Wave!

Such strength, across the entire Alliance, was absolutely rare, enough to make countless Transcendent beings look up in awe!

However, on Xiao Yan’s face, there was no joy or satisfaction. Instead… he frowned, a deep sense of confusion and an almost imperceptible feeling of a bottleneck appearing in his eyes.

Yes, a bottleneck!

A clear, yet incredibly tough invisible barrier stood before him!

During these ten months of secluded cultivation, his power, his control over power, and his understanding of cultivation techniques and combat skills had all reached an unprecedented peak! It could be said that within the Transcendent Ninth Grade realm, he had pushed the accumulation of “quantity” to its extreme!

But no matter how he urged the vast Emperor-level true essence within him, how he tried to impact the higher realm; no matter how he repeatedly studied and comprehended the valuable insights and experiences left by War God Luo Feng regarding breaking through to the War King realm; no matter how he mobilized his powerful spiritual energy that had already touched the threshold of the War King realm…

He consistently failed to truly grasp the mysteries of that higher realm!

The feeling was like being separated by a seemingly transparent, yet unbreakable dimensional wall! He could vaguely “see” the broader, more magnificent scenery on the other side, but no matter what, he couldn’t find the “door” to cross over!

He could clearly feel that transitioning from the peak of Transcendent Ninth Grade to the true War King realm required more than just energy accumulation and skill refinement; it was a… qualitative transformation!

A fundamental leap in the level of life!

This leap seemed to involve the further sublimation and substantial application of spiritual energy—no longer just simple perception and coercion, but the ability to actively and precisely interfere with reality, like mobilizing true essence, to attract the omnipresent elemental forces in heaven and earth, resonate with them, and even… to a certain extent, control them!

This was an entirely new power system! A completely different existence from the true essence and physical body-centric power system he currently mastered!

And this qualitative change, this transformation involving the active awakening of spiritual energy and elemental resonance, seemed… not achievable simply by accumulating energy!

Although the system was heaven-defying, capable of continuously providing him with vast energy feedback and cultivation enlightenment feedback, and helping him refine his power and skills to the extreme.

However, the system seemed… unable to directly grant him this “epiphany” in terms of realm! Unable to directly ignite that spark of “substantialization” in his spiritual energy! Unable to make him actively “awaken” the ability to induce elemental resonance in heaven and earth!

It was as if the system had given him a nuclear reactor with infinite fuel and a perfect engine, and even provided him with a detailed operation manual and maintenance guide. But he just couldn’t find that most crucial… ignition switch!

Power surged, yet it remained confined to the current dimension, unable to complete the final ascension!

“So… that’s how it is?” Xiao Yan stood in the center of the secret chamber, feeling the vast power within him, yet seemingly bound by invisible shackles. A deep understanding surged in his heart, along with… an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

He profoundly realized that he was seemingly only one step away from the War King realm, where one could effortlessly control the elements, truly master one’s destiny, and stand at the pinnacle of martial arts. In reality… it was still very far away!

While Xiao Yan was in secluded cultivation, accumulating his foundation for breaking through to the War King realm, life in the manor was also filled with warmth and… a growing sense of anticipation.

Ten months was enough time for life to undergo miraculous changes.

Xiao Yan’s ten wives—Li Xiuying, Chen Yuyao, Lin Xueqing, Wang Ruolan, Su Wan’er, Zhang Jingyao, Liu Feiyan, Lin Yue, Chen Siyu, and Ye Zihan—were all visibly pregnant, their bellies greatly swollen. Although their movements were slightly inconvenient, their faces were radiant with the gentle glow of impending motherhood.

They were like ten blossoming flowers, each exuding a unique charm of pregnancy. And the ten little lives growing robustly in their wombs had also become one of the most important “energy sources” for Xiao Yan’s rapid progress in strength!

Especially Lin Yue, Chen Siyu, and Ye Zihan, who were already stronger themselves, the potential of the fetuses in their wombs was clearly even greater. The energy feedback they provided was not only massive in quantity but also high in quality. The faint traces of laws contained within, though Xiao Yan could not yet fully comprehend and absorb them, were subtly nourishing his soul and spiritual energy, laying an extremely important foundation for his future breakthrough to the War King realm.

It could be said that Xiao Yan’s ability to steadily enter the late Transcendent Ninth Grade, infinitely close to the peak of Ninth Grade, was largely due to the continuous feedback from these ten “contributing” pregnant women!

Besides these “energy feedback sources,” another scenic aspect of the manor provided unexpected yet crucial help for Xiao Yan’s strength improvement—that was his gradually growing children.

His eldest daughter, Xiao Xiuyun, was now over three years old. The little girl had grown increasingly intelligent, lively, and adorable. Perhaps it was because she was the first to start playing “cultivation games,” or perhaps she inherited Xiao Yan’s unknown special bloodline, but she showed astonishing talent and interest in imitating cultivation.

Now, she no longer simply mimicked her mother’s movements. Under Xiao Yan’s deliberate guidance, she could even perform a simplified version of the Emperor-level Tai Chi Opening Form in a surprisingly proper manner. Although her movements were naive, they subtly carried a sense of fluidity and coherence! She could even wobbly imitate Xiao Yan’s sword-wielding posture (using a toy sword, of course), shouting “Thunder! Charge!” before tripping herself, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

And the system’s feedback to Xiao Yan, which initially was merely “force exertion techniques,” began to involve deeper insights such as “artistic conception imitation” and “qi circulation”! Although still faint, they played an irreplaceable role in guiding Xiao Yan’s understanding of the essence of Emperor-level Tai Chi Art and Shocking Thunder Nine Waves!

Other slightly older children, such as Li Xiuying’s son Xiao Xiufeng and Chen Yuyao’s eldest daughter Xiao Chenlong, were also around two years old and beginning to show their distinct personalities and faint signs of cultivation talent.

Xiao Xiufeng remained particularly fond of strength, enjoying moving heavy objects (toys) and imitating Xiao Yan’s punches; Xiao Chenlong, on the other hand, was more quiet and interested in the sword techniques her mother Chen Yuyao practiced, often brandishing a small wooden stick.

Xiao Yan also guided them differently according to their interests.

Their playful “cultivation,” though unsystematic and even chaotic, every imitation, every attempt, every exploration of their own strength and body, transformed into the purest, most fundamental, subtle insights into basic abilities such as “power control,” “body coordination,” “balance,” and “reaction speed,” continuously feeding back to Xiao Yan.

These seemingly insignificant “basic insights” were like countless tiny bricks, steadily solidifying the foundation of Xiao Yan’s “Martial Dao Mansion,” which had become slightly unstable due to his rapid increase in power! They allowed him to achieve an unprecedented level of exquisite control over his own strength!

It could be said that Xiao Yan’s ability to steadily wield the terrifying power of the late Transcendent Ninth Grade, and to continually deepen his understanding of cultivation techniques and combat skills, owed a great deal to the “enlightenment feedback” provided by these growing children!

Looking at his ten wives who were about to give birth, and his eight (including the children born to Lin Xueqing, Wang Ruolan, etc.) lively, adorable children with budding potential, Xiao Yan’s heart was filled with an indescribable sense of satisfaction and… infinite anticipation for the future!

As long as these children were born smoothly, as long as they continued to grow up healthy, as long as they embarked on the true path of cultivation in the future…

He believed that the seemingly distant War King barrier would one day be completely shattered by him in an unstoppable manner!

And now, what he needed to do was to wait patiently, accumulate strength, and welcome the arrival of the new round of “harvest”!