Script of Reincarnation

After returning from the graves of his parents, Lu Yang entered the cultivation chamber and closed the heavy doors behind him.

For the next month, Lu Yang once again disappeared from public view.

Although Divine Sense granted him nearly perfect control over his newfound strength, control and stability were two entirely different concepts, especially after breaking through to an entirely new major realm.

His Blood Qi had undergone a qualitative transformation, his physical body had been strengthened several times over, and Divine Sense had emerged for the first time. Every aspect required time to settle.

Thus, Lu Yang remained in seclusion.

However, while he was stabilizing his cultivation, the outside world was anything but calm.

...

"The Rising Sun of the Lu Family, at the age of twenty-nine, broke through to the Spirit Awakening Realm!"

News spread throughout Canglan Prefecture at an astonishing speed.

Five years ago, Lu Yang’s name had already shaken numerous forces after news emerged that he had reached the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering Realm at only twenty-four.

At that time, many people merely regarded him as an extraordinary genius, after all, genius was ultimately only genius.

Throughout history, countless prodigies displayed astonishing brilliance during their youth before eventually becoming trapped beneath major bottlenecks, with many even dying before realizing their potential.

But now, everything had changed.

Twenty-nine years old at the Spirit Awakening Realm, this single achievement carried an entirely different meaning.

Numerous Spirit Awakening Realm forces immediately understood what it represented; potential for the Essence Gathering Realm!

In the Wuyuan Province, Essence Gathering cultivators were genuine overlords.

Wuyuan Province was among the bigger and more prosperous provinces of the Great Qian Dynasty, containing six or seven prefectures, yet the number of Essence Gathering cultivators was still extremely limited, no more than thirty or forty in the open.

Any one of them could suppress an entire prefecture.

For such beings, ordinary Spirit Awakening cultivators were only juniors.

Therefore, the emergence of another Spirit Awakening cultivator normally wouldn’t attract much attention outside their local region.

However, Lu Yang was different. He was simply too young.

Before long, the news crossed the boundaries of Canglan Prefecture and gradually spread throughout Wuyuan Province.

Numerous forces silently recorded his information.

Lu Yang, twenty-nine years old, at the First Stage of Spirit Awakening Realm, from the Lu Family of Canglan Prefecture.

...

Meanwhile, the Lu Family became exceptionally lively.

Carriages continuously arrived outside the estate.

One after another, representatives belonging to various cultivation clans entered through the gates carrying congratulatory gifts.

Some came from Spirit Awakening Realm families, and others represented smaller Body Tempering Realm forces.

Even several merchant organizations with cultivator backgrounds and some high level government officials in Canglan Prefecture dispatched important figures.

Their intentions were obvious; establishing goodwill.

Nobody knew whether Lu Yang would eventually reach the Essence Gathering Realm, however, relationships were easiest to establish before someone became powerful.

If Lu Yang failed later, they would merely lose some resources, but if he succeeded, then today’s insignificant goodwill might become priceless decades from now.

Naturally, the Lu Family understood this principle perfectly and received everyone politely.

Only one force remained completely silent; the True Martial Sect!

There were no envoys or congratulatory gifts, not even a public statement. But nobody found this particularly strange.

The True Martial Sect was the undisputed ruler of Canglan Prefecture, an Essence Gathering Realm force.

Even across Wuyuan Province, it ranked among the strongest factions of its level, boasting several Essence Gathering cultivators.

It could be seen from the fact that other prefectures had multiple Essence Gathering forces dividing the resources, but the Canglan Prefecture only had the True Martial Sect.

Their foundation was unquestionable.

Why would such a giant personally congratulate a twenty-nine-year-old junior just because he possessed the talent to someday reach their level?

Potential was potential, not to be confused with strength.

Until Lu Yang truly entered the Essence Gathering Realm, he wasn’t qualified for the True Martial Sect to lower its position and deliberately establish relations.

Perhaps they had already recorded his name, but that was all.

Nobody within the Lu Family felt offended because of this.

This was simply how the cultivation world operated; strength determined status.

...

One month later.

Deep inside the cultivation chamber, Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes, a faint crimson gold radiance flashing through his pupils.

His Divine Sense naturally spread outward, everything within a ten meter range immediately appearing clearly inside his mind.

Compared to one month earlier, the previously turbulent Blood Qi inside his body had completely settled, with every strand flowing naturally, and his physical strength no longer carried the slightest uncontrolled explosiveness.

At this moment, he had completely stabilized his cultivation base at the First Stage of Spirit Awakening Realm.

Lu Yang took in a deep breath before slowly exhaling as he stood up.

Today was also the date of the clan meeting.

...

The Lu Family’s main council hall was enormous, the same place where Lu Yang had arrived years ago after facing an assassination attempt when exploring the secular world.

Ordinarily, only major matters concerning the entire clan or the annual clan meeting warranted opening this place.

When Lu Yang arrived, almost every important figure had already gathered.

The Family Head occupied the central seat, and the Great Elder and various Grand Elders sat nearby on both his left and right. Below them were numerous ordinary elders.

Lu Yang’s arrival immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

The Family Head nodded at him as he spoke.

"Yang’er, sit."

A seat had already been prepared near the front.

Seeing its position, Lu Yang immediately understood something; his status had truly changed.

He calmly sat down, and the meeting began soon.

Various matters were discussed one after another, ranging from clan businesses, resource allocation, and territorial disputes to the development of younger descendants and relations with surrounding cultivation families.

Lu Yang rarely spoke.

Although he had some management experience from his past life as a Azure Spirit Sect disciple, he had never participated deeply in clan administration, so pretending to understand everything merely because his cultivation was high would be foolish.

Instead, he quietly listened, gradually developing a much clearer understanding of the Lu Family’s current situation, especially its true combat power.

Over the twenty-four years since he entered the main family, the highest level of the clan had undergone several changes.

Two Spirit Awakening Realm cultivators had died in those twenty-four years.

One was an ordinary elder in the early stages of the Spirit Awakening Realm who peacefully reached the end of his lifespan, and the other was naturally the External Affairs Grand Elder, in the middle stages of Spirit Awakening Realm, who also reached the end of his lifespan.

Fortunately, the Lu Family had not declined because of these losses.

During the same period, two Ninth Stage Body Tempering cultivators successfully crossed the threshold and entered the Spirit Awakening Realm one after another before him.

They subsequently became the Tenth Elder and Eleventh Elder.

However, the position of External Affairs Grand Elder was still vacant even after all these years.

The reason was extremely simple; there was nobody suitable.

A Grand Elder could not just possess seniority, experience, or insight, strength was equally important, perhaps even the most important of all qualities.

Ordinary elders of the Lu Family were all Spirit Awakening cultivators at the early stages while every Grand Elder had entered the middle stages.

Until another middle stage Spirit Awakening cultivator emerged, the position would likely remain vacant.

Listening silently, Lu Yang gradually organized everything inside his mind.

Eleven ordinary elders, all of whom were in the early stages of the Spirit Awakening Realm.

There was also one Guest Elder, similarly in the early stages of Spirit Awakening Realm.

Above them stood the Internal Affairs Grand Elder, True Teaching Grand Elder, Law Enforcement Grand Elder, Great Elder, and the Family Head, five cultivators at the middle stages of Spirit Awakening Realm.

And finally, there was the Supreme Elder.

Lu Yang’s gaze flickered slightly at the thought.

That old man he had encountered outside Madam Shu’s residence years ago, he never saw him again after that, and he wasn’t even present when he broke through.

Officially, information regarding the Supreme Elder’s cultivation base was quite vague, but based on the brief sensation Lu Yang experienced that day, he could roughly deduce it.

After all, he had interacted with Spirit Awakening cultivators in his past life.

Middle stages of Spirit Awakening Realm?

That was definitely not it.

At minimum, Seventh Stage of Spirit Awakening Realm!

A genuine powerhouse at the later stages of Spirit Awakening Realm!

Then, there was Lu Yang himself, at the First Stage of Spirit Awakening Realm.

Altogether, nineteen Spirit Awakening Realm cultivators!

Lu Yang couldn’t help becoming slightly surprised after reaching this conclusion.

He had always known the Lu Family was powerful, but only now, after truly entering its highest level, did he understand just how deep the family’s foundation had become after nearly two hundred years of accumulation.

Nineteen Spirit Awakening cultivators, twelve in the early stages of Spirit Awakening Realm, five in the middle stages of Spirit Awakening Realm, and one presumably in the later stages of Spirit Awakening Realm.

Such strength was far beyond ordinary Spirit Awakening Realm families.

No wonder the Lu Family possessed such tremendous influence throughout Canglan Prefecture.

Even without an Essence Gathering Realm cultivator overseeing the clan, their foundation was already extremely formidable.

Among all Spirit Awakening Realm forces throughout Canglan Prefecture, even if the Lu Family could not confidently claim first place, they were almost certainly among the top three.

Yet, in the outside world, it was only rumored that they probably had more than ten Spirit Awakening cultivators when in fact they had almost the double that amount.

This level of low profile was almost catching up to the Leader of the Hidden Sect.

Lu Yang silently tapped his finger against the armrest.

For the first time, he began looking at the Lu Family not just as the place where he had grown up, but as an entire cultivation force, a force possessing its own foundation and inheritance, its own grand ambitions of the future, and now, he was part of that future.

The Family Head’s earlier words surfaced within his mind.

"The Lu Family no longer needs to envy anyone in terms of younger generation."

At that time, Lu Yang hadn’t thought much about it, but now, looking around the council hall at the numerous powerful cultivators gathered together, he gradually understood the deeper meaning.

The Lu Family lacked neither manpower nor foundation, it lacked only one thing; someone capable of breaking through the ceiling that had suppressed the clan for nearly two hundred years.

The ceiling representing the Essence Gathering Realm!

The moment such a cultivator appeared, everything would change, including their position in the Wuyuan Province.

Lu Yang slowly lowered his gaze.

Unknowingly, that huge responsibility had already fallen upon his shoulders.

Yet strangely enough, he felt no pressure, and instead, something resembling anticipation gradually emerged in his heart.

He had fulfilled the ultimate obsession of his past life, but his ultimate goal in this life was not merely the Spirit Awakening Realm!

From the very beginning, it had always been that realm above Spirit Awakening where one could truly hold their own in this vast Great Qian Dynasty!