Summary
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Li Qingxuan's family faces ruin, his son Li Chuan is on the brink of death, and an engagement annulment humiliates them. The 'Raising Children to Talent System' activates upon Li Chuan's filial act, granting Li Qingxuan a thousandfold return on cultivation and powerful items like the Immortal-grade Great Restoration Pill.
Li Qingxuan's strength rapidly increases to the peak of the Profound Crystal stage after receiving the system's rewards. To save his son's engagement, he tricks Su Yanran's family into marrying her to him, securing Yanran as his wife and further activating the system's benefits.
Li Chuan's meridians are repaired by the pill, and his cultivation breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage, further boosting Li Qingxuan to the Golden Core stage. Li Qingxuan effortlessly defeats the Wang family, demonstrating his new immense power, leaving Su Yanran in awe as she realizes his strength.
Li Qingxuan realizes his power directly relates to his son's advancements. He decides to procure pills to boost Li Chuan's cultivation. He meets Shen Bingning, owner of Wanbaolou, and strategizes to gain resources by indirectly 'helping' her, setting the stage for future gains and the expansion of his 'family'.
Li Chuan, unaware of his father's true motivations, receives numerous treasures, including a Spirit Feather Golden Phoenix Chicken, which helps him advance rapidly. The system returns multiplied rewards to Li Qingxuan. Su Yanran, though initially jealous, is touched by Li Qingxuan's apparent generosity, leading to a deeper bond and further cultivation boosts.
Su Yanran's unauthorized marriage leads to her Holy Maiden candidacy revocation. Li Qingxuan, now a Golden Core cultivator, effortlessly deals with those who challenge him, including elder Liu. He is eventually appointed as the Supreme Elder of the Qingyun Sect, securing a protective environment for his family and access to vast resources.
The escaped Liu siblings, now allied with the Valley of Villains, pose a threat to Li Qingxuan's son. Li Qingxuan, with renewed power, confronts and easily dispatches the Valley of Villains' elders and the Golden Core expert, further solidifying his reputation and seizing valuable resources.
Li Qingxuan adopts Jiang Meier as a goddaughter, and her cultivation breakthrough grants him a thousandfold return, pushing him to the Nascent Soul stage. This discovery opens up a new avenue for rapid power growth by strategically adopting more children. He also uses this newfound power to scare off the Blood Fiend Sect, extracting treasures and information.
Li Qingxuan faces the Xuantian Sect's challenge after killing their prominent disciples and elders. He easily fends off a combined assault from five Golden Core experts, revealing his Nascent Soul stage power. He also secures a key fragment to the Ancient Void Secret Realm, a place of immense opportunity.
Li Qingxuan attempts to encourage his son's cultivation, albeit unconventionally. He receives more resources and insights into the Ancient Void Secret Realm. His connection to his adoptive daughter, Shen Bingning, strengthens, yielding more cultivation benefits, and he starts influencing other family members in the Qingzhou Li family to join his cause.
Li Qingxuan enters the Ancient Void Secret Realm, a place filled with miasma. He encounters his cousin, Li Chengze, who was also cast out of their family. Li Qingxuan asserts his dominance, reminding Li Chengze of his humble origins. He is also gifted the Xuan Yu Dan Jing pill by Shen Bingning, who refined it to produce miasma-avoiding pills.
Inside the Secret Realm, Li Qingxuan discovers the sacred artifact, Taixu Heavenly Palace, and is confronted by Venerable Taixu, who seeks a vessel. Li Qingxuan cunningly convinces Shangguan Yu'er to become his goddaughter, leading to her rapid breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage within the palace, and then Li Qingxuan's own breakthrough to the mid-Deity Transformation stage after killing Venerable Taixu. He also secures additional family members as his 'children', further accelerating his power growth.