Chapter 99: Chapter 99

[Cultivation Realm: Fourth Level of Grasping Realm]

[Family Luck: 400,000 (Prosperous). When the luck reaches 1,000,000, a grand family resource gift pack will be awarded!]

[Investment Return: The host can trigger investment return rewards based on family members. Rewards vary depending on the quality of the invested member.]

[Long-term Development Task: Rewards are issued based on the family’s development evaluation in a set cycle. Current cycle: Five years.]

[Cultivation Techniques: Reincarnation Creation Art, Nether River Dao Scripture, Ultimate Freedom Art, Great Annihilation Art…]

[Treasures: Tai’a Sword, Black Dragon Mystic Robe, Grand Luo Sword Embryo, Morning Bell]

[Family Geniuses: 10,000 Green Destiny-tier, 700 Blue, 41 Purple, 2–5 Gold, 1–5 Red, 1 Black, 1 Special]

A light screen that only Su Zhou could see slowly appeared.

Su Zhou couldn’t help but smile faintly—compared to before, the current Su Family was now hundreds or even thousands of times stronger.

Now, the Su Family was filled with outstanding talent, producing geniuses that would be seen as rare treasures in the outside world.

Green and blue destiny-tier individuals alone, as long as they didn’t fall prematurely, would at the very least become regional lords.

In any single domain, even having a handful of such individuals would be considered incredible—yet the Su Family had over ten thousand.

And the probability of higher-tier destinies decreased drastically as the tiers rose.

Even now, the Su Family only had just over forty purple destiny-tier individuals.

But that alone was astonishing—after all, those rated purple by the system were already one in a million.

Once matured, they could easily dominate an entire domain!

Not to mention the three highest tiers—gold, red, and black—which combined only totaled 5.5 within the entire Su Family.

There were two gold destiny individuals: Su Yang and Su Yan.

The remaining ‘half’ was Su Buku, who had not yet fully refined his character, and was half a step away from stepping into the gold tier.

As for red destiny-tier, there were 1.5 individuals: One was Su Nan, who had awakened from ancient times.

The half was Qin Emperor Su Zheng. When Su Zhou last checked his attributes, he found that Su Zheng, originally purple-tier, had transformed into gold-tier.

And as he expanded his territory, signs of red-tier were faintly emerging.

If he completely annexed the entire Tiandu Domain, he could very likely advance to red-tier.

In the future, as the Great Qin Empire continued its conquests, expanding lands and strengthening the empire, this emperor who cultivated in tandem with the nation might even reach the black-tier destiny.

Currently, there was only one person with black-tier destiny—Su Hao.

Rated by the system as “a man who sits alone through eternity, reflecting past and future.”

As for the special-tier, that was none other than the Dog Dao Emperor, Su Changsheng.

Carrying the inheritance of a Great Emperor, this fellow’s cultivation seemed to have recently grown even stronger.

Su Nan blazed an invincible path, sweeping across the East, and his growth brought significant bonuses to Su Zhou.

But Su Changsheng, who never even stepped out his front door, still brought Su Zhou just as much benefit.

Everyone had their own path, and Su Zhou didn’t wish to interfere.

Each of these individuals bore immense fortune and possessed extraordinary talent and opportunity—once they fully matured, even the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would tremble at their name!

[Ding!! Long-term Family Mission Issued: The Ten Sequences!]

[Five slots remain vacant in the Su Family’s Ten Sequences. Please complete them as soon as possible!]

[Rewards will be issued based on the average quality of the Ten Sequences!]

“Oh?” Su Zhou blinked at the newly appeared family mission.

Complete the Ten Sequences.

This Ten Sequence system was one of the most crucial components Su Zhou had established.

He’d rather leave it incomplete than fill it poorly—so selection had to be meticulous.

Especially since rewards now depended on the overall average quality. That made careful selection even more essential.

Among the current sequence: Su Changsheng held a Special Destiny, Su Nan held a Red Destiny,  Su Yang and Su Yan were both Gold Destiny.

So, for the remaining five slots, neither talent, cultivation, nor disposition could be inferior to these.

Su Zhou began calculating carefully.

“Little Hao’er is Black Destiny-tier. His cultivation progresses rapidly—he qualifies.” This update is available on novel-fire.net

“That young Confucian scholar, bearer of the Confucian Dao, the first standard-bearer in seventy thousand years… the destiny of the entire Confucian path rests on his shoulders. Though his destiny-tier hasn’t yet appeared, he’s at least gold-tier in the future—properly nurtured, he qualifies.”

“Who else… Su Zheng… No. If he returns to the Su Family sequence, his imperial aura might be disrupted.”

Su Zhou silently pondered, then thought of another candidate:

Currently listed as the eleventh in the sequence—Su Huangquan.

Right now, he was purple-tier, bearing one-fifth of the Yellow Spring Emperor’s inheritance.

If he completed that inheritance in the future, he’d undoubtedly step into gold-tier, maybe even red-tier.

He was worth keeping an eye on.

After thinking it through, no matter how he calculated, two positions still remained unfilled.

“Sigh! I still need to strengthen the family. As fortune increases and the people grow stronger, naturally more high-quality destiny-tier members will emerge!”

With that thought, Su Zhou stopped dwelling on it.

He rose, hands clasped behind his back, and looked toward the Lingxiao Blessed Land.

He chose to use the Spirit Vein Upgrade Card earned from destroying the Mo Family.

A gentle breeze swept across the Lingxiao Blessed Land.

Wherever it passed, the spiritual energy surged like tidal waves. As the earth-dragon stirred beneath, boundless spiritual radiance erupted from below.

Originally, the blessed land was shrouded in mystical mist, like an immortal realm.

But now, that mist faded and was replaced by spiritual energy so vast it merged perfectly with the land.

Many family members were shocked to discover—Spiritual energy that once needed refining now flowed into them like air.

Even more astonishing, this energy nourished their physical bodies constantly.

“This!! Is this the family leader’s doing?!”

“Only the family leader could wield such mystical means!!”

“What divine spiritual energy—I—I’m about to break through!”

Under the mutated spiritual energy, many of those previously stuck at bottlenecks broke through instantly.

They all looked toward Lingxiao Peak with deep reverence in their eyes.

Somewhere in the void, a piercing and brilliant phoenix cry echoed between heaven and earth.

In that moment, the spiritual energy reached its peak.

In Su Zhou’s eyes, a young phoenix was taking form above the Lingxiao Blessed Land.

The massive golden dragon of destiny slowly curled protectively around it.

“Spiritual energy takes form as phoenix, destiny as dragon. Dragon and phoenix in harmony… quite interesting.”

Su Zhou smiled at the scene.

[Ding!! Spirit Vein Upgrade Complete. Current Vein Rank: Tier Four!]

Many family members broke through during this upgrade.

Even Su Zhou himself, who benefited from his people’s advancement, felt his own cultivation begin to loosen.

Though he had just recently broken through, he now felt the stirrings of yet another impending breakthrough.

“Keep it up.” Su Zhou overlooked the entire Lingxiao Blessed Land, smiling faintly.

His gaze landed on Dragon Gate Peak.

He couldn’t help it—Dragon Gate Peak was far too striking.

Though tucked in a corner of the Lingxiao land, its golden glow and divine aura drew every eye.

“I wonder… will anyone leap over this Dragon Gate?”

“I hope someone can give me a little surprise.”

In stark contrast to the brilliance outside, the interior of Dragon Gate Peak was pitch black.

Black mountain, black twisted trees, and darkness that devoured all spiritual energy—it was a place of immense pressure.

One by one, Su Family members struggled along its path.

“This Dragon Gate Peak… really isn’t easy.”

“Only three steps in, and I can’t move anymore. My body just can’t handle it.”

“Three steps? Ha. Wait till you reach me. You’ll know what despair means—your essence drained, soul wailing… agony beyond belief!”

“How far have you gone?”

These ambitious youths who dreamed of rising in one leap, earning a title and a place in the sequence, were now learning just how brutal reality could be.

Within Dragon Gate Peak:

At three steps, the weak lost all their essence.

At five, strange whispers screamed in their souls.

At seven, it felt as though ten thousand mountains pressed down.

And at eight, each step forward felt like a battle with the heavens—visions of countless terrors flashed before them. Even the slightest hesitation in heart meant they could advance no further!