Down on the sunny wooden porch of the [Lv.3 Flying Courtyard Carriage]. Gu Changsheng set his porcelain teacup down on the side table beside his bamboo rocking chair and felt the warm, surging tide inside his lower abdomen.
For the past month—ever since he crossed the Cloud-Abyss from the Mortal Continent with his children—his own personal cultivation realm had rested quietly at Rank 4 Peak (Qi Gathering — Peak).
Of course, whenever someone threatened his children and triggered [Father’s Authority]. His combat power stacked the cultivation of all four of his redeemed children (Gu Nian Rank 4 Early + Su Nuannuan Rank. 4 Early + Ye Xiao Rank 4 Mid + Jiang Tuntun Rank 4 Mid) alongside the x10 Multiplier and 100% True Disciplinary Damage.
Allowing him to slap Rank 5 Foundation Establishment elders into the stone floor like flies.
Wait—what happened when the father’s own base cultivation stepped out of the mortal Qi Gathering realm and entered Rank 5 Foundation Establishment?!
In the cultivation world of the Nine Continents, the step from Rank 4 Peak (Qi Gathering) to Rank 5 Early (Foundation Establishment) was known as the First Immortal Gate.
A Qi Gathering cultivator—no matter how strong—still stored gaseous spiritual qi inside their dantian like steam in a clay pot. To reach Rank 5 Foundation Establishment, a cultivator had to compress ten thousand strands of gaseous qi until they liquefied into Liquid Immortal Qi. Then use that liquid qi to cast an indestructible Dao Foundation Pillar inside their dantian!
