According to the conventional way of counting, it was the 51st year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign.
That year, Yinling had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment and was poised for a breakthrough. His eighth sister from Qixia Sect had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment and entered the Golden Core stage more than ten years ago, when their mother, Xu Muer, was made Empress. In comparison, Yinling, as the elder brother, was far behind.
In the mortal realm, Emperor Kangxi abdicated and became the Retired Emperor, and Yinling successfully entered the Golden Core stage.
In the path of cultivation, the speed of progress decreases as one progresses. It took Yinling over twenty years to go from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage, and who knows how many more years it will take to go from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage.
At this time, Yinling was a Golden Core stage disciple of the sect. Although he had not yet reached the level of a nominal elder or an elder, he was already a prospective elder. Qiu Bai, who had followed Yinling back then, had also reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and was just one opportunity away from breaking through.
More than twenty years later, Yinling vaguely sensed that another opportunity for a breakthrough had arrived.
After a quick calculation, Yinling realized that twenty-three years had passed in the mortal realm. His younger brother, Yinchu, had reached the age of sixty and had abdicated in favor of his nephew, Hongxu.
With one burst of energy, the momentum waned, and the third attempt was exhausted. Yinling broke through the Golden Core stage and reached the Nascent Soul stage, becoming a nominal elder of the sect.
Years later, Yinling's mother, Xu Muer, passed away peacefully in the mortal realm. After discussing it with his eighth sister, Wunaxi, Yinling brought his mother to the immortal cultivation world for a while. However, his mother was then sucked away by a bright light.
Yinling was puzzled and asked his master, who then told him the reason.
The further Yinling progressed in his cultivation, the slower his progress became.
Gradually, Yinling discovered that his cultivation level was actually related to his family in the mortal world. For example, when his father, Emperor Kangxi, abdicated, he broke through from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core; when his younger brother, Yinchu, abdicated, he broke through from Golden Core to Nascent Soul.
Later, probably because the blood ties were becoming increasingly thin, they provided less and less assistance to Yinling's cultivation advancement. Yinling told his master his guess.
The master inquired with the sect's supreme elder and discovered that it was indeed the case. Not only Yinling, but also Yinling's eighth sister, Wunaxi, in Qixia Sect, was in the same situation. However, the eighth sister, Wunaxi, had an additional source of support from her mother, Xu Muershi, compared to Yinling...
The Supreme Elder said, "Everything is predestined, so cherish every moment!"
According to Volume 47 of the Derivative Draft of Qing History, Yinling, the seventh son of Emperor Kangxi, had a predestined affinity with immortals in his childhood. He followed an immortal to the heavens to learn immortal arts, with no return date in sight. In the 49th year of Kangxi's reign, Kangxi conferred upon him the title of Prince Li of the First Rank.
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