Patriarch is Taking Concubines Again!

After a few more years, Li Su finally anticipated the emergence of another witch. This witch possessed quite a bit of strength, having reached the peak of Refinement Void. However, she probably wouldn't dare to attempt the fusion stage easily. Her personality differed slightly from the previous witch, tending to be rather aloof and cold, embodying a 'cold and distant' demeanor. While aloof, she could easily mask her true feelings simply by maintaining her cold and distant attitude.

Li Su was unafraid of newcomers. In other places, where else could he easily find so many female cultivators below the Refinement Void stage willing to bear children? For instance, from other realms to the Northern Territory, most female cultivators one desired to marry were below the Refinement Void stage, with very few above it. Over the years, there had only been one.

Perhaps many female cultivators in the Refinement Stage were still in the midst of their cultivation and hadn't even heard of Li Su's name yet. Moreover, it wasn't easy for cultivators to reach the Refinement Stage. Even in some more prosperous realms, it was difficult for independent cultivators to reach this stage. Therefore, female cultivators in the Refinement Stage were mostly within different immortal sects.

Within the sects, there were naturally more constraints, making it less likely for one to break away easily. Therefore, Li Su was delighted when he successfully charmed this distant witch.

A witch at the pinnacle of the Refinement Stage should produce a child of high quality. With this witch, the system's probability of increasing Li Su's descendants has received a significant boost.

Wearing the aloof witch persona, her belly quickly grew. Soon enough, they were once again entering the rhythm of childbirth.

Within a few years, another piece of good news arrived. Li Su's guess was right. He didn't need a grand reward at all. The continuous stream of small rewards over these dozen years since breaking through the sixth level of the fusion stage allowed Li Su to break through to the seventh level effortlessly.

He was already close to the seventh level of fusion.

Late-stage Fusion!

Li Su felt his own strength and smiled.

This was the late stage of fusion.

He could reach the peak in one go if there were two more waves of big rewards.

As for perfection, it wouldn't be enough because reaching perfection from the peak was more than double the distance of reaching from one level to the peak. It was only about a hundred years until he broke through fusion.

Previously, he had a third-grade spiritual root, and now it was a second-grade spiritual root, so it shouldn't take much longer for him to reach perfection.

After reaching the late stage of fusion, Li Su's life-bound magical treasure also received a nourishing boost, reaching the level of a seventh-grade Dao artifact. However, its power rivaled that of a middle-grade Dao artifact.

Dao artifacts required special materials, but once successfully refined into a life-bound magical treasure, they could be nourished without requiring too many materials, continuously growing stronger.

Of course, after reaching a critical point, the inherent materials still limited the speed of the Dao artifact's growth.

For now, it was manageable. Li Su was also accumulating materials, preparing to enhance their quality further to make the nourishment of true elements more effective.

After reaching the late stage of fusion, Li Su felt that with his current strength, he was invincible in the fusion stage.

Even if encountering experts with the power of the Five Declines of Heaven and Human or those at the level of just one decline, he should be able to contend with them, even gaining the upper hand.

Li Su wasn't sure if he could handle opponents even stronger than that. Because he wasn't clear about how powerful experts with the Five Declines of Heaven and Human become after surviving numerous tribulations.

However, Li Su didn't enjoy always winning from a position of weakness. Winning from a weaker position was only done out of necessity.

Because adversaries might not follow their pace and offer them enough time to grow, Li Su has been able to develop steadily in the last one or two hundred years.

Even if the Demon Saint Palace were to make a move, it wouldn't happen so quickly. Besides, they were currently pinning their hopes on these witches.

Apart from the Demon Saint Palace, there was another adversary, a woman from the Eastern Family. For now, she probably had no tricks left. If the Eastern Ancestor successfully overcame that tribulation, that woman might become active again.

Also, her son in the Purple Gold Holy Land and the powerful figure behind the Purple Gold Prince might make a move. Then there was the East Sea Clan, but oddly enough, that was what Li Su was least concerned about.

In the short term, it was unlikely that the Eastern Ancestor would overcome that tribulation, and the influential figure behind the Purple Gold Prince shouldn't show any activity either.

Let's not forget that Master Feng Tian of the Xuantian Sect was still in the Northern Territory.

These adversaries would surely plan meticulously before making any moves. Therefore, Li Su still had some time for further development.

Due to Li Su's rapid growth and the enemy's lack of significant vigilance, he was believed not to achieve much within this timeframe. Developing and growing in strength seemed entirely feasible. The plan was to surprise the opponent with absolute mastery and strength when the time came.