To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

Regarding the struggle for Qi Luck as a sovereign power, Lu Yuan did not intend to rush.

First, he planned to push out two avatars, designed to distract and deceive others, to occupy two territories— that would be quite sufficient.

There was no need to expand the territory all at once; that manner of greediness was unsightly and likely to provoke hostility from the surrounding forces.

After all, there was only so much land; if you took more, I would have less.

If the Taiping Dao took all the neighboring small countries, what would the western Immortal Sects and the Qing Immortal Sect think?

Oh!

We fight here, battling over a single country or territory to the death.

While the Taiping Dao hides behind and scavenges for easy pickings.

What does this make us look like?

And what exactly are your intentions?

Aaah, the classic scenario where the clam and the crane fight while the fisherman profits, huh?

No one’s a fool. Who would want to end up as someone else’s stepping stone unless absolutely necessary?

If it were truly discovered that the Taiping Dao had intentions of rising to power, it’s likely that the big shots of the Changqing Domain would immediately cease fire.

Then, they would join forces to first eliminate the outsider Taiping Dao, and only resume their great battle afterwards.

Having experienced countless great wars in the Nine Provinces and later becoming an emperor for a millennium, Lu Yuan was all too familiar with these types of conflicts, both overt and covert.

He would never believe that these True Immortals of the Immortal Sects, with traditions spanning tens of thousands of years and lifespans several times longer than his own, would fail to understand the gravity of the situation.

This was exactly why Lu Yuan had always been very cautious about expanding in the Immortal Realm.

Until now, he only intended to push out the avatars of Che Shidao and Yi Dancheng, donning the disguise of a Human Immortal, while the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit remained hidden behind the scenes, never revealing even a trace of its presence.

He took the principle of being a trump card very seriously— to remain low-key, concealed, and not show off.

Even his true body, after a few years, would sever ties completely with the first and second avatar layers after utilizing the Qi Luck of Youxin Country to cultivate the Human Flower Dao Fruit and gain the strength to protect himself.

Only by doing this could he ensure an absolutely safe and foolproof security.

"Compared with the Qing Immortal Sect and several western Immortal Sects, my substandard Earth Flower Dao Fruit has no advantage at all; we’re not even in the same league in terms of strength.

In such a case, it is best to develop surreptitiously, seize the benefits, and amass a fortune in silence— that is the righteous path.

Youxin and Qingyang can provide a tremendous amount of Qi Luck and Qi Fate, enough to support my cultivation all the way to the Realm of Earth Immortal.

Securing these two places ensures that neither I nor my two avatars have anything to worry about regarding resources for cultivation until we reach Earth Immortal status.

We just need to accumulate for a few thousand years until both the avatars of Che Shidao and Yi Dancheng advance and I also break through Earth Flower.

Then, in an instant, I’ll have three substandard Earth Immortal avatars as well as my genuine Earth Immortal self.

As the head of four Earth Immortals, this strength would be comparable to that of the Qing Immortal Sect.

By then, who would dare to underestimate me within the whole Changqing Domain?

Even if I aspire to vie for the position of domain overlord, I would have the right to do so.

Time is on my side; there’s no need to hurry."

Lu Yuan had a complete plan for the future.

First, seize Youxin and Qingyang, and take their Qi Luck and Qi Fate.

Then, over the course of a millennium, raise Yi Dancheng to Earth Immortal status and, in another millennium, do the same for Che Shidao.

Since these two avatars have a limited lifespan, only three thousand years at most, they need to ascend to Earth Immortality before their lifespan runs out.

And once both avatars become Earth Immortals, not only will their strength greatly increase, but their lifespan will also break the ten-thousand-year barrier.

This opens up a considerably wider range of options and time for maneuvers.

Two thousand years later, the development of the Taiping Dao should also be coming to fruition.

The new generation of disciples within the sect may have accumulated enough to become Immortals.

At this point, it will be appropriate to reveal one of the avatars, either Yi Dancheng or Che Shidao, and announce their ascension to Earth Immortal status.

Then, leveraging this power, continue leading the Taiping Dao to expand outward, capturing a few more small countries, gaining the stature of an Immortal Sect deserving of an Earth Immortal.

The other avatar will remain hidden behind the scenes, becoming the new trump card.

By then, Lu Yuan’s accumulation should also be close to completion, ready to attempt the breakthrough to the Earth Flower Dao Fruit.

Furthermore, after the Taiping Dao becomes known as an Earth Immortal sect, with expanded territory and increased strength, gathering various heavenly treasures will become much more efficient.

He can then collect materials, try to refine several more External Tool Dao Fruits, continue building more avatars, and wait for these avatars to break through to Earth Immortal.

"Thanks to my innate Endless Life talent, and the unparalleled advantage of the Way of Qi Fate, I can rapidly accumulate a vast number of powerful avatars.

Even if I only occupy five or six small countries in the future, maintaining the scale of an average Earth Immortal sect,

I could still, within a ten-thousand-year timeframe and before the lifespan of avatars like Che Shidao runs out, cultivate seven to nine Earth Immortal avatars.

If there happens to be expansion during that period, then obtaining a dozen or more Earth Immortal avatars would be a piece of cake.

With a dozen Earth Immortal avatars, as long as the Great True People of Changqing Domain do not interfere, I could dominate with ease.

Or even more discreetly, during the accumulation process, I could release one or two Earth Immortal avatars to establish new sects under different names in some unclaimed territories of the Changqing Domain, seizing more territory in the process.

The speed of accumulation and expansion would then become even faster.

If there were any attempts at aggression, I could easily manage with one or two avatars secretly embedded among them, working together effortlessly to outmaneuver them."

From these plans alone, it is clear that time is on my side.