The Old Ancestor's Rebellious Sons

After transmigrating into the body of a 480-year-old ancestor, he has only three years left to live. The System tells him that he can extend his life by raising his descendants to become accomplished. But his three descendants are... His eldest son has a Heavenly Spirit Root and flawless swordsmanship. Yet every sword strike misses by exactly three inches, no more and no less: the distance between him and “his own sword.” His second son has a Mixed Spirit Root and refuses to cultivate, secretly studying business instead. When his books are burned, he grips the hem of his clothes and says nothing. His youngest daughter has a rare Spirit Root. She never speaks, only watches from the corner of the covered corridor. Outside the gates, the Wang family is waiting for him to die. The spiritual vein will run dry in three to five months, and the three thousand spirit stones are due at the end of the month. He forces his eldest son to practice swordsmanship for sixteen hours a day. The boy does not utter a word. But his defiance keeps growing. Should he gamble on the family’s survival, or care for his children’s true desires? The Li family has no way to have it both ways.