Xu Family

The Xu Family's past still seemed vivid, as though it had happened yesterday.

Yet reality could not be stopped... it drifted farther and farther away...

Chu Mu pursed his lips and sent his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip, taking in all the intelligence within.

The family had established its foundations when the Vast Ocean Cultivation Realm underwent its earthshaking transformation. That special era had naturally been a time of transition between old and new, a great reshuffling of every web of interests.

Seizing that opportunity, and relying on the favor he had once shown the Vast Sea Alliance, the family had naturally received a slice of the pie that was extraordinarily generous compared to the family's own strength.

Some ten thousand miles south of Red Cloud Island, the Nine Islands Thirteen Forts had all become the family's territory.

At that time, after many years of inheritance in the Vast Ocean, the family already spanned several generations and numbered several hundred descendants.

Including Xu Yuan, the clan had six Foundation Establishment Cultivators and several hundred Qi Refining cultivators. Xu Yuan's cultivation had even reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Such strength could not be called powerful in the entire Vast Ocean Cultivation Realm, but among Foundation Establishment families, it was undoubtedly among the very best.

Beyond that, whether it was the goodwill of True Understanding Pavilion or their relationship with Chu Mu, at least for now, a measure of the old favor still remained.

That measure of goodwill was undoubtedly enough to spare the family's inheritance from countless troubles and risks.

Thus, over these years, the family's development could not be called anything but swift.

In barely one or two centuries, the family had completely secured its foundations. By now, the family had several thousand cultivators and as many as thirteen