After Liu Changxu entered secluded cultivation, he had no idea that news of his defeating an Eighth-Tier Mid-Grade Azure Dragon above his own realm, then leading the Liu Household members in successfully repelling a massive beast tide, had raced like a thunderclap to the upper echelons of the Human Race's foremost cultivation powers on the Mazu Continent, stirring up a towering wave among their strongest experts.
Most of those top human experts initially refused to believe the shocking news. After all, defeating an Eighth-Tier Mid-Grade Azure Dragon equivalent to the middle Tribulation Transcendence stage with only integrated body great perfection cultivation was simply unbelievable, like a tale from the Arabian Nights.
Only after verifying it through multiple sources did those top human experts finally confirm that the news was true.
Upon learning that it was true, the leading human cultivation powers on the Mazu Continent moved at the first whisper of the news, dispatching representatives who competed to establish friendly ties with the Liu Household of Penglai Island.
The Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and the Sea-Calming Sect had originally intended to recruit the Liu Household, but the extraordinary strength Liu Changxu had now displayed made them abandon that idea.
The two leading cultivation powers therefore acted decisively, immediately changing their strategies and sending new representatives bearing sincere offers of friendship to the Liu Lineage.
Wu Xuege led the Liu Household members in warmly receiving the representatives of the various human powers who had traveled from far and wide to befriend them. However, she politely declined each request to send people to establish shops on Penglai Island, citing the island's ongoing construction.
Of course, to avoid disappointing the various powers too deeply, Wu Xuege also told their representatives that once conditions were right, they would be permitted to conduct trade on