Liu Changxu had waited until his children turned sixteen before gradually bringing his personal instruction of them to an end.
Over those long years, he had poured immense amounts of time and energy into nurturing his children and teaching them with care. His own cultivation had nearly ground to a halt as a result-a tremendous price to pay.
In particular, to tailor cultivation methods perfectly suited to them, Liu Changxu had painstakingly developed and written six Heaven-Tier cultivation methods based on each child's unique aptitudes. Each could carry its practitioner to the Nascent Soul Realm, laying a firm foundation for his children's paths of cultivation.
One day in the eighth month of year 4695 of the Great Tang Calendar, night spread like thick ink, enveloping the entire world.
Above the towering Purple Star Peak, the enormous Purple Tenuity Palace floated silently, a faint spiritual glow radiating from its surface. Dreamlike and ethereal, it resembled a celestial palace descending into the mortal world.
Inside the Purple Tenuity Palace, a huge round jade table stood in the center of a spacious, luxurious dining hall, its lustrous surface giving off a gentle sheen.
The table was laden with high-tier spirit cuisine painstakingly prepared from all manner of precious ingredients. Every dish resembled an exquisite work of art. Some of the delicacies boasted ingenious arrangements, while others shone with enticing colors, all exuding tantalizing aromas that inspired admiration for the cook's superb skill.
Liu Changxu, Duan Yuwei, Zhao Qi'er, Xiao Zier, Su Jinxiu, Zi Ling, Zisu, Xiao Ningxue, Zhou Xuetang, and Lu Yuzhu sat around the enormous round jade table alongside his twenty-fifth son Liu Fujin, twenty-sixth son Liu Fusheng, twenty-seventh son Liu Fuzhao, twenty-eighth son Liu Fuxing, twenty-ninth son Liu Futian, seventeenth daughter Liu Fuxin, eighteenth daughter Liu Fuyue, nineteenth daughter Liu Fujing,