After twenty years of tempering and trials, everyone who had participated made remarkable gains in both their resolve and perseverance, as well as the foundations of their magic power.
His wives and children who had reached the Body Integration Realm made especially outstanding progress, since Liu Changxu had personally guided their tempering and trials.
Among his many children, his sixteenth son Liu Fuhe, seventeenth son Liu Fucheng, nineteenth son Liu Fuxiong, twentieth son Liu Fusheng, and sixteenth daughter Liu Fuhui advanced to the integrated body middle stage one after another.
On the morning of July 18, Great Han Year 263, Liu Changxu was discussing important affairs of the immortal dynasty with its officials in the Council Hall of the Cloud Sky Immortal Palace. Suddenly, he keenly sensed an unusual change in the sky outside.
Liu Changxu immediately halted the deliberations, then rose and hurried out of the hall.
When he stepped outside, he saw that the bright, sunny sky, which had been cloudless for ten thousand miles, was now shrouded in dense, dark clouds.
As though drawn by some mysterious force, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy was converging madly in the distance. It surged at an astonishing speed, like a raging hurricane wreaking havoc between heaven and earth, letting out waves of howling cries.
Liu Changxu looked in the direction of the surging spiritual energy and discovered that it was Ascension Peak, where his son Liu Fuhai was in seclusion.
Without delay, his figure flashed, transforming into a streak of rainbow light that sped toward Ascension Peak.
In almost the blink of an eye, Liu Changxu appeared atop a high mountain thirty thousand miles from Ascension Peak.
At that moment, Murong Yuyao stood there with ethereal grace, like an immortal maiden descended from the nine heavens. Her beautiful