After Liu Changxu passed the throne of Immortal Emperor of the Great Han to Liu Fuba, he did not simply retire to a life of drifting clouds and wild cranes. While devoting himself to his wives, making up for the companionship they had missed during his years of warfare abroad, he still kept the lineage's legacy close to his heart and regularly delivered lectures on the Dao in the square on Nine Splendors Mountain.
During his lectures, he would explain the profound mysteries of the heaven and earth laws or pinpoint the causes of cultivation bottlenecks. His words made profound truths easy to understand, and often just a few sentences cleared the thatch from his clansmen's minds. Cultivators of the Liu Lineage benefited regardless of their cultivation level. Many seized these opportunities to break through realms that had troubled them for years, and the entire Liu Lineage's zeal for cultivation grew ever stronger.
His wives, knowing that their husband would soon leave this world, also set aside their affairs and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to staying by Liu Changxu's side.
Sometimes Liu Changxu and his wives traveled together across famous mountains and mighty rivers, lingering over this world's most breathtaking scenery; at other times, they played and frolicked beside the Spirit Pool, stirring clouds and rain as they savored the warmest, sweetest joys of mortal life.
Knowing in their hearts that this blissful togetherness might be lost at any moment, Liu Changxu and his wives felt deeply how precious every minute and every second was, and so they gave each other their undivided attention.
Every meeting of their eyes held reluctance to part and tender appreciation; every touch carried a gentleness that longed to freeze the moment forever.
Their togetherness, burning all the more fiercely because they knew it was fleeting,