After the Blue-Scaled Python transformed into a flood dragon and advanced to the second tier, all five of Liu Changxu's spirit beasts-the Green Fox, Yellow Mountain Lion, Silver-Eared Macaque, Azure Cloud Eagle, and Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon-were now second-tier demon beasts. Liu Changxu's overall strength had reached the pinnacle of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
His father, Liu Shihao, and his mother, Lin Yulian, were even more thrilled when they heard the news.
Liu Changxu also learned from his father that his father's Silver-Eared Macaque had recently advanced to the second tier. With that, the Liu Household now had nine combatants with Foundation Establishment Realm strength, making it a considerable force among Foundation Establishment Lineages.
However, the situation outside grew increasingly grim. That evening, his father, Liu Shihao, delivered bad news to Liu Changxu through the Myriad-Mile Voice Transmission Formation:
"Xu'er, I just received word that a Su Foundation Establishment Family eight thousand li southeast of Peach Blossom Mountain was recently slaughtered by more than a dozen Foundation Establishment evil cultivators. Most of the clan's three hundred cultivators were killed, and only a handful escaped the calamity!
"What's more, their methods were so brutal that the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators who arrived afterward were utterly enraged!
"The Azure Cloud Sect assembled a squad of Foundation Establishment cultivators specifically to hunt them down! But these evil cultivators are exceedingly cunning. So far, no trace of them has been found!"
Finally, his father, Liu Shihao, made a point of warning him:
"Xu'er! You must stay safe! Don't go out, and tell me immediately if anything happens."
Yet his father's warning only made Liu Changxu more anxious.
However, Liu Changxu was not worried about himself, but about his parents and family far away on Peach Blossom Mountain.
With his current strength and the support of