After settling the marriage alliance with the Wu Household, Liu Changxu could no longer bear to stay on Violet Glow Mountain.
After entrusting the management of Cloudspring Residence to his junior martial sister, Liu Changxu bade farewell to his master, Su Hao, and his fellow disciples and friends, then set off for home.
Before leaving, Liu Changxu also exchanged his sect merit points for quite a few spirit treasures in the sect treasury.
Once he left Violet Glow Mountain, Liu Changxu rode his Azure Cloud Eagle straight toward Hundred Blossoms Mountain.
With so much on his mind, he skirted every cultivation city he encountered along the way, having no desire to stop.
After more than a month of flying, he finally returned to Hundred Blossoms Manor in early July of year 3175 of the Great Tang Calendar.
As soon as he entered Hundred Blossoms Manor, he could sense how greatly it had changed since his departure.
When he left, Hundred Blossoms Manor had been little more than a vast construction site, with most of its grounds still bare.
Now, countless pavilions, terraces, and towers had risen from the ground! Rare plants, exotic herbs, spirit flowers, and jade-like trees adorned the grounds!
As soon as Liu Changxu passed through the mountain gate, the lineage members guarding it reported his return to the entire lineage.
Everyone hurried out to welcome him. To the Liu Household members, Liu Changxu was the lineage's guardian deity, and his absence had left them somewhat uneasy.
Liu Changxu walked along the manor's bluestone paths, exchanging greetings with the lineage members who came to meet him!
By the time he reached his own gate, his mother, grandfather, Third Concubine Shi, his aunt Liu Shilan, his wife Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, his two younger sisters, and his son and daughter