Zhang Wenjun's death made Liu Changxu realize that as his cultivation advanced and breakthroughs grew more difficult, more and more of his wives, concubines, and children would fall along the way, unable to keep pace with him!
In the end, fewer and fewer loved ones would remain by his side!
Thus, although his wife Zhang Wenjun's death grieved him deeply, Liu Changxu soon emerged from his sorrow.
His beloved was gone, and looking back brought only grief. What mattered most was cherishing those still before him.
Zhang Wenjun's youngest son, Liu Fusong, was also devastated. Having only recently reached adulthood, he would undoubtedly face a much harder dao path than his siblings without his mother's care.
Meanwhile, Zhang Wenjun's two biological daughters, Liu Fuyun and Liu Fuqi, were hundreds of millions of li away and could not attend her funeral.
After reducing Zhang Wenjun's body to ashes, Liu Changxu buried her in the lineage cemetery on Falling Blossom Peak with the rites accorded to a secondary wife.
Zhang Wenjun's death had little effect on Liu Fuyue and Xu Yin, who were preparing for core formation.
Three months later, Liu Fuyue and Xu Yin entered seclusion one after the other on the repaired Ascension Platform.
Li Zhenxin personally stood guard over her son Liu Fuyue.
His wife Qin Yulian stood guard over Xu Yin.
There was no helping it. Liu Changxu still had many matters to attend to and could not devote his time to guarding them.
Before Liu Fuyue and Xu Yin entered seclusion, Liu Changxu likewise supplied them with treasures to aid their core formation: lower-grade third-tier spirit fruit, Lower-Grade Third-Tier Golden Armor Talismans, second-tier top-grade spirit artifacts—the Sky Net Umbrellas—and the Second-Tier Supreme-Grade Five Elements Restoration Elixir.
After the two entered seclusion, Liu Changxu continued refining second-tier top-grade