On this trip home, Liu Changxu suddenly felt something he had never felt before.
In the past, he had regarded the lineage as a burden, for it offered him far too little support. Thus, he had done everything he could to shake off those shackles, overriding all objections to take some of its members to the Southern Sea to develop.
But now, he suddenly discovered that deep in his heart, the lineage he had always regarded as a burden still held an immensely important place. Even if it could offer him little support, he was willing to give to it without expecting anything in return.
Ultimately, the imprint the lineage had left on his heart during childhood remained profound. Added to the bonds with his parents, siblings, and descendants, its influence was something Liu Changxu could not escape even now, at over a hundred and thirty years old and in the Nascent Soul Realm. If anything, it had only grown stronger.
The grand reception the lineage had arranged for him today moved Liu Changxu and brought him a measure of clarity. He no longer agonized over his personal gains and losses as he once had.
When Liu Changxu emerged from the Ruyi Lotus Palace with his wives and children to meet the lineage members welcoming him, the scene became all the warmer, livelier, and more moving.
In truth, Liu Changxu did not know that the Liu household members were welcoming his return so enthusiastically mainly because of the massive beast tide not long ago.
Countless lineages around the Liu Household had been reduced to ash and smoke in that massive beast tide. Cultivation lineages including the Blackfield Valley Lin Lineage, the Yu of Purple Plum Mountain, the Chen Lineage of Green Bamboo Valley, the Liang of Purple Jade Mountain, and