After the Liu Household's leadership meeting ended, Liu Changxu and his wives began preparing to travel to other cultivation stars.
Liu Changxu entered the artifact-refining hall again. This time, he planned to comprehensively upgrade and refit the Ruyi Nebula Ship and the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle, giving them greater speed and stronger defenses and firepower.
Since he was only upgrading and refitting them, Liu Changxu completed the work in just over a year.
After the upgrades, the Ruyi Nebula Ship flew considerably faster. More spirit cannons had been installed to increase its firepower, and its hull had been reinforced to give it stronger defenses.
For the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle, Liu Changxu focused on improving its speed and ability to fly undetected. He also installed three fifth-tier spirit cannons, giving it some offensive capability.
After finishing the refits of the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle and the Ruyi Nebula Ship, Liu Changxu further upgraded the Ruyi Lotus Palace. With its artifact spirit Xiao Gong present, however, he only needed to supply fifth-tier spirit materials, saving him a great deal of time.
While Liu Changxu was busy with all this, Murong Yuyao, Yang Qingxue, and the other women were equally occupied, each handling different preparations according to their assigned roles.
Five years later, one day in September of the year 3499 of the Great Tang Calendar, word arrived from the Azure Cloud Sect Headquarters, requesting that Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue attend a meeting there.
Upon receiving the message, Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue did not hesitate. They immediately took the teleportation array to the Azure Cloud Sect Headquarters with Chen Hu and the others.
Not long after Liu Changxu and the others arrived at the Azure Cloud Palace, the Grand Supreme Elder Council formally convened.
Because of the meeting's importance, most of the Azure