Liu Changxu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Liu Changxu (刘长旭)
Alias(es)	Xu’er; praised as the Liu Household’s “young qilin” 1 38
Gender	Male 1
Age	Sixteen at introduction; seventeen upon reaching late-stage Qi Refinement 1 46
Affiliation	Peach Blossom Mountain Liu Lineage; Peach Blossom Pavilion, Purple Forest Branch 1 48
Lineage Position	Sixth-generation descendant; seventh-ranked member of the Chang generation 1
Occupation/Role	Protagonist; Ninth Elder; alchemist, talisman maker, spirit plant grower, and spirit cuisine practitioner 1 2 5 47 50
Spiritual Roots	Water, wood, and fire 1
Latest Documented Realm	Seventh layer of Qi Refinement, within late-stage Qi Refinement 46
Current Cultivation Art	Fire Lotus Sword Art 37
Residence	Originally Peach Blossom Manor; later stays at Peach Blossom Pavilion in Purple Forest Market 1 48
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “The Peach Blossom Mountain Liu Lineage” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Fifth level of Qi Refinement	1	Introduced at the peak of the fifth level, aged sixteen, while practicing the Essence-Nurturing Qi Refinement Art.
Middle-grade first-tier spirit plant grower	2	Already holds this craft rank during his first hunt; cultivates rice, herbs, and peach trees in his courtyard.
Lower-grade first-tier Spirit Cuisine Master standard	5	Has developed this level of skill under his mother’s guidance, particularly in roasting meat.
Sixth level of Qi Refinement	10	Seeing his sisters playing with Xiao Qing clarifies his desire to protect his family and loosens his bottleneck; he breaks through overnight.
First successful lower-grade first-tier talisman	13	Produces a Fireball Talisman after wasting more than thirty sheets during his first afternoon of practice.
Begins Primordial Unity body tempering	14	His first two-hour session slightly improves strength and toughness. No completed body-tempering layer is specified.
Combat-ready spell and martial repertoire	16	After two months, can use Fireball, Water Arrow, Wooden Shield, Entangling, sword control, Wind and Rain swordsmanship, and Primordial Unity Vacuous Palm against enemies.
Middle-grade first-tier talisman maker	32	Established at this rank while replenishing his talisman stock in Yunping City.
Switches to the Fire Lotus Sword Art	37	Successfully replaces his original cultivation method after independent study; cultivation becomes faster and magical power purer.
First successful alchemy batch	37	Refines two lower-grade first-tier Qi Refinement Pills on his third day, after consuming more than fifty portions of ingredients.
Improved body resilience and upper-grade talisman production	41	Can withstand lower-grade first-tier artifact attacks with his body alone. His upper-grade first-tier Fireball Talisman success rate reaches 30%.
Seventh layer of Qi Refinement	46	Breaks through at seventeen after three months of cultivation and taking a Barrier-Breaking Pill. Becomes eligible for elder appointment and sword flight.
Middle-grade first-tier alchemist	47	Advances by successfully refining middle-grade first-tier Qi-Gathering Pills. His upper-grade first-tier Fireball Talisman success rate also rises to 80%.

Background / History

Childhood and Family Training

Liu Changxu is the eldest child of Liu Shihao and his principal wife, Lin Yulian. He grows up in Peach Blossom Manor with his parents, his father’s two concubines, and younger siblings. His parents’ marriage originated as an alliance between cultivation lineages 1 7.

He begins cultivating at eight. After discovering his three-element spiritual roots, Liu Shihao creates a rigorous training plan and personally guides him, sometimes sacrificing his own cultivation time. Support from his parents and grandparents, combined with consistent effort, makes Changxu the fastest-cultivating member of his generation at his introduction 1 10 11.

First Hunt and Self-Reliance

At sixteen, Changxu joins his first demonic-beast hunt under Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan, following the lineage’s requirement that cultivators of his age participate in hunting teams. His father passes down the Dragon Spring Sword, while his mother gives him fifteen protective talismans 1.

The hunt exposes weaknesses in his spellcasting. He nevertheless defeats a Green Fox through patience and talisman use, discovers its newborn cub, and adopts it as Xiao Qing. The fox’s cave also yields storage bags, manuals, supplies, and a Cloudmist Tea tree 3 4.

During the night watch, Changxu detects a demonic wolf pack and alerts his relatives. He subsequently helps defend a valley passage, kills three wolves, and supports his grandfather and Liu Baichuan against the Wolf King. The threat convinces him that strengthening the lineage must become a personal responsibility 6 8.

After returning home and reaching the sixth level of Qi Refinement, he decides to fund his own cultivation. His family needs to reserve resources for his father’s Foundation Establishment attempt, so he chooses talisman-making as an affordable craft his mother can teach. He also begins body tempering and broadens his spell and sword repertoire 10 11 12 13 14.

Harvest Defense and the Market Journey

Changxu puts his training into practice during the spirit peach harvest. He fights multiple Black-Horned Sheep and later kills a wounded Black Mountain Bear by maintaining distance and avoiding its powerful palm attack 17 20.

He then joins the caravan to Purple Forest Market for experience. On the road, he responds to Xiao Qing’s warning of approaching cultivators and helps devise the formation tactic used against an attacking group of evil cultivators 21 24 26.

Pursuing a wounded seventh-layer opponent, Changxu uses Xiao Qing’s tracking, sword control, and a Falling Stone Talisman to secure the kill. He takes five storage bags but is reprimanded by his father for pursuing so far without support. Their contents provide substantial wealth, an alchemical inheritance, and the Fire Lotus Sword Art 26 27 29 30 32.

While resting in Yunping City, he meets Wu Yunyue at her talisman-supply stall. Their mutual attraction develops through conversation, neighboring stalls, and exchanged gifts before his departure 31 32.

Purple Forest Market and Elder Appointment

At Purple Forest Market, Changxu shares the recovered jade-slip knowledge with his father, adopts the Fire Lotus Sword Art, and begins learning alchemy. He also acquires an injured Yellow Mountain Lion cub and an Azure Cloud Eagle egg, expanding his spirit-beast household 34 36 37.

A later hunt leads him to a yellow crystal copper deposit. The concealed mining operation gives him eighty-five pieces worth more than ten thousand low-grade spirit stones and supplies his relatives with funds for cultivation. After returning, he hatches the eagle and names it Xiao Yun 45.

Changxu reaches late-stage Qi Refinement at seventeen, shortly before his father succeeds in Foundation Establishment. He then leads pill and talisman production for the new Peach Blossom Pavilion branch and teaches his fifteenth uncle, Liu Shichao, both crafts 46 47.

Pavilion administration temporarily leaves him little time to cultivate. The Elder Council subsequently appoints him Ninth Elder, while his mother takes charge of commerce and the pavilion, allowing him to concentrate on cultivation 49 50.

Appearance

Liu Changxu is introduced as a handsome youth wearing blue clothing. Liu Qiuju later praises both his looks and his cultivation progress 1 38.

• Blue attire — worn during his introductory meditation scene 1.
• Golden-lit eyes — a temporary effect when casting the Golden Light Eye 2.

Personality

Changxu’s pursuit of immortality is rooted in affection rather than longevity alone. Watching his sisters play at home makes him recognize that protecting his family gives his cultivation purpose. He also enjoys cooking and shared meals, reflecting his mother’s belief that cultivators should appreciate the lives they hope to extend 5 10.

He is disciplined and willing to examine his failures. Poor performance during his first hunt prompts systematic spell practice; repeated failures in talisman-making and alchemy lead him to review mistakes rather than abandon either craft 3 11 13 37.

His growing confidence sometimes becomes recklessness, particularly when he pursues an evil cultivator beyond the group’s support. His father’s reprimand teaches him to balance courage with caution. On a later hunt, he insists on recruiting more relatives and obtaining the elders’ approval before leaving 27 41.

He is generous with both relatives and spirit beasts. He shares expensive Bone-Forging Pills with four body-refining clansmen, patiently trains Liu Shichao, and treats his beasts as family rather than expendable tools 36 39 47.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation Arts

• Essence-Nurturing Qi Refinement Art — his original upper-grade Yellow-tier method. It produces balanced, mild magical power but offers mediocre combat strength 3.
• Fire Lotus Sword Art — a middle-grade Profound-tier art, also described as black-tier, exceptionally suited to his water, wood, and fire roots. Its inheritance extends through late-stage Foundation Establishment; finding it does not mean Changxu has reached that realm 30 37.
• Improved cultivation efficiency — after switching, he directly notices faster cultivation and purer magical power. The art’s accompanying Fire Lotus Sword Technique is described as substantially stronger than Wind and Rain swordsmanship 37.

Swordsmanship

• Sword-Controlling Art — guides a flying sword with spiritual sense and drives its attacks with magical power. Its range and strength depend on the practitioner’s cultivation and spiritual-sense reach 15.
• Wind and Rain Sword Technique — an upper-grade Yellow-tier technique supplied by his father; Changxu uses it to shatter a training stone and fight multiple beasts 12 15 17 37.
• Growing precision — by his duel with the evil cultivator, he can send out and recall the Dragon Spring Sword with effortless control 27.
• Sword-flight limitation — reaching the seventh layer makes flight available, but pavilion duties initially leave him without enough time to learn it 46 49.

Spellcasting and Perception

Ability	Applications and Limits
Fireball Spell	His initial offensive spell. Early casting is slow and weak, motivating sustained practice 3 11.
Water Arrow Technique	An area-of-effect attack chosen for dispersed targets; less powerful than Fireball 11.
Wooden Shield Technique	His chosen defensive spell; he lacks the metal and earth roots needed for his preferred alternatives 11.
Entangling Technique	Restrains enemies; becomes usable in combat after sustained training 11 16.
Golden Light Eye	A middle-grade Yellow-rank Spirit Eye spell that lets him see clearly within ten li and distinguish spiritual energy in objects and the air 2.
Spirit Ear Technique	Detects distant activity; he hears wolves hunting roughly twenty li away and later approaching cultivators 6 24.
Spiritual Sense	Provides detailed nearby perception; its documented range at the fifth level is ten zhang 2.
Lightness Technique	Allows him to cover three zhang in a stride during his first hunt 2.

Body Tempering

• Primordial Unity Body-Tempering Art — an upper-grade Yellow-rank method that nourishes muscles and bones with spiritual energy. It can accompany Qi Refinement but greatly increases food and resource consumption 13 14.
• Primordial Unity Vacuous Palm — its associated martial technique. As a beginner, he leaves a clear palm print in blue steel stone from three feet away 14.
• Artifact resistance — later withstands attacks from lower-grade first-tier magical artifacts with his body alone 41.
• Unspecified layer — the supplied chapters document growing strength but do not identify a completed layer of the body-tempering art 14 41.

Talisman-Making

• Teacher — learns from Lin Yulian, beginning with lower-grade first-tier Fireball Talismans 13.
• Upper-grade production — reaches an 80% success rate with upper-grade first-tier Fireball Talismans 47.
• Expanded repertoire — learns upper-grade Wood Vine, Wood Shield, Cloud Mist, Fire Rain, Swift Movement, and Concealment Talismans 47.
• Tactical use — uses talismans to immobilize wolves, overwhelm an opponent’s defenses, and prevent a Mountain-Piercing Lizard from escaping underground 8 27 45.

Alchemy

• Inheritance — possesses a second-tier alchemist’s notes and twenty-one first- and second-tier formulas, including the Foundation Establishment Pill formula 30.
• Instruction — his father demonstrates pill refining and helps him understand earlier failures 37.
• Documented products — successfully refines Qi Refinement Pills and later middle-grade first-tier Qi-Gathering Pills 37 47.
• Commercial role — leads production for Peach Blossom Pavilion and teaches Liu Shichao material preparation and crafting fundamentals 47.

Spirit Cuisine, Plant Cultivation, and Beast Care

• Spirit cuisine — particularly skilled at roasting meat; prepares communal feasts and brews Peach Blossom Brew from his own peaches 5 21 36.
• Spirit plant cultivation — tends spirit rice, medicinal herbs, peach trees, and a successfully transplanted Cloudmist Tea tree 2 10 15.
• Soul contracts — binds spirit beasts to himself and communicates with them through their bonds 4 36 45.
• Nurturing beasts — supplies medicinal treatment, spirit foods, beast meat, and blood essence to support their recovery and growth 34 36 45.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dragon Spring Sword — a mid-grade first-tier magical sword passed from his grandfather to his father, then to Changxu; his principal documented combat weapon 1 8 27.
• Tortoiseshell Shield — blocks Green Fox attacks, wolf Wind Blades, and charging Black-Horned Sheep 3 8 17.
• Moon-Shooting Bow and five Eagle-Feather Arrows — middle-grade first-tier bow and ammunition recovered among the storage-bag spoils 30.
• Talisman Brush — a middle-grade first-tier tool in his post-hunt inventory 10.
• Spirit Beast Bag — purchased from Liu Shijia to carry Xiao Qing 4.
• Alchemy Furnace — used with spirit charcoal when he begins refining pills 37.
• Spirit-Gathering Formation Discs — a middle-grade first-tier set recovered from the evil cultivator’s possessions 32.
• Bone-Forging Pills — buys ten for 800 low-grade spirit stones, shares four, and uses them for body tempering 39 40.
• Three talismans from Liu Qiuju — recognizes them as valuable potential lifesaving treasures 39.
• Cloudmist Tea tree — keeps the discovered tree in his own courtyard; its tea refreshes the mind and modestly benefits spiritual sense and comprehension 3 10 37.

Relationships

Family and Clan

• Liu Shihao — father and principal cultivation mentor. Supplies sword manuals, teaches alchemy, and corrects Changxu’s recklessness; Changxu offers resources toward his Foundation Establishment attempt 11 12 27 34 37.
• Lin Yulian — mother and teacher in talisman-making and spirit cuisine. Her care shapes his preference for spiritual food over unnecessary medicinal pills 5 12 13.
• Liu Baishan — paternal grandfather and lineage chief; helps support Changxu’s early cultivation and fights alongside him against the Wolf King 7 8 10.
• Liu Baichuan — Fourth Elder, addressed as Seventh Grandfather; leads Changxu’s first hunt and later expeditions, emphasizing preparation and collective safety 1 6 41 45.
• Liu Qiushui — Second Elder and mentor in fieldcraft; teaches him how to recognize ambushes and believes he has strong Foundation Establishment prospects 13 22.
• Liu Qiusheng — Grand Elder; approves supervised hunting and entrusts him with pavilion production and some management duties 41 47 49.
• Liu Changshun — older clan cousin, addressed as Fifth Brother; a close companion in shopping and hunting. Changxu shares cultivation resources with him 30 35 39 41.
• Liu Shichao — fifteenth uncle and crafting assistant. Changxu teaches him alchemy and talisman-making to help relieve his household’s financial pressure 47.
• Liu Changxue — younger full sister, close to him since childhood; enthusiastically reunites with him at Purple Forest Market 1 50.
• Liu Changxin, Liu Sheng, and Liu Ling — younger half-siblings. Liu Ling, also called Ling’er, enjoys playing with Xiao Qing and teases Changxu about his increased appetite 1 12 15.
• Liu Qiuju — Ninth Great-Grandaunt, an Azure Cloud Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator; praises his promise, encourages further cultivation, and gives him protective talismans 38 39.

Romantic Interest

• Wu Yunyue — a fourteen-year-old cultivator from a collateral branch of the Yunping Wu Household. Their mutual attraction grows through neighboring market stalls and exchanged gifts; no formal relationship is documented in the supplied chapters 31 32.

Spirit Beasts

• Xiao Qing — Green Fox cub discovered after Changxu kills its mother. His first spirit beast; helps detect danger and track prey by scent. Possesses Wind Blade and Eye of Samsara bloodline arts, though its low cultivation limits its abilities 4 21 24 26.
• Xiao Jin — injured Yellow Mountain Lion cub acquired alongside the eagle egg. Changxu treats it with a Lesser Restoration Pill, contracts with it, and gives it a name 36.
• Xiao Yun — Azure Cloud Eagle hatched from his purchased egg. Recognizes Changxu as its master and communicates hunger through their soul bond 36 45.

Notable Quotes

“Thank you, Father. I’ll remember your teachings and protect our lineage with the sword in my hand!” 1

“I must lead the lineage to strength!” 6

Trivia

• Changxu’s yellow crystal copper discovery finances breakthroughs for Liu Shijie, Liu Changshun, and Liu Shichao as well as improving his own resources 45 46.
• Although he initially prefers spirit cuisine to cultivation pills because of pill poison, he uses pills when needed for recovery, body tempering, and breaking through a bottleneck 5 8 40 46.
• The narration foreshadows that he will cherish his three modest-bloodline spirit beasts throughout his life and eventually raise them to extraordinary heights; those later achievements are not shown in the supplied chapters 36.