Chapter Summaries

At the Liu Household Battle Team’s camp, Zhang Wenjun used the dinner preparations to grow closer to Liu Changxu, while he remained determined not to accept her. She resolved to win him over because she believed marrying him offered her safety and a path to Foundation Establishment.

• Liu Changxu prepared spirit cuisine for the battle team with Zhang Wenjun’s help, and their conversation grew warmer as she asked questions and praised his cooking.
• Liu Changxu kept his distance despite Zhang Wenjun’s affection, believing he must take responsibility for any woman he became involved with and remain faithful to his existing family.
• Zhang Wenjun judged that Liu Changxu offered her a safer future than Chen Yifan and a better chance to reach Foundation Establishment.
• Zhang Wenjun learned that the Azure Cloud Sect sought to recruit talented lineage cultivators like Liu Changxu, despite fierce competition between its Elite and Latecomer factions.
• Convinced that Liu Changxu’s talent could bring him into the sect and improve her prospects, Zhang Wenjun resolved to become his woman.

The Azure Cloud Sect organized more than ten thousand cultivators into units for an attack on the Demon Race of Azure Cloud Mountain, assigning Liu Changxu's force to the Fifth Company of the Third Battalion. The company met its commanders, Li Zijian and Liu Xiyun, and received a warning from battalion commander Su Hao before being dismissed to prepare for battle.

• Zhang Jinwu divided the cultivators into squads, companies, and battalions, assigning the Liu Household's force to the Fifth Company of the Third Battalion.
• Li Zijian and his deputy Liu Xiyun arrived to lead the Fifth Company, and Liu Xiyun's beauty distracted several male cultivators.
• Su Hao and Jin Linhai inspected the company, and Su Hao's cold snort silenced the unruly cultivators.
• Su Hao explained the operation's purpose and the sect's rewards and punishments, and the Fifth Company pledged to obey his orders.
• Su Hao gave Li Zijian and Liu Xiyun instructions before leaving, and the company commanders dismissed the cultivators.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao cultivated ties with the Fifth Squadron’s commanders through Liu Changxu’s exceptional talent and spirit cuisine. The Azure Cloud Sect’s army then spread across the Azure Cloud Range, and its war against the demon race began.

• Liu Changxu told Liu Xiyun he was twenty-four, surprising her and Li Zijian and earning warmer regard from both commanders.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao hosted Liu Xiyun and Li Zijian at their camp, where Liu Changxu’s Five-Element Rib Soup refreshed Liu Xiyun and eased Li Zijian’s old injuries.
• Liu Xiyun and Li Zijian left to bathe and refine the soup’s medicinal energy, while Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao were pleased that the commanders enjoyed the meal.
• The Third Regiment advanced under its Golden Core commanders as the Azure Cloud Sect’s forces divided across a ten-thousand-li front.
• The Azure Cloud Sect’s army encountered the demon race across the wilderness, and the human-demon war began.

Liu Changxu and the Liu Household Battle Team fought a group of Golden Flame Lizards in a magma-filled cave, then claimed its spirit resources. The chapter left Liu Changxu diving into the magma pool to investigate a treasure while Zhang Wenjun watched in alarm.

• Xiao Qing detected Golden Flame Lizards in a cave, and Liu Changxu sent Little Blue and the Liu Household Battle Team inside to fight them.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao entered the cave and found a magma pool, fire ganoderma, spirit stones, and fire spirit copper as the battle raged.
• The Golden Flame Lizards' Earth Escape Technique made them difficult opponents, and Liu Shi'an was burned while fighting one.
• When the lizards tried to flee underground, Liu Changxu killed the supreme-grade lizard with Sky-Splitting Palm, allowing the team to kill the rest.
• Liu Shihao harvested the fire ganoderma while the other cultivators mined the cave's resources, and Liu Changxu spotted something valuable in the magma pool.
• Liu Changxu used Water Shield Technique and jumped into the magma pool, startling Zhang Wenjun and the other clansmen.

Liu Changxu recovered a valuable piece of firecrystal iron from a magma pool before the Liu Household Battle Team continued north. The team then cornered a herd of Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls, and Liu Changxu began fighting its second-tier leader as the battle spread across the slope.

• Liu Changxu found a five-foot chunk of firecrystal iron in the magma and escaped before his magic power ran out.
• Zhang Wenjun tried to wipe Liu Changxu's sweat, but he used a Cleansing Spell; afterward, the Liu Household Battle Team resumed its journey north.
• Liu Changxu spotted a herd of Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls, and he and Liu Shihao pursued it until they trapped it on a mountainside.
• Liu Shihao kept the Qi Refinement cultivators at a distance while Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and Xiao Qing approached the herd.
• Liu Changxu killed two Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls with his Sun-Shooting Bow, provoking the herd to charge.
• Liu Changxu blocked the leader's golden sword attack and fought the second-tier Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bull with his Golden Flood Dragon Spear while the other cultivators battled the herd.

Liu Changxu and the Liu Household Battle Team defeated a herd of Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls, then camped for the night as Liu Changxu struggled with his growing attraction to Zhang Wenjun. Just as the team sat down to dinner, a Flying Boat approached their camp.

• Liu Changxu killed the Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bull with help from Xiao Qing, while the Liu Household Battle Team killed the remaining bulls and collected the spoils.
• Liu Changxu's father, Liu Shihao, set up camp, and Zhang Wenjun helped Liu Changxu prepare spirit cuisine while learning to cook.
• Liu Changxu considered introducing Zhang Wenjun to his uncle Liu Shi'an but hesitated, while Zhang Wenjun hoped to rely on Liu Changxu as a partner.
• The Liu Household Battle Team gathered for dinner, but Liu Changxu stepped outside to look when he heard a Flying Boat approaching.

Li Zijian and Liu Xiyun recruited the Liu Household Battle Team to help attack Golden Snake Mountain, and the family advanced north while gathering resources. At Spirit Monkey Mountain, Liu Changxu faced the monkey king as battle broke out between the humans and the monkeys.

• Li Zijian and Liu Xiyun visited the Liu Household, shared Liu Changxu’s Five-Spirit Wine, and asked the family to join the assault on Golden Snake Mountain in three days.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao agreed to follow the commanders’ arrangements, and the Liu Household Battle Team set out early the next morning.
• The team hunted Golden-Horned Deer and collected spirit herbs and Golden Moon Pears on a first-tier spiritual mountain.
• The Liu Household Battle Team discovered Spirit Monkey Mountain’s abundant fruit trees and confronted more than ninety Silver-Eared Macaques led by a second-tier monkey king.
• Liu Changxu raised his Golden Flood Dragon Spear and attacked the monkey king, beginning the battle between humans and monkeys.

Liu Changxu subdued the clever Monkey King and named it Xiao Yin, then followed it to a cave containing five pools of Monkey Wine. He discovered the wine restored magic power and that the smallest pool held second-tier wine.

• Liu Changxu fought the Monkey King, then changed his approach and worked with Xiao Qing to capture it.
• After Xiao Qing stunned the Monkey King with the Eye of Samsara, Liu Changxu knocked it unconscious and forced it to accept a master-recognition contract.
• Liu Changxu named the monkey Xiao Yin and offered it Five-Spirit Wine, but Xiao Yin showed its disdain and led him to a cave on the mountaintop.
• Liu Changxu found five pools of Monkey Wine and tasted both first-tier and second-tier wine, discovering that a cup of second-tier wine restored forty percent of his magic power.
• Liu Shihao entered the cave.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao persuaded Xiao Yin to surrender Spirit Monkey Mountain’s resources and hurried to harvest its Monkey Wine, spirit fruit, and trees before relocating to Golden Snake Mountain. They secured all thirty-two second-tier spirit fruit trees, while the Liu Household Battle Team continued gathering the mountain’s remaining resources.

• Liu Changxu explained Liu Shihao’s identity to Xiao Yin, then beat the reluctant monkey until it agreed to the relocation and resource harvest.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao divided the second-tier lower-grade Monkey Wine between them and stored it in jars.
• The Liu Household Battle Team picked spirit fruit and dug up trees under Liu Baichuan’s direction while Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao harvested the second-tier fruit.
• Liu Changxu reflected that the Silver-Eared Macaque troop had lost most of its strongest members defending Spirit Monkey Mountain from human cultivators and demon beasts.
• Liu Shihao used twenty costly Wood Spirit Bottles to help transplant all thirty-two second-tier spirit fruit trees.

After leaving Spirit Monkey Mountain, Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao led the Liu Household Battle Team north, where they defeated a pack of azure wind wolves and found a flock of golden-winged eagles on Golden Eagle Ridge. Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao prepared to fight the eagles with six strong cultivators protecting their flying boat, and the chapter ended as the eagles attacked.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao left Spirit Monkey Mountain with the Liu Household Battle Team after gathering two hundred and ten first-tier spirit fruit trees.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao slaughtered a pack of fifty-three azure wind wolves, including five first-tier supreme-grade wolves.
• The Liu Household Battle Team found more than a hundred golden-winged eagles and a second-tier lower-grade eagle king on Golden Eagle Ridge.
• Liu Baichuan argued that six powerful cultivators should join Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and the green fox to protect the flying boat during the battle.
• Liu Shihao chose Liu Baichuan, Liu Baiqiang, Liu Shisheng, Lin Ruhai, Lin Yutai, and Liu Changshun to fight alongside them.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao flew toward the eagle nests as the golden-winged eagle king led more than a hundred eagles out to attack.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao defeated the Golden-Winged Eagle flock by exploiting their longer attack range, then killed the Golden-Winged Eagle King. After the battle, Liu Changshun asked Liu Changxu to teach him archery once he mastered a Spirit Eye Technique.

• Liu Changxu used the Sun-Shooting Bow to kill Golden-Winged Eagles while Liu Shihao piloted the Flying Boat beyond the flock's attack range.
• When the Golden-Winged Eagle King split its flock into three groups, Liu Changxu switched to his Golden Rainbow Sword and Jadewater Sword and routed the first-tier eagles.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yin surrounded and killed the fleeing Golden-Winged Eagle King, and Liu Changxu stored its corpse.
• Liu Shijia and the others joined the group to clear the battlefield, and Liu Changshun praised Liu Changxu's archery and asked to learn it.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Changshun to master a Spirit Eye Technique first, and Liu Changshun agreed to find one after returning home.

After gathering Golden-Winged Eagle eaglets, eggs, and a valuable herb at Golden Eagle Ridge, Liu Changxu and the Liu Household Battle Team joined the other squads at Golden Snake Mountain. The attack began against the powerful Golden Spirit Snakes, and Liu Changxu’s team faced an intense aerial assault from three second-tier snakes.

• Liu Baichuan proposed distributing the Golden-Winged Eagle eaglets and eggs to the lineage’s battle team in exchange for contribution points, and Liu Shihao agreed to offer the team a discount.
• Liu Changxu found windbell grass in an eagle nest, and Liu Shihao and Liu Changxu led the group to Golden Snake Mountain after collecting the eaglets, eggs, and other team members.
• Li Zijian warned the gathered teams about the Golden Spirit Snakes’ numbers, venom, burrowing, and powerful Golden Wind Art, then urged them to cooperate during the attack.
• Liu Shihao and Liu Changxu chose to attack from flying boats, while Liu Changxu used the Eye of Myriad Forms to watch for movement on the mountain.
• Golden Spirit Snakes ambushed the Azure Cloud Sect forces with golden wind blades, killing and wounding cultivators as both sides began fighting.
• Liu Changxu defended the flying boat with his Vajra Escape and counterattacked while two second-tier lower-grade snakes and one second-tier middle-grade snake joined the assault on his team.

Liu Changxu discovered that Sky-Splitting Palms were effective against the Golden Spirit Snakes and helped the Liu Household Battle Team gain the upper hand. The other Lineage squads suffered casualties as the battle on Golden Snake Mountain continued.

• Liu Changxu struggled to hit the nimble Golden Spirit Snakes with Flying Swords and spells while Xiao Qing used the Eye of Samsara to drive one snake underground.
• Liu Changxu killed several first-tier Golden Spirit Snakes with Sky-Splitting Palms and badly wounded the second-tier middle-grade snake.
• Liu Shihao relied on his Earth Wall Technique while Xiao Yin crushed several snakes with Falling Stone Technique, then leaped from the Flying Boat to fight a second-tier snake with its staff.
• Golden Spirit Snakes killed Qi Refinement cultivators in the other Lineage squads, and more than ten cultivators died after flying above the mountain and drawing the snakes' attacks.
• The Liu Household Battle Team gradually gained the initiative and had suffered no deaths, though its members remained tense and under pressure.

Li Zijian wounded the Golden Spirit Snake King with his Seven-Star Sword Formation while Liu Xiyun struggled against another powerful snake and fled after being injured. Liu Changxu learned to exploit the snakes’ underground habits, killing two and easing pressure on the Liu Household Battle Team.

• Li Zijian used the Seven-Star Sword Formation to overcome the Golden Spirit Snake King’s golden whirlwind and wound it.
• Liu Xiyun defended herself with the Yellow Gauze Umbrella, then wounded the upper-grade Golden Spirit Snake with Water Arrows.
• The Golden Spirit Snake struck Liu Xiyun’s shoulder, causing her to flee as it pursued her.
• Liu Changxu killed a second-tier lower-grade Golden Spirit Snake by striking it as it surfaced, then used the same tactic to kill another snake fighting Xiao Yin.
• The Golden Spirit Snakes retreated underground more often as Liu Changxu’s attacks eased the pressure on the Liu Household Battle Team.

Liu Changxu rescued Liu Xiyun by killing the upper-grade second-tier Golden Spirit Snake pursuing her, then helped her recover from her wounds. He left her with two bottles of Five-Element Soup and a Hundred-Flower Jade Dew Pill, hoping to build a useful relationship with her.

• Liu Xiyun flew to Liu Changxu for help while an upper-grade second-tier Golden Spirit Snake pursued her, and he set his companions down before intercepting it.
• Liu Changxu struck the Golden Spirit Snake's seven-inch vital spot with Sky-Splitting Palm, then killed it with two more palm strikes and the Golden Rainbow Sword.
• Liu Changxu drank Five-Element Rib Soup to recover, and Liu Xiyun joined him and praised his strength.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Xiyun Five-Element Soup, and she drank a bottle, recovered some strength, and accepted two more bottles.
• Liu Changxu cleaned and treated Liu Xiyun's shoulder wound with a Hundred-Flower Jade Dew Pill, which she swallowed.

Wu Changping fled from a powerful Golden Spirit Snake, leaving Wu Household cultivators in grave danger until Liu Changxu arrived and rescued Wu Yunyue. As Liu Changxu tended to his unconscious first love, his father recognized that their old feelings could complicate his married son’s life and left the matter for him to resolve.

• Wu Changping blocked a second-tier middle-grade Golden Spirit Snake with his damaged shield, called for help, then fled when no other Foundation Establishment cultivators came to his aid.
• The Golden Spirit Snake and a swarm of first-tier snakes killed three Wu Household cultivators and wounded others, leaving Wu Yunyue unable to rise as a supreme-grade snake moved to swallow her.
• Liu Changxu killed the supreme-grade Golden Spirit Snake with his Flying Sword, causing the other snakes to retreat underground.
• Liu Changxu stopped Wu Yunyue’s bleeding and carried her into his supreme-grade Magic House while the Wu Household survivors thanked him and went to search for Wu Changping.
• Liu Shihao arrived with the Liu Household Battle Team, left Zhang Wenjun to help Liu Changxu care for Wu Yunyue, and decided to let his son handle their past relationship himself.

Liu Changxu treated Wu Yunyue’s injury arrangements and then joined the battle on Golden Snake Mountain, where the Liu Household Battle Team learned to counter the Golden Spirit Snakes’ Earth-Diving Technique. After Liu Changxu killed the snake threatening Xiao Yin, the nearby snakes fled underground.

• Liu Changxu gave Zhang Wenjun two Hundred-Flower Jade Dew Pills and left the Magic House while the battle against the Golden Spirit Snakes intensified.
• Liu Shihao defended against a Golden Spirit Snake and gradually learned its patterns, while Xiao Qing used her keen senses and Eye of Samsara to wound her opponent.
• Liu Shi'an used the Spirit Ear Technique to locate his Golden Spirit Snake underground, then killed it with fireballs and a flying sword.
• Liu Shihao and the Liu Household Battle Team drew on Liu Shi'an's tactics and began gaining the advantage, though four cultivators were injured, including Liu Changshun.
• Liu Changxu struck the Golden Spirit Snake threatening Xiao Yin with a Void-Splitting Palm, killing it and driving nearby snakes underground.

After the Azure Cloud Sect captured Snake King Ridge, Liu Changxu’s battle achievements earned him the respect of the other cultivators. The survivors discussed the escaped Golden Spirit Snakes and divided the mountain’s spoils, leaving the Snake King at large.

• Liu Changxu killed a second-tier lower-grade Golden Spirit Snake, and the Azure Cloud Sect’s forces rallied and seized the initiative; Li Zijian wounded the Snake King, but it escaped underground.
• After two more days of fighting, the Azure Cloud Sect occupied Snake King Ridge, suffering heavy casualties while Liu Changxu emerged as the battle’s standout cultivator.
• Li Zijian asked the Foundation Establishment cultivators for a way to lure out the escaped snakes, but no one had Demon-Luring Grass or another solution, so they turned to dividing the mountain’s resources.
• Li Zijian assigned three Snake Scale Fruits each to himself, Liu Xiyun, and Liu Changxu, one to each other Foundation Establishment cultivator, and offered the fruit tree to the sect in exchange for contribution points.
• Liu Changxu planned to give one of his fruits to Lin Yulian and use the other two to advance his cultivation, while the cultivators distributed the remaining spirit plants.

Wu Yunyue left the Liu Household camp to recuperate with the Wu Household, while Liu Changxu struggled with his feelings for her and his duty to his wife, Li Zhenxin. Liu Shihao advised him to consider carefully whether to bring Wu Yunyue into the household, leaving Liu Changxu uncertain about what to do.

• Liu Changxu found Wu Yunyue recovering and offered her healing treasures before she prepared to leave with Wu Changping.
• Wu Changping arrived with Liu Shihao and took Wu Yunyue home after the Wu Household received permission to withdraw from the battlefield.
• Liu Changxu gave Wu Yunyue the treasures in a Storage Bag, and she departed by Flying Boat, tearfully waving goodbye to him.
• Liu Shihao told Liu Changxu he could bring another woman into the household but warned him to consider how she would get along with Li Zhenxin and Lian'er.
• Liu Changxu remained torn between marrying Wu Yunyue and protecting the harmony of his household.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao led the Liu Household Battle Team north to claim territory and reached Tiger Roar Mountain, where two Blackflame Tigers guarded an upper-grade second-tier spirit vein. Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao began fighting the tigers, and the battle turned in Liu Shihao’s favor after their companions switched opponents.

• Liu Changxu shared Zhang Wenjun’s spirit cuisine with her before leaving on the northern campaign with Liu Shihao two days later.
• The Liu Household Battle Team traveled north, killed first-tier Demon Beasts, and gathered spirit fruits and medicinal herbs.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao reached Tiger Roar Mountain and sent Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan and the battle team away while they approached the summit with Xiao Qing and the Silver-Eared Macaque.
• The two Blackflame Tigers emerged from their cave, and Liu Changxu attacked them with his Sun-Shooting Bow and Flying Swords as Liu Shihao fought the upper-grade tiger.
• Xiao Qing’s Eye of Samsara had little effect on the powerful tiger, so Liu Changxu sent Xiao Qing to help Liu Shihao and called Xiao Yin to his own fight; Liu Shihao soon gained the upper hand.