Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao fought the Blackflame Tigers on Tiger Roar Mountain, with Xiao Yin and Xiao Qing supporting them. Liu Changxu killed the upper-grade tiger after a day and night of battle, and Liu Shihao finished off the lower-grade tiger after enduring its final counterattack.

• Xiao Qing used the Eye of Samsara to distract the lower-grade Blackflame Tiger, allowing Liu Shihao to wound it with his flying sword.
• Liu Shihao and Xiao Qing kept attacking the wounded tiger, while it countered with Blackflame Demonfire and the fight settled into a stalemate.
• Liu Changxu switched from defending against the upper-grade Blackflame Tiger's demonfire to fighting it at close range with his Golden Flood Dragon Spear.
• Liu Changxu and the upper-grade tiger fought for a day and night, suffering injuries and devastating Tiger Roar Mountain before Liu Changxu killed it with a spear thrust.
• Liu Changxu recovered with Five-Element Soup and found Liu Shihao nearing victory, so he did not intervene.
• Liu Shihao endured the lower-grade tiger's final volley of Blackflame Demonfire and killed it with a sword strike.

After Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao claimed the spirit treasures on Tiger Roar Mountain, they ripened and harvested the Blood Bodhi Fruits, then rested while Liu Changxu healed and strengthened himself. An order from Su Hao cut short Liu Changxu’s seclusion, sending the Liu Household Battle Team north toward Golden Ape Ridge.

• Zhang Wenjun treated Liu Changxu’s injured arm, and Liu Changxu joined Liu Shihao in gathering Tiger Roar Mountain’s treasures.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao used Blackflame Tiger blood to ripen the Blood Bodhi Fruits, harvested them, and collected Flame Jade and spirit stones from the ore vein.
• Liu Changxu stored the Blood Bodhi and Flame Jujube trees in the Wood Spirit Bottle, and the battle team rested on the mountain behind a formation.
• Liu Changxu consumed Blood Bodhi Fruits during seclusion, healing his arm and raising his physical strength above eighty thousand jin.
• Liu Shihao received Su Hao’s order to assemble at Golden Ape Ridge, so Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao packed the battle team and resumed their northward journey.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao found the Black Flood Dragon at Jade Wave Pool and fought it underwater, where its strength and the churning waves put them at a disadvantage. The battle was still ongoing, with Little Blue having fled and Liu Changxu keeping his other spirit beasts in reserve.

• The Liu Household Battle Team reached Jade Wave Pool after hurrying through the demon-beast territories under True Person Su’s deadline.
• Liu Changxu used the Eye of Myriad Forms to find the pool’s densest spiritual energy and sent Little Blue ahead to investigate.
• Liu Changxu and Little Blue encountered the enormous upper-grade second-tier Black Flood Dragon near its lair.
• Liu Changxu fought the Black Flood Dragon with the Golden Flood Dragon Spear, while Liu Shihao joined in to support him with his flying sword.
• Little Blue fled from the battle, and Liu Changxu kept Xiao Qing and Xiao Yin in reserve as the fight continued underwater.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao fought the Black Flood Dragon at Jade Wave Pool, eventually killing it after a day and night of battle. They processed its valuable corpse, gave its Beast Core to Little Blue, and discovered spirit stones and other treasures in the dragon's underwater cave mansion.

• Liu Changxu fought the Black Flood Dragon at the pool's surface, then joined Liu Shihao and their spirit beasts in attacking it when it emerged from the water.
• The wounded Black Flood Dragon fled underwater, where Liu Changxu pursued it and used his agility to land repeated attacks until Liu Shihao withdrew.
• The Black Flood Dragon tried to escape from Jade Wave Pool, but Liu Shihao, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yin attacked it at the surface while Liu Changxu caught up.
• After a day and a night of fighting, Liu Changxu slew the Black Flood Dragon with his spear.
• Liu Changxu gave the dragon's Beast Core to Little Blue, which swallowed it and fell into a deep sleep.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao entered the dragon's cave mansion and found roughly twenty thousand low-grade water-attribute spirit stones, two Storage Bags, and second-tier water-attribute spirit materials.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao divided the Black Flood Dragon’s cave-abode treasures, then uncovered a hidden chamber behind a restriction. Inside, they found a long-dead cultivator’s skeleton wearing what appeared to be a Golden Core cultivator’s Storage Ring, and they approached it warily.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao inventoried the two Storage Bags and found many Spirit Treasures, including a Wood Spirit Bottle containing a transplantable spirit tea tree.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao divided the treasures, setting aside the Wood Spirit Bottle and tea tree to offer to the Lineage.
• Liu Changxu suspected a hidden secret remained in Jade Wave Pool and searched the pool and the Black Flood Dragon’s cave abode with Liu Shihao, but found nothing at first.
• Liu Changxu struck the cave walls with Sky-Splitting Palm and revealed a concealed doorway of light formed by a restriction.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao broke through the restriction and entered a small chamber, where they found a skeleton wearing a ring that seemed to belong to a Golden Core cultivator.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao claimed a Golden Core cultivator’s Storage Ring, divided its treasures, and concealed their discovery from the Liu Household Lineage. After returning to Jade Wave Pool for a celebratory banquet, they led the battle team north toward increasingly dangerous battles.

• Liu Changxu sent Xiao Qing to retrieve the Storage Ring, and Liu Shihao claimed it and found spirit stones, cultivation arts, Magical Treasures, talismans, and rare materials inside.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao divided the treasures, agreed to keep the Golden Core cave abode secret, and planned what to report to the Lineage.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao buried the cultivator’s remains, searched the cave abode again, and dismantled its Eight-Gate Space-Locking Formation.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao returned to Jade Wave Pool, where Liu Baichuan, Zhang Wenjun, and the Liu Household Battle Team welcomed them.
• Liu Changxu cooked a celebratory banquet that lifted the battle team’s spirits despite their fears of facing battles involving Golden Core cultivators.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao led the Liu Household Battle Team north aboard the Flying Boat the next morning.

Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and the Liu Household Battle Team swept north through several demon-beast territories, gathering spirit resources while suffering their first battlefield death and multiple injuries. After fighting the Azure Wind Wolves at Yellowstone Valley, the team had reached 4,900 li north of Jade Wave Pool.

• The Liu Household Battle Team defeated the Azure-Horned Rhinoceroses at Azure Departure Valley and collected first-tier spirit treasures.
• The team wiped out the Winged Tigers at Flying Tiger Mountain, captured five tiger cubs, and harvested second-tier resources.
• The team fought the Black-Feathered Eagles at Heavenly Pillar Peak, where a Liang Household cultivator died, seven were wounded, and the Black-Feathered Eagle King and much of his flock escaped.
• The team defeated the Steel-Tusked Boars at a first-tier supreme-grade spirit mountain and collected spirit herbs and fruits.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yin stormed Spirit Bat Cave and killed all its Blood Bats, obtaining blood-weeping stone, Blood Gloom Grass, and Blood Bodhi fruits.
• The team fought the Azure Wind Wolves at Yellowstone Valley, killing many but suffering five wounded cultivators, and harvested second-tier spirit herbs, spirit wood, and sun-gold iron.

Liu Changxu and the Liu Household Battle Team defeated a Golden-Horned Deer herd, then reached the Azure Cloud Sect camp at Golden Ape Mountain ahead of an imminent battle. Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao prepared to build ties with the other Foundation Establishment cultivators by hosting a lavish banquet.

• Liu Changxu led the Liu Household Battle Team in hunting a Golden-Horned Deer herd, slaying its upper-grade second-tier Deer King while several deer escaped.
• Liu Changxu cooked a venison feast, and he and Liu Shihao decided the team would rest for two days before reaching Golden Ape Mountain.
• Liu Shihao and Liu Changxu reported to the Azure Cloud Sect camp, where Su Jinjiang welcomed them and escorted them to the Fifth Squadron's encampment.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao established the Liu Household's camp and arranged a banquet to strengthen relations with the other Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Liu Shihao invited the guests while Liu Changxu began preparing an expensive spread of second-tier spirit cuisine.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao hosted a banquet for the Fifth Squadron, impressing their guests with spirit cuisine made from powerful demon beasts they had killed. After the guests left to cultivate, Liu Changxu refined the meal and estimated it had given him a month’s worth of cultivation.

• Liu Changxu served the arriving guests spirit cuisine, including liver from an upper-grade second-tier black flood dragon he and Liu Shihao had killed.
• Li Zijian was astonished by the Liu Household’s strength and toasted the Fifth Squadron’s unity in the battles ahead.
• The guests eagerly ate the banquet, and Liu Xiyun especially enjoyed a dish made from an upper-grade second-tier blackflame tiger’s penis without knowing its origin.
• The guests left to refine the meal’s medicinal energy, and Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao returned to their rooms to cultivate.
• Liu Changxu used the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art to refine the cuisine and estimated that the meal equaled a month of his usual cultivation.

More than three thousand Azure Cloud Sect cultivators fought thousands of demon beasts led by the Diamond Ape Tribe at Golden Ape Mountain. Liu Changxu killed a second-tier middle-grade Diamond Ape, while Su Hao and Jin Linhai continued battling the tribe’s third-tier middle-grade Diamond Ape overhead.

• Su Hao led the Azure Cloud Sect’s Third Regiment into battle against the Diamond Ape Tribe and the demon beasts it had gathered.
• Su Hao and Jin Linhai fought the third-tier middle-grade Diamond Ape high above the battlefield, exchanging sword strikes and spells with its staff and golden wind.
• Liu Changxu fought a second-tier middle-grade Diamond Ape with his Jadewater Sword, Golden Rainbow Sword, and Golden Flood Dragon Spear.
• Liu Changxu overpowered the Diamond Ape in close combat and killed it with a thrust of his spear.

Liu Changxu’s lineage battle team revealed the strength of its Three Talents Battle Formation, defeating Azure Wind Wolves and Diamond Apes in succession. As Liu Changxu watched the aerial battles, Xiao Qing fell behind against a Fire Fox, so he flew up to help it.

• After killing a Diamond Ape, Liu Changxu replenished his magic power and watched the Liu Household Battle Team fight under Liu Baichuan’s command.
• The Three Talents Battle Formation blocked the Azure Wind Wolves’ attacks, bound them with vines, and killed more than twenty with fireballs.
• The formation struggled against the Diamond Apes, but Liu Baichuan changed tactics and used water spheres and flying swords to kill six and scatter the rest.
• Liu Changxu watched Liu Shihao stalemate a Black-Feathered Eagle, Xiao Qing fall behind against a Fire Fox, and Xiao Yin fight a Diamond Ape.
• Liu Changxu rode into the sky to join Xiao Qing’s fight against the Fire Fox.

Liu Changxu and the human cultivators fought the demon beasts until Golden Core True Person Su Hao used a precious talisman to kill the leading Diamond Ape, causing the beasts to flee. Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao pursued the survivors and returned to Golden Ape Mountain with several kills.

• Liu Changxu slew a Fire Fox and a Black-Feathered Eagle with Xiao Qing's help, then fought an upper-grade second-tier Diamond Ape.
• Liu Changxu saw Golden Core True Person Su Hao use a third-tier supreme-grade Golden Blade Talisman to kill the third-tier middle-grade Diamond Ape.
• The demon beasts fled after their leader died, and the human cultivators pursued them.
• Liu Changxu chased down and killed the Diamond Ape that had been fighting him.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao pursued the fleeing beasts for over a thousand li and returned to Golden Ape Mountain after killing four demon beasts.

Liu Changxu learned that Liu Shisheng had died after the battle and helped the Liu Household tend to its casualties. He then went with Liu Shihao to Spirit Ape Summit, where cultivators gathered around a precious Golden Ray Fruit tree, and awaited the arrival of two Golden Core cultivators.

• Liu Changxu discovered Liu Shisheng among the dead and learned from Liu Baichuan that a Diamond Ape had killed him while fleeing.
• Liu Shihao and Liu Baichuan arranged for the fallen cultivators to be placed in ice jade coffins, while Liu Changxu found a female cultivator to treat Zhang Wenjun's injuries.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao treated Liu Shi'an, established the Liu Household's camp, and then received orders to attend a meeting at Spirit Ape Summit.
• On the way to the summit, Liu Changxu spotted several precious spiritual fruit trees, including an upper-grade third-tier Golden Ray Fruit tree bearing thirty-six unripe fruits.
• Liu Changxu spoke with Su Jinjiang at the summit before two Golden Core cultivators arrived.

After the battle for Golden Ape Mountain, Su Hao accepted Liu Changxu as his disciple, giving the Liu Household a powerful ally within the Azure Cloud Sect. Liu Changxu and his father oversaw the distribution of the mountain’s treasures, then settled the battle team in a secluded valley as Liu Changxu prepared to advance his cultivation.

• Su Hao announced that Golden Ape Mountain’s first- and second-tier treasures would be distributed according to each squadron’s performance, and assigned the inventory work.
• Su Hao asked Liu Changxu to become his disciple, and Liu Changxu accepted; Su Hao promised to formally accept him into the sect after the war.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao the news, and the Liu Household Battle Team celebrated his new connection to Su Hao and the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao inventoried Golden Ape Mountain’s treasures and secured a generous share for the Liu Household Battle Team.
• After Su Hao left, Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao moved their recovering battle team to a spiritually rich valley, where Liu Changxu entered seclusion to prepare for the Foundation Establishment middle stage.

Liu Changxu used a Snake Scale Fruit to break through to the Foundation Establishment middle stage, then took charge of the camp while his father prepared to cultivate. After visiting injured family and battle team members, he went to see Zhang Wenjun, who fell into his arms.

• Liu Changxu refined a Snake Scale Fruit over five days and broke through to the Foundation Establishment middle stage.
• Liu Changxu learned the Human-Demon War was going smoothly, gave Liu Shihao a spare Snake Scale Fruit, and took responsibility for the camp while his father attempted a breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu visited Liu Shi'an and other injured Liu Household Battle Team cultivators, leaving them Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup, spirit fruit, and healing pills.
• Liu Changxu went to Zhang Wenjun's Magic House, struggled to control his feelings for her, and caught her when she suddenly fell into his embrace.

Liu Changxu learned that the Demon Race was assembling a massive force for a counterattack and prepared the Liu Household Battle Team for the coming fight. He sent the severely injured cultivators back to the Lineage and stayed behind to equip his clansmen for battle.

• Liu Changxu urged the injured Zhang Wenjun to return home, gave her Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup, and reflected on whether Li Zhenxin and Lian'er would accept her into the family.
• Liu Changxu visited Su Hao and Jin Linhai, where Su Hao revealed that a hundred thousand Demon Beasts and at least twenty third-tier beasts had gathered at Yellow Lion Ridge, possibly alongside a fourth-tier Demon King.
• Su Hao told Liu Changxu that reinforcements were coming and gave him the supreme-grade Spirit Artifact Flying Sword Golden Flame Demon-Slaying Sword.
• Liu Changxu sent Liu Shi'an, Zhang Wenjun, and five other severely injured cultivators back to the Lineage aboard a returning Flying Boat.
• Liu Changxu organized his remaining clansmen to prepare pills, talismans, repaired artifacts, and battle formations while he made second-tier talismans for them.

After the Demon Race army advanced toward Starcatcher Ridge, Liu Changxu and his father prepared for the decisive battle and joined the Azure Cloud Sect’s forces. Liu Changxu volunteered for an elite strike unit, and he left with Su Hao and other cultivators to attack the divided demon army.

• Liu Shihao emerged from seclusion without breaking through, and Liu Changxu told him about the preparations made while he was away.
• Liu Changxu crafted Golden Armor Talismans while Liu Shihao refined Wound-Healing Pills, until the Demon Race army’s approach prompted the Third Regiment to assemble.
• Liu Changxu arrived at Starcatcher Ridge and saw the Azure Cloud Sect’s fortified camps and the high-tier formation on Sky-Piercing Peak.
• The Azure Cloud Sect’s Golden Core cultivators formed four elite units to attack demon beasts separated from the main army, and Liu Changxu volunteered with Liu Shihao’s approval.
• Su Hao resolved to protect Liu Changxu and gave him a third-tier Golden Armor Talisman before they departed with the strike force.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect battle team fought the Demon Race’s flying-beast vanguard, killing thousands and driving off the survivors. After days of raids and Liu Changxu earning 120,000 merit points, 200,000 demon beasts gathered at Starcatcher Ridge and the decisive battle began.

• The Azure Cloud Sect’s seven Golden Core cultivators engaged nine third-tier demon beasts while Liu Changxu and the Foundation Establishment cultivators used fire spells and battle formations to devastate the flying-beast swarm.
• Liu Changxu followed Li Zijian into the disordered swarm, endured waves of demon attacks, and helped drive the beasts into a rout.
• Liu Changxu used the Golden Flame Demon-Slaying Sword to kill an injured Black-Feathered Eagle, then killed a Golden-Winged Eagle with the Jadewater Sword and Golden Rainbow Sword.
• Liu Changxu returned from the pursuit with the beasts’ corpses, and Su Hao felt relieved to see his disciple safe.
• Over the following days, the Azure Cloud Sect battle team raided the demon beast army repeatedly, and Liu Changxu’s merit points reached 120,000.
• Fresh Demon Race reinforcements gathered 200,000 demon beasts at Starcatcher Ridge, where the decisive battle began.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect faced an assault by more than a hundred thousand demon beasts at Star-Picking Mountain. As the formation’s power waned and the fighting intensified, cultivators on both sides suffered heavy casualties, and even the Liu Household Battle Team’s protective talismans began to fail.

• More than a hundred thousand demon beasts attacked the Azure Cloud Sect’s four camps at Star-Picking Mountain.
• The Azure Cloud Sect used its Grand Formation to blast the charging beasts, then withdrew it while it gathered power again.
• Azure Cloud Sect cultivators attacked the advancing horde with spells under the command of Golden Core cultivators.
• Liu Changxu activated three Golden Armor Talismans, while the Liu Household Battle Team relied on its own talismans to withstand the demon beasts’ attacks.
• The battle took a growing toll on the Azure Cloud Sect’s cultivators, and the Liu Household Battle Team began suffering casualties as its talismans weakened.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators fought to hold their camp against the demon beast horde while Golden Core battles raged overhead. After the Grand Formation restored a brief respite, the cultivators recovered and charged back into battle, where the beasts counterattacked.

• Su Hao and the other Azure Cloud Sect Golden Core cultivators drew their third-tier demon beast opponents away from the fighting below, and the camp's Grand Formation restored its barrier.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao checked their clansmen's condition; Liu Changxu gave first-tier supreme-grade Golden Armor Talismans to six whose second-tier talismans were spent, but refused Liu Chang'an's demand for another.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Changshun a bottle of Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup, and Liu Changshun drank it to recover from his wounds.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao drank second-tier Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup and meditated for an hour to restore their strength.
• The Azure Cloud Sect cultivators deactivated the Grand Formation and charged the demon beasts, driving them back before the horde counterattacked and renewed the melee.