Chapter Summaries

As the demon horde's assault intensified, Liu Changxu's brother Liu Chang'an fled, was killed, and was recovered by the Liu Household. Grief and guilt drove Liu Changxu to slay a Diamond Ape before he regained his composure and faced an Iron-Armored Rhinoceros.

• Second-tier demon beasts engaged the Azure Cloud Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators while the horde's charge caused heavy casualties among the Qi Refinement cultivators and the Liu Household Battle Team.
• Liu Chang'an fled the battlefield, but a giant black python killed and swallowed him; Azure Cloud Sect cultivators also cut down other fleeing cultivators.
• Liu Changxu killed the python with the Jadewater Sword, and Liu Shijia and Liu Baichuan recovered Liu Chang'an's remains and placed them in an Ice Jade Coffin.
• Consumed by guilt and fury, Liu Changxu killed the Diamond Ape with the Golden Flood Dragon Spear, then calmed himself and returned to battle.
• Liu Changxu fought an enormous Iron-Armored Rhinoceros, wounding it repeatedly as their prolonged clash killed nearby cultivators and demon beasts.

Liu Changxu helped turn the battle for the Azure Cloud Sect by fighting the Icewind Flood Dragon and defeating it after days of combat. The Demon Beast army routed, but the victory left the Liu Household Battle Team devastated, and Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao pursued the fleeing beasts.

• Liu Changxu killed an Iron-Armored Rhinoceros, rallied the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators, and joined the offensive against the Demon Beast horde.
• Liu Changxu released Xiao Qing and Xiao Yin to help him fight the approaching Icewind Flood Dragon, while Little Blue remained asleep.
• Liu Changxu battled the Icewind Flood Dragon for days and finally killed it with the Golden Flame Demon-Slaying Sword.
• The exhausted Demon Beast army broke and fled after the Azure Cloud Sect launched a counterattack.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao mourned the many casualties among their team, including Liu Shiju, and left the survivors to care for the wounded.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao piloted their Spirit Artifact Flying Boat after the fleeing Demon Beast army.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao pursued fleeing demon beasts, killing a Black Mountain Bear and a powerful group of Golden-Horned Deer while collecting their spoils. As they flew north with Azure Cloud Sect cultivators, Liu Changxu saw signs that the sect had won at the Golden Core level but could not find his master Su Hao.

• Liu Changxu used the Golden Flame Demon-Slaying Sword to kill a Black Mountain Bear after his bow and the bear's earth wall weakened his opening attack.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and their spirit beasts caught a group of four Golden-Horned Deer, and Liu Changxu killed the Deer King with three flying swords before the others were also slain.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao continued north but found no more second-tier demon beasts, joining the procession of Azure Cloud Sect cultivators pursuing the fleeing demon race.
• Liu Changxu saw Golden Core cultivators flash overhead and concluded that the Azure Cloud Sect had won, but six passed without any sign of Su Hao.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao searched spirit mountains for treasures, and Xiao Qing helped them find spirit fruits and medicinal herbs.

Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao gathered valuable spirit treasures before fleeing south as the battle with the Demon Race worsened. Back at the camp, Liu Changxu visited his injured master, Su Hao, and met his fourth senior sister, Su Jinxiu.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao followed Xiao Qing to harvest spirit tea, medicinal herbs, spirit fruits, and starfall iron from several spirit mountains.
• After seeing an anxious Azure Cloud Sect Golden Core cultivator flee south, Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao turned back and received Su Hao's warning that Demon Race reinforcements had joined the battle.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao returned to Star-Picking Mountain, where the camp was dispirited and Liu Changxu worried about his master's safety.
• After two days, Su Hao returned to camp injured, and Liu Changxu brought him Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup at the Golden Jade Pavilion.
• Su Jinxiu took the soup to taste it, and Su Hao introduced her to Liu Changxu as his fourth senior sister and youngest daughter.

Liu Changxu met his fourth senior sister and his master's wife, earning Su Hao and Jiang Yuqing's approval with his spirit cuisine and conduct. After the Azure Cloud Sect's reinforcements arrived, he and Liu Shihao led the Liu Household Battle Team home to recover.

• Su Jinxiu devoured Liu Changxu's Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup, then left to refine its potent medicinal power.
• Liu Changxu offered Su Hao more soup and flood dragon liver, and Su Hao told him to return to his lineage to recuperate after reinforcements arrived.
• Jiang Yuqing returned, welcomed Liu Changxu, and gave him a Golden Luo Umbrella as a greeting gift.
• Liu Changxu prepared a sumptuous spirit-cuisine dinner for Su Hao, Jiang Yuqing, Su Jinxiu, and Su Jinjiang, and asked his master and master's wife about cultivation.
• After the Azure Cloud Sect's reinforcements reached the Star-Picking Mountain camp, Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao led the Liu Household Battle Team home.

Liu Changxu returned to Peach Blossom Mountain after the expedition, where the Liu Household mourned its fallen members, settled lineage affairs, and celebrated the battle team’s achievements. After spending several days with his family, Liu Changxu resumed cultivation at his father’s urging.

• Liu Changxu returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with Liu Shihao and the Liu Household Battle Team, reunited with his family, and comforted the grieving families of Liu Shisheng, Liu Shiju, and Liu Chang'an.
• Liu Shihao presided over funeral rites for the three fallen cultivators, and the Household Elders' Council increased compensation for their families, settled merit rewards, and scheduled a lineage assembly.
• Liu Baichuan reported the expedition’s achievements at the lineage assembly, where the members celebrated Liu Changxu becoming a disciple of a Golden Core cultivator and an official member of the Azure Cloud Sect.
• The Liu Household held a victory banquet, and Liu Changxu spent several days with his wives and children before resuming cultivation at Liu Shihao’s urging.

Liu Changxu persuaded Liu Shihao that the Liu Household should seize Bear King Mountain first to secure a new cultivation site and expand northward. The household launched its third assault, while Liu Shihao raised the challenge of defending the mountain after Liu Changxu left.

• Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao that Bear King Mountain should be captured before Red Lotus Lake because it was easier to seize, strategically important, and suitable for future development.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao agreed to attack Bear King Mountain first, then target Red Lotus Lake and Greenplain Valley.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao convened the Household Elders' Council, and twenty-three household members volunteered for the expedition.
• Liu Shihao warned Liu Changxu that the household would need to defend Bear King Mountain in his absence and would need more Foundation Establishment cultivators to operate a grand formation.
• Three days later, Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and the participating household members set out aboard two spirit-artifact flying boats to begin their third battle for Bear King Mountain.

The Liu Household Battle Team arrived at Bear King Mountain to claim it as their territory and defeated the Steel-Tusked Boar herd. Afterward, Liu Changxu watched his relatives fight and saw Li Zhenxin and Zhang Wenjun grow close while battling together.

• Liu Changxu killed the second-tier middle-grade Steel-Tusked Boar King with a single throw of the Golden Flood Dragon Spear, inspiring the Liu Household Battle Team to charge.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao watched the household members fight, including several contenders for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhang Wenjun befriended Li Zhenxin after assuring her she did not intend to threaten her place beside Liu Changxu.
• Li Zhenxin and Zhang Wenjun coordinated to kill a first-tier supreme-grade Steel-Tusked Boar, and Liu Changxu felt pleased that Li Zhenxin accepted her.
• The Liu Household members killed the remaining Steel-Tusked Boars and began processing their harvest.

After the Liu Household captured Bear King Mountain, Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and Li Zhenxin planned a new manor on its main peak. The lineage approved renaming the mountain Hundred Blossoms Mountain and the manor Hundred Blossoms Manor, and construction began with Liu Changxu reshaping the mountain.

• After the battle, Liu Shihao divided the clansmen into four groups to search Bear King Mountain for threats and catalog its spirit plants and treasures.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and Li Zhenxin surveyed the mountain, and Li Zhenxin spent over a month planning the manor and its formation.
• Li Zhenxin recommended Bear King Summit for the manor, and the lineage assembly approved her plan and renamed Bear King Mountain and the new manor.
• The assembly decided to build only part of Hundred Blossoms Manor while the Human-Demon War continued, and assigned its seven terraces according to cultivation level.
• After moving valuable spirit plants, Liu Changxu began cutting into the mountain and quarrying stone for the manor.

Liu Changxu excavated and leveled the site for Hundred Blossoms Manor, honing his martial technique and advancing his body-tempering cultivation along the way. After the manor’s walls were built, he and Li Zhenxin completed the Everlasting Greenwood Formation, and construction moved to its next stage.

• Liu Changxu used the Primordial Unity Vacuous Palm to excavate Hundred Blossoms Mountain while studying the technique and sharing spirit cuisine with the workers.
• Lian'er brought Liu Jiao and Liu Han to the mountain, and Liu Changxu assigned her to organize meals for the lineage members.
• Liu Changxu sent the Yellow Mountain Lion, Green Fox, and Silver-Eared Macaque to help clear rocks and soil, while the Blue-Scaled Python and Azure Cloud Eagle remained asleep as they refined beast cores.
• Liu Shihao bought the upper-grade second-tier Everlasting Greenwood Formation from Purple Forest Market with Li Yufei's help, and Liu Changxu perfected his palm technique and advanced his Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art after a month of excavation.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and Li Zhenxin began setting up the formation as Liu Baichuan led the lineage members in building the walls, but the formation work stalled because Li Zhenxin struggled with its complexity.
• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin studied the formation together and completed it after more than two months, while the manor walls were finished and construction entered its next stage.

Liu Changxu completed the luxurious Purple Cloud Pavilion on Hundred Blossoms Mountain and moved in with his family. When his mother asked him to build her one too, his parents instead accepted his offer to record the construction method so they would not hinder his cultivation.

• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin planned the family's residence and its supporting halls, gardens, fields, and facilities.
• Liu Changxu built the five-story Purple Cloud Pavilion from purple cloud wood and furnished it with precious materials and a second-tier Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Members of the Liu Household visited the completed pavilion, and Liu Changxue and Liu Changling moved in.
• In March of 3174, Liu Changxu's family held a housewarming ceremony, and Lin Yulian asked him to build her a matching pavilion.
• Liu Shihao objected that building another pavilion could delay Liu Changxu's cultivation, so Liu Changxu offered to record the construction method for his parents.
• Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian accepted, and the family shared a celebratory lunch in the pavilion.

Liu Changxu maintained his disciplined cultivation routine until Xiao Yun, the Azure Cloud Eagle, awakened and began advancing. After supplying the eagle with spirit stones and keeping watch, Liu Changxu saw it successfully reach the second tier and tested its enhanced flight and bloodline abilities.

• Liu Changxu followed a strict daily schedule for cultivation and other pursuits, which he credited in part to his parents’ guidance and support.
• Xiao Yun awakened and drew in spiritual energy, so Liu Changxu went to the eagle’s cave abode, where Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, Liu Jiao, and Liu Han were waiting.
• Liu Changxu confirmed Xiao Yun’s advancement was proceeding smoothly and left more than ten thousand low-grade spirit stones in the cave to support it.
• Liu Changxu monitored Xiao Yun for several days, then heard the eagle’s cry on the sixth morning and learned it had successfully advanced to the second tier.
• Liu Changxu rode Xiao Yun outside the formation and discovered the eagle flew twice as fast and could unleash a powerful hurricane that uprooted trees.

Liu Changxu trained the Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon Art while the Blue-Scaled Python underwent a dangerous transformation into a flood dragon. The Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon completed its breakthrough, and Liu Changxu fed the ravenous beast.

• The Azure Cloud Eagle demonstrated its increased speed, Golden Feather Arrow attack, and improved eyesight before Liu Changxu returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain.
• Liu Changxu practiced the Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon Art for more than a month and increased his flying speed by at least thirty percent.
• The Blue-Scaled Python began a dangerous breakthrough, and Liu Changxu placed his remaining spirit stones in its cave abode while concealing the advancement from outsiders.
• After ten days, the Blue-Scaled Python transformed into the fifteen-zhang-long Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon, whose aura briefly overwhelmed the Qi Refinement clanspeople at Hundred Blossoms Manor.
• The Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon begged Liu Changxu for food and ate three hundred jin of Icewind Flood Dragon meat.

After moving most of the Liu Household from Peach Blossom Mountain to Hundred Blossoms Manor, Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao debated how to protect their family as evil cultivators threatened the region. Their dilemma sharpened when the besieged Wu Household requested aid, and Liu Changshun brought its messenger to them.

• Liu Changxu learned that evil cultivators had slaughtered a Su Foundation Establishment Family and worried that Peach Blossom Mountain's defenses could not withstand them.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao argued over who should remain at Peach Blossom Mountain, then agreed to relocate most of the clansmen and valuable spirit plants to Hundred Blossoms Manor.
• Liu Changxu left his mother Lin Yulian and three spirit beasts to protect Hundred Blossoms Manor, then returned to Peach Blossom Manor to persuade Liu Shihao to leave.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao received Wu Changping's message that seven evil cultivators were besieging the Wu Household and debated whether to help, concerned that the reported numbers did not match earlier intelligence.
• Liu Changshun told Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao that a Wu Household messenger had arrived to ask for help.

Wu Yunyue arrived at Peach Blossom Mountain to plead for help after evil cultivators killed her grandfather, and Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao agreed to seek reinforcements. Eight Foundation Establishment attackers then assaulted the Liu Household’s defensive formation, and Liu Changxu decided to draw some of them away as the formation weakened.

• Wu Yunyue asked Liu Shihao to save the Wu Household, and he said he and Liu Changxu would seek help from the Azure Cloud Sect’s cultivators.
• Liu Changxu escorted Wu Yunyue to the Guest Pavilion, where she told him the evil cultivators had killed her grandfather and urged him not to risk himself for her.
• Eight masked evil cultivators attacked Peach Blossom Mountain with Purple Netherfire Snake Talismans, burning a hole through the Evergreen Yi-Wood Formation’s barrier.
• Liu Shihao directed the formation’s counterattack and had Liu Household elders replace spirit stones as the spirit vein could no longer supply enough power.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao he would go out to draw some attackers away, and his father reluctantly agreed after he mentioned Green Fox and the Azure Cloud Eagle.

Liu Changxu lured two evil cultivators away from Peach Blossom Manor and killed them before returning to help defend Peach Blossom Mountain. He joined the battle against the Evil Cultivator Chief, and the two began a close-quarters fight with their weapons.

• Liu Changxu drew two evil cultivators into a trap with help from Xiao Qing and Xiao Yun, then killed both and collected their belongings.
• The Yellow Mountain Lion and Silver-Eared Macaque arrived, and Liu Changxu returned toward Peach Blossom Mountain after resting.
• Liu Changxu saw the Evergreen Yi-Wood Formation nearing collapse and joined the battle alongside Liu Shihao and their spirit beasts.
• The evil cultivators released a Black Mystic Snake, evening the forces as Liu Changxu engaged the Evil Cultivator Chief.
• Liu Changxu exchanged flying-sword and spell attacks with the Evil Cultivator Chief, then drew his Golden Flood Dragon Spear and clashed with the chief's Black Greatsword.

Liu Changxu and his family and spirit beasts fought the evil cultivators, and Liu Changxu killed the Evil Cultivator Chief after overpowering him in close combat. The Liu side won most of the battles and pursued the fleeing enemies, but two evil cultivators escaped.

• Liu Shihao fought a Foundation Establishment early-stage evil cultivator while the Yellow Mountain Lion battled a middle-stage opponent, and Xiao Qing killed its early-stage enemy with the Eye of Samsara and a Wind Blade.
• Xiao Qing joined the Yellow Mountain Lion against the middle-stage evil cultivator, while the Azure Cloud Eagle gained the advantage over the Black Mystic Snake and the Silver-Eared Macaques struggled against their opponents.
• Liu Changxu kept the Evil Cultivator Chief on the defensive and blasted him apart with the Golden Flood Dragon Spear when his old injuries slowed him down.
• Liu Changxu collected the chief’s belongings, then pursued the fleeing evil cultivators with Liu Shihao and their spirit beasts, shooting Silver Feather Arrows at them.
• Liu Shihao killed a wounded Foundation Establishment early-stage fugitive, while Liu Changxu, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Jin slew the middle-stage evil cultivator and the Azure Cloud Eagle killed the Black Mystic Snake.
• Two evil cultivators fighting the Silver-Eared Macaques escaped.

After defeating the evil cultivators at Peach Blossom Mountain, Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao rushed with Wu Yunyue to aid the Wu Household on Yunping Mountain. They arrived to find its defenses breached and Wu Changping dead, as the evil cultivators slaughtered and scattered the household.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with the Black Mystic Snake’s spoils and were greeted by the cheering Liu Household members.
• Liu Changxu argued that the Liu Household needed to strike the evil cultivators at Yunping Mountain before they could regroup, and Liu Shihao agreed to go with him.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao took Wu Yunyue aboard the Green Feather Boat and restored their strength and that of their spirit beasts while traveling.
• Near Yunping Mountain, Liu Changxu used the Eye of Myriad Forms to see that the mountain-protecting formation had fallen and fighting was underway.
• The evil cultivators’ leader killed Wu Changping, and the besieged Wu Household members fought, surrendered, or fled as the attackers burned and pursued them.

Liu Changxu and his companions arrived at Yunping Mountain and battled the evil cultivators ravaging the Wu Estate. The Green Fox began turning the tide by killing one enemy and helping Liu Shihao defeat another, while Liu Changxu held off the enemy chief in a prolonged melee.

• Liu Changxu released four second-tier spirit beasts and attacked the great-perfection Foundation Establishment evil cultivator chief, while Liu Shihao and Wu Yunyue joined the fight.
• Liu Changxu forced the chief back with his strength, then fought him in a close-combat stalemate as Liu Shihao and the spirit beasts battled the other evil cultivators.
• Several Wu Household cultivators fled, while others gathered around Wu Yunyue and vowed to stand with the Liu Household.
• The Green Fox used the Eye of Samsara to kill its opponent, then helped Liu Shihao slay the evil cultivator he was fighting.
• The evil cultivator chief grew anxious as the Green Fox threatened his subordinates, but Liu Changxu held against his attacks and slowly wore him down.

Liu Changxu and his father wiped out the evil cultivators at Yunping Mountain and returned safely to Peach Blossom Mountain and Hundred Blossoms Manor. After reuniting with his family, Liu Changxu considered building his grandfather a Purple Cloud Pavilion for his retirement.

• Liu Changxu, Xiao Qing, Liu Shihao, and the Yellow Mountain Lion killed the Evil Cultivator Chief and the remaining evil cultivators, leaving none alive.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao collected the spoils, thanked the Wu Household, and returned to Peach Blossom Mountain as Wu Yunyue reluctantly saw Liu Changxu off.
• Liu Changxu hurried to Hundred Blossoms Manor and reunited with his children and family, who welcomed him with a feast hosted by Lin Yulian.
• Liu Changxu told his family how the battle had ended, reassuring Lin Yulian and Liu Baishan that the evil cultivators had been annihilated.
• Liu Baishan considered passing the patriarch position to another clansperson and worried about Liu Shilan's cultivation, while Liu Changxu thought of building him a Purple Cloud Pavilion.