Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu underwent the lightning tribulation to form his Golden Core, enduring the bolts with his unusually resilient body and defensive treasures. After overcoming his heart demons, he successfully formed his core and collected the Heavenly Dao’s healing dew.

• Liu Changxu’s Golden Core took shape, drawing vast dark clouds over the Ascension Pavilion as Su Hao ordered everyone to stay a hundred miles away.
• The first tribulation bolt destroyed the pavilion, while Liu Changxu survived beneath its protection without injury.
• Liu Changxu endured the second bolt with his body, then used a Golden Armor Talisman and other defenses against the later bolts.
• The eighth bolt shattered Liu Changxu’s Golden Luo Umbrella, and he used the Pavilion-Protection Formation Token to face the ninth.
• The ninth bolt destroyed the defensive formation and left Liu Changxu charred, but he overcame his heart demons and completed core formation.
• Healing dew fell from the sky, and Liu Changxu gathered it into a jade bottle and drank it to repair his injuries.

After healing from the lightning tribulation, Liu Changxu emerged as a Golden Core True Person and received congratulations from his sect, family, and friends. He reunited with his family, assessed his children's cultivation, and celebrated his breakthrough with his four wives.

• Liu Changxu healed his tribulation injuries with Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, changed into a new robe, and accepted congratulations from the Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Liu Changxu thanked his master Su Hao, then greeted Liang Yuanshan, Zhang Yuxin, Wang Yong, Su Jinxiu, Su Jinjiang, Qin Yulian, Xu Youxiang, Li Yungang, Liu Qiuju, Zhao Taijie, Wu Lihai, and his other relatives and friends.
• Yun'er congratulated Liu Changxu and boasted that she could defeat her four older brothers, while Liu Changxu observed that Liu Ping had no spiritual roots, Liu Yue had reached the second layer of qi refinement, and Liu Feng had reached the first layer.
• Liu Changxu saw that Jiao'er had reached the peak of the sixth level of qi refinement and accepted greetings from her and his four sons.
• Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, and Zhang Wenjun congratulated Liu Changxu, who embraced each of his four wives.

After emerging from nearly half a year of seclusion, Liu Changxu adjusted to the benefits of his new Golden Core stage and found his family occupied with cultivation and other tasks. He caught Yun'er slacking off and urged her to work harder, leaving her promising to improve.

• Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion in January of year 3187 of the Great Tang Calendar, with his Golden Core aura restrained and his appearance rejuvenated.
• Liu Changxu reflected on the abilities Golden Core cultivation granted, including long life, flight, freedom from ordinary food, and bonded magical treasures.
• Liu Changxu surveyed his household and saw his family cultivating, practicing, or working, while Yun'er sat alone eating a Golden Apple.
• Yun'er rushed into Liu Changxu's arms, then admitted she had stopped practicing because she was tired.
• Liu Changxu warned Yun'er against neglecting cultivation, and she promised not to slack off again.

After emerging from seclusion, Liu Changxu watched his children practice spells, examined their spiritual roots, and patiently guided them in cultivation. The gathering ended with Liu Ping’s mother, Wu Yunyue, resolving to have another child with spiritual roots.

• Liu Changxu took Yun'er to the Dueling Platform, where Jiao'er, Yue'er, and Feng'er practiced spells alongside her.
• Yun'er claimed victory in the children's spell contest, and Liu Changxu praised her while encouraging her not to become conceited.
• Liu Changxu examined Yun'er, Yue'er, and Feng'er's spiritual roots and learned which cultivation methods their mothers had chosen for them.
• Liu Changxu corrected the children's spell practice and patiently answered their cultivation questions, drawing his sons closer to him.
• Wu Yunyue arrived with Liu Han and Liu Ping, felt troubled that Liu Ping lacked spiritual roots, and resolved to bear another child with spiritual roots.

After emerging from seclusion, Liu Changxu learned that the Azure Cloud Sect had ended its war with the Black Evil Sect and that the Liu Lineage was growing rapidly through its childbirth policy. He hoped to return home with his family, but the Eastern Sea demon race’s looming beast tide threatened to delay the journey, and the chapter ended with Liu Changxu going to bed with his four wives.

• Li Zhenxin and Lian'er emerged from seclusion, and Liu Changxu prepared a family dinner before hearing their news.
• Li Zhenxin told Liu Changxu that the Azure Cloud Sect had forced the Black Evil Sect to surrender the Sea-Covering Seal, territory, and compensation in exchange for peace.
• Li Zhenxin reported that the Eastern Sea demon race might launch another beast tide, making Liu Changxu worry that his family’s return to the Liu Lineage would be delayed.
• Li Zhenxin told Liu Changxu that Third Concubine Shi, Second Concubine Liang, and his mother had given birth, while Liu Sheng had fathered dozens of children, two of whom had spiritual roots.
• Liu Changxu considered the lineage’s need to expand and upgrade its spirit vein, then sent the children to their rooms and went to the bedroom with his four wives.

After emerging from seclusion, Liu Changxu spent ten days using the Yin-Yang Harmony Art to strengthen his four wives’ cultivation before visiting his master, Su Hao. Su Hao told him to prepare for a trip to Azure Cloud Palace, where he would seek his True Disciple Token and face a test, and gave him a Flying Sword Magical Treasure.

• Liu Changxu and his four wives emerged from their bedroom on the tenth day, and Jiao'er noticed that the women's cultivation auras had grown stronger.
• Liu Changxu took Yun'er to Rainjade Garden, where he and Yun'er paid their respects to Su Hao, Jiang Yuqing, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian.
• Su Hao gave Yun'er a necklace refined from first-tier supreme-grade azureheart jade, and Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian took her outside to play.
• Su Hao told Liu Changxu that they would travel to Azure Cloud Palace in a few days to visit his great-grandmaster and seek his True Disciple Token, warning him that he would need to prove his strength.
• Jiang Yuqing promised that she and Su Hao would support Liu Changxu, and Su Hao gave him a lower-grade third-tier Flying Sword Magical Treasure.

Liu Changxu passed the Mysterious Sun Sword to Liu Changxu, then guarded Lian'er as she entered seclusion to attempt foundation establishment. While waiting, he assessed his strength and treasures and considered what kind of lifebound magical treasure he would eventually refine.

• Su Hao passed the Mysterious Sun Sword to Liu Changxu and urged him to carry their lineage forward.
• Liu Changxu gave Lian'er three Foundation Establishment Pills, and she entered seclusion in her chamber to attempt her breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu stayed home to guard Lian'er while Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, and Zhang Wenjun entered seclusion to consolidate their cultivation.
• Liu Changxu reflected on how the Yin-Yang Harmony Art benefited its weaker partner and reconsidered his gratitude toward his father-in-law.
• Liu Changxu assessed his cultivation, abilities, and magical treasures and concluded that he needed a suitable lifebound magical treasure.

Liu Changxu finished refining six third-tier magical treasures and guarded Lian'er through her successful Foundation Establishment breakthrough. After she consolidated her cultivation, her family celebrated her return and held a banquet that drew far more guests than expected.

• Liu Changxu refined six third-tier magical treasures and guarded Lian'er as she cultivated toward Foundation Establishment.
• Lian'er successfully reached Foundation Establishment, and Liu Changxu later hosted a feast where Su Jinxiu said she planned to enter seclusion to form her Golden Core.
• Lian'er emerged after consolidating her cultivation, and Liu Changxu, his three other wives, and the children congratulated her and gave her gifts.
• Liu Changxu and Lian'er decided to hold a modest Foundation Establishment banquet for their friends on Violet Glow Mountain.
• Nearly two hundred cultivators attended Lian'er's banquet, forcing the family to expand it from six tables to twenty and leaving Lian'er with a wealth of gifts.

Liu Changxu accompanied Su Hao to the Azure Cloud Palace, where he learned that the sect faced dangerous invaders from other cultivation planets. Su Hao then brought him to Upper Cloud Peak to meet his great-grandmaster, Jiang Shangyun.

• Liu Changxu and Su Hao teleported from Violet Glow Mountain to the Azure Cloud Palace and saw its vast floating city, a powerful Postnatal Spirit Treasure.
• Su Hao explained that visitors from other planets, including members of many races, often raided Mysterious Yellow Star and threatened the sect.
• Liu Changxu promised not to tell his family about the sect's confidential information and resolved to grow stronger.
• Su Hao flew at great speed toward Upper Cloud Peak, and Liu Changxu kept pace without showing strain.
• Su Hao identified Upper Cloud Peak and Upper Cloud Hall as Jiang Shangyun's residence, then led Liu Changxu onward.

Su Hao brought Liu Changxu to meet Jiang Shangyun, who explained that candidates for True Disciple status would have to challenge the Azure Cloud Tower. The chapter ended with Jiang Shangyun assuring them that failing a trial would not cost them their lives, as the tower would teleport them out.

• Su Hao and Liu Changxu arrived at Upper Cloud Hall and met Jiang Yufei, who greeted them and led them to Jiang Shangyun.
• Liu Changxu and Su Hao paid their respects to Jiang Shangyun, who recognized Liu Changxu as their branch’s new Heavenly Prodigy.
• Jiang Shangyun explained that candidates for True Disciple status must reach the Azure Cloud Tower’s sixteenth trial and endure for the time it takes an incense stick to burn.
• Liu Changxu felt confident about the challenge, while Su Hao was initially concerned but took heart from his disciple’s composure.
• Jiang Yufei asked whether a failed trial could be fatal, and Jiang Shangyun assured them that failure would only cause injuries before the tower teleported them out.

Jiang Shangyun explained the Azure Cloud Tower assessment to Jiang Yufei and Liu Changxu, then gave Liu Changxu his Golden Flood Dragon Sunset Bow. Liu Changxu refined and fully drew the bow, impressing Jiang Shangyun and astonishing Su Hao.

• Jiang Shangyun explained that the Azure Cloud Tower challenge tested disciples’ temperament and strength as well as their aptitude, and instructed Jiang Yufei and Liu Changxu about the assessment.
• Jiang Shangyun gave Liu Changxu the Golden Flood Dragon Sunset Bow as a welcoming gift, while Jiang Yufei resented seeing the treasured weapon go to an outsider.
• Jiang Yufei challenged Liu Changxu to prove he could draw the bow, prompting him to refine it in front of Jiang Shangyun and Su Hao.
• Liu Changxu drew the bow fully with his tremendous strength, and a golden arrow appeared as the bowstring reached its limit.
• Jiang Shangyun praised Liu Changxu’s performance, while Su Hao wondered whether his disciple could now threaten a Nascent Soul early stage cultivator with a single strike.

Liu Changxu received the Golden Flood Dragon Sunset Bow from Jiang Shangyun and stayed at Su Hao’s residence while awaiting the Azure Cloud Sect’s True Disciple assessment. At the newly completed Azure Cloud Tower, Vice Sect Master Li announced the qualification rules, and Feng Quanan entered the trials.

• Jiang Shangyun gave Liu Changxu the Golden Flood Dragon Sunset Bow, and Liu Changxu pledged to honor his expectations.
• Liu Changxu followed Su Hao to a cave abode on Upper Cloud Peak and waited there for news.
• Jiang Shangyun brought Liu Changxu and Jiang Yufei to the Azure Cloud Tower, where Liu Changxu met Chu Enkui and the other cultivators gathered for the assessment.
• Vice Sect Master Li arrived and announced that candidates who reached the sixteenth trial and lasted for the time it took an incense stick to burn would qualify as True Disciples.
• Feng Quanan entered the Azure Cloud Tower, and its second floor lit up shortly afterward.

Liu Changxu entered the Azure Cloud Tower’s trials after watching Feng Quanan earn a true disciple token. He studied the attacks of several Starry Sky Myriad Races opponents, leaving the trials still advancing through the tower.

• Feng Quanan cleared the trials through the sixteenth floor before his injuries and exhausted magic power forced him out, and he returned with a true disciple token.
• Liu Changxu considered the importance of true disciple status and the influence of nascent soul cultivators within the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Vice Sect Master Li called Liu Changxu into the trials, where he encountered and killed a One-Eyed Person after observing its attacks.
• Liu Changxu faced two white giants who attacked with magical rods, learned their techniques, and killed them with Water Arrows.
• Liu Changxu arrived in a new trial hall and faced three enormous golden tigers with foundation establishment early stage strength.

As Liu Changxu advanced slowly through the Azure Cloud Tower, Hou Jinfeng mocked him and insulted Jiang Yufei, provoking an argument with Jiang Shangyun. After Deputy Sect Master Li Yuanqing stopped them, Jiang Shangyun challenged Hou Jinfeng to a wager over whose disciple would clear more floors.

• Hou Jinfeng mocked Liu Changxu’s slow progress and suggested that Jiang Yufei marry his disciple Wang He, prompting Jiang Shangyun to confront him.
• Deputy Sect Master Li Yuanqing ordered Jiang Shangyun and Hou Jinfeng to stop arguing, and they obeyed.
• Li Yuanqing watched the trial, knowing the Azure Cloud Tower had been built to prepare disciples for battles against extraterrestrial races.
• Wang He entered the tower, and Hou Jinfeng taunted Jiang Shangyun that Liu Changxu would not get past the thirteenth floor.
• Jiang Shangyun proposed a wager over which disciple would clear more floors, and Hou Jinfeng agreed and asked what the stakes would be.

Liu Changxu stunned the sect with his rapid progress through the Azure Cloud Tower, winning Jiang Shangyun’s wager against Hou Jinfeng. He reached the nineteenth floor but ended his trial voluntarily rather than reveal his hidden trump card.

• Jiang Shangyun and Hou Jinfeng wagered fourth-tier treasures on whether Liu Changxu or Wang He would perform better in the trial.
• Liu Changxu quickly reached the fourteenth and fifteenth floors while Wang He remained behind, revealing that Liu Changxu had concealed his abilities.
• Jiang Yufei entered the Azure Cloud Tower after Ma Shangwu failed, and she advanced to the thirteenth floor.
• Liu Changxu reached the eighteenth floor, prompting Hou Jinfeng to give Jiang Shangyun the vajra wood and leave.
• Liu Changxu advanced to the nineteenth floor as Wang He was defeated on the sixteenth and teleported out of the tower.
• After fighting the nineteenth-floor puppet for two hours, Liu Changxu voluntarily left the tower to avoid revealing his red lotus karma fire.

Liu Changxu and Jiang Yufei both passed the Azure Cloud Tower trial and became true disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect. After receiving his True Disciple Token and discovering its powers and assigned missions, Liu Changxu headed to the General Affairs Hall to claim his benefits.

• Li Yuanqing announced that Liu Changxu had passed the trial and become a true disciple, and Liu Changxu learned that Jiang Yufei was still inside the tower.
• Jiang Yufei reached the sixteenth floor and endured the trial long enough to pass, but she emerged severely wounded and lost consciousness after Li Yunqing confirmed her success.
• Jiang Shangyun carried Jiang Yufei back to Upper Cloud Peak, where he found that her injuries had not damaged her foundation, and Liu Changxu discussed cultivation with him before returning to Su Hao.
• Two days later, Jiang Shangyun gave Liu Changxu his True Disciple Token, which entered his Mud Pill Palace and revealed his sect merit points and missions.
• Liu Changxu learned that he could summon and dismiss the Token with a thought, then flew to the General Affairs Hall to claim his true disciple benefits.

Liu Changxu collected the Azure Cloud Sect’s True Disciple benefits and explored the mountain estate granted to him, then spent his remaining merit points on scriptures and materials before leaving for Violet Glow Mountain with Su Hao. He obtained only one suitable material for his bonded magical treasure, top-grade third-tier starfire iron.

• Liu Changxu visited the General Affairs Grand Hall and received his True Disciple robes, Azure Cloud Sword, estate tokens, and other benefits from Lü Wei.
• Liu Changxu and Su Hao entered White Cloud Manor, where they found a spirit-rich mountain peak and settled in its Golden Jade Pavilion.
• Liu Changxu hosted Su Hao with a lavish meal to celebrate becoming a True Disciple.
• Liu Changxu spent his sect merit points copying jade slips and searching the treasury for materials, but obtained only top-grade third-tier starfire iron for his bonded magical treasure.
• Liu Changxu and Su Hao bade farewell to Jiang Shangyun and took the teleportation formation back to Violet Glow Mountain.

After becoming a true disciple, Liu Changxu reunited with his family, shared a celebratory dinner with his master’s household, and moved with his family into his new estate, Jade Bamboo Peak. He explored the peak’s spirit resources and found valuable bamboo, tea trees, and other treasures.

• Liu Changxu returned to Spirit Spring Residence, where his wives and children congratulated him on becoming a true disciple.
• Liu Changxu hosted his master’s family and Qin Yulian for dinner, served his experimental third-tier Five-Element Ascension Soup, and discussed his Golden Core banquet and return to Peach Blossom Mountain.
• Liu Changxu took his family to Jade Bamboo Peak and used his estate token to open the mountain-guarding formation.
• Liu Changxu discovered third-tier red-heart lotuses and schools of spirit fish in the pool at the foot of the mountain.
• Liu Changxu and his family inspected Jade Bamboo Peak and found valuable azure jade bamboo, spirit peach trees, green-silk jade dew tea trees, and a Blue Crystal Fruit Tree.

Liu Changxu settled into Jade Bamboo Manor and prepared for his Golden Core Banquet, discovering its neglected grounds and a valuable Golden Apple Tree. The banquet drew hundreds of cultivators, and Liu Changxu ended by sharing his core formation tribulation experience with the Foundation Establishment guests.

• Liu Changxu inspected Jade Bamboo Manor with his family and found its buildings, fields, and herb garden in disrepair, along with an upper-grade third-tier Golden Apple Tree bearing twenty-four unripe fruits.
• Liu Changxu and his family repaired their new home and prepared for the Golden Core Banquet, while he invited fellow disciples and stocked up on costly third-tier feast supplies.
• After word of the banquet spread, cultivators across Violet Glow Mountain planned to attend and bought gifts for Liu Changxu.
• On May 20, Year 3187 of the Great Tang Calendar, more than five hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators and at least thirty-five Golden Core cultivators arrived at Jade Bamboo Manor to congratulate Liu Changxu.
• Lian'er and the children helped serve Spirit Cuisine, including several lower-grade third-tier dishes, to the banquet guests.
• Liu Changxu explained his core formation tribulation experience, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators listened closely.

After the Golden Core banquet, Liu Changxu and his family prepared to leave the sect and return to Hundred Blossoms Manor. Their homecoming reminded him how much his lineage needed him, and he resolved not to abandon it.

• Liu Changxu tallied the banquet gifts and found their value exceeded the cost of hosting the feast.
• Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian entered seclusion to prepare for core formation while Liu Changxu and his family arranged Cloudspring Residence and Jade Bamboo Manor for their departure.
• Liu Changxu entrusted both properties to Ninth Great-Aunt Liu Qiuju and her family, then traveled with his family to Hundred Blossoms Manor aboard the Nine Heavens Chasing the Moon Boat.
• After seven years away, Liu Changxu and his family arrived to a boisterous welcome from the clansmen.
• Seeing his clansmen's expectations, Liu Changxu resolved to remain devoted to the lineage, then headed to his parents' home to reunite with his family.