Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu returned home as a Golden Core True Person and reunited with his family, giving protective jade pendants to his younger brother Liu Yan and sister Liu Changxue. He heard about the Liu Household’s population growth and other changes, and the chapter ended with him astonished by the lineage’s progress.

• Liu Changxu arrived at his parents’ home with his family, and Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian welcomed him proudly.
• Liu Changxu met his three-year-old younger brother, Liu Yan, and gave him a protective bloodline jade pendant.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Changxue a pendant, then his wives and children greeted Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian.
• Liu Changxu’s family greeted his grandfather Liu Baishan and gathered in the main hall before the women went to prepare a meal.
• Liu Changxu recounted his experiences to Liu Baishan and Liu Shihao, and Liu Shihao described the lineage’s growth, leaving Liu Changxu astonished.

Liu Changxu learned how the Liu Lineage had grown more self-reliant and prosperous during his absence. At a family reunion, he gave gifts to his relatives, including Foundation Establishment Pills for his father’s two concubines.

• Liu Shihao told Liu Changxu that the lineage had repelled demon-beast attacks, expanded its territory, established a cultivator market, and applied to establish a county.
• Liu Shihao introduced Liu Changxu to his younger siblings, nephew, and niece, and Liu Changxu gave the children gifts.
• Liu Changxu presented Lin Yulian with a Water-Blue Jade Hairpin and gave jade pendants to his relatives, including his absent brother Liu Sheng.
• Liu Changxu gave Foundation Establishment Pills to Liang and Shi, who wept with joy, while Liu Shihao was moved by his son’s generosity.

Liu Changxu discussed the Foundation Establishment Pills he had distributed with Liu Shihao, then attended a clan council as the Liu Household’s Golden Core Lineage considered a new leadership structure. The chapter ended with the council weighing Liu Shijia’s proposal to appoint Liu Changxu Grand Supreme Elder.

• Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao that he had given Foundation Establishment Pills to his two aunt-mothers and planned to reserve the remaining pills for his sisters and the lineage.
• Liu Shihao summoned the lineage’s senior cultivators and elders to the Clan Affairs Hall for a meeting.
• Liu Changxu reflected on the Liu Household’s growth and the cultivation levels of its Foundation Establishment members.
• Liu Shijie reported the lineage’s territory, population, resources, and progress toward establishing Peach Blossom County.
• Liu Shijia proposed making Liu Changxu Grand Supreme Elder, designating Foundation Establishment cultivators as lineage elders, and assigning qi refinement elders as stewards; the council fell silent to consider it.

At the Liu Household clan meeting, Liu Changxu refused the position of Grand Supreme Elder after realizing that distrust and internal divisions had weakened the lineage. He donated two Foundation Establishment Pills to ease tensions, and the meeting turned to deciding who would receive them.

• Liu Shijie declined to remain Clan Head and proposed Liu Baiqiang as his successor, while Liu Changyong supported him.
• Liu Changxu rejected the nomination for Grand Supreme Elder, citing his youth, inexperience, and sect duties.
• Liu Changxu’s overheard private conversations had revealed resentment over his family’s influence and the strife caused by the household’s marriage and population policies.
• Liu Shijia, Liu Changyong, Liu Qiusheng, and other elders urged Liu Changxu to reconsider, but the clan meeting ended with the existing leadership unchanged.
• Liu Changxu donated two Foundation Establishment Pills to Clan Head Liu Shijie, and the family began discussing their allocation.

After the lineage meeting, Liu Changxu took his children and Green Fox Xiao Qing to inspect the household’s territory and visit Yellow Mountain Lion Xiao Jin. He found Xiao Jin settled with a mate and three cubs, but Liu Changxu’s visit turned tense when the lioness warned Yun’er away from the cubs.

• The lineage assigned the two Foundation Establishment Pills to Liu Changchun and Liu Changshun and arranged Liu Changxu’s Golden Core celebration.
• Liang, Shi, Liu Changshun, and Liu Changchun entered seclusion to prepare for Foundation Establishment breakthroughs while relatives guarded them.
• Liu Changxu set out with his six children and Green Fox Xiao Qing to inspect the territory and visit the spirit beasts he had not seen for seven years.
• Liu Changxu and his companions reached Iron Rhinoceros Ridge, where Yellow Mountain Lion Xiao Jin greeted them and led them to his cave.
• Liu Changxu discovered that Xiao Jin had a lioness mate and three cubs, and Yun’er went over to play with them.
• When the lioness growled at Yun’er, Liu Changxu unleashed his aura and forced her to collapse to the ground.

Liu Changxu subdued the lioness Little Yellow, arranged for three lion cubs to recognize his younger children as masters, and gave Xiao Jin and Little Yellow beast cores. As the family traveled toward Silver Monkey Mountain, Liu Changxu trained his children by having them hunt demon beasts without their protective jade talismans.

• Liu Changxu forced the lioness to submit, named her Little Yellow, and had Xiao Jin and Little Yellow's cubs recognize Yun'er, Yue'er, and Feng'er as their masters.
• Liu Changxu gave Xiao Jin a second-tier top-grade Flame Lion beast core and Little Yellow an upper-grade second-tier White Jade Lion beast core.
• Liu Changxu found a small, deeply buried vein of second-tier gold-patterned iron near Iron Rhinoceros Ridge and marked it on the Liu Household Territory Map before leaving with his family.
• As the family traveled toward Silver Monkey Mountain, Liu Changxu had Jiao'er lead her siblings in hunting demon beasts and ordered them to remove their jade talismans so they would train without their protection.
• The six children hunted demon beasts, improved their coordination, and learned to process carcasses and divide the spoils, collecting spirit herbs and materials along the way.

Liu Changxu brought the children to Silver Monkey Mountain, where Xiao Yin welcomed them, and surveyed the surrounding area for spirit plants. He discovered and mined a blue water jade vein, obtaining the material for his Life-Bound Jade Talisman before preparing to return home.

• Liu Changxu and his party reached Silver Monkey Mountain, where Xiao Yin and his family welcomed them with spirit fruits, and the children played with the young monkeys.
• Liu Changxu toured Silver Monkey Mountain with Xiao Yin and found spirit plants in the surrounding mountains and valleys, which Jiao'er collected.
• Liu Changxu spotted blue water jade in a river and followed the signs upstream to a rocky mountain.
• Liu Changxu blasted open the mountainside and confirmed that the mountain contained a blue water jade vein.
• Liu Changxu spent three days mining the vein, collecting over five hundred pieces of blue water jade, including a third-tier middle-grade piece suitable for making his Life-Bound Jade Talisman.

Liu Changxu finished his inspection of the blue water jade vein and continued traveling with his six children, visiting Red Lotus Lake and reuniting with his uncle Liu Shi'an. After a crowded family luncheon on Red Lotus Island, he left with the children for Hundred Blossoms Mountain.

• Liu Changxu ended the blue water jade mining and returned to Silver Monkey Mountain, where Li Zhenxin later led the Lineage's mining team and saw the mountain he had demolished.
• Liu Changxu gave Xiao Yin a Diamond Ape core, then traveled southeast with his six children, teaching them to fight and killing eight Golden-Eyed One-Horned Bulls while sparing three calves.
• Liu Changxu and the children reached Red Lotus Lake, where Little Blue and Xiao Zhu welcomed them; Xiao Zhu had transformed into a flood dragon, and Liu Changxu fed both dragons beast cores.
• Liu Shi'an arrived at Red Lotus Lake, praised Liu Changxu for forming his Golden Core, and urged him to have more children before inviting him and the children to a family luncheon.
• Liu Changxu and the children greeted Liu Shi'an's many wives, concubines, and children, then left Red Lotus Island for Hundred Blossoms Mountain.

Liu Changxu found a valley for his son Liu Han, then returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain as four Liu Household members attempted Foundation Establishment. Liu Changshun and Shi succeeded while Liang and Liu Changchun failed, and Liu Changxin resolved to prepare carefully before making her own attempt.

• Liu Changxu found a secluded valley near Hundred Blossoms Manor for Liu Han, but returned home without choosing it as his territory.
• Liu Changshun and Shi successfully reached Foundation Establishment, while Liang and Liu Changchun failed and suffered severe injuries.
• Liu Changxu treated Liang and examined Liu Changchun, finding that both had damaged meridians and that Liang's recovery would leave her lifespan shortened.
• Shi emerged transformed into a young woman, and Liu Shihao embraced her as Liu Changling and Liu Liang congratulated their mother.
• Liu Changxin watched Shi's transformation, resolved to reach Foundation Establishment, and decided to consolidate her cultivation before attempting it; Liu Changshun was welcomed by his large family.

Liu Changxu held a Golden Core celebration for the Liu Household on Peach Blossom Mountain, where cultivators from across the region came to congratulate him. Five Golden Core guests arrived just before his discourse, and his account of core formation expanded into a captivating exposition of his new insights.

• Cultivators from across the region arrived at Peach Blossom Mountain to attend Liu Changxu's Golden Core ceremony and present gifts.
• Liu Changxu noticed the five Golden Core guests approaching and went into the clouds to welcome them.
• Yu Hai introduced Zhang Dongxue, Ma Yongtao, Hu Wei, and Chen Lihai to Liu Changxu, and the guests exchanged greetings before entering the Banquet Hall.
• Liu Changxu took the honored seat and began his discourse by describing his experience of forming his Golden Core.
• Liu Changxu broadened his discourse to share his insights into heaven and earth, the human body, and cultivation, captivating the assembled cultivators.

Liu Changxu’s discourse on the Dao brought him into a state of enlightenment and deepened his understanding of divine abilities, impressing the cultivators at his Golden Core celebration. After the discourse, the guests thanked him and the Golden Core banquet began, leaving Liu Changxu dining and conversing warmly with the five Golden Core guests.

• Liu Changxu spoke beyond the allotted time as his insights flowed, and his discourse led him into Dao enlightenment.
• The five Golden Core guests and the gathered cultivators thanked Liu Changxu for teaching the Dao.
• Liu Changxu invited everyone to the Golden Core banquet and took the five Golden Core guests to a smaller hall for a feast.
• Lin Yulian, Lian'er, and other Liu Household members prepared spirit cuisine while Liu Shihao, Liu Shijia, and the household’s Foundation Establishment cultivators hosted guests.
• Yu Hai and the other Golden Core guests admired Liu Changxu after hearing his discourse and spoke with him more warmly over the meal.

After hosting a banquet for five Golden Core guests, Liu Changxu learned about nearby demon beast forces and helped his family prepare for Foundation Establishment. He then traveled with his wife and children to Eastern Splendor City, where he gave his mother-in-law a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Liu Changxu welcomed Yu Hai and four other Golden Core guests with third-tier spirit cuisine and Golden Wine, then asked them about nearby demon beasts.
• Zhang Dongxue and the others described dangerous Snow Mountain Vultures and Golden-Horned Deer, giving Liu Changxu useful information about the region.
• Liu Changxu gave his remaining Foundation Establishment Pills to Liu Changxin and Liu Changxue, comforted Liu Changling, and watched his parents guard the two sisters as they entered seclusion.
• Liu Changxu traveled with Li Zhenxin, Liu Fujiao, and Liu Fuyue aboard the Nine Heavens Chasing the Moon Boat to visit his in-laws in Eastern Splendor City.
• Liu Changxu gave Wang a Foundation Establishment Pill, and she accepted it with renewed hope of advancing before it was too late.

Liu Changxu’s mother-in-law Wang and his younger sisters Liu Changxin and Liu Changxue successfully reached Foundation Establishment, prompting the Liu Lineage to prepare a celebration. As he planned to attend Wang’s later celebration, Liu Changxu recognized that his decision to give her a pill could deepen resentment within his lineage and resolved to focus more on cultivation.

• Liu Changxu gave Wang a Foundation Establishment Pill, then visited the Li Household with Li Zhenxin and their children, where Li Tianheng warmly welcomed them.
• Liu Changxu returned home while Li Zhenxin stayed with the children at the Li Household until Wang completed her attempt at Foundation Establishment.
• A month later, Liu Changxin and Liu Changxue successfully reached Foundation Establishment, easing Liu Changxu’s worries.
• Liu Changxu learned that Wang had also succeeded, and he considered how giving her the pill might anger Liu Household members and harm Li Zhenxin’s standing.
• The Liu Lineage prepared a Foundation Establishment Celebration for Liu Changshun, Shi, Liu Changxin, and Liu Changxue, while Li Zhenxin planned to return after Wang’s celebration.
• Liu Changxu decided to limit his involvement in lineage affairs and devote more time to cultivation and searching for spirit treasures.

After attending the Li Household’s Foundation Establishment Celebration, Liu Changxu met three Golden Core cultivators from Eastern Splendor City, who invited him to join a demon-hunting operation. Feng Qingqing revealed that their real objective was a rare Longevity Peach Tree deep in Azure Cloud Mountain, whose fruit could extend a person’s life by eighty years.

• Liu Changxu attended the Li Household’s celebration with Lian’er and Liu Fufeng after the Liu Household’s own Foundation Establishment Celebration.
• Yu Hai, Ma Yongtao, and Feng Qingqing arrived at the Li Household and exchanged greetings with Liu Changxu, Li Tianheng, and Li Yunyue.
• Liu Changxu hosted the three Golden Core cultivators with spirit cuisine and his third-tier Golden Wine, and they shared intelligence about the Azure Cloud Mountain Demon Race.
• Yu Hai laid a soundproof restriction and asked Liu Changxu to join a small-scale sweep against the demon race.
• Feng Qingqing explained that the operation’s main goal was to reach a Longevity Peach Tree deep in Azure Cloud Mountain before its fruit ripened.

Liu Changxu accepted Yu Hai and the others' invitation to seek Longevity Peaches in Azure Cloud Mountain and returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain to prepare for the dangerous expedition. As he made preparations, his family pursued their own affairs, while Zhang Wenjun longed to visit her parents and felt disappointed that Liu Changxu was leaving again.

• Yu Hai described the powerful Earthshaking Bear Tribe guarding the Longevity Peaches, and Ma Yongtao urged Liu Changxu to join their group of seven Golden Core disciples.
• Liu Changxu weighed the dangers, mistrust, and potential benefits before accepting the invitation and agreeing on a meeting place with Yu Hai and his companions.
• Liu Changxu took Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, and the children to say farewell to Li Tianheng and his parents-in-law before returning to Hundred Blossoms Mountain.
• Liu Changxu began preparing for the journey by planning to draw third-tier talismans, while his wives and children continued their separate pursuits.
• Zhang Wenjun longed to visit her parents, but after learning Liu Changxu was setting out on another undertaking, she felt disappointed.

Liu Changxu joined Yu Hai and three other Golden Core cultivators on a journey to seize Longevity Peaches, learning about the risks and his companions’ motives for recruiting him. When Fire Crows drove their flying boat into the territory of Golden-Winged Eagles, the seven cultivators split up to escape and agreed to meet again.

• Liu Changxu met Elder Zhao Wengang, Elder Jiang Yu, and Elder Li Bing aboard Yu Hai’s flying boat as the party headed north.
• Yu Hai explained that Longevity Peak’s Longevity Peaches attracted fierce competition from cultivators and demon beasts, and the group’s members revealed their reasons for wanting Liu Changxu’s help and friendship.
• On the third morning, Liu Changxu spotted thousands of pursuing Fire Crows, but the Fire Crow King forced the party off course despite Yu Hai’s attempt to evade them.
• Five Golden-Winged Eagles, including an upper-grade third-tier beast, blocked the flying boat while the Fire Crows continued their pursuit.
• Liu Changxu and the other six cultivators agreed on a rendezvous point, left the boat, and fled in separate directions as the demon beasts chose targets to chase.

Liu Changxu killed a Golden-Winged Eagle and a Fire Crow while fleeing their pursuers, then discovered a third-tier middle grade Spirit Mountain. He defeated its guardian Golden Rock Sheep and flew toward the mountain to hunt the fleeing sheep demons.

• Liu Changxu lured the Golden-Winged Eagle away from the other beasts, pierced it with three Flying Swords, and captured its demon soul.
• Liu Changxu killed the pursuing Fire Crow despite its cries summoning other Fire Crows, then fled as more third-tier Demon Beasts joined the chase.
• Liu Changxu lost his planned route while shaking off his pursuers, but carefully found his bearings and flew toward the meeting point with Yu Hai.
• Liu Changxu spotted a third-tier middle grade Spirit Mountain and killed its guardian Golden Rock Sheep with the Golden Flood Dragon Sunset Bow and a Flying Sword.
• Liu Changxu stored the Golden Rock Sheep's demon soul and corpse, then hurried toward the Spirit Mountain to hunt the scattered sheep demons.

Liu Changxu slaughtered the higher-tier Golden Rock Sheep, gathered spirit beasts and treasures from the mountain, and then reunited with Yu Hai’s group. They traveled to Bear Mountain, where Liu Changxu detected a battle near the Longevity Peach Tree and the top-grade third-tier Earthshaking Bear.

• Liu Changxu killed all the second- and third-tier Golden Rock Sheep with his Red Lotus Flying Swords, then released his spirit beasts to hunt the fleeing first-tier sheep and captured five pairs of lambs.
• Liu Changxu searched the spirit mountain and collected a third-tier Golden Apple Tree, other spirit treasures, and numerous second-tier plants and herbs.
• Liu Changxu met Yu Hai and his companions at the agreed place and learned that Elder Li Bing had died fighting a third-tier middle-grade Golden-Winged Eagle.
• Liu Changxu and the group flew at low altitude for a day and night to reach Bear Mountain, where Yu Hai identified the peak holding the Longevity Peach Tree and a top-grade third-tier Earthshaking Bear.
• Liu Changxu detected signs of a battle on the distant peak, and the six decided to approach cautiously.

Liu Changxu and the other five cultivators killed two third-tier Earthshaking Bears on their way to Longevity Mountain. They then hid in a mountain cave to watch the three remaining Earthshaking Bears battle two supreme-grade Diamond Apes, hoping both sides would be badly wounded.

• Liu Changxu and the others were discovered by the Earthshaking Bear Tribe after killing a second-tier bear, and two third-tier bears rose to block their flight.
• Liu Changxu, Yu Hai, and Ma Yongtao overwhelmed the middle-grade Earthshaking Bear, while Feng Qingqing, Jiang Yu, and Zhao Wengang fought the lower-grade bear.
• Liu Changxu and the others killed both Earthshaking Bears and divided their carcasses and spoils, with Yu Hai taking the Beast Core.
• Liu Changxu and the others discovered three remaining third-tier Earthshaking Bears fighting two supreme-grade Diamond Apes near Longevity Mountain and concealed themselves in a cave.
• Liu Changxu sent amethyst bees to observe the battle and learned that it remained deadlocked, with both sides wounded.

Liu Changxu and the others left their cave and battled two wounded Earthshaking Bears near Longevity Mountain. Liu Changxu’s Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm turned his fight against the top-grade bear, while his companions gained the upper hand against the other bear.

• After the battle between the Diamond Apes and Earthshaking Bears ended, Liu Changxu and five companions left the cave and headed toward Longevity Mountain.
• Two wounded Earthshaking Bears flew out to confront the six, and the group divided into two teams to fight them.
• The bears attacked with a rain of boulders, so Liu Changxu and the others rose to ten thousand zhang, where the bears were weaker.
• Liu Changxu’s flying swords could barely harm the top-grade third-tier Earthshaking Bear, and Feng Qingqing’s group struggled against the other bear.
• Liu Changxu attacked the top-grade bear with the Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm and fought it in close combat, while Yu Hai and Ma Yongtao went to help Feng Qingqing’s group.
• Liu Changxu’s blows began to make the top-grade bear falter as his companions gained the advantage against the upper-grade bear.