Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu bought two ores at the cultivator market, then advanced to a lower-grade third-tier alchemist by refining Purple Sun Pills. He went to the Golden Core Auction at the Azure Cloud Cultivator Market, where bidding began with a flying sword magical treasure.

• Liu Changxu bought a blood-red stone and a gray silver ore after Yun'er pointed out the blood-red stone at a market stall.
• Liu Changxu reunited with Li Zhenxin, who had won a Foundation Establishment Pill at auction, and returned to White Cloud Peak with his family.
• Liu Changxu refined a lower-grade third-tier Purple Sun Pill after several failed batches, then produced five more across several successful batches.
• Liu Changxu flew alone to the Azure Cloud Cultivator Market and entered the Golden Core Auction's private rooms.
• A Golden Core late stage female cultivator opened the auction by presenting the Azure Nether Sword, a third-tier middle grade flying sword magical treasure.

Liu Changxu won a rare chunk of myriad-jun force spirit gold at auction and returned to White Cloud Peak to spend time with his family. He learned that Jiao'er was seeing a young member of the Li Household.

• Liu Changxu outbid a Golden Core cultivator and bought the myriad-jun force spirit gold for three hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Liu Changxu bought several other auction lots, then visited the Azure Cloud Pavilion for herbs before returning to White Cloud Peak.
• Liu Changxu spent a joyful afternoon with Yun'er, Liu Yi, Liu Qi, and his spirit beasts while Jiao'er was out with friends.
• Liu Changxu cooked dinner for his family after Li Zhenxin and the children returned to White Cloud Peak.
• Li Zhenxin told Liu Changxu that Jiao'er was seeing a young member of the Li Household.

Liu Changxu investigated Jiao’er’s lover, Li Jingchen, and discovered that he was a womanizer who had been seeing other women while courting her. Jiao’er ended the relationship and entered seclusion to recover from heartbreak, while Li Jingchen accepted the loss of both her and the support he had hoped to gain.

• Liu Changxu questioned Li Zhenxin about Li Jingchen and warned her that joining the powerful Li Household might expose Jiao’er to complicated family rivalries.
• Liu Changxu ordered his wives to investigate Li Jingchen, then sought information from his sect friends and considered taking more disciples to expand his influence.
• Liu Changxu’s contacts sent detailed reports revealing that Li Jingchen pursued advantages, charmed female cultivators, and continued intimate relationships with other women while courting Jiao’er.
• Liu Changxu told the women to document Li Jingchen’s affairs, and Li Zhenxin showed Jiao’er a Recording Stone of his behavior.
• Jiao’er broke up with Li Jingchen and entered seclusion, while Li Jingchen stopped pursuing her because he feared Liu Changxu and was unwilling to give up his other women.

Liu Changxu spent over two months refining Foundation Establishment Pills, eventually producing three despite the heavy losses. He gave them to Jiao'er for her Foundation Establishment attempt, and the family celebrated her recovery and his success with a feast.

• Liu Changxu began refining Foundation Establishment Pills while Lian'er and Yue'er observed, but he failed repeatedly before producing satisfactory Beast Core medicinal liquid.
• Liu Changxu continued experimenting for over two months and successfully refined three Foundation Establishment Pills, at a substantial financial loss.
• Liu Changxu returned to Xin Yue Tower, where his family congratulated him and he found Jiao'er had recovered from her heartbreak.
• Liu Changxu gave the three pills to Jiao'er and encouraged her to attempt Foundation Establishment, and she promised to succeed.
• Liu Changxu and his family prepared a celebratory feast, including two third-tier spirit cuisine dishes, and ate together.

Liu Changxu visited the Azure Cloud Sect treasury at Myriad Treasures Peak to obtain materials for his Life-Bound Magical Treasures. After trading away several spirit treasures, including a Longevity Peach, he collected enough merit points to acquire the costly materials he needed.

• Liu Changxu flew to Myriad Treasures Peak, where a terrifying divine sense swept over him as he approached the sect treasury.
• At the treasury entrance, Elder Jin recognized Liu Changxu as Elder Jiang’s disciple and encouraged him before letting him enter.
• Liu Changxu examined the spirit materials available for his planned treasure seal and twelve Flying Swords, but found they cost over two million merit points.
• Liu Changxu turned in several third-tier spirit treasures, including a Longevity Peach, to earn enough merit points.
• Liu Changxu returned to the spirit materials counter and exchanged his merit points for the artifact-refining materials.

Liu Changxu waited with Li Zhenxin for Jiao'er to reach Foundation Establishment while spending time with his children and guiding their cultivation. Jiao'er succeeded after a day and night in seclusion, and Liu Changxu decided to hold a banquet for her after she emerged.

• Liu Changxu played with Yi'er and Qi'er and trained Yun'er, Yue'er, and Feng'er in spells and sparring.
• Liu Changxu and his family noticed heaven and earth's spiritual energy surging around Jiao'er's seclusion chamber, so he went there to wait with Li Zhenxin.
• Liu Changxu comforted Li Zhenxin as they anxiously waited through the night for Jiao'er's breakthrough.
• Jiao'er reached Foundation Establishment and told Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin she needed to remain in seclusion to consolidate her cultivation.
• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin returned to Xin Yue Tower, where the family congratulated them, and Liu Changxu planned a simple Foundation Establishment Banquet for Jiao'er.

Liu Changxu hosted a prestigious foundation establishment banquet for Jiao'er, where guests celebrated her advancement and discussed rumors of a coming war in the Southern Sea. Afterward, Jiao'er received abundant gifts, and Liu Changxu entered seclusion to forge his Life-Bound Magical Treasure.

• Liu Changxu welcomed golden core cultivators and other guests to White Cloud Peak for Jiao'er's foundation establishment banquet.
• Liu Changxu served third-tier spirit cuisine, and Jiang Yufei and the other golden core guests praised and eagerly consumed his Five-Element Ascension Soup.
• Liu Changxu asked Jiang Yufei about Jiang Shangyun's seclusion, while privately suspecting it was connected to the Longevity Peach he had given him.
• Huang Lie raised rumors of unusual Demon Race activity and a likely beast tide in the Southern Sea, prompting Liu Changxu to worry about entering battle without a Life-Bound Magical Treasure.
• Liu Changxu and his family counted gifts worth more than five hundred thousand spirit stones, with Jiao'er receiving most of the spirit stones and second-tier treasures.
• Liu Changxu instructed his family about household affairs and entered the artifact refining chamber to forge his Life-Bound Magical Treasure.

Liu Changxu refined his first lower-grade third-tier magical treasure, the Nebula Sword, and celebrated with his family before preparing his four spirit beasts to advance to the third tier. He sent them to a sect tribulation ground and returned to the artifact refining chamber, instructing his wives to alert him if their tribulations began.

• Liu Changxu released the earthfire in the artifact refining chamber and used the Eight-Treasure Artifact Refining Furnace and his red lotus karma fire to refine a Nebula Sword from starfall iron and other spirit ores.
• After nearly a hundred days of forging and inscribing runes and restrictions, Liu Changxu successfully refined the lower-grade third-tier Nebula Sword and became a lower-grade third-tier Artifact Refiner.
• Liu Changxu returned to Xin Yue Tower, where Li Zhenxin, his other three wives, and the children congratulated him and celebrated with a lavish dinner.
• Liu Changxu gave third-tier beast cores to Xiao Jin, Xiao Qing, Xiao Yun, and Little Blue to help them attempt to advance from second-tier top grade.
• Liu Changxu sent the four spirit beasts to the sect's tribulation ground, then returned to refining magical treasures after asking his wives to notify him if any beast began its tribulation.

Liu Changxu refined three Red Lotus Skyburning Swords as his first Life-Bound Magical Treasures, then returned home and learned that Little Blue was about to undergo a lightning tribulation. He joined his family at a safe distance to watch as the tribulation began.

• After refining a Heavenly Gang Moon-Slashing Saber and a Vajra Shield, Liu Changxu began refining a lower-grade third-tier Red Lotus Skyburning Sword as his first Life-Bound Magical Treasure.
• Liu Changxu consecrated the finished sword with his essence blood, tested its control, and stored it in his dantian for nurturing.
• Liu Changxu spent another seven months refining two more Red Lotus Flying Swords, then paused to consider whether his next Life-Bound Magical Treasure should be a spear or halberd, or a seal.
• Liu Changxu returned to Xin Yue Tower and received Li Zhenxin's Voice Transmission Talisman saying Little Blue was about to break through.
• Liu Changxu reunited with Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, Zhang Wenjun, and the six children at a mountaintop near the tribulation site, and Little Blue's lightning tribulation began.

Little Blue endured its Golden Core tribulation and advanced into a lower-grade third-tier spirit beast, surviving the final bolt with help from its resilience and Tribulation Jade Dew. As Liu Changxu and his family celebrated, dark clouds gathered over Xiao Qing’s seclusion site, signaling that the Green Fox was about to face its own tribulation.

• Little Blue endured eight increasingly powerful bolts of tribulation lightning, leaving it gravely wounded as Liu Changxu and Jiao'er worried about its survival.
• Little Blue shielded its vital areas before the final bolt struck, and Liu Changxu sensed through their soul connection that it had survived.
• Little Blue absorbed the Tribulation Jade Dew, healed rapidly, and advanced into a lower-grade third-tier spirit beast.
• Little Blue revealed its Size Manipulation Divine Ability by shrinking to palm size and landing on Liu Changxu’s shoulder before affectionately playing with Jiao'er.
• Dark clouds gathered above Xiao Qing’s seclusion site, so Liu Changxu hurried there with his family.

Liu Changxu watched Xiao Qing endure the tribulation and become a third-tier greater demon, then rejoiced with his family. With two spirit beasts now advanced, he planned to upgrade the Liu Lineage’s spirit vein to the third tier.

• Liu Changxu arrived as Xiao Qing faced the tribulation and watched the fox dodge the second bolt by using the mountain’s rocks for cover.
• Xiao Qing evaded the first eight bolts through careful movement, but the accumulated injuries slowed the fox before the final bolt struck.
• Liu Changxu found Xiao Qing unconscious in a deep crater and revived the fox with Five-Element Ascension Soup.
• Liu Changxu fed Xiao Qing Tribulation Jade Dew, and the fox healed, grew a third tail, and advanced into a third-tier greater demon.
• Xiao Qing mastered size-shifting and perched on Liu Changxu’s shoulder as Li Zhenxin, the other two women, and the children arrived.
• Liu Changxu celebrated his spirit beasts’ advancement and resolved to upgrade the Liu Lineage’s spirit vein, while Xiao Qing affectionately greeted the family.

After Little Blue and Xiao Qing advanced, Liu Changxu completed the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal and returned to Violet Glow Mountain with his family to check on the Lineage. He discussed joining the Southern Sea beast tide campaign with Su Hao, while avoiding the feelings of his lovesick Senior Sister Su Jinxiu.

• Little Blue and Xiao Qing celebrated their advancement at a family feast, while Xiao Jin and Xiao Yun remained unable to summon tribulation lightning.
• Liu Changxu spent more than a year refining the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal, which restrained enemies with gravity and attacked their souls.
• Liu Changxu decided to return home first despite Yi'er and Qi'er pleading with him to stay, and Wu Yunyue asked him to settle Liu Ping's marriage.
• Liu Changxu traveled to Violet Glow Mountain with several family members, visited Su Hao, and shared a meal with both families.
• Liu Changxu offered to join Su Hao in the Southern Sea against the beast tide, but Jiang Yuqing forbade Su Jinxiu from going, and Liu Changxu hurried away to avoid her.
• After Liu Changxu left, Su Jinxiu silently wept while looking in the direction he had gone.

Liu Changxu returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain and reunited with his family, discovering how they had grown and changed during his years away. After learning his wife and concubine had given him two more children, he resolved to keep his own children close to the Liu Lineage and began reconnecting with his relatives.

• Liu Changxu brought his family back to Hundred Blossoms Mountain, where his clansmen welcomed him warmly and his parents greeted him at the manor.
• Liu Changxu observed that his parents and siblings had advanced in cultivation, while Liu Changxin had married Liang Wei and had a daughter; Liu Changxue and Liu Changling remained unmarried.
• Liu Changxu noticed that his younger siblings barely knew him and decided his children would live with the lineage so they could grow closer to their clansmen.
• Lin Yulian asked why Yunyue, Wenjun, and Yun'er had not returned, and Liu Changxu explained that their two young children could not yet use a teleportation array.
• Lin Yulian rejoiced at having two more grandchildren, prepared spirit cuisine, and later Liu Changxu's conversation with his family helped restore their closeness.

Liu Changxu reunited with his family and revealed that two third-tier spirit beasts could guard the lineage while he upgraded Red Lotus Island’s spirit vein. After meeting his relatives and learning of the Liu Lineage’s strained family bonds, he began considering how to address its internal problems.

• Liu Changxu told Lin Yulian that he planned to upgrade Red Lotus Island’s spirit vein and have Xiao Qing or Little Blue guard the lineage when he was away.
• Liu Changxu celebrated with his family, welcomed his sister Liu Changxin and brother-in-law Liang Wei, and gave them and their daughter three spirit artifacts.
• Lin Yulian told Liu Changxu that his sons Han'er and Ping'er had given him many grandchildren, and Lian'er left with Feng'er to visit Han'er's family.
• Liu Changshun brought thirteen descendants to meet Liu Changxu and explained that he favored children with better spiritual root aptitudes among his hundreds of descendants.
• Liu Changxu reflected on how large families weakened bonds and lineage cohesion, then resolved to find a solution for the Liu Lineage.

Liu Changxu visited his second son Liu Ping and eldest son Liu Han, spending time with his grandchildren and giving them protective gifts. After discovering that Liu Han’s son Liu Yuan had spiritual roots, Liu Changxu returned to Hundred Blossoms Manor with Lian'er, Liu Feng, and Liu Yuan.

• Liu Changxu visited Liu Ping’s home, met his grandchildren, and gave each child a bloodline spirit artifact jade talisman.
• Liu Changxu stayed with Liu Ping’s family for three days, then visited Liu Han’s home and gave his grandchildren Protective Jade Talismans.
• Liu Changxu tested the spiritual roots of Liu Han’s four old-enough grandchildren and discovered that Liu Yuan had a four-spirit root.
• Lian'er asked to take Liu Yuan and raise him herself, and Liu Changxu brought her, Liu Feng, and Liu Yuan back to Hundred Blossoms Manor.

Liu Changxu gathered the Liu Lineage elders to approve upgrading Red Lotus Island’s spirit vein and preparing a northern expedition against the Blackflame Tiger. He took his family to Red Lotus Island to begin the upgrades and left the island’s future defenses in Lian’er’s hands.

• Liu Changxu proposed upgrading Red Lotus Island’s spirit vein and leading a northern expedition, then revealed that Xiao Qing and Little Blue had both advanced to the third tier.
• The elders approved the plans, and the Liu Lineage began preparing battle formations and recruiting rogue cultivators for the campaign.
• Liu Changxu brought his family to Red Lotus Island, where Liu Shi’an asked him to arrange the island’s defenses while he joined the expedition.
• Liu Changxu settled his family at Red Lotus Manor, released his spirit beasts, and considered creating a Beast-Commanding Tower for them.

Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin completed the formations that upgraded Red Lotus Island’s spirit vein, then Liu Changxu oversaw the Liu Lineage’s preparations for its northern expedition. The expeditionary force departed north, while Li Zhenxin and Liu Fujiao followed as a powerful support unit.

• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin spent over a month installing the Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation and Azure Sea Rising Tide Formation on Red Lotus Island, raising its spirit vein to the lower-grade third tier.
• Liu Shijie reported that the Liu Lineage would send one Golden Core cultivator, eleven Foundation Establishment cultivators, and seven hundred Qi Refinement cultivators north, and Liu Changxu ordered them to march in three days.
• Liu Changyong read the expedition’s orders and rewards, and Liu Shihao organized the cultivators into three battalions led by Liu Shihao, Liu Shijia, and Liu Changyong.
• Liu Shihao, Liu Shijia, and Liu Changyong took their battalions north aboard flying boats.
• Liu Changxu flew north with Li Zhenxin and Liu Fujiao on the Azure Cloud Eagle, assigning them and several spirit beasts to support units in danger.

The Liu Household’s northern expedition captured Little Black Tiger Mountain after its Foundation Establishment cultivators slew three Blackflame Tigers, then celebrated and planned its next assault. The force set out the following morning to face the more dangerous Snow Vulture Clan.

• The Liu Household’s three battalions swept through first-tier demon beasts and claimed spirit veins as they advanced north.
• Li Zhenxin led the Foundation Establishment cultivators in battle on Little Black Tiger Mountain, where they killed three Blackflame Tigers and Liu Shi'an was wounded.
• Liu Changxu assessed his relatives’ combat performance, and the Liu Household divided the tiger spoils and claimed a Fireflame Jujube Tree for transplanting.
• Liu Changxu warned the elders that the Snow Vulture Clan would be formidable, but they insisted they could fight without his help.
• After a banquet and a night’s rest, the Liu Household’s cultivators resumed their northward advance.

The Liu Household Battle Team fought the Snow Vultures at Snow Vulture Peak, with its cultivators and spirit beasts eventually driving the second-tier flock into retreat. Three red flying swords then appeared and killed all seven escaping second-tier Snow Vultures.

• The Liu Household's Qi Refinement cultivators formed battle formations, blocked the first Snow Vulture attack, and counterattacked, while eleven Foundation Establishment cultivators engaged thirteen second-tier Snow Vultures.
• Liu Changxu's spirit beasts helped the Liu Household's Foundation Establishment fighters hold their ground against the faster, powerful Snow Vultures.
• Xiao Yin and Liu Fujiao killed one second-tier Snow Vulture, and Xiao Zhu and Liu Changling killed another, shifting the battle in the Liu Household's favor.
• Xiao Jin knocked a second-tier middle-grade Snow Vulture from the sky, and Liu Shijia, Liu Changyong, Liu Fujiao, and Lin Yulian killed three more as the remaining Snow Vultures fled.
• Three red flying swords appeared and killed all seven surviving second-tier Snow Vultures, including the top-grade bird that had escaped Xiao Yun.

After the Liu Household seized Snow Vulture Peak and Thunder Gathering Mountain, Liu Changxu led the assault on Snake King Ridge, using his fire lotuses to overwhelm its Black Mystic Snakes. The ridge’s surviving snakes fled, while Liu Shihao and the clansmen worried that Liu Changxu’s flames had destroyed valuable treasures.

• Liu Changxu joined his family on Snow Vulture Peak, where Liu Fujiao found an unusual Snow Vulture egg that he said could grow into a third-tier spirit beast.
• The Liu Household gathered thirty-five Snow Vulture eggs, medicinal herbs, and other treasures from Snow Vulture Peak before advancing east to Thunder Gathering Mountain.
• The Liu Household Battle Team cleared Thunder Gathering Mountain of its second-tier demon beasts and collected spirit resources and miniature mineral veins.
• At Snake King Ridge, Liu Changxu used his Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes to identify at least three second-tier top-grade Black Mystic Snakes and asked Liu Shihao to let him strike first.
• Liu Changxu unleashed three fire lotuses that burned most of the Black Mystic Snakes and drove the survivors from Snake King Ridge.
• Liu Shihao and the Liu Household clansmen silently lamented the treasures they thought had been burned, though Liu Changxu had avoided areas with second-tier spirit plants.