Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu hosted a lavish farewell banquet and arranged betrothals for both of his sons. His master's displeasure over Liu Changxu's unresolved relationship with Su Jinxiu left him aware that he still had a debt to settle.

• Liu Changxu welcomed his master, fellow disciples, and friends to a banquet featuring exquisite spirit cuisine and wine before they left Cape City.
• Liu Changxu asked Wu Kun and Lin Feiyang to look after the Elegant Orchid Garden while he established a branch of his lineage in the Southern Sea.
• Lin Feiyang proposed his granddaughter for marriage, and Liu Changxu agreed to betroth Liu Chao to her.
• Wu Kun proposed his great-granddaughter for Liu Yang, and Liu Changxu agreed to the second betrothal.
• Su Hao watched Liu Changxu arrange his sons' marriages and grew displeased, realizing that his own refusal had stalled Liu Changxu's relationship with Su Jinxiu.

Liu Changxu publicly asked Su Hao and Jiang Yuqing to bless his marriage to Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian, prompting tension among the gathered cultivators. Jiang Yuqing left the decision to Su Hao, who then asked what status Liu Changxu would give the two women in his household.

• Liu Changxu knelt before Su Hao and Jiang Yuqing and asked their blessing to marry Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian.
• Yang Qingxue grew jealous and briefly released her Nascent Soul True Lord aura before restraining herself.
• Qin Yulian and Su Jinxiu knelt and declared they would marry no one but Liu Changxu.
• Jiang Yuqing left the marriage decision to Su Hao and departed, while Su Hao welcomed the chance to resolve the matter.
• Su Hao asked Liu Changxu what standing he would give Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian, warning that they should not be treated as concubines.

Liu Changxu vowed to marry Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian as primary wives, then managed the family’s new arrangements while preparing to return home. Two months after leaving South Cape Island, he set out for Violet Glow Mountain aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace with his women and children.

• Liu Changxu swore before heaven and earth to cherish and protect Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian as primary wives.
• After Su Hao left, Su Jinxiu embraced Liu Changxu and wept with happiness, while the banquet guests congratulated them.
• Liu Yan, Liu Ting, and Liu Chao addressed Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian as their first, second, and third mothers, placing Li Zhenxin as their fourth mother.
• Liu Changxu and six women met to arrange household duties, spirit treasures, and rules, then Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian returned to their guest lodges for the night.
• Over the following days, Liu Changxu toured South Cape Island with his family and bought local spirit treasures as his fellow disciples and friends departed.
• Two months later, Liu Changxu piloted the Ruyi Lotus Palace away from South Cape Island, beginning the journey home with his women and children.

Liu Changxu returned from Many-Treasure City to Azure Cloud Palace with his family after a year of travel, eager to reunite with his parents, wives, and children. The chapter ended with him leaving the Teleportation Hall after twenty years away and hurrying to see his loved ones.

• Liu Changxu reunited with Qiuyue and his seventeen-year-old son Liu Yang at Elegant Orchid Garden, where Liu Yang had reached the seventh layer of Qi Refinement.
• Liu Changxu welcomed Chu Shixiong, Wu Kun, Lin Feiyang, and other visitors with a lavish spirit-cuisine banquet.
• Liu Changxu took Qiuyue and Liu Yang with him, removed the precious spirit plants from Elegant Orchid Garden, and rented the property to Wu Kun and Lin Feiyang.
• Liu Changxu and his family left Many-Treasure City after five days and traveled toward Azure Cloud Palace using the Ruyi Lotus Palace and the sect's Long-Distance Teleportation Arrays.
• Liu Changxu arrived at Azure Cloud Palace in February of Great Tang Calendar Year 3221 and left the Teleportation Hall, eager to see his family after twenty years away.

Liu Changxu returned to White Cloud Manor after twenty years in the Southern Sea and reunited with his parents, wives, and daughter. He learned how greatly the Liu Household had grown, then began recounting his experiences in the Human-Demon War, leaving his family shaken.

• Liu Changxu entered White Cloud Manor and found Liu Shihao, Lin Yulian, Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, and Zhang Wenjun there, all stronger than before.
• Lin Yulian embraced Liu Changxu in tears, and Liu Changxu greeted his parents and reunited with his wives and daughter, Liu Fuqi.
• Liu Changxu congratulated Liu Fuqi on reaching Foundation Establishment and gave her the Demon-Binding Rope and Vajra Shield.
• Lin Yulian told Liu Changxu that the Liu Household had expanded across ten thousand li, grown to more than one hundred million people, and gained forty-five Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Lin Yulian explained that the sect had established three counties in the lineage's territory and claimed half the profits from important mineral veins.
• Liu Changxu began telling his family about his twenty years in the Southern Sea and the Human-Demon War, leaving them deeply shaken.

Liu Changxu reunited with his family and revealed that he had gained seven women and four children while away, prompting shock and tears but no lasting resentment from his first four wives. He introduced everyone aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace, where the women became acquainted and his family was amazed by the palace.

• Liu Changxu told his parents and wives that he had taken Chunlan, Xiazhu, Qiuyue, and Dongxue as concubines and would marry Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian.
• Li Zhenxin explained that the Liu Household’s men commonly had many wives, then wept as Liu Changxu apologized for marrying three women as principal wives.
• Liu Changxu comforted Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, and Zhang Wenjun in turn.
• Liu Changxu summoned the Ruyi Lotus Palace and introduced Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, his other women, children, and disciples to his parents and wives.
• Yang Qingxue led the newcomers in greeting Liu Changxu’s parents, and the eleven women soon chatted together cheerfully.
• Liu Changxu brought his family aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace, whose luxury astonished them and reassured his first four wives that they could remain with him during wars.

Liu Changxu celebrated his family’s reunion with a banquet and asked about his children’s marriages, focusing on the men his daughters favored. He agreed to meet Liu Fujiao’s suitor, Chu Ming, planned to investigate Liu Yun’s suitor, Wen Jiye, and learned that Qi'er had no one in mind yet.

• Lin Yulian prepared a feast with help from Liu Changxu’s five women, and the family enjoyed the meal while sharing news.
• Lin Yulian told Liu Changxu that his sons had taken concubines and that his daughters were waiting for him to return before deciding their marriages.
• Li Zhenxin described Liu Fujiao’s suitor, Chu Ming, as an upright inner sect disciple, and Liu Changxu asked to meet him.
• Zhang Wenjun described Liu Yun’s suitor, Wen Jiye, and his powerful family, but Liu Changxu said he would make inquiries before judging him.
• Liu Changxu asked Qi'er whether she fancied anyone, and she said she did not.

Liu Changxu reassured his family that they no longer needed to live cautiously now that he had returned with Yang Qingxue, a Nascent Soul True Lord. He discussed his children’s marriage prospects and agreed to arrange weddings after checking that there were no major problems.

• Zhang Wenjun told Liu Changxu that two Foundation Establishment disciples were pursuing Qi'er, and he promised to stop them from pestering her.
• Liu Changxu told his family they could hold their heads high again, and Yang Qingxue promised to protect them from injustice.
• Liu Changxu heard that Li Zhenxin had chosen Huang Xin as a possible principal wife for Liu Yue, while Liu Yue had a good impression of her.
• Lian'er told Liu Changxu that Liu Fufeng had pursued Li Yue'er himself, and he approved of the match.
• Wu Yunyue explained that Liu Fuyi and Zhao Xue loved each other and had her master's approval; Liu Changxu said he would arrange the children's weddings after investigating their choices.

Liu Changxu reunited with Li Zhenxin and gave her a Golden Core Formation Pill, then prepared to visit Yang Qingxue’s master, Chen Yufei. He and Yang Qingxue arrived at the Azure Cloud Palace, where a nascent soul cultivator greeted her warmly.

• Liu Changxu reunited with Li Zhenxin in her chamber, and they reminisced about their past.
• Liu Changxu gave Li Zhenxin a Golden Core Formation Pill and urged her to cultivate and form her core.
• Liu Changxu spent the night with Li Zhenxin and postponed visiting Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, and Zhang Wenjun.
• Yang Qingxue helped Liu Changxu choose a Longevity Peach as a gift for her master, Chen Yufei.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue flew to the Azure Cloud Palace and met a nascent soul cultivator at its southern gate.

Liu Changxu accompanied Yang Qingxue to the Azure Cloud Palace to meet her master, but her master was in secluded cultivation. After Li Jinjiang disparaged Liu Changxu, Aunt Chen welcomed the couple into Fragrant Garden and served them powerful spirit fruit and tea, leaving Liu Changxu wary of her intentions.

• Yang Qingxue introduced Liu Changxu as her Dao companion to Li Jinjiang, who mocked him and concealed his anger after Yang Qingxue intervened.
• Yang Qingxue hurried Liu Changxu away from the entrance, and Liu Changxu resolved to form his Nascent Soul after returning from the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Yang Qingxue brought Liu Changxu to Fragrant Garden, where Aunt Chen told them that Chen Yufei was in secluded cultivation and would not emerge for several years.
• Aunt Chen invited the couple to stay and served them fourth-tier spirit fruit and spirit tea, which Liu Changxu suspected might be a trap.

Liu Changxu endured Aunt Chen’s fourth-tier spirit fruit trial and, with Yang Qingxue’s help, refined the fruit’s immense spiritual power over a month of seclusion. He emerged with his cultivation on the brink of a nascent soul breakthrough, while his other promises and family plans remained postponed.

• Aunt Chen offered Liu Changxu spirit tea and fourth-tier spirit fruit to make him recognize the danger, but the tea advanced his soul and he ate six fruits.
• Liu Changxu gave Aunt Chen a Longevity Peach, then left with Yang Qingxue to refine the spirit fruit’s spiritual power.
• Liu Changxu’s body swelled under the spiritual pressure, so Yang Qingxue helped him refine the power and absorbed some of it through dual cultivation.
• After a month, Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue emerged from seclusion, with his cultivation near a nascent soul breakthrough and both of them greatly benefited.
• Liu Shihao, Lin Yulian, Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, and the other women gathered around, and Liu Changxu reassured them that he was well.

Liu Changxu announced that he would enter seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, reassuring his worried family that he was prepared and could no longer suppress his cultivation. After preparing a tribulation site at Golden Rooster Ridge with Yang Qingxue, he began his seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace.

• Liu Changxu told his family he would enter seclusion in ten days, and Lin Yulian and Liu Shihao worried about the dangers of his breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu urged his children and disciples to cultivate while he was away, and promised Liu Shihao he would help him attempt the Golden Core stage after forming his Nascent Soul.
• Liu Changxu spent the next several days preparing for seclusion, while his nine wives arranged a rotation to accompany him at night.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue traveled to Golden Rooster Ridge and chose a rocky peak as his tribulation site.
• Liu Changxu set up the Third-Tier Supreme-Grade Diamond Formation, activated a protective barrier, and placed the Ruyi Lotus Palace on the summit.
• After three days together in the palace, Yang Qingxue moved to a mountaintop a hundred li away, and Liu Changxu officially began seclusion.

Liu Changxu underwent his Nascent Soul tribulation on Golden Rooster Ridge, using the Ruyi Lotus Palace to withstand the lightning and awaken a trace of consciousness within it. As the tenth bolt descended, he used the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords to confront it, but the shattered lightning engulfed him.

• In March of Great Tang Calendar year 3225, spiritual energy gathered above Golden Rooster Ridge as Liu Changxu began forming his Nascent Soul, and Yang Qingxue warned cultivators to stay away.
• Liu Changxu’s Golden Core shattered into a miniature Nascent Soul just as the first bolt of tribulation lightning struck his formation and the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• The first four lightning bolts destroyed Liu Changxu’s Vajra Formation, exposing the Ruyi Lotus Palace to watching cultivators.
• Liu Changxu let the Ruyi Lotus Palace endure five bolts of lightning, sensed that it had developed a trace of consciousness, and withdrew it to his dantian before it could be destroyed.
• When the tenth bolt descended, Liu Changxu sent the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords to attack it, but the lightning shattered into a sea that engulfed him.

Liu Changxu weathered his Nascent Soul tribulation, awakening the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal into a spirit treasure embryo before overcoming the heart demon trial and reaching the Nascent Soul early stage. Yang Qingxue flew to congratulate him as he began his new stage of cultivation.

• Liu Changxu used his damaged Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal to block tribulation lightning, and the treasure sent him a distress signal before he withdrew it to nurture it.
• Liu Changxu used a fourth-tier low-grade Golden Armor Talisman and the Ruyi Golden Armor to survive the sword-shaped twenty-fifth bolt and the remaining lightning strikes.
• Liu Changxu recognized the seductive Li Zhenxin in his heart demon illusion as a false image and broke free by striking it with his palm.
• Liu Changxu passed the heart demon tribulation, healed under the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, and advanced to the Nascent Soul early stage.
• Yang Qingxue flew to Liu Changxu and congratulated him.

After forming his nascent soul, Liu Changxu received congratulations from Azure Cloud Sect elders and reunited with his family. The family celebrated at White Cloud Peak, where Liu Changxu grew closer to his younger brother Liu Changyan.

• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue met three Nascent Soul elders, and Liu Changxu welcomed their congratulations.
• Fifteen early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators came to congratulate Liu Changxu and make his acquaintance.
• Su Jinxiu brought Liu Changxu's family to congratulate him, and Lin Yulian eagerly questioned her son about his breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu returned with his family to White Cloud Peak, where Lin Yulian organized a lavish feast.
• Liu Changxu chatted with Liu Changyan during the feast, advised him on cultivation, and helped the two brothers grow closer.

At a family banquet, Liu Changxu discussed his siblings’ and children’s marriage prospects, agreeing to help Liu Changyan find a principal wife and comforting Liu Changxue over her lack of a suitable match. As the banquet ended, he announced that he planned to take members of the Liu Lineage to establish themselves in the Southern Sea, leaving his family puzzled.

• Liu Changyan told Liu Changxu that he had twelve concubines and more than thirty children, and explained that he had not taken a principal wife because Lin Yulian wanted him to marry a direct-line daughter of a Golden Core Lineage.
• Lin Yulian urged Liu Changxu to help arrange Liu Changyan’s marriage, and Liu Changxu agreed to seek a suitable match.
• Liu Changxue explained that suitors had refused Lin Yulian’s conditions that her husband marry into the Liu Household, their children take the Liu surname, and he take no concubines; Liu Changxu comforted her.
• Liu Changxu learned that Liu Fuqi liked the direct-line son of True Disciple Tian Yue, and he asked his youngest daughters, Liu Fuyan and Liu Futing, whether they had found anyone they liked.
• As the banquet ended, Liu Changxu announced that he planned to take members of the Liu Lineage to establish themselves in the Southern Sea, and his family questioned why.

Liu Changxu argued with Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian over moving the lineage’s development to the Southern Sea, then stabilized his Nascent Soul cultivation in seclusion. He emerged with greatly increased strength and restored fourth-tier magical treasures, while the move remained dependent on his father’s breakthrough to Golden Core.

• Liu Changxu explained that he and Yang Qingxue planned to seek Southern Sea resources and relocate the lineage’s development there, but Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian opposed the plan.
• Liu Changxu revealed that he already owned Southern Sea properties and had arranged marriage engagements for Chao'er and Yang'er, and said he would take Xiao Qing with him.
• Liu Shihao agreed to the plan if he achieved Core Formation first, or if Liu Changxu nurtured another Golden Core cultivator in the lineage before leaving; Liu Changxu accepted.
• After the banquet, Liu Changxu entered seclusion in Yang Qingxue's Azure Luan Pavilion to stabilize his Nascent Soul cultivation while his Ruyi Lotus Palace recovered.
• In September of year 3226, Liu Changxu completed his seclusion and found that his magic power, divine sense, physical strength, and senses had greatly improved.
• Liu Changxu discovered that his life-bound magical treasures had recovered from the tribulation lightning and risen to fourth-tier low-grade, then left the seclusion chamber.

After emerging from seclusion, Liu Changxu visited Azure Cloud Palace with Yang Qingxue and met Liu Qingying, the Azure Wave Fairy, who grew intrigued by him. They reached the Sect Master's Residence, where a guard went to announce their arrival.

• Liu Changxu found that his parents and younger siblings had returned to the lineage while he was in seclusion, then agreed to visit the sect master with Yang Qingxue.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue arrived at Azure Cloud Palace's east gate, where they met Liu Qingying, a beautiful nascent soul cultivator and one of the Azure Cloud Sect's Ten Fairies.
• Liu Changxu recalled Yang Qingxue's warning that Liu Qingying often seduced heavenly prodigies before casting them aside, and he greeted her politely.
• Liu Qingying became interested in Liu Changxu and resolved to investigate his abilities, while Yang Qingxue hurried him away from her.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue reached the Sect Master's Residence, and a golden core guard went inside to report their arrival.

Liu Changxu reported his Nascent Soul advancement to Sect Master Wang Fen, received his elder status and sect benefits, and agreed to assist with a secret teleportation array project. He and Yang Qingxue headed to inspect her Azure Luan Peak, leaving their own new Jade Green Peak for the next day.

• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue visited Sect Master Wang Fen, who praised Liu Changxu’s advancement and offered him a position in the Artifact Refining Hall.
• Liu Changxu declined the position to focus on cultivation, and Wang Fen gave him an Elder Token and asked him to help refine an Ultra-Long-Distance Large Teleportation Array when needed.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue visited Rainflier Garden, found Yang Qingxue’s master still in seclusion, and spent time with Aunt Chen before leaving.
• Liu Changxu used his Elder Token to collect his Nascent Soul elder benefits and selected Jade Green Peak as his spirit mountain.
• Liu Changxu postponed visiting Jade Green Peak until the next day, then changed course with Yang Qingxue to visit Azure Luan Peak.

Liu Changxu visited Yang Qingxue at Azure Luan Peak, then returned to White Cloud Peak with news of his appointment as an Azure Cloud Sect elder and the fourth-tier low-grade spirit mountain granted to him. His family celebrated, and the next morning they prepared to visit Jade Green Peak.

• Yang Qingxue brought Liu Changxu to Azure Luan Peak, introduced him to her twelve maidservants, and showed him the mountain's fourth-tier spirit plants.
• Liu Changxu welcomed Yang Qingxue's maidservants with protective jade talismans and brought them into his restored fourth-tier Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue spent the night together before returning to White Cloud Peak the next day.
• Liu Changxu showed his family the Elder Token he had received from the sect master and told them the sect had granted him Jade Green Peak.
• Liu Changxu's family celebrated his appointment at a banquet, then prepared to visit Jade Green Peak the following morning.