Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Liu Changxu’s cultivation, physical strength, pill-refining, and talisman-making have all improved. His growing success at producing pills and talismans has earned him more than 300 low-grade spirit stones.
• His fifth brother, Liu Changshun, runs out of money and proposes forming a group to hunt demonic beasts. Changxu agrees, both to help his brother earn income and to gain practical experience and a break from crafting.
• Changxu insists they recruit more clansmen and inform the elders. Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng approves, but, concerned the young cultivators may act recklessly, arranges for their grandfather, Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan, to lead them.
• Liu Baichuan organizes a team that includes Changshun’s father, Liu Shijie; Liu Shichao; and Liu Changchun. Before setting out, the group gathers information about safe, worthwhile hunting grounds.

Character developments and interactions

• Changxu’s growing competence makes him a promising cultivator, while his growing stock of unsold talismans gives him confidence that he can protect himself on a hunt.
• Changshun is short of spirit stones and turns to hunting for income. His closeness with Changxu helps persuade his brother to join him.
• Qiusheng balances support for the younger generation’s ambition with concern for their safety. Rather than forbid the hunt, he delegates leadership to Baichuan.
• Baichuan takes a cautious, practical approach by consulting other elders and gathering local intelligence before leading the team.

Setting and themes

• The chapter establishes the Purple Forest Market’s strategic position between the Azure Cloud Range and the Azure Mist Plain. Its spirit vein and trade routes draw cultivators, while its proximity to demonic beasts makes it a hunting hub and a defensive outpost for the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Key themes include family support, cultivating through practical experience, and balancing ambition with caution. The elders recognize that progress requires risk, but insist that safety must come first.

Summary

• The setting: Purple Forest Market lies near the northern frontier of human territory in the Azure Cloud Range, where cultivators and demonic beasts have fought for generations. The dangerous Vulture Peak, ruled by a powerful flock of Snow Mountain Vultures, is a major demon stronghold. Human cultivators hunt north for valuable herbs and beast materials, but the region is perilous and contested.
• The hunt begins: After investigating the area, Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan leads Liu Changxu and the Liu Household cultivators out of Purple Forest Market. Winter makes the hunt favorable because snow and bare vegetation leave large beasts exposed. Changxu releases his spirit beasts, Xiao Jin and Xiao Qing, who eagerly explore.
• A slow start: The group travels for two days and kills only two low-grade Golden-Horned Deer, finding that nearby prey has already been depleted by other hunters. They press farther north.
• A promising but risky target: On the third morning, Baichuan spots a herd of Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls. The group hopes that killing several will let them return, but Baichuan warns that the bulls are strong, their Golden Light Technique is dangerous, and their valuable bodies could attract thieves—especially since the herd is relatively close to the market.
• The decision: Changxu recommends patience: instead of attacking immediately, they should lie in wait and strike only when a suitable opportunity arises. Baichuan approves, and the team prepares to ambush.

Character developments and interactions

Baichuan’s age and experience show in his caution: he balances the promise of a valuable kill against the danger of the beasts and possible human rivals. Changxu demonstrates sound judgment by proposing a measured plan rather than rushing into danger. Baichuan listens to him and endorses his advice, showing trust and respect. The rest of the group shares both excitement at finding prey and concern about the risks.

Significant themes

The chapter emphasizes the harsh contest between humanity and the Demon Race, the dangers and rewards of frontier cultivation, and the need to temper ambition with patience. It also highlights that human threats can be as serious as demonic beasts, making caution and teamwork essential.

• Plot and events: Liu Baichuan’s group spots five wounded but powerful Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls, including a peak first-tier leader. Recognizing they are outmatched—and suspecting a stronger hunting team is after them—Baichuan withdraws the Liu cultivators. A moment later, a blue flying boat arrives, and a powerful Foundation Establishment woman kills all five bulls with a single display of ice magic. Baichuan then changes course, taking secluded northern trails. The group has better luck there, hunting several first-tier beasts, with Changxu’s spirit beasts helping locate prey by scent. That evening, the party roasts deer meat and shares spirit wine; Xiao Qing and Xiao Jin drink until they pass out. The night is peaceful, and the two remain asleep the next morning, so Changxu puts them in his Spirit Beast Bag.
• Character developments: Changxu is awed by the Foundation Establishment cultivator’s strength, which intensifies his determination to grow stronger. Baichuan shows caution and sound leadership by avoiding a dangerous encounter, then adapts the group’s route to improve their chances. Xiao Qing and Xiao Jin demonstrate their usefulness in the hunt, as well as their playful, childlike appetite and curiosity.
• Interactions and tone: The Liu cultivators share their excitement over a successful hunt and laugh together at the spirit beasts’ drunken antics. Their convivial camp contrasts with the earlier tension and disappointment of seeing a vastly stronger cultivator claim the bulls.
• Themes: The chapter highlights the power gap between cultivators, the importance of caution and practical leadership, and the value of teamwork—including the contribution of spirit beasts. It also balances danger and ambition with warm, humorous companionship.

Key plot points and events

• The Liu Household cultivators resume demon hunting without the two little guides, searching in a fan formation and relying on spiritual techniques and senses.
• Liu Changxu spots a cliff face that feels suspicious, though his Spirit Eye Technique cannot reveal the cause. He tests it with an arrow, flushing out a camouflaged middle-grade first-tier Mountain-Piercing Lizard.
• The lizard attacks with the Falling Stone Technique, then burrows underground using its Earth Escape bloodline art. Liu Changxu locates it by listening and uses a Ground-Hardening Talisman to force it back to the surface.
• Ready with his Moon-Shooting Bow, Liu Changxu wounds the lizard as it emerges and kills it with two more arrows. The effort leaves him completely exhausted.

Character development

• Liu Changxu shows sharp intuition, caution, and a willingness to learn from his elders. He applies what he knows about the lizard’s escape ability and uses his tools strategically.
• His dual cultivation of magic and the body gives him the strength to draw the powerful bow, but the hunt reveals its cost: four shots nearly drain him.

Character interactions

• Liu Changxu hunts alongside four Liu Household elders, who form the search party’s center and wings. He has previously sought their advice, though this encounter is largely a solo test of his skills.
• The battle is a direct contest between Liu Changxu’s observation and tactics and the lizard’s camouflage, stone attacks, and burrowing escape.

Significant themes

• Vigilance and intuition: Spiritual techniques are not foolproof; unease and careful testing can expose hidden danger.
• Preparation and adaptability: Liu Changxu combines listening, talismans, movement, and archery to counter the lizard’s abilities.
• Power and its limits: His exceptional physical strength enables the bow’s use, but even a successful victory exacts a heavy toll.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Changxu kills a Mountain-Piercing Lizard in just over ten breaths. A Ground-Hardening Talisman and quick tactical decisions prevent it from escaping underground.
• While retrieving his arrow from a cliff, Changxu notices something unusual in the rock. He breaks through the cliff and discovers a fist-sized piece of middle-grade first-tier yellow crystal copper.
• He alerts the Liu Household cultivators, who conceal the site with a bewildering formation and mine the deposit over ten days. Changxu alone collects eighty-five pieces, worth more than ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones; the others take similarly valuable hauls.
• The clan seals the tunnels, removes signs of mining, and returns safely to Purple Forest Market, despite the danger of bandits disguised as demon hunters.
• Back home, the Liu Household sells the copper discreetly. Liu Changshun, his son, and Liu Shichao use their earnings to buy cultivation supplies and enter seclusion.
• Changxu instead tends the Azure Cloud Eagle egg. After three more days, it hatches; he feeds the hungry chick Spirit Beast Pills, names it Xiao Yun, and introduces it to his other spirit beasts, Xiao Qing and Xiao Jin. The three play together.
• With Xiao Yun hatched, Changxu turns to cultivation, aiming to break through to late Qi Refinement.

Character developments and interactions

• Changxu demonstrates tactical skill and resourcefulness in battle, then alertness in spotting the hidden copper deposit. Baichuan praises his quick planning and leadership.
• Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan is delighted by the windfall but remains cautious, organizing the mining’s concealment and the group’s safe return.
• Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng sees Changxu as exceptionally fortunate and believes his success will help the Liu Household prosper.
• Changxu’s bond with Xiao Yun begins immediately: the chick recognizes him as its master, communicates its hunger through their soul connection, and accepts its name.
• Xiao Yun’s arrival expands Changxu’s spirit-beast group, whose members quickly grow comfortable enough to play together.

Significant themes

• Preparedness and ingenuity: Changxu’s talisman and tactics turn a dangerous fight in his favor.
• Fortune and collective prosperity: Changxu’s discoveries benefit not only himself but the wider clan.
• Caution and secrecy: The Liu Household protects its gains from rival cultivators and hides the mining site.
• Cultivation through resources and bonds: The windfall enables clan members to advance, while Changxu’s care for Xiao Yun strengthens his spiritual-beast partnership.

Plot points and events

• Over three months, Liu Changxu uses a Barrier-Breaking Pill to reach the seventh layer of Qi Refinement at just seventeen, qualifying him to become a lineage elder.
• His achievement inspires the Liu Household, who see him as a future protector and leader. The chapter contrasts the support and resources of a cultivation lineage with the hardships faced by rogue cultivators.
• Several relatives also advance thanks to the household’s ample pills: Liu Shijie reaches late Qi Refinement, Liu Shichao reaches the sixth layer, and Liu Changshun the fourth. They credit Changxu’s discovery of a yellow crystal copper mine for improving their circumstances.
• Meanwhile, Liu Shihao completes his preparations for Foundation Establishment. He takes a Foundation Establishment Pill and endures three days and nights of painful bodily refinement as his spiritual energy turns from gas into liquid.
• Shihao succeeds, becoming the Liu Lineage’s first Foundation Establishment cultivator. The household celebrates, marking its rise into a Foundation Establishment lineage.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Changxu emerges as an exceptionally promising young cultivator whose discovery and advancement benefit both himself and his relatives.
• Liu Shihao demonstrates discipline and endurance, persisting through a dangerous breakthrough that could have killed or permanently crippled him.
• Liu Shijie, Liu Shichao, and Liu Changshun make significant progress and express gratitude to Changxu.
• Liu Qiuju and Zhao Yushan, keeping watch during Shihao’s attempt, witness Changxu’s breakthrough as well as the pivotal moment in the household’s fortunes.
• Liu Qiusheng and the other elders respond to Shihao’s success with tears of joy, reflecting the lineage’s long collective effort.

Significant themes

• Family and collective effort: The Liu Lineage’s progress depends on members supporting and benefiting one another.
• Resources and opportunity: Pills, a mine, teachers, and safe cultivation grounds give lineage cultivators advantages that rogue cultivators lack.
• Perseverance and risk: Foundation Establishment demands endurance, and failure can mean death or the end of a cultivator’s path.
• Legacy and prosperity: Shihao’s breakthrough fulfills more than a personal ambition—it secures the lineage’s future and raises its status.

Key plot points and events

• After successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, Liu Shihao remains in seclusion to stabilize his cultivation. The Liu Household turns its attention to opening the Peach Blossom Pavilion in Purple Forest Market.
• The lineage buys a former general store and rear courtyard for 50,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, giving the family a foothold in the market. They demolish the dilapidated property and rebuild it as a five-story pavilion, with construction and courtyard improvements costing another 15,000 spirit stones.
• Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng organizes the preparations: some members build the shop, others purchase goods and establish supply channels, while skilled cultivators make pills and talismans for sale.
• Liu Changxu leads production. He improves his alchemy enough to become a middle-grade first-tier alchemist and raises his success rate with Qi Refinement Pills to 80%. He also sharpens his talisman skills, reaching an 80% success rate with upper-grade first-tier Fireball Talismans and learning to make several other upper-grade talismans.
• Liu Changxu trains his fifteenth uncle, Liu Shichao, in both crafts. Despite limited talent and more than thirty failed pill batches, Shichao becomes a lower-grade first-tier talisman maker and begins learning alchemy. Their work produces enough stock for the pavilion’s opening.
• Once his Foundation Establishment cultivation is stable, Liu Shihao emerges from seclusion. Liu Changxu rushes to embrace him, and the two celebrate each other’s progress.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Changxu demonstrates growing skill, industry, and generosity: he advances in alchemy and talisman making while patiently teaching Shichao. His reunion with his father reveals that, despite his cultivation progress, he is still a young son who feared losing him.
• Liu Shichao is portrayed as dependable and humble. Though burdened by the needs of his large family and lacking strong aptitude, he works diligently and accepts instruction without pride.
• Liu Shihao returns as a successful Foundation Establishment cultivator and expresses pride in his son’s breakthrough to late Qi Refinement.
• Liu Qiusheng provides practical leadership, coordinating construction, procurement, and production across the lineage.

Significant themes

• Collective effort and family advancement: The pavilion’s opening depends on many members contributing different skills.
• Perseverance and apprenticeship: Liu Changxu’s repeated practice and Shichao’s persistence show how disciplined work and guidance can overcome limited talent.
• Family bonds: The father-son reunion highlights mutual affection and relief after the risks of Foundation Establishment.
• Building a lasting foothold: Establishing the pavilion is not just a commercial venture; it marks the Liu Lineage’s growing presence and self-reliance in the market.

Key plot points and events

• The Liu Lineage opens the five-story Peach Blossom Pavilion Purple Forest Branch, offering spiritual goods, a restaurant, and a purchasing service. On opening day, selected goods are discounted to 80% of market price.
• Liu Qiuju’s senior sect sister, Li Yufei—a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and market steward—attends as guest of honor. Her presence, along with three Foundation Establishment cultivators overseeing the pavilion, discourages would-be troublemakers.
• The opening is a commercial success: the pavilion sells over 3,000 spirit stones’ worth of goods in one day. Peach Blossom Brew, attractively bottled in handmade Azure Jade Bottles, is especially popular, as are Liu Changxu’s pills and talismans.
• After the ceremony, the family holds a banquet to thank Liu Qiuju and her daughter and celebrate Liu Shihao’s Foundation Establishment breakthrough and the pavilion’s opening.
• Liu Shihao proposes creating a trading caravan between the lineage’s home and the market. The plan depends on obtaining a costly, hard-to-find Flying Boat Artifact; Liu Qiuju offers to watch for one.
• The next morning, Liu Qiuju and her daughter return to their sect. The family assigns staff to the new branch, with Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng taking charge. More members are needed, so Liu Shihao plans to send additional cultivators from Peach Blossom Mountain.

Character developments

• Liu Shihao, now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, leads the opening and begins planning the lineage’s expansion through a trading caravan.
• Liu Changxu’s skills as a pill refiner and talisman maker prove commercially valuable, though the strong sales mean he must produce more stock.
• Elders Liu Qiusheng and Liu Qiushui, after years of carrying the lineage through difficult times, plan to pass authority to younger members and retire peacefully.
• Liu Changshun chooses to stay at the pavilion, hoping that remaining alongside Liu Changxu will bring him good fortune.
• Liu Qiuju and her daughter complete their support of the lineage and depart for their sect.

Character interactions

• Li Yufei publicly supports Liu Qiuju and the Liu Lineage, strengthening the family’s standing and deterring hostile observers.
• At the banquet, siblings Liu Qiuju, Liu Qiusheng, and Liu Qiushui reminisce about their youth and the lineage’s hardships, sharing both laughter and tears.
• The family discusses staffing and business plans collectively, balancing the need to protect Peach Blossom Mountain, supply the shop, and oversee its operations.

Significant themes

• Family duty and continuity: The elders’ sacrifices have secured a future for the younger generation, while responsibilities are gradually being handed over.
• Collective effort and mutual support: The pavilion’s success depends on the work of the lineage and the backing of allies such as Li Yufei.
• Growth and ambition: The branch marks a step toward broader trade and prosperity, though expansion brings practical challenges such as staffing and acquiring a flying boat.

Key plot points and events

• Unable to find a flying boat locally, Liu Shihao bought the second-tier lower-grade Green Feather Boat from an Azure Cloud Sect cultivator, with Li Yufei’s help. It cost forty thousand low-grade spirit stones—much of it borrowed from clansmen.
• The boat can carry more than ten people and fly about six thousand li per day. Its speed and convenience promise safer patrols and make it easier for the Liu Lineage to develop other spirit veins.
• Liu Shihao took the clansmen for a flight around Purple Forest Market, then piloted the boat and the returning clansmen back to Peach Blossom Mountain.
• Left at Peach Blossom Pavilion, Liu Changxu helped Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng run the business. For a month he juggled management, pill refining, and talisman crafting, leaving little time to cultivate.
• Liu Shihao promised to arrange additional staff and a new shopkeeper. The chapter ends as newly assigned clansmen arrive, surprising and delighting Liu Changxu.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Shihao shows resourcefulness in securing the boat and concern for his son’s cultivation, promising to ease Liu Changxu’s workload.
• Liu Changxu takes on family responsibilities despite preferring to focus on cultivation and reach Foundation Establishment. The boat also strengthens his ambition to advance.
• Li Yufei helps the Liu Household by connecting Liu Shihao with a seller.
• Liu Qiusheng remains at the pavilion to provide authority and oversight, delegating daily work to younger clansmen.
• Other relatives take on distinct roles: Liu Shiju manages customers and outside hires; Liu Shijie and Liu Changshun handle goods; Liu Shichao oversees purchasing, pills, and talismans. Their cooperation keeps the understaffed pavilion operating.

Significant themes

• Family duty versus personal cultivation: Liu Changxu’s obligations repeatedly intrude on his training.
• Collective sacrifice and ambition: The lineage spends its savings and borrows from its members to acquire an asset that could strengthen its future.
• Growth and institution-building: The boat and Peach Blossom Pavilion mark the Liu Lineage’s efforts to expand its influence, infrastructure, and economic base.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Changxu is delighted when his parents, Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian, arrive at Purple Forest Market with his younger sister, Liu Changxue. The siblings joyfully reunite, and Changxu spoils her by buying the treats that catch her eye.
• The family’s move to Purple Forest Market reflects the Liu Lineage’s need for richer cultivation resources than their home territory can provide, particularly now that Shihao has reached Foundation Establishment.
• Shihao reports the Elder Council’s decisions to the Liu cultivators. He is named the lineage’s first Grand Supreme Elder, while Changxu, Liu Shijie, and Lin Yulian receive elder appointments. Lin Yulian will lead the Commerce Hall and manage Peach Blossom Pavilion; Shijie will head the Spirit Plant Hall; Changxu is left free to focus on cultivation.
• The council reorganizes the lineage’s market operations, establishes a Demon Hunting Team, plans Shihao’s Foundation Establishment ceremony for three months later, and directs him to register with the Azure Cloud Sect. After the ceremony, the lineage intends to clear its territory of demonic beasts and develop its spirit veins.
• Shihao assigns immediate tasks: settling the newly arrived family members, preparing gifts for the sect officials, and gathering ingredients for the ceremony banquet.

Character developments and interactions

• Changxu’s warm, affectionate reunion with Changxue shows their enduring closeness; their mother is reassured by their bond. He also welcomes his parents respectfully, while Lin Yulian’s concern that he has grown thin reveals her maternal affection.
• Shihao’s breakthrough has transformed both his standing and the Liu Lineage’s prospects. The family’s celebration and Liu Baishan’s tears underscore how significant this achievement is after more than a century of hope.
• Lin Yulian and other relatives take on greater responsibilities as the family relocates and the lineage expands its operations. Changxu, despite being made an elder, is deliberately spared administrative duties so he can cultivate.

Significant themes

• Family affection and reunion: Changxu’s homecoming with his parents and sister offers a personal counterpoint to the chapter’s institutional decisions.
• Ambition and advancement: Shihao’s breakthrough marks the Liu Lineage’s rise from a Qi Refinement household toward the status and obligations of a Foundation Establishment lineage.
• Resources, organization, and responsibility: The move to a better-resourced market, new appointments, sect registration, and territorial development show that greater power brings both opportunity and heavier obligations.

Liu Changxu prepared supplies for the Peach Blossom Pavilion and traveled with his father and other Liu Household members to Eastern Splendor City, where they headed to the Azure Cloud Sect branch to report their affairs. The chapter left them arriving at the branch with the Liu Lineage’s inherited connections still intact.

• Liu Changxue asked Liu Changxu to let Xiao Qing play with her, and he released Xiao Qing, Xiao Yun, and Xiao Jin to keep her company.
• Liu Changxu decided to find powerful spirit-beast cubs for his sister and refined pills and crafted talismans to replenish the Peach Blossom Pavilion’s stock.
• Liu Shihao took Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng, Liu Changxu, Liu Changshun, Liu Changchun, and others aboard the Green Feather Boat to Eastern Splendor City.
• The group landed outside Eastern Splendor City because flight was prohibited above it, then entered and crossed from the outer city into the prosperous inner city.
• Liu Shihao led the group toward the Azure Cloud Sect Eastern Splendor Province Branch, where their ancestor Liu Wu’s old connections remained.

Liu Shihao brought the Liu Household Cultivators to the Azure Cloud Sect’s Eastern Splendor Province Branch to register his Foundation Establishment breakthrough. Yao Chengwu granted him an identity token with one thousand contribution points, and Liu Shihao received the long-awaited recognition with excitement.

• Liu Shihao introduced himself to the Azure Cloud Sect disciple guarding the mountain gateway and asked to register as a new Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• The disciple surnamed Yang received permission to escort Liu Shihao and the Liu Household Cultivators up the mountain on a red-feathered crane.
• Liu Shihao met Yao Chengwu in the Main Hall and registered with the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chengwu gave Liu Shihao a Spirit Artifact Identity Token, which activated with one thousand contribution points.
• Liu Shihao felt overwhelmed as he held the token the Liu Household of Peach Blossom Mountain had sought for more than a hundred years.

The Liu Household cultivators visited Li Tianheng, Liu Wu’s close friend and a longtime supporter of their lineage, in Eastern Splendor City. Impressed by Liu Changxu’s cultivation and learning that he was unmarried, Li Tianheng and Liu Shihao considered a marriage alliance, leaving Liu Changxu to realize his father had brought him for that purpose.

• Liu Shihao led the Liu Household cultivators to Li Tianheng’s residence, where Li Yuqing welcomed them and brought them into the main hall.
• Li Tianheng warmly received the visitors and recalled how Liu Wu had protected and supported him when they were young, explaining why he had continued to aid the Liu Household.
• Li Tianheng congratulated Liu Shihao on reaching Foundation Establishment and praised the young cultivators Liu Shihao introduced.
• Li Tianheng asked whether Liu Changxu had a marriage arrangement, and Liu Shihao confirmed that he did not.
• The Li Household cultivators turned their attention to Liu Changxu, who realized his father hoped to arrange a marriage alliance for him.

Liu Shihao and Li Tianheng seriously considered a marriage alliance between the Liu and Li Households, while Liu Changxu accepted that he might not be able to marry Wu Yunyue. At the Li Household banquet, Li Zhenhai noticed Liu Changxu's cultivation and decided to test him.

• Liu Changxu reflected on his attraction to Wu Yunyue and the likelihood that the Liu Household would choose his bride through an alliance.
• Li Tianheng invited Liu Shihao and the Liu Household cultivators to stay for a meal, showing he was considering the alliance.
• Liu Shihao presented Li Tianheng with spiritual goods as a sign of the Liu Household's sincerity.
• The Liu and Li Household members gathered for a meal in the Purple Banquet Hall, where Liu Changxu sat with Li Zhenhai and four other young Li descendants.
• Li Zhenhai was surprised that Liu Changxu had reached the seventh layer of Qi Refinement and suspected he relied on pills, so he warmly greeted the Liu guests to sound him out.

At a banquet meant to establish a marriage alliance, Liu Changxu recognized Li Zhenhai’s probing and accepted Li Zhendong’s challenge. Liu Changxu impressed the Li Household in their duel, while Li Tianheng considered three possible brides for him.

• Li Zhenhai hosted Liu Changxu and his companions with fine wine and food, then questioned Liu Changshun about the Liu Household.
• Liu Changxu noticed Li Zhenhai’s probing and identified Li Zhendong’s hostility toward the proposed alliance.
• Li Zhendong challenged Liu Changxu to exchange pointers, and Li Tianheng arranged for the duel to test Liu Changxu’s strength.
• Liu Changxu and Li Zhendong fought with a flying sword and a saber at the Li Household’s sparring grounds, where Liu Changxu demonstrated his skill while holding back.
• Li Tianheng discussed three potential marriage partners for Liu Changxu: Li Zhenyue, Li Zhenxin, and Li Zhenrong.

Liu Changxu and Li Zhendong ended their duel as friends and exchanged cultivation insights with the Li Household’s younger generation. Their gathering was interrupted by four Li girls, and Li Zhenyue bluntly rejected the proposed marriage alliance, leaving Liu Changxu humiliated.

• Li Tianheng stopped Liu Changxu and Li Zhendong’s duel, and the two praised each other’s skills.
• Liu Changxu and Li Zhendong shared insights on the Sword-Controlling Art and movement techniques over tea.
• Li Zhenyue, Li Zhenrong, Li Zhenxin, and Li Zhenping arrived to meet Liu Changxu after hearing he might marry one of them.
• Li Zhenping excitedly asked Liu Changxu to teach her the Sword-Controlling Art.
• Li Zhenyue told Liu Changxu she would not marry someone from a small lineage and left, humiliating him.

Li Zhenyue disrupted the marriage negotiations with Liu Changxu, prompting Li Tianheng to choose Li Zhenxin instead. The two households finalized the match, and Liu Shihao then took Liu Changxu to visit Azure Cloud Sect acquaintances.

• Liu Changshun tried to pull Liu Changxu away after Li Zhenyue's insult, but Li Zhenping eased the tension by offering to marry Liu Changxu herself.
• Li Zhenxin and Li Zhenrong spoke with Liu Changxu about his swordsmanship and the dangers he faced near Azure Cloud Range.
• Li Tianheng learned what had happened and decided that Li Zhenxin should marry Liu Changxu, since Li Zhenyue and Li Zhenrong were unsuitable choices.
• Li Tianheng proposed Li Zhenxin to Liu Shihao, who gladly agreed, and the households scheduled the wedding for after the New Year.
• Liu Shihao and Liu Qiusheng took Liu Changxu to visit several Azure Cloud Sect cultivators after the marriage alliance was settled.

Liu Changxu and his family bought cultivation supplies and equipment in Eastern Splendor City, while Liu Changxu acquired a new sword, provisions, and spiritual plants. At Eastern Splendor Plaza, he reunited with Li Zhenxin and gave her a beauty fruit as an engagement gift, then offered to buy something for Li Zhenping too.

• Liu Shihao and Grand Elder Liu Qiusheng shopped for ceremony supplies, spirit rice, and a large Gathering Spirit Formation to upgrade the Lineage's spirit vein.
• Liu Changxu bought the supreme-grade Red Lotus Sword for 2,800 spirit stones, then stocked up on Golden-Horned Deer Meat, blood jade rice seeds, and purple crystal peach saplings.
• Liu Changxu and his companions visited Eastern Splendor Plaza, where they ran into Li Zhenxin and Li Zhenping.
• Liu Changxu bought Li Zhenxin a 600-spirit-stone beauty fruit as an engagement gift, and she happily accepted it.
• Li Zhenping asked Liu Changxu what gift he would give her, and he invited her to choose something.

After shopping with Li Zhenping and Li Zhenxin and receiving a formation from Li Zhenxin, Liu Changxu returned with the Liu Household toward Purple Forest Market. Their journey was ambushed by evil cultivators, and Liu Changxu gained the upper hand against his opponent by fighting alongside Xiao Jin and Xiao Qing.

• Liu Changxu bought cultivator robes for Li Zhenping and Li Zhenxin, then gave them pills and the Dragon Spring Sword as they parted; Li Zhenxin gifted him a Little Three Talents Spirit-Gathering Formation she had made.
• Liu Shihao told Liu Changxu that the Liu Household had bought a second-tier Spirit-Gathering Formation and would leave Eastern Splendor City the next day.
• As the Liu Household traveled aboard the Green Feather Boat, a black flying boat caught up with them, and an elderly Foundation Establishment evil cultivator attacked.
• Liu Shihao and the other Liu Household cultivators confronted five evil cultivators, with Liu Changxu fighting a late Qi Refinement body cultivator wielding a spear.
• Liu Changxu released Xiao Jin, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yun to aid the fight; Xiao Jin staggered the spear-wielding enemy, and Xiao Qing's Reincarnation Eye let Liu Changxu sever the enemy's right arm with the Red Lotus Sword.

Liu Changxu and the Liu Household defeated a group of evil cultivators, though their Foundation Establishment leader escaped after nearly killing Liu Changxu. The family divided their spoils and hid in a formation to recover from the battle.

• Liu Changxu and his spirit beasts killed the evil cultivator fighting Liu Changchun, prompting the remaining enemies to flee.
• The Foundation Establishment evil cultivator attacked Liu Changxu with a spirit artifact flying sword, but Liu Changxu survived by using multiple defensive talismans and a shield.
• Liu Shihao arrived, and the Foundation Establishment evil cultivator escaped aboard his flying boat with two surviving Qi Refinement cultivators.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Changchun divided the defeated evil cultivator's possessions according to the Lineage's rules.
• Liu Shihao led the Liu Household away on the Green Feather Boat, then concealed them with a Small Five Elements Maze Formation.
• The Liu Household celebrated their victory with an evening feast.