Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu brought his family to Jade Green Peak and explored the residence and resources granted to him by the Azure Cloud Sect. The family settled on the peak’s Cloudjade Tea Tree as a place to cultivate, while its spirit fruits promised the greatest benefits for Liu Changxu’s less advanced family members.

• Liu Changxu flew his family to Jade Green Peak in the newly enhanced Ruyi Lotus Palace and entered through the Evergreen Array using its token.
• Liu Changxu and his family inspected the peak’s manor, including Cloudjade Tower and the Pill and Artifact Hall, where he found ten fire eyes but no refining furnaces.
• Liu Changxu discovered fourth-tier red creek soil and a thousand-year-old Cloudjade Tea Tree, and Yang Qingxue asked to cultivate beside it with him.
• Liu Changxu’s family found a fourth-tier Jade Pear tree whose fruit would take at least two hundred years to ripen, disappointing Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue.
• Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, and the children were excited by thirty-six Purple Jade Flat Peaches that would ripen in a few years.

Liu Changxu settled his family on Jade Green Peak, arranged for his children to manage the household’s properties, and visited Grand Master Jiang Shangyun with Yang Qingxue. Jiang planned to bring Liu Changxu before the branch ancestor, and Liu Changxu reconciled with Li Jinjiang while waiting for the next arrangements.

• Liu Changxu and his family inventoried Jade Green Peak’s spirit plants and treasures, planted its fields, and celebrated their move with a family feast.
• Liu Changxu assigned his children to manage properties on White Cloud Peak, Violet Glow Mountain, and within the lineage, with the children rotating posts every ten years.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue visited Jiang Shangyun, who said he would take Liu Changxu to meet their branch’s ancestor and ask about his Nascent Soul ceremony.
• Ten days later, Jiang Shangyun took Liu Changxu to the Azure Cloud Palace to meet Elder Wu Pingnan.
• Liu Changxu and Li Jinjiang exchanged friendly words and agreed to set aside their earlier clash.

Liu Changxu met Patriarch Wu Pingnan, who praised his early advancement to Nascent Soul and promised to guide his cultivation. Afterward, Liu Changxu forged armor for his master and his master's wife, along with tribulation treasures for Li Zhenxin and Liu Shihao.

• Grand Master Jiang Shangyun introduced Liu Changxu to Patriarch Wu Pingnan at Cloudstead Residence, where Liu Changxu received the patriarch's praise and answered questions about his life.
• Patriarch Wu Pingnan answered Liu Changxu's cultivation questions, promised to guide him in the future, and gave him a Storage Bracelet.
• Wu Yuanyao and Li Xuelan escorted Liu Changxu and Jiang Shangyun from the Azure Cloud Palace, and Liu Changxu learned they were Wu Pingnan's grandson and his Dao companion.
• Back at Emerald Cloud Palace, Liu Changxu spent time with his family before entering the Pill and Artifact Hall to forge third-tier supreme grade Treasure Armor for his master and his master's wife.
• In May 3228, Liu Changxu completed armor for his master's wife and forged a Treasure Seal and Treasure Armor for Li Zhenxin and Liu Shihao to use during their tribulations.

Liu Changxu presented Su Hao and Jiang Yuqing with their completed treasure armor, and they discussed plans for their nascent-soul breakthroughs and his wedding to Su Jinxiu. The next morning, the group set out to seek Jiang Shengkui’s approval, despite Su Jinxiu’s painful history with the Jiang Household.

• Liu Changxu gave Su Hao and Jiang Yuqing their finished treasure armor, which they refined and donned.
• Su Jinxiu reminded Liu Changxu of his promise to make her a suit of armor, and he assured her he had not forgotten.
• Su Hao said he and Jiang Yuqing planned to enter seclusion to form their nascent souls, and arranged to visit Jiang Shengkui before Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu’s wedding.
• Su Hao reproached Su Jinxiu for rarely visiting Jiang Shengkui, reopening her resentment over the Jiang Household’s past treatment of her.
• The next morning, Su Hao, Jiang Yuqing, Liu Changxu, and Su Jinxiu headed to Jiang Shengkui’s spirit mountain.

Liu Changxu and his companions visited Cloud-Coiling Peak, where the Jiang Household welcomed him with great ceremony. He asked Jiang Shengkui for permission to marry Su Jinxiu, and after she agreed, Jiang Shengkui gave them his blessing.

• Jiang Yuqing led Liu Changxu, Su Hao, and Su Jinxiu through Cloud-Coiling Peak’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation.
• Jiang Shengyan and two other Jiang cultivators welcomed the party and escorted them to Cloud-Coiling Hall.
• Liu Changxu met Jiang Shengkui and spoke with him while the Jiang Household’s senior cultivators listened.
• Liu Changxu offered Jiang Shengkui a Longevity Peach and asked to marry Su Jinxiu as his principal wife and Dao companion.
• Su Jinxiu agreed to marry Liu Changxu, and Jiang Shengkui blessed their union.

After Jiang Shengkui approved Su Jinxiu’s marriage to Liu Changxu, Liu Changxu postponed his weddings until Yang Qingxue’s master gave her consent and prepared to return home. He arrived at the Liu Household after more than twenty years away and reunited with his uncle Liu Shi’an.

• Jiang Shengkui approved Su Jinxiu’s marriage to Liu Changxu, and Liu Changxu left the Jiang Household after exchanging pleasantries.
• Yang Qingxue and Liu Changxu failed to meet her master, so Liu Changxu agreed with his master and his master’s wife to postpone the wedding.
• Liu Changxu decided to return home to help Li Zhenxin and Liu Shihao achieve core formation, leaving Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian in charge of Jade Green Peak and White Cloud Peak.
• A month later, Liu Changxu traveled home with his wives and daughters, circled the Liu Household’s territory, and saw how much it had changed.
• Liu Changxu met his uncle Liu Shi’an aboard a Flying Boat and learned that his uncle had reached the foundation establishment middle stage while recognizing none of the six cultivators with him.

Liu Changxu returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain and reunited with his family and the Liu Household after more than twenty years away. The chapter ended with his family welcoming him home and discussing his unresolved marriage to Qingxue and Jinxiu.

• Liu Shi'an introduced Liu Changxu to his grandson Liu Zeyuan, and Liu Changxu and Lian'er happily reunited with him.
• Liu Changxu flew to Hundred Blossoms Mountain, where Liu Changshun and the Liu Household welcomed him and reported that Xiao Qing had protected the lineage from demon-beast attacks.
• Liu Changxu greeted his siblings and reunited with Xiao Qing, who had reached the upper-grade third-tier rank.
• Liu Changxu returned to his residence and greeted Liu Shihao, Lin Yulian, the concubines, and his younger siblings.
• Liu Changxu told his parents that Jinxiu's maternal grandfather had approved their marriage, but Qingxue's master remained in seclusion.
• Lin Yulian began arranging an evening banquet to celebrate Liu Changxu's return.

Liu Changxu attended a family banquet hosted by his mother, Lin Yulian, and grew closer to his younger siblings. Afterward, he told his parents he planned to marry Qingxue, Jinxiu, and Yulian at the Azure Cloud Palace, leaving Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian to consider his proposal.

• Lin Yulian organized a lavish banquet where Liu Shihao served his homemade second-tier top-grade spirit peach wine.
• Liu Changxu chatted warmly with his parents and their concubines, then answered his younger siblings' cultivation questions and gave each one a Bloodline Jade Talisman.
• Liu Changxu brought Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian to a private chamber after the banquet and said he wanted to hold his wedding at the Azure Cloud Palace rather than in the lineage.
• Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian argued that the wedding should be held in the lineage, but Liu Changxu explained that holding it on Jade Green Peak would be more convenient for his sect friends and that the lineage could still host a celebratory banquet.
• Liu Shihao said he would take time to think over Liu Changxu's wedding plans.

Liu Changxu learned that three of his grandchildren had spiritual roots and joyfully met them at his residence. After showing them the Ruyi Lotus Palace, he returned to Li Zhenxin, who was troubled that her own descendants had no spiritual roots.

• Lin Yulian told Liu Changxu that Ping'er and Liu Ping's twin sons, Liu Zeqian and Liu Zekun, had spiritual roots and reached Qi Refinement.
• Liu Changxu visited the children, gave each a Jade Talisman, and learned their names and spiritual-root compositions.
• Liu Changxu summoned the Ruyi Lotus Palace for his grandchildren, where Ping'er tried to tease Xiao Qing the Green Fox before Lian'er took her away.
• Wu Yunyue took Liu Zeqian and Liu Zekun to her room, while Liu Changxu returned to Li Zhenxin, who set aside her worry over Liu Fuyue's children lacking spiritual roots.

After returning to the Liu Household, Nascent Soul Liu Changxu reviewed the Lineage’s strength and found its defenses depended too heavily on hired cultivators. He proposed expanding its forces and named them the Peach Garden Guard and the Peach Garden Army.

• Liu Changshun reported that the Liu Household had grown to one Nascent Soul cultivator, forty-five Foundation Establishment cultivators, and over a thousand Qi Refinement cultivators.
• Liu Changyong told Liu Changxu that the five-hundred-and-fifty-member battle team relied mostly on hired rogue cultivators.
• Liu Changxu proposed doubling the cultivator battle team to one thousand, ensuring at least one-third were Liu clansmen, and organizing a hundred-thousand-strong mortal army.
• Liu Changxu explained that clansmen needed to face danger and join battles, which had helped him rise in cultivation and secure treasures.
• Liu Changxu named the cultivator battle team the Peach Garden Guard and the mortal army the Peach Garden Army.

Liu Changxu reorganized the Peach Garden Guard, revised the Liu Household’s Foundation Establishment Pill policy, and described the Southern Sea to the elders. A year later, Li Zhenxin successfully passed her heavenly tribulation on Black Tiger Mountain and became a Golden Core cultivator.

• Liu Changxu and the elders appointed commanders and captains for the Peach Garden Guard, then agreed to let its Qi Refinement members qualify for Foundation Establishment Pills on the same basis as cultivators with upper-grade first-tier cultivation craft skills.
• Liu Changxu described the Southern Sea’s resources and dangers to the Liu Household elders, leaving only a few interested in seeking opportunities there.
• Liu Changxu brought Liu Shihao and Li Zhenxin to Black Tiger Mountain to cultivate in seclusion, placing their cave abodes more than three hundred li apart and arranging guards for the area.
• In July of the year 3229, Li Zhenxin’s Golden Core tribulation began, and Liu Changxu and his family watched from Tiger King Peak.
• Li Zhenxin used Liu Changxu’s tribulation treasures to pass the one-nine heavenly tribulation and advance to the Golden Core stage.
• After Wu Yunyue and the other women envied Li Zhenxin’s opportunity, Liu Changxu promised to provide them with tribulation treasures when they formed their cores.

Li Zhenxin survived her Core Formation tribulation and became an upper-grade Golden Core True Person, while Liu Changxu’s father, Liu Shihao, also formed a golden core after nearly dying to the tribulation. The family returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain, where news of both breakthroughs sparked celebrations among the Liu Household.

• Li Zhenxin recovered from her tribulation wounds in the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew and reached the golden core early stage.
• Li Zhenxin told Liu Changxu she had formed an upper-grade golden core, then entered seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace to consolidate her cultivation.
• Half a month later, Liu Shihao survived his Core Formation tribulation with the help of Liu Changxu’s tribulation-crossing treasures and formed a low-grade golden core.
• Liu Shihao accepted his family’s congratulations and entered seclusion to recover from his severe injuries and consolidate his cultivation.
• Liu Changxu brought his family back to Hundred Blossoms Mountain, where the Liu Household celebrated Li Zhenxin and Liu Shihao’s breakthroughs.

After Li Zhenxin and Liu Shihao formed their Golden Cores, Liu Changxu inspired his clan to cultivate and produced a large supply of Foundation Establishment Pills. His in-laws visited to seek pills and celebrate, and Li Yunyue finally explained the purpose of his visit.

• Liu Changxu saw his clansmen renew their cultivation efforts and announced that Peach Garden Guard members and cultivators with upper-grade first-tier crafts would receive priority for Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Liu Changxu trained younger alchemists as he refined eighty-two Foundation Establishment Pills, including thirty-eight high-quality pills, and added them to the lineage treasury.
• Neighboring lineages related to the Liu Household by marriage flocked to Hundred Blossoms Mountain hoping to buy Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Li Yunyue, Wang, and their seventeen-year-old son Li Zhenhao arrived, and Liu Changxu and Liu Fujiao hosted them at the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• After drinking spirit tea, Li Yunyue recovered from his awe of the palace and told Liu Changxu why he had come.

After Li Yunyue asked to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill for the Li Household, Liu Changxu convened the Liu Household elders to address the many relatives by marriage seeking pills. The elders agreed to hold an auction, leaving them with a way to answer the requests without promising to meet them all.

• Li Yunyue asked Liu Changxu to purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill for the Li Household, and Liu Changxu invited him and his family to stay while he discussed it with his clansmen.
• Liu Changxu gathered the Liu Household elders, who described how relatives had been pressuring them to sell Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Liu Changshun counted thirty-five lineages seeking a total of forty-one pills, while explaining that the Liu Household also needed pills for its own cultivators and the Peach Garden Guard.
• Liu Changxu proposed auctioning a few Foundation Establishment Pills to the lineages related by marriage, and Liu Changshun and the other elders approved.

Liu Changxu arranged a Foundation Establishment Pill auction in Peach Garden City and led the Liu Household to change how it distributed pills to eligible members. The auction succeeded, strengthening ties with related lineages and raising Peach Garden City's profile.

• Liu Changxu and the Liu Household leadership chose Peach Garden City for an auction of seven Foundation Establishment Pills and established a points-based system for eligible lineage members to obtain pills, with loans available to those short on points.
• The Liu Household set aside two standard-quality Foundation Establishment Pills for meritorious Peach Garden Guard cultivators, while Li Yunyue accepted that his lineage could not receive special treatment.
• More than a dozen Liu Household members over sixty demanded access to Foundation Establishment Pills, and Liu Changxu and the leadership allowed members under seventy to apply for standard pills at a higher points cost.
• In September of year 3229, Liu Fujiao presided over the Peach Blossom Pavilion auction, which drew twice as many related lineages as expected, including the Wu Household.
• Liu Changxu expanded the auction lots to include pills, fruits, talismans, artifacts, and formations, and the successful event earned spirit stones, strengthened lineage ties, and established Peach Garden City's reputation.

After the auction, Liu Changxu helped develop Peach Garden City and disciplined his brother-in-law, while Li Zhenxin emerged from seclusion after forming her Golden Core. Liu Shihao later emerged as well, and the Liu Lineage prepared a grand celebration for them at Peach Blossom Manor.

• The Liu Household agreed to lease or sell shop plots to allied lineages, and Liu Changxu sent Xiao Yun to escort Li Yunyue home with the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Liu Changxu sent Li Zhenhao to join the Peach Garden Guard, where Li Zhenhao unexpectedly excelled in battles against demon beasts and evil cultivators.
• Liu Changxu focused on expanding Peach Garden City and strengthening the Peach Garden Guard as the city attracted more cultivators.
• Li Zhenxin emerged from seclusion after stabilizing her Golden Core cultivation, and Liu Changxu celebrated her advancement with a family banquet.
• Three months later, Liu Shihao emerged from seclusion, and the Liu Lineage began preparing a Golden Core celebration for him and Li Zhenxin at Peach Blossom Manor.
• The Liu Lineage rebuilt and expanded Peach Blossom Manor's Guest Reception Pavilion and Peach Garden Plaza for the celebration.

The Liu Household held a grand Golden Core Celebration for Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin, drawing two Nascent Soul True Lords, twenty-three Golden Core True Persons, and thousands of other cultivators. Li Zhenxin delivered a Dao discourse that reached listeners across Peach Blossom Mountain and Peach Garden City.

• Cultivators flocked to Peach Garden City for the Liu Household's Golden Core Celebration, where the Ceremony Emcee announced gifts from the many guests.
• The crowd learned that Nascent Soul True Lords Yang Qingxue and Jiang Shengyan had attended, and that Yang Qingxue would soon marry Liu Changxu.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Shihao, and Li Zhenxin took the raised platform with the high-level guests as cultivators filled the plaza to hear the discourse.
• The cultivators were distracted by Liu Changxu and the veiled women among the high-level guests until Li Zhenxin began speaking.
• Li Zhenxin used her Soundwave Secret Art to deliver a quarter-hour Dao discourse, and cultivators throughout the plaza and city voiced their thanks.

Liu Changxu hosted a Golden Core Banquet for his father Liu Shihao and wife Li Zhenxin, then prepared to meet Yang Qingxue’s master about their marriage. He and his family returned to Azure Cloud Mountain, where he and Yang Qingxue met Chen Yufei, a Spirit Transformation grand elder.

• Liu Changxu welcomed the guests to the Golden Core Banquet, served them third-tier spirit cuisine and wine, and mingled with cultivators while Liu Shihao made new connections.
• After the banquet, Jiang Shengyan discussed wedding arrangements with Liu Changxu and his family before departing.
• Yang Qingxue told Liu Changxu that her master Chen Yufei had not objected to their marriage but wanted to meet him first.
• Liu Changxu gave instructions to his parents and lineage, then departed for Azure Cloud Mountain with his family and companions aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue visited Chen Yufei at the Azure Cloud Palace and bowed to her.

Chen Yufei tested Liu Changxu’s feelings for Yang Qingxue with the Phantom Eye Technique, then approved him while warning him about marriage. Yang Qingxue defended Liu Changxu and hurried to comfort him, while Chen Yufei was left recalling how her own past marriage had ended in tragedy.

• Chen Yufei used the Phantom Eye Technique to control Liu Changxu and test whether his love for Yang Qingxue was sincere.
• Chen Yufei released Liu Changxu, explained her test, and approved him, leaving him shaken by the power gap between nascent soul and spirit transformation cultivators.
• Chen Yufei told Liu Changxu that she would not allow Yang Qingxue to marry an unreliable man and made several requests before sending him away.
• Yang Qingxue objected to Chen Yufei’s treatment of Liu Changxu and defended his care for her and his other wives and concubines.
• Chen Yufei relented, and Yang Qingxue left to comfort Liu Changxu as Chen Yufei reflected on her own failed marriage and her late husband’s death during the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Liu Changxu married Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian in a heavily attended Azure Cloud Sect wedding protected by powerful allies. After the ceremonies, he shared his wedding night with Yang Qingxue and Su Jinxiu, whose cultivation advanced through dual cultivation.

• Liu Changxu reassured Yang Qingxue that he held no grudge against Chen Yufei and resolved not to pursue any more women.
• Liu Changxu married Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian on Jade Green Peak as numerous guests and powerful representatives attended.
• Liu Changxu's allies and the wedding's powerful backing deterred admirers of Yang Qingxue from causing trouble.
• Lin Yulian celebrated the wedding while Liu Changxu's existing wives and family felt anxious about the new marriages.
• Liu Changxu consummated his marriage with Yang Qingxue, then went to Su Jinxiu's bridal chamber, where their dual cultivation gave him ten years of magic power and advanced her to the Golden Core late stage.