Chapter Summaries

After his wedding, Liu Changxu settled into family life and arranged several of his children's marriages, carefully investigating their prospective spouses. Most matches went well, but Liu Fuyue's marriage to Huang Xin collapsed because Huang Lei tried to take her sister's place.

• Liu Changxu and Qin Yulian completed their wedding night, and she advanced to the Golden Core late stage through dual cultivation.
• Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian returned to the Liu Household, while Li Zhenxin chose to serve as a steward at Violet Glow Mountain so she could stay near Liu Changxu.
• Liu Changxu spent his honeymoon with his wives, then began investigating his children's prospective spouses before approving their marriages.
• Liu Fujiao married Chu Ming, Liu Fuyun married Wen Jiye, Liu Fufeng married Li Yue'er, and Liu Fuyi married Zhao Xue.
• Huang Lei tried to force Huang Xin to give up her planned marriage to Liu Fuyue, so Liu Changxu rejected the match and left the Huang Household disgraced.

After Liu Fuyue married Wu Xian'er, he sought permission to marry his former lover Huang Xin as a secondary wife. Liu Changxu set conditions that protected Wu Xian'er, and two years later Liu Fuyue married Huang Xin with his wife's consent, leaving Liu Changxu's daughters' marriages unresolved.

• After the Huang Household marriage alliance fell through, matchmakers presented Liu Fuyue with eighteen prospective brides, and Liu Changxu chose Wu Xian'er of the Wu Household.
• In September 3134, Liu Fuyue married Wu Xian'er in a grand wedding attended by cultivators from many lineages and sects.
• Huang Xin visited Liu Fuyue after his wedding and asked to marry him as a secondary wife, but Liu Changxu said he first had to treat Wu Xian'er well and obtain her consent as well as approval from the Huang Household and Huang Jing.
• Huang Xin agreed to wait, and Li Zhenxin urged Liu Changxu to consider Wu Xian'er's feelings and promised to follow him wherever he went.
• In October 3136, Liu Fuyue obtained Wu Xian'er's consent and married Huang Xin, whose family provided a generous dowry; Huang Xin and Wu Xian'er later got along well.
• Liu Changxu's daughters Liu Fuqi, Liu Futing, and Liu Fuyan remained unmarried because none of their suitors satisfied them.

Liu Changxu finished arranging marriages for his younger siblings and reflected on how his growing family strained his time for cultivation. After developing a fertility-boosting spirit dish, he and his three wives had children on the way, but a sudden change in the sky drew him to Jiang Yuqing’s tribulation site.

• Liu Changxu arranged marriages for his younger brothers and sisters, forming alliances between the Liu Lineage and several powerful households.
• Liu Changxu decided to reduce his involvement in distant relatives’ affairs so he could focus more on cultivation.
• Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian urged Liu Changxu to help them have children, so he developed the fourth-tier spirit dish Seven-Treasure Lineage-Nourishing Soup.
• After consuming the soup, Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian became pregnant, and Liu Changxu prepared nourishing spirit cuisine for them.
• Liu Changxu noticed a change in the sky near Jiang Yuqing’s secluded tribulation site and left Jade Green Peak to investigate.

Liu Changxu watched Jiang Yuqing survive her Nascent Soul tribulation on Ascension Platform Three and become a Nascent Soul True Lord. As her family and sect cultivators congratulated her, Su Jinxiu arrived to celebrate with her mother.

• Liu Changxu arrived at Ascension Platform Three and greeted Jiang Shengkui, who had gathered Jiang Household cultivators to protect Jiang Yuqing.
• Jiang Yuqing’s tribulation lightning destroyed the platform’s defensive formation, but she used Liu Changxu’s treasure armor and a Golden Armor Talisman to survive the final bolt and form her Nascent Soul.
• Jiang Shengkui covered the unconscious Jiang Yuqing, and Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed her as her Nascent Soul aura grew stronger.
• Liu Changxu, Jiang Shengkui, and sect cultivators congratulated Jiang Yuqing on her breakthrough.
• Yang Qingxue brought Su Jinxiu and the other women to the platform, where Su Jinxiu congratulated her mother.

Liu Changxu and his family gathered to witness his master Su Hao’s attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. Su Hao died beneath the final tribulation bolt, leaving Su Jinxiu and Jiang Yuqing grieving at the Ascension Platform.

• Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, and Yang Qingxue gave birth to three children, and Liu Changxu named them Liu Zhu, Liu Peng, and Liu Fei.
• Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu rushed to the First Ascension Platform when Su Hao’s Nascent Soul lightning tribulation began, while their family followed by flying boat.
• Jiang Shangyun ordered Liu Changxu to guard the tribulation site as Su Hao endured the lightning with protective treasures.
• Su Hao’s defenses failed under the later bolts, and the final tribulation bolt killed him.
• Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu found Su Hao’s charred body, and Jiang Yuqing arrived too late to see her husband before his death.

After Su Hao's death, Liu Changxu focused on securing Core Formation resources for his mother and wife while strengthening his position and pursuing resources for his own cultivation. The chapter left him established within the Azure Cloud Sect and preparing to expand into the Southern Sea.

• Liu Changxu handled Su Hao's grand funeral, cremated his remains, and buried his ashes in the sect cemetery on Violet Glow Mountain.
• Liu Changxu bought Golden Core Formation Pills and third-tier spirit fruit for Lin Yulian and Wu Yunyue, then urged both to prepare carefully for Core Formation.
• Liu Changxu spent most of his spirit stones and treasures on their Core Formation resources, leaving fewer resources for his own advancement.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue relied on their spirit mountain's limited fourth-tier produce and their crafting, alchemy, and spirit cuisine work to obtain cultivation resources.
• Liu Changxu took part in Azure Cloud Sect Elder Council decisions, built relationships with Nascent Soul elders, and accelerated preparations to expand into the Southern Sea.

Liu Changxu helped Wu Yunyue and Lin Yulian prepare for their Golden Core tribulations, and both women successfully formed their cores. Wu Yunyue recovered quickly, while Lin Yulian’s harder ordeal brought her and Liu Shihao closer as they embraced after her breakthrough.

• Liu Changxu gathered his family and companions on Black Tiger Mountain to guard Wu Yunyue and Lin Yulian as they attempted to form their Golden Cores.
• Wu Yunyue endured the lightning and Heart Demon Tribulations with the aid of Liu Changxu’s treasures and formed a high-grade Golden Core.
• Liu Changxu promised Lian'er, Zhang Wenjun, Chunlan, Xiazhu, Qiuyue, and Dongxue that he would provide Golden Core spirit treasures when they reached the great perfection of Foundation Establishment.
• A little over two months later, Lin Yulian suffered serious injuries during her lightning tribulation but survived and became a Golden Core powerhouse.
• Liu Shihao embraced Lin Yulian after her breakthrough, and she clung to him as they rediscovered their closeness.

After Wu Yunyue and Lin Yulian reached Core Formation, Liu Changxu hosted a celebration and introduced Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian to the Liu Household. At a council meeting, he insisted on developing in the Southern Sea while offering to support a northern expansion, and the elders began planning a Northern Expedition.

• Liu Changxu celebrated Wu Yunyue and Lin Yulian’s successful Core Formation with a luncheon, where Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian appeared before the Liu Household as his wives.
• Liu Changxu summoned the Foundation Establishment elders to discuss the lineage’s development and announced his resolve to pursue the Southern Sea.
• Liu Shihao argued that the Liu Household should expand northward first, reflecting the elders’ reluctance to follow Liu Changxu south.
• Liu Changxu said participation in the Southern Sea project would be voluntary and instructed Liu Changshun to register those who signed up without pressure.
• Liu Changxu agreed to support northern expansion, promising that he and Yang Qingxue would not fight directly and would send their spirit beasts instead.
• Liu Changshun and the elders accepted Liu Changxu’s proposal and began discussing the Northern Expedition.

The Liu Lineage launched its third northern expedition under Liu Shihao’s command while Liu Changxu secretly protected the army. After advancing twenty thousand li, the expedition captured two third-tier spirit veins and many other resources, leaving the Liu Household with new territory and valuable spoils.

• Liu Changshun accepted Liu Changxu’s plan to develop the Southern Sea and helped finalize arrangements for the northern expedition.
• The Liu Lineage began its third large-scale northern expedition with over a thousand members, led openly by Liu Shihao while Liu Changxu guarded them from hiding.
• The expedition advanced twenty thousand li in just over three months and seized two third-tier spirit veins, sixteen second-tier spirit veins, and eighty-three first-tier spirit veins.
• The Liu Household defeated the iron-horned ox herd at Iron Ox Valley, killed its four third-tier beasts, spared over two hundred calves, and claimed the valley.
• The Liu Household wiped out the diamond apes at Golden Ape Ridge and found six precious spirit fruit trees, including a Purple Jade Flat Peach Tree bearing thirty-six nearly ripe fruits.

After the Northern Expedition, Liu Changxu’s father supported his plan to leave for the Southern Sea, and Liu Changxu gathered his family to decide who would go with him. His children and grandchildren all wanted to follow, so he began choosing who would travel and who would remain to manage the family’s holdings.

• At the victory banquet, Liu Shihao told Liu Changxu he supported his journey to the Southern Sea.
• Liu Changxu gathered his family at the Ruyi Lotus Palace and asked them whether they wanted to go with him or stay.
• Liu Changxu’s children and grandchildren all said they wanted to follow him, but he explained that some had to remain to manage the family’s holdings.
• Liu Changxu said Liu Fuchao and Liu Fuyang must go, while only one of Liu Fuyue, Liu Fufeng, and Liu Fuyi could join him; he initially told Liu Fuqi, Liu Fuyan, and Liu Futing to stay until after their marriages.
• Liu Futing said she and Xu Yin wanted to go to the Southern Sea and revealed that she had persuaded him to marry into the Liu Household.
• Liu Changxu approved Liu Futing and Xu Yin joining him.

Liu Changxu settled which children and grandchildren would accompany him to the Southern Sea and discussed marriage arrangements for his three daughters. The family meeting ended with preparations beginning for the weddings of Liu Fuqi, Liu Fuyan, and Liu Futing.

• Liu Changxu accepted Liu Fuyue's offer to accompany him to the Southern Sea and told Liu Fufeng and Liu Fuyi to remain with the Lineage for now.
• Liu Changxu asked Liu Zeyuan, Liu Zeqian, Liu Zekun, and Liu Zeping whether they wanted to go, and Liu Zeping and Liu Zeqian volunteered.
• Liu Zekun asked to travel with Liu Zeqian, but Liu Changxu decided one of the brothers should stay to look after their fathers, so Liu Zekun stayed behind.
• Liu Changxu and his family discussed marriage arrangements for Liu Fuqi, Liu Fuyan, and Liu Futing until the family meeting ended.
• Liu Changxu's household began preparing the three daughters' weddings.

Liu Changxu attended three daughters’ weddings before the Azure Cloud Sect called him to join a search-and-destroy force tracking a suspected skyship from beyond the heavens. He and several family members set out aboard the Nebula Ship, while Yang Qingxue stayed behind with the rest of the household.

• Liu Changxu attended Liu Fuqi’s wedding to Jiang Changchun and briefly reunited with Jiang Yufei before Yang Qingxue led him away.
• Liu Fuyan married Wang Lie, and Liu Futing married Xu Yin, completing the marriages of Liu Changxu’s daughters except for the underage Liu Zhu.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue prepared to develop territory in the Southern Sea, but the Azure Cloud Sect halted their plans after detecting a suspected skyship from beyond the heavens.
• Wang Fen announced that Liu Changxu would join a force of Spirit Transformation and Nascent Soul elders sent to locate the skyship, and Liu Changxu’s family chose who would accompany him.
• Liu Changxu and several of his family members departed that afternoon aboard the Second-Tier Skyship Nebula Ship, commanded by Wu Pingnan, who had arranged Liu Changxu’s assignment so he could gain experience.

Liu Changxu traveled aboard the Nebula Ship to Azure Lotus Island, where visitors from beyond their world were attacking an Azure Cloud Sect branch. The Azure Cloud Sect’s forces arrived to reinforce the island, and a fierce battle began between their three skyships and the invaders’ stronger vessel.

• Liu Changxu settled into a cabin aboard the Nebula Ship and cultivated during its journey.
• Ten days later, the Nebula Ship found a black skyship attacking Azure Lotus Island, where Three-Eyed People were battling Azure Cloud Sect cultivators.
• Ancestor Wu Pingnan ordered the cultivators aboard the Nebula Ship to join the fight and led the vessel toward the invaders.
• The Azure Cloud Sect’s three skyships surrounded the invading vessel, which fired back and began a fierce skyship battle.
• The reinforcements helped the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators on Azure Lotus Island gain the upper hand, though the skyship battle continued.

Liu Changxu joined the battle above Azure Lotus Island and used his Red Lotus Flying Swords to kill a Three-Eyed Race Nascent Soul cultivator while rescuing Wu Jiaxin. He pressed his attack on a second enemy, whose body he destroyed, but the enemy’s nascent soul escaped with its treasures.

• Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect reinforcements reached Azure Lotus Island, where Three-Eyed Race forces had overwhelmed the defenders after a Space-Anchoring Talisman disabled the teleportation arrays.
• Liu Changxu flew to Wu Jiaxin’s aid as she struggled against two Three-Eyed Race Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Liu Changxu’s twelve Red Lotus Flying Swords broke through one enemy’s golden shield and killed him before his nascent soul could escape.
• Wu Jiaxin attacked the remaining enemy with her Jade Lake Bottle, but his purple divine light stunned her, and Liu Changxu’s swords intervened.
• Liu Changxu sent the Azure Cloud Eagle to rescue Wu Jiaxin and the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon to retrieve spoils as his swords destroyed the second enemy’s body; the enemy’s nascent soul escaped with his Storage Bracelet and magical treasures.

Liu Changxu rescued Wu Jiaxin and helped the Azure Cloud Sect repel the Three-Eyed Race, but a late-stage enemy cultivator nearly killed them during their pursuit. The Three-Eyed Race fled aboard its damaged Skyship, abandoning cultivators who were then surrounded and killed.

• Liu Changxu defeated a Three-Eyed Race Nascent Soul Cultivator, collected the spoils, and joined Wu Jiaxin on the way to aid their fellow disciples.
• Liu Changxu stopped Wu Jiaxin from pursuing the retreating Three-Eyed Race cultivators and blocked a surprise icy attack with the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal.
• Liu Changxu identified the attacker as a late-stage Three-Eyed Race Nascent Soul Cultivator and retreated with Wu Jiaxin while the seal shielded them from repeated attacks.
• Azure Cloud Sect reinforcements arrived, prompting the late-stage attacker and the remaining Three-Eyed Race cultivators to withdraw toward their Skyship.
• The damaged Three-Eyed Race Skyship fled, abandoning more than a dozen Nascent Soul Cultivators, whom Azure Cloud Sect cultivators surrounded and killed.

After returning from the battle with the Three-Eyed Race, Liu Changxu reunited with his family and inventoried the spoils he had taken from a Three-Eyed Nascent Soul cultivator. He distributed treasures among his wives and the family treasury, then prepared to travel to the Southern Sea with four of them after the sect approved their expedition.

• The Azure Cloud Sect's Skyships chased the damaged Three-Eyed Race Skyship into Vajra Sect territory, hoping it would attack the rival sect and weaken it.
• Liu Changxu returned to Jade Green Peak, where Yang Qingxue welcomed him and his family celebrated his safe return.
• Liu Changxu recounted his victories over two Three-Eyed Race Nascent Soul cultivators, then began examining the captured Storage Bracelet with the women.
• Liu Changxu divided lower-tier treasures among the women and the family treasury, then gave Yang Qingxue a fourth-tier shield and half the spirit fruits.
• Liu Changxu prepared to establish new territory in the Southern Sea with Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, and Li Zhenxin after the sect approved their application.

Liu Changxu arrived at Many-Treasure City with his family to establish a Liu Household lineage in the Southern Sea. After considering three possible islands, he chose Sun Moon Island as his target.

• In September of Year 3246, Liu Changxu left for the Southern Sea with 151 followers, and his son Liu Fuyue had already been chosen to head the Southern Sea Liu Household.
• In May of Year 3247, Liu Changxu arrived at Many-Treasure City and settled at the Elegant Orchid Garden after retrieving its formation token from Wu Kun and Lin Feiyang.
• Liu Changxu agreed to marriages between his sons and his friends' descendants; Liu Fuchao married Lin Shuya in September, and Liu Fuyang married Wu Qian in October.
• Liu Changxu considered Emerald Island, Fireland Island, and Sun Moon Island as possible territory for his lineage.
• After discussing the options with his wives and children, Liu Changxu chose Sun Moon Island, occupied by the Blue-Feathered Crane Race.

Liu Changxu gathered allied households and cultivators to claim Sun Moon Island and began establishing a camp there. When tens of thousands of Blue-Feathered Cranes attacked, he and Yang Qingxue left the camp’s defense to their allies and family while they flew out to intercept the two Crane Kings.

• Liu Changxu agreed to let the Lin, Wu, and other cultivation lineages, including Chu Shixiong’s, establish footholds on Sun Moon Island in exchange for help developing it.
• Liu Changxu’s son recruited more than five hundred independent Qi Refinement cultivators, and Liu Changxu led over a thousand cultivators aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace and Nine Heavens Chasing the Moon Boat to the island.
• Liu Fuyue, Liu Fuchao, Liu Fuyang, and the Foundation Establishment elders organized the camp, while Li Zhenxin set up a third-tier supreme-grade Dark Azure Sea Grand Formation.
• Tens of thousands of Blue-Feathered Cranes led by two fourth-tier low-grade Crane Kings flew toward the camp less than two hours after the Liu Household arrived.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue left Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, and their spirit beasts to defend the cultivators as they flew out to intercept the Crane Kings.

Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue defeated the two fourth-tier Blue-Feathered Crane Kings, forcing the flock to flee and giving the cultivators a chance to seize the island. After two days of pursuit and fighting, the Blue-Feathered Cranes were wiped out, though the cultivators suffered dozens of casualties and both Kings’ demon nascent souls escaped.

• Liu Changxu slew one fourth-tier Blue-Feathered Crane King with the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, but its demon nascent soul escaped.
• Yang Qingxue and Liu Changxu killed the second fourth-tier Blue-Feathered Crane King, whose demon nascent soul also fled, and the surviving cranes retreated.
• Su Jinxiu led the pursuit, while Liu Fuyue organized the cultivators aboard flying boats to chase the fleeing flock.
• Liu Changxu slew seventeen third-tier Blue-Feathered Cranes, and Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, Li Zhenxin, and Wu Yunyue fought the remaining stronger cranes.
• Yang Qingxue protected the cultivators with wide-area attacks as the pursuit continued for two days, leaving dozens of casualties among the Peach Blossom Guard and the other lineages.

After the Liu Household captured Sun Moon Island, Liu Changxu and his family discovered valuable spirit plants and treasures on Spirit Crane Peak and inspected the island’s mineral vein. They returned to celebrate their gains with a family banquet.

• Liu Changxu sent Liu Fuyue and the clansmen to clear the battlefield while he and his wives collected the corpses of the higher-tier Blue-Feathered Cranes they had slain.
• Liu Changxu and his wives searched Spirit Crane Peak and found seven fourth-tier spirit plants, including fruit trees and golden sandalwood trees.
• Liu Changxu discovered a large deposit of yin-yang jade and obtained fifty drops of Jade Marrow Spirit Milk from the Blue-Feathered Crane Kings’ cave abode.
• Liu Changxu and his wives surveyed Sun Moon Mountain’s deep spirit gold and spirit jade vein, which required the Azure Cloud Sect’s specialists and shared mining costs.
• Liu Changxu toured Sun Lake and Moon Lake with his wives, then returned to Spirit Crane Peak and prepared a celebratory banquet with his family.
• Liu Fuyue and Liu Futing arrived at the Ruyi Lotus Palace, where the family enjoyed spirit cuisine made mostly from Blue-Feathered Crane meat.