Chapter Summaries

After returning to Peach Blossom Mountain, Liu Changxu considered stepping back from clan affairs and letting his children manage the Liu Household. At the clan assembly, Liu Fuyue proposed building two more cities, prompting debate over their cost and defense.

• Yang Qingxue vented to Liu Changxu about the hardships she had faced while managing the lineage, and he took her and the other women to the spirit pool.
• Liu Changxu spent three days and nights relaxing with his wives before returning to his duties.
• Liu Changxu decided that his children were ready to take over the Liu Household’s daily affairs, though he would retain its highest authority.
• At the Peach Blossom Grand Hall, Liu Fuyue proposed building two additional cities, and Liu Fuchao and Liu Fuyang supported him.
• Liu Fuba opposed the proposal, warning that new cities would be costly and difficult to defend during a beast tide, and his argument sparked a heated discussion.

Liu Changxu settled a dispute between Liu Fuyue and Liu Fuba over building a new city, then entered seclusion with Li Zhenxin to craft teleportation arrays. After Liu Fuba surveyed potential sites and grew more conscientious, the family chose a location for Sunrise Prefecture City and began construction.

• Liu Changxu heard Liu Fuyue and Liu Fuba's arguments, decided to build one small city, and warned them to preserve their brotherly unity.
• Liu Changxu assigned Liu Fuba to survey suitable city sites and placed Liu Fuyue and the elders in charge of routine affairs during his seclusion.
• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin spent half a year crafting teleportation arrays and more than a month installing them between Peach Blossom Mountain and New Peach City.
• Liu Fuba completed a careful survey of potential sites, and Liu Changxu was pleased with his son's more composed temperament.
• The clan assembly accepted Liu Fuba's findings, chose the site, and named the new city Sunrise Prefecture City.
• Liu Changxu appointed Liu Fufeng to oversee construction with Liu Fuba as his deputy, and construction began.

Liu Changxu consumed a fourth-tier middle-grade Golden Apple, greatly increasing his magic power, soulforce, divine sense, and combat strength without advancing to the nascent soul middle stage. After leaving seclusion, he met Liu Changlan above the open sea and learned that several Nascent Soul Cultivators had flown toward the Storm Sea.

• Liu Changxu entered seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace and consumed one of his two Golden Apples to strengthen his cultivation.
• Liu Changxu spent two months refining the Golden Apple, increasing his magic power by more than fifty percent and his combat strength by at least seventy percent, but remaining at the nascent soul early stage.
• Liu Changxu decided to save his remaining Golden Apple until his increased magic power had stabilized, then left seclusion and reunited with his wives.
• Liu Changxu flew beyond Peach Blossom Island to meet Liu Changlan, who reported seeing several Nascent Soul Cultivators heading toward the Storm Sea.

Liu Changxu learned that cultivators had found signs of a secret realm emerging in the Storm Sea and agreed to join Zhang Yufeng’s search expedition. They planned to leave Cape City in ten days, though Liu Changxu remained uneasy about the dangers of entering Sea-Demon territory without Li Yuanqing.

• Little Blue reported his discovery in the Storm Sea, but Yang Qingxue and the other women urged Liu Changxu not to go without definite news.
• Liu Changxu continued patrolling the waters, then received Zhang Yufeng’s invitation to meet in Cape City.
• Zhang Yufeng told Liu Changxu, Lin Hu, and Feng Yue that several cultivators had detected spiritual qi tides suggesting a secret realm in the Storm Sea.
• Liu Changxu agreed to join the search after Lin Hu explained that the sect would not claim discoveries outside its jurisdiction.
• Zhang Yufeng set the expedition’s departure from Cape City for ten days later and explained that Li Yuanqing was in seclusion while Hu Lian had already gone to the Storm Sea.

Liu Changxu set out for the Storm Sea with Zhang Yufeng and two other cultivators, carrying the Ruyi Lotus Palace for protection. After five fourth-tier Bloodthirsty Sharks ambushed them, Liu Changxu lured two away and killed them both, leaving the rest of the battle unresolved.

• Yang Qingxue and the other women urged Liu Changxu to take the Ruyi Lotus Palace on his dangerous journey, and he agreed.
• Liu Changxu met Zhang Yufeng and two other men in Cape City, and they departed aboard the Golden Wind Boat.
• Five fourth-tier Bloodthirsty Sharks ambushed the travelers, and Liu Changxu's group fought back against their corrosive blood-red water dragons.
• Liu Changxu proposed splitting up the sharks, and he and Liu Changlan lured two fourth-tier low-grade sharks tens of thousands of li away.
• Liu Changxu wounded the two sharks with the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords and killed one with the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan blocked the second shark's escape and slew it, capturing both demon nascent souls.

Liu Changxu and his companions hunted sea monsters as they traveled toward the sea-demon race’s waters, killing a Black-Shell Turtle but failing to obtain its demon nascent soul. After Liu Changxu recovered aboard the Golden Wind Boat, sea monsters attacked at midnight and hurled the boat through the air.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan killed two Bloodthirsty Sharks, divided the carcasses, and kept both demon nascent souls for Liu Changxu.
• Liu Changxu met Zhang Yufeng, Lin Hu, and Feng Yue, concealed how many sharks he had killed, and continued onward with them aboard the Golden Wind Boat.
• Liu Changxu spotted a fourth-tier middle-grade Black-Shell Turtle, and the four cultivators attacked and killed it after it fled into the sea.
• The four divided the turtle’s carcass, then Feng Yue took over the Golden Wind Boat while Liu Changxu drank Five-Element Ascension Soup and meditated.
• At midnight, Feng Yue shouted that sea monsters were attacking, and an immense force struck the Golden Wind Boat before Liu Changxu could leave his cabin.

Liu Changxu, Lin Hu, and Zhang Yufeng escaped a Black Jade Octopus, but Feng Yue was swallowed before he could flee. The survivors abandoned their Storm Sea expedition, returned to South Cape Island, and reported Feng Yue’s death to Jiang Xuefeng at the Glazed Palace.

• The fourth-tier supreme-grade Black Jade Octopus attacked the Golden Wind Boat, and Feng Yue fled but was caught and swallowed despite his attempts to fight back.
• Liu Changxu used red lotus karma fire to escape the octopus’s tentacles, while Lin Hu and Zhang Yufeng also broke free using flame abilities.
• After fleeing a hundred thousand li, Zhang Yufeng and Lin Hu questioned whether to continue to the Storm Sea, and the three decided to return and report Feng Yue’s death.
• The three traveled back to South Cape Island aboard Lin Hu’s Flying Tiger Boat, avoiding fights with sea monsters along the way.
• Liu Changxu, Lin Hu, and Zhang Yufeng went to the Glazed Palace on Ten Thousand Springs Mountain and met Jiang Xuefeng.

After reporting Feng Yue’s death and surviving Jiang Xuefeng’s interrogation, Liu Changxu returned home, prepared for two months, and set out alone for the Storm Sea. After fleeing two azure sea eagles, he landed on an island and discovered signs of a third-tier spirit vein beneath its waters.

• Jiang Xuefeng questioned Liu Changxu, Zhang Yufeng, and Lin Hu about Feng Yue’s death, then allowed them to leave once she cleared them of suspicion.
• Liu Changxu and his companions informed the Feng Household of Feng Yue’s death and offered compensation before parting ways.
• Liu Changxu returned to Spirit Crane Peak and told his wives he intended to go back to the Storm Sea after making thorough preparations.
• Two months later, Liu Changxu departed aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace with Liu Changlan and evaded two pursuing azure sea eagles after they forced him off course.
• Liu Changxu landed on a small island, gathered golden sandalwood for his children, and discovered signs of a third-tier spirit vein beneath the seabed.

Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan killed a Netherworld Sea Serpent, mined its spirit-vein ridge, and continued toward the Storm Sea. After months of searching for a suspected secret realm, Liu Changxu reached unusually calm waters marked by signs of fourth-tier sea monsters.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan fought and killed the Netherworld Sea Serpent, though its demon nascent soul escaped.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan mined the ridge for a month and collected spirit gold and spirit jade ores worth over a billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Liu Changxu avoided two fourth-tier high-grade Thundercloud Cranes and reached the Storm Sea after more than twenty days of flight.
• Liu Changxu searched the vast Storm Sea for two months, then stored the Ruyi Lotus Palace and continued the search on Liu Changlan.
• After half a year without finding the secret realm, Liu Changxu set a final one-month deadline and reached unusually calm waters with signs of several fourth-tier sea monsters.

Liu Changxu and the human Nascent Soul cultivators faced a growing force of fourth-tier sea monsters as they searched for the secret realm. A vast spiritual mist engulfed them and transported Liu Changxu into an unfamiliar rainforest, where he began collecting fourth-tier spirit plants after losing track of Little Blue.

• Liu Changxu hid inside the Ruyi Lotus Palace while Liu Changlan carried it through waters where dozens of fourth-tier sea monsters had gathered.
• Eighteen human Nascent Soul True Lords arrived, and they faced the sea monsters in a tense standoff until five more sea monsters reinforced the enemy.
• White spiritual mist spread across the sea, obscuring the humans and sea monsters and sharply limiting Liu Changxu's divine sense.
• Liu Changxu lost consciousness and awoke alone in a dense, rain-soaked rainforest, realizing he had entered the secret realm but could not find Little Blue.
• Liu Changxu searched the rainforest and found azure luster grass and a fourth-tier low-grade golden thunder bamboo.

Liu Changxu gathered valuable spirit treasures in the secret realm, including thirty-six Crystal Pears, and later reunited with Liu Changlan. With their gains collected and the realm growing more dangerous, they continued searching while Liu Changxu wondered how they could escape.

• Liu Changxu harvested numerous fourth-tier medicinal herbs and thirty-six supreme-grade Crystal Pears, but found the Crystal Pear tree bound to the secret realm and left it behind.
• Liu Changxu avoided a transformed Golden-Tusked Walrus and declined Wang Zongze's offer to travel together, then searched for Liu Changlan.
• Liu Changxu followed his divine soul connection and reunited with Liu Changlan, who offered to hand over the treasures he had found.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Changlan to wait until they left the secret realm before sharing his treasures, but he could not work out how to escape.
• Liu Changxu continued gathering spirit treasures as signs of other cultivators and sea monsters became more common and distant battles grew louder.

Liu Changxu survived the secret realm’s battle and returned safely to Peach Blossom Island, where he reunited with his wives and children. His family gathered in the Ruyi Lotus Palace for a lavish banquet.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan hid in the Ruyi Lotus Palace while humans and fourth-tier sea monsters fought a deadly battle in the secret realm.
• After heavy casualties on both sides, the secret realm expelled the survivors, and Liu Changxu escaped in the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Liu Changxu returned to Spirit Crane Peak in March 3293 and reunited with Wu Yunyue, Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and his other wives.
• Liu Changxu embraced his children, summoned the Ruyi Lotus Palace, and prepared spirit cuisine with his wives.
• Liu Changxu’s descendants and their families arrived at Spirit Crane Peak, where several hundred relatives shared a banquet in the palace.

After returning from the secret realm, Liu Changxu urged his family to keep cultivating and then spent several days with his wives. He made spirit cakes for his young children and began preparing Fourth-Tier Sea Serpent Soup from the Netherworld Sea Serpent.

• Liu Changxu's wives and children urged him not to risk his life on dangerous expeditions, but he warned them to keep advancing in their cultivation.
• Liu Fuyue reported that the lineage had remained peaceful while Liu Changxu was away, and Liu Changxu told his children to consult the Elder Council about major matters during his seclusion.
• Su Jinxiu disputed Liu Changxu's claim that the women's cultivation had stalled, and Liu Changxu led his wives to the bedroom to test their progress.
• After several days with his wives, Liu Changxu emerged and agreed to make Eight-Treasure Lotus Seed Cake for Liu Cheng and Liu Bing.
• Liu Changxu used his Red Lotus Skyburning Sword to cut the Netherworld Sea Serpent's tough flesh and began simmering Fourth-Tier Sea Serpent Soup.

Liu Changxu inspected his spirit plants and visited his three spirit beasts, giving each a treasure to aid its advancement. After returning to Spirit Crane Peak, he taught his children cultivation and shared spirit treasures from the secret realm with his wives.

• Liu Changxu inspected the spirit fields and precious plants on Spirit Crane Peak, finding them healthy and their fruit growing well.
• Liu Changxu gave Xiao Qing the Green Fox a fourth-tier Golden Apple in hopes of helping it become a Demon King.
• Liu Changxu fed Yellow Mountain Lion Xiao Jin and Xiao Yun the Azure Cloud Eagle the nascent souls of Bloodthirsty Shark Demons to help them advance.
• Liu Changxu returned to Spirit Crane Peak and strictly guided Liu Bing and Liu Cheng in their cultivation.
• Liu Changxu gave nine Storage Rings of spirit treasures to his wives, who welcomed the gifts with delight.

Liu Changxu prepared Sea Serpent Soup, refined a defensive treasure for Yang Qingxue, and then entered seclusion to break through to the nascent soul middle stage. He began his attempt with a fourth-tier high-grade Apricot Yellow Plum, while Yang Qingxue watched over the advancing spirit beasts.

• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue enjoyed Sea Serpent Soup and fourth-tier Golden Wine, while Su Jinxiu ate a bowl and suffered a surge of spiritual energy that Liu Changxu calmed over a day and night.
• Liu Changxu spent the following months eating Sea Serpent Soup with Yang Qingxue and practicing dual cultivation with his wives.
• Liu Changxu spent two months refining a fourth-tier defensive Magical Treasure, the Golden Tortoise Shield, and gave it to Yang Qingxue.
• Liu Changxu instructed Yang Qingxue to watch over the three advancing spirit beasts and guard them through their tribulations before entering seclusion to seek a breakthrough.
• After three days of preparation, Liu Changxu took out a fourth-tier high-grade Apricot Yellow Plum that Liu Changlan had given him to support his breakthrough.

Liu Changxu advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, then helped Xiao Qing face her Nascent Soul Tribulation at Green Mound Ridge. Xiao Qing survived and became a Fourth-Tier Demon King, but the ridge was destroyed and she went to recuperate in the Ruyi Lotus Palace.

• Liu Changxu refined a Fourth-Tier High-Grade Apricot Yellow Plum and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Liu Changxu's family and descendants congratulated him, and he hosted a ten-day banquet on Spirit Crane Peak.
• In June of year 3294 of the Great Tang Calendar, Xiao Qing faced her Nascent Soul Tribulation at Green Mound Ridge while Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin used the clan-defense formation to protect her.
• After the formation was temporarily shut down and Xiao Qing was gravely injured, Liu Changxu activated it again so she could recover and endure the remaining lightning bolts.
• Xiao Qing survived the tribulation, advanced to Fourth-Tier Demon King, and grew a fourth tail as the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed her.
• Liu Changxu welcomed Xiao Qing into the Liu Household as a younger sister, and she went into seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace after Green Mound Ridge was destroyed.

Xiao Yun survived her tribulation and became a Fourth-Tier Demon King, joining Xiao Qing in strengthening the Liu Lineage of Peach Blossom Island. After Xiao Jin failed to summon a tribulation, Liu Changxu welcomed Xiao Qing and Xiao Yun into the lineage, where they took the names Liu Changqing and Liu Changyun and revealed their human forms.

• News of Xiao Qing's advancement spread across the Southern Sea, attracting cultivators and raising the Liu Lineage's reputation.
• Liu Changxu protected Xiao Yun through her tribulation, and she survived the final bolt to become a Fourth-Tier Demon King.
• Xiao Yun recovered with Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew and thanked Liu Changxu, but insisted on continuing to call him Master.
• Liu Changxu later tried to help Xiao Jin undergo tribulation, but Xiao Jin failed to summon the tribulation lightning.
• Liu Changxu presided over a ceremony welcoming Xiao Qing and Xiao Yun into the Liu Lineage, where they received the names Liu Changqing and Liu Changyun and revealed their human forms.

Liu Changxu and the Liu Household repaired the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation, while he searched for a safe way to help Su Jinxiu reach the nascent soul stage. Six children were born, and Liu Changxu arranged marriages that tied the Liu Lineage to fifteen nascent soul lineages in the Southern Sea.

• Liu Changxu, Yang Qingxue, Li Zhenxin, and the Liu Household’s formation masters repaired the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation in two months, restoring its power and improving their formation skills.
• Liu Changxu could not find a suitable nascent soul formation treasure for Su Jinxiu and decided not to risk having her break through with fourth-tier spirit fruit.
• In year 3296 of the Great Tang Calendar, Dongxue, Qiuyue, Lian'er, Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, and Chunlan each gave birth to one of Liu Changxu’s children.
• Liu Changxu and his wives used Peach Blossom Tower’s intelligence to vet potential partners for their grown children.
• Liu Changxu’s children married members of nascent soul lineages, establishing marriage ties between the Liu Lineage and fifteen such lineages in the Southern Sea.

Liu Changxu reflected on the heavy costs of raising his many descendants and the need to strengthen the Liu Lineage’s population. Meanwhile, Yellow Mountain Lion Xiao Jin underwent his tribulation and emerged as a Fourth-Tier Demon King.

• Liu Changxu considered the vast resources and effort required to support his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, but continued to value growing the Liu Lineage.
• Yang Qingxue entered seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace to pursue a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul middle stage using three Apricot Yellow Plums.
• Three months later, Xiao Jin’s advancement tribulation began above Lion King Ridge, and Liu Changxu flew there while his children evacuated nearby lineage members.
• Liu Changxu activated the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation to help Xiao Jin endure the first eight bolts of tribulation lightning, then deactivated it as Xiao Jin continued fighting.
• Xiao Jin drank two jars of Five Elements Restoration Elixir, withstood the remaining lightning, and advanced to become a Fourth-Tier Demon King.
• Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed Xiao Jin’s injuries, and he displayed the formidable aura of his new rank as Liu Changxu celebrated his success.

After Yang Qingxue reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Liu Changxu held a family banquet and learned about the lineage’s affairs at a family meeting. He refused to approve Liu Fuzhu’s attempt at core formation until she passed his test, leaving Su Jinxiu ashamed after he insisted their daughter was not ready.

• Liu Changxu formally inducted Yellow Mountain Lion Xiao Jin into the lineage as Liu Changjin, giving the Liu Lineage six Nascent Soul-level combatants.
• Yang Qingxue emerged from seclusion after advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and Liu Changxu hosted a family banquet where four newly human-form beasts struggled with human etiquette and small portions.
• At a family meeting, Liu Fuyue briefed the family on the lineage’s growth and asked Liu Changxu to decide how to allocate Golden Core Formation Pills; Liu Changxu delegated the matter to the elders.
• Liu Fuzhu, Liu Fupeng, and Liu Fufei asked to enter seclusion for core formation, and Liu Changxu agreed to test Liu Fuzhu because her magic power was unstable.
• Su Jinxiu asked Liu Changxu not to hurt Liu Fuzhu’s pride, but he insisted she was unprepared for core formation and warned of the danger of failure, leaving Su Jinxiu ashamed.