Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu tested his three children and trained them for six months before they entered seclusion to form Golden Cores. Liu Fupeng, Liu Fuzhu, and Liu Fufei all passed their tribulations, with each forming an upper-grade or better core.

• Liu Changxu tested Liu Fuzhu, Liu Fupeng, and Liu Fufei with simulated tribulation lightning, then spent six months training them after their performances fell short.
• Liu Changxu gave each child a high-quality Golden Core Formation Pill and tribulation treasures, while their mothers guarded them and he refined life-bound magical treasures for them.
• Liu Fupeng was the first to face his Core Formation tribulation in May of 3299; he passed all nine bolts and formed an upper-grade golden core.
• Liu Fuzhu endured serious injuries but passed her tribulation and formed an upper-grade golden core, then reconciled with her husband Zhang Yingchen.
• Liu Fufei passed his tribulation more easily than his siblings and formed a golden core close to supreme grade.

After Liu Fuzhu left for the Zhang Household and four Liu Household daughters-in-law began their core-formation retreats, Liu Changxu refined the Thundercloud Tower to train the lineage’s younger members and defend the household. The completed tower was unveiled in a valley, where the Liu Household celebrated its capabilities.

• Liu Changxu gave Liu Fuzhu the Snow Moon Sword and Hundred Flowers Umbrella before she left with Zhang Yingchen for the Zhang Household.
• Liu Changxu provided Golden Core Formation Pills and tribulation aids to Huang Xin, Li Yue'er, Lin Shuya, and Wu Qian as they entered seclusion to attempt core formation.
• Liu Changxu postponed refining the Thundercloud Tower at Su Jinxiu and Li Zhenxin's urging, then began the project two months later with Liu Fufeng and the household's artifact refiners.
• After five years of work, Liu Changxu completed the Thundercloud Tower, and Liu Fufeng and the other artifact refiners celebrated its success.
• Liu Changxu placed the Thundercloud Tower in a valley, where it expanded into a hundred-zhang tower, and Liu Household members celebrated after learning what it could do.

Liu Changxu opened the Thundercloud Tower to the Liu Lineage and explained its increasingly difficult trials, which culminated in a simulated Nascent Soul lightning attack. Su Jinxiu and the other women tested the tower, revealing its strength as the lineage's children began their own attempts.

• Liu Changxu opened the thirty-six-floor Thundercloud Tower to the Liu Lineage and warned Su Jinxiu to carry an escape token.
• Su Jinxiu rapidly cleared the early floors, then struggled against lightning and gravity restrictions on the later floors before escaping from the thirty-fifth floor.
• Su Jinxiu complained to Liu Changxu about the tower's gravity restrictions but admitted that she thought it was good overall.
• Qin Yulian reached the thirty-fifth floor before using her token to leave, while Su Jinxiu took comfort in her matching result.
• Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, Chunlan, Qiuyue, and Dongxue failed to reach the thirtieth floor, and Liu Changxu's children then entered the tower to try it.

The Liu Household held its first Family Grand Competition to identify promising descendants for focused training. After five days of duels and specialized contests, the Five Elites, Ten Heroes, and craft-event winners were selected.

• The Liu Household established a three-yearly competition with arena duels and specialized contests, offering rewards and focused training to top performers.
• Liu Changxu and the other women of his branch watched their descendants compete at the Peach Blossom Mountain Ancestral Grounds.
• Several of Liu Changxu's children lost in the opening round, while Liu Fucheng defeated Liu Zelong with his Sword-Controlling Art, impressing Liu Changxu.
• Liu Fuli complained to Liu Fuyue after losing to his son Liu Zefeng, and Li Zhenxin scolded her.
• Liu Fucheng later lost to Liu Fubo, while Liu Fuba won first place in the Foundation Establishment division and Liu Zechuan topped the Qi Refinement division.
• The competition concluded after five days, naming the Five Elites and Ten Heroes and determining the top three in each specialized contest.

After emerging from seclusion stronger, Liu Changxu rushed to help his family fight a Black Tiger Whale pod attacking the Liu Household cultivators. His opening strike disrupted the whales’ formation and shifted the battle’s momentum toward the Liu Household.

• Liu Changxu entered seclusion to consume an Apricot Yellow Plum and promised Su Jinxiu he would search for Nascent Soul formation treasures afterward.
• Three months later, Dongxue told Liu Changxu that Yang Qingxue and the others were fighting a Black Tiger Whale pod ten thousand li south of Peach Blossom Island.
• Liu Changxu flew to the battlefield and saw Yang Qingxue, Liu Changlan, Liu Changjin, Liu Changyun, and Liu Changqing struggling against the whales’ Water Dragon Formation.
• Liu Changxu attacked from another direction with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd and the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, killing more than twenty third-tier Black Tiger Whales and wounding a fourth-tier whale.
• Yang Qingxue and the Liu Household cultivators seized the opening and launched a fierce counterattack as the battle turned in their favor.

Liu Changxu led the Liu Household to defeat the Black Tiger Whale pod, killing one fourth-tier whale while the rest escaped. Afterward, he gave its demon nascent soul to Yang Qingxue for her Azure Wind Luan and distributed the whale’s flesh and blood among his family.

• Liu Changxu’s renewed attacks shattered the pod’s battle formation and killed a wounded fourth-tier low-grade Black Tiger Whale, whose demon nascent soul he captured.
• Yang Qingxue and the Liu Household’s other fighters battled the remaining whales while the two fourth-tier middle-grade kings and another fourth-tier whale escaped into the deep sea.
• Liu Changxu gave the slain whale’s demon nascent soul to Yang Qingxue so her Azure Wind Luan could advance, frustrating his other wives, who needed Golden Core Formation Pills for their descendants.
• Liu Changxu explained his choice, then processed the whale and distributed its blood, hide, tendons, and flesh among the family and their spirit beasts.
• Liu Changxu and his family spent the day clearing the battlefield after killing sixty-two third-tier Black Tiger Whales as well as the fourth-tier whale.

After the Liu Household’s victory over the Black Tiger Whale Pod, Liu Changxu took Liu Changlan toward the Coral Sea to seek treasures that could help Su Jinxiu form a Nascent Soul and to gather information for the household. On the eleventh night, a fourth-tier high-grade Silver Thunder Flood Dragon blocked their path, leaving them facing a desperate battle.

• News of the Liu Household’s victory spread, while weaker island cities feared the Black Tiger Whale Pod and some cultivators relocated to Peach Blossom Island.
• Gao Shanhe searched for the defeated pod but found no trace of it and returned.
• Liu Changxu left Peach Blossom Island with Liu Changlan, heading for the Coral Sea to seek cultivation treasures and record information about the waters.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan traveled cautiously for ten days, resting by day and flying at night.
• On the eleventh night, a fourth-tier high-grade Silver Thunder Flood Dragon appeared ahead, and Liu Changxu prepared to fight because escape seemed difficult.

Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan fought the fourth-tier high-grade Silver Thunder Flood Dragon for a full day and night before Liu Changxu slew it with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd, though its demon nascent soul escaped. They fled with the dragon’s corpse and a gravely wounded Liu Changlan, narrowly avoiding a fourth-tier supreme-grade Blue Sea Flood Dragon that arrived afterward.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan attacked the Silver Thunder Flood Dragon, and Liu Changxu’s Red Lotus Skyburning Swords wounded it despite its powerful lightning attacks.
• The Silver Thunder Flood Dragon used its Thunder Escape Technique to strike at Liu Changxu, while Liu Changlan intercepted it and Liu Changxu protected him with the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan battled the Silver Thunder Flood Dragon through a day and night, leaving all three badly wounded as the dragon tried and failed to escape.
• Liu Changlan kept the Silver Thunder Flood Dragon engaged while Liu Changxu unleashed his Magical Treasures and killed it with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd, but its demon nascent soul escaped.
• Liu Changxu stored the Silver Thunder Flood Dragon’s corpse, took the gravely wounded Liu Changlan away in the Ruyi Lotus Palace, and narrowly avoided a fourth-tier supreme-grade Blue Sea Flood Dragon that arrived afterward.

After returning to Peach Blossom Island injured from a battle with a fourth-tier high-grade Silver Thunder Flood Dragon, Liu Changxu healed and learned Yang Qingxue had obtained Crystal Pears to help Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian form their Nascent Souls. With the two women preparing to break through, Liu Changxu's life returned to tranquility.

• Liu Changxu brought the severely wounded Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon Liu Changlan back to Peach Blossom Island and told his wives that he had fought and killed a Silver Thunder Flood Dragon.
• Liu Changxu rejected Su Jinxiu's offer to use a fourth-tier middle-grade Blood-Jade Honey Peach for Nascent Soul formation and entered seclusion to heal.
• After Liu Changxu recovered, Su Jinxiu told him Yang Qingxue had gone to the Glazed Palace on Ten Thousand Springs Mountain to seek spirit fruit.
• Yang Qingxue returned with two fourth-tier low-grade Crystal Pears, trading a fourth-tier high-grade Apricot Yellow Plum to Su Xuefeng to obtain them.
• Liu Changxu rewarded Yang Qingxue with another Apricot Yellow Plum and prepared a feast of Silver Thunder Flood Dragon dishes for the two of them.
• Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian entered seclusion to attempt their breakthroughs, and Liu Changxu's life returned to tranquility.

The Azure Wind Luan survived her tribulation, advanced to a fourth-tier low-grade Demon King, and took human form. She left the Liu Household with a new Nascent Soul-level ally, but declined to formally join the Liu Lineage, choosing instead to remain Yang Qingxue’s companion.

• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue rushed to Azure Luan Peak as the Azure Wind Luan began her tribulation, while Liu Changxu ordered the nearby Liu Household members to evacuate.
• Liu Changxu activated the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation to shield the Azure Wind Luan from the tribulation lightning, then let her face several bolts unaided before reactivating the formation and giving her time to drink a restorative elixir.
• The Azure Wind Luan survived the tribulation and, as Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed her injuries, advanced to fourth-tier low-grade Demon King.
• Three months later, after stabilizing her cultivation, the Azure Wind Luan emerged in human form and thanked Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue for raising her.
• Liu Changxu held a celebratory luncheon for the Liu Household, where the Azure Wind Luan appeared in human form for the first time and told him and Yang Qingxue she would remain Yang Qingxue’s companion rather than formally join the Liu Lineage.

Qin Yulian survived her nascent soul tribulation and advanced to the early stage, strengthening the Liu Lineage. After Liu Changxu and the lineage repaired the damaged formation, Su Jinxiu emerged from seclusion discouraged that her own tribulation had not begun.

• Liu Changxu activated the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation and watched over Qin Yulian as her nascent soul tribulation began.
• Qin Yulian endured the tribulation with the formation, her Azure Lotus Umbrella, armor, talisman, and elixir, then successfully became a nascent soul early-stage cultivator.
• Qin Yulian thanked her husband and sisters, celebrated with her family, and returned to the Ruyi Lotus Palace to consolidate her cultivation.
• Liu Changxu led the lineage's artifact refiners and formation masters in repairing the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation before Su Jinxiu's tribulation.
• Su Jinxiu emerged from seclusion half a year later without progress toward forming her nascent soul, and Liu Changxu comforted her until her worries eased.

After Qin Yulian successfully formed a Nascent Soul and Su Jinxiu failed, Liu Changxu sought ways to obtain more Nascent Soul formation treasures for his family. He abandoned plans to risk another sea voyage and held a grand ceremony for Qin Yulian in New Peach City, where a large gathering of cultivators arrived ahead of an auction and treasure exchange.

• Ten days after Su Jinxiu emerged from seclusion, Qin Yulian emerged having successfully formed a Nascent Soul, and Su Jinxiu congratulated her with a forced smile.
• Liu Changxu convened a family meeting to discuss obtaining Nascent Soul formation treasures, and Liu Futing suggested holding regular auctions.
• Liu Changxu decided to search the Coral Sea with Liu Changyun and Liu Changlan, but Su Jinxiu and Li Zhenxin opposed the dangerous voyage.
• Yang Qingxue proposed celebrating Qin Yulian's breakthrough and holding an auction and a Spirit Treasure Exchange Meeting for visiting Nascent Soul cultivators.
• The Liu Household held Qin Yulian's Nascent Soul Ceremony at the Ruyi Residence in New Peach City, where twenty-six Nascent Soul True Lords attended and the city's population of cultivators doubled.

At Qin Yulian’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, she shared her knowledge of talisman crafting, and Liu Changxu hosted a lavish banquet for the Nascent Soul guests. The next morning, the Liu Lineage held an auction and a high-tier spirit treasure exchange, where Liu Changxu began seeking treasures to aid his Nascent Soul formation.

• Qin Yulian gave a discourse on talisman crafting at her Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Liu Changxu served fourth-tier spirit cuisine made from demon kings to the Nascent Soul guests, who quickly ate it all.
• The Liu Lineage began an auction and a High-Tier Spirit Treasure Exchange Meeting the following morning.
• Liu Changxu displayed fourth-tier treasures and asked the guests for items that could assist with Nascent Soul formation.
• Tan Kun exchanged a fourth-tier low-grade Jade Bodhi for three liang of fourth-tier middle-grade Snowmoon Spirit Tea.

Liu Changxu traded for several valuable fourth-tier treasures at the exchange meeting, then learned from Zhang Yufeng about a dangerous opportunity to obtain Jade Bamboo Fruit. The chapter ended with Zhang Yufeng revealing that fourth-tier high-grade Long-Armed Apes guarded the fruit.

• Chu Shixiong exchanged azure nether spirit water with Liu Changxu for Snowmoon Spirit Tea, and Lin Fengjiao traded Jade-Eyed Golden Silkworm silk and spirit stones for Liu Changxu’s Black-Tortoise Shield.
• Zhang Yufeng offered many fourth-tier treasures for trade, and Liu Changxu exchanged spirit gold for bloodfang rice.
• Liu Changxu, Yang Qingxue, Qin Yulian, and the other sectmates traded surplus spirit treasures, and Liu Changxu obtained spirit wine, spirit gold, spirit jade, spirit wood, and other items.
• After the meeting, Zhang Yufeng told Liu Changxu he knew where to find Jade Bamboo Fruit, a treasure that could provide a twenty percent chance of Nascent Soul formation.
• Zhang Yufeng warned Liu Changxu that a troop of Long-Armed Apes guarded the Jade Bamboo Fruit, including two fourth-tier high-grade apes.

Liu Changxu accepted Zhang Yufeng’s invitation to join an expedition against a powerful troop of Long-Armed Apes, bringing Yang Qingxue, Liu Changlan, and Little Luan. He boarded Zhang Yufeng’s Golden Feather Boat and found the expedition force only slightly stronger than its foes, while the destination remained undisclosed.

• Zhang Yufeng urged Liu Changxu to join the expedition, promising valuable treasures beyond the Jade Bamboo Fruit, and Liu Changxu agreed to discuss it with his family.
• Liu Changxu’s wives warned him that confronting the Long-Armed Apes was dangerous, but he decided to accept Zhang Yufeng’s invitation.
• Liu Changxu chose Yang Qingxue, Liu Changlan, and Little Luan to accompany him, leaving Qin Yulian at home to guard the lineage.
• Half a month later, Liu Changxu and his party met Zhang Yufeng aboard the Golden Feather Boat beyond South Cape Island.
• Liu Changxu met the other cultivators on the expedition and judged that their combined strength only barely exceeded the Long-Armed Ape troop.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue discussed the expedition and tried to determine the Golden Feather Boat’s heading because Zhang Yufeng and Hu Lian had not revealed their destination.

Liu Changxu and the other cultivators reached Black Ape Island to seize fourth-tier spirit treasures from Divine Ape Ridge. They defeated the Long-Armed Apes guarding the route, but the apes escaped underground before the humans could finish them off.

• Zhang Yufeng revealed that the group had come to Black Ape Island for spirit treasures, including ripened Purple Jade Flat Peaches and Jade Bamboo Fruit, at Divine Ape Ridge.
• The cultivators rested on the shore, then flew inland toward Divine Ape Ridge the next morning as Long-Armed Apes sounded the alarm below.
• Hu Lian tried to negotiate with the Long-Armed Ape King, but the king rejected his offer and battle began.
• Liu Changxu summoned Liu Changlan and Little Luan to help him fight a fourth-tier middle-grade Long-Armed Ape, while Yang Qingxue and Lin Hu also gained the upper hand against their opponents.
• Liu Changxu, Lin Hu, and Yang Qingxue drove off their opponents, and the remaining Long-Armed Apes fled underground, leaving the humans victorious in the encounter.

Liu Changxu and the others plundered Divine Ape Ridge’s fourth-tier treasures and returned safely to Peach Blossom Island, where Su Jinxiu used a Jade Bamboo Fruit to attempt her breakthrough. She survived her Nascent Soul Tribulation, entered the Nascent Soul Realm, and her success soon became known throughout the Southern Sea.

• Liu Changxu and the others searched Divine Ape Ridge, gathered its fourth-tier treasures, and left without encountering the Long-Armed Ape kings.
• Liu Changxu and the others divided the spoils aboard the Golden Feather Boat, with Yang Qingxue organizing a fair allocation.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue returned to Peach Blossom Island and gave Su Jinxiu a fourth-tier low-grade Jade Bamboo Fruit.
• Su Jinxiu entered seclusion, then faced her Nascent Soul Tribulation while Liu Changxu activated the Everlasting Water-Wood Formation to protect her.
• Su Jinxiu survived the tribulation, healed with Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, and reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• News of Su Jinxiu’s breakthrough spread across Peach Blossom Island and the Southern Sea.

Thirty years after Su Jinxiu's Nascent Soul celebration, Liu Changxu advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage and consolidated his cultivation. He emerged from seclusion to reunite with his wives and celebrate his breakthrough.

• Liu Changxu held a Nascent Soul celebration for Su Jinxiu, then hosted a Spirit Treasure Exchange Meeting and auction that brought him and his wives valuable gains.
• Thirty years later, Liu Changxu broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, greatly increasing his magic power, divine sense, and physical strength.
• Liu Changxu continued cultivating for two months to consolidate his breakthrough before leaving seclusion.
• Yang Qingxue and the other women congratulated Liu Changxu, and he learned that the household was well and heard how their cultivation had progressed.
• Liu Changxu took his wives to the spirit pool, where they bathed and began a bout of sparring.

After learning that the Black Tiger Whale clan had destroyed Golden Bowl Island, Liu Changxu prepared the Liu Household for a possible beast tide and went to inspect the waters beyond Peach Blossom Island. He left the story patrolling the sea with Su Jinxiu, Liu Changlan, and Liu Changyun.

• Liu Fuyue told Liu Changxu that the Black Tiger Whale clan had destroyed Golden Bowl Island, killing thousands of cultivators and hundreds of millions of mortals, and that a fifth-tier Whale Emperor had defeated Jiang Xuefeng before fleeing from Gao Shanhe’s reinforcements.
• Liu Changxu ordered Liu Fuyue to announce his breakthrough, organize the Peach Blossom Guard, prepare other island residents to fight, and arrange for talented children to survive if the Liu Household fell.
• Liu Changxu told his wives to prepare for a human-demon war, then left Spirit Crane Peak with Su Jinxiu while Yang Qingxue and Yulian stayed to oversee the household.
• Liu Changxu tested his flight speed, then searched the waters beyond Peach Blossom Island with his Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes and divine sense.
• Liu Changlan and Liu Changyun joined Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu as they patrolled the sea.

Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu defeated a herd of Golden-Eyed Kui Oxen as signs of a beast tide grew, then Liu Changxu organized the Liu Household’s preparations. The chapter ended with Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue summoned to a sect meeting at Glazed Palace.

• Liu Changlan and Liu Changyun reported rising numbers of low-tier sea monsters and no fourth-tier sightings during their patrol.
• Liu Changxu spotted thousands of Golden-Eyed Kui Oxen approaching Peach Blossom Island and went to attack their four fourth-tier ox kings while Su Jinxiu sent for reinforcements.
• Liu Changxu killed all four ox kings, capturing the demon nascent souls of the two middle-grade kings, while Su Jinxiu slaughtered many of the lower-tier oxen.
• Yang Qingxue, Qin Yulian, and the Liu Household members arrived after the battle and helped collect the Golden-Eyed Kui Ox carcasses.
• Liu Changxu held a meeting for household members at Foundation Establishment or above and assigned Liu Fuyue to carry out preparations for the imminent beast tide.
• The sect summoned Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue to a meeting at Glazed Palace on Ten Thousand Springs Mountain.