Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue joined a meeting about the Sea Monsters’ renewed beast tide and were assigned to Jiang Xuefeng’s Sea Patrol Squad. The chapter ended with the couple aboard Jiang Xuefeng’s Silver Sparrow Boat, learning about its abilities as they prepared to patrol.

• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue arrived at the Glazed Palace, where Yu Qiuming announced that Sea Monsters had attacked several Azure Cloud Sect islands and proposed forming two Sea Patrol Squads.
• Yu Qiuming assigned Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue to Jiang Xuefeng’s squad, and the couple settled into Graceful Mountain Manor.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue sent their family on Peach Blossom Island a message warning them to prepare for the beast tide.
• Three days later, Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue boarded Jiang Xuefeng’s Silver Sparrow Boat to experience the Fifth Tier flying Spirit Treasure.
• Liu Changxu considered the Silver Sparrow Boat’s automatic flight and defenses, noting that its postnatal artifact spirit relied on instinct rather than independent thought.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators fought their way through six sea-monster hordes, killing many fourth-tier demon kings and breaking up the attacks. Despite their victories, the scale of the hordes left the cultivators, including Jiang Xuefeng, worried that the Human-Demon War would be immense.

• Jiang Xuefeng ordered Liu Changxu and twenty-seven other Nascent Soul True Lords to kill the fourth-tier demon kings in a huge horde heading for South Cape Island.
• Liu Changxu opened the battle with his Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, killing several sea monsters and wounding two fourth-tier middle-grade demon kings.
• Liu Changxu, Zhang Yufeng, Hu Lian, Pei Jiming, and the other cultivators killed all sixteen fourth-tier sea monsters, and Liu Changxu became friends with Pei Jiming after the battle.
• The Azure Cloud Sect cultivators scattered the remaining sea-monster horde, then defeated another horde without Liu Changxu and the other late-stage cultivators joining the fight.
• By evening, Liu Changxu and the others had defeated six large hordes, but the number of sea monsters made them fear the Human-Demon War would be fought on a vast scale.

Jiang Xuefeng and the Azure Sea Eagle Emperor began battling after she discovered the massive sea-monster horde, while Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators engaged its twenty-eight Sea-Demon Kings. Liu Changxu eventually killed a fourth-tier high-grade Blue Sea Flood Dragon, though its demon nascent soul escaped.

• Jiang Xuefeng discovered that the sea-monster horde was led by a fifth-tier low-grade Azure Sea Eagle and included at least twenty-eight Fourth-Tier Sea-Demon Kings.
• Jiang Xuefeng struck the Azure Sea Eagle Emperor with her flying sword, but his seven life-bound feathers blocked her attack, and the two soon fought beyond the cultivators' sight.
• The twenty-eight Sea-Demon Kings assumed human form and attacked the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators, while Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue each chose a foe and launched their magical treasures.
• Liu Changxu's Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords fought a fourth-tier high-grade Blue Sea Flood Dragon, whose water dragons and sudden shrinking let him evade most of their attacks.
• Liu Changxu pursued the Blue Sea Flood Dragon for two hours and killed him, but the dragon's demon nascent soul escaped.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect defeated the sea-monster horde, then returned to South Cape Island with the injured Jiang Xuefeng. After reinforcements arrived, Liu Changxu learned he and Yang Qingxue could finally return to Peach Blossom Island, and he reunited with Chen Yufei.

• Liu Changxu killed the Golden Crab and the Netherworld Sea Serpent, while the Azure Cloud Sect's Nascent Soul cultivators defeated their opponents and routed the sea-monster horde.
• Jiang Xuefeng returned injured from her battle with the fifth-tier Azure Sea Eagle and ordered the cultivators back to South Cape Island.
• The Silver Sparrow Boat evaded several sea-monster hordes and brought Liu Changxu and the others safely to the Glazed Palace.
• Yang Qingxue returned to Liu Changxu with news that her master and twenty-five Nascent Soul reinforcements had arrived and that they could return to Peach Blossom Island.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue went to the Glazed Palace, where Liu Changxu saw Chen Yufei again after several decades.

After learning of the unusual beast tide, Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue returned to Peach Blossom Island and helped save New Peach City from a sea-monster assault. The city was safe for the moment, but Liu Changxu learned Sunrise Prefecture City was under attack and rushed there with Yang Qingxue.

• Chen Yufei heard Yang Qingxue and Liu Changxu describe their voyage and gave them each a fifth-tier Void-Escaping Talisman before sending them back to Peach Blossom Island.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue flew across monster-infested seas and found New Peach City besieged, its defenses near collapse as Liu Changlan and Liu Changjin fought three fourth-tier sea monsters.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue joined the battle, slew the Bloodthirsty Shark, Yellow Dragon Shrimp, and Flame Flood Dragon, and broke the beast tide.
• Liu Changlan, Xiao Jin, Liu Changxu, and Yang Qingxue struck the fleeing sea monsters while Liu Fuyang and Liu Fuchao organized the city’s defenders to pursue survivors and clear the battlefield.
• Qin Yulian told Liu Changxu that Sunrise Prefecture City was under attack, so he and Yang Qingxue flew there with Liu Changlan while Qin Yulian stayed to organize New Peach City.

Liu Changxu returned to Sunrise Prefecture City, saved Su Jinxiu, and helped rout the sea-monster assault, then found Peach Blossom Mountain under attack by a vast flock of demon birds. He joined his family at the mountain as Liu Changqing struggled against two fourth-tier foes.

• Liu Changxu hurried to Sunrise Prefecture City and killed the fourth-tier Orca and Blue Sea Flood Dragon attacking Su Jinxiu, while his allies defeated their own opponents.
• Liu Changxu’s swords killed the fourth-tier Azure Sea Eagle, but the Lightning Dove and the eagle’s demon nascent soul escaped.
• Liu Changxu and his family counterattacked, breaking the sea-monster siege and driving the surviving creatures back toward the deep sea.
• Liu Changxu left his sons to salvage the battlefield and returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with Yang Qingxue and Su Jinxiu.
• Liu Changxu found Li Zhenxin and the others defending Peach Blossom Mountain from more than a hundred thousand demon birds while Liu Changqing fought a Blue-Feathered Crane and an Azure Sea Eagle.

After Liu Changxu helped the Liu Household defeat the demon birds, he learned that the beast tide had devastated much of the Southern Sea. He began considering how to protect Peach Blossom Island as reports confirmed severe losses on nearby islands.

• Liu Changxu emerged from the Teleportation Hall and incinerated tens of thousands of demon birds attacking the clan’s formation.
• Liu Changxu killed the two fleeing fourth-tier demon birds, ending the attack, and Liu Fuyue organized the cleanup.
• Liu Changxu returned to the Ruyi Lotus Palace with his wives to recover from the battles.
• Four days later, Liu Changxu asked Liu Fuyue about conditions on neighboring islands and sent him to investigate.
• Liu Fuyue reported that seven of thirteen nearby islands had suffered devastating beast-tide attacks, while five others had not replied.

After learning that nearby islands had also suffered devastating beast tide attacks, Liu Changxu convened the Golden Core elders to plan the Liu Lineage’s defenses. The family began preparing for the worst, while Liu Changxu focused on producing fourth-tier talismans and Five Elements Restoration Elixir.

• Liu Changxu summoned the lineage’s Golden Core elders to Peach Blossom Mountain after hearing Liu Fuyue’s report about the danger facing the region.
• Su Jinxiu proposed abandoning Sunrise Prefecture City, but Liu Changxu rejected the idea because it would damage the Liu Lineage’s reputation and leave them with fewer options.
• Liu Fuba urged the lineage to prepare to abandon both cities if necessary, and Liu Fuyue proposed evacuating vulnerable residents to Peach Blossom Mountain while building shelters and preserving a retreat route for defenders.
• Liu Changxu led the elders in settling on a plan and assigning members of the household to evacuations, shelter construction, supplies, formations, and military drills.
• The Liu Household began its preparations, while Liu Changxu devoted himself to making fourth-tier Five Elements Restoration Elixir and talismans.

A massive beast tide attacked Peach Blossom Island, and Liu Changxu led the defense against a powerful force of fourth-tier sea monsters. After defeating the leaders threatening Peach Blossom Mountain, he rushed to reinforce the cities, where Sunrise Prefecture City's grand formation unleashed a devastating counterattack.

• The sea monsters sent thirteen fourth-tier demon kings against Peach Blossom Island, with the Blue Sea Flood Dragon leading the attack on Peach Blossom Mountain Ancestral Grounds.
• Liu Changxu, Yang Qingxue, and Liu Changlan fought the four sea-monster leaders at Peach Blossom Mountain while Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian defended Sunrise Prefecture City and New Peach City.
• Liu Changxu slew the Golden-Tusked Walrus and, after a prolonged battle, killed the Blue Sea Flood Dragon and captured its demon nascent soul.
• Liu Changxu joined Yang Qingxue and Liu Changlan to kill the Netherworld Sea Serpent and Black-Shell Turtle, throwing the attacking demon birds into chaos.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan left to reinforce the two cities as Yang Qingxue stayed to lead the clansmen at Peach Blossom Mountain.
• Sunrise Prefecture City's defensive grand formation fired a barrage of water arrows, killing the low-tier sea monsters massed outside its walls.

Liu Changxu rescued Su Jinxiu by killing the fourth-tier sea monsters attacking Sunrise Prefecture City, then returned to New Peach City after learning the beast tide there had retreated. As the Liu Household cleared the battlefield, he learned that six family members, including his grandson Liu Zexin, had died, and the senior members later gathered to plan their next steps.

• Liu Changxu left Sunrise Prefecture City and used the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords to kill five fourth-tier demon kings threatening Su Jinxiu, Liu Changqing, and Liu Changyun.
• Liu Changxu returned to Sunrise Prefecture City, learned the beast tide had retreated from New Peach City, and spoke with his granddaughter Liu Zeyue.
• Liu Changxu found Qin Yulian supervising the battlefield cleanup and heard that the four fourth-tier sea monsters attacking New Peach City had been defeated but not killed.
• Qin Yulian told Liu Changxu that six Liu Household members, including their grandson Liu Zexin, had died during the battle, and Liu Changxu comforted her.
• On the fifth day, the Liu Household's Golden Core and higher-ranking elders gathered in Peach Blossom Hall to discuss the work ahead.

After the beast tide, Liu Changxu organized the Liu Household’s preparations for future battles, then welcomed reinforcements from the Azure Cloud Sect to Peach Blossom Island. The Xiao sisters grew more interested in Liu Changxu as a potential source of the resources they needed to advance their cultivation.

• Liu Changxu warned the Liu Household that the beast tide was not over, and Liu Fuyue reported that twenty-six household members had died and eighty-seven had been wounded.
• Liu Changxu directed the household to compensate the fallen cultivators, distribute sea-monster meat as rewards, and address problems revealed by the recent battles.
• Half a month later, Jiang Yuqing, Wu Jiaxin, Xiao Qiang, and Xiao Wei arrived in New Peach City with twenty-five Golden Core cultivators as reinforcements from the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Su Jinxiu joyfully reunited with Jiang Yuqing, and Liu Changxu hosted the visitors at a banquet featuring fourth-tier spirit cuisine.
• Su Jinxiu praised Liu Changxu’s battlefield feats, increasing the Xiao sisters’ interest in him and their hopes that he could provide resources for their cultivation.

Yang Qingxue and the other wives grew wary of the Xiao sisters and kept Liu Changxu occupied, prompting him to retreat into seclusion and consume a fourth-tier supreme-grade Crystal Pear. After recovering, he learned his wives had handled a small beast tide and later left Spirit Crane Peak after spending several days with them.

• Yang Qingxue noticed the Xiao sisters' unusual looks and grew suspicious, while Wu Jiaxin and the Xiao sisters chose Sunrise Prefecture City and New Peach City to guard.
• Yang Qingxue and the other women repeatedly challenged Liu Changxu to spar and practice dual cultivation, so he eventually hid in the Ruyi Lotus Palace's cultivation chamber.
• Liu Changxu ate a fourth-tier supreme-grade Crystal Pear and endured a month of refining its spiritual energy, increasing his magic power by a little over ten percent.
• After emerging from seclusion, Liu Changxu learned that his wives had defeated a small beast tide and killed a fourth-tier low-grade Yellow Dragon Shrimp.
• Liu Changxu went to Jade Pool Hall with his wives, then left Spirit Crane Peak on the fourth morning feeling refreshed and stronger.

Liu Changxu helped Dongxue with her talisman-making and agreed to Li Zhenxin entering seclusion to form her Nascent Soul. Ten days later, Li Zhenxin began her breakthrough seclusion, while Liu Changxu returned his attention to the Southern Sea beast tide.

• Liu Changxu met Xiao Qiang and Xiao Wei while patrolling Peach Blossom Island, then returned to Spirit Crane Peak.
• Dongxue asked Liu Changxu to demonstrate how to draw a third-tier supreme-grade Void-Escaping Talisman, and he completed one for her.
• Liu Changxu drew a fourth-tier high-grade Water Dragon Talisman using materials from a Blue Sea Flood Dragon.
• Li Zhenxin asked to enter seclusion to form her Nascent Soul, and Liu Changxu approved and gave her a fourth-tier low-grade Jade Bamboo Fruit.
• Ten days later, Li Zhenxin entered the Ascending Immortal Platform to begin her seclusion and tribulation preparations.

As the third massive beast tide swept across the Southern Sea, Liu Changxu led his allies far from Peach Blossom Island and struck the horde with Red Lotus Karma Fire and his Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords. His opening attack killed five Fourth-Tier Demon Kings and wounded two, but a fierce battle followed; Liu Changxu gradually gained the upper hand against the Blue Sea Flood Dragon while the other fighters faced the remaining demon kings.

• Liu Changxu led Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, Jiang Yuqing, Wu Jiaxin, the Xiao Household sisters, and his demon allies out to sea to intercept the beast tide before it reached Peach Blossom Island.
• Liu Changxu unleashed Red Lotus Karma Fire and the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, killing five fourth-tier low-grade sea monsters and severely wounding two others.
• The Blue Sea Flood Dragon tried to force Liu Changxu into close combat, but Liu Changxu used teleportation to evade it and fought back with his flying swords.
• Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, Wu Jiaxin, the Xiao Household sisters, and Liu Changxu's demon allies engaged the remaining Fourth-Tier Demon Kings in a fierce melee.
• Liu Changxu nearly suffered a surprise attack when he checked on his wives, then focused fully on the Blue Sea Flood Dragon and gradually gained the advantage with his Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords.

Liu Changxu defeated the Blue Sea Flood Dragon and helped drive off the other demon kings, then returned to Peach Blossom Island as the Yin-Yang Fruits ripened. Using the fruits and dual cultivation, Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, and Qin Yulian advanced their cultivation, while Liu Changxu reached nascent soul great perfection.

• Liu Changxu killed the Blue Sea Flood Dragon, captured its demon nascent soul, and used his swords to slay the Overlord Cuttlefish and Tiger-Headed Eagle as the remaining demon kings fled.
• Liu Changxu led his allies back to Peach Blossom Island with the bodies of eight demon kings and distributed generous shares of the spoils to the Xiao sisters, Jiang Yuqing, and Wu Jiaxin.
• Liu Changxu picked eighteen ripe Yin-Yang Fruits and planned to use them to advance his and his wives’ cultivation.
• Liu Changxu helped Yang Qingxue advance to the nascent soul late stage through dual cultivation.
• Liu Changxu helped Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian advance to the nascent soul middle stage, and he reached nascent soul great perfection.

Liu Changxu consolidated his Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivation, reunited with his family, and hosted a banquet for his descendants. Months later, Li Zhenxin survived her Nascent Soul Tribulation and became a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion with his strength greatly increased and told his wives to keep preparing for another beast tide.
• Liu Changxu and his wives gathered more than a thousand cultivated descendants for a family banquet and gave gifts to the children.
• The Southern Sea remained free of large-scale beast tides for several months, leaving Azure Cloud Sect leaders wary of a larger attack.
• Liu Changxu activated the Clan-Defense Grand Formation as Li Zhenxin faced her Nascent Soul Tribulation at the Ascending Immortal Platform.
• Li Zhenxin survived the tribulation with the help of protective treasures and regained her youthful appearance as Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, Chunlan, Qiuyue, and Dongxue watched.

Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue confronted the fourth beast tide, luring its fourth-tier demon kings away from the swarm. Liu Changxu killed a supreme-grade fourth-tier Tiger-Headed Eagle, while the Lightning Dove escaped, and the couple returned to the battle.

• Two months after Li Zhenxin formed his Nascent Soul, the fourth beast tide swept toward Peach Blossom Island, and Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue flew out to meet it.
• Liu Changxu unleashed the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords and slaughtered vast numbers of low-tier sea monsters, then retreated with Yang Qingxue to draw out the fourth-tier demon kings.
• After repeated attacks, Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue lured two supreme-grade fourth-tier demon kings far from the others and turned to fight them.
• Liu Changxu used the Space-Sealing Mirror to slow the Tiger-Headed Eagle and killed it with the Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, while Yang Qingxue fought the Lightning Dove.
• The Lightning Dove escaped Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue, and Liu Changxu retrieved the Tiger-Headed Eagle's corpse before reassuring Yang Qingxue about her fighting.

After Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue helped destroy the beast tide threatening Peach Blossom Island, the Azure Cloud Sect urgently summoned them to South Cape Island. They arrived to find the decisive battle already underway and joined the human cultivators against the Sea-Demon Race.

• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue killed four fourth-tier Demon Kings, routed the sea monsters, and returned to Peach Blossom Island with the beast tide defeated.
• Liu Changxu realized Peach Blossom Island would need the Azure Cloud Sect’s help if a fifth-tier Demon Emperor attacked, then received an urgent order to reinforce South Cape Island.
• Liu Changxu told his family to prepare for danger and left Peach Blossom Island with Yang Qingxue and four other cultivators aboard the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Liu Changxu and his companions arrived at South Cape Island and found human cultivators and sea monsters locked in a massive battle.
• Liu Changxu’s group attacked the sea monsters, killing millions of low-tier monsters before fourth-tier Sea-Demon Kings moved to intercept them.

Liu Changxu and his companions slaughtered numerous fourth-tier sea demon kings with the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords and the Space-Sealing Mirror. After the fifth-tier Azure Sea Eagle attacked to avenge its descendants, Liu Changxu narrowly escaped its wind blades with Yang Qingxue and teleported away.

• Liu Changxu killed three Lightning Doves, while Yang Qingxue and Wu Jiaxin slew two more with the Space-Sealing Mirror’s aid.
• Liu Changxu sent the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords after the distant demon kings, killing four and driving the survivors away.
• A fourth-tier supreme-grade Azure Sea Eagle led six others against Liu Changxu, but his swords killed four, and he slew the supreme-grade eagle with the Space-Sealing Mirror.
• Liu Changxu helped Yang Qingxue kill a fourth-tier high-grade Azure Sea Eagle and capture its demon nascent soul.
• The enraged fifth-tier Azure Sea Eagle abandoned its fight with Jiang Xuefeng and attacked Liu Changxu, who grabbed Yang Qingxue and teleported away from its wind blades.

Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue survived a fifth-tier Demon Emperor's pursuit, then joined the Azure Cloud Sect's reinforcements to defeat the sea-demon army. At a gathering of the sect's leaders, Chen Hu praised the couple, provoking malice from others in attendance.

• Jiang Xuefeng disrupted the Azure Sea Eagle's attacks, allowing Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue to escape and restore their magic power with Five Elements Restoration Elixir.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue returned to battle after reinforcements arrived through the Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array, helping the Azure Cloud Sect rout the sea monsters.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue pursued the fleeing sea monsters, killed several fourth-tier Demon Kings, and returned to South Cape Island as people celebrated victory.
• Seeing the celebrations, Liu Changxu resolved to consider the interests of the sect and humanity as well as those of the Liu Lineage.
• At the Council Hall of the Glazed Palace, Chen Hu praised Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue before the gathered cultivators, and Liu Changxu sensed malice from some of those present.