Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu spent years with his family, upgraded the Space-Sealing Mirror, and welcomed twins with Murong Yuyao. Seven years later, Yang Qingxue began her breakthrough to spirit transformation, drawing Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect into a battle against a massive beast tide.

• Liu Changxu upgraded the Space-Sealing Mirror into the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, then returned to spending time with his wives.
• Murong Yuyao obtained two fifth-tier Seven-Treasure Lineage-Nourishing Pills and gave birth to twins, Liu Fuhai and Liu Fuyin, who had pure yang and pure yin dao bodies.
• Seven years later, Yang Qingxue began her sandalwood transformation on Feather Transformation Peak, signaling her breakthrough to spirit transformation.
• Liu Changxu and his wives rushed to guard Yang Qingxue, while Chen Hu mobilized Azure Cloud Sect cultivators to defend against the incoming beast tide.
• Liu Changxu attacked the sea monsters as they swarmed toward Feather Transformation Peak, and the beast tide withdrew after Yang Qingxue's sandalwood transformation ended two days later.

Yang Qingxue endured the Fifty-Fourfold Heavenly Tribulation and the Heart Demon Tribulation, successfully advancing to Spirit Transformation Early Stage. Liu Changxu helped her break free of her heart demon, and she emerged healed and at the peak of the stage as Chen Yufei embraced her.

• Yang Qingxue faced the increasingly powerful Fifty-Fourfold Heavenly Tribulation with the help of her treasures and the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, surviving despite severe injuries.
• Yang Qingxue fell into the Heart Demon Tribulation, and Liu Changxu teleported to her side and held her as the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators watched anxiously.
• Yang Qingxue relived being hunted by a Wolf Demon as a child, then recognized Liu Changxu's embrace and escaped the heart demon.
• Liu Changxu's use of the sect's rarely practiced method to dispel the Heart Demon Tribulation astonished the watching Azure Cloud Sect cultivators.
• Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed Yang Qingxue's injuries, and her aura rose to the peak of Spirit Transformation Early Stage as she completed her advancement.
• Chen Yufei flew to Yang Qingxue and embraced her after her successful breakthrough.

After Yang Qingxue advanced to spirit transformation, Liu Changxu set out with Murong Yuyao to seize a fifth-tier undersea spirit vein for Liu Changlan’s breakthrough. They confronted and defeated the Netherworld Sea Serpent guarding it, clearing the way for Liu Changlan to use the site.

• Yang Qingxue returned to the Ruyi Lotus Palace to stabilize her spirit transformation cultivation, and Liu Changxu arranged a banquet to celebrate her advancement.
• Liu Changxu decided to find Liu Changlan a fifth-tier spirit vein for his tribulation and chose one guarded by a Netherworld Sea Serpent.
• Murong Yuyao agreed to accompany Liu Changxu, and they traveled by Ruyi Nebula Ship to the distant undersea spirit vein.
• Liu Changxu attacked the Netherworld Sea Serpent with the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, but the serpent emerged unharmed and froze his position with its Ice Soul Divine Eyes.
• The Netherworld Sea Serpent evaded the swords with instantaneous teleportation, but Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao combined their attacks and slew it.

After slaying the Netherworld Sea Serpent, Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao searched the seabed for treasures and found valuable spirit resources. They reunited with Liu Changlan after he discovered an Ice Soul Snow Jade deposit.

• Liu Changlan feasted on the Netherworld Sea Serpent while Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao processed its enormous carcass.
• Liu Changxu, Murong Yuyao, and Liu Changlan descended to the seabed, where Liu Changxu found the serpent's vast secret realm and discovered Netherworld Purpleglow Lotuses.
• Liu Changxu harvested lotus seeds, a petal, and rhizomes, then transplanted several lotuses and much of the spirit lake into the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Murong Yuyao found an Ice Soul Cold Iron vein, and Liu Changxu gave her a Netherworld Purpleglow Lotus seed, petal, and rhizome.
• Liu Changlan interrupted the couple to report that he had discovered an Ice Soul Snow Jade deposit.

Liu Changxu and his family mined Ice Soul Snow Jade, then he spent years reforging Murong Yuyao’s swords and crafting magical treasures for his wives. He completed all their requested treasures in 3454, and his grateful wives celebrated his efforts.

• Liu Changxu, Murong Yuyao, and Liu Changlan mined 830 pieces of Ice Soul Snow Jade from a deep ocean trench before Liu Changlan entered secluded cultivation.
• Liu Changxu began reforging Murong Yuyao’s Thirty-Six Snow Lotus Ice Soul Swords and agreed to craft a spatial treasure and magical treasures for his wives.
• After two years, Liu Changxu finished Murong Yuyao’s swords and saw Liu Fuhai and Liu Fuyin sparring at the palace’s Dueling Platform.
• Yang Qingxue and the other women requested treasures, and Liu Changxu began refining them, starting with Murong Yuyao’s Ice Soul Snow Lotus Palace.
• In the ninth month of 3454, Liu Changxu finished all the promised treasures and gave them to his wives, who thanked and celebrated him.

Liu Changlan endured his fifty-four-bolt tribulation to advance into a Fifth-Tier Demon Emperor while Liu Changxu watched and helped protect him. After the final bolt nearly killed him, Liu Changlan survived, healed in the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, and rose to fifth-tier low-grade strength.

• Liu Fuyin complained to Liu Changxu about being stuck on the deserted island, but their conversation was interrupted when Liu Changlan's tribulation began.
• Liu Changxu flew toward Liu Changlan as spiritual energy gathered above the sea and the fifty-four-bolt tribulation descended.
• Liu Changlan defended himself with his shield, halberd, armor, and talismans, but the lightning destroyed his treasures and badly wounded him.
• Liu Changxu activated the Black Tortoise Turtle Spirit Formation to protect Liu Changlan from the final bolt, but the lightning shattered the formation and struck Liu Changlan again.
• Liu Changxu sensed Liu Changlan's surviving soul and withdrew as Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew fell, healing Liu Changlan and raising him to fifth-tier low-grade strength.
• Liu Changlan transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang blue flood dragon and soared through the sky in triumph.

After returning to Peach Blossom Island, Liu Changxu learned how much the Southern Sea Liu Lineage had prospered and joined the Azure Cloud Sect’s push to expand to other planets. Visiting his parents, he urged Liu Shihao to pursue Nascent Soul formation and promised to find a way to help him.

• Liu Changxu held a meeting where Liu Fuyue reported the Southern Sea Liu Lineage’s growth, and Liu Changxu urged everyone to stay vigilant and prepare to expand beyond Mysterious Yellow Star.
• Liu Changxu visited Cao Hui, Li Yaoting, and other Azure Cloud Sect leaders, then supported their plan to expand to other cultivation planets.
• The Azure Cloud Sect’s Spirit Transformation Grand Supreme Elders approved the expansion plan and decided to build ten large Skyships.
• Liu Changxu visited his parents on Newmoon Ridge and learned that Liu Shihao had given up on forming a Nascent Soul because he was past the suitable age.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao to resume cultivating and promised to find a way to help him attempt Nascent Soul formation, and Liu Shihao agreed to trust him.

Liu Changxu supplied his father, Liu Shihao, with rare treasures and tribulation protections before Liu Shihao entered seclusion to form his Nascent Soul. Nearly two years later, Liu Shihao survived his Nascent Soul Tribulation and became a Nascent Soul True Lord.

• Liu Changxu exchanged sect merit for a Longevity Peach and Nascent Soul Formation Pill, then gave them and many protective treasures to Liu Shihao.
• Lin Yulian arranged a family feast attended by thousands of Liu Shihao's descendants, and Liu Changxu stayed at Newmoon Ridge to spend time with his family.
• Liu Shihao entered seclusion on Ascension Peak to form his Nascent Soul, while Liu Changxu remained at home and attended to sect affairs as needed.
• In May of 3457 of the Great Tang Calendar, Liu Shihao faced his Nascent Soul Tribulation, and Liu Changxu, Lin Yulian, Murong Yuyao, and the other women gathered nearby.
• Liu Shihao used a Five Elements Restoration Elixir after suffering a minor injury and depleted magic power, then survived the tribulation and became a Nascent Soul True Lord.

Liu Changxu prepared to leave Perching Phoenix Island to help oversee the Azure Cloud Sect’s starship construction, then joined a council meeting about whether to sell skyships to the demons of the Western Wilds. He argued in favor of the sale, saying the demons could buy ships elsewhere and could help share the risks of traveling to other cultivation stars.

• After Murong Yuyao left for the Ice Snow Sword Sect, Liu Changxu returned to the Southern Sea, inspected Peach Blossom Island and Spirit Deer Island, and settled back on Perching Phoenix Island.
• Three years later, Liu Changxu received an invitation to help oversee the construction of a starship and agreed to take Yang Qingxue and the other women who wished to go, leaving family members to guard the lineage.
• Liu Changxu arranged the lineage’s defenses, inspected its key installations, and left behind formation treasures and magical treasures before departing with his wives.
• At the Azure Cloud Palace, Sect Master Wang Fen summoned Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue to a Grand Supreme Elder Council meeting about a Sand Wolf Demon Emperor’s offer to buy five large skyships.
• Liu Changxu supported selling the skyships, arguing that the demons could purchase them from another sect and that their participation in travel to other cultivation stars would help share the risks.

Liu Changxu supported the decision to sell five large Skyships to the Western Wilds Demon Race and learned that the sect's major lineages were pursuing marriage alliances to strengthen themselves. The next morning, he took charge of the Azure Cloud Sect's Skyship construction and began working with Chen Changming and Lu Jianghe.

• Liu Changxu persuaded the cultivators at the meeting to approve selling five large Skyships to the Western Wilds Demon Race.
• Liu Fuyi told Liu Changxu that Zhao Xue had rejected Sima Jinzhu's proposal for Liu Zelei to marry Sima Wenbo, and Liu Changxu agreed with their decision.
• Liu Fuyi reported on the sect's major lineages, and Liu Changxu later spoke with him in a secluded chamber.
• Liu Changxu arrived at the Underground Secret Realm Space the next morning to take over construction of the Azure Cloud Sect's large Skyships.
• Liu Changxu met Chen Changming and Lu Jianghe, who accepted his leadership, and he began organizing the work.

Liu Changxu oversaw the Azure Cloud Sect’s skyship construction for twenty years, grew close to Liu Qingying, and returned to Peach Blossom Island with his family. He reunited with his children and found that many had advanced in cultivation and were nearing major breakthroughs.

• Liu Changxu coordinated construction of the Azure Cloud Sect’s large skyships and taught Liu Qingying about spatial artifact runes and restrictions.
• Over twenty years, the sect built fifteen improved skyships, while Liu Changxu advanced his work on spirit cannons and hull defenses.
• Liu Changxu and Liu Qingying became lovers, but Yang Qingxue refused to let him marry Qingying into the Liu Household, so he took her to meet his parents and tried to make amends.
• In May 3478 of the Great Tang Calendar, Liu Changxu returned to Peach Blossom Island with his wives after completing his assignment.
• Liu Changxu reunited with his children and found several sons at nascent soul early stage, while seven others had reached golden core great perfection.

Liu Changxu trained seven sons to prepare them for Nascent Soul tribulations and arranged their attempts at forming Nascent Souls. After marrying Liu Qingying, he entered seclusion to refine an external incarnation before traveling to other Cultivation Stars with his family.

• Liu Changxu advised his sons on facing tribulations and decided to put seven of them through special training before they attempted to form their Nascent Souls.
• Yang Qingxue urged Liu Changxu to marry Liu Qingying, and Liu Changxu held a low-key wedding for Liu Qingying at the Azure Cloud Palace.
• Liu Changxu trained Liu Fuqing, Liu Fuba, Liu Fubo, Liu Fusong, Liu Fubo, Liu Futai, and Liu Fuhe for two years by attacking them with simulated Nascent Soul tribulation lightning.
• Liu Changxu gave the seven sons treasures for forming Nascent Souls and tribulations, then arranged for Liu Fuqing, Liu Fuba, Liu Fubo, and Liu Fusong to enter seclusion first under the women's guard.
• Liu Changxu entered seclusion to refine an external incarnation so he could leave it with his lineage before traveling with his wives and Liu Changlan to other Cultivation Stars.

Liu Changxu completed his external incarnation, Liu Changming, and tested its strength before introducing him to his family as the future guardian of their lineage. He also learned that seven of his sons had formed Nascent Souls during his decade in seclusion, and the family celebrated both achievements with a banquet.

• Liu Changxu refined an incarnation from the Netherworld Purpleglow Lotus rhizome, split off one-sixth of his primordial spirit, and named the resulting young man Liu Changming.
• After ten years recovering from the damage to his primordial spirit, Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion with Liu Changming and told his wives to keep the incarnation secret from outsiders.
• Liu Changming sparred with Yang Qingxue, and Liu Changxu judged that the incarnation possessed half his True Body's combat strength when neither fighter used magical treasures.
• Liu Changxu introduced Liu Changming to his children and discovered that his tenth through sixteenth sons had all reached the Nascent Soul realm during his seclusion.
• Liu Changxu's wives prepared a lavish banquet, and he celebrated Liu Changming's refinement and his seven sons' breakthroughs with his family.

After five years of forging, Liu Changxu finished a set of life-bound treasures for Liu Changming and celebrated Liu Zeyuan’s Nascent Soul advancement with a grand family banquet. More than a month later, he told the Liu Household’s senior cultivators that he and his wives would travel to other Cultivation Stars, leaving them shocked.

• Liu Changxu forged twelve Purple Firmament Azure Thunder Swords and a Ruyi Green Mountain Shield for Liu Changming over five years.
• Liu Qingying told Liu Changxu that his grandson Liu Zeyuan had successfully formed his Nascent Soul.
• Liu Changxu held a grand banquet at Spirit Crane Hall, where his children introduced their descendants and he and his wives looked for promising younger members of the family.
• Liu Changxu returned to the Ruyi Lotus Palace with his wives, and they spent more than ten days cultivating together.
• Liu Changxu summoned the Liu Household’s senior cultivators and announced that he and his wives would travel to other Cultivation Stars aboard the Azure Cloud Sect’s Skyship.
• The senior cultivators reacted with disbelief, but Liu Changxu’s children stayed silent rather than trying to dissuade him.

Liu Changxu upgraded the Liu Household’s ships while the Azure Cloud Sect prepared to expand to Hundred Spirits Star. After Zhang Wenhao reported on the star and the Purple Sky Sect’s offer, the Azure Cloud Sect dispatched a large expeditionary army, risking a substantial portion of its strength.

• Liu Changxu refitted the Ruyi Nebula Ship, the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle, and the Ruyi Lotus Palace while his wives prepared for the journey.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue attended an Azure Cloud Sect meeting where Zhang Wenhao reported that the first expedition had reached Hundred Spirits Star, though Sun Shaoyang and many disciples had died.
• Zhang Wenhao described the Purple Sky Sect’s offer of a fifth-tier spirit vein if the Azure Cloud Sect became its subordinate and fought in its war against the Giant Race.
• Most of the grand supreme elders supported accepting the offer, and Cao Hui decided to assemble an expeditionary army for Hundred Spirits Star.
• In May 3500, the Azure Cloud Sect sent five Large Skyships, eight Spirit Transformation experts, more than four hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, and thirteen hundred Golden Core cultivators toward Hundred Spirits Star.

Liu Changxu led an Azure Cloud Sect expedition aboard five skyships from Mysterious Yellow Star toward Hundred Spirits Star. After half a year of safe travel and collecting spirit gold meteorites, the fleet continued through the lonely starry sky.

• Liu Changxu left his family behind and departed with his wives, beasts, and Azure Cloud Sect cultivators aboard the Purple Sun Skycloud Ship.
• Liu Changxu and the other four skyship commanders formed a fleet, with Zhang Wenhao leading the way toward Hundred Spirits Star.
• Su Jinxiu admired the stars with Liu Changxu, who pointed out the distant Hundred Spirits Star and considered the dangers of cosmic travel.
• Liu Changxu's fleet traveled for half a year without incident and collected several valuable spirit gold meteorites.

Eight months after leaving the Mysterious Yellow Star, Liu Changxu and Chen Hu led an attack on a swarm of Nebula Gold-Devouring Rats threatening the fleet. As the battle turned into a close melee, Liu Changxu released Liu Changlan to help secure the Azure Cloud Sect’s advantage.

• Liu Changxu spotted a swarm of Nebula Gold-Devouring Rats, and he and Chen Hu agreed to attack while Yang Qingxue prepared the Skyship and its crew for battle.
• Liu Changxu and Chen Hu engaged the swarm, but eighteen Fifth-Tier Rat Emperors struck back with Rat-Eye Divine Rays and forced them to call for reinforcements.
• Sima Jinsong, Yang Qingxue, Zhang Wenhao, Li Fengzhu, Li Minghao, and Yuan Ming joined the fight, while Liu Changxu used his swords and Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror to kill three Rat Emperors.
• A Rat Emperor gravely wounded Li Fengzhu, but Chen Hu and Yang Qingxue each killed a Rat Emperor, and the two sides fought to a stalemate as the beasts closed in on the fleet.
• Liu Changxu released the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon, Liu Changlan, and its arrival shifted the battle in the Azure Cloud Sect’s favor.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect fought a swarm of Nebula Gold-Devouring Rats, turning the battle around after he slew their strongest emperors. The battle ended with the sect victorious, and Liu Changxu established himself as the expeditionary army’s strongest member.

• Liu Changxu battled a fifth-tier high-grade Nebula Gold-Devouring Rat Emperor while the swarm pressured Yang Qingxue and the other Azure Cloud Sect cultivators.
• Chen Hu ordered the five Large Skyships and more than a thousand Azure Cloud Sect cultivators to join the battle, and their Spirit Cannons killed many rats.
• Liu Changxu wore down the high-grade rat emperor and killed it with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd.
• Liu Changxu went to Yang Qingxue and Liu Changlan’s aid, slew two more fifth-tier rat emperors, and helped force the swarm to flee after Chen Hu killed his opponent.
• The Azure Cloud Sect pursued the rats until the battle ended a day and night later; Liu Changxu had slain seven fifth-tier rat emperors, while Chen Hu had slain three.

After the Azure Cloud Sect's fleet spent two years traveling, Liu Changxu entered the dangerous Colorful Deer Nebula and began collecting valuable stellar fragments while keeping watch for threats. The fleet cautiously navigated the nebula's outskirts, where powerful starry sky beasts and abundant treasures awaited.

• After the battle, Liu Changxu became the expeditionary force's backbone, while Ouyang Yuzhu began eagerly visiting his wives and Yang Qingxue's group tried to keep him away from her.
• Liu Changxu processed the Nebula Gold-Devouring Rat's carcass and discovered its flesh, hide, bones, claws, blood, and eyes could be used to make valuable fifth-tier items.
• Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue organized the fleet's duties as the Azure Cloud Sect's cultivators settled into life aboard Purple Sun City during the two-year journey.
• The fleet entered the Colorful Deer Nebula, where Zhang Wenhao cautiously led the five skyships through drifting stellar debris and Liu Changxu watched for starry sky beasts.
• Liu Changxu spotted valuable spirit gold and spirit jade among the stellar remnants and used a giant hand of spiritual power to seize several fragments.

Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators’ hunt for spirit gold and spirit jade was interrupted by a supreme-grade fifth-tier Voidwing Dragon that pursued their fleet. Liu Changxu, Chen Hu, and Sima Jinsong fought the beast while Yang Qingxue led the Skyships away, and the battle continued with the dragon’s immense strength and spatial ability still posing a threat.

• Liu Changxu spotted a Voidwing Dragon approaching and identified it as a supreme-grade fifth-tier Starry Sky Beast.
• Liu Changxu and Chen Hu changed the fleet’s course, but the dragon pursued them, so Liu Changxu called on Chen Hu and Sima Jinsong to fight it.
• Liu Changxu handed control of the Skyship to Yang Qingxue, then joined Chen Hu and Sima Jinsong in the void as the five Skyships fled.
• The Voidwing Dragon attacked with an azure beam, and Liu Changxu, Chen Hu, and Sima Jinsong dodged it with Instantaneous Teleportation before counterattacking from three directions.
• Liu Changxu unleashed his treasures and flaming palm strikes, but the dragon used a void storm and spatial movement to evade and withstand the attacks.
• Chen Hu and Sima Jinsong repeatedly struck the dragon without causing serious damage, enraging it and giving Liu Changxu an opening to attack.