Chapter Summaries

After twenty years, Liu Changxu advanced to the late stage of Spirit Transformation and concealed his true cultivation before leaving seclusion. He learned that Liu Fuyu was away in Golden Sky Immortal City and went with Yang Qingxue to congratulate Chen Hu on his breakthrough.

• Liu Changjin and Liu Changyun survived their tribulations and became Fifth-Tier Demon Emperors, while Liu Changxu broke through to the late stage of Spirit Transformation.
• Liu Changxu consolidated his cultivation and mastered an art that disguised his aura as peak middle-stage Spirit Transformation.
• Yang Qingxue and the other women congratulated Liu Changxu, and Yang Qingxue said she planned to enter seclusion to break through to Spirit Transformation.
• Liu Changxu learned that Liu Fuyu had spent over a year in Golden Sky Immortal City with friends, and that Xiao Qing was protecting him there.
• Yang Qingxue told Liu Changxu that Chen Hu had reached the great perfection of Spirit Transformation, and Liu Changxu went with her to Supreme Clarity Peak to congratulate him.

Liu Changxu visited Chen Hu and discussed the Azure Cloud Sect’s ties and plans to return to Mysterious Yellow Star. Meanwhile, Liu Changxu’s son Liu Fuyu caused a betrothal crisis in Golden Sky Immortal City, which Liu Changxu resolved by arranging his marriage to Ma Yunfeng.

• Chen Hu hosted Liu Changxu and the others at White Tiger Palace, where he described the connections that had helped him reach spirit transformation great perfection.
• Liu Changxu said he planned to return to Mysterious Yellow Star in about ten years, and Ouyang Yuzhu and Yuan Ming volunteered to go with him.
• Liu Qingying entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to spirit transformation.
• Ma Yongbo detained Liu Fuyu after learning that he had gotten Ma Yunfeng pregnant, despite her existing betrothal, and summoned Liu Changxu to Golden Sky Immortal City.
• Liu Changxu presented betrothal gifts, and the Ma Household agreed to the marriage, with the wedding set for three months later while Liu Qingying remained in seclusion.

Three years after Liu Fuyu’s wedding, Liu Qingying endured a beast tide and survived the Fifty-Fourfold Heavenly Tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation. She advanced to Spirit Transformation, and Liu Changxu celebrated with her while worrying that his other wives might not reach the same realm.

• Liu Fuyu married Ma Yunfeng in a grand wedding that strengthened ties between the Liu and Ma lineages.
• Three years later, Liu Qingying’s bodily sandalwood transformation drew a swarm of demon beasts toward Feather Transformation Peak, and Liu Changxu fought them off until the fragrance faded.
• Liu Qingying faced the Fifty-Fourfold Heavenly Tribulation and survived with the help of her treasures and the sect’s mountain-guarding formation.
• Liu Changxu embraced Liu Qingying during her Heart Demon Tribulation, helping her regain clarity and dispel it.
• Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed Liu Qingying’s injuries, and her aura rose to the Spirit Transformation early stage.
• Liu Changxu and the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators congratulated Liu Qingying, while Liu Changxu worried about his other wives’ chances of advancing; Liu Fuyu and Ma Yunfeng also arrived.

Liu Changxu led the Azure Cloud Sect’s return from Hundred Spirits Star to Mysterious Yellow Star, where the elders learned of the expedition’s successes and losses. Yuan Ming revealed that Liu Changxu had defeated a Spirit Transformation Great Perfection Giant and slain several other Spirit Transformation cultivators, leaving Cao Hui and the sect’s elders astonished by his strength.

• Liu Changxu, Liu Qingying, and Yuan Ming led more than three hundred Azure Cloud Sect cultivators aboard two skyships toward Mysterious Yellow Star, while Yang Qingxue stayed behind to guard the sect.
• Liu Changxu’s party crossed the starry sky without major trouble, defeated two groups of Starry Sky Beasts, and gathered spirit gold and materials before returning to Azure Cloud Mountain seven years later.
• Cao Hui welcomed the returning cultivators and heard Yuan Ming report that Chen Hu had reached Spirit Transformation Great Perfection and Liu Qingying had advanced to Spirit Transformation.
• Cao Hui congratulated Liu Qingying but concealed his displeasure at Chen Hu’s breakthrough and treated Liu Changxu cautiously, sensing that he posed a threat to his position.
• Liu Changxu told the elders that Li Fengzhu had died fighting the Giant Race, and Yuan Ming recounted the battle.
• Yuan Ming revealed that Liu Changxu had defeated a Spirit Transformation Great Perfection Giant and killed several other Spirit Transformation cultivators, shocking Cao Hui and the elders.

After returning to the Azure Cloud Sect, Liu Changxu reported on Hundred Spirits Star and attended a welcome banquet before reuniting with his family. He offered Liu Fuyi the chance to move to Hundred Spirits Star with him in a few years, then welcomed unexpected visitors to Serene Heart Garden.

• Yuan Ming explained the branch sect’s situation and shared what he knew about the Purple Sky Sect and the Giant Race, while Cao Hui ordered compensation and proper burials for the fallen disciples.
• Liu Changxu gave Cao Hui three Storage Bracelets containing high-tier spirit treasures, which Cao Hui told Wang Fen to place in the sect treasury.
• Cao Hui hosted a lavish welcome banquet, where Yuan Ming’s enthusiastic praise of Liu Changxu made Cao Hui wary.
• Liu Changxu returned to Serene Heart Garden and reunited with Liu Fuyi, Zhao Xue'er, Su Jinxiu, and the others; he gave Liu Fuyi and Zhao Xue'er ten golden thread honey peaches.
• Liu Changxu invited Liu Fuyi and his descendants to join him on Hundred Spirits Star in a few years, and father and son talked until visitors arrived at Serene Heart Garden.

Liu Changxu learned that the Ice Snow Sword Sect and the Northern Immortal Alliance were fighting over a spirit stone deposit, so he hurried to reunite with Murong Yuyao and their children. He arranged for Murong Yuyao and her family, along with the Ice Snow Sword Sect, to travel with him to Hundred Spirits Star in about three years.

• Wang Fen told Liu Changxu about the conflict between the Ice Snow Sword Sect and the Northern Immortal Alliance, and Liu Changxu proposed mediating a joint mining agreement.
• Liu Changxu reunited with his sons Liu Fuyi and Liu Fuyu, then left for the Ice Snow Sword Sect after three days at the Azure Cloud Palace.
• Liu Changxu arrived at the Ice Snow Sword Sect and embraced Murong Yuyao, reuniting with her and their children Liu Fuhai and Liu Fuyin after more than fifty years apart.
• Liu Changxu told Xiao Mingyuan about the Azure Cloud Sect's foothold on Hundred Spirits Star and invited the Ice Snow Sword Sect to travel there with him.
• Xiao Mingyuan agreed to the journey, including Murong Yuyao and her children, and Liu Changxu set the departure for about three years later.

Liu Changxu reunited with Murong Yuyao and their children, then persuaded his wife to reconsider her conflict with the Northern Immortal Alliance before the couple argued over their son’s marriage. After their nine-day struggle ended, Murong Yuyao agreed to arrange marriages for their children.

• Liu Changxu gave Xiao Mingyuan three fifth-tier high-grade Golden Ginseng Jade Yang Pills and then left with his family.
• Liu Changxu reunited with Murong Yuyao, Liu Fuhai, and Liu Fuyin at the Ruyi Lotus Palace, where the family shared a meal and discussed their years apart.
• Murong Yuyao worried about leaving the Ice Snow Sword Sect’s dispute with the Northern Immortal Alliance, but Liu Changxu persuaded her that continuing the fight over the spirit stone vein would cost too much.
• Liu Changxu asked whether Liu Fuhai had a marriage prospect, and he and Murong Yuyao argued over whether their son should marry while young.
• After Liu Fuhai and Liu Fuyin left, Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao fought for nine days and nights, after which Murong Yuyao agreed to arrange marriages for their children.

Liu Changxu returned to Newmoon Ridge with his family after helping the Ice Snow Sword Sect and Northern Immortal Alliance settle a spirit stone mining agreement. He reunited with his parents and celebrated the Liu Household’s growth, ending the chapter in a warm family gathering.

• Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao discussed marriage prospects for their children and decided to seek a husband for Liu Fuyin on Hundred Spirits Star if necessary.
• Liu Changxu helped Sect Master Wang Fen negotiate an equal split of a large spirit stone vein between the Ice Snow Sword Sect and Northern Immortal Alliance, earning the Azure Cloud Sect five thousand supreme-grade spirit stones.
• Liu Changxu returned to Newmoon Ridge with Liu Fuhai, Liu Fuyin, and his wives, where he reunited with Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian after more than fifty years apart.
• Lin Yulian introduced Liu Changxu to his many descendants, and he identified five especially talented young members of the Liu Household.
• Lin Yulian hosted a banquet for more than three thousand clansmen to celebrate Liu Changxu’s return, and afterward Liu Changxu shared stories with his parents and Liu Changyan.

Liu Changxu discussed the Liu Lineage’s growth with his family and prepared to establish himself on Hundred Spirits Star, while his parents and younger brother chose to remain behind. He returned to Peach Blossom Island after visiting his parents, reunited with Qin Yulian and his descendants, and shared a banquet with his aging sister Liu Changxue.

• Liu Changyan described the Liu Lineage’s growth, and Liu Changxu invited his family to join him on Hundred Spirits Star as he pursued further cultivation.
• Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian chose to remain at home, while Liu Changyan declined to leave the lineage.
• Liu Changxu stayed with his parents for over three months, then gave the Liu Lineage a generous supply of cultivation resources before departing.
• Liu Changxu and his family traveled to the Southern Sea, where Qin Yulian, Liu Fuyue, and other senior members welcomed them on Peach Blossom Island.
• Liu Changxu hosted a banquet at the Ruyi Lotus Palace and spent much of the evening talking with his younger sister Liu Changxue.

Liu Changxu convened the Liu Household’s senior cultivators to report on the clan’s growth and explain his plans to settle on Hundred Spirits Star. He decided to take one-third of the Southern Sea cultivators there, and the clan began preparing for the migration as other clans sought passage.

• Liu Fuyue reported that the Liu Household had grown to tens of millions of members, with more than fifty thousand cultivators and extensive holdings across the Southern Sea.
• Liu Changxu introduced Hundred Spirits Star and announced that he would leave Mysterious Yellow Star, giving the clan two years to decide whether to follow while retaining people to guard their Southern Sea holdings.
• Liu Fujiao and Liu Changxu’s other children declared their desire to go, and Liu Fuyue eventually agreed as Liu Changxu set the initial migration at one-third of the clan’s cultivators, excluding mortals.
• Liu Changxu’s married daughters returned with requests to bring members of their husbands’ clans, and he agreed after learning that most of them had not reached the nascent soul realm.
• As more clans sought passage, Liu Changxu considered an interstellar flying boat fleet and concluded that the sect should operate it.

Liu Changxu welcomed Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng to Peach Blossom Island, explained the dangers of Hundred Spirits Star, and agreed to help them join the journey. At lunch, they learned Yang Qingxue had reached the Spirit Transformation middle stage, and wine-fueled teasing ended with Chen Yufei asking Liu Changxu to call her Senior Sister.

• Azure Cloud Sect gathered allies for the journey to Hundred Spirits Star after Cao Hui agreed to go.
• Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng visited Liu Changxu and asked about traveling to Hundred Spirits Star.
• Liu Changxu described the star’s resources, races, and wars, but both women still decided to go and asked him to tell Cao Hui.
• Chen Yufei asked about Yang Qingxue, and Liu Changxu said she had advanced to the Spirit Transformation middle stage.
• At lunch, Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng drank potent spirit wine, and Chen Yufei asked Liu Changxu to call her Senior Sister instead of Master.

After spending nine days with Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng, Liu Changxu decided to marry them, despite worrying about the disruption to his family and Yang Qingxue’s reaction. He formally took both women as wives at a wedding that drew guests and gifts from across the cultivation world.

• Liu Changxu realized he had slept with Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng and worried about how to explain it to Yang Qingxue and his family.
• Liu Changxu recognized that dual cultivation had advanced him to the peak of the Spirit Transformation late stage, one step from great perfection.
• Liu Changxu embraced Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng and promised to hold a grand wedding for them.
• Liu Changxu announced the marriages to Cao Hui and the Azure Cloud Sect’s other Spirit Transformation cultivators, who congratulated him despite their private resentment.
• On the tenth day of the tenth month in the year 3553, Liu Changxu married Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng at the Azure Cloud Palace as sect leaders and representatives from other factions attended.

After more than seven years of travel, Liu Changxu and the allied forces from Mysterious Yellow Star reached Hundred Spirits Star and began establishing themselves. Jin Yinan recruited Liu Changxu to help build teleportation arrays amid tensions with the Giant Race, then sold the Ice Snow Sword Sect White Dragon Ridge as a place to settle and a defensive buffer for the Purple Sky Sect.

• The Azure Cloud Sect, Ice Snow Sword Sect, Liu Household, and other powers sent a huge fleet and armies from Mysterious Yellow Star toward Hundred Spirits Star.
• After defeating several groups of Starry Sky Beasts along the way, the allied fleet reached Hundred Spirits Star in May of Great Tang Calendar year 3562.
• Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao visited Jin Yinan, who asked Liu Changxu to help craft ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays.
• Jin Yinan revealed that the Giant Race's Hutu Tribe was preparing to counterattack the Purple Sky Sect, and he offered the Ice Snow Sword Sect a chance to earn land through military merit.
• Jin Yinan sold the Ice Snow Sword Sect White Dragon Ridge at a favorable price, and Liu Changxu accompanied Murong Yuyao as she led her people there.

Liu Changxu reunited with his family on Jade Clarity Peak, then spent five years refining Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Arrays for the Purple Sky Sect. After the assignment ended, he attended a gathering of fellow disciples with Chen Changchun, where the central figure had yet to arrive.

• Liu Changxu returned to Jade Clarity Peak, embraced Yang Qingxue, and learned that his children had gone to Jade Dragon Mountain.
• Liu Changxu celebrated with his wives and gave them precious peaches to help them advance their cultivation.
• Liu Changxu left for Golden Sky Immortal City after spending more than a month with his family, and entrusted Jade Dragon Mountain to his children.
• Jin Yinan assigned Liu Changxu to refine Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Arrays for five years, during which he grew close to Chen Changchun and Jin Qiaoxi.
• Jin Qiaoxi invited Liu Changxu to a gathering of fellow disciples, and he arrived at the manor with Chen Changchun as the gathering's central figure remained absent.

At Jin Qiaoxi’s gathering, Liu Changxu met Purple Sky Sect cultivators Sun Jiaqi and Zhang Wenyuan, who initially looked down on him because of his humble origins. Liu Changxu impressed the gathering with his knowledge of sword formations, earning Zhang Wenyuan’s respect before the event moved into its bartering session.

• Jin Qiaoxi introduced Liu Changxu and Chen Changchun to Sun Jiaqi and Zhang Wenyuan, prominent cultivators from the Purple Sky Sect.
• Zhang Wenyuan showed disdain toward Liu Changxu’s origins and ignored Chen Changchun, then joined Jin Qiaoxi in welcoming the guests and outlining the gathering.
• Jin Qiaoxi, Sun Jiaqi, and Zhang Wenyuan each shared their cultivation insights after the luncheon.
• Liu Changxu captivated the cultivators with his discourse on sword formations, prompting Zhang Wenyuan to praise him and treat him as a friend.
• Chen Changchun began his discourse, and the half-day session of talks ended as dusk approached and the bartering session began.

Liu Changxu traded for rare purple soul gold at a gathering in Golden Sky Immortal City, then returned to Rosy Cloud Mountain and learned that Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng had advanced to the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage. The family celebrated together, while Jin Qiaoxi continued to build a relationship with him on Jin Yinan’s orders.

• Jin Qiaoxi traded six spirit treasures, and Liu Changxu exchanged three Golden Ginseng Jade Yang Pills with Chen Changchun for purple soul gold.
• After the exchange gathering, Jin Qiaoxi insisted that Liu Changxu stay overnight and later told Jin Yinan about him.
• Jin Yinan told Jin Qiaoxi to maintain a good relationship with Liu Changxu because he could kill a Spirit Transformation Great Perfection cultivator while at the Middle Stage.
• Liu Changxu returned to Jade Clarity Peak and learned that Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng had advanced to the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage.
• Liu Changxu congratulated his wives, urged the others to keep cultivating, and celebrated with them over a lavish dinner.

Liu Changxu met with Cao Hui and Chen Hu to discuss a possible Giant Race attack on the Purple Sky Sect, and the three leaders reached an understanding to jointly wield the Azure Cloud Sect’s authority. The next day, Liu Changxu and his wives visited their children at Jade Dragon Mountain.

• Liu Changxu visited Cao Hui, who revealed that he intended to take a concubine and invited Liu Changxu to a banquet.
• Liu Changxu warned Cao Hui that the Giant Race might attack the Purple Sky Sect, citing information from Jin Yinan.
• Cao Hui invited Chen Hu, and the three leaders discussed sect affairs over tea and a banquet.
• Cao Hui, Liu Changxu, and Chen Hu reached a tacit understanding to jointly wield the Azure Cloud Sect’s highest authority.
• Liu Changxu returned to Jade Clarity Peak, then traveled with his wives to Jade Dragon Mountain to visit their children and grandchildren.

Liu Changxu oversaw the Liu Lineage’s preparations at Jade Dragon Mountain, then cultivated in seclusion and broke through to Spirit Transformation great perfection. After consolidating his cultivation, he emerged in January 3568 to find that war between the Purple Sky Sect and the Giant Race had begun.

• Liu Changxu praised Liu Fufeng and his family for developing Jade Dragon Mountain, then urged them to prepare for a likely Giant Race counterattack.
• Liu Fufeng reported that the clan’s facilities were complete and Jade Dragon City was under construction, but few mortals had settled in their territory.
• Liu Changxu visited Murong Yuyao and their son at White Dragon Ridge, then returned to Jade Clarity Peak and began cultivating with a fifth-tier supreme-grade Golden-Silk Blood Peach.
• Liu Changxu broke through to Spirit Transformation great perfection in 3567, greatly increasing his strength and gaining confidence against the Giant Race.
• Liu Changxu spent over half a year consolidating his cultivation while tensions between the Purple Sky Sect and the Giant Race worsened and war began.
• Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion in January 3568 after the war between the Purple Sky Sect and the Giant Race had already started.

Liu Changxu left the Purple Sky Sect to join the battle against the Giant Race after learning that his family members had gone to the front. He reached Giant Ape Ridge, where the Purple Sky Sect was struggling, and rescued Yang Qingxue, Jiang Xuefeng, Liu Changlan, and Liu Changjin by killing their strongest opponent.

• Liu Changxu learned that the war had begun and that many of his family members had gone to the front, so he arranged for Song Lihai and the others to defend the sect before departing.
• Liu Changxu gathered the Liu Household’s senior members at Jade Dragon Mountain, gave his children instructions, and flew toward the front aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
• Three days later, Liu Changxu arrived at Giant Ape Ridge and killed a Giant Race Spirit Transformation cultivator who attacked him with nine Golden Feather Arrows.
• Liu Changxu found Yang Qingxue, Jiang Xuefeng, Liu Changlan, and Liu Changjin struggling against four Giant Race cultivators and attacked the cultivator at spirit transformation great perfection.
• Liu Changxu killed the strongest Giant Race cultivator, and the remaining three fled, though only one Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivator escaped.

After losing Chunlan and Qiuyue in the battle against the Giant Race, Liu Changxu rescued his other wives and led a counterattack. His growing success drew a Giant Race Void Refinement cultivator to challenge him, and Liu Changxu discovered the enemy’s law-based abilities were more formidable than he had expected.

• Yang Qingxue told Liu Changxu that Chunlan and Qiuyue had fallen and that Jinxiu and the others were in danger.
• Liu Changxu teleported to Su Jinxiu and killed the ten Giant Race Nascent Soul cultivators besieging her and the other injured women.
• Liu Changxu sent Jinxiu and the others into the Ruyi Lotus Palace, then joined Yang Qingxue, Jiang Xuefeng, Liu Changlan, and Liu Changjin in attacking the Giant Race.
• After dozens of Giant Race Spirit Transformation cultivators surrounded Liu Changxu, he put his companions in the Ruyi Lotus Palace and used teleportation to evade and kill several attackers.
• A Giant Race Void Refinement cultivator came specifically to fight Liu Changxu, whose Red Lotus Immortal Swords were slowed by the enemy’s Gravity Divine Ability.