Chapter Summaries

Murong Yuyao endured her ninth-ninth heavenly tribulation and advanced to early void refinement, then celebrated with Liu Changxu, their family, and the Purple Sky Sect elders. After the banquet, she entered seclusion to consolidate her cultivation, while Liu Changxu began cultivating toward late void refinement.

• Liu Changxu obtained a fourth-tier supreme-grade Longevity Peach for Li Zhenxin, helping her accept the limits of her lifespan.
• Murong Yuyao faced her ninth-ninth heavenly tribulation, using her Snow Lotus Ice Soul Swords, Cold Mountain Seal, talismans, armor, and Ice Soul Snow Lotus Palace to survive the lightning.
• Murong Yuyao passed the heart demon tribulation and advanced to early void refinement as Liu Changxu and the gathered family watched.
• Liu Changxu hosted a banquet for Murong Yuyao with Purple Sky Sect void refinement elders, and Zhao Wenhao and Song Yunfeng arrived to congratulate her.
• Murong Yuyao entered seclusion to consolidate her cultivation, and Liu Changxu began cultivating toward late void refinement.

Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion after consolidating his late Void Refinement cultivation, and his wives congratulated him. Li Zhenxin then declared that she would attempt Spirit Transformation again, leaving Liu Changxu struggling to dissuade her from a breakthrough with only a five percent chance of success.

• A sudden burst of pressure in the Ruyi Lotus Palace made Li Zhenxin fall face-first, and the women realized Liu Changxu had broken through to late Void Refinement.
• Li Zhenxin resolved to attempt Spirit Transformation despite the danger, fearing that her low cultivation would leave her aging while her husband and sisters remained youthful.
• Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion the following year after consolidating his late Void Refinement cultivation and greatly strengthening his body, divine abilities, primordial spirit, and Spirit Treasures.
• Liu Changxu gave Zhao Qi'er a sixth-tier high-grade Golden-Silk Blood Peach to help her break through to mid Void Refinement.
• Li Zhenxin asked to attempt Spirit Transformation again, and Liu Changxu warned that her chance of surviving was only five percent.

Liu Changxu supported Li Zhenxin through her seclusion and Spirit Transformation tribulation, helping her survive the lightning and heart demon trials. After she reached Spirit Transformation and celebrated with her family and friends, she consolidated her cultivation while Liu Changxu spent the night with his other wives.

• Liu Changxu gave Li Zhenxin treasures to aid her breakthrough, and she entered seclusion on Ascension Peak.
• Zhao Qi'er advanced to mid Void Refinement, and two years later Li Zhenxin triggered flesh sandalwood transformation.
• Liu Changxu blocked a small beast tide as Li Zhenxin endured the tribulation lightning and fell unconscious after surviving the final bolt.
• Liu Changxu embraced Li Zhenxin during her heart demon trial, helping her overcome it; Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed her injuries as she reached Spirit Transformation.
• Li Zhenxin celebrated her breakthrough with Liu Changxu, their family, and visiting friends before entering seclusion to consolidate her cultivation.
• After the banquet, Liu Changxu drank with the guests and took his wives to bathe in the Jade Pool Hall.

Liu Changxu returned to Jade Dragon Mountain, reunited with his family, and agreed to bring his four guardian beasts along when he left. On the journey back to Mysterious Yellow Star, he chose to press through the Colorful Deer Nebula and fought a colossal Kunpeng-like starry sky beast.

• Liu Changxu returned to Jade Dragon Mountain with his family, where Liu Fuyue and the Liu Household's senior members welcomed them.
• Liu Fuyue told Liu Changxu that the lineage had outgrown Jade Dragon Mountain and that the Giant Race might soon attack the Purple Sky Sect.
• At a family banquet, Liu Changlan, Liu Changjin, Liu Changqing, and Liu Changyun asked to leave their posts guarding the lineage, and Liu Changxu agreed.
• A year later, Liu Changxu set out for Mysterious Yellow Star with his parents, seven wives, and more than three thousand Liu Lineage members aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
• When starry sky beasts fled through the Colorful Deer Nebula, Liu Changxu judged that the danger was manageable and ordered the shuttle to continue along its route.
• A colossal sixth-tier supreme-grade Kunpeng-like beast tried to swallow the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle, so Liu Changxu drew the shuttle into his dantian and began fighting it with his spirit treasures.

Liu Changxu killed a sixth-tier supreme-grade Starry Sky Beast and continued traveling with his family. He secretly watched two seventh-tier Starry Sky Beasts fight over a planet and discovered they were battling for the chance that star tears might exist there.

• Liu Changxu used his Spirit Treasures to kill the Starry Sky Beast, stored its corpse, and returned to the shuttle.
• Lin Yulian celebrated her son's victory as Liu Changxu and his family continued onward.
• Liu Changxu spotted two enormous Starry Sky Beasts fighting and decided to investigate, despite his family's fears.
• Liu Changxu hid on a shattered star and noticed the beasts were protecting a nearby planet from damage.
• After the beasts fought for over a month, Liu Changxu learned they were battling because precious star tears might exist on the planet.

Liu Changxu waited for two starry sky beasts to weaken each other, then defeated the tiger-shaped beast and obtained a drop of star tears from the planet's core. He left the beasts’ devastated battlefield to collect spirit materials with his wives, but his spirit treasures quickly ate the best finds.

• Liu Changxu waited eight months as two seventh-tier low-grade starry sky beasts fought over the star tears, until the bear-shaped beast fled.
• Liu Changxu attacked the tiger-shaped beast and fought it for seven days and nights with his spirit treasures and Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm, driving it away.
• Liu Changxu searched the planet's core for nearly half a month and found one seventh-tier low-grade drop of star tears.
• Liu Changxu released Zhao Qi'er and his other wives to search the ruined battlefield for spirit gold and materials, while his spirit treasures gathered materials for themselves.
• Su Jinxiu and the other women found their discoveries devoured by Liu Changxu's spirit treasures, leaving them to collect what the treasures had rejected.

After returning to Mysterious Yellow Star from a long journey, Liu Changxu reunited with the Southern Sea Liu Lineage and learned that it needed new territory. He approved an expedition to seize Golden Flood Dragon Island, which set out with his wives and clan members.

• Liu Changxu and his family spent nearly a month gathering spirit materials, but he lost his bearings and spent three years searching the Colorful Deer Nebula before Xiao Kong found their route.
• The Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle brought Liu Changxu and his family to Spirit Crane Peak on Peach Blossom Island in March of year 3741 of the Great Tang Calendar.
• Liu Fuchao reported that the Southern Sea Liu Lineage had grown to a population of at least one and a half billion mortals and a million cultivators, and proposed expanding into Golden Flood Dragon Island.
• Liu Changxu approved the expedition and assigned Liu Changlan and others to accompany Liu Fuchao, while Zhao Qi'er, Chen Yufei, Yang Qingxue, Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, Li Zhenxin, and Lian'er also joined.
• Ten days after Liu Changxu's arrival, the Liu Household army set out for Golden Flood Dragon Island with more than ten Spirit Transformation cultivators and tens of thousands of other cultivators.

Liu Changxu bought and repaired the damaged Eight Desolations Cauldron, then gave it to his avatar, Liu Changming. Meanwhile, the Liu Household captured and began developing Golden Flood Dragon Island, where Liu Changxu eventually reunited with his busy wives.

• Liu Changxu visited Liu Changming and gave him sixth-tier Spirit Talismans and Spirit Treasures to protect the Liu Household.
• While disguised in Linzhou City, Liu Changxu bought a damaged cauldron from a Foundation Establishment stallholder after a young descendant returned it.
• Liu Changxu spent three months repairing the cauldron, awakened its artifact spirit, and learned it was the Eight Desolations Cauldron, a sixth-tier high-grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
• Zhao Qi'er led the Liu Household army to capture Golden Flood Dragon Island, and the household began building defenses, an Immortal City, and new settlements.
• Liu Changxu gave the Eight Desolations Cauldron to Liu Changming, traveled to Golden Flood Dragon Island, and teleported beside his busy wives.

Liu Changxu helped his family develop Golden Flood Dragon Island by completing its defensive and teleportation formations, then returned with his family to Newmoon Ridge. There, they were warmly welcomed by the Liu Household.

• Liu Changxu joined Zhao Qi'er and the others in setting up the formation equipment at Crouching Dragon Mountain, taking over much of their work.
• Liu Changxu visited a camp, shared dinner and drinks with Liu Fuchao, Li Mengyao, and the Liu Household cultivators, and met younger descendants.
• Liu Changxu returned to the Ruyi Lotus Palace with his wives, then resumed work the next morning.
• Liu Changxu helped complete Golden Flood Dragon Island's Clan-Defense Grand Formation and the Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Arrays to Spirit Deer Island and Peach Blossom Island.
• Liu Changxu and his wives returned to Peach Blossom Island, collected his parents, and traveled to the Azure Cloud Palace before continuing to Newmoon Ridge.
• The Liu Household warmly welcomed Liu Changxu and his family at Newmoon Ridge.

Liu Changxu waited at Newmoon Ridge while his mother-in-law Wang advanced to Spirit Transformation, then organized a large migration of Liu Household members toward Hundred Spirits Star. After many chose to settle on Golden Flood Dragon Island instead, he left Mysterious Yellow Star with the remaining cultivators and resumed the journey.

• Liu Changxu welcomed Wang to Newmoon Ridge and gave her treasures and talismans to support her breakthrough.
• Wang survived the six-nine lightning tribulation after three years in seclusion, and Li Zhenxin returned to Liu Changxu.
• Liu Changxu prepared to leave for Hundred Spirits Star with more than twenty thousand Liu Household cultivators, but persuaded Liu Changyan, Liu Fuyi, and Zhao Xue to remain at Newmoon Ridge.
• Liu Changxu inspected Golden Flood Dragon Island, where many of the migrants decided to settle, reducing the group bound for Hundred Spirits Star to a little over six thousand.
• Liu Changxu promised rewards and future travel opportunities to the high-level cultivators remaining on Mysterious Yellow Star, then piloted the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle toward Hundred Spirits Star.

Liu Changxu returned safely to Jade Dragon Mountain and reunited with his wives and children, learning that the Giant Sword Sect had gained a new Integrated Body Divine Lord, Xiao Zier. He agreed to attend her Body Integration celebration with Zhao Qi'er and Su Jinxiu, then joined his family for a meal prepared by his children.

• Liu Changxu and the Liu household cultivators returned to Jade Dragon Mountain after five years, where he reunited with Murong Yuyao, Jiang Xuefeng, Liu Qingying, Dongxue, and their children.
• Liu Changxu learned that relations between the sect and the Demon Race had grown tense and that the Giant Sword Sect planned to celebrate Xiao Zier's advancement to the Body Integration Realm.
• Zhao Qi'er described her friend Xiao Zier, Xiao's fiancé Lü Changqing, and their arranged engagement, while Liu Changxu agreed to attend Xiao's celebration with Zhao Qi'er and Su Jinxiu.
• Liu Changxu joined his family for a banquet and praised Liu Fufeng's spirit cuisine, learning that his children had prepared the meal together.

After returning to Purple Sky Mountain, Liu Changxu reunited with Zhao Wenhao and his family, then processed the sixth-tier supreme-grade Starry Sky Beast he had slain. He finished preparing its remains and planned to have its precious Beast Core refined into pills.

• Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er returned to Purple Sky Mountain and visited Zhao Wenhao, where they found Liu Fukkun playing a board game with his grandfather.
• Liu Changxu gave Zhao Wenhao two pieces of seventh-tier spirit gold and concealed the truth about the star tears and his encounter with the Starry Sky Beasts.
• Song Yunfeng invited Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er to a family dinner, where Zhao Wenhao shared sixth-tier supreme-grade spirit wine with Liu Changxu.
• After refining the wine's spiritual energy, Liu Changxu joined Zhao Qi'er and his other wives for ten days in the Spirit Pool.
• Liu Changxu fed the sixth-tier supreme-grade Starry Sky Beast's flesh to his four spirit beasts and its bones to his Spirit Treasures, which then fell into slumber to refine their gains.
• Liu Changxu spent more than two months processing the beast and kept its enormous Beast Core, intending to find a Purple Sky Palace Alchemist to refine it into pills.

Liu Changxu failed to refine high-quality pills from the Starry Sky Beast's inner core, but his two Golden Spirit Pills and recorded method earned him sect merit and the interest of Void Refinement elders. He then traveled with Zhao Qi'er and his other wives to the Giant Sword Sect for Xiao Zier's Body Integration ceremony, where Zhao Qi'er went to meet her friend.

• Gao Heng could not refine the Starry Sky Beast's inner core and suggested Liu Changxu ask Song Yunfeng, but Liu Changxu chose to attempt the alchemy himself.
• After two years, Liu Changxu used the entire inner core to make two poor-quality Golden Spirit Pills, which Chen Chuanxiong awarded to the highest bidders among the Void Refinement elders.
• Liu Changxu gave the sect his refining method on a jade slip and earned substantial merit, while ensuring his lineage could also use the method.
• Liu Changxu joined Song Yunfeng, Zhao Qi'er, Chen Yufei, Liu Qingying, and Su Jinxiu on the journey to the Giant Sword Sect for Xiao Zier's ceremony.
• The delegation arrived at Ten Thousand Sword Ridge, where Wang Cheng welcomed them and Liu Changxu learned the metal-attribute spirit vein suited sword cultivators but limited the local scenery.
• After the Purple Sky Sect delegation settled into a courtyard at Guest Welcoming Peak, Zhao Qi'er went to find Xiao Zier.

Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er prepared gifts for Xiao Zier and her ceremony before attending a gathering at Heaven-Piercing Peak. Zhao Qi'er introduced Liu Changxu to Xiao Zier, and she asked Xiao Zier to introduce the two women beside her.

• Zhao Qi'er told Liu Changxu that Xiao Zier wanted to meet him at a gathering hosted by Lü Changqing.
• Liu Changxu offered a jade bracelet as a gift for Xiao Zier, but Zhao Qi'er kept it and chose a phoenix blood stone instead.
• Zhao Qi'er selected a purple cloud crystal as Liu Changxu's congratulatory gift for the ceremony, wary of drawing attention to him with a more extravagant offering.
• Zhao Qi'er dressed in her Seven-Colored Immortal Garment and went with Liu Changxu to Heaven-Piercing Peak, where Lü Changqing welcomed them.
• Zhao Qi'er introduced Liu Changxu to Xiao Zier, and after they sat down, she asked Xiao Zier to introduce the two women beside her.

Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er visited Xiao Zier, where Liu impressed her with his ability to drink powerful spirit tea and was invited to explore the Colorful Deer Nebula, an offer he declined. They attended a cultivation gathering, where Lü Changqing began the exchange of insights and Liu recorded the talks.

• Xiao Zier introduced Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er to Wu Yuxi and Xue Qin, disciples of the Sun Moon Sect's Bright Moon Fairy, Wu Xuege.
• Liu Changxu drank six cups of sixth-tier supreme-grade green vine tea with ease, prompting Xiao Zier to reconsider her first impression of him and ask about his journey from another Cultivation Star.
• After Zhao Qi'er described their encounter with two seventh-tier Starry Sky Beasts, Xiao Zier invited Liu Changxu to search the Colorful Deer Nebula for spirit materials, but he declined.
• Zhao Qi'er gave Xiao Zier a phoenix blood stone on behalf of Lü Changqing, who arrived and announced that the gathering was ready to begin.
• More than a hundred Void Refinement cultivators assembled in the square, where Lü Changqing opened the cultivation exchange with a talk on the Sword Dao.
• Liu Changxu listened to the talks and recorded them with a Sound Recording Stone while Zhao Qi'er chatted with Wu Yuxi and Xue Qin.

At Lü Changqing’s gathering, Liu Changxu learned from the cultivators’ teachings and shared a banquet before the spirit treasure exchange began. Lü Changqing obtained five tribulation-aiding treasures, and Wu Yuxi drew a crowd of traders as she offered rare pills.

• Wu Yuxi, Xue Qin, Zhao Qi'er, and other Void Refinement cultivators shared their cultivation insights, and Xiao Zier described her experience breaking through to Body Integration.
• Liu Changxu and the others attended a banquet where Lü Changqing poured sixth-tier supreme-grade spirit wine, and Liu Changxu secretly endured seven cups with the aid of the Red Lotus Immortal Scripture.
• Lü Changqing offered more than twenty sixth-rank spirit treasures in search of treasures to help him survive the Body Integration tribulation, and Xiao Zier encouraged more cultivators to trade with him.
• Lü Changqing acquired five tribulation-aiding spirit treasures, while Liu Changxu kept his own seven because he would soon need them for his breakthrough.
• Wu Yuxi offered rare sixth-tier Spirit Pills and spirit treasures for medicinal herbs and tribulation aids, attracting seventeen or eighteen traders.

Liu Changxu attended Xiao Zier’s Body Integration celebration, where he gained insight from her Dao lecture and agreed to help Wu Yuxi refine a defensive spirit treasure. The chapter ended with Wu Yuxi explaining her materials and requirements to Liu Changxu.

• Xue Qin failed to trade her sixth-tier formations, while Liu Changxu exchanged treasures for a variety of rare spirit ingredients and items.
• Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er attended Xiao Zier's Body Integration celebration at Giant Sword Peak, where guests presented gifts and Lü Liang presided over the sacrificial rites.
• Xiao Zier expounded on the Dao, and Liu Changxu gained much from her lecture before joining the evening banquet with Zhao Qi'er, Wu Yuxi, and Xue Qin.
• Wu Yuxi asked Liu Changxu to refine a sixth-tier supreme-grade defensive spirit treasure, and he initially declined because he lacked experience at that grade.
• Wu Yuxi offered Liu Changxu spirit pills whether he succeeded or failed, so he agreed to try refining an Innate Spirit Treasure for her.

Liu Changxu refined the Heavenly Earth Seal for Wu Yuxi, then cultivated until he broke through to Great Perfection Void Refinement. His wives celebrated his advancement and considered how they could strengthen their own cultivation to support him.

• Liu Changxu spent nearly two years refining the Heavenly Earth Seal and gave the spirit treasure embryo to Wu Yuxi in exchange for two bottles of Purple Sun Pills.
• Liu Changxu and his wives hosted Wu Yuxi and Xue Qin for a lavish meal before the guests departed.
• Liu Changxu spent years cultivating, and in May 3790 of the Great Tang Calendar, his aura revealed that he had reached Great Perfection Void Refinement.
• Zhao Qi'er and the other wives celebrated Liu Changxu's breakthrough and discussed cultivating harder to keep pace with him.
• Chen Yufei said she would welcome any new sisters Liu Changxu married, and Li Zhenxin reflected on how his growing strength had changed their family.

After reaching great perfection Void Refinement and consolidating his cultivation, Liu Changxu learned that the Sun Moon Sect had requested help against the Angel Race. He had not yet decided whether to join the war, but promised his wives he would take them if he went.

• Liu Changxu broke through to great perfection Void Refinement by consuming many spirit treasures, then emerged from seclusion after consolidating his cultivation.
• Liu Changxu assessed his greatly increased strength and divine abilities, which he believed could withstand ordinary integrated body early stage cultivators.
• Zhao Qi'er and Liu Changxu's other wives congratulated him and shared a celebratory meal with him.
• Zhao Qi'er told Liu Changxu that the Sun Moon Sect had suffered heavy losses against the Angel Race and that Purple Sky Sect was preparing to send reinforcements.
• Zhao Qi'er explained the Angel Race's ranks and combat strengths, and Murong Yuyao, Zhao Qi'er, and the other wives asked to accompany Liu Changxu if he joined the war.
• Liu Changxu promised to take his wives if he went, then bathed and frolicked with them in the Jade Pool Hall.

The Purple Sky Sect formed the Purple Sky Legion to reinforce the Sun Moon Sect against the Angel Race, and Liu Changxu volunteered to join the dangerous expedition with Zhao Qi'er. Before the legion departed, Liu Changxu and his family decided who would accompany him, while his father-in-law warned them to stay vigilant and gave them protective talismans.

• Tian Chengkun announced the Purple Sky Legion's forces and called for fifteen Void Refinement cultivators; Zhao Qi'er, Liu Changxu, Murong Yuyao, and others volunteered before Tian Chengkun assigned the remaining places.
• Zhao Wenhao warned Liu Changxu and Zhao Qi'er that the Angel Race had sent twenty Twelve-Winged Angels and more than two hundred and eighty Void Refinement cultivators, then gave the couple talismans alongside Song Yunfeng.
• Liu Changxu reassured Zhao Wenhao that he would protect Zhao Qi'er, and the couple shared a dinner with Zhao Wenhao and Song Yunfeng before returning home.
• Liu Changxu's family decided that Chen Yufei, Su Jinxiu, Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, and Dongxue would stay behind, while Zhao Qi'er, Murong Yuyao, Jiang Xuefeng, Yang Qingxue, Liu Qingying, and Qin Yulian would accompany him.
• Liu Changxu decided to bring his four beasts so they could grow stronger by devouring powerful cultivators' corpses, and the Purple Sky Legion assembled ten days later before departing five days after that.