Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu persuaded the Liu Household elders to rescue the besieged Lin Household despite the danger to their own lineage. Liu Shihao led a rescue party to Blackfield Valley, arriving just as the Lin Household’s defensive formation was about to collapse.

• Liu Shihao returned and explained that the Liu Household could not spare troops easily because the Red-Feathered Crane clan’s defeat might bring more demonic beasts south.
• At the Elder Council meeting, Liu Changxu argued that rescuing the Lin Household would protect the Liu Household’s reputation and defenses, and the elders agreed to help.
• The elders assigned Liu Shihao to lead the Second Clan Soldier Squad to the Lin Household while Liu Baishan organized the evacuation of the Liu Household’s mortals to Peach Blossom Manor.
• Liu Shihao, Liu Changxu, Lin Yulian, and the squad traveled by Green Feather Boat to Blackfield Valley, where they found the Lin Household’s defensive formation close to collapse.

Liu Shihao and the Liu Household rescued the Lin Household from a demon beast siege, then reunited with Liu Changxu’s maternal grandparents in Black Field Town. The chapter ended with Lin Rufeng and Liang Ruiyun marveling at Liu Changxu’s cultivation and Liang Ruiyun praising his prospects.

• Several hundred demon beasts besieged Black Field Town, pushing the Lin Household’s formation to the brink of collapse.
• Liu Shihao arrived with the Liu Household and led the attack, quickly defeating the Golden-Feathered Eagles.
• Liu Shihao and the Liu Household fought through the night, killing dozens of beasts and driving the remaining horde away.
• The Lin Household welcomed the rescuers, and Liu Shihao entered town with Lin Ruhai while Liu Changxu went with his mother to visit his maternal grandparents.
• Lin Yulian reunited with Liang Ruiyun, and Lin Rufeng and Liang Ruiyun were astonished to learn that Liu Changxu had reached the eighth layer of Qi Refinement.

Liu Shihao led Liu Household cultivators to rescue the Zhang Household of Star-Iron Mountain from a Black Mountain Bear attack, but they arrived after the beasts had breached Star-Iron Fortress. Seventeen Zhang Household cultivators escaped with Liu Shihao’s help, while their home and many of their loved ones were lost.

• Liu Shihao learned that a pack of Black Mountain Bears, led by a second-tier lower-grade beast, was attacking the Zhang Household and urged Lin Ruhai to move the Lin Household to Peach Blossom Mountain.
• Lin Yulian and Liu Changxu said farewell to her parents, gave them gifts, and left Blackfield Valley with Liu Shihao aboard the Green Feather Boat.
• Liu Shihao brought the Liu Household cultivators to Star-Iron Fortress and killed eight first-tier Black Mountain Bears with an aerial fireball attack.
• Liu Shihao drew the second-tier Black Mountain Bear away from the fortress, giving Zhang Quanwu and the remaining Zhang Household cultivators time to escape.
• Seventeen Zhang Household cultivators escaped, mourned their dead, and thanked Liu Shihao and the Liu Household for coming to their aid.

Liu Changxu and the Liu Household defended Peach Blossom Mountain from a demon beast horde led by the Red-Feathered Crane Tribe. After a day of battle, the horde withdrew, but the Liu Household had spent thousands of spirit stones and remained under threat.

• Liu Shihao invited the displaced Zhang Household cultivators to stay at Peach Blossom Mountain, while the Lin Household sent some of its members to Yunping County's county seat.
• The Liu Household assigned its elders and cultivators to defend Peach Blossom Manor, with Liu Changxu and Lin Yulian leading the southern sector.
• Demon beasts attacked the manor's southern gate, and Liu Changxu and Lin Yulian used the Five Elements Primordial Unity Spirit-Gathering Formation to repel their assaults.
• Liu Changxu led counterattacks with his three spirit beasts and the Liu Household cultivators, killing demon beasts and targeting the red-feathered cranes before retreating to the formation.
• The horde stopped attacking at evening after losing more than thirty beasts, including eight red-feathered cranes, while the formation consumed over five thousand spirit stones.

The Liu Household held off the Red-Feathered Crane Clan while awaiting Azure Cloud Sect reinforcements, and Liu Changxu refined the feast of demonic beast meat. When reinforcements arrived on the eighth day, they helped Liu Shihao drive the cranes away, though some escaped.

• Liu Changxu and Lin Yulian organized a feast from the demonic beasts the Liu Household had killed, and Liu Changxu quickly digested several dozen jin of food using the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art.
• The Liu Household fought a brutal battle against the Red-Feathered Crane Clan, relying on the Five-Element Primordial Unity Spirit-Gathering Formation to repel attacks and kill many beasts.
• The Liu Household learned that Azure Cloud Sect reinforcements, including four Foundation Establishment cultivators, would soon arrive.
• On the eighth day, the Black Flying Boat arrived, and the three injured second-tier Red-Feathered Cranes fled with their flock.
• Liu Shihao led the Liu Household and Azure Cloud Sect cultivators in pursuit, killing many Red-Feathered Cranes, while one second-tier crane and some first-tier cranes escaped.
• Liu Shihao brought the Liu Household to welcome the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators at Peach Blossom Manor's northern gate.

The Azure Cloud Sect arrived at Peach Blossom Mountain, agreed to investigate the beast attacks, and joined the Liu Household in hunting the Black Mountain Bears. After reclaiming Star-Iron Mountain, the cultivators reached Bear King Mountain, where they prepared to attack the clan's stronghold and claim its abundant spiritual resources.

• Liu Shihao welcomed Yuan Jinlong, Wang Yuting, Zhang Qingshan, Wang Yuying, and the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators to Peach Blossom Mountain and paid for their assistance.
• Yuan Jinlong agreed to help Liu Shihao eliminate the Black Mountain Bear clan after learning it included two second-tier bears and over a hundred first-tier bears.
• The Azure Cloud Sect and Liu Household cultivators attacked Star-Iron Mountain, killed the bears there, and found the Zhang Household's slaughtered members and stored goods.
• The cultivators divided the recovered goods, with the Azure Cloud Sect taking most of them as Star-Iron Mountain became Liu Household territory.
• The cultivators traveled to Bear King Mountain, whose upper-grade second-tier spirit vein and plentiful spirit fruits had drawn Liu Shihao's interest.

Liu Changxu and the cultivators of the Liu Household and Azure Cloud Sect fought the Black Mountain Bears on Bear King Mountain, with Liu Changxu and Xiao Qing killing many bears. After the groups reached the mountain’s spirit plants and began competing over them, the Foundation Establishment cultivators intensified their attacks to finish off the two second-tier bears.

• The two second-tier Black Mountain Bears rallied the first-tier bears and attacked the cultivators, who formed battle lines and engaged them across the mountain.
• Liu Changxu wounded and killed Black Mountain Bears with the Red Lotus Sword while his spirit beasts supported him.
• Liu Changxu and Xiao Qing killed ten bears in succession, frightening the remaining beasts and helping the cultivators drive them uphill.
• Liu Shihao, Wang Yuting, Yuan Jinlong, Zhang Qingshan, and Wang Yuying remained locked in a difficult battle with the two second-tier bears.
• The cultivators found Jade Spirit Peach Trees and other spirit plants, then argued and fought over the resources.
• Liu Changxu and the Liu Household cultivators left the orchard to search elsewhere, while the Foundation Establishment cultivators intensified their attacks on the bears.

Yuan Jinlong and the other cultivators killed the Black Mountain Bears and searched Bear King Mountain for treasures. Liu Changxu found and took two rare spirit fruit trees, then the Qi Refinement cultivators were ordered off the mountain before the Foundation Establishment cultivators began their own sweep.

• Yuan Jinlong used the Wu Earth Seal to cripple the Black Mountain Bear King, and Liu Shihao killed it while the other cultivators finished off the remaining bear.
• Yuan Jinlong divided the bears' remains among the Foundation Establishment cultivators as the Qi Refinement cultivators searched the mountain for herbs and fruits.
• Guided by Xiao Qing, Liu Changxu discovered a Blood Bodhi tree and eighteen unripe fruits, collected them, and concealed the remains beneath the tree.
• Liu Changxu found a Blue Crystal Fruit Tree, gathered its thirty-six fruits, and took the tree for transplanting.
• Yuan Jinlong ordered the Qi Refinement cultivators to assemble at the mountain's foot, then led the Foundation Establishment cultivators in a thorough search of the mountain.

After the Azure Cloud Sect and Liu Household finished harvesting Bear King Mountain, they divided its spirit fruit trees, with the stronger sect taking most of the valuable second-tier trees. The Liu Household returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with a substantial haul, where Liu Changxu exchanged some trees for lineage contribution points and planted others in his courtyard.

• The Azure Cloud Sect and Liu Household cultivators spent three days collecting Bear King Mountain’s spiritual treasures, but found their Storage Bags could not hold the remaining spoils.
• Liu Shihao negotiated for several second-tier spirit fruit trees, while Yuan Jinlong and his companions took the other valuable second-tier trees.
• The Liu Household cultivators received first-tier spirit fruit trees on the same terms as the Azure Cloud Sect’s Qi Refinement cultivators and bought additional trees from sect members who did not want them.
• After several more days on the mountain, Yuan Jinlong led the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators away, and Liu Shihao brought the Liu Household home aboard the Green Feather Boat.
• The Liu Household offered most of its spirit fruit trees to the lineage, while Liu Changxu exchanged a second-tier lower-grade Blood Bodhi tree for five thousand contribution points and planted his remaining trees in his courtyard.

Liu Changxu celebrated his mother Lin Yulian’s breakthrough by giving her rare spirit fruits, then spoiled his little sister Liu Changxue with more gifts. Later, he searched the Storage Bags taken from Bear King Mountain and discovered a huge trove of treasures, including a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Liu Changxu congratulated Lin Yulian on reaching the eighth layer of Qi Refinement and gave her Blue Crystal Fruits and not-yet-ripe Bodhi Fruits.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Changxue thirty spirit fruits, making his mother and sister happy with his gifts.
• Liu Shihao returned home, and the family shared dinner before Liu Changxu went back to his room.
• Liu Changxu practiced the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art and then examined the three Storage Bags he had taken from Bear King Mountain.
• Liu Changxu found abundant spirit stones, Spirit Artifacts, cultivation manuals, formation records, pills, and other valuable treasures in the first Storage Bag.
• Liu Changxu discovered that one pill was a Foundation Establishment Pill and was overjoyed.

After sorting the treasures he had acquired, Liu Changxu discussed them with his parents and gave his father two Spirit Artifacts to use. His mother warned him to keep future opportunities and valuable gains secret, leaving him newly aware of how dangerous greed could be in the cultivation world.

• Liu Changxu finished sorting the three Storage Bags and decided to consult his parents about his valuable gains.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian what he had obtained, including a Foundation Establishment Pill, a flying Spirit Artifact, and precious cultivation treasures.
• Liu Shihao accepted the jade slips for the lineage but initially refused the Purple Cloud Furnace and Azure Mist Sword that Liu Changxu offered him.
• At Lin Yulian's urging, Liu Shihao accepted the two Spirit Artifacts to strengthen his ability to protect the Liu Household.
• Lin Yulian warned Liu Changxu to keep valuable opportunities and gains secret, then described how greed had driven cultivators and even family members to betray and kill one another.

Liu Changxu returned home with a Foundation Establishment Pill, and his parents warned him to keep it secret. He began preparing for his next stage of cultivation, aiming to achieve Body Foundation Establishment.

• Liu Shihao and Lin Yulian warned Liu Changxu that knowledge of his Foundation Establishment Pill could invite betrayal, and he promised to keep it secret.
• Liu Changxu placed the honeycomb in his courtyard for the newly hatched Amethyst Bees and fed his spirit beasts treasures suited to their strengths.
• Xiao Jin, Xiao Yun, and Xiao Qing fell asleep as they refined their treasures, with Liu Changxu expecting them to advance to upper-grade first-tier.
• Liu Changxu reviewed his plans to stabilize his eighth layer Qi Refinement cultivation, strengthen his body, and learn the Eye of Myriad Forms, Wind-Controlling Art, and Disguise Technique.
• Liu Changxu set Body Foundation Establishment as his most important goal, though the Blood Bodhi fruit alone would not make it easy.

Liu Changxu learned several spells and waited for his three spirit beasts to break through, then traveled north to find a waterfall for body cultivation. He discovered a scenic island in a vast spiritual lake, but his beasts sensed powerful demonic beasts in the water before he could approach it.

• Liu Changxu learned the Disguise Technique and Turtle Breath Technique, practiced the Wind-Riding Technique, and improved his Eye of Myriad Forms with Blue Crystal Fruits.
• Liu Changxu’s Yellow Mountain Lion, Azure Cloud Eagle, and Green Fox, Xiao Qing, each advanced to the upper-grade first-tier realm and demonstrated their stronger abilities.
• Three days later, Liu Changxu told his parents of his plans and flew north from Peach Blossom Mountain on the Azure Cloud Eagle.
• After five days of searching, Liu Changxu found a towering waterfall and a vast spiritual lake with a small, lush island that he planned to use as a cultivation base.
• Liu Changxu landed on the lake’s shore after his three spirit beasts sensed powerful demonic beasts in the water.

Liu Changxu pursued a wounded blue giant python into a spirit lake and killed it in an underwater battle. He explored the python’s cave abode and found three eggs, one of which held especially strong spiritual energy.

• Liu Changxu and his spirit beasts wounded the peak first-tier blue python, but it escaped into the spirit lake.
• Liu Changxu followed the python underwater and fought it at its cave abode, growing more skilled with water spells as the battle continued.
• Liu Changxu severed the python’s head, then collected its blood essence and divided its huge body among five Storage Bags.
• Liu Changxu returned to the cave abode, where he found spirit stones, treasures, and three blue python eggs, including one with especially strong spiritual energy.

Liu Changxu settled on the island, concealed it with a formation, and prepared a magical-artifact wooden house and a python egg for incubation. After resting, he began training beneath the waterfall and was badly injured by its force, but pressed on with the help of a Blood Bodhi fruit.

• Liu Changxu counted the spirit stones and blue ice jade he had found, then decided to establish a cave abode on the island.
• Liu Changxu let Xiao Yun, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Jin roam the island and inspected its valuable spirit plants and trees.
• Liu Changxu concealed the island with a Small Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Maze Formation and crafted a wooden house from green sandalwood.
• Liu Changxu ate with his three spirit beasts, meditated, bound himself to the strongest python egg, and placed it on ice-attribute spirit stones to incubate.
• Liu Changxu tested himself against the waterfall, was thrown back and injured, then ate a Blood Bodhi fruit and tried again, beginning a painful course of self-tempering.

After enduring seven days and nights of painful transformation, Liu Changxu achieved body foundation establishment and tested his newfound strength. He discovered that his python egg had hatched, named the snake Little Blue, and prepared to return home via the Purple Forest Market.

• After more than three months of training, Liu Changxu brought the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art to the third-layer peak and prepared to consume a second-tier lower-grade Blood Bodhi.
• Liu Changxu endured seven days and nights of agonizing bodily transformation while circulating the Flood Dragon Body-Tempering Art.
• Liu Changxu broke through to the fourth layer, achieved body foundation establishment, and gained physical strength of twenty thousand jin.
• Liu Changxu pulverized a hill-sized reef with the Sky-Splitting Palm and discovered that the python egg had hatched into a little blue snake.
• Liu Changxu fed the snake demon beast meat, named it Little Blue, and decided to return home after buying second-tier formations at the Purple Forest Market.

Liu Changxu returned to Peach Blossom Mountain after successfully achieving body foundation establishment, reunited with his family, and discussed expanding the Liu Household’s presence at its spirit veins. After settling into a peaceful routine, he set out with a bridal escort to fetch his bride from the Li Household.

• Liu Changxu returned to Peach Blossom Mountain, reunited with Lin Yulian and his siblings, and shared a feast with Liu Baishan and the family.
• Liu Baishan and Liu Shihao cautioned Liu Changxu about the dangers of attempting body foundation establishment alone, while Liu Changxu proposed guarding the Liu Household’s spirit veins.
• Liu Changxu gave honey from his amethyst bee hive to his younger siblings and resumed cultivating, refining pills, crafting talismans, and tending his fields.
• Liu Changxu named the spirit lake and island Jade Bamboo Lake and Jade Bamboo Island, then established second-tier formations at their spirit veins.
• In the fifth month of 3167, Liu Changxu departed with a bridal escort aboard two Flying Boats to fetch his bride from the Li Household in Eastern Splendor City.

Liu Changxu married Li Zhenxin in an elaborate ceremony and received the Yin-Yang Harmony Art from his father-in-law as a wedding gift. After practicing the technique together, Li Zhenxin advanced to the sixth level of Qi Refinement and Liu Changxu reached the ninth layer, while his accumulated murderous aura eased.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Shihao led the wedding procession to Eastern Splendor City, where Liu Changxu completed the wedding formalities and brought Li Zhenxin back to Peach Blossom Mountain.
• The Liu Household held a grand celebration attended by neighboring lineages and Azure Cloud Sect steward Wang Yuting, while Liu Changxu hosted the wedding banquet.
• Liu Changxu entered the bridal chamber, lifted Li Zhenxin's veil, and drank wedding wine with her.
• Li Zhenxin gave Liu Changxu a jade slip containing the Yin-Yang Harmony Art, explaining that her father had sent it as a wedding gift with instructions not to share it with the Liu Household.
• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin practiced the technique together, advancing to the sixth level and ninth layer of Qi Refinement respectively, and Liu Changxu's state of mind became more peaceful.

After marrying Li Zhenxin, Liu Changxu settled with her on Jade Bamboo Island, where they cultivated, developed their skills, and supported the Liu Lineage. Six months after their wedding, Li Zhenxin told Liu Changxu she was pregnant.

• Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin built a home on Jade Bamboo Island and established spirit fields and medicinal gardens.
• Liu Changxu guided Li Zhenxin in cultivation, combat, and formations while developing his own alchemy, talisman-making, and artifact-refining skills.
• Liu Changxu cared for his spirit beasts, traded the island’s produce and spirit fish with the Liu Lineage, and sometimes escorted its caravan to Purple Forest Market.
• In November of 3167, Li Zhenxin hurried to Liu Changxu while he was refining pills and told him she was pregnant.

Liu Changxu traveled to Red Lotus Lake to catch Dragon-Whisker Carp for his unborn child, escaped an attack by Ironback Crocodiles, and returned safely to Peach Blossom Mountain. Li Zhenxin gave birth to their daughter, Liu Jiao, and two years later Liu Changxu reached a critical point in his breakthrough.

• Liu Changxu learned that Li Zhenxin was pregnant and postponed his Foundation Establishment breakthrough to care for her.
• Liu Changxu bought two spirit artifacts at Purple Forest Market and traveled to Red Lotus Lake to find Dragon-Whisker Carp.
• Liu Changxu caught more than ten Dragon-Whisker Carp, killed three first-tier Ironback Crocodiles, and escaped as three second-tier crocodiles approached.
• Liu Changxu returned home with the fish, and Lin Yulian served Dragon-Whisker Carp to the family, warming Li Zhenxin toward her.
• Li Zhenxin gave birth to a daughter in July of year 3168, and Liu Changxu named her Liu Jiao.
• In May of year 3170, Liu Jiao played in the courtyard while Liu Changxu reached a critical point in his breakthrough.