Chapter Summaries

After returning from the demon-extermination campaign, Liu Changxu planned to marry Xiao Zier and made his way back to Yellow Heaven Ridge. After visiting family and reorganizing the territory, he finally entered seclusion to pursue the Integrated Body late stage.

• At a family banquet aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle, Zhao Qi'er grew upset over Liu Changxu and Xiao Zier, but later she and the other women gradually accepted Xiao Zier.
• Liu Changxu decided to wait until he reached the Integrated Body late stage before asking the Giant Sword Sect elders to approve his marriage to Xiao Zier.
• Liu Changxu and his family arrived at Ten Thousand Sword Ridge, where Lü Liang warmly welcomed them, then returned to Purple Sky Mountain and discussed the proposed marriage with Zhao Wenhao.
• Liu Changxu led his family and the Pursuit and Extermination Corps back to Yellow Heaven Ridge, where Song Yunfeng welcomed them with a victory banquet and handed him control of the territory.
• Liu Changxu visited his parents on Jade Dragon Mountain, told them of his plan to marry Xiao Zier, and later returned to Yellow Heaven Ridge with his wives.
• After spending time with his wives, Liu Changxu entered seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace to pursue a breakthrough to the Integrated Body late stage.

Liu Changxu refined spirit treasures for more than twenty years and advanced to the Integrated Body Late Stage, gaining immense physical strength and deeper insight into several laws. After leaving seclusion, he reunited with his wives and used dual cultivation to help improve their cultivation.

• Liu Changxu refined the Dragon-Scale Fruit for two months, greatly strengthening his body, then continued cultivating with seventh-tier spirit treasures.
• Twenty years later, Liu Changxu broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage, and his wives felt the spiritual pressure from his advancement.
• Liu Changxu assessed his new strength and considered leaving Hundred Spirits Star to pursue the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, but decided to wait until his parents had passed away.
• Three years later, Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion, and Zhao Qi'er told him that the lineage and sect had remained peaceful.
• Liu Changxu reunited with his wives and practiced dual cultivation with them, raising several of their cultivation levels.

After Liu Changxu reached the integrated body late stage, he married Xiao Zier in a grand ceremony attended by powers from across Hundred Spirits Star. Their dual cultivation boosted both of their cultivation, and the chapter left Liu Changxu weighing Wu Xuege’s growing pursuit of him.

• Liu Changxu received congratulations from major powers after his advancement, and Xiao Zier urged him to formally propose to her.
• Liu Changxu went to the Giant Sword Sect, where Xiao Feng approved the marriage, and he and Xiao Zier wed at Yellow Heaven Ridge on the eighth day of the third month in 4155.
• Liu Fuyue organized the wedding for hundreds of thousands of guests, while representatives of human and nonhuman powers attended the ceremony.
• Liu Changxu and Xiao Zier practiced dual cultivation, raising him to the peak of the integrated body late stage and her from the integrated body early stage to the middle stage.
• Liu Changxu hosted representatives of the nine great human cultivation powers and treated them to a banquet featuring his seventh-tier spirit cuisine.
• Wu Xuege remained at Yellow Heaven Ridge and visited Liu Changxu’s wives, while Liu Changxu delayed deciding whether to marry her because he knew too little about her.

After Wu Xuege confessed her feelings, Liu Changxu agreed to marry her, then arranged for Zhao Qi'er to enter seclusion and break through to Integrated Body. He visited his parents with his wives, helped his younger brother prepare for a Void Refinement breakthrough, and stayed to catch up with his family.

• Wu Xuege asked Liu Changxu to take her as a wife, and he agreed before she left Yellow Heaven Ridge.
• Liu Changxu arranged for Zhao Qi'er to enter the Ascending Immortal Peak Cave Abode and break through to Integrated Body while Murong Yuyao and Dongxue waited their turns.
• Liu Changxu visited his parents, Lin Yulian and Liu Shihao, with his wives, and Lin Yulian declined his offer to move to Yellow Heaven Ridge.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Changyan a Seven-Star Tower and shared advice about breaking through to Void Refinement.
• Liu Changxu and his wives stayed to drink tea and chat with his family, while Lin Yulian warmly questioned Xiao Zier.

Liu Changxu supported his younger brother Liu Changyan’s attempt to reach Void Refinement and spent decades living peacefully with his family. Liu Changyan survived the tribulations and advanced, while Liu Changxu remained worried about his wife and grandsons, who were still in seclusion.

• Liu Changxu arranged for Liu Changyan and his three grandsons to enter secluded cultivation, giving his brother precious spirit treasures and talismans for his breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu and Xiao Zier tried unsuccessfully to conceive, while he also failed to make pills or decoctions that could help her become pregnant.
• In June 4183, Liu Changyan faced the ninety-ninefold tribulation lightning and used the Seven-Star Tower and Liu Changxu’s treasures to survive it.
• Liu Changyan passed the heart demon tribulation and reached the early stage of Void Refinement, then embraced Liu Changxu as their family and household members celebrated.
• Lin Yulian and Liu Shihao arrived to congratulate Liu Changyan, and the family held a banquet before he returned with his parents to Jade Dragon Mountain to consolidate his realm.
• After seeing them off, Liu Changxu worried about Zhao Qi'er and his three grandsons, who remained in seclusion attempting their own breakthroughs.

Liu Zeyuan survived his ninth-ninth heavenly tribulation with the help of Liu Changxu’s Azure Sea Pearls and reached early-stage Void Refinement. After Liu Zeqian died during his own tribulation, Liu Changxu grieved for his grandson and focused his hopes on his wife, Zhao Qi'er, who was cultivating in seclusion.

• Liu Changxu and Lian'er hurried to watch Liu Zeyuan face his heavenly tribulation, and Liu Zeyuan used an Azure Sea Pearl to withstand the lightning.
• Liu Zeyuan survived the lightning and heart demon tribulations, healed with Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, and advanced to early-stage Void Refinement.
• Lian'er embraced Liu Zeyuan in joy, while Liu Changxu recalled his late son Liu Han and felt that his grandson’s success had eased some of his regret.
• Liu Zeqian faced his tribulation but failed to summon his Golden Armor Talisman in time, and the lightning reduced him to charred bones.
• Liu Changxu mourned Liu Zeqian, recovered his composure, and turned his hopes toward Zhao Qi'er's breakthrough in seclusion.

Zhao Qi'er endured the tribulation for the Integrated Body stage with the protection of the Greenwood Beads Liu Changxu had refined for her. After surviving the heart demon tribulation by a narrow margin, she emerged safely from danger.

• Zhao Qi'er began her tribulation atop Ascending Immortal Peak as Liu Changxu arrived to guard her.
• Zhao Qi'er used the Greenwood Beads to withstand the silver lightning, replacing beads as they were damaged.
• The tribulation lightning turned earthy yellow at the twenty-eighth bolt and grew more than twice as powerful.
• Liu Changxu watched as all twelve Greenwood Beads protected Zhao Qi'er through the remaining lightning strikes, though she suffered injuries.
• Zhao Qi'er nearly succumbed to her heart demon, but the Greenwood Beads intervened and saved her.

Zhao Qi'er survived her heart demon tribulation and advanced to the early stage of integrated body, prompting her family and the Purple Sky Sect cultivators to celebrate. After the festivities, she entered seclusion to consolidate her cultivation, while Liu Changxu prepared Murong Yuyao for her own breakthrough.

• Zhao Qi'er recovered under the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, reached the early stage of integrated body, and thanked Liu Changxu for guarding her.
• Zhao Qi'er reunited with Zhao Wenhao and Liu Fukkun, then received congratulations from her family and the Purple Sky Sect cultivators.
• Liu Changxu hosted a family banquet for Zhao Qi'er, serving Seventh-Tier Spirit Cuisine and Golden Ginseng Jade Dew Wine to Zhao Wenhao and the family.
• Zhao Wenhao returned to Purple Sky Mountain, and Zhao Qi'er entered seclusion in the Ruyi Lotus Palace to consolidate her cultivation.
• Liu Changxu arranged for Murong Yuyao to enter seclusion on Ascending Immortal Peak and prepare for her breakthrough.

Liu Changxu prepared tribulation-resistant spirit treasures for his children seeking to advance to Void Refinement, while balancing artifact refinement with time spent with his wives. More than thirty years later, Murong Yuyao’s tribulation began, and Liu Changxu rushed to Ascending Immortal Peak to support her.

• Liu Changxu’s children who had yet to reach Void Refinement asked to enter seclusion and attempt the breakthrough, despite his warnings about the dangers.
• Liu Changxu gathered scarce materials from the Sect and Household Treasury and began refining defensive spirit treasures for them.
• After a year, Liu Changxu completed the Demon-Suppressing Tower and gave it to Liu Futing, who entered seclusion to attempt her breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu resumed refining after spending time with his wives, and more than thirty years passed.
• In year 4128 of the Great Tang Calendar, Liu Changxu sensed Murong Yuyao’s tribulation beginning and hurried to Ascending Immortal Peak.
• Murong Yuyao stood at the peak in her treasure armor as dark clouds gathered, and Liu Changxu encouraged her before she faced the sky.

Murong Yuyao endured her tribulation with the protection of her spirit treasures and broke through to the Integrated Body Early Stage. She reunited with Liu Changxu and received congratulations from her family and the Purple Sky Sect cultivators.

• Murong Yuyao resisted seventy-six bolts of tribulation lightning with the Snow Lotus Ice Soul Sword and Snow Jade Iceheart Lotus, which were badly damaged.
• Murong Yuyao summoned the Silver Treasure Pagoda, which protected her from the increasingly powerful three-colored tribulation lightning.
• Murong Yuyao survived the final lightning and heart demon tribulations, then advanced to the Integrated Body Early Stage as Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed and transformed her.
• Liu Changxu embraced Murong Yuyao, and she thanked him for refining the spirit treasures that protected her.
• Liu Fuhai, Liu Fuyin, Xiao Zier, Zhao Qi'er, and the Purple Sky Sect cultivators congratulated Murong Yuyao.

Liu Changxu’s fifth daughter, Liu Futing, survived her Void Refinement tribulation and advanced, followed by Liu Fuhui’s successful breakthrough. His sons Liu Fusong, Liu Fubo, and Liu Futai died attempting the same advancement, leaving Liu Changxu devastated and burdened with guilt.

• News of Murong Yuyao’s advancement spread, raising the standing of Liu Changxu and the Liu Lineage of Jade Dragon Mountain.
• Liu Changxu arranged for Dongxue to begin secluded cultivation at Ascending Immortal Peak.
• In September 4230, Liu Futing faced her Void Refinement tribulation, and Liu Changxu gave her guidance before it began.
• Liu Futing used the Spirit Treasure Liu Changxu had refined for her to survive the tribulation and reach the Void Refinement Early Stage.
• Liu Fuhui later survived her own Void Refinement tribulation, while Liu Fusong, Liu Fubo, and Liu Futai fell to the heavenly lightning.
• Liu Changxu grieved his three sons and resolved to accept their deaths and continue working for the lineage’s future.

Liu Changxu trained his five sons who had not reached Void Refinement and prepared treasures to help them survive their breakthroughs. More than twenty years later, Dongxue successfully passed her tribulation and became an Integrated Body Divine Lord.

• Liu Changxu subjected Liu Fucheng, Liu Fuyao, Liu Fuxiong, Liu Fusheng, and Liu Fule to years of simulated tribulation lightning, then advised them on their cultivation.
• After the five sons met his expectations, Liu Changxu gave them time to recuperate and refined treasures to support their breakthroughs.
• Liu Fucheng, Liu Fuyao, Liu Fuxiong, Liu Fusheng, and Liu Fule entered seclusion to break through to Void Refinement.
• More than twenty years later, Liu Changxu sensed that Dongxue was about to face her tribulation and hurried to Ascending Immortal Peak.
• Dongxue used the Ice Soul Pearl and her other spirit treasures to survive the three-colored tribulation lightning and pass the heart demon tribulation.
• Dongxue received the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew and advanced to become an Integrated Body Divine Lord.

After Dongxue survived her breakthrough to the Integrated Body Realm, Liu Changxu told her that their son Liu Fubo had died in his Void Refinement tribulation, and she grieved before withdrawing into seclusion. Back at Jade Dragon Mountain, Lin Yulian warned Liu Changxu that the Liu Household’s growing abuses and power struggles could destroy the lineage after he and his family left Hundred Spirits Star, prompting him to vow to address the problem.

• Dongxue successfully advanced to the Integrated Body Realm, and Liu Changxu embraced her and congratulated her.
• Dongxue asked about Liu Fubo, and Liu Changxu told her that her son had died beneath the heavenly lightning during his Void Refinement tribulation.
• Dongxue broke down in grief, then stopped crying and entered seclusion at the Ruyi Lotus Palace to consolidate her cultivation.
• Liu Changxu returned to Jade Dragon Mountain with his other wives, where Lin Yulian and Liu Shihao welcomed them and Lin Yulian prepared luncheon.
• Lin Yulian warned Liu Changxu that Liu Household descendants were committing abuses and fighting over power and profit, and that the lineage might collapse after his family left Hundred Spirits Star.
• Liu Changxu agreed to address the Liu Household’s problems, while recognizing that the growing lineage’s internal conflicts would be difficult to control.

Liu Changxu investigated troubling behavior within the Liu Lineage by disguising himself and visiting Jade Dragon City's market. He discovered his own descendants terrorizing the streets and stopped them, leaving the crowd stunned.

• At a family meal, Liu Shihao praised Liu Changxu and warned him that serious problems and unfilial descendants had emerged within the Liu Household.
• After returning home, Liu Changxu told Li Zhenxin that they would investigate the problems themselves and set out for Jade Dragon City.
• Liu Changxu disguised himself as an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator and walked through the city's busy market streets.
• A group of Liu Changxu's descendants rode demon beasts recklessly through the street, knocking pedestrians aside and threatening Liu Changxu when he did not move.
• Liu Changxu shattered the mounts' divine souls and grievously injured the youths' divine souls, stunning the onlookers.

Liu Changxu brought a group of unruly youths to the City Lord's Manor and exposed their crimes to his family. He ordered the Liu Household's Enforcement Hall to punish the offenders, beginning an unprecedented campaign to set the household's conduct right.

• Liu Changxu appeared in the City Lord's Manor with the injured youths and spirit beast corpses, making Liu Chuanli and the others kneel in fear.
• Liu Changxu showed his wives and children images of the youths' misconduct, then dismissed Liu Chuanli and the other officials.
• Liu Changxu forced Liu Yaokun to confess to his crimes, and Liu Fuyue killed him after learning he had murdered members of his own lineage and many outsiders.
• Liu Yongqing confessed to bullying and other misdeeds but no unjustified murders, so Liu Changxu sent him to Liu Fuchao's Enforcement Hall for severe punishment.
• Liu Changxu interrogated six more youths, ordering public executions for those who had killed innocents and severe punishments for the rest.

Liu Changxu’s two-year campaign to reform the Liu Lineage ended with his family life restored, but an urgent appeal for help drew him to Purple Sky Mountain. There, he learned that the Flame Demon Race had invaded the elves’ territory with at least sixty Body Integration Realm fighters.

• Liu Changxu’s Enforcement Hall punished hundreds of Liu Household Members and thousands more during his two-year conduct reform, and he persuaded his resentful wives to accept the campaign’s necessity.
• Jin Yinan summoned Liu Changxu and his wives to Purple Sky Mountain for an urgent sect meeting, while Xiao Zier returned to the Giant Sword Sect.
• Liu Changxu, Zhao Qi'er, and Murong Yuyao arrived at the Spirit Sky Treasure Hall and learned that the Flame Demon Race had attacked the Green Kingdom and forced the elves to retreat behind Green City’s defenses.
• Zhao Wenhao explained that the elves had long aided humanity, so the Nine Great Human Factions had been asked to send Body Integration Realm cultivators to rescue them.
• Zhao Wenhao revealed that the Flame Demon Legion had at least sixty Body Integration Realm fighters, shocking everyone present.

Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao volunteered to reinforce the Elf Race against the Flame Demon legion, and Liu Changxu brought several family members with him to the Green Kingdom. After finding its cities devastated, they encountered seven Flame Demon flying boats and prepared to attack.

• Zhao Wenhao recruited Liu Changxu, Murong Yuyao, and Chen Chuanxiong to lead the Purple Sky Sect’s relief force, while the sect gathered additional cultivators.
• Liu Changxu returned to Yellow Heaven Ridge and chose Jiang Xuefeng, Yang Qingxue, Lian'er, and several of his children to accompany him to the Green Kingdom.
• Liu Changxu piloted the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle through outer space for nearly a month before reaching the Green Kingdom and finding ruined cities and dead elves.
• Liu Changxu spotted seven Flame Demon flying boats approaching, hid his family in a valley, and launched the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords at them.

Liu Changxu and his family ambushed the Flame Demon Race, destroying seven Flying Boats and killing their surviving occupants before reinforcements arrived. He led his family away to recover and assess their spoils, planning to fight the Flame Demon Legion one step at a time.

• Liu Changxu and his allies attacked seven Flame Demon Race Flying Boats with Spirit Treasures, destroying them and killing many Flame Demons.
• Liu Changxu unleashed his Spirit Treasures to kill the three Body Integration Realm Flame Demons, while Murong Yuyao and the others fought the remaining enemies.
• Liu Changxu and his family pursued and slaughtered every fleeing Flame Demon after their forces lost morale.
• Liu Changxu spotted dozens of Flame Demon Flying Boats approaching and escaped with his family aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
• Liu Changxu explained to Liu Fuba that they had to avoid fighting the Legion all at once, then said they would rest and count their spoils.

After escaping the Flame Demon Legion, Liu Changxu and his family counted the spoils from their battle. They finished with an enormous haul of spirit treasures and a rare illusion spirit crystal for Liu Changxu, then continued preparing to distribute their gains.

• Liu Changxu hid the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle in a deep, quiet pool, and his family began counting the seized Storage Bracelets.
• Liu Changxu inventoried treasures from three Body Integration Realm flame demons, finding seventh-tier spirit materials and books written in the Flame Demon Race's language.
• Liu Futing showed Liu Changxu a seventh-tier superior-grade illusion spirit crystal, which he took because he urgently needed it.
• Liu Changxu gave Murong Yuyao the Storage Bracelet of treasures below the seventh tier to add to the family's count.
• Liu Changxu's family spent a full day completing the inventory and found their haul immense.

After recovering, Liu Changxu and his family headed toward the Green Kingdom's royal capital, hoping to lure and defeat pursuing Flame Demons. When he spotted five Flame Demon powerhouses chasing two Sun Moon Sect cultivators, he and Murong Yuyao intervened and killed two of the demons, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Liu Changxu and his family spent more than half a month recovering in a deep pool before setting out for the royal capital of the Green Kingdom.
• Liu Changxu spotted a battle between five Body Integration Realm Flame Demons and two Sun Moon Sect cultivators, then joined the fight with Murong Yuyao.
• Murong Yuyao attacked one early-stage Flame Demon with her Thirty-Six Snow Lotus Ice Soul Swords while Liu Changxu struck the late-stage Flame Demon with his treasures and swords.
• Liu Changxu's attacks killed the late-stage Flame Demon, and the Ruyi Yellow-Black Tower collected its corpse and shield.
• A second Flame Demon fled, but Liu Changxu's Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp killed him and the tower collected his corpse and treasures.