Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu’s family fled from a pursuing skyship crewed by evil cultivators, but the chase ended when their leader teleported after them. Liu Changxu flew out to confront him as a fierce battle loomed.

• Liu Changxu cautiously guided the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle away from the Starry Sky Beasts and safely out of their territory.
• Five years later, Zhao Qi'er warned Liu Changxu that a large black skyship was rapidly approaching their vessel.
• Liu Changxu ordered the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle to flee, while the evil cultivators aboard the pursuing skyship accelerated after them.
• Liu Fuba urged his father to fight, but Liu Changxu insisted on first assessing the enemy’s strength and choosing the right moment to engage.
• After three days and nights of pursuit, the evil cultivators’ leader used his Instantaneous Teleportation Divine Ability to chase the shuttle, and Liu Changxu flew out to meet him.

Liu Changxu stayed behind to face a Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator while Wu Xuege fled with the others. The enemy’s Blood Jade Gourd overwhelmed two of Liu Changxu’s treasures, and their clash continued.

• Liu Changxu told Wu Xuege to take everyone and escape, then left the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle to confront the enemy.
• Liu Changxu deployed his spirit treasures and attacked the evil cultivator with the Red Lotus Sword Formation and several other treasures.
• The evil cultivator summoned the Blood Jade Gourd, prompting Liu Changxu to protect himself with the Ruyi Golden Armor and the Azure Lotus Creation Disc.
• The Blood Jade Gourd charged Liu Changxu, and the Ruyi Yellow-Black Tower and Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal struck it but were both sent flying.
• Liu Changxu saw that the two collisions had sharply slowed the Blood Jade Gourd as the Great Sun Violet Gold Cauldron moved to meet it.

Liu Changxu gained the initiative when the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd pierced the Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator’s blood-colored barriers and forced him to teleport away. The two then fought on in a fierce stalemate, with Liu Changxu’s Spirit Treasures and Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm facing the evil cultivator’s Blood Jade Gourd and Blood Spirit Flames.

• Liu Changxu’s Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords battered the evil cultivator’s blood-colored curtains while their Spirit Treasures clashed with the Blood Jade Gourd.
• The Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd pierced the barriers, forcing the Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator to teleport tens of thousands of li away and abandon his attack on Liu Changxu.
• Liu Changxu used his Spirit Treasures to pursue and harry the evil cultivator, though their attacks could not inflict serious injuries.
• The Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator approached Liu Changxu and unleashed Blood Spirit Flames, but Liu Changxu teleported clear and countered with the Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm.
• Liu Changxu and the Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator continued exchanging attacks with their Spirit Treasures and abilities as the battle reached a fever pitch.

Liu Changxu discovered that the Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator had a severe lung injury and used the opening to destroy his body. The evil cultivator's primordial spirit escaped into the starry expanse, while Liu Changxu was left too depleted to pursue him.

• After seven days of fighting, Liu Changxu and the Tribulation Transcendence evil cultivator were both badly wounded, but the Azure Lotus Creation Disc replenished Liu Changxu's magic power.
• Liu Changxu used his Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes to spot disruptions in the evil cultivator's magic power and identify a severe injury in his lungs.
• Liu Changxu intensified his assault with dozens of Innate Spirit Treasures, the Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm, and the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords.
• The Red Lotus Immortal Swords sliced the evil cultivator's body into shredded flesh, but his blood-colored primordial spirit escaped through the sword net.
• Liu Changxu watched the primordial spirit flee and could not pursue it because only ten percent of his magic power remained.

Liu Changxu subdued the Blood Jade Gourd after defeating the Tribulation Transcendence Realm evil cultivator, but failed to find the fleeing Evil Cultivator Skyship before returning to the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle. Reunited with his family, he reassured them, recovered from his fatigue, and joined them for a celebratory feast.

• Liu Changxu retrieved the evil cultivator's Storage Bracelet, burned the remains, and subdued the Blood Jade Gourd by injuring its artifact spirit with the Red Lotus Soul-Extinguishing Needle.
• Liu Changxu searched for the Evil Cultivator Skyship for a day and night but failed to find it, unaware that the evil cultivator had reunited with it.
• Liu Changxu returned to the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle five days later, where Zhao Qi'er and the others welcomed him and asked about his battle and injuries.
• Liu Changxu told his family he had driven off the injured evil cultivator and assured them that his wounds had healed.
• Liu Changxu bathed in the Jade Pool Hall, then joined his wives and children for a feast they had prepared to welcome him home.

After enjoying time with his wives, Liu Changxu refined a Storage Bracelet taken from a Tribulation Transcendence Realm evil cultivator and discovered a vast trove of treasures. Among them were rare eighth-tier spirit herbs and fruits that strengthened his prospects of advancing and included what his wife Wu Xuege needed to advance as well.

• Liu Changxu removed the evil cultivator’s divine sense imprint from the Storage Bracelet and refined it with his own.
• Liu Changxu inspected the bracelet’s enormous stores of spirit stones, materials, and high-grade spirit treasures.
• Liu Changxu opened the jade boxes and identified rare herbs and fruits, including a twenty-thousand-year-old Golden Sun Ginseng and a seventh-tier Purple Jade Flat Peach.
• Liu Changxu finished examining the boxes and found eleven eighth-tier spirit medicinal herbs and six eighth-tier spirit fruits.
• Liu Changxu realized the eighth-tier treasures could aid his own advancement and provide the spirit treasures Wu Xuege needed to advance.

Liu Changxu searched the Tribulation Transcendence Evil Cultivator's Storage Bracelet and discovered a Star Compass that helped him locate their position and chart a route to Sea God Star. He showed it to Wu Xuege and the others, explaining that he had obtained the bracelet after the Evil Cultivator escaped.

• Liu Changxu found thirteen Spirit Treasures in the Storage Bracelet and recognized a star-patterned jade disc as a Star Compass.
• Liu Changxu erased the Evil Cultivator's soul imprint, refined the Star Compass, and learned their location and a route to Sea God Star from its artifact spirit.
• Liu Changxu inspected bottles of Spirit Pills and tens of thousands of Jade Slips and books before finishing his examination of the bracelet.
• Liu Changxu returned to the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle's deck and showed Wu Xuege the Star Compass.
• Liu Changxu told Wu Xuege, Liu Fuba, Su Jinxiu, and the others that he had found it in the escaped Evil Cultivator's Storage Bracelet, and everyone laughed together.

After more than a hundred years of travel, Liu Changxu and his family reached Sea God Star and began descending toward its waters. A nearby Tribulation Transcendence expert detected them, forcing Liu Changxu to flee toward the deep sea.

• Liu Changxu and his family spotted Sea God Star after following the Star Compass for over a hundred years.
• Wu Xuege noticed a Black Flying Boat heading toward the planet, and Liu Changxu adjusted course to use its direction as a guide while keeping his distance.
• The family saw that Sea God Star was mostly ocean, and Liu Changxu steered the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle toward waters near a continent instead of landing on it.
• A middle-stage Tribulation Transcendence expert swept the shuttle with divine sense, so Liu Changxu fled toward the deep sea as Wu Xuege agreed they should hide.

Liu Changxu fled a middle-stage Tribulation Transcendence Realm female cultivator toward the Deep Sea, where an eighth-tier Azure Dragon attacked him. The pursuer and the dragon began fighting, allowing Liu Changxu to escape and continue onward.

• Liu Changxu sent Wu Xuege, Zhao Qi'er, Xiao Zier, and the others into the Ruyi Lotus Palace, then used Instantaneous Teleportation to flee the pursuing female cultivator.
• The female cultivator tracked Liu Changxu as he used Instantaneous Teleportation and Spatial Leap, but she remained close behind him.
• Above the Deep Sea, an eighth-tier inferior-grade Azure Dragon burst from the waves and attacked Liu Changxu.
• Liu Changxu struck the Azure Dragon with three Red Lotus Heaven-Burning Palms and teleported away while the dragon countered.
• The Azure Dragon abandoned its pursuit of Liu Changxu and charged the female cultivator, who met it with her Jadewater Sword.
• Liu Changxu escaped as the female cultivator and the Azure Dragon fought, then teleported farther into the distance.

After escaping his pursuers, Liu Changxu reached Jade Sea City and enjoyed exploring its markets while learning the local language. Wanting to experience an ordinary life for a while, he went to buy a large courtyard residence for his family.

• Liu Changxu escaped the female Tribulation Transcendence cultivator and the eighth-tier Azure Dragon, then traveled from the sea to the continent.
• Liu Changxu entered Jade Sea City while concealing his cultivation and browsed its bustling street market.
• Liu Changxu learned the local Human Race language by listening to vendors and conversations, then bought many spirit treasures while practicing his speech.
• Liu Changxu decided to stay in the city for a while and went to a property shop to find the largest and best courtyard residence for his family.
• The shopkeeper eagerly began introducing his finest available manor after Liu Changxu asked about it.

Liu Changxu bought Purple Bamboo Garden in Jade Sea City as a quiet place for his family to rest. After bringing his wives and children there, he installed a powerful concealment formation and they restored the manor, leaving the family ready to settle in.

• Liu Changxu spent three hundred and eighty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones on Purple Bamboo Garden and inspected its courtyard and bamboo building.
• Liu Changxu brought Li Zhenxin, Su Jinxiu, Wu Xuege, and the children out of the Ruyi Lotus Palace and told them he planned to rest in Jade Sea City.
• Liu Changxu and his family decided to add a stronger formation to protect their secrets.
• Liu Changxu set up and activated a seventh-tier superior-grade Miniature Five Elements Heavenly Cycle Star Dipper Array using five supreme-grade spirit stones.
• Liu Changxu and his family cleaned the bamboo building, tended the garden, and restored Purple Bamboo Garden to a peaceful, tidy state.

Liu Fuba asked Liu Changxu for permission to explore the unfamiliar Sea God Star alone, and his father gave him protective talismans and cautions before he departed. Soon afterward, their neighbor Zhang Heng visited the Purple Bamboo Garden and grew suspicious of Liu Changxu’s identity after noticing his fine jade furnishings.

• Liu Fuba asked Liu Changxu to let him explore, and Liu Changxu agreed after warning him to be careful.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Fuba ten seventh-tier jade talismans and advised him to stay near Jade Sea City and return if he faced danger.
• Su Jinxiu and the other women prepared Liu Fuba’s favorite dishes, and he shared lunch and spirit wine with his family before departing.
• Zhang Heng, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and neighbor, visited the Purple Bamboo Garden to meet Liu Changxu.
• Zhang Heng noticed the quality of Liu Changxu’s jade teapot and table and began wondering about his origins and wealth.

Liu Changxu hosted Zhang Heng and learned about Jade Sea City and its major powers while concealing his immense strength. Zhang Heng left convinced Liu was someone he could not afford to provoke and resolved to keep his distance.

• Liu Changxu introduced himself to Zhang Heng and said his family would soon join him in Jade Sea City.
• Zhang Heng described Jade Sea City's dangers, its ties to the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, and the powers led by Murong Hao and the Shen, Wang, and Huang lineages.
• After talking for four hours, Zhang Heng hurried home, regretting how much he had revealed while trying to probe Liu Changxu.
• Zhang Heng realized Liu Changxu had drawn out his secrets and resolved to avoid provoking him.

Liu Changxu told his family what Zhang Heng had revealed about the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and the Mazu Continent’s seven supreme cultivation powers. The family recognized how difficult it would be to secure an eighth-tier spirit vein and ended the chapter debating ways to establish themselves.

• Liu Changxu joined Liu Fujiao and his wives for dinner and explained that their neighbor Zhang Heng belonged to the Zhang Household, a middling lineage with several Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Liu Changxu listed the Mazu Continent’s seven great cultivation powers and described their strengths, including the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty’s at least two publicly known Tribulation Transcendence experts.
• Liu Changxu warned that the seven powers controlled nearly all eighth-tier spirit veins and would support one another, making it impractical to seize one by force.
• Liu Changxu proposed seeking overlooked high-tier spirit veins in outlying areas, while Murong Yuyao urged the family to learn more about the continent before making plans.
• After dinner, Liu Changxu shared everything he had learned from Zhang Heng, and the family debated whether to seek allies, build strength quietly, or explore unknown regions.

Liu Fujiao took charge of the Liu clansmen and prepared to establish their foothold on Sea God Star. After planning to settle in Luzhou City and receiving advice and talismans from Liu Changxu, she set out with the clansmen in the Ruyi Peach Blossom Palace.

• Liu Changxu asked Liu Fujiao to lead the six hundred or so clansmen and establish them around Jade Sea City.
• Liu Changxu advised Liu Fujiao to survey the area, secure spirit veins, keep a low profile, and claim they came from the Sea-Calming Sect's territory if questioned.
• Liu Fujiao chose Luzhou City as their destination because it was the nearest major city to Jade Sea City and its population would help them avoid notice.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Fujiao ten seventh-tier jade talismans and released the clansmen from the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
• Liu Fujiao drew the clansmen into the Ruyi Peach Blossom Palace, bid farewell to her family, and set out.

Liu Changxu learned that the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty would not sell his lineage a spirit vein, so he decided to seize one from the sea monsters. He and his wives chose Penglai Island as their target, where a seventh-tier superior-grade Greenwood Flood Dragon held a precious spirit vein.

• Liu Fujiao cautiously settled the Liu household members in Luzhou City and began seeking to buy spirit veins and islands from the City Lord's Manor.
• Liu Changxu learned that the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty only sold islands and spirit veins to lineages with spotless backgrounds and great merit.
• Liu Changxu studied past wars and concluded that he could hold a captured island with his own strength, unlike the human powers that lacked enough defenders.
• Liu Changxu and his wives decided to advance into the Boundless Sea and chose Penglai Island, home to a seventh-tier supreme-grade spirit vein.
• Liu Changxu learned that the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and other human powers had repeatedly failed to capture Penglai Island, which was occupied by a seventh-tier superior-grade Greenwood Flood Dragon.

Liu Changxu and his family left Jade Sea City to attack Penglai Island after Liu Fujiao returned from Luzhou City. After Liu Changxu killed the island’s Greenwood Flood Dragon, Liu Fujiao and the clan members began the assault while his wives joined the fighting, and Liu Changxu flew toward the island’s heart with Wu Xuege.

• Liu Fujiao returned to Jade Sea City with more than five hundred clan members and told Liu Changxu about her anger at the people of Luzhou City, whom she had secretly killed after they harassed her.
• Liu Changxu decided to leave for Penglai Island the next morning, and Liu Fujiao said she had left about a hundred clan members behind in Luzhou City.
• Liu Changxu and his family traveled through the Boundless Sea aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle and arrived near Penglai Island that night.
• Liu Changxu killed the seventh-tier superior-grade Greenwood Flood Dragon with his Red Lotus Immortal Swords and destroyed its primordial spirit with the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp.
• Liu Fujiao led the clan members in an assault on Penglai Island, while Su Jinxiu and the other women joined the battle.
• Liu Changxu stored the Greenwood Flood Dragon’s corpse and flew toward the heart of Penglai Island with Wu Xuege.

Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege explored Penglai Island and discovered that its spiritual energy had reached the eighth-tier inferior-grade level, making it a promising place for Liu Changxu to pursue Tribulation Transcendence. They found an Immortal Spirit Tea Tree and numerous other spirit treasures, while the threat of a sea-monster counterattack still loomed.

• Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege flew to Penglai Island and landed on one of its central peaks, where Liu Changxu sensed eighth-tier inferior-grade spiritual energy.
• Liu Changxu considered securing the island as a place to cultivate, though he worried about the sea monsters' counterattack.
• Wu Xuege spotted a spirit tea tree, and Liu Changxu identified it as the renowned seventh-tier supreme-grade Immortal Spirit Tea Tree.
• Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege learned that the Immortal Spirit Tea Tree could refine a cultivator's primordial spirit and aid comprehension and breakthroughs.
• Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege searched the island and found a seventh-tier supreme-grade Crystal Orchid, a Crystal Pear tree with twelve fruits, and many other spirit treasures.

Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege found the Greenwood Flood Dragon’s underwater cave abode beneath a lake shrouded in eighth-tier spiritual energy. They collected its abundant treasures and discovered books and jade slips taken from human cultivators.

• Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege searched the spirit lake and found an area filled with dense, highly concentrated spiritual energy.
• Liu Changxu sensed the Greenwood Flood Dragon’s hidden cave abode beneath the lake and led Wu Xuege down to it.
• Liu Changxu shattered the restriction at the cave entrance, and it restored itself after they entered, sealing the lake water outside.
• Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege gathered the cave’s spirit stones, spirit gold, and other treasures into their Storage Bracelets.
• Liu Changxu counted sixty-five seventh-tier spirit treasures, including eighteen of supreme grade, and found books and jade slips containing human cultivation methods.

After conquering Penglai Island, Liu Changxu and his wives began preparing defenses against an expected sea-monster counterattack. The Azure Dragon Emperor dispatched Ao Lie to retake the island, while Liu Changxu remained unaware of the threat approaching.

• Liu Changxu and Wu Xuege returned from the lake-bottom cave abode with spirit treasures, then gathered with the other women in the Ruyi Lotus Palace to discuss their battle victories.
• Liu Changxu announced that the treasures would support construction on Penglai Island and urged everyone to build island-guarding formations before the sea monsters could launch a counterattack.
• Liu Changxu sent his spirit beasts to patrol the surrounding sea and began refining formation implements, while Wu Xuege led the Liu household cultivators in setting up the formations.
• News of Penglai Island's conquest reached the Azure Dragon Emperor, who ordered Ao Lie to kill the humans occupying the Dragon Race's territory and avenge its fallen descendants.
• Ao Lie set out for Penglai Island as Liu Changxu continued working, unaware that the eighth-tier Dragon Race expert was approaching.