Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu completed his breakthrough to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, prompting the major powers of Sea God Star to seek ties with the Liu Household. He began meeting with Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong, whose discussion could affect the region’s balance of power.

• Liu Changxu’s breakthrough transformed his body and released a pressure so immense that Wu Xuege and the other women had to retreat.
• On the third morning, Liu Changxu completed his advancement, and his wives returned to congratulate and embrace him.
• The news of Liu Changxu’s new realm—and his earlier victories over three Eighth Tier Dragon Race experts—spread across the Mazu Continent, prompting major powers to send representatives to Penglai Island.
• Liu Changxu returned to Penglai Island, received congratulations from the Liu household cultivators, and entered seclusion to consolidate his cultivation.
• Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong arrived to meet Liu Changxu, who received them at the City Lord’s Manor and began a discussion with them.

Liu Changxu reached an agreement with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and the Sea-Calming Sect recognizing the Liu Household's territory on Penglai Island and forming an alliance against the Boundless Sea Demon Race. After telling his wives the news, he shared an affectionate evening with them before entering seclusion.

• Liu Changxu, Murong Qingyun, and Zhang Liansong concluded a three-party agreement recognizing each side's territories and uniting against the Boundless Sea Demon Race.
• Liu Changxu informed his wives of the agreement and asked them to arrange Penglai Island's opening, while learning that Ba'er would return in a few days.
• Liu Changxu agreed to dine with his wives before entering seclusion.
• Liu Changxu and his wives shared an intimate evening in the Jade Pool Hall.

After spending more than a month with his wives, Liu Changxu consolidated his breakthrough to early Tribulation Transcendence and discovered that his cultivation and treasures had made him powerful enough to challenge late Tribulation Transcendence experts. He surveyed Penglai Island and greeted his family, then noticed his long-absent son Liu Fuba approaching with an unfamiliar female cultivator.

• Liu Changxu finished consolidating his early Tribulation Transcendence cultivation and found that his magic power, body, divine sense, laws, abilities, and treasures had all grown dramatically.
• Liu Changxu concluded that his dozens of eighth-tier inferior-grade Innate Spirit Treasures gave him confidence to defeat even late Tribulation Transcendence experts.
• Liu Changxu surveyed Penglai Island with his divine sense and found that Penglai Immortal City had gained a population of several tens of thousands.
• Wu Xuege and the other women welcomed Liu Changxu out of seclusion, and he embraced them warmly.
• Liu Changxu saw his son Liu Fuba arriving with an unfamiliar, beautiful female cultivator.

Liu Fuba brought Murong Yuzhu, a princess of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, home and asked Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu to bless their marriage. After learning that Murong Qing planned to marry Yuzhu to the thirteenth prince of the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, Liu Changxu promised to protect the couple.

• Liu Fuba introduced Murong Yuzhu to Liu Changxu and said they had exchanged vows and wanted to become dao companions.
• Murong Yuzhu revealed that her father, the Immortal Emperor Murong Qing, opposed their marriage.
• Liu Fuba explained that Murong Qing intended to marry Yuzhu to the thirteenth prince of the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, whom Liu Fuba accused of being a murderous evil cultivator.
• Liu Fuba said the marriage was being forced by the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty's generous betrothal gift and greater strength.
• Liu Changxu promised to handle the matter, urged Liu Fuba to share future troubles with him, and welcomed Murong Yuzhu as family.

Murong Yuzhu saw the Liu Household’s grotto-heaven Spirit Treasure and felt reassured about her place there, while Liu Fuba told Liu Changxu what they had endured. Liu Changxu proposed a marriage alliance to the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, which accepted, and sent Liu Fujiao to formalize the proposal.

• Murong Yuzhu entered the Ruyi Lotus Palace, was astonished by its vast grotto-heaven interior, and felt more confident in the Liu Household’s strength.
• Liu Fuba recounted his years away to Liu Changxu and pleaded with him not to abandon pregnant Murong Yuzhu.
• Liu Changxu agreed to support the marriage but told Liu Fuba to stop roaming and help Liu Fujiao manage the lineage’s affairs.
• Liu Changxu sent Murong Qingyun a communication talisman explaining Liu Fuba and Murong Yuzhu’s circumstances and proposing their marriage.
• Three days later, Murong Qingyun replied that the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty was willing to form a marriage alliance with the Liu Household.
• Liu Changxu ordered Liu Fujiao to lead a delegation to the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and formally propose the marriage.

Liu Fujiao reached the Great Yan capital, presented lavish betrothal gifts, and finalized the wedding arrangements for Liu Fuba and Murong Yuzhu. Murong Yuzhu received an unexpectedly warm welcome from her family, and preparations culminated in a grand wedding day in Penglai Immortal City as guests arrived from across the human race.

• Liu Fujiao arrived in the Great Yan capital and presented the Great Yan Immortal Emperor with generous betrothal gifts on behalf of the Liu Lineage.
• Liu Fujiao and the Great Yan Immortal Emperor agreed on the wedding date and arrangements, after which Liu Fujiao returned home while Murong Yuzhu stayed behind.
• Murong Yuzhu's father, the Tribulation Transcendence ancestor, and her siblings treated her with unusual kindness and bestowed precious gifts upon her.
• On the sixth day of the fifth month in the year 4592 of the Great Tang Calendar, Liu Fuba and Murong Yuzhu's wedding preparations filled Penglai Immortal City with celebration.
• Representatives of major human factions traveled by flying boat to Penglai Immortal City to attend Liu Fuba's wedding.

Liu Fuba and Murong Yuyao celebrated their wedding at the City Lord's Manor in Penglai Immortal City, where guests were treated to banquets arranged by cultivation level. As Liu Changxu was about to join his wives for the feast, he sensed a terrifying aura racing toward Penglai Island.

• Powerful guests arrived at the City Lord's Manor, where Liu Household cultivators recorded their gifts and welcomed them.
• Liu Changxu and Su Jinxiu appeared on the ceremonial platform and awaited the bride and groom.
• Liu Fuba and Murong Yuyao arrived in wedding robes and completed the marriage rites before their elders and guests.
• Liu Household cultivators escorted the guests to the Guest Pavilion, whose artifact spirit assigned them floors according to their cultivation.
• Liu Changxu sensed a terrifying aura approaching Penglai Island at tremendous speed as he prepared to enter the Guest Pavilion.

Liu Changxu confronted Tuo Ba Tao, who arrived at Penglai Island during Liu Fuba’s wedding to demand justice for his descendant. Liu Changxu’s Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords trapped Tuo Ba Tao, leaving him in danger while Liu Changxu watched calmly.

• Liu Changxu sensed a powerful intruder and left his wives and the wedding guests to intercept him outside Penglai Island.
• Tuo Ba Tao accused Liu Fuba of stealing his great-great-grandson’s wife and declared that he had come to demand justice for the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.
• Liu Changxu defended his son, blamed Tuo Ba Tao’s descendant for his wicked behavior, and prepared to fight.
• Tuo Ba Tao attacked with a streak of red light, but Liu Changxu dodged and countered with the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords.
• The swords pursued Tuo Ba Tao through his teleportation and trapped him in a fiery assault, while Liu Changxu watched without revealing his full strength.

Liu Changxu overwhelmed Tuo Ba Tao in a battle before Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong intervened to mediate the dispute over Murong Qingyun’s granddaughter and Tuo Ba Tao’s great-great-grandson. The parties agreed to investigate the allegations, and Tuo Ba Tao left to handle the matter at home.

• Liu Changxu dominated Tuo Ba Tao for two hours, and Tuo Ba Tao fled using his Instantaneous Teleportation Divine Ability as Liu Changxu’s swords pursued him.
• Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong arrived to mediate, and Liu Changxu recalled the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords.
• Liu Changxu accused Tuo Ba Tao’s great-great-grandson of abusing female cultivators and provoking the wedding, while Tuo Ba Tao denied the allegations and defended him.
• Murong Qingyun rejected Tuo Ba Tao’s defense of his great-great-grandson and demanded that he answer for his granddaughter’s treatment.
• Zhang Liansong proposed an investigation, and Tuo Ba Tao promised to punish his great-great-grandson if the allegations proved true.
• Liu Changxu and Murong Qingyun accepted the proposed investigation, and Tuo Ba Tao took his leave.

After Tuo Ba Tao retreated, Liu Changxu hosted Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong and learned about the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty and the powerful Boundless Sea Demon Race. The wedding ended, but news of Liu Changxu’s strength drew people and organizations to Penglai Island, which began attracting settlers and investment.

• Liu Changxu thanked Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong for helping resolve the dispute with Tuo Ba Tao, then invited them to the wedding banquet on Penglai Island.
• Liu Changxu served Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong rare spirit wine, and they revealed that Tuo Ba Hong was the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty’s stronger and more respected ruler, while Tuo Ba Tao led a powerful faction of evil cultivators.
• Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong told Liu Changxu that the Boundless Sea Demon Race had at least seven eighth-tier sea monsters, including the eighth-tier superior-grade Azure Dragon Emperor, making Liu Changxu recognize the need for allies.
• After the banquet, Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong departed, and Liu Fuba’s wedding concluded.
• News that Liu Changxu had defeated Tuo Ba Tao spread across the Mazu Continent, prompting rogue cultivators, lineages, and sects to settle or establish businesses on Penglai Island.

After Penglai Island’s rapid growth exposed the Liu Household’s shortage of members, Liu Changxu’s clan council discussed how to expand the lineage and limit outside cultivators’ influence. The household adopted a fertility-pill plan, restrictions on outsiders settling, and generous family-growth incentives.

• Liu Fujiao warned the clan council that outsiders were consuming resources and could threaten the Liu Household’s control of Penglai Island.
• Liu Zongwei suggested using Liu Changxu’s fertility pill formula to help the lineage have more children.
• Liu Changxu approved distributing the Yin-Yang Sect-Founding Pill formula to the lineage’s alchemists and promised to research a pill that could help Body Integration cultivators have children.
• Liu Changxu selected five restrictions on outside cultivators, including banning sects and limiting their commercial presence, and assigned Liu Fujiao to implement them.
• The Liu Household members debated family-growth measures and established the most generous marriage, concubinage, and childbearing incentives in the household’s history.

Liu Fuba proposed that the Liu Household establish its own nation, and Liu Changxu agreed to begin planning the Great Han Immortal Dynasty. After his wives urged him to take the throne instead of Liu Fuba, Liu Changxu accepted, though he regretted agreeing to found a nation so quickly.

• Liu Fuba proposed that the Liu Household establish a nation, and the family members present supported the idea.
• Liu Changxu assigned Liu Fujiao, Liu Fuba, and Murong Yuzhu to plan the new nation and named it the Great Han Immortal Dynasty.
• Wu Xuege and the other women urged Liu Changxu to become the dynasty’s Immortal Emperor rather than Liu Fuba.
• Su Jinxiu reluctantly joined the others in urging Liu Changxu to take the throne, and he accepted.
• Liu Changxu regretted agreeing to found a nation so quickly and decided to be more cautious about its founding strategy.

Liu Changxu agreed to become Immortal Emperor but postponed establishing the Great Han Immortal Dynasty until its territory and population grew. After years of trying to help Wu Xuege and Xiao Zier conceive, he found special pills, and both women gave birth to sons in quick succession.

• Liu Changxu told his wives he would appoint an Immortal Empress only after one of them reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, then said he would delay founding the Great Han Immortal Dynasty until it had sufficient territory and population.
• Wu Xuege and Xiao Zier told Liu Changxu they wanted children soon, and he spent years researching fertility pills and trying to help them conceive.
• After ten years without success, Liu Changxu sought advice from Tribulation Transcendence cultivators and, through Zhang Liansong, traded materials for ten eighth-tier inferior-grade Yin-Yang Sect-Founding Pills.
• Wu Xuege and Xiao Zier became pregnant after taking the pills, and Wu Xuege gave birth to Liu Fujin in the fifth month of Great Tang year 4603.
• Xiao Zier gave birth to Liu Fusheng the following month, and the Liu household celebrated the two new sons.

After his youngest sons were born, Liu Changxu devoted himself to raising them while his wives focused on cultivation, then gathered his grandchildren to train alongside them. His descendants advanced rapidly under his guidance, and he continued nurturing them until they came of age.

• Liu Changxu cared for Liu Fujin and Liu Fusheng while Wu Xuege and Xiao Zier pursued cultivation in hopes of becoming Immortal Empress.
• Jealous of his younger brothers' attention, Liu Fuba brought his eldest son to Liu Changxu, who asked him to find more Liu Household children to train.
• Liu Fuba brought ten children to Little Penglai Island, where Liu Changxu discovered they had excellent spiritual roots and two possessed special spiritual bodies.
• Liu Changxu established a daily routine of cultivation, meals, lessons, spell practice, combat drills, and stories for the children.
• Liu Zeming reached Foundation Establishment at twelve, Liu Fujin and Liu Fusheng reached it at ten, and most of the other descendants reached it by thirteen or fourteen.
• Liu Changxu continued training the children and grandchildren, allowing them to leave only after they turned sixteen.

Liu Fujin, Liu Fusheng, and more than two hundred Liu Household youths with spiritual roots celebrated their coming-of-age ceremony on Little Penglai Island. After receiving lineage tokens, the young cultivators formally began their journeys of service to the lineage.

• Liu Changxu and his wives arrived at Jade Stone Plaza and greeted the Liu Household members gathered for the ceremony.
• Liu Fujiao led the youths who had turned sixteen to the platform as the lineage members watched.
• The chapter described how marriage policies and immigration had helped the Liu Household grow from just over three thousand people to more than fifty thousand in thirty years.
• Liu Fujiao presided as Liu Fujin, Liu Fusheng, and the other youths received tokens recognizing their lineage identities.
• Liu Changxu looked over his sons and the young cultivators, feeling satisfied that the lineage had worthy successors.

At a family banquet celebrating Liu Fujin and Liu Fusheng’s adulthood, Liu Changxu discussed Liu Zeming’s planned golden core breakthrough and the family’s upcoming marriages and cultivation retreats. After the banquet, Wu Xuege began secluded cultivation to break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

• Liu Changxu held a family banquet in the Ruyi Lotus Palace to celebrate Liu Fujin and Liu Fusheng reaching adulthood and beginning work in the lineage.
• Liu Zeming told Liu Changxu he planned to form his golden core soon, and Liu Changxu advised him to travel for several years first to improve his chances of forming a supreme-grade core.
• Liu Zeming revealed that he planned to marry a True Disciple of the Sea-Calming Sect after forming his core, and Liu Fuba said the marriage arrangements were settled.
• Liu Fuba said he would wait until Liu Zeming married before attempting to break through to the Body Integration Realm.
• Wu Xuege announced she would attempt to reach the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and Liu Changxu advised Chen Yufei to delay her own Body Integration breakthrough until Wu Xuege finished.
• After the banquet, Wu Xuege went to Ascension Peak and began secluded cultivation.

The Black Demon Race invaded the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, slaughtering its people and defeating its defenders as the other powers of Mazu Continent prepared to fight back. After accepting their invitation to join the war, Liu Changxu decided to lead a force from the Liu Household, leaving the rest to guard Penglai Island.

• The Black Demon Race army descended on the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, massacring people and sacrificing entire cities while its five Tribulation Transcendence experts defeated Tuo Ba Tao and Tuo Ba Hong.
• The six other supreme cultivation powers of Mazu Continent struggled to agree on a response until Wu Kun proposed that they combine forces and attack the Black Demon Race army.
• Murong Qingyun and other Tribulation Transcendence experts invited Liu Changxu to join the fight, and he decided to lead Liu Household members into battle.
• At a council meeting, Liu Fuba and other family members volunteered to go, while Liu Changxu assigned Liu Fujiao to manage the household.
• Liu Changxu chose Zhao Qi'er, Dongxue, Jiang Xuefeng, Yang Qingxue, Liu Fuba, Liu Changjin, and Liu Changqing to accompany him, while the others stayed to guard Penglai Island.

Liu Changxu and his family traveled through the Starry Sky toward the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, where a disguised Skyship ambushed them with overwhelming firepower. After shielding the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle and drawing his family into his dantian, Liu Changxu prepared to counterattack.

• Liu Changxu departed Penglai Island aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle with his family and companions, choosing a route through the Starry Sky to reach the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty sooner.
• Liu Changxu spotted a dark celestial body speeding toward them and sent the Ruyi Yellow-Black Tower to meet it.
• The celestial body revealed itself as a Skyship and unleashed bolts with the force of Early Tribulation Transcendence Stage attacks, some of which threatened the shuttle.
• Liu Changxu summoned the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal to shield the shuttle from the barrage.
• Liu Changxu drew the shuttle and everyone aboard into his dantian, then prepared his fiercest counterattack.

Liu Changxu used his Innate Spirit Treasures to destroy a Black Demon Race ambush force and defeat its Dark Skyship. After killing the fleeing demons, he gathered his family to collect the battlefield spoils before reinforcements could arrive.

• Liu Changxu unleashed his Innate Spirit Treasures and used the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror to escape the Dark Skyship’s barrage while his treasures battered the vessel.
• After half a day of fighting, Liu Changxu severely damaged the Dark Skyship and forced the Black Demon Race experts aboard to flee into the starry sky.
• Liu Changxu pursued the demons and killed the Tribulation Transcendence expert and the remaining Body Integration and Void Refinement experts.
• Liu Changxu released Zhao Qi'er, Dongxue, Jiang Xuefeng, Yang Qingxue, Liu Fuba, Liu Changjin, and Liu Changqing, then told them to clear the battlefield quickly.
• Liu Changxu suppressed the Black Demon Blade, stored it and the damaged Dark Skyship, and joined his family in gathering the spoils.

Liu Changxu fought off two Black Demon Race Tribulation Transcendence experts who attacked while he and his family cleared the battlefield. After killing both and collecting their weapons and Storage Bracelets, he fled before the Black Demon Race legion’s late Tribulation Transcendence expert arrived.

• Liu Changxu spotted two Black Demon Race Tribulation Transcendence experts approaching, drew his family into the Ruyi Lotus Palace, and unleashed the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords.
• Liu Changxu’s sword formations killed the early Tribulation Transcendence expert and destroyed his corpse with Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• The middle Tribulation Transcendence expert teleported away from the first assault, but Liu Changxu pursued him with the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords, Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, and Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp until he was killed.
• Liu Changxu collected the two experts’ weapons and Storage Bracelets, then escaped into the starry sky using the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
• The late Tribulation Transcendence expert arrived after Liu Changxu had escaped, found that three of his fellow experts had fallen, and departed.