Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu recovered from his fight with the Black Demon Race and continued toward the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, finding its lands devastated. On the way to the capital, he met Duan Yuwei of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, and they agreed to travel together to aid the Human Race.

• Liu Changxu told Liu Fuba and his family that he had fled after sensing a powerful Black Demon Race expert, then warned Liu Fuba not to grow careless.
• After recovering his magic power, Liu Changxu directed the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle toward the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.
• Liu Changxu and his family arrived above the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty and saw ruined cities and villages, but found no sign of the Black Demon Race.
• While flying toward the Great Liang Immortal City, Liu Changxu encountered Duan Yuwei, who recognized him as the newly advanced Tribulation Transcendence expert from Penglai Island.
• Duan Yuwei introduced herself as a cultivator of the Heavenly Mystery Sect and joined Liu Changxu's group, and their two flying boats continued toward the capital together.

Liu Changxu hosted Duan Yuwei at a family banquet, where his rare spirit cuisine and tales of killing Black Demon Race experts astonished her. After Duan Yuwei explained why she had once pursued him, Liu Changxu offered to help find the escaped evil cultivator, bringing their misunderstanding to an end.

• Liu Changxu invited Duan Yuwei to a family banquet and served her eighth-tier spirit cuisine and spirit wine.
• Liu Fuba told Duan Yuwei that Liu Changxu had killed three Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts of the Black Demon Race, and Liu Changxu revealed that the dragon meat came from an eighth-tier black dragon he had killed.
• Duan Yuwei admired Liu Changxu's abilities, while Zhao Qi'er and the other women noticed her growing affection for him.
• Liu Changxu asked why Duan Yuwei had chased him decades earlier, and she explained that she had mistaken him for an escaped evil cultivator from the Heavenly Mystery Sect.
• Duan Yuwei said the evil cultivator had drained a female disciple to death and remained at large, so Liu Changxu offered to help find him.

Liu Changxu and Duan Yuwei arrived at Great Liang Immortal City, where Tuoba Qing welcomed them and led them to the Jade Spring Mountain Retreat. Liu Changxu settled his family into their manor, then told Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong that he had killed the Black Demon Race experts who ambushed him on the way.

• Liu Changxu and Duan Yuwei reached Great Liang Immortal City and learned from Tuoba Qing that the Black Demon Race army had withdrawn and their ancestor was recovering from his injuries.
• Tuoba Qing escorted Liu Changxu and Duan Yuwei into the city and showed them to separate guest manors at the Jade Spring Mountain Retreat.
• Liu Changxu accepted the formation token for Pine and Bamboo Court and brought his family into the manor before leading them into the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong visited Liu Changxu, who told them that he had killed the Black Demon Race experts who blocked his journey.
• Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong reacted with shock to Liu Changxu's claim.

Liu Changxu recounted killing three Black Demon Race Tribulation Transcendence experts, earning the admiration of Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong and drawing the attention of Great Liang Immortal City’s factions. Tuo Ba Tao then visited Pine and Bamboo Court with gifts to thank him, and Liu Changxu began discussing ties between Penglai Island and the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.

• Liu Changxu told Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong that he had killed three Black Demon Race Tribulation Transcendence experts after their Skyship ambushed his family’s Flying Boat.
• Murong Qingyun and Zhang Liansong praised Liu Changxu’s contribution, while Liu Changxu used the story to strengthen his standing among the humans on Sea God Star.
• News of Liu Changxu’s feat stirred Great Liang Immortal City’s factions, whose senior cultivators visited Pine and Bamboo Court.
• On Liu Changxu’s third day in the city, Tuo Ba Tao emerged from seclusion and led Tuo Ba Jun and other Great Wei Immortal Dynasty leaders to visit him.
• Tuo Ba Tao thanked Liu Changxu for saving the dynasty and presented him with three upper eighth-tier treasures, which Liu Changxu accepted.
• Liu Changxu and Tuo Ba Tao exchanged warm courtesies and began discussing the relationship between Penglai Island and the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.

Liu Changxu attended a gathering of eight human Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators to discuss how to resist the sea races and alien races from Outer Space. After hearing arguments for a tightly organized Human Race Alliance and a loose mutual-aid alliance, he proposed combining both approaches and was asked to explain his plan.

• Tuo Ba Tao invited Liu Changxu to a gathering at Jadeview Palace, and Liu agreed to attend.
• Eight powerful cultivators met at Jadeview Palace to discuss human defenses and debated whether to establish a centralized Human Race Alliance or rely on temporary mutual-aid alliances.
• Liu Changxu and Yuan Kong remained silent while the other cultivators argued for their preferred approaches.
• Murong Qingyun asked Liu Changxu for his position, and Liu said they should combine the strengths of both approaches.
• The other cultivators pressed Liu Changxu to explain his proposed strategy.

Liu Changxu argued that the human powers should gradually build Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Arrays, but he postponed choosing partners until he knew they could be trusted. After the powers failed to reach broader agreements, Tuo Ba Tao began sharing his cultivation insights.

• Liu Changxu proposed building Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Arrays so the human powers could support one another during alien invasions, with each pair negotiating construction costs.
• Zhang Liansong, Murong Qingyun, and other cultivators sought to partner with Liu Changxu, hoping to gain swift aid from Penglai Island, but he withheld his decision until he could assess their trustworthiness.
• The cultivators debated other matters of cooperation but reached no substantive agreements, and Liu Changxu concluded that the Eight Top Human Cultivation Powers lacked an authority to coordinate them.
• Tuo Ba Tao ended the unproductive discussions and began explaining his cultivation experience to the gathered Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts.

Tuo Ba Tao and the other cultivators shared their cultivation insights, helping Liu Changxu deepen his understanding of the Heaven and Earth Laws. When Liu Changxu took his turn, his Sword Dao exposition filled the Grand Hall with sword shadows and captivated the assembled cultivators.

• Tuo Ba Tao expounded his cultivation insights, enlightening Liu Changxu and the other cultivators.
• Duan Yuwei shared her understanding of the water law through a display of spiritual energy and crystalline splashes.
• The cultivators took turns expounding the Dao, and Liu Changxu absorbed their accumulated experience.
• After Murong Qingyun finished, Liu Changxu began his exposition before the gathered cultivators.
• Liu Changxu's words summoned countless sword shadows and immersed the cultivators in his profound Sword Dao insights.

After Liu Changxu finished his Dao discourse, Tuo Ba Tao began a spirit treasure exchange to obtain rare medicinal herbs for his grave injuries. Liu Changxu traded an eighth-tier middle-grade bloodred flower for Tuo Ba Tao’s turquoise, which he hoped to use to strengthen the Azure Lotus Creation Disc.

• Liu Changxu concluded his discourse on the Dao, and Tuo Ba Tao opened the treasure exchange by displaying five eighth-tier treasures.
• Murong Qingyun asked what Tuo Ba Tao wanted for the Soul-Nourishing Pearl, and Tuo Ba Tao requested a seventy-thousand-year-old purple sun ginseng and an eighth-tier middle-grade purple gold flower.
• The cultivators declined Tuo Ba Tao’s terms, while his hidden injuries and damaged foundation explained why he was seeking medicinal herbs.
• Liu Changxu offered an eighth-tier middle-grade bloodred flower for Tuo Ba Tao’s turquoise.
• Tuo Ba Tao accepted Liu Changxu’s bloodred flower and handed him the turquoise.

Liu Changxu traded for blue spirit gold and several other resources during the gathering, while Murong Qingyun and Song Kun struggled to exchange their treasures. After the trading ended, Liu Changxu returned to Pine and Bamboo Court, gathered his family, and left Great Liang Immortal City for Penglai Island.

• Murong Qingyun offered three eighth-tier spirit treasures in exchange for an eighth-tier inferior-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, but no one accepted the trade.
• Liu Changxu traded a Blood Jade Gourd for Murong Qingyun's three treasures because his artifact spirits wanted the blue spirit gold among them.
• Song Kun offered five treasures for spirit pills and fruits but traded away only one piece of great unity immortal gold.
• Liu Changxu traded for dragon-tooth rice, Jade Clarity Immortal Tea, and illusory spirit immortal gold.
• Liu Changxu returned to Pine and Bamboo Court, told his family and companions to pack, and departed Great Liang Immortal City aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle for Penglai Island.

After returning to Penglai Island, Liu Changxu discussed immigration, the Liu Household’s growth, and the future founding of the Great Han Immortal Dynasty with his family. He urged Liu Fujiao to find a worthy husband, and Li Zhenxin revealed that she already favored someone.

• Liu Changxu returned to Penglai Island with his wives and children and reunited with his family.
• Xiao Zier reported that immigrants had brought Penglai Island’s population to one million, while the Liu Lineage numbered only twenty thousand.
• Liu Changxu rejected Su Jinxiu’s suggestion to announce the Great Han Immortal Dynasty soon, saying they would wait until the Liu Household had a million members and ruled over a hundred million people.
• Liu Changxu proposed using an immortal dynasty’s methods of local governance and urged the family to increase the Liu Lineage’s numbers.
• Liu Fujiao volunteered to handle lineage affairs, and Liu Changxu urged her to find a worthy husband.
• Li Zhenxin said Liu Fujiao already favored a dao companion and began telling Liu Changxu about him.

Liu Changxu approved Liu Fujiao's marriage to Yang Chen after learning how they met and investigating Yang Chen's character and lineage. Their wedding was held at the Sea-Calming Sect, with Zhang Liansong presiding and Liu Changxu providing a generous dowry.

• Liu Fujiao told Liu Changxu that Yang Chen had lost his former wives and children, and Liu Changxu agreed she could marry him and live at the Sea-Calming Sect.
• Liu Changxu tested Liu Fujin, Liu Fusheng, and Liu Zeming's cultivation progress and was pleased with their advancement.
• After questioning Li Zhenxin and Liu Fujiao about Yang Chen, Liu Changxu sent three avatars to investigate him at the Sea-Calming Sect.
• Zhang Liansong led a party to visit the Liu Household and brought generous betrothal gifts to strengthen ties between the sect and the household.
• On the sixth day of the fifth month in the year 4622, Zhang Liansong presided over Liu Fujiao and Yang Chen's wedding at the Sea-Calming Sect, while Liu Changxu provided a generous dowry.

After Liu Fujiao’s marriage, Liu Changxu entered seclusion to cultivate and refine an eighth-tier inferior-grade Jade Milk Fruit taken from a slain Black Demon Race powerhouse. He strengthened his magic power and deepened his understanding of the laws of Heaven and Earth, remaining far from his next breakthrough.

• After Liu Fujiao married, Liu Changxu entered the Seclusion Chamber and used Green Snow Spirit Tea to clear his mind and cultivate with the Red Lotus Immortal Scripture.
• Ten days later, Liu Changxu opened a Jade Box and found an eighth-tier inferior-grade Jade Milk Fruit among the spoils from his battle with Tribulation Transcendence Realm Black Demon Race powerhouses.
• Liu Changxu ate the Jade Milk Fruit and spent a month refining its spirit energy, increasing his magic power without reaching the middle Tribulation Transcendence stage.
• Liu Changxu paused before consuming another spirit fruit and reviewed his past cultivation, resolving questions and deepening his understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Wu Xuege began her tribulation transcendence on Ascension Peak while Liu Changxu and the clan prepared to protect her. With the Taiyin Sword and Liu Changxu’s Tribulation-Transcending Pearls, she survived the six-colored heavenly tribulation with only minor injuries.

• Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion as dark clouds gathered over Ascension Peak, and Zhao Qi'er said she had activated the Island-Guarding Grand Formation and ordered the clan to stand ready.
• Liu Changxu told the clanspeople to stay at least a hundred miles from Ascension Peak and sent Wu Xuege three Golden Shield Jade Talismans.
• Wu Xuege used the Taiyin Sword to withstand the first ten bolts of tribulation lightning, but the sword was damaged and she withdrew it to her dantian.
• Wu Xuege blocked the eleventh bolt with a Tribulation-Transcending Pearl refined by Liu Changxu for her tribulation.
• Wu Xuege used the thirty-six Tribulation-Transcending Pearls to pass the six-colored heavenly tribulation with only minor injuries.

Wu Xuege completed her transformation after overcoming the heart demon tribulation and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. Her family celebrated her advancement, and Liu Fuba announced that he planned to enter seclusion to break through to Integrated Body.

• Wu Xuege passed the heart demon tribulation and transformed inside a jade cocoon as Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew nourished her into an immortal body.
• After two hours, the cocoon dissipated, and Wu Xuege emerged safely to thank Liu Changxu for the treasure that helped her overcome the tribulation.
• Xiao Zier, Zhao Qi'er, Liu Fujin, Liu Fuba, and Liu Fusheng congratulated Wu Xuege, who warmly checked on her sons' cultivation.
• Liu Changxu and his family returned to Ruyi Lotus Palace, where he prepared eighth-tier spirit cuisine and the women served their own dishes for a celebratory meal.
• Liu Fuba asked Liu Changxu for permission to enter seclusion and break through to Integrated Body, and Liu Changxu approved.

After Wu Xuege’s breakthrough made the Liu Lineage one of the Human Race’s leading powers, cultivation factions flocked to Penglai Island to congratulate them. Liu Changxu welcomed their leaders, and they began discussing cooperation through an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array.

• Wu Xuege entered seclusion to consolidate her Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivation, and Liu Changxu later arranged for Liu Fuba to cultivate in seclusion and attempt a breakthrough to the Body Integration Realm.
• News of Wu Xuege’s successful tribulation spread across the Mazu Continent, and the Human Race’s major cultivation powers verified the news before sending representatives with gifts to Penglai Island.
• Murong Yuzhu received the visiting representatives at Penglai Immortal City while Liu Changxu welcomed the Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts who arrived in person.
• Murong Qingyun, Zhang Liansong, Duan Yuwei, Tuo Ba Tao, and Zhao Wuji came to congratulate the Liu Lineage, drawing attention to its growing influence.
• Liu Changxu and the visiting experts discussed cooperation, making the construction of an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array the central issue.

Liu Changxu hosted the powers seeking to cooperate with the Liu Household on an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array, but he remained undecided because he needed trustworthy allies against alien attacks. He welcomed the guests with a banquet at the newly completed Penglai Immortal Pavilion, showcasing its many floors and personally prepared eighth-tier spirit cuisine.

• Murong Qingyun and the other Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouses offered Liu Changxu generous terms to build an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array with the Liu Household.
• Liu Changxu deferred his decision, saying he needed to consult his wives and consider which potential partners would reliably help defend Penglai Island.
• The Liu Lineage opened the thirty-three-story Penglai Immortal Pavilion, with floors and facilities arranged for cultivators of different realms and the uppermost floors restricted to approved guests and senior members.
• Liu Changxu invited his guests to the VIP Hall on the thirty-second floor and served eighth-tier spirit cuisine that he had personally prepared.

After the teleportation-array agreements were settled, Duan Yuwei invited Liu Changxu to explore True Immortal Wuji’s undersea cave abode in the Boundless Sea. She persuaded him to join her by promising an equal share of the treasures, and they agreed to leave as soon as possible.

• Liu Changxu chose to build the first Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, while Zhang Liansong and Tuo Ba Tao left and Murong Qingyun stayed to discuss the details.
• Duan Yuwei remained at Penglai Immortal Pavilion, where Xiao Zier, Zhao Qi'er, and the other women visited her and grew close to her.
• After Murong Qingyun left, Duan Yuwei told Liu Changxu she had found a possible undersea cave abode belonging to True Immortal Wuji in the Boundless Sea.
• Duan Yuwei explained that an upper-grade eighth-tier Golden Mystic Turtle guarded the cave abode and that she and Chu Tianqiao had been defeated while scouting it.
• Duan Yuwei offered to split the cave abode’s treasures equally with Liu Changxu, and he agreed to explore it with her as soon as possible.

Liu Changxu left Penglai Island with Duan Yuwei and grew closer to her during their journey to the Undersea Cave Abode. When he went ahead to find the Golden Mystic Turtle, the giant beast emerged from the sea.

• Liu Changxu accepted Duan Yuwei's invitation and departed Penglai Island with her aboard the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
• During the journey, Duan Yuwei's affection for Liu Changxu deepened, and he recognized her feelings and decided to bring her into his household as a Dao Companion.
• After more than a month together, Liu Changxu and Duan Yuwei arrived near the Undersea Cave Abode, having grown close but not crossed the final threshold.
• Liu Changxu flew ahead to locate the upper-grade eighth-tier Golden Mystic Turtle while Duan Yuwei waited aboard the shuttle.
• Liu Changxu detected the turtle's traces, and the Golden Mystic Turtle rose from the seabed in an enormous shell spanning hundreds of miles.

Liu Changxu defeated the Golden Mystic Turtle with his magical treasures and Red Lotus Sword Formation, destroying its body but failing to stop its primordial spirit from escaping. He accepted that the turtle might be reborn with its strength reset and began cleaning up the battlefield.

• The Golden Mystic Turtle ambushed Liu Changxu with its Water Dragon Divine Ability, but his Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror froze the attack and his Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp disrupted the turtle’s spellcasting.
• Liu Changxu struck the turtle with the Ruyi Yellow-Black Tower and Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal, cracking its shell and inflicting severe injuries.
• The Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd pierced a crack in the turtle’s shell, and thirty-six Red Lotus Immortal Swords attacked it in a Red Lotus Sword Formation.
• Liu Changxu’s attacks shattered the Golden Mystic Turtle’s shell and destroyed its body, but its primordial spirit escaped into the deep sea.
• Liu Changxu recalled that the turtle might use Blood-Drop Rebirth, which would return its cultivation to square one, and began cleaning up the battlefield.

Liu Changxu and Duan Yuwei reached True Immortal Wuji's undersea cave abode after killing a Golden Mystic Turtle and breaking the cave's restriction. Inside, they discovered a Spirit Pool filled with Void Purple Lotuses.

• Liu Changxu harvested the Golden Mystic Turtle's corpse, and Duan Yuwei took one of its legs for herself.
• Duan Yuwei led Liu Changxu to the undersea location of True Immortal Wuji's cave abode.
• Liu Changxu created a sealing array to hide their actions from nearby sea monsters.
• Liu Changxu used the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords to shatter the cave's restriction, then checked the cave for danger before entering with Duan Yuwei.
• Liu Changxu and Duan Yuwei reached a Spirit Pool and recognized the purple lotuses growing there as Void Purple Lotuses.