Ch. 1421The Human-Devil War (II)

Liu Changxu slew a second Troll Race Devil Emperor after the remaining six fled, and the Human Alliance Army defeated the Troll Race forces left behind. The survivors failed to find the fleeing Devil Emperors and returned to the battlefield to sort through the spoils.

  • After the first Devil Emperor fell, Liu Changxu pursued a fleeing Mahayana Realm Devil Emperor while the other six Troll Race Devil Emperors abandoned their army and escaped.
  • Liu Changxu caught and killed the fleeing Devil Emperor with his treasures and Red Lotus Immortal Swords, then returned to the battlefield.
  • The Human Alliance Army and Demon Race forces crushed the leaderless Troll Race Army, and Huang Tianhu and Su Yuxue praised Liu Changxu for his role in the victory.
  • Liu Changxu warned that the six surviving Devil Emperors remained a threat, while Huang Tianhu and the Demon Race leaders discussed searching for them and returning home.
  • The leaders pursued the Devil Emperors for a day and night but found no trace of them, then returned to the battlefield as the cultivators and demons counted their spoils.

Ch. 1422The Next Steps

Liu Changxu and the Great Han Imperial Guards collected their spoils and left Kunlun as the Sacred Emperors debated how to respond to the surviving Troll Race Demon Emperors. At Heavenly Lake, Liu Changxu and Jin Haonan agreed to prepare for a likely attack and establish a direct teleportation link between their territories.

  • Liu Changxu returned to the battlefield, ordered the spoils gathered, and took his household and fifty thousand Great Han Imperial Guards aboard the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship.
  • Huang Tianhu urged the Sacred Emperors to hunt down the six surviving Demon Emperors, but Jin Haonan argued they should return to defend their own territories, and the others agreed.
  • Liu Changxu traveled with Jin Haonan and the others from Kunlun to the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land.
  • Jin Haonan warned that the Troll Race Demon Emperors were most likely to attack Heavenly Lake, and Liu Changxu said he would oversee the defenses at White Wolf Mountain.
  • Jin Haonan proposed building an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array between Taibai Mountain and White Wolf Mountain, and Liu Changxu and Gao Sheng agreed.

Ch. 1423The Demon Emperors' Storage Bracelets

Liu Changxu broke the Soul Restriction on one of the Troll Race Demon Emperors’ storage bracelets and discovered a vast treasury, living ecosystems, and many imprisoned captives. He rescued Su Yue, who told him the Troll Race had nearly wiped out humanity on Golden Profound Star, and promised to arrange a place for her.

  • Liu Changxu completed the Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array between the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land and White Wolf Mountain, tested it with his clones, and returned to White Wolf Mountain.
  • Liu Changxu spent three days and nights carefully breaking the Soul Restriction on a Troll Race Demon Emperor’s storage bracelet.
  • Liu Changxu discovered the bracelet contained vast stores of treasures, a prison holding weakened captives from several races, and secret realms filled with plants and creatures.
  • Liu Changxu transferred a Mid Void Refinement cultivator named Su Yue from the prison space and learned she had been captured during the Troll Race’s invasion of Golden Profound Star.
  • Su Yue told Liu Changxu that fewer than one in ten humans remained on Golden Profound Star when she was captured, and vowed to avenge her people.
  • Liu Changxu assured Su Yue she was free, promised the Troll Race would pay for its atrocities, and led her out to arrange a place for her.

Ch. 1424The Demon-Slaying Army

After rescuing Su Yue and other captives from a Troll Race Demon Emperor’s Storage Bracelet, Liu Changxu convened his family to plan how to screen and accommodate the imprisoned experts. They established the Demon-Slaying Army to unite willing cultivators of every race against the Troll Race, with Liu Changxu as its commander-in-chief.

  • Liu Changxu introduced Su Yue to Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng and explained that many other cultivators were imprisoned in the Demon Emperor’s Storage Bracelet.
  • Liu Changxu ordered Chen Yufei to summon Yang Qingxue, Liu Fuyang, and the others to discuss how to handle the rescued captives.
  • Liu Fuyang urged the group to treat the captives’ injuries and respect whether they wanted to return home or serve, while Jiang Xuefeng recommended providing secure residences and Liu Fufeng called for careful screening.
  • Liu Changxu and his family agreed to verify the captives’ identities, settle them, and respect their choices, then spent half a day refining a resettlement plan.
  • Liu Changxu and his family formed the Demon-Slaying Army for willing experts of all races, established its ranks and Law Enforcement Team, and made military rewards and service open regardless of race.

Ch. 1425Bountiful Spoils

Liu Changxu screened cultivators freed from two Demon Emperor bracelets, formed them into the Demon-Slaying Army, and trained them into a disciplined force. While the army took shape, he inventoried a vast haul of ninth-tier treasures that could strengthen his weapons and cultivation.

  • Liu Changxu killed a Tribulation Transcendence Realm Angel Race cultivator who tried to attack Liu Fuyang during screening, then recruited most of the freed captives into the Demon-Slaying Army.
  • Liu Changxu screened the captives from the second Demon Emperor's bracelet and built an army of twenty-one Tribulation Transcendence Realm, one hundred and eight Body Integration Realm, and five hundred and ten Void Refinement Stage cultivators.
  • Liu Changxu appointed Liu Fuyang and Liu Fuba as deputies, added Liu household members to the ranks, and personally drilled the army in formations and discipline.
  • Liu Changxu inventoried the bracelets' treasures, finding abundant ninth-tier spirit gold, spirit jade, fruits, herbs, and Snowfang Tea.

Ch. 1426Battling a Demon Emperor Again

After half a year of Troll Race raids devastated human lands, Liu Changxu led the newly trained Demon-Slaying Army to aid Great Wan Immortal City. He arrived as a Demon Emperor shattered its defenses and quickly trapped the attacker with his treasures, leaving the battle underway.

  • The six Troll Race Demon Emperors split their forces and ravaged human immortal cities, evading the human demon-extermination armies.
  • Over six months, the Troll Race destroyed thirty-three large cities and grew stronger through bloodshed, while the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land suffered heavy losses.
  • After completing the Demon-Slaying Army's training, Liu Changxu set out to join the campaign when the Heavenly Lake Sacred Emperor reported an attack on Great Wan Immortal City.
  • Liu Changxu teleported to the city and saw a Demon Emperor shatter its defensive formation with an enormous black palm.
  • Liu Changxu used the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp, Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords, and Ruyi Yellow-Black Tower to restrain and attack the Demon Emperor.
  • The Demon Emperor tried to flee, but Liu Changxu kept him pinned with the mirror and lamp.

Ch. 1427Slaying Another Demon Emperor

Liu Changxu killed the Demon Emperor, helped destroy the Troll Race army, and returned to White Wolf Mountain with a great haul. As the Human Territory celebrated and the Troll Race withdrew, he strengthened and trained the Demon-Slaying Army while preparing for the remaining threat.

  • Liu Changxu killed the Demon Emperor with the Red Lotus Sword Formation, burned the corpse, and led the pursuit that wiped out the Troll Race forces around Great Wan Immortal City.
  • Liu Changxu returned to White Wolf Mountain with the Demon-Slaying Army and examined the Demon Emperor's treasures, including rare materials that could improve his spirit treasures and aid his cultivation.
  • Liu Changxu released the imprisoned experts from the Demon Emperor's Storage Bracelet, recruited them into the Demon-Slaying Army, and trained the expanded force for six months while monitoring potential troublemakers.
  • The weakened Troll Race went to ground, and envoys from three Human Race sacred lands brought gifts to White Wolf Mountain; the Heavenly Lake Sacred Emperor also met Liu Changxu to discuss eliminating the remaining Troll Race armies.
  • Liu Changxu remained apprehensive about the future despite the Human Race's celebration of his victory.

Ch. 1428Upgrading the Grand Formation

Liu Changxu and his family planned to destroy the remaining Troll Race forces, gather intelligence, and prepare for possible reinforcements. He decided to upgrade White Wolf Mountain’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, cultivate, and improve his Innate Spirit Treasures.

  • Liu Changxu warned Jin Haonan that the Troll Race might reveal Taibai Star’s coordinates and urged preparations for future reinforcements.
  • Chen Yufei proposed raising White Wolf Mountain’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation to the ninth tier to protect the Liu Household.
  • Liu Fuyang urged the family to gather more intelligence by capturing Troll Race experts, and Liu Changxu assigned Xuefeng to organize and translate the seized texts.
  • Liu Changxu’s family discussed intelligence gathering, defenses, countermeasures, staffing, and resources, then devised a comprehensive plan.
  • Liu Changxu decided to consume ninth-tier spirit fruits to advance his cultivation and use remaining ninth-tier materials to refine his Innate Spirit Treasures.
  • Liu Changxu mobilized the Liu Household to begin upgrading White Wolf Mountain’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation.

Ch. 1429The Grand Formation's Upgrade Succeeded

Liu Changxu and the Liu Lineage devised and spent several years carrying out a plan to raise White Wolf Mountain's spirit vein and upgrade its Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation to the ninth tier. The formation was successfully activated, leaving the lineage better protected as the Troll Race ravaged the Demon Race's lands.

  • Liu Jidong proposed using nine eighth-tier supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Formations to strengthen White Wolf Mountain's spirit vein before building a ninth-tier formation, and Liu Changxu approved the plan.
  • Liu Changxu mobilized the Liu Lineage and Great Han Immortal Dynasty's Artifact Refiners and Formation Masters to make the formation implements and carry out the upgrade.
  • The Troll Race invaded the Demon Race's lands under five Demon Emperors, and Liu Changxu decided to focus on strengthening his lineage rather than intervene immediately.
  • On the eighteenth day of the third month in Great Han Year 805, Liu Changxu activated the completed ninth-tier Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, drawing in spiritual energy and enclosing the Liu Household Territory in a protective curtain of light.
  • Liu Changxu felt relieved that White Wolf Mountain was protected and planned to focus on strengthening himself and his family or hunting the Troll Race's powerful warriors.

Ch. 1430Wu Xuege and Yang Yuxuan Arrive

Liu Changxu refined a low-ninth tier Golden Flat Peach in seclusion, strengthening his cultivation before reuniting with Wu Xuege, Yang Yuxuan, and his family. At a reunion dinner, his wives began updating him on events across their territories and the Great Han Immortal Dynasty.

  • Liu Changxu ate a low-ninth tier Golden Flat Peach and spent a month refining its spiritual energy, gaining cultivation equivalent to thirty years of meditation.
  • Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion and embraced Wu Xuege and Yang Yuxuan, who told him that Sea God Star had remained peaceful.
  • Xiao Zier and Liu Changxu's other wives arrived and reported that Golden Ring Island was well.
  • Liu Changxu invited his wives and children to a family reunion dinner in the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
  • Wu Xuege and Yang Yuxuan described changes across Sea God Star, Hundred Spirits Star, Mysterious Yellow Star, the Liu Lineage, and the Great Han Immortal Dynasty, while Xiao Zier recounted Golden Ring Island's recent changes.

Ch. 1431Setting Out to War Again

Liu Changxu enjoyed a month of peace with his family before Jin Haonan reported that Troll Race reinforcements had badly defeated the Demon Race. Liu Changxu gathered Human Race forces to aid the Demon Race, and the chapter ended as the Sacred Emperors planned their campaign against the Troll Race.

  • Liu Changxu spent more than a month relaxing and reconnecting with his wives.
  • Jin Haonan told Liu Changxu that three Troll Race Mahayana Realm Demon Emperors had arrived, bringing their total to eight and inflicting a crushing defeat on the Demon Race.
  • Liu Changxu agreed with Jin Haonan that the Human Race should send troops to aid the Demon Race, and he assigned Wu Xuege, Yang Yuxuan, Xiao Zier, Liu Fuyang, Liu Fuba, and others to defend White Wolf Mountain.
  • Liu Changxu led his family and twenty thousand soldiers to the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land, then traveled with its army to the Kunlun Sacred Land.
  • Huang Tianhu explained that the Silver Moon Wolf Tribe was retreating under Troll Race attacks and that allied Demon Race tribes and seven Human Race Sacred Emperors would join the war, giving their side thirteen ninth-tier combatants.

Ch. 1432The Decisive Battle Between Humans and Devils (I)

The Human-Demon Alliance fought the Troll Race army on the Silver Moon Grassland, where Liu Changxu used his spirit treasures to gain the advantage over a Mid-Mahayana Stage Demon Emperor. The Demon Emperor remained under assault as his defenses weakened, and Liu Changxu’s side began to gain the upper hand.

  • The Human Alliance Army and Demon Race Army agreed on a battle plan and departed for the Silver Moon Grassland.
  • Two months later, thirteen ninth-tier Human-Demon Alliance experts and their armies attacked the Troll Race’s eight Demon Emperors and fewer than ten million soldiers.
  • Liu Changxu charged a Mid-Mahayana Stage Demon Emperor while wearing the Ruyi Golden Armor.
  • Liu Changxu used the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords, the Ruyi Golden Spirit Pearl, the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, and the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp to attack and restrain the Demon Emperor.
  • The Demon Emperor countered with protective barriers and his enormous axe, but Liu Changxu’s sustained attacks weakened his defenses and divine soul.

Ch. 1433The Decisive Battle Between Humans and Devils (Part Two)

Liu Changxu grievously wounded the Troll Race Demon Emperor, but its primordial spirit escaped, and he turned to help Jin Haonan fight another Demon Emperor. The second Demon Emperor broke free of Liu Changxu’s restraints with a black mirror and launched an attack on him.

  • The Troll Race Demon Emperor used Burning the Source and space-time powers to escape Liu Changxu’s restraints, but Liu Changxu trapped it in the Red Lotus Sword Formation and grievously wounded its body.
  • The Demon Emperor sent its primordial spirit fleeing; Liu Changxu collected its Storage Bracelet, greataxe, and corpse, then returned his attention to the battlefield.
  • Liu Changxu joined Jin Haonan against another Mid-Mahayana Stage Demon Emperor, using his treasures to restrain and attack it while Jin Haonan intensified his assault.
  • The Demon Emperor used a black mirror to deflect the Soul-Destroying Divine Light and break through the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror’s confinement.
  • The Demon Emperor named the treasure the Soul-Devouring Demon Mirror and fired a vitality-draining beam at Liu Changxu.

Ch. 1434The Human-Devil Showdown (III)

Liu Changxu and Jin Haonan joined forces to defeat and kill the Demon Emperor. After dividing the spoils, they watched the Troll Race forces collapse and flee.

  • The Demon Emperor used the Soul-Devouring Demon Mirror against Liu Changxu while Jin Haonan attacked with his Spirit Treasure saber.
  • Liu Changxu trapped the Demon Emperor with the Red Lotus Sword Formation and karma fire as Jin Haonan pressed his attack, wearing the Demon Emperor down.
  • The Demon Emperor tried to fight back and take his opponents with him, but Jin Haonan shattered his barrier and Liu Changxu's swords and flames killed him and destroyed his primordial spirit.
  • Jin Haonan claimed the Soul-Devouring Demon Mirror, while Liu Changxu took the Demon Emperor's Storage Bracelet.
  • After the Demon Emperor fell, the six remaining Troll Race Demon Emperors fled, and the Troll Race army broke ranks and ran.

Ch. 1435The Decisive Battle Between Humans and Demons (IV)

Liu Changxu joined Yu Wenzhong and Zhang Tianxiong to slay a fleeing Demon Emperor, then divided the spoils with them. After returning to the Human Alliance Army, he learned that three Troll Race Demon Emperors had escaped.

  • Liu Changxu joined Yu Wenzhong and Zhang Tianxiong in trapping and attacking an early Mahayana stage Demon Emperor.
  • Liu Changxu, Yu Wenzhong, and Zhang Tianxiong broke the Demon Emperor's barrier and killed him with their combined attacks.
  • Liu Changxu and the two Sacred Emperors divided the Demon Emperor's treasures, while Liu Changxu kept over a hundred imprisoned powerhouses.
  • Liu Changxu returned to his forces and learned from Jin Haonan and Zhang Wenping that three Troll Race Demon Emperors remained at large.

Ch. 1436An Enormous Haul

After returning to White Wolf Mountain, Liu Changxu inventoried the storage bracelets of two slain Demon Emperors and found a vast haul of ninth-tier treasures. He emerged from seclusion with his breakthrough prospects strengthened, celebrated with his family, and handed captured cultivators over to his children.

  • Liu Changxu returned to White Wolf Mountain and spent two days unraveling the restrictions on the two Mid-Mahayana Stage Demon Emperors' bracelets.
  • Liu Changxu sorted the bracelets' contents and collected numerous ninth-tier treasures, including a Sun Fruit and a Golden Dragon Ginseng.
  • Liu Changxu emerged from the Seclusion Chamber, and Wu Xuege and his other wives came to greet him.
  • Liu Changxu's family held a victory banquet in the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
  • Liu Changxu released the powerful cultivators imprisoned in the bracelets and gave them to his children to deal with, then spent time with his wives.

Ch. 1437Mid-Mahayana Stage

Liu Changxu secluded himself in the Ruyi Lotus Palace and broke through to the mid-Mahayana stage, greatly increasing his cultivation and mastery of laws. He then fed more than a hundred pieces of mid-ninth-tier spirit materials to his innate spirit treasures so they could advance as well.

  • After learning that the Troll Race’s remaining army had left Taibai Star, Liu Changxu prepared his lineage and the Great Han Immortal Dynasty before entering seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
  • By the morning of the thirteenth day of the eighth month in Great Han Year 819, Liu Changxu’s breakthrough released a tremendous pressure that briefly overwhelmed Wu Xuege and the other women.
  • Wu Xuege recognized that Liu Changxu had advanced to the mid-Mahayana stage, and the women celebrated the increased strength he brought to the Liu Lineage and the Great Han Immortal Dynasty.
  • Liu Changxu explored his strengthened magic power and laws, perfecting his mastery of space and advancing his law of time to major attainment as his five perfected elemental laws began to merge.
  • Liu Changxu released his innate spirit treasures and let them devour the mid-ninth-tier spirit gold and spirit materials from his Storage Bracelet.
  • After half a day, the spirit treasures had consumed all the materials and returned to Liu Changxu’s dantian to refine them.

Ch. 1438Emerging from seclusion

After emerging from seclusion as a mid-Mahayana cultivator, Liu Changxu reunited with Wu Xuege and learned that a strange sea-monster attack had struck Golden Ring Island. He traveled there to investigate and protect the Liu Lineage, where his family recounted the beast tide and he suspected the Sea Monster Race had a larger plan.

  • Liu Changxu emerged from seclusion after consolidating his mid-Mahayana cultivation and strengthening his spirit treasures.
  • Wu Xuege told Liu Changxu that a beast tide led by an early Tribulation Transcendence sea monster had attacked Golden Ring Island, and Liu Changxu suspected the retreating monsters had been testing the island's defenses.
  • Liu Changxu stayed with Wu Xuege on White Wolf Mountain for three months before leaving for Golden Ring Island.
  • Liu Fuzhen welcomed Liu Changxu at the island's Teleportation Hall, and his wives and children gathered to greet him at Crab God Mountain.
  • Liu Changxu held a family feast and heard fuller accounts of the beast tide, which strengthened his suspicion that the Sea Monster Race had a larger scheme.

Ch. 1439Battle Against the Ninth-Tier Fish Emperor

Liu Changxu took his family aboard the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship to investigate the beast tide and confronted the Ninth-Tier Eel Demon Emperor at Yellow Mountain Island. He killed the emperor and destroyed its escaping primordial spirit, leaving the island’s fate unresolved.

  • Liu Changxu set out east with Xiao Zier, the other women, and his daughters to patrol the seas, leaving Liu Fuba and the others to guard Golden Ring Island.
  • Xiao Zier captured sea monsters near Yellow Mountain Island and used Soul Search to learn that a low-ninth tier eel demon had occupied it.
  • Liu Changxu decided to kill the eel demon and ordered Xiao Zier to protect the people aboard the battleship before facing the Eel Demon Emperor.
  • The Eel Demon Emperor attacked Liu Changxu with his Three-Pronged Fish Fork, but Liu Changxu used his spirit treasures to restrain and wound him.
  • Liu Changxu’s Red Lotus Sword Formation killed the Eel Demon Emperor and annihilated his fleeing primordial spirit.

Ch. 1440Chapter 1440

After Liu Changxu killed the Ninth-Tier Fish Emperor, his family defeated the remaining sea monsters around Yellow Mountain Island, and he decided to occupy the island and link it to Golden Ring Island with a Teleportation Formation. Before he could begin, Xiao Ningxue’s heavenly tribulation began gathering over Ascension Peak, and she appeared at the summit to face it.

  • Liu Changxu stored the Eel Emperor’s body and the Fish Emperor’s Storage Bracelet, then sent Xiao Zier and the other women to attack the sea monsters on Yellow Mountain Island.
  • Liu Changxu allowed Liu Fuzhen and Liu Futian to join the fight, and his family routed the sea monster army and collected its spoils.
  • Liu Changxu patrolled the waters around Golden Ring Island, confirmed that the main threat came from the east, and decided to occupy Yellow Mountain Island and establish a Teleportation Formation.
  • Liu Changxu told his family of his plan, but delayed acting because Xiao Ningxue, Dongxue, Su Yue'e, and Zhao Qingxia were nearing their Tribulation Transcendence Realm tribulations.
  • In March of Great Han Year 826, spiritual energy and dark clouds gathered over Ascension Peak, and Xiao Ningxue appeared at its summit to face the tribulation lightning.
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