Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ningxue endured the heavenly and Heart Demon tribulations and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. In the months that followed, Zhao Qingxia, Dongxue, and Su Yue'e also succeeded, greatly strengthening the Liu Lineage.

• Xiao Ningxue used her white pearls to withstand the heavenly tribulation, overcame the Heart Demon Tribulation, and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Liu Futian, Liu Changxu, Xiao Zier, and the other women congratulated Xiao Ningxue after the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew restored her.
• Zhao Qingxia underwent her tribulation at Ascension Peak and advanced with the help of the Tribulation-Transcending Pearl.
• Three months later, Dongxue passed her tribulation and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Nearly half a year later, Su Yue'e also passed her tribulation, completing the four women's breakthroughs and increasing the Liu Lineage's strength.

Liu Changxu held a banquet celebrating four wives’ breakthroughs and assessed his descendants for long-term support. Afterward, he selected five family members to enter seclusion and attempt to reach the tribulation transcendence realm.

• Liu Changxu gathered his family at Crab God Mountain to celebrate Xiao Ningxue, Dongxue, Zhao Qingxia, and Su Yue'e advancing to the tribulation transcendence realm.
• Liu Changxu and his wives welcomed descendants who offered toasts, assessed their cultivation and aptitude, and bestowed guidance and spirit treasures.
• Liu Changxu identified promising younger descendants for the lineage’s focused nurturing roster, which would provide resources and training while assigning them greater responsibilities.
• Liu Changxu reviewed the cultivation levels of his wives and children and discussed who should next attempt a breakthrough.
• Liu Changxu arranged for Chen Yufei, Jiang Xuefeng, Yang Qingxue, Liu Qingying, and Liu Fufeng to enter seclusion and attempt to reach the tribulation transcendence realm.

Liu Changxu created Void Blade, an offensive space-law ability, and Void Lotus, a defensive one, while training in Outer Space. After refining Void Lotus through practice, he taught both abilities to Zhao Qingxia, and they began sparring to test and improve them.

• Liu Changxu studied space-law texts and practiced in Outer Space to develop ways to use perfected space law for offense and defense.
• He created Void Blade and used it to destroy distant asteroids with attacks that crossed vast distances.
• He created Void Lotus, but its layered spatial defenses quickly collapsed before he could test them.
• Liu Changxu gradually practiced Void Lotus until it became more stable, though he still did not know its defensive strength in combat.
• He taught Void Blade and Void Lotus to Zhao Qingxia, who quickly mastered both abilities.
• Liu Changxu and Zhao Qingxia traveled into Outer Space to discuss and spar with the two abilities.

Liu Changxu created and refined powerful multi-law divine abilities with the help of his wives and children, strengthening both their skills and their unity. In April of Great Han year 865, Zhao Qingxue emerged from seclusion to face tribulation transcendence as Liu Changxu and the others gathered to guard her.

• Liu Changxu improved his Void Blade and Void Lotus after sparring with Zhao Qingxia, then invited his family to share ideas and practice together.
• Liu Changxu created divine abilities combining space with fire, ice, time, wind, the five elements, and lightning, including Wind-Thunder Voidbreak.
• In April of Great Han year 865, Duan Yuwei and Murong Yuyao reunited with Liu Changxu on Taibai Star and described developments on Sea God Star.
• Liu Changxu sensed spiritual energy gathering and realized Zhao Qingxue was about to undergo tribulation transcendence, so he hurried to her secluded mountain with the others.
• After more than thirty years in seclusion, Yang Qingxue appeared in treasure armor carrying a defensive pagoda as dark clouds and lightning gathered overhead.

Yang Qingxue endured her heavenly and heart demon tribulations on Spirit Mountain, advancing to the early tribulation transcendence stage. Liu Changxu and the women congratulated her after she recovered from her ordeal.

• Yang Qingxue used her Golden Giant Tower to withstand the first twenty-four bolts of tribulation lightning, though the tower became damaged.
• She withdrew the tower and used the Tribulation-Transcending Pearl Liu Changxu had refined for her to withstand the remaining six-colored lightning.
• Yang Qingxue passed the heart demon tribulation, and heavenly rain healed her injuries as her cultivation advanced to the early tribulation transcendence stage.
• Liu Changxu embraced Yang Qingxue and congratulated her, and the other women gathered around to celebrate her success.

Liu Qingying began her Tribulation Transcendence Realm tribulation while Liu Changxu was initially unaware, then arrived to guard her. The unusually fierce lightning overwhelmed her defenses, and she died before completing the tribulation.

• Liu Qingying began her tribulation on Spirit Mountain while Liu Changxu failed to notice in time.
• After Xiao Gong alerted him, Liu Changxu rushed to Spirit Mountain and promised to guard Liu Qingying.
• Liu Qingying withstood the first two lightning bolts, but each strike drained her magic power and weakened the Tribulation-Transcending Pearl.
• As successive bolts battered her, Liu Qingying's mental defenses faltered until Liu Changxu's shout briefly helped her regain focus.
• A blood-red bolt blasted away the Tribulation-Transcending Pearl and gravely wounded Liu Qingying.
• Liu Qingying perished amid the tribulation lightning before enduring the remaining seven bolts.

After Liu Qingying died during her tribulation, Liu Changxu buried her and questioned whether he should keep urging his family to cultivate. Two months later, Liu Fufeng began his Tribulation Transcendence Realm tribulation as Liu Changxu and the others rushed to watch over him.

• Liu Qingying died beneath the tribulation lightning despite the Tribulation-Transcending Pearl, leaving Liu Changxu and Liu Fuyu devastated.
• Liu Changxu reflected on his inability to protect his wife and his conflicted feelings about ascension and cultivation.
• Liu Changxu arranged Liu Qingying's grand seven-day funeral, attended by representatives from the Human Race's Three Great Sacred Lands and other top powers.
• At Liu Qingying's gravestone, Liu Changxu wondered whether he had been right to push his family to cultivate so relentlessly.
• Two months later, Liu Fufeng's breakthrough drew Liu Changxu, Lian'er, and the other women to the spirit mountain as dark tribulation clouds gathered.
• Liu Fufeng raised his Golden Pagoda to face the tribulation, and a bolt of silver divine lightning struck toward him.

Liu Fufeng endured the tribulation lightning and overcame his heart demons with help from Liu Changxu’s pill. He reached the early Tribulation Transcendence stage, healed in the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew, and reunited with his relieved parents.

• Liu Fufeng used the Golden Giant Tower and his magic power to withstand the successive bolts of tribulation lightning, though he suffered severe injuries.
• The Heart Demon Tribulation attacked Liu Fufeng’s weakened mind with his obsessions and the image of Liu Qingying’s death beneath tribulation lightning.
• Liu Changxu gave Liu Fufeng a Supreme Purity Heart-Calming Pill, helping him dispel the heart demons and pass the trial.
• Liu Fufeng advanced to the early tribulation transcendence stage as Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed his injuries and restored his strength.
• Lian'er teleported to Liu Fufeng and embraced him while Liu Changxu watched with relief.

Chen Yufei and Jiang Xuefeng each weathered their heavenly tribulations and advanced to the early Tribulation Transcendence stage. Their breakthroughs brought Liu Changxu renewed hope after Liu Qingying’s death.

• Liu Changxu and Liu Fule gathered near Chen Yufei’s retreat to watch over her as her tribulation began.
• Chen Yufei used her twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls to withstand the lightning, then saw through her heart demons and entered the early Tribulation Transcendence stage.
• Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed Chen Yufei’s wounds, and Liu Changxu embraced her after her successful breakthrough.
• Three months later, Jiang Xuefeng faced her heavenly tribulation and overcame its lightning with only minor injuries.
• Jiang Xuefeng saw through her heart demons, advanced to the early Tribulation Transcendence stage, and recovered under the Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew.

After a century of peaceful domestic life, Liu Changxu grew restless and considered leaving Golden Ring Island, but Wu Xuege warned him that the island needed his protection. Her warning led Liu Changxu to reconsider his approach to cultivation and urge his family to grow stronger together.

• Liu Changxu gathered his twenty wives and enjoyed a peaceful life with them and his descendants for a hundred years.
• Zhao Qi'er asked Liu Changxu for permission to visit her father on Hundred Spirits Star, and Xiao Zier asked to accompany her.
• Liu Changxu offered to go with them, but Wu Xuege warned that his absence could leave Golden Ring Island vulnerable to attack.
• Liu Changxu let the two women visit their families without him and realized that his response to Liu Qingying's death had made him too lax about cultivation.
• Liu Changxu urged his family to cultivate diligently to protect one another, and Wu Xuege and the other women pledged to work harder.

Liu Changxu balanced family life with teaching his descendants, and sharing the Dao deepened his understanding of the laws even as it brought him closer to ascending to the Immortal Realm. When Jin Haonan arrived to seek help against the Pine Needle Crab Race, Liu Changxu agreed to join the attack.

• Liu Changxu gave his family freedom to follow their own paths while teaching the household at regular lectures.
• Liu Changxu found that explaining the Dao to younger generations improved his grasp of the five elements and spatial laws.
• Liu Changxu worried that his growing comprehension would force him to leave his family for the Immortal Realm.
• Jin Haonan visited Liu Changxu and asked him to help attack Pine Needle Island before the Pine Needle Crab Emperor reached mid-ninth tier.
• Liu Changxu agreed to lead troops in support of Jin Haonan's campaign against the Pine Needle Crab Race.

Liu Changxu joined the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land’s campaign against the Pine Needle Crab Race and proposed destroying Pine Needle Island to force its hidden Crab Emperors into battle. After the allies agreed on a workable plan, their expeditionary army departed for the island.

• More than ten thousand Liu Household cultivators volunteered, and Liu Changxu used a drawing to decide which of his family would stay behind on Golden Ring Island.
• Liu Changxu teleported to the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land and met with Jin Haonan to discuss the Pine Needle Crab Race’s hidden caverns and two ninth-tier Crab Emperors.
• Liu Changxu proposed sealing off the island and bombarding it to force the Crab Emperors out, and Jin Haonan approved the plan.
• The leaders debated the operation’s details but devised only a barely workable plan.
• Ten days later, Jin Haonan and Zhang Wenhao led the million-strong expedition toward Pine Needle Island aboard two Ninth-Tier Flying Boats, while Liu Changxu piloted the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship alongside them.

Liu Changxu, Jin Haonan, and Zhang Wenping began their assault on Pine Needle Island after Liu Changxu uncovered the Pine Needle Crab Race’s hidden defenses. When the crab army attacked the formation-building forces, Liu Changxu immobilized the horde and challenged the two Crab Emperors hiding in the Underground Secret Realm Space.

• Liu Changxu used his Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes to reveal the crab demons’ deployments and the two Crab Emperors’ location inside the secret realm.
• Liu Changxu, Jin Haonan, and Zhang Wenping divided the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land army into four forces to build the Super Demon-Slaying Formation around Pine Needle Island.
• Pine Needle Low-Tier Crab Demons poured from underwater caverns and attacked the cultivators, who halted construction and fought back under Jin Haonan’s command.
• After two hours of battle, Liu Changxu used Spatial Confinement to freeze the crab army and let the cultivators kill large numbers of demons.
• Liu Changxu called on the hidden Crab Emperors to come out and fight, threatening the annihilation of their race.

The three Sacred Emperors fought the two ninth-tier Pine Needle Crab Emperors, and Liu Changxu quickly killed one with his spirit treasures. The other Crab Emperor fled from Jin Haonan and Zhang Wenping as Liu Changxu’s forces joined the rout of the Crab Demon army.

• The two Pine Needle Crab Emperors emerged from the Underground Secret Realm, and Jin Haonan, Zhang Wenping, and Liu Changxu attacked them.
• Liu Changxu restrained one Crab Emperor with the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror and wounded his soul with the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp.
• Liu Changxu’s Red Lotus Sword Formation pierced the restrained Crab Emperor’s shell and killed him, after which Liu Changxu collected his remains.
• The other Crab Emperor fled, and Jin Haonan and Zhang Wenping pursued him with spatial abilities.
• Liu Changxu released the Liu Household Cultivators, and Duan Yuwei and Xiao Zier led them alongside the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land’s army to hunt down the scattered Crab Demons.

After the Pine Needle Crab clan was defeated, Liu Changxu and the other cultivators explored the Crab Emperors’ secret realm and divided its treasures. Jin Haonan and Zhang Wenping revealed that the surviving Crab Emperor had escaped, while Liu Changxu left with ten ninth-tier spirit treasures from the second cave abode.

• The Human Alliance Army wiped out most of the Pine Needle Crab clan after three days of fighting, and the Liu household cultivators gathered abundant spoils.
• Liu Changxu searched the slain Crab Emperor’s Storage Bracelet and found thirty-five pieces of ninth-tier spirit gold and three ninth-tier water-element orbs.
• Jin Haonan and Zhang Wenping returned to Pine Needle Island two days later and told Liu Changxu that the surviving Crab Emperor had escaped.
• Liu Changxu, Jin Haonan, and Zhang Wenping entered the Crab Emperors’ Underground Secret Realm Space and found their undersea cave abodes.
• The three divided twenty-four ninth-tier spirit treasures from the first cave abode equally, then explored the second and found twenty-nine more.
• Liu Changxu received ten ninth-tier spirit treasures from the second cave abode.

After a thousand peaceful years, Liu Changxu saw the Liu Lineage flourish but struggle to provide cultivation resources for its rapidly growing population. He led a 300,000-strong expedition toward Fireland Island to claim new territory, and the chapter ended as a dragon roared from the island.

• Liu Changxu spent a thousand years guiding his descendants, and the Liu Lineage grew stronger as many of his wives and children advanced in cultivation.
• The Liu Household population on Taibai Star exceeded 800 million, including more than 30 million cultivators, and disputes over scarce resources increasingly strained the lineage.
• Liu Changxu decided to expand the Liu Lineage's territory and chose Fireland Island, occupied by a low-ninth tier fire dragon.
• In the first month of Great Han year 2005, Liu Changxu led 300,000 Liu Household Expeditionary Army troops aboard the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship toward Fireland Island.
• After more than a month of travel, the expedition neared the island, and a dragon roar erupted from Fireland Island.

Liu Changxu killed the ninth-tier fire dragon that ruled Fireland Island and ordered his forces to occupy the island. Knowing the Azure Dragon Race would seek revenge, he searched the island for treasures and discovered mid-ninth-tier heaven-burning crystals.

• Liu Changxu used the Red Lotus Sword Formation, the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, and the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp to slay the ninth-tier fire dragon and destroy its primordial spirit.
• Liu Changxu collected the dragon's remains and ordered the Liu Household Cultivators to take control of Fireland Island.
• Liu Changxu recognized that the Azure Dragon Race would retaliate and flew into the island's volcanic interior to search for treasures.
• Liu Changxu found mid-ninth-tier heaven-burning crystals in a volcano and placed one in his Storage Bracelet.

Liu Changxu searched Fireland Island and discovered the slain fire dragon’s secret realm, where he collected its ninth-tier treasures and stored the Dragon Palace. He returned to his wives with the loot and ordered them to set up the Island-Guarding Grand Formation.

• Liu Changxu searched Fireland Island and found heaven-burning crystals and redflame black iron within its volcano.
• Liu Changxu discovered the Dragon Palace Secret Realm in the magma and passed through its entrance restriction.
• Liu Changxu searched the Dragon Palace, collected its ninth-tier spirit treasures, and stored the remaining treasures for his wives and children.
• Liu Changxu took the Dragon Palace into the Ruyi Lotus Palace and returned to the volcanic crater.
• Duan Yuwei, Wu Xuege, and the other women gathered around Liu Changxu after their own harvest, and he gave them treasures for the family treasury.
• Liu Changxu ordered Duan Yuwei to have the Island-Guarding Grand Formation set up.

After capturing Fireland Island, Liu Changxu led the Expeditionary Army in establishing a Fire Dragon Swallowing Heaven Formation around Fire Dragon Mountain. The formation began protecting the island, though Liu Changxu warned that it had not yet reached its full power.

• Liu Changxu judged that an island-wide formation would take too long and ordered the army to build a smaller formation centered on Fire Dragon Mountain.
• The Expeditionary Army surveyed the island, crafted formation implements, and installed them at earth-vein nodes.
• Liu Changxu, Liu Fufeng, and other experts completed the formation's ninth-tier core disc in the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
• Liu Changxu placed the disc in Fire Dragon Mountain's crater, awakening the spirit vein and linking the surrounding formation implements.
• The formation spread a pale red shield across the region around Fire Dragon Mountain, burning up beasts that touched its edge.
• Liu Changxu said the new formation could hold off attacks for a time, and the protected soldiers grew more confident.

After linking Fireland Island to Golden Ring Island and White Wolf Mountain, Liu Changxu oversaw preparations to build up the island and its defenses. When the Azure Dragon Race sent a super beast tide toward Fireland Island, he organized the island’s defense and went out to meet the monsters, tearing a huge breach through them with a spatial storm.

• Liu Changxu completed the teleportation arrays linking Fireland Island to Golden Ring Island and White Wolf Mountain, and construction began across the island.
• Liu Changxu led the Liu Lineage’s refiners and formation masters in preparing implements for the Island-Guarding Grand Formation.
• Liu Fuhai reported that an Azure Dragon Race super beast tide was expected to reach Fireland Island the next day, and Liu Changxu ordered the island to prepare for battle.
• Liu Changxu sent Duan Yuwei to Golden Ring Island, Wu Xuege to Yellow Mountain Island, and Yu Yao to defend Fireland Island before heading out to sea.
• Liu Changxu found the enormous beast tide and unleashed a spatial storm that tore through its ranks, killing countless sea monsters.