Chapter Summaries

Liu Changxu faced the three Ninth-Tier Dragon Emperors after his Spatial Storm slaughtered tens of millions of sea monsters. He killed one Dragon Emperor and drove the other two to flee, though both escaped by abandoning their dragon bodies and sending off their primordial spirits.

• Liu Changxu stopped his Spatial Storm when the three Dragon Emperors emerged and attacked them with his magical treasures and Red Lotus Sword Formations.
• Liu Changxu's Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp crippled one Low-Ninth-Tier Dragon Emperor, and the Red Lotus Sword Formation killed him and consumed his primordial spirit.
• The Dragon Emperor trapped by the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror abandoned his dragon body and escaped as a primordial spirit, while the Mid-Ninth-Tier Dragon Emperor hid in a spatial crevice.
• Liu Changxu drove the Mid-Ninth-Tier Dragon Emperor from hiding with a targeted Spatial Storm and pursued him as he tried to flee again.
• Liu Changxu trapped the Mid-Ninth-Tier Dragon Emperor with the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, but the Dragon Emperor abandoned his body and escaped as a primordial spirit, leaving Liu Changxu victorious.

After defeating the Azure Dragon Race’s vanguard, Liu Changxu returned to Fireland Island and prepared his family for the coming main force. Seven ninth-tier Azure Dragons then attacked the island, and Liu Changxu met them with his Red Lotus Sword Formation and Innate Spirit Treasures.

• Liu Changxu collected the three fallen ninth-tier Dragon Emperors and used spatial storms to destroy the remaining sea monsters.
• Liu Changxu told his family that the defeated force was only the vanguard, and his sons eagerly anticipated fighting the main force while their mothers warned them of the danger.
• Liu Changxu returned to the Ruyi Lotus Palace with his family and held a celebratory banquet using the high-tier sea monsters he had brought back.
• On the fifth morning, seven Azure Dragons arrived at Fireland Island and struck its protective formation with their dragon’s roar.
• Liu Changxu summoned the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords to attack six Azure Dragons, then deployed seven Innate Spirit Treasures against the attacking dragons.

Liu Changxu defeated seven ninth-tier Azure Dragons, killing three and forcing the remaining four to flee toward the Deep Sea. He collected the fallen dragons’ remains and was greeted by cheering cultivators and his family on Fireland Island.

• Liu Changxu used the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror and six Red Lotus Immortal Swords to sever one low-ninth-tier Azure Dragon’s body, but its primordial spirit escaped.
• Liu Changxu trapped a second low-ninth-tier Azure Dragon and destroyed its body with twelve Red Lotus Immortal Swords, while its primordial spirit fled toward the Deep Sea.
• Liu Changxu used Soul-Destroying Divine Light and the Red Lotus Immortal Swords to kill a third Azure Dragon and annihilate its primordial spirit.
• The four surviving ninth-tier Azure Dragons fled toward the Deep Sea after witnessing Liu Changxu’s strength.
• Liu Changxu recalled his Innate Spirit Treasures and stored the three slain dragons’ remains in his Storage Bracelet.
• Cultivators on Fireland Island cheered Liu Changxu, while his wives and children gathered to congratulate him.

Liu Changxu spent thirty years crafting and installing a mid-ninth-tier Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Limitless Star-Dipper Grand Formation to protect Fireland Island. After activating it, he tested its defenses with Murong Yuyao and found that it could withstand his attacks without damage.

• Liu Changxu oversaw the creation of 3,600 primary and 108,000 auxiliary formation artifacts in the Ruyi Lotus Palace's Artifact Refining Hall.
• Liu Changxu and the Liu Household's formation masters installed the artifacts throughout Fireland Island over the island's spirit veins, coastline, mountains, and reefs.
• Liu Changxu activated the Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Limitless Star-Dipper Grand Formation, enveloping Fireland Island in a powerful barrier.
• Murong Yuyao took control of the formation while Liu Changxu attacked it with sword qi and a Red Lotus Immortal Sword.
• Liu Changxu concluded that ordinary mid-Mahayana-stage experts could not break through the formation, reassuring Fireland Island's cultivators.

After more than a century of peaceful development, Murong Yuyao decided to attempt a breakthrough to the Mahayana Realm, and Liu Changxu supported her while asking Duan Yuwei to wait. Fifty years into Murong Yuyao’s seclusion, a surge of spiritual energy gathered at Ascension Peak, signaling that her breakthrough had reached a crucial moment.

• Liu Changxu entrusted Fireland Island’s development to Liu Fuhai and the lineage’s internal affairs and dynasty affairs to Liu Fuyue while guiding his family’s cultivation.
• At a family meal, Murong Yuyao asked permission to enter seclusion and break through to the Mahayana Realm, and Liu Changxu agreed after warning her about the risks.
• Duan Yuwei also asked to attempt a breakthrough, but Liu Changxu told her to wait until Murong Yuyao had broken through.
• A year later, Murong Yuyao entered the specially prepared cave abode on Ascension Peak and began her seclusion.
• Fifty years later, spiritual energy surged toward Ascension Peak, and Liu Changxu hurried there as he realized Murong Yuyao had reached the crucial moment of her breakthrough.

Murong Yuyao endured the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation and overcame its heart demon, advancing to the early Mahayana stage. After heaven’s rain dew healed and empowered her, she stood as a supreme cultivator at the start of a new stage of her journey.

• Liu Changxu arrived at Ascension Peak and urged Murong Yuyao to keep her mind steady during the tribulation.
• Murong Yuyao used her Snow Lotus Ice Soul Swords, Snow Jade Iceheart Lotus, and Ice Soul Silver Spirit Tower to withstand the eighty-one bolts of tribulation lightning.
• Murong Yuyao resisted the heart demon’s illusions with the Snow Jade Iceheart Lotus and emerged with a firmer Dao heart.
• Five-colored radiance and Thunder Tribulation Rain Dew healed Murong Yuyao and raised her cultivation to the early Mahayana stage.

At a celebration for Murong Yuyao’s advancement to the Mahayana Realm, Liu Changxu and the gathered Sacred Emperors learned that the Insect Race was overrunning Golden Bull Star and might herald a Great Calamity. Liu Changxu resolved to strengthen his lineage quickly by helping four qualified members attempt breakthroughs.

• Liu Changxu hosted a grand celebration on Peach Blossom Mountain to honor Murong Yuyao’s advancement to the Mahayana Realm.
• Yu Wenzhong, Jin Haonan, and Su Yuxue congratulated Murong Yuyao and Liu Changxu at their table.
• Jin Haonan reported that the Insect Race was slaughtering people on Golden Bull Star, where its defenses were close to collapse.
• Su Yuxue and Yu Wenzhong warned that the Insect Race might come from another world and signal the Great Calamity.
• Liu Changxu decided to accelerate his lineage’s cultivation and help Duan Yuwei, Wu Xuege, Liu Fuhai, and Liu Fuyin attempt the Mahayana Realm.

After learning that a universe-wide great calamity had begun, Liu Changxu organized the Liu Lineage and Great Han Immortal Dynasty to prepare for war and protect their people. The lineage began building direct links between four cultivation stars, preparing secret refuges, and strengthening defenses as the broader human cultivation world mobilized.

• Liu Changxu warned his family that the great calamity had begun and could eventually endanger every cultivation star in the universe.
• Liu Changxu ordered Duan Yuwei, Wu Xuege, Liu Fuhai, and Liu Fuyin to enter seclusion and prepare to break through to the Mahayana realm.
• Liu Changxu led artifact refiners and formation masters in planning direct Interstellar Teleportation Arrays and Communication Formations between Taibai Star, Sea God Star, Hundred Spirits Star, and Mysterious Yellow Star.
• Liu Changxu ordered his children to find secret realm spaces for refuge and gathered formation cultivators to reinforce the Clan-Defense Grand Formations on all four stars.
• The Liu Lineage exhausted its Household Treasury and intensified its search for spirit gold and spirit materials to fund its preparations.
• The Three Great Sacred Lands and other major human powers began preparing for war, while smaller powers sought protection from them.

The otherworldly insect tide emerged in the starry sky and advanced toward Taibai Star, forcing Liu Changxu to put the Great Han Immortal Dynasty and Liu Lineage on full war footing. He went alone to confront the swarm, destroyed a vast number of its vanguard with a Spatial Storm, and faced an enormous silver beetle that appeared before the tide.

• The insect tide poured from a spatial vortex and surged toward Taibai Star.
• Liu Changxu warned the Human Race's Three Great Sacred Lands and ordered the Liu Household and Great Han Immortal Dynasty to prepare for war and evacuate civilians to secret realms.
• Liu Changxu entrusted the defenses to Murong Yuyao and left to investigate the insect army in the starry sky.
• Liu Changxu attacked the vanguard with a Spatial Storm, tearing a vast opening through the swarm and annihilating countless insects.
• A silver beetle appeared before the insect tide and grew to an immense size, blocking Liu Changxu's way.

Liu Changxu fought a giant silver ninth-tier Insect Emperor in the starry sky and killed it with his many innate spirit treasures. He survived the battle, but the creature’s formidable defenses left him wary of the insect race.

• The giant silver insect blocked the Spatial Storm and blasted Liu Changxu, who defended himself with the Ruyi Yellow-Black Tower.
• Liu Changxu summoned his innate spirit treasures and attacked the insect with a coordinated barrage.
• The Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror confined the insect while the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp wounded its divine soul and slowed its escape.
• Liu Changxu’s Red Lotus Sword Formation scorched the insect, and the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd cracked its carapace.
• Liu Changxu’s remaining treasures crushed and burned the insect until its body and divine soul died.
• Liu Changxu examined the insect’s corpse and reflected on how much its defenses exceeded his expectations.

After killing one Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor, Liu Changxu returned to Taibai Star and tried to prepare the Liu Lineage for the approaching insect army. He flew to defend Golden Ring Island, where five more Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors appeared and surrounded him with their attacks.

• Liu Changxu stored the slain Insect Emperor’s corpse, escaped the surrounding swarms, and returned to Peach Blossom Mountain on Golden Ring Island.
• Liu Changxu warned the Sacred Emperors of Heavenly Pool, Nine Splendors, and Kunlun about the insect army and urged them to unite with the demon race.
• Liu Changxu ordered the Liu Household to withdraw to Golden Ring Island, but the insect army descended on Taibai Star before the evacuation was complete.
• Liu Changxu flew toward the swarm attacking Golden Ring Island and unleashed a Spatial Storm that shredded many low-tier insects.
• Five Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors appeared and launched attacks from every direction, trapping Liu Changxu in a deadly encirclement.

Liu Changxu fought five Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors and killed the Blood Mantis and black giant scorpion, while the other three escaped. He then annihilated the Insect Race army attacking Golden Ring Island with a Spatial Storm.

• Liu Changxu unleashed his Innate Spirit Treasures against the five Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors, but the Red Lotus Immortal Swords barely pierced several of their carapaces.
• Liu Changxu trapped and gravely wounded the Blood Mantis with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd, the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, and the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp, then killed it with a strike to a vital spot.
• Liu Changxu focused his attacks on the black giant scorpion, while the other three Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors fled.
• Liu Changxu and his remaining Spirit Treasures killed the black giant scorpion and destroyed its Divine Soul with Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Liu Changxu discovered the Insect Race army still advancing toward Golden Ring Island and erased it with a Spatial Storm.

Liu Changxu left Xiao Zier in charge after defeating the insect race army and rushed to Fireland Island, where Murong Yuyao was defending the island against six Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors. He joined her battle and killed two of the attackers, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Xiao Zier warned Liu Changxu that Fireland Island was under siege and Murong Yuyao was in danger.
• Liu Changxu traveled to Fireland Island and found its protective formation cracking as Murong Yuyao fought six Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors.
• Liu Changxu attacked the insect emperors with his Spirit Treasures and killed the mantis-shaped Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor.
• Liu Changxu trapped and wounded a beetle-shaped Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor, then destroyed it with his swords and halberd.

Liu Changxu and Murong Yuyao drove off the Insect Race army attacking Fireland Island, then Liu Changxu departed to aid the besieged Heavenly Lake Sacred Land. He arrived to find its teleportation hall in ruins and its people under attack by giant insects.

• Liu Changxu killed a Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor while Murong Yuyao slaughtered the swarm attacking Fireland Island, routing the Insect Race army.
• The Fireland Island cultivators pursued the fleeing insects as Liu Changxu stood guard and collected the fallen Insect Emperors’ remains with Murong Yuyao.
• Murong Yuyao told Liu Changxu that the Heavenly Lake, Nine Splendors, and Kunlun Sacred Lands had requested aid, and he chose to go first to Heavenly Lake.
• Liu Changxu rested for four hours to restore his magic power, then used the Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array to travel to Heavenly Lake Sacred Land.
• Liu Changxu emerged amid the ruined teleportation hall and saw giant insects rampaging through the sacred land and slaughtering human cultivators.

Liu Changxu fought a growing group of Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors with his Innate Spirit Treasures, killing two before escaping their overwhelming attacks. He drew the pursuing Insect Emperors after him and slowed down, hoping to isolate them, but they stayed together and gave him no opening.

• Liu Changxu used his Spirit Treasures to kill a Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor that had attacked him.
• Eight more Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors appeared and ambushed Liu Changxu, who escaped with his laws of time and space and counterattacked with his treasures.
• Liu Changxu killed a beetle-like Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd and destroyed its primordial spirit with the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp.
• After five more Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors arrived, Liu Changxu fled, and they pursued him using space law.
• Liu Changxu slowed his flight to lure the pursuers into range, but they stayed together and denied him a chance to attack them individually.

Liu Changxu reunited with the surviving leaders of the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land and learned that the human race’s three great Sacred Lands had suffered catastrophic losses. He proposed uniting the survivors and other forces on Taibai Star against the Insect Race, then left to check on Golden Ring Island.

• Liu Changxu escaped the Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors and used a communication Spirit Treasure to contact Jin Haonan.
• Liu Changxu found Jin Haonan and Zhang Yunping hiding in a Secret Realm and learned that Gao Sheng had fallen.
• Jin Haonan told Liu Changxu that Huang Tianhu, Sun Shaozu, Yu Wenzhong, and Zhang Tianxiong had died, leaving Su Yuxue and Wu Jinduo to lead their respective remnants.
• Liu Changxu urged the Sacred Lands to join forces, gather scattered cultivators, and protect surviving civilians.
• Jin Haonan took charge of contacting other leaders, while Zhang Yunping began gathering cultivators and settling civilians.
• Liu Changxu left the Secret Realm and hurried toward Golden Ring Island.

Liu Changxu arrived at Golden Ring Island as a massive insect army and ten ninth-tier Insect Emperors threatened to break its defenses. He wounded two Insect Emperors and joined Murong Yuyao and the Great Han Immortal Dynasty’s cultivators in battle, but the fight remained deadlocked.

• Liu Changxu sensed Golden Ring Island was in danger, abandoned his battleship, and rushed to find an insect army attacking the island’s failing grand formation.
• Liu Changxu summoned his treasures and used the Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords to tear through the insect ranks.
• Liu Changxu imprisoned and struck a scorpion-shaped Insect Emperor with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd, then wounded a centipede-shaped Insect Emperor with the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp and Great Sun Violet Gold Cauldron.
• The remaining eight ninth-tier Insect Emperors turned on Liu Changxu, who fought back with twelve minor red lotus sword formations while evading their attacks.
• Murong Yuyao led the Great Han Immortal Dynasty’s cultivators out through the formation to attack the insect swarm.
• Liu Changxu battled the eight Insect Emperors as Murong Yuyao’s army fought the lower-tier insects, and the battle remained deadlocked.

Liu Changxu used his Innate Spirit Treasures to fight the ninth-tier Insect Emperors and killed four of them while holding off the rest. The remaining Insect Emperors fled after their numbers fell to six, though the upper-ninth tier Giant Scorpion Insect Emperor was still alive.

• Liu Changxu killed a gravely wounded Giant Scorpion Insect Emperor with the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd.
• Liu Changxu used the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp, and Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd to kill another wounded Insect Emperor.
• Liu Changxu killed a third Insect Emperor with the same combination of treasures as the others rallied under the upper-ninth tier Giant Scorpion Insect Emperor’s screech.
• Liu Changxu pinned down the upper-ninth tier Giant Scorpion Insect Emperor with spirit treasures and killed a fourth Insect Emperor.
• The remaining six Insect Emperors fled when they could no longer withstand their fear.

Liu Changxu unleashed his treasures against the upper-ninth tier Insect Emperor and destroyed its body after overcoming its law-powered counterattack. The Insect Emperor’s primordial spirit escaped into the void, leaving Liu Changxu unable to pursue it.

• The other Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors fled, so Liu Changxu focused his attacks on the upper-ninth tier Insect Emperor.
• The Insect Emperor unleashed a storm of Space Law and Poison Law power, but Liu Changxu defended himself with layered spatial barriers and attacked with his treasures.
• Liu Changxu’s treasures confined and weakened the Insect Emperor, then battered it with great sun true fire, red lotus karma fire, and the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd.
• The wounded Insect Emperor fell into the sea as its body was destroyed, while its primordial spirit escaped into the void.
• Liu Changxu fired the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp at the fleeing primordial spirit, but the attack only grazed it before it vanished.

After the Human Race wiped out the insect army, Liu Changxu told the Liu Household that the three great human sacred lands and the Sacred Emperor had fallen. He prepared Golden Ring Island for another attack, relocated people who might need evacuation, and welcomed surviving cultivation factions seeking refuge.

• Murong Yuyao and Liu Changxu led the pursuit and destroyed the remaining insect army after the Insect Emperor fled.
• Liu Changxu told the Liu Household’s senior members that the three great human sacred lands had fallen and the Sacred Emperor had perished.
• Liu Changxu decided to hold Golden Ring Island, shelter most of his lineage and the dynasty’s civilians inside the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship, and let Wu and the others continue their secluded breakthroughs.
• The Great Han Immortal Dynasty began relocating willing civilians and Liu Lineage members while requiring unaffiliated cultivators to fight the Insect Race.
• Surviving human cultivation factions arrived on Golden Ring Island seeking refuge, and Liu Changxu ordered them accommodated and stepped up preparations for war.