Ch. 1521Passing on the Throne

Liu Changxu passed the throne of the Great Han Immortal Dynasty to Liu Fuba while concealing his real reason for stepping down, preventing further unrest. Liu Fuba began his reign by prioritizing the recovery of Taibai Star and the resettlement of its devastated people.

  • Rumors about Liu Changxu's abdication spread across the dynasty, and Liu Changyan and other powers sought confirmation as doubts and fears grew.
  • Liu Changxu ordered his family to conceal that he would soon ascend and explain his abdication as a way to prepare Liu Fuba for rule and secure the succession.
  • At a ceremony on Nine Splendors Mountain in 2389, Liu Changxu handed Liu Fuba the Coiling Dragon Seal, and Liu Fuba became the second Immortal Emperor of the Great Han Immortal Dynasty.
  • After the ceremony, Liu Changxu rested and spent time with his wives while Liu Fuba took up his imperial duties.
  • Liu Fuba made rebuilding Taibai Star his chief priority and ordered officials to gather refugees, provide necessities, reclaim wastelands, and restore destroyed cities.

Ch. 1522Five New Mahayana Cultivators

Liu Changxu guarded Yang Yuxuan through her Mahayana tribulation, and she, Liu Fuyu, Xiao Ningxue, Su Yue'e, and Zhao Qingxia all advanced to Mahayana within less than a year. News of the five new cultivators reassured the Great Han Immortal Dynasty's subordinate powers that its foundations remained secure even if something happened to Liu Changxu.

  • Liu Changxu left the Ruyi Lotus Palace after Xiao Gong alerted him that Yang Yuxuan's Mahayana tribulation was beginning.
  • Yang Yuxuan used two Tribulation-Transcending Pearls to withstand the heavenly lightning, passed her heart demon tribulation, and advanced to Mahayana.
  • Liu Fuyu survived his Mahayana tribulation through his own strength and advanced to Mahayana.
  • Xiao Ningxue, Su Yue'e, and Zhao Qingxia used Tribulation-Transcending Pearls to pass their tribulations and advance to Mahayana.
  • News of the five new Mahayana cultivators spread through the Great Han Immortal Dynasty and eased the subordinate powers' fears about Liu Changxu's retirement.

Ch. 1523Ascension

After Liu Changxu ascended, Liu Fuba maneuvered to stabilize the Great Han Immortal Dynasty and the Liu Household. Meanwhile, Liu Changxu was dragged through the Eye of Chaos, where its radiant energy tore at his body and damaged his treasures.

  • Liu Changxu held family meetings to clarify the powers of the Immortal Emperor and the Grand Supreme Elder Council, but could not resolve the deeper tensions within his family.
  • Liu Changxu ascended into the Eye of Chaos as his wives and children watched in tears, and the Eye vanished after he disappeared.
  • Liu Fuba won over Liu Fuhai, Liu Fuyin, Murong Yuyao, Duan Yuwei, and Xiao Ningxue, gaining support from more than half the Liu Household's Mahayana Realm Grand Supreme Elders.
  • Liu Changxu endured the chaos radiance as it stripped away his flesh and damaged the Ruyi Golden Armor, so he summoned six Red Lotus Immortal Swords for protection.
  • Liu Changxu was carried through the boundless chaos space without any sense of time or direction.

Ch. 1524First arrival in the Immortal Realm

After enduring the destruction of his treasures and body while crossing chaos, Liu Changxu passed through the Eye of Chaos and arrived in the Immortal Realm. He learned that he was in the remote Great Qi Immortal Dynasty and went to a nearby large immortal city to learn more.

  • Liu Changxu lost all thirty-six Red Lotus Immortal Swords and his other Innate Spirit Treasures as they were destroyed by the radiance in chaos.
  • Liu Changxu endured the loss of his Immortal Garment and flesh until an Eye of Chaos appeared and pulled him inside.
  • Liu Changxu emerged unconscious into a turbulent river, then awoke with his cultivation reduced to the early Mahayana stage while his primordial spirit remained at the late-Mahayana stage.
  • Liu Changxu gathered information from the people below and learned that he was in the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, a remote nation ruled by the Gao lineage in the Northern Nether Immortal Domain.
  • Liu Changxu decided to seek more information in a nearby large immortal city and appeared on one of its bustling streets.

Ch. 1525Weizhou Immortal City

Liu Changxu explored Weizhou Immortal City and bought maps and information about the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty and Northern Nether Immortal Domain. Murong Yue brought him to a residence owned by her sister Murong Xue, who invited him inside to discuss it.

  • Liu Changxu concealed his Mahayana cultivation as he surveyed Weizhou Immortal City's powerful cultivators, prosperous markets, and abundant spirit treasures.
  • Liu Changxu visited the Immortal Affinity Pavilion and bought five maps and seven jade slips about regional powers.
  • Liu Changxu asked about nearby residences, and Murong Yue offered to show him a house near the pavilion.
  • Murong Yue introduced herself as a member of the Murong lineage and led Liu Changxu to her sister Murong Xue's residence.
  • Murong Xue invited Liu Changxu inside for tea after he expressed interest in buying her residence.

Ch. 1526Purchasing a Residence

Liu Changxu bought Murong Xue’s grotto-heaven residence for thirty thousand high-grade spirit stones. After Murong Xue and Murong Yue accepted his invitation to lunch, they shared a meal and discussed Weizhou Immortal City and the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty.

  • Murong Xue showed Liu Changxu and Murong Yue her lavish grotto-heaven residence and explained that she was selling it to fund her breakthrough to the void refinement stage.
  • Liu Changxu paid Murong Xue thirty thousand high-grade spirit stones and received the residence’s Control Token and deed.
  • Murong Xue explained the residence’s facilities and spirit-vein layout, then accepted Liu Changxu’s invitation to stay for a meal with Murong Yue.
  • Liu Changxu and the two sisters prepared sixth-tier supreme-grade spirit cuisine together and shared a lively lunch.
  • Murong Xue and Murong Yue told Liu Changxu about Weizhou Immortal City and the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, and he learned that their standing within the Murong Lineage was difficult.

Ch. 1527Uninvited guests

After buying Murong Xue’s residence, Liu Changxu learned about the vast Immortal Realm and settled into the grotto-heaven paradise. Three men arrived looking for Murong Xue, and Liu Changxu suspected the hostile man among them would return to cause trouble.

  • Murong Xue and Murong Yue left Liu Changxu’s banquet, and he spent the night in the residence he had bought from Murong Xue.
  • Liu Changxu examined the grotto-heaven paradise and decided its fifth-tier low-grade spatial spirit treasure made it unsuitable for anything but a temporary residence.
  • Liu Changxu studied jade slips and learned about the Immortal Realm, the Northern Nether Immortal Domain, and the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty.
  • Three men arrived at the residence, and Liu Changxu showed them the deed and control token to prove he had bought it.
  • When the men asked where Murong Xue had gone, Liu Changxu directed them to Murong Yue; the hostile man left with the others, and Liu Changxu prepared for possible trouble.

Ch. 1528A thunderous strike

Xue Renhai tried to force Liu Changxu to sell his residence, then plotted to have him framed as a demonic cultivator. Liu Changxu killed Xue Renhai and his accomplices, while City Lord Xue Gang hid rather than risk confronting him.

  • Xue Renhai demanded Liu Changxu sell his residence and threatened him after Liu refused.
  • Xue Renhai ordered Lü San to report Liu Changxu to the Demon Suppression Office, while a relative objected to the plan.
  • Liu Changxu overheard the plot and used a Spatial Prison to kill Xue Renhai, Lü San, and their friends, sparing the relative who had spoken against the framing.
  • Xue Gang sensed that a powerful Mahayana expert had acted in the city and retreated to the Underground Chamber instead of seeking revenge.

Ch. 1529Pledging Their Love

After Liu Changxu’s display of power attracted the attention of the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty’s factions, he accepted Murong Xue and Murong Yue as his Dao Companions and chose to hold their wedding at his home. He left Murong Ke and the other powerful clans with a clear warning that he would remain independent and could not be pressured.

  • The top factions investigated Liu Changxu after his use of Temporal Space Divine Ability, and Gao Huan decided the Gao Household would seek peace unless Liu opposed the dynasty.
  • The Murong Lineage told Murong Xue and Murong Yue to win Liu Changxu over, while factions sent him gifts and visitors that disrupted his daily life.
  • Liu Changxu and the two sisters confessed their feelings at a family banquet and pledged themselves in marriage.
  • Murong Ke offered to arrange a grand wedding in Dongjing Immortal City, but Liu Changxu insisted on holding it at his home in Weizhou Immortal City.
  • Murong Ke visited Liu Changxu and felt his control over his body disappear when Liu froze space and time, so he spoke cautiously and accepted Liu’s refusal to be pressured by the Murong Household.

Ch. 1530Taking Wives

After marrying Murong Xue and Murong Yue, Liu Changxu secretly restored his strength by refining a powerful Innate Spirit Treasure. He revealed that he was actually at the mid-Mahayana stage, leaving his wives overjoyed.

  • Liu Changxu married Murong Xue and Murong Yue, and the Immortal Emperor of Great Qi sent an envoy whose attendance stirred speculation about Liu Changxu’s identity.
  • Liu Changxu remained at home with his wives while recovering from his weakened state and deciding not to confront the covert agents spying on him.
  • Liu Changxu began refining a Spirit Treasure and spent half a year creating the upper-ninth-tier Wishful Lotus Cauldron from his Red Lotus Karma Fire and stored materials.
  • Liu Changxu refined the Wishful Lotus Cauldron under his control and showed it to Murong Xue and Murong Yue after leaving seclusion.
  • Murong Yue asked whether Liu Changxu was truly at Spirit Transformation Great Perfection, and Liu Changxu revealed that he was at the mid-Mahayana stage.

Ch. 1531Taking Two New Concubines

Liu Changxu learned that the Blood God Cult’s remnants were active in the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty and resolved to grow stronger. He refined breakthrough pills and tribulation treasures for Murong Xue and Murong Yue, then formally took their maids Ru Shi and Ru Hua as concubines.

  • Murong Xue and Murong Yue told Liu Changxu about the Blood God Cult’s dangerous remnants and its former strength.
  • Liu Changxu decided to raise his cultivation after realizing danger could reach him even if he kept a low profile.
  • Liu Changxu promised to refine Void-Breaking Pills and tribulation treasures so his wives would not need to seek them at an auction.
  • Liu Changxu refined ten Void-Breaking Pills and two sets of Tribulation-Transcending Pearls, then gave them to Murong Xue and Murong Yue.
  • Murong Xue asked Liu Changxu to let her sell the remaining pills to the Murong Lineage, and he agreed.
  • Murong Xue asked Liu Changxu to take Ru Shi and Ru Hua as concubines, and he accepted; both maids agreed.

Ch. 1532Ruyi Lotus Disc

Liu Changxu refined and bound the Ruyi Lotus Disc, a powerful flying Spirit Treasure with a vast inner world, before learning of the Blood God Cult’s massacre of Bazhou Immortal City. As he and his family explored the new treasure and sat down to eat, Murong Xue received word that an ancestor wanted to visit Liu Changxu.

  • Liu Changxu finished refining the upper-ninth tier Ruyi Lotus Disc, bound it, and stored it in his Dantian.
  • Murong Xue told Liu Changxu that Blood God Cult remnants had slaughtered everyone in Bazhou Immortal City, defeating two Mahayana ancestors before escaping.
  • Liu Changxu doubted the Purple Sun Sect would risk sending its Taiyi Golden Immortal ancestor to help the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, then went with Murong Xue to prepare lunch.
  • Murong Yue returned with Rushi and Ru Hua and persuaded Liu Changxu to show them the Ruyi Lotus Disc.
  • Liu Changxu brought the women into the Disc’s million-li internal space, then returned with them to eat.
  • Murong Xue received a message that an ancestor wanted to visit Liu Changxu and asked whether he would receive them.

Ch. 1533Murong Ke Came to Visit

Murong Ke visited Liu Changxu with the Great Qi Immortal Emperor’s request for help hunting the Blood God Cult’s remnants, offering Cloudreach Mountain as a reward. Liu Changxu accepted, moved his wives and Murong Xue’s garden into the Ruyi Lotus Disc, and traveled with Murong Ke to Dongjing Immortal City, where he met Murong Wan.

  • Murong Ke told Liu Changxu that the Immortal Emperor had offered him Cloudreach Mountain if he helped hunt the Blood God Cult’s remnants, and warned him that a mid-ninth-tier Thunder Bull occupied it.
  • Liu Changxu accepted the offer and said he would kill the Thunder Bull, then told Murong Xue, Murong Yue, and their two fellow wives to prepare to leave with him.
  • Liu Changxu used the Ruyi Lotus Disc to transfer Murong Xue’s garden into it and brought all four women inside.
  • Liu Changxu and Murong Ke traveled by teleportation from Weizhou Immortal City to Dongjing Immortal City and went to Murong Ke’s vast manor.
  • Murong Ke introduced Murong Wan to Liu Changxu, who learned that she was a gifted young member of the Murong Lineage nearing Tribulation Transcendence.

Ch. 1534Assault on the Blood God Cult's Secret Realm

Liu Changxu joined Great Qi’s leaders in an assault on the Blood God Cult’s hidden secret realm. The attack revealed eleven Mahayana Golden Immortals, including two late-stage experts who targeted Liu Changxu with overwhelming force.

  • Murong Wan arranged lodging for Liu Changxu and his family, while Murong Xue and Murong Yue joined her in conversation.
  • Liu Changxu met Great Qi Immortal Emperor Gao He and six other Mahayana Golden Immortals, countering their tests with temporal laws and assessing their strength.
  • Gao He gathered the cultivators to destroy a Blood God Cult secret realm, and Liu Changxu agreed to join the expedition.
  • The group traveled by golden flying boat to a poisoned forest, where Gao He and the others attacked the suspected location of the hidden realm.
  • Eleven Blood God Cult Mahayana Golden Immortals emerged from the realm and attacked, with two late-stage experts directing enormous blood-colored palms at Liu Changxu.

Ch. 1535Overwhelming Victory

Liu Changxu fought the Blood God Cult’s Mahayana experts, killed two of them, and helped the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty defeat the cult’s remaining forces. After the survivors fled, he and Immortal Emperor Gao He’s group entered the Blood God Cult’s secret realm.

  • Liu Changxu used his time-space abilities and spirit treasures to battle two late-Mahayana Blood God Cult experts, eventually killing one with spatial blades and red lotus karma fire while the other fled.
  • Immortal Emperor Gao He, Murong Ke, and the other Great Qi Immortal Dynasty experts fought the remaining Blood God Cult Mahayana experts, who fled after seeing their leaders fall.
  • Liu Changxu pursued and killed a mid-Mahayana Blood God Cult expert, then stopped as Immortal Emperor Gao He congratulated him.
  • Blood God Cult remnants fled from the secret realm, and Liu Changxu trapped and destroyed many of them with a Spatial Storm before gathering their Storage Bracelets.
  • Immortal Emperor Gao He and the others wiped out the remaining fleeing cult members, then led the group into the Blood God Cult’s secret realm.

Ch. 1536Blood Sea Secret Realm

Liu Changxu and the others explored the Blood Sea Secret Realm, where they discovered millions of imprisoned cultivators and searched the blood sea for Blood Essence. After debating whether to preserve the realm or destroy it, they chose to destroy it because they could not defend it from the Blood God Cult.

  • Liu Changxu and Immortal Emperor Gao He found that the Blood-Red Island held at least ten million imprisoned Human Race cultivators and that the Blood Palace had been stripped of its treasures.
  • Immortal Emperor Gao He explained that the Blood Sea nurtured Blood Essence, and Liu Changxu and the others searched the sea for it.
  • Liu Changxu found two pieces of ninth-tier Blood Essence, while Immortal Emperor Gao He found one and Murong Ke and the others found only eighth-tier pieces.
  • Liu Changxu decided to exchange his two pieces of ninth-tier Blood Essence for the ninth-tier spirit treasures he needed because he was uncomfortable using essence produced by murdered cultivators.
  • Liu Changxu questioned whether they could defend the secret realm from the Blood God Cult, and the group decided to destroy it.

Ch. 1537Settling the Aftermath and Bestowing Rewards

Immortal Emperor Gao He, Liu Changxu, and the other Mahayana powerhouses rescued more than sixteen million blood slaves and destroyed the Blood Sea Secret Realm. After celebrating their victory in Dongjing Immortal City, Gao He began rewarding the allies and granted Liu Changxu the title of Cloudpeak Immortal King and Cloudreach Mountain as his cultivation grounds.

  • Immortal Emperor Gao He released his soldiers to rescue more than sixteen million Human Race cultivators imprisoned as blood slaves in the Blood Sea Secret Realm.
  • Liu Changxu, Immortal Emperor Gao He, and the other Mahayana powerhouses unleashed their abilities and destroyed the secret realm, escaping just before it collapsed and exploded.
  • Liu Changxu and the others returned to Dongjing Immortal City, where Immortal Emperor Gao He hosted a victory banquet and introduced his daughter, Heavenly Music Princess Gao Xin, to the guests.
  • Immortal Emperor Gao He thanked the Mahayana Golden Immortals and began bestowing rewards, granting Liu Changxu the title of Cloudpeak Immortal King, Cloudreach Mountain, and other treasures.

Ch. 1538Heavenly Music Princess Gao Xin

Liu Changxu learned that Great Qi had granted him Cloudreach Mountain to guard the dynasty’s borders, and agreed to marry Heavenly Music Princess Gao Xin to strengthen ties with Immortal Emperor Gao He. They left the formal wedding for after Liu Changxu secured Cloudreach Mountain and established a proper home.

  • Immortal Emperor Gao He served Liu Changxu Azure Dew Immortal Tea and explained the rarity of true immortal tea and the dangers near Cloudreach Mountain.
  • Gao He admitted that he had granted Liu Changxu Cloudreach Mountain in the hope that he would keep ninth-tier demon emperors from encroaching on Great Qi.
  • Liu Changxu promised to defend Cloudreach Mountain, and Gao He confirmed that it would be his exclusive cultivation ground without tribute or interference from the dynasty.
  • Gao He asked Liu Changxu to marry his daughter Gao Xin, and Liu Changxu agreed after recognizing the marriage alliance would strengthen relations with Great Qi.
  • Gao He summoned Gao Xin, and Liu Changxu agreed to marry her formally after securing Cloudreach Mountain and establishing a proper foothold.

Ch. 1539On the way

Liu Changxu visited Murong Ke before traveling toward Cloudreach Mountain to claim his fief, learning that a powerful azure ox and the Thunder Rhino Demon Immortal could complicate his plans. On the way, he discovered a Purple-Gold Flat Peach Tree and used his divine ability to bring the island it grew on aboard the Ruyi Lotus Disc.

  • Liu Changxu told Murong Xue and Murong Yue about his engagement to the Heavenly Music Princess, and Murong Ke congratulated him while asking him to continue treating his great-great-granddaughters well.
  • Murong Ke warned Liu Changxu that the Thunder Bull on Cloudreach Mountain was connected to the Thunder Rhino Demon Immortal and had powerful companions, including a supreme-ninth-tier azure ox.
  • Liu Changxu and his wives traveled by Teleportation Formation to Gold Origin Immortal City, where City Lord Gao Ming offered support in taking Cloudreach Mountain; Liu Changxu declined.
  • Liu Changxu departed aboard the Ruyi Lotus Disc, while Gao He quietly followed with more than ten thousand City Guard Army soldiers.
  • As Liu Changxu and his four wives flew toward the Great Wilderness, he reassured them that a beast tide posed no danger to him.
  • Liu Changxu detected six fifth-tier demon beasts fighting over a small island and used the Space-Cutting Shift Divine Ability to bring the island and its sixth-tier low-grade Purple-Gold Flat Peach Tree onto the Ruyi Lotus Disc.

Ch. 1540Slaying the Thunder Bull

Liu Changxu transplanted a Purple-Gold Flat Peach Tree into the Ruyi Lotus Disc, shared its fruit with his wives, and brought his family to Cloudreach Mountain. There, he killed the mountain’s mid-ninth tier Thunder Bull and became its new master.

  • Liu Changxu picked the Purple-Gold Immortal Peaches with his wives, distributed them, and transplanted the tree and its island into the Ruyi Lotus Disc.
  • Liu Changxu captured high-tier Demon Beasts, and his family shared a feast before reaching Cloudreach Mountain the next morning.
  • A mid-ninth tier Thunder Bull emerged from Cloudreach Mountain and attacked Liu Changxu, whose Wishful Lotus Cauldron repelled the bull’s Golden Giant Hammer.
  • Liu Changxu imprisoned the Thunder Bull with Temporal Space Cage and cut through its Thunder Armor with Spatial Blades.
  • Liu Changxu killed the Thunder Bull and became Cloudreach Mountain’s new master.
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