Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Liu Dong left that world a hundred years later.

Because he assisted Liu Yong in unifying the world, he gained the gratitude of the Heavenly Dao of that world and received a great deal of merit.

Liu Tong did not return to the Primordial World, but entered another world next door.

Liu Dong regained her memories at a very young age.

In this lifetime, his family was implicated by a certain clansman, resulting in five generations of descendants being barred from taking the imperial examinations and holding official positions.

Liu Dong's great-uncle was a minister to the former crown prince. When the crown prince was deposed, his ministers also suffered.

Liu Tong's great-uncle died in prison, and his family was exiled to the frontier. The Liu family was also implicated, and all Liu family members who held official positions were dismissed and banned from taking the imperial examinations and holding official positions for five generations.

This made many members of the clan dissatisfied with their great-grandfather's family.

Liu Tong's grandparents and parents did not blame her great-grandfather's family.

Liu Dong's grandfather and great-uncle were brothers from the same mother, and they had a very good relationship.

When Liu's father was young, he was in poor health. He was able to live to this day only because of the century-old Ganoderma lucidum in his great-aunt's dowry.

Therefore, Liu's father was grateful to his great-uncle's family.

With Grandpa Liu and his father around, their family treated their great-uncle's family with only affection and no resentment.

Well, that's just on the surface.

According to what Liu Tong heard, his good older brother Liu Xuan would curse his great-grandfather's family whenever he wasn't in front of his grandparents and parents.

Liu Xuan dislikes Liu Xuan.

Although Liu Xuan was his older brother, they were not mothers.

Liu Xuan's mother was his father's first wife, who died when he was ten years old.

Liu's father married Liu's mother.

Liu's mother gave birth to two daughters before finally having a son, Liu Huan, Liu Tong's second brother.

Then, several more years passed before Liu Dong was born.

Liu Tong and Liu Xuan are nearly twenty years apart in age.

Liu Xuan had gotten married a few years earlier and had a son who was only two years younger than Liu Xuan.

Unable to take the imperial examinations and become an official, Grandpa Liu opened an academy and taught students together with Father Liu.

Liu Xuan is very good at studying; he has a very high talent in this area.

Grandpa Liu once lamented that if the Liu family hadn't suffered a calamity, with Liu Xuan's talent for studying, he would definitely have achieved something in the examinations, passed the imperial examinations, and entered officialdom.

He was just making a casual remark, but Liu Xuan took it to heart and was very upset about not being able to participate in the imperial examination.

When this person is depressed, he tends to become ruthless.

Liu Xuan accidentally said something wrong, which angered Liu Xuan, who then kicked Liu Xuan into the pool.

Although the pool was not deep enough to drown anyone, the child was still frightened, which caused Liu Dong to regain his memories of his past life.

Liu Tong remembered that in his previous life he was Murong Fu's twin brother. He not only helped Murong Fu establish a country overseas, but also inherited the legacy of the Xiaoyao Sect. He had a lot of martial arts skills and various industry skills in his head.

Liu Dong began cultivating internal energy to nourish her small body.

Unfortunately, his mother was considered an elderly mother when she gave birth to him, which resulted in him being born with poor health.

Now that I have internal energy to nourish me, I won't get sick or need to take medicine as often anymore.

That smell of Chinese medicine...

Liu Xuan disliked both of his brothers and would use his position as the elder brother to make things difficult for them whenever he saw them.

Liu's mother was furious and wanted to retaliate against Liu Xuan as his stepmother.

Liu Xuan, however, did not give his mother any face, saying that as a second wife, she had no right to control him, the legitimate son of the first wife.

Father Liu was biased; he favored Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan's intelligence and ability to read made his father very fond of him, but he also felt sorry for Liu Xuan because he had lost his mother.

Therefore, whenever Liu Xuan had a conflict with Liu Xuan and his mother, Liu's father would either try to smooth things over or take Liu Xuan's side.

Liu Xuan married at the age of seventeen, to a merchant's daughter named Qin. Qin brought a large dowry with her, including houses, estates, and shops, which together exceeded the assets of the Liu family.

After Qin married into the family, Liu Xuan's life became even better, but he didn't like Qin.

Qin was only considered dignified in appearance, not particularly beautiful.

Liu Xuan disliked Qin's background, believing that she was too materialistic and unworthy of him.

He wanted a woman skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, someone who could keep him company, not a businesswoman who spent her days calculating her dowry and being frugal.

Six months after their marriage, Liu Xuan used the excuse of studying abroad to leave the town where the Liu family lived, taking a large sum of money provided by Qin Shi.

At this time, Qin was already pregnant.

Five months later, the child was born, and Grandpa Liu named him Liu Hu.

Liu Xuan did not return when Liu Hu was born, nor did he return when she turned one year old.

During this time, he sent back a letter saying that he was in the capital and had been chosen by a nobleman to be his advisor.

Grandpa Liu sighed after reading the letter.

He could not help but understand his grandson's distress at not being able to take the imperial examinations, and he understood and worried about his grandson's choice.

Scholars could not take the imperial examinations; their only path to advancement was to become an advisor to a powerful figure.

Once that influential person takes office, the staff may be able to obtain official positions.

But this is dangerous; who knows if that important person will actually rise to power?

If he fails to rise to power, his staff will also be implicated, and may even lose their lives as a result.

Even if a powerful person rises to a position of power, can the staff really get what they want?
There are countless examples of the proverb "When the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked."

Grandpa Liu was worried about his grandson, but even more worried about the Liu family.

The Liu family cannot afford any more trouble.

With worries on his mind, Grandpa Liu suffered from insomnia at night, and his health deteriorated.

Previously, because of his great-grandfather's involvement, Grandpa Liu had been imprisoned and fell ill there, which made his health deteriorate.

Now, because of his constant worry about his grandson, his health has deteriorated.

Not long after his great-grandson's first birthday celebration, Grandpa Liu passed away.

Grandma Liu couldn't bear the blow, and a few days later, she also passed away.

Liu's father tried to send a letter to the capital, but Liu Xuan did not return. He only wrote back saying that he had something very important to do and could not leave the capital.

Liu's father couldn't blame his eldest son; he even had to explain to relatives and friends why he hadn't returned home when his grandparents passed away—it wasn't out of filial impiety, but rather out of necessity.

The days of mourning were peaceful, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

Liu Xuan is finally back.

Both Mr. Liu and Mrs. Qin were very happy.

Liu's father didn't ask about the events in the capital. Judging from his son's expression, his esteemed friend must have lost.

Liu's father asked Liu Xuan to go to the academy to be a teacher and help teach the students.

Liu Xuan agreed.

Perhaps he has seen more of the world since his trip, and his personality has become much more stable.

He also did not maliciously reveal this to his two younger brothers, Liu Dong and Liu Huan.

He still disliked his two younger brothers, but he had learned to pretend. When facing them, he would smile very gently, like a good older brother.

Liu Huan was truly deceived by his appearance, thinking that Liu Xuan had changed for the better.

But Liu Dong knew that a person's nature was very difficult to change.

Liu Xuan has been back for half a year, and life in the Liu family remains as peaceful as ever.

Qin became pregnant again, and Liu Xuan went to the temple to fulfill his vow in her place.

On his way back, Liu Xuan encountered a torrential downpour. (End of Chapter)