Recaps

After Ye Jingcheng’s apparent death, the Ye Family faced attacks and political upheaval while secretly securing the Northern Darkness inheritance and its final treasures. The family split its efforts between withdrawing to the Sea of Sand and rebuilding in Yunming Prefecture as Ye Jingcheng prepared to cultivate in seclusion.

• Yun Yuan True Monarch escaped with his Cave Heaven as the other True Monarchs pursued him, while Ye Jingcheng killed Wu Fa True Monarch but appeared to die when Lan Li froze him.
• Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinghu mourned Ye Jingcheng, then the Ye Family joined the Righteous Path Sect as Crimson Demon True Monarch returned to confirm Ye Jingcheng’s apparent death.
• Ye Jingcheng awoke after seven days and examined the secret-realm spoils, then sent Peach Wood and the Space Crack Divine Earthworm to recover treasures and Earth Armor Puppets.
• Ye Jingcheng’s group entered the North Underworld Saint Monarch’s trial, where the Jade Scale Dragon crossed the Dark Nether Cold Water and retrieved the Dry Cold Immortal Scripture and a Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Ye Jingcheng left the secret realm with the Ye Family and ordered his allies not to interfere as the Mu Family pursued two Sky Beast Sect cultivators and their wounded Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan declared war after learning of Ye Jingcheng’s apparent death, while Ye Jinghu summoned the clansmen and chose to stand with the Ye Family instead of entering the Righteous Path Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng returned the Ye Family to the Sea of Sand, ordered it to reduce contact with the Central Region, and prepared to enter seclusion as the family trained and readied several breakthroughs.
• Ye Jinghu led allies toward Southern Cloud State and proposed attacking the Ghost Scorpion Sect, while Ye Jingyu directed Teng Jia and Ye Yunfeng to withdraw from a battle in Qingyang State.

Ye Jingcheng reached Spirit Transformation after overcoming his Heart Demon Tribulation and thunder tribulation, then secured new allies and prepared the Ye Family to attack Penglai. The family expanded its influence while Ye Jingcheng consolidated his cultivation and trained his spirit beasts for the coming war.

• Ye Tengxi and the gathered righteous forces advanced on Medicine King Valley, while Ye Jingcheng began the Great Dream Past Life Method and recognized its illusion as a trial of his heart.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared his family’s grotto-heaven and spirit beasts for the future, then cultivated on Sky Shadow Peak as the Ye Family expanded and held its competitions.
• The Jade Scale Dragon began its breakthrough at Qingqiu Mountain as Ye Jingcheng transformed his Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit and entered the Heart Demon and lightning tribulations.
• Ye Jingcheng overcame the tribulations and reached Spirit Transformation, then fought the Five Colors Demon Saint and Heavenly Bamboo Wood Demon Saint with the help of Divine Lord Zhengyuan and the Sky Phoenix Demon Saint.
• The Jade Scale Dragon survived its Sixth Order tribulation and became the Jade Scale Demon Saint, while Ye Jingcheng and his allies agreed to keep his breakthrough and Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure secret.
• Ye Jingcheng revealed his status to the Ye Family, planned an attack on Penglai, and formed Soul Contracts with the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint, who pledged their forces to the campaign.
• Ye Jingcheng reunited with his descendants, learned of relatives who had died, and resolved to prepare for the war while encouraging his spirit beasts to cultivate in his grotto-heaven.
• Ye Yunsheng expanded the Ye Family’s plans westward as Ye Jingyu continued investigating Penglai and the demonic sects with the Demon Emperors and Ye Jingcheng’s Dream Devouring Insect.

The Ye Family seized control of Star Sect assets, captured new Demon Emperors, and uncovered a suspected alliance between the Eight-Tailed Demon Saint and Profound Heaven. After preparing its forces and rallying allies, the family set its campaign against Penglai in motion while Central Region leaders pursued the spirit vine.

• Divine Lord Jiu Ying warned that Penglai faced danger and ordered Divine Lord Tiande to invite Xuan Wu while proposing a joint campaign with the Frost Flood Dragons.
• The Ye Family defeated Golden Origin Lion Kings, captured the Star Sect leaders and treasures, and bound the surviving Star Sect cultivators to serve the family after forty years.
• Ye Xuecang led the family into a South Sea secret realm, where they subdued Thunder Roar Turtles and a Rock Armor Giant Bear and found clues linking the Eight-Tailed Demon Saint to a mysterious spirit vine.
• Ye Xuecang relocated the secret realm and returned toward the Star Sea as Ye Jingcheng refined his pills, completed his Thousand Dust Divine Palace, and prepared the Heavenly Gate.
• Ye Zhijian broke through to Nascent Soul, and Ye Jingcheng assembled the family’s forces and allies for a campaign to break Penglai and seize territory across the Eastern Region.
• Ye Jingyu coordinated with Divine Lord Zhengyuan and recalled Ye Family affiliates, while Divine Lord Tiande secured the Frost Flood Dragon Jiaolong Saint’s agreement to attack the Jade Dragon with Xuanwu’s help.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan showed the Central Region Divine Lords evidence connecting Xuanwu and the Eight-Tailed Demon Saint to the spirit vine, and they agreed to visit the island and protect it together.

The Ye Family and its allies launched an all-out assault on Penglai while Ye Jingcheng fought Divine Lord Tiande and the Three-headed Ancient Demon. After Tiande fell and the demon swore a binding oath, Jiu Ying began sacrificing Penglai to transform into an Ancient Demon, and Ye Jingcheng drew him into the Inkstone with Jiamoluo’s help.

• The Jade Scale Dragon saved Ye Tengxi from a demonic attack as battles spread across the seas, and the Ye Family prepared to retaliate against Penglai.
• Ye Jingcheng rallied the Ye Family and their allies, who attacked Penglai while allied forces struck the sect’s holdings across several countries.
• The Ye Family broke Penglai’s Sixth Order formation, and Ye Jingcheng emerged to confront Divine Lord Tiande and trap him inside the Ten Directions Ink Spirit Inkstone.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Jade Scale Dragon defeated Divine Lord Tiande’s Three-headed Ancient Demon, while the Crimson Flame Fox swallowed Tiande’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Jingcheng subdued the demon, who identified himself as Jiamoluo, and bound him with a Soul Contract before leaving him to recover.
• Ye Jingyu detected a deadly threat as Divine Lord Jiu Ying raised the Heaven Seizing Demon Dragon Pillar and began refining Penglai’s cultivators and souls to transform into an Ancient Demon.
• Ye Jingcheng and his allies failed to stop Jiu Ying directly, so Ye Jingcheng pulled him and the Nine Great Heavenly Demons into the Inkstone and called on Jiamoluo.
• Jiamoluo absorbed the formation’s blood qi and soul power, slowing Jiu Ying’s demonization.