Recaps

After destroying Penglai, Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family claimed its resources and reorganized the Eastern Region while strengthening their clan. As the Demon Race considered an alliance against them and the Mu Family’s threat emerged, Ye Jingcheng searched a sealed Space Node for Sixth Order Spirit Materials.

• Ye Jingcheng and his allies killed Divine Lord Jiu Ying, then Ye Jingcheng destroyed Crimson Punishment True Monarch’s divine soul and found Penglai’s grotto-heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng distributed Penglai’s spoils, set plans for the Ye Family’s expansion, and ordered the family to withdraw from vulnerable sea regions while holding the Qi-Lu Two Kingdoms.
• Ye Qing Nian gathered the Eastern Region’s factions, secured their tribute and cooperation, and announced provincial administration, beast-tide defenses, and an auction.
• Demon Saint Han Ming persuaded the Chen Whale and Golden Roc Demon Saints to consider an alliance against the Ye Family, while the White Ape Demon Saint refused their emissaries and warned other factions.
• Ye Family members pursued breakthroughs and Spirit Beast projects as Golden Spirit True Monk revealed that the Mu Family had killed Azure Pass Divine Lord and may have taken his Earth Qilin essence blood.
• The Chen Whale and Golden Roc Demon Saints agreed to ally, withdraw their affiliated clans, and investigate the Ye Family before sending gifts.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the Ink Spirit Ten Directions Inkstone, concealed his aura, and sent the Space Crack Divine Earthworm to search a sealed Space Node for Sixth Order Spirit Materials.

Ye Jingcheng strengthened the Ye Family through trade, alchemy, and new alliances while uncovering threats tied to the Spirit Realm and the Myriad Beasts Alliance. The arc ended with Ye Jingcheng entering seclusion as Han Ming prepared an attack on Penglai Island and sowed distrust between the Ye Family and the demon clans.

• Ye Jingcheng learned that the Ye Family had reclaimed the Green Cloud Sea Region, gained valuable compensation and new Heavenly Spiritual Roots, and expanded its influence across the Eastern Region.
• Ye Jingcheng approved Ye Tengming’s plan to open secret realms as paid trials and accepted Zi Ning as a disciple at Divine Lord Zhengyuan’s request.
• At the Purple Sand gathering, Ye Qing Nian built trade connections while Ye Jingcheng exchanged treasures for rare spirit herbs, a Purple Origin Void Fruit tree, and other resources.
• Ye Jingcheng and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators learned that ascended cultivators’ soul slips had shattered, then formed an alliance to share information and aid one another.
• Ye Jingcheng’s alchemy gathering drew respected cultivators and new recruits, while he traded battle formations for a Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly and formed a Soul Contract with it.
• Ye Jingcheng bought Sixth Order treasures at the auction, returned to Penglai Island, and entered seclusion to strengthen his divine sense as Ye Qing Nian prepared to do the same.
• Golden Light Temple sought the Eight-Tailed Demon Saint’s descendant, while Han Ming urged the Chen Whale and Golden Roc clans to attack Penglai Island and secretly planned to seize the Ye Family’s treasure.

Ye Jingcheng led an alliance that shattered the Mu Family’s power and divided the conquered territories, then turned to strengthening the Ye Family and preparing for a future crossing into the Spirit Realm. The arc left him refining Dustfall Pills as he planned a strike against the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance.

• Ye Jingcheng gave a Spirit Transformation sermon, warned the factions to prepare for Mu Family attacks, and set out with allied cultivators to recruit Demon Saints before attacking Tianmu City.
• Mu Huayuan trapped the alliance in the Huayi Liangli Great Array, but Ye Jingcheng and his allies broke its core and killed the Purple Flood Dragon Demon Saint and Nine-Headed Demon Saint.
• The alliance exposed Tianmu Demon Saint as the source of Mu Huayuan’s power, destroyed Tianmu City’s defenses, and drove Mu Huayuan toward the Space Node beneath the city.
• Ye Jingcheng triggered hidden treasures at the Space Node, apparently killing Mu Huayuan, then killed Qing Jue while Jiamoluo killed Tao Demon Old Ancestor and the survivors withdrew.
• Ye Jingcheng distributed the spoils and territories, sent allies to defeat Sky Severing Valley, and learned from the Space Crack Divine Earthworm that it had killed Mu Huayuan and recovered his Grotto Heaven.
• The Ye Family took control of resources across the Great Abyss Realm, while Ye Jingcheng examined the spoils and planned for the family to secretly cross into the Spirit Realm in two hundred years.
• Ye Jingcheng expanded the Ye Family’s cultivation and trade efforts in San Yuan City, refined pills for his spirit beasts, and agreed to attend an alchemy exchange with Yao Heng Divine Lord and Divine Lord Gu Ming.
• Jade Toad Demon Saint reported that several Demon Saints had fled through a Space Node, and Ye Jingcheng gave him plans for a strike against the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance before beginning to refine Dustfall Pills.