Recaps

Zhang Yu learned that the Top Ten Universities were preparing to retake Long Night Jade Palace from the rebels, while Divine Lord Ci Ji analyzed the moon’s defenses and planned the assault. The Moon War began with Magnetic Pole and Greenwood confronting Chain Pivot Divine Lord on the moon.

• Zhang Yu and Fu Ji discussed how the red moon and the defeats of Kunxu Layers 4 and 5 threatened Layer 2, prompting the Top Ten Universities to prepare for war.
• Azure Wood Divine Lord told Zhang Yu he would fight to reclaim Long Night Jade Palace and urged him to hide underground if the battle was lost.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji assessed the moon’s spatial lockdown, its narrow entrance, and the danger of reinforcements, then refined the battle plan.
• Three days later, the Top Ten Universities launched the Moon War, while Nascent Soul True Lords sealed the area around the moon.
• Magnetic Pole and Greenwood pierced the moon’s defenses and confronted Chain Pivot Divine Lord above Long Night Jade Palace.

Divine Lord Ci Ji and Greenwood Divine Lord fought Chain Pivot Divine Lord and Xiang Shen over control of the moon, while the battle’s outcome drew support from across Kunxu. As the Moon War entered its second day, Ci Ji burned the sun and moon with an Immortal Sect Technique to unleash overwhelming power, while Zhang Yu continued cultivating under the pressure of the conflict.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji and Greenwood Divine Lord attacked Chain Pivot Divine Lord and Xiang Shen, who defended the moon and drew strength from the support of living beings across several layers.
• Greenwood Divine Lord distorted space with his Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, and Chain Pivot Divine Lord livestreamed the battle as public support bolstered him.
• Zhang Yu split off a thought to watch the fighting while cultivating, completing his thirteenfold Dao Foundation and raising his Magical Power to 5,866 units.
• On the second day of the war, Divine Lord Ci Ji used Great Sun Glazed Pure Fire and Incalculable, Unspeakable Turn to burn the sun and moon and drive Heavenly Sun Brilliant God's output beyond peak Divine Transformation.

As the Moon War ended in defeat and the Righteous Qi Alliance tightened its grip, Zhang Yu faced evacuation from Ten Thousand Laws University and decided to reveal a secret ability that could break the enemy’s Spatial Lockdown. Azure Wood Divine Lord recognized the importance of Zhang Yu’s power and promised to protect him as the universities prepared to strike back.

• Zhang Yu cultivated underground while the Moon War escalated, and Chain Pivot Divine Lord claimed Sun-Patrolling Souwu and Long Night Jade Palace after Magnetic Pole Divine Lord accepted defeat to save Azure Wood Divine Lord.
• The defeat brought shortages, rising prices, political infighting, and rumors of an approaching attack, while Azure Wood told Zhang Yu to prepare to evacuate Ten Thousand Laws University.
• Zhang Yu asked his friends and companions whether they would stay and fight or withdraw, and their replies convinced him that many people were willing to stand their ground.
• Zhang Yu told Azure Wood that he had learned to use Kunlun in Palm to destroy Spatial Structure, potentially allowing Magnetic Pole to overcome Chain Pivot’s Spatial Lockdown.
• Azure Wood confirmed Zhang Yu’s ability, said it could help reclaim the sun and reverse the situation, and vowed that he and Magnetic Pole would keep Zhang Yu safe.

Divine Lord Ci Ji brought Zhang Yu to the battlefield after he demonstrated that Kunlun in Palm could break Chain Pivot Divine Lord's Spatial Lockdown. Zhang Yu shattered the barrier while concealed in Ci Ji's World Breaking Cone, and the Top Ten Universities' Nascent Soul cultivators seized the opening to surround Chain Pivot on the sun.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji examined Zhang Yu's spatial power and decided he could help break Chain Pivot Divine Lord's Spatial Lockdown, while keeping his role secret to protect him.
• Zhang Yu chose to join the battle, and Ci Ji promised to take the credit and shield him from the pressure and dangers that revealing his power would bring.
• Half an hour later, Ci Ji carried Zhang Yu toward Sun-Patrolling Souwu as rival Divine Lords and the other universities warned her not to attack.
• Chain Pivot Divine Lord blocked Ci Ji with layers of Spatial Lockdown, but Zhang Yu concealed in her World Breaking Cone used Kunlun in Palm and Descendant of Immortals to tear open the barrier.
• The Top Ten Universities' Nascent Soul cultivators surrounded Chain Pivot Divine Lord and pinned him to the sun while Magnetic Pole grasped it.

Magnetic Pole Divine Lord and the Ten Schools' Deity Transformations captured Chain Pivot Divine Lord, who killed himself and escaped through the Dark Spirit Realm. With Zhang Yu's help, Magnetic Pole used the World Breaking Cone to shatter the barrier between Kunxu's Second and Third Layers, then called for a counterattack.

• The Ten Schools' Deity Transformations stripped Chain Pivot Divine Lord of his treasures and restrained him, but he destroyed his own mind and escaped through the Dark Spirit Realm despite their efforts.
• Magnetic Pole Divine Lord took possession of the Sun-Patrolling Shuttle Crow and explained that she had refined the World Breaking Cone through studying Dao Qiankun's battles.
• Magnetic Pole asked Zhang Yu to help her break the Sky Dome, and he endured severe injuries while powering the World Breaking Cone.
• Magnetic Pole shattered the barrier between Kunxu's Second and Third Layers, revealing the Third Layer to the gathered Deity Transformations.
• Magnetic Pole rejected the other Divine Lords' offer to help refine the cone, demanded funding and materials, and urged them to begin their counterattack.

After Divine Lord Ci Ji’s victory reopened the connection between the Second and Third Layers, the Ten Schools planned an expedition while Zhang Pianpian suspected Zhang Yu had been involved in the death of Chain Pivot Divine Lord. Zhang Yu went into hiding to cultivate, while Fu Xiantian remained in seclusion and ordered his followers to capture Zhang Yu and complete the Evil God Tome.

• The Spirit Realm celebrated Divine Lord Ci Ji’s victory, and Azure Wood Divine Lord arranged to retrieve Zhang Yu and the World Breaking Cone.
• Zhang Pianpian noticed that a Strategic Grade Immortal Sect Daoist Art had entered the Soul Guiding Pool around the time Chain Pivot Divine Lord died and wondered whether Zhang Yu had been there.
• Bai Zhenzhen decided to go to the Third Layer, and Wang Yin learned that his mother had broken through to Deity Transformation as the layers reconnected.
• Bao Shen told Fu Xiantian about the changes below, and Fu Xiantian ordered Xiang Shen to bring Zhang Yu to the Fifth Layer while insisting that the Evil God Tome be completed.
• Azure Wood Divine Lord told Zhang Yu to disappear from public view, and Zhang Yu vowed to stay in seclusion until he reached the Nascent Soul Realm and raised Kunlun in Palm to Level 40.
• Zhang Yu vanished from Ten Thousand Laws University, and the university’s records of him were gradually blocked as months passed.

While the war on Kunxu Third Layer escalated, the Top Ten Universities profited from plunder, struggled against enemy Spatial Lockdown, and faced air raids on Second Layer. Zhang Yu finally emerged from seclusion with Nascent Soul Realm power as the Righteous Qi Alliance uncovered clues about him.

• Top Ten University students joined the Layer 3 expedition, where Yu Xinghan, Bai Zhenzhen, and Shi Huaiyu each sent money and messages to the missing Zhang Yu.
• Divine Lord Cang Shi swept battlefield loot into her hoard, while Shi Huaiyu reminded students to pay taxes on their spoils.
• Qingmu Divine Lord persuaded Divine Lord Zhi Pan to modulate a Nascent Soul in exchange for three future favors.
• As enemy Spatial Lockdown fortifications stalled the Top Ten Universities, Divine Lord Ci Ji rejected demands to share her Spatial Technology and concealed that Zhang Yu had broken the barrier.
• Qingming Divine Lord joined the fighting after his breakthrough, while the Righteous Qi Alliance launched air raids on the Top Ten Universities' Layer 2 territories.
• Xiang Shen learned that his believers had found clues about Zhang Yu, who opened his eyes in seclusion as Nascent Soul Realm power surged within him.

After months of searching for Zhang Yu, Xiang Shen used Ping Han’s knowledge of Spiritual Energy supplies to locate a guarded laboratory on Layer 555 and organized an infiltration during an air raid. Feng Yuhan led Fu Xinyao and Ping Han underground, where they prepared to navigate the site and capture Zhang Yu.

• Xiang Shen gathered believers across Ten Thousand Laws University City but found no trace of Zhang Yu for five months.
• Fu Xinyao asked Ping Han how to locate Zhang Yu, and Ping Han suggested searching for hidden spaces receiving Golden Core-level Spiritual Energy and Magical Power.
• Xiang Shen’s believers identified a guarded laboratory on Layer 555 that had continued receiving supplies, and Xiang Shen planned an operation during the next air raid.
• During the air raid, Feng Yuhan led Fu Xinyao and Ping Han through a hole from Layer 556 to Layer 555.
• Feng Yuhan instructed the others to stay close and check the terrain as they consulted Ping Han’s remembered blueprint of Layer 555.

Feng Yuhan infiltrated Zhang Yu’s laboratory and found signs that Zhang Yu had been cultivating a Nascent Soul. When Feng Yuhan attacked, Zhang Yu absorbed the lightning and plunged him into darkness, leaving Feng Yuhan cut off from every sense.

• Feng Yuhan led Fu Xinyao and Ping Han into the sealed laboratory, where he estimated Zhang Yu had been cultivating for nearly five months.
• Feng Yuhan identified holes in the walls as traces of a Nascent Soul shedding its shell and suspected Zhang Yu was close to breaking through.
• The group followed strange breathing sounds into a dark hall, where Zhang Yu floated in meditation and drew in the air and the light around him.
• Feng Yuhan launched a Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Strike at Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu absorbed the lightning into his palm.
• Zhang Yu opened his eyes and asked Feng Yuhan why the laboratory needed no guards, then engulfed Feng Yuhan in darkness and cut off his senses.

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Zhang Yu used Kunlun in Palm and the Descendant of Immortals to defeat Feng Yuhan and rescue Le Mulan from four Golden Core attackers. He captured Jiu Tianliu, whose body was taken over by the Evil God Bao Shen, and turned to the news to learn what had happened during his five months in seclusion.

• Zhang Yu used darkness, silence, and released power to overwhelm Feng Yuhan, then Divine Lord Ci Ji sealed Feng Yuhan's consciousness with the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Pagoda.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji told Zhang Yu that Le Mulan was in trouble, and Zhang Yu rushed to her as four Golden Core cultivators cornered her outside an underground factory.
• Zhang Yu revealed his Nascent Soul, incapacitated three attackers, and pursued Jiu Tianliu until he stopped the Finance Department traitor's escape and suicide attempt.
• Jiu Tianliu's body ignited as Bao Shen took control, offered Zhang Yu a place in the Righteous Qi Alliance, and vanished after Zhang Yu rejected the offer.
• Zhang Yu told Fu Ji he did not trust Bao Shen and began reading the news to catch up on events during his seclusion.

After returning from seclusion, Zhang Yu learned that the Righteous Qi Alliance had transformed Kunxu’s society and battlefield, and that its plan to destroy Layers 2 through 5 threatened to undermine the Ten Schools’ resolve. He decided to support Divine Lord Ci Ji and pursue the spatial arts needed to counter the Alliance, while Ci Ji faced a fractious meeting with the other schools’ Deity Transformations.

• Zhang Yu asked Feng Tingting about the past half year and learned that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s recruitment, benefits, and airstrikes had driven the schools to compete for junior college students and Demon Descendants.
• Feng Tingting told Zhang Yu that the Righteous Qi Alliance had seized most of Third Layer through Spatial Lockdown, while the World Breaking Cone remained unrepaired and the Ten Schools pressured Divine Lord Ci Ji to act.
• Zhang Yu discovered the Righteous Qi Alliance’s pinned plan to blow up Layers 2 through 5, then realized Kunlun in Palm could threaten that plan while Three Realms Ten Directions Great Void Absolute Barrier might counter Spatial Lockdown.
• Zhang Yu decided to use his Nascent Soul strength to help the war effort and gain resources for cultivating the spatial Daoist art; he also memorized Primordial Qi Formless Hand Seal and asked Greenwood Divine Lord to take him to the Great Hollow.
• At a closed meeting, Sin Lotus Divine Lord proposed withdrawing from Third Layer and consolidating the Ten Schools’ population and resources, while the other Deity Transformations argued over proposals including cryogenic storage, Dual Cultivation, and an aerial fortress city.

Zhang Yu broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, took the Dao title Candle Bright True Lord, and traveled toward the Great Hollow between Kunxu’s Layers 2 and 3. Azure Wood Divine Lord brought him to a sealed room and asked him to place his Nascent Soul inside a drill so they could act on his improved ability to break the Spatial Lockdown.

• Sin Lotus Divine Lord and other university leaders confronted Magnetic Pole, demanded the World Breaking Cone, and threatened to vote on another plan.
• Zhang Yu accepted Le Mulan’s potions, promised to help raise her cultivation, and cultivated Immeasurable Inner Heart Dharma Body to Level 35 aboard the Flying Boat.
• Zhang Yu examined his Nascent Soul and new Formless Free Body, received upgraded university resources, and chose the Dao title Candle Bright True Lord.
• Zhang Yu announced his return on Moments, prompting congratulations and reactions from friends, classmates, and Kuang Tianqing.
• At the Great Hollow checkpoint, Zhang Yu revealed his Nascent Soul title to Mu Qiansi and passed through without inspection.
• Azure Wood Divine Lord asked Zhang Yu whether his Nascent Soul could use his improved Spatial Lockdown-breaking ability, then brought him to a sealed room and told him to place it inside a drill.

Greenwood Divine Lord took Zhang Yu and the World Breaking Cone to the front lines to test its ability against spatial barriers, despite warnings from An Zhen Divine Lord and Qi Yun Divine Lord. After breaching seven enemy strongholds and evading four Divine Transformation cultivators, Greenwood returned safely, and the feat sent the Spirit Realm into an uproar.

• Greenwood Divine Lord carried Zhang Yu toward the front lines and agreed to let Zhang Yu's main body join him inside the World Breaking Cone.
• An Zhen Divine Lord and Qi Yun Divine Lord tried to stop Greenwood, but he ignored their warnings and continued to the battlefield.
• Baotong Divine Lord confronted Greenwood and attacked with more than a hundred Dharma Treasures while streaming the battle in the Dark Spirit Realm.
• Greenwood and Zhang Yu used the World Breaking Cone to shatter the spatial barriers around the enemy stronghold and destroy it.
• Baotong pursued Greenwood, who breached seven strongholds and evaded four Divine Transformation cultivators before returning safely with help from Qi Yun, An Zhen, and other Divine Lords.
• Reports of Greenwood's attack spread across the Spirit Realm, shaking the universities.

After the World Breaking Cone helped Greenwood Divine Lord return safely, Divine Lord Ci Ji revealed a new Size-Adjusting Ring blueprint based on Spatial Technology to the Ten Schools' Deity Transformation cultivators. The blueprint promised major changes but was incomplete, and Divine Lord Ci Ji suspected Zhang Yu had designed it by imitating her work.

• Divine Lord An Zhen admired Greenwood Divine Lord for borrowing the World Breaking Cone, while Divine Lord Qi Yun asked whether it could be borrowed for payment.
• Zhang Yu reflected on the vast strength gap between himself and Deity Transformation cultivators and concluded that the World Breaking Cone was too risky to use again without a breakthrough.
• Divine Lord Qing Ming interrupted the sealed meeting and reported that Greenwood Divine Lord had activated the World Breaking Cone, crossed seven spatial barriers, and returned safely.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji announced that the successful Spatial Technology test allowed her to present a new Dharma Treasure blueprint, the Size-Adjusting Ring.
• Divine Lord Cang Shi, Divine Lord Qian Kui, and Sin Lotus Divine Lord recognized the blueprint's potential, but complained that it was unfinished.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji studied the blueprint and suspected Zhang Yu had created it by copying and imitating her work.

Divine Lord Ci Ji secured the Ten Schools’ agreement to establish a jointly funded Spatial Technology Research Association, and Zhang Yu was assigned to lead an experimental group. As the schools launched competing research efforts, Zhang Yu focused on cultivation and recruitment while rival universities enlisted their own researchers to catch up.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji offered to share the spatial blueprints and persuaded the Ten Schools to jointly fund a Spatial Technology Research Association.
• Shadow Spring Divine Lord spoke with Greenwood Divine Lord and Zhang Yu, then Sin Lotus Divine Lord challenged Greenwood over his actions before Divine Lord Ci Ji summoned them.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji appointed Zhang Yu to lead an experimental group, and construction began on the Spatial Technology Research Institute as Bei Wufeng and other candidates interviewed.
• Bei Wufeng accepted Zhang Yu’s group despite preferring Magnetic Pole’s team, Yan Qianji declined, and Jin Jun chose to join Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu handed his expanding company back to Fu Ji, then balanced cultivation, research, and management while preparing to advance his techniques and nourish his Nascent Soul.
• Sin Lotus Divine Lord recruited Kuang Tianqing to help Heavenly Devil University develop Spatial Technology, while Shadow Spring Divine Lord and Divine Lord Qian Kui organized rival research efforts at Nether University and Immortal Soldier University.

The Evil Gods debated how to counter the Ten Schools’ progress in Spatial Technology, while Yan Qianji grew frustrated with his outsourced work under Zhang Yu. Unable to cultivate a crucial Daoist Art without scarce Void Soil, Zhang Yu sought information in the Dark Spirit Realm, where Bao Shen contacted Fu Ji through a newly refined Evil God Tome and ordered her to help expose Heavenly Devil University’s life-deposit scam.

• The Evil Gods discussed targeting Divine Lord Ci Ji and the Spatial Technology Research Association, but Bao Shen told Xiang Shen to keep watching Zhang Yu because Fu Xiantian still demanded his capture.
• Yan Qianji joined Zhang Yu’s laboratory as an outsourced worker and spent his days refining Dharma Treasures, becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his restricted status and lack of Spatial Technology research.
• Wang Yin decided to focus on Spatial Technology, while Zhang Yu advanced his cultivation but could not begin without Void Soil.
• Zhang Yu and Fu Ji searched the Dark Spirit Realm for Void Soil and learned that the Righteous Qi Alliance controlled its sale, so Fu Ji suggested raising Zhang Yu’s authority to gain access to more intelligence.
• Bao Shen contacted Fu Ji through the Evil God Tome, which could contact and track Evil Gods and their believers, then ordered her to serve the Righteous Qi Alliance.
• Bao Shen assigned Fu Ji to join colleagues in hijacking millions of College Students from Heavenly Devil University’s cold storage and exposing how the university exploited them during its 100% life-interest freezing program.

Zhang Yu disguised himself as a Monkey Demon and joined a Righteous Qi Alliance operation to seize frozen college students from a Heavenly Devil University transport ship. After an inspection and a clash with the ship’s captain, the operation began, but Zhang Yu’s attack left True Lord Di Po shocked when he emerged unscathed.

• Zhang Yu prepared a false Demon Descendant identity and new combat methods for the Righteous Qi Alliance mission while continuing to take his university exams.
• Zhang Yu boarded a Heavenly Devil University cargo Flying Boat with 007, Night Shift, and Old Death under his codename, Qi Tian.
• A cargo inspection uncovered a frozen graduate whose exam score seemed suspicious, but True Lord Di Po explained that he had graduated through Junior College to Bachelor's Degree.
• True Lord Di Po berated Zhang Yu for handling the frozen students carefully, punished him by withholding his meal, and ordered the crew to resume loading.
• The Righteous Qi Alliance signal severed everyone's Spirit Realm connection, and Zhang Yu and his three partners attacked True Lord Di Po.
• True Lord Di Po struck Zhang Yu with the Heavenly Demon Reorganization Method, but Zhang Yu remained unharmed and charged at him.

Zhang Yu, disguised as the Demon Descendant Qi Tian, used his near-unstoppable defense and a calculated bluff to drive True Lord Di Po away from the Flying Boat. The ship reached the Sky Dome with its passengers freed, while Zhang Yu departed separately and demanded his mission reward.

• True Lord Di Po killed Qi Tian in one blow and fought 007, Night Shift, and Old Death, but they forced him to defend the cargo while the Flying Boat escaped.
• True Lord Di Po activated numerous paid Spirit Realm services and suppressed the three Nascent Souls, only for Qi Tian to reveal he had survived and knock him away from the ship.
• Zhang Yu absorbed True Lord Di Po's attacks while pretending to use the Xuanming Guixu Art, then convinced him to withdraw by appearing far stronger than expected.
• True Lord Di Po fled when he judged that continuing the fight would cost more than recovering the cargo, then told Heavenly Devil University that his opponent had been beyond his abilities.
• 007 and the others brought the Flying Boat toward Layer 3 and defrosted the college students, who reacted with alarm until they heard they were being taken to the Righteous Qi Alliance.
• Zhang Yu left before the ship reached its destination and told 007 to make Bao Shen settle his mission rewards; Bao Shen then considered recruiting Demon Descendants from Heavenly Demon University.

After Zhang Yu helped the Righteous Qi Alliance expose Heavenly Devil University and obtain intelligence, the Ten Schools launched raids that drove down Void Soil prices, while he cultivated and developed new spatial technology. A month later, he had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, formed his Nascent Soul Saint Body, and received Divine Lord Ci Ji’s approval to release his new designs.

• Bao Shen ordered 007 to protect the rescued frozen people, while Heavenly Devil University’s leaders blamed their defeat on powerful infiltrators and tried to suppress news of the abducted students.
• Zhang Yu saw the Spirit Realm blame a Monkey Demon for killing one hundred thousand students while the Dark Spirit Realm condemned Heavenly Devil University’s exploitation of frozen people.
• Bao Shen rewarded Fu Ji with higher Righteous Qi Alliance rank and Evil God Power, then proposed that she help detonate Kunxu’s Fifth Layer and claim small worlds in a future Underground 19th Layer.
• Zhang Yu used Fu Ji’s new access to gather Righteous Qi Alliance intelligence and anonymously sent it to Heavenly Devil University, which began preparing for war as Divine Lord Cang Shi raided enemy territory and the Ten Schools attacked Layer 3.
• Over the next month, Zhang Yu advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, completed his Nascent Soul Saint Body, and developed spatial technology designs while training the Three Realms Ten Directions Great Void Absolute Barrier.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji praised Zhang Yu’s designs and told him that the Spatial Technology Research Association was ready to release new products.

Divine Lord Ci Ji unveiled Great Void Cloud Storage, a personal-space platform developed with Zhang Yu and Magnetic Pole, triggering a rush to build competing spatial ecologies and transforming the market. As Zhang Yu’s company prospered and rival schools scrambled to respond, the Righteous Qi Alliance began investigating possible leaks and plotting to use Bai Zhenzhen to get close to Zhang Yu.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji introduced Great Void Cloud Storage and related products, demonstrating how their expandable storage spaces could support protection, movement, and future spatial applications.
• Sin Lotus Divine Lord recognized Magnetic Pole’s plan to build a personal-space ecology and ordered Heavenly Devil University to redirect its resources toward competing.
• Divine Lord Yin Quan and Divine Lord Qian Kui ordered their schools to pursue rival spatial products, while Wang Yin and Tian Shenggong saw how far their projects lagged behind Great Void Cloud Storage.
• Great Void Cloud Storage sold out within hours, prompting Divine Lord Ci Ji and Azure Wood Divine Lord to accelerate factory construction as Zhang Yu’s construction company received a surge of work.
• Zhang Yu received messages from former acquaintances seeking to reconnect, invited Bai Zhenzhen to visit, and planned to help raise her Dao Seed’s level.
• Righteous Qi Alliance leaders debated Great Void Cloud Storage, launched a search for technological leaks, and Bao Shen backed Xiang Shen’s plan to use Bai Zhenzhen to approach Zhang Yu.

Xiang Shen organized a three-Nascent-Soul operation to kidnap Bai Zhenzhen, hoping to use her to reach Zhang Yu and Magnetic Pole. Zhang Yu was trapped with Bai Zhenzhen inside a sealed study hall, where he faced Flowing Gold True Lord and two other approaching Nascent Souls.

• Xiang Shen hired Fu Ji to investigate Bai Zhenzhen, while Fu Ji demanded a promotion recommendation as payment.
• Bai Zhenzhen explained that she had advanced her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao through a year of battles, and Zhang Yu nourished her Azure Lotus Sword Embryo while preparing for a possible ambush.
• Flowing Gold True Lord agreed to join Xiang Shen's kidnapping plan after debt notices and memories of his old ambitions rekindled his resolve.
• Xiang Shen recruited True Lord Taihao and Joyful True Lord, and the three confirmed Bai Zhenzhen's location before waiting for a battle to weaken Divine Transformation oversight.
• Flowing Gold True Lord sealed the study hall with Spatial Barriers and cut off communications, then discovered Zhang Yu was with Bai Zhenzhen.
• Zhang Yu sensed three Nascent Souls approaching and warned Flowing Gold True Lord that they would be the ones running if only three had been deployed.

Zhang Yu endured a three-Nascent-Soul assault as the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo completed its transformation and he used Kunlun in Palm to disrupt his opponents. When True Lord Taihao and the others tried to escape through a Spatial Barrier, Zhang Yu broke it open with the World Breaking Cone, revealing the reinforcements he had been waiting for.

• Flowing Gold True Lord burned his cultivation to empower his Nascent Soul, destroyed Zhang Yu's Heavenly Sun Brilliant God, and attacked him, but Zhang Yu survived by adapting to repeated impacts.
• Joyful True Lord used the Concentric Bliss Scripture to make Zhang Yu see Bai Zhenzhen and drain his Magical Power, while True Lord Taihao attacked with power borrowed from his ancestors.
• True Lord Taihao and Flowing Gold True Lord drove Zhang Yu through thirteen floors, but his Feather Spirit Root absorbed part of Taihao's attacks and helped heal his injuries.
• True Lord Taihao tried to make Zhang Yu his godfather through the Wonderful Scripture of Shifting Ancestors, but Zhang Yu recognized the danger and used Kunlun in Palm to twist space and disrupt the three attackers.
• Flowing Gold True Lord laid Spatial Barriers to compress Zhang Yu's fighting space, but as the enemies began retreating, Zhang Yu used the World Breaking Cone to break through the barrier and let the reinforcements close in.

True Lord Tiansha and other Nascent Soul True Lords rushed to protect Zhang Yu, who was besieged by three Righteous Qi Alliance experts inside a Spatial Barrier. Zhang Yu’s mastery of Kunlun in Palm and use of the World Breaking Cone impressed Tiansha, while the attackers destroyed themselves to avoid capture, and Tiansha’s group surrounded Zhang Yu.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji repeatedly summoned True Lord Tiansha away from the battlefield to protect Zhang Yu, and Tiansha reluctantly withdrew with True Lord Miaoshou and other Nascent Soul reinforcements.
• Tiansha recognized Flowing Gold, Joyful True Lord, and Tai Hao True Lord as the three attackers besieging Zhang Yu, and feared Tai Hao’s kneeling technique would overwhelm him.
• Tiansha watched Zhang Yu manipulate space with Kunlun in Palm, turning the three attackers’ siege against them and revealing his unexpected mastery of Spatial Technology.
• Zhang Yu used the World Breaking Cone to blast through the Spatial Barrier, prompting Tai Hao True Lord, Joyful True Lord, and Flowing Gold True Lord to self-destruct rather than be captured.
• True Lord Tiansha and the other Nascent Soul True Lords surrounded Zhang Yu, and Tiansha ordered them to protect Zhu Yi True Lord.

After surviving an assassination by three Nascent Soul experts, Zhang Yu learned that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s leader had taken an interest in him and arranged for Bai Zhenzhen to join the Research Association so they could cultivate together. He and Bai Zhenzhen trained while Zhang Yu planned to strengthen his magical artifacts and continue developing his abilities.

• Ten Thousand Laws University announced that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s assassins had failed and three Nascent Soul experts had been killed, while Dark Spirit Realm reports falsely claimed Zhang Yu was near death.
• Zhang Yu read about prominent Righteous Qi Alliance cultivators, including True Lord Zhanxian, True Lord Tuntian, and College True Lord, and considered their influence and abilities.
• In a Spirit Realm meeting, Xiang Shen blamed Fortune God for the failed assassination, but Bao Shen attributed the failure to Zhang Yu’s unexpectedly powerful cultivation and said the alliance leader would take over the case.
• Zhang Yu grew concerned that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s leader was targeting him and asked Divine Lord Ci Ji to place Bai Zhenzhen in his laboratory at the Research Association.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji allowed Bai Zhenzhen to join, and she began cultivating with Zhang Yu while drawing on the resources Teacher Seven Emotions had left for her.
• Zhang Yu approved reimbursement for his damaged artifacts and planned to have Nascent Soul True Lords refine them to Level 40 as he continued cultivating and studying Spatial Technology.

Zhang Yu oversaw the completion of the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God, reprimanded Jin Jun for neglecting his laboratory work, and continued training with Bai Zhenzhen as her cultivation and sword power advanced. He then attended Immortal Soldier University's launch of the low-cost Void Box, whose aggressive advertising pushed rival schools and companies to accelerate their own spatial technology projects.

• True Lord Xian Yin finished forging the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God framework, left the remaining work to the laboratory team, and Yan Qianji complained that Jin Jun had missed the finishing instructions.
• Zi Tanzhen explained that Jin Jun had gone to report the completed project to Zhang Yu, and Yan Qianji and the formal employees prepared to visit the Medicine Hall.
• Jin Jun reported the project's completion to Zhang Yu, who praised the team, showed Jin Jun his poor attendance record, and ordered him to focus on laboratory work instead of hovering nearby.
• Zhang Yu saw that Bai Zhenzhen needed to reach the Nascent Soul Realm to raise the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo to level 4, then sparred with her as her adaptive sword attacks grew stronger.
• Thousand Puppets True Lord unveiled the inexpensive, ad-supported Void Box at a launch event, while Zhang Yu and rival researchers assessed its potential to capture the low-end storage market.
• Extreme Tiger Company flooded Kunxu and Spirit Realm media with Void Box advertisements, prompting the Heavenly Demon Sect, Nether University, and other institutions to speed up their spatial product development.