Recaps

Zhu Yu built the Heavenly Principle Sect while advancing his cultivation and gathering followers across the troubled provinces. After Fang Yuan reached the Dao Fruit Realm, Wu Yong reunited with Zhu Yu and urged the brothers to support each other.

• Zhu Yu recruited the Four Ghosts into the Heavenly Principle Sect, planted Seeds of Desire in them, and sent them to spread the Unborn Venerable Mother's radiance.
• Zhu Yu and the Four Ghosts aided survivors in rebel-ravaged areas, taught them Body Refining, and built the sect's reputation among ordinary people.
• Zhu Yu advanced to the second stage in the Eternal Falling Sea, joined the battle at the Hel Trench, and received a Bronze Box from a white-haired Golden Core True Lord.
• Zhu Yu opened Little Green Mountain's Spirit Gathering Array, then broke through to the Martial Dao Golden Body after Wind Ghost's flight brought him into conflict with Immortal Liu.
• Zhu Yu recovered Zhang Dadan for Liang Kuan and ordered Wind Ghost to train the People-Soothing Guards into the Peace Guard.
• Zhu Yu sent the People-Soothing Guard to gain experience on a grain caravan route, while Li Yu killed Li Han and accepted Zhu Yu's command to lead the Heavenly Principle Sect.
• Fang Yuan broke through to the Dao Fruit Realm, and Zhu Yu prepared Zhong Li for his own breakthrough.
• Wu Yong arrived with Earth Ghost, Fire Protector, and Wind Protector, reunited with Zhu Yu, and explained how he became the Luo Sect's Manager in Qing Province.

Zhu Yu left the collapsing Yin-Underworld Spirit Ruins, then became trapped in the sealed Yi Spirit Ruins as its moon transformed people and turned the realm into a battlefield. After joining the Xiang Clan’s expedition to the realm’s opening, he searched the waves of released treasures for an Origin Spirit Bead and sensed something strange near the core.

• Zhu Yu met Xiang Kui after escaping the Yin-Underworld Spirit Ruins, and Xiao Qing used the Naga Horn to revive her heart and blood.
• Zhu Yu commissioned Luo Ling to have his Soft Hedgehog Armor refined and bought Xiao Qing a robe, then learned that bloodshed at the Zhang Clan tournament had left him unconscious.
• A mysterious young man removed the broken golden sword from Zhu Yu’s brow and activated an array that brightened the Great Moon, transformed people across the Yi Spirit Ruins, and sealed the realm.
• Zhu Yu awoke in the ruined realm and killed Wu Yong and the Three Ghosts after they turned on him, then escaped the expanding moonlight with Zhong Li.
• Xiang Kui and Xiang Sui told Zhu Yu that the Yi Spirit Ruins was about to merge with the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins, and Zhu Yu joined their trip to the former Yinming Mansion site.
• The Xiang Clan entered the Yi Spirit Ruins aboard a ship led by Jiao Zuo, and Zhu Yu saw God Word inscriptions gather into a damaged three-legged cauldron as the seal weakened.
• Zhu Yu seized several treasures from the opening radiance, searched for the Origin Spirit Bead, and rushed toward the core after another wave of seven-colored light appeared.

Zhu Yu strengthened his Graveyard Grass Dao Foundation, claimed Imperial Tomb Soil, and settled at Qingping Tower, where he created a Blood Slave and cultivated the Superior Person Dharma Seed. He emerged from seclusion with a powerful new presence as Qingping Tower prepared to open its Spirit Ruins.

• Zhu Yu killed Wen Fu, used his memories to learn about demon-beast bloodlines, and settled in Thousand Spirit Market, where Liang Kuan’s family shared knowledge and gifts with him.
• Zhu Yu acquired Flesh Taisui and traveled to Corpse Mountain, where he found Imperial Tomb Soil and used the corpse-filled fragment to manifest his Mass Grave Field.
• Zhu Yu’s Graveyard Mound transformed the Corpse Mountain fragment and strengthened his cultivation, while he learned that Flesh Taisui could help cultivate Superior Person.
• Zhu Yu killed Wu Yan and Xun Yu, collected their spoils, and returned to Thousand Spirit Market before moving to Qingping Tower and registering Tomb Island as his residence.
• Zhu Yu spread his Mass Grave Field across Tomb Island, then used Yin Springs and a Bloodline Secret Rune ritual to create a Blood Slave.
• Wu Tong and Shangguan Jiang told Zhu Yu that Qingping Tower would open eighteen Spirit Ruins, with manor positions awarded to the first-place winners.
• Zhu Yu refined Flesh Taisui and Imperial Tomb Soil, completed the Superior Person Dharma Chart, and transformed his body into a spirit body.
• After eight days in seclusion, Zhu Yu emerged with the Superior Person Dharma Seed and startled Zhou Tong and Shangguan Jiang with his powerful presence.

Zhu Yu won a Prefecture Master position in the Spirit Marsh Secret Realm, then prepared for and completed Foundation Establishment by fusing his Life Spirit Ruins with the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins. He joined the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Foundation Establishment Exchange Meeting as Yinming and considered building a group of disciples before exploring further.

• Zhu Yu crippled Zhao Yuan on Shangguan Jiang’s behalf, gained Spirit Ruins Origin, and entered the Yi Spirit Ruins through his silent Split Spirit.
• Zhu Yu reached the Peerless Sect, then joined Shangguan Jiang in the Spirit Marsh Secret Realm, where he killed Tu Fishmen and trapped cultivators in his Mass Grave Field.
• Zhu Yu defeated Wu Ju and Zhao Jing’s companions, confronted Shangguan Zhong, and later accepted Hai’s request to preserve the Tu Fishman bloodline before leaving the secret realm with a Prefecture Master position.
• Zhu Yu returned to Tomb Island, assessed his secret-realm spoils, and traded with Hua Ling for goods including soul-enhancing fruits and Life Immortal Dew.
• Zhu Yu bought Heitu’s gathered finds and discovered a God-Given Spirit Seed, then attended Ancestor Xiang’s birthday and heard his warning about merging Life Spirit Ruins.
• Zhu Yu strengthened his Dao Foundation, entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, expanded his Life Spirit Ruins, and gained control through the innate Divine Abilities Mass Grave and Superior Person.
• Zhu Yu crossed the Black Sea and fused his Life Spirit Ruins with the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins, then joined the Foundation Establishment Exchange Meeting as Yinming.
• Zhu Yu learned about the duties and opportunities of Foundation Establishment True Persons and decided to focus on nurturing disciples rather than rushing to explore Spirit Ruins.