Arc 54The Sword and the Underworld
Yu Ci asserted his power over the Nine Nether Underworld while the hunt for the Xuan Huang Killing Sword drew him toward Shaoyang Sword Cave. The cave became a battlefield between Wu Yuanchen, Chu Yuanxiang, and a third force as the sword joined with a golden rainbow to form a heavenly dragon.
- Yu Ci’s wager at Sky Beam Mountain Island ended in a tribulation that destroyed the island’s creations, while Lu Lian recovered the ruined Heavenly Purple Bright Pill and a Golden Bone Jade Disc that Yu Ci recognized.
- Yu Ci sent Li Cavalryman to the Nether Prison Wind Execution Platform, prompting the gathered cultivators to suspect he possessed Shangqing remnants and could access the Nine Nether Underworld.
- Yu Ci sheltered Zhengyan, received Madam Xia’s invitation to the Clear Sky Discourse, and agreed to pursue a Shangqing legacy on a death star.
- Baiyi destroyed a Daoist’s Golden Armored Divine Being, and Yu Ci boarded the Crimson Firmament Heaven’s warship before sending it and its passengers through Ghost Gate Pass into the Nine Nether Underworld.
- Su Shuanghe learned that the Xuan Huang Killing Sword had appeared in Shaoyang Sword Cave, while Yu Ci used the Realm of Truth to observe the distant cave and its tribulation.
- Wu Yuanchen found the sculpted-spirit Xuan Huang Killing Sword and fought the gathered cultivators as Han Shuichang, Wang Zihuai, and Hongyuan Daoist tried to secure it.
- Chu Yuanxiang’s arrival and a third expert’s strange divine intent devastated Shaoyang Sword Cave, while Wu Yuanchen and Chu Yuanxiang trapped it between a demon kingdom and the Nine Profound Primordial Vault.
- A golden rainbow rose from the depths, joined with the Xuan Huang Killing Sword to form a heavenly dragon, and carried a colossal heavenly figure into a standoff with the two domains.