Recaps

Yu Ci organized the protection of the outer-sea miners at Lan Hai Mountain, negotiated with the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect, and used his vast sensing ability to secure a temporary agreement. Madam Xia contacted him for information about Huai Chen and the Golden Banner Sect, while the Xiyu Alliance prepared to decide how to handle the crisis.

• Yu Ci ordered the sects and merchant groups to report their mining-area personnel and locations, then began coordinating with the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect.
• Sage Wisdom Walker said he and Yu Ci shared a Buddhist affinity and offered to remain nearby while he pursued its cause.
• Madam Xia and Murong Qingyan contacted Yu Ci, who gave Madam Xia information about Huai Chen's injuries and agreed to watch the Golden Banner Sect.
• Yu Ci gathered mining-area intelligence and surveyed the outer sea with his spiritual will, alarming Chen Qiaoran and the other factions.
• The Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect agreed to let miners remain and work inside their mines, provided they neither left nor transported minerals.

Yu Ci investigated the overseas mining districts while the Golden Banner Sect secretly halted preparations for a ritual tied to Starlight Stone. After a merchant party uncovered the stone’s trail and a black cat appeared with a crystal, the chapter left the source of the theft—and the party’s intentions—uncertain.

• Yu Ci examined the Golden Banner Sect’s mining holdings and surveyed suspicious locations protected by powerful linked formations and seals.
• As Yu Ci cruised the outer seas, sect leaders sent greetings, and he closely assessed the Golden Banner Sect Patriarch’s response.
• Chen Qiaoran and Cai Hu halted mining work and ordered Starlight Stone moved so Yu Ci would not discover the Golden Banner Sect’s hidden ritual preparations.
• Chen En reported that Northern Wasteland merchants had questioned a refiner about Starlight Stone and gone to Three Treasures Hall’s Bitter Island mine.
• Vice-Steward Lan met the merchant party’s leader on Bitter Island, where she examined raw Starlight Stone and asked about its supply; a black cat then appeared carrying a crystal.

Zhu Wenying investigated a stolen Starlight Stone while the Four Ghosts possessed Vice-Steward Lan and identified her as a possible route to the Golden Banner Sect. As Zhu and her pursuer entered the sea, Bao Yun followed and suspected the pursuer was one of her own kind.

• Zhu Wenying examined a refined Starlight Stone, and Vice-Steward Lan left rather than get involved.
• Steward Jin accused an unfamiliar visitor of stealing a Starlight Stone from the Golden Banner Sect’s array, then ended the water-mirror call before Vice-Steward Lan could respond.
• A member of the Four Ghosts possessed Vice-Steward Lan, used his memories to identify Zhu Wenying, and recognized her Frozen Interlocking Ring as a Ruizhu Palace technique.
• Yu Ci swept the mining area with his divine will, while the possessing spirit waited for a chance to target the Golden Banner Sect.
• Zhu Wenying used Nine Lives’s Invisibility Talisman to enter the sea, and the possessing spirit followed her in secret.
• Bao Yun spotted the two entering the sea, followed them, and wondered whether the pursuer was one of her own kind.

Yu Ci waited for Zhu Wenying to make a move against the Golden Banner Sect’s mining area while suppressing opposition at Ju Jing Workshop. Zhu Wenying uncovered another array-restriction node, but Steward Jin confronted her before she could continue.

• Yu Ci accepted Ju Jing Workshop’s invitation and left Bao Yun and Xuan Huang to watch the offshore mining areas.
• Zhu Wenying repeatedly entered the sea at night, eventually finding and mapping a fourth array-restriction node inside the Golden Banner Sect’s mining area.
• Yu Ci learned from Bao Yun that Zhu Wenying had entered the mining area and went there after consulting Zhao Xiangshan.
• Steward Jin appeared before Zhu Wenying, identified himself as the mining area’s steward, and asked to borrow her Nine Lives Phantom Spirit Talisman.

Zhu Wenying was caught infiltrating the Golden Banner Sect’s undersea mining area, and Steward Jin revealed overwhelming power by manifesting an Incense Golden Body. Vice-Steward Lan and the Shadow Ghost Woman intervened, and the chapter ended with the Golden Banner Sect Patriarch and Shadow Ghost Woman confronting each other as the sealed battle site closed off.

• Steward Jin deduced that Zhu Wenying had found array-restriction nodes with Nine Lives’s help and demanded that she explain what the cat could see.
• Vice-Steward Lan, who had followed Zhu Wenying for seven nights, recognized that Steward Jin’s seal and powers were far beyond an ordinary mining area steward.
• Zhu Wenying activated her Thunder Marquis Secret Armor and attacked Steward Jin with a lightning spear, but his Glazed World of Radiance stopped and shattered it.
• Steward Jin manifested an Incense Golden Body and exposed Vice-Steward Lan, whose attempt to escape his Void Thought Drum succeeded only because she was a Demonic Path powerhouse.
• The Shadow Ghost Woman possessed Zhu Wenying and drove her toward Steward Jin, but Nine Lives attacked; the Shadow Ghost Woman then broke through the restrictions and revealed herself to be a Calamity Law Grandmaster.
• The Golden Banner Sect Patriarch and Shadow Ghost Woman exchanged challenges while the Glazed World of Radiance and the array restrictions sealed the area again.

The Golden Banner Sect Patriarch tried to force Zhu Wenying to reveal what she had learned from the formation nodes, while preparing to capture her and Nine Lives. The Shadow Ghost Woman’s intrusion was struck by tribulation lightning, drawing the Heaven and Earth Law Will toward the seabed and confronting the Patriarch with a new crisis.

• The Golden Banner Sect Patriarch questioned Zhu Wenying about her Ruizhu Palace ties and what she had discovered, then offered to exchange intelligence when she refused to answer.
• The Patriarch summoned the Seven Treasures Lamp to draw Zhu Wenying inside and struck at Nine Lives with the Iron Ruyi, nearly breaking the spirit talisman.
• The Shadow Ghost Woman broke through the sea-domain seal and looked into the mineral region, intent on discovering the Patriarch’s scheme.
• An unseen attacker engulfed the Shadow Ghost Woman in tribulation lightning, which shattered the outer seal and reached the Glazed World of Radiance.
• The Golden Banner Sect Patriarch sensed the Heaven and Earth Law Will bearing down on the seabed, saw the Shadow Ghost Woman, and confronted her as their auras collided.

Bao Yun tried to rescue Zhu Wenying and Nine Lives, but the Golden Banner Sect Patriarch’s trap targeted someone else and exposed her to a powerful demonic presence. Yu Ci guided her into the Heaven and Earth Law System as the seabed tribulation formed, leaving every participant caught in an unfolding crisis they no longer understood.

• The Golden Banner Sect Patriarch restrained Zhu Wenying and Nine Lives while clashing with the Shadow Ghost Woman, suspecting an unseen intruder was guiding the tribulation.
• Bao Yun prayed to Yu Ci for help, received power from Equality Heaven, and froze a vast stretch of sea to break the Patriarch’s hold.
• The Golden Banner Sect Patriarch traced Bao Yun’s aura and used it to connect his ally’s demonic intent to her, revealing that the trap had been meant for Ruizhu Palace.
• Bao Yun called Xuanhuang, which sent sword intent toward the outer skies, while Bao Yun plunged into the frozen seabed to escape the demonic attack.
• Yu Ci guided Bao Yun deeper into the Heaven and Earth Law System, disrupting the balance and triggering the seabed tribulation as the Golden Banner Sect Patriarch realized events had become irreversible.

Yu Qing Xuan revealed that she had disguised herself as Zhu Wenying and defeated the Golden Banner Sect Master during the Ice Sealing Tribulation. As Tai'a Mohan confronted her, the Shadow Ghost Woman retreated and the fate of the trapped cultivators remained unresolved.

• Yu Ci learned that Zhu Wenying had arrived, then realized the Zhu Wenying beside him was Yu Qing Xuan in disguise.
• The disguised Yu Qing Xuan emerged from her protective ice near the Golden Banner Sect Master and revealed herself.
• The Golden Banner Sect Master unleashed his defenses, but Yu Qing Xuan pierced his golden body and froze it with Tai Xuan Jie Xing Suo.
• The shattered golden body left the Golden Banner Sect Master cracked and helpless; she begged Yu Qing Xuan to spare her and offered information about her master.
• The Shadow Ghost Woman denied involvement and withdrew as Tai'a Mohan's demonic intent pressed in and he called Yu Qing Xuan's name.

Tai'a Mohan’s assault on Yu Qing Xuan failed to secure an advantage, and he tried to retreat before turning the sea and sky into an ice prison. As Yu Qing Xuan pressed him, Tai'a Mohan received distant news that changed his understanding of the situation, just as space began to tremble.

• Tai'a Mohan attacked Yu Qing Xuan beneath the sea, and their divine intents clashed while the Golden Banner Sect ancestor attempted to escape through Ten Directions Reincarnation.
• Tai'a Mohan extinguished the ancestor’s rainbow light, absorbed its vital energy and soul essence, and began withdrawing his demonic intent.
• Yu Qing Xuan rose through the sea and spread the ice-sealing tribulation across the sea and sky, slowing Tai'a Mohan’s retreat and pressing her attack.
• Tai'a Mohan received information through a special channel and asked Yu Qing Xuan whether she had left anyone behind at her palace.
• A faint tremor shook the space between sea and sky, though its distant source was still unknown.

Yu Ci investigated the upheaval threatening Ruizhu Palace and learned that Yu Qing Xuan had come to Lan Hai Mountain to pursue clues about the Tai Xuan Demon Mother. As Tai'a Mohan tried to exploit the apparent danger to the palace, Yu Qing Xuan revealed that she understood his scheme and turned the confrontation against him.

• Yu Ci sensed a disturbance near Great Thunder Marsh and feared that Ruizhu Palace had come under attack, but Zhu Wenying told him that Yu Qing Xuan had ordered others not to interfere at Lan Hai Mountain.
• Yu Ci calmed down, examined the changes around Flying Spring Mountain, and learned that Yu Qing Xuan had secretly joined the merchant caravan to investigate suspicious mineral shipments connected to the Tai Xuan Demon Mother.
• Tai'a Mohan realized that the Rakshasa Ghost King had prepared attacks against either Lan Hai Mountain or Ruizhu Palace and tried to draw Yu Qing Xuan into the Realm of Truth to unsettle her.
• Yu Qing Xuan explained the strengths of her fellow disciples and told Tai'a Mohan that she understood his intentions, then challenged his demons for failing to recognize the world's gifted cultivators.
• Yu Qing Xuan taunted Tai'a Mohan about Island Master Ye's sword and declared that she would grant him release, provoking his demonic fury.

Yu Qing Xuan interlocked her qi, divine intent, emotions, soul, and Dao heart with Tai'a Mohan, turning their confrontation into a struggle in which he had lost the initiative. As she used the clash to force her way through heavenly tribulation toward Earth Immortal status, Tai'a Mohan rose in fury and sent a million devil heads toward the domain boundary.

• Tai'a Mohan attacked Yu Qing Xuan with devilish intent and layers of reborn devil heads, then realized her taunts had guided his emotions.
• Yu Qing Xuan removed her hairpin, unleashed a torrent of power, and sent a chill through their locked divine intents into Tai'a Mohan's heart.
• Yu Qing Xuan and Tai'a Mohan became interlocked across their qi, divine intents, emotions, souls, and Dao hearts, leaving him on the defensive.
• Tai'a Mohan recognized that Yu Qing Xuan was using him to cross her heavenly tribulation and seek Earth Immortal status.
• Tai'a Mohan manifested his dharma form and sent a tide of a million devil heads toward the boundary between inside and outside the domain.

Yu Qing Xuan faced Tai'a Mohan and the Heaven and Earth Law Will as she attempted to use the demonic tide to create the opportunity for her Earth Immortal breakthrough. Tai'a Mohan brought the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain above Lan Hai Mountain and stopped short of the weakened law barrier, planning to wait out her tribulation and strike when her power waned.

• Tai'a Mohan's Myriad Transformation Demon Domain accelerated a vast tide of heavenly demons toward the boundary of the Lan Hai Mountain region, where their combined demonic intent confronted Yu Qing Xuan.
• Yu Qing Xuan held the tail of the Ice Sealing Tribulation and obstructed the Heaven and Earth Law Will from forming a new tribulation, while facing both Tai'a Mohan and the laws of heaven and earth.
• Tai'a Mohan concluded that Yu Qing Xuan was trying to supplement the inadequate Ice Sealing Tribulation with a demonic tribulation and use the heavenly demons to provoke a breakthrough opportunity.
• Tai'a Mohan drove the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain above the Azure Sky Domain, where its impact annihilated more than half of the heavenly demons and absorbed their vital essence.
• Tai'a Mohan halted before pressing the damaged law barrier downward, avoiding the destruction and karmic consequences, and challenged Yu Qing Xuan to cross her tribulation while he endured her Dao heart interlock.
• Tai'a Mohan expected Yu Qing Xuan to remain in the true realm and prepared to attack after her breakthrough attempt weakened her, but he froze when he considered Lu Chen.

Yu Qing Xuan forced the law systems inside and outside the Azure Sky Domain to intersect, enduring a Law Great Tribulation as she repaired the domain and steadily advanced her realm. Tai'a Mohan realized her process was drawing him into her rhythm, and feared he might be assimilated when she suddenly looked toward him.

• Yu Qing Xuan rose to the top of the Azure Sky Domain and approached the periphery of the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain.
• Yu Qing Xuan pushed against the pressure of both law systems, making the True Realm's laws swell outward and collide with the laws outside the domain.
• Yu Qing Xuan endured the Law Great Tribulation by sustaining the unstable law changes, while azure lotuses bloomed and withered around her.
• Tai'a Mohan recognized that Yu Qing Xuan was using the law fragments to repair the Azure Sky Domain and stood up to intervene.
• Yu Qing Xuan's realm continued to rise as her influence reached Tai'a Mohan, who feared being assimilated before she turned her gaze toward him.

Yu Qing Xuan turned the turbulent laws and the Golden Banner Sect’s formations against Tai'a Mohan, halting a spreading collapse and hurling a vast void wave into his forces. As she merged her mind with the upheaving Heaven and Earth Law System, Yu Ci sensed her presence from ten thousand miles away.

• Tai'a Mohan attacked Yu Qing Xuan with the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain and sent Zuodaluo and three thousand Blade Ants to strike from the flank.
• Yu Qing Xuan activated restrictive formations across the sea and sky, accelerating the collapse of the laws and shattering the seals around Lan Hai Mountain.
• Yu Qing Xuan repositioned the Starlight Stones and formed an opposing restriction that halted the collapse and drove its impact back as a massive void wave.
• The returning wave battered Tai'a Mohan's fortress and scattered Zuodaluo's Blade Ant formation.
• Yu Qing Xuan merged her mind with the turbulent laws, and Yu Ci sensed her presence from ten thousand miles away.

Yu Qing Xuan used her mastery of the Method of Motion and Stillness to disrupt and reshape the True Realm’s laws, revealing that she intended to obstruct the Rakshasa Ghost King’s plan to remake the world. She crossed the boundary between the True Realm and its outer domains, then struck the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain, leaving Tai'a Mohan facing her alone amid devastating upheaval.

• Yu Qing Xuan spread her consciousness through the True Realm’s law system and stopped the expanding destruction by restoring the damaged laws.
• Yu Ci and Zhao Xiangshan realized that her actions resembled a rehearsal for the Three Realms Heaven Connection, and Yu Ci understood that she was challenging the Rakshasa Ghost King’s plan.
• Tai'a Mohan sensed Yu Qing Xuan’s killing intent and recognized that her independent understanding of the Method of Motion and Stillness let her affect laws both within and beyond the domain.
• Yu Qing Xuan controlled the backlash between the two law systems, crossed the heavenly chasm, and vanished from the True Realm.
• Yu Qing Xuan struck the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain, killing more than ten percent of its Heavenly Demons and Outer Dao practitioners and tearing at its laws.
• Tai'a Mohan struggled to control the collapsing demon domain as Yu Qing Xuan entered, leaving him alone against her.

Yu Qing Xuan exploited the unstable Myriad Transformation Demon Domain and her pressure on Tai'a Mohan's Dao heart to turn his own power against him. As Tai'a Mohan's control collapsed, his subordinates betrayed him, Yu Qing Xuan vanished, and Zuodaluo's Blade Ants destroyed the demon domain.

• Yu Qing Xuan entered the unstable Myriad Transformation Demon Domain while Tai'a Mohan struggled to resist her pressure and his trapped subordinates remained unable to help.
• Tai'a Mohan learned that his vital essence was leaking through his damaged mental defenses and being absorbed by Yu Qing Xuan, while the domain's turbulence slowed Zuodaluo's Blade Ants.
• Yu Qing Xuan exposed Tai'a Mohan's secret exchange with Rakshasa Ghost King, and Tai'a Mohan's fear intensified as he realized Rakshasa could not come to his aid.
• When Tai'a Mohan called for help, his thought was redirected into a plea to be saved, and a powerful subordinate pierced his Dharma form as the Six Desire Heavenly Demons turned against him.
• Yu Qing Xuan thanked Island Master Ye and vanished while Tai'a Mohan fought off his rebellious subordinates.
• Zuodaluo led the Blade Ants in a strike that severed the laws sustaining the Myriad Transformation Demon Domain, causing its fortress and a million Heavenly Demons to collapse.

Yu Qing Xuan reshaped the Azure Sky Domain’s laws and explained why she had let Tai'a Mohan go, while Yu Ci learned that Yin Gui and the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect would pursue the heavenly demons. Yu Qing Xuan asked Yu Ci to use the Future Sage identity to help relieve the siege of Ruizhu Palace, but they remained in the void as she waited for the right moment.

• Yu Qing Xuan’s law restrictions thickened the Azure Sky Domain and drove the heavenly demons outward.
• Yu Qing Xuan warned Yu Ci that his exposure to the Primordial Demon Lord put him at risk, then said the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect would deal with the demons.
• Yin Gui asked Yu Ci to accommodate her bid for enlightenment, and a dozen powerful figures from the Eastern Branch headed beyond the domain.
• Yu Qing Xuan told Yu Ci that Ruizhu Palace was under pressure and asked him to use the Future Sage identity to draw the Eight Sceneries Palace into action and ease the siege.
• Yu Qing Xuan offered the name “Xirong” as a cover for their coordination, while Yu Ci withheld what he had learned in Sky Rift Valley.
• Yu Ci noticed that Yu Qing Xuan had lingered longer than expected, and she said they still had to wait.

Yu Qing Xuan and Yu Ci traveled together while she recovered her vitality and discussed the danger of being watched. Yu Qing Xuan examined Yu Ci’s Eternal Azure Sky talisman and said its Dao resonance was obstructed by something rooted in basic desires.

• Yu Qing Xuan warned Yu Ci that someone was watching them, and Yu Ci found no trace of the watcher.
• Yu Ci summoned the Tiger Chariot Jade Carriage Hidden Wheel so they could travel while discussing Yu Qing Xuan’s recovery and safety.
• Yu Qing Xuan boarded the chariot with Yu Ci and explained the chariot’s runes and functions.
• Xuanhuang arrived with Bao Yun, and Yu Ci sent Bao Yun to scout within the tribulation clouds.
• Yu Qing Xuan said the Dew Bowl could not restore her strength quickly enough and noted that Yu Ci lacked a complete foundation in tribulation-crossing methods.
• Yu Qing Xuan examined Yu Ci’s Eternal Azure Sky talisman and said its resonance was obstructed by something in the heart, rooted in basic desires.

Yu Qing Xuan advised Yu Ci to temper his true heart and guard against the Devil Master and Rakshasa Ghost King, then sensed he had something to reveal. Yu Ci brought up his sealing technique and demonstrated the Profound Ice Dissolution, leaving Yu Qing Xuan startled.

• Yu Qing Xuan explained that Yu Ci’s lingering human instincts could undermine his judgment and urged him to cultivate a steadier true heart.
• Yu Qing Xuan warned Yu Ci that the Devil Master could exploit heart demons and that the Rakshasa Ghost King’s illusions threatened the true heart.
• Yu Ci considered telling Yu Qing Xuan about the Primordial Power but instead claimed he had mastered emotional divine abilities and a sealing technique.
• Yu Ci revealed that the Third Palace Master had seen the sealing technique during the Ice Sealing Tribulation and clasped Yu Qing Xuan’s finger.
• Yu Ci used the Profound Ice Dissolution between their hands, and Yu Qing Xuan began to remark on his improved mastery before abruptly stopping.

Yu Ci and Yu Qing Xuan faced an elusive attack from Zhu Yang, the Heavenly Evasion Sect’s sect master, whose presence threatened their plans and allies. After privately discussing the Grand Profound Intent, they waited for news from Ruizhu Palace, but Yu Qing Xuan stopped Yu Ci from calling for help.

• Yu Ci and Yu Qing Xuan repelled a murderous attack that vanished without a trace, and Yu Qing Xuan identified its source as likely Zhu Yang, the Heavenly Evasion Sect’s sect master.
• Zhu Yang taunted Yu Ci and Yu Qing Xuan, threatened Zhu Wenying, and hinted that he had allied with the Rakshasa Ghost King despite the covenant restricting longevity-level fighters.
• Yu Qing Xuan challenged Zhu Yang over merging with the Shifting Shadow heritage, and he fell silent; Yu Ci judged him to be an Earth Immortal and considered asking the Eight Sceneries Palace for support.
• Yu Ci invited Yu Qing Xuan to send a divided spirit into his Inner Void so he could explain the Grand Profound Intent in private.
• As they waited for news from Ruizhu Palace, Yu Ci announced that he would call on his Senior Uncle, but Yu Qing Xuan decisively said there was no need.

As the Eight Sceneries Palace prepared for the Purple Extreme Yellow Diagram gathering, Xin Yi, Lian Sidao, and Yun Xing discussed the realm’s worsening crises and the political forces shaping the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth. Yun Xing argued that the Palace had lost the initiative and could not defy the momentum of heaven and human hearts, leaving Lian Sidao to consider whether the sect could withstand the coming tide.

• The Eight Sceneries Palace prepared the Purple Extreme Yellow Diagram gathering and planned to follow it with the Heaven-Measuring and Yuan-Stabilizing undertaking.
• Xin Yi and Lian Sidao asked Yun Xing for advice on how the Palace should respond to the realm’s upheaval.
• Yun Xing said the Eastern Sea figure’s ambitions were clear and that the Palace had lost its chance to act after the Demon Sect and Sword Discussion Pavilion besieged Lu Chen and triggered the Great Tribulation.
• Yun Xing questioned the Demon Sect’s inaction and warned that the Sword Discussion Pavilion had expanded its power in the southern lands.
• Yun Xing argued that the Xiyu Alliance and other factions were too unstable for the Palace to rely on, and that opposing human hearts was harder than opposing heaven’s momentum.
• Yun Xing explained that the True Realm’s laws resisted the cosmos’s natural drift toward chaos, and questioned whether the Eight Sceneries Palace could withstand the great momentum of the tribulation.

Yun Xing explained why Eight Sceneries Palace had limited room to oppose the forces reshaping the True Realm, then argued that the East Sea power sought to open the realm’s closed system. He concluded that the sect should protect the living beings caught in the upheaval and named the Thirty-Six Heavens as the way forward.

• Yun Xing warned Lianshan and Xin Yi that deploying too many Earth Immortals in the True Realm could trigger its destruction, leaving the sect with little freedom to act.
• Yun Xing described how Shangqing and Ruizhu Palace had aligned and argued that the sect’s choices were constrained by larger forces and accumulated momentum.
• Yun Xing said he was content to guard the Cloud Mountain Range and Heaven Beyond Clouds, and Lianshan asked how he would handle the crisis.
• Yun Xing reasoned that the True Realm’s closed system was stagnating and that the East Sea power sought to transform it by connecting it to the outside.
• Yun Xing argued that the sect had to ensure the True Realm was rebuilt rather than letting its billions of beings perish, then proposed the Thirty-Six Heavens.

Yun Xing persuaded the Eight Sceneries Palace to reconsider its plans and move to win over Ruizhu Palace and Yu Qing Xuan, as Zhu Yang’s emergence heightened the danger of an Eastern Sea strike. In Heavenly Delusion City, the Rakshasa Ghost King comforted Bai Lian and revealed the conflicting visions of disaster troubling her, leaving Bai Lian to recognize the Ghost King’s fascination with the tangled transformations of human hearts.

• Yun Xing argued that the Thirty-Six Heavens could temporarily buffer the true realm’s transition to an open system, then urged the Eight Sceneries Palace to ally with Ruizhu Palace and Yu Qing Xuan.
• Lianshan showed Xin Yi and Yun Xing news about Zhu Yang, and they feared that his assassination ability could enable the Eastern Sea to act ahead of schedule.
• Lianshan sent Xin Yi to visit Yu Qing Xuan, signaling that the Eight Sceneries Palace was shifting from relative neutrality to active involvement.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King explained to Bai Lian why she had given her that name and urged her not to miss the coming opportunity to attain the Dao.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King kissed Bai Lian’s brow, revealing visions of the Three Realms’ destruction and the fears behind Bai Lian’s unease.
• Bai Lian told the Rakshasa Ghost King that she cherished complex human transformations rather than white itself, and the Ghost King agreed.

Bai Lian learned that the Rakshasa Ghost King preferred cooperation with the Eight Sceneries Palace and the Xuan Sect, but Yu Qing Xuan and Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu complicated the plan. After Xin Yi intervened at Ruizhu Palace, the Rakshasa Ghost King turned her attention south and ordered an attack on the Southern Sea.

• The Rakshasa Ghost King explained the difference between forcibly changing the True Realm’s foundations and joining forces with the Eight Sceneries Palace, and Bai Lian chose cooperation.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King modeled the Three Realms Heaven Connection and found that Yu Qing Xuan’s influence disrupted its Three Celestial Methods.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King told Bai Lian to reclaim her favor from Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and see how he performed.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King showed Bai Lian how Xin Yi disrupted the demon army attacking Ruizhu Palace with the Thirty-Six Heavens.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King spared Ruizhu Palace for the moment and ordered thirteen great demons to attack the Southern Sea within a month.

After Yu Qing Xuan’s battle with Tai'a Mohan opened a safer path near Lan Hai Mountain, the Golden Banner Sect Master’s death destabilized the Xiyu Alliance and left the outer-sea mining zones up for grabs. Yu Ci took command of the region and arranged mineral deals through his allies, using the proceeds to obtain the Star-refined bronze he needed.

• Yu Qing Xuan’s victory over Tai'a Mohan left the Azure Sky Domain near Lan Hai Mountain unusually thin and cleared away the nearby heavenly demons.
• News that Tai'a Mohan had killed the Golden Banner Sect Master exposed the latter’s ties to the Rakshasa Ghost King and plunged the Xiyu Alliance into silence and uncertainty.
• The Golden Banner Sect withdrew from its outer-sea mining zones, and the Xiyu Alliance tacitly let Yu Ci take command and supervise them.
• With Yu Qing Xuan and other powerful figures lending weight to Yu Ci’s position, rival sects and the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect negotiated over the mining zones.
• Yu Ci had Bao Yun and Zhao Xiangshan coordinate mineral sales and exchanges, acquiring Eastern Branch secret-method Star-refined bronze with most of the proceeds.