Recaps

Yu Ci studied the Shangqing chariot and followed it to a Purple-Haired Daoist whose recovery drew him into a clash with the Qionglu Society and exposed Parasitic Yuan Worms within its ranks. After rescuing Daoist Qianbao and the Purple-Haired Daoist’s disciple, Yu Ci turned to rebuilding Shangqing and reconsidered his closeness to Shen Wan.

• Yu Ci restored the void, returned to the Three Treasures Ship, and entered seclusion, where the deadly Seven Emotions Demonic Pill ravaged the Myriad Demon Pool.
• Bai Xiufeng welcomed Yu Ci aboard and presented him with the Tiger Chariot Jade Carriage Hidden Wheel, which Yu Ci studied with Shen Wan before departing with Qizhen.
• The carriage led Yu Ci to the Purple-Haired Daoist, whom its white tiger revived, and the Daoist’s journey brought him into battle with the Qionglu Society.
• The Purple-Haired Daoist and the slovenly Daoist defeated the Qionglu Society ambushers, while Yu Ci destroyed a blood-red eye that pursued them from the tribulation clouds.
• Nangong Cheng attacked the slovenly Daoist, revealed as Daoist Qianbao, and Yu Ci killed Nangong Cheng and trapped the Parasitic Yuan Worm escaping his corpse.
• Yu Ci questioned Liu Xiandong about the Qionglu Society and found another Parasitic Yuan Worm within him, while the Nether Demon Eye fled and Liu Xiandong remained alive.
• Yu Ci treated the Purple-Haired Daoist and entrusted Ji Yao with his care, while Madam Huanyong revealed her Earth Immortal avatar and her plans to cultivate Liu Xiandong’s faith.
• Shen Wan reported the Qionglu Society’s losses and the Shangqing lineage’s business gains, and Yu Ci realized that his closeness to her had clouded his judgment.

Yu Ci encountered former allies and treated Madam Hua’s failing vitality while navigating her negotiations with Xue Pingzhi and the Sea Merchant Guild. The arc left Yu Ci weighing Madam Hua’s ambitions and promising further help as conflict continued on Xi Yu Lake.

• Yu Ci sent Madam Huanyong to build support among the Northern Wilderness’s common people and considered how to strengthen his believers through the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror.
• Tie Lan’s expedition at Huayang Mountain was attacked by an unknown force, and Shadow Ghost concluded that their arrangements there had likely been compromised.
• Yu Ci observed Su Shuanghe and Zhai Que'er interrogating Se Yun, then joined Dong Yan’s group and followed Luo Yuniang to meet Xue Pingzhi and Madam Hua.
• Yu Ci examined Madam Hua’s dangerous restriction, found that probing it triggered a violent attack, and agreed to consider talismans that could restore her vitality.
• Yu Ci studied the True Demonic Scripts around Madam Hua’s cold spring and discussed recovering Ye Chi’s damaged sword embryo with Madam Huanyong.
• Madam Hua and Xue Pingzhi negotiated with Ao Xiu over a void world, and Yu Ci demonstrated a lotus talisman that transformed Ao Xiu’s Water Lotus Flower and helped replenish Madam Hua’s vitality.
• Yu Ci used seven hundred talismans to treat Madam Hua, who granted him access to the Cold Spring for Ye Chi’s recovery, while Xue Pingzhi proposed an alliance with her.
• Yu Ci agreed to examine Madam Hua’s intentions, arranged to visit her through Luo Yuniang, and returned to find Xiyu Alliance law enforcement handling a dispute on the lake.

Yu Ci searched for Zhang Yan beneath Xi Yu Lake while preparing for the Clear Sky Discourse, but an assassination plot at Lotus Pond trapped him under the Crimson Firmament Curse Kill Seal. He unleashed his emotional power across the lake, exposed Zhao Xiangshan’s conspiracy, and pursued him into the deep waters.

• Xiao Jiu reunited with Yu Ci beneath Xi Yu Lake, and they learned that Zhang Yan had escaped captivity with an injured woman while hiding deep beneath the lake.
• Yu Ci brought Ye Chi to Lotus Pond and used an illusion to help her reconcile conflicting sword intents, then learned from Madam Hua that the Clear Sky Discourse would decide control of a Void world.
• A masked assassin attacked Madam Hua, and Yu Ci was caught in a trap involving the Three Origins Secret Array, a bowman, and the Crimson Firmament Curse Kill Seal.
• Yu Ci killed the assassins and destroyed the array’s bowman, while Sun Weizhen died and Zhao Xiangshan told assembled faction leaders that he meant to block the Shangqing Sect’s return.
• Yu Ci endured the curse’s erosion and unleashed emotional divine power that spread fear across Xi Yu Lake, disrupting the array and forcing Xun Yuan and the Alliance to respond.
• Yu Ci cast an emotional web over the lake and found conspirators gathered in a dark chamber, where Zhao Xiangshan’s projection shattered the room and destroyed its evidence.
• Yu Ci traced Zhao Xiangshan’s projection a thousand miles beneath Xi Yu Lake, then invoked the Ziwei Emperor’s Command and raised a heavenly palace and city.

Yu Ci used the Tiger Chariot Jade Carriage Hidden Wheel and his command of the void to expose and destroy Zhao Xiangshan’s defenses at Xi Yu Lake. After Zhao Xiangshan’s death shook the Three Origins Secret Array, Yu Ci captured Eternal Azure Sky and its Dao realm on a talisman.

• Yu Ci used the Tiger Chariot Jade Carriage Hidden Wheel to trace Blood Mansion Ancestor through the Crimson Firmament Curse Kill Seal, then drew him into a vision of a lotus pond that drove him into despair and submission.
• Yu Ci located Zhao Xiangshan beneath Xi Yu Lake and publicly marked his position, while the Xiyu Alliance debated how to respond and activated its reconnaissance arrays.
• Zhao Xiangshan used the Three Origins Secret Array to search Yu Ci’s sealed water domain, but Yu Ci’s forces defeated his water ghosts and fierce chi and revealed visions of Blood Mansion Ancestor’s regeneration.
• Yu Ci bypassed Zhao Xiangshan’s defenses with the Green Lotus incarnation and his control of the void, collapsing the secret manor and trapping Zhao Xiangshan in a reshaped domain.
• Zhao Xiangshan escaped through Dream Wandering Immortal Transformation, but Yu Ci repeatedly displaced and battered him with void magic and a Dao song until the Three Origins Secret Array suppressed him.
• After an unidentified voice opened a brief gap in the seal, Zhao Xiangshan burst his form and spirit into dust, while the array’s backlash injured Ji Yong and threatened its stability.
• Liu Taiheng urged the alliance to negotiate with Yu Ci and revealed that the array’s activity had drawn attention to the submerged Taixiao Divine Court.
• Yu Ci used the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal, a Cloud Tower Tree leaf, and spiritual liquid from the Dew Bowl to make a talisman that captured Eternal Azure Sky and its Dao realm.