Recaps

After Zhao Xiangshan’s defeat, Yu Ci confronted the factions behind the attempt to test him and pursued new alliances while investigating Xue Pingzhi’s condition and the Rakshasa Ghost King’s designs. The Clear Sky Discourse began with Xin Yi’s unexpected arrival, and its opening contests exposed the rivalries and alliances shaping the struggle over the void worlds.

• Yu Ci’s Eternal Azure Sky trapped Zhao Xiangshan’s remaining spiritual intent, and Madam Huanyong’s lunar wheel carried it away into bloody waves.
• After Madam Hua’s attendant Hua Su was found murdered, Yu Ci challenged the Xiyu Alliance over the plot against him and secured penalties for Crimson Firmament Heaven and negotiations over compensation.
• Yu Ci investigated a spying artifact and traced a strange fragrance from Su Qizhe and Xue Zhi to Miao Xiang, who belonged to the Su clan.
• Madam Xia and Xue Pingzhi discussed the Death Star, Feipuo Realm, and Taishi Star with Yu Ci, who recognized Madam Xia’s invitation to join the Xiyu Alliance’s network of sects.
• At the Death Star, Yu Ci examined Xue Pingzhi’s Delusion Realm and discovered how the Rakshasa Ghost King’s influence had distorted her memories and emotions.
• Yu Ci and Xue Pingzhi formed an alliance, and he promised to try to free her after the Clear Sky Discourse before traveling toward Taishi Star.
• Xin Yi arrived unexpectedly at Shuxuan Tower, where Madam Xia opened the Clear Sky Discourse and began the competition over seven void worlds.
• Dayu Gate, Lingchen Sect, and Myriad Manifestations Sect won early contests, while Gongyang Ce and Tang Lian entered for other sects and Lingchen Sect’s master realized his faction had been excluded from the core circle.

Yu Ci won the Death Star contest through a talisman game and Xusheng’s display, while alliances and disputes over the realms reshaped the gathering. After discussions about the looming tribulation and Shangqing’s restoration, Yu Ci confronted Madame Yellow Springs and decided to keep her close for the knowledge she could provide.

• Ao Yang joined Zhang Tianji’s alliance, and Zhang arranged for True Man Guangwei to challenge Yu Ci before the Death Star’s ownership was announced.
• Yu Ci and True Man Guangwei played a talisman game that culminated in Yu Ci’s Emperor Bell defeating Guangwei’s forms, and Guangwei conceded.
• Daoist Qianbao defeated Wandering Cultivator Tianfeng, then Xusheng defeated Zhang Tianji and secured the Death Star for Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu.
• Madam Xia told Yu Ci that rebels in Flying Soul City had been detained and proposed cooperation, while Xin Yi described the Eight Sceneries Palace’s concerns about the Zhaoxuan Sacred Realm and Shangqing’s restoration.
• Xin Yi announced an exchange of realms and vowed to seal the Zhaoxuan Sacred Realm, leaving the Clear Sky Discourse amid uproar as Madam Xia returned to Flying Soul City.
• Yu Ci confronted Madame Yellow Springs in the cold spring, and she offered to exchange secrets while revealing how she had inferred that the Post-Sage was fabricated.
• Madame Yellow Springs asked Yu Ci to take her in so she could prepare for the coming tribulation, and Yu Ci decided to keep her close and asked for advice on restoring the Shangqing Sect.

Yu Ci fought through the demon tide near Huayang Cave while Madame Yellow Springs’s hidden spiritual nature came to light. After her death, he uncovered her past and learned how the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva had formed and why it targeted her.

• Madame Yellow Springs urged Yu Ci to prepare for the Purple Extreme Yellow Diagram gathering and Heaven-Measuring and Yuan-Stabilizing, and to rebuild Shangqing at Huayang Mountain.
• Yu Ci led a northbound assault on the demon tide, then went southwest with Madame Yellow Springs and Xuanhuang as demons pursued them toward Huayang Cave.
• Yu Ci and Xuanhuang fought through the tribulation clouds, where they and Bao Yun defeated the Vajra Demon Figurine and Yu Ci’s Thunder Lord domain drove back the demon forces.
• Lu Chen’s Fist Intent weakened, and Yu Ci discovered Madame Yellow Springs’s crystalline true intent before the demonic cultivator and Calamity Demon King withdrew.
• Yu Ci strangled Madame Yellow Springs after giving her Lu Qing’s letter, then studied the demonic remains and heard Zhao Xiangshan’s account of Canluona and Void Infinity.
• Zhao Xiangshan revealed the Witch God’s connection to Xi Yu Lake, while Yu Ci traced Canluona’s developing intelligence to the Chaos Origin Box and Madame Yellow Springs’s visit to the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion.
• Yu Ci entered Madame Yellow Springs’s memories and learned that the Ten Directions Ci Guang Buddha demon spirit had attacked her, while Zhao Xiangshan explained the history of Boundless, Canluona, and the Three Venerables Cult.
• Yu Ci discovered that the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror’s malformed monster had become the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, which sought Madame Yellow Springs as a replacement for its tainted spiritual root.

Yu Ci survived a clash with the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, pursued materials to repair the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, and uncovered Shadow Ghost’s schemes as Di Tianluo broke through. The arc ended with Yu Ci mediating the crisis at Ju Jing Workshop and calling the Xiyu Alliance to choose between fighting and negotiating with the Demonic Sect.

• Yu Ci fought the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva through the Law of Life and Death, then escaped Huayang Cave by exploiting the altered Heaven and Earth Law System.
• Yu Ci reached Lan Hai Mountain, sought Star-Refined Bronze to repair the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, and investigated the ore trade around Ju Jing Workshop.
• Di Tianluo defeated Dong Cangzi and advanced through a tribulation, while Yu Ci learned that Shadow Ghost had helped her awaken the Spirit Outline Scroll.
• Di Tianluo invoked the Primordial Demon Lord’s Fundamental Empowerment, slew three Outer Realm Calamity Demons, and escaped Huai Chen with the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle.
• Yu Ci and Sage Wisdom Walker investigated Yang Ming’s Dark Tide Sand, and Yu Ci secretly refined Dharma Realm shards from it.
• When the Nine Ghost Heart Bells attacked Ju Jing Workshop, Yu Ci protected 27,552 cultivators and revealed his authority as Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu.
• Zhai Meng sealed the sea while the Eastern Branch searched for Dong Cangzi’s killer, and Yu Ci called on the Xiyu Alliance to decide whether to fight or negotiate with the Demonic Sect.