Vol. 17The Shangqing Revival

Yu Ci rebuilt the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror into a Divine Lord system, investigated the plots around Xi Yu Lake, and fought to protect Shangqing from forces seeking to reshape the True Realm. He carried the Taixiao Divine Court into his Inner Void and advanced toward its core while his allies held off demons and hostile cultivators.

  • Yu Qing Xuan defeated Tai'a Mohan by turning the True Realm’s laws against his demon domain, while Yu Ci took command of the abandoned mining zones and negotiated over their resources.
  • The Rakshasa Ghost King prepared an attack on the Southern Sea as the Eight Sceneries Palace shifted toward supporting Ruizhu Palace.
  • Yu Ci rebuilt the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror into an expandable Divine Lord system and persuaded Madam Huanyong to join his pact.
  • Yu Ci, Yang Zhu, and Madam Huanyong battled the Extreme Ancestor over Gan Shizhen and Xie Kangling, reviving the fallen Shangqing system before the Extreme Ancestor expelled Yang Zhu.
  • Yu Ci uncovered competing plans to use witch fetuses for reincarnation and learned that the Creation Sword Immortal’s method could reshape cultivation.
  • You Can redirected his rebirth scheme toward Ge Qiuniang and Su Qizhe’s fetus, while Yu Ci arranged protection for Xue Zhi and her fetus.
  • Yu Ci discovered how the Rakshasa Ghost King and the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva sought to reshape the world’s laws, then drew the Taixiao Divine Court into his Inner Void.
  • Yu Ci advanced toward the Divine Court’s core while Ye Bin and the Shangqing Execution God Generals fought off demons and hostile cultivators.
Chapters 1603–1702 Read from Ch. 1603

Arc 65The Azure Sky Tribulation

Yu Qing Xuan defeated Tai'a Mohan by turning the True Realm’s laws against his demon domain, while Yu Ci and the Eight Sceneries Palace maneuvered against the growing threats. The arc left Yu Ci supervising the abandoned mining zones as factions negotiated over their resources, while the Rakshasa Ghost King prepared attacks on the Southern Sea.

  • Yu Ci gathered mining intelligence and monitored the Golden Banner Sect as Zhu Wenying investigated its hidden array nodes, drawing the attention of the Golden Banner Sect Patriarch and the Shadow Ghost Woman.
  • Bao Yun disrupted the Patriarch’s trap, and Yu Qing Xuan revealed herself and froze his golden body before Tai'a Mohan attacked her and the ancestor escaped no further.
  • Yu Qing Xuan provoked Tai'a Mohan into a struggle that let her cross the Law Great Tribulation, manipulate the True Realm’s laws, and enter his Myriad Transformation Demon Domain.
  • Yu Qing Xuan exposed Tai'a Mohan’s secret exchange with the Rakshasa Ghost King, turned his subordinates against him, and escaped as Zuodaluo’s Blade Ants severed the domain’s sustaining laws.
  • Yu Qing Xuan warned Yu Ci about the danger posed by the Primordial Demon Lord and asked him to use his Future Sage identity to draw the Eight Sceneries Palace into supporting Ruizhu Palace.
  • Yun Xing urged the Eight Sceneries Palace to work with Ruizhu Palace and Yu Qing Xuan, and Lianshan sent Xin Yi to visit Yu Qing Xuan as the Palace shifted toward active involvement.
  • The Rakshasa Ghost King chose cooperation with the Eight Sceneries Palace, showed Bai Lian Xin Yi using the Thirty-Six Heavens to disrupt the attack on Ruizhu Palace, and ordered thirteen great demons to attack the Southern Sea within a month.
  • The Golden Banner Sect withdrew from its outer-sea mines, and Yu Ci took command of the zones, coordinated negotiations among rival factions, and acquired Eastern Branch secret-method Star-refined bronze through mineral sales and exchanges.
Chapters 1603–162725 summaries Read

Arc 66The Shangqing System Reborn

Yu Ci rebuilt the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror into an expanding Divine Lord system, then joined Yang Zhu and Madam Huanyong in a battle against the Extreme Ancestor over Gan Shizhen and Xie Kangling. The clash revived the power of the fallen Shangqing system, but the Extreme Ancestor expelled Yang Zhu and continued attacking as the arc ended.

  • Yu Ci reshaped the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, guiding fiends through a path of light and studying how Faith Power could bind believers to a divine master.
  • Yu Ci replaced the mirror’s demonic patterns with Daoist talismans, formed an expandable Divine Lord system, and persuaded Madam Huanyong to sign his pact.
  • Yu Ci completed the system’s first foundations in a new Dao realm, then pursued the Taixiao Divine Court while advancing the mirror and investigating threats around Xi Yu Lake.
  • Gan Shizhen escaped a plot aboard the Sky Domain Shuttle, and Yang Zhu arrived to fight Juduoluo, Venerable Sky Eagle, True Lord Hundred Battles, and the Extreme Ancestor.
  • The Extreme Ancestor trapped Yang Zhu and Gan Shizhen in the Frozen Silence Demon Kingdom, while Madam Huanyong entered the battle and Yu Ci arrived through the Law of Life and Death.
  • Yu Ci and Yang Zhu confronted the Extreme Ancestor over Xie Kangling, and Yu Ci resonated with the ruined Shangqing system as the Huayang Demonic Spear struck Yang Zhu.
  • Yu Ci channeled Shangqing cultivators’ power into Yang Zhu’s Great Abyss Soul Shock Cannon, and Yang Zhu broke free as Yu Ci and Madam Huanyong helped crack the Huayang Demonic Spear.
  • The Extreme Ancestor contracted his demon kingdom and expelled Yang Zhu, but distorted laws still affected him as Xie Kangling struck with his fist.
Chapters 1628–165225 summaries Read

Arc 67The Lake Sacrifice Plot

Yu Ci investigated the forces converging on Xi Yu Lake, uncovered competing plans to use witch fetuses for a reincarnation, and learned that the Creation Sword Immortal’s method could reshape cultivation. The Lake Sacrifice approached as You Can redirected his scheme toward the fetus carried by Ge Qiuniang and Su Qizhe, while Yu Ci arranged protection for Xue Zhi and her fetus.

  • Yu Ci used the Cloud Tower Tree leaf to project Patriarch Ge’s image, disrupting the demons and triggering Xie Kangling’s conflict with his demonic taint before Extreme Ancestor withdrew with him.
  • Yu Ci explored the ruins beneath Xi Yu Lake, found a void passage, and entered a distorted region where sorcery gained power while True Realm techniques weakened.
  • Li Bocai and the Sword Discussion Pavilion pursued Su Shuanghe, whose second Primordial Spirit was devoured by a hidden entity in the deep waters.
  • Madam Xia regained control of Flying Soul City and prepared a Lake Sacrifice to test the bloodline of the fetus she hoped would bring about the Witch God’s reincarnation.
  • Yu Ci and Xue Pingzhi studied the Creation Sword Immortal’s traces and concluded that his plan could alter the Yin Yang Method and reshape cultivation across the True Realm.
  • Yu Ci confronted Madam Xia, who admitted to preparing shamanic fetuses with Su Qizhe and begged him to preserve the fetus in her womb.
  • You Can abandoned the plan involving Madam Xia’s fetus and told You Huang to use the nearly ready fetus of Ge Qiuniang and Su Qizhe for his rebirth.
  • Yu Ci discovered that Madam Xia had transferred her fetus into Xue Zhi, sent Xue Pingzhi to protect them, and learned that Su Qizhe and Ge Qiuniang’s fetus also needed protection.
Chapters 1653–167725 summaries Read

Arc 68The Taixiao Divine Court

Yu Ci uncovered how the Rakshasa Ghost King and the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva sought to reshape the world’s laws, then took the Taixiao Divine Court into his Inner Void to protect Shangqing. The arc left him advancing toward its core as his allies fought off demons and hostile cultivators.

  • Yu Ci met Baiyi and Crimson Yin, while the northern law system began to collapse from a passage opened between Wutian Jiao Prison and the True Realm.
  • Madam Xia’s Lake Sacrifice failed after altered seals blocked its connection to the Sorcerer God Spiritual Water, and Yu Ci rescued her and the spirit witches.
  • Yu Ci traced the sabotage to the demon kingdom and Taixiao Divine Court, where Bai Lian revealed You Can had exposed the court to restrain both sides.
  • You Can unleashed his Great Sorcerer Spirit Garden as Mahakala’s Sorcerer fetus threatened to annex the water world, the True Realm, and Shangqing’s Thirty-Six Heavens.
  • Yu Ci entered the Realm of Truth and used the Eternal Azure Sky to become the Taixiao Divine Court’s protector, then swallowed its core region into his Inner Void.
  • Zhu Yang and the Candle Dragon King attacked Yu Ci’s group, but Ye Bin held them back so Yu Ci could continue north with Xue Pingzhi and Madam Xia.
  • Yu Ci trapped a Formless Demon and confronted Lü Ying and Kan Xingli, whose challenge ended with Shangqing Execution God Generals destroying Kan Xingli and shattering Lü Ying’s domain.
Chapters 1678–170225 summaries Read
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