Recaps

Yu Ci pursued a life-extending treasure, fought Fu Long, and uncovered the power of the Star Shards and the Mysterious Azure Ring. He returned to the Tianyi Tower banquet, where Shen Wan unveiled a Profound Truth Condensing Void Pill and opened bidding at 120,000 Ruyi Money.

• After Fu Long escaped and Lake and Sea Wanderer was abducted, Yu Ci traveled to Juebi City with Gan Shizhen and learned the Great Dream Yin Yang Method from He Qing.
• Yu Ci searched Sky Rift Valley for a life-extending treasure, then discovered Chu Yan and Lake and Sea Wanderer were pursuing the Xuan Ling Yin and a hidden estate.
• Chu Yan tortured Lake and Sea Wanderer for the Xuan Ling Yin, but Fu Long seized it and fought Yu Ci, who killed him and took the two Storage Rings.
• Yu Ci extracted Lake and Sea Wanderer's soul, then devoured Chu Yan's vitality before realizing that Burning Jade Incense was consuming his own potential and life.
• At Bi Chao's request, Yu Ci investigated a demon nest, found seven Star Shards, and learned of a passage to the Black Magic Altar in Blood Prison Ghost Manor.
• Yu Ci arrived at the Tianyi Tower banquet, where Shen Wan reported the slaughter of Zhou Youde's caravan and Yu Ci revealed his sword pellet, which Dong Yan bought.
• Fan Lao offered the Mysterious Azure Ring for Dumpling, and Yu Ci accepted after He Qing promised merit and help finding a life-extending treasure.
• Shen Wan unveiled a Profound Truth Condensing Void Pill and set its opening price at 120,000 Ruyi Money, invoking pavilion rules to deny Yu Ci an advantage from their prior agreement.

Yu Ci helped He Qing investigate Jingshui Altar and uncovered its role in the Sky Rift turmoil, leading to a battle against Monk Yi Xin, revealed as Blood Monk Tu Ling. Yi Xin was destroyed, Ming Lan prepared to ascend, and Yu Ci’s response to the Xingtian Magic Sword revealed his affinity with the Li Chen Sect.

• Yu Ci bought the Profound Truth Condensing Void Pill and gave He Qing information linking Jingshui Altar to the Sky Rift Valley unrest.
• Yu Ci implanted divine-intent starlight in Zhengyan and learned from Ming Lan about the Jingshui Altar’s movements, then urged He Qing to demand the alleged criminals’ surrender.
• He Qing and Yu Ci discovered a hidden underground palace where monks abused captive women, and He Qing subdued a disguised demon before it exploded.
• Yi Xin activated the Illusion Demon Golden Pagoda and trapped He Qing in the Eighteen Yin Demon Wheel Formation, but He Qing broke free and battled him as he rebuilt his strength using hundreds of monks.
• Yi Xin unleashed his golden Dharma Form and the Three Thousand Yin Demons, devastating Juebi City, while Gan Shizhen and Yu Ci tried to protect the survivors.
• Master Ming summoned a Rakshasa Sect divine lord projection that overwhelmed Yi Xin’s golden body, and He Qing then struck it with the Xingtian Magic Sword.
• He Qing and Ming Lan cornered the wounded Yi Xin, whom Immortal He identified as Blood Monk Tu Ling, but Yi Xin destroyed his own body and soul before they could question him.
• Immortal He summoned Yu Ci to pay respects to the Xingtian Magic Sword, and his Sword Qi responded to it.

Yu Ci returned to Li Chen Sect after defeating Blood Monk Tu Ling and began building his standing for the Sword Garden Grand Event. His dangerous duels drew attention, while Zhang Yan chose a drastic new path and Yu Ci learned that Old Mr. Zhu had a Talisman Disk.

• Yu Ci defeated Blood Monk Tu Ling with the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and Rakshasa Illusionary Sound, then restored Zhengyan’s surviving soul to his body.
• Gan Shizhen drove off Zuo Yan, and Yu Ci returned to Li Chen Sect, where Meng Wei warned him that Zhou Yu and other Empirical Branch disciples resented him.
• Yu Ci met Old Mr. Zhu at Lingxiao Pavilion, and the recorded God Slaying Thorn technique earned him a medallion and a recommendation to prepare for the Hanzhang Dharma Assembly.
• Li You and Hong Qianqiu brought Yu Ci to Chutian Peak, where he fought for a Sword Offering Token and learned of the Sword Garden Grand Event.
• Yu Ci defeated Zhang Yan in a lethal sword duel, and the senior disciples agreed to nominate him for the Fa Tian Secret Realm.
• Yu Ci conceded a yin-spirit artifact contest to Tu Rilun and Tu Rifei, then fought Zhang Yan again in his stone chamber and heard him ask for gambling advice.
• Old Mr. Zhu explained how the Minor Hanzhang Dharma Assembly could lead to a reserved place at the high-level assembly, while Zhang Yan reported his Demonic Cultivation Method to the Discipline Court and left for the Myriad Laws Secret Realm.
• Old Mr. Zhu showed Yu Ci an object, and Yu Ci recognized it as a Talisman Disk.