Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wenying infiltrated Yinan Garden to rescue Wan Quan, using a rare talisman array to teleport him away before Qiongqi could stop her. Yu Ci and Zhu Wenying left with Flower Lady's permission, while Flower Lady and Bai Lian wondered who had enabled the Void Teleportation.

• Zhu Wenying knocked out a guard and carried Wan Quan out of Yinan Garden, but Qiongqi sensed them and attacked.
• Zhu Wenying bound Qiongqi with a lightning-and-fire spear, then used a talisman array and women's armor to teleport Wan Quan away.
• Flower Lady appeared, unmasked Zhu Wenying, and forced Qiongqi into a flower pond as the commotion drew cultivators from across Huayan City.
• Yu Ci arrived with Bai Lian, pretended to be shocked by Zhu Wenying's actions, and told Flower Lady he would investigate before leaving with Zhu Wenying.
• Flower Lady wondered why Yu Ci seemed more suspicious than before and asked Bai Lian which family could use talismans for Void Teleportation.

Flower Lady and Bai Lian traced Wenying’s arrival and ties to the Heavy Artifact Sect, prompting concern about Jiu Yan and the wider conflict involving Ruizhu Palace. Meanwhile, Yu Ci sheltered Bao Yun and the gravely injured Wan Quan, warned Zhu Wenying to be cautious, and prepared to act as Lu Qing’s shield.

• Flower Lady learned that Wenying had arrived in Huayan City as a maid and that her javelin technique belonged to the Heavy Artifact Sect.
• Flower Lady connected Wenying to Zhan Shuicheng, who had stayed in both Fengdu City and Wu Tuo City, and discussed Jiu Yan with Bai Lian.
• Bai Lian and Flower Lady weighed the danger posed by Yu Qing Xuan and decided they could not press too hard while Ruizhu Palace was involved.
• Yu Ci praised Zhu Wenying for using Void Teleportation to send Wan Quan back, while Bao Yun rushed to examine the unconscious man.
• Bao Yun begged Yu Ci to save Wan Quan, and Yu Ci warned Zhu Wenying that the demon who tortured them was dangerous.

Lu Suhua arrived at Bao Yun’s room and confronted her, Wan Quan, Yu Ci, and Zhu Wenying. Yu Ci used a Nine Lives Phantom Spirit Talisman to protect the room, and Lu Suhua inferred a connection to Ruizhu Palace, asking whether they were threatening her.

• Yu Ci realized Lu Suhua had come to the room despite his belief that Lu Qing had lured her away.
• Lu Suhua confronted Bao Yun and tortured the unconscious Wan Quan, causing Bao Yun to break down in tears.
• Zhu Wenying challenged Lu Suhua, who halted her and cracked the protective mask of her armor with a forceful attack.
• Yu Ci summoned a Nine Lives Phantom Spirit Talisman, shielding everyone in the room except Lu Suhua with ghostly light.
• Lu Suhua recognized the talisman and concluded that the group was connected to Ruizhu Palace, then asked Yu Ci whether they were threatening her.

Lu Suhua killed Wan Quan and threatened Yu Ci, then left after warning him to tell Lu Qing to hurry. Yu Ci suppressed his urge to fight and began dealing with Wan Quan’s corpse while Zhu Wenying stood guard.

• Zhu Wenying’s remark drew Lu Suhua’s attention, and Lu Suhua said she found Yu Ci and the others unbearable.
• Lu Suhua revealed she knew Yu Ci had seen Lu Qing and demanded that he tell Lu Qing to hurry.
• Lu Suhua stabbed Wan Quan to death, then pressed her blade into Yu Ci’s face and ordered him to pass on her message.
• Yu Ci stopped Zhu Wenying and the cat from attacking Lu Suhua, who left the Green Gauze Cabinet after cutting his face.
• Bao Yun blamed Yu Ci for failing to stop Lu Suhua, and Zhu Wenying discovered that everyone outside had also been killed.
• Yu Ci drew a gloomy green light across Wan Quan’s corpse and told Zhu Wenying to guard him; she carried the weeping Bao Yun outside and stood watch.

Yu Ci rescued Wan Quan’s soul after Lu Suhua killed his body, but the soul was badly damaged and barely responsive. Gu Zhi arrived to ask about the attack, and Bao Yun woke crying out for Little Wan.

• Yu Ci pulled Wan Quan’s soul through the death demon tribulations and suppressed them with Heart Refining Dharma Fire.
• Yu Ci examined Wan Quan’s soul and found that it had lost much of its memory and responsiveness.
• Yu Ci comforted Little Wu, then told the barely responsive Wan Quan that he was there.
• Gu Zhi entered after Zhu Wenying stopped him and asked Yu Ci about the intruder.
• Yu Ci said the intruder was an enemy he had provoked and refused to send Bao Yun back, saying it was too late.
• Bao Yun woke from her chair and cried, “Little Wan!”

Yu Ci arranged to enter secluded cultivation while Evergreen Gate and Yinan Garden kept their distance from the danger surrounding Lu Suhua. After secretly leaving his cultivation site to check on Bao Yun, he found a strange crimson radiance rising above her head.

• Gu Zhi offered Yu Ci a safe spiritual vein for secluded cultivation, and Yu Ci promised to help refine incense materials before withdrawing.
• Yu Ci visited Yinan Garden, where Flower Lady trusted his account of the previous night but politely sent him away to avoid offending Lu Suhua.
• Evergreen Gate gave Yu Ci a cultivation site east of Huayan City, where he stayed for two days before using his yin spirit and the Hidden Sky Talisman to slip away unnoticed.
• Yu Ci returned to his former courtyard to check on Bao Yun, whom Evergreen Gate had left there with an old servant woman.
• Yu Ci saw Bao Yun sitting silently in the courtyard as a dense crimson cloud and blood-red radiance rose above her head.

Yu Ci discovered that Bao Yun had become the vessel for a tangible demonic tribulation, but postponed confronting it to avoid harming her. He traveled in his yin spirit to a meeting point high in the azure sky, where Miss Qing arrived and asked after her master.

• Yu Ci entered Bao Yun's courtyard and saw a beautiful woman formed from crimson cloud and blood-light, whose gaze stirred his Dead Demon Tribulation.
• The Seven Star Heavenly Robe severed the tribulation's connection to the woman, allowing Yu Ci to suppress the Dead Demon and recognize the danger around Bao Yun.
• Yu Ci considered destroying the forming tribulation but left Bao Yun unharmed and departed to carry out another plan.
• Yu Ci used his yin spirit to travel high above Huayan City and marked a meeting place in the azure sky.
• Miss Qing arrived at the markers, and a wisp of mist and cloud followed; the newcomer recognized her and asked where her master was.

Yu Ci reunited with Lu Qing and Miao Xiang, revealed his role in the events involving Lu Suhua, and asked Miao Xiang to help deal with the Longevity True Man. Lu Qing urged him to reconsider, leaving their plan unresolved.

• Miao Xiang arrived after Lu Qing, and Yu Ci revealed himself to both women.
• Yu Ci and Miao Xiang discussed her ties to the Black Heaven Cult and how the True Return Purple Smoke Warm Jade had helped her gain a heavenly-human body and a personal-disciple offer.
• Yu Ci apologized to Lu Qing over Wan Quan and admitted he had tried to use a senior's help to put pressure on Lu Suhua.
• Yu Ci asked Miao Xiang to help with his plan to banish, control, or kill Lu Suhua, and Miao Xiang agreed to assist.
• Lu Qing warned Yu Ci to think carefully, while Yu Ci argued that Lu Suhua's success would put his life at risk.

As Bai Lian and Flower Lady investigated a group preaching under the name of the Ten Directions Great Venerable, Yu Ci learned that Yinan Garden was still focused on the Six Paths Samsara. He considered Lu Qing’s soul-bound predicament and resolved to secure the advantage of terrain for their struggle.

• Flower Lady reported that Madame You was stalling over the Seven-Turn Peaceful Incense and remained uneasy about Lu Suhua, while Bai Lian continued refining formulas.
• Flower Lady told Bai Lian that a group was preaching nearby as the Ten Directions Great Venerable, and Bai Lian ordered a deeper investigation into them.
• Yinan Garden’s informants began probing the group, and Yu Ci learned through his intelligence network that they were interested in the Six Paths Samsara.
• Yu Ci considered how Lu Suhua’s Ten Demon Inner Prohibition trapped Lu Qing between a dangerous soul backlash and the loss of her will.
• Yu Ci concluded that the contest would be decided at the level of the soul and resolved to seize the advantage of terrain.

Yu Ci sought to understand Lu Suhua’s motives and learned from Lu Qing that the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and the Twelve Heavens of Jade Firmament’s Profound Passage were tied to the Divine Lord of the Void. Lu Qing’s clues led Yu Ci to suspect that the Secret Mansion had further mechanisms connected to a place in the sky.

• Yu Ci met Lu Qing in the Azure Sky Domain and questioned why Lu Suhua had forced her to kill Wan Quan.
• Yu Ci suggested Lu Suhua’s urgent business may have involved the demonic spirits of the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion, and Lu Qing explained that the Divine Lord of the Void had created the Secret Mansion and the Twelve Heavens of Jade Firmament’s Profound Passage.
• Lu Qing revealed that her father had fought the Divine Lord of the Void and that her younger sister may have taken the Secret Mansion’s demonic spirits to study the cultivation method.
• Yu Ci told Lu Qing that the Divine Lord of the Void was probably dead, and Lu Qing said her father had sealed part of his divine body and dharma form.
• Yu Ci wondered whether the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion contained hidden mechanisms, and Lu Qing revealed that her mother had visited it during the last tribulation.
• Lu Qing recalled her mother saying that “Azure Sky and Yellow Springs” sounded better, and Yu Ci connected the clue to the Xuan Ling Yin and the Ten Directions Ci Guang Buddha’s message, concluding that the trail pointed toward the sky.

Yu Ci used Xuan Ling Yin to uncover a black ruler that responded to the Nine Heavens Yuan Magnetism Divine Light and sent his consciousness toward a magnificent palace in the Azure Sky Domain. When he tried the ruler again, its angle had changed, leaving its direction and purpose uncertain.

• Yu Ci recalled his suspicions about the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and took out Xuan Ling Yin from the Cloud Tower Tree space.
• Yu Ci burned away Xuan Ling Yin’s immortal-vine exterior with Heart Refining Dharma Fire, revealing a black ruler with dark golden graduations.
• Yu Ci fed the ruler vital qi and exposed it to the Nine Heavens Yuan Magnetism Divine Light, causing it to float and point toward the Azure Sky Domain.
• Yu Ci attached his consciousness to the ruler and saw a grand archway and palace buildings, but the characters displayed in the void blurred his mind and forced his consciousness back.
• Yu Ci decided to test the ruler again and found that its angle had changed.

Yu Ci discovered that the Azure Sky Palace was moving and planned to use it to draw out information about Lu Suhua and other possible rivals. He sent Shadow Ghost to scout the heavenly domain and reconsidered whether he should involve Ruizhu Palace, leaving the investigation underway.

• Yu Ci saw the black ruler's tip shift and realized the Azure Sky Palace was moving through the sky.
• Yu Ci weighed the Great Brahma Demon King and the Black Heaven Cult as possible parties who knew about the Azure Sky Palace, while ruling out the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect.
• Yu Ci summoned Shadow Ghost and asked him to investigate the heavenly domain, arguing that Lu Suhua would be constrained by the heavenly demons there.
• Shadow Ghost agreed to scout the domain and told Yu Ci he had been harvesting crops for the Pan Huang Sect.
• Xusheng informed Yu Ci that Su Yu had arrived in Huayan City to discuss refining incense materials, and Yu Ci decided not to draw Half-Mountain Island into his plans.
• Yu Ci questioned why he had considered using Ruizhu Palace and recognized that his treatment of Yu Qing Xuan and Zhan Shuicheng was uneven.

Yu Ci prepared for his coming battle with Lu Suhua, sent Zhan Shuicheng a report through Zhu Wenying, and refined his talisman arsenal. He used the Xuan Ling Yin to guide the shadow ghost toward the hidden Illusory Sky Palace, but the ghost still could not see it.

• Yu Ci sent Zhan Shuicheng a jade slip describing his clash with Lu Suhua and his preparations, then entered seclusion to prepare for battle.
• Yu Ci spent half a month refining spirit talismans and copied the Nine Lives Phantom Spirit Talisman onto a Cloud Tower Tree leaf to give it another use.
• Yu Ci reviewed his plans to search for Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm fragments and studied the Heavenly Barrier Natal Golden Talisman, while deciding not to rush into the Walking Empyrean realm.
• Qu Wujie's shadow ghost reached the skies above the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and searched for the Illusory Sky Palace, but found no trace of it.
• Yu Ci used the Xuan Ling Yin to locate the palace's position and guided the shadow ghost toward it, but the ghost found nothing there and cursed at him.

Yu Ci used the Profound Truth Through Netherworld Mirror Method to reveal and destroy hidden Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, but the attack drew the attention of a powerful master. Shadow Ghost escaped the master’s shadowing divine intent by relying on his sword intent and fled downward.

• Yu Ci created a mirror with the Profound Truth Through Netherworld Mirror Method and showed Shadow Ghost hidden Outer Realm Heavenly Demons in the surrounding sky.
• Shadow Ghost killed several demons, then sensed a shadow approaching and destroyed a powerful alien demon with his sword.
• A vast divine intent covered the sky, shattered Yu Ci’s mirror method, and forced Shadow Ghost to flee.
• Yu Ci empowered Shadow Ghost with the Hidden Sky Talisman, but subtle ripples exposed him and broke both his concealment and demonic form.
• Shadow Ghost abandoned stealth, broke through the divine-intent barrier with his sword, and plunged downward.

Yu Ci escaped the shadow ghost’s pursuer and suspected Liu Guan was behind the attack, then ordered You Rui to investigate a visitor expected at Three Families Market. You Rui offered to become a Spirit Witch and help Yu Ci ascend to the divine throne, asking for a future chance to transfer her spiritual pivot and serve him closely.

• Yu Ci used the Form-Resolving Profound Transformation Talisman and the shadow ghost’s formless sword intent to escape the demonic shadow’s strike.
• Yu Ci and the shadow ghost identified the distant technique as Shadow Void and considered whether Liu Guan was targeting the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion or Lu Suhua.
• Yu Ci summoned You Rui to Chengqitian and tasked her with investigating the identity, background, cultivation, and purpose of an incoming guest at Three Families Market.
• You Rui asked permission to practice the Spirit Witch method and explained that she could use Flying Soul City’s secret transmissions to help Yu Ci become a Divine Lord.
• You Rui asked Yu Ci to grant her a spiritual pivot transfer and an opportunity to serve him closely, and Yu Ci told her to step forward.

Yu Ci bestowed a linked talismanic divine ability on You Rui, then learned that Kuang Yanqi had arrived in the Northern Wasteland to investigate the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror. The chapter ended as Kuang Yanqi described Liu Guan’s encounter with an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon that used talismanic arts.

• Yu Ci gave You Rui a divine ability formed from three linked talismans while withholding its core art and Old Man Zhang’s memories.
• You Rui left Chengqitian grateful, and Yu Ci turned his attention back to Lu Suhua, Liu Guan, and the Azure Sky Palace.
• You Rui’s informants found a young guest at Three Families Market, and Yu Ci recognized him as an old acquaintance: Kuang Yanqi.
• Kuang Yanqi traveled to Sanlian Bastions to investigate the Demon Seed Planting incident and the suspected Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror.
• At Third Master He’s banquet, Kuang Yanqi revealed that Liu Guan had encountered an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon whose strange talismanic arts were described as the flying stars of the heavens.

Kuang Yanqi identified Yu Ci in an intelligence portrait connected to the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, but when Liu Guan demanded an explanation, he falsely blamed Lu Suhua and Madame Yellow Springs. Liu Guan accepted the theory and sent Kuang Yanqi to pursue it, while Kuang Yanqi realized his master wanted him to focus on finding Madame Yellow Springs.

• Kuang Yanqi learned that Lu Dun, also known as Soul Chaser, had entered the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and was skilled in sacrificial refinement.
• Kuang Yanqi recognized Yu Ci in Soul Chaser's portrait and reconsidered his search for the person controlling the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror.
• Liu Guan appeared and questioned Kuang Yanqi about whether Yu Ci was behind the scheme.
• Kuang Yanqi blamed Lu Suhua for subduing Yu Ci and transforming him into a Heavenly Demon, then accused Madame Yellow Springs of directing events from Donghua Mountain.
• Liu Guan praised Kuang Yanqi and told him to act on his theory, and Kuang Yanqi realized his master wanted him to pursue Madame Yellow Springs.

Kuang Yanqi sent the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect a report accusing Yu Ci and Lu Suhua of suspicious ties, while Liu Guan searched Huayan City for Lu Suhua and confronted Bai Lian. The chapter left the search unresolved, and Flower Lady lamented the trouble Liu Guan had caused.

• Kuang Yanqi drafted a report linking Yu Ci to the Sword Garden incident and Lu Suhua to the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion, then sent it by flying sword.
• Dong Cangzi and Lin Qingyu glanced at Kuang Yanqi’s message at the Heavenly Star Palace, and a menial disciple copied it to sell the information.
• Liu Guan searched an empty courtyard and Huayan City through the Shadow Void but found no trace of Lu Suhua.
• Liu Guan confronted Bai Lian in her pill-refining chamber, asking whether she had seen Lu Suhua and questioning her origins.
• Bai Lian avoided Liu Guan’s questions, and he departed; Flower Lady then called his visit a disaster for innocent bystanders.

Bai Lian set out to retrieve a vital object that could repair her Dao foundation, while Mr. Qingsong sent Gu Zhi on a journey. Two hundred miles from Huayan City, Yu Ci considered how Liu Guan’s arrival had destabilized the Northern Wilderness and worried about Bao Yun’s deepening connection to the calamity.

• Bai Lian told Flower Lady that Liu Guan’s arrival had revealed the location of a vital object, and asked Senior Sister Miaoxiang to accompany her to retrieve it.
• Flower Lady agreed to keep Qiongqi from causing trouble as Liu Guan’s rampage continued to shake Huayan City.
• Mr. Qingsong gave Gu Zhi a letter and ordered him to travel to find Mr. Lu Zhong and handle another matter.
• Yu Ci, Zhu Wenying, and Bao Yun fled Huayan City by lizard-drawn carriage after Jiu Yan’s intelligence network helped them escape the Three Families Market.
• Yu Ci decided he needed to steer the Northern Wilderness’s competing forces in one direction and worried that Bao Yun’s growing connection to the baleful calamity could harm her and Lu Qing.

Yu Ci traveled toward Wu Tuo City after Yu Qing Xuan summoned him, keeping his true body hidden inside Chengqitian while his Mind Image Clone accompanied Zhu Wenying. Their journey was interrupted by a powerful attack from a distant mechanical weapon, whose operators remained unidentified.

• Yu Ci kept his true body inside Chengqitian to avoid risking a direct fight with Lu Suhua, while Zhu Wenying noticed something unusual about him.
• Zhu Wenying told Yu Ci that Yu Qing Xuan had replied and asked him to meet at Wu Tuo City, and Yu Ci agreed to go there.
• Before they could decide whether to switch to a flying boat, a violent blast struck the lizard-drawn carriage and knocked it sideways.
• Yu Ci went outside and used the Profound Truth Through Netherworld Mirror Method to locate a large mechanical contraption about forty li away.
• The contraption fired a human-sized fireball from its tiger-shaped cannon toward Yu Ci and Zhu Wenying.