Recaps

Yang Huai defeated the Mystical Ice Goddess’s manifestation and broke through to the Taiyi realm, then agreed to a grand ceremony where he preached the Dao for nine days. As the celebration ended and the Sword Venerable asked whether Yang Huai had become an Imperial Lord, an immortal decree arrived from the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.

• Yang Huai refined the Mystical Ice Goddess’s manifested body, forcing her to retreat into the White Chen Star with her cultivation diminished, then dispersed the ice covering the Azure Talisman Divine Land.
• Yang Huai’s breakthrough became known, and Dao Ningzi proposed an Imperial Lord Grand Ceremony; Yang Huai agreed and promised to preach the Dao for nine days.
• One hundred days later, Yang Huai arrived at Dragon Gate Mountain, welcomed the gathered guests, and began his Dao sermon on the lotus platform.
• Yang Huai explained the realms of cultivation and the methods of attaining Taiyi, while the assembled cultivators listened for nine days.
• The Sword Venerable asked whether Yang Huai had attained the body of an Imperial Lord, and Dao Ningzi ordered the disciples to prepare an altar when an immortal decree appeared from the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.

Yang Huai received a formal immortal edict from the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor, appointing him Western Tai Bai Dao Lord and granting him a residence, troops, and other privileges. After learning the appointment’s significance, Yang Huai chose to remain in the mortal world for now.

• The Heaven Gate opened above Yang Huai, and the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor’s voice announced his ascension and appointment.
• Yang Huai accepted the talismanic decree, which named him a third-grade immortal official, Western Tai Bai Dao Lord, and granted him three thousand heavenly soldiers and other rewards.
• Daoists and sect elders congratulated Yang Huai, while Dao Ningzi and Daoist Guangrong asked which immortal palace had issued his decree.
• Yang Huai told his master and elders that he would report to the Central Primordial Ancestor Immortal Palace after ascending, and Daoist Guangrong explained the privilege of serving that palace directly.
• Yang Huai learned that his Tai Bai Dao Lord appointment carried greater weight than he had assumed, but he declined to ascend for now.

Yang Huai refined the Azure Talisman Stone into the Primordial Qianyuan One-Qi Divine Talisman and began considering its uses. Meanwhile, Yan Ju punished a tribal general who had provoked the Mountain Giant Bears and ordered the Grand Siming to find talisman experts for a new lineage.

• Yang Huai used his Innate Origin Dao Embryo to refine the Azure Talisman Stone, revealing and subduing an Innate treasure.
• After three years, Yang Huai learned the treasure’s name was the Primordial Qianyuan One-Qi Divine Talisman and studied its Hunyuan and Qian-Kun formations.
• At a council meeting, Yan Ju rejected calls for retaliation against the Mountain Giant Bears until the Emperor Yan Guards investigated who had provoked them.
• A guilty tribal High God confessed to slaughtering Mountain Giant Bears for their bloodline-purifying tree, and Yan Ju sentenced him to reincarnation.
• Yan Ju planned to demand an explanation from the Mountain Giant Bear ancestor and treat the dispute as a chance to speak with the Lord of Qingqiu.
• Yan Ju told the Grand Siming to find Qi Refiners skilled in talismans to help establish the Talisman Way.

Yan Ju organized twelve Qi Refiners to develop talismans while using their work to advance his own cultivation, and the Emperor Yan Tribe made peace with the Mountain Giant Bear clan. As Yan Ju turned his attention toward the Fire Mulberry Kingdom, the Emperor Yan seized control of part of the Solar Star’s origin, opening a new opportunity for the Sun God.

• Yan Ju gathered twelve talisman-skilled Qi Refiners, including Shao Yan, and gave them talisman seeds to develop for the Emperor Yan Tribe.
• Yan Ju promised the Qi Refiners rewards of treasures and spiritual lands, while the Grand Minister of Fate learned that their work could help them earn such rewards by subduing demons.
• Yan Ju studied the Primordial Qianyuan One-Qi Divine Talisman and considered how it could strengthen him before the Tribulation of Time.
• The Mountain Giant Bear King came to beg forgiveness, and the Emperor Yan accepted compensation and signed a nonaggression and trade treaty with the clan.
• Yan Ju identified the Fire Mulberry Kingdom as the Emperor Yan Tribe’s next target and considered its powerful divine clan and valuable treasures.
• The Solar Star shook as the Emperor Yan refined part of its origin, and Yan Ju realized he could benefit from his father’s control of it.

After taking command of the Solar Star, Emperor Yan discussed the Emperor Yan Tribe’s response to the Fire Mulberry Kingdom and asked Yan Ju to take over the sun’s divine office. Yan Ju agreed to guard the Solar Star for two thousand years, then began making requests of his father.

• The Fire Mulberry Holy Lord feared the Solar Star’s new master and planned to persuade neighboring rulers to destroy the Emperor Yan Tribe.
• Emperor Yan confirmed to the gathered gods that he had taken command of the Solar Star’s origin.
• Yan Ju advised against attacking the Fire Mulberry Kingdom outright and proposed exploiting divisions within its leadership.
• Emperor Yan rebuked Yan Ju’s use of schemes but said he would seek an opportunity to injure the Fire Mulberry Kingdom’s ruler himself.
• Emperor Yan asked Yan Ju to guard the Solar Star in his place for around two thousand years, and Yan Ju accepted.
• Yan Ju told Emperor Yan he had several requests in exchange for taking on the divine office.

Yan Ju prepared to take charge of the Solar Star and received two treasures from the Flame Emperor before attempting the perilous tribulation of time. Meanwhile, Lu Ya sought refuge in a palace after the Golden Crow homeland was ruined, and Yan Ju's tribulation began as the Solar Star's unrest worsened.

• Yan Ju asked to undergo the first Heavenly Venerable tribulation within the tribe, bring deities to the Solar Star, and urged the Flame Emperor to attain the Dao soon; the Flame Emperor agreed and promised human ancestors would help protect him.
• The Flame Emperor gave Yan Ju the Supreme Purity Diagram and Primordial River-Luo Treasure Mirror, which Yan Ju began refining to prepare for the tribulation.
• Lu Ya, the last surviving Golden Crow prince, left the ruined Solar Palace and begged a lady of a great palace to shelter him; she allowed him to stay temporarily after he offered her a yellow-skinned gourd left by Di Jun.
• The Solar Star remained aloft for days, spreading heat and sickness across Heaven and Earth, while Ting Yao and the Flame Emperor realized Lu Ya had relinquished his authority over it.
• A ripple of time emerged from Flame Emperor Valley, signaling that Yan Ju had entered the River of Time to begin his tribulation.

Yan Ju endured the River of Time’s assault and cultivated the Will of Transcendence, successfully becoming a Celestial Venerable. Ancient god Celestial Venerables attacked and pursued him, but he escaped the River of Time and vanished into obscure spacetime.

• Yan Ju used his Solar Divine Radiance and Great Sun Destiny to resist the River of Time while seeking to form the Will of Transcendence.
• Yan Ju let time’s power scour his Dao Heart Will and shaped it into the Boundless Treasure Wheel, which transformed into a divine sun wheel and gave birth to the Will of Transcendence.
• Several ancient god Celestial Venerables sensed Yan Ju’s breakthrough and attacked him, while the Supreme Purity Diagram erased a strand of dark power that had tried to enter his Dao Heart Will.
• The Primordial River-Luo Treasure Mirror protected Yan Ju and carried him through the River of Time as a black serpent-shaped radiance, a mass of flame, and an azure lotus platform pursued him.
• Yan Ju used his Origin Divine Rank and transcendent aura to escape the River of Time and hide in obscure spacetime, leaving his pursuers unable to locate him.

Yan Ju condensed his Primordial Spirit will, attained a Heavenly Venerable characteristic, and went to the Solar Star to suppress its unruly fire and restore its cycle. As the Flame Emperor Tribe considered its growing power and plans, the Fuxi Clan faced mounting pressure to ascend as Heavenly Emperor despite his reluctance.

• Yan Ju awakened after passing the time tribulation and realized his Primordial Spirit will let him project power through time.
• Emperor Yan Shennong and Ting Yao met Yan Ju in Flame Emperor Valley, where Yan Ju sensed Emperor Yan’s immense cultivation and set out to suppress the Solar Star.
• Yan Ju led seven gods to the Solar Star, absorbed its true solar fire, and used the Solar Soul Pearl to control its movement and restore sunset.
• Emperor Yan Shennong told Ting Yao to wait before acting against the nine borderland kingdoms while the Flame Emperor Tribe continued to develop.
• In Human Emperor Palace, a goddess urged the Fuxi Clan to restore order in heaven as Heavenly Emperor, and the gods pressed him to accept despite his reluctance.

Yan Ju took control of the Solar Star, restored its daily circuit through the heavens, and began refining its origin while his allies rebuilt the Solar Palace. After refusing to leave the Solar Star to answer a challenger, he sensed movement near the Azure Talisman Divine Land and went to investigate.

• Yan Ju used eighteen Blazing Sun Divine Banners to shield the gods from the Solar True Fire, then had the Yuanji Ancient God and Southern Pole Ancestor rebuild the Solar Palace.
• Yan Ju settled on the twin Fusang Trees and refined the Solar Star’s origin, using the Solar Soul Pearl to raise the sun and illuminate the Barbaric Lands each day.
• Red Dragon Child and Jiang Yun examined the withered Fusang Tree, and Yan Ju allowed them to take branches for treasures but forbade them from touching its trunk.
• A god outside the Solar Star demanded that Yan Ju surrender the Solar God authority or face a challenge, but Yan Ju refused to leave his sanctuary.
• Yan Ju sensed that movement near the Azure Talisman Divine Land had disturbed his restrictions and entered the Lesser Yang Hall.

Yang Huai received news from Black Prison about Yuan Xiuxiu and learned that his reputation had reached the Purple Palace Celestial Realm. He strengthened his control over the innate origin Great Dao and began preparing to purge dangerous devils before his eventual ascension.

• Yang Huai read Black Prison's messages, learning that Yuan Xiuxiu had returned from patrol after slaying a Demon King and receiving rewards, and sent questions about her circumstances and cultivation beyond Primordial Unity.
• Yang Huai used his transcendent will to subdue the innate origin Great Dao, replace the will of Heaven's Heart, and discover that six other Primordial Unity Origin Dao Lords shared its control.
• Yang Huai considered the two paths to eternity beyond Primordial Unity and postponed choosing a second Great Dao while continuing to cultivate.
• Yang Huai summoned Dao Ningzi and declared his intention to eliminate old devils or make them ascend before he left the mortal world.
• Dao Ningzi agreed to compile a list of devils for Yang Huai to pursue.

Yang Huai and Qingfeng hunted Old Devils across the Southern Sea and the Savage Border Divine Land, destroying Demonheart Child and attacking the Bloodrain Devil Cult. The chapter left the Blood Rain Devil Master facing Yang Huai’s divine sword as his devil realm and defenses were reduced to ash.

• Yang Huai sent Qingfeng to burn Heavenheart Island and call out Demonheart Child, while Qingfeng incinerated the island’s unorthodox cultivators.
• Yang Huai used Dao-Origin Fire to drive Demonheart Child from the Southern Sea Eye, then seized and annihilated him along with his divine coffin and nine Vacuum Mother-and-Son Light Thunders.
• Yang Huai and Qingfeng traveled to Azure Soul Ravine, where Yang Huai refined the Bloodrain Devil Cult’s disciples into ash and summoned a vast sun divine sword.
• The Blood Rain Devil Master tried to escape through the void, but Yang Huai immobilized him and declared judgment for his many killings.
• The Blood Rain Devil Master unleashed the power of his Bloodrain Devil Realm, but Yang Huai’s sword light erased his blood-sea phantom and reduced him and the Blood-Origin Ancestral Qi Embryo to ash.

Yang Huai continued his campaign against the mortal world’s demonic and unorthodox powers, forcing some powerful immortals to ascend while sparing others who had kept their disciples in check. After sweeping through the Azure Talisman Divine Land, he arrived at Precious Lotus Palace to confront the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect.

• Yang Huai destroyed Azure Soul Ravine, then killed the Thousand Spider Ridge Demonic Sword Ancestor and Dugu Ying, executing most of their followers and taking several swords.
• Yang Huai ordered the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor to undergo Liberation by Violence and punished disciples who used wronged souls and vicious ghosts.
• At Emperor Ridge, Yang Huai ordered Elder Wild Wasteland and Divine Lord Brocade Robe to ascend within ten years; he spared them because they had restrained their disciples.
• Dao Ningzi told Li Yingmei that an Imperial Lord could find hidden demons, then welcomed news that Yang Huai had forced Daoist Wanjun to ascend.
• Yang Huai continued purging the Azure Talisman Divine Land and arrived at the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect to visit the immortals at Precious Lotus Palace.

Yang Huai brought Qingfeng to the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect to settle a personal grievance with Daoist Zhoutian, breaking through the sect’s Limitless Star-Sea Formation. After defeating the defenders, he confronted Daoist Zhoutian in the Precious Lotus Palace and made clear that he had come for justice.

• Yang Huai and Qingfeng arrived at Lotus Peak, where Daoist Zhoutian warned them against forcing their way into the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect.
• Yang Huai led Qingfeng through the Limitless Star-Sea Formation, absorbing its stellar attacks as Daoist Zhoutian and the other leaders escalated its power.
• Daoist Zhoutian unleashed the Limitless Star’s power of chaos, but Yang Huai broke through the formation and shattered the ritual platforms, injuring Daoist Zhoutian, the Violet Sun Venerable, and the Sword Immortal Bixiao.
• Yang Huai entered the Precious Lotus Palace, nullified the Primordial Celestial Star Treasured Beads, and struck Zhou Shuer down when she attacked him.
• Yang Huai told Daoist Zhoutian that he had come to settle a private grievance and demanded justice, declaring that Daoist Zhoutian could not be spared.

Yang Huai killed Daoist Zhoutian, forced the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect’s immortals to ascend or leave within ten years, and swept across the Divine Land to clear the way for the Nine Heavens Orthodox Path. After returning the Junting Ancient Sword to its reincarnated owner, he saw a young Tai Bai Dao Palace acolyte discover a mysterious ancient sword.

• Daoist Zhoutian surrendered to Yang Huai, who dissolved his cultivation and sent his soul into the netherworld; Yang Huai then ordered the other Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect Daoists to ascend and gave them ten years to comply.
• Yang Huai told Qingfeng that his actions would restrain needless killing and give the Divine Land’s people time to recover, then visited secluded orthodox lineages instead of the Nine Heavens Orthodox Path’s major sects.
• Over the following years, many immortals and secluded masters ascended, while the Pure Origin Sect’s elders discussed using the opportunity to negotiate with the Violet Empyrean Orthodox Path.
• Yang Huai released the Junting Ancient Sword into the void so it could return to Liyang Sword Immortal, who had reincarnated into the Pure Origin Sect.
• A young Tai Bai Dao Palace acolyte found a blue-gold ancient sword inside a tree stump and felt an immediate familiarity with it.

Yang Huai chose the innate Great Dao of life and death as the basis for his second Dao embryo and sought rare materials to forge a Life-and-Death Sword Embryo, while Yan Ju worked to ease the burden of managing the Solar Star. The chapter ended with Yan Ju completing the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Scripture, giving him a path toward condensing his second Dao embryo.

• Yang Huai chose the innate Great Dao of life and death for his second Dao embryo and asked Qingfeng to trade for the materials needed to forge a Life-and-Death Sword Embryo.
• Pure Origin Sect elders brought Yang Huai several rare materials, but the remaining treasures proved difficult to obtain; his Central Primordial Ancestor Immortal Palace edict also turned blank.
• Yan Ju forged a Sun Pearl and then seventeen more, forming the Primordial Unity Pure Yang Formation so two Flame Emperor Clan elders could help manage the Solar Star.
• Yan Ju studied life-and-death reincarnation and developed the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Scripture, which he believed could help him condense the innate Great Dao of life and death.

Yan Ju discovered that Crown Prince Lu Ya’s scheme had destabilized the Lightless Divine Domain and threatened the Solar Star. To save its dying spirit of darkness and suppress the expanding solar singularities, Yan Ju merged with the Solar Star, leaving its future and his own return uncertain.

• Yan Ju sensed an intruder on the Solar Star and warned the Yuanji Ancient God that Nanji might be lured away.
• Yan Ju found the Lightless Divine Domain’s solar singularities destabilized and suspected Crown Prince Lu Ya was behind the sabotage.
• Yan Ju entered the domain, suppressed some singularities with lunar power, and discovered a dying innate darkness god wounded by solar true fire.
• Yan Ju gave the darkness god the Pure Origin Myriad Mysteries Boundless Art, then realized the damaged domain needed far more darkness power to stabilize.
• Yan Ju merged with the Solar Star and used a Nine-Colored Taiji Diagram to convert its light into darkness, stabilize the domain, and suppress the singularities.
• Yan Ju entrusted Red Dragon Child and Elder Jiang Yun with the Solar Star, promised he would eventually return, and the Flame Emperor received a message that made him suspect the Demon Race.

Yang Huai completed Yan Ju’s obsession and fused the Pure Yang Great Sun Destiny, then attended Daoist Guangzhen and Master Jiufang’s ascension and received a Third Rank celestial appointment. After the destiny’s eight-day fusion, he refined it to nourish his own Source Destiny, which began to show signs of reaching Source Dao Rank.

• Yang Huai ended his work on Yan Ju’s obsession, earned 69,300 essence points, and began fusing the Pure Yang Great Sun Destiny for 50,000 points.
• Yang Huai attended Daoist Guangzhen and Master Jiufang’s successful ascension to the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.
• The Central Primordial Ancestor Talisman Edict appointed Yang Huai Western Grand Tenuity Celestial Lord, a Third Rank immortal official overseeing military affairs in the Grand Tenuity Heaven Domain.
• Yang Huai sent Black Prison a message about his appointment and asked about the Grand Tenuity Heaven Domain, while leaving open whether he would ascend.
• After eight days, Yang Huai refined the Pure Yang Great Sun Destiny as nourishment for his Source Destiny, which began developing a trace of eternal majesty.

Yang Huai’s Source Destiny advanced to the source Dao seat, bringing him new power, while Black Prison secretly learned of Yang Huai’s promotion to Grand Tenuity Celestial Lord. When Yang Huai used the Bronze Mirror again, he found himself as a connate Dharma treasure whose wish to transform into a human seemed impossible to fulfill.

• Yang Huai’s Source Destiny became a Heavenly Venerable destiny at the source Dao seat, and he continued cultivating on Tai Bai Peak.
• Black Prison slipped away to Myriad Demon Mountain and read Yang Huai’s messages, including news of Yang Huai’s appointment as Grand Tenuity Celestial Lord.
• Black Prison activated the five-colored altar and left Myriad Demon Mountain, eager to share the news but worried Yuan Xiuxiu would discover his secret communications.
• After ten years of cultivation, Yang Huai entered a new Bronze Mirror anchoring and found himself as a connate Dharma treasure in a mysterious lake.
• Yang Huai realized the treasure’s wish was to transform into a human, a goal he believed he could not fulfill.

Yang Huai explored the Chaos Cauldron’s powers, cultivated a new Chaos method, and continued seeking a way to form an Innate Chaos Dao Embryo. He then attended to news that three elders were preparing to ascend, learning that Ji Mingxue had once been the Nine Heavens Orthodox Path’s Holy Maiden.

• Yang Huai examined the Chaos Cauldron’s Great Dao restrictions and innate abilities, then chose to comprehend the Innate Chaos Great Dao.
• Yang Huai created the Chaos Creation Scripture and formed an Innate Chaos Origin Embryo that fused with the Chaos Cauldron.
• Yang Huai considered claiming the treasures within the Chaos Cauldron’s hidden space, but focused instead on perfecting his scripture and strengthening his Dao Heart will.
• Yang Huai returned to his body on Tai Bai Peak and continued studying the Azure Talisman Divine Land’s Chaos Great Dao while seeking a distinct path to the Innate Chaos Dao Embryo.
• Yang Huai learned that Daoist Heaven Gate, Daoist Ku, and Ji Mingxue were preparing to ascend, so he went to the Dragon Gate Immortal Abode for their ceremony.
• Dao Ningzi explained that Ji Mingxue had fulfilled her vow to eradicate evil and revealed that she had once been the Nine Heavens Orthodox Path’s Holy Maiden.

Yang Huai prepared for his eventual ascension by gifting treasures to Jiang Rongyue and Jiang Yuexin and establishing the Tai Bai Immortal Mansion as a hidden treasure vault. The chapter ended with Jiang Rongyue undergoing Liberation by Violence and entering reincarnation after failing to form a Golden Core.

• Yang Huai reunited with Daoist Guangrong after Ji Mingxue attained the Dao in the flesh, and they discussed Jiang Rongyue's plans for reincarnation.
• Yang Huai gave Daoist Guangrong the Pure Yang True Phoenix Sword for Jiang Rongyue and the Seven-Colored Heavenly Heart Lotus and Profound Radiance Divine Infant Sword for Jiang Yuexin.
• Yang Huai built the Tai Bai Immortal Mansion and sealed powerful treasures within it, then allowed seven Pure Origin Sect disciples to enter and take one treasure each.
• Jiang Rongyue reached the end of her lifespan after nearly six hundred years without forming a Golden Core and entered reincarnation through Liberation by Violence, watched by Daoist Guangrong and her personal disciple.

Yang Huai completed his innate chaos Dao embryo, used the Chaos Cauldron to collect treasures from the mysterious space, and prepared to test whether he could integrate with the Great Dao of Chaos. As Yuan Xiuxiu explained cultivation beyond Primordial Unity to Black Prison, Yang Huai sensed another intruder approaching the mysterious space.

• A sparrow demon fell into the Chaos Creation Jade Liquid and was destroyed, prompting Yang Huai to hurry his cultivation before the space was discovered.
• After 120 years, Yang Huai condensed an innate chaos Dao embryo in the Chaos Cauldron and successfully established his own Great Dao of Chaos, drawing the attention of powerful deities.
• Yang Huai used the Chaos Cauldron to absorb chaos qi, chaos stones, a Chaos Origin Jade Divine Mountain, and the Chaos Mysterious Water Treasure Lotus from the mysterious space.
• At Tai Bai Peak, Yang Huai reviewed his Dao embryo and considered how to test whether the Primordial Unity Golden Immortals occupying the Great Dao of Chaos had reached their limit.
• Yuan Xiuxiu told Black Prison that cultivating beyond Primordial Unity required perfecting a Great Dao embryo, and that her preferred Great Dao already had nine Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
• Yang Huai sensed spatial fluctuations at the edge of the mysterious space and realized someone else was forcing their way inside.

Yang Huai defeated a Light-Splitting Divine Sparrow who tried to break into his mysterious space, then decided to present himself to the outside world as Tai Shi, Lord of Creation. Later, he tested the Chaos Great Dao and discovered nine Primordial Unity Golden Immortals within it, making his attempt to merge with the Dao far more dangerous.

• A Light-Splitting Divine Sparrow attacked the hidden space with feather blades and Heavenly Demon Divine Thunder, but Yang Huai’s defenses absorbed both assaults.
• The demoness returned with millions of birds to probe the formation, and Yang Huai’s Chaos Cauldron swallowed them before a chaotic great hand trapped and destroyed her.
• Yang Huai decided to call himself Tai Shi, Lord of Creation, and considered using a powerful, mysterious identity to protect his space and pursue the immortal Dao.
• At Tai Bai Peak, Yang Huai used his illusory Chaos Great Dao Embryo to test the depths of the Azure Talisman Divine Land’s Chaos Great Dao.
• Nine concealed lights suppressed the Chaos Great Dao and attempted to trace Yang Huai, but his Primordial River-Luo Formation hid him from their search.
• Yang Huai concluded that nine Primordial Unity Golden Immortals dwelled within the Chaos Great Dao, including two exceptionally powerful beings, and recognized that merging with it would be difficult.

Yang Huai prepared to ascend from the Azure Talisman Divine Land, while arranging a future for his disciples and the spread of the immortal Dao. In the Purple Palace Celestial Realm, Yuan Xiuxiu caught Black Prison sending information to the lower realm and learned that its master had been named Heavenly Lord Taiwei.

• Yang Huai told Dao Ningzi he intended to ascend, but agreed to wait one sixty-year cycle so the Pure Origin Sect could strengthen its position.
• Dao Ningzi left to adjust the sect’s plans and prepare a grand ascension ceremony for Yang Huai.
• Yang Huai’s arrangements guided a starving young man called Bound Dragon toward the Eastern Mountain inheritance, and the Eastern Mountain Sect began to take shape.
• Black Prison used Yuan Xiuxiu’s absence to send the information it had gathered down to the lower realm.
• Yuan Xiuxiu returned after Green Ox warned her about Black Prison, confronted it, and learned that its master had received the title of Heavenly Lord Taiwei.

Yuan Xiuxiu learned that Yang Huai would ascend to the Purple Palace in sixty years, while Zhao Zhenwu’s breakthrough and Yang Huai’s impending ascension stirred the Azure Talisman Divine Land. At the ceremony, heavenly envoys welcomed Yang Huai as Grand Tenuity Celestial Lord, and he began his ascent.

• Yuan Xiuxiu sentenced Black Prison to guard the Ten-Thousand Demon Grotto for five hundred years, then told it to invite Yang Huai to visit the Purple Origin Celestial Lord’s Residence after his ascension.
• Zhao Zhenwu successfully formed a pure-yang Dao Fruit, and the Pure Origin Sect announced that Tai Bai Emperor Lord would soon ascend to the Purple Palace.
• Scarlet True Son ordered a generous gift prepared for Yang Huai, while resolving to recover Daoist Zhoutian and the other reincarnated members of the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect.
• Yang Huai gathered with Dao Ningzi and familiar faces at Dragon Gate Mountain for his ascension ceremony.
• The Central Primordial Ancestor Talisman Edict opened a rainbow bridge, and heavenly envoys welcomed Yang Huai to ascend as Grand Tenuity Celestial Lord.

Yang Huai ascended to the Purple Palace Celestial Realm, received his appointment as Grand Tenuity Celestial Lord, and reunited at a distance with Yuan Xiuxiu. After making plans for his new position, he was challenged by the Five-Lotus Patriarch of the Nine-Radiance Star Abode.

• Yang Huai entered the Heavenly Gate as immortals and gods welcomed his ascension, while Dao Ningzi and other Daoists watched from below.
• In the Purple Palace Celestial Realm, the Southern Heavenly King identified Yuan Xiuxiu as Princess Fuyun and explained that a Primordial Unity Emperor Lord could seek permission to marry an immortal maiden.
• Yang Huai winked and silently called Yuan Xiuxiu “Wifey,” then went to meet the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor, who encouraged him without discovering the Primordial Treasure Mirror.
• Yang Huai received his Celestial Lord seal, official documents, residence, imperial wine, immortal silk, and five gourds of golden pills, and planned visits to sect patriarchs and other immortals.
• After leaving Eight Directions Residence, Yang Huai was confronted by the Five-Lotus Patriarch, who challenged him to travel to the Central Heavens and prove whose Dao achievement was superior.