Recaps

Qin Han seized Ye Qingshuang as leverage against Ye Yu, while Zhou Li ambushed and captured Ye Xuan. Ye Yu entered Blood Demon territory to negotiate with Xue Chen, but their meeting erupted into a battle that ended with one of Ye Yu’s puppets exploding.

• Qin Han ordered his guards to seize Ye Qingshuang, whom he considered a key card against Ye Yu.
• Zhou Li ambushed Ye Xuan and his companions near the Myriad Dynasty and captured them, then sent Ye Yu a soul message.
• Ye Yu received news of Ye Xuan’s capture and continued with Xue Li toward the Blood Demon Race’s territory.
• Ye Yu reached a blood pool and offered Xue Chen a deal, but Xue Chen summoned nine Blood Demons to capture him.
• Ye Yu revealed eighteen powerful puppets and sent one to attack, and it exploded in a destructive burst after clashing with a Blood Demon.

Ye Yu forced the Blood Demons to negotiate by destroying puppets and devastating their blood pool, then demanded Great Flame’s territory in exchange for concessions. The demons accepted after Ye Yu killed Xue Li, leaving the fate of the territorial deal to be settled.

• Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron to shield everyone from an early Void Refinement puppet’s self-destruction, which killed a Blood Demon and damaged the blood spring.
• Ye Yu sent another puppet into the blood pool, destroying most of it and its gathered blood qi, then threatened to send three more.
• Ye Yu demanded Great Flame’s territory and offered to let the Blood Demons attack Great Qin, later adding that he would return Ye Xuan so they could continue the Myriad Dynasty plan.
• The Blood Demons agreed to Ye Yu’s terms on the condition that he hand over Xue Li.
• Ye Yu killed Xue Li by tearing him apart, then asked the Blood Demons whether they were satisfied.

Ye Yu negotiated with the Blood Demon Race while arranging for Zhou Li to secretly release Ye Xuan, using the threat to the Myriad Dynasty to draw support from the Yunlei Two States. He remained in the dangerous Demon Land, intending to keep the Blood Demon Race focused on him and try something of his own.

• Ye Yu agreed to stay with the Blood Demon Race while Xue Chen discussed the terms, then privately admitted that sacrificing two Void Refinement Stage puppets had hurt.
• Ye Yu told Zhou Li to release Ye Xuan without leaving traces, warning that Ye Xuan had likely allowed himself to be captured and that keeping him was dangerous.
• Zhou Li reconsidered how easily Ye Xuan had been captured and began planning to release him, with Ye Qingwan coming to mind.
• Ye Yu watched Xue Qin enter the Blood Demon Race's territory and explained to Liu Qi that Ye Xuan's return would provoke the Blood Demon Race and draw the Yunlei Two States into supporting the Myriad Dynasty.
• Ye Yu said he had to remain in Azure Prefecture so the Blood Demon Race would attack Great Qin without hesitation, and revealed that he wanted to try something else.

Ye Xuan was captured by the Great Zhou Dynasty, while the Blood Demon Race agreed to Ye Yu’s conditions and prepared to invade Great Qin. In Great Zhou, Ye Qingwan freed Ye Xuan, and Ye Yu hurried toward the Blood Demon Race’s heartland as Zhou Li staged a convincing escape.

• Xue Qin told Xue Chen that Ye Xuan had been taken by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Blood Demon Clan Elders agreed to Ye Yu’s conditions and prepared to attack Great Qin.
• Xue Chen decided to spread news linking Ye Yu to the Blood Demon Race, while Xue Qin was told to receive Ye Xuan when he returned.
• Ye Xuan failed to remove the Bloodthirsty Bead from his body in the dungeon beneath the Fourth Prince’s palace, where Ye Qingwan visited him.
• Ye Xuan persuaded Ye Qingwan to unlock his cell, and Zhou Qitian ordered Zhou Li to send guards after them to make their escape look real.
• Zhou Li sent word to Ye Yu, who hurried toward the Blood Demon Race’s heartland.

Ye Yu left the Blood Demon Race after swearing that he had released Ye Xuan, while Xue Chen secretly ordered an attack once Ye Yu’s group reached the edge of the Demon Land. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan tried to escape as Zhou Li watched, and Ye Yu’s party faced the Blood Demons’ ambush.

• Ye Yu swore he had released Ye Xuan, and Xue Chen accepted his proposal while ordering him to leave.
• Xue Chen told a Clan Elder to follow Ye Yu and kill him beyond the central region, then headed to the Great Zhou Dynasty to investigate Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan crossed the Great Zhou capital as Zhou Li watched their escape through the Mysterious Light Mirror.
• Zhou Qitian warned Zhou Li to keep Ye Qingxuan from escaping and to find the ring she had possessed without using force.
• Ye Yu, the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast, and Liu Qi reached the edge of the Demon Land, where four Clan Elders and eight Void Refinement blood demons confronted them.

Ye Yu divided the battle against the Blood Demons, then drew Blood Thorn away while preparing a counterattack inside the Demon Land. The Cauldron Spirit revealed that the being watching the Divine Continent had lost some of its perception, explaining why other races dared to enter it.

• Ye Yu freed Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast from the Demon Land’s suppression, then assigned them and his puppets to fight the Blood Demons while he faced Blood Thorn.
• Ye Yu’s five formations shattered against Blood Thorn’s devil clouds, so he used the Nine Revolutions Dragon Step and a sword technique to retreat toward the Demon Land’s edge.
• Blood Thorn trapped Ye Yu beneath the Great Blood Talisman, while the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast continued fighting another Clan Elder.
• Ye Yu stopped more than fifty miles from the Demon Land’s edge and gathered the surrounding devil qi, blocking the being’s perception of him.
• The Cauldron Spirit said the being’s perception of the Divine Continent had weakened during the Golden Age, allowing nonhuman races to exploit the loophole, and a sudden roar rang out beyond the Demon Land.

Ye Yu absorbed demonic aura to break through to the early Void Refinement stage, then unleashed the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique against Blood Thorn. The clash left Blood Thorn gravely injured, but he retaliated with a massive palm strike as Ye Yu struggled to maintain his domain.

• Ye Yu used the Primordial Indestructible Art to absorb demonic aura and advanced from Spirit Transformation to the early Void Refinement stage.
• Blood Thorn strengthened his Blood Transformation Talisman, but Ye Yu's attribute-less Chaos Domain drove back its blood-red glow.
• Blood Thorn drew in blood energy from his territory and transformed into a demonic body several hundred zhang tall.
• Ye Yu used Heaven Slaying, and his colossal blood-red sword split Blood Thorn's sea of blood before colliding with his demonic body.
• The clash destroyed half of Blood Thorn's demonic body and cost him an arm and a leg, while Ye Yu's fingers were mangled and his domain faltered.
• Blood Thorn vowed to kill Ye Yu and struck at him with a palm imprint more than a hundred zhang wide.

Ye Yu killed Blood Thorn after the Purple Firmament Sword returned to him, then escaped the Demon Land with Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast. He revealed that he had deliberately let witnesses see him so he could rally Rogue Cultivators against the Devil Race, and the group went into hiding to let Azure Prefecture’s turmoil intensify.

• Ye Yu dodged Blood Thorn’s attack as the Purple Firmament Sword flew into the Demon Land and returned to its master.
• Ye Yu took up the restored Purple Firmament Sword and killed Blood Thorn with a single strike, prompting the remaining Blood Demons to flee.
• Ye Yu stored away the sixteen puppets, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast carried him and Liu Qi out of the Demon Land.
• Ye Yu let approaching cultivators recognize him before the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast fled with him and Liu Qi.
• Ye Yu explained that he wanted to build a public image opposing the Devil Race to attract Rogue Cultivators, and he told the others to hide while Azure Prefecture’s storms grew fiercer.

Ye Yu rested in the mountains while news of his victory over Blood Thorn spread across the three states. In the Central Continent, the Ye Lineage decided to make him their sacrificial offering, while Xue Chen caught Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan trying to escape and then received a message that changed his expression.

• Ye Yu, Liu Qi, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast settled in a secluded mountain range and drank together as they watched the sunset.
• A Memory Stone recording Ye Yu killing Blood Thorn spread through Azure Prefecture and the Yunlei Two States, impressing his allies and extinguishing the Nine Spirits Sect Master's desire for revenge.
• A Ye Lineage Clan Elder ordered Ye Zhentian to recruit Ye Yu or kill him, but changed course after Ye Zhentian revealed that Ye Yu was his biological grandson.
• The Ye Lineage elders decided Ye Yu would be a more suitable sacrifice than their young master to avert the Curse Power that had doomed the Xu Lineage.
• Xue Chen caught Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan before they could escape the Great Zhou Dynasty, beat Ye Xuan, and sensed a mysterious power gathering around him.
• Xue Chen received a transmission, and his expression abruptly changed.

After Blood Thorn’s death, Xue Chen punished Ye Qingwan and forced Ye Xuan to cooperate. Meanwhile, Qin Han tightened his grip on the Great Qin Dynasty, and an unknown figure failed to reach Ye Yu before the Void Sky Cauldron sent it away.

• Xue Chen blamed Ye Xuan for Blood Thorn’s death and noticed him trying to shield Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Xuan claimed Ye Qingwan knew nothing, but when she tried to flee, Xue Chen severed her hands and feet and threatened Ye Xuan into doing his work.
• Cangyun visited the tortured Ye Qingshuang but left without taking her to Ye Yu, saying that keeping her alive was the most he could do to protect her.
• Qin Han confirmed that Qin Wushuang was being kept unconscious, ordered Ye Yu’s supporters driven into Great Flame, and dismissed the gravely wounded Situ Guang.
• An illusory figure tried to touch the sleeping Ye Yu, but the Void Sky Cauldron blocked it and told it to go back because it could not change what had happened.

Ye Yu learned that his mother had last been seen in the Triangular Region and arranged for people to delay Ye Xuan’s takeover of the Myriad Dynasty. As he traveled toward Great Flame, Yuan Xiang seized control there, while the Blood Demon Race prepared to attack Great Qin.

• Ye Yu contacted Feng Qiwen through the Xu Family ring, learned his mother had been seen in the Triangular Region, and heard that footage of his battle with the Blood Demons had reached Central Province.
• Ye Yu asked Zhou Li to send people to the Myriad Dynasty to keep Ye Xuan from taking control, then set out for Great Flame with Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast.
• Liu Tiannan tried to claim Great Flame’s Imperial Throne, but Yuan Xiang killed him and declared that Great Flame was under his control.
• Great Flame citizens relocating to Great Qin mocked the Great Qin citizens being driven out, while an unseen observer watched them.
• Xue Chen ordered the Blood Demon Race to attack Great Qin before Ye Yu recovered from his fight with Blood Thorn.
• A general at Great Qin’s border condemned commoners who refused to support Crown Prince Qin Han.

Ye Yu returned to Great Yan Imperial City, reclaimed the throne, and ordered the old court restored while concealing his return. In the Void Sky Cauldron, the Cauldron Spirit revealed that destiny was constructed and monitored, leaving Ye Yu wondering whether his rebirth was part of a larger attempt to break free from it.

• Ye Yu entered the imperial palace, where Yuan Xiang gathered Great Yan's remaining old ministers, and took the throne as they recognized him as their returned ruler.
• Ye Yu ordered the ministers to restore Great Yan's court within three days and keep his return secret, threatening death for anyone who revealed it.
• Ye Yu placed sixteen Void Refinement Stage puppets under Yuan Xiang's command, sent Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast to assist, and ordered Elder Ji to inform powerful Alchemy Alliance figures of his location.
• Ye Yu entered the Void Sky Cauldron, where the Cauldron Spirit admitted suppressing some of Ye Yu's emotions and described destiny as a predetermined game watched over by powerful creators.
• The Cauldron Spirit showed Ye Yu the fates of Ye Qingwan, Ye Qingshuang, and Ye Qingling, then restored Ye Yu's emotions; a young man's voice mocked the Cauldron Spirit's claim that he had not caused Ye Yu's rebirth.

Ye Yu cultivated while the Cauldron Spirit and the young man wondered whether he could forge a new path. Meanwhile, the Blood Demon Race attacked Great Qin instead of Great Flame, and the sight of Yuan Xiang in Great Flame suggested Ye Yu might be there.

• Ye Yu began cultivating, focusing on strengthening himself as he approached the tribulations required to advance to the Void Refinement Stage.
• The Cauldron Spirit and the young man discussed whether Ye Yu could create a new path, and the young man said he might be willing to support him.
• Qin Han heard that Ye Yu's influence among the people had weakened and assumed Ye Yu would not dare return to Great Qin.
• A messenger told Qin Han that the Blood Demon Race was attacking Great Qin, and Blood Demons overran a city at the southern border.
• Blood Demons appeared at the northern border and slaughtered people on Great Qin's side while Great Flame's refugees watched in shock.
• People recognized Ye Yu's confidant Yuan Xiang in Great Flame, and Qin Han summoned his ministers to Xianyang Palace in a rage.

Great Qin struggled against the Devil Race as Qin Han refused to risk losing the forces that protected him from Ye Yu. As the attack’s connection to Ye Yu became clear, Ye Xuan confronted Xue Qin in the Myriad Dynasty, where she ordered him to help capture it and threatened Ye Qingqing.

• Qin Han rejected sending all the Attendant Hall and Crown Prince’s Inner Army experts to the front, then ordered them to defend nearby major cities while remaining able to reinforce the capital.
• The Devil Race destroyed most minor states around Great Qin and seized a third of its territory, while Great Flame remained untouched and Ye Yu’s absence raised suspicions.
• Zhou Qitian told Zhou Li that Great Zhou would not aid Great Qin because its alliance was with Ye Yu, and he worried about Ye Yu’s plans for Azure Prefecture.
• Ye Xuan, Ye Fan, and Ye Qingqing stayed in a small courtyard in the Myriad Dynasty after Great Zhou’s arrival disrupted their plans, while Ye Fan grew resentful of his circumstances.
• Ye Xuan demanded an explanation from Xue Qin for the Blood Demons’ attack on Great Qin, and she told him to focus on taking the Myriad Dynasty and threatened to seize Ye Qingqing if he disobeyed.

Ye Yu concealed his presence in Great Flame, recruited the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s support, and learned why it sought to return to Central Province. As he waited for Ye Zhentian, news arrived that Great Qin was nearing collapse, leaving Murong Xue to question whether Ye Yu would have abandoned it regardless of Qin Han’s actions.

• Ye Yu returned from seclusion after passing the Divine Soul Tribulation and filled the Great Flame court with stand-ins while keeping news of his presence from Ye Zhentian.
• Ye Yu summoned Liu Qi, who returned with Murong Xue, and she offered the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s support along with intelligence about Xu Yunxi, Feng Qiwen, Great Qin, and Ye Xuan.
• Murong Xue told Ye Yu that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion wanted the Xu family’s help returning to Central Province because its Haotian Mirror had foretold upheaval that could destroy the pavilion.
• Ye Yu learned that Xu Yunxi had last appeared at Lingyun Pavilion and sent the information to Feng Qiwen, who agreed to investigate.
• Ye Yu summoned the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast and waited in the palace for Ye Zhentian while Murong Xue reported that Qin Han had knocked Qin Wushuang unconscious.
• Murong Xue asked Ye Yu whether he would still have abandoned Great Qin if Qin Han had not made his moves.

Ye Yu rejected Murong Xue’s plea to trust others and chose the chill of the shadows, while Qin Han began to recognize that he had been deceived and that Ye Yu had not come to claim Great Qin. As Great Qin’s last defenders faced the Blood Demon Race, two figures passed through the horde toward Yan Ruyu and the others.

• Ye Yu told Murong Xue he would not trust anyone again, and she left after he refused to hear her advice.
• Ye Yu called Liu Qi to join him in the shadows.
• Qin Han saw that Great Qin had lost most of its territory and realized Ye Yu had not taken advantage of its weakness.
• Qin Han admitted to himself that his father had been right and that he had been deceived.
• At the Demon Land border, Yan Ruyu said she wished she could see Ye Yu once more, and Qingyun Ancestor blamed him for abandoning Great Qin.
• The blood demons parted to let two figures approach the exhausted defenders.

Ye Yu and Liu Qi returned to Great Qin, passed through the Blood Demons, and entered the capital to evacuate Qin Wushuang, the imperial princes and princesses, Cangyun, and his chosen alchemists. The chapter left Qin Han discovering Qin Wushuang missing and rushing from the bedchamber, while Ye Qingshuang was near death after Ye Yu left without answering her pleas.

• Ye Yu and Liu Qi walked unhindered through the Blood Demons, and Qingyun Ancestor recognized Ye Yu on the city wall.
• Ye Yu and Liu Qi concealed their auras, entered the capital, and saw Ye Qingshuang hanging at the palace gate and pleading for Ye Yu to appear.
• Ye Yu found the unconscious Qin Wushuang beside the dead Situ Guang and carried Qin Wushuang from the bedchamber.
• Ye Yu gathered more than ten members of the imperial family, then departed with Cangyun and the alchemists he had selected.
• After Ye Yu left, Ye Qingshuang broke down as Qin Han returned and found Qin Wushuang missing and Situ Guang's eyes closed.

Ye Yu evacuated Great Qin’s imperial princes and princesses, then returned to Great Flame and warned the Blood Demons not to cross the border. After Qin Wushuang learned that Ye Yu would not have defended Great Qin, he acknowledged the decision was right but said he could no longer face his family or live with himself.

• Qin Han realized Ye Yu had taken the imperial family away, and Great Qin’s ministers blamed both Ye Yu and Qin Han for their predicament.
• Ye Yu brought the evacuees through the Demon Land and returned to Great Flame without stopping to fight the Blood Demons.
• Ye Yu cut a vast ravine into the border and ordered Yuan Xiang to kill anyone who crossed it.
• Ye Yu woke Qin Wushuang and admitted he would not have helped Great Qin even if Qin Wushuang had stayed awake.
• Qin Wushuang accepted that Ye Yu’s choice was right but said bringing his children away had left him unable to face his family.

Ye Yu learned that Ye Zhentian was approaching Great Flame with a Ye Lineage expert, so he prepared the court to conceal the truth about Ye Fan. Ye Zhentian arrived at the palace and called for Ye Fan, while Ye Yu greeted him as his imperial grandfather.

• Ye Yu left Qin Wushuang alone after honestly admitting his feelings for her.
• Murong Xue told Ye Yu that Ye Zhentian had arrived in Azure Prefecture with Ye Tairan, an expert whose strength made an illusion array too risky.
• Ye Yu instructed Liu Qi and the officials to coordinate their stories about Ye Fan.
• Ye Tairan promised Ye Zhentian a place in his branch if Ye Fan proved strong enough, and the two traveled toward Great Flame.
• Ye Zhentian called for Ye Fan from above the imperial palace, and Ye Yu stepped out of Fengtian Hall to welcome him.

Ye Zhentian and Ye Tairan arrived in Azure Prefecture to bring Ye Yu back to the Ye family, while Ye Yu concealed his role in killing the Blood Demon and made arrangements of his own. The Ye family’s arrival was announced across the Three States, alarming Ye Yu’s enemies and prompting him to predict that Ye Xuan would try to take his place.

• Ye Yu told Ye Zhentian that an unnamed expert had nearly defeated the Blood Demon before Ye Yu arrived, and Ye Tairan dismissed the claim that Ye Yu could have killed it himself.
• Ye Zhentian brought Ye Tairan to Fengtian Hall, where Ye Tairan agreed to stay and collect gifts before the clan competition determined whether Ye Yu would join their branch.
• Ye Zhentian questioned Ye Yu about the expert and ordered him to announce throughout Azure Prefecture that Ye Yu would return to the Ye family; Ye Yu instead had Liu Qi spread the announcement across the Qingyunlei Three States and contacted Feng Qiwen.
• Ye Yu told Murong Xue that someone would take the opportunity to return to the Ye family from him, predicting that Ye Xuan would use his usual tricks.
• News of the Ye family’s arrival spread through the Three States, delighting Qing Xuzi and frightening the Nine Spirits Sword Sect.

Ye Xuan enlisted Xue Qin and Xue Chen in a plan to claim that he, rather than Ye Yu, had fought a Ye family elder, swearing loyalty to the Blood Demon Race to secure their help. Meanwhile, Ye Yu waited for Ye Zhentian and Ye Tairan to separate, then followed Ye Zhentian toward a nearby city with Feng Qiwen ready to set an illusion formation.

• Ye Xuan learned that Ye Yu had reclaimed Great Flame and feared that Ye Yu would gain the Ye family's recognition.
• Ye Xuan proposed to Xue Qin and Xue Chen that he claim to have fought the Ye family elder first, and he swore an oath of loyalty to the Blood Demon Race.
• Ye Yu prepared a banquet to meet Ye Tairan while watching Ye Zhentian investigate Ye Fan and the others' absence.
• After learning Ye Zhentian had left the imperial city for a nearby city, Ye Yu followed him and called on Feng Qiwen, who said his illusion formation was ready.

Ye Yu and Feng Qiwen used an illusion array to uncover Ye Zhentian’s memories and saw Xu Yunxi alive, offering him the Void Sky Cauldron to protect Ye Yu. Ye Yu sent Feng Qiwen to the Triangular Region to stop his mother if she appeared, then asked the Cauldron Spirit whether it had seen her.

• Feng Qiwen trapped Ye Zhentian in the Illusionary Sky Heart Mirroring Array, and Ye Yu saw Ye Zhentian’s murderous reaction to the Great Yan Dynasty’s situation.
• Ye Zhentian’s memory showed Xu Yunxi confronting him while gravely injured and offering the Small Cauldron in exchange for sparing Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu recognized the Small Cauldron as the Void Sky Cauldron, and the image began to crack as Ye Zhentian reached for it.
• Feng Qiwen ended the illusion, and Ye Zhentian awoke without remembering what he had seen.
• Ye Yu ordered Feng Qiwen to go to the Triangular Region and stop Xu Yunxi if she appeared, then asked the Cauldron Spirit whether it had seen his mother.

Ye Yu prepared for the three provinces’ arrival while wondering whether his mother had sent the Void Sky Cauldron to him. Ye Xuan staged his return from the Demon Land, and the chapter ended with the Ye family welcoming the provincial factions into an extravagantly decorated imperial palace.

• Ye Yu questioned the Cauldron Spirit about his mother, then returned to the imperial palace and exchanged a knowing glance with Ye Zhentian.
• Ye Yu kept the three provinces’ prominent figures outside the imperial palace until their arrival, where Qing Xuzi greeted him and Ji Wuming stopped him from pressing Ye Yu about joining the Ye family.
• Ye Xuan emerged from the Demon Land pursued by Blood Demons, claimed he had encountered a mid Void Refining Blood Demon, and pretended to faint after the Rogue Cultivators sheltered him.
• Zhou Qitian and Zhou Li were blocked from traveling to Great Flame by Blood Demons, so Zhou Qitian decided to send a message instead of forcing their way through.
• Three days later, the palace gates opened to reveal spirit stones covering the imperial palace, and Ye Tairan entered as Ye Zhentian and Ye Yu welcomed the cultivators from the three provinces.

Ye Xuan arrived at the palace battered and apparently crippled, prompting Ye Zhentian and Ye Tairan to examine his injuries. Ye Xuan claimed he had wounded a mid Void Refining Blood Demon, and the hall’s attention turned to Ye Yu as the story connected their achievements.

• Ye Tairan accepted tribute from the Three States and said the Ye family would provide protection in exchange for their continued assistance.
• Ye Xuan was carried into the palace after a group rescued him from the Blood Demon Race, and Ye Zhentian accused Ye Yu of failing to keep him safe.
• Ye Xuan woke and defended Ye Yu, then claimed demon blood had ruined his body and left him unable to cultivate.
• Ye Tairan confirmed Ye Xuan’s severe injuries, but hesitated over whether the Ye family should save him.
• Ye Xuan said he had severely wounded a mid Void Refining Blood Demon, and Ye Tairan verified that the blood on him was the demon’s essence blood.

Ye Yu publicly yielded the credit and the Ye family position to Ye Xuan, leaving Ye Xuan set to return with Ye Zhentian while Ye Yu stayed in Azure Prefecture. After the others departed, Ye Yu ordered his forces gathered and hinted that Ye Xuan’s journey could end in a Blood Demon ambush.

• Ye Yu recognized Yun Cong and suggested that Ye Xuan had been the expert who injured the Blood Demon, then insisted Ye Xuan deserved the Ye family position.
• Ye Zhentian tried to argue that Ye Yu should go because he had killed the Blood Demon, but Ye Yu appealed to Ye Tairan and chose to remain in Azure Prefecture.
• Ye Tairan praised Ye Yu and settled the matter in Ye Xuan’s favor, while Ye Zhentian glared at Ye Yu and Ye Xuan believed Ye Yu had been pressured into yielding.
• Zhou Qitian and Zhou Li questioned Ye Xuan’s claim and wondered why Ye Yu had given up the chance to enter the Ye family.
• Ye Yu told Liu Qi to summon Yuan Xiang’s sixteen puppets and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast, then suggested Ye Xuan could be ambushed by the Blood Demon Race.