Recaps

A Memory Stone revealed that Ye Yu had sacrificed his essence blood to save Ye Qingqing, yet Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang continued to twist his actions into evidence against him. Ye Qingxuan used her royal authority to have Lingyun Pavilion bar Ye Yu, who produced a purple-gold token in response.

• Ye Yu watched the Memory Stone show his past self giving Ye Qingqing his essence blood to save her, leaving Ye Qingshuang and the others to realize the truth about his frail health.
• The scene showed Ye Qingxuan arriving and striking Ye Yu away before carrying Ye Qingqing off, while Ye Yu lay severely wounded.
• Ye Qingshuang ended the Memory Stone display, and the onlookers felt ashamed for believing Ye Qingxuan's accusation that Ye Yu had colluded with the Devil Race.
• Ye Qingxuan asked Ye Yu why he had not told her, but Ye Qingshuang claimed he had staged the sacrifice, and Ye Qingxuan accepted the explanation.
• Ye Qingxuan used her royal token to order Lingyun Pavilion to expel Ye Yu, and Ye Yu revealed a purple-gold token from his Ring of Holding.

Ye Yu used his Lingyun Pavilion Elder Token to obtain medicinal ingredients for the Wilderness Secret Realm, shocking Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang with its thirty-million-spirit-stone privilege. The sisters returned to the inn to search the Memory Stone for leverage and saw Yan Ji enter the Eastern Palace after Ye Yu fell unconscious.

• The guards let Ye Yu into Lingyun Pavilion after recognizing his Elder Token, despite Ye Qingxuan's protests.
• Ye Yu went to buy ingredients for Poison Dispelling Pills but realized he had forgotten the spirit stones Qin Wushuang gave him.
• Ye Qingxuan offered Ye Yu a hundred thousand spirit stones to return to Great Yan, but the shopkeeper revealed that his token let him draw on goods worth up to thirty million spirit stones.
• Ye Yu ordered two sets of everything on his list and left for the imperial palace as Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang followed him.
• At the inn, Ye Qingshuang replayed the Memory Stone, and the sisters saw Yan Ji enter the Eastern Palace after Ye Yu collapsed.

Ye Qingshuang and Ye Qingxuan watched a Memory Stone reveal that Yan Ji had stained the White Spirit Fruit to frame Ye Yu, casting doubt on their assumptions about Ye Xuan. Meanwhile, Ye Yu challenged Qin Han’s curfew proposal and discussed when to approach the secret realm, but Xue Li’s urgent warning left him facing new trouble.

• Ye Qingshuang and Ye Qingxuan saw Yan Ji stain Ye Yu’s blood on a White Spirit Fruit, revealing the likely truth behind Ye Qingshuang’s failed pill refinement and Ye Yu’s imprisonment.
• Ye Qingxuan decided they should stop watching and review the Memory Stone with Eldest Sister.
• Qin Han objected to Ye Yu’s presence and argued that a curfew would improve safety and increase the population and number of cultivators.
• Ye Yu warned Qin Wushuang that encouraging childbirth without securing the common people’s livelihoods could lead to starvation, and Qin Wushuang dismissed Qin Han.
• Ye Yu told Qin Wushuang he would wait a few days before approaching the secret realm, and Qin Wushuang called him his son-in-law.
• Xue Li warned Ye Yu that something bad had happened.

Ye Yu learned that Ye Qingwan had been placed under house arrest over her marriage agreement with Zhou Li, but he refused to help her and focused on preparing pills. Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang watched a Memory Stone recording that revealed Ye Fan had ordered Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan to marry Zhou Li, and Ye Yu's unexpected response was about to be revealed.

• Xue Li told Ye Yu that Ye Qingwan had tried to leave Great Yan, been caught, and placed under house arrest, but Ye Yu told him not to help her.
• Ye Yu began refining pills for an upcoming secret realm and spent two days preparing them.
• Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang returned to the palace and found Ye Qingwan's residence stripped and guarded, with Ye Qingwan distressed and injured.
• Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang showed Ye Qingwan a Memory Stone recording of Ye Yu and Gao Qun discussing the marriage alliance.
• Gao Qun told Ye Yu that Ye Fan had ordered Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan to marry Zhou Li, and the three women reacted with shock and anger.

Ye Yu defied Ye Fan’s demand to use his sisters as bargaining chips, leaving Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan devastated by their realization of how he had protected them. As Ye Qingshuang set out to bring Ye Yu back, he traveled toward the Wilderness Secret Realm with the Great Qin group and encountered a mysterious woman seeking him.

• Ye Yu threatened Gao Qun and refused to let anyone harm his Imperial Sisters, forcing Gao Qun to leave without resolving the dispute.
• Ye Qingwan realized Ye Yu had secretly supported her regency and wept over how she had mistreated him; Ye Qingxuan also collapsed in guilt over accusing him of being a Devil Race spy.
• Ye Qingshuang decided that only Ye Yu could save Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan, and left to bring him back.
• Ye Yu departed for the Wilderness Secret Realm with Situ Guang, Qin Ruoxian, Qin Xiong, and Qin Yue aboard a flying ship.
• A woman in purple stopped the ship and demanded to see Ye Yu, then grew cold and unleashed spiritual energy when Situ Guang called him the Imperial Son-in-law.

Ye Yu met Elder Ziyun, renewed their wager over the Dao of Heartlessness, and agreed to prove his point in one month. After reaching Bianhuang City, he sought a powerful sword from his past life, but the stall owner refused to sell it because of what he supposedly did to Liu Ruyan.

• Elder Ziyun confronted Situ Guang, then challenged Ye Yu over his promise and criticized him for being bound by love.
• Ye Yu vowed to find Ziyun in one month and let her travel with the group aboard the flying vessel.
• Two days later, Ye Yu and the others arrived in Bianhuang City, where Qin Ruoxian trusted Ye Yu enough not to question him about Ziyun.
• Ye Yu went to the trading fair to find a sword he remembered from his previous life and spotted it at a stall.
• The female stall owner recognized Ye Yu, refused to do business with him, and accused him of mistreating Liu Ruyan.

Ye Yu confronted people in Bianhuang City who blamed him for abandoning Liu Ruyan, then exposed details that challenged their story. Back at the inn, he uncovered the Purple Firmament Sword beneath a coating of devil blood and claimed it, while the distant Purple Firmament Sword Sect fell into chaos.

• A stall owner accused Ye Yu of abandoning Liu Ruyan, and Ye Yu used his late Golden Core Stage aura to silence the crowd before buying her sword for five hundred spirit stones.
• Feng Qing'er confronted Ye Yu over his treatment of Liu Ruyan, and he challenged her claims by bringing up Liu Ruyan's closeness with Xiao Xuan and Feng Qing'er's future Imperial Son-in-law.
• Ye Yu released Killing Intent at Feng Qing'er, causing her to collapse before she fled as he left for the inn.
• Ye Yu examined the black sword and used the Small Cauldron to remove its coating, revealing devil blood and the name Zi Xiao on the purple blade.
• Ye Yu branded the Purple Firmament Sword with his mark without noticing a flash of black light, while the Purple Firmament Sword Sect fell into chaos thousands of miles away.

The Purple Firmament Sword reappeared, prompting the Purple Firmament Sword Sect’s Grand Elder to send Qing Xuzi to find it. Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan led Qingyun Sect cultivators to confront Ye Yu at an inn, where Zi Yun struck her down, and Liu Ruyan appealed to arriving sect members for help.

• The Purple Firmament Sword’s emergence caused ten thousand swords to rise before the Grand Elder calmed them and ordered Qing Xuzi to locate the sword.
• Liu Ruyan arrived at the inn with Feng Qing'er, Ye Xuan, and a crowd of cultivators, accusing Ye Yu of bullying Qingqing and betraying her.
• Qin Ruoxian drew her Autumn Water Sword and attacked Liu Ruyan, but a cultivator blocked the strike; Liu Ruyan then accused Ye Yu of heartlessness.
• Zi Yun appeared and struck Liu Ruyan, sending her crashing to the ground, while the assembled cultivators stayed silent.
• Liu Ruyan spotted Qingyun Sect members approaching and ran to them, demanding that they seek justice for her.

Lin Jingfeng arrived at the inn seeking Ye Yu’s help for Yan Ruyu, only to discover Liu Ruyan had deceived Qingyun Sect by claiming to be Ye Yu’s fiancée. After Ye Yu rejected her and Qingyun Sect abandoned her, the cultivators dragged Liu Ruyan outside, where someone suddenly ordered them to stop.

• Lin Jingfeng confronted the inn’s occupants, then eagerly approached Ye Yu and explained Qingyun Sect needed his help for Yan Ruyu.
• Liu Ruyan insisted she was Ye Yu’s fiancée, but Ye Yu blasted her away and denied their engagement.
• Feng Qing’er tried to defend Liu Ruyan, who then grabbed for the Autumn Water Sword; Ye Yu made it return to Qin Ruoxian.
• Lin Jingfeng apologized to Ye Yu, revealed his understanding that Liu Ruyan had deceived Qingyun Sect, and took the sect emblem from her before leaving.
• The cultivators surrounded Liu Ruyan, and Ye Yu allowed them to take her outside after receiving a nod from Situ Guang.
• A voice suddenly shouted “Stop!” after Liu Ruyan was dragged outside.

Ye Yu prepared to enter the secret realm while plotting to use Liu Ruyan’s attachment to Wu Lei against the Wu Dynasty. When Blood Origin Miasma poured from the entrance, Ye Qingshuang offered protective pills, but Ye Yu destroyed a bottle and insulted her pills, leaving their conflict poised to escalate.

• Ye Yu told Qin Ruoxian that he hoped Wu Lei would come so Liu Ruyan could entangle him and weaken the Wu Dynasty, then suppressed his spiritual power rather than risk an uncertain breakthrough.
• As the spatial storm weakened, Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian joined the crowds heading toward the secret realm, and Ye Yu warned her to stay close because he sensed something was wrong.
• Ye Xuan gave Liu Ruyan a Blood Refinement Great Method, while Ye Qingshuang arrived and planned to speak with Ye Yu inside the secret realm.
• Blood Origin Miasma seeped from the passage and dissolved nearby cultivators, so Ye Qingshuang distributed third-grade Clear Heart Pills to help people resist it.
• Ye Xuan tossed Ye Qingshuang’s pills to Ye Yu, but Ye Yu shattered the bottle and called the pills trash, prompting Ye Qingshuang to confront him.

Ye Yu and his companions entered the Blood Origin Miasma secret realm, but a restriction forced Nascent Soul experts back and scattered the entrants. After Ye Yu reached the realm alone and fought off blood corpses, he left Ye Qingshuang to face a swarm and she called for his help.

• Ye Yu traded Zi Yun a Miasma Breaking Pill for her help, allowing him and his companions to enter the Blood Origin Miasma.
• A spatial force separated Ye Yu from Qin Ruoxian and kept Zi Yun, Situ Guang, and other Nascent Soul experts out of the realm, prompting them to send warnings across the Qingyunlei Three States.
• Ye Yu arrived alone in the mountains, found a palace in the distance, and fought off blood corpses emerging from beneath the rocks.
• Ye Yu recognized the corpses as victims of Nine Nether Blood Qi and sensed more beneath the ground.
• Ye Qingshuang arrived and accused Ye Yu of being bloodthirsty, but he ignored her and followed the direction of the Autumn Water Sword.
• Blood corpses grabbed Ye Qingshuang and swarmed her, and she shouted for Ye Yu to come back and help her.

Ye Yu found Qin Ruoxian gravely injured in a cave after discovering that blood corpses had overwhelmed the area, while Ye Qingshuang followed him despite their bitter dispute over their mother's death. He sealed Ye Qingshuang and began refining medicine for Qin Ruoxian, leaving Ye Qingshuang stunned by his apparent alchemy skill.

• Ye Yu used Spiritual Seals to trace Qin Ruoxian, while Ye Qingshuang escaped blood corpses and caught up with him.
• Ye Yu reached a cave surrounded by more than a hundred blood corpses and killed them, including several at the Nascent Soul Realm, with the Purple Firmament Sword.
• Ye Qingshuang accused Ye Yu of causing their mother's death by stopping her from giving their mother a pill, but Ye Yu refused to argue.
• Ye Yu entered the cave and found Qin Ruoxian badly injured and still holding the Autumn Water Sword.
• Ye Qingshuang offered her master's Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill if Ye Yu would return with her to save Eldest Sister and Second Sister, but Ye Yu restrained and silenced her.
• Ye Yu brought out an alchemy furnace and began refining medicinal ingredients, astonishing Ye Qingshuang with his technique.

Ye Yu saved Qin Ruoxian by refining a sixth-rank pill, shocking Ye Qingshuang into reconsidering the truth about her mother’s death. The group reached the Sacred Pill Sect ruins, where Ye Yu discovered the sect-protecting formation was still active.

• Ye Yu refined a sixth-rank pill and used it to heal Qin Ruoxian, while Ye Qingshuang realized the pill she had made for her mother had never fully formed.
• Ye Qingshuang feared that her failed pill had caused her mother’s death, and Ye Yu chose not to comfort her as Nine Nether Blood Qi began rotting her wounds.
• Ye Yu stopped Qin Ruoxian from attacking Ye Qingshuang, then led them toward the palace at the heart of the mountain.
• Ye Yu secretly used the Small Cauldron to absorb Nine Nether Blood Qi from Qin Yue and Qin Xiong when they arrived at the palace gates.
• The group discovered the ruins belonged to the Sacred Pill Sect, and Ye Xuan declared that its alchemy inheritance was suited to Ye Qingshuang.
• A mid Golden Core cultivator rushed toward the palace and was reduced to ashes by the still-active sect-protecting grand formation.

Ye Yu warned that Sacred Pill Sect's worn sect-protecting formation might be sealing the Nine Nether Blood Spring, but Ye Xuan broke it despite his concerns. The formation's collapse released a wave of Nine Nether Blood Qi that rushed toward the group at the mountain's foot.

• Ye Yu examined the formation and told Ye Xuan that breaking it could bring a danger they could not withstand.
• Ye Xuan offered Ye Yu the leading position if he helped break the formation, and Ye Yu accepted the offer, embarrassing Ye Xuan when no one objected.
• Ye Xuan and several formation experts worked together to dissolve the sect-protecting formation while Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian stood back.
• The formation collapsed, and Liu Ruyan mocked Ye Yu for warning them about danger.
• Ye Qingshuang recognized red mist surging from the forest as Nine Nether Blood Qi as it swept toward the group.

Ye Yu and the others cleared the weak Nine Nether Blood Qi and discovered the Ascending Heaven Staircase, which tested their aptitude for entering the Sacred Pill Sect. Outside the secret realm, the major powers used the Sky-Gazing Mirror to watch as the entrants climbed, and Ye Fan proudly saw one person reach the seven-hundredth step.

• Ye Yu realized the Nine Nether Blood Qi was only a leaking remnant, and Ye Xuan led the gathered cultivators in pushing it away from the mountain gate.
• The first person to step onto the stone staircase revealed the jade-white Ascending Heaven Staircase, which Qin Ruoxian identified as the Sacred Pill Sect's test of talent.
• Ye Fan and the other leaders gathered outside the secret realm, and Leng Qianqiu activated the Sky-Gazing Mirror with their combined spiritual power.
• The leaders saw the Sacred Pill Sect ruins and agreed to watch rather than risk endangering those inside by breaking the seal.
• Ye Yu, Qin Ruoxian, and the others climbed the staircase, where pressure sealed their spiritual power and eliminated many of them.
• Someone reached the seven-hundredth step, and Ye Fan recognized him and said the brat had finally not let him down.

Ye Yu climbed the Ascending Heaven Staircase with ease, throwing Liu Ruyan off after she mocked him and leaving Qin Ruoxian to rest when the staircase’s suppression threatened her seal. As Ye Xuan reached the eight-hundredth stair, Ye Yu rapidly closed in on him, stunning the spectators and freezing Ye Fan’s smile.

• Ye Fan corrected onlookers who mistook Ye Xuan for Ye Yu, then dismissed Ye Yu’s strength as a temporary burst from exhausting his potential.
• Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian reached the four-hundredth stair, gave Qi Gathering Pills to Qin Yue and another person, and began cultivating amid the dense spiritual energy.
• When Liu Ruyan mocked him, Ye Yu lifted her by the collar and threw her off the staircase, ending her chance to climb it again.
• Ye Yu passed Ye Qingshuang and climbed to the seven-hundredth stair, while Qin Ruoxian stopped to rest as her seal began to loosen under the suppression.
• Ye Xuan reached the eight-hundredth stair, but Ye Yu climbed rapidly toward him, leaving Ye Fan stunned and Qin Wushuang delighted.

Ye Yu reached the upper stairs of the Ascending Heaven Staircase, threw Ye Xuan and Ye Qingshuang down, and stopped at stair 996 to receive his reward. As he refined the immense spiritual energy, his golden core cracked and he began breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Qin Wushuang boasted that Ye Yu had hidden his talent, while Ye Fan dismissed him as an abandoned child who could not surpass Ye Xuan.
• Ye Yu met Ye Xuan on the eight-hundredth stair and threw him down the staircase after Ye Xuan threatened him.
• Ye Yu also threw Ye Qingshuang down when she questioned him, then continued climbing as the other cultivators watched in fear.
• Ye Yu reached the nine-hundredth stair, stopped at stair 996, and waited for the staircase's reward rather than press on toward the Sacred Pill Sect's palace.
• Ye Yu endured the spiritual energy until a pure white aura appeared, then refined it and began breaking through into the Nascent Soul Realm.

Ye Yu condensed a Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul, stunning the observers and raising hopes for Great Qin, but the Small Cauldron then triggered a further transformation. The chapter left everyone confronting the revelation that Ye Yu had once drawn the attention of the three Human Dao Sages.

• Ye Yu used the Ethereal Qi to purify himself as he condensed his Nascent Soul, and the Nascent Soul Tribulation began.
• Ye Yu’s Nascent Soul first appeared to be Purple Mansion, then produced the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Painting omen of an Earth Fiend Nascent Soul.
• A Sea of Thunder and azure lotuses appeared around Ye Yu, revealing that he had condensed a Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul and making Qin Wushuang celebrate while Ye Fan and Great Yan’s prospects darkened.
• The Small Cauldron released a ray of light that merged the three pillars of light into Ye Yu’s Nascent Soul, causing his spiritual power to surge again.
• The omen changed to show the three Human Dao Sages, and Qin Wushuang and Situ Guang realized Ye Yu was the cultivator who had once drawn their attention.

Ye Yu’s Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul drew the attention of the Human Dao Sages, then triggered a devastating tribulation that nearly overwhelmed him. Before it could finish, an unknown hand pulled him into the Sacred Pill Sect’s ruined palace, where Dan Chenzi revealed the Nine Nether Blood Spring and offered him a fortune.

• Ye Yu’s Nascent Soul absorbed the blessings of the three Human Dao Sages, and a white light revealed a great cauldron before the phenomenon vanished.
• A Nascent Soul Tribulation struck as Ye Yu’s Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body absorbed the lightning, but the power threatened to overwhelm him and damage the secret realm.
• A huge hand dragged Ye Yu through a spatial rift, making Qin Ruoxian collapse while Ye Xuan and Liu Ruyan laughed and Ye Fan celebrated.
• Ye Yu awoke in a pitch-black palace and met Dan Chenzi, the Sacred Pill Sect’s last sect master.
• Dan Chenzi confirmed that the Nine Nether Blood Spring caused the Sacred Pill Sect’s downfall, revealed the blood pool beneath the palace, and offered Ye Yu a fortune.

Ye Yu agreed to return within ten years to suppress the Nine Nether Blood Spring, received Dan Chenzi’s ring, and stabilized his Nascent Soul realm. Outside the sealed secret realm, Ye Fan used Ye Yu’s apparent death to pressure Qin Wushuang into marrying Qin Ruoxian to Xiao Xuan.

• Ye Yu rejected Dan Chenzi’s offer to stay for a hundred years but agreed to return within ten years, and Dan Chenzi gave him a Ring of Holding as a deposit.
• Dan Chenzi urged Ye Yu to stabilize his realm, and Ye Yu absorbed the palace’s spiritual qi until his Nascent Soul Early Stage realm was secure.
• Qin Ruoxian rushed toward the Sacred Pill Sect to search for Ye Yu, but Dan Chenzi sent everyone outside the secret realm and sealed its entrance.
• Dan Chenzi returned the Purple Firmament Sword to Ye Yu, warned him of a sleeping remnant soul within it, and sent him out with a jade token for future entry.
• Ye Fan told Qin Wushuang that Ye Yu had not made it out and offered Great Qin support if Qin Ruoxian married Xiao Xuan.

Ye Yu returned in time to save Qin Ruoxian and turn the battle between Great Qin and Great Yan. After telling Qin Wushuang to withdraw Great Qin’s people, Ye Yu prepared to settle accounts with Lord Ye.

• Ye Xuan claimed he would marry Qin Ruoxian as a secondary wife, and Qin Ruoxian rejected him.
• Ye Fan attacked Qin Ruoxian and demanded all of Great Qin’s War of a Hundred Dynasties slots, sparking a fight between the two dynasties.
• Ye Xuan blocked Qin Ruoxian’s escape and ordered his Attendants to capture her, while Nangong Wushe seized her by the throat.
• Ye Yu appeared, killed Nangong Wushe and another Great Yan Attendant, and reunited with Qin Ruoxian.
• Ye Yu attacked Ye Xuan, but Ye Fan stepped in to block the strike, and Ye Yu told Qin Wushuang to withdraw Great Qin’s people.

Ye Yu fought Ye Fan, who used his peak Nascent Soul strength to overwhelm him in a direct clash. Ye Yu turned the battle by trapping the Great Yan Dynasty group in the Green Lotus Sword Array and left Ye Fan grievously wounded, then suspected Ye Xuan was valuable enough to warrant such protection.

• Qin Wushuang offered to help Ye Yu, but Ye Yu told him to protect Ruoxian and faced Ye Fan alone.
• Ye Fan unleashed the Fire Cloud Palm, and Ye Yu countered with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, matching his attack but suffering internal strain.
• Ye Fan pressed Ye Yu in close combat, wounded him repeatedly, and sent him flying with a punch to the chest.
• Ye Yu activated a formation that trapped the Great Yan Dynasty group and unleashed the Green Lotus Sword Array while Ye Fan shielded them.
• Ye Yu struck Ye Fan with the Sea-Parting Form, leaving him covered in wounds and missing his left arm.
• Ye Yu remarked that Ye Xuan must be worth the heavy price Ye Fan had paid to protect him.

Ye Yu forced Ye Fan to retreat, then escaped with Qin Wushuang while warning that the Nine Nether Blood Spring would soon occupy Great Flame’s attention. After healing, Ye Yu searched Dan Chenzi’s treasures for a suitable cultivation method and turned to Small Cauldron, which subtly responded.

• Ye Fan crushed a spatial jade talisman and fled with the Great Yan Dynasty after Ye Yu severed his arm.
• Ye Yu and Qin Wushuang escaped aboard a spirit vessel, where Ye Yu predicted Ye Fan would have to deal with the Nine Nether Blood Spring before pursuing him.
• Ye Qingshuang found guards dead and Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan missing, then suffered festering wounds that healing pills could not cure.
• Several days later, Ye Yu examined Dan Chenzi’s Ring of Holding but found no cultivation method suited to him.
• Ye Yu summoned Small Cauldron and lamented that he needed a suitable cultivation method, unaware that it swayed as if answering him.

Ye Yu obtained the Primordial Undying Art from the Small Cauldron and transformed his spiritual energy into powerful Chaos Spiritual Energy. He agreed to meet Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan for political reasons, but rejected Ye Qingwan’s attempt to use her apology to get help with the marriage contract.

• Ye Yu poured nearly all his spiritual energy into the Small Cauldron, which released an ancient cultivation art called the Primordial Undying Art.
• Ye Yu cultivated for several days and transformed his spiritual energy, causing Qin Wushuang to sense an instinctive fear from him.
• Qin Wushuang told Ye Yu that Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan wanted to see him, and Ye Yu agreed because Ye Qingwan had built a useful force in Great Flame.
• Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan met Ye Yu outside the imperial palace, and Ye Qingxuan rushed toward him before he blocked her with a wall of spiritual energy.
• Ye Qingwan showed Ye Yu her injuries and asked him to return to Great Flame, but Ye Yu dismissed her suffering and accused her of seeking help with the marriage contract.

Ye Yu used his meeting with Ye Qingwan to make Ye Fan and Ye Xuan suspect her, then returned to the Nine Nether Blood Spring. There he found Shi Lei being mocked by locals who had forgotten Ye Yu’s role in saving them.

• Ye Qingwan urged Ye Yu to return to Great Flame and help her secure the throne, but Ye Yu refused and left with Qin Yue.
• Ye Yu and Qin Yue discussed how the meeting would sound to Ye Fan and Ye Xuan, and Ye Yu planned to intensify their suspicions.
• After hearing about the meeting, Ye Fan ordered Ye Qingwan and Ye Yu captured; Ye Xuan defended Ye Qingwan, prompting Ye Fan to reconsider his accusation.
• Ye Yu returned to the city near the sealed Nine Nether Blood Spring and found Shi Lei being offered food to curse him.
• Shi Lei reminded the crowd that Ye Yu had sealed the Blood Spring and protected the city, but the locals dismissed him and praised Ye Xuan instead.