Recaps

Ye Yu reunited with Shi Lei, warned the cultivators to leave, and went to the Nine Nether Blood Spring. After retrieving his corroded spiritual root, he dissolved the seal and left as the Blood Spring began to erupt.

• Ye Yu rescued Shi Lei from a cultivator who was tormenting him and revealed his Nascent Soul Realm pressure, sending the surrounding cultivators fleeing.
• Ye Yu took Shi Lei toward the Nine Nether Blood Spring, and Shi Lei realized Ye Yu intended to unseal it.
• Ye Yu killed the Golden Core Stage guards, retrieved his spiritual root, and used the Small Cauldron to remove the Nine Nether Blood Qi from it.
• Ye Yu dissolved the Blood Spring's seal and left with Shi Lei as blood qi began to seep out.
• That night, the Blood Spring erupted, spreading blood qi through the forest and withering the living things in its path.

The Nine Nether Blood Spring erupted after Ye Yu’s seal was weakened, devastating Great Flame while Ye Yu shielded Great Qin from the spreading Blood Qi. As Ye Fan sent Ye Xuan to contain the disaster and threatened Ye Qingwan, she sought Ye Qingshuang’s help but froze upon entering her palace.

• Shi Lei and Ye Yu observed that the border town’s people had grown complacent under Ye Xuan’s influence, then returned to Great Qin.
• The Nine Nether Blood Spring erupted, and the Blood Qi rotted Great Flame’s people and buildings as the townspeople fled in panic.
• Ye Yu repelled the Blood Qi at Great Qin’s border, while Great Qin’s soldiers and civilians recognized him as their protector.
• Great Qin turned away Great Flame refugees as the Blood Qi devastated the border, and news of the eruption spread across Great Flame.
• Ye Fan ordered Ye Xuan to take the Attendant Hall and control the Blood Spring, gave him the Imperial Guard Token, and vowed not to spare Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Qingwan sought Ye Qingshuang’s help, but froze when she entered Ye Qingshuang’s palace.

Ye Qingshuang suffered from the Nine Nether Blood Qi as it devastated Great Flame, while Ye Xuan set out to stop the crisis and Ye Yu arranged to reveal the spring’s sealing method. Ye Yu then accepted the Qingyun Sect’s invitation to treat Yan Ruyu’s blood poison and prepared to travel there alone.

• Ye Qingshuang begged Ye Qingwan for help as her wounds repeatedly healed and rotted, but Ye Xuan fled after learning she carried the Nine Nether Blood Qi.
• The Nine Nether Blood Qi spread across three cities and eight prefectures, killing hundreds of thousands, and Ye Xuan led Great Flame’s Attendants toward the Nine Nether Blood Spring amid rising public hope.
• Ye Yu learned of Ye Xuan’s mission and instructed Xue Li to have a subordinate reveal the method for sealing the spring.
• Ye Yu decided to visit the Qingyun Sect to remove Yan Ruyu’s blood poison, and he declined Qin Wushuang’s offer to send Attendants with him.

Ye Xuan’s attempt to contain and then drive back the Nine Nether Blood Qi failed, and he blamed Ye Yu for supposedly tampering with the seal. Ye Yu learned that his plan to stir conflict between Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan was working, then arrived at Qingyun Mountain, where the younger generation of many sects had gathered.

• Ye Xuan led the Attendants to contain the Nine Nether Blood Qi with a spiritual-energy barrier and Spirit-Gathering Formation disks.
• At the people’s urging, Ye Xuan ordered the Attendants to push back the blood qi, but they managed to advance only a dozen or so li before stopping.
• A trusted aide of Ye Qingwan challenged Ye Xuan to match Ye Yu’s achievement, and Ye Xuan claimed Ye Yu had tampered with the seal.
• Ye Xuan left in disgrace as the crowd debated his explanation.
• Xue Li reported the events to Ye Yu, who was pleased that his plan to provoke conflict between Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan was succeeding.
• Ye Yu descended onto Qingyun Mountain, where elite young people from many sects had gathered.

Ye Yu learned that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had ranked him fifth on the Qingzhou Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, then examined Yan Ruyu and agreed to represent Qingyun Sect at the Sect Grand Assembly. He accepted after learning the Moon Shadow Sect had invited Gongsun Wuji of the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, and hoped to meet Qingyun Ancestor.

• Ye Yu registered for the Sect Grand Assembly and discovered he was ranked fifth on the Qingzhou Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, with Ye Qingling ranked thirty-sixth.
• Ye Yu noticed that the ranking omitted figures such as Zi Yun and Zhou Li, then met Leng Qianqiu at his residence.
• Ye Yu examined Yan Ruyu and told Leng Qianqiu that her blood poison could be cured, but she would not recover in time for the assembly.
• Leng Qianqiu asked Ye Yu to represent Qingyun Sect, explaining that the Moon Shadow Sect had invited someone from Leizhou and that Azure Prefecture's territory could be at stake.
• After reading Leng Qianqiu's jade slip naming Purple Firmament Sword Sect and Gongsun Wuji, Ye Yu agreed on the condition that he could meet Qingyun Ancestor.

Ye Yu attended the Sect Grand Assembly, where he assessed the young geniuses and the powerful Gongsun Wuji of the Purple Firmament Sword Sect. The opening arena matches revealed Ji Wuming as the top-ranked prodigy, and the chapter ended as Chi Hu challenged him.

• Ye Yu prepared a pill with Spiritual Medicine from Leng Qianqiu to purge Yan Ruyu's blood poison and agreed to fight for Qingyun Sect at the assembly.
• Lin Jingfeng introduced Ye Yu to Chi Hu and Yun Piaoyue, while Ye Yu spotted Ye Qingling seeking Gongsun Wuji's help to get her brother into the Purple Firmament Sword Sect.
• Ye Yu recognized the saber-wielding Ji Wuming as the Number One on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, and Ji Wuming swiftly defeated the opening-round opponents.
• Gongsun Wuji disparaged Azure Prefecture's cultivators after Ji Wuming dominated the preliminary matches.
• Ji Wuming entered the arena and challenged the remaining competitors, and Chi Hu stepped forward to fight him.

Ji Wuming defeated Chi Hu, and Gongsun Wuji then knocked Ji Wuming from the arena. Ye Yu remained untouched by the battle’s stray attacks, drawing Yun Piaoyue’s suspicion as the challenge continued.

• Ji Wuming defeated Chi Hu without drawing his saber, leaving Chi Hu unconscious and unharmed himself apart from scorch marks.
• Ye Yu told Lin Jingfeng to leave, and Lin Jingfeng departed with the disciples below the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Qingling insulted Ye Yu, who recalled kneeling for a month to secure her place in the Moon Shadow Sect and how she mistook Ye Xuan’s actions for his own.
• Gongsun Wuji challenged Ji Wuming, and Ye Yu stood still as stray Sword Qi dissipated against him.
• Gongsun Wuji’s Mystic King Sword Qi overwhelmed Ji Wuming’s Hegemonic Saber and blasted him from the arena.

Ye Yu faced Gongsun Wuji after Gongsun mocked Azure Prefecture’s cultivators, and Gongsun unleashed a powerful sword strike that seemed to defeat him. Ye Yu emerged unharmed with the Purple Firmament Sword, leaving Gongsun and the assembled sect leaders stunned.

• Gongsun Wuji offered to let Ye Qingling claim first place, and Ye Yu interrupted to challenge him.
• Ye Qingling accused Ye Yu of waiting until Gongsun was depleted, but Ye Yu asked whether Gongsun needed to rest before stepping onto the arena.
• Gongsun Wuji dismissed Ye Yu and unleashed his Mystic King Sword Qi, cleaving the arena and engulfing Ye Yu in azure astral wind.
• Ye Qingling celebrated Ye Yu’s apparent death as Leng Qianqiu prepared to declare Gongsun the winner.
• Ye Yu’s Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique tore through the wind, and he appeared unharmed with the Purple Firmament Sword in his hand.

Ye Yu won the Sect Grand Assembly after Gongsun Wuji recognized the Purple Firmament Sword, and learned that the sword made him the Purple Firmament Sword Sect’s Holy Son. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan confronted Ye Qingwan in the Great Yan Dynasty, accusing her of secretly seeking the Imperial Throne.

• Gongsun Wuji conceded defeat to Ye Yu after seeing that the Purple Firmament Sword had recognized him, and Ye Qingling failed to overturn the result.
• Ye Yu struck Ye Qingling off the arena, and Leng Qianqiu announced him as the Sect Grand Assembly champion.
• Gongsun Wuji knelt before Ye Yu and explained that the Purple Firmament Sword’s chosen wielder became the sect’s Holy Son; Ye Yu agreed to return with him after handling his affairs in Azure Prefecture.
• Ye Fan told Ye Xuan to handle Ye Qingwan’s alleged slander himself, and Ye Xuan went to confront her.
• Ye Xuan shoved Ye Qingwan away and accused her of coveting the Imperial Throne.

Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingshuang turned to Ye Yu for help after Ye Xuan imprisoned them, while Ye Yu waited at Qingyun Mountain for a meeting with the Qingyun Ancestor. The Ancestor agreed to meet Ye Yu, who asked how to reach the Spirit Transformation Stage, and the Ancestor sensed something inside his body.

• Ye Xuan accused Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingshuang of harming him, then ordered Golden Armored Guards to confine them and send two of them to Great Zhou after the War of a Hundred Dynasties.
• Ye Qingwan asked Ye Qingshuang to contact her master and bring Ye Yu back, promising to support his bid for the Imperial Throne.
• Xue Li reported the sisters' plans to Ye Yu, who was satisfied that events were unfolding as he intended and waited for Ye Qingshuang to visit.
• Ye Yu cultivated at Qingyun Mountain while waiting for Leng Qianqiu, and discovered that the Void Sky Cauldron would not open.
• Leng Qianqiu brought Ye Yu to meet the Qingyun Ancestor, who had evaded Ye Yu's divine sense.
• Ye Yu asked how to break through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, and the Qingyun Ancestor said there seemed to be something inside his body.

Ye Yu advanced his cultivation and array skills while in seclusion with Qingyun Ancestor, who warned him that the Void Sky Cauldron could draw the Imperial Clan’s wrath. Ye Yu left for Hundred Dynasties Mountain to join the War of a Hundred Dynasties, unaware that several shadowy figures were following him.

• Qingyun Ancestor tested Ye Yu’s reaction to his spiritual energy, and Ye Yu entered several days of enlightenment in the bamboo grove.
• Ye Yu broke through from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and formed a powerful array with nearly two thousand Spiritual Seals.
• Qingyun Ancestor recognized Ye Yu’s Chaos Nascent Soul and warned him that the thing inside his body could bring calamity and attract the Imperial Clan.
• Leng Qianqiu told Ye Yu that Great Qin had instructed him to go directly to Hundred Dynasties Mountain, and he departed without hearing from Zi Yun or Lingyun Pavilion.
• Leng Qianqiu watched Ye Yu leave and noticed several shadowy figures following him.

Ye Yu met Cangyun and Ye Qingshuang in Dingyang City, resolved Ye Qingshuang’s Nine Nether Blood Qi, and severed his ties with Cangyun to keep him out of a future conflict with Great Flame. Then Zhu Yan, the Second Prince of the Zhu Dynasty, insulted Ye Yu and demanded he become his dog, but Ye Yu refused.

• Ye Yu learned that the Great Qin Dynasty had already left for Hundred Dynasties Mountain and registered to use Dingyang City’s Teleportation Array two days later.
• Ye Qingshuang and Cangyun met Ye Yu, and Cangyun asked him to help resolve Ye Qingshuang’s Nine Nether Blood Qi.
• Ye Yu told Cangyun that he would help Ye Qingshuang but end their relationship, then dispersed her blood qi with his Chaos Spiritual Energy.
• Cangyun bowed to Ye Yu and left despite Ye Qingshuang calling after him, while she tried to relay Eldest Sister’s message that Ye Yu should return to Great Flame.
• Zhu Yan, the Second Prince of the Zhu Dynasty, slapped Ye Qingshuang, dismissed Ye Yu as unimpressive, and ordered him to come serve as his dog.
• Ye Yu calmly refused Zhu Yan’s demand.

Ye Yu refused Zhu Yan’s offer and clashed with him until the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion intervened. He made a deal with Murong Xue for intelligence and a retrieval mission, then called Ye Qingshuang “Third Sister” outside the tower, where Ye Xuan was waiting.

• Ye Yu refused Zhu Yan, and the two fought with spiritual power until silver-armored men from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion stopped them.
• A Heavenly Mystery Pavilion man escorted Ye Yu to its tower, where Xiao Mu attacked him and Ye Yu quickly overpowered him.
• Murong Xue appeared, offered Ye Yu a deal for a War of a Hundred Dynasties retrieval mission in exchange for intelligence, and gave him information about the Purple Firmament Sword Sect and the item.
• Ye Yu asked for information about the Imperial Clan as well, and Murong Xue agreed to provide it after he returned from the battlefield.
• Ye Qingshuang waited anxiously outside the tower, and Ye Yu called her “Third Sister” before noticing Ye Xuan standing nearby with a dark expression.

Ye Yu learned that Murong Xue’s requested item lay in an unexplored area of the War of a Hundred Dynasties battlefield, while Ye Xuan plotted to keep Ye Qingshuang from returning to Great Flame. After Ye Xuan provoked Yan Lin into attacking Ye Yu, Ye Yu defeated Yan Lin and confronted Ye Xuan, ending the chapter with a punch to his chest.

• Ye Yu left Ye Qingshuang after promising to go to Great Flame once the War of a Hundred Dynasties ended, and Ye Xuan persuaded her to stay and help their group.
• Ye Yu read a jade slip about the Purple Firmament Sword Sect and discovered Murong Xue’s requested item was located in an unexplored, dangerous part of the battlefield.
• Yan Lin of the Yan Dynasty tried to recruit Ye Xuan’s group, and Ye Xuan pointed him toward Ye Yu and claimed his imperial brother was Azure Prefecture’s strongest prodigy.
• Yan Lin hurled a fireball into the inn and rushed inside, but Ye Yu knocked him unconscious and sent him crashing back outside.
• Ye Yu confronted Ye Xuan despite Ye Qingshuang’s attempt to excuse him, then struck Ye Xuan in the chest with a thunderous punch.

Ye Yu discovered that Liu Ruyan had used the life-draining Blood Refining Method to condense a Nascent Soul, then traveled to Hundred Dynasties Mountain and found Great Qin under attack by the Yunzhou Alliance. As Ye Yu prepared to resist, the Phoenix Dynasty watched from nearby while the Azure Prefecture Alliance refused to help Great Qin.

• Liu Ruyan confronted Ye Yu with her newly condensed Nascent Soul, and Ye Yu realized Ye Xuan had taught her the Blood Refining Method at the cost of her life force.
• Ye Yu traveled to Hundred Dynasties Mountain and found Great Qin's camp full of wounded attendants, while Situ Guang told him that Qin Ruoxian was at the Phoenix Dynasty's camp.
• Situ Guang explained that the Yunzhou Alliance had attacked Great Qin after it refused to join, and that Great Flame had threatened Azure Prefecture dynasties against allying with Great Qin.
• Ye Yu rejected Situ Guang's plea to endure the harassment and faced the Yunzhou Alliance, while Situ Guang returned to the tent.
• Feng Qing'er offered to help Qin Ruoxian, who said she trusted Ye Yu, and quietly prepared people to intervene if needed.
• An Imperial Prince urged the Azure Prefecture Alliance to help Great Qin, but Ye Xuan refused and cited Great Qin's strained ties with the alliance and his imperial brother's temperament.

Ye Yu defeated the Yunzhou Alliance fighters who attacked Great Qin, displaying overwhelming physical strength and array skills. After declaring that he would accept any further challengers, he returned to treat his injured companions, while Ye Xuan seethed at his success.

• Ye Yu struck down the Yunzhou Alliance's lead fighter with a single punch and suppressed the rest with Chaos Spiritual Energy and three spirit arrays.
• Ye Yu used the Green Bamboo Lotus Heart Array to trap and blast the attackers, leaving the Yunzhou Alliance fighters sprawled on the ground.
• Ye Yu took Qi Gathering Pills, declared that he would accept anyone who wanted to challenge Great Qin, and went to treat Situ Guang and the others.
• Spectators recognized Great Qin's victory, and members of the Azure Prefecture Alliance regretted isolating Great Qin after believing Great Flame's claims.
• Ye Xuan stormed into his tent in anger, while Ye Qingshuang questioned his change in temperament and Liu Ruyan returned to cultivating.

Ye Yu learned that a suspected Dao artifact had appeared inside the War of a Hundred Dynasties Battlefield, and the Void Sky Cauldron reacted to a stone carrying the same unusual power. As the battlefield opened, Ye Yu went alone to seek the artifact while Ye Xuan’s decision to yield to the Leizhou Alliance weakened the Azure Prefecture Alliance.

• Feng Qing'er told Ye Yu that rosy clouds had appeared over an unexplored area and that the major dynasties suspected a Dao artifact was there.
• Ye Yu caught Feng Qing'er’s azure stone, which the Void Sky Cauldron absorbed; he decided to go alone after learning the artifact’s coordinates matched the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s information.
• Ye Xuan agreed to form an alliance on terms that would make the Azure Prefecture Alliance scout for the Leizhou Alliance, disappointing Ye Qingshuang and alienating the other dynasties.
• Feng Qing'er warned Qin Ruoxian that she might not be able to help Great Qin’s ranking, but Qin Ruoxian said she believed in Ye Yu.
• When the battlefield opened, Ye Yu climbed to its entrance, where the Void Sky Cauldron stirred, and promised to retrieve what it wanted.

Ye Yu entered the War of a Hundred Dynasties Battlefield and reached an unexplored area where strange beasts guarded the way. As the Azure Prefecture Alliance was forced to serve as bait, one of its Imperial Princes called for Ye Yu to save them.

• Zhou Qitian noted Ye Xuan among the Azure Prefecture Alliance, then identity tokens were distributed and Ye Yu entered the battlefield.
• Ye Fan mocked Qin Wushuang over Great Qin's unclaimed slots and hinted that Ye Yu might die inside the battlefield.
• Ye Yu surveyed the ancient battlefield and headed toward the area where a Dao artifact was suspected to have appeared.
• At the unexplored area's entrance, the Azure Prefecture Alliance was pushed to the front after a strange beast swallowed a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• Ye Xuan urged the Azure Prefecture Alliance to enter, and a strange beast swallowed an Imperial Prince who was thrown inside.
• An Azure Prefecture Imperial Prince called to Ye Yu for help, but Ye Yu asked who he was.

Ye Yu forced the Azure Prefecture Alliance into a beast-filled ruin, then used a formation to turn a powerful beast against the pursuing cultivators. After hiding from the Nine Spirits Sword Sect, he sensed a pair of scarlet eyes watching him from behind.

• Ye Yu rejected the Imperial Prince's offer and threw him into the ruin, where a strange beast swallowed him.
• The Azure Prefecture Alliance and the Yunlei Two States fought the strange beasts, while Ye Yu rushed toward the depths.
• A peak Nascent Soul Realm beast blocked Ye Yu, so he used Spiritual Seals to teleport it into the crowd and escape as the cultivators cursed him.
• Ye Yu concealed his aura in the ruins and overheard two Nine Spirits Sword Sect disciples discussing the imperial dynasty cultivators.
• After the disciples left, Ye Yu felt something watching him and saw a pair of scarlet eyes behind him.

Ye Yu defeated the imperial mausoleum’s skeleton guardian by unleashing the Primordial Indestructible Art, which overcame the Spirit Transformation region’s suppression. He entered the hidden mausoleum and encountered a figure that formed beside the violet-gold coffin.

• A skeleton guardian attacked Ye Yu, and its Spirit Transformation power suppressed his spiritual energy and prevented him from leaving the area.
• Ye Xuan and his companions arrived, mocked Ye Yu, and fled when he began forming Spiritual Seals.
• Ye Yu activated the Primordial Indestructible Art, overcame the region’s suppression, and cut the skeleton guardian in two.
• The ruins dispersed to reveal a partly collapsed passage, and Ye Yu entered the imperial mausoleum in search of its treasures.
• Ye Yu reached the chamber of coffins and approached the violet-gold coffin, where a dragon’s shadow and a human figure formed; the figure said, “Finally, someone came.”

Ye Yu resisted Emperor Cang’s attempt to possess him in the imperial mausoleum, and the Void Sky Cauldron swallowed Cang’s power. He then met Ji Zhantian, who explained that Cang Mo’s memories remained with him and offered him a token of gratitude.

• Cang offered Ye Yu his inheritance, but Ye Yu recognized that Cang could not leave and refused to trust him.
• Cang revealed that he was Emperor Cang of the Dark Demon Race and unleashed black light that broke the mausoleum’s restraints and swallowed Ye Yu.
• Cang tried to possess Ye Yu, but the Void Sky Cauldron opened and absorbed the black light, ending Cang’s attack.
• Ye Yu saw that the figure inside the cauldron looked exactly like him before the mausoleum appeared to return to normal.
• Ji Zhantian appeared and told Ye Yu that Cang Mo’s possession had failed but his memories remained, then offered Ye Yu a token of gratitude.

Ye Yu followed the Nine Spirits Sword Sect to the Sword King's Palace and discovered that they planned to break its formation with a blood sacrifice. After they slaughtered the captives and entered the palace, Ye Yu confronted Master Mo, who was preparing to unleash a Blood Demon.

• Ji Zhantian gave Ye Yu a Jade Dragon Token and a Ring of Holding, which raised Ye Yu's points to five hundred thousand, and asked him to bring any Ji Clan descendant he found to the mausoleum.
• Ye Yu tracked the Nine Spirits Sword Sect to the Sword King's Palace, where Jian Jiuchen and Master Mo planned to use captured dynasty cultivators' blood to break the formation.
• Ye Yu hid nearby and waited, recognizing the blood sacrifice as a means of releasing a Blood Demon; he saw that the captives included Ye Xuan but not anyone from the Phoenix Dynasty.
• A Spirit Transformation Stage elder killed more than half of the captives, weakening the palace's formation until he shattered its final barrier, and Jian Jiuchen, Ye Xuan, and others rushed inside.
• Master Mo invited the Primordial Demon to enjoy the feast, but Ye Yu appeared beside him and answered.

Ye Yu killed Master Mo and entered the Sword King's Palace, where the Sword King's Legacy appeared to choose its heir. Though the legacy was drawn toward Ye Yu, the blood demon's interference and a force from the Void Sky Cauldron redirected it to Ye Xuan, whom the Nine Spirits Sword Sect invited to join.

• Ye Yu killed Master Mo, crushed the Blood Demon Race bloodseed, and entered the Sword King's Palace.
• Ye Yu found the gathered cultivators and saw the Sword King's remains seated on a throne, while the Purple Firmament Sword reacted to the corpse's pressure.
• Jian Jiuchen lifted the Sword King's decayed sword, revealing a small legacy sword, but it rejected him and flew toward Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu sensed a blood demon concealed in the legacy sword's blood pattern as the sword veered toward Ye Xuan, then hesitated between the two men.
• A force from the Void Sky Cauldron knocked the legacy sword away from Ye Yu, and it landed in Ye Xuan's hand, merging with him and marking him as the heir.
• An elder of the Nine Spirits Sword Sect invited Ye Xuan to join the sect.

Ye Yu fought a Spirit Transformation Stage elder of the Nine Spirits Sword Sect after Blood Demon Heart Devouring Qi drove the Sword King's Palace into chaos. Just as the exhausted Ye Yu faced the elder’s killing strike, a green bamboo stalk suddenly coiled around the elder’s arm.

• Ye Xuan revealed that Ye Yu was his imperial brother, and his remarks made the Nine Spirits Sword Sect elder suspect Ye Yu threatened the new bearer of the Sword King's Legacy.
• Ye Yu recognized Blood Demon Heart Devouring Qi in the hall and realized the Primordial Demon had stirred everyone’s killing intent as the palace doors began to close.
• The Nine Spirits Sword Sect elder attacked Ye Yu with his domain and Soaring Cloud Sword Finger, but Ye Yu escaped the domain with the Purple Firmament Sword.
• Ye Yu trapped the elder in the Southern Bright Leaving Fire Array and unleashed the Earth Splitting sword technique, shattering the elder’s Indestructible Sword Body defense.
• The elder prepared to kill the exhausted Ye Yu, but a green bamboo stalk wrapped around the elder’s arm.

Ye Yu’s array wounded the elder but failed to kill him, and as the elder prepared to finish Ye Yu, another being with Ye Yu’s appearance took control and overwhelmed their enemies. Ye Yu regained control after the being returned to the Void Sky Cauldron, then flew toward a distant azure light and immortal music.

• Ye Yu used an array to injure the elder, but the elder survived and incapacitated Ye Yu as his cultivation fell.
• A second being resembling Ye Yu emerged from the Void Sky Cauldron, crushed the elder, and absorbed him.
• The being recognized the Primordial Demon within Ye Xuan, tore it from Ye Xuan, and swallowed it before returning to the cauldron.
• Ye Yu regained control, and the people in Sword King's Palace remembered nothing after Ye Xuan obtained the Sword King's Legacy.
• Ye Yu saw azure light and heard immortal music in the distance, then flew toward them.