Recaps

Ye Yu entered the stone forest and reached a sealed azure halo guarded by Devil Race cultivators. He broke through the formation with the Void Sky Cauldron and found a green bronze fragment that transformed the cauldron, whose lid then sprang open.

• Ye Yu arrived at the stone forest, saw Qin Ruoxian among the Phoenix Dynasty's group, and sensed the Void Sky Cauldron reacting to the rosy glow.
• When the glow faded, cultivators rushed into the stone forest, where strange beasts attacked and devoured many of them.
• Following information from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, Ye Yu found a cyan halo sealed by Devil Race cultivators and used a spiritual root to draw some of them away.
• Ye Yu lured the three remaining devils into attacking him, used their force to reach the halo, and shattered their formation with the Void Sky Cauldron.
• Inside a ruined altar, the Void Sky Cauldron absorbed a green bronze fragment and transformed, then its lid was forcibly opened as Ye Yu feared his other self might emerge.

Uncle Sword emerged from the Void Sky Cauldron, taught Ye Yu the true Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, and helped him defeat a group of Devil Race cultivators. Ye Yu returned to find Zhu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and other Human Race cultivators trapped in a blood array, where a new arrival appeared.

• Uncle Sword passed his sword experience and power to Ye Yu, who meditated for three days and comprehended the Sword Heart.
• Uncle Sword used the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to kill the Devil Race cultivators waiting outside the green light.
• Ye Yu collected the fallen cultivators' Rings of Holding, raised his Hundred Dynasties Token score to 1.3 million points, and headed back.
• Blood War and the Devil Race held Zhu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and other Human Race cultivators inside the Netherworld Blood Dissipation Array, with Ye Xuan's help.
• Blood War tossed aside the barely alive Ye Qingshuang as the trapped cultivators weakened, and a lean figure appeared outside the array.

Ye Yu confronted Blood War and revealed that he had comprehended the Sword Heart, but Blood War’s six-member array knocked him down and appeared to leave him defeated. As Blood War summoned a towering Blood Emperor phantom, Ye Yu activated the Spiritual Seals he had secretly planted, raising eight pillars of light beneath his enemy.

• Feng Qing'er urged Ye Yu to escape and send for help, while Zhu Yan and Liu Ruyan blamed him for returning; Ye Xuan pretended to defend his Imperial Brother as he welcomed the chance to see him trapped.
• Ye Yu recognized Blood War from their past-life battles and unleashed his Sword Heart, alarming the sword cultivators and making Qin Ruoxian’s Autumn Water Sword hum.
• Ye Yu’s sword attacks battered the five peak Nascent Soul Blood Demons, and his clash with Blood War injured Blood War but left Ye Yu apparently unharmed.
• Blood War ordered the surviving demons to form an array and struck Ye Yu with a Blood Emperor phantom, knocking him to the ground as the trapped cultivators lost hope.
• While down, Ye Yu secretly planted Spiritual Seals in the earth; as the Blood Emperor phantom fully formed, he activated them and raised eight pillars of light beneath Blood War.

Ye Yu used a Spirit Seizing Array to turn Blood War’s attack against the Netherworld Blood Dissipation Array, breaking it and forcing the devils to flee. Before leaving the battlefield, he learned that Ye Xuan had ties to the Blood Demon Race, while Ye Qingshuang warned him that the others were using him.

• Ye Yu used his knowledge of Blood War’s power circulation to copy the Blood Emperor phantom with the Spirit Seizing Array, then baited the devils’ combined attack into the Netherworld Blood Dissipation Array and shattered it.
• Blood War and the other five devils were injured by the backlash, then escaped with Blood Escape after Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators struck them.
• The survivors thanked Ye Yu, while many from the ten super dynasties watched him warily; Zhu Yan left, and Ye Xuan departed under the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s protection.
• Ye Qingshuang warned Ye Yu that Ye Xuan had connections with the Blood Demon Race, explaining that Ye Xuan had handed her to Blood War after knocking her unconscious.
• Ye Yu gave Ye Qingshuang a pill, but rejected her offer to secure an explanation from the Emperor; when she claimed the others were using him, Ye Yu held Qin Ruoxian’s hand and called her his wife.

Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian caught up with Feng Qing'er, whose group was summoning the Feather Ascension Sect by having talented disciples condense Nascent Souls inside the War of a Hundred Dynasties. Ye Xuan condensed a Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul, and the Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet arrived, revealing to Ye Yu an evil aura hidden beneath its golden light.

• Ye Yu left Ye Qingshuang behind to seek out Ye Fan, while Ye Qingshuang vowed to seek justice for him.
• Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian joined Feng Qing'er, who explained that a girl was condensing her Nascent Soul to summon the Feather Ascension Sect.
• Ye Yu recognized the ritual and explained that the sect's Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet responded to talented disciples and Nascent Soul breakthroughs.
• Ye Xuan condensed a Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul, and Ye Fan proudly claimed him as his son while rejecting any connection between Ye Yu and the Great Yan Royal Family.
• The Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet appeared above Ye Xuan, and Ye Yu sensed that its golden light concealed sinister purple-black patterns.

The Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet first seemed to recognize Ye Xuan, then turned its golden light on Ye Yu, prompting dynasties to court Great Qin. Black chains suddenly bound the tablet and attacked the cultivators; as Ye Yu fought his way toward the exit, Ye Fan crushed a jade talisman that blasted him back inside.

• The Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet enveloped Ye Xuan in rosy light, leading the crowd to believe he had earned the Feather Ascension Sect's recognition.
• The tablet's golden light shifted to Ye Yu, and Cheng Tianqing offered to form an alliance with Great Qin as other dynasties congratulated Qin Wushuang.
• Black chains erupted from the ground, bound the tablet, seized a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator, and forced the others to flee.
• Ye Fan urged the crowd to close the exit, while Ye Xuan argued that Ye Yu should be left behind and Ye Fan denied that Ye Yu was a prince of the Great Yan Royal Family.
• Ye Yu cut through the chains with the Autumn Water Sword and raced toward the exit, but Ye Fan crushed a jade talisman that blasted him back into the battlefield.

Ye Yu survived the chains by summoning the Void Sky Cauldron and met the Tablet Spirit in the place they had dragged him to. She gave him the Nine Revolutions Dragon Step and warned that taking the green bronze fragment would awaken the things sleeping there.

• Ye Fan blamed Ye Yu for threatening Ye Xuan’s claim to the Imperial Throne as the ten super dynasties attacked the exit and began closing the passage.
• Qin Ruoxian declared that she would settle matters with Ye Fan, while Ye Fan and Ye Xuan claimed they had no responsibility for the six assassins.
• Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron to repel the chains, then recovered from his injuries beside the six dried-up corpses.
• The Tablet Spirit explained that the chains appeared after the green bronze fragment was sealed and recognized the Void Sky Cauldron as its true form.
• The Tablet Spirit sent the Nine Revolutions Dragon Step into Ye Yu’s mind and opened a spatial rift, warning him not to return because the place was about to become chaotic.

Ye Yu escaped the sealed spatial passage and returned to the War of a Hundred Dynasties just as the dynasties’ scores were being tallied. Great Flame took first place, while Great Qin ranked thirty-sixth, and Ye Yu’s return reunited him with Qin Ruoxian but drew Qin Han’s scorn.

• The dynasties submitted their tokens, and Great Flame scored 590,000 points to claim first place, surpassing the Phoenix Dynasty.
• Ye Fan spread word that Ye Xuan had obtained the Sword King’s Legacy and earned the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s recognition, then taunted Qin Wushuang.
• Great Qin scored 120,000 points and ranked thirty-sixth, while Qin Han blamed Qin Wushuang and Situ Guang for their predicament and fawned over Ye Xuan.
• A crack opened in the sealed spatial passage, and Ye Yu emerged with the Void Sky Cauldron and returned to Great Qin’s area.
• Qin Ruoxian embraced Ye Yu and cried, while Qin Han sneered that Ye Yu’s survival could not compare to Ye Xuan’s achievements.

Ye Yu submitted Great Qin’s score, revealing a record-breaking 1.48 million points and placing the dynasty first. After the ranking matches were announced, Ye Xuan faced Cheng Dong of the Cheng Dynasty and began their battle with a display of sword intent.

• Ye Yu placed Great Qin’s Hundred Dynasties Token on the platform, and its score climbed to 1.48 million, setting a new record and taking first place.
• Qin Wushuang celebrated Ye Yu’s achievement and declared him his son-in-law, while Zhou Qitian watched Ye Yu and Ye Xuan before appearing to make a decision.
• Ye Yu noticed spiritual power on the lottery box and suspected that the super dynasties had been deliberately assigned separate matchups; the results paired him with the Zhu Dynasty, Ye Xuan with the Cheng Dynasty, and Feng Qing'er with the Yuan Dynasty.
• Ye Xuan entered the first match against Cheng Dong, the Cheng Dynasty’s Third Imperial Prince and a Nascent Soul Late Stage prodigy.
• Cheng Dong attacked with a fist seal, but Ye Xuan split it apart with his sword and challenged Cheng Dong to use his full strength.

Ye Xuan challenged Cheng Dong but was defeated and humiliated, while Ye Yu prepared to represent Great Qin in its match against the Zhu Dynasty. Zhu Lin sent Zhu Huan, the Zhu Dynasty’s leading young prodigy, to face Ye Yu.

• Ye Xuan attacked Cheng Dong with the Seven Absolutes Sword Technique, but Cheng Dong seized him, slammed him into the arena, and forced him to surrender.
• Feng Qing'er mocked Ye Xuan’s fear, and Ye Xuan returned to Great Flame while Ye Fan watched.
• Eight matches concluded, with the super dynasties winning every match; Tie Xin defeated Feng Qing'er by one move.
• Ye Yu confronted Ye Fan and Ye Xuan before taking the arena for Great Qin’s final match against the Zhu Dynasty.
• Zhu Lin stopped Zhu Yan from fighting and sent Zhu Huan to face Ye Yu.

Ye Yu battled Zhu Huan, a peak Nascent Soul cultivator with a lightning spiritual root and the Thunderclap Spear, while testing whether his Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body could absorb Zhu Huan’s lightning. The chapter ended as Ye Yu’s Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique collided with Zhu Huan’s devastating spear strike and shattered the arena’s protective formation.

• Zhu Huan entered the arena and challenged Ye Yu with the Thunderclap Spear, alarming the spectators with his strength and lightning spiritual root.
• Ye Yu revealed his Sword Heart and clashed with Zhu Huan’s lightning wyrm, but the attack broke through and struck his chest.
• Ye Yu discovered that his Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body could not absorb lightning produced by Zhu Huan’s lightning spiritual root.
• Zhu Huan unleashed Thunderous Charge Spear, and Ye Yu answered with Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique: Earth Splitting.
• The two attacks collided, shattering the arena’s protective formation as Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators intercepted the spreading energy.

Ye Yu defeated Zhu Huan and secured Great Qin a place in the top ten of the War of a Hundred Dynasties, breaking a long-standing precedent. Ye Fan then tried to claim Ye Yu as a Great Flame Imperial Prince and reclaim the rewards, but Ye Yu challenged him over Ye Xuan, whom he called a Devil Race spy.

• Ye Huan conceded after he and Ye Yu were blasted out of the arena, and Zhu Lin awarded the match to Ye Yu.
• The host announced Great Qin’s victory, prompting cheers from the low-ranking dynasties and celebration from Qin Wushuang.
• Ye Fan demanded that the War of a Hundred Dynasties rewards go to Great Flame because Ye Yu was its Imperial Prince, while Ye Xuan fainted after spitting blood.
• Ye Fan apologized to Ye Yu and urged him to return to Great Flame, but Ye Yu asked what would happen to Ye Xuan.
• Ye Fan called Ye Xuan Ye Yu’s younger brother and invoked family ties, and Ye Yu replied that Ye Xuan was a Devil Race spy and asked whether Ye Fan was one too.

Ye Yu exposed Ye Xuan’s refusal to swear an oath about the Devil Race, but Xu Xiaoyao arrived and took Ye Xuan away. After the War of a Hundred Dynasties ended with Great Qin in the top ten, news of Ye Yu’s achievements reached Azure Prefecture and gave Ye Qingwan hope that he would return before she had to marry into Great Zhou.

• Ye Xuan refused to swear an oath after Ye Yu accused him of ties to the Devil Race, and Ye Fan defended him while offering Ye Yu the Crown Prince position.
• Xu Xiaoyao arrived, declared Ye Xuan his Nine Spirits Sword Sect disciple, and took him away despite the objections of the ten super dynasties.
• Ye Fan disowned Ye Yu, while Ye Yu forfeited the remaining matches and Great Qin claimed the Zhu Dynasty’s place in the top ten.
• News that Ye Yu had led Great Qin into the top ten spread throughout Azure Prefecture and amazed its people and sects.
• Ye Qingwan learned of Ye Yu’s achievements and regained hope that he would return before she was forced to marry into Great Zhou.

Ye Qingshuang told Ye Qingwan that Ye Xuan was a Devil Race spy, but Ye Qingwan refused to believe her and blamed Ye Yu. After returning to Great Flame, Ye Fan faced reports of a spreading Nine Nether Blood Qi crisis and worsening national troubles, while Ye Qingshuang wondered whether he regretted his choices.

• Ye Qingshuang returned and told Ye Qingwan that Ye Xuan was a Devil Race spy, but Ye Qingwan dismissed her claims and defended Ye Xuan.
• Ye Yu and the others returned to Great Qin, where Qin Wushuang learned that Nine Nether Blood Qi had spread through nine commanderies and fifty-six cities in Great Flame.
• Ye Yu advised Qin Wushuang to shelter the refugees who had fled Great Flame, and Qin Wushuang ordered his guard to follow the advice despite Qin Han's objection.
• Ye Yu restored the Void Sky Cauldron's lottery function and received a Purple Dawn Fruit.
• Ye Fan returned to Great Flame and heard reports of the spreading Blood Qi, major losses, severed trade, and an empty treasury, while Ye Qingshuang wondered if he regretted his decisions.

Ye Qingshuang told Ye Fan that Ye Xuan was a Devil Race spy, but Ye Fan rejected her accusation and imprisoned her. Ye Yu followed Murong Xue’s lead to the Lingyun Pavilion, where he found Ye Qingqing and Teng Yun attacking Bi Yue, and Teng Yun moved to stop him from leaving.

• Ye Fan slapped Ye Qingshuang, accused her of maligning Ye Xuan, and ordered the guards to take her to the heavenly prison.
• Ye Qingshuang regretted how she had treated Ye Yu and wept as she apologized to him.
• Ye Yu met Murong Xue, received intelligence about the Imperial Clan and Zi Yun’s disappearance, and traveled to the Lingyun Pavilion.
• Ye Yu found Ye Qingqing and Teng Yun demanding the Elder Token from Bi Yue, who was lying injured on the ground.
• Ye Yu gave Bi Yue a medicinal pill, but Teng Yun rushed toward him after Bi Yue warned him to leave.

Ye Yu stopped Teng Yun from attacking Bi Yue, learned that Zi Yun had entered the dangerous Yan Shang Cave Mansion, and set out to find her. After confronting Ye Qingqing, he followed the Zi Yun Token’s signal into the Sky Mountain Range, where he discovered Great Zhou cultivators were searching for an injured woman from Lingyun Pavilion.

• Ye Yu held the Purple Firmament Sword to Teng Yun’s neck, then let him go after Bi Yue urged restraint.
• Teng Yun learned Ye Yu had defeated Zhu Huan and ordered Ye Qingqing to stay near Ye Yu and uncover the Elder Token’s whereabouts.
• Bi Yue told Ye Yu that Zi Yun had entered the Yan Shang Cave Mansion while seeking a Spirit Infant Fruit for the Zi Family head, and Ye Yu vowed to bring her back.
• Ye Qingqing accused Ye Yu of ruining her cultivation and demanded his help; Ye Yu blasted her aside and left for the Sky Mountain Range.
• Ye Yu used the Zi Yun Token to trace Zi Yun toward the Yan Shang Cave Mansion and overheard Great Zhou cultivators searching for an injured Lingyun Pavilion woman.

Ye Yu rescued the injured Teng Ying and faced Zhou Li, who attacked him after revealing his interest in Ye Yu’s unusual power. Teng Ying tried to hold off Zhou Li’s flaming vortex, but was knocked away as a blood-colored figure began forming behind Ye Yu.

• Ye Yu found the injured Teng Ying, blocked her surprise attack, killed the pursuing Golden Core cultivators, and gave her a pill.
• Zhou Li appeared, identified Ye Yu as one of his little brothers-in-law, and confronted him over Teng Ying.
• Ye Yu refused to claim kinship with Zhou Li and told him to take Teng Ying and leave, but Zhou Li attacked with a windstorm that Ye Yu split with the Purple Firmament Sword.
• Zhou Li combined wind, fire, and wood-attributed spiritual energy into a massive flaming vortex, while Ye Yu’s milky-white spiritual energy forced back the flames.
• Teng Ying tried to drive back the vortex and urged Ye Yu to escape, but she was sent flying; Ye Yu opened his eyes as a blood-colored figure formed behind him.

Ye Yu escaped Zhou Li and three Spirit Transformation cultivators by drawing a Demon Emperor toward them, then led Teng Ying into the dangerous flames surrounding Yan Shang Cave Mansion. At the cave entrance, Teng Ying appeared to betray him and attacked while he was distracted by a Spirit Infant Fruit.

• Ye Yu cleaved Zhou Li's flaming attack apart, then revealed his sword strike had provoked a Demon Emperor and fled with Teng Ying.
• Ye Yu told Teng Ying he would not risk his life for the people of the Triangular Region, then headed for Yan Shang Cave Mansion.
• Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron to shield himself and Teng Ying from the flames, and a giant python turned away from them.
• Ye Yu and Teng Ying reached the cave entrance, where they found jade-like bones and Teng Ying spotted a Spirit Infant Fruit.
• Teng Ying rushed in front of Ye Yu and struck his chest with Mystic Light Fist.

Teng Ying revealed her special constitution and joined Ye Yu in dealing with the Spiritual Flame trapping Zi Yun. After Ye Yu rescued Zi Yun, she went deeper into Yan Shang Cave Mansion, where she and Ye Yu found Spirit Infant Fruits and a stele bearing the words “Live as Long as Heaven!”

• Teng Ying defeated Ye Yu, revealed that her Medicine Venerable Spirit Body let her absorb medicines without their side effects, and spared him so he could lead her out.
• Ye Yu secretly broke Teng Ying’s restriction and followed her into the cave mansion, where she struggled to free Zi Yun from a formation surrounded by Spiritual Flame.
• Ye Yu discovered the Spiritual Flame followed ordinary spiritual energy, used Teng Ying to draw it away, and gave Zi Yun a medicinal pill that restored her.
• Zi Yun went deeper into the cave mansion to sever her ties with the man who had wronged her, and Ye Yu followed her into a lush hidden space.
• Zi Yun approached a tree bearing Spirit Infant Fruits while Ye Yu uncovered a stele engraved “Live as Long as Heaven!” and shouted for her to wait.

Ye Yu, Zi Yun, and Teng Ying escaped the collapsing Yan Shang Cave Mansion, but Zhou Li trapped Ye Yu after the Zi Family abandoned him. A giant hand dragged Ye Yu and Zhou Li underground, where Ye Yu survived with the Void Sky Cauldron and prepared to force Zhou Li into a contract in exchange for his blood essence.

• Ye Yu and Zi Yun discovered that the cave mansion was a cemetery and fled with Teng Ying as its spiritual energy and flames vanished.
• Zhou Li confronted the group with five Spirit Transformation cultivators and demanded the secret inside Ye Yu, while the Zi Family members took Zi Yun and Teng Ying away.
• A colossal hand sealed and seized Ye Yu, Zhou Li, and the five cultivators, dragging them underground as Zi Yun and the others watched.
• Ye Yu returned to the cemetery beside five desiccated cultivators and found Zhou Li alive because of a jade talisman.
• Ye Yu approached the weakened Zhou Li and offered to spare him for a contract, then demanded Zhou Li's blood essence instead of ordinary blood.

Ye Yu bound Zhou Li as his servant, learned that the murals in the underground chamber matched a legend about a Chaos Nascent Soul, and left with a mysterious insignia talisman. Meanwhile, Zi Yun’s alliance with Great Qin brought pressure from Great Flame and the Nine Spirits Sword Sect; Ye Yu returned to Lingyun Pavilion, where Teng Yun summoned his Eldest Sister to confront him.

• Zhou Li gave Ye Yu his blood essence and became his servant, then recognized a legend about a gifted figure who possessed a Chaos Nascent Soul.
• Zi Yun returned to Lingyun Pavilion’s Azure Prefecture branch, ended trade with Great Flame, and announced an alliance with Great Qin.
• Zi Yun received an invitation to Ye Xuan’s apprenticeship ceremony with Ren Xiaoyao and an order from headquarters to resume trade with Great Flame, so she set out for Azure Prefecture.
• After leaving the underground chamber with a mysterious insignia talisman, Ye Yu sent Zhou Li back to Great Zhou and headed to Lingyun Pavilion.
• Teng Yun and Ye Qingqing confronted Ye Yu outside Lingyun Pavilion, and Teng Yun crushed a jade talisman to summon his Eldest Sister.

Ye Yu defeated Teng Yun in Lingyun Pavilion, spared him after Teng Ying admitted she could not beat Ye Yu, and left for Great Qin. There, Qin Wushuang and his ministers debated whether to attend Ye Xuan’s apprenticeship ceremony in Great Flame as Great Qin faced pressure from the Nine Spirits Sword Sect.

• Ye Yu kicked Teng Yun through Lingyun Pavilion’s outer wall, then drove off the guards by showing Zi Yun’s Elder Token.
• Ye Yu pressured Teng Yun until he knelt and Ye Qingqing fainted, but Teng Ying arrived and said she could not defeat him.
• Ye Yu let Teng Yun live and told Teng Ying that she owed him a favor.
• After learning Zi Yun had gone to Great Flame for Ye Xuan’s apprenticeship ceremony, Ye Yu left the Triangular Region for Great Qin.
• Qin Wushuang asked his ministers whether Great Qin should attend the ceremony, and Qin Han urged them to go with ample gifts and submit for the time being.

Qin Ruoxian and Ye Yu rejected Great Qin’s plan to bow to Great Flame, provoking the Spirit Transformation cultivator Nie Xing. Ye Yu struck Nie Xing away with one palm, leaving the palace stunned and revealing the power—and contact requirement—of his seal art.

• Qin Ruoxian entered the hall and rebuked Qin Han for yielding to Great Flame, then challenged Nie Xing’s attitude toward her as a princess.
• Nie Xing attacked Qin Ruoxian, but Ye Yu arrived and cut apart the spiritual light with his Sword Qi.
• Nie Xing offered to take Ye Yu as his disciple, but Ye Yu refused and accused him of acting disloyally as Great Qin’s Imperial Guard.
• Nie Xing unleashed his Spirit Transformation pressure and attacked Ye Yu, who used the Void Sky Cauldron to break free of the suppression.
• Ye Yu struck Nie Xing with a palm and sent him flying, discovering that the seal art’s power required physical contact.

Ye Yu agreed to attend Ye Xuan’s apprenticeship ceremony in Great Flame, while secretly arranging to address the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s affairs. As the Great Qin delegation traveled to Great Flame, Ye Yu heard cries coming from nearby.

• The Flame Scars Seal Art’s cold aura spread through Ye Yu’s arm until the Void Sky Cauldron stopped it, and Qin Wushuang ended Nie Xing’s test without further conflict.
• Ye Yu agreed to attend Ye Xuan’s apprenticeship ceremony, then told Qin Ruoxian he had his own reasons for going.
• Ye Yu sent Situ Guang to find Gongsun Wuji and gave him a Creation Pill to help him advance his cultivation.
• Qin Han led eight people from Great Qin toward Great Flame on foot while Ye Yu continued studying the Flame Scars Seal Art.
• At a teahouse in Great Flame, Qin Han watched Ye Yu listen with a frown to wails coming from nearby.

Ye Yu warned Qin Ruoxian against using a dangerous power and reunited with Yuan Xiang, but the Nine Nether Blood Qi suddenly surged toward You Shui County. Trapped inside the city, Qin Han blamed Ye Yu and revealed he had been secretly communicating with Ye Xuan as Ye Yu began shielding the others with green radiance.

• Ye Yu told Qin Ruoxian that he knew she had used a power to help him and urged her not to use it again; after he left, fiery red patterns remained across her body.
• Ye Yu met Yuan Xiang, learned that he had become a Nascent Soul cultivator and chosen a Blood Infant to fulfill Ye Yu's assignment, and heard that Yuan Xiang had children.
• Ye Yu noticed the blood-red sky intensifying, warned Yuan Xiang to leave, and woke the Great Qin group as the Nine Nether Blood Qi rapidly approached.
• The Nine Nether Blood Qi engulfed You Shui County, killing refugees outside the walls and trapping the residents and travelers inside the city.
• Qin Han cursed Ye Yu and admitted he had been secretly communicating with Ye Xuan; Ye Yu then enveloped Qin Ruoxian and the others in green radiance.