Recaps

Ye Yu and his allies fought the Nine Spirits Sword Sect after the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast emerged, while Ye Yu confronted Ye Xuan and Xue Qin. The battle stopped when a blood cloud rose above the back mountain, revealing the Nine Nether Blood Qi.

• Ji Wuming, Qing Xuzi, and Lingyunzi faced the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s forces, and Ye Yu revealed the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast as an ally.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast attacked the sect’s main hall while Ji Wuming and Jing Shuang began fighting, with Qing Xuzi and Lingyunzi joining the battle.
• Liu Qi intervened to fight Ren Xiaoyao, while Ye Yu attacked Ye Xuan and was blocked by Xue Qin.
• Ye Yu triggered an explosion in the back mountain, and a blood cloud spread across it as both sides stopped fighting and recognized the Nine Nether Blood Qi.

Ye Yu and the others faced the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s unleashed grand formation after the Nine Nether Blood Spring was detonated. As Ji Wuming and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast held off the formation, Ye Yu prepared to break it but was attacked by Han Yi.

• The Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s disciples and elders contained the spreading Nine Nether Blood Qi, while Ye Yu left and Xue Qin refused Ye Xuan’s demand to kill him.
• Ye Qingling overheard Ye Xuan’s exchange with Xue Qin and realized he had ties to the Devil Race.
• The Nine Spirits Sect Master and Ren Xiaoyao activated the sect-protecting grand formation, sealing Nine Spirits Mountain and trapping Ye Yu, Ji Wuming, and the others.
• Ye Yu asked Ji Wuming and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast to hold off the formation while he tried to break it, and Ji Wuming agreed to buy him time.
• Han Yi attacked Ye Yu with her soul power, then engulfed him in her Late Spirit Transformation domain of flames.
• Ye Yu’s lightning burst through Han Yi’s sea of fire, leaving her stunned.

Ye Yu broke through the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s formation and escaped with Ji Wuming and the others, using a poison pill to halt their pursuers. After the sect sealed the Nine Nether Blood Spring and Han Yi urged the Sect Master to kill Ye Yu if he returned, Ye Yu came back secretly and stole the Scripture Repository.

• Ye Yu endured Han Yi’s domain and struck her with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, then distracted her with sword formations while smashing the sect-protecting formation with the Void Sky Cauldron.
• The formation shattered, allowing Ji Wuming to flee with Lingyunzi and two others while the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast carried Ye Yu after them.
• Ye Yu detonated the King of Hell Heart-Devouring Pill, poisoning several pursuing elders and forcing Jing Shuang, the Nine Spirits Sect Master, and the others to stop and treat them.
• Ye Yu and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast concealed their auras and returned to the Nine Spirits Sword Sect to retrieve something.
• The Sect Master and Han Yi sealed the Nine Nether Blood Spring, and Han Yi secured the Sect Master’s promise to kill Ye Yu if he appeared again.
• Ye Yu stole the Scripture Repository, sending it flying out of the sect as he stood in the air and smiled at the shocked Sect Master.

Ye Yu escaped the Nine Spirits Sword Sect with its Vast Qi Hall and returned to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect with the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast. After the Cauldron Spirit warned him that his soul needed to be restored, the Alchemy Alliance cut off support for his sect, and Ye Yu proposed seeking help from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast rescued Ye Yu, killed Gu Yuan, and helped him escape the Nine Spirits Sword Sect as Ji Wuming and the others fled its pursuing experts.
• Ye Yu revealed that he had taken the sect’s Scripture Repository, the Vast Qi Hall, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast decided to return with the group to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect.
• Ye Yu returned a fragment to the Void Sky Cauldron, met its Cauldron Spirit, and learned that he needed to restore his soul before the Golden Age’s coming dangers.
• The Alchemy Alliance doubled pill prices for the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, and many alchemists—including some of the sect’s own—cut ties with it.
• Ye Yu proposed that the Purple Firmament Sword Sect seek cooperation with an imperial dynasty, suggesting the Great Zhou Dynasty as a likely partner.

Ye Yu left the Purple Firmament Sword Sect after arranging for it to seek cooperation with Great Zhou, while Ye Xuan planned to stop the alliance. In Great Qin, Liu Xu challenged Qin Wushuang over a spirit stone mine and offered to make the Liu Dynasty Great Qin’s backing.

• Ye Yu sent Qing Xuzi and Lingyunzi to seek the two hundred million spirit stones Teng Ying owed, then left for Azure Prefecture with Liu Qi after checking on Xu Xuan and Xu Yan.
• Sects tied to the Alchemy Alliance condemned the Purple Firmament Sword Sect’s move toward cooperation with Great Zhou, while Ye Xuan told the Nine Spirits Sect Master he would prevent the alliance and was ordered to return to Great Flame.
• Liu Xu demanded that Great Qin accept a seventy-thirty split of a spirit stone mine awarded in the War of a Hundred Dynasties, and Qin Wushuang rejected his proposal.
• Liu Xu’s Late Spirit Transformation guard overpowered Nie Xing, prompting Qin Han to urge Qin Wushuang to accept the deal while Qin Ruoxian opposed it.
• Liu Xu offered for the Liu Dynasty to become Great Qin’s backing, citing the planned Great Flame–Great Zhou marriage alliance.

Liu Xu tried to force Great Qin into a marriage alliance by demanding Qin Ruoxian, but Ye Yu arrived and killed him after Qin Wushuang gave his approval. Ye Yu let the Liu Dynasty's Attendant live to carry a warning that Great Qin would no longer tolerate intimidation.

• Liu Xu proposed a marriage alliance by claiming Qin Ruoxian for himself, and Qin Wushuang rejected him.
• Qin Han revealed that Qin Ruoxian was already married to Ye Yu, while Nie Xing warned Liu Xu that Ye Yu was the Purple Firmament Sword Sect's Holy Son.
• Ye Yu entered the hall with Liu Qi and learned from the Cauldron Spirit that a remnant soul of the Body Integration Realm was inside Qin Ruoxian.
• Ye Yu seized Liu Xu by the throat, and Liu Qi stopped the Liu Dynasty's Attendant from intervening.
• After Qin Wushuang signaled his approval, Ye Yu killed Liu Xu and destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• Ye Yu spared the Attendant to deliver a warning that Great Qin would resist any force that tried to threaten it.

After learning that his mother belonged to the Xu aristocratic family of Central Province, Ye Yu chose to focus on restoring his divine soul and traveled with Qin Ruoxian to Great Yan. Qin Ruoxian resolved to stay beside him for now, while Zhou Li reached the border of Azure Prefecture.

• After court, Qin Wushuang warned Qin Han to fulfill his duties and not do anything foolish.
• Ye Yu asked Qin Ruoxian about the power within her, and she later agreed with her master to travel to Central Province after spending some time with him.
• Liu Qi brought Ye Yu to Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, where Murong Xue gave him a jade slip containing information about his mother.
• Ye Yu learned that his mother came from the Xu aristocratic family of Central Province and restrained his urge to attack Heavenly Mystery Pavilion after Liu Qi warned him of its backing.
• A few days later, Ye Yu departed Great Qin for the Great Yan Imperial City with Qin Ruoxian and Great Qin Imperial Guards, while Zhou Li arrived at Azure Prefecture's border.

Ye Yu returned secretly to Great Yan and searched his former residence for the missing wisp of his soul, but found the hall suspiciously empty. Ye Qingxuan sensed his return and rushed toward him, while Ye Qingwan turned to Ye Xuan for help avoiding her marriage to Zhou Li.

• Qin Ruoxian urged Ye Yu to seize power in Great Qin and build his own force, and Ye Yu embraced her with renewed resolve.
• Ye Yu and Liu Qi entered the Great Yan Imperial Palace in secret, and Ye Yu searched his old residence for clues about his missing soul fragment.
• Ye Qingwan lamented that she and Ye Qingxuan were being used in a marriage alliance, but Ye Qingxuan suddenly recognized that Ye Yu had returned.
• Ye Qingxuan unleashed Earth Realm divine soul power to throw aside two guards and vanished into the night.
• Ye Xuan appeared before Ye Qingwan, who begged him to stop her marriage to Zhou Li.
• Ye Yu found no trace of his missing soul fragment in the hall, then heard Ye Qingxuan calling for him outside.

Ye Yu discovered that Ye Qingxuan carried his mother's aura and had the Cauldron Spirit treat her instead of searching her soul. Meanwhile, Zhou Li arrived in Great Yan to assess the marriage candidate, and Ye Xuan claimed Ye Yu had taken the missing Ye Qingxuan.

• Ye Qingxuan rushed to Ye Yu and begged him to forgive her, but Ye Yu sensed his mother's aura in her divine soul and had Liu Qi take her away.
• Ye Yu questioned Ye Qingxuan outside the imperial city, but the Cauldron Spirit warned him not to search her soul and offered to treat her over several days.
• Zhou Li arrived in Great Yan and criticized the dynasty for celebrating while its people suffered from Nine Nether Blood Qi.
• Ye Fan presented Ye Qingwan to Zhou Li, who examined her as a marriage candidate and asked why only one princess had appeared.
• Ye Xuan said Ye Qingxuan had vanished and suggested that Ye Yu had secretly taken her, prompting the Elder to question whether the Purple Firmament Sword Sect handled matters this way.

Ye Yu admitted that Ye Qingxuan was with him and said he would send her to Great Zhou later, provoking the gathered factions. Zhou Li accepted the delay, while Ren Xiaoyao began to confront Ye Yu over their sect’s grudge.

• Ye Yu arrived with Liu Qi and said nothing about Zhou Li’s master-servant contract, prompting Zhou Li to show him gratitude.
• Ye Xuan tried to implicate Ye Yu in Ye Qingxuan’s disappearance, and Ye Yu openly confirmed that she was with him.
• Ren Xiaoyao and Ye Fan distanced their factions from Ye Yu as the Great Zhou elder threatened him with overwhelming pressure.
• Zhou Li asked whether Ye Yu opposed his marriages, and Ye Yu said he would send Ye Qingxuan to Great Zhou after she had served his purposes.
• Zhou Li agreed to discuss Ye Qingxuan’s matter in a few days, and Ren Xiaoyao rose to settle the Nine Spirits Sword Sect’s grudge with Ye Yu.

Ye Yu pushed Zhou Li to defend Great Qin against Ren Xiaoyao and the Nine Spirits Sword Sect, then watched Ye Fan accept a reduced payment for Ye Qingwan’s marriage. As Ye Yu prepared to leave, Ye Qingwan begged him to save her from marrying Zhou Li.

• Ren Xiaoyao surrounded Ye Yu and his companions with more than twenty Spirit Transformation Stage experts, but Ye Yu urged Zhou Li to defend the lower-ranked dynasties.
• Zhou Li declared that the Nine Spirits Sword Sect could not bully people in Great Zhou, then ordered Elder Yuan to confront Ren Xiaoyao after Ye Xuan invoked the Alchemy Alliance.
• Ren Xiaoyao backed down, and Zhou Li handed Ye Fan a Ring of Holding containing only a third of the agreed payment for Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Yu approached Zhou Li with Qin Ruoxian, and Ye Qingwan noticed Zhou Li’s ingratiating smile and fear of Ye Yu.
• Ye Qingwan stopped Ye Yu and begged him to help her avoid marrying Zhou Li.

Ye Qingwan accused Ye Xuan of being a Devil Race spy, leading the court to uncover a blood pool beneath the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. Ye Yu’s spiritual light revived the chained Liu Ruyan, leaving Ye Xuan shocked that she was still alive.

• Ye Qingwan pleaded with Ye Yu to stop her marriage to Zhou Li, but Ye Yu rejected her and told Zhou Li to discipline her.
• Ye Qingwan accused Ye Xuan of being a Devil Race spy, and Ye Fan led the gathered officials and sect members to inspect the Eastern Palace.
• Elder Yuan and Ren Xiaoyao exposed a hidden blood pool beneath the palace, where an old woman hung from chains.
• Ye Xuan tried to shift blame for the blood pool onto Ye Yu, and Ye Qingwan defended Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu sent spiritual light into the chained woman, and Liu Ruyan suddenly moved.

Liu Ruyan exposed Ye Xuan’s role in her suffering before dying, leaving the people around him suspicious and Ye Fan afraid of becoming his next target. As Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian returned to Great Qin, Ye Xuan ordered Xue Li to begin their next move.

• Liu Ruyan recognized Ye Yu, apologized to him, accused Ye Xuan of being a vicious wolf, and died before she could explain the matter further.
• Ye Xuan pretended to grieve for Liu Ruyan, while Ye Fan realized Ye Yu was not responsible and grew wary of Ye Xuan.
• Zhou Li chose not to investigate further because there was no demonic aura, and he took the despairing Ye Qingwan away from the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian set off for Great Qin, and Ye Yu explained that rulers gained the people’s trust by meeting their needs while giving them hope.
• Ye Xuan confronted Xue Li for failing to kill Liu Ruyan, then ordered him to send the message and begin their plan.

Ye Xuan ordered the Blood Demon Race to begin invading Azure Prefecture, while Ye Yu prepared to guard against the attack. After Ye Qingxuan awoke, Ye Yu confronted her over the aura of his mother that clung to her, and she revealed that his mother had given her the ring she wore.

• Ye Xuan told Xue Li to prepare the Blood Demon Race’s invasion, and Xue Li relayed the news to Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu marked likely invasion points on a map and ordered Liu Qi to have formation masters inspect them.
• Qin Ruoxian departed from the Great Qin Dynasty, while Qin Wushuang watched her leave.
• Ye Qingxuan awoke after two days, and Ye Yu restrained her and tried to search her soul, but a powerful seal in her sea of consciousness repelled him.
• The Cauldron Spirit identified Ye Qingxuan’s violet-gold ring as the source of the seal, and Ye Qingxuan said the Empress had given it to her.
• Ye Qingxuan remembered promising the Empress she would protect Xiaoyu and apologized for how she had treated him.

Ye Yu uncovered his mother’s Purple Crystal Ring and recovered the divine soul fragment sealed inside, reaching the power of a Heaven Realm Divine Soul. He sent Ye Qingxuan to Great Zhou, warned Qin Wushuang to prepare for a Heavenly Demon Race invasion, and learned that a child had been waiting to see him.

• Ye Yu claimed the Purple Crystal Ring, blocked the spiritual energy it released, and discovered his divine soul fragment inside its soul lamp.
• Ye Yu restrained Ye Qingxuan and told her to return to Great Zhou, then removed the soul lamp’s seal and merged the divine soul fragment into himself.
• After cultivating for half a month, Ye Yu emerged with the power of a Heaven Realm Divine Soul and heard from Liu Qi that Ye Qingxuan had reached Great Zhou and Great Zhou had agreed to cooperate with the Purple Firmament Sword Sect.
• Ye Yu asked Qin Wushuang to form an alliance in Great Qin’s name and prepare for a Heavenly Demon Race invasion.
• A guard told Ye Yu that a child had been waiting several days to see him, and Ye Yu went to meet the child.

Ye Yu learned that Li Bufan and his wife were dead and that Li Yiqiu had come to find him, so he prepared to travel to the Myriad Dynasty despite recognizing the likely trap. There, Wan Qingsong and Wei Qionghua plotted against him, while Emperor Wan Bosong considered handing over the resources from the War of a Hundred Dynasties.

• Li Yiqiu found Ye Yu at the palace gates, and he took her in and sent Liu Qi to investigate her background.
• Liu Qi reported that Li Bufan and his wife were dead, and Ye Yu read the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's account before recognizing that Li Yiqiu might be bait.
• Ye Yu ordered Liu Qi to summon the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast or Elder Ji for their journey to the Myriad Dynasty.
• Wan Qingsong discussed using Li Bufan's death to lure Ye Yu to the Myriad Dynasty, while Wei Qionghua urged him to eliminate Ye Yu to secure the crown prince's position.
• Wei Qionghua revealed her past plot against Ye Yu and resolved to help Ye Xuan kill him, then hid Ye Xuan's portrait when Wan Bosong entered.
• Wan Bosong told Wei Qionghua that he thought the Myriad Dynasty should hand over the War of a Hundred Dynasties resources.

Ye Yu arrived at the Myriad Dynasty capital, recovered Li Bufan's corpse, and killed Wan Qingsong in the imperial palace. Liu Qi intervened when the eight Attendants attacked Ye Yu, and Wan Bosong arrived as the clash continued.

• Ye Yu and Liu Qi reached the capital, where Ye Yu took Li Bufan's corpse from the city gate and killed the guards watching it.
• Ye Yu confronted Wan Qingsong in the imperial palace, while Wei Qionghua withdrew inside.
• Ye Yu placed Li Bufan's corpse on Wan Qingsong's chair and killed Wan Qingsong with a swift sword strike.
• The eight Attendants attacked Ye Yu, and Liu Qi blocked their assault with a curtain of rain.
• Wan Bosong entered the palace and demanded to know what the eight Attendants were doing.

Ye Yu faced Wan Bosong and the imperial Attendants after Wan Qingsong's death, then unleashed the Primordial Indestructible Art to absorb the imperial city's spiritual energy. He reached Late Spirit Transformation and formed a small domain, leaving the Attendants facing his sudden power.

• Wan Bosong confronted Ye Yu and Liu Qi, but Wei Qionghua revealed that Ye Yu had killed Wan Qingsong, prompting Wan Bosong to attack Liu Qi.
• The Attendants joined the battle, and Ye Yu killed one before trapping three more in formations he had prepared in advance.
• As Liu Qi fought Wan Bosong, Ye Yu activated the Primordial Indestructible Art and drew spiritual energy from across the imperial city.
• Ye Yu blocked the Attendants' attacks with the Vast Qi Hall, then combined his cultivation art with the Innate Breathing Technique to rise to Late Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Yu manifested a small domain, and Wan Bosong ordered the four mid-stage Attendants to retreat as Ye Yu's sword radiance struck toward them.

Ye Yu defeated the Myriad Dynasty’s forces, but Wan Guiyi emerged from seclusion to stop him until the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast intervened. Ye Yu left Wan Bosong alive because he suspected the dynasty would soon face a Blood Demon Race invasion, while Wan Bosong demanded answers from Wei Qionghua about the supposed trap.

• Ye Yu felt a mysterious gaze before the Cauldron Spirit shielded him, then Wan Bosong summoned his ancestor, Wan Guiyi, from the imperial palace.
• Wan Guiyi attacked Ye Yu, but the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast appeared and crushed his spiritual radiance.
• Ye Yu sent a thread of soul power into Wan Bosong, then left the capital with the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast without killing him.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast suggested returning to attack, but Ye Yu refused because he expected the Blood Demon Race to appear in the Myriad Dynasty.
• Wan Bosong questioned the remaining Attendants about the trap Ye Yu mentioned, and they looked to Wei Qionghua, whom he then asked what she knew.

Wei Qionghua shifted the blame for Li Bufan’s capture onto Wan Qingsong, while Ye Yu recalled his former subordinates to Great Qin as the Devil Race’s invasion approached. Great Yan’s officials and Azure Prefecture’s factions reacted to the summons, and Qingyun Sect rejected Ye Yu’s proposed alliance.

• Wei Qionghua persuaded the three Attendants to confirm her story that Wan Qingsong had arranged the events, then left the great hall with them as Wan Bosong grieved.
• Ye Yu returned to Great Qin, confirmed Li Yiqiu was safe, and asked Murong Xue to summon his former subordinates through the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.
• Murong Xue agreed to spread Ye Yu’s summons, explaining that she supported him for his potential and because of the Purple Crystal Ring engraved with Xu.
• Ye Fan learned that many of Great Yan’s governors and border generals had left for Great Qin, and angrily accused Ye Yu of provoking a war between nations.
• Leng Qianqiu rejected Yan Ruyu’s advice to ally with Great Qin, and Qingyun Ancestor declared that Qingyun Sect would face the Devil Race without relying on Ye Yu.

Ye Yu welcomed his former subordinates to Great Qin and arranged for them to use the Vast Qi Hall while he studied alchemy. In Great Zhou, Ye Qingxuan discovered Ye Qingwan battered and stripped of her spiritual root, then left the hut after seeing her plea for help.

• Nearby imperial dynasties accepted Great Qin's alliance request, while most sects refused and the Flowing Cloud Sect agreed.
• Qin Han suspected Ye Yu wanted Great Qin's imperial power, but Qin Wushuang dismissed his fears.
• Ye Yu had Liu Qi settle his returning subordinates and invited them to try the Vast Qi Hall before returning to study alchemy.
• Ye Qingxuan secretly left her courtyard in Zhou Li's residence and followed a familiar divine-soul fluctuation to a dilapidated hut.
• Ye Qingxuan found Ye Qingwan gravely injured, with her dantian crippled and spiritual root taken, and heard her beg to be taken away.
• After seeing Ye Qingwan's longing, Ye Qingxuan put her down and left the hut.

Ye Qingxuan chose to remain in Great Zhou and try to save Ye Qingwan while Ye Yu stayed in seclusion in Great Qin. After two months, Ye Yu’s eighth-grade pill neared completion, summoning a terrifying tribulation that drew the attention of the three prefectures.

• Ye Qingwan blamed Ye Yu for refusing to help her, while Ye Qingxuan returned to her residence and vowed to save her before helping Ye Yu.
• Factions across Azure Prefecture grew wary of Ye Yu after his actions in Yunzhou, and some moved closer to Great Flame.
• Yuan Xiang told Liu Qi that he would not cultivate anew because he did not want to hinder Ye Yu, and Liu Qi reflected on the loyalty of Ye Yu’s followers.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast sensed Ye Yu’s eighth-grade pill was about to form and ordered everyone to evacuate the Great Flame Imperial Palace.
• A purple radiance and fragrant energy spread across Great Qin’s capital as a pillar of light rose and dark tribulation clouds gathered, prompting factions to send word of the event.

Ye Yu completed the Profound Spirit Spirit Nurturing Pill after two months of uninterrupted refining, drawing factions from across the region to Great Qin. As Black Demonic Lightning confirmed the pill was Grade 8, someone stepped between Ye Yu and the incoming tribulation strike.

• News that Ye Yu was about to become Azure Prefecture’s first Grade 8 Alchemist spread, prompting regret and concern among the various factions.
• Wei Qionghua decided to contact Ye Xuan and tell him that she and the Myriad Dynasty were still at his disposal.
• Han Yi suffered a qi deviation after hearing Mo Ran and Xuan Lin praise Ye Yu, but Mo Ran stabilized her with a Grade 6 Tranquil Heart Pill.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast arrived at the Great Qin Imperial Palace, warning away those gathered around Ye Yu’s pill tribulation.
• Ye Yu opened the furnace to reveal the pill, and Black Demonic Lightning confirmed it was Grade 8.
• As Ye Yu prepared to use the lightning to advance his Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body, a shadow blocked his view.

Ye Yu succeeded in refining a Grade 8 pill and offered to share his alchemy insights and soul cultivation methods with those who joined his allies, drawing cultivators and alchemists to Great Qin and the Purple Firmament Sword Sect. As Great Flame weakened, Ye Fan received a message and rejected Ye Qingqing’s plea to seek out Xiao Yu, vowing instead to make him recognize the power of the Ye name.

• The Void Sky Cauldron absorbed the Black Demonic Lightning, and Ye Yu emerged from the flames with a successfully refined Profound Spirit Spirit Nurturing Pill.
• Murong Xue learned that Feng Qiwen of the Nine Spirits Sword Sect had been searching for Xu Yunxi and ordered her people to approach him without revealing anything about Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu promised alchemists who joined the Purple Firmament Sword Sect or Great Qin access to his alchemy insights, and offered exceptional recruits soul cultivation methods.
• News of Ye Yu’s offer spread, bringing powerful cultivators and alchemists to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, Great Zhou, and Great Qin.
• Ye Qingqing urged Ye Fan to find Xiao Yu as Great Flame’s officials dwindled, but a ring sent Ye Fan a message that made him vow to show Xiao Yu the height of the Ye name.

Ye Xuan and Xue Qin prepared to use Ye Qingling and launch the Blood Demon Race’s attack while Ye Yu deployed forces to defend Azure Prefecture. The chapter ended as Moon Shadow Sect’s patrolling disciples spotted an approaching threat.

• Ye Qingqing noticed a strange light from Ye Fan’s ring, which seemed to change his mind.
• Ye Xuan learned Ye Yu had become a Grade 8 Alchemist, then discussed the coming Blood Demon Race attack with Xue Qin, who threatened him and agreed to relay his proposal to the clan chief.
• Ye Xuan proposed sending Ye Qingling to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect because the Blood Refinement Essence remained inside her.
• Ye Yu sent Yuan Xiang and three hundred and seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators to defend Azure Prefecture’s southern border, and ordered Liu Qi to prepare support forces for the west.
• The Moon Shadow Ancestor reassured the Moon Shadow Sect Master that Ye Yu would not attack them and revealed he had broken through.
• Moon Shadow Sect’s patrolling disciples spotted something that made one of them fall silent and drained the other’s face of color.