Recaps

Ye Yu uncovered the Ye family's role in the Xu family's destruction and learned that his mother may still be alive, then gathered allies and pursued new inheritances while Great Flame threatened Great Qin. The arc ended with Ye Yu heading to the Blood Demon headquarters as Ye Qingshuang arrived at the capital.

• Ye Yu found the Xu Family Ancestral Land with Xu Yan and Liu Qi, recovered the Void Sky Cauldron fragment and eighteen bronze puppets, and learned from Feng Qiwen that the Central Continent Ye Family had destroyed the Xu family.
• Feng Qiwen revealed that Xu Yunxi’s Purple Crystal Ring would have returned to the Xu family if she had died, leading Ye Yu to suspect his mother was still alive and to conceal his connection to her.
• Ye Yu fused another fragment into the Void Sky Cauldron, then traveled to the Phoenix Dynasty and saved Feng Qing’er from the Qingluan Fire consuming her body.
• Gu Lin and Mo Ran asked Ye Yu for the Innate Breathing Technique, and Ye Yu agreed to bring them Ye Xuan while deciding not to share the real technique.
• Ye Yu and Xu Xuan reached the Ji Clan Imperial Tomb, where Xu Xuan began inheriting the dynasty’s legacy and Ye Yu absorbed the spiritual spring, advanced to Late Spirit Transformation, and found a Haotian Mirror fragment.
• Ye Yu confronted the Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet Spirit but was forced away, while the Tablet Spirit stayed behind with the chained woman beneath the altar.
• After Great Flame attacked Great Qin, Ye Yu returned and recognized the invasion as a staged effort to promote Qin Han and divert attention, then ordered Yuan Xiang to assess Great Flame’s capital.
• Ye Yu planned to bargain with the Blood Demon Race for help against the Ancient Royal Clan and set out for their headquarters with Liu Qi and Xue Li as Ye Qingshuang arrived at Great Qin’s capital.

Ye Yu defeated Blood Thorn, reclaimed Great Flame, and rescued Qin Wushuang and members of Great Qin’s imperial family while the Blood Demon Race ravaged the region. As the Ye family arrived to claim Ye Yu, he arranged for Ye Xuan to win their favor and stayed in Azure Prefecture, preparing for the Blood Demons’ next move.

• Ye Yu destroyed the Blood Demons’ blood spring, struck a deal with Xue Chen, and then killed Xue Li before the Blood Demons agreed to attack Great Qin.
• At the Demon Land, Ye Yu advanced to the early Void Refinement stage and killed Blood Thorn, then let witnesses see the battle so his reputation could draw Rogue Cultivators to him.
• Ye Yu returned to Great Flame, reclaimed the throne, and ordered its court restored while he investigated the Cauldron Spirit’s claims about destiny and his family’s fates.
• The Blood Demons invaded Great Qin, and Ye Yu entered the capital with Liu Qi to rescue Qin Wushuang, Cangyun, alchemists, and members of the imperial family before taking them to Great Flame.
• Ye Yu confronted Ye Zhentian and Ye Tairan, used Feng Qiwen’s illusion array to learn that Xu Yunxi had once offered the Void Sky Cauldron to spare him, and kept searching for his mother.
• Ye Xuan claimed he had wounded a mid Void Refinement Blood Demon, and Ye Yu persuaded Ye Tairan to award Ye Xuan the Ye family position while he remained in Azure Prefecture.
• After Ye Xuan received the Ye family’s favor, Ye Yu ordered Liu Qi to summon Yuan Xiang’s puppets and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast, suggesting the Blood Demons could ambush Ye Xuan.

Ye Yu killed Ye Tairan and Ye Xuan, survived the Fate Tribulation, and discovered a path through Karma while the Ye family’s schemes closed around him. After faking his own crippling, he returned to Great Yan Imperial City as the clan prepared to judge the deaths.

• Ye Yu pursued Ye Tairan, Ye Zhentian, and Ye Xuan into the Demon Land, where Ye Tairan attacked him with two incarnations.
• Ye Yu broke Ye Tairan’s formation, killed him with the power of his Flame Scar Imprint, and ordered Liu Qi to kill Ye Zhentian.
• Ye Yu killed Ye Xuan despite the golden force protecting him, then survived the Fate Tribulation with help from his mother, the Void Sky Cauldron, and the Haotian Mirror fragment.
• Ye Yu overcame his heart demon by recognizing the connections of cause and effect, and black light revealed his new path as Karma.
• Ye Yu learned that the Ye family had once selected him as a sacrifice, met Ye Qingxuan, and heard from Weng Buyu that his mother had entered Yan Shang Cave Mansion carrying a severed arm.
• Ye Fan sent Ye family deathsworn after Ye Yu, but Ye Yu staged his spiritual root’s destruction and convinced Ye Qingshan that he had been crippled.
• Zhou Qitian revealed that he served Ye Yu’s mother, while Ye Yu ordered Zhou Li to keep the claim secret until they could verify it.
• Ye Yu returned to Great Yan Imperial City in a weakened state as Ye Fan and Wei Qionghua plotted against him, and Ye Lan demanded that Ye Tairan’s killer be brought before the clan.

Ye Yu broke through to Void Refinement, traveled toward the Azure Heaven Palace, and became entangled in the Tianhai Alliance’s schemes around Yueyue’s Nine Yin Nether Body. As the search for the palace approached, Ye Yu made a deal with Black Mountain Old Man and encountered Xu Xiuwan, while the Fat Monk rushed to stop Yueyue from being auctioned.

• Ye Yu left the Great Yu court, confronted Xue Chen over Ye Qingwan, and then absorbed Ye Qingling’s Blood Refinement Essence and demonic qi to advance his cultivation.
• When Shanyuan attacked the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, Ye Yu shaped his own Sword Dao, drove Shanyuan away, and broke through to Void Refinement.
• Ye Yu set out for Central Province with Feng Qiwen and the Fat Monk, met Yueyue and Lin Wanrong near the Black Sea, and saw Azure Heaven Palace surface from the sea.
• Ye Yu learned that Wu Tong planned to use Yueyue’s Nine Yin Nether Body as bait to draw powerful cultivators away from the palace, while Wu Yu and Lin Wanrong’s actions deepened the danger surrounding her.
• Ye Yu agreed to join the Azure Heaven Palace expedition and killed a late Void Refining cultivator who threatened him, while the Fat Monk tried to help Yueyue obtain an Azure Sky Fruit.
• Ye Yu made a bargain with Black Mountain Old Man, offering to help him take revenge on the Tianhai Alliance in exchange for his divine soul, and planned to lure Wu Tong to the Deep Sea Hidden Valley.
• Ye Yu learned that Xu Xiuwan had arrived, watched Feng Qiwen for signs of disloyalty, and later heard from the Fat Monk that the Tianhai Alliance planned to auction Wu Yue.
• Ye Yu urged the Fat Monk to ask Lin Wanrong to send Wu Yue to the Ye family, then told Xu Xiuwan that the Fat Monk was rushing to act.