Chapter Summaries

Reborn after being framed and killed, Ye Yu confronted Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan in the Great Yan court, refusing to submit to their accusations. He surrendered his Crown Prince Token and was expelled from the royal family, while secretly planning to expose Ye Xuan as a Blood Demon Clan spy.

• Ye Yu realized he had been reborn and challenged Ye Qingwan's accusation that he cultivated Demonic Arts.
• Ye Xuan pretended to defend Ye Yu, while Ye Qingwan demanded that he kneel and confess.
• Ye Qingwan's Golden Core pressure wounded Ye Yu, but he refused to kneel until Ye Xuan persuaded her to withdraw it.
• Ye Qingwan demanded Ye Yu's Crown Prince Token, and he tossed it to Ye Xuan without hesitation.
• Ye Qingwan named Ye Xuan the new Heir Apparent and stripped Ye Yu of his royal status, reducing him to a commoner.

Ye Yu agreed to leave the Great Yan royal family, while Ye Qingwan publicly warned every dynasty not to take him in. Liu Ruyan then ended her betrothal to Ye Yu and supported his expulsion, but Ye Yu showed no attachment to her and asked for the return of the Autumn Water Sword.

• Ye Yu agreed to leave the Great Yan royal family, and Ye Qingwan announced across Azure Prefecture that any dynasty sheltering him would become Great Yan's enemy.
• Dynasties across Azure Prefecture discussed how to recruit Ye Yu and secure his knowledge of suppressing the Nine Nether Blood Spring, while Qin Wushuang summoned the Ninth Princess.
• Ministers rushed into the hall and urged Ye Qingwan not to expel Ye Yu, but she asked Liu Ruyan for her opinion.
• Liu Ruyan requested that her betrothal to Ye Yu be dissolved and that he be expelled, then revealed her affection for Ye Xuan.
• Ye Yu calmly agreed to the expulsion and asked Liu Ruyan to return the Autumn Water Sword.

Ye Yu left the imperial palace after threatening Liu Ruyan to return the Autumn Water Sword, then used a mysterious Bronze Cauldron to restore his cultivation. As Ye Xuan arranged an assassination and brought Ye Qingxuan after him, Ye Yu reached the Golden Core realm and discovered an attacker emerging from the ground.

• Ye Yu gave Liu Ruyan two days to return the Autumn Water Sword, while Ye Xuan used talk of Demonic Arts to turn the ministers against him.
• Ye Xuan sent a Golden Core assassin after Ye Yu, then persuaded Ye Qingxuan to pursue him under the pretense of bringing him back.
• Ye Yu activated the Bronze Cauldron with his essence blood, allowing it to replace his destroyed spirit root and restore his cultivation.
• Ye Yu formed a Golden Core and began charging the Small Cauldron, which could release treasures once a day.
• An assassin surfaced from the ground and exclaimed in surprise when he saw that Ye Yu had recovered.

Ye Yu defeated Xue Li and used the Soul Devouring Curse to force him into servitude, though Ye Yu was badly weakened afterward. Ye Qingxuan mistook the bloodstains at their battle site as proof that Ye Yu had joined the Devil Race, then went to search his Eastern Palace and found it in ruins.

• Xue Li attacked Ye Yu, but Ye Yu crushed his strike and dragged him out of the blood pool.
• Ye Yu stopped Xue Li’s Blood Escape, threatened him with the Soul Devouring Curse, and made him submit to the curse.
• After Xue Li left, Ye Yu vomited blood and continued deeper into the forest.
• Ye Qingxuan and Ye Xuan arrived at the blood pool, where Ye Qingxuan concluded that Ye Yu had defected to the Devil Race.
• Ye Qingxuan took Ye Xuan to the imperial palace, then went to the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace to look for proof.
• Ye Qingxuan kicked open the Eastern Palace gates and found the place filthy, decayed, and stripped of intact furniture.

Ye Qingxuan searched Ye Yu’s Eastern Palace for proof of his supposed collusion with the Devil Race, but left before viewing its Memory Stone. Meanwhile, Ye Yu obtained and swallowed a Bodhi Infant Transformation Pill, entering a profound state of enlightenment as a massive phantom rose behind him.

• Ye Qingxuan discovered that Ye Yu’s Eastern Palace had been stripped of its servants, guards, and funding, and accused him of pretending to be poor.
• Ye Qingxuan found a Memory Stone above the palace gates, but put it away when Ye Qingwan summoned her to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
• Ye Qingwan told Ye Qingxuan that their father wanted them to speed up Ye Xuan’s cultivation and recruit talented cultivators for the War of a Hundred Dynasties.
• Ye Yu opened the Small Cauldron and caught a Bodhi Infant Transformation Pill that shot out of it.
• Ye Yu swallowed the pill to pursue a higher-grade Nascent Soul, then entered a state of enlightenment as a massive phantom rose behind him.

Ye Yu’s enlightenment drew the attention of a Human Dao Sage, and a second Sage appeared when a bloody phantom emerged beside him. Ye Qingwan ordered Ye Qingxuan to recruit the unknown cultivator at any cost, while Qin Ruoxian recognized Ye Yu and planned to bring him to Great Qin.

• A towering Human Dao Sage appeared over Great Yan Imperial City, prompting Ye Qingxuan, Ye Qingwan, and another woman to rush toward the outskirts.
• Ye Xuan ordered Xue Li to secretly kill the gifted cultivator, but Xue Li hid because he knew the cultivator was Ye Yu.
• Ye Qingxuan confronted Qin Ruoxian outside the forest, while Qin Ruoxian recognized Ye Yu’s aura and kept his identity to herself.
• Ye Yu’s Dao rhythm was challenged by a bloody phantom, and a second blood-red Sage rose within a sea of thunder.
• Ye Qingwan urged Ye Qingxuan to recruit the cultivator at any cost, while Qin Ruoxian asserted that he would not choose Great Yan.
• Ye Qingxuan watched the two Sages and grew increasingly certain that the cultivator felt familiar.

Ye Yu survived the dangerous enlightenment that drew the attention of three Human Dao Sages and gained three Divine Abilities, though the others believed he had failed. After leaving the cave, he faced Ye Qingwan’s insults and Qin Ruoxian’s invitation to join her in Great Qin.

• Three Human Dao Sage phantoms appeared, and the pressure nearly crushed Ye Yu as silver, white, and blood-red energy tore through his body.
• The Small Cauldron absorbed the three rays of light, then released them as orbs that strengthened Ye Yu’s spiritual power and restored his cultivation to peak Golden Core Stage.
• Ye Qingxuan, Ye Qingwan, and Qin Ruoxian assumed the enlightenment had failed before Ye Yu emerged from the cave.
• Ye Qingwan mocked Ye Yu and offered to let him return to the palace as a servant if he reported what he had learned to Xiao Xuan.
• Ye Yu looked at Qin Ruoxian, recalling her devotion to him in his past life, while her old man sensed a terrifying aura from Ye Yu.
• Qin Ruoxian invited Ye Yu to Great Qin and promised him fine food and liquor.

Ye Yu defended Qin Ruoxian from Ye Qingwan and Nangong Wushe, then rejected Qin Ruoxian’s invitation to leave with her. The chapter ended with Qin Ruoxian facing his refusal while Ye Qingwan remained hostile.

• Ye Qingwan ordered Nangong Wushe to seize Qin Ruoxian, and Situ Guang challenged Nangong but was quickly subdued.
• Nangong Wushe tried to imprison Qin Ruoxian, but Ye Yu appeared and dispersed his attack, warning him not to touch her.
• Ye Qingwan accused Ye Yu of stealing a treasure and ordered Nangong to seize him, but Nangong hesitated after recognizing Ye Yu.
• Ye Qingwan attacked Ye Yu, and Nangong Wushe intercepted him; Ye Qingxuan then restrained Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Yu asked Qin Ruoxian whether she was frightened, and Qin Ruoxian asked him to come with her.
• Ye Yu shook his head and refused to go with Qin Ruoxian.

Ye Yu reassured Qin Ruoxian that he was going to the Liu Family to retrieve his mother's Autumn Water Sword, then agreed to help Great Qin with its challenges. After offering to cure Situ Guang's hidden injury by refining a Life Profound Origin Pill, Ye Yu left Situ Guang astonished, while Ye Qingwan returned to the palace and found her sister Qingshuang waiting.

• Ye Yu explained to Qin Ruoxian that he planned to retrieve the Autumn Water Sword from Liu Ruyan, and Qin Ruoxian asked him to help Great Qin suppress the Nine Nether Blood Spring and win the War of a Hundred Dynasties.
• Qin Ruoxian went to rest at an inn in the imperial city after the journey from Great Qin left her exhausted.
• Ye Yu recognized Situ Guang's hidden injury and offered to refine a Life Profound Origin Pill if Situ Guang gathered the ingredients.
• Ye Qingwan returned alone to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where she was surprised to find Qingshuang back from traveling with Medicine Venerable Cangyun.

Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingshuang mistook Ye Xuan for Ye Yu and praised his supposed talent to Cangyun, who quickly realized the truth and left disappointed. Meanwhile, Ye Yu told Situ Guang he could refine a Seventh-Rank Life Profound Origin Pill and examined the Spiritual Medicine Situ Guang had prepared.

• Ye Qingshuang told Ye Qingwan that Cangyun had come to see Ye Xuan, and Ye Qingwan hoped he would take Ye Xuan as a disciple.
• Ye Qingshuang and Ye Qingwan condemned Ye Yu after Ye Qingshuang heard their account of his recent actions.
• Cangyun asked Ye Xuan to refine a pill, then realized he was not Ye Yu and left the hall in disappointment.
• Ye Yu assured Situ Guang that he could refine the Life Profound Origin Pill, and Situ Guang handed him the needed Spiritual Medicine.
• Ye Yu took out an under-aged Five-Colored Flower, then his expression changed drastically.

Ye Yu used the White Light Pillar to age the Seven-Colored Flower and began refining a Rank 7 Life Profound Origin Pill for Situ Guang, using white Spiritual Flame and Spirit Sealing Formations to preserve the ingredients. Cangyun arrived to observe, and the pill’s completion brought heavenly lightning over the Great Yan Imperial City.

• Ye Yu aged the Seven-Colored Flower to two hundred years and asked Situ Guang to guard him while he refined the pill.
• Ye Yu ignited white Spiritual Flame and surrounded the medicinal ingredients with more than a thousand Spiritual Seals, shocking Situ Guang with his skill as a formation master.
• Situ Guang reflected on Ye Yu’s potential and regretted that Great Flame had lost him.
• Cangyun followed the medicinal fragrance to the inn, recognized that someone was refining a Rank 7 Pill, and sat quietly after Situ Guang stopped him from approaching the courtyard.
• Thunderclouds gathered above the Great Yan Imperial City as white pill fragrance spread, leading people to realize that a Rank 7 Pill was being refined.

Ye Yu refined a Rank 7 Life Profound Origin Pill and absorbed its Pill Tribulation Lightning to advance his Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body. After giving the pill to Situ Guang, Ye Yu confronted Cangyun, who was confused about his identity and the person in the imperial palace.

• Ye Qingwan claimed that Ye Xuan would become the Seventh-Rank Alchemist’s disciple, while the visiting princes and princesses focused on the commotion at the inn.
• Ye Yu used his Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body to absorb the Rank 7 Pill Tribulation Lightning, advancing it to the third level.
• Ye Yu finished refining the Life Profound Origin Pill and gave it to Situ Guang, who pledged his life to him as long as he did nothing harmful to Great Qin.
• Ye Yu explained that he had sealed the sounds around Qin Ruoxian’s room so she could sleep undisturbed.
• Ye Yu asked Cangyun why he was there, and Cangyun recognized him but wondered who the person in the imperial palace was.

Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan sought Cangyun’s favor, but he rejected Ye Xuan and revealed his hostility toward them. When Ye Qingwan blamed Ye Yu, he told Cangyun to handle the trouble, leaving everyone waiting to see how Cangyun would respond.

• Cangyun realized Ye Yu was alive and explained that he had mistaken Ye Xuan for him in the imperial palace.
• Situ Guang praised Ye Yu for refining a Rank 7 pill in two hours, and Cangyun tried to learn how he had done it.
• Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan arrived at the inn, and Cangyun coldly refused to take Ye Xuan as his disciple.
• Ye Qingwan insulted Ye Yu and threatened him when Ye Xuan accused him of slander.
• Ye Yu told Cangyun to deal with the trouble he had brought and not disturb their rest, while Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan expected Cangyun to punish him.

After Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan were taken back to the palace, Ye Qingxuan discovered evidence that Ye Yu had cultivated demonic arts and collapsed from a vicious poison. Cangyun said only Ye Yu might be able to cure her, leaving Ye Qingshuang to seek his help at Liu Manor.

• Cangyun took Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan to the palace, while Ye Yu sent the other imperial heirs away and prepared to visit Liu Manor.
• Ye Qingwan blamed Ye Yu for their humiliation and ordered Ye Qingshuang to gather the Attendants for an attack on him at Liu Manor.
• Ye Qingxuan viewed the Memory Stone, saw demonic qi in a scene of Ye Yu being removed from the Eastern Palace, and collapsed after her spiritual power ran wild.
• Ye Qingshuang carried Ye Qingxuan to Cangyun, who diagnosed a vicious poison targeting her cultivation foundation and warned her not to use spiritual power.
• Cangyun said he could not cure the poison and urged Ye Qingshuang to find Ye Yu at Liu Manor and ask for his help.

Ye Yu went alone to Liu Manor to reclaim the Autumn Water Sword, where Liu Ruyan had gathered powerful guests to publicly sever ties with him. As tensions filled the manor, Ye Yu entered the hall and demanded the sword.

• Ye Yu declined Qin Ruoxian's offer to accompany him and left for Liu Manor alone.
• Liu Ruyan gathered prominent figures at Liu Manor to make her rejection of Ye Yu widely known.
• Ye Xuan arrived with Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingshuang, then learned Liu Ruyan had joined the Qingyun Sect and met its Senior Disciple Yan Ruyu.
• Yan Ruyu recalled that a young man in Great Flame had treated the blood toxin that still threatened her.
• Ye Yu entered the tense main hall and asked Liu Tiannan to hand over the Autumn Water Sword.

Ye Yu demanded the return of the Autumn Water Sword, but Ye Qingwan ordered the Golden Armored Guards to seize him. Ye Qingshuang stopped the confrontation to ask Ye Yu about the poison afflicting Ye Qingxuan, suspecting he might be able to cure her.

• Ye Yu rejected Liu Tiannan’s excuses and insisted that Liu Ruyan return the Autumn Water Sword, making Liu Tiannan and the other guests realize Ye Yu was not crippled.
• Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan criticized Ye Yu, while Liu Ruyan refused to give up the sword and rejected his feelings.
• Ye Qingwan ordered the Golden Armored Guards to seize Ye Yu and send him to the death prison, and Ye Yu prepared to fight them.
• Ye Qingshuang intervened and offered to plead for Ye Yu if he revealed what poison afflicted Ye Qingxuan and how to cure it.
• Ye Qingwan learned that Ye Qingxuan had been poisoned, while Ye Qingshuang suspected Ye Yu had administered the poison because Cangyun believed he could save her.

Ye Yu demanded that Liu Ruyan return the Autumn Water Sword while the Great Yan Royal Family accused him of poisoning Ye Qingxuan. When Ye Qingwan summoned the dynasty’s Nascent Soul attendants, rulers from the other great dynasties intervened to protect Ye Yu, and Ye Qingwan rang a bell to call for further support.

• Ye Qingshuang accused Ye Yu of poisoning Ye Qingxuan and demanded that he provide the antidote, but Ye Yu denied responsibility and asked Liu Ruyan for the Autumn Water Sword.
• Ye Yu struck Ye Xuan, then stood unharmed when Ye Qingwan attacked him; Ye Qingshuang tried to defend her sister’s actions.
• Ye Qingwan summoned five Nascent Soul attendants and ordered them to kill Ye Yu.
• Qin Ruoxian and Situ Guang arrived to defend Ye Yu, and the Guardians of the other great dynasties surrounded Great Yan’s attendants.
• Ye Qingwan called Ye Yu trash, then rang a jade seal’s bell to summon aid as the dynasties prepared to confront one another.

Ye Qingwan invoked the Lord of the Nation Order to have the five Great Flame Attendants kill Ye Yu, but the other dynasties refused to risk breaking their alliance pact. Ye Yu defeated the Attendants with a single sword strike and left Ye Qingwan facing his killing intent.

• Ye Qingwan invoked the Lord of the Nation Order, but Liang Chen and the other dynasties sat down rather than risk betraying their alliance pact.
• Qin Ruoxian prepared to defend Ye Yu, but Ye Yu asked her and Situ Guang to stand aside.
• Nangong Wushe and the other four Great Flame Attendants attacked Ye Yu together with a net of spiritual power.
• Ye Yu unleashed the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, shattered the net, and sent all five Attendants flying while Liu Manor’s buildings collapsed.
• Ye Qingwan realized Ye Yu no longer looked at her with warmth, and wondered whether she had been wrong.

Ye Yu fought off five Nascent Soul cultivators in Great Yan Imperial City, then faced Liu Ruyan and the Qingyun Sect cultivator Yan Ruyu. Ye Qingshuang discovered that Yan Ruyu had the same blood poison as her second sister and accused Ye Yu of defecting to the Devil Race.

• Ye Qingwan ordered five Attendants, including Nangong Wushe, to attack Ye Yu, and he countered them with fifteen hundred Spiritual Seals.
• Ye Yu and the five Attendants were blasted backward, but the battle left the Attendants badly hurt and made Ye Yu famous across Azure Prefecture.
• Ye Yu turned from Ye Qingwan and demanded the Autumn Water Sword from Liu Ruyan, who called on Yan Ruyu to save her.
• Yan Ruyu recognized Ye Yu as the man who had suppressed her blood poison at the Great Flame border and asked him to remove it, but he said he was too exhausted.
• Ye Qingshuang examined Yan Ruyu and found that her blood poison matched the poison in her second sister, then accused Ye Yu of defecting to the Devil Race.

Ye Xuan exposed Yan Ruyu’s blood poison to implicate Ye Yu as a Devil Race spy, turning the gathered factions against him. As Ye Yu and Situ Guang fought back, the Great Yan Emperor Ye Fan arrived at Liu Manor.

• Ye Xuan activated Yan Ruyu’s blood poison, and Ye Qingshuang and Ye Qingwan recognized the aura as the one Ye Yu had released in the imperial palace.
• Qin Ruoxian argued that Ye Yu would not be treating Yan Ruyu if he were connected to the Devil Race, but Ye Qingshuang and Liu Ruyan still urged the gathered Guardians to kill him.
• Ye Yu began replenishing his spiritual power with the Innate Breathing Technique, while Situ Guang sent his Great Qin Attendant jade plaque to Qin Ruoxian and vowed to protect him.
• Ye Yu knocked Liu Ruyan away, took Autumn Water, and fought the attacking Guardians as Situ Guang burned his Nascent Soul to drive them back.
• Ye Fan descended into Liu Manor with the aura of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, and Ye Qingwan and the others knelt to welcome him.