Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu found the Tablet Spirit living in an illusion created by the black chains and tried to bring her away from it. When she turned hostile and attacked, he fought to reach her while the chains trapped his allies and the Void Sky Cauldron.

• Ye Yu discovered black chains beneath the battlefield and hurried to find the Heaven-Reaching Stone Tablet.
• Ye Yu found the Tablet Spirit enjoying an illusion of her lost homeland, with a chain piercing her chest.
• Ye Yu exposed the illusion and offered to free the Tablet Spirit, but she became enraged and attacked him.
• The black chains bound the Void Sky Cauldron, Ye Yu, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast as the Tablet Spirit and stone tablet struck at them.
• Ye Yu used his domain to break free and charged toward the Tablet Spirit, who accused him of destroying her dream.
• As Ye Yu prepared to strike with Sword Qi, a massive claw descended from the sky.

Ye Yu used the Chaos Domain to suppress the Tablet Spirit and Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast, but the chains binding them vanished before he could finish the fight. The Tablet Spirit sent Ye Yu and the beast away, then renewed her agreement with a chained woman beneath the altar.

• The black-qi-shrouded Tablet Spirit and Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast attacked Ye Yu together, forcing him to activate the Primordial Indestructible Art and expand his Chaos Domain.
• Ye Yu suppressed most of the beast's flame vortex, but the chains binding the beast and Void Sky Cauldron suddenly receded when the chained woman's presence was sensed again.
• The Cauldron Spirit warned Ye Yu to withdraw his power, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast recovered after Ye Yu gave it a pill.
• Ye Yu asked the Tablet Spirit to leave with him, but she refused and sent him and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast away, agreeing to help Ye Yu's little brother when needed.
• The Tablet Spirit met a chained woman beneath the altar and renewed their agreement to restore the land and conceal the woman's aura.
• The woman drove a thick chain through the Tablet Spirit's chest and declared that she would prove she could win.

Ye Yu learned that the Great Flame Dynasty had launched a full-scale attack on Great Qin and suspected the Myriad Dynasty might be involved. Meanwhile, Ye Qingwan’s resentment toward Ye Qingxuan deepened, leaving her questioning whether her miserable circumstances were truly of her own making.

• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast told Ye Yu that Liu Qi had reported Great Flame’s attack on Great Qin, and Ye Yu ordered the Grand Elders to watch the Nine Spirits Sword Sect while he headed to Great Qin.
• Ye Yu suspected the Nine Spirits Sword Sect or another hidden force was backing Ye Xuan, then considered the Myriad Dynasty and sent Zhou Li a message.
• Zhou Li declined to help Great Qin and warned Ye Qingwan not to scheme, then received Ye Yu’s message asking about the Myriad Dynasty.
• Ye Qingwan scrubbed herself raw in a bathtub, and Ye Qingxuan tried to stop her and explain why she had not helped her before.
• Ye Qingwan accused Ye Qingxuan and Ye Yu of abandoning her, drove Ye Qingxuan away, and wondered whether everything she had suffered was her own doing.

Ye Yu returned to Great Qin and found Qin Han celebrated for repelling Great Flame’s invasion, while Qin Wushuang and the court treated Ye Yu with less respect. After confronting Qin Han, Ye Yu ordered Yuan Xiang to infiltrate Great Flame’s capital, hinting that a threat at Great Qin’s Nine Nether Blood Spring made Great Flame strategically important.

• Ye Qingxuan left Ye Qingwan’s door, unable to abandon her sister despite remembering how Ye Qingwan had once refused to trust Xiaoyu.
• Ye Yu and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast returned to Great Qin and realized Great Flame’s invasion had been staged to boost Qin Han and divert attention.
• Ministers praised Qin Han in Xianyang Palace, and Qin Wushuang welcomed Ye Yu back while Qin Han accused him of arriving only after the crisis had passed.
• Ye Yu rebuked Qin Han, whose confidence faltered under Ye Yu’s pressure, then left the palace.
• Ye Yu ordered Yuan Xiang to infiltrate Great Flame’s capital and seize it quietly if its defenses were weak.
• Ye Yu told Liu Qi that Great Flame’s position mattered because of the threat posed by the Ancient Royal Clan at Great Qin’s Nine Nether Blood Spring.

Ye Yu planned to bargain with the Blood Demon Race for help against the Ancient Royal Clan and reassured Qin Wushuang that he would not harm Qin Han unless provoked. As Ye Yu led a night mission to the Blood Demon headquarters, Ye Qingshuang arrived at the Great Qin Capital.

• Ye Yu told Liu Qi that the Blood Demon Race might target Great Qin, and he planned to offer them territory in exchange for help against the Ancient Royal Clan.
• Qin Wushuang asked Ye Yu not to hold Qin Han's ambitions against him, and Ye Yu promised to spare him unless he provoked him.
• Ye Yu returned the Grand Commander of the Nation's tiger tally to Qin Wushuang, who left looking older and defeated.
• Ye Yu ordered Liu Qi and Xue Li to accompany him to the Blood Demon Race's headquarters after nightfall, reassuring them that no powerful Body Integration Realm Blood Demons were likely to be there.
• Ye Yu sensed Ye Qingshuang entering the Great Qin Capital but continued toward the Blood Demon headquarters, while she looked at the city gate and said, "Xiaoyu, I'm here."

Qin Han seized Ye Qingshuang as leverage against Ye Yu, while Zhou Li ambushed and captured Ye Xuan. Ye Yu entered Blood Demon territory to negotiate with Xue Chen, but their meeting erupted into a battle that ended with one of Ye Yu’s puppets exploding.

• Qin Han ordered his guards to seize Ye Qingshuang, whom he considered a key card against Ye Yu.
• Zhou Li ambushed Ye Xuan and his companions near the Myriad Dynasty and captured them, then sent Ye Yu a soul message.
• Ye Yu received news of Ye Xuan’s capture and continued with Xue Li toward the Blood Demon Race’s territory.
• Ye Yu reached a blood pool and offered Xue Chen a deal, but Xue Chen summoned nine Blood Demons to capture him.
• Ye Yu revealed eighteen powerful puppets and sent one to attack, and it exploded in a destructive burst after clashing with a Blood Demon.

Ye Yu forced the Blood Demons to negotiate by destroying puppets and devastating their blood pool, then demanded Great Flame’s territory in exchange for concessions. The demons accepted after Ye Yu killed Xue Li, leaving the fate of the territorial deal to be settled.

• Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron to shield everyone from an early Void Refinement puppet’s self-destruction, which killed a Blood Demon and damaged the blood spring.
• Ye Yu sent another puppet into the blood pool, destroying most of it and its gathered blood qi, then threatened to send three more.
• Ye Yu demanded Great Flame’s territory and offered to let the Blood Demons attack Great Qin, later adding that he would return Ye Xuan so they could continue the Myriad Dynasty plan.
• The Blood Demons agreed to Ye Yu’s terms on the condition that he hand over Xue Li.
• Ye Yu killed Xue Li by tearing him apart, then asked the Blood Demons whether they were satisfied.

Ye Yu negotiated with the Blood Demon Race while arranging for Zhou Li to secretly release Ye Xuan, using the threat to the Myriad Dynasty to draw support from the Yunlei Two States. He remained in the dangerous Demon Land, intending to keep the Blood Demon Race focused on him and try something of his own.

• Ye Yu agreed to stay with the Blood Demon Race while Xue Chen discussed the terms, then privately admitted that sacrificing two Void Refinement Stage puppets had hurt.
• Ye Yu told Zhou Li to release Ye Xuan without leaving traces, warning that Ye Xuan had likely allowed himself to be captured and that keeping him was dangerous.
• Zhou Li reconsidered how easily Ye Xuan had been captured and began planning to release him, with Ye Qingwan coming to mind.
• Ye Yu watched Xue Qin enter the Blood Demon Race's territory and explained to Liu Qi that Ye Xuan's return would provoke the Blood Demon Race and draw the Yunlei Two States into supporting the Myriad Dynasty.
• Ye Yu said he had to remain in Azure Prefecture so the Blood Demon Race would attack Great Qin without hesitation, and revealed that he wanted to try something else.

Ye Xuan was captured by the Great Zhou Dynasty, while the Blood Demon Race agreed to Ye Yu’s conditions and prepared to invade Great Qin. In Great Zhou, Ye Qingwan freed Ye Xuan, and Ye Yu hurried toward the Blood Demon Race’s heartland as Zhou Li staged a convincing escape.

• Xue Qin told Xue Chen that Ye Xuan had been taken by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Blood Demon Clan Elders agreed to Ye Yu’s conditions and prepared to attack Great Qin.
• Xue Chen decided to spread news linking Ye Yu to the Blood Demon Race, while Xue Qin was told to receive Ye Xuan when he returned.
• Ye Xuan failed to remove the Bloodthirsty Bead from his body in the dungeon beneath the Fourth Prince’s palace, where Ye Qingwan visited him.
• Ye Xuan persuaded Ye Qingwan to unlock his cell, and Zhou Qitian ordered Zhou Li to send guards after them to make their escape look real.
• Zhou Li sent word to Ye Yu, who hurried toward the Blood Demon Race’s heartland.

Ye Yu left the Blood Demon Race after swearing that he had released Ye Xuan, while Xue Chen secretly ordered an attack once Ye Yu’s group reached the edge of the Demon Land. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan tried to escape as Zhou Li watched, and Ye Yu’s party faced the Blood Demons’ ambush.

• Ye Yu swore he had released Ye Xuan, and Xue Chen accepted his proposal while ordering him to leave.
• Xue Chen told a Clan Elder to follow Ye Yu and kill him beyond the central region, then headed to the Great Zhou Dynasty to investigate Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan crossed the Great Zhou capital as Zhou Li watched their escape through the Mysterious Light Mirror.
• Zhou Qitian warned Zhou Li to keep Ye Qingxuan from escaping and to find the ring she had possessed without using force.
• Ye Yu, the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast, and Liu Qi reached the edge of the Demon Land, where four Clan Elders and eight Void Refinement blood demons confronted them.

Ye Yu divided the battle against the Blood Demons, then drew Blood Thorn away while preparing a counterattack inside the Demon Land. The Cauldron Spirit revealed that the being watching the Divine Continent had lost some of its perception, explaining why other races dared to enter it.

• Ye Yu freed Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast from the Demon Land’s suppression, then assigned them and his puppets to fight the Blood Demons while he faced Blood Thorn.
• Ye Yu’s five formations shattered against Blood Thorn’s devil clouds, so he used the Nine Revolutions Dragon Step and a sword technique to retreat toward the Demon Land’s edge.
• Blood Thorn trapped Ye Yu beneath the Great Blood Talisman, while the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast continued fighting another Clan Elder.
• Ye Yu stopped more than fifty miles from the Demon Land’s edge and gathered the surrounding devil qi, blocking the being’s perception of him.
• The Cauldron Spirit said the being’s perception of the Divine Continent had weakened during the Golden Age, allowing nonhuman races to exploit the loophole, and a sudden roar rang out beyond the Demon Land.

Ye Yu absorbed demonic aura to break through to the early Void Refinement stage, then unleashed the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique against Blood Thorn. The clash left Blood Thorn gravely injured, but he retaliated with a massive palm strike as Ye Yu struggled to maintain his domain.

• Ye Yu used the Primordial Indestructible Art to absorb demonic aura and advanced from Spirit Transformation to the early Void Refinement stage.
• Blood Thorn strengthened his Blood Transformation Talisman, but Ye Yu's attribute-less Chaos Domain drove back its blood-red glow.
• Blood Thorn drew in blood energy from his territory and transformed into a demonic body several hundred zhang tall.
• Ye Yu used Heaven Slaying, and his colossal blood-red sword split Blood Thorn's sea of blood before colliding with his demonic body.
• The clash destroyed half of Blood Thorn's demonic body and cost him an arm and a leg, while Ye Yu's fingers were mangled and his domain faltered.
• Blood Thorn vowed to kill Ye Yu and struck at him with a palm imprint more than a hundred zhang wide.

Ye Yu killed Blood Thorn after the Purple Firmament Sword returned to him, then escaped the Demon Land with Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast. He revealed that he had deliberately let witnesses see him so he could rally Rogue Cultivators against the Devil Race, and the group went into hiding to let Azure Prefecture’s turmoil intensify.

• Ye Yu dodged Blood Thorn’s attack as the Purple Firmament Sword flew into the Demon Land and returned to its master.
• Ye Yu took up the restored Purple Firmament Sword and killed Blood Thorn with a single strike, prompting the remaining Blood Demons to flee.
• Ye Yu stored away the sixteen puppets, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast carried him and Liu Qi out of the Demon Land.
• Ye Yu let approaching cultivators recognize him before the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast fled with him and Liu Qi.
• Ye Yu explained that he wanted to build a public image opposing the Devil Race to attract Rogue Cultivators, and he told the others to hide while Azure Prefecture’s storms grew fiercer.

Ye Yu rested in the mountains while news of his victory over Blood Thorn spread across the three states. In the Central Continent, the Ye Lineage decided to make him their sacrificial offering, while Xue Chen caught Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan trying to escape and then received a message that changed his expression.

• Ye Yu, Liu Qi, and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast settled in a secluded mountain range and drank together as they watched the sunset.
• A Memory Stone recording Ye Yu killing Blood Thorn spread through Azure Prefecture and the Yunlei Two States, impressing his allies and extinguishing the Nine Spirits Sect Master's desire for revenge.
• A Ye Lineage Clan Elder ordered Ye Zhentian to recruit Ye Yu or kill him, but changed course after Ye Zhentian revealed that Ye Yu was his biological grandson.
• The Ye Lineage elders decided Ye Yu would be a more suitable sacrifice than their young master to avert the Curse Power that had doomed the Xu Lineage.
• Xue Chen caught Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan before they could escape the Great Zhou Dynasty, beat Ye Xuan, and sensed a mysterious power gathering around him.
• Xue Chen received a transmission, and his expression abruptly changed.

After Blood Thorn’s death, Xue Chen punished Ye Qingwan and forced Ye Xuan to cooperate. Meanwhile, Qin Han tightened his grip on the Great Qin Dynasty, and an unknown figure failed to reach Ye Yu before the Void Sky Cauldron sent it away.

• Xue Chen blamed Ye Xuan for Blood Thorn’s death and noticed him trying to shield Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Xuan claimed Ye Qingwan knew nothing, but when she tried to flee, Xue Chen severed her hands and feet and threatened Ye Xuan into doing his work.
• Cangyun visited the tortured Ye Qingshuang but left without taking her to Ye Yu, saying that keeping her alive was the most he could do to protect her.
• Qin Han confirmed that Qin Wushuang was being kept unconscious, ordered Ye Yu’s supporters driven into Great Flame, and dismissed the gravely wounded Situ Guang.
• An illusory figure tried to touch the sleeping Ye Yu, but the Void Sky Cauldron blocked it and told it to go back because it could not change what had happened.

Ye Yu learned that his mother had last been seen in the Triangular Region and arranged for people to delay Ye Xuan’s takeover of the Myriad Dynasty. As he traveled toward Great Flame, Yuan Xiang seized control there, while the Blood Demon Race prepared to attack Great Qin.

• Ye Yu contacted Feng Qiwen through the Xu Family ring, learned his mother had been seen in the Triangular Region, and heard that footage of his battle with the Blood Demons had reached Central Province.
• Ye Yu asked Zhou Li to send people to the Myriad Dynasty to keep Ye Xuan from taking control, then set out for Great Flame with Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast.
• Liu Tiannan tried to claim Great Flame’s Imperial Throne, but Yuan Xiang killed him and declared that Great Flame was under his control.
• Great Flame citizens relocating to Great Qin mocked the Great Qin citizens being driven out, while an unseen observer watched them.
• Xue Chen ordered the Blood Demon Race to attack Great Qin before Ye Yu recovered from his fight with Blood Thorn.
• A general at Great Qin’s border condemned commoners who refused to support Crown Prince Qin Han.

Ye Yu returned to Great Yan Imperial City, reclaimed the throne, and ordered the old court restored while concealing his return. In the Void Sky Cauldron, the Cauldron Spirit revealed that destiny was constructed and monitored, leaving Ye Yu wondering whether his rebirth was part of a larger attempt to break free from it.

• Ye Yu entered the imperial palace, where Yuan Xiang gathered Great Yan's remaining old ministers, and took the throne as they recognized him as their returned ruler.
• Ye Yu ordered the ministers to restore Great Yan's court within three days and keep his return secret, threatening death for anyone who revealed it.
• Ye Yu placed sixteen Void Refinement Stage puppets under Yuan Xiang's command, sent Liu Qi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast to assist, and ordered Elder Ji to inform powerful Alchemy Alliance figures of his location.
• Ye Yu entered the Void Sky Cauldron, where the Cauldron Spirit admitted suppressing some of Ye Yu's emotions and described destiny as a predetermined game watched over by powerful creators.
• The Cauldron Spirit showed Ye Yu the fates of Ye Qingwan, Ye Qingshuang, and Ye Qingling, then restored Ye Yu's emotions; a young man's voice mocked the Cauldron Spirit's claim that he had not caused Ye Yu's rebirth.

Ye Yu cultivated while the Cauldron Spirit and the young man wondered whether he could forge a new path. Meanwhile, the Blood Demon Race attacked Great Qin instead of Great Flame, and the sight of Yuan Xiang in Great Flame suggested Ye Yu might be there.

• Ye Yu began cultivating, focusing on strengthening himself as he approached the tribulations required to advance to the Void Refinement Stage.
• The Cauldron Spirit and the young man discussed whether Ye Yu could create a new path, and the young man said he might be willing to support him.
• Qin Han heard that Ye Yu's influence among the people had weakened and assumed Ye Yu would not dare return to Great Qin.
• A messenger told Qin Han that the Blood Demon Race was attacking Great Qin, and Blood Demons overran a city at the southern border.
• Blood Demons appeared at the northern border and slaughtered people on Great Qin's side while Great Flame's refugees watched in shock.
• People recognized Ye Yu's confidant Yuan Xiang in Great Flame, and Qin Han summoned his ministers to Xianyang Palace in a rage.

Great Qin struggled against the Devil Race as Qin Han refused to risk losing the forces that protected him from Ye Yu. As the attack’s connection to Ye Yu became clear, Ye Xuan confronted Xue Qin in the Myriad Dynasty, where she ordered him to help capture it and threatened Ye Qingqing.

• Qin Han rejected sending all the Attendant Hall and Crown Prince’s Inner Army experts to the front, then ordered them to defend nearby major cities while remaining able to reinforce the capital.
• The Devil Race destroyed most minor states around Great Qin and seized a third of its territory, while Great Flame remained untouched and Ye Yu’s absence raised suspicions.
• Zhou Qitian told Zhou Li that Great Zhou would not aid Great Qin because its alliance was with Ye Yu, and he worried about Ye Yu’s plans for Azure Prefecture.
• Ye Xuan, Ye Fan, and Ye Qingqing stayed in a small courtyard in the Myriad Dynasty after Great Zhou’s arrival disrupted their plans, while Ye Fan grew resentful of his circumstances.
• Ye Xuan demanded an explanation from Xue Qin for the Blood Demons’ attack on Great Qin, and she told him to focus on taking the Myriad Dynasty and threatened to seize Ye Qingqing if he disobeyed.

Ye Yu concealed his presence in Great Flame, recruited the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s support, and learned why it sought to return to Central Province. As he waited for Ye Zhentian, news arrived that Great Qin was nearing collapse, leaving Murong Xue to question whether Ye Yu would have abandoned it regardless of Qin Han’s actions.

• Ye Yu returned from seclusion after passing the Divine Soul Tribulation and filled the Great Flame court with stand-ins while keeping news of his presence from Ye Zhentian.
• Ye Yu summoned Liu Qi, who returned with Murong Xue, and she offered the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s support along with intelligence about Xu Yunxi, Feng Qiwen, Great Qin, and Ye Xuan.
• Murong Xue told Ye Yu that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion wanted the Xu family’s help returning to Central Province because its Haotian Mirror had foretold upheaval that could destroy the pavilion.
• Ye Yu learned that Xu Yunxi had last appeared at Lingyun Pavilion and sent the information to Feng Qiwen, who agreed to investigate.
• Ye Yu summoned the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast and waited in the palace for Ye Zhentian while Murong Xue reported that Qin Han had knocked Qin Wushuang unconscious.
• Murong Xue asked Ye Yu whether he would still have abandoned Great Qin if Qin Han had not made his moves.