Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu traveled to Dry Moon Island to capture the Dragon Spirit and strengthen the broken Purple Firmament Sword, while keeping his identity hidden and watching for Ye Chengjun. As the full moon rose, the Dry Moon Sect decided to seek the Ye Family’s support by offering it the Dragon Spirit.

• Ye Yu took Feng Qiwen through the Wang Family’s Teleportation Array to Dry Moon Island, concealing his aura and appearance to avoid the Xu Family’s investigation.
• Ye Yu learned little about Wang Yue and stayed in the same cave dwelling as before while Feng Qiwen gathered information.
• Ye Yu watched the Dry Moon Sect’s Teleportation Array for signs of Ye Chengjun, but no likely contenders arrived before the full moon.
• The Dry Moon Sect Master and elders discussed their worsening position and chose to seek the Ye Family’s backing.
• The Dry Moon Sect decided to offer the Dragon Spirit to the Ye Family as a meeting gift.

The Dry Moon Sect Master activated the sect’s sealed formation to slow everyone on Dry Moon Island and prevent the Wang Family from claiming the Dragon Spirit. Ye Yu discovered that the Dragon Spirit was a Dragon-Phoenix, but it became trapped on the island as the formation’s light spread.

• The Dry Moon Sect Master decided to activate the sect’s secret formation and ordered disciples below the Spirit Transformation Stage to remain inside the sect.
• Ye Yu removed his disguise, and the Dragon Spirit approached him and affectionately rubbed against him.
• Ye Yu recognized the Dragon Spirit as a Dragon-Phoenix and invited it to come with him; it landed on his palm, startling the Cauldron Spirit.
• The Dragon-Phoenix broke free when Ye Yu tried to establish a Karma connection, and the moon turned withered as spiritual light rose from the Dry Moon Sect.
• The formation’s light slowed the Wang Family members and spread across Dry Moon Island, while the Dragon-Phoenix failed to escape and was dragged back by an invisible force.

Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron and Karma power to claim the Dragon-Phoenix Spirit, weakening Ye Chengjun’s Heaven’s Mandate. As the Dry Moon Sect searched for the spirit under an island-wide immobilizing light, Ye Yu confronted the Dry Moon Sect Master.

• Ye Yu resisted the yellow spiritual light with the Void Sky Cauldron, then used Karma power to imprint the Dragon-Phoenix Spirit and absorb it into his arm.
• Ye Chengjun sensed that Heaven’s Mandate had weakened and realized someone was competing with him for it.
• The Dry Moon Sect Master distributed jade talismans to nine elders and led them out to search for the Dragon-Phoenix Spirit before the formation’s one-hour limit expired.
• The Dry Moon Sect Master passed through Wang Family territory and destroyed the Spirit Palaces and dantians of two Wang Family Body Integration Realm cultivators.
• Ye Yu approached the Dry Moon Sect Master, who recognized him and greeted him as the Ye Family’s young friend.

Ye Yu convinced the Dry Moon Sect Master that he represented the Ye Family and negotiated access to the Dry Moon Sect’s hidden opportunity. He identified the creature inside the sect’s boulder as a Kunpeng and left the Sect Master tasked with obtaining the Dragon Spirit in exchange for the stone.

• Ye Yu abandoned his plan to attack the Dry Moon Sect Master and let him explain that the sect had sought the Dragon Spirit for Ye Chengjun.
• Ye Yu led the Dry Moon Sect Master to believe the Ye Family was interested in Dry Moon Island and had sent Ye Yu alone to investigate.
• The Dry Moon Sect Master took Ye Yu back to the sect, where Ye Yu recognized a Kunpeng within the enormous boulder.
• Ye Yu asked the Dry Moon Sect Master to hand over the boulder in exchange for the Ye Family’s help, then agreed to accept the Dragon Spirit instead.
• Ye Yu settled into the seat of honor and feigned the bearing of a powerful guest while the Dry Moon Sect Master accepted the arrangement.

Ye Yu confronted the Cauldron Spirit over the Kunpeng spirit and revealed that he had suspected its plans and tested what it was hiding. He declared that he would follow his own instincts and wanted only to distance himself from the Cauldron Spirit’s struggle.

• Ye Yu argued that he could take the Kunpeng spirit because he considered himself a Fate Defier, while the Cauldron Spirit insisted the opportunity belonged to his mother.
• The Cauldron Spirit revealed that Ye Yu had been reborn because of its and his mother's actions, provoking a surge of Karma power and a halt in the mysterious chains.
• Ye Yu explained that he had deliberately drawn out the Cauldron Spirit's confession and deduced its arrangements involving Ye Chengjun, Yang Zhen, and the Ring of Holding.
• Ye Yu said he trusted his instincts rather than the Cauldron Spirit or his mother, and accused the Cauldron Spirit of shaping his reincarnation and memories.
• Ye Yu told the Cauldron Spirit that he had no interest in its struggle and only wanted to escape the world around him.

Ye Yu took the Kunpeng Stone from the Dry Moon Sect after proving his Ye Family blood and turning the sect master's caution into a negotiation. As Ye Yu left, he told the Cauldron Spirit that he had made proper use of fate.

• Ye Yu told the Cauldron Spirit that his hatred, fear, and desire had made him resemble a true defier of fate.
• The Dry Moon Sect Master returned with dejected elders and shut down the formation, revealing two dead Body Integration Realm experts to the Wang Family.
• Ye Yu asked whether the sect had captured the Dragon Spirit, then claimed the Kunpeng Stone under their agreement.
• Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron's aura to awaken the Kunpeng Stone and stored it in his Ring of Holding.
• When the Dry Moon Sect Master questioned his identity, Ye Yu swore that Ye Family blood flowed within him, and the sect master accepted the oath.
• After leaving Dry Moon Island, Ye Yu told the Cauldron Spirit that he had made proper use of fate.

Ye Yu returned to Central Province to repair the Purple Firmament Sword and prepare to attempt the Body Integration Realm, while Xu Yunxi revealed that she had made herself the true Defier of Fate to shield him from the Emperor. The chapter left Ye Yu unaware that his mother was drawing the Emperor’s attention onto herself so he could act unnoticed.

• Ye Yu explained that destiny had made the Dry Moon Sect see him as part of the Ye family, then returned to Central Province with Feng Qiwen.
• Ye Yu retrieved his puppet and spiritual root and headed for the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to repair the Purple Firmament Sword before attempting the Body Integration Realm.
• Xu Yunxi sensed that Ye Yu had taken part of an opportunity belonging to her, but welcomed it as a sign that he could protect himself.
• Xu Yunxi argued with Po Jun that Defiers of Fate were trapped by destiny and called him a traitor for joining the Imperial Clan.
• Xu Yunxi revealed that she had accepted the Defier of Fate identity to conceal Ye Yu, drawing the Emperor’s attention onto herself so Ye Yu could remain unnoticed.

Ye Yu avoided leading Feng Qiwen directly to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, then followed Murong Xue to meet the artifact refiner Xun Mo. The chapter left Xun Mo angrily demanding to know why the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion would not let him go, as Ye Yu wondered whether his mother was involved.

• Ye Yu stopped far from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and summoned Murong Xue because a Mahayana Stage expert from the Xu family was tracking him.
• Murong Xue took the unconscious Wang Xiong back to Ye Chenxiang, and the two decided to have a child as their last hope after losing their spiritual roots and Bloodline Power.
• After three days of travel, Murong Xue led Ye Yu and Feng Qiwen to a blacksmith's shop in a small city to meet Xun Mo.
• Xun Mo recognized the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and demanded to know why it would not let him go, prompting Ye Yu to wonder whether his mother was involved.

Ye Yu met Xun Mo, a craftsman haunted by visions of an unchangeable future, and received a fragment of the Void Sky Cauldron from him. Ye Yu challenged Xun Mo to focus on the present and asked him to repair the Purple Firmament Sword, leaving Xun Mo impressed by the weapon.

• Ye Yu realized Xun Mo had likely seen visions while repairing the Haotian Mirror, and Xun Mo broke down when Ye Yu agreed to leave just as he had foreseen.
• Xun Mo asked Ye Yu to stay alone and led him to an underground furnace, where he revealed a fragment of the Void Sky Cauldron that merged into Ye Yu's body.
• Xun Mo explained that the fragment had shown him scenes of a future he believed he could not change, and Ye Yu urged him to focus on the present.
• Ye Yu asked Xun Mo to repair the broken Purple Firmament Sword, and Xun Mo praised its quality despite its low rank.

Ye Yu entrusted Xun Mo with repairing the Purple Firmament Sword and waited in a nearby city while he cultivated and received reports about the royal clans. Meanwhile, Li Daoyi prepared to search for Xu Yunxi, though Gai You feared his growing obsession was driving him toward madness.

• Ye Yu gave Xun Mo a vast store of refining materials and agreed to let him keep the surplus while he repaired the Purple Firmament Sword within a month.
• Xun Mo warned Ye Yu that the sword's spirit was severely damaged and that he needed to prepare another sword spirit.
• Ye Yu settled at an inn with Murong Xue and Feng Qiwen, cultivated, and heard that the royal clans were increasingly active and might soon reach Central Province.
• Murong Xue and Feng Qiwen discussed reports of four gates above the Divine Continent, but Ye Yu chose to focus on reaching the Body Integration Realm.
• Gai You told Li Daoyi that they would depart in three days, and Li Daoyi eagerly anticipated finding Xu Yunxi while Gai You feared his weakening sword intent signaled an approaching inner demon.

Ye Yu nearly advanced to the Body Integration Realm, then waited at Xun Mo’s blacksmith shop while the Purple Firmament Sword was repaired. When the restored sword emerged, it returned to Ye Yu but violently rejected his attempt to draw it into his body.

• Ye Yu’s consciousness approached his Chaos Nascent Soul, triggering his Karma power to surge and forcing him to pull his consciousness back before he was injured.
• Ye Yu learned Murong Xue had returned to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, then went to Xun Mo’s blacksmith shop to stand guard.
• After more than twenty days, earthfire erupted from the shop, and the repaired Purple Firmament Sword emerged amid a heavenly phenomenon.
• Nearby cultivators rushed for the sword, but its Sword Qi killed more than ten of them before Ye Yu summoned it to his hand.
• Xun Mo explained that he had erased Ye Yu’s master imprint while repairing the sword, but the sword still bonded with Ye Yu; when Ye Yu tried to draw it into his body, it blasted free and flew away.

Ye Yu discovered that the Autumn Water Sword prevented him from bonding with the Purple Firmament Sword, then confronted Lin Qiang after Lin Qiang seized it. A Mahayana expert intervened before Ye Yu could finish Lin Qiang, and Ye Yu left for the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion with the Origin Returning Cover.

• Ye Yu found that the Autumn Water Sword's presence in his body rejected the Purple Firmament Sword, leaving him unable to achieve unity with it.
• Lin Qiang captured the Purple Firmament Sword in the Origin Returning Cover and claimed it, while Xun Mo warned Ye Yu not to provoke the Lin family.
• Ye Yu revealed his golden body, crushed Lin Qiang's neck, and caught his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• The Xu family's Ninth Elder sent Ye Yu reeling and rescued Lin Qiang's Nascent Soul, warning Ye Yu to stop his schemes before the Great Family Competition.
• Ye Yu took the Origin Returning Cover, saluted Xun Mo, and departed for the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion as the Ninth Elder descended before Xun Mo.

Ye Yu bargained with the Cauldron Spirit over a Void Sky Cauldron fragment, then reached the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and encountered his suspicious senior brother Jiang Taibai. Jiang Taibai warned Ye Yu that he trusted no one, while Ye Yu admitted he felt the same.

• Ninth Elder took Xun Mo away after he said he could not repair Spring Rhyme, leaving him trapped with familiar faces in a dark space.
• Ye Yu broke the Origin Returning Cover with the Small Cauldron and retrieved the Purple Firmament Sword.
• Ye Yu agreed to give the Cauldron Spirit Xun Mo's Void Sky Cauldron fragment in exchange for repairing the Dragon-Phoenix Spirit, the Kunpeng Spirit, and Dan Chenzi's divine soul, and made it swear an oath.
• Ye Yu grew uneasy about the Void Sky Cauldron's urgent need to recover its strength and wondered what was coming.
• Ye Yu arrived at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and found powerful cultivators gathered there, including Zheng Xiang and Jiang Taibai.
• Jiang Taibai accused Ye Yu of concealing his reasons for coming and warned that he trusted no one; Ye Yu replied that he only trusted himself too.

Ye Yu admitted that Xu Yunxi was his mother after Jiang Taibai and Zheng Xiang discovered Feng Qiwen on his spirit vessel, and the Dark Hall pair captured them. While Feng Qiwen said the Xu family would leave Ye Yu alone if he behaved, Ye Yu no longer trusted him, and Jiang Taibai remained wary of Ye Yu's claim.

• Jiang Taibai dismissed Zheng Xiang's optimism and argued that people could not be trusted in the cultivation world.
• Ye Yu revealed Feng Qiwen and told Jiang Taibai that Xu Yunxi was his mother.
• Jiang Taibai ordered Zheng Xiang to seal Ye Yu and Feng Qiwen's spiritual power and take them to a thatched cottage until their Master returned.
• Ye Yu noticed the cottage was being watched and accused Feng Qiwen of arranging the situation to make him acknowledge his identity and appear at the Great Family Competition.
• Feng Qiwen said the Xu family would not harm Ye Yu if he behaved, but Ye Yu no longer trusted him.
• Jiang Taibai rejected Zheng Xiang's belief that Ye Yu had been threatened and recalled that trusting someone had led to Fourth Brother's death and Fifth Brother's destruction.

Jiang Taibai visited Wang Xiong and Ye Chenxiang, who urged him to abandon his cultivation and join their quiet life, before a distant explosion drew cultivators toward the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. Ye Yu went to investigate, where Guan Yunlan recognized him as her grandson despite the Xu Family’s test denying their blood connection, and the Ninth Elder trapped him.

• Jiang Taibai restored Wang Xiong’s failed seeds and spoke with him and Ye Chenxiang, who invited him to give up his cultivation and live with them.
• A muffled boom near the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s cave abode drew Jiang Taibai, Zheng Xiang, and other cultivators away.
• Ye Yu left Feng Qiwen behind and secretly approached the cave abode, where Lei Dong and Li Daoyi were trying to break its barrier.
• Guan Yunlan appeared beside Ye Yu and recognized him as Yunxi’s child, but the Xu Family’s Ninth Elder reminded her that the clan head had tested him and found no Xu Family bloodline.
• Guan Yunlan told the Ninth Elder to let Ye Yu leave, but the Ninth Elder trapped him in a spiritual cage, and Ye Yu attacked them with Sword Qi.

Ye Yu was pulled into the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion after using Murong Chen’s key, while Li Daoyi and the others remained outside the barrier. Inside, Murong Xue told him the Pavilion had been sealed for two days, and Ye Yu recognized the Void Sky Cauldron’s azure light atop the stone tower.

• Ye Yu drew Li Daoyi’s attention with Sword Qi, and Li Daoyi shattered the spiritual light cage before confronting Guan Yunlan and the Ninth Elder.
• Jiang Taibai told Li Daoyi about Ye Yu’s conversation with Feng Qiwen, prompting Li Daoyi to accuse the Xu family of plotting to have someone impersonate Xu Yunxi’s child.
• Lei Dong proposed that the four Mahayana cultivators work together to open the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, and they discussed avoiding a direct assault on its barrier.
• Ye Yu offered to speak with Murong Xue and used Murong Chen’s key at the cave abode, but the barrier dragged him inside and resisted Li Daoyi’s and Guan Yunlan’s attacks.
• Murong Xue welcomed Ye Yu and explained that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had been sealed for two days; when Ye Yu saw the stone tower, he recognized the Void Sky Cauldron’s azure light sealing it.

Ye Yu entered the light cocoon to confront Murong Chen, while the Cauldron Spirit and Mirror Spirit revealed their conflicting motives and shared history. Inside the cocoon, Ye Yu found Murong Chen at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, where Murong Chen reflected on having destroyed its former beauty.

• Ye Yu entered the stone tower and saw the Haotian Mirror reunite with its fragments as cyan and yellow light subdued the cocoon.
• The Cauldron Spirit told Ye Yu to use Autumn Water, and Ye Yu entered the light cocoon with the sword.
• The Cauldron Spirit and Mirror Spirit argued over their past choices, with the Mirror Spirit accusing the Cauldron Spirit of betraying humanity and revealing her experiment involving Ye Yu.
• The Mirror Spirit explained that she had allowed the Cauldron Spirit to shatter her so she could turn back time and test whether Ye Yu could follow the heartless path.
• Ye Yu emerged in a Heavenly Mystery Pavilion beneath an open sky and found Murong Chen touching its central stone tower.
• Murong Chen told Ye Yu that the former Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had been beautiful before he destroyed it.

Ye Yu spoke with Murong Chen while both men stalled for time inside the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, and they debated whether Ye Yu was truly the Defier of Fate. Murong Chen launched a powerful attack, but the Void Sky Cauldron intervened, allowing Ye Yu to turn the tables as Murong Chen’s cultivation began to collapse.

• Murong Chen led Ye Yu through the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and suggested they talk before one of them died.
• Ye Yu argued that even the force guiding fate could not see through the human heart, while Murong Chen concluded that Ye Yu was not the Defier of Fate.
• Murong Chen revealed that he had used their leisurely walk to wait for the Haotian Mirror’s suppression to weaken, then recovered to the Integrated Body Late Stage.
• Murong Chen cast the Law Tier Spiritual Skill Falling Stars, sending flaming stars down on Ye Yu and setting the pavilion grounds ablaze.
• A cyan beam from the Void Sky Cauldron shattered Murong Chen’s stars, extinguished the flames, and rapidly suppressed his cultivation.
• Ye Yu approached Murong Chen with his sword and explained that he had also been stalling while the Void Sky Cauldron prepared to suppress him.

Ye Yu fought Murong Chen after the Void Sky Cauldron suppressed him, using the Autumn Water Sword and the power of Karma to overcome his techniques. Murong Chen was defeated and lamented his fate, while Ye Yu realized that their conflict had been shaped by Murong Chen’s attempt to take something from him.

• The Cauldron Spirit suffered backlash from suppressing Murong Chen, and the Mirror Spirit replenished its strength while reflecting on Ye Yu’s lack of fear of death.
• Murong Chen broke free of the cocoon of light but was left at late Void Refining, and he faced Ye Yu on a chessboard domain.
• Ye Yu used the Autumn Water Sword and Innate Breathing Technique to absorb the dwindling spiritual energy and withstand Murong Chen’s star attacks.
• Murong Chen invoked Myriad Luo Starboard, but Ye Yu’s power of Karma resisted the suppression and shattered the chessboard, forcing Murong Chen to his knee.
• Murong Chen cried out that he refused to be a foil, while azure and yellow light suppressed his surging power.
• Ye Yu realized that Murong Chen’s attempt to gain something from him had set their fated conflict in motion, and that Murong Chen might otherwise have siphoned Xu Yunxi’s fortune.

Ye Yu defeated Murong Chen, ending the Heaven's Punishment that had trapped the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and leaving Murong Chen dead. As the Pavilion's members fought over its divine artifacts, Ye Yu left with Murong Xue and the corpse, while Lei Dong demanded to know where the Haotian Mirror had gone.

• Murong Chen realized that he and Ye Yu were Chess Pieces, but Ye Yu told him to enter the game rather than pretend to control it, then killed him with the Autumn Water Sword.
• The karmic chessboard shattered, the Haotian Mirror returned three fragments to Ye Yu, and the Void Sky Cauldron merged into him as the Pavilion's barrier collapsed.
• Murong Xue found Murong Chen dead and mourned him while the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion members rushed to seize the Haotian Mirror and Seven Star Lamp.
• Ye Yu carried Murong Xue and Murong Chen's corpse out of the stone tower as fighting broke out over the artifacts inside.
• Li Daoyi, Guan Yunlan, Lei Dong, and the Ninth Elder met Ye Yu; Lei Dong then noticed the Haotian Mirror was missing and turned his attention to Murong Xue.