Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu climbed the Ascending Heaven Staircase with ease, throwing Liu Ruyan off after she mocked him and leaving Qin Ruoxian to rest when the staircase’s suppression threatened her seal. As Ye Xuan reached the eight-hundredth stair, Ye Yu rapidly closed in on him, stunning the spectators and freezing Ye Fan’s smile.

• Ye Fan corrected onlookers who mistook Ye Xuan for Ye Yu, then dismissed Ye Yu’s strength as a temporary burst from exhausting his potential.
• Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian reached the four-hundredth stair, gave Qi Gathering Pills to Qin Yue and another person, and began cultivating amid the dense spiritual energy.
• When Liu Ruyan mocked him, Ye Yu lifted her by the collar and threw her off the staircase, ending her chance to climb it again.
• Ye Yu passed Ye Qingshuang and climbed to the seven-hundredth stair, while Qin Ruoxian stopped to rest as her seal began to loosen under the suppression.
• Ye Xuan reached the eight-hundredth stair, but Ye Yu climbed rapidly toward him, leaving Ye Fan stunned and Qin Wushuang delighted.

Ye Yu reached the upper stairs of the Ascending Heaven Staircase, threw Ye Xuan and Ye Qingshuang down, and stopped at stair 996 to receive his reward. As he refined the immense spiritual energy, his golden core cracked and he began breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Qin Wushuang boasted that Ye Yu had hidden his talent, while Ye Fan dismissed him as an abandoned child who could not surpass Ye Xuan.
• Ye Yu met Ye Xuan on the eight-hundredth stair and threw him down the staircase after Ye Xuan threatened him.
• Ye Yu also threw Ye Qingshuang down when she questioned him, then continued climbing as the other cultivators watched in fear.
• Ye Yu reached the nine-hundredth stair, stopped at stair 996, and waited for the staircase's reward rather than press on toward the Sacred Pill Sect's palace.
• Ye Yu endured the spiritual energy until a pure white aura appeared, then refined it and began breaking through into the Nascent Soul Realm.

Ye Yu condensed a Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul, stunning the observers and raising hopes for Great Qin, but the Small Cauldron then triggered a further transformation. The chapter left everyone confronting the revelation that Ye Yu had once drawn the attention of the three Human Dao Sages.

• Ye Yu used the Ethereal Qi to purify himself as he condensed his Nascent Soul, and the Nascent Soul Tribulation began.
• Ye Yu’s Nascent Soul first appeared to be Purple Mansion, then produced the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Painting omen of an Earth Fiend Nascent Soul.
• A Sea of Thunder and azure lotuses appeared around Ye Yu, revealing that he had condensed a Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul and making Qin Wushuang celebrate while Ye Fan and Great Yan’s prospects darkened.
• The Small Cauldron released a ray of light that merged the three pillars of light into Ye Yu’s Nascent Soul, causing his spiritual power to surge again.
• The omen changed to show the three Human Dao Sages, and Qin Wushuang and Situ Guang realized Ye Yu was the cultivator who had once drawn their attention.

Ye Yu’s Heavenly Revelation Nascent Soul drew the attention of the Human Dao Sages, then triggered a devastating tribulation that nearly overwhelmed him. Before it could finish, an unknown hand pulled him into the Sacred Pill Sect’s ruined palace, where Dan Chenzi revealed the Nine Nether Blood Spring and offered him a fortune.

• Ye Yu’s Nascent Soul absorbed the blessings of the three Human Dao Sages, and a white light revealed a great cauldron before the phenomenon vanished.
• A Nascent Soul Tribulation struck as Ye Yu’s Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body absorbed the lightning, but the power threatened to overwhelm him and damage the secret realm.
• A huge hand dragged Ye Yu through a spatial rift, making Qin Ruoxian collapse while Ye Xuan and Liu Ruyan laughed and Ye Fan celebrated.
• Ye Yu awoke in a pitch-black palace and met Dan Chenzi, the Sacred Pill Sect’s last sect master.
• Dan Chenzi confirmed that the Nine Nether Blood Spring caused the Sacred Pill Sect’s downfall, revealed the blood pool beneath the palace, and offered Ye Yu a fortune.

Ye Yu agreed to return within ten years to suppress the Nine Nether Blood Spring, received Dan Chenzi’s ring, and stabilized his Nascent Soul realm. Outside the sealed secret realm, Ye Fan used Ye Yu’s apparent death to pressure Qin Wushuang into marrying Qin Ruoxian to Xiao Xuan.

• Ye Yu rejected Dan Chenzi’s offer to stay for a hundred years but agreed to return within ten years, and Dan Chenzi gave him a Ring of Holding as a deposit.
• Dan Chenzi urged Ye Yu to stabilize his realm, and Ye Yu absorbed the palace’s spiritual qi until his Nascent Soul Early Stage realm was secure.
• Qin Ruoxian rushed toward the Sacred Pill Sect to search for Ye Yu, but Dan Chenzi sent everyone outside the secret realm and sealed its entrance.
• Dan Chenzi returned the Purple Firmament Sword to Ye Yu, warned him of a sleeping remnant soul within it, and sent him out with a jade token for future entry.
• Ye Fan told Qin Wushuang that Ye Yu had not made it out and offered Great Qin support if Qin Ruoxian married Xiao Xuan.

Ye Yu returned in time to save Qin Ruoxian and turn the battle between Great Qin and Great Yan. After telling Qin Wushuang to withdraw Great Qin’s people, Ye Yu prepared to settle accounts with Lord Ye.

• Ye Xuan claimed he would marry Qin Ruoxian as a secondary wife, and Qin Ruoxian rejected him.
• Ye Fan attacked Qin Ruoxian and demanded all of Great Qin’s War of a Hundred Dynasties slots, sparking a fight between the two dynasties.
• Ye Xuan blocked Qin Ruoxian’s escape and ordered his Attendants to capture her, while Nangong Wushe seized her by the throat.
• Ye Yu appeared, killed Nangong Wushe and another Great Yan Attendant, and reunited with Qin Ruoxian.
• Ye Yu attacked Ye Xuan, but Ye Fan stepped in to block the strike, and Ye Yu told Qin Wushuang to withdraw Great Qin’s people.

Ye Yu fought Ye Fan, who used his peak Nascent Soul strength to overwhelm him in a direct clash. Ye Yu turned the battle by trapping the Great Yan Dynasty group in the Green Lotus Sword Array and left Ye Fan grievously wounded, then suspected Ye Xuan was valuable enough to warrant such protection.

• Qin Wushuang offered to help Ye Yu, but Ye Yu told him to protect Ruoxian and faced Ye Fan alone.
• Ye Fan unleashed the Fire Cloud Palm, and Ye Yu countered with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, matching his attack but suffering internal strain.
• Ye Fan pressed Ye Yu in close combat, wounded him repeatedly, and sent him flying with a punch to the chest.
• Ye Yu activated a formation that trapped the Great Yan Dynasty group and unleashed the Green Lotus Sword Array while Ye Fan shielded them.
• Ye Yu struck Ye Fan with the Sea-Parting Form, leaving him covered in wounds and missing his left arm.
• Ye Yu remarked that Ye Xuan must be worth the heavy price Ye Fan had paid to protect him.

Ye Yu forced Ye Fan to retreat, then escaped with Qin Wushuang while warning that the Nine Nether Blood Spring would soon occupy Great Flame’s attention. After healing, Ye Yu searched Dan Chenzi’s treasures for a suitable cultivation method and turned to Small Cauldron, which subtly responded.

• Ye Fan crushed a spatial jade talisman and fled with the Great Yan Dynasty after Ye Yu severed his arm.
• Ye Yu and Qin Wushuang escaped aboard a spirit vessel, where Ye Yu predicted Ye Fan would have to deal with the Nine Nether Blood Spring before pursuing him.
• Ye Qingshuang found guards dead and Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan missing, then suffered festering wounds that healing pills could not cure.
• Several days later, Ye Yu examined Dan Chenzi’s Ring of Holding but found no cultivation method suited to him.
• Ye Yu summoned Small Cauldron and lamented that he needed a suitable cultivation method, unaware that it swayed as if answering him.

Ye Yu obtained the Primordial Undying Art from the Small Cauldron and transformed his spiritual energy into powerful Chaos Spiritual Energy. He agreed to meet Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan for political reasons, but rejected Ye Qingwan’s attempt to use her apology to get help with the marriage contract.

• Ye Yu poured nearly all his spiritual energy into the Small Cauldron, which released an ancient cultivation art called the Primordial Undying Art.
• Ye Yu cultivated for several days and transformed his spiritual energy, causing Qin Wushuang to sense an instinctive fear from him.
• Qin Wushuang told Ye Yu that Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan wanted to see him, and Ye Yu agreed because Ye Qingwan had built a useful force in Great Flame.
• Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan met Ye Yu outside the imperial palace, and Ye Qingxuan rushed toward him before he blocked her with a wall of spiritual energy.
• Ye Qingwan showed Ye Yu her injuries and asked him to return to Great Flame, but Ye Yu dismissed her suffering and accused her of seeking help with the marriage contract.

Ye Yu used his meeting with Ye Qingwan to make Ye Fan and Ye Xuan suspect her, then returned to the Nine Nether Blood Spring. There he found Shi Lei being mocked by locals who had forgotten Ye Yu’s role in saving them.

• Ye Qingwan urged Ye Yu to return to Great Flame and help her secure the throne, but Ye Yu refused and left with Qin Yue.
• Ye Yu and Qin Yue discussed how the meeting would sound to Ye Fan and Ye Xuan, and Ye Yu planned to intensify their suspicions.
• After hearing about the meeting, Ye Fan ordered Ye Qingwan and Ye Yu captured; Ye Xuan defended Ye Qingwan, prompting Ye Fan to reconsider his accusation.
• Ye Yu returned to the city near the sealed Nine Nether Blood Spring and found Shi Lei being offered food to curse him.
• Shi Lei reminded the crowd that Ye Yu had sealed the Blood Spring and protected the city, but the locals dismissed him and praised Ye Xuan instead.

Ye Yu reunited with Shi Lei, warned the cultivators to leave, and went to the Nine Nether Blood Spring. After retrieving his corroded spiritual root, he dissolved the seal and left as the Blood Spring began to erupt.

• Ye Yu rescued Shi Lei from a cultivator who was tormenting him and revealed his Nascent Soul Realm pressure, sending the surrounding cultivators fleeing.
• Ye Yu took Shi Lei toward the Nine Nether Blood Spring, and Shi Lei realized Ye Yu intended to unseal it.
• Ye Yu killed the Golden Core Stage guards, retrieved his spiritual root, and used the Small Cauldron to remove the Nine Nether Blood Qi from it.
• Ye Yu dissolved the Blood Spring's seal and left with Shi Lei as blood qi began to seep out.
• That night, the Blood Spring erupted, spreading blood qi through the forest and withering the living things in its path.

The Nine Nether Blood Spring erupted after Ye Yu’s seal was weakened, devastating Great Flame while Ye Yu shielded Great Qin from the spreading Blood Qi. As Ye Fan sent Ye Xuan to contain the disaster and threatened Ye Qingwan, she sought Ye Qingshuang’s help but froze upon entering her palace.

• Shi Lei and Ye Yu observed that the border town’s people had grown complacent under Ye Xuan’s influence, then returned to Great Qin.
• The Nine Nether Blood Spring erupted, and the Blood Qi rotted Great Flame’s people and buildings as the townspeople fled in panic.
• Ye Yu repelled the Blood Qi at Great Qin’s border, while Great Qin’s soldiers and civilians recognized him as their protector.
• Great Qin turned away Great Flame refugees as the Blood Qi devastated the border, and news of the eruption spread across Great Flame.
• Ye Fan ordered Ye Xuan to take the Attendant Hall and control the Blood Spring, gave him the Imperial Guard Token, and vowed not to spare Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Qingwan sought Ye Qingshuang’s help, but froze when she entered Ye Qingshuang’s palace.

Ye Qingshuang suffered from the Nine Nether Blood Qi as it devastated Great Flame, while Ye Xuan set out to stop the crisis and Ye Yu arranged to reveal the spring’s sealing method. Ye Yu then accepted the Qingyun Sect’s invitation to treat Yan Ruyu’s blood poison and prepared to travel there alone.

• Ye Qingshuang begged Ye Qingwan for help as her wounds repeatedly healed and rotted, but Ye Xuan fled after learning she carried the Nine Nether Blood Qi.
• The Nine Nether Blood Qi spread across three cities and eight prefectures, killing hundreds of thousands, and Ye Xuan led Great Flame’s Attendants toward the Nine Nether Blood Spring amid rising public hope.
• Ye Yu learned of Ye Xuan’s mission and instructed Xue Li to have a subordinate reveal the method for sealing the spring.
• Ye Yu decided to visit the Qingyun Sect to remove Yan Ruyu’s blood poison, and he declined Qin Wushuang’s offer to send Attendants with him.

Ye Xuan’s attempt to contain and then drive back the Nine Nether Blood Qi failed, and he blamed Ye Yu for supposedly tampering with the seal. Ye Yu learned that his plan to stir conflict between Ye Xuan and Ye Qingwan was working, then arrived at Qingyun Mountain, where the younger generation of many sects had gathered.

• Ye Xuan led the Attendants to contain the Nine Nether Blood Qi with a spiritual-energy barrier and Spirit-Gathering Formation disks.
• At the people’s urging, Ye Xuan ordered the Attendants to push back the blood qi, but they managed to advance only a dozen or so li before stopping.
• A trusted aide of Ye Qingwan challenged Ye Xuan to match Ye Yu’s achievement, and Ye Xuan claimed Ye Yu had tampered with the seal.
• Ye Xuan left in disgrace as the crowd debated his explanation.
• Xue Li reported the events to Ye Yu, who was pleased that his plan to provoke conflict between Ye Qingwan and Ye Xuan was succeeding.
• Ye Yu descended onto Qingyun Mountain, where elite young people from many sects had gathered.

Ye Yu learned that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had ranked him fifth on the Qingzhou Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, then examined Yan Ruyu and agreed to represent Qingyun Sect at the Sect Grand Assembly. He accepted after learning the Moon Shadow Sect had invited Gongsun Wuji of the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, and hoped to meet Qingyun Ancestor.

• Ye Yu registered for the Sect Grand Assembly and discovered he was ranked fifth on the Qingzhou Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, with Ye Qingling ranked thirty-sixth.
• Ye Yu noticed that the ranking omitted figures such as Zi Yun and Zhou Li, then met Leng Qianqiu at his residence.
• Ye Yu examined Yan Ruyu and told Leng Qianqiu that her blood poison could be cured, but she would not recover in time for the assembly.
• Leng Qianqiu asked Ye Yu to represent Qingyun Sect, explaining that the Moon Shadow Sect had invited someone from Leizhou and that Azure Prefecture's territory could be at stake.
• After reading Leng Qianqiu's jade slip naming Purple Firmament Sword Sect and Gongsun Wuji, Ye Yu agreed on the condition that he could meet Qingyun Ancestor.

Ye Yu attended the Sect Grand Assembly, where he assessed the young geniuses and the powerful Gongsun Wuji of the Purple Firmament Sword Sect. The opening arena matches revealed Ji Wuming as the top-ranked prodigy, and the chapter ended as Chi Hu challenged him.

• Ye Yu prepared a pill with Spiritual Medicine from Leng Qianqiu to purge Yan Ruyu's blood poison and agreed to fight for Qingyun Sect at the assembly.
• Lin Jingfeng introduced Ye Yu to Chi Hu and Yun Piaoyue, while Ye Yu spotted Ye Qingling seeking Gongsun Wuji's help to get her brother into the Purple Firmament Sword Sect.
• Ye Yu recognized the saber-wielding Ji Wuming as the Number One on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, and Ji Wuming swiftly defeated the opening-round opponents.
• Gongsun Wuji disparaged Azure Prefecture's cultivators after Ji Wuming dominated the preliminary matches.
• Ji Wuming entered the arena and challenged the remaining competitors, and Chi Hu stepped forward to fight him.

Ji Wuming defeated Chi Hu, and Gongsun Wuji then knocked Ji Wuming from the arena. Ye Yu remained untouched by the battle’s stray attacks, drawing Yun Piaoyue’s suspicion as the challenge continued.

• Ji Wuming defeated Chi Hu without drawing his saber, leaving Chi Hu unconscious and unharmed himself apart from scorch marks.
• Ye Yu told Lin Jingfeng to leave, and Lin Jingfeng departed with the disciples below the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Qingling insulted Ye Yu, who recalled kneeling for a month to secure her place in the Moon Shadow Sect and how she mistook Ye Xuan’s actions for his own.
• Gongsun Wuji challenged Ji Wuming, and Ye Yu stood still as stray Sword Qi dissipated against him.
• Gongsun Wuji’s Mystic King Sword Qi overwhelmed Ji Wuming’s Hegemonic Saber and blasted him from the arena.

Ye Yu faced Gongsun Wuji after Gongsun mocked Azure Prefecture’s cultivators, and Gongsun unleashed a powerful sword strike that seemed to defeat him. Ye Yu emerged unharmed with the Purple Firmament Sword, leaving Gongsun and the assembled sect leaders stunned.

• Gongsun Wuji offered to let Ye Qingling claim first place, and Ye Yu interrupted to challenge him.
• Ye Qingling accused Ye Yu of waiting until Gongsun was depleted, but Ye Yu asked whether Gongsun needed to rest before stepping onto the arena.
• Gongsun Wuji dismissed Ye Yu and unleashed his Mystic King Sword Qi, cleaving the arena and engulfing Ye Yu in azure astral wind.
• Ye Qingling celebrated Ye Yu’s apparent death as Leng Qianqiu prepared to declare Gongsun the winner.
• Ye Yu’s Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique tore through the wind, and he appeared unharmed with the Purple Firmament Sword in his hand.

Ye Yu won the Sect Grand Assembly after Gongsun Wuji recognized the Purple Firmament Sword, and learned that the sword made him the Purple Firmament Sword Sect’s Holy Son. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan confronted Ye Qingwan in the Great Yan Dynasty, accusing her of secretly seeking the Imperial Throne.

• Gongsun Wuji conceded defeat to Ye Yu after seeing that the Purple Firmament Sword had recognized him, and Ye Qingling failed to overturn the result.
• Ye Yu struck Ye Qingling off the arena, and Leng Qianqiu announced him as the Sect Grand Assembly champion.
• Gongsun Wuji knelt before Ye Yu and explained that the Purple Firmament Sword’s chosen wielder became the sect’s Holy Son; Ye Yu agreed to return with him after handling his affairs in Azure Prefecture.
• Ye Fan told Ye Xuan to handle Ye Qingwan’s alleged slander himself, and Ye Xuan went to confront her.
• Ye Xuan shoved Ye Qingwan away and accused her of coveting the Imperial Throne.

Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingshuang turned to Ye Yu for help after Ye Xuan imprisoned them, while Ye Yu waited at Qingyun Mountain for a meeting with the Qingyun Ancestor. The Ancestor agreed to meet Ye Yu, who asked how to reach the Spirit Transformation Stage, and the Ancestor sensed something inside his body.

• Ye Xuan accused Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingshuang of harming him, then ordered Golden Armored Guards to confine them and send two of them to Great Zhou after the War of a Hundred Dynasties.
• Ye Qingwan asked Ye Qingshuang to contact her master and bring Ye Yu back, promising to support his bid for the Imperial Throne.
• Xue Li reported the sisters' plans to Ye Yu, who was satisfied that events were unfolding as he intended and waited for Ye Qingshuang to visit.
• Ye Yu cultivated at Qingyun Mountain while waiting for Leng Qianqiu, and discovered that the Void Sky Cauldron would not open.
• Leng Qianqiu brought Ye Yu to meet the Qingyun Ancestor, who had evaded Ye Yu's divine sense.
• Ye Yu asked how to break through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, and the Qingyun Ancestor said there seemed to be something inside his body.