Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu pushed Zhou Li to defend Great Qin against Ren Xiaoyao and the Nine Spirits Sword Sect, then watched Ye Fan accept a reduced payment for Ye Qingwan’s marriage. As Ye Yu prepared to leave, Ye Qingwan begged him to save her from marrying Zhou Li.

• Ren Xiaoyao surrounded Ye Yu and his companions with more than twenty Spirit Transformation Stage experts, but Ye Yu urged Zhou Li to defend the lower-ranked dynasties.
• Zhou Li declared that the Nine Spirits Sword Sect could not bully people in Great Zhou, then ordered Elder Yuan to confront Ren Xiaoyao after Ye Xuan invoked the Alchemy Alliance.
• Ren Xiaoyao backed down, and Zhou Li handed Ye Fan a Ring of Holding containing only a third of the agreed payment for Ye Qingwan.
• Ye Yu approached Zhou Li with Qin Ruoxian, and Ye Qingwan noticed Zhou Li’s ingratiating smile and fear of Ye Yu.
• Ye Qingwan stopped Ye Yu and begged him to help her avoid marrying Zhou Li.

Ye Qingwan accused Ye Xuan of being a Devil Race spy, leading the court to uncover a blood pool beneath the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. Ye Yu’s spiritual light revived the chained Liu Ruyan, leaving Ye Xuan shocked that she was still alive.

• Ye Qingwan pleaded with Ye Yu to stop her marriage to Zhou Li, but Ye Yu rejected her and told Zhou Li to discipline her.
• Ye Qingwan accused Ye Xuan of being a Devil Race spy, and Ye Fan led the gathered officials and sect members to inspect the Eastern Palace.
• Elder Yuan and Ren Xiaoyao exposed a hidden blood pool beneath the palace, where an old woman hung from chains.
• Ye Xuan tried to shift blame for the blood pool onto Ye Yu, and Ye Qingwan defended Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu sent spiritual light into the chained woman, and Liu Ruyan suddenly moved.

Liu Ruyan exposed Ye Xuan’s role in her suffering before dying, leaving the people around him suspicious and Ye Fan afraid of becoming his next target. As Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian returned to Great Qin, Ye Xuan ordered Xue Li to begin their next move.

• Liu Ruyan recognized Ye Yu, apologized to him, accused Ye Xuan of being a vicious wolf, and died before she could explain the matter further.
• Ye Xuan pretended to grieve for Liu Ruyan, while Ye Fan realized Ye Yu was not responsible and grew wary of Ye Xuan.
• Zhou Li chose not to investigate further because there was no demonic aura, and he took the despairing Ye Qingwan away from the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Ye Yu and Qin Ruoxian set off for Great Qin, and Ye Yu explained that rulers gained the people’s trust by meeting their needs while giving them hope.
• Ye Xuan confronted Xue Li for failing to kill Liu Ruyan, then ordered him to send the message and begin their plan.

Ye Xuan ordered the Blood Demon Race to begin invading Azure Prefecture, while Ye Yu prepared to guard against the attack. After Ye Qingxuan awoke, Ye Yu confronted her over the aura of his mother that clung to her, and she revealed that his mother had given her the ring she wore.

• Ye Xuan told Xue Li to prepare the Blood Demon Race’s invasion, and Xue Li relayed the news to Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu marked likely invasion points on a map and ordered Liu Qi to have formation masters inspect them.
• Qin Ruoxian departed from the Great Qin Dynasty, while Qin Wushuang watched her leave.
• Ye Qingxuan awoke after two days, and Ye Yu restrained her and tried to search her soul, but a powerful seal in her sea of consciousness repelled him.
• The Cauldron Spirit identified Ye Qingxuan’s violet-gold ring as the source of the seal, and Ye Qingxuan said the Empress had given it to her.
• Ye Qingxuan remembered promising the Empress she would protect Xiaoyu and apologized for how she had treated him.

Ye Yu uncovered his mother’s Purple Crystal Ring and recovered the divine soul fragment sealed inside, reaching the power of a Heaven Realm Divine Soul. He sent Ye Qingxuan to Great Zhou, warned Qin Wushuang to prepare for a Heavenly Demon Race invasion, and learned that a child had been waiting to see him.

• Ye Yu claimed the Purple Crystal Ring, blocked the spiritual energy it released, and discovered his divine soul fragment inside its soul lamp.
• Ye Yu restrained Ye Qingxuan and told her to return to Great Zhou, then removed the soul lamp’s seal and merged the divine soul fragment into himself.
• After cultivating for half a month, Ye Yu emerged with the power of a Heaven Realm Divine Soul and heard from Liu Qi that Ye Qingxuan had reached Great Zhou and Great Zhou had agreed to cooperate with the Purple Firmament Sword Sect.
• Ye Yu asked Qin Wushuang to form an alliance in Great Qin’s name and prepare for a Heavenly Demon Race invasion.
• A guard told Ye Yu that a child had been waiting several days to see him, and Ye Yu went to meet the child.

Ye Yu learned that Li Bufan and his wife were dead and that Li Yiqiu had come to find him, so he prepared to travel to the Myriad Dynasty despite recognizing the likely trap. There, Wan Qingsong and Wei Qionghua plotted against him, while Emperor Wan Bosong considered handing over the resources from the War of a Hundred Dynasties.

• Li Yiqiu found Ye Yu at the palace gates, and he took her in and sent Liu Qi to investigate her background.
• Liu Qi reported that Li Bufan and his wife were dead, and Ye Yu read the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's account before recognizing that Li Yiqiu might be bait.
• Ye Yu ordered Liu Qi to summon the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast or Elder Ji for their journey to the Myriad Dynasty.
• Wan Qingsong discussed using Li Bufan's death to lure Ye Yu to the Myriad Dynasty, while Wei Qionghua urged him to eliminate Ye Yu to secure the crown prince's position.
• Wei Qionghua revealed her past plot against Ye Yu and resolved to help Ye Xuan kill him, then hid Ye Xuan's portrait when Wan Bosong entered.
• Wan Bosong told Wei Qionghua that he thought the Myriad Dynasty should hand over the War of a Hundred Dynasties resources.

Ye Yu arrived at the Myriad Dynasty capital, recovered Li Bufan's corpse, and killed Wan Qingsong in the imperial palace. Liu Qi intervened when the eight Attendants attacked Ye Yu, and Wan Bosong arrived as the clash continued.

• Ye Yu and Liu Qi reached the capital, where Ye Yu took Li Bufan's corpse from the city gate and killed the guards watching it.
• Ye Yu confronted Wan Qingsong in the imperial palace, while Wei Qionghua withdrew inside.
• Ye Yu placed Li Bufan's corpse on Wan Qingsong's chair and killed Wan Qingsong with a swift sword strike.
• The eight Attendants attacked Ye Yu, and Liu Qi blocked their assault with a curtain of rain.
• Wan Bosong entered the palace and demanded to know what the eight Attendants were doing.

Ye Yu faced Wan Bosong and the imperial Attendants after Wan Qingsong's death, then unleashed the Primordial Indestructible Art to absorb the imperial city's spiritual energy. He reached Late Spirit Transformation and formed a small domain, leaving the Attendants facing his sudden power.

• Wan Bosong confronted Ye Yu and Liu Qi, but Wei Qionghua revealed that Ye Yu had killed Wan Qingsong, prompting Wan Bosong to attack Liu Qi.
• The Attendants joined the battle, and Ye Yu killed one before trapping three more in formations he had prepared in advance.
• As Liu Qi fought Wan Bosong, Ye Yu activated the Primordial Indestructible Art and drew spiritual energy from across the imperial city.
• Ye Yu blocked the Attendants' attacks with the Vast Qi Hall, then combined his cultivation art with the Innate Breathing Technique to rise to Late Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Yu manifested a small domain, and Wan Bosong ordered the four mid-stage Attendants to retreat as Ye Yu's sword radiance struck toward them.

Ye Yu defeated the Myriad Dynasty’s forces, but Wan Guiyi emerged from seclusion to stop him until the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast intervened. Ye Yu left Wan Bosong alive because he suspected the dynasty would soon face a Blood Demon Race invasion, while Wan Bosong demanded answers from Wei Qionghua about the supposed trap.

• Ye Yu felt a mysterious gaze before the Cauldron Spirit shielded him, then Wan Bosong summoned his ancestor, Wan Guiyi, from the imperial palace.
• Wan Guiyi attacked Ye Yu, but the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast appeared and crushed his spiritual radiance.
• Ye Yu sent a thread of soul power into Wan Bosong, then left the capital with the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast without killing him.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast suggested returning to attack, but Ye Yu refused because he expected the Blood Demon Race to appear in the Myriad Dynasty.
• Wan Bosong questioned the remaining Attendants about the trap Ye Yu mentioned, and they looked to Wei Qionghua, whom he then asked what she knew.

Wei Qionghua shifted the blame for Li Bufan’s capture onto Wan Qingsong, while Ye Yu recalled his former subordinates to Great Qin as the Devil Race’s invasion approached. Great Yan’s officials and Azure Prefecture’s factions reacted to the summons, and Qingyun Sect rejected Ye Yu’s proposed alliance.

• Wei Qionghua persuaded the three Attendants to confirm her story that Wan Qingsong had arranged the events, then left the great hall with them as Wan Bosong grieved.
• Ye Yu returned to Great Qin, confirmed Li Yiqiu was safe, and asked Murong Xue to summon his former subordinates through the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.
• Murong Xue agreed to spread Ye Yu’s summons, explaining that she supported him for his potential and because of the Purple Crystal Ring engraved with Xu.
• Ye Fan learned that many of Great Yan’s governors and border generals had left for Great Qin, and angrily accused Ye Yu of provoking a war between nations.
• Leng Qianqiu rejected Yan Ruyu’s advice to ally with Great Qin, and Qingyun Ancestor declared that Qingyun Sect would face the Devil Race without relying on Ye Yu.

Ye Yu welcomed his former subordinates to Great Qin and arranged for them to use the Vast Qi Hall while he studied alchemy. In Great Zhou, Ye Qingxuan discovered Ye Qingwan battered and stripped of her spiritual root, then left the hut after seeing her plea for help.

• Nearby imperial dynasties accepted Great Qin's alliance request, while most sects refused and the Flowing Cloud Sect agreed.
• Qin Han suspected Ye Yu wanted Great Qin's imperial power, but Qin Wushuang dismissed his fears.
• Ye Yu had Liu Qi settle his returning subordinates and invited them to try the Vast Qi Hall before returning to study alchemy.
• Ye Qingxuan secretly left her courtyard in Zhou Li's residence and followed a familiar divine-soul fluctuation to a dilapidated hut.
• Ye Qingxuan found Ye Qingwan gravely injured, with her dantian crippled and spiritual root taken, and heard her beg to be taken away.
• After seeing Ye Qingwan's longing, Ye Qingxuan put her down and left the hut.

Ye Qingxuan chose to remain in Great Zhou and try to save Ye Qingwan while Ye Yu stayed in seclusion in Great Qin. After two months, Ye Yu’s eighth-grade pill neared completion, summoning a terrifying tribulation that drew the attention of the three prefectures.

• Ye Qingwan blamed Ye Yu for refusing to help her, while Ye Qingxuan returned to her residence and vowed to save her before helping Ye Yu.
• Factions across Azure Prefecture grew wary of Ye Yu after his actions in Yunzhou, and some moved closer to Great Flame.
• Yuan Xiang told Liu Qi that he would not cultivate anew because he did not want to hinder Ye Yu, and Liu Qi reflected on the loyalty of Ye Yu’s followers.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast sensed Ye Yu’s eighth-grade pill was about to form and ordered everyone to evacuate the Great Flame Imperial Palace.
• A purple radiance and fragrant energy spread across Great Qin’s capital as a pillar of light rose and dark tribulation clouds gathered, prompting factions to send word of the event.

Ye Yu completed the Profound Spirit Spirit Nurturing Pill after two months of uninterrupted refining, drawing factions from across the region to Great Qin. As Black Demonic Lightning confirmed the pill was Grade 8, someone stepped between Ye Yu and the incoming tribulation strike.

• News that Ye Yu was about to become Azure Prefecture’s first Grade 8 Alchemist spread, prompting regret and concern among the various factions.
• Wei Qionghua decided to contact Ye Xuan and tell him that she and the Myriad Dynasty were still at his disposal.
• Han Yi suffered a qi deviation after hearing Mo Ran and Xuan Lin praise Ye Yu, but Mo Ran stabilized her with a Grade 6 Tranquil Heart Pill.
• The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast arrived at the Great Qin Imperial Palace, warning away those gathered around Ye Yu’s pill tribulation.
• Ye Yu opened the furnace to reveal the pill, and Black Demonic Lightning confirmed it was Grade 8.
• As Ye Yu prepared to use the lightning to advance his Illusory Dragon Wind Lightning Body, a shadow blocked his view.

Ye Yu succeeded in refining a Grade 8 pill and offered to share his alchemy insights and soul cultivation methods with those who joined his allies, drawing cultivators and alchemists to Great Qin and the Purple Firmament Sword Sect. As Great Flame weakened, Ye Fan received a message and rejected Ye Qingqing’s plea to seek out Xiao Yu, vowing instead to make him recognize the power of the Ye name.

• The Void Sky Cauldron absorbed the Black Demonic Lightning, and Ye Yu emerged from the flames with a successfully refined Profound Spirit Spirit Nurturing Pill.
• Murong Xue learned that Feng Qiwen of the Nine Spirits Sword Sect had been searching for Xu Yunxi and ordered her people to approach him without revealing anything about Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu promised alchemists who joined the Purple Firmament Sword Sect or Great Qin access to his alchemy insights, and offered exceptional recruits soul cultivation methods.
• News of Ye Yu’s offer spread, bringing powerful cultivators and alchemists to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, Great Zhou, and Great Qin.
• Ye Qingqing urged Ye Fan to find Xiao Yu as Great Flame’s officials dwindled, but a ring sent Ye Fan a message that made him vow to show Xiao Yu the height of the Ye name.

Ye Xuan and Xue Qin prepared to use Ye Qingling and launch the Blood Demon Race’s attack while Ye Yu deployed forces to defend Azure Prefecture. The chapter ended as Moon Shadow Sect’s patrolling disciples spotted an approaching threat.

• Ye Qingqing noticed a strange light from Ye Fan’s ring, which seemed to change his mind.
• Ye Xuan learned Ye Yu had become a Grade 8 Alchemist, then discussed the coming Blood Demon Race attack with Xue Qin, who threatened him and agreed to relay his proposal to the clan chief.
• Ye Xuan proposed sending Ye Qingling to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect because the Blood Refinement Essence remained inside her.
• Ye Yu sent Yuan Xiang and three hundred and seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators to defend Azure Prefecture’s southern border, and ordered Liu Qi to prepare support forces for the west.
• The Moon Shadow Ancestor reassured the Moon Shadow Sect Master that Ye Yu would not attack them and revealed he had broken through.
• Moon Shadow Sect’s patrolling disciples spotted something that made one of them fall silent and drained the other’s face of color.

The Blood Demon Race invaded nearly half of Azure Prefecture, while Ye Yu warned his allies to prevent their blood from contaminating the land. After Great Qin weathered the first assault with few losses, Qin Wushuang named Ye Yu Grand Commander of the Nation, and Ye Yu recognized the decree as an effort to reaffirm imperial authority.

• The Blood Demon Race attacked Moon Shadow Sect, and the Moon Shadow Ancestor fought them as their blood polluted the land.
• Ye Yu learned that the invasion sites differed from those in his previous life and told Liu Qi to burn the Blood Demon Race members thoroughly to keep their blood from contaminating the earth.
• The Blood Demon Race seized nearly one-eighth of Azure Prefecture overnight, while Great Qin suffered few losses because Ye Yu's preparations had guarded its borders and allied small nations.
• Qin Wushuang dispatched Great Qin's Attendants to defend the borders and decreed that Ye Yu would receive the title of Grand Commander of the Nation.
• Ye Yu understood that Qin Wushuang had granted him the rank to placate Qin Han and remind him that Ye Yu remained a subject under imperial authority.

After the Blood Demon Race devastated the Qingyun Sect, Ye Yu gathered intelligence and headed toward the desolate wilderness, where the Sacred Pill Sect’s ruins had surfaced. Qingyun Ancestor and Moon Shadow Ancestor sought refuge with Ye Fan, who suspected that someone in Azure Prefecture had helped the Blood Demon Race enter.

• Ye Yu left the imperial palace, wary that Qin Wushuang’s brother might challenge him, and set out to learn more about the invasion.
• Qingyun Ancestor led the remnants of the Qingyun Sect to Great Yan, rejecting Yan Ruyu’s suggestion that they seek refuge with Ye Yu in Great Qin.
• Xue Li told Ye Yu that more powerful experts had come to Great Flame, then delivered Ye Zhentian’s spirit tablet and sword to him.
• Ye Yu learned that the Blood Demon Race was focusing on the desolate wilderness and traveled there to investigate the Sacred Pill Sect’s ruins, while the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast warned him against taking risks.
• Qingyun Ancestor and Moon Shadow Ancestor sought refuge with Ye Fan, who said he had requested help from Leizhou and suspected someone had helped the Blood Demon Race build a Teleportation Array.
• Qingyun Ancestor and Moon Shadow Ancestor both thought of Ye Yu when Ye Fan asked who might have aided the invasion.

Ye Fan persuaded Moon Shadow Ancestor and Qingyun Ancestor to join him in warning Azure Prefecture about Ye Yu, while Ye Yu entered the Blood Demon-occupied Barbaric Wasteland to reach the Sacred Pill Sect ruins. The seal had already been breached, and an explosion erupted inside the secret realm as Ye Yu arrived.

• Ye Fan convinced Moon Shadow Ancestor and Qingyun Ancestor to side with Great Flame and warn Azure Prefecture, and the two reacted with disbelief when he stroked his yellow crystal ring.
• Ye Yu reached the Barbaric Wasteland with the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast, explained that his heart demon kept him from destroying Great Flame, and headed for the secret realm.
• The Blood Demon Race had occupied the Barbaric Wasteland, transformed its land with demonic qi, and trapped the remaining people in Bianhuang City.
• Lin Qingyang lamented that Qing Xuzi had sent him to guard the Sacred Pill Sect ruins, leaving him trapped in Bianhuang City again.
• Ye Yu and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast arrived at the ruins and found that the seal had been torn open; an explosion sounded from within the secret realm.

Ye Yu entered the Sacred Pill Sect’s secret realm and fought five Void Refinement Stage blood demons before diving into the Nine Nether Blood Spring with the Void Sky Cauldron. Meanwhile, Great Qin faced accusations and dwindling support, and Qin Han urged Qin Wushuang to sever ties with Ye Yu.

• Ye Yu and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast entered the secret realm and found five Void Refinement Stage blood demons attacking Dan Chenzi’s formation.
• Ye Yu and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast fought the demons, then retreated inside the formation when Dan Chenzi opened a gap for them.
• Ye Yu ignored Dan Chenzi’s warning, removed his Ring of Holding, and descended into the Nine Nether Blood Spring with the Void Sky Cauldron.
• The Great Yan Dynasty, Moon Shadow Sect, and Qingyun Sect accused the Great Qin Dynasty of harboring a Devil Race spy, causing cultivators to abandon Great Qin for Great Yan.
• A python-robed Blood Demon Race leader ordered all deployments around Great Qin withdrawn so the Azure Prefecture forces would weaken one another.
• Qin Han urged Qin Wushuang to sever ties with Ye Yu as Great Qin’s political position worsened.

Qin Han resented Ye Yu and vowed to drive him out, while Dan Chenzi and the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast defended the Sacred Pill Sect from the Blood Devils as Ye Yu remained submerged in the Nine Nether Blood Spring. Just as Dan Chenzi prepared to sacrifice himself against Xue Ji, an azure cauldron burst from the spring.

• Qin Wushuang rebuked Qin Han for suggesting that Great Qin cut ties with Ye Yu and threatened to strip him of the Crown Prince position.
• Qin Han silently vowed that he would drive Ye Yu out, just as Ye Xuan had driven him out of Great Flame.
• Dan Chenzi recognized Ye Yu's Purple Crystal Ring as belonging to the Xu family and prepared to enter the Nine Nether Blood Spring, but a Blood Devil attack shattered the Sacred Pill Sect's barrier.
• Dan Chenzi burned his soul body and joined the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast to fight off the five attacking Blood Devils.
• Xue Ji arrived at mid Void Refinement and rescued a Blood Devil, forcing Dan Chenzi to the brink of death as the Nine Nether Blood Spring began to churn.
• An azure cauldron burst from the Nine Nether Blood Spring just as Dan Chenzi prepared to detonate his soul body.