Arc 26From Lingwu to the Divine Capital

Liu Yu helped the Zhang Household break the siege of Lingwu City, then accepted Zhang Yi as his disciple and traveled with the Zhangs to the Divine Capital. There he strengthened his Azure Yang Demonic Flame, built up resources through alchemy, and learned that the war in Ling Province had turned in the Zhang Household’s favor.

  • True Lord Tianling arrived during the battle for Spirit Treasure City, and the Nascent Soul cultivators and Demon Kings agreed to let their third-tier forces decide Lingwu City’s fate.
  • Zhang Tao organized the assault on the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation, and Liu Yu led a squad that destroyed a formation node and helped the three spirit ships break the barrier.
  • After a Fire Phoenix primordial spirit attacked the surviving cultivators, the Zhang Family Spirit Transformation drove it back, and Liu Yu collected his promised rewards from Zhang Tao.
  • Zhang Tao asked Liu Yu to protect his descendant Zhang Yi, and Liu Yu accepted the boy as his disciple in exchange for pill formulas and the Impermanence Heart Flame.
  • The Zhang Household opened a breach in the Thousand Mountains Spirit-Locking Formation, allowing the trapped cultivators to escape, and Liu Yu left with Zhang Yi and Zhuo Mengzhen for the Divine Capital.
  • Liu Yu kept his Southern Heaven identity secret at the Great Qian Imperial Palace, then extracted the Impermanence Heart Flame’s origin and merged it into the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
  • Liu Yu sold pills and cultivated in the Divine Capital while guiding Zhang Yi, and Guo Poyun later reported that Qian Court reinforcements had helped the Zhang Family reclaim more than half of Ling Province.
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Ch. 627A strangely familiar secret art

Liu Yu watched True Lord Tianling, a Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivator, turn the battle against the Fire Sparrow Clan’s Demon Kings after the spirit ships were nearly overwhelmed. As Tianling unleashed a secret art that drew on the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, Liu Yu recognized a technique he had not seen in over a hundred years.

  • Que Xingye nearly destroyed the Dingnan before True Lord Tianling appeared and struck him with a golden flying sword, severing a claw and piercing his chest.
  • Zhang Tao, Zhang Ziping, and Kong Lingxiu recognized Elder Tianling, while Que Xingye and another Demon King joined forces to defend against him.
  • True Lord Tianling pressed his attack, and six more Nascent Soul Cultivators arrived to reinforce the spirit ships and gain the advantage over the demons.
  • True Lord Tianling formed hand seals and unleashed a growing golden wind that absorbed spiritual energy from its surroundings.
  • Liu Yu recognized the golden wind as a secret art similar to Suchness Temple’s Great Light Palm.

Ch. 628A clash of the fourth tier!

True Lord Heavenly Spirit’s golden gale nearly killed Que Xingye and another Fire Sparrow demon king, but a late-fourth-tier Fire Phoenix demon king intervened. The fourth-tier battle erupted and then moved toward the astral wind layer, leaving Liu Yu and the other Golden Core Cultivators amid the devastation.

  • True Lord Heavenly Spirit’s golden gale overwhelmed Que Xingye’s Red Shield treasure and broke through the Fire Sparrow demon kings’ defenses.
  • A Purple-Eyed Demon King of the Fire Phoenix Clan arrived and stopped the golden gale with purplish-red flames.
  • The Zhang Household’s six Nascent Soul True Lords gathered beside True Lord Heavenly Spirit to face the seven demon cultivators led by the Purple-Eyed Demon King.
  • True Lord Heavenly Spirit refused to retreat, and the fourth-tier battle began, devastating the land around Spirit Treasure City.
  • The true lords and demon kings continued fighting as they flew into the astral wind layer, while Liu Yu and the surviving Golden Core Cultivators remained below.

Ch. 629A truce and an agreement

After a fierce battle in the Astral Wind Layer, the human True Lords and Demon Kings agreed to leave the fight for Lingwu City to the third-tier cultivators. Zhang Tao informed the Golden Core cultivators that they had to breach the city’s formation, leaving many unhappy and anxious.

  • The Demon Cultivators activated the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation around Lingwu City as the surviving human cultivators regrouped aboard the Spirit Ships.
  • Zhang Tao told the Golden Core cultivators to wait for word from their elders rather than attack or retreat.
  • The True Lords and Demon Kings continued fighting in the Astral Wind Layer, where one cultivator and one Demon King fell.
  • The Purple-Eyed Demon King proposed that the higher-tier combatants stop fighting and let the third-tier cultivators decide Lingwu City’s fate, and True Lord Tianling agreed.
  • Zhang Tao told the Golden Core cultivators that Elder Tianling had reported the truce and that the battle’s outcome depended on breaching Lingwu City.
  • Many cultivators reacted with displeasure and fear, privately resenting that the True Lords had left them to risk their lives.

Ch. 630The siege plan

Zhang Tao persuaded the Golden Core cultivators to join the assault on Lingwu City by stressing that they had no safe way out and promising rewards for distinguished service. After assigning squads to attack the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation’s nodes, he began the siege, and the cultivators advanced toward the city.

  • Zhang Tao argued that the cultivators would face the Demon Race’s reckoning whether the Zhang Household’s uprising succeeded or failed, and several cultivators agreed to fight for their shared interests.
  • Zhang Tao promised treasures and pills, including the Three Treasures of Nascent Soul Formation, to cultivators who distinguished themselves, while Liu Yu resolved to act cautiously.
  • Zhang Tao explained that the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation depended on nine formation nodes and assigned squads to destroy them while the Dingnan, Thunderbolt, and Azure Firmament attacked head-on.
  • Liu Yu, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Guo Poyun were assigned to a squad with four other Golden Core cultivators.
  • Zhang Tao launched the three spirit ships’ attacks, but the formation held as the Demon Race intercepted the incoming strikes with red blades of light.
  • After the Golden Core cultivators took flight toward Lingwu City, the siege officially began.

Ch. 631Formation Nodes

Liu Yu led his team into the pale red mist around Lingwu City, where the demon race attacked them as they approached the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation. He found a formation node and studied how to disrupt it, while remaining cautious about the danger ahead.

  • Cultivators flew toward Lingwu City, and demon cultivators and beasts unleashed a barrage of attacks to intercept them.
  • Liu Yu entered the pale red mist with Guo Poyun, Zhuo Mengzhen, and four new companions, then instructed the group to conserve strength and adapt to circumstances.
  • Liu Yu used the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear to sweep aside the demon race's attacks, convincing the four newcomers to accept his leadership.
  • Liu Yu searched through the mist with his divine sense while the three spirit ships attacked the formation and suppressed its offensive power.
  • Liu Yu located a formation node beneath a patch of grass and used his Astral Eyes to examine its spiritual-energy source and the circuits feeding the barrier.

Ch. 632The Siege Deadlock

Liu Yu and the other cultivators found the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation’s spiritual power nodes, but their attacks barely affected the barrier. The Zhang Household used a fourth-tier upper-grade Earthshaking Talisman to disrupt the veins feeding the formation, weakening it, though the siege remained far from a breakthrough.

  • Liu Yu located a formation node and led Guo Poyun, Zhuo Mengzhen, and the other cultivators in attacking it, but the barrier barely rippled.
  • Liu Yu sensed that the cultivators’ combined attacks could not meaningfully damage the formation, while the three spirit ships’ power reserves continued to dwindle.
  • The Dingnan unleashed a fourth-tier upper-grade Earthshaking Talisman that disrupted the earth veins and spirit veins, weakening the formation’s power.
  • Zhang Tao urged the cultivators to seize the opportunity, and they launched a coordinated attack against the barrier.
  • Liu Yu’s Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear pierced the demons’ spell barrage and struck the weakened barrier, helping make it tremble, but the formation still held.

Ch. 633Another measure

Zhang Tao used a Forbidden-Breaking Pearl to disrupt Lingwu City's Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation after the assault stalled. The formation weakened and its controllers needed half an hour to expel the foreign spiritual power, leaving the demon defenders scrambling to protect its nine critical nodes.

  • The demon race reinforced the nine critical formation nodes, but Liu Yu and the other cultivators made little progress against the shield.
  • As the prolonged stalemate weakened the rebels' morale, Zhang Tao decided to use another measure and activated a five-colored Forbidden-Breaking Pearl.
  • The demon cultivators unleashed their strongest attacks to stop the beam, but the three spirit ships countered them, and Zhang Tao's black arrows killed Fire Sparrow Clan defenders who tried to intercept it.
  • The beam struck the formation and flooded it with five-colored spiritual power, slowing its operation and interfering with its commands and circulation.
  • A formation controller told Que Feiyu that expelling the foreign power would take half an hour, so Que Feiyu ordered the remaining demon cultivators to defend the nine critical nodes.
  • The Forbidden-Breaking Pearl's effects fully took hold, further weakening the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation.

Ch. 634A Delicate Balance

Liu Yu and the other cultivators battered the weakened Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation, and Liu Yu destroyed one of its nodes before leading his squad toward another. The Forbidden-Breaking Pearl’s effect then wore off, restoring part of the formation’s power and making a breach harder.

  • The Forbidden-Breaking Pearl weakened the formation, prompting the cultivators and the three fourth-tier spirit ships to attack it with renewed force.
  • Liu Yu, Guo Poyun, Zhuo Mengzhen, and their teammates focused their attacks on a formation node while the demon cultivators defended from behind the barrier.
  • Liu Yu’s repeated spear strikes shattered the node, though the surrounding barrier remained intact.
  • Liu Yu led his squad toward another node while observing the battlefield and avoiding unnecessary exposure.
  • The Forbidden-Breaking Pearl’s effect expired, and the five-colored radiance vanished from the barrier as the formation regained some of its strength.

Ch. 635Spirit-Refining Pill Formula

After the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation resisted the assault, Zhang Tao sounded a retreat and rallied the cultivators by promising the Zhang Household had more measures. He privately asked Liu Yu to attack a critical formation node, and Liu Yu agreed in exchange for a third-tier spirit-refining pill formula.

  • The formation's power recovered, its barrier withstood the cultivators' attacks, and Zhang Tao rang the retreat bell.
  • Liu Yu and the other cultivators returned to the Dingnan, where Zhang Tao assured them the operation remained under control and promised further measures and rewards.
  • Zhang Ziping and Kong Lingxiu reorganized the teams while Zhang Tao held brief private meetings with selected cultivators.
  • Zhang Tao invited Liu Yu into the cabin and asked him to lead a team against one of the formation's critical nodes, offering a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill.
  • Liu Yu agreed to help if Zhang Tao provided a third-tier spirit-refining pill formula, and Zhang Tao authorized a copy to be made for him.

Ch. 636The Captain's Seat, a Fierce Assault on Lingwu!

Liu Yu agreed to Zhang Tao’s terms and was appointed captain of one of nine squads attacking Lingwu City. The assault broke through the demon forces’ first counterattack and weakened the city’s barrier, but the battle continued.

  • Liu Yu and Zhang Tao signed a Supreme Unity Dao Pact, and Zhang Tao reorganized the cultivators into nine squads aimed at crucial formation nodes.
  • Zhang Tao named Liu Yu a squad captain; after a cultivator challenged the appointment, Zhuo Mengzhen, Guo Poyun, and others supported Liu Yu, and Zhang Tao defended his strength.
  • Liu Yu’s squad joined the renewed assault, and his spear shattered the demons’ spell barrage before the team struck the pale red barrier.
  • Zhang Tao used a fourth-tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl and the three spirit ships’ attacks to weaken the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation, then deployed talismans and other countermeasures.

Ch. 637Overawing the Demons-Only I Can Break the Formation!

Liu Yu led his squad in assaulting the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation, routed the demons sent to defend their node, and destroyed it with a powerful spear throw. After Zhang Tao coordinated the spirit ships’ attacks to break the formation, Liu Yu charged toward Lingwu City, intent on leading the assault against its demons.

  • Zhang Tao’s measures weakened the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation as Liu Yu and the other squads attacked its critical nodes.
  • Que Feiyu sent eleven demon cultivators, including Que Xingye’s Fire Sparrow Clan squad, outside the formation to defend Liu Yu’s node.
  • Liu Yu redirected his squad against the demons, killed several of them with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, and forced the survivors to retreat into the formation.
  • Liu Yu destroyed the squad’s formation node with a powerful spear throw, and Zhang Tao ordered the Dingnan, Thunderbolt, and Azure Firmament to attack the formation’s flaws.
  • The three spirit ships pierced and shattered the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation, and Liu Yu charged toward Lingwu City with his squad.

Ch. 638Tales from the Near Ancient Era: A Nascent Soul Emerges!

Liu Yu helped break the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation and pursued the fleeing demon cultivators, but deliberately let Que Feiyu escape before discovering the ancient Immortal Tear Lake. As Liu Yu and his companions returned to Lingwu City, a Spirit Transformation being’s power gathered across the region, ending with the appearance of a mature primordial spirit.

  • The cultivators shattered the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation, and demon cultivators inside Lingwu City split between resisting and fleeing.
  • Liu Yu ordered a pursuit, then deliberately held back while chasing Que Feiyu and eventually stopped far from the city.
  • Liu Yu discovered that Immortal Tear Lake contained lingering power resembling the rules embodied by spirit treasures, and Guo Poyun recounted its history as the site of the Sage Martial Emperor’s battle with Eldest Princess Fire Phoenix.
  • On the return journey, Liu Yu harvested low-tier demon beasts until he had collected eight thousand units of fuel for the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
  • As Liu Yu, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Guo Poyun approached Lingwu City, Liu Yu sensed spiritual energy gathering across hundreds of li and recognized the appearance of a mature primordial spirit.

Ch. 639The Might of a Single Strike!

Liu Yu witnessed a Fire Phoenix Clan Spirit Transformation cultivator destroy Lingwu City and kill dozens of Golden Core cultivators with one strike, then fled as the demon prepared to attack again. A human Spirit Transformation cultivator appeared to oppose it, and the two powers erupted into battle above the city.

  • Liu Yu concealed his aura with Zhuo Mengzhen and Guo Poyun as a thousand-zhang Fire Phoenix primordial spirit appeared above Lingwu City.
  • The Fire Phoenix Spirit Transformation cultivator formed an enormous flaming claw and killed dozens of trapped Golden Core cultivators in a single strike.
  • Zhang Tao ordered the surviving cultivators to retreat, and Liu Yu fled with Zhuo Mengzhen while Guo Poyun escaped separately.
  • Liu Yu considered fleeing into the Immortal Mansion World with his primordial spirit if the next attack targeted him.
  • A golden human primordial spirit appeared above Lingwu City, confronted the Fire Phoenix, and began clashing with it after their brief exchange failed.

Ch. 640The Fire Phoenix Retreated, and the War Drew to a Close!

Liu Yu fled Lingwu City with Zhuo Mengzhen while observing the clash between two Spirit Transformation beings, discovering clues that divine thought controlled spiritual energy through spirit particles. The Zhang Household’s Spirit Transformation drove back the Fire Phoenix Clan’s opponent, and Liu Yu returned toward the ruined city, planning to collect Demonic Flame fuel and leave the Annam Six Provinces.

  • Liu Yu tried to observe the Spirit Transformation battle and realized divine sense could not penetrate its power, but he glimpsed spirit particles moving under the beings’ influence.
  • Liu Yu deduced that divine thought could affect spirit particles and might explain how Spirit Transformation cultivators controlled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
  • The Zhang Family Spirit Transformation gained control of the battle, knocked back the Fire Phoenix Primordial Spirit, and forced the Fire Phoenix Clan’s cultivator to retreat.
  • The Zhang Household’s six Nascent Soul Cultivators appeared above Lingwu City and summoned the juniors back to the ruined city.
  • Liu Yu turned back toward Lingwu City with Zhuo Mengzhen, intending to find Zhang Tao and leave the Annam Six Provinces, while burning surviving low-tier Demon Beasts for Demonic Flame fuel.

Ch. 641Postwar arrangements, spirit treasures in hand!

After the Battle of Lingwu City, Liu Yu gathered demon beasts to strengthen his Azure Yang Demonic Flame, then received the promised Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and Soul-Congealing Pill formula from Zhang Tao. He tried to leave with the treasures, but an aged voice stopped him before he reached the door.

  • Liu Yu hunted the remaining low-tier demon beasts around Lingwu City and raised his Azure Yang Demonic Flame to the peak of the second grade.
  • Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen entered Lingwu City as the Zhang Household repaired its defenses and gathered cultivators for the expected Demon Race counterattack.
  • Liu Yu met Zhang Tao at the City Lord's Mansion and demanded the rewards promised for his service in the battle.
  • Zhang Tao gave Liu Yu a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and a jade slip containing the Soul-Congealing Pill formula, which Liu Yu confirmed and accepted.
  • Liu Yu decided to leave Lingwu City with the treasures, but an aged voice called for him to wait.

Ch. 642Heavenly Spirit Root Fire, a Gift for Taking a Master!

Liu Yu hesitated to accept Zhang Tao’s request to take Zhang Yi away from the dangers facing the Zhang Household, but changed his mind after learning the boy had a fire-attribute heavenly spiritual root and seeing the offered pill formulas. He began discussing conditions for accepting Zhang Yi as his personal disciple.

  • Zhang Tao revealed Zhang Yi, his young descendant, and explained that he wanted Liu Yu to take the boy somewhere safe in case the Zhang Household’s uprising failed.
  • Liu Yu refused, arguing that other cultivators would make more suitable guardians and that he did not want to take on a burden.
  • Zhang Tao revealed that Zhang Yi possessed a fire-attribute heavenly spiritual root and urged Liu Yu to accept him as a personal disciple.
  • Zhang Tao offered three third-tier cultivation-advancing pill formulas as an apprenticeship gift, and Liu Yu reconsidered.
  • Liu Yu agreed in principle to take Zhang Yi as his disciple and privately stated his conditions to Zhang Tao.

Ch. 643Impermanence Heartflame, Personal Disciple!

Liu Yu accepted the third-grade Impermanence Heart Flame as Zhang Yi’s apprenticeship gift, then formally took Zhang Yi as his Personal Disciple. After the ceremony, Liu Yu agreed to travel with the Zhang Household’s party to Great Qian’s Divine Capital.

  • Zhang Tao gave Liu Yu the Impermanence Heart Flame, and Liu Yu resisted its power to magnify emotions before identifying how it affected him.
  • Zhang Tao explained the flame’s properties, and Liu Yu accepted it along with the three pill formulas and agreed to teach Zhang Yi.
  • Zhang Yi completed the apprenticeship ceremony, offered Liu Yu tea, and heard the rules for his new school.
  • Zhang Tao invited Liu Yu to travel with the Zhang Household’s party to the Divine Capital, and Liu Yu accepted.
  • Liu Yu left with Zhang Tao and Zhang Yi, gently patting his new disciple’s head as they went.

Ch. 644The Ling Province Border

Liu Yu and the others left Lingwu City with the surviving cultivators, heading to the Ling Province border to escape the Annam Six Provinces. They reached the Thousand Mountains Spirit-Locking Formation, where Liu Yu began examining the barrier for a way through.

  • Liu Yu introduced Zhang Yi to Zhuo Mengzhen as his newly accepted personal disciple, while Zhang Yi privately wondered about their relationship.
  • Zhang Tao explained that the Zhang Household could open a temporary breach in the border formation now that the Nine-Gate Heavenly Demon Formation had been destroyed.
  • Zhang Tao led the waiting cultivators out of Lingwu City, and Liu Yu carried Zhang Yi along in his escape light.
  • Zhang Tao told Liu Yu that the fifth-tier Thousand Mountains Spirit-Locking Formation blocked the sky and underground, while the Astral Wind Layer route was too dangerous to cross unnoticed.
  • Liu Yu brought Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi down near the border and examined the formation with his divine sense.

Ch. 645A Dark Future, a Path to Redemption!

Liu Yu and the other cultivators watched the Zhang Household’s six Nascent Soul True Lords break open the Thousand Mountains Spirit-Locking Formation, allowing the trapped cultivators to escape the Annam Six Provinces. After Zhang Tao departed and left Zhang Yi with Liu Yu, the freed cultivators began separating to face their uncertain futures.

  • Liu Yu, Zhuo Mengzhen, Zhang Yi, and the other cultivators gathered before the formation as Zhang Tao summoned True Lord Tianling and five other Zhang Household elders.
  • Guided by Zhang Tao to a weak point, the six Nascent Soul True Lords attacked until they opened a breach in the formation and held it open for the cultivators to pass through.
  • The trapped cultivators crossed the breach, vented their relief and grief, and reflected on how their ordeals would continue to shape their lives.
  • Zhang Tao told Liu Yu that the Zhang Household had arranged a route to the Divine Capital, entrusted Zhang Yi to his instruction, and then departed, leaving Zhang Yi grieving.
  • Liu Yu advised Zhang Yi to cultivate diligently and learn to stand on his own; Zhang Yi gradually regained his composure as the freed cultivators began bidding one another farewell and leaving.

Ch. 646Unfairness in My Heart, Off to the Divine Capital!

As the Zhang Household gathered its forces, Liu Yu spoke with Guo Poyun, who revealed his involvement in a rogue cultivator organization and invited Liu Yu to join. Liu Yu declined for now and set out with Zhang Ziping, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Zhang Yi for the Divine Capital of Great Qian.

  • Ten Nascent Soul True Lords and roughly two hundred Golden Core Cultivators arrived to join the Zhang Household's operation.
  • Guo Poyun greeted Liu Yu, and the two discussed their mission payment and the dangers they had survived in the Annam Six Provinces.
  • Guo Poyun condemned the Central Region's powerful factions for monopolizing resources and invited Liu Yu to join his rogue cultivator organization.
  • Liu Yu declined for the present, saying he planned to enter secluded cultivation, while leaving open the possibility of joining later.
  • Guo Poyun exchanged Communication Jade Token numbers with Liu Yu, then departed for Cloud Province.
  • Zhang Ziping called Liu Yu to leave, and Liu Yu departed with Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi for the Divine Capital.

Ch. 647The Ninety-Nine Provinces, a Journey to the Divine Continent

After leaving Lingwu City, Liu Yu and the Zhang Household group traveled through Demon-Suppressing City and crossed the Central Region by teleportation formations. They reached the Divine Continent near the Divine Capital, where Liu Yu recognized the journey as a new beginning.

  • Liu Yu flew away from Ling Province with Zhuo Mengzhen, Zhang Yi, Zhang Ziping, and the others, while Zhang Yi looked back toward his great-grandfather.
  • The group reached Demon-Suppressing City, where Zhang Ziping used the Zhang Household’s connections to secure their entry and arrange onward travel.
  • Liu Yu observed the Central Region’s fortified city, cultivators, and richer spiritual energy as the group traveled by teleportation formations across its provinces.
  • The group reached Xuanyuan Immortal City on the edge of the Divine Continent, and Zhang Ziping reflected on leaving the Annam Six Provinces before the coming war.
  • Liu Yu carried the still-dizzy Zhang Yi out of the teleportation formation and looked ahead to the Divine Capital as a new beginning.

Ch. 648An audience with the Qian Emperor, an important choice

Liu Yu and the Zhang Household party arrived in Great Qian’s Divine Capital and saw how common Golden Core cultivators were among its powerful residents. Before their audience with the Qian Emperor, Liu Yu decided to conceal his Southern Heaven origins and let Zhang Ziping report the Annam Six Provinces’ news, leaving Liu Yu’s mission and future safety unresolved.

  • Zhang Ziping led Liu Yu and the others through successive teleportations to the Divine Capital, where Liu Yu saw Nascent Soul cultivators and learned that flight was restricted to powerful or specially authorized people.
  • The group traveled through the Divine Capital to the Great Qian Imperial Palace, where Zhang Ziping presented the Zhang Household’s Token and secured permission to enter.
  • At Triumph Gate, Liu Yu asked Zhang Ziping for a private accommodation, then chose to keep his Southern Heaven identity secret and wait for a chance to pass the Seven Kingdoms Alliance’s information to the Great Qian Court.
  • Zhang Ziping and Liu Yu entered Zichen Hall before the gathered Nascent Soul True Lords and the Spirit Transformation ruler, while Zhang Yi, Zhuo Mengzhen, and the other Zhang Household cultivators remained at Triumph Gate.
  • Zhang Ziping bowed before the Qian Emperor and began reporting the news concerning the Annam Six Provinces.

Ch. 649A temporary stay with the Zhang Household, demonic flame reaches third grade

After leaving the Great Qian palace, Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen accepted Zhang Ziping’s offer to stay at his residence while they learned more about Divine Capital. There, Liu Yu began merging the Impermanence Heart Flame’s origin into the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, and the original flame ultimately dispersed.

  • Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen agreed not to reveal their Southern Heaven information directly and left the Great Qian Imperial Palace with Zhang Ziping and the others.
  • Zhang Ziping invited Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen to stay at his residence, and they accepted before settling in for two days of rest.
  • Liu Yu opened the sealed Jade Box and tested the Impermanence Heart Flame’s ability to magnify desire, suppressing its influence with his will.
  • Liu Yu used the Nine Demonic Flame Transformations to weaken the Impermanence Heart Flame and extract its origin despite its fierce resistance.
  • Liu Yu joined the Impermanence Heart Flame’s origin with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, while the depleted white flame dissolved into sparks of spiritual energy.

Ch. 650Short-term Plans, Fleeting Time

Liu Yu advanced the Azure Yang Demonic Flame to third grade, examined several pill formulas, and made plans to gather ingredients and spirit stones in the Divine Capital. He continued cultivating and guiding Zhang Yi as two years passed.

  • Liu Yu sensed that advancing the Azure Yang Demonic Flame to fourth grade would require 120,000 units of fuel, then tested its strengthened traits.
  • Liu Yu studied the Essence Refining Pill, Origin-Congealing Pill, and Azure Nether Pill formulas and found that the Essence Refining Pill's ingredients were easiest to gather from the Immortal Mansion.
  • Liu Yu decided against relying on the Zhang Household and planned to exchange pills for spirit stones in the Divine Capital, prioritizing ingredients for the Essence Refining Pill.
  • Liu Yu cultivated the Astral True Form and resolved to buy a treasure-grade magical robe when he had more money.
  • Liu Yu kept a low profile in the Divine Capital, observed its prices and rules, and guided Zhang Yi's cultivation as two years passed.

Ch. 651The Cultivation Art Dilemma, and Recent Developments in the Six Provinces!

Two years after arriving in the Divine Capital, Liu Yu had built a profitable pill-refining business and steadily advanced his cultivation, but still had no lead on the continuation of his Azure Yang Art. After mentoring Zhang Yi, he received Guo Poyun’s message describing the recovery of Ling Province and urging him to join an organization.

  • Liu Yu refined seven Essence Refining Pills with his Azure Pill Cauldron and reflected on how selling pills had helped him accumulate five hundred thousand spirit stones and gather herbs for several pill recipes.
  • Liu Yu considered moving out of the Zhang Household and worried that he had made no progress finding the continuation of the Azure Yang Art.
  • Zhang Yi asked Liu Yu about a delay in casting the Fire Dragon Technique, and Liu Yu explained that his magic power was not sufficiently condensed at the outset.
  • Liu Yu dismissed Zhang Yi after answering most of his questions, deliberately leaving some for the boy to work through on his own.
  • Liu Yu read Guo Poyun’s message reporting that Qian Court reinforcements and the Zhang Family Spirit Transformation ancestor had helped repel the Fire Phoenix Clan’s Demon Emperor, allowing Ling Province to reclaim more than half its territory.
  • Guo Poyun urged Liu Yu to join his organization, saying the Divine Capital was no place to stay for long.
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