Recaps

Liu Yu imposed his assignments for the front lines on the Primordial Yang Sect’s elders, then invited Yan Qun'er to discuss her cultivation and spent the night advising her. He watched the Liu Family divide into separate branches before leaving to challenge the Nascent Soul bottleneck as the human-demon war threatened the peace.

• Liu Yu overpowered the elders, dictated his front-line assignments, and had them accept Yan Kai as the person responsible for carrying them out.
• Liu Yu invited Yan Qun'er to visit that night, prompting He Rulong and Jin Wenhao to realize their proposed marriage alliance had fallen apart.
• Yan Qun'er visited Liu Yu, who spent the night discussing her cultivation problems with her before sending her away at dawn.
• Liu Yu watched the Liu Family complete a ceremony dividing the clan into separate branches and chose not to intervene.
• Liu Yu concluded that it was time to challenge the Nascent Soul bottleneck and vanished without being noticed.

Liu Yu consolidated control over the Primordial Yang Sect and reached Golden Core peak after ten years of cultivation. After taking the Soul-Cleansing Pill, he brought his divine sense to just short of the Nascent Soul Realm’s threshold and decided to meet Martial Uncle Tianfeng.

• Liu Yu suppressed the elders who opposed him while allowing those who offered goodwill to change sides, and He Rulong and Jin Wenhao conceded defeat as Yan Qun'er’s matter was resolved.
• Over ten years, Liu Yu cultivated with Azure Nether Pills and other medicines until he reached Golden Core peak, with his divine sense extending 188 li.
• Liu Yu prepared for his breakthrough attempt, then took the Soul-Cleansing Pill after adjusting to his new realm for half a month.
• Liu Yu endured intense pain as he used the Divine Preservation Art to absorb the pill’s power and strengthen his primordial spirit.
• Liu Yu’s divine sense reached just under 200 li, and after adapting to his enhanced primordial spirit, he left his cave abode to meet Martial Uncle Tianfeng.

After fifteen years of seclusion, Liu Yu’s primordial spirit reached the Nascent Soul level and his preparations to break through were complete. He began assaulting the bottleneck at an auspicious moment, guiding his primordial spirit toward his ninth-grade golden core.

• Liu Yu reviewed his past choices and concluded that he felt neither remorse nor regret before beginning his long seclusion.
• Over fifteen years, Liu Yu refined his magic power and used primordial spirit treasures to raise his primordial spirit to the Nascent Soul level, expanding his divine sense to two hundred li.
• Liu Yu concluded that his cultivation had reached its limits, adjusted his state of mind, and waited for the right moment to attempt his breakthrough.
• During the Spring Festival, Liu Yu sensed that the moment had arrived and activated the High-Grade Spirit Gathering Array with prepared spirit stones.
• Liu Yu entered the breakthrough state, summoned his primordial spirit from the Niwan Palace, and guided it toward his rapidly spinning golden core.

Liu Yu completed nurturing his nascent soul inside his golden core, relying on his own cultivation and the Nascent Soul Nurturing Pill to sustain the process. Just as his nascent soul fully formed, his depleted golden core cracked and pressure closed in around him, leaving his transcendence unfinished.

• Liu Yu placed his primordial spirit inside his golden core and began nurturing a nascent soul with his magic power and vital blood.
• As the nascent soul greedily consumed his resources, Liu Yu took a Nascent Soul Nurturing Pill to accelerate its formation while monitoring the process.
• With his magic power and vital blood nearly depleted, Liu Yu intensified the Spirit Gathering Array and pushed his cultivation method and Astral True Form beyond their normal limits.
• Liu Yu's nascent soul fully formed inside the golden core, which had been drained of nearly all its origin.
• A fissure appeared in Liu Yu's golden core, and immense pressure assailed him as he faced death unless he broke free of its restraints.

Liu Yu broke free of his nascent soul’s restraints and shattered his golden core, surviving the severe injuries that followed. His nascent soul stabilized, his power surged to a new peak, and a celestial phenomenon over Heaven-Reaching Peak revealed that he was challenging the nascent soul bottleneck.

• Liu Yu swallowed the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and Heavenly Purification Water to weaken the shackles around his nascent soul and soften his golden core.
• Liu Yu used the Meteor Fist to break his shackles, then struck through the weakened golden core until it split apart.
• Liu Yu nearly lost consciousness from the pain and his nascent soul began to disperse, but he used the pill’s remaining power to stabilize it.
• Liu Yu’s spirit pressure surged beyond the fourth tier, and spiritual energy gathered into five-colored clouds above Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• A Foundation Establishment Steward and other sect disciples noticed the phenomenon and watched as Liu Yu challenged the nascent soul bottleneck.

Liu Yu formed his Nascent Soul, used the Two-Colored Nascent Soul secret art to strengthen it, and overcame the heart-demon illusion before facing the tribulation lightning. After the lightning passed, his immense spirit pressure revealed that he had achieved Nascent Soul great accomplishment.

• Liu Yu recovered from the damage of shattering his golden core and used solar essence and lunar essence to perform the Two-Colored Nascent Soul secret art, growing his nascent soul to five inches.
• Liu Yu rejected the dead souls’ accusations in the heart-demon illusion and refused to feel remorse for his past actions.
• Liu Yu awoke in an illusion of his youth without the Immortal Mansion and began rebuilding his cultivation using his retained experience and abilities.
• Liu Yu’s Nascent Soul tribulation lightning gathered over Heaven-Reaching Peak, and Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan watched from Qingyang Peak as the bolts struck.
• Liu Yu endured the tribulation lightning, and his spirit pressure spread across the area as he reached Nascent Soul great accomplishment.

Liu Yu survived the Nascent Soul tribulation and became a Nascent Soul True Lord, then used the Three Treasures of Nascent Soul Formation to rapidly strengthen and stabilize his realm. After testing his new abilities, he emerged from his body as a six-inch Nascent Soul.

• Liu Yu survived the tribulation, and the Primordial Yang Sect disciples and Golden Core Elders congratulated him as their new Patriarch.
• Liu Yu returned to his cave abode, sensed that Heavenly Wind Ancestor's life force had weakened, and resolved to keep growing stronger despite reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Liu Yu swallowed a Nascent Soul Cultivation Pill, gaining about fifty years of cultivation and growing his Nascent Soul to six inches.
• Liu Yu absorbed his golden core fragments into his Nascent Soul to protect them from being used against him and strengthen his foundation.
• Liu Yu stabilized his realm in about two days, tested his divine sense and combat strength, and concluded that he could challenge an ordinary Nascent Soul middle-stage cultivator.
• Liu Yu sent his Nascent Soul out through the crown of his head and appeared in the cultivation room in its six-inch form.

After forming his Nascent Soul, Liu Yu explored his new abilities and discovered that he could enter the Immortal Mansion with his physical body. He investigated the Mansion’s changes and found its island had expanded into a continent and its spirit field could now mature herbs up to five thousand years old.

• Liu Yu tested his Nascent Soul outside his body, discovering its affinity with spiritual energy and its innate ability to teleport at the cost of Nascent Soul origin.
• Liu Yu examined the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear as it began transforming into a true treasure, then considered refining the Nine-Palace Azure Yang Lamp.
• Liu Yu found that his increased control over the Immortal Mansion let him bring his physical body inside, giving him a potential escape from danger.
• Liu Yu entered the Immortal Mansion as a Nascent Soul and saw that its island had expanded from ten li to roughly a thousand li.
• After several days of testing, Liu Yu learned that the red spirit field still covered ten mu and matured herbs at the same rate, but could now accelerate their growth to five thousand years.

After advancing to the nascent soul realm, Liu Yu explored the Immortal Mansion’s growing power, planned his cultivation and pill-formula acquisitions, and refined his treasures. He then met Heavenly Wind Ancestor, whose severe decay suggested he would soon die, and stood beside him on a cliff.

• Liu Yu sensed that the Immortal Mansion had accumulated seven units of origin power and considered how it might eventually become a genuine world.
• Liu Yu planned to derive a new cultivation method and obtain fourth-tier pill formulas by trading high-age spirit herbs with other nascent soul cultivators.
• Liu Yu rested after nascent soul formation, then spent three days refining the Nine-Palace Azure Yang Lamp, the Duskglow Armor, and the Purple Lightning Cape.
• Liu Yu sensed Heavenly Wind Ancestor disturbing his formation, opened his cave abode, and found him standing alone on a cliff.
• Liu Yu recognized the severe decay in Heavenly Wind Ancestor’s aura and concluded that the ancestor would likely die within a fortnight.

Liu Yu met Heavenly Wind Ancestor after forming his Nascent Soul and learned that the elder was dying from injuries sustained in a battle with the Black Flood Dragon King. Heavenly Wind Ancestor dissolved himself to return his spiritual energy to Heaven-Reaching Peak, leaving Liu Yu as the Primordial Yang Sect’s sole Nascent Soul Patriarch.

• Liu Yu and Heavenly Wind Ancestor discussed the war, the balance of power, and the threats posed to their sect by the other Chu Kingdom sects, especially the Hehuan Sect.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor warned Liu Yu to be wary of He Wangtian, the Hehuan Sect’s Nascent Soul middle stage patriarch, and advised him to endure until He Wangtian died.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor revealed that his Nascent Soul essence had been depleted in an encounter with the Black Flood Dragon King, leaving him beyond recovery.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor released his aura and dissolved his body and Nascent Soul, directing most of his spiritual energy into Heaven-Reaching Peak before vanishing.
• Liu Yu collected Heavenly Wind Ancestor’s Storage Ring and realized that he had become the sect’s only Nascent Soul Patriarch, with the responsibility of protecting it.

After Tianfeng’s death, Liu Yu prepared to take control of the Primordial Yang Sect and examined the inheritance left in Tianfeng’s Storage Ring. He found vast wealth and three top-tier cultivation methods, but no Nascent Soul Formation secret art.

• Liu Yu decided that governing the Primordial Yang Sect was the best way to secure its resources and serve his own cultivation.
• Liu Yu summoned all Golden Core Elders in the sect to the Patriarch Hall to discuss sect affairs.
• Liu Yu refined Tianfeng’s Storage Ring and found seventy-five million spirit stones, thousands of high-grade spirit stones, and abundant cultivation resources.
• Liu Yu examined three jade slips and discovered top-tier cultivation methods for fire, metal, and water that led to the Nascent Soul realm.
• Liu Yu found no record of a Nascent Soul Formation secret art among the sect’s inherited knowledge.

Liu Yu took control of the Primordial Yang Sect after Tianfeng’s death, announced three months of mourning, and assigned the funeral and preparations for his Nascent Soul Formation ceremony. Two months later, Yan Kai presented Tianfeng’s biography, and Liu Yu objected that its candid account of Tianfeng’s conduct would damage his reputation and the sect’s image.

• Liu Yu inventoried Tianfeng’s storage ring, took the Scarlet Flame Shield and other treasures, and began refining the shield.
• The Golden Core Elders gathered in the Patriarch Hall, where Liu Yu announced Tianfeng’s death and ordered the sect to mourn for three months.
• The elders asked Liu Yu to take charge of the sect, and he assigned Yan Kai and Tianfeng’s disciples to handle the funeral arrangements.
• Liu Yu tasked Yan Qun’er and Li Buyu with preparing his Nascent Soul Formation ceremony for three months later and inviting the neighboring cultivation factions.
• Liu Yu placed Tianfeng’s portrait in the Patriarch Hall, and the Dragon-Shocking Bell tolled nine times to announce a Nascent Soul’s death across the sect.
• Two months later, Yan Kai gave Liu Yu Tianfeng’s biography, and Liu Yu objected to passages that portrayed Tianfeng as cold-hearted and could tarnish the sect’s image.

Liu Yu approved Yan Kai’s final, polished biography of Heavenly Wind Ancestor and brought Tianfeng’s affairs to a close. With his Nascent Soul Formation ceremony only twelve days away, Liu Yu prepared to face the Nascent Soul cultivators of the four sects and establish his strength.

• Liu Yu instructed Yan Kai to portray Heavenly Wind Ancestor as an honorable protector of the sect and omit details that could stain his reputation.
• Liu Yu reflected on Tianfeng’s estrangement from his Xia clan, then turned to studying the Bedrock Alchemy Canon while anticipating pressure from the four allied sects.
• After rejecting four drafts, Liu Yu approved Yan Kai’s fifth version of the Tianfeng Biography, which recast Tianfeng’s origins as a prominent secular family and removed other blemishes.
• Liu Yu awarded Yan Kai and his assistants merit, inscribed “Standing tall between heaven and earth” on the biography, and ordered it published without further revisions.
• Yan Kai left to carry out Liu Yu’s order as the Nascent Soul Formation ceremony approached in twelve days.

After Tianfeng’s death, Liu Yu prepared the Primordial Yang Sect for his Nascent Soul Formation ceremony and strengthened support among its disciples. The ceremony drew factions from across the Yuan Kingdom, and True Lord Zihong of Crescent Moon Valley arrived first among the great sects, leaving Liu Yu to welcome the remaining guests.

• Three months after Tianfeng’s passing, the Primordial Yang Sect ended its mourning and celebrated Liu Yu’s Nascent Soul advancement.
• Liu Yu restored part of the disciples’ benefits and prepared to face the Hehuan Old Devil during the ceremony.
• Cultivators from across the Yuan Kingdom arrived to pay respects and present gifts to the Primordial Yang Sect.
• True Lord Zihong arrived at the mountain gate with Crescent Moon Valley’s party and her spirit pressure silenced the crowd.
• Liu Yu met True Lord Zihong, exchanged greetings, and warmly welcomed her party into the sect.

At the Primordial Yang Sect’s Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, Liu Yu welcomed True Lord Zihong and faced He Wangtian’s attempt to intimidate the gathering. Liu Yu matched He Wangtian’s spirit pressure until the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals arrived, forcing He Wangtian to stop.

• True Person Chongxuan watched Liu Yu and reflected on how the Five Sects’ old golden core leaders had failed to reach the nascent soul realm.
• Liu Yu escorted True Lord Zihong into the distinguished guests’ hall, where she said Crescent Moon Valley would remain friendly while the other sects would have to prove their strength.
• Liu Yu sensed a nascent soul cultivator approaching and went to the mountain gate, where He Wangtian arrived with two or three dozen cultivators and used his spirit pressure to overwhelm those below.
• Liu Yu confronted He Wangtian with his own spirit pressure, dispelling the pressure crushing the lower-level cultivators as the two clashed.
• He Wangtian realized Liu Yu was far stronger than a newly formed nascent soul cultivator, but the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals appeared and made him abandon his attempt to press the confrontation.

At his Nascent Soul Formation ceremony, Liu Yu faced hostility from He Wangtian and met the other sect leaders before agreeing to exchange blows with them. In their first clash, Liu Yu used his Azure Yang Starcloud to overcome He Wangtian’s Yin-Yang Mystic Light, demonstrating that the Primordial Yang Sect could remain among the five sects.

• He Wangtian challenged Liu Yu at the ceremony, and Liu Yu answered by openly accepting a bout with him.
• Fairy Wind, Daoist Snow, and Old Daoist Yunyi arrived, joining True Lord Zihong and He Wangtian as the six Nascent Soul True Lords gathered.
• The group flew to the Second Layer of the Astral Wind Layer, where Liu Yu and He Wangtian prepared to exchange one move.
• He Wangtian formed his Life-bound Divine Ability, Yin-Yang Mystic Light, into a massive black sun as Liu Yu summoned his Azure Yang Starcloud.
• The black sun pressed toward Liu Yu, but his Starcloud Body’s azure pillars pierced it and scattered its spiritual light.

Liu Yu demonstrated that his Azure Yang Starcloud gave him Nascent Soul middle-stage strength, earning recognition from the other sects during the five-sect sparring match. After he withstood the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals’ combined technique, the sect leaders reaffirmed their alliance.

• Liu Yu effortlessly neutralized Old Devil He's strike with the Azure Yang Starcloud, changing how the four watching sect leaders regarded him.
• He Wangtian withdrew from the gathering, and True Lord Zihong and Old Daoist Yunyi each exchanged a move with Liu Yu before reconsidering their relations with the Primordial Yang Sect.
• The Wind and Snow Twin Immortals attacked Liu Yu with their combined Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon divine ability.
• Liu Yu countered with Azure Yang Demonic Flame and spear strikes, then used his flame barrier, Scarlet Flame Shield, and Starcloud Body to withstand and disperse the attack.
• The four sect leaders addressed Liu Yu as a fellow Daoist, and the five sects reaffirmed their unchanged alliance.

After his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, Liu Yu accepted an invitation to the Pill Cauldron Sect’s gathering, where he hoped to obtain a fourth-tier pill formula. He returned to his new cave abode on Heaven-Reaching Peak to cultivate, while the Primordial Yang Sect’s factions maneuvered around his rise.

• Liu Yu hosted his ceremony, lectured on cultivation for seven days and nights, and saw the visiting True Lords depart.
• True Lord Zihong asked Liu Yu to exchange sword techniques, but he declined and accepted her invitation to attend a Pill Cauldron Sect gathering in two years.
• Liu Yu considered Old Devil He a continuing threat, resolved to wait for a safer chance to deal with him, and planned to seek a fourth-tier pill formula through peaceful trade if possible.
• Li Buyu and Yan Qun'er reported that the ceremony had concluded without incident, then discussed Yan Qun'er's prospects as Liu Yu's concubine and the sect factions' plans.
• Liu Yu finished meeting with the Golden Core Elders, moved into Tianfeng's former cave abode on Heaven-Reaching Peak, and began cultivating.

Liu Yu assessed his cultivation progress, continued training his body and divine sense, and arranged for his aging maid Wen Caiyi to retire in twenty years. A year later, he held a lavish ceremony to take Yan Qun'er as his concubine, with Little Green leading the bridal procession to Heaven-Reaching Peak.

• Liu Yu calculated that reaching the Nascent Soul early-stage peak would take another two hundred and fifty years and resolved to solve the fourth-tier pill formula problem so he could cultivate faster.
• Liu Yu cultivated the Astral True Form and Divine Preservation Art, estimating that his body refining could reach the fourth tier in about eighty years while continuing to strengthen his divine sense.
• Liu Yu told Wen Caiyi she could retire in about twenty years and warned her not to cross certain boundaries; he planned to give her life-extending items.
• Liu Yu spent a quiet year cultivating and searching for a fourth-tier pill formula through the Primordial Yang Sect’s disciples, but no news arrived.
• Liu Yu took Yan Qun'er as his concubine in a grand ceremony attended by the sect’s Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators.
• Little Green, now a third-tier middle-stage peak Flood Dragon, pulled Yan Qun'er's red bridal sedan along a flower-covered avenue to Heaven-Reaching Peak, where Liu Yu awaited her.

Liu Yu held a grand ceremony to take Yan Qun'er as his concubine, then reunited with True Lord Zihong and traveled with her to the Pill Cauldron Sect for an exchange gathering. He arrived at the sect’s headquarters, where a Golden Core Cultivator welcomed them on Mo Mei’s orders.

• Liu Yu welcomed Yan Qun'er with a grand concubine-taking ceremony and spent the wedding night with her.
• A few days later, Liu Yu introduced Yan Qun'er to Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan, and the three women appeared to reconcile over a feast.
• After a year of cultivation, Liu Yu left the sect to meet True Lord Zihong and seek fourth-tier pills at the Pill Cauldron Sect’s exchange gathering.
• Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong traveled to the Ba Kingdom and reached the Pill Cauldron Sect’s extensive mountain headquarters.
• A Golden Core Cultivator, acting on Martial Aunt Mo Mei’s orders, escorted Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong into the sect.

Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong attended True Lord Momei’s exchange gathering, where twenty-two Nascent Soul cultivators assembled to trade rare resources and pills. Momei arrived burdened by an undisclosed threat, while the gathering began with Kongzhao’s unsuccessful attempt to obtain a bottleneck-breaking treasure and ended with a coveted Great Luo Silver Crystal on offer.

• Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong reached Huaying Mountain and joined the gathering, where Liu Yu met Fazhao, Senmu, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators.
• True Lord Momei arrived last, welcomed the attendees, and concealed her anxiety about a matter involving a Great Cultivator.
• Kongzhao offered a Skycloud Sparrow demon core and additional treasures for a Bottleneck-Breaking Elixir or spirit treasure, but the other cultivators declined to trade.
• A mid-stage True Lord offered Great Luo Silver Crystal in exchange for fourth-tier middle-grade cultivation pills, attracting Liu Yu’s and True Lord Zihong’s attention.

At a Nascent Soul cultivator exchange meeting, Liu Yu offered three rare spirit herbs for a fourth-tier pill formula, but no one initially accepted. True Lord Huangmei then offered an ancient Spirit-Merging Pill formula in exchange, leaving Liu Yu interested but masking his delight.

• A True Lord traded a great Luo silver crystal for five True-Congealing Pills after True Lord Zihong withdrew her bid of Profound Yang Immortal Dew.
• True Lord Momei exchanged three Primordial Essence Pills for a thousand-year-old red radiance grass, and the meeting continued.
• Liu Yu offered a jade spirit mushroom, a violet nether fruit, and a profound yin herb for a fourth-tier lower-grade pill formula that advanced cultivation.
• True Lord Momei declined to trade a formula, and the other cultivators remained silent while Liu Yu considered other ways to obtain one.
• True Lord Huangmei offered Liu Yu an ancient Spirit-Merging Pill formula, which Liu Yu examined and recognized as a valuable reference despite its obsolete ingredients.

Liu Yu traded spirit herbs to True Lord Huangmei for the ancient Spirit-Merging Pill formula, then watched True Lord Momei offer rare pills in exchange for help with a dangerous mission. When she revealed that Great Cultivator Nangong Tian might be behind it, most of the True Lords fled, leaving only a handful behind.

• Liu Yu haggled with True Lord Huangmei and obtained the ancient Spirit-Merging Pill formula for a millennium jade spirit mushroom and a three-thousand-year violet nether fruit.
• True Lord Momei displayed four precious pills, including the Truth-Restoring Pill and Myriad Longevity Pill, and offered them to anyone who would help with her problem.
• True Lord Momei explained that the Alliance had ordered her to undertake a mission and that she feared Nangong Tian of the Black Ice Palace was plotting against her.
• The True Lords recoiled at the prospect of facing Nangong Tian, and a tall, thin old man left the gathering first.
• The other True Lords invented excuses and departed one after another, leaving only five or six cultivators with True Lord Momei.

Liu Yu agreed to help True Lord Momei guard Bright Moon Immortal City in exchange for a fourth-tier pill formula, joining a small group of cultivators willing to face the danger of Nangong Tian and the demon forces. After signing a pact, the group planned to gather in three years, while Liu Yu prepared the Primordial Yang Sect and his treasures for his fifteen-year absence.

• True Lord Zihong and most of the gathered cultivators left after learning the mission might involve Nangong Tian, while Liu Yu and five others remained.
• True Lord Momei offered Liu Yu the Flying Immortal Pill formula for his help, and Liu Yu accepted without bargaining.
• Mo Mei negotiated with Kongzhao and the other cultivators; she secured three allies, while two refused her terms and departed.
• True Lord Huangmei agreed to help in exchange for a Truth-Restoring Pill and three True-Congealing Pills.
• Mo Mei explained that the Seven Kingdoms Alliance had ordered her to guard Bright Moon Immortal City against the demon army for fifteen years, and the five signed a Supreme Unity Dao Pact to gather in three years.
• Liu Yu returned to prepare the Primordial Yang Sect and nurture the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear before leaving for the battlefront.

Liu Yu consolidated his control of the Primordial Yang Sect while considering the factions reshaping the Yuan Kingdom, then discovered that an ancient Spirit-Merging Pill formula was unusable without major improvements. He began cultivating with a thousand-year-old jade spirit mushroom, leaving his Azure Yang Art cycle underway.

• Liu Yu issued orders to the Primordial Yang Sect elders, while Jiang Qiushui and Yan Qun'er attracted support and the Master-Disciple Line continued to lose influence.
• Liu Yu dismissed the idea of restoring the old factional balance and reflected that his rise had altered the fortunes of powers throughout the Yuan Kingdom.
• Liu Yu examined an ancient Spirit-Merging Pill formula and found that thirty to forty percent of its listed herbs had gone extinct, so he considered other ways to obtain a fourth-tier formula.
• Liu Yu swallowed a thousand-year-old jade spirit mushroom and circulated the Azure Yang Art Tenth Layer to refine it.
• Liu Yu completed seventy-two circuits through his flesh and began the thirty-six faster circuits through his Nascent Soul, which together formed a full cycle.