Recaps

Liu Yu broke through to the Foundation Establishment late stage and led his force in the campaign that destroyed White Cloud Temple. After killing Song Haocang and consolidating control of his assigned territory, Liu Yu began preparing for Golden Core formation.

• Liu Yu killed Cao Yuanwu and Ye Menghua, looted the Spirit Herb Garden, and returned to Eternal Peace Market Ward to break through to the Foundation Establishment late stage.
• After learning that the three sects had surrounded White Cloud Temple, Liu Yu led his force toward Cloudreach Mountain and joined the army gathering for the decisive assault.
• The three sects spent eight days attacking White Cloud Temple’s Immortal Wood Mystic Spirit Formation before Spirit-Severing Talismans and Master Xingchi’s golden palm helped bring it down.
• As White Cloud Temple fell, Liu Yu let Song Haocang escape after extracting information about the Three-Origin Fruit, secretly marking him so he could pursue him later.
• The three sects defeated White Cloud Temple, and Liu Yu learned that the Alliance would become the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and that the Yan Kingdom’s lands would be divided.
• Liu Yu followed Song Haocang to a spirit fruit orchard, killed him after he slew Senior Brother Tong, and took the orchard’s resources.
• Back in Eternal Peace Market Ward, Liu Yu refined Origin-Rising Pills, imposed rules on local factions, released the Spirit-Locking Restrictions on his Foundation Establishment subordinates, and began preparations for forming a Golden Core.

Liu Yu became a true disciple, moved to Rosycloud Mountain, and spent years advancing his cultivation before traveling west to seek the three-origin fruit. At West Sand Market Ward, he joined Tang Tianbao’s Bright Light Society and witnessed the revelation of the Holy Fire Secret Realm’s opening date, then joined an ambush on the Divine Sand Sect.

• Liu Yu left Phoenix Mountain after years of peaceful rule and returned to the Primordial Yang Sect, where he reunited with Ji Ruyan and declared her his concubine while Jiang Qiushui accepted their arrangement.
• Liu Yu received fifty-five merit points, secured the Li and Yan households’ support, and became a true disciple alongside Wei Xiaoqin.
• Liu Yu obtained the first three levels of Astral True Form, chose Rosycloud Mountain as his new home, and began cultivating with stellar power stored in the Star-Absorbing Box.
• Liu Yu spent twenty-four years cultivating and strengthening Rosycloud Mountain before traveling west to seek the secret realm containing the three-origin fruit.
• Disguised as Hong Hao, Liu Yu killed a bandit who attacked him in the desert, then traveled to West Sand Market Ward with Tang Tianbao and his companions.
• Liu Yu joined Tang Tianbao’s Bright Light Society and learned that Shi Renjie had revealed the Holy Fire Secret Realm would open on the second day of the second month next year.
• After True Person Yellow Sand executed Shi Renjie, Liu Yu watched Tang Tianbao and his companions’ reactions and continued waiting at the market ward.
• When Jiang Lesheng led a Divine Sand Sect party west with Shi Renjie’s remains, Tang Tianbao’s group ambushed them, and Liu Yu killed one sect cultivator with a punch.

Liu Yu entered the Sacred Fire Secret Realm with Tang Tianbao’s group, gathered its resources, and witnessed the failed reforging of the Sacred Fire Sword. After Zhou Ziwen’s betrayal brought rival sects into battle, Liu Yu revealed his strength and killed Zhou Ziwen, but the awakened sword left him facing mortal danger.

• Liu Yu helped Tang Tianbao’s group ambush Divine Sand Sect cultivators, then became a Sacred Fire Cult Guest Elder and accompanied them into the Secret Realm.
• Tang Tianbao led the group through the puppet-guarded first level and into the second level, where Liu Yu secretly obtained the three-origin fruit from the Spirit Herb Garden.
• The Sacred Fire Cult group ambushed Ren Hongyan and the Heavenly One Sect cultivators, and Liu Yu killed one of them before the survivors fled.
• Tang Tianbao took Liu Yu and the others to the Secret Realm’s core, where the Sacred Fire Sword’s reforging failed and the sword fell powerless onto the central island.
• Zhou Ziwen betrayed Tang Tianbao, killed Uncle Yang, and tried to escape with the Sacred Fire Sword, while rival sect cultivators joined him against the Sacred Fire Cult.
• Liu Yu killed the Righteous Youth and helped turn the battle against Ren Hongyan, while Purple Robe and other Sacred Fire Cult members died in the fighting.
• Liu Yu killed the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator and Zhou Ziwen, while Tang Tianbao defeated Zhou Ziwen but let him escape before Liu Yu struck him down.
• Tang Tianbao recognized Liu Yu as Hong Hao and the Azure Yang Old Devil, but Liu Yu stopped attacking after sensing mortal danger from the now-spiritual Sacred Fire Sword.

Liu Yu formed a high-grade Golden Core, took up a new peak, and secured the post of branch director by defeating Bai Yuxuan. He then traveled to the Yuan Kingdom with his companions to establish the Primordial Yang Sect’s new academy.

• Liu Yu and Tang Tianbao escaped the Secret Realm, but True Person Black Bone ambushed them, so Tang Tianbao used Ultimate Sublimation to destroy him and entrusted Liu Yu with the Sacred Fire Cult’s legacy before dying.
• Liu Yu returned to the Primordial Yang Sect, reunited with Ji Ruyan, and searched for surviving Liu Family descendants, finding Liu Yong and Liu Si in Ping'an County Town.
• Liu Yu arranged for Wu Cheng'en to protect the Liu Family, then spent years cultivating and preparing to form a Golden Core.
• Liu Yu formed a ninth-grade Golden Core with the Three-Origin Fruit and Bodhi Fruit, endured the heart-demon tribulation and lightning tribulation, and emerged with eight Dao Marks before his Life-bound Divine Ability restored the lost foundation.
• Liu Yu refined the Ruined Sword in the Immortal Mansion, awakened the Wither ability, and established Qingyang Peak with Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan after his Golden Core ceremony.
• Liu Yu accepted Yan Hongyu as his concubine, selected Golden Crow powder for his planned life-bound treasure, and offered Leng Yuexin resources in exchange for her loyalty.
• Liu Yu won the elders’ contest against Bai Yuxuan and received the appointment as head of the Primordial Yang Sect’s new branch courtyard in the Yuan Kingdom.
• Liu Yu left Qingyang Peak with Jiang Qiushui, Ji Ruyan, and five maids, then reached Eternal Spring Mountain, assigned his companions their duties, and installed the Yin-Yang Life-Breath Formation.