Recaps

After losing his position and support in the Five Lotus Sect, Li Yu used Jiang Taiyi’s tablet to recover and deepen his cultivation while avoiding the sect’s political turmoil. In Hao City, he awakened Jin Ling’s spiritual aptitude and began studying at Great Evolution Academy.

• Wu Su removed Li Yu as head senior brother after his failed Foundation Establishment, and Li Hun later cut off his support and claimed Heaven-Questioning Pavilion’s spiritual vein.
• Li Yu activated Jiang Taiyi’s tablet, learned the Purple Glow Art from Ji Ganlin, and discovered the Taiyi True Explanation, which helped him heal and resume cultivation.
• Li Yu declined to join Yin Ya’s journey to Kunlun and left the sect on missions, while Song Lingxi urged him to reconsider his chance at Foundation Establishment.
• Aboard the flying ship to the Zhao Kingdom, Li Yu killed Wang Xiang after Wang Xiang ambushed him, then avoided Ying Ruomu and settled in Hao City.
• Li Yu enrolled at Great Evolution Academy, rented a room in Cuckoo Dove Village, and began studying Taiyi Starshine.
• Li Yu awakened Jin Ling’s Golden Luminary Spirit Body, helped her manage its dangers, and guided her through her first cultivation practice.
• Li Yu traveled to Great Evolution Academy’s Metaverse campus, completed enrollment, and began private lessons with Teacher Su Wen.

Li Yu advances his cultivation and survives a deadly sea expedition, where he kills Ying Ruomu and Ying Feiyun and gains the Formless Sword Qi. Back in Hao City, he studies the sword art with Su Wen and builds a formation to gather purple qi, nearing his next breakthrough.

• Su Wen guides Li Yu into Whirling Illumination, teaches him Taiyi Starshine and the Su-Yi Primordial Shield, and helps him succeed with a new cultivation method.
• Yuan Hao sends the Five Lotus Sect to investigate six disciples’ deaths at sea, and Li Yu joins the search after preparing talismans and pills.
• In the Thunderclap Domain, Ying Ruomu traps Li Yu, but Li Yu frees himself and kills him with an invisible sword of breath.
• Li Yu and Xu Wei help Qin Jian fight Ying Feiyun, and Li Yu kills Ying Feiyun with the Lesser Clarity Sword, receiving the Formless Sword Qi.
• Zhao Qian intervenes in the dispute between Sun Yuanji and Yuan Hao, confiscates evidence, and rewards Li Yu with an ocher flying sword.
• Li Yu studies the Formless Sword Qi with Su Wen, who develops the Heaven and Earth Yi Light Six Directions Sword Formation, though Li Yu is overwhelmed while testing it.
• Li Yu cultivates with Golden Crow Fried Rice and, with Su Wen’s instruction, uses the Yellow Sand Sword and Spirit Stones to form a device that gathers great sun ascendant purple qi.
• Li Yu finds the gathered purple qi the next morning and realizes his second drop of heart’s blood is nearly condensed, preparing him to attempt the opening of light.