Recaps

Yun Qing punished his younger siblings by planting some in the spirit-herb garden and hanging the others from the Divine Tree while he played Go with Yun Huang. The siblings remained suspended as the Three Masteries performed music, and Yun Jinglei continued to plead for release.

• Yun Qing kept Yun Shuanghua and Yun Zui planted in his spirit-herb garden as punishment, claiming the soil would help their cultivation.
• Yun Qing arranged Yun Hua, Yun Ge, and Yun Pengxing in a triangle on the Divine Tree, and Yun Ge, Yun Hua, and Yun Pengxing played music from their hanging positions.
• Yun Jinglei begged Yun Qing to let him down after being hung upside down by his feet, but Yun Qing told him to stay there and keep a low profile.
• Yun Qing left Yun Tianluo hanging in an elegant pose and mocked him for previously asking to be called Grandpa.
• Yun Baojian remained bound upright beside the Divine Tree, and Yun Qing told Yun Jinglei he would look respectable only if he dyed his orange hair black.

Yun Qing hung the young Yun Clan masters in Yun Huang’s garden, then lost a Go game to Yun Huang and accepted the wager’s punishment. After recovering in the spirit spring, Yun Qing asked to borrow Yun Huang’s sword, leaving the dangling onlookers eager to see what would happen next.

• Yun Qing hung Yun Baojian, Yun Jinglei, Yun Li, Yun Yao, Yun Ruyi, Yun Poxiao, and the other young masters from branches in the garden, while Yun Huang approved of the arrangement.
• Yun Qing and Yun Huang began a Go game as the suspended youngsters watched and played music.
• Yun Huang defeated Yun Qing by thirty-seven stones and declared that the loser had to accept a punishment.
• Yun Qing finished recovering in the spirit spring, rose from the pool, and asked Yun Huang to lend him his sword.

Yun Qing received the ancient ceremonial sword Azure Jade from Yun Huang and performed a sword dance to the Sacrificial Hymn to Heaven. His dance revealed both the sword’s majesty and Yun Qing’s own Dao, leaving the gathered young prodigies awestruck.

• Yun Huang gave Yun Qing Azure Jade, the ceremonial sword once used in the Immortal Court of old.
• Yun Qing drew Azure Jade and asked Yun Hua, Yun Ge, and Yun Pengxing to play the Sacrificial Hymn to Heaven.
• Yun Qing began with solemn ceremonial sword forms that drew out Azure Jade’s spirit of ceremony and majesty.
• Yun Qing shifted into flowing, elegant movements that united the sword’s grandeur with his own Dao.
• Yun Tianluo, Yun Jinglei, Yun Baojian, Yun Ruyi, Yun Shuanghua, Yun Zui, Yun Poxiao, and Yun Li watched Yun Qing’s dance in awe.

After Yun Qing’s sword dance, he asked Yun Huang to reward the twelve Yun Clan youths who had returned victorious from the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List. Yun Huang granted them treasures, then offered Yun Qing a sword from the old Immortal Court.

• Yun Qing finished his sword dance by saluting Yun Huang and returning Azure Jade to him.
• Yun Qing asked Yun Huang to reward the twelve Yun Clan youths, and Yun Huang allowed them down from the Divine Tree.
• Yun Huang praised the youths for upholding the Yun Clan’s name and presented each with a treasure suited to their Dao path.
• Yun Qing thanked Yun Huang and replaced his cooled spirit tea with a hot cup.
• Yun Huang offered Yun Qing a sword, saying, “This sword is for my elder brother.”

Yun Qing accepted the ceremonial sword Azure Jade from Yun Huang and arranged life-saving treasures for the younger members of the Yun Clan. After Yun Huang sent the group away, Yun Qing asked him to replenish the Little Radiant Chick’s divine power, and the brothers bickered over the bird’s short-lived revival.

• Yun Huang gave Yun Qing Azure Jade, the ceremonial sword of the former Immortal Court, and Yun Qing accepted it calmly.
• Yun Huang swept the twelve younger Yun Clan members and their treasures out of Langhuan Clear Void, and they landed in a heap on the Jade Steps.
• Yun Tianluo urged the group to cultivate with the treasures Yun Qing had secured for them, while Yun Jinglei and Yun Baojian traded barbs.
• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that the younger members needed life-saving treasures because an age of great strife was approaching.
• Yun Qing presented the exhausted Little Radiant Chick and asked Yun Huang to recharge it with divine power.
• Yun Huang explained that the chick had used up the power in his divided spirit, and Yun Qing joked that he was raising Yun Huang.

Yun Qing revived Little Radiant Chick by persuading Yun Huang to give the little creature more divine radiance, then discovered memories of Yun Huang’s former life in Azure Jade. Moved by the loneliness he saw, Yun Qing set out to find Yun Huang and share wine with him.

• Yun Qing coaxed Yun Huang into restoring Little Radiant Chick, then left with the revived creature after teasing Yun Huang again.
• At night, Yun Qing meditated with Azure Jade and saw memories of the ancient Immortal Court and Yun Huang as its supreme sovereign.
• Yun Qing witnessed the deserted Immortal Court and sensed the loneliness of Yun Huang standing alone there.
• Yun Qing wondered what Azure Jade meant to Yun Huang, then decided to find him and share a pot of wine.

Yun Qing playfully dressed Yun Huang and Little Radiant Chick in matching gold-and-jade crowns, prompting Yun Huang to seize his brother and take him to the Tournament Platform for recovery training. On the way, they encountered the Yun Clan Prodigies admiring their new treasures, and the group hurriedly lined up when they saw the brothers approach.

• Yun Qing brought Yun Huang tea and Vermilion Fruit, then tied Yun Huang's hair with a gold-and-jade crown.
• Yun Huang noticed Little Radiant Chick wearing a matching miniature crown and realized Yun Qing had staged the look.
• Yun Huang used divine power to grab Yun Qing and announced he would help consolidate his recovery on the Tournament Platform.
• Yun Qing protested that his Sea of Consciousness needed rest, while Yun Huang insisted his Radiant Sun Divine Flame could treat it.
• Yun Huang and Yun Qing ran into Yun Li, Yun Poxiao, Yun Jinglei, Yun Baojian, Yun Ruyi, Yun Tianluo, and the other Yun Clan Prodigies examining their treasures.
• Yun Tianluo greeted Yun Huang and Yun Qing, and the gathered prodigies put away their treasures and lined up obediently.

The Yun Clan welcomed congratulations from the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, the Supreme Dao Sect, and the Jiang Clan after its victory on the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List. As the leaders exchanged greetings, Jiang Shouzhuo hinted that worsening times lay ahead and that cultivating herbs would not be enough to keep the Jiang Clan safe.

• Yun Qing set Yun Qing down after the youngsters crowded around their treasures, then smoothly asked why everyone had gathered.
• The Guest-Welcoming Bell rang as the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, the Supreme Dao Sect, and the Jiang Clan arrived to congratulate the Yun Clan.
• First Elder Yun Che greeted the visitors, including Deputy Sect Master Sword Venerable Lu Qingxiao and Supreme Dao Sect Master True Person Xuanwei.
• Jiang Clan Head Jiang Shouzhuo brought medicinal gifts and embraced Second Elder Yun Yuan, while the two traded friendly remarks.
• Jiang Shouzhuo praised Yun Qing and admitted that he feared the coming days would be too dangerous for the clans to remain peaceful by focusing only on medicinal herbs.

The Yun Clan and visiting leaders discussed the Ji Clan’s losses at the Azure Cloud List and the threat of an external force gathering over Heavenly Origin. Meanwhile, Yun Huang punished Yun Qing in the Martial Arena until Yun Qing raised the strange fate of the Ji Clan’s prodigies.

• True Person Xuanwei noted that all the Great Zhou prodigies at the Azure Cloud List had died except Ji Shuyue and Ji Lingri, and the elders denied that the Yun Clan was responsible.
• True Person Xuanwei and Sword Venerable Azure Sky revealed signs of blood-red killing intent from beyond their world and warned that Heavenly Origin’s factions would need to unite.
• Yun Yuan declared that Heavenly Origin would not be handed over to the filthy things, and the leaders accepted that the coming storm exceeded any one faction’s strength.
• Yun Huang sealed the Martial Arena and attacked Yun Qing, who tried to evade punishment by bringing up a mystery from the Azure Cloud List.
• Yun Qing explained that the prodigies had gathered their fortune into their Immortal Lists before dying, except for the Ji Clan, and Yun Huang identified them.

Yun Qing and Yun Huang discussed how Great Zhou’s turmoil had affected the Fortune of its dead disciples, while the Yun Clan learned that Great Zhou had invited other powers to its ancestral rites but not them. Ji Chen then arrived with an invitation and publicly appealed to the hidden emperor before fleeing the Yun Clan’s reception.

• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that Ji Shuyue had gathered the Fortune of other Ji Clan Disciples, and Yun Huang said Great Zhou had fallen into turmoil.
• Sword Venerable Azure Sky, True Person Xuanwei, and Jiang Shouzhuo revealed that Great Zhou had invited their factions to ancestral rites where the Ji Clan would open its origin pool and possibly an immortal emperor’s dao resonance inheritance.
• Yun Yuan mocked Great Zhou after the Yun Clan confirmed it had received no invitation, but an elder soon announced that Great Zhou’s delegation had arrived.
• Ji Chen and General Shang waited outside the Yun Clan’s formation as Ji Chen joked about the danger of their mission and revealed that someone was protecting Ji Wen.
• Ji Chen presented the invitation to Yun Che’s First Elder, bowed toward the rear mountain to summon the hidden emperor to Great Zhou’s Divine Capital, and hurried away.

After Great Zhou’s delegation delivered its invitations, Yun Huang learned that Ji Shuyue’s hidden message warned of upheaval and pleaded for his help. He concluded that Great Zhou’s elders wanted to break beyond Venerable and become Emperor, leaving Yun Qing uncertain whether he would attend the ceremony.

• Ji Chen hurriedly withdrew the Great Zhou delegation after delivering the state letter and invitations, while Yun Yuan admitted he had only pretended he might beat him and Yun Zhenye canceled an ambush.
• Yun Qing gave Yun Huang the jade slip Ji Shuyue had secretly passed him, and Yun Huang revealed its hidden message pleaded for the ancestor to save her.
• Yun Qing connected Great Zhou’s internal fracture to the Blood Haze and suspected its invitation campaign aimed to change Heavenly Origin’s Heavenly Dao and governing order.
• Yun Huang explained that Great Zhou’s elders sought to break beyond Venerable and become Emperor, and Yun Qing asked whether he would go to Great Zhou.

Yun Huang received the Yun Clan’s report about Great Zhou’s invitation to its Ancestor Sacrifice and decided to attend, treating it as a chance to confront the Ji Clan. After the guests departed, Yun Che asked who would accompany him, but a hushed exchange of voice transmissions began before Yun Huang could answer.

• Yun Huang returned the Jade Slip to Yun Qing and went with him to the main hall to hear the juniors’ report.
• Yun Che told Jiang Shouzhuo that Great Zhou’s newly appointed Minister of Rites, Ji Chen, had delivered the invitation to the Ancestor Sacrifice.
• Yun Huang entered the hall, received the invitation from Yun Che, and ordered the Yun Clan to go to Great Zhou.
• Jiang Shouzhuo, Sword Venerable Azure Sky, and True Person Xuanwei agreed to go, then took their leave after arranging to meet Yun Yuan in the Divine Capital.
• Yun Che asked Yun Huang who should accompany him, while Yun Qing noticed figures outside exchanging conspicuously quiet voice transmissions.

Yun Huang teased Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei when the young Yun Clan members asked to go to Great Zhou, then left the youngsters in Yun Qing’s care. Yun Qing assigned Yun Tianluo to investigate Great Zhou’s officials and ancestral sacrifice regulations as the clan prepared for the journey.

• Yun Jinglei tried to spy on the hall and insisted he wanted to scout ahead in Great Zhou, while his siblings warned him about the dangers and mocked his conspicuous orange hair.
• Yun Huang let the eleven youngsters enter, then summoned Yun Zhenye and Yun Lan instead of granting Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei permission to go.
• Yun Zhenye arrived, and Yun Huang departed with the elders to discuss arrangements for the Great Zhou journey, leaving Yun Qing responsible for his younger siblings.
• Yun Qing warned the youngsters that powerful figures would gather for the ancestral sacrifice, then tasked Yun Tianluo with researching Great Zhou’s political connections and sacrifice regulations.

Yun Qing assigned the Yun Clan members preparations for the Ancestral Sacrifice in Great Zhou as the clan braced for trouble after its victory on the Azure Cloud List. While the clan’s defenses and intelligence work took shape, Yun Qing again met Brother Huang for a nighttime hot spring chat.

• Yun Qing ordered Yun Baojian to coordinate the Clan-Guarding Formation and western defenses, and asked Yun Ruyi to pray at the Ancestral Shrine.
• The Cloud Valor Guards replaced weaker riders and prepared to attend the Ancestral Sacrifice in the Divine Capital.
• The Fifth Elder and Yun Shuanghua prepared spiritual medicines, while Yun Tianluo studied Great Zhou’s political and military forces.
• Yun Hua mapped the Divine Capital’s layout with help from Yun Pengxing, and Yun Ge practiced the Heart-Cleansing Soul-Settling Melody.
• Yun Jinglei tried to master the Trace-Free Spirit Transformation Gauze, but Yun Zui caught him with his head invisible and teased him.
• Yun Li and Yun Yao revised the night-patrol roster, and Yun Qing once again shared a nighttime hot spring chat with Brother Huang.

Yun Huang thoroughly cleansed Yun Qing in the Azure Heaven Spirit Spring before their journey to Great Zhou, while Yun Qing reviewed Yun Tianluo’s intelligence and questioned the purpose behind the treasures Yun Huang had given the younger Yun Clan members. Yun Huang concealed his plan to assess whether they could help form a new order, then named the elders accompanying them to Great Zhou.

• Yun Huang used the Azure Heaven Spirit Spring and his divine flame to cleanse and fortify Yun Qing, who joked that he was being scrubbed like a cat.
• Yun Qing read Yun Tianluo’s detailed intelligence on Great Zhou and praised his work.
• Yun Qing asked whether Yun Huang’s gift of the Mountains and Rivers Brush to Yun Tianluo served a larger purpose, but Yun Huang denied planning that far ahead.
• Yun Huang privately considered whether the younger Yun Clan members could become the foundation of a new order if the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty fell.
• Yun Huang named Yun Yuan, Yun Zhenye, Yun Jun, and Yun Lan as the elders going to Great Zhou alongside him and Yun Qing.
• Yun Qing joked that Yun Jun would help restrain the other elders, and Yun Huang silently recalled Yun Jun’s past exploits.

Yun Huang advised Yun Qing that reaching the Immortal Lord realm required tempering his heart in the mortal world and choosing a Dao, explaining that only one cultivator could attain the peak of each Dao Path. He promised to help Yun Qing remove any Dao Venerable who blocked his chosen path, then took him to meet Yun Lan.

• Yun Huang told Yun Qing to temper his heart in Great Zhou and explained that a Dao Venerable could prevent others from attaining the same Dao.
• Yun Qing asked whether reincarnating in another world could avoid Heavenly Origin's restrictions, and Yun Huang explained that worlds rejected or suppressed outsiders.
• Yun Huang told Yun Qing to choose whatever Dao he desired and offered to kill its Dao Venerable if necessary, even inviting Yun Qing to pursue his own Dao.
• Yun Huang sensed Yun Lan's arrival, dried Yun Qing after he left the Spirit Spring, and the brothers went to Perching Phoenix Hall.

The Xia Emperor ordered his sons to remain in the Divine Capital and prepare for a future undertaking while sending War King Xia Zhan to Great Zhou with three thousand cavalry. In Perching Phoenix Hall, Yun Lan reported that the Yun Clan’s preparations were in place, then drew teasing from the elders for boasting about his devoted wife.

• The Xia Emperor told Xia Wushang and Xia Wujie that Great Xia would follow its own path, regardless of Great Zhou’s outcome.
• The Xia Emperor ordered both princes to stay in seclusion in the Divine Capital and prepare for “that matter.”
• The Xia Emperor commanded War King Xia Zhan to attend Great Zhou’s ceremony with three thousand Great Xia Bloodslaughter Dragon Cavalry.
• Yun Lan reported that Southern Mountain’s Divine Capital businesses and intelligence connections were ready, and said Sword Venerable Azure Sky and his wife would come to the capital.
• Yun Yuan, Yun Zhenye, Yun Jun, and Yun Qing teased Yun Lan about disguising his delight at his wife’s concern as a complaint.

Yun Huang prepared to lead the Yun Clan to the Great Zhou Divine Capital with an overwhelming display of military and imperial grandeur. As the procession assembled, Yun Ruyi tearfully urged Fifth Elder Yun Jun to stay safe and hide behind Yun Qing if danger arose.

• Yun Lan announced that the three thousand Cloud Valor Guards were assembled and ready to depart for the Great Zhou Divine Capital.
• The Yun Clan gathered with three thousand armored cavalry as Yun Huang's Nine Dragons Agarwood Carriage emerged from the Sea of Clouds.
• Yun Jinglei marveled at the extravagant carriage, while Yun Qing reflected that Yun Huang intended to make a forceful impression on the Ji Clan.
• Fifth Elder Yun Jun pretended to be pitiful before Yun Ruyi, who gave him a good-fortune sachet and told him to hide behind Yun Qing if he met bad people.
• Yun Qing overheard Yun Ruyi's advice and wondered why she expected an Immortal Venerable like Yun Jun to use him as a shield.

The Yun clan prepared to depart for the Divine Capital as Fifth Elder Yun Jun playfully sought comfort from Yun Ruyi before saying goodbye. Yun Huang summoned Yun Qing to his carriage, and Yun Qing stepped aboard as the journey began.

• Yun Ruyi gave Yun Qing a blessed sachet, prompting Yun Jun to pretend to feel unwell so she would comfort him.
• Yun Yuan exposed Yun Jun's act, but Yun Jun defended his affection for family and teased Yun Yuan about getting an embroidered sachet.
• Yun Huang ordered Yun Jun to prepare for departure, and Yun Jun immediately straightened up and said goodbye to Yun Ruyi.
• Yun Jun enlarged his purple-gold gourd for the journey, while Yun Yuan and Yun Zhenye entered a bamboo realm and the Cloud Valor Guards mounted their Qilin.
• Yun Huang asked Yun Qing why he had not boarded yet, and Yun Qing approached the Nine Dragons Agarwood Carriage as its dragon silhouettes lowered their heads.

Yun Qing traveled with Yun Huang in the Nine Dragons Agarwood Carriage as the Yun Clan made a powerful, highly visible journey toward the Great Zhou Divine Capital. The procession entered the Southern Region, while Yun Qing remained curious about the cryptic message Ji Shuyue had sent.

• Yun Huang invited Yun Qing to sit beside him on the throne, and Yun Qing imagined an Immortal Emperor trial card.
• Yun Huang ordered the carriage to depart, and nine Heavenly Vein Tribulation Dragons and three thousand Cloud Valor Guards led the Yun Clan procession toward the Great Zhou Divine Capital.
• Cultivators across the continent saw the procession and spread alarmed speculation about the Yun Clan and its passenger.
• Yun Qing relaxed in the carriage, sampled Vermilion Fruits, and explored its furnishings until Yun Huang warned him about criticizing the old Immortal Court's craftsmanship.
• Yun Qing asked what Ji Shuyue had written on his Jade Slip, and Yun Huang called the people involved useless without explaining further.
• The carriage crossed into the Southern Region, and Yun Qing reached for another Vermilion Fruit as they approached Great Zhou.

Yun Huang's nine-dragon carriage and three thousand Cloud Valor Guards broke through Great Zhou's border defenses and advanced toward the Divine Capital. Emperor Ji Chongli ordered the court to welcome Yun Huang in person, and the Yun Clan's overwhelming procession reached the skies a hundred li from the city.

• Yun Huang's nine-dragon Agarwood Carriage crossed Red Cloud Pass, and the defending general sent an urgent warning to the Divine Capital.
• A scout reported that the Yun Clan had broken through eight heavenly passes and was heading straight for the capital.
• Emperor Ji Chongli rejected both a routine welcome and a show of force, then decreed that he would personally lead the officials to greet Yun Huang.
• Ji Chongli summoned Ji Shuyue and Ji Lingri to accompany him.
• Yun Huang's carriage and three thousand black-armored cavalry descended toward the Divine Capital, terrifying cultivators across the region.

Yun Huang’s procession arrived at the Divine Capital, where the Zhou Emperor and his officials staged an elaborate welcome. Yun Qing handled the formalities while noticing that Ji Lingri was bound by imperial power, and Yun Huang accepted the welcome without appearing in person.

• The Nine Dragons Agarwood Carriage passed through the Celestial Stars Barrier and reached the Divine Capital as the Zhou Emperor and his court awaited it.
• Yun Qing emerged from the carriage, greeted the Zhou Emperor, and explained that Yun Huang preferred quiet and would leave the formalities to him.
• Yun Qing noticed imperial chains suppressing Ji Lingri’s fighting spirit, and she briefly met his gaze before her emperor mark subdued her again.
• Yun Huang addressed the Zhou Emperor from behind the carriage curtain, accepted the officials’ welcome, and was invited into the city and to a banquet at the Heavenly Palace.

Yun Huang forced the Great Zhou court, including the Zhou Emperor, to kneel before him and entered the Divine Palace with Yun Qing. After ordering the officials to rise, he left them dreading the evening Welcome Banquet.

• Yun Huang declared the court's bow an empty show and unleashed his imperial might, forcing the officials and the Zhou Emperor to their knees.
• Yun Qing and the Yun Clan's Immortal Venerables avoided receiving the Zhou Emperor's obeisance, while Ji Shuyue and Ji Lingri knelt under the pressure.
• Yun Huang emerged from the Nine Dragons Agarwood Carriage and strode through the air toward the Divine Palace, with Yun Qing following and the Cloud Valor Guards entering behind them.
• Yun Huang ordered the court to rise after entering the Divine Palace, leaving the ministers shaken and anxious about the Welcome Banquet.
• Ji Shuyue rose calmly, brushed off his robes, and looked toward the Divine Palace with relief that Yun Huang had arrived.

After settling into the Divine Palace, Yun Qing gave a spirit to a kitten Yun Huang created from a Jade Slip. The kitten chose Yun Huang, who named it Qing Kitty, leaving Yun Qing stunned.

• Yun Huang and Yun Qing surveyed the Divine Palace and criticized the Zhou Emperor's people for corrupting the old Immortal Court's legacy.
• Yun Qing fed Little Radiant Chick a Vermilion Fruit while Yun Huang watched with jealousy.
• Yun Huang created a black-and-white kitten and threatened Little Radiant Chick's divine power until Yun Qing agreed to give it a spirit.
• Yun Qing infused the kitten with a wisp of his divine soul, but it ran to Yun Huang and mewed at him.
• Yun Huang named the kitten Qing Kitty, and Yun Qing reacted in shock.

Yun Huang named the awakened black kitten Qing Kitty and took it to the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty’s welcoming banquet. He ignored the Zhou Emperor and sat on the imperial throne, leaving the gathered officials uncertain how to respond.

• Yun Huang named the black kitten Qing Kitty, and Yun Qing gave up protesting after Yun Huang threatened Little Radiant Chick.
• Yun Huang invited Qing Kitty to the banquet, while Yun Qing vented his frustration by ruffling Little Radiant Chick’s feathers.
• At the Heaven-Praying Terrace, Lu Mingqian and other Great Zhou officials worried about Yun Huang’s arrival and speculated about why the Ji Clan had invited him back.
• Yun Huang entered the banquet with Qing Kitty in his arms, followed by Yun Qing and the Yun Clan’s Immortal Venerables.
• Yun Huang passed the Zhou Emperor and sat on the imperial throne as Qing Kitty looked around the hall.