Recaps

Yun Qing revealed that Ye Hui had killed Ye Tianchen and that Ye Hui, now Zhao Xuan, held the Human World's heavenly mandate. Yun Guihe and the elders made Zhao Xuan the Perched Cloud Immortal Sect's sect master, leaving him with the sect's seal and the responsibility of helping rebuild the passage between the Human and Immortal Worlds.

• Su Mingya confirmed that the Perched Cloud Immortal Sect had hoped Ye Tianchen would reopen the passage to the Immortal World, and Yun Qing disclosed that Ye Hui had killed him.
• Yun Qing introduced Ye Hui as his personal disciple, Zhao Xuan, and said Zhao Xuan now held the Human World's heavenly mandate.
• Yun Guihe offered Zhao Xuan leadership of the Perched Cloud Immortal Sect, and Yun Qing agreed.
• Su Mingya and the elders accepted Zhao Xuan as sect master and showered him with gifts, records, and sect resources.
• Yun Guihe handed Zhao Xuan the sect's Golden Seal and restriction tokens, and the mountain's cloud energy and guarding formation joined with Zhao Xuan's aura.
• Yun Qing told Zhao Xuan to accept the responsibility, saying that the capable should shoulder more work.

Yun Qing bid farewell to Ye Hui and returned toward Heavenly Origin with Yun Tianluo and Yun Guihe, only to find an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon army occupying the void between the worlds. They secretly passed the demonic tide and were scooped safely through Heavenly Origin’s barrier by its Heavenly Dao.

• Yun Qing left Ye Hui in charge of the Perched Cloud Immortal Sect and urged him to seek help rather than face problems alone.
• Xia Wushang prepared Great Xia’s ancient formation, and Yun Qing used the Immortal Court Seal to open a passage to Heavenly Origin.
• Ye Hui kowtowed as Yun Qing, Yun Tianluo, and Yun Guihe departed, then resolved to complete his Dao path and reunite with his master.
• Inside the void passage, Yun Qing discovered an army of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons and saw the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and the soul attached to Ye Tianchen trapped in blood cocoons.
• Yun Qing concealed the group and led them around the demonic tide, recording the cocoons’ location rather than risking an attack.
• As the three reached Heavenly Origin’s barrier, its Heavenly Dao eagerly pulled them and the Immortal Court Seal into the world.

Yun Qing returned to the Yun Clan with Yun Guihe and Yun Tianluo, and the clan welcomed the long-lost Yun Guihe home after ten thousand years in the Human World. Yun Guihe was sent to recover while Yun Che celebrated Yun Tianluo’s perfected Dao Realm, unaware that Yun Tianluo wanted to avoid the consequences for his branch’s lost claim to the position of Yun Clan Eldest Young Master.

• Yun Qing, Yun Guihe, and Yun Tianluo arrived at the Yun Clan Ancestral Grounds after returning from the Human World.
• Yun Yuan recognized Yun Guihe, and Yun Guihe tearfully saluted the clan and declared that he had finally come home.
• Yun Che and Yun Yuan arranged treatment for Yun Guihe’s damaged Dao Foundation and sent him away to recuperate with his relatives.
• Yun Che praised Yun Tianluo for perfecting his Seven-Aperture Exquisite Dao Realm, and Yun Tianluo respectfully thanked his grandfather.
• Yun Tianluo privately hoped to slip away before Yun Che discovered that his branch had lost its chance to claim the Yun Clan Eldest Young Master position.

Yun Qing returned to the Yun Clan with his Dao Resonance fully formed, impressing the elders, who urged him to visit Yun Huang, who had been sulking in Heaven Beyond Heaven. Yun Qing agreed to go, though he admitted he did not know how to get there.

• Yun Tianluo drew the elders’ attention to Yun Qing, whose profound Dao Resonance delighted Yun Che and Yun Yuan.
• The elders connected Yun Huang’s recent bad temper and absence from the ancestral grounds to Yun Qing’s return.
• Yun Yuan and Yun Che persuaded Yun Qing to visit Yun Huang, and Yun Qing agreed, intending to report urgent matters and deliver a gift.
• Yun Qing suspected Yun Huang was throwing a tantrum, and Yun Yuan whispered that he was sulking in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Yun Qing warned Yun Tianluo to wait for his return, then asked the elders how to reach Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Yun Yuan brought Yun Qing to the Immortal Court, which Yun Huang was rebuilding, then abandoned him at the Sky-Command Gate. Yun Qing reached Yun Huang and cheerfully greeted him, but Yun Huang confronted him with anger over his return.

• Yun Yuan rushed Yun Qing to Heaven Beyond Heaven and showed him the Immortal Court being restored by countless puppets.
• Yun Yuan left Yun Qing at the Sky-Command Gate, claiming Yun Huang was in the Inner Palace and that the brothers should talk.
• Yun Qing used the Immortal Court Seal to get a golden-armored puppet to guide him through the silent, intimidating palace.
• Yun Qing found Yun Huang sulking on the Cloud Platform beside a scattered Go board and repeatedly called to him until he opened his eyes.
• Yun Huang accused Yun Qing of daring to return and threatened to scatter him to the winds, freezing Yun Qing's smile.

Yun Qing realized that he and Yun Huang had attained the same Great Dao, whose summit could hold only one Dao Venerable, but he responded to Yun Huang’s brooding warning by offering him a rabbit-shaped rice cake. Yun Qing insisted he would not abandon his Dao, leaving Yun Huang furious and at a loss.

• Yun Qing found Yun Huang surrounded by scattered Go stones, gathered them up, and invited him to play while offering him a gift.
• Yun Huang asked Yun Qing what Dao he had attained and what Dao Yun Huang himself had attained.
• Yun Qing realized that the brothers had attained the same Great Dao and remembered Yun Huang once offering to kill anyone who reached Yun Qing’s summit first.
• Yun Qing offered Yun Huang a rabbit-shaped rice cake instead of answering his unspoken dilemma, provoking Yun Huang to shout at him and scatter the Go stones again.
• Yun Huang asked whether Yun Qing intended to abandon his Dao, and Yun Qing firmly said he did not.

Yun Qing and Yun Huang settled their conflict over the Great Dao by recognizing each other as rivals and sharing wine and rice cakes. Yun Huang then agreed to help Yun Qing cleanse his mixed Dao auras after Yun Qing gave him a Heavenly Demon Heart Crystal.

• Yun Qing declared he would continue pursuing the Soaring Firmament Dao and contend with Yun Huang, who realized his elder brother would not yield.
• Yun Qing offered Yun Huang rabbit-shaped rice cakes, and the brothers laughed, shared food and wine, and accepted each other as equal rivals.
• Yun Huang told Yun Qing to catch up with him on the Dao, and Yun Qing promised he would.
• Yun Che and Yun Yuan listened from beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and concluded that the brothers were getting along; Yun Yuan also told Yun Che that the Fifth Elder was grieving Ruyi's absence.
• Yun Qing gave Yun Huang half a Heavenly Demon Heart Crystal and explained he had once planned to bring Ye Tianchen back as food, but Niu Niu had destroyed him.
• Yun Huang returned the Heart Crystal and told Yun Qing to follow him so he could straighten out Yun Qing's mixed Dao auras.

Yun Huang used Nine Luminaries Heavenly Marrow and the Heavenly Demon Heart Crystal to cleanse the worst of Yun Qing’s demonic contamination, then assigned him to deal with an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon army sealing the rift between the Human World and the Immortal World. After accepting the task in exchange for Vermilion Fruit, Yun Qing began hinting that he wanted Yun Huang’s Nine-Weapon Emperor Formation.

• Yun Huang teased Yun Qing for freeloading, then began cleansing his demonic contamination beside the immortal pool in Azure Radiance Longevity Heaven.
• Yun Huang drew a blood thread from Yun Qing and destroyed it, but Yun Qing discovered that Yun Huang had absorbed the remaining contamination himself.
• Yun Huang threw Yun Qing into the pool, returned the quiet Heavenly Demon Heart Crystal to him, and told him to refine it gradually.
• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that an army of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons had sealed the rift between the Human World and the Immortal World, with two blood-colored cocoons apparently gestating new demon leaders.
• Yun Huang assigned the threat to Yun Qing, who accepted after Yun Huang gave him a pouch of Vermilion Fruit.
• Yun Qing hinted that he wanted to borrow the Nine-Weapon Emperor Formation from Yun Huang.

After Yun Huang beat Yun Qing and forced him to handle Immortal Court and Yun Clan paperwork, Yun Qing sent gifts and heartfelt guidance to his family. He ended by reflecting on the bonds he had gained, and Yun Huang answered his praise by showering him with vermilion fruit.

• Yun Huang activated the Nine-Weapon Emperor Formation, beat Yun Qing, and made him approve the Immortal Court and Yun Clan's accumulated affairs.
• Yun Qing avoided the paperwork for a while by preparing gifts and messages for the Yun Clan's young masters and elders.
• Yun Qing asked the Heavenly Dao to deliver Yun Ruyi's gift, and it eagerly agreed.
• Yun Qing sent Yun Shuo a puppy plush, cultivation supplies, protective treasures, and a letter promising to teach him swordsmanship when he returned.
• Yun Qing sent the gift-laden paper cranes toward the Yun Clan Ancestral Grounds and reflected on the family bonds he had gained.
• Yun Qing praised Yun Huang, who responded by making vermilion fruit rain down in the hall.

Yun Qing finished reviewing the Immortal Court’s accumulated affairs, then joined Yun Huang in discussing how Heavenly Origin could prepare for Kanming Heavenly Burial and an invasion by Heavenly Demons. The chapter ended with Yun Qing realizing that Yun Huang had shattered the Nine Heavens and that Heavenly Origin’s vacant divine-palace seats would be filled by new powers.

• Yun Qing reviewed and judged the Immortal Court’s dossiers while considering the danger posed by Yun Huang’s contamination and Kanming Heavenly Burial.
• Yun Qing’s gifts reached the Yun Clan, delighting Yun Shuo, Yun Yao, and Yun Li, while Yun Jinglei chased Yun Tianluo toward a secret realm; afterward, a faint blood-red glint appeared in Yun Shuo’s eyes as he murmured Yun Qing’s name.
• Yun Qing found Yun Huang soaking in a hot spring and discussed restoring the Thirty-Three Heavens and protecting Heavenly Origin’s worlds from outside threats.
• Yun Qing proposed that the Four Ancients and Three Sects unite against the coming invasion, and Yun Huang explained that new powers would fill the vacant positions among the Nine Heavens Divine Palaces.
• Yun Qing realized that Yun Huang had shattered the Nine Heavens, leaving their restoration and vacant guardian seats as unresolved problems.

Yun Huang sent Yun Qing to handle diplomacy, but Yun Qing first returned to the Yun Clan to report an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon army occupying the passage between the mortal and immortal worlds. Yun Yuan urged him to seek a united campaign under the Nine Heavens Divine Palaces rather than let the Yun Clan face the threat alone.

• Yun Huang assigned Yun Qing the diplomatic work of bringing Heavenly Origin's powers into line, and Yun Qing volunteered to eliminate the Heavenly Demons in the passage between the two worlds.
• Yun Qing returned to the Yun Clan Territory and went to Second Elder Yun Yuan's residence to ask where the First Elder had gone.
• Yun Yuan teased Yun Qing about the First Elder visiting his grandson, and the two shared a mischievous laugh before Yun Qing raised the demon threat.
• Yun Qing told Yun Yuan that an army of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons occupied the passage and that two blood-red cocoons were nurturing newborn Twelve Dutian Demons.
• Yun Qing said he intended to destroy the demon nest, but Yun Yuan questioned whether His Majesty had approved and urged him to issue the Nine Firmaments Demon-Slaying Decree and unite Heavenly Origin's powers.

Yun Qing told Yun Yuan about the Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals, and the Second Elder quickly organized a Yun Clan expedition against the blood cocoons. The chapter ended with Yun Yuan and Yun Qing mobilizing the clan’s forces while informing the eldest that they were leaving him to hold the territory.

• Yun Yuan recounted the lost Ten Earth lineages, and Yun Qing learned that the North Pole Ice God Palace and Heavenly Secrets Pavilion descended from two of them.
• Yun Qing explained that Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals could suppress contamination from the kanming heavenly burial, and Yun Yuan scolded him for not sharing the news sooner.
• Yun Yuan decided to attack both blood cocoons and claimed the Yun Clan would act to protect Heavenly Origin, while he and Yun Qing joked about collecting treasures along the way.
• Yun Yuan rang the Cloud Valor Guards’ battle bell and ordered several cavalry battalions, Black-Armored Cloud Guards, allied lineages, and available elders to assemble for the demon-slaying expedition.
• The Yun Clan mobilized supplies and troops, and Yun Yuan sent the eldest a message explaining that he and Yun Qing were heading out while leaving him to guard the territory.

The Yun Clan mobilized its elites to confront the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons gathered beyond the Heavenly Origin World Barrier. After reconnaissance revealed two unhatched Blood Cocoons guarded by powerful demons, Yun Qing and the elders chose to wait, hoping the demons would form Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals before they attacked.

• Yun Che stumbled during his exchange with Yun Tianluo when war drums sounded, then received urgent messages from Yun Yuan.
• Yun Qing and Yun Yuan assembled much of the Yun Clan’s elite forces and led them out of Heavenly Origin with the Immortal Court Seal.
• At the outer Star Ring, the Yun Clan raised protective formations and Soul-Cleansing Lamps before sending Yun Honghai and three elders to scout.
• Yun Honghai reported at least seven Demon Nests, countless Heavenly Demons, two unhatched Blood Cocoons, and at least three high-ranking guards near Immortal Venerable strength.
• Yun Qing asked whether killing the demons before the Blood Cocoons hatched would yield Heart Crystals, and the Yun Clan decided to hold position for now.

Yun Qing faced the arrival of the Heavenly Secrets Primordial Divination Pavilion and the North Pole Ice God Palace, whose leaders had come for the Demon Nest’s Heart Crystals. As the three factions argued over the prize, a report that the Blood Cocoon was cracking sent them rushing toward the Void Rift, where they immediately attacked one another.

• Yun Qing realized that Xing Yuanzi and Frost Fairy had brought their factions to seek the Demon Nest’s Heart Crystals.
• Yun Yuan exchanged insincere greetings with Xing Yuanzi and Frost Fairy while the three factions held a tense standoff.
• Yun Qing used the Immortal Court Seal to pressure the rival factions and warned them that Yun Huang wanted the Heart Crystals.
• Yun Honghai reported that the Blood Cocoon had begun to crack.
• The three factions rushed to peer into the Void Rift and attacked one another at the same time.

The Yun Clan, Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and North Pole Ice God Palace bickered and fought above the Star Ring as two new Dutian Demons emerged from their cocoons. The factions lured the demons into Heavenly Origin and battered them with prepared formations, while the Heavenly Dao panicked at the sight of the invading demons.

• Yun Yuan and Yun Qing traded insults with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and North Pole Ice God Palace after those factions blamed Yun Huang for old grievances.
• The Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and Elder Mu emerged from blood cocoons as new members of the Twelve Dutian Demons, but the three factions ignored them while arguing.
• The demons charged through the World Barrier into Heavenly Origin, while the barrier shut out the rest of the Heavenly Demon army.
• Yun Qing recoiled at the demons’ ugliness, and the Second Elder ordered the factions to activate their prepared formations around the two intruders.
• The three factions’ attacks devastated the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and Elder Mu, while the Heavenly Dao blasted the demons outside the barrier and complained to Yun Qing.
• As the two demons neared defeat, the factions’ cooperation faltered because each feared the others would seize the Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals.

Yun Qing traced the newborn Dutian Demons’ karmic threads to the Sacred Ruins and discovered the Holy Lord and the other Dutian Demons gathered there. As Yun Yuan fought the empowered demons back in Heavenly Origin, Yun Qing’s risky glimpse revealed that all Twelve Dutian Demons had taken form again.

• The Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and Elder Mu transformed as they welcomed the Holy Lord, and their demonic strength surged.
• Yun Yuan and Yun Qing realized the Demon Ruins had prepared more than two newborn demons, while Fu Sanyuan and half the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders began divining despite the danger of contamination.
• Yun Qing opened his Double Pupils to trace the demons’ karma toward the Holy Lord, and Yun Yuan failed to stop him.
• Yun Yuan struck the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk with a Soul-Cleansing Blazing Flame when she began boasting about receiving the Holy Lord’s favor.
• Yun Qing followed the blood thread to the Demon Source End Ruins and saw the Holy Lord’s throne and all Twelve Dutian Demons, including Ren Sui, Blood Nie, Pi Hai, Zhu Rao, and Dou Qi.

The Heavenly Demon Holy Lord ordered the Twelve Dutian Demons to begin the Battle of the Heavens, while the allied Immortal Venerables fought the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and Elder Mu on the Star Ring. The chapter ended with Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders suffering dangerous divination backlash, including one who believed he had mastered the heavens.

• Zhu Rao tried to provoke Dou Qi, but Xiu Ge ordered the demons to leave the newcomers alone until the Holy Lord decided their fate.
• Xiu Ge said Dou Qi could eat the newcomers if the Holy Lord did not keep them, and Dou Qi restrained himself from targeting the lower-ranked demons.
• The Heavenly Demon Holy Lord commanded the demons to open the first gate and set the Battle of the Heavens in motion.
• Twenty-seven Immortal Venerables from the Yun Clan, North Pole Ice God Palace, and Heavenly Secrets Primordial Fate Divination Pavilion attacked the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and Elder Mu on the Star Ring.
• Several Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders suffered divination backlash, and Old Hu rose laughing and claimed he had attained the Dao before another elder tried to silence him.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s deductions left its elders contaminated and in chaos as Elder Mu and the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk exploited the disturbance to attack the formation. Just as the Heavenly Secrets Formation Domain neared collapse, Star Seer descended in person and surveyed his unruly disciples.

• Guan Chenzi mistook demonic snakes growing from his scalp for lustrous hair, while Bing Xixi and others recorded and mocked him.
• Fu Sanyuan discovered a dangerous opportunity beside Yun Qing, then Guan Chenzi’s snake hair disrupted him and Fu Sanyuan burned it away.
• Elder Mu and the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk attacked during a breach in the formation, while Yun Yuan ordered the Yun Clan to change formation and drive them back.
• The contaminated Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders began joining their demonic runes together, threatening to collapse the formation as Elder Mu and the Eldest Princess pressed their attack.
• Star Seer descended in a vast Sea of Stars, halted the trembling Star Charts, and looked down at his chaotic disciples.

Star Seer and the Ice Lord arrived at the Star Ring and destroyed Elder Mu and the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk. Yun Qing then suffered a dangerous backlash from the Demon Ruins, and his dormant Radiant Sun Divine Flame ignited to defend him.

• Star Seer purified the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders, marked Fu Sanyuan, and erased Elder Mu with his stellar power.
• The Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk sacrificed her Corrupted Bone Male Attendants and fled toward the North Pole Ice God Palace, where the Ice Lord awakened.
• The Ice Lord froze and shattered the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk, then claimed her purple Heavenly Demon Heart Crystal.
• Yun Qing's Double Pupils revealed signs of lingering demonic corruption, and demonic will from the Demon Ruins attacked his Sea of Consciousness.
• Yun Qing's dormant Radiant Sun Divine Flame ignited inside his Dantian.

Yun Huang’s radiating sun divine flame purged the demonic corruption from Yun Qing and manifested his Dharma form above the Star Ring. Yun Huang, Star Seer, and the Ice Lord then opened their Dao realms and confronted one another over the Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals, leaving the three factions caught in a tense standoff.

• Yun Huang’s divine flame burned away the Demon Ruins’ filth inside Yun Qing and appeared as a Great Sun above the Star Ring.
• Yun Qing greeted Yun Huang, who silently decided his elder brother needed a thorough cleansing before returning to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Yun Huang, Star Seer, and the Ice Lord unfolded their Dao realms, and Yun Qing studied their power with fascination.
• Yun Huang’s Great Sun suppressed the Star Chart and Ice Lotus, while the Yun Clan celebrated his dominance over the other two supreme beings.
• Yun Huang demanded that the Heart Crystals be handed over, but Star Seer and the Ice Lord kept hold of them as the three Dao realms entered a tense standoff.

Yun Qing and the elders of the Yun Clan, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and the North Pole Ice God Palace competed to rally support for their sovereigns as the three clashed above the Star Ring. The chaotic cheering continued, with Bing Xixi slipping into the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s ranks and shouting for the Star Seer to kill the Ice Lord.

• Yun Qing and Yun Yuan led the Yun Clan elders and guards in chants supporting the Soaring Firmament Great Sun.
• Fu Sanyuan and Xing Yuanzi organized the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders into a cheer squad, while Elder Hu joined in despite still having talismans on his mouth.
• Frost Fairy led the North Pole Ice God Palace in chants that bolstered the Ice Lord’s Dao power.
• The three factions took turns shouting support as their sovereigns’ Daos collided above the Star Ring.
• Bing Xixi joined the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s ranks and shouted for the Star Seer to kill the Ice Lord, leaving Fu Sanyuan embarrassed.

Yun Huang overwhelmed Star Seer and the Ice Lord in their battle over the Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals, while Yun Qing rallied the factions’ elders to cheer him on. Yun Huang unleashed the Nine-Weapon Emperor Formation against his opponents as Yun Qing watched, his cheering faltering.

• Yun Huang burned through Star Seer’s and the Ice Lord’s Dao Domains and mocked them both.
• Yun Qing led the elders in cheering for Yun Huang, who sent a flame to spur the Yun Clan’s chants louder.
• Yun Huang split his Great Sun into nine and demanded that Star Seer and the Ice Lord hand over their Heart Crystals.
• Yun Huang manifested the Nine-Weapon Emperor Formation and aimed its nine Divine Weapons at Star Seer and the Ice Lord.
• Yun Qing stared at the formation’s golden radiance reflected in his Double Pupils, and his cheering briefly stopped.

Yun Qing watched Yun Huang defeat Star Seer and the Ice Lord in a nine-day contest of Dao Realms above the Star Ring. Yun Huang claimed the two Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals and departed, leaving the three factions to react to the outcome.

• Yun Qing watched Yun Huang's power and felt newly inspired to pursue the summit of the Dao.
• Yun Huang, Star Seer, and the Ice Lord clashed their Dao Realms above the Star Ring while Yun Qing and the three factions' Immortal Venerables observed and comprehended their fighting.
• On the ninth day, Yun Huang defeated Star Seer and the Ice Lord, then took the Heart Crystals of the Eldest Princess of Purple Dusk and Elder Mu.
• The three sovereigns' manifestations vanished, and Yun Yuan celebrated Yun Huang's victory while the Yun Clan elders basked in pride.
• Fu Sanyuan said they had failed to take the Heart Crystals from Yun Huang, and Bing Xixi complained that the Ice Lord was useless.

After the Heart Crystals disappeared, Yun Qing realized the Heavenly Origin Heavenly Dao was still struggling alone against the demonic tide outside the World Barrier and rallied the three factions to clear it. With the realm safe, the factions departed, and Yun Qing headed to Heaven Beyond Heaven to see His Majesty.

• The Heavenly Dao complained through the Immortal Court Seal that the factions were abandoning it while the demonic tide still battered the World Barrier.
• Yun Qing asked Yun Yuan and the other factions to help clear the remaining demons before they left.
• Yun Yuan, Frost Fairy, and Xing Yuanzi led their forces in a joint assault that destroyed the Demon Nests and drove off the surviving demons.
• Yun Qing promised to repair the Thirty-Three Heavens, calming the Heavenly Dao.
• After the factions departed, Yun Qing set off for Heaven Beyond Heaven while Yun Yuan led the Yun Clan home.

Yun Qing returned from the Demon Ruins with two Heavenly Demon Heart Crystals and reported that the demons were draining worlds to trigger the Battle of the Heavens early. Yun Huang scrubbed Yun Qing clean in the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Marrow Pool, then recognized the threat as a calamity that would involve every world at the end of an epoch.

• Yun Qing entered the Soaring Firmament Treasure Hall and found Yun Huang holding two Heart Crystals from the Twelve Dutian Demons.
• Yun Huang tossed the crystals to Yun Qing, then hurled him into the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Marrow Pool and ordered the pool to wash him clean.
• Yun Qing endured the spinning pool as it removed the remaining contamination and foul aura from his body.
• Yun Qing returned to the hall, placed the Heart Crystals beside Yun Huang's zither, and reported what he had seen while tracing the Demon Ruins' blood threads.
• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that the Heavenly Demons were devouring worlds' source essence to provoke an early Battle of the Heavens.
• Yun Huang recognized the Battle of the Heavens as a calamity that required every world to take part at the end of an epoch.