Recaps

The Nine Heavens Immortal List descended and named ten supreme heirs, including Yun Qing, as the era’s true contenders. As the list’s marks gathered fortune and Yun Qing resolved to eliminate the Twelfth Elder’s faction, an even more ancient list bearing the character “God” began to appear.

• A brocade-robed youth belittled Wang Hu’s Heaven List nomination compared with the Immortal List’s prodigies.
• Purple-gold light descended across the realms and named Xia Wushang, Li Qingming, Xuanchan, Ao Zhan, Feng Jiuxiao, Jiuyuan Sou, Ji Shuyue, Jiang Shinian, Feng Ling’er, and Yun Qing to the Nine Heavens Immortal List.
• Wang Hu realized his ranking was insignificant beside the ten Immortal List heirs, while cultivators received colored marks that gathered fortune and revealed their rankings.
• Yun Qing sensed the Immortal List’s connection to a vast will and resolved to root out the Twelfth Elder and his faction without delay.
• A new upheaval unfolded as a more ancient list appeared beyond the Immortal List, displaying the character “God.”

The Divine List revealed manifestations tied to three ancient supreme beings, terrifying the continent and exposing their attempts to seize the era’s fortune. Yun Huang erased his own manifestation, prompting the other two to withdraw, while Yun Qing feared that the ancient powers might personally compete for places on the Azure Cloud List.

• The Divine List displayed the World-Cleansing Ice Lotus, the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Fate Formation Disc, and the Radiant Sun, frightening cultivators across the continent.
• The Nine Heavens Divine Palaces recognized the manifestations as signs of ancient beings trying to claim the era’s fortune.
• Yun Huang angrily erased the Radiant Sun manifestation from the Divine List.
• A star-robed man in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and the frozen maiden in the North Pole Ice God Palace withdrew their manifestations.
• Yun Qing realized the ancient powers had descended within the last three hundred years and feared they might compete for places on the Azure Cloud List themselves.

After the Azure Cloud List revealed that ancient powerhouses had entered the contest, Yun Qing urged Yun Huang to advance the Cloud Summit Tournament to deal with threats inside the clan. Yun Huang erased Yun Qing’s Immortal Seal, then placed his hands on the back of Yun Qing’s neck, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Yun Qing realized that more ancient powerhouses might be hiding among the factions and worried that the Azure Cloud List would become a contest between seniors disguised as juniors.
• Yun Qing decided to resolve the threat posed by the Twelfth Elder before the turmoil surrounding the Azure Cloud List grew worse.
• Yun Qing proposed advancing the Cloud Summit Tournament to select the clan’s strongest youths and remove lingering internal problems.
• Yun Huang invited Yun Qing closer and erased the Immortal Seal from his forehead with Radiant Sun Divine Power.
• Yun Huang ordered Yun Qing to turn around and placed his hands on the back of Yun Qing’s neck.

Yun Qing persuaded Yun Huang to move the Cloud Summit Tournament forward, securing three months to prepare a trap within the Yun Clan. Meanwhile, the Jiang Clan head summoned powerful leaders from across the continent to discuss the Azure Cloud List and divine list.

• Yun Huang examined Yun Qing's spiritual power and teased him for using the tournament to settle Yun Clan affairs.
• Yun Huang ordered the Cloud Summit Tournament to begin in three months, with its twelve victors becoming the Twelve Young Masters and representing the clan in the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List contest.
• Yun Qing thanked Yun Huang, then resolved to use the three months to lay a trap for his targets.
• The Jiang Clan head activated the Myriad-Direction Heavenly Trajectory and invited his influential friends to discuss the divine list and the changes in heaven and earth.
• Powerful patriarchs, sect leaders, and emperors gathered in a hidden void for the Jiang Clan head's lively discussion.

Powerful factions argued over who had brought a mysterious figure to the gathering as a storm of political intrigue began to build. Meanwhile, Yun Qing secured permission to leave the clan for the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain, but Yun Huang took his spear and began to reforge it.

• The Jiang Clan patriarch prompted the gathered powers to speculate that the Yun Clan had brought a mysterious figure, and the factions traded accusations over the Thirty-Six-Petal Ice Lotus.
• The great powers continued their quarrel while wary elders suspected that other forces were concealed beneath the growing conflict.
• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain needed to be cleared before the Little Cloud Summit Trial and volunteered to lead the mission.
• Yun Huang granted Yun Qing permission to leave, then demanded his Silent Abyss Spear.
• Yun Huang examined the spear, judged its refinement too crude to withstand powerful forces, and raised his Radiant Sun Divine Flame to strike the void beside him.

Yun Huang reforged Yun Qing’s Silent Abyss Spear with the soul of a Primordial Ferocious Beast and sent him to clear out the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain. Meanwhile, the Twelfth Elder and Yun Chi plotted to kill Yun Qing there, seize his chaos dao embryo, and use it to transform Yun Chi into a chaos-devouring body.

• Yun Huang used the Radiant Sun Divine Flame and a Primordial Ferocious Beast’s soul to reforge Silent Abyss into the nascent form of an innate divine weapon, then gave it to Yun Qing.
• Yun Qing thanked Yun Huang and left to carry out the task of clearing out the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain.
• After Yun Qing departed, Yun Huang reflected on the divine power mark he had placed in Yun Qing’s sea of qi and trusted it would protect him.
• Yun Chi urged the Twelfth Elder to act while Yun Qing was away and claimed Yun Qing’s wounds had not healed.
• The Twelfth Elder planned to kill Yun Qing in the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain, preserve his chaos dao embryo, and use the Myriad Spirits Blood-Baleful Formation to help Yun Chi devour its origin.

Yun Qing arrived in Desolate City at the edge of the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain and met the local Yun Clan branch, including the reformed Steward Jia and Yun Lie’s perceptive grandson, Yun Shi. After Xia Zhan sensed Yun Qing from afar and was politely turned away, Yun Qing listened as Yun Shi described his aura as a dazzling sun wrapped in deep water.

• Xia Zhan reflected on the contentious gathering of powerful figures and concluded the rumors about the Yun Clan were likely true.
• While patrolling the region, Xia Zhan sensed Yun Qing in Desolate City, but Yun Qing detected his divine sense and greeted it with a courteous warning to stop probing.
• Xia Zhan withdrew his divine sense and praised Yun Qing’s perception and composure.
• Yun Qing met Yun Lie and the Desolate City clansmen, including Steward Jia, who had settled into frontier life and cared for Yun Lie’s grandson.
• Yun Qing noticed Yun Shi’s unusual perception, and Yun Shi described Yun Qing’s presence as a dazzling sun wrapped in deep, vast water.

Yun Qing led the Cloud Valor Guards into the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain, completed their clearing mission, and stayed behind as the blood moon rose. The Twelfth Elder’s twenty-four Immortal Lord assassins attacked him, and Yun Qing identified his cousin Yun Chi among them.

• Yun Qing praised Yun Shi’s uncanny intuition before leading the Cloud Valor Guards toward the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain.
• After three days of fighting, Yun Qing finished clearing the area as the blood moon emerged and ordered the Cloud Valor Guards to withdraw.
• Yun Qing called out the hidden pursuers, and the Twelfth Elder’s formation trapped him with twenty-four black-robed Immortal Lords.
• The assassins launched a coordinated assault, but Yun Qing evaded their attacks and struck at their weak points.
• Yun Qing’s double pupils exposed Yun Chi’s spirit-devouring body, and he recognized his cousin within the formation.

Yun Qing revealed that he had reached the early immortal king realm and killed Yun Chi, destroying his body and divine soul while preserving a clean wisp of true spirit for reincarnation. The Twelfth Elder was shocked by Yun Qing’s power, then decided to seize his chaos dao embryo for himself.

• Yun Qing broke through the Space Chains and pierced Yun Chi’s heart with the Silent Abyss Spear, revealing his immortal king cultivation.
• Yun Qing crushed Yun Chi’s divine soul, secretly preserved a sinless wisp of true spirit, and told him to be an ordinary person in reincarnation.
• Yun Qing inspected Yun Chi’s corpse and destroyed the essence of his spirit-devouring body to prevent his return.
• The Twelfth Elder realized Yun Qing was an immortal king despite being under twenty and became consumed by greed for his chaos dao embryo.
• The Twelfth Elder dismissed Yun Chi’s death and vowed to devour Yun Qing’s chaos dao embryo to pursue the immortal venerable realm and the Immortal Emperor Dao.

Yun Qing used a Sumeru Puppet Transformation to summon Yun Yuan when the Twelfth Elder and his men nearly overwhelmed him. Yun Yuan revealed his Immortal Venerable power and destroyed their attacks, leaving the Twelfth Elder’s group at his mercy.

• The Twelfth Elder and the black-robed figures attacked Yun Qing with a demon god phantom and twenty-four demonic dragons of killing intent.
• Yun Qing dodged the assault with Chaos Shadow Transformation, then tossed down an ugly doll and called for the Second Elder to help.
• The doll transformed into Yun Yuan, who dispersed the attackers’ techniques with a single word and revealed his Immortal Venerable Realm power.
• Yun Yuan scolded Yun Qing for using the costly puppet too soon, and Yun Qing teased him about stealing the Third Elder’s Drunken Immortal Carp.
• Yun Qing told the Twelfth Elder and his men that he had not entered their gathering unprepared.

The Twelfth Elder’s attempt to cripple Yun Qing failed when Yun Huang’s Radiant Sun Seal Mark destroyed the poison thorn, but the elder’s tracing art accidentally exposed Yun Qing’s knowledge of Yun Huang’s past life. As the Twelfth Elder threatened to tell Yun Huang that Yun Qing’s brotherly care had been an act, Yun Huang arrived in fury.

• The Twelfth Elder used a forbidden Blood-Soul Poison Thorn against Yun Qing, but the Radiant Sun Seal Mark Yun Huang had left in Yun Qing’s sea of qi destroyed it and rebounded on the elder.
• The Twelfth Elder accused Yun Yuan of revealing Yun Huang’s secret and used a secret art to investigate whether Yun Yuan had broken his blood oath.
• The investigation resonated with the seal mark and exposed to the Twelfth Elder that Yun Qing knew Yun Huang was a Reincarnated Immortal Emperor and understood his vulnerabilities.
• The Twelfth Elder accused Yun Qing of pretending to be Yun Huang’s caring elder brother to gain his trust, and Yun Qing realized the secret had slipped beyond his control.
• Yun Huang tore apart the Heaven-Sealing Domain-Locking Banner and appeared in the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain as the space froze.

Yun Huang imprisoned Yun Qing in the Immortal-Sealing Tower after the Twelfth Elder accused him of knowing Yun Huang’s identity and manipulating him. Alone in Perching Phoenix Hall, Yun Huang brooded over the betrayal until his divine power went out of control and a warning sounded from the void.

• The Twelfth Elder accused Yun Qing of deceiving Yun Huang and prying into his secrets, and Yun Huang annihilated twenty-three Immortal Lords with a gesture.
• Yun Huang summoned the Immortal-Sealing Tower, bound Yun Qing with golden chains, and imprisoned him after declaring that Yun Qing had deeply disappointed him.
• Yun Huang ordered Yun Yuan to take the Twelfth Elder back to the clan to await judgment, and the Second Elder knocked the laughing Twelfth Elder unconscious before escorting him away.
• In Perching Phoenix Hall, Yun Huang dwelled on the accusations and concluded that Yun Qing’s concern and deference had all been calculated because he knew Yun Huang was a reincarnated Immortal Emperor.
• Yun Huang’s radiant sun divine power surged out of control, shaking the hall, until a warning hum came from the void and he looked up with blood-red eyes.

Yun Huang imprisoned Yun Qing in the Immortal-Sealing Tower after discovering his deception, while Yun Yuan and Yun Che worried over Yun Qing’s fate. As Yun Yuan searched for a way to make Yun Huang hear Yun Qing out, the Twelfth Elder’s branch plotted to ensure Yun Qing died and seize his Chaos Dao Embryo.

• Yun Huang revived Yun Chi’s Spirit-Devouring Body essence, refined it into chaos energy, and absorbed it before turning his attention to the imprisoned Yun Qing.
• Yun Huang confined Yun Qing in the Immortal-Sealing Tower, where sealing chains suppressed his powers and left him unable to move.
• Yun Yuan pleaded with Yun Huang to let Yun Qing explain, but the Perching Phoenix Hall’s formation kept him out.
• Yun Che told Yun Yuan that the Soul-Tracing Secret Rite might protect Yun Qing, though he did not explain the connection further.
• Yun Yuan left to find another way to reach Yun Huang, while the Twelfth Elder’s branch contacted allies to plot against Yun Qing and covet his Chaos Dao Embryo.

Yun Huang visited Yun Qing in the Immortal-Sealing Tower and prepared to interrogate him, while the Yun Clan held the Little Cloud Summit Trial without the supposedly secluded Yun Qing. The trial continued amid Yun Li’s troubled behavior and the elders’ concern over Yun Qing’s imprisonment.

• Yun Huang entered Yun Qing’s prison and taunted him before activating a Gray Stone Bead that filled the chamber with fragrant white mist.
• The Yun Clan concealed the Myriad Beasts Ancient Domain incident and held the Little Cloud Summit Trial three days later.
• Yun Shuo cheered for Yun Yao and Yun Li as they fought demon beasts and other contestants.
• Yun Yao asked Yun Li if he was all right, and he told her to focus on the match while holding back a warning to stay away from him.
• Yun Yuan worried over Yun Qing’s empty seat and glared at Yun Che, while the injured Twelfth Elder watched with amusement.

Inside the Immortal-Sealing Tower, Yun Huang revealed that he intended to take Yun Qing’s chaos Dao embryo to repair his reincarnated foundation. Yun Qing offered it willingly, but Yun Huang demanded access to his Soul-Tracing Secret Rite memories and ordered him to surrender thirty percent of the embryo’s essence, leaving Yun Qing with no choice but to obey.

• Yun Huang explained that a chaos Dao embryo could serve as a vessel for cultivating a stronger body and admitted he had considered taking Yun Qing’s.
• Yun Huang said he had extracted the essence of Yun Chi’s spirit-devouring body and moved to take Yun Qing’s chaos Dao embryo to mend his reincarnation fissures.
• Yun Qing offered his Dao embryo willingly, but Yun Huang accused him of bluffing and insisted on taking it by force if necessary.
• Yun Huang ordered Yun Qing to reveal every memory of the Soul-Tracing Secret Rite and surrender thirty percent of his Dao embryo’s essence.
• Yun Qing opened his divine soul’s defenses and halted the embryo’s circulation, accepting Yun Huang’s demands.

The Yun Clan gathered on Yunqu Peak for the Cloud Summit Tournament, where Yun Ruyi drew attention with the Fifth Elder’s lavish devotion and Yun Qing’s absence worried the Second Elder. Yun Huang arrived as the tournament was about to begin and received the clan’s unified salute.

• The Fifth Elder doted on Yun Ruyi, helped her choose a ribbon, and had disciples shower her with flower petals.
• The Seventh Elder marveled at the Fifth Elder’s transformation, while the Sixth Elder criticized his indulgence.
• The First Elder suggested the Fifth Elder was protecting Yun Ruyi from karmic strife, but the Second Elder remained preoccupied with Yun Qing’s imprisonment and absence.
• Yun Tianluo praised the Fifth Elder and Yun Ruyi, but the Second Elder could only acknowledge him before returning to his worries.
• The bell rang nine times, and Yun Huang descended along the Purple-Gold Imperial Road as the Yun Clan bowed and saluted him.

Yun Qing arrived at the Cloud Summit Tournament after three months away, unharmed and newly advanced to the middle stage of the Immortal King Realm. His familiar address to Yun Huang stunned the gathered clan members, while Yun Qing avoided explaining to the Second Elder what had happened between them.

• Yun Huang opened the ceremony, and eleven of the Twelve Young Masters assembled as the crowd wondered where Yun Qing was.
• The Twelfth Elder suggested that his branch should claim Yun Qing’s vacant place, believing Yun Qing had been discarded or killed.
• Yun Qing tore through the void and arrived at the tournament grounds, revealing his breakthrough to the middle stage of the Immortal King Realm.
• Yun Qing bowed to Yun Huang and called him “Brother Huang,” shocking the crowd and leaving the Twelfth Elder horrified.
• Yun Huang told Yun Qing to take his place, and the Second Elder asked Yun Qing by voice transmission whether he was safe and what had happened with the Young Lord.
• Yun Qing assured the Second Elder he was well but put off explaining, privately deciding to keep his closeness with Yun Huang secret.

Yun Huang used the Soul-Devouring Pearl to expose Yun Qing’s hidden emotions, but Yun Qing’s tears and sincere offer of his dao embryo broke Yun Huang’s resolve. Yun Huang ended the interrogation and left Yun Qing in a meditation chamber, insisting to himself that he was protecting the Yun Clan’s interests.

• Yun Huang activated the Soul-Devouring Pearl while Yun Qing had lowered his mental defenses and stilled his spiritual energy.
• The Pearl magnified Yun Qing’s emotions, and he silently wept instead of revealing anger or deceit.
• Yun Qing offered his dao embryo to Yun Huang and leaned against him, pleading with him not to be angry.
• Yun Huang withdrew his hand from Yun Qing’s Dantian and told him to stop crying.
• Yun Huang released Yun Qing from the Soul-Calming Chains, bundled him into a third-floor meditation chamber, and hurried away.

Yun Huang recognized that Yun Qing’s emotional breakdown had revealed genuine attachment, but returned to find him composing tearful boudoir laments under the Soul-Devouring Pearl’s lingering influence. Yun Huang interrupted him, sentenced him to a hundred years of confinement, and left the chamber door ajar.

• Yun Huang left the tower and reflected that Yun Qing’s fear, dependence, and affection had been genuine despite the Pearl’s influence.
• Yun Huang sensed something unusual in the Immortal-Sealing Tower and went to Yun Qing’s chamber, where he found him writing poems.
• Yun Qing’s attempt to compose an apology turned into tearful, sorrowful boudoir laments about losing Yun Huang’s favor.
• Yun Huang burst into the chamber and criticized Yun Qing’s poetry, complaining that its last line did not rhyme.
• Yun Huang ordered Yun Qing confined for a hundred years, returned the Silent Abyss Spear, and left the chamber door open.

Yun Huang freed Yun Qing from the Immortal-Sealing Tower by guiding him out, and Yun Qing recovered his memories and was mortified by his behavior inside. He then discovered that his supposed prison had been Langhuan Clear Void, a hidden haven Yun Huang had left for him.

• Yun Qing mourned over the Silent Abyss Spear and renamed it Wordless, unaware that Yun Huang had heard him.
• Yun Huang shattered the Soul-Devouring Pearl and formed a golden arrow that pointed Yun Qing toward the exit.
• Yun Qing followed the arrow out of the tower, and the Immortal-Sealing Tower vanished behind him.
• Yun Qing’s memories returned, and he buried himself in the dirt in humiliation over his crying, poems, and spear renaming.
• Yun Qing passed through an invisible barrier and recognized the beautiful, spiritually rich realm as Langhuan Clear Void.
• Yun Qing realized Yun Huang had given him a hidden haven despite their conflict and accepted that Yun Huang had witnessed his embarrassing behavior.

Yun Qing broke through to the middle Immortal King stage with Yun Huang’s zither music guiding his spear art. Yun Huang then infused Yun Qing’s spear with mystic yellow origin and renamed it Bear All Things, leaving their relationship warmer but their sparring still ahead.

• Yun Qing overcame his inner turmoil and practiced his spear art beneath an immortal flowering tree.
• Yun Huang played the ancient zither Xi Huang from a pavilion, helping Yun Qing break through to the middle Immortal King stage.
• Yun Qing called Yun Huang “Little Brother Huang” and asked him for instruction and a sparring match, irritating Yun Huang.
• Yun Qing admitted he preferred the spear’s former name, Silent Abyss, after Yun Huang criticized “Wordless.”
• Yun Huang infused the spear with mystic yellow origin and renamed it Bear All Things.

Yun Qing and Yun Huang put aside their grievances, sparred and cultivated together for three months, and Yun Qing strengthened his middle Immortal King realm. Yun Qing tried to destroy his embarrassing poems, but Yun Huang kept them as leverage as the Cloud Summit Tournament approached.

• Yun Qing swore loyalty to Yun Huang, who accepted the oath and challenged him to spar.
• Yun Huang sparred with Yun Qing and helped him consolidate his cultivation, while Yun Qing gathered rare resources from the grotto-heaven.
• Yun Qing persuaded Yun Huang to let him return to the Immortal-Sealing Tower and collect his poetry drafts so he could destroy them.
• Yun Huang confiscated the drafts, bound them into a book titled Collection from Within the Tower, and considered using the Retrospective Image-Recording Arrays to expose Yun Qing's poems.
• Yun Qing finished cultivating with his strength consolidated and looked toward the grotto-heaven's entrance as the Cloud Summit Tournament drew near.

Yun Qing left Langhuan Clear Void with Yun Huang’s permission and returned to the Yun Clan for the Cloud Summit Tournament. After the Twelve Young Masters completed their ancestral rites, Yun Qing examined the other prodigies and saw something startling when he looked into Yun Ruyi’s past life.

• Yun Huang allowed Yun Qing to return to the Yun Clan while permitting him to visit Langhuan Clear Void to continue serving his confinement.
• Yun Qing arrived at Cloud Summit Peak as the Twelve Young Masters performed the rites honoring heaven, earth, and their ancestors.
• Yun Qing took his seat and greeted Yun Tianluo, Yun Ruyi, and the other young masters.
• Yun Qing instinctively used his double pupils to examine Yun Ruyi, then shut them after a cold tear fell from his eye.
• An unidentified voice addressed Yun Qing through his sea of consciousness and warned him about peering into others’ past lives.

At the Twelve Young Masters’ gathering, Yun Qing observed the eccentric peers and learned more about their talents and personalities. The martial exhibition began with thirty-six elite disciples entering, and Yun Qing recognized Yun Li, now a battle-hardened peak True Immortal whose glance carried deep hatred.

• Yun Qing spoke with Yun Huang about Ruyi’s merit and sacrifice, then reflected on the formidable peers chosen by the Lineage.
• Yun Zui teased Yun Shuanghua, while the young masters joked about the Three Masteries: Yun Hua, Yun Ge, and Yun Pengxing.
• Yun Tianluo calmed the gathering as the presiding elder called the thirty-six disciples who passed the Little Cloud Summit Trial into the arena.
• Yun Li entered among the disciples, having risen to peak True Immortal and gained an aura resembling that of a Primordial Ferocious Beast.
• Yun Qing noticed Yun Li briefly fix his gaze on one seat with hatred and murderous intent.

At the Cloud Summit Tournament, the victors were allowed to challenge one of the Twelve Young Masters for his seat. Yun Lieyang stunned the arena by challenging the First Young Master, Yun Qing, who accepted.

• Yun Qing noticed Yun Qingqu among the Twelve Young Masters and wondered why Yun Li had a deep grudge against him.
• Yun Shi recognized that Yun Li had refined Taowu's origin essence and teased Yun Yao about her feelings for him.
• The officiating elder announced that each of the thirty-six trial victors could challenge a Young Master, with defeat barring them from later rounds.
• Yun Lieyang stepped forward and challenged Yun Qing for the first seat.
• Yun Qing rose and accepted the challenge.