Recaps

Yun Ruyi’s Fortune Golden Light shields the Yun Clan’s Cloudships from the ghost tide, while Yun Qing organizes the twelve Young Masters into a coordinated assault. The formation charges into the Netherworld to destroy the ghosts and claim the top spot on the Demon-Slaying Rankings.

• Yun Qing senses that someone intends to harm him as the Nine Azure Heaven-Reaching Roads draw together, but Yun Jinglei’s screams interrupt his focus.
• Yun Ruyi’s Fortune Golden Light purifies the ghosts’ baleful energy and steadies the Yun Clan disciples across the twelve Cloudships.
• Yun Li rescues Yun Poxiao from a Ghost General, then exchanges a shy smile with Yun Yao.
• Yun Qing assigns the twelve Young Masters their positions and orders them to form the Four Symbols Demon-Slaying Formation.
• Yun Tianluo, Yun Li, Yun Baojian, Yun Ge, Yun Pengxing, Yun Hua, and Yun Jinglei attack the ghost tide as the twelve Cloudships plunge into the Netherworld.

The Ghost Ruins sealed all nine Azure Cloud Roads, forcing cultivators to fight their way toward the summit as fortune and list marks grew through battle. After the Heavenly Dao announced a contest for the Eastern Region's Token Lord, Yun Qing and Li Qingming pressed forward, while Fu Sanyuan sensed a major disturbance in the workings of heaven.

• Jiang Zhiyuan and other cultivators fought Ghost Creatures as their list marks brightened, while Wang Hu used his Pure Yang White Tiger bloodline to rout Three-Eyed Nether Hounds and Li Ergou joined the fight.
• The Heavenly Dao sealed every Azure Cloud Road and disabled teleportation, leaving cultivators able only to advance or die.
• Yun Qing received soul crystals from killing six Nether Ghost Generals, then learned that the first to reach the first-tier summit could become Token Lord and that the eastern and northern roads would merge in three days.
• Yun Qing ordered the twelve Yun Clan Cloudships to accelerate toward the summit as powerful cultivators on the nine roads recognized the contest's importance.
• Li Qingming declared her intent to contend for Token Lord and split a host of ghosts with one sword strike, brightening her Immortal List mark by ten percent.
• Fu Sanyuan sensed a massive fluctuation in the workings of heaven and wondered whether he could reach his teacher before Yun Qing confronted him.

The Yun Clan’s cloudships fought through the ghost tide, with Yun Qing and his companions defeating a powerful Netherworld Ghost King. Yun Qing then guided the fleet into a spatially distorted region of the Ghost Ruins, where a spectral claw attacked their formation.

• Yun Tianluo and Yun Baojian worked together to kill three ghost generals as the twelve cloudships swept through the ghost tide.
• Yun Ge used the Pure Goodness Heart-Cleansing Mantra to shield the disciples from the Mourning-Faced Ghost Vultures’ cries.
• Yun Qing, Yun Tianluo, and Yun Li attacked the Netherworld Ghost King, and Yun Qing destroyed its soul core with Bear All Things.
• Yun Li recovered from his injury as the Yun Clan’s young masters continued clearing ghosts and raising their Demon-Slaying Rankings points.
• Yun Qing recognized that the Ghost Ruins’ space had overlapped with the Azure Cloud Road and ordered the fleet into the Nine Palaces Defensive Formation.
• As the cloudships advanced through the distorted mist, Yun Jinglei spotted a spatial fold, and Yun Baojian cut off the spectral claw reaching for a formation node.

Yun Qing and the fleet defeated a quasi-Immortal Lord Ruin-Eroding Carbuncle in the Ghost Ruins, and his Double Pupils erased it from existence. The fleet gained rewards and merit, while Yun Qing ended the battle with a bleeding eye and his relatives teasing him about holding back.

• Yun Zui used her Drunken Immortal Secret Art to expose hidden fissures, and Yun Jinglei directed the fleet in destroying the attacking ghosts.
• Yun Qing spotted the approaching Ruin-Eroding Carbuncle and ordered the Cloudships to hold formation while the others prepared a coordinated attack.
• Yun Qing marked the monster's core, and the fleet's combined strike cracked its body.
• Yun Qing opened his Double Pupils fully and erased the Ruin-Eroding Carbuncle, earning the fleet rewards and a substantial blessing of merit.
• Yun Tianluo accused Yun Qing of holding back during their spar, then quickly changed his tune and urged him to conserve strength for the Token Lord contest.
• Yun Qing watched his relatives suppress their laughter and privately told Brother Huang that meeting them was his good fortune.

Yun Qing and Li Qingming raced toward the Eastern Region Azure Cloud Token, then clashed in a fierce duel just before the platform. Their strongest attacks collided one li from the finish, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Yun Qing led Li Qingming and Fu Sanyuan toward the platform as the three groups accelerated across the final stretch.
• Yun Ruyi lent her blessed fortune to Yun Qing’s Cloudships, helping them evade attacks and gain speed, while Fu Sanyuan slowed down to clear nearby ghosts.
• Li Qingming leaped from the Sword Boat and redirected her charge toward Yun Qing, who met her in midair with Bear All Things Spear.
• Yun Qing and Li Qingming exchanged praise as their sword and spear techniques clashed without either gaining the advantage.
• Li Qingming unleashed Azure Lotus-Split Heaven, and Yun Qing answered with Chaos-Bear All Things as they collided near the jade platform.

Yun Qing narrowly defeated Li Qingming to claim the Eastern Region Azure Cloud Token and become the Eastern Region Token Lord. Afterward, they explored the first-tier platform and shared Vermilion Fruits, whose origins revealed the Yun Clan had received a fruit tree from the Azure Lotus Sword Sect as an alliance gift.

• Yun Qing used his double pupils to disrupt Li Qingming's sword-wielder unity and reached the jade platform half a step ahead of her.
• The Azure Cloud Token entered Yun Qing's Purple-Gold Immortal Seal, granting him Eastern Region fortune and unlocking the first-tier region for him and Li Qingming.
• Li Qingming congratulated Yun Qing and accepted his respectful salute after acknowledging his narrow victory.
• Yun Qing and Li Qingming examined the platform's projections of rare immortal plants and harvested Vermilion Fruits by spending merit.
• Li Qingming told Yun Qing that Martial Uncle Qing Shuang had gifted the Azure Lotus Sword Sect's ancient Vermilion Fruit tree to Yun Che, leaving Yun Qing to suspect his clan's ancestor had arranged the acquisition.

Yun Qing and Li Qingming witnessed the Eastern and Northern Regions’ platforms merge as their six great fortunes clashed. The Northern Region Token Lord, Jiang Shinian, arrived and introduced himself to Yun Qing and Li Qingming, ending with the full, remarkably long name of his sect.

• The Azure Cloud Road shook as the Eastern and Northern Regions’ platforms began docking, and Yun Qing and Li Qingming watched the collision of their fortunes.
• Six manifestations of Great Dao fortune rose over the two platforms, representing the Yun Clan, Azure Lotus Sword Sect, Heavenly Secrets Primordial Divination Pavilion, Jiang Clan, Supreme Dao Sect, and North Pole Ice God Palace.
• The platforms merged into a vast yin-yang diagram, and the Vermilion Fruit Tree ripened several more fruits near Yun Qing.
• Jiang Shinian arrived from the Northern Region platform, carrying the Northern Region Token and accompanied by Shennong Cauldron and Supreme Ultimate manifestations.
• Yun Qing and Li Qingming greeted Jiang Shinian, who introduced himself as the Jiang Clan Heir and Dao Heir before reciting his sect’s full name.

Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian put aside their rivalry to share Vermilion Fruits on the Two-Aspects Platform, astonishing the assembled sects and their elders. Yun Huang watched the scene and laughed in disbelief at Yun Qing’s behavior.

• Yun Qing introduced Jiang Shinian to the Vermilion Fruits and invited him and Li Qingming to eat together.
• The major powers arrived at the platform and found the three leading talents peacefully sharing fruit instead of preparing to fight.
• Yun Tianluo, Yun Li, and Yun Shuanghua watched Yun Qing’s antics from the Cloudship, while Liu Qingwu decided the Azure Lotus Sword Sect disciples could rest.
• True Person Xuanwei scolded Jiang Shouzhuo over Jiang Shinian’s easygoing friendliness, and the two speculated about whom he might favor.
• Yun Huang watched the scene from the Star-Watching Terrace and laughed at Yun Qing sitting in a row to share fruit.

Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian formed an alliance among their four factions to hunt ghost creatures and gather merit instead of fighting over limited fortune. Yun Qing then proposed targeting the Western and Southern Regions after the nine roads converged, but Li Qingming refused to let the Azure Lotus Sword Sect fight over private grudges.

• Yun Huang allowed the three prodigies to make friends as more factions arrived and hesitated to challenge their unusual harmony.
• Wang Hu led Li Ergou, Zhao Polu, and the other rogue cultivators onto the platform, where they chose to recover and wait for an opportunity.
• Yun Qing proposed that the four factions cooperate to hunt ghost creatures rather than compete for limited fortune.
• Li Qingming and Jiang Shinian agreed to join the alliance, and Jiang Shinian suggested exploring the Netherworld Rifts at Shadowy Ravine.
• Yun Qing suggested settling old scores with the Ji Clan after the nine roads converged, but Li Qingming said her sect would not draw its swords for private grudges.

Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian formed an alliance to clear the Shadowy Ravine ghost nest and arranged to target the Ji Clan and Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land in future exchanges. Their elders approved the schemes, while Yun Huang let Yun Qing proceed and Fu Sanyuan set off to visit the North Pole Ice God Palace.

• Yun Qing offered Li Qingming an extra share of Merit, and Jiang Shinian proposed adding the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land to their planned Dao discussions; the three agreed to prepare for the Shadowy Ravine.
• Jiang Shinian returned to the Supreme Dao Sect carriage and told True Person Xuanwei and Jiang Shouzhuo about the alliance and the planned exchanges with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land.
• Li Qingming reported her gains to Liu Qingwu, who agreed the Azure Lotus Sword Sect could lend its strength to the Supreme Dao Sect if the Buddhists proved stingy.
• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that he had organized an activity targeting the Ji Clan, and Yun Huang allowed him to try his plan.
• Fu Sanyuan praised Yun Qing’s strategy, then left with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion disciples to visit the North Pole Ice God Palace.

Yun Qing’s alliance of the Yun Clan, Azure Lotus Sword Sect, Supreme Dao Sect, and Jiang Clan set out to clear a ghost nest, inspiring other factions and rogue cultivators to form hunting groups. The Azure Cloud Road’s eastern and northern regions shifted toward cooperation, though bloody clashes continued among those who refused to join forces.

• The four allied factions marched toward a ghost nest, with Yun Baojian fighting alongside the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and Yun Shuanghua discussing plant cultivation with Jiang Shinian.
• Yun Jinglei gave Yun Li a Frostsky Lily after Yun Li threatened to reveal his remarks about Yun Baojian, and Yun Li passed it to Yun Yao.
• News of the four-faction alliance spread, prompting small and medium-sized factions to form their own temporary hunting partnerships.
• Wang Hu rallied thousands of rogue cultivators into a temporary Ghost-Hunting Team to target small groups of ghosts and share merit.
• Some cultivators continued fighting over merit, while the Vermilion Fruit Alliance’s example reshaped the early struggle in the eastern and northern regions of the Azure Cloud Road.

The allied forces advanced through the Ghost Ruins toward a dangerous spatial anomaly, while Yun Qing and his companions discussed Central Province and its Human Sovereign Dao. Near the end, Yun Qing spotted a corrupted wandering soul whose origin matched Yun Chi’s, despite having personally destroyed him.

• Jiang Shinian led the allied army toward a spatial overlap guarded by a vast vortex, and Yun Qing warned them that a Ghost Lord might be waiting at its heart.
• Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian coordinated their attacks against organized ghost armies as their factions’ Core Disciples climbed the Merit Rankings.
• During a rest, Jiang Shinian explained that Central Province was a fragment from another world and that the Great Xia Ancient Dynasty practiced the Human Sovereign Dao.
• Li Qingming asked Yun Qing about Xia Yuanchen, and Jiang Shinian suggested that the group might encounter Central Province’s entrants farther ahead.
• Yun Qing spotted a corrupted wandering soul in the mist and recognized traces of Yun Chi’s Spirit-Devouring Body origin, though he believed Yun Chi’s body and soul had been destroyed.

Yun Qing erased Yun Chi’s lingering vengeful spirit, then led the allied fleet into battle against a powerful Netherworld Ghost Lord at the heart of the Ghost Nest. Their combined attack knocked the Ghost Lord back but failed to harm it fundamentally, as the vortex restored its body.

• Yun Qing dispersed Yun Chi’s phantom and wondered how Yun Chi’s remnant soul had survived despite his complete death.
• Yun Qing led the fleet through the final barrier and encountered a Netherworld Ghost Lord joined to the enormous vortex.
• Yun Qing, Li Qingming, Jiang Shinian, and the allied disciples combined their techniques to stop the Ghost Lord’s descending claw.
• Yun Huang teased Yun Qing during the battle, then urged him to focus as Yun Qing attacked with Bear All Things.
• The allies damaged and knocked down the Ghost Lord’s claw, but its connection to the vortex let it quickly regenerate.

Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian attacked the Ghost Lord and tried to sever his connection to the Ghost Nest, only to discover their strikes had crossed the vortex and hit another force. The Great Xia Ancient Dynasty’s fleet emerged from the vortex, leaving Jiang Shinian to apologize to Crown Prince Xia Wushang for the accidental attack.

• Yun Qing and the allied forces formed the Four Symbols Immortal Slaying formation and attacked the Ghost Lord and the vortex beneath him.
• Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian realized something on the other side of the vortex was blocking their attacks, and Yun Qing prepared to use his double pupils to investigate.
• The vortex collapsed, revealing the Great Xia Ancient Dynasty’s fleet, which had fought its way through the Ghost Nest.
• A soldier accused the Ghost Lord of shifting the vortex so the attacks struck their formation, and Yun Qing realized both groups had been attacking each other through it.
• Crown Prince Xia Wushang introduced himself and asked about the apparent misunderstanding, and Jiang Shinian explained their mission and apologized on behalf of his group.

The four factions joined Great Xia to slay the Ghost Lord, earning substantial merit and beginning to settle the spoils. Xia Wushang then presented Xia Yuanchen to Yun Qing and acknowledged that he owed him an apology.

• Xia Wushang proposed that the factions cooperate against the Ghost Lord, and they formed battle formations.
• Yun Jinglei and the other Yun Clan young masters watched Great Xia's forces fight while Yun Qing and Li Qingming struck the Ghost Lord's Soulflame Nodes.
• The combined assault killed the Ghost Lord, and the Heavenly Dao awarded merit that placed Yun Qing first in the rankings.
• Jiang Shinian, Yun Qing, and Li Qingming offered healing treasures to Xia Wushang and his forces as a gesture of goodwill.
• Xia Wushang brought the bound Xia Yuanchen before Yun Qing and said he still had to apologize for a matter involving him.

Xia Wushang punished Xia Yuanchen for offending the Yun Clan, then departed with the Great Xia fleet. As the clans regrouped after the Ghost Lord’s defeat, an unnoticed wisp of eerie light entered Yun Yao’s Mysterious Womb Book of Preserving Truth.

• Xia Wushang crippled Xia Yuanchen’s cultivation and had him castrated, then offered to hand over his soul to the Yun Clan.
• Yun Qing accepted the punishment and let Xia Wushang take Xia Yuanchen away to be confined in the Ancestral Shrine.
• Xia Wushang departed with the Great Xia fleet, while Yun Qing resolved to be wary of the calculating Crown Prince.
• Li Qingming urged the group to clear the remaining ghostly energy, and Yun Qing ordered everyone to regroup and treat the wounded.
• Yun Tianluo reported the fallen, and Yun Ruyi used Fortune Golden Light to heal Yun Qing’s wound.
• An eerie wisp escaped the Ghost Lord’s destruction and entered Yun Yao’s Mysterious Womb Book of Preserving Truth unnoticed.

After the Ghost Nest was destroyed, Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian parted ways and continued toward the Heavenly Origin Platform. As the nine Azure Cloud Roads converged and the final battlefield formed, Yun Huang summoned Yun Qing and gave him a strange crimson outfit to wear.

• Xia Wushang reassured the injured Xia Wujie that destroying the Ghost Nest had made up for his earlier schemes, while privately reflecting on a ten-thousand-year plan and a rare opportunity.
• Yun Qing, Li Qingming, and Jiang Shinian exchanged farewells and split up, agreeing to meet again as rivals and fellow Daoists on the Heavenly Origin Platform.
• Yun Qing led the Yun Clan formation onward as its fighters cleared ghost creatures and the prodigies’ Merit Rankings continued to climb.
• The nine Azure Cloud Roads converged, reshaping the regions into a vast final battlefield as the overall rankings began to form.
• Yun Huang summoned Yun Qing to the Star-Watching Terrace and tossed him a dark crimson combat outfit, telling him to put it on.

Yun Huang sent Yun Qing and the Yun Clan prodigies toward the Heavenly Origin Platform, but an immense power darkened the sky and stripped them of consciousness. Yun Qing awoke alone in an unfamiliar wilderness with most of his memories erased, a system quest to compete for the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List, and a tiny yellow chick tucked inside his clothes.

• Yun Huang gave Yun Qing a dark red combat outfit as the new continent and Heavenly Origin Platform came into view.
• A force of law halted every flying vessel, so Yun Qing led the Yun Clan prodigies forward on their own.
• Enormous eyes and hands appeared in the sky, blinding the prodigies and sending them plummeting toward the continent.
• Yun Qing glimpsed the terrifying presence before losing consciousness, then awoke in a wilderness with only his bonded Wordless Spear and fragments of memory.
• A system told Yun Qing to compete for the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List and rise to its summit.
• Yun Qing recalled his previous life and discovered a little yellow chick inside his combat outfit.

Yun Qing discovered Yun Huang sealed in the form of a tiny golden chick and treated him as a pet, then examined his reflection and recognized the mark identifying him as someone who had once ranked highly on the Immortal List. The chapter ended with Yun Qing preparing to investigate the woods and earn merit while Yun Huang watched him.

• Yun Qing found a palm-sized golden chick and happily stroked it, unaware that it was Yun Huang in a weakened external incarnation.
• Yun Huang struggled and protested, but the Heavenly Origin Platform’s sealing power left him unable to resist or speak clearly.
• Yun Qing named the chick Little Radiant Chick and placed him on his shoulder, while Yun Huang angrily pecked at him.
• Yun Qing examined his reflection in a nearby lake and recognized the purple-gold mark on his forehead as the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List mark of a former high-ranked Immortal List member.
• Yun Qing prepared to investigate the woods and earn merit as Yun Huang watched him in puzzlement.

Yun Qing entered the Heavenly Origin Platform trial, where participants faced elimination every three days and the loss of fortune’s protection. As battle broke out, he found himself poorly equipped and moved cautiously through the forest while Yun Huang watched and challenged the force behind the system.

• Yun Qing covered the conspicuous Immortal Seal on his forehead with a blade of grass after he could not tear his robe.
• The system announced the Heavenly Origin Platform trial, a three-day elimination countdown, and the consequences of losing fortune’s protection.
• Yun Qing heard fighting nearby and stealthily approached, then found several participants dead and their belongings taken.
• Yun Qing assessed his meager supplies as he hid near the corpses.
• Yun Huang played go from the Sea of Clouds, rejected the system’s authority, and watched Yun Qing with reluctant indulgence.

Yun Qing analyzed the merit trial and realized he could earn merit by hunting hidden ghost creatures, not only by taking it from other participants. After killing one, he found the creatures were scarce and weak nearby, then heard a man and a woman approaching.

• Yun Qing hid in a rocky crevice with the Little Radiant Chick and reasoned that the trial’s hidden merit standings made targeting other cultivators risky.
• He considered restraining weaker participants to keep them at the bottom, but rejected the plan because he wanted to earn a high ranking.
• Yun Qing guessed that wild creatures in the trial grounds might grant merit and searched the forest with his double pupils.
• He found a ghost creature beneath rotting tree roots and killed it with his Wordless Spear, causing his Immortal Seal to warm.
• Yun Qing saw that nearby ghost creatures were scarce and weak, then heard a man and a woman speaking ahead.

Yun Qing watched a female cultivator named Ling'er use clones and staged rescues to lure male cultivators, then seized the merit from a powerful ghost creature she was fighting. He recognized her as an Immortal List prodigy and confronted her about her deception.

• Yun Qing overheard Ling'er pretend to be rescued by several male cultivators and realized she was using clones to lure them.
• After seeing Ling'er dupe four men in an hour, Yun Qing followed when her latest clone vanished and her true body fought a powerful ghost creature.
• Yun Qing killed the ghost creature with his Xuanhuang Long Spear and absorbed its merit before Ling'er could finish it.
• Ling'er dropped her helpless act and tried to part ways with Yun Qing, but he blocked her and revealed that he had seen through her disguise as an Immortal List prodigy.

Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er formed a partnership to deceive other cultivators and divide their merit and loot. After their first successful ambush, Yun Qing questioned the trial’s rules and wondered whether reaching the summit would let him replace them.

• Yun Qing saw through Feng Ling'er's illusion technique, and they agreed to work together under the names Feng Ling'er and Qing Yun.
• Yun Qing learned that ghost creatures avoided him because of the Immortal Emperor's fortune, while Feng Ling'er had encountered many.
• Feng Ling'er posed as a distressed victim to lure a powerful cultivator into fighting Yun Qing.
• Feng Ling'er struck the cultivator from behind, and she and Yun Qing split his merit and possessions.
• Yun Qing admitted he would kill to survive but wondered whether the trial's rules were right and whether he could make new ones at the summit.

Yun Qing helped Feng Ling'er see that her strength and accomplishments made her more than a helpless pawn, and the two continued working together in the forest. With the first settlement only hours away, they rested in a cave after turning back an ambush, where Feng Ling'er asked about Yun Qing’s unusual chick.

• Yun Qing teased Feng Ling'er about her fine clothes and treasures, and she revealed that she had grown up struggling to survive as a furnace cauldron body.
• Yun Qing pointed out Feng Ling'er's cultivation, flawless Dao Foundation, and independence, helping her realize she had escaped the prison she had imagined for herself.
• Feng Ling'er thanked Yun Qing and joked about postponing her plans to swindle him, while Little Radiant Chick privately judged Yun Qing to be popular with female cultivators.
• Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er teamed up on several more jobs over the next two days, and Yun Qing gradually regained his combat instincts.
• With fewer than six hours before the first settlement, Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er defeated a three-person ambush team in a secluded cave and counted their spoils.
• Yun Qing fed spirit fruits to Little Radiant Chick and called him Little Huang, and the chick pecked his finger as Feng Ling'er asked about him.

Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er headed to a gathering point after the trial announced that participants would be ranked by regional merit, then joined a crowd divided between powerful clans and sects and scattered cultivators. They posed as strangers from opposing factions, but Mu Cheng targeted Yun Qing with insults over his association with Feng Ling'er.

• The trial system ordered all participants to reach their regional gathering points before a countdown expired or lose their karmic fortune, and nine pillars of light appeared across the terrain.
• Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er concealed their auras and disguises as they traveled to the nearest pillar, where more than two hundred participants had gathered in two hostile factions.
• Feng Tianmu introduced himself as a member of the Feng Clan, and Feng Ling'er pretended to be his long-lost clan sister while Yun Qing claimed to be a rogue cultivator named Qing Yun.
• Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er agreed to join separate factions while secretly sharing information and resources.
• Mu Cheng and his companions mocked Yun Qing for traveling with Feng Ling'er, and Mu Cheng ordered him to leave the clan faction.