Recaps

Yun Qing rejected Feng Tianmu and Mu Cheng’s invitation and joined the wary rogue cultivators, where Wang Hu explained the factions gathering at the trial ground. As more cultivators arrived, the divide between the camps sharpened and Feng Tianmu and Mu Cheng began discussing their next move.

• Feng Tianmu tried to smooth over Mu Cheng’s insult and offered Yun Qing a place in their group, but Yun Qing ignored them and walked to the rogue cultivators’ camp.
• Yun Qing stood apart from the suspicious rogue cultivators and quietly waited for the system settlement while teasing the Little Radiant Chick.
• Wang Hu recognized Yun Qing’s strength and approached him with a Fireheart Fruit, then explained that the Feng Clan and Mu Family led the aristocratic camp and identified Feng Tianmu and Feng Tianming.
• Wang Hu revealed his feud with Feng Tianming and began telling Yun Qing that his memories had unlocked, but Yun Qing stopped him and glanced toward the pillar of light.
• More cultivators arrived and chose sides, making the division between the camps clearer as Feng Tianmu and Mu Cheng began a low-voiced discussion intended to pressure the rogue cultivators.

After the regional trial stripped Liu Shen of his fortune and calamity killed him, Yun Qing stopped Mu Cheng’s attack with two devastating strikes. He rallied the strongest rogue cultivators to protect the others and began building a force of his own.

• Feng Tianming persuaded the sect and clan disciples to target the rogue cultivators, but the Dao Resonance announced Liu Shen as the lowest-ranked participant and revoked his fortune.
• Liu Shen suffered a series of misfortunes and died after a stray Wind Blade cut his neck.
• Mu Cheng attacked Yun Qing while Feng Ling'er was held back, but Yun Qing shattered the space before Mu Cheng’s chest and kicked him into a rock wall.
• The witnesses realized Yun Qing could create spatial fissures, and the rogue cultivators gained hope while Feng Tianmu and Feng Tianming recoiled in alarm.
• Yun Qing selected Wang Hu, Zhao Polu, and several other strong cultivators to stay with him and directed the rest toward cover in the southeast.

Yun Qing broke through Feng Tianmu’s encirclement and escaped with Wang Hu and the rogue cultivators. Elsewhere, Yun Baojian approached a group from the Yun Clan with the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, while Yun Shuanghua hid in his Dragonblood Thornbush and encountered Ao Zhan.

• Yun Qing used Sweep Across a Thousand Armies to shatter the encirclement, then led Wang Hu and the others out while leaving Mu Cheng alive.
• Liu Qingwu praised Yun Baojian’s swordsmanship, and Yun Baojian affirmed his goal of becoming the Separation Gate’s sword chief.
• After spotting the Yun Clan’s cloud patterns, Yun Baojian noticed an orange-red-haired figure, felt an unexplained distaste, and followed Liu Qingwu toward the group.
• Yun Shuanghua hid inside his Dragonblood Thornbush as Ao Zhan arrived in the forest and stopped before the vine ball.

Ao Zhan found Yun Shuanghua protected by a Dragonblood Thornbush and carried her away after learning she had no family. Elsewhere, Yun Zui shared wine with Feng Jiuxiao, while Ji Lingri fought Yun Tianluo and tried to abduct him; a faint azure light began flickering in his eyes.

• Ao Zhan found Yun Shuanghua inside a Dragonblood Thornbush’s protective ball and recognized the plant as a rare Dragon Clan relative.
• Ao Zhan hoisted Yun Shuanghua and the thornbush onto his shoulder, then asked about her family; Yun Shuanghua said she had none.
• Yun Zui invited Feng Jiuxiao to share wine, and Feng Jiuxiao praised Yun Zui’s brew after tasting it.
• Ji Lingri battled Yun Tianluo in the ruins and offered him a secondary consort’s position to bring him back to Great Zhou.
• Yun Tianluo continued evading Ji Lingri’s attacks as a faint azure light flickered in his eyes.

After rescuing dozens of rogue cultivators, Yun Qing offered them a chance to follow him in exchange for helping lure out ghost creatures and earn merit. As some joined and others fled, Yun Qing killed three men who secretly tried to approach the aristocratic clan parties.

• Wang Hu, Zhao Polu, and the other rescued rogue cultivators thanked Yun Qing, who said he had intervened to protect his own chance at opportunities.
• Wang Hu asked to follow Yun Qing, and Yun Qing explained that he needed people to bait ghost creatures while he guarded them and promised participants would remain on the merit list for three reckonings.
• Wang Hu and a dozen or so rogue cultivators volunteered, while nearly half hesitated or chose to leave.
• Three sinister rogue cultivators secretly headed toward the aristocratic clan parties, but Yun Qing spotted them and killed them with Chaos Spear Ray.

Yun Qing killed three rogue cultivators who had secretly colluded with the enemy, then bound the survivors with Dao-heart oaths and rewarded their contributions. As the group learned to fight ghost creatures together, it grew more coordinated and began to trust him, though the ghosts appeared to avoid his presence.

• Yun Qing executed three traitors and required the remaining rogue cultivators to swear not to betray or abandon the group; thirty-five pledged themselves.
• Yun Qing rewarded Wang Hu, Zhao Polu, and others for guarding the flanks, then led the group in an ambush that destroyed a nest of Netherworld Hounds.
• Yun Qing found that ghostly energy fled from a fissure when he approached, so he taught the rogue cultivators the Five-Element Rotating Demon-Subduing Formation and stayed back to support them.
• Yun Qing crippled two rogue cultivators who attacked their companions over the spoils and threw them into the ghostly mist.
• Zhao Polu grew devoted to Yun Qing, and Wang Hu teased him for preferring Brother Yun, bringing laughter and warmth to the group.

Yun Qing fretted over being too poor to raise the Little Radiant Chick, but Zhao Polu and the Rogue Cultivators helped by giving him a nest and food. After Yun Qing tricked the chick into breathing fire with pepper powder, the group offered more gifts, and Yun Qing warmed to their kindness.

• Yun Qing worried that he could not afford to feed the Little Radiant Chick and resolved to rob Aristocratic Clan scions.
• Zhao Polu gave Yun Qing a carefully sewn, formation-inscribed nest for the chick, and Yun Qing thanked him warmly.
• Wang Hu offered Yun Qing several kinds of spiritual food for the Little Radiant Chick.
• Yun Qing fed the chick Crimson-Flame Pepper Powder, making it breathe a small flame and angrily peck his fingers.
• The Rogue Cultivators brought Yun Qing assorted gifts for the chick, and Yun Qing felt some of his reserve toward them soften.

Yun Qing rallied the Rogue Cultivators to keep hunting ghosts and build merit before settling their score with Feng Tianming. Watching from the void, Yun Huang reflected on how Yun Qing had once restrained his destructive impulses during seclusion and hoped his brother would bring unexpected change to the world.

• The Rogue Cultivators speculated about Yun Qing's strength and identity, while Wang Hu became convinced he came from a powerful lineage.
• Yun Qing ordered the group to continue hunting ghosts and accumulating merit before seeking revenge, and the Rogue Cultivators vowed to follow him against Feng Tianming.
• Yun Huang watched Yun Qing lead the group into the darkness and recalled how Yun Qing had guarded his seclusion and repeatedly restrained his urge to destroy the world.
• Yun Huang decided that Yun Qing's actions might make the stagnant world interesting and urged him to keep contending, protecting what he valued, and bringing surprises.

Yun Qing and his allies trapped Feng Tianmu and the other clan disciples in Desolate Valley, then attacked as Feng Ling'er turned against her supposed allies. When the Heavenly Dao announced the gathering point, Yun Qing escaped with Feng Ling'er and the others while Feng Tianmu remained behind trying to break the formation.

• Feng Tianmu boasted that he and the other clan disciples would settle the score with the rogue cultivators, while Feng Ling'er secretly signaled Yun Qing.
• Yun Qing activated a confinement formation around Desolate Valley and attacked Feng Tianmu as Wang Hu and the rogue cultivators engaged the others.
• Feng Ling'er killed the formation masters and joined Yun Qing’s side, then attacked Feng Tianming while Yun Qing fought Feng Tianmu.
• The Heavenly Dao announced the gathering point and warned that participants who failed to arrive before the countdown ended would lose their fortune.
• Mu Cheng tried to escape through a gap in the formation, but Yun Qing killed two of his followers and then withdrew with Feng Ling'er and the others toward the Heavenly Dao’s pillar of light.
• Feng Tianmu and the remaining cultivators desperately attacked the formation dome in an attempt to break free.

Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er’s defenses helped the rogue cultivators repel Feng Tianmu’s exhausted force before the regional assembly deadline. After Feng Tianming fell and Yun Qing smashed Feng Tianmu aside, Yun Qing stood over his stunned opponent as the fight continued.

• Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er joined the rogue cultivators in attacking Feng Tianmu’s charge, and fewer than twenty of his clan and sect disciples made it into the Gathering Ground before the deadline stripped the others of their fortune.
• Feng Tianmu used a pill to raise his cultivation to the late stage of the Immortal King realm and led an attack on Yun Qing, while the rogue cultivators counterattacked.
• Wang Hu and Zhao Polu overwhelmed Feng Tianming, and Wang Hu killed him with his White Tiger Fist Aura.
• Yun Qing and Feng Tianmu clashed with spear and fan, and Yun Qing’s Mountain-Suppressing strike knocked the Blazing Wind Fan away and hurled Feng Tianmu more than a hundred feet.
• Yun Qing appeared before the wounded Feng Tianmu and dismissed his pill-supported cultivation as hollow.

Yun Qing killed Feng Tianmu, who recognized him as Yun Qing just before dying, prompting Yun Qing to question the connection between his names in this life and his previous life. Mu Cheng escaped with a spatial talisman, and the victorious rogue cultivators gathered to celebrate while looking to Yun Qing for a name for their future sect.

• Yun Qing pierced Feng Tianmu with a chaos-infused spear strike, and Feng Tianmu recognized him as Yun Qing before dying.
• Mu Cheng used the Ancient Shield and a Spatial Escape Talisman to flee with several Mu disciples while Yun Qing was distracted by Feng Tianmu's last words.
• Yun Qing wondered whether his names, Yun Qing and Qing Yun, had been reversed between his previous and present lives, then took Feng Tianmu's storage magic treasure.
• The rogue cultivators celebrated their victory at a bonfire, and Wang Hu mourned the fallen brothers he had avenged.
• A drunken rogue cultivator asked Yun Qing what name would suit their hoped-for sect, and the gathered cultivators waited for his answer.

Yun Qing named the Rogue Cultivator Alliance after the battle and wrestled with longing for the family he might have had, finding comfort in Little Radiant Chick. Elsewhere, Yun Huang’s irritation led him to scorch Star Seer’s palace again, while a mysterious Daoist brought the surviving Li Ergou toward someone important to Yun Qing.

• Yun Qing carved “Rogue Cultivator Alliance” into the earth, inspiring the rogue cultivators gathered around the bonfire.
• Yun Qing reflected on Feng Tianmu’s dying words and wondered about his family, then hugged Little Radiant Chick and decided the chick was his family.
• Yun Huang comforted Yun Qing through his Little Radiant Chick incarnation, then accidentally noticed someone approaching and blasted Star Seer’s palace with divine flame.
• Star Seer raised barriers with his Starlight Compass, but the divine flame struck his palace and left him cursing Yun Huang’s rotten temper.
• Li Ergou, who had survived his fall, followed the mysterious Daoist along Azure Cloud Road as the Daoist said they were going to find the most important person to a certain someone.

Fu Sanyuan’s divination identified Yun Qing’s fateful target as a yellow-feathered chick, while Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er realized they were trapped in a forest where cultivators faced a reckoning every three days. After Wang Hu revealed a fragment that attracted ghost creatures, Yun Qing decided to use it to seek merit and ordered the group to prepare.

• Fu Sanyuan repeatedly divined that the person he had been sent to find and kill was a chick, then tried to contact Star Seer for guidance.
• Feng Ling’er told Yun Qing that an invisible barrier trapped them in the forest and that the three-day reckonings might be part of a trial requiring enough merit to escape.
• Feng Ling’er threatened to make up any merit shortfall by killing rogue cultivators, prompting Wang Hu to reveal a family heirloom fragment that attracted vicious ghost creatures.
• Yun Qing examined the fragment and recognized its potential as a source of merit, then agreed with Feng Ling’er to test it rather than kill their companions.
• Yun Qing ordered everyone to recover and prepare, telling Wang Hu to partially undo the seals on the fragment in half an hour while keeping its range controlled.

Wang Hu opened the seal on the Azure Nether Iron fragment, summoning the Skeleton Emperor’s avatar to the Azure Cloud Road. The avatar fled in terror at the sight of something behind Yun Qing, then vanished after trying to self-destruct, leaving Yun Qing with merit and a Ghost Lord Soul Crystal.

• Wang Hu used his essence blood to undo the fragment’s seal, opening a rift to the Netherworld.
• The Skeleton Emperor crossed over as a half-step Ghost Lord and demanded the Azure Nether fragment.
• The Skeleton Emperor recognized a terrifying presence behind Yun Qing and frantically tried to retreat through the rift.
• Yun Qing, Feng Ling'er, Wang Hu, and the rogue cultivators attacked the avatar and blocked its escape.
• The Skeleton Emperor began to self-destruct, but its soul flames went out and its skeleton vanished before it could explode.
• Yun Qing received Demon-Slaying Merit and an incomplete emperor-grade Ghost Lord Soul Crystal, then asked Wang Hu if they should summon another one.

After the regional barrier disappeared, Yun Qing and his companions gained access to the Central Heavenly Origin Platform and the final contest. Fu Sanyuan entered the region and began a scheme involving Mu Cheng, while Li Ergou overheard Mu Cheng’s threat and ran to warn Brother Hu.

• Wang Hu fully removed the seal, but the Skeleton Emperor’s avatar did not appear, and Yun Qing comforted Little Radiant Chick.
• The system announced that the regional barrier had fallen and that participants could ascend to the Central Heavenly Origin Platform for the final Heavenly Origin Contest for the Cauldron.
• Yun Huang realized that the vanished barrier also allowed people outside the region to enter, and Fu Sanyuan crossed into the forest.
• Mu Cheng ordered his followers to summon the Mu Family’s strongest forces and vowed to kill Qing Yun, but Fu Sanyuan approached him with an offer and a blood-colored object.
• Li Ergou overheard Mu Cheng’s plan, recognized that Brother Hu and the others were in danger, and ran to warn them while Fu Sanyuan watched him leave.

Yun Clan elders discussed their retaliation against the Ji Clan and worried about their descendants competing on the Azure Cloud List. They decided to await the contest’s end and protect the returning youths from ambushes.

• Yun Yuan berated Yun Che for letting Ji Wen escape with only a severed arm, and Yun Che suspected Ji Wen had made a bargain with something beyond the Heavenly Dao.
• Yun Che described how the Yun Clan had pressured the Ji Clan through demands for compensation, political intrigue, and raids on its resources.
• Yun Che reassured the elders that Yun Qing and the other youths had His Majesty overseeing them on their journey.
• Yun Shi voiced her concern for Yun Yao and Yun Li, while Yun Zhenye recalled their lost twelfth brother, who had died protecting his siblings on the Azure Cloud List.
• Yun Che proposed that the elders use the Directional Ancient Array to reach the Azure Cloud Road’s exit and guard the returning youths from ambushes.

Yun Qing and his companions were trapped in Mu Cheng’s Spirit-Severing Formation, which weakened them before the Mu Family launched an attack. Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er struggled to hold off Mu Cheng and his disciples as their group suffered mounting wounds.

• Li Ergou stumbled into the camp and warned Wang Hu that Mu Cheng’s group was plotting revenge, but a blood rune on him activated a formation that suppressed everyone nearby.
• Yun Qing recognized the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Severing Formation and told Feng Ling’er that killing Li Ergou would not stop it.
• Mu Cheng entered with the Main Formation Banner, revealed that it protected his disciples from the formation, and threatened Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er.
• Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er identified the banner as their target, but Mu Cheng ordered his disciples to attack and the battle spread across the camp.
• Mu Cheng and his followers cornered Yun Qing and Feng Ling’er, leaving both wounded as the rogue cultivators fell into disarray.

Mu Cheng used Little Radiant Chick to threaten Yun Qing, but Yun Qing and Feng Ling'er counterattacked. The Blood-red Prong killed the chick, and Yun Qing unleashed his suppressed power in grief and rage.

• Mu Cheng hurled the Blood-red Prong toward Yun Qing's cliffside crevice, and Yun Qing tried to shield the nest with his body and Chaos Barrier.
• Mu Cheng used the prong to pull Little Radiant Chick from the nest and threatened to kill it unless Yun Qing crippled his Dantian and Feng Ling'er surrendered.
• Yun Qing pretended to comply, then broke through to Middle Immortal King and attacked Mu Cheng as Feng Ling'er joined him.
• Mu Cheng released Little Radiant Chick while defending himself, but the Blood-red Prong flew after it and pierced its body.
• Yun Qing watched Little Radiant Chick die and erupted with rage, his suppressed Immortal Power surging beneath the formation.

After Little Radiant Chick died in Yun Qing’s hands, Yun Qing swore to destroy Mu Cheng and his family, then unleashed his Double Pupils’ power to annihilate the Mu Family cultivators. He turned his judgment toward Mu Cheng, who was trapped and unable to move.

• Yun Qing tried to save Little Radiant Chick but could not revive him, and he blamed Mu Cheng for the fatal attack.
• Yun Qing swore to slaughter Mu Cheng’s divine soul and condemn his people to never be reborn; Yun Huang withdrew the power sustaining the chick’s final spark.
• Yun Qing awakened a pair of immense Double Pupils in the sky, breaking the Blood-colored Forbidden Array and freezing Mu Cheng in place.
• Yun Qing used his judgments to annihilate nearby Mu Family cultivators, destroying their bodies and divine souls.
• Yun Qing fixed his gaze on Mu Cheng and told him that he had used his hand to grab Little Radiant Chick.

Yun Qing killed Mu Cheng and the Mu Family after Little Radiant Chick died, then traced the attack’s causal thread to Fu, San, yuan. He parted ways with the rogue cultivators and set off to settle the karmic debt, carrying Little Radiant Chick’s body.

• Yun Qing annihilated Mu Cheng and the Mu Family after Little Radiant Chick’s death.
• Yun Qing spared Li Ergou and used his eye technique to trace the memories and causal thread to Fu, San, yuan.
• Yun Qing admitted he resented Li Ergou despite knowing he bore no blame and ended his companionship with the rogue cultivators.
• Wang Hu gave Yun Qing a heart-soul jade box, and Feng Ling’er covered it with a spirit-soothing handkerchief so Little Radiant Chick’s body could be preserved.
• Yun Qing said they might meet again at the Heavenly Origin Platform and flew away to pursue Fu, San, yuan.

Yun Huang reflected on Yun Qing’s perilous path and his own unexpected place in Yun Qing’s heart before setting out to confront the Star Seer. Meanwhile, Yun Qing pursued Fu Sanyuan with the Ten-Thousand-Year Heart-Soul Jade, killed cultivators who blocked his way, and continued after him.

• Yun Huang drank alone and considered how Yun Qing’s gentle nature might threaten his chance to reach the Immortal Lord Realm.
• Yun Huang admitted that Yun Qing’s most important person might be him, then went to the Star Seer and demanded a spar.
• The Star Seer warned Sanyuan that he would have to handle Yun Huang alone.
• Fu Sanyuan’s Heavenly Mechanism Ancient Coin cracked as he sensed danger, so he fled by merging into the cave wall.
• Yun Qing arrived at Fu Sanyuan’s cave with the jade box and pursued his faint trail of karma.
• Yun Qing killed the cultivators demanding the Ten-Thousand-Year Heart-Soul Jade and continued after Fu Sanyuan.

Yun Qing pursued Fu Sanyuan through a string of murderous ambushes and into the Scorching Desert, where a clash between two familiar strangers brought him to a stunned halt. In a distant starry battlefield, Yun Huang released his hold on Yun Qing’s path and prepared to finish his fight with Star Seer.

• Yun Qing killed the greedy ambushers who attacked him along Fu Sanyuan’s trail, and his merit rose rapidly as he continued carrying the jade box.
• Yun Qing followed Fu Sanyuan’s scattered aura into the Scorching Desert, where a battle between two fighters sent a sandstorm crashing toward him.
• Yun Qing’s anger flared at the disturbance, and he saw an orange-haired fighter wielding the Phantom Blade against a stern, black-clad swordsman.
• Yun Qing recognized the two fighters’ faces and froze, trembling as he held the jade box.
• Yun Huang let the memory seal loosen without intervening, deciding Yun Qing had to choose and walk his own path.
• Yun Huang intensified his attack on Star Seer and declared that their game would end there.

Yun Qing recovered his sealed memories and recognized Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei as his younger brothers. He attacked them to vent his anger, leaving them unable to overcome his overwhelming strength.

• Yun Qing's memories returned, revealing his identity as the Yun Clan Eldest Young Master and his connection to Yun Baojian, Yun Jinglei, and the Little Radiant Chick jade box.
• Yun Qing decided to postpone hunting Fu Sanyuan and turned his attention to the two younger brothers before him.
• Yun Qing struck Yun Jinglei and dragged him out of the spatial gap, then slammed him into the sand.
• Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei coordinated a combined attack, but Yun Qing's force field nullified their assault.
• Yun Qing blurred toward Yun Baojian, who raised his sword too slowly to defend himself.

Yun Qing restrained Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei, evaluated their cultivation, and stopped their escape attempts. After both summoned reinforcements, the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and the Yun Clan surrounded him, and Yun Qing realized his younger brothers had turned their own allies against him.

• Yun Qing slammed Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei into the sand and pinned them with Chaos restraint.
• Yun Qing praised Yun Baojian’s sword intent and criticized Yun Jinglei’s cultivation and temperament while the two secretly tried to break free.
• Yun Baojian and Yun Jinglei escaped briefly, but Yun Qing solidified the surrounding space and pulled them back.
• Yun Baojian shattered an emergency talisman and Yun Jinglei crushed a cloud-patterned jade talisman, summoning the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and the Yun Clan.
• Liu Qingwu identified Yun Baojian as his sect’s true disciple, while Yun Zheng demanded Yun Jinglei’s release, leaving Yun Qing furious at his brothers.

Yun Qing revealed that he was the Yun Clan Eldest Young Master and exposed Yun Baojian as the clan’s Fourth Young Master, leaving the Azure Lotus Sword Sect stunned by their disciple’s hidden identity.

• Yun Qing used his recovered space to produce his chief identity token and show it to Yun Jinglei and the gathered disciples.
• Yun Jinglei verified the token, recognized Yun Qing as his eldest brother, and hurriedly apologized.
• Liu Qingwu greeted Yun Qing respectfully, then praised Yun Baojian as one of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect’s finest younger disciples.
• Yun Qing asked Yun Baojian whether he had anything similar in his storage artifact, prompting Yun Baojian to find a Yun Clan Command Token marked with the number four.
• Yun Baojian’s sword-centered composure crumbled as Liu Qingwu and the Sword Sect disciples realized he was the Yun Clan’s Fourth Young Master.