Chapter Summaries

Yun Qing taught the clan academy disciples how to control spiritual power before interrupting a main-line disciple who was bullying the injured Yun Li. He gave Yun Li a pill to heal his damaged dantian, leaving him with a chance to recover and cultivate again.

• Yun Huang arrived at the lesson, and Yun Qing demonstrated how precise spiritual power control could strengthen a disciple’s attack.
• Yun Qing invited the disciples to practice, but a main-line disciple began humiliating and attacking Yun Li, whose dantian Yun Huang had damaged.
• Yun Qing dissolved the attacker’s palm blast, supported Yun Li, and reprimanded the main-line disciple for bullying an injured opponent.
• Yun Qing gave Yun Li an Origin-Stabilizing Immortal-Restoring Pill to heal his old dantian injury and urged him to cultivate diligently.

Yun Qing restored order at the Clan School, helped Yun Li, and taught the children while Yun Chi noticed signs of weakness in him. Afterward, Yun Huang hinted that he saw through Yun Qing’s performance, leaving Yun Li’s admiration and Yun Chi’s suspicions to grow.

• Yun Qing gave Yun Li a vial of pills and defended him to Yun Huang, explaining that Yun Li had acted to protect another concubine-born boy.
• Yun Qing warned the Clan School children against bullying fellow clansmen, and the pale-faced main-line boy bowed with the others.
• Yun Chi sensed Yun Qing’s aura falter when he dispelled the palm strike and privately rejoiced at confirming his suspicions.
• Yun Qing continued the lesson, answered the children’s questions, and won their eager thanks as Yun Huang watched.
• Yun Huang told Yun Qing that his performance had been fine and offered to play along, while Yun Qing pretended not to understand.
• Yun Li watched Yun Qing leave with newfound admiration, as Yun Chi’s discovery hinted at a change in fate.

Yun Huang forcibly tempered Yun Qing with radiant sun divine power to make his injuries look convincing, then stopped him from seeing a mysterious presence in the sky. Yun Qing returned to the Perching Phoenix Hall after Yun Chi mistook his staged weakness for punishment, while an unknown momentous event seemed to be approaching.

• Yun Huang trapped Yun Qing in a formation and forced him to refine radiant sun divine power, leaving him pale and seemingly injured.
• Yun Huang used chaos qi to stabilize Yun Qing's deliberately disordered aura and told him he now looked the part.
• Yun Chi and his companions arrived after the formation faded, and Yun Huang fixed his gaze on an unseen presence in the sky.
• Yun Huang covered Yun Qing's eyes, told him he would learn what was happening soon, and vanished back to the Perching Phoenix Hall.
• Yun Chi offered Yun Qing a Blood-Jade Ganoderma and wrongly concluded the Young Lord had punished him.
• Yun Qing dismissed Yun Chi's questions and returned to the Perching Phoenix Hall.

Yun Qing and Yun Huang witnessed the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List announce its opening, igniting excitement across the Heavenly Origin Continent. The Heavenly Dao explained how prodigies could qualify and compete as the list divided into four colored streams.

• Yun Qing joined Yun Huang beneath the Crimson Flame Divine Wood as they waited for the heavens to respond.
• Nine bell tolls shook the Heavenly Origin Continent, and a vast scroll announced the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List.
• Cultivators learned that making the list could bring Heavenly Dao favor and strengthen a contender’s sect or clan.
• The Great Xia emperor summoned the Crown Prince and Third Prince, while the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land, Demon Race Ancestral Court, and Ice God Palace prepared their prodigies.
• An elder explained that beings under three hundred could compete, with the Heavenly Dao selecting over ten thousand initial entrants and allowing others to seize their Azure Cloud Marks through victory.
• The scroll revealed four colored streams—Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow—and sent them across the world.

The Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow Lists began selecting cultivators across the world, granting them power and recognition. As Wang Hu celebrated his Heaven List entry, a moon-white-robed boy warned that the lists had not yet ranked their entrants and revealed that an Immortal List stood above them.

• Li Ergou made the Yellow List while haggling over a spirit melon and celebrated by putting it on his tab.
• Zhao Polu made the Mystic List as three attackers were about to kill him, regained his strength, and turned to hunt them.
• Jiang Zhiyuan and other regional prodigies received Earth List entries across the continent.
• Shi Zheng and Wang Hu appeared on the Heaven List, with Wang Hu boasting to the crowd in the Central Continent.
• A moon-white-robed boy challenged Wang Hu's boasting, explained that the four lists had not been ranked, and revealed the existence of the Immortal List.

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.