Chapter Summaries

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.

Yun Qing effortlessly defeated a series of clan disciples who challenged him, only to discover they were devoted admirers seeking autographs and keepsakes. As more challengers gathered, he invited them all to fight him at once.

• Yun Lieyang attacked Yun Qing with his Crimson Sun Battle Body, but Yun Qing stopped his peak True Immortal strike with one finger and defeated him.
• Yun Lieyang revealed his admiration for Yun Qing, asked for an autograph in his cultivation notebook, and received praise and a signed inscription.
• Yun Jiang challenged Yun Qing, whose finger tap destroyed his Darkgold Heavy Shield; Yun Jiang then asked for a piece of Yun Qing's robe for his next shield.
• Yun Qing defeated several more challengers, who sought souvenirs, until Yun Huahua asked him to sign his bare back as a family totem and Yun Qing refused.
• Yun Qing stopped returning to his seat and invited all the eager challengers into the arena together.

Yun Qing defeated six challengers while Yun Ge, Yun Pengxing, and Yun Hua combined music, dance, and painting into a performance that thrilled the crowd. After Yun Li challenged Yun Qingqu and revealed a terrifying surge of power, the chapter ended with the arena shocked by his rise to the peak of the King Sealing realm.

• Yun Ge, Yun Pengxing, and Yun Hua united their music, dance, and painting to support the six fighters attacking Yun Qing.
• Yun Qing used Myriad Transformations Return to the Void to devour the attacks and drain the challengers’ spiritual energy, then blasted all six away without injuring them.
• Yun Qing noticed Yun Huang quietly appreciating the Three Masteries performance, while the defeated challengers thanked him for the match.
• Yun Li stepped into the arena and challenged Yun Qingqu, then unleashed his Taowu power and rose to the peak of the King Sealing realm.

Yun Li challenged Yun Qingqu and attacked him with a borrowed, unstable power, driven by visions of Yun Yao’s death and Yun Qingqu’s role in it. Yun Qingqu’s defenses began to fail, but he cried that he conceded and deliberately turned toward Yun Li’s strike to frame him for harming a clansman.

• Yun Li challenged Yun Qingqu to fight, and Yun Qingqu accepted while hiding his confidence that Yun Li’s power would falter.
• Yun Li recalled a vision in which Yun Yao died after obtaining a healing pill for him, and Yun Qingqu returned her bloodied bracelet and later taunted him about her death.
• Yun Li launched a Heaven-Rending Claw strike, and Yun Qingqu protected himself with Azure Wood Mystic Armor: Ten Thousand Vines Bodyguard.
• Yun Li tore through Yun Qingqu’s vine defenses and attacked his heart with a full-power strike.
• Yun Qingqu shouted that he conceded but deliberately moved into the attack, intending to make Yun Li appear guilty of injuring a clansman.

Yun Qing stopped Yun Li from killing Yun Qingqu, defended Yun Li before the judges, and secured his victory and title as the Yun Clan's Tenth Young Master. Yun Li regained control of himself and accepted Yun Qing as his Eldest Brother, while Yun Huang watched with interest.

• Yun Qing blocked Yun Li's claws with Bear All Things and stopped the fight before Yun Qingqu was killed.
• Yun Qing explained Yun Li's loss of control and persuaded the Ceremony Elders to accept Yun Qingqu's defeat under the clan rules.
• The presiding Ceremony Elder declared Yun Li the winner and named him the Yun Clan's Tenth Young Master.
• Yun Li thanked Yun Qing, called him Eldest Brother, and walked to the vacant tenth seat after regaining his composure.
• Yun Yao watched Yun Li recover, while Yun Huang privately criticized Yun Qingqu and considered Yun Li worth raising.

After the first round left only twenty-three challengers, Yun Huang replaced the usual tournament format with single-combat matches followed by an unrestricted final free-for-all. The contestants drew lots, Yun Ruyi received a bye, and the matchups were revealed as tension rose.

• The Ceremony Elder asked the elders how to proceed after the first round left only twenty-three challengers.
• Yun Huang ordered the remaining challengers and the Twelve Young Masters to draw lots for single-combat matches, with the victors entering an unrestricted free-for-all to choose the new Twelve Young Masters.
• The elders and Yun Clan disciples accepted Yun Huang's decree, while the challengers grew anxious about facing the Young Masters.
• Yun Qing drew lot number two as the contestants began selecting their lots.
• Yun Ruyi drew a bye and delightedly returned to her grandfather, Fifth Elder Yun Jun.
• The remaining contestants drew their lots, revealing the matchups as tension filled the arena.

Yun Tianluo initially fought Yun Tao with graceful techniques that effortlessly redirected his heavy-sword attacks, but Yun Tao’s challenge unleashed Tianluo’s savage side and revealed his enormous Eight Trigrams Crescent-Blade Axe. The chapter ended with Tianluo swinging the axe at Yun Tao while the elders and spectators reacted in shock.

• Yun Tianluo used refined movements and the Flowing Cloud Sleeve to divert Yun Tao’s powerful heavy-sword strikes without drawing a weapon.
• Yun Yuan teased Yun Che about Tianluo’s restraint, while Yun Shi praised Tianluo’s natural cultivation.
• Yun Tao demanded that Yun Tianluo take one of his strikes, causing Tianluo’s composed demeanor to collapse into wild laughter.
• Yun Tianluo summoned an enormous Eight Trigrams Crescent-Blade Axe, shocking Yun Tao, Yun Qing, and the spectators.
• Yun Tianluo swung the axe at Yun Tao with a mountain-splitting attack as Yun Che kept his eyes shut.

Yun Tianluo defeated Yun Tao with a devastating axe strike, revealing the fierce strength beneath his refined manner, while Yun Qing and Yun Huang discussed how he had transformed his cultivation. After Yun Ling forfeited against Yun Qing, Yun Qing secretly left his seat and joined Yun Huang on the high platform to watch the remaining matches.

• Yun Tianluo smashed Yun Tao into a crater with one axe strike, ruined his heavy sword, and won the match when Yun Tao conceded.
• Yun Huang explained to Yun Qing that Yun Tianluo had stopped suppressing his true nature and rebuilt his cultivation into a stronger path.
• Yun Tianluo returned to the Twelve Young Masters' seats, where Yun Zui praised him, Yun Baojian moved away, and Yun Shuanghua hid behind Yun Qing.
• Yun Ling forfeited his match against Yun Qing, allowing Yun Qing to advance without fighting.
• Yun Qing used his concealment art to slip away from his seat and join Yun Huang beside the honored throne on the high platform.

Yun Qing and Yun Huang watched the martial exhibition as the young masters displayed their skills, including Yun Shuanghua’s victory and Yun Jinglei’s perceptual concealment. The preliminary matches ended with the finalists set for a free-for-all, while Yun Qing tried to avoid the furious Second Elder before he could demand an explanation for Yun Qing’s three-month absence.

• Yun Shuanghua used his Immortal Vine and Dragonblood Thornbush to bind Yun Yan and win their match.
• Yun Qing and Yun Huang watched Yun Zui, Yun Ge, and Yun Hua defeat their opponents with distinctive techniques.
• Yun Jinglei emerged from his perception-blurring concealment, defeated Yun Sha, and drew Yun Qing’s comments about the Seamless Secret Art.
• The preliminary matches ended with the eleven young masters, Yun Ruyi, and five challengers advancing to the free-for-all after a one-incense-stick rest was announced.
• Yun Qing spotted the furious Second Elder and hid behind Yun Huang’s throne as the elder complained that Yun Qing had enjoyed himself and made a breakthrough during his absence.

The final round of the Twelve Young Masters tournament began on the Martial Tournament Disc, with eighteen fighters entering the chaotic arena. As the contestants attacked, hid, and fortified their positions, Yun Qing calmly stood at the center, unshaken.

• The Ceremony Elder activated the Martial Tournament Disc, explained the elimination rules, and called the eighteen finalists into the arena.
• Yun Qing entered last, surveyed the arena, and took up position near its edge with the Bear All Things Spear.
• Yun Poxiao shouted to his father about their promised genealogy entry, and his father loudly promised to put it on his own head if Yun Poxiao won.
• The Ceremony Elder rang the bell to start the final battle, and the contestants immediately began attacking, hiding, or defending positions.
• The Yun Clan's Three Masteries—Yun Hua, Yun Ge, and Yun Pengxing—joined forces to secure the southeastern corner.
• Yun Qing planted his spear at the arena's center and calmly watched the battles without moving.

The Twelve Young Masters and six challengers began their chaotic free-for-all, while Yun Poxiao assessed which opponents he could safely confront. Yun Qing finally turned his attention to the hidden Yun Jinglei, whose concealment was no match for the Double Pupils.

• Yun Huang chided Yun Qing for standing idle, and Yun Qing said he wanted to give the others a chance to show their abilities.
• Two challengers attacked the Three Masteries trio, while Yun Baojian swiftly eliminated Yun Sandao with a precise strike.
• Yun Poxiao ruled out the most dangerous opponents and chose to target the seemingly vulnerable Yun Kuan.
• Yun Zui advanced amid the fighting, Yun Shuanghua enclosed himself in a thorny vine sphere, and Yun Ruyi remained untouched as attacks diverted around her.
• Yun Qing spotted the concealed Yun Jinglei, who sensed that a powerful predator had found him.