Chapter Summaries

The Skeleton Emperor learned that Yun Qing and the Yun Clan’s Twelve Young Masters had entered the Ghost Realm, and feared Immortal Emperor Yuanhuang would blame him if anything happened to them. He ordered them protected and decided to watch over them himself.

• The Skeleton Emperor paced anxiously and used a sealed Message Mirror to contact Wang Hu about the Yun Clan’s Twelve Young Masters.
• Wang Hu recalled reports that the Yun Clan’s young prodigies had gone to the Western Territory to fight the Heavenly Demons, but the Skeleton Emperor cut off the call before he could finish.
• The Skeleton Emperor concluded that the group had been swept into the Ghost Realm by a rift and was relieved that Immortal Emperor Yuanhuang had not discovered the situation.
• The Skeleton Emperor ordered a great ghost to watch the group, keep them from dying, and alert him if they approached the White Bone Royal Court.
• Fearing consequences if Yun Qing was harmed anywhere in the Ghost Realm, the Skeleton Emperor rose to watch over the group himself.

Yun Huang recalled his one irreversible regret, murmured about his mother, and decided to enter the Netherworld in person. Meanwhile, Yun Qing and his siblings pressed deeper into the Ghost Realm, where they encountered the Skeleton Emperor disguised as an old man.

• Wang Hu watched the sky darken as Yun Huang’s emotions stirred the heavens.
• Yun Huang remembered his mother and chose to descend into the Netherworld himself rather than send a clone or projection.
• Yun Tianluo guided Yun Qing and his siblings toward the Ghost Realm’s core by following the growing concentration of yin energy.
• The Yun siblings halted when an elderly figure emerged from the mist and asked where they were going.
• Yun Qing recognized the old man as a skeleton shaped by ghostly energy, then steadied him politely, revealing himself to the Skeleton Emperor.

Yun Qing recognized that the old skeleton ghost was an old acquaintance using False Guise and followed his misleading directions rather than probing deeper into the Ghost Realm. He suspected the route would lead to a Heavenly Demon or the Second Elder.

• The Skeleton Emperor praised himself as the Seventh Great Lord, claimed he was in seclusion, and pointed Yun Qing toward an All-Knowing Old Man in the opposite direction.
• Yun Qing thanked the Skeleton Emperor and led his companions along the route he had indicated.
• After the group left, the Skeleton Emperor's kindly expression faded and ghostfire flashed in his eyes.
• Yun Qing told Yun Tianluo that Double Pupils had seen through the old ghost's False Guise.
• Yun Qing and Yun Tianluo reasoned that the route was meant to keep them from exploring deeper, but might lead to a Heavenly Demon or the Second Elder.

The Skeleton Emperor believed he had reached an understanding with Yun Qing, but Gui Lingyue abducted Yun Qing’s party and transported them deep into the Netherworld. The group arrived in a red-gauzed ghost domain surrounded by masked specters, where crimson candles began to light.

• Yun Tianluo and Yun Qing agreed to focus on finding the Heavenly Demon rather than investigating the Netherworld’s depths, while Yun Jinglei, Yun Poxiao, Yun Li, and Yun Hua reacted to their cryptic conversation.
• The Skeleton Emperor shed his disguise and decided to secretly help Yun Qing, provided the group left the Ghost Realm’s old powers alone.
• Gui Lingyue swept Yun Qing and his ten companions away in red gauze, enraging the Skeleton Emperor despite his attempts to stop the abduction.
• Yun Qing’s party landed in an unfamiliar ghost domain and formed a defensive formation, but Yun Qing could not detect the power that had transported them.
• Masked specters surrounded the group as Yun Jinglei commented on the place’s consistent aesthetic, and crimson candles lit the area.

Yun Qing faced Gui Lingyue, one of the Seven Lords of the Ghost Ruins, after the ghost drew ten Yun Clan prodigies into his domain and began his first act. Elsewhere in the Ghost Realm, Lin Muyao entered a pavilion with Yun Ruyi and saw a majestic woman surrounded by treasures that reminded her of Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Gui Lingyue restored the ghost city and began a chilling opera on the stage.
• Gui Lingyue's ghostly song knocked Yun Shuanghua, Yun Hua, Yun Ge, Yun Tianluo, and the other Yun Clan prodigies unconscious, trapping their souls in his domain.
• Yun Qing recognized Gui Lingyue as a Dao Lord and one of the Seven Venerable Lords of the Ghost Ruins.
• Gui Lingyue revealed his name and began the first act, plunging Yun Qing into darkness.
• Yun Ruyi led Lin Muyao into the pavilion, where Lin Muyao saw a regal woman and an array of extraordinary treasures.

Yun Qing entered Gui Lingyue’s illusion and found a world devastated by Kanming Heavenly Burial. After a monk asked whether Yun Qing could help save it, grotesque creatures attacked him, leaving him fighting on the ruined mountain.

• Yun Qing awoke in a blood-soaked world twisted by Kanming Heavenly Burial and recognized that it was not the Heavenly Origin Continent.
• Yun Qing stepped into the illusion’s shifting landscape and met a monk overlooking the dying world.
• The monk sensed traces of Gu Princess on Yun Qing and asked whether he knew how to save the world.
• Yun Qing said he carried only the remnant of a world that had already perished, and the monk accepted that he could offer no help.
• Grotesque creatures warped by Kanming Heavenly Burial attacked Yun Qing, who summoned Bear All Things and fought them off.

Yun Qing fought through a horde of Eerie Creatures in the collapsing world, including one that took the faces of his brothers. After the battle, the Hemp-Robed Monk pointed out that the scene below had changed into a bustling human settlement.

• Yun Qing used Bear All Things and his divine powers to destroy waves of Eerie Creatures while watching the Hemp-Robed Monk.
• An Eerie Creature called Yun Qing "Eldest Brother" in Yun Jinglei's voice, then took the faces of Yun Shuanghua and Yun Huang, and Yun Qing killed it.
• Yun Qing fought for several hours before killing the last Eerie Creature and resting on the mountain of corpses.
• Yun Qing suspected the Hemp-Robed Monk had sent the creatures after him, and the monk pointed down the mountain at a scene of everyday human life where the sea of blood and corpses had been.

Yun Qing confronted a monk who claimed to have preserved the world’s people in peace, but exposed the horrific truth behind their apparent happiness. The monk reappeared after Yun Qing’s spear strike, and the enraged souls below surged toward Yun Qing.

• Yun Qing used his Double Pupils to trace the villagers’ fates, then shut his eyes rather than look further.
• The monk insisted that his vow had spared the people from annihilation and asked Yun Qing whether their peaceful lives were bliss.
• Yun Qing called the monk’s claim laughable and attacked him with the Bear All Things spear, but the monk reformed unharmed.
• The monk recited a strange prophecy, and the peaceful village scene revealed souls trapped in food and animals’ bodies, with enemies reincarnated among their victims’ loved ones.
• Yun Qing realized the monk’s preserved world trapped people in a broken cycle of reincarnation, and the black-eyed villagers charged toward him.

Yun Qing used his soaring firmament Dao domain and the blood of his Dao foundation to free the souls trapped in one corrupted world, but he saw countless other worlds suffering the same fate. The Demonic Monk then revealed that he had gathered reincarnation principles from many realms, and Yun Qing rejected his claim that he had done so to save this world.

• Yun Qing manifested the chaos primordial soaring firmament world and restrained the twisted creatures and souls.
• Yun Qing sacrificed his heart's blood and burned his Dao fruit to purify the world, freeing its tormented souls.
• Yun Qing saw that countless other worlds remained trapped in chaos, while the Demonic Monk told him he had become attached to appearances.
• The Demonic Monk summoned the shattered six paths and revealed that he had gathered reincarnation principles from many worlds.
• The Demonic Monk said he had sought the power of reincarnation across the realms to save this place, and Yun Qing called his words a false guise.

Yun Qing fought the Demonic Monk’s corrupted Six Paths of Reincarnation and shattered the wheel, defeating him. A golden light entered Yun Qing’s brow and made his soul feel complete, just as Gui Lingyue appeared beside him in an Opera Mask.

• Gui Lingyue watched from the Opera Stage as the Demonic Monk’s reincarnation revealed a connection that caught his attention.
• The Demonic Monk summoned a corrupted Six Paths Wheel, and Yun Qing countered it with his Primordial Soaring Firmament World.
• Yun Qing fought through the monk’s attacks with his spear, sword, and Dao powers, damaging his foundation as the Ghostly Domain remained at stake.
• Yun Qing shattered the Six Paths Wheel with Azure Jade, and the Demonic Monk began to fracture.
• A golden light drifted into the space between Yun Qing’s brows, giving him an unfamiliar sense of completeness.
• Gui Lingyue appeared beside Yun Qing in a snow-white Opera Mask and began to speak.

Gui Lingyue extracted a blue-gold crystal from Yun Qing and left him gravely wounded before the Opera Stage’s first act ended. In the Nether River, Yun Ruyi learned that the Six Paths of Reincarnation had to be restored, then the woman she met there questioned why Yun Ruyi ranked only third among the Yun Clan’s Twelve Young Masters.

• Gui Lingyue pierced Yun Qing’s divine soul, retrieved a blue-gold crystal, and joked about turning it into an earring.
• Yun Qing struck Gui Lingyue with Azure Wall, but the Opera Ghost shattered into Red Gauze and laughed from afar.
• Wounded by the battle and Gui Lingyue’s attack, Yun Qing collapsed as Gui Lingyue declared the first act over.
• Yun Ruyi met with a woman in the Nether River, who explained that Pi Hai had damaged the Six Paths of Reincarnation and that restoring them was now urgent.
• Yun Ruyi reflected on her impending farewell to the woman, who said she had made all the arrangements.
• The woman asked Yun Ruyi why she ranked third among the Yun Clan’s Twelve Young Masters.

Yun Si recalled her reign as the foremost of the Yun Clan’s Twelve Young Masters and was revealed as the birth mother of Immortal Emperor Yuanhuang. Yun Qing awoke from the darkness in his life on Blue Star as Jinghua University student council president, and, after delivering an opening ceremony speech, considered his approaching graduation.

• Yun Si rebuked Yun Ruyi for taking third place and recalled that she had always held the top seat among the Twelve Young Masters.
• Yun Si remembered the younger Yun Clan members who had followed her and was identified as the birth mother of Immortal Emperor Yuanhuang.
• Yun Qing heard someone call him President Qing Yun and abruptly awoke at Jinghua University’s opening ceremony on Blue Star.
• Yun Qing resumed his speech, welcoming the new students and urging them to pursue knowledge, courage, and responsibility.
• Yun Qing left the stage and handled student council requests before deciding he needed to make a choice before graduation.

Yun Qing, a capable Capital University student council president weighing several career paths, was transported to an ancient world of immortals at midnight. He ended the chapter stunned as flying cultivators passed overhead.

• Yun Qing considered offers from companies, his advisor, and a senior acquaintance as he weighed his future career.
• Yun Qing spent the evening resolving student council problems and left the office shortly before midnight.
• Yun Qing admired and photographed the unusual blood moon and celestial alignment as he crossed a tree-lined path.
• At midnight, Yun Qing stepped onto moss-covered ground beneath a gigantic tree in an unfamiliar world filled with wondrous sights.
• Yun Qing watched immortals fly across the sky and realized he had transmigrated.

Yun Si sealed an alliance between the Yun Clan and the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, then traveled south along the Wei River and recalled why she had arranged her marriage to the Ji Clan patriarch. As she asked about her son Huang'er and ordered her chariot to descend closer to the river, a young man on the bank suppressed an earth-shattering shock.

• Yun Si and the Azure Lotus Sword Sect's sect master sealed an alliance between their factions.
• Nanming and the other young cultivators discussed Yun Si's marriage to the Ji Clan patriarch and her legendary dance on the Wei River.
• Yun Si asked her maid how Huang'er was and learned that he was nearing the Immortal King Realm at barely thirteen.
• Yun Si recalled foreseeing that her union with the Ji Clan patriarch would produce an emperor's son and help her place a piece upon the Ten Thousand Ages Chessboard.
• Yun Si ordered her chariot to travel slowly above the Wei River, while a young man on the bank suppressed an earth-shattering upheaval in his heart.

Yun Qing was nearly killed after reciting a poem about Yun Si, but she stopped her maid’s attack and ordered a guard to bring him aboard her carriage. The chapter ended with Yun Qing being carried into the carriage before Yun Si.

• Yun Qing explored the riverbank after realizing he had arrived in a cultivation world and was dangerously weak.
• Yun Qing recited the Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess as Yun Si’s procession passed by.
• Yun Si’s maid attacked Yun Qing for his perceived disrespect, but Yun Si stopped her with a word.
• Yun Si noticed a spatial crease around Yun Qing and ordered a Cloud Valor Guard to bring him along.
• The Cloud Valor Guard carried Yun Qing from the riverbank into Yun Si’s carriage.

Yun Qing avoided looking at Yun Si after she praised the verses he had recited, while Yun Huang descended toward the Ghost Realm and recalled his first years in the Ji Clan. The memory ended as young Ji Huang learned of the mortal boy again, this time by seeing him.

• Yun Si praised the elegant verses Yun Qing had recited, and Yun Qing kept quiet about not having written them.
• Yun Huang left Heaven Beyond Heaven for the Ghost Realm, prompting Qing Kitty and Little Radiant Chick to wonder where he was going.
• At thirteen, Ji Huang heard that the Lady Sovereign had brought a mortal boy into the Ji Clan and dismissed him as insignificant.
• Ji Huang ordered Black Armor to deal with the steward who had reported the news, then returned to cultivation.
• Ji Huang became an Immortal King, while Qing Yun and Ji Huang remained brothers who had never met.
• Years later, Ji Huang heard of the mortal boy again and saw him.

Ji Huang visited Yun Si and was stunned to find her laughing warmly with the young outsider Yun Qing. Yun Qing explained how Yun Si had saved him from Heavenly Origin’s laws of rejection, which had been reversing his age, and the chapter ended with his gratitude for her help.

• Ji Huang arrived at Yun Si’s courtyard and saw her treating Yun Qing with unusual warmth.
• Yun Qing recalled that he had crossed into Heavenly Origin two years earlier and had gradually adapted to its wonders.
• Yun Qing told Yun Si that the feeling of rejection had eased and thanked her for taking him in.
• Yun Qing recalled that Heavenly Origin’s laws had forcibly regressed his age and would have erased him without Yun Si’s protective carriage and sword.

Yun Si explained that Yun Qing would need to cultivate until Heavenly Origin accepted him, while reassuring him that she would protect him. Yun Qing’s memories of caring for an ill grandmother made him worry that Yun Si was mentally unwell, and he wondered whether she wanted to live.

• Yun Si told Yun Qing that the Spirit Sword only temporarily eased heaven and earth’s rejection, and that cultivation and karmic ties would gradually make him belong to Heavenly Origin.
• Yun Qing accepted that he might never return to Blue Star and promised to cultivate, while Yun Si comforted him and ruffled his hair.
• Yun Qing noticed Yun Si’s sigh and checked on her, prompting her to tease him and ask whether she had frightened him before.
• Yun Qing recalled how he had comforted his ill grandmother as a child, and connected that experience to his concern for Yun Si’s mental state.
• Yun Qing wondered whether Yun Si had little desire to stay alive.

Yun Si reflected on her treatment of Yun Qing and decided to protect him, then arranged for him to meet her son, Ji Huang. The chapter ended with Ji Huang entering the courtyard and openly expressing his disdain for Yun Qing.

• Yun Si wondered whether she had treated Yun Qing well and resolved to protect him from anyone who harmed him.
• Yun Si sensed someone approaching and decided that introducing Yun Qing to Ji Huang would be interesting.
• Yun Si introduced Ji Huang as her son and said he was about Yun Qing's age.
• Ji Huang recognized Yun Qing as the mortal Yun Si had brought back from the Wei River and remarked that he was still alive.

Yun Si introduced Yun Qing as Ji Huang’s new older brother after adopting him as her son, leaving the two boys awkwardly adjusting to their sudden family bond. Ji Huang reluctantly called Yun Qing “big brother” when Yun Si insisted.

• Yun Si introduced Yun Qing to Ji Huang and announced that he would be Ji Huang’s older brother.
• Yun Si revealed that she had adopted Yun Qing, then pulled both boys into her embrace.
• Ji Huang objected to Yun Qing becoming his older brother, while Yun Qing tried not to laugh at Ji Huang’s shock.
• Yun Si told Ji Huang to call Yun Qing “big brother” and recorded his reluctant response with an Image-Recording Stone.
• Ji Huang finally forced himself to call Yun Qing “big brother,” satisfying Yun Si.