Chapter Summaries

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.

Yun Qing reunited with Yun Baojian and brought him back into the Yun Clan, then agreed with Liu Qingwu to shelter from an approaching Spirit-Devouring Storm. At camp, he privately mourned the lifeless little bird, while the very much alive Little Huang heard Yun Qing declare him dead.

• Yun Qing reclaimed Yun Baojian for the Yun Clan, and Yun Baojian reluctantly greeted him as Eldest Brother.
• Yun Qing teased Yun Jinglei for mocking Yun Baojian, then exchanged communication tokens with Liu Qingwu and learned that Junior Sister Qingming was missing.
• Liu Qingwu warned Yun Qing about the dangerous Spirit-Devouring Storm, and the two groups agreed to camp together until it passed.
• Yun Qing rallied the Yun Clan and declared that they would take first place on the Azure Cloud Road at the Heavenly Origin Platform.
• Alone in his camp, Yun Qing held the lifeless little bird and said, “Little Huang... You're dead,” startling the living Little Huang above the nine heavens.

Yun Qing gave Little Radiant Chick a solemn miniature funeral, believing him dead, while Yun Huang watched from above and wrestled with guilt. When Yun Qing left promising revenge, Yun Huang brought the chick back to life, and Little Radiant Chick hurried after his brother.

• Yun Qing prepared a miniature coffin with Little Radiant Chick’s belongings and arranged a funeral procession and grave for him.
• Yun Qing mourned Little Radiant Chick and vowed to avenge his death before walking away.
• Yun Huang watched Yun Qing’s tearful departure and decided to revive the chick.
• Little Radiant Chick emerged from the grave and chased after Yun Qing, chirping in frustration.

Yun Qing staged a mournful farewell to Little Huang until the living Little Radiant Chick caught up and revealed himself, prompting Yun Qing to embrace and comfort him. The brothers reconciled, but Yun Qing ended their tender moment by using his funeral recording and collected evidence to bargain for the Collection from Within the Tower.

• Yun Qing pretended to grieve Little Huang's death as Little Radiant Chick clawed his way out of the grave and hurried after him.
• Little Radiant Chick angrily made Yun Qing recognize that he was alive, and Yun Qing gathered him into his arms.
• Yun Huang comforted Yun Qing, whose tears made him reconsider the pain his brother had endured through the trials.
• Yun Qing told Yun Huang that he had recorded the funeral and demanded the Collection from Within the Tower in return for the recording.
• Yun Qing stored the funeral items as further evidence for his bargain, then threatened to stew Little Radiant Chick if he scared him again.

Yun Huang comforted Yun Qing after his trials, and the two reconciled as Yun Huang promised him Vermilion Fruit and Cangwu Nectar after the Heavenly Origin Platform contest. Yun Qing returned to the Yun Clan camp with Little Radiant Chick on his shoulder, where he stopped Yun Jinglei from petting him.

• Yun Huang admitted he had been too hasty and gently reassured Yun Qing about the hardships of the Immortal Path.
• Yun Huang promised Yun Qing ripe Vermilion Fruit and a jar of Cangwu Nectar to share after Yun Qing won at the Heavenly Origin Platform.
• Yun Qing teased Yun Huang about the wine and fruit, then laughed and walked back toward the Yun Clan camp with Little Radiant Chick.
• Yun Jinglei reached to pet Little Radiant Chick, and Yun Qing slapped his hand away, explaining that the chick disliked being touched by strangers.
• Little Radiant Chick stared at Yun Jinglei until he shivered and lost the urge to pet him.

Yun Qing and the others spotted Yun Tianluo fighting inside an approaching Spirit-Devouring Storm. Yun Jinglei learned that the loudmouthed fighter calling himself everyone’s grandpa belonged to their family.

• Yun Jinglei and Yun Baojian argued and left camp to spar, while Yun Qing realized Jinglei was nearing the Immortal King Realm.
• Yun Qing asked Yun Huang whether his Immortal Emperor fortune kept ghosts and evil entities away, then teased him about not receiving other benefits.
• Yun Jinglei and Yun Baojian rushed back as a Spirit-Devouring Storm approached, and the camp’s disciples formed a defensive formation.
• Yun Qing spotted two figures fighting fiercely inside the storm, including Yun Tianluo, who loudly called his opponent his grandson.
• Yun Jinglei mocked Yun Tianluo as a clown, and Yun Qing told him that the self-proclaimed grandpa belonged to their family.