Arc 21Systems and Upheaval
The Fairness System spread across the Azure Billows Realm, transforming lives and weakening old institutions while Liu Yi watched its influence grow. Ye Chen resisted binding it as the Slaughter System drew Liu Yi’s attention, and the arc ended with refugees fleeing Wutian Temple’s territory as Guangzhi pursued survivors.
- Jian Lingxu bound the Fairness System, reached fourth place in the Trial Tower, and used its resources to advance his sword comprehension before resolving to measure himself against Liu Yi.
- Liu Yi investigated Jian Lingxu and Yue Ji, advanced his inner worlds, and considered how the competing cultivation systems could lead to the Great Dao.
- Zhong Lingxiu proposed a battlesuit and new weapon research for the Puppet Sect, while Xu Cheng'an began distributing System Seeds in the Western Region.
- As the Fairness System spread, Prajna Temple lost worshippers, but Fawu and Fachen rejected coercion and began trading manuals and livestreaming temple crafts to earn Energy Points.
- Liu Yi completed his seclusion and visited the Virtual World, while Ye Chen revived in a Demon Beast corpse and learned that he had accrued a vast debt to the Slaughter System.
- Ye Chen refused Wang Zhao’s System Seed and struggled to recover his cultivation, while the Slaughter System’s attempt to trace the Fairness System drew Liu Yi’s counterattack.
- Liu Yi watched the battle at Heavenly Sword Sect, where Jian Lingxu killed Dao Integration Realm opponents before the factions agreed to a truce after heavy losses.
- Qian Duoduo’s stores began closing as the system spread, and Gu Heng’s family joined villagers fleeing Yuan Kingdom before Guangzhi killed five survivors and headed for its capital.