Recaps

Ouyang Yu and Ouyang Xiong revealed that their apparent conflict was a scheme to enlist Ye Wenting in a plot against Tianlan’s six other families. Ye Wenting agreed to help frame the families as rebels, and Ouyang Yu declared that in ten days only the Ouyang Household would remain in Tianlan.

• Ouyang Yu entered the courtyard, where Ouyang Xiong revealed his Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivation and sealed the area with twenty-four Spirit-Locking Restriction Stones.
• Ouyang Xiong explained that his apparent loyalty to the six families had been an act, and introduced Ouyang Yu as the future head of the Ouyang Household.
• Ouyang Yu and Ouyang Xiong proposed portraying the six families as rebels and using their wealth and evidence to earn merit from the Ye Clan.
• Ouyang Yu offered Ye Wenting a chance to share in the credit for quelling the supposed rebellion, and Ye Wenting agreed to cooperate.
• Ouyang Yu said the Ouyang Household would eliminate the six families within ten days and that someone would deal with the Sima Clan spy.

The Gongsun, Zhao, Li, and Chen families tried to buy Ouyang Yu and Ye Wenting’s favor, but the Ye Clan Punishment Hall arrived to investigate Tianlan’s traitors. Ouyang Xiong led the families into rebellion, which Fengyi swiftly crushed, leaving Tianlan under Ye Clan control.

• The Gongsun, Zhao, Li, and Chen family heads gave Ouyang Yu seven hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones, and Ye Wenting publicly approved the arrangement.
• Ye Zhanyan and three Ye Clan Punishment Hall elders arrived at the Ruin Realm guardian’s residence as the ten-day deadline expired.
• Ouyang Xiong warned the family heads that the Ye Clan meant to punish them and persuaded them to rebel with help from Great Jin.
• The six families sent their cultivators against Ye Clan forces while the Ouyang family opened the Ruin Realm’s formation, allowing a white-clad figure to enter.
• Ouyang Yu gave Ye Zhanyan a Jade Slip recording the families’ wealth, and the Punishment Hall elders moved to end the rebellion.
• Fengyi defeated the rebels, and Ye Zhanyan ordered Ouyang Yu to summon Ouyang Xiong with everything he had.

After the rebellion in Tianlan Ruin Realm was crushed, Ouyang Xiong delivered evidence and the captured household heads to Ye Zhanyan, while the conspirators learned they had been manipulated by Ye Jinyu. Ye Jinyu rewarded Ouyang Yu and assigned new duties, leaving the Ye Clan in control as preparations began for Wind Abyss.

• Ouyang Xiong presented Ye Zhanyan with the six rebel households’ hidden wealth, records, and evidence, and Ye Zhanyan praised his cooperation.
• The captured Gongsun and Li household heads were brought before Ye Zhanyan, and a released memory revealed that the supposed Jin envoy and wider-universe conspiracy had been fabricated.
• Ye Zhanyan gave the captured household heads to Ouyang Xiong as a reward, and Ouyang Xiong and Ouyang Yu pledged loyalty to the Ye Clan.
• Ye Jinyu discussed Ouyang Yu’s ruthless nature with Xu Feng and decided to use him as a blade for investigating illicit dealings.
• Ye Jinyu appointed Ouyang Yu Deputy Transport Commissioner, granted him access to two Purple Mansion Cultivation Methods, and ordered the Ouyang Clan to oversee Tianlan Ruin Realm.
• Ye Jinyu arranged cultivation opportunities and a Cloud Palace position for Ye Wenting, then ordered him sent to Jiangnan ahead of Wind Abyss’s opening.

Ye Jinyu learned that the Cangxuan All-Heavens would open the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm in a month for a decade-long contest that would decide territory, clan ranks, and the next century’s fortune. He planned to lead the Ye Clan’s preparations and compete for the realm’s treasures, including the Bifeng origin and Zhu Nantian Yin Fire, before meeting Cangxuan’s other geniuses in Jiangnan.

• Xu Feng told Ye Jinyu that the imperial court would open the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm in one month, with Purple Mansion cultivators fighting outside it and lower-level cultivators contesting its resources for ten years.
• Xu Feng explained that the contest would select Cangxuan’s leading young geniuses, determine immortal clan ranks, and offer the victor an imperial title and fortune.
• Xu Feng described four treasures in the realm: the Heavenly Gang Bifeng Pool’s Bifeng origin, heavenly will sword soul grass, void heavenly water marrow, and Zhu Nantian Yin Fire.
• Ye Jinyu recognized that Bifeng and Yin Fire could help him achieve his chosen Foundation Establishment path.
• Xu Feng reported that the Ye Clan had selected disciples and assigned alchemists, a formation master, an artifact refiner, and supplies for the expedition.
• Ye Jinyu ordered the clan to prepare more pills, talismans, defensive formations, Spirit Treasures, and Foundation Establishment Law Artifacts, then said they would go to Jiangnan in three days.

Ye Jinyu equipped his clan’s disciples and himself with powerful artifacts before leading the Cloud Mist Ye Clan to Jiangnan for the Ruin Realm campaign. At the reception platform, he surveyed the gathered factions and learned about the Four Nobles of the Jin Court, the formidable rivals awaiting him.

• Ye Wan presented Ye Jinyu with 130 Azure Scale Mystic Armor suits, which Ye Jinyu ordered distributed to the disciples joining the expedition.
• Xu Feng brought Ye Jinyu three treasures from Qiuran Palace and Azure Nether Palace: the Azure Nether Jade Glass Fan, the Mystic Nether Heavenly Wind Shield, and the Autumn Evolution Dao Profound Robe.
• Ye Jinyu thanked his father and grandfather for their support and promised not to disappoint them before the expedition departed for Jiangnan the next day.
• Ye Jinyu led the armored Ye Clan contingent from the Great Void Cloud Ship onto the Jiangnan Ruin Realm Conquest Office’s reception platform, drawing attention from the assembled cultivators.
• Xu Feng identified Sima Ruiming, Chen Yi, Xie Qingying, and Wang Maohong as the Four Nobles of the Jin Court and described their backgrounds, cultivation, and Dao foundations.
• Ye Jinyu studied the Four Nobles as he stood among the gathered factions, aware that they would be major obstacles in the campaign.

As Great Jin prepared to invade the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm, Ye Jinyu studied intelligence on its powers and watched thirteen Purple Mansion cultivators combine their abilities to attack the realm’s barrier. The chapter ended with Ye Jinyu observing the might and coordination of the realm-conquering force.

• Xu Feng reported that the clan’s pills had been distributed, and Ye Wenting gave Ye Jinyu intelligence on the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm’s major powers and notable rogue cultivators.
• Ye Jinyu considered how the Great Qi and Great Yin Dynasties cultivated sword techniques through their imperial providence, then reviewed the Yuanming Sword-Playing Sect and the realm’s two great Demon Race clans.
• A vast gate opened above the receiving platform, and a screen revealed the Great Void battlefield and the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm’s barrier.
• Five Wang Clan cultivators unleashed nine flaming stars, and Fengyi and two Ye Clan cultivators used wind abilities to turn their attack into a wind-and-fire tornado.
• Three Sima Clan cultivators and two Xie Clan cultivators added a torrent of Heavenly River Heavy Water, combining water, fire, and wind into a strengthening assault on the barrier.
• Ye Jinyu calmly assessed the thirteen Purple Mansion cultivators’ coordination and reflected on the terrifying power of their Divine Abilities.

The people of the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm united under Jian Yiyuan to resist an invasion by thirteen Purple Mansion True Persons from Cangxuan, and their combined sword strike weakened the attackers’ assault enough for the realm’s barrier to hold. After the barrier endured, the gate opened, and Cangxuan cultivators rushed in to begin their ten-year contest.

• Crown Prince Li Tian, the Yin Emperor, Jian Yiyuan, Situ Ze, and Luan Tian rallied their people to defend the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm from the descending attack.
• Jian Yiyuan gathered the realm’s strength into the Sword of Wind Abyss and struck against the torrent of flames, wind, and waves.
• Jian Yiyuan fell and the sword cultivators were badly hurt, but their strike cut the torrent’s power in half before it hit the barrier.
• The Wind Abyss barrier survived the impact, though the realm suffered widespread destruction and countless living beings died.
• True Person Fengyi acknowledged the realm’s resolve, then ordered the Cangxuan cultivators to enter through the opened gate.
• A white-haired official announced the rules, including a ten-year limit and a ban on Purple Mansion cultivators, as Cangxuan cultivators charged through the gate.

Ye Jinyu began establishing the Ye Clan's foothold in the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm by targeting South-Pacifying City and recruiting local cultivators. Ye Anlan killed the city's general in a single move, leaving its defenders in panic.

• Ye Jinyu ordered Ye Anlan and Ye Jinming to gather the scattered Ye Clan disciples in the southern region and secure a city as a stronghold.
• Ye Jinyu sent Ye Anlan to demand South-Pacifying City's surrender and tasked Ye Jinming with recruiting Rogue Cultivators and small-sect cultivators using promises of rewards.
• Ye Anlan arrived at South-Pacifying City and demanded that Li Pojun surrender the city and turn over its supplies, maps, and records.
• Li Pojun confronted Ye Anlan with two deputy generals and attacked him with the King-Observing Sword Force.
• Ye Anlan cut through Li Pojun's sword force and killed him with one strike, causing the defenders on the city wall to panic and flee.

After taking South-Pacifying City, Ye Jinyu learned that the Heavenly Gang Bifeng Pool was the Azure Luan Clan’s inheritance site and ordered the search for Azure Luan royal blood. When Ye Jinming reported that the Xie Clan was also hunting for it, Ye Jinyu began planning how to take advantage of their pursuit.

• Ye Jinyu questioned two captives about the region, and Ye Anlan searched their souls after the deputy general offered information and the recordkeeper refused to betray his country.
• Ye Anlan learned that Azure Luan royal blood could lead to Azure Nether Mountain and that the Bifeng Heavenly Gang Pool was the Azure Luan Clan’s inheritance site.
• Ye Jinyu’s Heavenly Cauldron of Fate revealed visions of an Azure Luan being hunted and of a blood-filled wind pool where Zhunan Yin Fire was born.
• Ye Anlan reported that Ye Jinming had recruited more than five thousand Rogue Cultivators and five small sects, and Ye Jinyu ordered them to search for Azure Luan royal blood.
• Ye Jinming reported finding three incomplete King-Observing Sword Force Instruction Jade Slips and revealed that the Xie Clan was also searching for Azure Luan royal blood.
• Ye Jinyu beckoned Ye Jinming and Ye Anlan closer to share a plan, remarking that the mantis had not noticed the oriole behind it.

Ye Jinyu and his companions came upon Qing Lingxi after Zhao Huayuan and Xie Yu captured and brutalized her for the Xie Clan. Ye Anlan challenged the pursuers as Ye Jinyu focused on Qing Lingxi, leaving a confrontation with the Xie Clan and Rogue Cultivators imminent.

• Zhao Huayuan used the Spirit-Locking Soul Chain to bring down Qing Lingxi and bind her.
• Xie Yu confirmed Qing Lingxi was the Azure Luan royal-blood descendant sought by Qingying, then tightened a chain around her neck.
• Zhao Huayuan and the other Rogue Cultivators discussed abusing Qing Lingxi before handing her over, while Xie Yu considered extracting her soul essence first.
• An unseen wind blade struck at Xie Yu, and Ye Jinyu emerged from the forest with two companions.
• Zhao Huayuan recognized Ye Jinyu as a lord of the Cloud Mist Ye Clan and asked him to make an exception, while Ye Jinyu studied Qing Lingxi.
• Ye Anlan confronted the Xie Clan cultivators as Ye Jinyu's Heavenly Cauldron of Fate and Dao Seed of Fate stirred.

Ye Jinyu’s group rescued Qing Lingxi from Xie Yu and the Rogue Cultivators, and Ye Jinyu discovered that her bloodline was far more powerful than it appeared. After Qing Lingxi swallowed his Fate Seed, Ye Jinyu killed the Rogue Cultivators, forced Xie Yu to kneel for three months, and left with Qing Lingxi.

• Xie Yu threatened Ye Jinyu, but Ye Jinyu summoned dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators and had Ye Anlan seize Zhao Huayuan.
• Ye Jinyu examined Qing Lingxi, suspected she possessed Heavenly Demon Emperor Blood, and gave her his blood to lick before freeing her from her chain.
• Ye Jinyu ordered Qing Lingxi to swallow the Fate Seed, binding her life and death to him, and she agreed.
• Ye Anlan and the Ye Clan cultivators killed the Rogue Cultivators while Ye Jinyu spared Xie Yu and ordered him to kneel for three months under Calamity Wind Soul-Locking Talismans.
• Ye Jinyu left with his group and Qing Lingxi, leaving Xie Yu kneeling in the forest.

Qing Lingxi learned that the Azure Luan Clan had sacrificed her to protect Qing Lingyue and accepted Ye Jinyu’s offer to help her seize the throne. After Qing Lingxi agreed to take revenge, Ye Jinyu sent her to kill Xie Yu, while Xie Qingying sensed his death from afar.

• Qing Lingxi recalled how her clan favored Qing Lingyue and deliberately sent her to the Xie Clan as bait while hiding Qing Lingyue in the ancestral land.
• Ye Jinyu asked Qing Lingxi about the Heavenly Gang Bifeng Pool, then offered to help her take revenge and become the Azure Luan Clan’s queen.
• Ye Jinyu told Qing Lingxi that her bloodline was nobler than Qing Lingyue’s and urged her to lead his people to the ancestral land; Qing Lingxi vowed to kill Qing Lingyue.
• Ye Jinyu gave Qing Lingxi an azure jade dagger and ordered her to kill Xie Yu, and she brutally wounded him until his Dao foundation shattered.
• Xie Qingying sensed Xie Yu’s death from beside a lake and dismissed him as useless.

Qing Lingxi returned to the Azure Luan ancestral land and secretly prepared to act, while Ye Jinyu led an assault on the clan to seize the Bifeng Heavenly Gang Pool. As the Azure Luan elders faced the attack, Qing Lingyue ordered First Elder Luan Mi to take Qing Lingxi’s bloodline for her.

• Qing Lingxi summoned Third Elder Luan Qingyu, claimed the Xie Clan had captured and humiliated her, and was placed under guarded confinement.
• After Third Elder searched the palace with her Divine Sense, Qing Lingxi rose at midnight as the pale azure and dark red powers of her Dao Seed of Fate intertwined.
• Ye Jinyu gathered his Ye Clan elites and three thousand cultivators, promised rewards for the assault, and sent Ye Anlan and Ye Jinming to lead the frontal attack.
• Ye Jinyu slipped away toward a meeting with the Xie Clan’s legitimate daughter while the cultivators charged Azure Nether Mountain.
• At the Bifeng Heavenly Gang Pool, Qing Lingyue absorbed its Gang winds as First Elder Luan Mi guarded her royal blood inheritance.
• After learning that attackers had overwhelmed the outer forest, Qing Lingyue accused the elders of mishandling Qing Lingxi and asked Luan Mi to take her sister’s bloodline for her.

The Ye Clan broke into the Azure Luan Clan’s secret realm, where Ye Jinyu backed Qing Lingxi’s claim to rule and offered Luan Mi a deal. When Luan Mi attacked instead, Xie Qingying appeared to defend Ye Jinyu, revealing that the Xie Clan had joined forces with the Ye Clan.

• Luan Mi ordered the Azure Nether Barrier activated and the secret realm sealed after learning the Ye Clan had arrived, but Ye Jinyu shattered the formation and entered with Qing Lingxi and the third elder.
• The third elder accused Luan Mi of betraying Qing Lingxi, while Ye Jinyu proposed making Qing Lingxi the Azure Luan Clan’s ruler in exchange for Qing Lingyue.
• Qing Lingyue insulted Qing Lingxi and offered herself to Ye Jinyu, prompting Luan Mi to curse her and launch a charged Bifeng Nether Abyss attack at Ye Jinyu.
• Luan Mi ordered the thirty-six Azure Luan Royal Guards to attack, but Xie Qingying appeared and blocked the wind strike with a water barrier.
• Luan Mi demanded to know why the Xie Clan had joined the Ye Clan, while Xie Qingying and Ye Jinyu exchanged a knowing glance.

Ye Jinyu and Xie Qingying defeated the Azure Luan Clan’s resistance and helped Qing Lingxi claim the clan by killing Qing Lingyue. After Qing Lingxi pledged the clan’s loyalty to the Ye Clan, Ye Jinyu and Xie Qingying combined wind and heavy water at the Heavenly Gang Bifeng Pool, creating the Zhu Nantian Yin Fire and revealing a cultivation manual.

• Ye Jinyu and Xie Qingying agreed to divide the Azure Luan inheritance and the wondrous flame, then fought Grand Elder Luan Mi and the Azure Luan guards with help from Ye Anlan and the Ye Clan elites.
• Qing Lingxi called on her imperial bloodline to demand the Azure Luan Clan’s surrender and confronted Qing Lingyue, who begged for her life.
• Qing Lingxi killed Qing Lingyue, crushed her demon core, and forced Luan Mi and the Azure Luan Clan to submit to her rule.
• Qing Lingxi pledged the Azure Luan Clan’s loyalty to Ye Jinyu, who promised the clan a share in the Ye Clan’s glory.
• Ye Jinyu reversed the wind currents in the Heavenly Gang Bifeng Pool while Xie Qingying added Mystic Origin Heavy Water, and their forces produced the Zhu Nantian Yin Fire.
• The Heavenly Cauldron of Fate revealed the Zhu Yin Heavenly Fire Manual to Ye Jinyu.

Ye Jinyu collected the Zhu Nantian Yin Fire and gave Xie Qingying its origin and three portions of Bifeng Qi in return for her help. After Xie warned him about Sima Ruiming and secretly named him, Ye planned to spread rumors of their closeness before entering seclusion to establish his Bifeng Yin Fire Dao foundation, while Xie resolved to strengthen herself and resist her arranged marriage.

• Ye Jinyu used the Zhu Yin Heavenly Fire Manual to calm and seal the Zhu Nantian Yin Fire in his Mystic Yin Jade Purification Bottle.
• Ye Jinyu gave Xie Qingying a wisp of Yin Fire origin and three portions of Bifeng Qi, and she said they could help advance her Heavenly Luan Spirit Physique.
• Xie Qingying teased Ye Jinyu, gave him her jade pendant, and traced the name Sima on his palm before warning him that Sima Ruiming would seek revenge.
• Ye Jinyu ordered his attendants to settle affairs with the Azure Luan Clan and spread rumors that he and Xie Qingying had grown close, then announced he would enter seclusion to break through to Foundation Establishment.
• Xie Qingying reflected on her arranged engagement to Sima Ruiming and resolved to rely on her own cultivation and bloodline to gain freedom from her clan's demands.

Ye Jinyu endured the Bifeng and Yin Fire to reach Foundation Establishment, then emerged to congratulations from Ye Anlan, Qing Lingxi, and the others. Rumors about his closeness with Xie Qingying reached Sima Ruiming, who outwardly dismissed them but secretly seethed and ordered the rumor spreaders seized.

• Ye Jinyu refined the Azure Luan king's blood and swallowed Zhu Nantian Yin Fire to prepare for Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Jinyu endured the Bifeng and Yin Fire for more than a year as strange phenomena gathered over South-Pacifying City.
• Ye Jinyu formed a two-level Dao foundation of Bifeng and Yin Fire, completed Foundation Establishment, and emerged to congratulations from Ye Anlan, Qing Lingxi, and the others.
• Rumors that Xie Qingying had fallen for Ye Jinyu spread through Cangxuan and reached Sima Ruiming near Great Qi's royal capital.
• Sima Ruiming ordered his subordinates to seize the rumor spreaders, canceled the day's ceremony, and privately declared his hatred for Ye Jinyu and Xie Qingying.

Sima Ruiming consolidated control over Great Qi while plotting to win Xie Qingying and fulfill his father’s plan to forge the sword of emperors. Li Tian secretly issued a blood edict to rally loyalists, but Sima Ruiming revealed that he had anticipated the move and intended to use it as a pretext to purge his opponents.

• Sima Ruiming’s subordinate reported that most of Great Qi’s noble clans and senior officials had pledged loyalty and delivered gifts, and Sima ordered officials who withheld support removed while sparing Li Tian.
• Sima Ruiming planned to pit Great Qi against Great Yin to draw the realm’s favor and forge the sword of emperors, then ordered gifts and a public message sent to Xie Qingying.
• Sima Ruiming privately admired Xie Qingying’s portrait while vowing to make her his captive once he gained power.
• A disguised old eunuch told Li Tian that loyal ministers planned to activate a royal contingency, and Li Tian wrote a blood edict using his own blood and the eunuch’s destroyed robe.
• The old eunuch delivered Li Tian’s blood edict to Sima Ruiming, who revealed that he had arranged the scheme and planned to use the edict to justify eliminating his opponents.

Sima Ruiming used a forged opportunity to lure Great Qi’s loyal ministers into a palace ambush, killing them and crushing resistance. He then dominated the court and ordered preparations for war against Great Yin, while Crown Prince Li Tian secretly planned to exploit the coming clash between Sima Ruiming and Ye Jinyu.

• The old eunuch presented Li Tian’s blood edict to loyal officials, and Grand Tutor Jiang Zhong persuaded them to attack the palace despite Zhang Qing’s suspicions.
• After the ministers gathered forces and stormed the palace, Sima Ruiming’s trap sealed them inside; Zhang Qing revealed his betrayal, and the loyalists were slaughtered or nailed to the palace walls.
• At court, Sima Ruiming forced Li Tian to bow, then accused the officials of disloyalty until they knelt to the crown prince.
• Sima Ruiming ordered Great Qi to assemble elite troops for a campaign against Great Yin one month later.
• Li Tian concealed his hopes that the sacrifices and the coming war would help his lord and bring Sima Ruiming into conflict with Ye Jinyu.

Xie Qingying rejected Sima Ruiming’s gifts and warning over her cooperation with Ye Jinyu, then suspected that Sima’s attention was fixed on a hidden imperial inheritance. She left the mystery of the Ye Clan’s plans and Ye Jinyu’s knowledge unresolved.

• A report told Xie Qingying that Ye Jinyu had established an extraordinary Dao foundation, consolidated the Azure Plume forces, and might be preparing to invade the Northern Region.
• Sima You arrived with gifts from Sima Ruiming and warned Xie Qingying to avoid idle people, especially Ye Jinyu, because their cooperation had sparked rumors.
• Xie Qingying declined the Nine-Leaf Waterheart Lotus and Shark-Silk Cloud Garment, defended her cooperation with Ye Jinyu, and dismissed Sima You.
• Xie Qingying told the Xie Clan elders that Sima Ruiming’s behavior was suspicious and that he might be seeking the kingly and hegemonic inheritances of Wei Wu Mingyang.
• Xie Qingying and the elder considered whether the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm’s rapid rise was connected to Wei Wu Mingyang’s Decoy Tomb, and she wondered what the Ye Clan was plotting and whether Ye Jinyu knew.

After emerging from seclusion, Ye Jinyu learned about the shifting power struggles across the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm and Sima Ruiming’s overture to Xie Qingying. He intercepted Sima You and seized the rejected gifts, then left the envoy helpless beneath his power in South-Pacifying City.

• Ye Jinming reported that Sima Ruiming had seized control of Great Qi, Great Yin had clashed with Cangxuan cultivators, and the Western and Central Regions remained divided.
• Ye Anlan told Ye Jinyu that Xie Qingying had rejected Sima Ruiming’s costly gifts and invitation.
• After a messenger reported that Sima Ruiming’s envoy sought an audience, Ye Jinyu ordered Ye Anlan to bring Sima You and the gifts to South-Pacifying City.
• Ye Anlan intercepted Sima You and his party at the Southern Region border, and Sima You agreed to accompany him rather than risk a fight.
• Ye Jinyu opened Sima You’s gift boxes, declared the treasures his, and said he would deliver the garment to Fairy Qingying himself.
• When Sima You protested, Ye Jinyu suppressed him with his presence and formed a dark blue dragon that roared toward him.

Ye Jinyu humiliated Sima Ruiming’s envoys, kept their gifts, and drove them from the Southern Region. He intended to provoke Ruiming into acting rashly, declaring that this was only the beginning.

• Ye Jinyu overwhelmed Sima You with his dragon-shaped power, stripping away most of his Foundation Establishment Law Power.
• Ye Jinyu ordered Ye Anlan to show Sima An the gifts and gave him the Shark-Silk Cloud Garment to deliver to Xie Qingying as a gift from Sima Ruiming.
• Sima An protested that Ye Jinyu was humiliating Ruiming and threatened that Great Qi would attack the Ye Clan, but Ye Jinyu dismissed the threats and sent Sima You crashing into his arms.
• Ye Jinyu ordered Sima An to leave the Southern Region within three breaths and keep Sima You from his sight.
• Ye Anlan watched the Sima Clan cultivators flee as Ye Jinyu said he wanted Ruiming’s anger to make him lose his reason.

Zhang Chen of Cangxuan’s Great Peace Temple overwhelmed Wind Abyss’s nine Purple Mansion cultivators and forced them to choose between submission and death; after they refused, he destroyed their Dao foundations and gave Li Heng and Yin Xuan three days to settle their affairs. Cangxuan’s hidden figures revealed plans to absorb Wind Abyss’s realm origin, while two swords and a faint resonance headed into the realm; to the outside world, the battle still appeared to continue.

• Zhang Chen appeared on the battlefield, suppressed Wind Abyss’s nine Purple Mansion cultivators, and demanded their submission to Cangxuan or their deaths.
• Luan Tian, Li Heng, and Yin Xuan rejected submission, so Zhang Chen shattered the cultivators’ Dao foundations, gave Li Heng and Yin Xuan three days of life, and gathered the others into his robes.
• The fall of Li Heng and Yin Xuan caused ominous signs across Great Qi and Great Yin, and their heirs sensed their deaths.
• Indistinct figures in Cangxuan watched the events and discussed their plan to merge Wind Abyss’s realm origin into Cangxuan after the Purple Mansion cultivators’ presence faded.
• Zhang Chen sent two subsidiary swords, Zhanlu and Tai'e, into Wind Abyss, while a faint spiritual resonance descended toward two locations.
• The outside world continued to see the nine Wind Abyss cultivators fighting Cangxuan’s thirteen, with the ten-year period still underway.

After the Yin Emperor and Qi Emperor accepted their defeat, they shared wine and prepared to entrust the future to those who came after them. In the Qi ancestral temple, Li Heng told Li Tian that he and Yin Xuan would die in three days and warned that the victor from Cangxuan might have a further plan for their dynasties.

• Yin Xuan and Li Heng exchanged wine in the Wind Abyss Ruin Realm, reflecting on their lost homelands and leaving the future to those who came after them.
• A sword that had descended from the heavens chose Li Tian, preventing an immediate usurpation in the Qi capital.
• Li Tian entered the ancestral temple and found Li Heng, who told him that the Yin Emperor and he had been defeated and would fall within days.
• Li Heng recalled Li Tian’s coming-of-age vow and reassured him that he had been happy when his son accepted the burden of ruling.
• Li Heng explained that the Cangxuan victor had granted them three days before destroying their bodies, Daos, and souls, and warned that the victor might intend further harm to their dynasties.
• Li Tian wondered whether the sword was part of the victor’s plan.

The Qi Emperor and Yin Xuan passed their respective kingly and hegemonic legacies to their heirs before dying. In the Southern Region, Ye Jinyu recognized the celestial signs and prepared South-Pacifying City for war while ordering courtesy toward visitors from Great Yin.

• The Qi Emperor awakened Zhanlu, charged Li Tian to bear the people’s burdens as emperor, and died as the spectral figures of Great Qi’s people faded away.
• The people of the royal capital awoke in tears, while Sima Ruiming sensed that something had gone wrong with his father’s supposedly certain undertaking.
• Yin Xuan addressed his soldiers and Crown Prince Yin Huan, entrusted him with Great Yin, and died, leaving behind the sword Tai'e.
• Ye Jinyu watched the fading celestial signs and golden light, then ordered South-Pacifying City placed under martial law and prepared for war.
• Ye Jinyu ordered that anyone arriving from Great Yin be received with courtesy, and Ye Jinming left to carry out her orders.