Ye Li

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Ye Li reincarnated from Earth. Before his previous-life memories returned, he concealed his apparent lack of a trait by claiming to possess the green trait Exceptional Agility, which supposedly increased comprehension by 30%, and entered the Azure Dragon Gang's recruitment under that pretense. He understood that discovery could result in his tendons and hamstrings being severed. 1

He grew up in poverty without his birth parents and was raised by his uncle and aunt. Their protection preserved his dignity during childhood disputes, but being looked down upon for his family circumstances left him with a strong desire to make a name for himself. He remained deeply attached to the relatives who had raised him and intended to improve their lives through his cultivation. 4 10 13 24

After awakening his entry, Ye Li pursued cultivation within the Azure Dragon Gang while initially trying to keep a low profile. In the gang dormitory, Zhao Yan and Wang Xian treated him kindly, while Li Xi looked down on him for his poor clothing and family background. Ye Li remained composed rather than responding to Li Xi's provocations immediately. 5 When Li Xi eventually attacked him, Ye Li countered and broke both of his arms. 14

His rapid rise began with his breakthrough to the Body Tempering Realm. He punished Li Xi publicly in the Martial Arts Arena, gained core-disciple status, and received a residence in Guangming City's East District. 22 He later became Zheng Tong's personal disciple, elevating his standing above Li Xi within the Li Family's political struggle. 47 48 53 54

His previous incarnation was an internet streamer known as Saint Ye or Prison Ye, recognizable by his rainbow-colored hair. An excessive application of Age-Reversing Primordial Sand later regressed him through his current childhood and into that previous life, temporarily returning his memories to the period when he was eighteen and working at KFC to save for a computer and begin streaming. His cultivated power remained intact despite the regression. 220

Appearance

Ye Li was tested at a bone age of eighteen during the Ten Cities Grand Competition. He is frequently associated with white robes, including the blood-stained white robes he wore while confronting the Poison Wolf Gang. 72 95

• Early poverty left him thin and sallow, but regular food and Azure Dragon Force rapidly strengthened his frame, improved his complexion, and made his handsome features more striking. 10 11
• His previous-life appearance included short, rainbow-colored hair and the same recognizable face. 220
• His appearance can change through the Luo Character Secret, which split him into three six-year-old incarnations. 349
• He later merged these incarnations into a juvenile body to gain the world's favor and increased cultivation speed. 349
• His manifestation body, constructed from the protagonist concept in the Martial Saint's Book, resembled him exactly except for its empty eyes and carried an Azure Ruler and Crimson Fan at its waist. 372
• During his later Grandmaster cultivation, he continued to wear moon-white robes. 409

Personality

Ye Li is usually calm, courteous, and difficult to provoke. He initially ignored Li Xi's insults, maintained a polite demeanor among the Ten Cities competitors, and stayed composed even after his rank became public knowledge. 5 97 226

He is relentlessly cultivation-focused. He borrows money for pills, compresses his schedule around training, studies hundreds of manuals, and repeatedly pushes techniques beyond their expected limits. 30 60 81 240 He treats strength as a long-term problem to be solved through experimentation, resource acquisition, and trait optimization.

His pragmatism can become ruthless. Ye Li used a Malicious Heart Pill to interrogate Meng Yan, blackmailed Wei Wanxi with knowledge of her origin, and made strategic use of captured enemies rather than acting purely on emotion. 104 120 136 Despite this, he protects those he considers his own, notably asking Wei Wanxi to survive and grow strong enough to save him from the Dragon Maiden's future possession. 209

His composure does not exclude a volatile temper. He dislikes people who refuse to hear explanations and regards martial strength as a means of forcing such people to listen to reason. He also uses public humiliation, intimidation, and calculated displays of status against enemies. 48 54 296

He is especially protective of his family and distinguishes sharply between intimates, allies, and people subdued through his own methods. He values sincere kindness and is willing to repay it many times over, but does not believe that intimacy alone entitles someone to equal standing with those closest to him. Jiang Xiyue, Wei Wanxi, and later Shen Qinglian occupy the highest tier in his affections. 24 404

Despite enjoying pleasure and periods of rest, he rejects both complacent indulgence and ceaseless labor without regard for exhaustion. Even after becoming overwhelmingly powerful, he reserves slightly less than half of each day for clearing his mind and advancing his martial arts. 410

Abilities & Skills

Trait System and World-Shocking Wisdom

Ye Li possesses more than ten traits, an unprecedented number observed by the Dragon Maiden. His core trait appears on his panel as prismatic, dazzling, or iridescent World-Shocking Wisdom. He initially concealed his ability by claiming an Excellent-grade purple trait; later observers concluded that he possessed a Legendary-grade golden trait. 4 18 77 209 267

• World-Shocking Wisdom — A dazzling, multicolored trait associated with the effect One Attainment, Everlasting Attainment. It supplies cultivation insights, tracks progress, refines techniques, and permits him to exceed their apparent mastery limits. 8 34 50 349
• One Attainment, Everlasting Attainment — Preserves attained cultivation and power against regression. His Post-Heaven Realm manifestation defended him when Age-Reversing Primordial Sand seemed to lower his realm, and his power remained usable even when his memories regressed into his previous life. 214 220
• Resistance to dimensional reduction — One Attainment, Everlasting Attainment allowed Ye Li to resist the Heavenly Road's dimensional reduction when Great Luo cultivators were flattened into two-dimensional text. 354
• Existential anchoring — World-Shocking Wisdom anchored the foundation of his existence in the present while his body, true qi, and soul were being scoured backward through time in the Dragon Palace. 380
• Gift of Post-Heaven — Purple trait that transfers enhanced effects between traits of the same tier. 218
• Trait redistribution — Against the Pure Yin Immortal Sect's formation, he transferred enhancements from Green · Toughness to Green · Soul Severance, drastically reducing the physical power copied from him while multiplying his soul strength. 248
• Trait synthesis and enhancement — He can break down unhelpful traits to strengthen others and obtain specialized enhancement opportunities by perfecting cultivation methods. 147 271 384
• His trait collection includes Swiftness, Blood Fury, Dragon Body, Strongman, White Jade Spirit, Blue Dragon Power Joy, and others. 187 208 243
• At the Star-Evolution Realm, his existential rank became sufficient to accommodate his own golden legendary-grade traits. 410

Azure Dragon Deliverance Method

Zheng Tong passed Ye Li the Azure Dragon Gang's hidden cultivation method after revealing that the gang truly possessed a dragon. 116 The Dragon Venerable later identified its source as Ao Huan and considered Ye Li half a descendant of the Dragon Clan through this inheritance. 368

• Dragon Blood — Burns blood essence to temporarily increase Ye Li's physique and true-energy intensity; his first test lasted three seconds and left him depleted. 158
• Refined Dragon Blood Transformation — Further cultivation increased both its amplification and duration. Ye Li estimated that each Bone Aperture could eventually contribute a 2% combat-power increase and sustain the transformation for two seconds when burned. 163
• Dragon Joy — Initially granted 30% of an opponent's physical attributes after Ye Li defeated them head-on. 178 By the battle with Fisher, its displayed effect granted 100% of the defeated opponent's physical attributes. 316
• Blue Dragon Power Joy — Blue trait unlocked after perfecting the method's third level; substantially amplifies his power. 187
• Dragon Source: Inexhaustible — Makes his true qi eternally replenishing after the fifth layer reached perfection. 308
• Dragon Frenzy — Seventh-layer state that amplifies his body's innate five elements; Ye Li selected Purple: Frenzied Dragon Defying Heaven to multiply its divine-treasury effect by 10,000. 349
• Higher-layer development — His Grandmaster panel recorded the eighth layer at 999,999/99,999; before his Star-Evolution breakthrough, the ninth layer reached 5,000,000/500,000. Advancing opened the tenth layer. 384 410
• Integration of other inheritances — After gathering cultivation methods and Heavenly Books from throughout the Five Regions, Ye Li integrated their contents into the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method rather than using them separately. 410

Movement and Martial Arts

Ye Li develops techniques by breaking them down, practicing them obsessively, and turning perfected arts into traits.

• Star-Shifting Nine-Palace Step — His movement technique, refined through paid sparring, weighted iron rings, and constant practice. 52 60 63
• Indeterminate Direction and Swiftness — Let him change direction unpredictably and overwhelm multiple Poison Wolf Gang fighters with speed. 72
• Hidden Force — Used to defeat the Poison Wolf Gang's heavily defended giant and strike a faster opponent after reversing direction without slowing. 71
• Explosive Fist — Green trait whose description grants a 500% damage increase to his next punch after remaining still and charging for one second. 98
• No-Thought No-Mind Step — Ultimate footwork that allows him to move without interfering with the world, causing attacks to pass through his apparent body. 342
• Chaotic Lolita Fist — A tactical martial art used against Hu Fei; rather than directly harming her, it eroded her compatibility with the Bratty-Girl Dao Fruit. 342
• Eight Extremes Fist — Learned after watching Pei Taoyu demonstrate it once; Ye Li later perfected its Hidden Force chapter. 284 286
• Weapon-Limiting Mystic Art — Restricts access to selected martial techniques in exchange for enhanced strength. Restraining ten foundational techniques raised his base physical strength and true qi by 200%, while leaving thousands of other techniques available. 202
• High-frequency attacks — Combines inexhaustible true qi, replenishing vitality, enduring foundations, and speed traits to put his maximum available force into repeated attacks without ordinary exhaustion. 311
• Higher martial inheritances — Studies No-Thought No-Mind Step, Heart-Severing Mara Blade, Chixiao Life-and-Death Seal, Bleak Radiance Saint Seal, and other arts in parallel, integrating their distinct Dao principles. 330
• Higher-Dimensional deduction — Used the Higher Dimension to bring multiple advanced techniques to perfect compatibility and unlock their specialized trait enhancements. 384

Blood, Recovery, and Transformation

• Blood River True Explanation — Mastered version allows Ye Li to manipulate blood in battle and convert spiritual energy into blood to restore himself. 171 177
• Dragon Coil Renewed — Upon death, enters a near-death state and gains a 200% all-attribute increase for one incense stick; it can trigger twice consecutively. 243
• Regeneration — During his Third Transformation breakthrough, his flesh, bones, skin, and dantian re-formed after a True God's attack nearly destroyed both body and soul. 318
• True-essence imitation — Can transform his true qi into an imitation of the Dragon Maiden's Mid-Grandmaster true essence. After reaching the Third Transformation, his strengthened body could contain a trace of this power for longer. 318
• Luo Character Secret — A Nine Secret technique that divides one person into three bodies sharing one mind and power; Ye Li learned it immediately after Jiang Shiyu explained it. 349
• Death-Defying Life-Prolonging Secret — Allows his breakthrough gains to be released gradually rather than all at once, continuously strengthening his physique, soul, and spiritual energy during Fourth Transformation consolidation. 347
• Empowerment of others — Transferred power to Pei Taoyu through a kiss, healing her wounds, dispersing hostile Hidden Force, and temporarily granting strength sufficient to fight an early Post-Heaven opponent. 284

Faux-Capital Final-Asset Visualization Method

In the Earth-world arc, Ye Li created the Faux-Capital Final-Asset Visualization Method after adapting to its blood-and-qi cultivation system. He functions as the method's “server,” enabling users to receive cultivation information and borrow Blood Qi Value. 286

• Created the Qi-Blood Bank, which distributed blood-and-qi loans and cultivation methods through a growing network. 287 301
• Used Pei Taoyu as the method's first documented beta tester. 286
• Expanded the network across Tianjin until more than one billion people had connected and practiced martial arts. 301
• Used the network's gathered fortune to fuel his own cultivation and assist other martial artists' breakthroughs. 308 315
• Later directed the network's expansion across China, using the participants' cultivation feedback and golden fortune to accelerate the opening of his Fire Divine Treasury. 313
• Explained that the local world's differing bloodlines prevented its inhabitants from directly learning his original cultivation system, making the adapted network especially important. 313

Blue Love-Tie Threads

A blue trait Ye Li tested on Hu Fei after overpowering her.

• Plants spiritual dependence deep within an enemy's consciousness; its strength depends on the mental disparity between the user and target, and it can affect only one person at a time. 346
• Induces rapid emotional dependence and escalating favorability toward Ye Li. 346
• Its effectiveness rose sharply because Ye Li held an overwhelming realm advantage over Hu Fei. 346
• Ye Li treated the encounter as an experiment, seeking information about Hu Fei's Imperial Weapons rather than accepting her altered devotion. 346
• Hu Fei ultimately offered her two Imperial Weapons as tokens of love and compensation under its influence. 346

Soul Arts and Dual Cultivation

• Yin-Yang Harmony Secret Record — An orthodox dual-cultivation method obtained from the Xia Kingdom's Royal Martial Armory. It later reached perfection and improved the cultivation and foundations of Jiang Xiyue and Wei Wanxi. 168 271
• Yang Furnace — Continuously converts vital essence into vital qi to advance cultivation; its enhancement had reached +134 shortly after Ye Li entered Xiantian. 270
• Yin-Yang Spirit-Calming Art — Strengthens and restores his soul through interaction with the Dragon Maiden and functions as an offensive soul technique. 214 248
• Soul-slash replication — Unleashed a ten-thousand-hit combination against the hidden disciples maintaining the Void-Extinction Frozen Sky Formation. 248
• Spiritual domination — Combined a Malicious Heart Pill, Malicious Heart Residual Pupil, and Great Nirvana Heart Scenery to break Xia Changhan's resistance and subdue his will. 181
• Slave Seals — Later activated a concealed Slave Seal in Ao Lie with the spoken command “Dragon Clan Conditioning Mode.” 400

Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering

Ye Li cultivates the Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering Heavenly Scripture, which grants access to an incomplete orange Epic Trait capable of observing, altering, and seizing fortune. At approximately 13% completion, the trait was already sufficient to support his cultivation and investment-based approach to other people's destinies. 274 284

• Increasing his mastery permanently seized portions of the corresponding laws, weakening other arts derived from that same Heavenly Book. 274
• His influence on a person's fate creates a connection through which he can extract part of the resulting strength or fortune. The incomplete trait limited the portion he could claim. 284
• He can leave the connection intact to receive continuing benefits rather than extracting his investment immediately. 284
• Its scope includes strength, wealth, official fortune, and misfortune; he can take on another person's bad luck as well as seize beneficial outcomes. 284
• The trait substantially accelerated the cultivation feedback he received from China's Qi-Blood Network. 313
• He later used accumulated blessings to empower himself while deliberately sealing his life-preserving abilities to provoke Heavenly Will. 392

Grotto-Heaven, Readers, and Higher Dimensions

Ye Li's Grandmaster advancement produced an internal Grotto-Heaven whose scale greatly exceeded the normal Creation Realm standard. By Creation Realm perfection, it was already as vast as a boundless universe rather than a star-sized world. It housed readers associated with the Martial Saint's Book and the inhabitants of Xia Kingdom transferred from Yun Huanzi's Grotto-Heaven. 372 410

• Reader faith — Used readers' faith and Monthly Tickets to break Heavenly Will's spacetime imprisonment and anchor his own existence. 373
• Grotto-Heaven laws — Applied the laws of his internal world to resist external control over spacetime. 373
• Manifestation body — His Grotto-Heaven formed a false Ye Li from the protagonist concept contained in the Martial Saint's Book. Heavenly Will possessed it, giving it access to matching powers and partial authority over the Grotto-Heaven. 372 373
• Reader resistance — Powerful readers resisted or reversed the rebellion Heavenly Will incited among his Grotto-Heaven's inhabitants. 373
• Higher-Dimensional escape — Escaped into the Higher Dimension when Ao Lie attacked during the confrontation with Heavenly Will. 373
• Existential advancement — His Star-Evolution breakthrough transformed not only his numerical strength but his existential rank, allowing him to accommodate legendary-grade traits. 410

Time, Space, and Cause and Effect

After reaching the Creation Realm, Ye Li comprehended the four laws of Life, Death, Time, and Space. He could directly perceive and redirect the immense time power released within the Dragon Palace. 380

• Time-power absorption — Faced the Age-Reversing Primordial Sand directly to shield Shen Qinglian and guided its disordered power into his own body. 380
• Historical memory alteration — Traveled into the Yi Kingdom's past and inserted himself into the lives of its future Infinite Realm cultivators as a benefactor, mentor, companion, or other influential figure. 399
• Selective causal interference — Favored limited changes to memories and relationships over widespread erasure, reducing disruption to the present while turning enemies into devoted allies. 399 400
• Localized historical revision — Used time travel and Yin-Yang Spirit Calming to transform the Pure Yin Immortal Sect's hostility into attachment, arranging its cooperation before returning to the altered present. 404
• Retroactive rescue — Returned to moments before Yi Kingdom Grandmasters were killed and saved them from attacks that could erase their past and future. To his allies, this resembled foreknowledge of otherwise fatal events. 405
• Countering future previews — Took precautions that caused the Dragon Venerable to be killed and ejected whenever a preview began, preventing him from gathering useful information about Ye Li. 400

Equipment

• Jade Belt / Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night — Sacrificial Artifact taken from Yuwen Gan; stores items and replenishes Ye Li's qi. Its internal space measures approximately 33 centimeters on each side, and it draws on stored pills without requiring him to swallow them. He used its energy with Blood River True Explanation to replenish his blood. 177
• Cup Shadow Sword — Sacrificial Artifact awarded through the Ten Cities Tournament. Its Green · Cup Bow Snake Shadow trait makes wounded enemies hallucinate a medium in which the sword has been placed. It eventually snapped under the force of Ye Li's attacks during the Gan King conflict. 103 115 177
• Distance Reduction Gauntlet — Mithril Sacrificial Artifact taken after defeating the Jiang Family. Allows him to pull distant objects toward himself, including Yuwen Gan's Coiled Dragon Black Iron Spear. 153 175 177
• Purple Palace Sword — A sturdy sword bestowed by a Xiantian senior after the destruction of the Cup Shadow Sword. Ye Li used it in subsequent fighting, including his battles in the Li Kingdom. 180 187
• Dingluo Magic Jar — Sentient Imperial Weapon given to Ye Li by Liu Zhiyue. With the Dragon Maiden's intervention, he subdued its spirit, Medicine Luo, and reduced the jar to fist size. 340
• Azure Luo Ruler — Weapon Ye Li carried when preparing to meet the Soul-Shaking Luo Emperor. Taken from the Wei Family, it ceased responding to their bloodline commands after coming under his control. 335 340
• Devouring-Luo Cloak — One of Hu Fei's two Imperial Weapons, subsequently used by Ye Li. Its spirit later declared loyalty to him after he upgraded it into a Great Luo artifact. 346 347 352
• Luo-Controlling Demon Fan — Hu Fei's other Imperial Weapon, examined and used by Ye Li after her defeat. 346 347
• Great Luo artifact upgrades — Used the Loli Embryo to transform Imperial Weapons into Great Luo artifacts, securing the spirits' loyalty and preventing their former masters from controlling them. 352
• Wordless Heavenly Book / Martial Saint's Book — Received from the founding patriarch's will on the Heavenly Road. The related work depicting Ye Li as its protagonist contained the concept from which his manifestation body emerged. 358 372
• Dragon Clan Heavenly Book — Claimed from the Dragon Tomb during the Dragon Palace's temporal catastrophe. Its sealed Epic Trait offered him an opportunity to replicate that power. 380
• Quantum Communication Terminal — Palm-sized silver communication plate supplied by Yang Shaohou to facilitate contact in the Earth-world arc. 324

Relationships

• Zheng Tong — Azure Dragon Gang leader and Ye Li's master. Zheng Tong made him a personal disciple, passed on the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method, and remains concerned about Ye Li's future. 53 116 135
• Feng Yue — Former instructor who guided Ye Li's early cultivation, helped him become a core disciple, and provided cultivation resources such as the Dragon Tiger Pill. Ye Li later rewarded him with pills. 22 25 142
• Li Liang — Loyal servant who supports Ye Li's training, arranges equipment, delivers manuals, and prepares medicinal baths. 52 63 81
• Uncle, Ning Qiu, and Ye Duo — The family who raised him and his younger sister. Ye Li remains grateful for his uncle and aunt's protection, provides financial support after becoming a core disciple, and hopes to bring them onto the cultivation path. 4 10 13 24
• Wang Xian and Zhao Yan — Early dormitory companions who treated him kindly. Ye Li intervened when Lu Yue threatened Wang Xian and defeated the attackers targeting his friends. 5 20
• Li Xi — Early antagonist who attacked Ye Li after losing the monthly assessment to him. Ye Li broke his arms, survived his subsequent scheme, and publicly exposed his conduct before the Li and Yan Families. 14 53 54
• Jiang Xiyue — Ye Li's wife and earliest major romantic partner. She provides resources, receives his cultivation assistance, and remains important to him despite the widening gap in their strength. 139 154 177 232 He spared Jiang Chengyu for her sake and later openly identified her as the woman he loved most. She remains among his closest intimates. 152 309 404
• Wei Wanxi — A Ji Kingdom cultivator and initially an uneasy ally. Ye Li uncovered her identity, later entrusted her with defeating him before the Dragon Maiden could possess him completely, and openly embraced her after the Southern Region tournament. 120 209 265 She became one of his closest romantic partners. When a Ji Kingdom emergency retreat transported her away, he rallied the Yi Kingdom to march on the Ji Kingdom. 271 400 404
• Dragon Maiden — A remnant dragon soul connected to Ye Li's consciousness. She initially intended to possess his body at Grandmaster Realm perfection, but also provides knowledge, protects him at times, and reveals his unusual traits. 209 218 228 Her attempt to seize him failed when his attained realms and power resisted regression. Their subsequent interactions and her later actions gradually dispelled his hostility. 214 215 404
• Yun Huanzi — Ye Li's Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect master. He is fiercely protective of Ye Li, warns him about Heavenly Will, and arranges training Beyond the Heavens. 264 267 268 He reunited with Ye Li after the Heavenly Road and helped arrange the resources and world-search preparations for his Grandmaster breakthrough. 358
• Shen Qinglian — Immortal-sect elder, mentor, and benefactor who grants Ye Li access to her collection of manuals, brings him back from Earth, and helps those close to him. 239 240 328 She negotiated access to the Dragon Transformation Pool for him. Ye Li later shielded her from the Dragon Palace's reversing time, secured her release from the Yi Kingdom, and ranked her alongside Jiang Xiyue and Wei Wanxi among those closest to him. 358 380 400 404
• Shen Fuyao — Senior sister whose earlier undercover role brought her into Ye Li's household under the Xia Emperor's decree. After her memories regressed in the Dragon Palace, she mistook their reunion for a dream and kissed him. Their later interactions became openly affectionate. 168 380 409
• Pei Taoyu — Disciple and beneficiary of Ye Li's aid in the Earth-world arc. Ye Li teaches her Eight Extremes Fist, makes her the first tester of his visualization method, and helps her gain the power to avenge her family. 284 286 304
• Zheng Leyao — Qi-Blood Bank borrower and later companion. Ye Li gives her cultivation guidance and loans, while she becomes increasingly attached to the power and opportunities his network provides. 289 290 305 Their relationship becomes intimate, and Ye Li tells her directly about Jiang Xiyue's foremost place in his affections. 309
• Yang Shaohou — Earth-world martial leader and collaborator who learns of Ye Li's origins Beyond the Heavens. Ye Li supports his efforts to unify and strengthen China while leaving its long-term governance to its own people. 313 320 324
• Hu Fei — Luo Emperor opponent defeated through Ye Li's strategy against the Bratty-Girl Dao Fruit. He later uses Blue Love-Tie Threads to force her into emotional dependence while investigating her Imperial Weapons. 342 346
• Qing Luo — Spirit of the Azure Luo Ruler. Ye Li forced her to acknowledge him as Master and threatened the Wei Family to secure her obedience. 336
• Ao Li — Daughter of the Dragon Venerable and Ye Li's contracted marriage partner. Heavenly Will later confronted Ye Li using her appearance. 368 393
• Dragon Venerable — Initially acknowledged Ye Li's connection to the Dragon Clan and permitted his entry into its inheritance grounds. Later became his captive and admitted that neither the Dragon Clan nor Heavenly Will could restrain him. 368 400
• Ao Lie — Dragon Clan enemy who ambushed Ye Li during his struggle with Heavenly Will. Ye Li later imprisoned him and activated a hidden Slave Seal to subdue him. 373 400
• Heavenly Will — An adversarial cosmic authority that attacked his cultivation, possessed his manifestation body, and attempted to imprison him through spacetime control. Ye Li resisted with his traits, Grotto-Heaven laws, and readers' faith. 309 373 393
• Yi Kingdom Infinite Realm cultivators — Former enemies whom Ye Li converted into allies by inserting himself into their histories as a treasured benefactor. They subsequently accepted his explanation of Shen Qinglian's identity and supported his march toward the Ji Kingdom. 399 400
• Pure Yin Immortal Sect — Initially hostile opponents. Ye Li later used time travel and Yin-Yang Spirit Calming to secure their attachment, access their accumulated methods, and arrange passage for his forces, while maintaining a distinction between them and his closest companions. 248 404
• Readers within his Grotto-Heaven — A source of faith and support against Heavenly Will. Ye Li explicitly remembers their aid and is willing to reward those who helped his breakthrough. 373 404

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Azure Dragon Gang rise — Joins the gang to lie low, rises from dormitory disciple to core disciple and Zheng Tong's personal disciple, and defeats Li Xi politically as well as physically. 5 22 53 54
• Guangming conflict — Builds his reputation by confronting the Poison Wolf Gang, killing Lu Xiuyuan, surviving the Blood Corpse crisis, and protecting Guangming City. 72 135
• Ten Cities and National Destiny competitions — Wins the Ten Cities Tournament, receives the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, and becomes a candidate for the National Destiny Arena Tournament. 103 104 141
• Capital and Jiang Mansion conflict — Confronts the Jiang Family, defeats Jiang Zhenyue, spares Jiang Chengyu for Jiang Xiyue's sake, and leaves with her, forcing the capital's factions to reassess his power. 147 152
• Gan King and imperial confrontation — Defeats Yuwen Gan despite his extraordinary defense, acquires his replenishing jade belt, and advances to late Post-Heaven. Subsequently cripples and spiritually subdues Xia Changhan before taking the conflict to the Li Kingdom. 175 177 178 181
• Grandmaster Secret Realm — Reveals his many traits to the Dragon Maiden, survives the secret realm's dangers, and asks Wei Wanxi to become strong enough to save him from possession. 208 209
• Possession and temporal regression — Resists the Dragon Maiden's seizure through One Attainment, Everlasting Attainment, obtains the secret realm's immense remaining resources, and survives an ambush using Age-Reversing Primordial Sand even when it regresses his memories into his previous life. 214 217 220
• All-Nations Prodigy Ranking — Returns to Guangming with secret-realm resources and enters the Starry Firmament Martial Arena Realm ranked ninth among the younger generation. 226 228
• Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect — Joins the sect's sphere, studies rare manuals under Shen Qinglian's support, wins the Southern Region National Destiny Grand Competition, and reaches Xiantian Realm. 240 263 264
• Earth-world and Qi-Blood Bank — Rebuilds his cultivation approach around blood-and-qi martial arts, creates the Qi-Blood Bank, expands it across Tianjin, and defeats foreign and domestic high-level opponents. 286 301 306 319
• True Gods and China's resurgence — Defeats Fisher, survives Herbert's attempt to kill him during his Third Transformation breakthrough, and demonstrates enough power to force back the True Gods and overwhelm national military resistance. His actions help secure the return of stolen cultural treasures and support China's reunification. 316 317 318 319 320 323 324
• Interception Sect establishment — Takes the Azure Luo Ruler from the Wei Family, establishes himself as sect master, and prepares disciple recruitment and a soul-searching screening artifact. 335 336
• Later Great Luo conflict — Acquires the Dingluo Magic Jar, defeats Hu Fei through strategic martial arts, develops the Luo Character Secret, and enters the Heavenly Road with Great Luo cultivators. 340 342 349 354
• Heavenly Road and return — Meets the founding patriarch's will, receives the Wordless Heavenly Book, reunites with Yun Huanzi, and returns toward the Universe Realm while preparing his Grandmaster breakthrough. 358
• Dragon Transformation Pool and Heavenly Will — Enters the Dragon Clan's inheritance grounds and forms his Grandmaster Grotto-Heaven. Heavenly Will possesses his manifestation body, prompting a struggle supported by readers' faith before Ao Lie's ambush and Ye Li's Higher-Dimensional escape. 368 370 372 373
• Dragon Palace temporal catastrophe — Shields Shen Qinglian from reversing time, absorbs and redirects time power, claims the Dragon Clan's Heavenly Book, and reunites with a memory-regressed Shen Fuyao. 380
• Yi Kingdom historical revision — Alters the past to make himself a foundational benefactor of the Yi Kingdom's Infinite Realm cultivators, wins their allegiance, secures Shen Qinglian's release, and mobilizes them after Wei Wanxi is transported to the Ji Kingdom. 399 400
• March toward the Ji Kingdom — Subdues trapped dragons and demons, arranges the Pure Yin Immortal Sect's cooperation through localized historical revision, and saves allied Grandmasters by returning to moments before their deaths. 400 404 405
• Creation Realm perfection and Star-Evolution breakthrough — Collects secret transmissions and Heavenly Books, integrates their principles into his cultivation method, perfects his universe-sized Grotto-Heaven, and advances to Mid-Grandmaster. 409 410

Rankings and Distinctions

• Champion of the Ten Cities Tournament, recognized by Great Xia's imperial decree. 141
• Defeated the other four Ten Cities finalists despite their coordinated attack against him. 102
• Ranked ninth on the All-Nations Prodigy Ranking. 226 228
• Described as the foremost prodigy of the Five Regions after his Xiantian breakthrough. 264
• The All-Nations Prodigy Ranking listed him as having two years of martial training. 228
• His possession of numerous traits violated the apparent rule that traits were unique to an individual, astonishing the Dragon Maiden and suggesting extraordinary Martial Saint potential. 209
• Recognized as the foremost person beneath the True Gods in the Earth-world after his Third Transformation breakthrough. 319
• His perfected Creation Realm Grotto-Heaven already possessed the scale of a universe, vastly exceeding the star-sized standard of that realm. 410
• At Star-Evolution Realm, his existential rank became sufficient to accommodate golden legendary-grade traits. 410

Notable Quotes

“I am Azure Dragon Ye Li! I seek only the head of Lu Xiuyuan; those who value their lives, stay out of my way!” 72

“Live on!” 209

“If Godseers cannot do it, then Demon Gods. If Demon Gods cannot do it, then keep growing stronger. There will always be a way out.” 313

“My beloved... no, that's not quite right. The one I love most.” 309

Trivia

• Ye Li reached Body Tempering Perfection in six months according to the Ten Cities Grand Competition crystal test. 95
• His initial Body Tempering breakthrough took thirty-seven days and thirteen Body Tempering Pills. 18
• His fear of loud thunder was exploited by Yi Yangfan's Dao Heart Swapping to Demon trait. 121
• Ye Li's many traits were so extraordinary that the Dragon Maiden suspected he might be a reincarnated Martial Saint. 218
• He frequently interprets events through references to novels, games, internet culture, and his previous life, including treating post-battle looting as routine. 5 15 25 153
• He named Yuwen Gan's captured jade belt Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night. 177
• He recognized that the Earth-world he visited could not simply be equated with the Earth of his previous life because its history, supernatural systems, and timescale differed. 285
• A sect treasure connected to myriad worlds located an enormous and changing number of books featuring him as their protagonist. 362
• His historical alterations made him resemble a legendary gift-giver within the Yi Kingdom. Some newly altered memories even included songs composed in his honor. 399 400
• When inserting himself into history, he claimed credit under his own name for heroic deeds but assigned disreputable actions to Li Feiyu or existing historical figures. 400

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