Arc 11The Heavenly Book and the Ambush

Ye Li won the Prodigy Grand Competition, reached the Xiantian Realm, and gained the Heavenly Book’s fortune-gathering trait. As the Great Qing Dynasty and other forces turned against him, his departure from the Universe Realm ended in a massive ambush that left him trapped with his companions.

  • Ji Xun opened his Immortal Battle Myriad Splendors Realm, but Ye Li’s realm incarnations erased Ji Xun’s and Du You’s, and Ye Li killed Du You before defeating Ji Xun.
  • Ye Li hunted down the battlefield’s prodigies, then fought Shen Luo and advanced through Qi Gathering, Gang Transformation, and Pulse Condensation to kill him.
  • The battlefield revived the defeated contestants and declared Ye Li champion, after which Ye Li completed his breakthrough to the Early Xiantian Realm and was summoned to comprehend the Heavenly Book.
  • Yun Huanzi warned Ye Li that heavenly will had targeted him, while the Great Qing Dynasty arranged to lend him the Heavenly Book and spread news of his victory and suspected legendary trait.
  • Ye Li absorbed the Heavenly Book’s Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering trait, learned to perceive and manipulate fortune, and discovered his own fortune had become overwhelmingly ill-fated.
  • After Wei Wanxi departed, Yun Huanzi escorted Ye Li and his companions toward the Starry Vault Ancient Path, where concealed Grandmasters ambushed them and Yun Huanzi summoned past Grandmasters to defend the group.
  • The Great Qing Emperor compressed the battlefield and its fighters into a black sphere, but a sword master and a Wutu giant hand intervened, scattering Ye Li’s group amid the chaos.
  • A Grandmaster broke through the chaos and approached Ye Li’s radiant shield, declaring that he would reap the spoils while Ye Li and his companions remained trapped.
Chapters 252–277 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 252Confronting Ji Xun! The Imitation Sect's Supreme Secret!

Ji Xun survived the Imitation Sect disciples’ mass detonation and used divination to find Ye Li, while Du You intercepted him and revealed the Imitation Sect’s ultimate Post-Heaven Realm technique. The chapter ended with Du You unveiling the Artificial Intelligence War Body as Ji Xun and Ye Li faced him.

  • Ji Xun emerged unharmed after more than a hundred Imitation Sect disciples transformed into uranium and plutonium and self-destructed.
  • Ji Xun used a golden pendant to divine that Ye Li was southeast and raced toward him as the Grandmasters watched.
  • Ye Li sent Wei Wanxi and the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect disciples away from the valley while he prepared for two approaching threats.
  • Ji Xun reached Ye Li first, and Du You arrived to challenge Ji Xun over their year-old defeat.
  • Du You blocked Ji Xun’s Starfall Finger with precise Imitation Fist technique and explained that he had studied at the Imitation Sect for a year.
  • Du You revealed his ultimate technique, the Artificial Intelligence War Body, which Ye Li recognized as the supreme secret of the Post-Heaven Realm Imitation Fist.

Ch. 253[Orange · Reflection of the Myriad Worlds] [Thanks to Upside-Down Glazed Unforgettable Heart for the Alliance Leader]

Du You used the Imitation Sect’s AI combat body to battle Ji Xun and Ye Li, while his hidden trait let him turn the AI’s confident strategies into reality. As the three-way fight escalated, Ji Xun unleashed the Immortal Battle Myriad Splendor Realm to force a duel between their lower realms.

  • The Imitation Sect elder revealed that Du You had trained for a year to become an AI-powered fighter, and Du You ordered Qianwen Douyan to devise tactics against Ji Xun and Ye Li.
  • Du You used Nine Heavens Cloud Aura and Falling Star Phantom Step to weaken Ji Xun’s starlight and disrupt his meridians.
  • Du You redirected Ye Li’s punch into Ji Xun with Taiji Cloud Hands, revealing that his Reflection of the Myriad Worlds trait amplified strategies he believed in.
  • Du You, Ji Xun, and Ye Li exchanged hundreds of blows across the devastated valley as Ji Xun grew increasingly enraged.
  • Ji Xun activated Phenomenon Unfolding and created the Immortal Battle Myriad Splendor Realm, a battle arena for the Body Tempering and Post-Heaven beings within them.

Ch. 254Different Fates in the Same Realm!

Ji Xun dragged Du You and Ye Li’s realms into his Immortal Battle Myriad Splendors Realm to decide their duel. While Du You’s realm faced Ji Xun’s, Ye Li’s two realm incarnations appeared on the stands and embraced him, stunning the spectators.

  • Ji Xun unfolded his Immortal Battle Myriad Splendors Realm and forcibly pulled Du You and Ye Li’s realms into a spiritual battlefield.
  • Du You asked Qianwen Doyan how to resist the realm clash, and the AI assured him that his realms were flawless.
  • Du You’s Post-Heaven Realm and Ji Xun’s realms manifested as personifications and began confronting each other.
  • Ji Xun noticed that Ye Li’s realm was missing from the battlefield.
  • Two realm incarnations rushed to Ye Li, called him Master, and clung to him as the crowd looked on in shock.

Ch. 255Crushing Suppression in Realm Status!

Ye Li’s Post-Heaven Realm incarnation crushed Ji Xun’s and Du You’s realm incarnations, leaving Ji Xun severely injured and Du You shocked. Ji Xun unleashed a life-burning secret art and fought Ye Li across the Grandmaster Secret Realm, while Du You regained his resolve and charged into their battle with Little Bean’s guidance.

  • Ye Li’s Body Tempering and Post-Heaven Realm incarnations appeared devoted to him, then the Post-Heaven incarnation erased Ji Xun’s and Du You’s realm incarnations with a glance.
  • The destroyed incarnations badly injured Ji Xun and Du You, while Ye Li remained largely unharmed.
  • Ji Xun activated the Jade Star Secret Art: Starfall Burning Body and launched a desperate attack at Ye Li.
  • Ye Li met Ji Xun’s attack, and the two fought across the Gobi, snowy mountains, forest, and sea, devastating the surrounding landscape.
  • Du You learned from Little Bean that his realm could not contend with Ye Li’s, but drew on his experience with stocks and gambling to renew his resolve.
  • Du You charged toward Ye Li and Ji Xun with Little Bean analyzing a strike, but Ye Li calmly said, “Excuse me!!!”

Ch. 256AI Is No Match for Lewd Pics

Du You charged into the battle after merging his mind with AI, convinced its guidance would let him defeat Ye Li and Ji Xun. Ye Li exploited AI’s refusal to process lewd images to break Du You’s concentration, killed him with a punch, and then challenged the exhausted Ji Xun.

  • Du You asked Little Bean for a move to defeat Ye Li and Ji Xun in one strike as he rushed toward them.
  • Ye Li met Du You with an ordinary punch carrying a Soul Slash filled with images and videos.
  • AI refused to analyze the content and told Du You to change the subject, breaking his trust and leaving him vulnerable.
  • Ye Li punched Du You into a distant mountain, where Du You died after vowing never to forgive artificial intelligence.
  • Ye Li turned to Ji Xun and questioned how much longer he could fight while burning through his lifespan.

Ch. 257Southward! The strongest of this generation!!!

Ye Li defeated Ji Xun and Du You, then swept across the competition planet, slaughtering tens of thousands of prodigies. As the observers expected his victory, Yuqingzi revealed a powerful disciple named Shen Luo, whom Yun Huanzi recognized as a Buddhist heir who had died a thousand years earlier.

  • Ye Li crushed Ji Xun in their battle, and Ji Xun admitted defeat while the spectators marveled at Ye Li's strength.
  • Ye Li disabled the Northern Territory Extreme Cold Immortal Sect disciples and killed the Northern Territory Eastern God Cult prodigies as he hunted opponents across the planet.
  • Ye Li spent the rest of the day slaughtering tens of thousands of prodigies, leaving the Grandmaster Realm experts convinced that the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect would win the Heavenly Book.
  • Yuqingzi declared that his disciple Shen Luo would claim victory, explaining that eighteen Grandmaster Realm elders had empowered Shen Luo's spouse.
  • Yun Huanzi recognized Shen Luo as a dead man from a thousand years ago, and another expert identified him as resembling the Northern Territory Buddhist Sect's former Buddhist heir.

Ch. 258We Are Pure Love, After All

Yuqingzi defended the Pure Love Immortal Sect’s use of Shen Luo’s soul to control the Buddhist Son’s body, while Ye Li faced Shen Luo’s overwhelming strength. Ye Li activated Dragon Coil twice by killing himself, then attacked Shen Luo with his power greatly increased.

  • Yun Huanzi identified the summoned Buddhist Son as the prodigy who had crossed the Thousand-Step Dao Stairway a thousand years earlier, while Shen Qinglian urged Shen Fuyao to trust Ye Li.
  • Yuqingzi told the Grandmaster Realm experts that Shen Luo’s trait [Soul, Return!] let him summon the Buddhist Son’s body, and argued that the match followed the rules.
  • Shen Luo appeared beside Ye Li and struck him through several mountains with the Buddhist Son’s body, then explained the Pure Love Immortal Sect’s beliefs.
  • Ye Li healed his severed arms, killed himself twice to activate Dragon Coil’s first and second stages, and challenged Shen Luo to defeat him before he used a third stage.
  • Ye Li tore open heaven and earth with a punch and smashed it into Shen Luo’s face.

Ch. 259Endless Paramours! The Wronged Party Is Innocent!

Ye Li fought Shen Luo, whose Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations let him turn an imagined betrayal into a defense against Ye Li’s attacks. Shen Luo then summoned thousands of phantoms of people who had cuckolded him, leaving Ye Li facing an enormous crowd.

  • Ye Li battered Shen Luo with physical attacks, but Shen Luo’s Buddhist relics and defenses absorbed most of the damage, and he landed a powerful counterpunch.
  • Shen Luo claimed Ye Li had cuckolded him thirteen years earlier with Du Qinghe, though he admitted the affair existed only in his imagination.
  • Shen Luo used his belief in the imagined betrayal to activate the first level of Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations and increase his immunity to Ye Li’s attacks.
  • Shen Luo activated Endless Paramours and summoned 3,333 phantoms of people who had truly cuckolded him to fight for him.
  • Shen Luo declared that he and Qinghe could still share pure love regardless of how many green hats there were.

Ch. 260Defying the Heavens!

Ye Li fought Shen Luo and his assembled shadows while Shen Luo tried to convince him that Heavenly Will had chosen him to stop Ye Li from obtaining the Heavenly Book. As Shen Luo’s attack pressed on, Ye Li began breaking through to the Qi Gathering Realm in the middle of battle, leaving Shen Luo confident that Ye Li’s body would fail under the strain.

  • Ye Li destroyed thousands of Shen Luo’s shadows, but the hundred strongest coordinated against him while Shen Luo used them to swap positions and launch surprise attacks.
  • Shen Luo struck Ye Li from behind with a Buddhist palm and argued that Heavenly Will would bring greater calamities if Ye Li claimed the Heavenly Book.
  • Ye Li dismissed Shen Luo’s warnings and unleashed a vast suction that drew energy from across a thousand miles, revealing that he was breaking through during the fight.
  • Ye Li used World-Shocking Wisdom to force his True Qi through the Qi Gathering Realm, tearing open his skin as he compressed and refined his power.
  • Shen Luo urged the shadows to stop Ye Li, believing that a mistake in his surging True Qi would make his body explode.

Ch. 261The One and Only Myth

Ye Li endured Shen Luo and the Grandmaster phantoms’ attacks while breaking through all three realms of Half-Step Xiantian. He killed Shen Luo with a single strike at Pulse Condensation and stood alone, asking who would challenge him next.

  • Shen Luo and the hundred Grandmaster phantoms attacked Ye Li as he completed his breakthrough to Qi Gathering, but he survived their combined assault.
  • Ye Li smashed through Shen Luo’s Buddha seal and the phantoms’ concentrated attack, completing Gang Transformation as his armor formed.
  • Ye Li fought through the phantoms’ attacks while enduring the agony of reshaping his meridians, then completed Pulse Condensation and healed his wounds.
  • Ye Li stopped short of breaking through to the Xiantian Realm and declared that he and Shen Luo were now evenly matched at Pulse Condensation.
  • Ye Li used True Qi to crush Shen Luo’s 206 Bone Apertures, killing him and the remaining phantoms with a single blow.
  • Ye Li stood alone on the battlefield, fully stabilized in the Pulse Condensation Realm, and asked who would challenge him next.

Ch. 262Post-Heaven Champion!

Ye Li hunted down the other prodigies and won the Prodigy Grand Competition, after which the battlefield revived the fallen contestants. With the competition officially over, Ye Li announced that he would break through to the Xiantian Realm and began reconstructing his body amid a surge of spiritual energy.

  • Ye Li held back his imminent breakthrough while using spiritual energy and his heightened senses to hunt the prodigies across the battlefield.
  • Over roughly three hours, Ye Li eliminated more than half the contestants, and the grandmasters voted to end the competition early.
  • The battlefield revived the slain prodigies, including Du You, Ji Xun, and Shen Luo, and announced Ye Li as champion with 113,567 eliminations.
  • Yun Huanzi celebrated Ye Li's victory while Xingyan Venerable and Yuqingzi reacted with dismay, and Shen Fuyao wondered why Shen Qinglian had expected it.
  • After confirming the competition had ended, Ye Li announced his Xiantian breakthrough, exploded into energy particles, and began rebuilding his body with the planet's spiritual energy.

Ch. 263Finally Reaches 69 Xiantian!

Ye Li underwent a spectacular breakthrough into the Early Xiantian Realm, drawing in the Starry Secret Realm’s energy and devouring three heavenly phenomena. After gaining the Divine Treasury of Wood and newfound vitality, he asked for the Heavenly Book and learned he could comprehend it in three days at the Great Qing Dynasty.

  • The Grandmasters declared Ye Li the champion, then watched in shock as he reconstructed his body and drew spiritual energy from across the Starry Secret Realm.
  • Ye Li opened the Divine Treasury of the Liver, and his breakthrough summoned purple qi from the east, the sun and moon together, and golden lotuses surging from the earth.
  • Ye Li swallowed all three heavenly phenomena and emerged in the Early Xiantian Realm, leaving the gathered prodigies subdued.
  • Ye Li sensed his new life force and the continuing growth of his strength, and the chapter revealed that he had gained three hundred years of life.
  • Ye Li asked for the Heavenly Book, and the voice in the sky told him to come to the Great Qing Dynasty in three days to comprehend it.

Ch. 264Secret talks in the Great Qing Dynasty

After Ye Li’s tournament victory, the Great Qing Dynasty proposed that he visit to study the Heavenly Book, but Yun Huanzi threatened war and secured an agreement for the book to be lent to the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect instead. The Great Qing Dynasty’s ministers then plotted to use Ye Li’s fame to draw other factions into targeting him, while Ye Li returned with his sect and noticed Wei Wanxi.

  • Ye Li feared that entering the Great Qing Dynasty would expose him to its [Cause-Tracing and Effect-Tracking] trait, and Yun Huanzi denounced the invitation as a trap and threatened war across the Five Regions.
  • In the capital, the emperor and his ministers discussed Ye Li’s suspected golden trait; Chancellor Yan advised them to spread his fame and wait for other factions to move against him, and the emperor put Yan in charge of the plan.
  • The Great Qing Dynasty agreed that after three days it would sign a Dao contract and lend the Heavenly Book to the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect, letting Ye Li avoid traveling there.
  • Yun Huanzi celebrated Ye Li’s victory and invited the other sects to drink, but Xingyan Venerable and the other grandmasters departed with their disciples.
  • Ye Li thanked Shen Qinglian for her help, briefly acknowledged Shen Fuyao, and then looked toward Wei Wanxi standing at the edge of the crowd.

Ch. 265Taking Both Master and Disciple?

After the tournament, Ye Li persuaded Wei Wanxi to stay in the Southern Region and embraced her in front of the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect disciples. Yun Huanzi and Shen Qinglian worried about the Ji Kingdom's influence on Ye Li, then brought everyone to the Cloud Illusion Immortal Sect.

  • Ye Li stopped Wei Wanxi from leaving and invited her to stay in the Southern Region for a few days.
  • Wei Wanxi accepted Ye Li's invitation, and he embraced her as the disciples watched.
  • Luo Yuqing and Shen Fuyao reacted with jealousy, while Yun Huanzi and Shen Qinglian worried that the Ji Kingdom might use Wei Wanxi to control Ye Li.
  • Yun Huanzi asked Shen Qinglian to watch over Ye Li and Wei Wanxi, and she agreed to send Ye Li away once Wei Wanxi left.
  • Yun Huanzi used his true essence to transport Ye Li, Wei Wanxi, Shen Qinglian, Fuyao, and the sect disciples to the Cloud Illusion Immortal Sect.

Ch. 267Ye Li Had a Golden Trait!

After returning to the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect, Ye Li admitted to Yun Huanzi that his trait was legendary, and Yun Huanzi warned him that the Universe Realm’s heavenly will imposed strict limits on its people. The chapter ended with Yun Huanzi revealing that heavenly will had likely set its sights on Ye Li.

  • Yun Huanzi welcomed Ye Li back and ordered the sect to hold an apprenticeship banquet in his honor.
  • Shen Qinglian invited Wei Wanxi to stay in the Moon-Congealing Domain, and Ye Li assured her he would visit after speaking with his master.
  • Yun Huanzi warned Ye Li that he was in danger and asked whether his trait was legendary.
  • Ye Li told Yun Huanzi that [World-Shocking Wisdom] let him gain abilities by cultivating different martial techniques, while keeping its ability to create traits secret.
  • Yun Huanzi explained that heavenly will constrained lifespans and followed the traits of Universe Realm natives wherever they went.
  • Yun Huanzi warned Ye Li that heavenly will had most likely already set its sights on him.

Ch. 268A Wrong Turn into the Moon Palace

Yun Huanzi explained that Ye Li’s rapid growth had drawn heavenly opposition, moved the Xia Kingdom into his grotto-heaven, and planned to send Ye Li Beyond the Heavens after he studied the Heavenly Book. At his apprenticeship banquet, Wei Wanxi reunited awkwardly with Jiang Xiyue, and a drunken Ye Li entered the cold pool in the Moon-Congealing Domain, where he found Shen Fuyao bathing.

  • Yun Huanzi told Ye Li he had moved the Xia Kingdom into his grotto-heaven and warned that Ye Li’s rapid cultivation would intensify heavenly tribulations.
  • Yun Huanzi planned to send Ye Li Beyond the Heavens to gain experience after he studied the Heavenly Book for three days.
  • Shen Qinglian showed Wei Wanxi to Ye Li’s scarlet-gold palace, where Wei Wanxi unexpectedly encountered Jiang Xiyue and blushed over her earlier promise not to compete for Ye Li.
  • Yun Huanzi hosted Ye Li’s apprenticeship banquet, served him Drunken Immortal Brew, and the guests celebrated late into the night.
  • After the banquet, Ye Li went to the cold pool to wash off the wine’s scent and found Shen Fuyao bathing there.

Ch. 269One Wave Had Barely Subsided When Another Rose!

After catching Ye Li watching her bathe in the Moon-Congealing Pool, Shen Qinglian calmly sent him away and reflected on her stalled cultivation and solitude. Ye Li sobered up in the pool, then went to Jiang Xiyue’s room, where he found a figure already asleep beneath the quilt.

  • Ye Li found Shen Qinglian bathing in the cold pool and openly praised her beauty after she caught him watching.
  • Shen Qinglian explained that she would not harm Ye Li because he was the Sect Leader’s only student, then used her cultivation to dress before leaving the pool to him.
  • Shen Qinglian returned to the hall, recalled her wine-fueled encounter with Ye Li, and approved Shen Fuyao’s plan to break through to the Xiantian Realm and gain experience down the mountain.
  • Shen Qinglian watched the Cosmos Clock and reflected that her trait flaw had ended her chance to reach the Martial Saint Realm, leaving her accustomed to solitude.
  • Ye Li sobered up in the pool, dried himself, and went to Jiang Xiyue’s room, where he found the room dark and a figure beneath the brocade quilt.

Ch. 270Lucky You

After mistakenly grabbing Wei Wanxi in Jiang Xiyue’s bed, Ye Li discovered that Jiang had brought Wei there and welcomed her joining them. He helped both women cultivate, drew in the Dragon Maiden’s remnant soul, and left Shen Qinglian alone in the Moon-Congealing Domain while the Great Qing Dynasty prepared a campaign against him.

  • Ye Li secretly entered Jiang Xiyue’s bed and mistook Wei Wanxi, who was lying beside her, for Jiang.
  • Jiang Xiyue revealed that she had invited Wei Wanxi beneath the covers, and Wei Wanxi quietly agreed to accept Ye Li.
  • Ye Li adjusted his cultivation, helped Wei Wanxi and Jiang Xiyue improve their realms, and reminded Jiang of her promise after he reached Xiantian.
  • Ye Li pulled in the Dragon Maiden’s remnant soul to strengthen his mind and soul while Shen Qinglian watched the Cosmos Clock outside the Scarlet Gold Hall.
  • Shen Qinglian discovered that Ye Li and Wei Wanxi were gone from the Moon-Congealing Domain, and the Great Qing Dynasty prepared to move against Ye Li.

Ch. 271That's Going to Take a Lot of Beatings! Madam!

After spending the night with Wei Wanxi and Jiang Xiyue, Ye Li discovered that his cultivation method had reached perfection and saw their cultivation improve dramatically. Meanwhile, news of his triumph and a rumored golden trait spread across the Five Regions, drawing hostile attention toward the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect.

  • Ye Li saw that the Yin-Yang Harmony Secret Record had reached perfection and received three trait enhancement options.
  • Wei Wanxi and Jiang Xiyue woke beside Ye Li and discovered that their cultivation had advanced, with Jiang Xiyue reaching the Hua Gang Realm.
  • Jiang Xiyue demanded further cultivation until she broke through to the Xiantian Realm, and Wei Wanxi asked for the same.
  • The Daqing Dynasty publicized Ye Li's Prodigy Grand Competition victory and his breakthrough into the Xiantian Realm, boosting his fame and the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect's reputation.
  • Reports claimed Ye Li possessed a legendary golden trait, prompting Xingyan Venerable to contact factions hostile to the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect.
  • Speculation about Ye Li's trait intensified, and an oppressive undercurrent spread across the Five Regions as attention turned toward the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect.

Ch. 272Martial Saints Are Not in the Mortal World

Ye Li met Great Qing’s envoy to receive the champion’s Heavenly Book, [Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering], after three days of cultivation with Jiang Xiyue and Wei Wanxi. As he began to comprehend it, his description panel offered to strip its Epic Trait or deduce a corresponding reverse cultivation technique.

  • Ye Li’s cultivation advanced to the early Xiantian Realm while Jiang Xiyue reached Pulse Condensation, and Wei Wanxi prepared to leave.
  • Ye Li asked Shen Qinglian whether a Heavenly Book could heal Fuyao’s Dao injury, then learned that Heavenly Books were made from Martial Saint Realm cultivators’ Epic Traits.
  • Shen Qinglian explained that Martial Saint Realm cultivators had vanished from the Universe Realm, while Ye Li declared he could achieve what the Great Qing Founding Emperor had done.
  • Yun Huanzi and the sect’s elders gathered at the mountain gate as Great Qing’s special envoy delivered the champion’s Heavenly Book to Ye Li for one incense stick of comprehension.
  • Ye Li touched the Heavenly Book and saw options to strip the [Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering] Epic Trait or deduce its corresponding reverse cultivation technique.

Ch. 273Obtaining an Orange Trait

Ye Li seized the remaining origin of Great Qing’s Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering trait, draining its Heavenly Book and alarming the envoy. He gained the Orange Fortune Qi Gathering ability and discovered that Shen Qinglian’s romantic fortune was unusually strong but suppressed.

  • Ye Li chose to seize the Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering trait from the Wordless Heavenly Book and reverse-engineer its cultivation technique.
  • Ye Li absorbed the Heavenly Book’s orange radiance while Shen Qinglian blocked the Great Qing envoy and Yun Huanzi warned him not to interfere.
  • After half an incense stick, Ye Li finished absorbing the trait’s remaining origin, leaving the Heavenly Book gray and lifeless.
  • Yun Huanzi returned the ruined book, and the Great Qing envoy left to report the loss to the capital.
  • Ye Li revealed that his new Orange Fortune Qi Gathering ability let him observe, change, influence, and seize people’s fortunes.
  • Ye Li examined the people at the sect and noticed that Shen Qinglian’s romantic fortune was exceptionally strong but suppressed.

Ch. 274I Alone Wield This Art! A Deadly Tribulation Approaches! [Thanks to Reader Hakimi for Becoming an Alliance Leader]

After comprehending the Heavenly Book, Ye Li discovered that deadly ill fortune was gathering around him, so Yun Huanzi arranged to escort him to a safer small world. As Great Qing prepared to capture him and his cultivation weakened the arts derived from the Heavenly Book, Ye Li arrived at the Starry Vault Hall to leave the Universe Realm.

  • Ye Li sensed overwhelming black ill fortune around himself and warned Yun Huanzi that Heavenly and human forces were targeting him.
  • Yun Huanzi moved up his plan and arranged to escort Ye Li out of the Universe Realm within three days.
  • Wei Wanxi departed after telling Ye Li they would meet again, while Jiang Xiyue watched their parting in tears.
  • The Great Qing emperor learned the Heavenly Book had turned to ash and ordered his ministers to conceal Ye Li's fortune and prevent his escape.
  • Ye Li trained Jiang Xiyue and practiced martial arts, while his progress in Calamity Fortune Qi Gathering weakened the arts Great Qing had learned from the Heavenly Book.
  • Three days later, Ye Li arrived at the Starry Vault Hall, ready to leave the Universe Realm.

Ch. 275Five Regions in Turmoil! Disaster Strikes Out of Nowhere!

Ye Li and four fellow disciples began their journey beyond the Universe Realm, but hostile forces from the Five Regions ambushed their teleportation passage. Yun Huanzi summoned the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect’s ancient Grandmasters from a painting to defend them as the attack escalated.

  • Ye Li prepared to leave with Shen Fuyao, Gu Tianchen, Xiao Jue, and Luo Yuqing, while Jiang Xiyue stayed in the sect under Shen Qinglian’s protection.
  • Yun Huanzi gave Ye Li a jade pendant containing his illusion techniques, and the disciples lit soul lamps before the group departed through the Starry Vault Ancient Path.
  • A vast darkness engulfed the teleportation region, and Shen Qinglian said forces from the Five Regions had concealed the celestial signs to ambush them.
  • Three concealed Grandmasters attacked the passage with a star-fragment chain, a scarlet-gold dragon claw, and a dark sword light, while Yun Huanzi’s illusory star god was shattered.
  • Yun Huanzi opened the Heavenly Illusion Heroes Scroll, summoning tens of thousands of past Grandmasters to fight the attackers.

Ch. 276Great Qing Strikes! Heaven and Earth Turn Upside Down!

The Great Qing Emperor intervened in the battle over Ye Li, overturning the Southern Region’s sky and compressing the battlefield into a tiny sphere. Every Grandmaster involved, including Ye Li, was trapped inside as deadly pressure closed in.

  • Yun Huanzi, Shen Qinglian, and the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect’s Elders struggled to hold off a growing coalition of Grandmasters seeking Ye Li.
  • The Changyang Sword Sect, Radiant Light Immortal Sect, Blazing Fire Palace, and other Southern Region sects arrived and helped the defenders regain their footing.
  • The Great Qing Emperor decided to intervene after the battle reached a stalemate and his plans to seize Ye Li became uncertain.
  • The Great Qing Emperor cast an enormous palm over the Southern Region and used it to overturn heaven and earth, sweeping every Grandmaster into spatial turbulence.
  • The Great Qing Emperor compressed the battlefield and everyone trapped within it, including Ye Li, into a black sphere no larger than a thumb.

Ch. 277Ten Deaths, No Life? The Fisherman Reaps the Profit!

The Qing Emperor’s attempt to seize Ye Li was stopped when a mysterious sword master and a Wutu giant hand intervened, forcing the three powers to clash Beyond the Heavens. As the battle resumed and Ye Li’s companions despaired inside the shield, a Grandmaster Realm expert arrived to take advantage of the chaos and claim the spoils.

  • The Qing Emperor used imperial dragon qi to trap the Grandmaster Realm experts and reach for Ye Li.
  • A sword master severed the Qing Emperor’s giant palm, while a Wutu giant hand also reached for Ye Li, and all three powers clashed before withdrawing Beyond the Heavens.
  • The heavenly battlefield became scrambled, leaving the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect members scattered and Ye Li’s companions terrified inside the radiant shield.
  • Ye Li recognized that his fortune had turned pitch-black and suspected Great Qing and others had schemed against him, but he and his companions could do nothing to escape the Grandmaster Realm experts.
  • A Grandmaster Realm expert broke through the chaos and appeared before the shield, declaring that he would reap the spoils.
Arc 11 of 17
Arc 11 of 17