Recaps

A Ji Kingdom squad arrived in Guangming City and received a mission to pit the Azure Dragon and Poison Wolf gangs against each other before a rival team arrived. As Ye Li’s reputation spread, Zheng Tong questioned his hidden trait, and Ye Li claimed it was the purple-quality [World-Shocking Talent].

• Eight Ji Kingdom citizens arrived in Guangming City and received the Two Tigers Fighting mission to destroy one of the city’s rival gangs.
• The squad leader ordered the team to gather intelligence and use its three-month head start to grow stronger.
• Stories of Ye Li’s confrontation with the Poison Wolf gang spread throughout Guangming City, changing the city’s attitude toward him.
• Zheng Tong questioned Ye Li about his supposedly hidden trait and the rumor that Zheng Tong had given him a treasure.
• Ye Li admitted he had concealed his trait and claimed it was the superior-quality [World-Shocking Talent], while privately noting that his real trait was iridescent.

Ye Li revealed his purple comprehension trait to Zheng Tong, who agreed to conceal it and disguise it as a blue trait. Ye Li chose to enter the expanded ten-city tournament, then devoted himself to cultivation until he reached the threshold for late-stage Body Tempering.

• Ye Li told Zheng Tong that his purple [World-Shocking Talent] explained his rapid breakthroughs, and claimed he had borrowed a supreme treasure from Jiang at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
• Zheng Tong agreed to hide Ye Li’s purple trait and tell others he had the blue [Seven Orifices Exquisite] trait.
• Zheng Tong explained that the tournament had become a ten-city trial in Yan City, with a Heaven-Mending Pill and a trait-bearing supreme treasure among the prizes, and warned Ye Li that stronger opponents would compete.
• Ye Li insisted on entering this year’s tournament, and Zheng Tong agreed to have an Elder escort him to Yan City once he reached late-stage Body Tempering.
• Ye Li returned to his courtyard and cultivated in seclusion for thirteen days, reaching 2500/2500 experience in mid-stage Body Tempering.

Ye Li broke through to the late stage of Body Tempering, gaining immense physical strength and planning to spend a month in Guangming acquiring more martial skills before heading to Yan City. Meanwhile, a man wearing a watch asked Zou Tu to let him and his brothers join the Poison Wolf Gang, claiming the Azure Dragon had destroyed their clan.

• Ye Li used World-Shocking Wisdom to break through to the late stage of Body Tempering, though he missed a chance to gain a new trait because his realm had not fully submitted to him.
• Ye Li tested his new strength by cracking a bluestone block with a finger and found his physical power rivaled the perfect stage of Body Tempering.
• Ye Li planned to spend a month in Guangming learning more martial skills and gaining traits before traveling to Yan City for the tournament.
• A man approached Zou Tu to join the Poison Wolf Gang with his brothers, claiming the Azure Dragon had wiped out their clan.

Du Heyi’s group joined the Poison Wolf Gang and planned to target the Azure Dragon Gang, while Meng Yan prepared to enter the Yan City Grand Tournament. Ye Li defeated Liu Jiancheng with one punch, bought medicinal ingredients from Jiang Xiyue, and headed to the Martial Armory to seek more Traits before the tournament.

• Du Heyi explained that his group would join the Poison Wolf Gang and help destroy the Azure Dragon Gang, while Meng Yan planned to compete in the Yan City Grand Tournament.
• Ye Li went to Yueyang Pavilion to treat Jiang Xiyue to a meal, but Liu Jiancheng challenged him outside.
• Ye Li knocked Liu Jiancheng through several stalls and into a stone wall, then invited Jiang Xiyue into the restaurant.
• Meng Yan and Du Heyi watched Ye Li, and Du Heyi told Meng Yan to spare him until their team battle because of a side-quest reward.
• Ye Li bought batches of medicinal ingredients from Hundred Treasures Pavilion and decided to pursue more Traits before the Guangming Grand Tournament.
• Ye Li went to the gang’s Martial Armory, where Elder Jiang tossed him a key and told him to take whatever he wanted.

Ye Li studied nearly a hundred martial arts manuals in the Martial Armory basement, then used Jiang Xiyue’s medicinal formula for a body-tempering bath. The bath greatly increased his cultivation, and he planned to obtain more ingredients to prepare for the tournament.

• Ye Li learned that Snake-Boa Force had reached perfection without producing another trait, and he considered how to test the limits of similar techniques.
• Ye Li spent the day reading nearly a hundred manuals and accumulated progress in Vajra Hand, Iron Thread Fist, Ten Sleeve Arrow Solutions, and Mysterious Shadow Divine Fist.
• Ye Li returned to his courtyard with ingredients for the Foundation-Solidifying and Origin-Nurturing formula and asked Li Liang to help prepare a medicinal bath.
• Ye Li took a Body-Tempering Pill and endured the bath as its medicinal power tempered his body.
• Ye Li gained 60 experience points in Late Body Tempering and decided to obtain more ingredients to build his strength before the tournament.

Ye Li perfected Breath Concealment Art and chose the Life Concealment trait to hide his multiple traits ahead of the 10 Cities Grand Competition. After leaving the quiet room, he learned that the leader might send him to Yan City the next day.

• Ye Li combined his martial arts during training and used Breath Concealment Art to settle his blood and qi, gaining experience.
• Ye Li perfected Breath Concealment Art and unlocked the Life Concealment trait, which could hide his other traits while he concentrated.
• Ye Li activated Life Concealment and concealed his traits, then displayed Indeterminate Direction to make the blankness seem more natural.
• Li Liang told Ye Li that the leader wanted to see him and might send him to Yan City the next day.
• Ye Li was surprised because the 10 Cities Grand Competition was still more than a month away.

Ye Li traveled toward Yan City with Du Yuanzhou’s caravan while the Poison Wolf Gang plotted to stop him. Seven days into the journey, Ye Li watched Du Yuanzhou give speeches and considered how to make the [Bard] trait more effective.

• Zheng Tong arranged for Ye Li to travel with Du Yuanzhou and Elder Yang Shichang, giving him protection and the City Lord’s Mansion’s backing against the Poison Wolf Gang.
• Ye Li joined Du Yuanzhou’s caravan as it departed for Yan City, and he practiced deducing cultivation techniques during the ride.
• Zou Tu learned that Ye Li had left with the caravan and vowed to ensure Ye Li never reached Yan City, despite Zheng Tong blocking the Poison Wolf Gang’s Post-Heaven Realm expert from leaving.
• Seven days later, Du Yuanzhou delivered speeches to the caravan while Ye Li studied the [Bard] trait and checked his cultivation progress.
• Ye Li wondered why the caravan had suddenly gone quiet.

Ye Li saved Du Yuanzhou from Yang Shichang’s sudden ambush at the caravan camp, then revealed that the attack had left almost everyone there dead. Yang Shichang stepped out of the wreckage and acknowledged that Ye Li had detected him despite his efforts to stay hidden.

• The caravan escorts joked around the campfire about Ye Li’s assault on the Poison Wolf Gang, leaving Du Yuanzhou embarrassed that he had missed the popular stories.
• Du Yuanzhou said Ye Li spent his days meditating in the carriage and practicing punches nearby, then returned to the carriage and began cultivating.
• Yang Shichang left the carriage with an empty water flask as Ye Li continued practicing outside.
• Ye Li kicked Du Yuanzhou through the carriage just before Yang Shichang’s palm strike pulverized the spot where Du Yuanzhou had been sitting.
• Du Yuanzhou shouted that the caravan was under attack, and Ye Li said only three living people remained.
• Yang Shichang emerged from the carriage wreckage and praised Ye Li for noticing his concealed approach.

Ye Li fought Yang Shichang, whose mind-influencing entry and Post-Heaven strength left Ye Li in danger until Du Yuanzhou arrived with a brief fiftyfold boost. Yang Shichang trapped Du Yuanzhou in a life-memory illusion, but Ye Li kicked him toward the fight to jolt him awake.

• Yang Shichang revealed that he served the Poison Wolf Gang and attacked Ye Li, using [Mind-Confusing Bewilderment] to disrupt his thoughts.
• Ye Li dodged Yang Shichang's attacks and used Dragon-Tiger Pill powder to disrupt his blood and qi, but he could not escape the stronger elder.
• Du Yuanzhou returned and used Verification Energy to unleash a fiftyfold-enhanced barrage of punches against Yang Shichang.
• Yang Shichang used [Heart-Knocking Residual Pupil] to blank Du Yuanzhou's consciousness and drag him into a revolving lantern of his life.
• Ye Li kicked the frozen Du Yuanzhou toward Yang Shichang and shouted at him to snap out of it.

Ye Li used his Breath Concealment Art to free Du Yuanzhou from Yang Shichang’s control, then had Du Yuanzhou sing a song to activate his [Bard] trait and boost his strength. The chapter ended with Du Yuanzhou fighting Yang Shichang on equal terms while the two sang “Little Nezha.”

• Ye Li secretly approached and kicked Du Yuanzhou, breaking Yang Shichang’s control over him.
• Du Yuanzhou unleashed a three-second barrage on Yang Shichang, but Yang Shichang survived and recovered to attack again.
• Ye Li told Du Yuanzhou to sing along to an unfamiliar song, despite Du Yuanzhou’s doubts about its power.
• Du Yuanzhou sang “Little Nezha,” and his [Bard] trait detected the song’s billion listens and boosted his combat power.
• Du Yuanzhou met Yang Shichang’s attack head-on, while Ye Li and Du Yuanzhou continued singing the song.

Du Yuanzhou kept fighting Yang Shichang by drawing strength from Ye Li’s songs, even as Yang Shichang’s mind-confusing trait scrambled Ye Li’s memory. The battle remained unresolved when Yang Shichang targeted Ye Li with his Heart-Knocking Residual Pupil.

• Du Yuanzhou’s song-powered attacks battered Yang Shichang, who tried to endure until the song ended.
• Ye Li began another song, restoring Du Yuanzhou’s fading strength as the two continued their fight.
• Yang Shichang’s [Mind-Confusing Bewilderment] disrupted Ye Li’s memory, but Ye Li improvised a jumble of songs that still fueled Du Yuanzhou.
• Fearing he would lose, Yang Shichang used [Mind-Confusing Bewilderment] to make Ye Li look at him, revealing his purple-tinted Heart-Knocking Residual Pupil.

Ye Li escaped Yang Shichang’s gaze-triggered memory ability by forcibly waking himself, then helped Du Yuanzhou defeat Yang Shichang. Yang Shichang died, Du Yuanzhou collapsed, and Ye Li was left standing at the scene.

• Yang Shichang’s ability dragged Ye Li into memories of his past life, but Ye Li slammed his head into the ground and regained consciousness.
• Ye Li realized outside interference could break Yang Shichang’s influence and watched Du Yuanzhou continue fighting him.
• Yang Shichang, driven into a frenzy by the Dragon-Tiger Pill, traded deadly blows with Du Yuanzhou.
• Ye Li faked the arrival of a Post-Heaven Realm expert by unleashing his aura, distracting Yang Shichang.
• Du Yuanzhou landed a full-force punch that killed Yang Shichang, then spat blood and collapsed.
• Ye Li stood unscathed and considered himself the fight’s MVP.

Ye Li killed Yang Shichang, searched his remains, and headed for Yan City carrying the gravely injured Du Yuanzhou. Elsewhere, Meng Yan strengthened himself with the Nine-Turn Heavy Origin Technique, while Ye Li approached the city with the mysterious Malicious Heart Pill.

• Ye Li repeatedly smashed Yang Shichang's head, stabbed his heart, and dismembered him to make sure he was dead.
• Ye Li examined Du Yuanzhou and found him gravely injured but still alive, then searched Yang Shichang's remains and took silver notes, the Heart-Knocking Residual Pupil manual, and the Malicious Heart Pill.
• Ye Li carried Du Yuanzhou toward Yan City, vowing to remember the Poison Wolf Gang and planning to hire people to collect the bodies.
• Meng Yan redirected his breakthrough energy to strengthen his body and successfully cultivated the Nine-Turn Heavy Origin Technique to the Sixth Transformation Realm.
• Ye Li neared Yan City at dawn while wondering what the Malicious Heart Pill did.

Ye Li reached Yan City with the badly injured Du Yuanzhou and used lavish payments to secure treatment, retrieve the caravan’s dead, and make his arrival conspicuous. After sending urgent letters to Guangming for reinforcements, he remained wary and planned to watch over Du Yuanzhou.

• Ye Li entered Yan City carrying the unconscious Du Yuanzhou and announced that Post-Heaven Realm attackers had destroyed their merchant caravan.
• Ye Li paid the gate guards to summon the city’s best physicians, who treated Du Yuanzhou and said he would recover after two months but could not compete in the tournament.
• Ye Li paid guards to retrieve and bury the caravan members killed outside the city.
• Ye Li went to the government post station and wrote ten copies of an account of the attack.
• Ye Li hired martial artists to deliver the letters to the Azure Dragon Gang, the Guangming City Lord’s residence, and the Guangming city gates, promising further payment when help arrived.
• Ye Li resolved to stay alert and keep watch over Du Yuanzhou in case someone tried to harm him.

Deng Yi realized that Ye Li had outmaneuvered the Poison Wolf Gang and sent a messenger to Guangming with news of Du Yuanzhou’s ambush. The messenger publicly called on Guangming’s City Lord to go to Yan City and rescue his injured disciple.

• Deng Yi waited in vain for Yang Shichang, then let Meng Kexun pass after hearing his false story about delivering a death notice to Fuliang City.
• Deng Yi learned that Ye Li had reached Yan City and that a Poison Wolf Gang Post-Heaven elder had died in the ambush.
• Deng Yi recognized that Meng Kexun’s letter had concealed his true destination in Guangming, but gave up pursuit after realizing too much time had passed.
• Zheng Tong reflected on how his thoughts had grown clearer since Ye Li left Guangming, unaware that Yang Shichang had influenced him with [Mind-Confusing Bewilderment].
• Meng Kexun reached Guangming after running for two days and one night, then followed Ye Li’s instructions to East City.
• Meng Kexun announced at Guangming’s city gates that Du Yuanzhou had been ambushed and urged the City Lord to go to Yan City to rescue him.

Ye Li perfected Vajra Hand and chose a trait that increased his strength. In Guangming, his letter exposed Yang Shichang as a Poison Wolf Gang spy, while Li Guancai set out for Yan City; Du Yuanzhou woke to learn he would miss the tournament gathering.

• Ye Li perfected Vajra Hand and selected the Great Strength trait, increasing his physical strength by 10%.
• Meng Kexun announced Ye Li's accusations at Guangming's East Gate, and the news spread through the city.
• Li Guancai read Ye Li's letter, summoned Zheng Tong, and told him Yang Shichang was accused of spying for the Poison Wolf Gang.
• Li Guancai arranged for Zheng Tong to guard Guangming, then hurried toward Yan City to retrieve his injured apprentice.
• Du Yuanzhou woke in Yan City's infirmary, and Ye Li told him he would miss the Yan City Grand Tournament gathering.

Ye Li urged Li Guancai to move against the Poison Wolf Gang immediately, then stayed at Zhong Lang's mansion to train for the Ten Cities Tournament. A month later, he had not left the mansion once.

• Du Yuanzhou woke in the clinic, thanked Ye Li for saving him, and asked where he had found his songs.
• Li Guancai arrived, reunited with Du Yuanzhou, and thanked Ye Li before agreeing to join forces with Ye Li's master to eliminate the Poison Wolf Gang.
• Ye Li and Li Guancai arranged for Du Yuanzhou to stay under the Yan City City Lord's protection while Li Guancai returned to Guangming.
• Zhong Lang invited Ye Li to the Xue Family gathering, but Ye Li declined so he could focus on the tournament.
• Ye Li began training at Zhong Lang's mansion, ripped a three-meter iron pillar from the ground, and spent the following month inside the mansion training.

Ye Li completed Body Tempering after a month of intense training and discovered he could break through to Post-Heaven with only one experience point. He tested his new Body Tempering trait by shattering Iron Body to strengthen another white trait.

• Ye Li maxed out late Body Tempering and gained the white trait Iron Body.
• Ye Li broke through to Body Tempering Complete, gaining immense physical strength and a blue trait called Gift of Body Tempering.
• Ye Li realized he could spend one experience point to advance to Post-Heaven and decided to wait until after the upcoming competition.
• Ye Li chose to shatter Iron Body to enhance the white trait Strongman.
• Ye Li confirmed the choice, and Iron Body vanished from his panel.

Ye Li discovered that upgrading his white traits greatly increased his physical attributes, then arrived at Jingbo Lake for the Ten Cities Tournament. After Meng Yan shocked the crowd with his cultivation speed, Ye Li’s own test revealed that he had reached peak Body Tempering after only six months of cultivation.

• Ye Li upgraded his white traits and found that his physical attributes increased by 21%.
• Ye Li and Zhong Lang joined the contestants boarding the ship for Jingbo Lakeside Manor, where officials tested their bone age, cultivation time, and realm.
• A young man from the Li Clan impressed the crowd by reaching peak Body Tempering after two years and eight months of cultivation.
• Meng Yan of the Poison Wolf Gang stunned the crowd by reaching peak Body Tempering after one year and two months of cultivation.
• Ye Li placed his hand on the crystal, which recorded his bone age as 18 and his realm as peak Body Tempering after six months of cultivation.

Ye Li revealed that he had perfected the Body Tempering Realm after only six months of cultivation, shocking the gathered experts and drawing offers from powerful factions. Zhong Lang escorted him aboard the ship for the tournament, where Ye Li and Meng Yan silently recognized their coming fight.

• Ye Li's test showed that he was eighteen and had perfected the Body Tempering Realm in six months, stunning the crowd and Zhong Lang.
• Zhong Lang questioned Ye Li about his breakthrough, and Ye Li jokingly claimed that his cultivation time rounded up to seven months.
• An Elder of the Hu Family and other factions tried to recruit Ye Li, but Zhong Lang silenced them and escorted Ye Li aboard the ship.
• Ye Li spotted Meng Yan's hostile gaze, and both men anticipated fighting each other in a few days.

Ye Li boarded the tournament boat and used a humble, unassuming act to put the other contestants at ease while learning about their Traits. By April, he had reached the tournament grounds, where the official announced the arena rules and the contest was about to begin.

• Ye Li politely deflected the attention and recruitment offers from the gathered leaders, claiming his rapid cultivation had left his foundation shaky.
• Ye Li befriended Li Xuanfeng and learned that Li Xuanfeng possessed the [Blue of Utmost Sincerity] Trait, while the Xue Family's young master had [Blue Martial Totem].
• Ye Li learned that a young man from the Qin Family could distort people's vision and quietly remembered the information.
• Ye Li spent the following days practicing and socializing at banquets until the others paid him less attention.
• At the tournament grounds, the official explained that participants would compete in five arenas, seize defeated opponents' points, and send each arena's top scorer to the final.

Ye Li unleashed his full strength at the start of the Ten-City Trial and knocked Li Xuanfeng into a chain of contestants. His single punch sent eleven people out of Zone 3, leaving him with 11 points.

• Si Zheng assigned contestants to five zones and explained that their tokens would protect them from fatal injuries.
• Ye Li and Li Xuanfeng were assigned to Zone 3, where Li Xuanfeng privately planned to defeat his friend.
• Li Xuanfeng entered the Way of Utmost Sincerity and saw only darkness when he tried to glimpse the future.
• Ye Li revealed his immense strength, drawing astonished attention from contestants and Post-Heaven experts.
• As Si Zheng began the countdown, Ye Li struck Li Xuanfeng and sent him crashing through ten other contestants, earning 11 points.

Ye Li overwhelmed all the contestants in Zone 3 and earned a tournament score of 72, clearing the arena in 34 seconds. His rampage also eliminated contestants in neighboring zones, leaving the other competitors wondering whether anyone could challenge him for first place.

• Ye Li stunned the spectators by knocking away the contestants in Zone 3 with his overwhelming strength.
• Ye Li ricocheted across the arena, defeating every opponent there in 34 seconds.
• Ye Li's attacks sent contestants into neighboring zones, bringing his score to 72 and his elimination rate to 110.93%.
• The contestants in the other four zones paused their fights and questioned whether they could beat Ye Li.
• Ye Li showed Si Zheng his token and asked whether he had made the top five, then left the arena as the other zones resumed fighting.

The five-way free-for-all began after Meng Yan, Xue Qinian, Qin Yu, and Shi Yue won their zones alongside Ye Li. Ye Li charged Qin Yu to stop his vision-distorting Trait from disrupting the fight, but Shi Yue intercepted him, leaving Ye Li to adapt as the battle opened.

• Meng Yan overwhelmed his opponents in Zone 1, while Xue Qinian, Qin Yu, and Shi Yue also defeated their rivals in their respective zones.
• Ye Li observed the four fighters and anticipated that they would join forces against him in the final five-way free-for-all.
• Si Zheng announced the final match, and the contestants waited through the required rest period before he struck the bronze gong.
• Ye Li charged toward Qin Yu, but Qin Yu activated [Sight Reconstruction], distorting Ye Li's vision and sense of the other fighters' positions.
• Ye Li continued his attack by relying on his instincts, but Shi Yue blocked his punch after positioning himself to intercept Ye Li near the edge of Zone 4.

Ye Li fought off Shi Yue, Meng Yan, and Xue Qinian, but Meng Yan’s touch reversed Ye Li’s bodily commands and let Xue Qinian throw him out of the arena. The four opponents believed they had won.

• Shi Yue grabbed Ye Li and tried to hold him down while calling for his allies to attack.
• Ye Li struck Shi Yue with an elbow, forcing him to release his grip as Xue Qinian and Meng Yan rushed in.
• Ye Li caught Meng Yan’s punch despite having his eyes closed, then broke Meng Yan’s arm when Xue Qinian evaded him with his enhanced speed.
• Meng Yan’s Consciousness Reversal took effect after he touched Ye Li, scrambling Ye Li’s control of his body.
• Xue Qinian seized the opening and hurled Ye Li out of the arena, and the four opponents celebrated what they thought was their victory.