Recaps

Ye Li overcame the four other finalists’ ambush and won the Ten Cities Tournament by an overwhelming margin. As the crowd celebrated and he prepared to claim his prize, he set his sights on Deng Yi, who decided to flee Yan City.

• Meng Yan, Xue Qinian, Qin Yu, and Shi Yue agreed to work together to defeat Ye Li, but Xue Qinian’s altered controls only sent Ye Li flying out of the ring temporarily.
• Ye Li regained control of his body, used his robe to halt his momentum, and returned to the ring before his opponents could finish turning on one another.
• Ye Li knocked Shi Yue unconscious, broke Meng Yan’s elbow and choked him unconscious, then forced Xue Qinian to collide with the concealed Qin Yu.
• Si Zheng announced Ye Li as the Ten Cities Tournament champion, and the spectators erupted in celebration.
• Ye Li suppressed his urge to kill Meng Yan during the competition and glared at Deng Yi, who decided to flee Yan City.

After winning the Ten Cities Tournament, Ye Li received three prizes from Zhong Lang and gained a point of comprehension from the Marrow Cleansing Sutra. He left the ceremony feeling that he could prepare to break through to the Post-Heaven Realm.

• Zhong Lang praised Ye Li for winning the tournament and presented him with the Heaven-Mending Pill, the Cup Shadow Sword, and the Marrow Cleansing Sutra.
• Zhong Lang explained that the Heaven-Mending Pill improved aptitude and that the Cup Shadow Sword was a Sacrificial Artifact made from a criminal's Cup Bow Snake Shadow trait.
• Ye Li judged the pill's effects limited but appreciated the sword's quality and unusual hallucination effect.
• Ye Li immediately read and refined the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, which vanished after he finished it.
• Ye Li gained one point of comprehension from the sutra and sensed that he could prepare to enter the Post-Heaven Realm.

After winning the Ten Cities Tournament, Ye Li learned that he was likely to be selected for the National Destiny Arena Tournament. He secretly interrogated Meng Yan, uncovered a dangerous alliance targeting the Azure Dragon Gang, and recognized a familiar watch on Meng Yan’s wrist.

• Zhong Lang told Ye Li that his tournament performance had been recorded and that someone from the Capital City would likely recruit him for the National Destiny Arena Tournament.
• While the injured contestants recovered and the banquet preparations continued, Ye Li took Meng Yan to a dim room and questioned him about his strength and origins.
• Ye Li forced Meng Yan to swallow a Malicious Heart Pill, which made him reveal that his strength came from the Nine-Turn Heavy Origin Technique and that he was working with the Poison Wolf Gang to destroy the Azure Dragon Gang.
• Meng Yan revealed that his group had eight members, including seven Post-Heaven Realm fighters, and was waiting for another team to arrive before joining the Azure Dragon Gang in battle.
• Meng Yan said his team could almost certainly defeat Zheng Tong, and Ye Li noticed a watch on Meng Yan’s wrist that seemed familiar.

Ye Li questioned Meng Yan, learned that he came from Ji Kingdom, and obtained the Nine-Turn Heavy Origin Technique. Ye Li completed its first two turns while trying to stop his breakthrough into the Post-Heaven Realm, but [World-Shocking Wisdom] kept driving his internal force toward his dantian.

• Ye Li tested Meng Yan’s origins by insulting different regions and concluded that Meng Yan came from Ji Kingdom.
• Ye Li asked about the delayed arrival of another team and learned they were already four days late, then made Meng Yan recite the Nine-Turn Heavy Origin Technique.
• Ye Li killed Meng Yan and studied the technique, deciding to postpone entering the Post-Heaven Realm so he could test its first turn.
• Ye Li redirected his emerging internal force through the Nine Palaces, completed the technique’s first turn, and increased his physical strength by ten percent.
• [World-Shocking Wisdom] resumed pushing internal force toward Ye Li’s dantian, so he redirected it again and completed the second turn.

Ye Li completed ten turns of the Heavy Origin technique, broke through to the early Post-Heaven Realm, and set off to test his new strength against Deng Yi. He left the manor racing west toward the island’s outskirts.

• Ye Li used pills to replenish his vitality as he repeatedly dispersed and rebuilt his cultivation with [World-Shocking Wisdom].
• Ye Li realized the Nine-Turn Heavy Origin Technique could be extended to a tenth turn, raising his physical strength to 550% of its original foundation.
• Ye Li broke through the Post-Heaven Gate and reached the early Post-Heaven Realm with powerful true qi and a greatly strengthened body.
• Ye Li decided to mark his breakthrough with a fight and raced west after Deng Yi, the Poison Wolf Gang’s peak middle Post-Heaven elder.

Ye Li used his newly gained Post-Heaven inner force to pursue Deng Yi across Jingbo Lake. Deng Yi unleashed a powerful wave technique at him, and Ye Li activated his Explosive Fist trait to meet the attack.

• Ye Li realized that his inner force could strengthen his body and protect his clothes, then raced west across Jingbo Lake.
• Deng Yi rowed toward Guangming, planning to warn the Poison Wolf Gang leader about Ye Li.
• Deng Yi spotted Ye Li tearing across the lake and learned that he had reached the Post-Heaven Realm.
• Ye Li announced that he had come to kill Deng Yi, who decided he could defeat the newly advanced martial artist.
• Deng Yi unleashed Thousand-Fold Waves: Sea-Overturning Seal, and Ye Li leaped toward the towering waves as his Explosive Fist trait activated.

Ye Li used his charged Explosive Fist and Unfixed Directions to defeat Deng Yi in a single blow. The attack devastated Jingpo Lake, leaving Ye Li victorious over the Houtian mid-stage elder.

• Ye Li leapt toward Deng Yi while charging a punch powerful enough to approach a peak Houtian strike.
• Deng Yi recognized Ye Li’s charging technique and charged at him, intending to interrupt it before the punch was ready.
• As Deng Yi reached for Ye Li’s heart, Ye Li used Unfixed Directions to change course without losing momentum and circle behind him.
• Ye Li struck Deng Yi with the fully charged Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist, killing him in one blow.
• Ye Li’s punch blasted apart the lake water, snapped nearby boats, and sent towering waves surging across Jingpo Lake.

After killing Deng Yi, Ye Li learned that the Ji Kingdom was behind the conflict in Guangming and decided to return immediately despite Zhong Lang’s warning. He raced toward Guangming at astonishing speed, unaware that the city was sealed off and suffering heavy casualties.

• Ye Li reflected on how he had defeated Deng Yi with a prepared attack and Indeterminate Direction, then hurried back to Jingbo Manor to retrieve his belongings.
• Zhong Lang urged Ye Li to stay away from Guangming after learning the Ji Kingdom was involved, warning that its people could return from death and that Xia Kingdom could not oppose them.
• Ye Li insisted on returning to rescue his master, and Zhong Lang agreed to conceal the Ji Kingdom’s involvement and cover Ye Li’s tracks.
• Ye Li collected his sword, the Heaven-Mending Pill, and his other belongings, then launched himself across Jingbo Lake at extraordinary speed.
• Ye Li raced toward Guangming while practicing control of his inner power, unaware that the city was under siege and surrounded by a barrier extending a hundred li.

Ye Li refined his movement technique while hurrying across the lake, as Du Heyi ordered the Poison Wolf Gang to capture more warriors and strengthen his Blood Corpses. Jiang Xiyue and the remnants of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion fled through Guangming but were cornered by the gang’s giant leader.

• Ye Li adjusted his internal energy to travel across the lake more steadily and reduce the damage caused by his speed.
• Du Heyi recovered in a blood pool while Sword Qi continued to impede his healing, then ordered his men to capture Post-Heaven Realm warriors for their blood essence.
• The giant leader learned that the Poison Wolf Gang had captured more than half of the Azure Dragon Gang’s Body Tempering Realm remnants and ordered the search for its elders expanded.
• Jiang Xiyue led the wounded Hundred Treasures Pavilion guards through the ruins of Guangming, seeking to escape by reaching the docks.
• The giant landed in the alley in front of Jiang Xiyue and her companions and challenged them as they tried to flee.

Ye Li rescued Jiang Xiyue and the surviving members of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion by killing three Post-Heaven Blood Corpses, then led them to a hidden refuge with Elder Jiang. At the hideout, he told Li Guancai that he had broken through to the Post-Heaven Realm and killed four Post-Heaven experts on his way back.

• Three Post-Heaven Blood Corpses cornered Jiang Xiyue, overwhelmed her, and nearly forced her to become a Blood Corpse.
• Ye Li arrived, severed the burly Blood Corpse’s arm, and killed more than a dozen Body Tempering Blood Corpses with one sword strike.
• Ye Li crushed all three Post-Heaven Blood Corpses, then thanked Jiang Xiyue for the medicine that had helped him advance.
• Elder Jiang emerged from hiding, and Ye Li joined him in leading Jiang Xiyue and the survivors along a secluded route to an abandoned church.
• Elder Jiang opened a concealed entrance to a wine-cellar hideout, where Li Guancai asked Ye Li about the tournament and Zhou'er.
• Ye Li told Li Guancai that he had reached the Post-Heaven Realm after winning the tournament and had killed four Post-Heaven experts on his way back.

Ye Li reached Guangming City and learned that the Poison Wolf Gang had turned missing martial artists into Blood Corpses and trapped the city behind a barrier. He met Wei Wanxi, the swordswoman who had kept the city from falling, as she greeted him as Zheng Tong's beloved disciple.

• Ye Li revealed his Post-Heaven cultivation, astonishing Li Guancai and the other fighters.
• Li Guancai explained that the Poison Wolf Gang had abducted martial artists, transformed them into Blood Corpses, and gained seven powerful Post-Heaven fighters.
• Jiang Xiyue said a barrier spanning a hundred li around Guangming City prevented anyone from leaving.
• Li Guancai credited a female swordswoman with holding back the Blood Corpses and killing four Post-Heaven enemies.
• Wei Wanxi entered the cellar, and Li Guancai introduced her to Ye Li.

Ye Li assessed Guangming's remaining fighters and learned about the enemy's abilities while Wei Wanxi and the others waited for their injuries to heal. He then arranged for Elder Jiang to gather supplies and swallowed a Heaven-Mending Pill to reshape his bone structure with the Marrow Washing Sutra.

• Ye Li thanked Wei Wanxi for saving his master and asked how the survivors could escape and defeat their enemies.
• Li Guancai reported that twenty Post-Heaven cultivators remained reachable, while Wei Wanxi described the three outside enemies and their abilities.
• Ye Li asked Elder Jiang to find him several items and told him to wrap them securely.
• Ye Li swallowed a Heaven-Mending Pill and circulated his internal energy with the Marrow Washing Sutra, beginning to reshape his bone structure.

Ye Li used the Heaven-Mending Pill and the Marrow Cleansing Sutra to improve his physique and rapidly open bone apertures. After learning Elder Jiang had brought what he requested, Ye Li opened a bag of shit, leaving Wei Wanxi shocked by what she saw.

• Ye Li circulated the Heaven-Mending Pill's power through his marrow, refining his bones and opening 25 bone apertures.
• Li Guancai recognized the pill as the Heaven-Mending Pill, while Jiang Xiyue watched Ye Li with concern.
• Ye Li discovered that his physique had advanced from Grade-B, mid-grade to Grade-A, low-grade.
• Elder Jiang told Ye Li that the item he requested was in a bag outside the church.
• Ye Li opened the bag with the Cup Shadow Sword, and Wei Wanxi arrived and asked if he was playing with shit.

Ye Li tried to persuade Wei Wanxi to use his shit-coated Sacrificial Artifact in the coming battle, but she refused. He then visited his injured master, Zheng Tong, who began teaching him the Azure Dragon Gang’s signature cultivation method and revealed that its founder had received teachings from a Grandmaster Realm Azure Dragon.

• Ye Li asked Wei Wanxi about her injured sword hand and learned she was a mid-stage Post-Heaven Realm martial artist who could only wield a sword with her left hand for fifteen days.
• Ye Li explained that his Sacrificial Artifact could make enemies hallucinate whatever medium it had been placed in, including shit, but Wei Wanxi refused to use it.
• Ye Li returned to the Earth Cave and learned from Li Guancai that Zheng Tong had come out of seclusion.
• Ye Li found Zheng Tong weakened by blood loss and corpse poison, and Zheng Tong warned him that he should not have returned to dangerous Guangming.
• After Ye Li admitted he had no Post-Heaven Realm cultivation methods or martial techniques, Zheng Tong offered to teach him the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method.
• Zheng Tong revealed that the Azure Dragon Gang’s founding leader had received teachings from a Grandmaster Realm Azure Dragon.

Zheng Tong passed Ye Li the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method, a powerful dragon-derived cultivation method that explained his own strength and offered Ye Li a major boost in physical power. Ye Li began converting his True Qi while Zheng Tong, weakened by the effort, sent him to seek martial-skill guidance from Elder Jiang.

• Zheng Tong revealed that the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method was behind his ability to fight powerful opponents and secretly transmitted its teachings to Ye Li.
• Ye Li learned that the method had been created by a Grandmaster-level Azure Dragon in human form and granted the first level’s Dragon Molting effect, improving physique by five percent per Bone Aperture.
• Ye Li comprehended the method and began circulating it, gaining a point of comprehension and seeing its progress displayed as Azure Dragon Deliverance Method (1/100).
• Zheng Tong warned Ye Li that the method made breakthroughs difficult but acknowledged Ye Li’s exceptional comprehension and the urgency of his situation.
• After taking a pill and growing weaker, Zheng Tong told Ye Li to convert his True Qi, strengthen his foundation, and seek martial-skill guidance from Elder Jiang.
• Ye Li thanked Zheng Tong, left the medicine-filled dark room, and let his master rest.

Ye Li cultivated the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method while Yi Yangfan began a sinister curse ritual at the Poison Wolf Gang headquarters. After comforting Jiang Xiyue, Ye Li left without his sword and realized that something had tampered with his mind as a towering figure approached.

• Ye Li meditated in the cellar and transformed his inner force as he cultivated the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method.
• Yi Yangfan opened an altar ritual and used the Seven Emotions Fear True Method on three Body Tempering Realm martial artists.
• Feeling uneasy, Ye Li spoke with Jiang Xiyue, comforted her over the people who had died protecting her, and encouraged her to grow stronger.
• Ye Li left the Earth Cave without his Cup Shadow Sword and went out to search Guangming City for a Blood Corpse.
• Ye Li realized the empty city and his decision to leave his sword behind were suspicious, then saw a towering figure approaching.

Yi Yangfan used the Evil Karma Chaos Arena to lure Ye Li into a fight with Yuan Pan, a Ji People martial artist whose Bloodline Divine Ability drained their inner strength. After Yuan Pan transformed into a giant ape and challenged Ye Li to a contest of physical strength, Ye Li overwhelmed him with a devastating punch and prepared to finish him off.

• Yi Yangfan revealed that he had cursed his teammates to draw hidden Post-Heaven Realm martial artists into fights with the Ji People, and Yuan Pan identified Ye Li as his latest target.
• Yuan Pan attacked Ye Li, who dodged and countered before the two traded powerful blows that wrecked the street.
• Yuan Pan explained that his Bloodline Divine Ability weakened both fighters' inner strength, then transformed into a giant ape.
• Yuan Pan challenged Ye Li to fight using only physical strength, but Ye Li unleashed his stacked techniques and shattered the ape's arm with a punch.
• Ye Li sent Ape Pan crashing through several buildings and declared that he would kill him.

Ye Li fought Yuan Pan until Yi Yangfan dispelled the curse arena, then turned his charged punch against the arriving Du Heyi. Du Heyi tried to recruit Ye Li, but Wei Wanxi arrived to protect him, and Ye Li prepared to keep fighting.

• Yi Yangfan saw the altar shake and dispelled the Evil Karma Chaos Arena to save Yuan Pan from being beaten to death.
• Ye Li battered Yuan Pan, who ended his divine ability and recovered his True Qi too late to stop the attack.
• Ye Li sensed Du Heyi approaching and struck him with a five-times-powered punch, forcing Du Heyi to heal his wounded palm.
• Du Heyi offered to spare Ye Li and help him reach the Xiantian Realm and Grandmaster Realm if he joined the Poison Wolf Gang.
• Wei Wanxi arrived with Ye Li's Cup Shadow Sword and stood between him and Du Heyi.
• Du Heyi threatened to kill Ye Li, who assumed a punching stance and began charging Explosive Fist again.

Ye Li and Wei Wanxi drove Du Heyi away after Ye Li charged his [Explosive Fist], but Ye Li collapsed from his injuries and led Wei Wanxi away from the base to avoid whoever had cast the curse. As they traveled, Wei Wanxi admitted Du Heyi was right about her origins, and Ye Li revealed he already knew she was from the Ji Kingdom.

• Ye Li held his [Explosive Fist] stance while Wei Wanxi shielded him, convincing Du Heyi to retreat with the badly injured Yuan Pan rather than risk a fight.
• After Du Heyi left, Ye Li spat blood and told Wei Wanxi they should leave the area and wait until noon before returning to the base.
• Wei Wanxi confirmed that Du Heyi's claim about her being from the same faction was true, and Ye Li said he had learned about the Ji Kingdom by interrogating Meng Yan.
• Ye Li explained that he had tricked Meng Yan into revealing his kingdom, then promised Wei Wanxi he would keep her origins secret.

Yi Yangfan used Ye Li’s blood to cast [Dao Heart Swapping to Demon], amplifying and altering Ye Li’s fear until Wei Wanxi’s figure terrified him. Ye Li accidentally touched her while trying to push her away, and the chapter ended with Wei Wanxi holding a sword to his throat and demanding an explanation.

• Yi Yangfan used Ye Li’s blood as a medium to cast [Dao Heart Swapping to Demon] from a distance.
• The spell made Ye Li fear big breasts, and Wei Wanxi’s figure appeared terrifying to him.
• Ye Li instinctively tried to shove Wei Wanxi away, but their True Qi clashed and sent him flying after his palm struck her.
• Wei Wanxi realized Ye Li had touched her, drew her sword, and demanded that he explain himself.
• Ye Li said he had been hit by [Dao Heart Swapping to Demon] and that his fear had been switched to boobs.

After Wei Wanxi spared Ye Li and agreed to keep their scuffle secret, Ye Li turned his humiliation and weakness into a ruthless drive to grow stronger. He sacrificed two traits to amplify his speed, perfected Lost Track Ghost Step, and pushed the trait’s enhancement even further.

• Wei Wanxi sheathed her sword, ordered Ye Li to forget the incident, and agreed not to tell Zheng Tong or the others.
• Ye Li blamed his weakness for the humiliation and vowed to become strong enough to face Wei Wanxi without fear.
• The pair took refuge in a half-collapsed dye house, where Wei Wanxi prepared to change clothes and Ye Li practiced Lost Track Ghost Step.
• Ye Li destroyed Green Direction and Green Fist and used their source power to raise Swiftness to a 52% speed increase while concentrating.
• Ye Li perfected Lost Track Ghost Step, destroyed its newly granted trait, and raised his concentrated speed increase to 74.9%.

Wei Wanxi overcame her distress over Ye Li's touch through her [Dao Heart Clarity] trait, then suspected that an enemy item was interfering with her ability to foresee danger. Ye Li continued cultivating despite his injuries, and the two set out for the Earth Cave, while Ye Li privately wondered at Wei Wanxi's unsettling calm.

• Wei Wanxi used [Dao Heart Clarity] to overcome her shame and anger over Ye Li's touch and realized that the incident had also been influenced by Yi Yangfan's [Dao Heart Swapping to Demon].
• Wei Wanxi concluded that an item on the other team was likely concealing the workings of heaven and decided to be cautious when they met again.
• Ye Li cultivated through the night and opened his twenty-sixth Bone Aperture despite his internal injuries.
• Wei Wanxi warned Ye Li that forcing himself to cultivate could worsen his injuries, but he insisted that the Blood Corpse threat left him no time to rest.
• Wei Wanxi and Ye Li headed back to the Earth Cave, and Ye Li privately noted that her sudden, mechanical calm made him uneasy.

Du Heyi learned that Ye Li feared Da Lei, while Ye Li and Wei Wanxi returned safely to the Azure Dragon Gang’s hideout with intelligence about the Poison Wolf Gang. As the group prepared to counterattack, Jiang Xiyue grew suspicious of the pair’s night away, while Ye Li carefully avoided looking at her.

• Du Heyi learned that Yi Yangfan had transferred Ye Li’s fear to Da Lei and decided Yuan Pan could deal with Ye Li next time.
• Jiang Xiyue and the Azure Dragon Gang waited anxiously in the Earth Cave for Wei Wanxi and Ye Li to return.
• Wei Wanxi and an injured Ye Li returned, and Ye Li explained how he had been lured out and escaped Yuan Pan.
• Ye Li warned the gang that Yuan Pan was an ape demon whose ability weakened opponents’ inner force, and Wei Wanxi agreed to lead a counterattack after recovering.
• Jiang Xiyue noticed Wei Wanxi had changed her outer robe and grew suspicious as Ye Li avoided her gaze to avoid thunder.

Ye Li perfected the Ten Sleeve Arrow Solutions and revised the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method as he relentlessly opened Bone Apertures in the Earth Cave. The chapter left him choosing among three traits whose bonuses would multiply across all 206 Bone Apertures.

• Ye Li repeatedly disassembled, reassembled, fired, and caught a sleeve arrow until he perfected the Ten Sleeve Arrow Solutions and increased his Swiftness trait.
• Ye Li ignored his old wound and pushed himself to cultivate, insisting that he still had to defeat Wanxi, Da Lei, Yuan Pan, and Du Heyi.
• Ye Li perfected the first level of the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method, then used World-Shocking Wisdom to revise it and increase its cultivation benefits.
• Ye Li opened his twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth Bone Apertures, raising the method's bonuses to 10% more inner power and 10% more physical attributes per aperture.
• Ye Li discovered that the Azure Dragon Deliverance Method's second level required the mid-stage of the Post-Heaven Realm, then examined the Dragon Body, Dragon Breath, and Dragon Fury traits.

Ye Li chose the Dragon Body entry, greatly strengthening his body and improving his True Qi as he recovered from his injuries. Jiang Xiyue brought him her last Myriad Spirit Pill, but revealed that she had already given the previous one to Wei Wanxi.

• Ye Li chose Dragon Body over Dragon Breath and Dragon Fury, strengthening his body through his 28 Bone Apertures.
• Ye Li realized his new physical strength was nearly double what he had possessed when he fought Yuan Pan and resolved to continue cultivating.
• Jiang Xiyue urged Ye Li to rest after hearing from Wei Wanxi that his injuries had not healed.
• Jiang Xiyue gave Ye Li her last Myriad Spirit Pill, claiming it could cure poison and heal injuries.
• Ye Li suggested the pill might help Wei Wanxi recover, and Jiang Xiyue snapped that she had already given Wei Wanxi the previous pill.