Recaps

Ye Li explained to Jiang Xiyue that [Dao Heart Swapping to Demon] had made him afraid of women's breasts, which was why he had avoided looking at her. Jiang Xiyue fled in embarrassment after he teased her, while Wei Wanxi appeared behind him and stared at him with suspicion.

• Jiang Xiyue demanded that Ye Li explain why he had been avoiding her gaze.
• Ye Li told Jiang Xiyue that the curse had magnified his fear and shifted it to women's breasts.
• Jiang Xiyue blushed, then asked whether Ye Li's fear could be eased.
• Ye Li teased Jiang Xiyue about looking at women to overcome his fear, and she ran into the cave's shadowy bend.
• Wei Wanxi appeared behind Ye Li, covering one breast and staring at him accusingly.

Ye Li and Wei Wanxi prepared to counterattack the Poison Wolf Gang, while Du Heyi recovered and gathered forces for a renewed assault. Yi Yangfan used a costly curse to control the Earth Cave’s Post-Heaven martial artists, leaving only Ye Li and Wei Wanxi unaffected as the crowd became fanatically determined to die in battle.

• Wei Wanxi told Ye Li not to mistreat Jiang Xiyue, then left him to cultivate and open Bone Apertures.
• Du Heyi emerged from the Blood Pool healed and stronger, and learned from Yi Yangfan that the enemy’s stronghold was a church in South City.
• Wei Wanxi returned after the Myriad Spirit Pill cured her blood poison, and Zheng Tong proposed joining forces to attack the Poison Wolf Gang.
• Du Heyi assembled more than twenty Blood Corpses while Yi Yangfan sacrificed three Post-Heaven martial artists to cast a Soul-Bewitching Array over the Earth Cave.
• The array left the Post-Heaven martial artists confused and echoing calls to fight and die together, while Ye Li and Wei Wanxi remained rational.

Yi Yangfan and Du Heyi ambushed the gathered martial artists with a frenzy spell and a Blood Corpse horde, driving most of them into reckless combat. Ye Li confronted Yuan Pan and revealed a dramatic increase in strength, crushing Yuan Pan’s arm and hurling a stone house at him.

• Yi Yangfan used a 3A-Grade Frenzy Field to intoxicate the Post-Heaven cultivators, and Du Heyi smashed through the church roof with a blow.
• Ye Li and Wei Wanxi defended the crowd from blood-red arrows, but thousands of Blood Corpses surrounded the church as more than thirty Post-Heaven Blood Corpses joined the horde.
• Taunts from the Blood Corpses enraged Zheng Tong and the other martial artists, scattering them into the horde despite Wei Wanxi’s warning.
• Ye Li left Wei Wanxi to face Du Heyi and went to fight Yuan Pan, while Wei Wanxi charged Du Heyi with her sword.
• Ye Li met Yuan Pan’s charge with a punch that broke Yuan Pan’s arm, then ripped a stone house from its foundations and hurled it at him.

Ye Li crushed Yuan Pan with a stone house and killed him, while Wei Wanxi battled Du Heyi and was poisoned after he revealed his fused Blood Corpse and Zombie forms. Ye Li arrived carrying the weakened Wei Wanxi and challenged Du Heyi to kill him before the poison killed her.

• Ye Li shoved a stone house into Yuan Pan, dragged him through the ruins, and crushed his head beneath his foot.
• Du Heyi learned Yuan Pan had died, and Wei Wanxi attacked him while he grew distracted and anxious.
• Wei Wanxi pierced Du Heyi’s heart, but he switched into his Zombie form and survived the sword strike.
• Du Heyi poisoned Wei Wanxi, trapped her sword in his body, broke it, and knocked her into a building.
• Ye Li appeared with the poisoned Wei Wanxi in his arms and asked whether killing Du Heyi within half an hour would save her.

Ye Li used his speed-boosting trait to unleash a relentless storm of sword strikes against Du Heyi, keeping the poisoned Wei Wanxi out of the fight. Du Heyi’s Zombie Body endured the barrage, but Ye Li continued attacking as poison miasma failed to reach him.

• Du Heyi threatened to capture Ye Li and turn him into a Blood Corpse while Wei Wanxi, weakened by poison, urged Ye Li to kill her.
• Ye Li set Wei Wanxi aside, drew the Cup Shadow Sword, and activated [Green]+4 to move at twice the speed of time.
• Ye Li rushed Du Heyi at Mach 10 and pierced his arm, but the attack barely wounded his Zombie Body.
• Ye Li unleashed hundreds of supersonic sword strikes, preventing Du Heyi from counterattacking and carving shallow wounds across his body.
• Du Heyi released emerald poison miasma, but Ye Li’s sword storm shredded it before it could reach him, and Ye Li continued attacking.

Ye Li used relentless sword strikes and the Cup Shadow Sword’s trait to confuse Du Heyi and overcome his Blood Corpse transformation. Ye Li destroyed Du Heyi’s core, but Du Heyi’s final technique sent the Blood Corpses into a rampage against the Post-Heaven martial artists.

• Ye Li wore down Du Heyi with rapid sword strikes, dodging his Yin Evil Light Palm and forcing him to transform into his Blood Corpse Body.
• Ye Li used the Cup Shadow Sword’s [Cup Bow Snake Shadow] trait to make Du Heyi perceive his Blood Sea as a foul, nauseating substance, preventing him from healing.
• Ye Li exploited Du Heyi’s confusion to cut through his Blood Corpse body and hack him into mincemeat.
• Du Heyi launched the Blood Corpse Secret Art, but Ye Li destroyed the core at his heart and killed him.
• Du Heyi’s Blood Corpses ran wild and attacked the Post-Heaven martial artists.

Ye Li turned the battle against Du Heyi’s Blood Corpses, then found Jiang Xiyue and Wei Wanxi both poisoned and brought them to an inn. With only one Myriad Spirit Pill available, he faced the choice of which woman to save first.

• Du Heyi burned through the Blood Corpses’ lives, making them go berserk and infecting several martial artists.
• Ye Li rushed into the fight and cut down the Blood Corpses, breaking the stalemate and turning the battle in the martial artists’ favor.
• Ye Li discovered that Jiang Xiyue had been wounded and poisoned, then carried her to Wei Wanxi, who was gravely ill from poison inflicted by Du Heyi’s Zombie Body.
• Ye Li carried both women to an inn and revealed his last Myriad Spirit Pill, leaving them to realize that only one of them could take it.

Ye Li used an unconventional method to treat Jiang Xiyue’s corpse poison with the Myriad Spirit Pill and his internal energy. With most of the pill still remaining, he turned to the poisoned Wei Wanxi, who resisted as he approached.

• Wei Wanxi urged Ye Li to give Jiang Xiyue the only Myriad Spirit Pill, while Jiang Xiyue silently hoped he would choose her.
• Ye Li explained a strange treatment that could use the pill and his internal energy to save both women, then knocked Wei Wanxi unconscious when she angrily objected.
• Ye Li repeatedly transferred small portions of the pill’s medicinal power and his true qi into Jiang Xiyue, purging about ninety percent of her poison.
• Ye Li noted that four-fifths of the pill remained and prepared to treat Wei Wanxi after she woke.
• Wei Wanxi refused the treatment and tried to escape, but Ye Li grabbed her stocking-clad ankle and dragged her toward the darkness.

After purging the corpse poison from Wei Wanxi and Jiang Xiyue, Ye Li left them to recover and joined the survivors in Guangming. Zheng Tong warned him about the formidable talents beyond the Xia Kingdom, but Ye Li declared that he could defeat Xiantian practitioners while still Post-Heaven.

• Ye Li used the remaining Myriad Spirit Pill and his inner force to save Wei Wanxi, while Jiang Xiyue restrained her; both women recovered, and Wei Wanxi angrily accused him of humiliating her.
• Ye Li warned Jiang Xiyue and Wei Wanxi that the battle was not over, then left them to restore their inner force.
• Jiang Xiyue questioned Wei Wanxi about her origins, and Wei Wanxi said she was from outside the Xia Kingdom and would leave after completing her family’s task, with no intention of competing for Ye Li.
• The Blood Corpses dissolved after Du Heyi’s death, and Zheng Tong and Li Guancai assessed the devastation and casualties in Guangming.
• Ye Li assured Zheng Tong that Jiang Xiyue and Wei Wanxi had survived, and Zheng Tong described the losses in Guangming and the powerful talents of the Immortal Sect and All-Nations Prodigy Ranking.
• Zheng Tong urged Ye Li not to expect too much, but Ye Li said he believed he could defeat Xiantian practitioners while still in the Post-Heaven Realm.

After Guangming began rebuilding, Ye Li recovered and cultivated while Wei Wanxi pressed him for news of Yi Yangfan. Ye Li revealed that Yi Yangfan was secretly imprisoned and intended to keep him alive temporarily, leaving Wei Wanxi trapped in Guangming.

• The people of Guangming emerged from hiding and began rebuilding after the Blood Corpses were defeated.
• Ye Li rested, resumed cultivation, and opened thirty-eight Bone Apertures.
• Wei Wanxi asked Ye Li whether anyone had found Yi Yangfan, and he warned that a fugitive could hide in Guangming for years.
• Jiang Xiyue brought Ye Li food, and Wei Wanxi grew uncomfortable watching their familiar exchange before insisting that Yi Yangfan had to be found.
• Yi Yangfan remained crippled and chained in a cellar after Zheng Tong captured him, while the city continued searching for him.
• Ye Li told Zheng Tong to keep Yi Yangfan alive for now, intending to delay Wei Wanxi's return to Ji Kingdom for a short time.

Emperor Xia Changhan reviewed the Xia Kingdom’s candidates for the next National Destiny Arena Tournament as the Grand Tutor selected a hundred promising fighters, despite expecting another defeat. In Guangming City, Ye Li helped Wei Wanxi kill Yi Yangfan, freeing himself from his fear effect, then grabbed Wei Wanxi’s heart as she was about to return to the Ji Kingdom.

• Emperor Xia Changhan asked the Grand Tutor to prepare candidates for the National Destiny Arena Tournament, while the officials feared another loss would further weaken the Xia Kingdom.
• The Grand Tutor selected a hundred promising contestants from the Thousand-City Tournament records and sent their names across the kingdom, ranking candidates from Zhonghe City, Shengfeng City, and Yan City among the top three.
• Ye Li opened his fifty-fifth Bone Aperture and told Wei Wanxi that Yi Yangfan had been imprisoned in Guangming City’s death-row cells.
• Wei Wanxi explained Heaven’s Will and the dangers of hiding from the martial path, then followed Ye Li into the dungeon and beheaded Yi Yangfan.
• Yi Yangfan’s death ended Ye Li’s fear effect and removed the barrier over Guangming; as Wei Wanxi prepared to return to the Ji Kingdom, Ye Li grabbed and crushed her heart.

Ye Li ambushed Wei Wanxi to avenge the humiliation of having once been at her mercy, then fought her after she recovered. As Wei Wanxi was summoned back to the Ji Kingdom, Ye Li vowed to pursue and challenge her throughout her future rise in power.

• Ye Li grabbed Wei Wanxi, then faced her furious sword attack as she slashed through the dungeon and chased him into the sky.
• Ye Li and Wei Wanxi fought with the strength they had gained over the past month, and their clash destroyed the dungeon.
• Ye Li explained that he had trained to take revenge openly against Wei Wanxi at her strongest, not to take advantage of her while she was helpless.
• Ye Li declared that he would challenge Wei Wanxi at every stage of her cultivation, and she threatened to kill him when they met again.
• A pillar of light summoned Wei Wanxi back to the Ji Kingdom, and she vanished after challenging Ye Li to come find her.

Wei Wanxi returned to the Ji Kingdom, preserved her memories of Ye Li, and vowed to return to the Xia Kingdom to kill him. Ye Li reunited with Jiang Xiyue, who revealed her identity and prepared to return to the Capital, where he promised to ask her father for her hand.

• Wei Wanxi rejected [Dao Heart Clarity]'s attempt to erase her memories of Ye Li and vowed to reach the Xiantian Realm within a year so she could return and take revenge.
• Ye Li checked his cultivation progress, decided to focus on the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, and worried that the Blood Corpse disaster meant he could not remain in Guangming much longer.
• Jiang Xiyue treated Ye Li's wounds and told him that her parents had summoned her back to the Capital after the barrier was broken.
• Jiang Xiyue revealed that she was Jiang Chengyu, the Pavilion Master's third daughter, and explained the scarcity and importance of Xiantian experts in the Xia Kingdom.
• Jiang Xiyue said she would wait for Ye Li in the Capital, and Ye Li promised to meet her father and ask for her hand.

After perfecting the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, Ye Li received an imperial summons to the Capital. When the messenger ordered him to kneel for the decree, Ye Li refused and asked him to read it aloud instead.

• After Xi Yue departed, Ye Li secluded himself and perfected the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, gaining three possible traits.
• Ye Li considered choosing between Jade Marrow and Jade Spirit, dismissing Jade Bone as useless to him.
• Zheng Tong told Ye Li that a messenger from the Capital had arrived with an imperial decree summoning him to the emperor.
• At the City Lord's residence, Ye Li met Wei Guanlan, the imperial messenger, who ordered him to kneel and receive the decree.
• Ye Li smiled and refused to kneel, asking Wei Guanlan to read the decree aloud.

Ye Li humiliated the imperial envoy Wei Guanlan for demanding that he kneel, then accepted the emperor’s summons to the capital. Before setting out, Ye Li learned that the Azure Dragon Gang had recovered the resources stolen by Du Heyi’s crew and rushed to inspect them.

• Wei Guanlan attacked Ye Li for refusing to kneel, but Ye Li overpowered him and buried him in the floor.
• Ye Li read the imperial decree summoning him to the capital within a month, took it, and hurled Wei Guanlan out of the hall.
• Zheng Tong told Ye Li that the Azure Dragon Gang had recovered the martial arts manuals, pills, and spirit materials stolen from Guangming City.
• Ye Li decided to inspect the recovered hoard before traveling to the capital and went with Zheng Tong to the gang headquarters.
• Ye Li met Feng Yue, who explained that the Blood Corpses had kept the captured Azure Dragon Gang members alive and fed them Body Tempering Pills.
• Ye Li entered the secret chamber and saw the recovered goods.

Ye Li searched the Azure Dragon Gang’s secret vault for martial arts manuals, gained the Jade Spirit trait, and gave Feng Yue ten Spirit Gathering Pills. After finding the pills added little to his already exceptional cultivation speed, he practiced the Sea-Breaking Heaven-Splitting Staff until he perfected it and strengthened Swiftness.

• Zheng Tong showed Ye Li the vast hoard of manuals, pills, weapons, and treasures plundered from Guangming’s powers.
• Ye Li spent the night reading manuals, then chose the Jade Spirit trait to increase his technique experience gain.
• Ye Li took Spirit Gathering Pills and seven Century Ginseng Pills from the vault, and gave Feng Yue ten Spirit Gathering Pills in thanks.
• Ye Li swallowed a Spirit Gathering Pill and found that it increased his already extraordinary cultivation speed by less than ten percent.
• Ye Li practiced the Sea-Breaking Heaven-Splitting Staff until he perfected it, raising Swiftness to a 131.3% speed increase.

Ye Li left Guangming for the Capital on the demon beast Lightning Chaser, after asking Zheng Tong to protect his relatives. At the Capital’s gates, two Hundred Treasures Pavilion stewards accused him of trying to seduce Eldest Miss Jiang and moved to arrest him, so Ye Li killed one with a single kick.

• Zheng Tong warned Ye Li about the dangers of the Capital and gave him Lightning Chaser for the journey.
• Ye Li asked Zheng Tong to send experts to secretly protect his uncle and aunt's family, then rode toward the Capital.
• After traveling through the night, Ye Li arrived at the Capital and joined the crowd at its city gate.
• Two Hundred Treasures Pavilion guest stewards identified Ye Li and said the Pavilion Master had ordered his arrest over Eldest Miss Jiang.
• Ye Li unleashed his Complete Post-Heaven Realm strength and kicked one steward into a cloud of blood.

Ye Li killed two Post-Heaven experts at the capital gates after learning that Jiang Xiyue had been confined because she refused an arranged marriage. He entered the capital with Gu Niancheng, leaving the Imperial Guard intimidated and the city’s powers eager to investigate him, while he resolved to confront Jiang Xiyue’s father.

• Ye Li killed one of the men who had confronted him at the gate and seized Zhou Xunyu to demand an explanation.
• Zhou Xunyu revealed that Jiang Xiyue’s father, Jiang Chengyu, wanted her to marry into the Zhou Family and had confined her after she refused; Ye Li killed Zhou Xunyu when he learned the wedding might be in half a year.
• Gu Niancheng introduced himself as an Imperial Martial Academy student and offered to escort Ye Li into the capital; Ye Li accepted.
• Imperial Guard captains tried to arrest Ye Li, but he drew the Cup Shadow Sword and warned them off with a strike that cut their captain’s hair and scarred the city gate.
• Ye Li followed Gu Niancheng into the capital as witnesses and powerful factions began investigating him, and he thought about beating Jiang Xiyue’s father to death.

Ye Li entered the Imperial Martial Academy, where its leaders promised to protect him and offered to mediate his dispute with Jiang Chengyu. Ye Li rejected reconciliation and asked to meet Jiang Chengyu, while news of his extraordinary talent and the Hundred Treasures Pavilion feud spread through the Capital City and gave Xia Kingdom’s leaders hope for the National Destiny Arena Tournament.

• Gu Niancheng led Ye Li into the Imperial Martial Academy, where Dean Su Xingcheng, Vice Dean Qin Yue, and Elder Lin Jinghong appeared to greet him.
• Su Xingcheng assured Ye Li that the academy would handle the city-gate incident and offered to mediate his dispute with the Hundred Treasures Pavilion over his marriage to Jiang Xiyue.
• Ye Li refused to reconcile with Jiang Chengyu and asked Su Xingcheng to arrange a face-to-face meeting; Su Xingcheng agreed and said he would contact him.
• Reports about Ye Li’s age, short training history, and Complete Post-Heaven Realm sword strike reached influential figures across the Capital City.
• Capital City powers connected Jiang Chengyu’s wanted notice to his attempt to secure an alliance with the Zhou Family and saw Ye Li as a possible source of hope for Xia Kingdom in the National Destiny Arena Tournament.

Qi Yunjie saw Jiang Chengyu’s failed attempt to secure an alliance with the Zhou Family as an opportunity for the Qi Family, but worried that Ye Li was in danger and sent him a letter. Jiang Chengyu refused to abandon the marriage arrangement, while Su Xingcheng sought to mediate; Jiang Chengyu invited Ye Li to Jiang Mansion, intending to provoke him.

• Qi Yunjie celebrated Jiang Chengyu’s blunder and wrote to Ye Li, fearing that other factions might target the young man.
• Jiang Chengyu confronted Jiang Xiyue in confinement, confirmed that Ye Li had reached the Capital, and insisted she would marry into the Zhou Family.
• Jiang Xiyue accused her father of treating her like merchandise, then returned to cultivating after he left.
• A guard delivered Su Xingcheng’s calling card, and Jiang Chengyu agreed to meet the Imperial Martial Academy dean at Jiang Mansion.
• Jiang Chengyu decided to provoke Ye Li during the meeting and sent him an invitation, confident his family could overpower him.

Ye Li learned that the Jiang Mansion had agreed to meet him, then received a secret letter warning that some capital factions intended to betray the Xia Kingdom. At noon the next day, he arrived at the Jiang Mansion with Su Xingcheng, where its guards welcomed them as the meeting began.

• Ye Li perfected Yiluo Sword, broke down unhelpful traits to strengthen Dragon Body, and learned from Su Xingcheng that Jiang Chengyu had agreed to meet him at the Jiang Mansion.
• Su Xingcheng warned Ye Li that the Jiang Family might have Half-Step Xiantian experts and promised not to intervene unless Ye Li's life was in danger.
• Ye Li resumed training, while news of the meeting spread through the capital and gambling houses set odds on its outcome.
• Ye Li found an unsigned letter bearing the Qi Family emblem that warned some forces wanted the Xia Kingdom to lose the National Destiny Arena Tournament and merge with the Li Kingdom.
• A noble family secretly sold news of Ye Li to the Li Kingdom, and Ye Li arrived at the Jiang Mansion with Su Xingcheng the following day.
• The Jiang Mansion guards formally welcomed Ye Li and Su Xingcheng while scrutinizing Ye Li.

Ye Li waited calmly for Jiang Chengyu at the Jiang Mansion while Jiang Chengyu prepared to reject him and relied on two elders for protection. When Jiang Chengyu finally arrived, Ye Li launched a sudden sword attack and split his crotch lengthwise, leaving him screaming in agony.

• Ye Li entered the Jiang Mansion with Su Xingcheng and waited in the reception hall, eating fruit while asking what Jiang Chengyu looked like.
• Jiang Chengyu learned that Ye Li had remained quiet and assumed he feared the Jiang Family's status; he decided he would reject Ye Li because Jiang Xiyue had been promised to the Zhou Family.
• Jiang Chengyu set out for the reception hall with Jiang Zhenyue and Yan Qinshang, planning how to tell Ye Li to leave his daughter.
• Ye Li recognized Jiang Chengyu by his purple ring and abruptly unleashed the Nine Prisons Demon-Slaying Sword at him.
• Ye Li's sword missed Jiang Chengyu's head but split his manhood and crotch lengthwise, leaving Jiang Chengyu shrieking as blood soaked his robe.

Ye Li struck Jiang Chengyu with a devastating sword attack and declared that he had come to take Jiang Xiyue away. When Yan Qinshang and Jiang Zhenyue attacked him, Ye Li held his own, but Jiang Zhenyue used a sacrificial artifact to pull Ye Li and Yan Qinshang into range for his counterattack.

• Ye Li cleaved Jiang Chengyu down the middle with a sword strike powered by his newly devised True Qi compression technique, then swallowed ten Qi Gathering Pills to replenish his strength.
• Su Xingcheng moved to protect Ye Li, but Ye Li passed him and announced that he would take Jiang Xiyue, daring the Jiang Family to stop him.
• Yan Qinshang charged Ye Li with a thunder-powered fist, but Ye Li met the blow head-on and barely felt its lightning.
• Jiang Zhenyue activated the Distance Reduction ability on his steel gauntlet, dragging Ye Li and Yan Qinshang toward him before preparing to strike with his Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Body.

Ye Li killed Yan Qinshang with a single sword and challenged Jiang Zhenyue, then used his immense speed and strength to turn their struggle over [Distance Reduction] into a tornado inside Jiang Mansion. The storm battered Jiang Zhenyue’s Dharma Body as the battle continued.

• Jiang Zhenyue attacked Ye Li and Yan Qinshang with his Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Body, but Ye Li moved faster than Yan Qinshang and struck him with his sword.
• Yan Qinshang tried to catch Ye Li’s blade barehanded, but its brute force shattered his arms and split his body in two.
• Ye Li taunted Jiang Zhenyue and challenged him, then resisted [Distance Reduction] by anchoring himself to the ground and pulling Jiang Zhenyue toward him.
• Ye Li figured out how to evade the force of [Distance Reduction] by running ahead of it and circled Jiang Zhenyue at tremendous speed.
• Ye Li’s running generated a huge tornado that tore through Jiang Mansion and shook Jiang Zhenyue’s Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Body.

Ye Li fought Jiang Zhenyue through a devastating storm and defeated him, severing his arm rather than killing him. He reached the Embroidery Tower and reunited with Jiang Xiyue, who had trusted he would come for her.

• Ye Li unleashed a storm of sword strikes against Jiang Zhenyue’s Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Image, gradually draining its True Qi and breaking through its defense.
• Ye Li used Great Nirvana Heart Scenery to frighten Jiang Zhenyue and weaken his Immovable as a Mountain trait.
• Ye Li concentrated his power into a scorching sword strike that pierced Jiang Zhenyue’s Dharma Image and severed his right arm.
• Ye Li spared Jiang Zhenyue because he was Jiang Xiyue’s elder and walked toward the Embroidery Tower as its guards stepped aside.
• Jiang Xiyue welcomed Ye Li with tears in her eyes, and the two embraced.