Recaps

Ye Li used World-Shocking Wisdom to master Azure Dragon Force, defeat Li Xi’s schemes, and break through to the Body Tempering Realm. He became a core disciple, secured a place for his family, and began taking over the gang’s shops as the Bureau of Astronomy searched for a possible golden trait bearer.

• Ye Li awakened World-Shocking Wisdom and performed Azure Dragon Force flawlessly after watching Feng Yue demonstrate it once.
• Ye Li trained relentlessly, corrected Azure Dragon Force beyond complete mastery, and won first place in the newcomer assessment with a deep fist mark in the test pillar.
• Ye Li defeated Li Xi in the dormitory, and Feng Yue and the Law Enforcement Hall treated the fight as horseplay while warning Ye Li that the Li Family might retaliate.
• Wang Xian gave Ye Li ten Body Tempering Pills and offered to protect his family, and Ye Li trained until World-Shocking Wisdom formed a Qi-Blood Network and carried him into the Body Tempering Realm.
• Ye Li defeated Lu Yue, Gao Xu, and Chang Qing after they tried to cripple him, then attacked Li Xi in the Medicine Hall while the Law Enforcement squad punished the three plotters.
• Feng Yue erased Ye Li’s slave registration and made him a core disciple, and Ye Li learned about Ji Xun’s top rank and extraordinary golden trait.
• Ye Li told Ye Cunmang, Ning Qiu, and Ye Duo about his promotion and warned them to stay cautious, while the Bureau of Astronomy ordered Dragon Tiger Mountain to search for a possible golden trait bearer.
• Ye Li met Feng Yue at the Jade-Rinsing Pavilion, where Lu Xiuyuan had also broken through, and received a Dragon Tiger Pill for his daily core disciple regimen.

Ye Li used pills, loans, and perfected techniques to advance rapidly, then survived an assassination attempt and became Zheng Tong’s student. After his enemies were punished, he claimed access to the gang’s resources and broke through to the mid-stage of Body Tempering.

• Ye Li endured Dragon Tiger Pills, secured a thousand-tael loan from the gang, and began buying Body Tempering Pills to accelerate his cultivation.
• Ye Li perfected Azure Dragon Force and the Nine Chapters Fist Manual, gaining the [Swiftness] and [Ingenuity] traits.
• Qian Luoxin and Lu Xiuyuan arranged to kill Ye Li, but Ye Li overheard their plan and defeated the attackers in his courtyard.
• Zheng Tong stopped Wang Luhe from attacking Ye Li, punished the conspirators, and made Ye Li his student.
• Lu Xiuyuan was secretly freed after his companions were executed and agreed to join the Poison Wolf Gang to protect Xiao Fang.
• Ye Li entered the Martial Armory, chose two manuals, and received gifts and a Century Ginseng Pill from the city’s clans and gang stewards.
• Ye Li used the Century Ginseng Pill to break through into the mid-stage of Body Tempering and continued absorbing its power.

Ye Li strengthened his footwork and concealed his growing traits while the Azure Dragon Gang and Poison Wolf Gang prepared rival apprenticeship banquets. He stormed the Poison Wolf Gang’s celebration, defeated its fighters and frightened Lu Xiuyuan to death, then became Zheng Tong’s final disciple and the Azure Dragon Gang’s Young Gang Leader as Central Province arrived.

• Ye Li refined the Century Ginseng Pill, broke through to middle-stage Body Tempering, and began mastering the Star-Shifting Nine-Palace Step.
• Ye Li exposed Li Xi’s cruelty at the Li Family banquet, and Yan Ruyu broke off the engagement before Ye Li sought a technique to conceal his traits.
• Ye Li trained his footwork against sparring partners and learned that the Poison Wolf Gang planned to hold its apprenticeship banquet on the same day as the Azure Dragon Gang.
• Ye Li perfected the Essence-Locking Yuan Technique, learned the Breath-Concealing Art, and trained under heavy burdens before the rival banquets began.
• Ye Li and Zheng Tong confronted Zou Tu at the Poison Wolf Gang banquet, where Zheng Tong occupied the gang’s Post-Heaven elders and Ye Li fought through its disciples.
• Ye Li defeated the Poison Wolf Gang’s fighters and advanced on Lu Xiuyuan, who frightened himself to death before Ye Li could strike him.
• Ye Li returned to the Azure Dragon Gang banquet, where Zheng Tong named him his final disciple and Young Gang Leader, and Ye Li welcomed influential guests.
• Ye Li planned to cultivate for the Guangming Grand Tournament, but Central Province arrived as he congratulated himself on being invincible in Guangming.

Ye Li traveled to Yan City after surviving a Poison Wolf Gang ambush, then trained and entered the ten-city tournament. He swept his first arena but was thrown out during the final match after Meng Yan’s ability disrupted his control of his body.

• Ye Li concealed his true iridescent trait from Zheng Tong, claimed to possess the purple [World-Shocking Talent], and insisted on entering the Yan City tournament.
• Ye Li trained in Guangming, unlocked Life Concealment, and departed for Yan City with Du Yuanzhou and Elder Yang Shichang.
• Yang Shichang revealed his allegiance to the Poison Wolf Gang and attacked the caravan, but Ye Li and Du Yuanzhou killed him after a fierce fight.
• Ye Li carried the gravely injured Du Yuanzhou to Yan City, exposed Yang Shichang as a gang spy, and arranged for Li Guancai and others to respond.
• Ye Li trained at Zhong Lang’s mansion, reached Body Tempering Complete, and stunned the tournament officials by claiming to have perfected the realm in six months.
• Ye Li defeated every opponent in Zone 3 in 34 seconds and advanced to the final alongside Meng Yan, Xue Qinian, Qin Yu, and Shi Yue.
• In the final, Ye Li broke Meng Yan’s arm, but Meng Yan’s Consciousness Reversal scrambled Ye Li’s control of his body, allowing Xue Qinian to throw him out of the arena.