Arc 14The Central Province Trial

Ye Yu escaped Dry Moon Island after killing Bai Chengfeng and traveled to Central Province, where he entered Heavenly Saint Academy’s brutal selection. He passed the trial and reached the final talent test as Ye Chengjun revealed Crimson Dragon level talent.

  • Ye Yu killed Bai Chengfeng, severed Wang Yue’s arm, and escaped Dry Moon Island with Feng Qiwen and Fat Monk through the island’s barrier.
  • Ye Yu’s group reached Heavenly Saint City, where Ye Yu learned that Heavenly Saint Academy’s top new student could receive a fragment of the Void Sky Cauldron and registered for selection.
  • Fat Monk rescued Gu Qianqian from Qiu Yuan and Gu Shan’s ambush, and she chose to leave with him and Feng Qiwen.
  • Ye Yu and Xie Liuying entered the dangerous mountain screening, where Ye Yu’s group faced demonic beasts and discovered that the applicants’ jade plaques governed the trial.
  • After Ye Yu gave his token to Fan Bian, the applicants turned on one another for jade tablets, and Ye Yu and Qing Li fought their way to the peak.
  • Huang Sitong tested the candidates with an illusion array, and Ye Yu shattered the illusion and passed alongside six others.
  • Ye Yu refused Qin Yao’s invitation to join Yaochi and dismissed Feng Qiwen from his service after confronting him about withholding information.
  • At the final talent test, Yun Ling was eliminated despite revealing High-grade Water Spiritual Root and Python level talent, while Ye Chengjun’s talent rose from Dragon to Crimson Dragon level.
Chapters 326–350 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 326I Don't Want Him Going to Central Province

Ye Yu accepted Gu Qianqian’s offer to take responsibility for the ten-million-spirit-stone debt and later heard the Fat Monk’s account of the Giant Spirit Race conflict. Meanwhile, Qin Wushuang asked Bai Chengfeng to prevent Ye Yu from going to Central Province, and Gu Qianqian warned Ye Yu that Dry Moon Island would be dangerous that night.

  • After drinking with the Fat Monk, Ye Yu accepted Gu Qianqian’s master-servant contract and promissory note, agreeing to place the debt on her instead of her master.
  • Three days later, the Fat Monk told Ye Yu that the Xu and Ye Families had repelled the Giant Spirit Race, while concealing what had really happened.
  • At the Dry Moon Sect, Bai Chengfeng discussed the news with Qin Wushuang and offered to help him with a favor.
  • Qin Wushuang told Bai Chengfeng that he wanted Ye Yu kept from going to Central Province, and Bai Chengfeng agreed to handle it the next day.
  • As Ye Yu studied an eighth-grade Eight-Orifice Spirit-Connecting Pill, Gu Qianqian warned him to return to his cave abode because Dry Moon Island would be dangerous that night.

Ch. 327Ancient Spirit Breath

On Dry Moon Island’s full-moon night, Ye Yu discovered the poisonous Ancient Spirit Breath and used some to nourish Dan Chenzi’s damaged divine soul. After saving Bai Chengfeng from Wang Yue’s assassins, Ye Yu left, while Bai Chengfeng vowed to retaliate against the Wang Family.

  • Gu Qianqian warned Ye Yu that the Dry Moon Sect and Wang Family forbade anyone from going outside on full-moon nights, and Ye Yu watched the island as Ancient Spirit Breath rose beneath the moon.
  • Ye Yu recognized the Ancient Spirit Breath as nourishment for powerful divine souls and secretly went to investigate while Bai Chengfeng and Wang Yue divided their forces across the island.
  • Ye Yu used a cluster of Ancient Spirit Breath to nourish Dan Chenzi’s damaged divine soul, then spotted a crimson tail as Bai Chengfeng searched for a creature that escaped.
  • Wang Yue sent three assassins after Bai Chengfeng, who killed two Dry Moon Sect disciples and was soon outnumbered by the attackers.
  • Ye Yu cut down the three assassins with one strike after they attacked him, then refused Bai Chengfeng’s invitation to visit the Dry Moon Sect.
  • Bai Chengfeng thanked Ye Yu and vowed that his conflict with Wang Yue had begun.

Ch. 328Helpers Still Remain

Bai Chengfeng confronted Wang Yue over the failed attempt to capture a mysterious creature, while Ye Yu discovered that a scarlet, furry being was following him and increasing his spiritual power. Qin Wushuang tried to stop Ye Yu from going to Central Province, but Gong Lei’s group intervened; Gong Youxia then offered Fat Monk a chance to return to the sect if he apologized to Little Lei.

  • Bai Chengfeng accused Wang Yue’s family of scheming against him, and Wang Yue revealed that he had planned to use the Giant Spirit Race’s methods to kill Bai Chengfeng and damage the Xu and Ye Families’ reputations.
  • Ye Yu glimpsed a scarlet, furry creature with the Void Sky Cauldron, but it escaped through the cauldron’s azure light.
  • The creature landed on Ye Yu’s shoulder, accelerated the spiritual power in his body, and left when he reached his cave dwelling.
  • Qin Wushuang urged Ye Yu to stay on Dry Moon Island and tried to have two cultivators restrain him when Ye Yu insisted on going to Central Province.
  • Gong Youxia arrived with Gong Lei’s group, stopped Qin Wushuang’s men, and defended Fat Monk as her junior brother.
  • Gong Youxia told Fat Monk that their master would let him return to the sect if he apologized to Little Lei, but Fat Monk refused.

Ch. 329Self-Righteous

Ye Yu fought Seven Kills inside the Void Sky Cauldron and learned that Seven Kills was leaving, while the Cauldron Spirit hinted that Ye Yu had lost three feelings. On Dry Moon Island, the Xu and Ye Families gained the Dry Moon Sect’s favor, and Wang Yue ordered her people to find the Sword Cultivator who killed three people.

  • Fat Monk returned to Ye Yu’s cave dwelling after Gong Qiumei and the others left, and Ye Yu warned him not to cause trouble while the Xu and Ye Families were arriving.
  • Ye Yu entered the Void Sky Cauldron to refine pills and met Seven Kills, who told him he was leaving and challenged him to a fight.
  • Seven Kills overwhelmed Ye Yu with an illusion of death, but Ye Yu calmly counterattacked with his sword, prompting Seven Kills to say that the Cauldron Spirit had succeeded.
  • Seven Kills left the cauldron, and the Cauldron Spirit told Ye Yu that three more feelings had yet to disappear before it vanished.
  • The Xu and Ye Families arrived on Dry Moon Island with Memory Stones showing their battle against the Giant Spirit Race, and the Dry Moon Sect welcomed them as guests.
  • Wang Yue learned that three people had been killed by a Sword Cultivator and ordered her people to find him.

Ch. 330Take Him Down

Ye Yu prepared to leave the island for Central Province while Bai Chengfeng offered him a place in the Dry Moon Sect and repayment for saving his life. At the teleportation array, Qin Wushuang blocked Ye Yu’s departure and ordered the Dry Moon Sect cultivators to take him down.

  • Ye Yu left the Void Sky Cauldron and found Gong Youxia pleading with Fat Monk, who rejected her and returned to the cave abode with Gu Qianqian.
  • Ye Yu disguised himself to investigate the residential district, then returned to find Bai Chengfeng waiting to invite him into the Dry Moon Sect; Ye Yu declined and said he was going to Central Province.
  • Bai Chengfeng promised to repay Ye Yu’s kindness before leaving as Feng Qiwen began his Void Refining tribulation and passed it with the array’s help.
  • Ye Yu’s group arrived at the Dry Moon Sect’s Teleportation Array to register for their journey, but Qin Wushuang surrounded them with ten mid Void Refining cultivators and urged Ye Yu to stay.
  • Fat Monk challenged Qin Wushuang’s claim that he was acting for Ye Yu’s good, while Gu Qianqian recalled her parents’ similar promise; Qin Wushuang ordered his cultivators to take Ye Yu down.

Ch. 331The Human Touch

Ye Yu confronted Bai Chengfeng over the Dry Moon Sect’s refusal to let him use its Teleportation Array, then argued with Fat Monk about human warmth and betrayal. As Ye Yu and his companions returned to their cave abode, he learned the Wang Family was following them and reflected on the power of reputation.

  • Ye Yu, Fat Monk, and Feng Qiwen shattered attacks from ten mid Void Refining experts, and Qin Wushuang urged Ye Yu to accept that the Dry Moon Sect was too powerful to resist.
  • Bai Chengfeng arrived, recognized Ye Yu, but refused to repay his life-saving favor by letting Ye Yu’s group use the Teleportation Array to reach Central Prefecture.
  • Ye Yu told Fat Monk and Gu Qianqian that human warmth was self-deception, while Fat Monk defended the value of kindness and hoped Gu Qianqian would avoid betrayal.
  • Feng Qiwen warned Ye Yu that someone from the Wang Family was following them, and Ye Yu explained how a clan’s reputation could attract powerful allies and supporters.

Ch. 332I'll Give You One Month

Ye Yu and Wang Yue reached a temporary bargain after he faced down her experts. Wang Yue gave Ye Yu one month to kill Bai Chengfeng and ruin his reputation, after which she would move against him regardless of the outcome.

  • Ye Yu explained to Feng Qiwen how the Wang Family’s plot against the Dry Moon Sect also threatened the Xu and Ye Families’ reputations.
  • Gong Youxia urged Jiuxiao to leave with her, but he refused to abandon Ye Yu; she then withdrew when Wang Yue arrived.
  • Ye Yu carved Wang Yue a stone seat and withstood the pressure of her Void Refinement expert, while his Void Sky Cauldron dispersed the pressure.
  • Gong Youxia denied being Ye Yu’s friend and left, and Ye Yu sent Gu Qianqian away as the Wang Family’s forces gathered.
  • Ye Yu held the Purple Firmament Sword to Wang Yue’s neck, and they agreed not to fight for the moment.
  • Wang Yue gave Ye Yu one month to kill Bai Chengfeng and destroy his reputation, promising that the Wang Family would neither attack nor help him during that time.

Ch. 333Don't Blame Me (4)

Ye Yu used the Wang Family’s Teleportation Array to set his departure for Central Province a month away, then toured Dry Moon Island while provoking Bai Chengfeng and Qin Wushuang into acting against him. Bai Chengfeng recorded Qin Wushuang ordering Ye Yu killed and planned to use the recording to implicate Jade Pool.

  • Ye Yu sent Feng Qiwen and Fat Monk to find Gu Qianqian and register their departure through the Wang Family’s Teleportation Array for one month later.
  • After the Wang Family accepted the registration, Ye Yu chose to wait and explore Dry Moon Island, while Wang Yue spread an exaggerated story that Ye Yu had saved Bai Chengfeng.
  • Ye Yu and Feng Qiwen planted Spiritual Seals on the shore, and Ye Yu told Fat Monk that Bai Chengfeng would seek revenge because of his wounded pride and emotions.
  • Bai Chengfeng learned Ye Yu was alive and traveling to Central Province, while rumors on Dry Moon Island began damaging his reputation.
  • Qin Wushuang asked Bai Chengfeng to stop Ye Yu in exchange for introducing him to Ruoxian, and then ordered Ye Yu killed, dead or alive.
  • Bai Chengfeng secretly recorded Qin Wushuang’s order and left, intending to use the Memory Stone to implicate Jade Pool.

Ch. 334Ye Yu, You Chose This Yourself

Ye Yu drew Bai Chengfeng and the Dry Moon Sect into the Wang Family’s territory, setting off a battle between the two powers while his allies left according to plan. As the fighting spread across Dry Moon Island, Wang Family and Dry Moon Sect experts trapped Ye Yu, and Qin Wushuang confronted him.

  • Ye Yu waited until the full moon and led his companions into Wang Family territory, where Wang Yue challenged his motives.
  • Bai Chengfeng arrived with Dry Moon Sect members, and the Wang Family claimed he had crossed the boundary.
  • Bai Chengfeng and Wang Yue’s forces launched into battle while powerful experts clashed above them.
  • Ye Yu sent Fat Monk and Gu Qianqian toward their agreed location, then told Feng Qiwen to leave.
  • A Wang Family steward and Qin Wushuang blocked Ye Yu’s retreat as the battle continued.

Ch. 335Making a Wrong Thing Seem Right

Ye Yu rejected Qin Wushuang’s attempt to justify betraying him and fought the Dry Moon Sect cultivators before entering the duel between Bai Chengfeng and Wang Yue. After activating a formation over Dry Moon Island, Ye Yu survived Bai Chengfeng’s attack and killed him with one sword strike, leaving Wang Yue facing his sword intent.

  • Qin Wushuang sent two Dry Moon Sect cultivators to attack Ye Yu, who was knocked backward by their combined Sea Splitting Palm.
  • Bai Chengfeng and Wang Yue fought at mid Void Refining strength while the Dry Moon Sect Master and Wang Family Clan Elder watched.
  • Ye Yu arrived at their battlefield, and Feng Qiwen rose into the air as spiritual seals formed a formation over Dry Moon Island.
  • Bai Chengfeng attacked Ye Yu with his folding fan, but Ye Yu emerged unscathed and split Bai Chengfeng in two with a sword strike.
  • Wang Yue stared at Bai Chengfeng’s death as Ye Yu’s sword intent enveloped her.

Ch. 336Learn to Read the Situation

Ye Yu tried to escape Dry Moon Island by using the Dry Moon Sect Master and the Wang Family Clan Elder to break the barrier between the Black Sea and Central Province. The barrier held firm, and Ye Yu charged into the resulting torrent of spiritual power as Qin Wushuang watched.

  • Ye Yu killed Bai Chengfeng and severed one of Wang Yue's arms before the Dry Moon Sect Master and the Wang Family Clan Elder arrived.
  • Ye Yu fled toward the island's edge, deflecting the elders' attacks with Haotian Mirror fragments and using a visual distortion to conceal his escape route.
  • The elders caught up to Ye Yu and attacked him, but he used the fragments to reveal that his apparent position was a decoy and slipped toward the boundary light curtain.
  • The Dry Moon Sect Master and the Wang Family Clan Elder struck the light curtain together, but it remained intact.
  • Ye Yu charged into the spiritual-power torrent mixed with the light curtain's retaliation, while Qin Wushuang believed he was doomed.

Ch. 337Escape

Ye Yu used the Void Sky Cauldron to break through the light screen separating the Black Sea from Central Province, escaping the Dry Moon Sect and the Wang Family with Feng Qiwen and the Fat Monk. After revealing his Ye Family ring to his pursuers, he left Dry Moon Island and noticed the Dragon Spirit watching him.

  • Qin Wushuang reflected that hard work had failed to protect his descendants and that strong backing mattered most.
  • Feng Qiwen and the Fat Monk charged into the spiritual-energy torrent, where Ye Yu sheltered them inside the Void Sky Cauldron.
  • Ye Yu repeatedly struck the light screen with the cauldron until cracks opened and the three reached its other side.
  • Ye Yu showed the Wang Family Clan Elder and the Dry Moon Sect Master his Ye Family ring, then left and discarded it into the sea.
  • Ye Yu spotted the Dragon Spirit watching him before it vanished, while Qin Wushuang watched him depart and Feng Qiwen asked what they should do next.

Ch. 338These People Should Be Enough

Ye Yu traveled with Feng Qiwen, the Fat Monk, and Gu Qianqian toward the Xu Family, passing through Central Province and reaching Heavenly Saint City. There, a man carrying a broken sword arrived and claimed Feng Qiwen was Old Wang.

  • Ye Yu chose to avoid the Wang Family’s territory and headed south with Feng Qiwen, the Fat Monk, and Gu Qianqian.
  • A Jade Pool spirit vessel passed Ye Yu’s group, and Qin Ruoxian continued toward the Dry Moon Sect’s Teleportation Array.
  • After three days, Feng Qiwen guided the group into Heavenly Saint City, where Ye Yu read an introduction to Central Province.
  • A mysterious man appeared at the inn, stole food and wine from the Fat Monk, and ate everything on the table with him.
  • Ye Yu noticed the pressure of the man’s rusty broken sword, and the man told Feng Qiwen that he was Old Wang.

Ch. 339First Meeting with Ye Chengjun

Ye Yu met Ye Chengjun in Heavenly Saint City and learned that the rival families and sect prodigies had gathered for Heavenly Saint Academy’s recruitment event. The top-ranked new student would receive a mysterious bronze fragment, which Ye Yu recognized as a fragment of the Void Sky Cauldron.

  • Gai You provoked Feng Qiwen and Fat Monk at the inn, then Ye Yu paid the bill and prepared to leave with them.
  • Ye Chengjun entered the inn, recognized Gai You, and taunted him about losing and becoming his disciple.
  • Gai You released his Sword Qi, but Ye Chengjun blocked it until a woman in red armor arrived and forbade fighting in Heavenly Saint City.
  • Ye Yu sent Feng Qiwen to investigate, and Feng Qiwen reported that members of three great families and young sect prodigies had come to the city.
  • Gai You revealed that Heavenly Saint Academy would award a bronze fragment to its top-ranked new student, and Ye Yu realized it was a fragment of the Void Sky Cauldron.

Ch. 340Practicing His Own Purity

Ye Yu and his companions arrived at Heavenly Saint Academy to register, where Ye Yu reflected on how privilege shaped cultivators’ lives. The group saw the academy punish one applicant for bribery, then learned that powerful factions had a separate registration area that let their prodigies bypass preliminary selection.

  • Ye Yu decided to visit Heavenly Saint Academy because it might hold a fragment of the Void Sky Cauldron.
  • Ye Yu remembered how his efforts as Crown Prince to challenge aristocratic privilege had ended in his defeat, while the Fat Monk practiced purity by depending on him.
  • Ye Yu, the Fat Monk, and Gu Qianqian reached Heavenly Saint Academy and watched an instructor expel an applicant for trying to bribe his way into special treatment.
  • The Fat Monk asked about a registration area with a shorter line, and Xie Liuying explained that prodigies from major factions could register there and go straight to the final selection.
  • The Fat Monk accused Heavenly Saint Academy of favoring the powerful, and Xie Liuying signaled him to stop speaking openly.

Ch. 341Where Did Such Entitlement Come From?

Ye Yu registered for Heavenly Saint Academy, reunited Gu Qianqian with her father, and agreed to join Xie Liuying and two companions for the dangerous first selection round. After three days of cultivation, Ye Yu entered the selection grounds with the group while Feng Qiwen and the Fat Monk worried about him and Gu Qianqian.

  • Ye Yu completed Heavenly Saint Academy's registration and received a jade token for the selection in three days.
  • Gu Qianqian reunited with Gu Shan, but she asked about her mother before leaving with him, while Ye Yu and the Fat Monk departed.
  • Xie Liuying proposed that she and Ye Yu cooperate during the dangerous first selection round, and Ye Yu agreed.
  • Ye Yu cultivated for three days, then met Xie Liuying, Qing Li, and Fan Bian before they entered the selection grounds through a light screen.
  • Feng Qiwen worried about Ye Yu and Gu Qianqian, and he challenged the Fat Monk's belief that parents would naturally care for their children.

Ch. 342Gu Qianqian's Change

Fat Monk and Feng Qiwen discovered that Gu Qianqian’s family had lured them away to steal their Rings of Holding, and Fat Monk defeated the group after learning Gu Qianqian had pretended not to know him to protect him. Gu Qianqian left with them, while Feng Qiwen secretly used a formation to eliminate her family and their allies; the chapter ended with Feng Qiwen reflecting on family and memory.

  • Fat Monk found Gu Qianqian selling pills with Qiu Yuan, and Gu Qianqian pretended not to know him.
  • Qiu Yuan lured Fat Monk and Feng Qiwen outside Heavenly Saint City, where she demanded their Rings of Holding and revealed the ambush.
  • Qiu Yuan slapped Gu Qianqian aside when she tried to protect the two men, and Fat Monk realized she had been acting to keep them safe.
  • Fat Monk unleashed his power and defeated Qiu Yuan, Gu Shan, and the others, then carried Gu Qianqian as she chose to leave with him and Feng Qiwen.
  • Feng Qiwen activated a formation that swallowed Qiu Yuan and the others, then discussed with Fat Monk how memories shaped feelings for one’s parents.

Ch. 343Can You Still Refuse?

Ye Yu and his companions entered Heavenly Saint Academy’s first screening, a dangerous mountain range where they had to reach a distant peak alive. As they waited for a chance to pass two powerful Demonic Beasts, the academy’s vice deans discussed whether Ye Chengjun of the Ye Family could be turned away.

  • Feng Qiwen watched the sleeping Gu Qianqian and wondered whether instinct had driven her choices and the Young Master’s refusal to return to the Xu Family.
  • Ye Yu and the others arrived in the mountain range, learned that reaching the distant peak alive was the first screening, and headed toward the dangerous area.
  • Xie Liuying warned the group that the range contained powerful Demonic Beasts and other races, including possibly Body Integration Realm experts.
  • Two late Void Refining Demonic Beasts fought across their path, so Xie Liuying suggested waiting for more people before deciding how to cross.
  • Heavenly Saint Academy’s vice deans revealed that they had arranged the beast battle to force applicants to cooperate and fight their way through, then discussed the mysterious youth from Dry Moon Island.
  • The vice deans noted that Ye Chengjun of the Ye Family had arrived, and the old man in green lamented that they could not refuse him.

Ch. 344Natural Selection

Ye Yu used an illusion formation to deceive newcomers and keep them from interfering with his group’s plans. Heavenly Saint Academy’s higher-ups praised his ruthless judgment and dismissed Fan Bian’s compassion as weakness.

  • Ye Yu detected that the two late Void Refining Demonic Beasts were only probing each other and concealed them with an illusion formation.
  • Ye Yu set up another illusion formation, then told the newcomers that he suspected the area was already under one.
  • A formation cultivator exposed Ye Yu’s Spiritual Seals, convinced the newcomers that Ye Yu had tried to scare them away, and led them off.
  • Ye Yu and the others followed the newcomers while their spiritual senses remained deceived, drawing closer to the two Demonic Beasts.
  • Qi Liantian said Ye Yu should receive a Heavenly Saint Academy quota, while the higher-ups judged Fan Bian unfit for admission.

Ch. 345Fight If You Can, Run If You Can't

Ye Yu and his companions escaped the Demonic Beasts after his illusion formation helped expose the danger, then discovered their Heavenly Saint Academy jade plaques were draining their spiritual energy. As they hid and waited for the four plaques to be gathered, Ye Yu grew wary of Xie Liuying, while Qing Li warned him she would flee if danger arose.

  • Two Demonic Beasts devoured a group of cultivators, and Ye Yu led Qing Li, Fan Bian, and Xie Liuying away using his illusion formation.
  • Fan Bian tried to attack Ye Yu for trapping them, but Qing Li sided with Ye Yu and Xie Liuying calmed the dispute.
  • The group noticed their spiritual energy draining and found that their jade plaques each bore one of the characters Heaven, Saint, or Academy.
  • Ye Yu and the others hid in tree canopies to wait for someone carrying the missing plaque.
  • Ye Yu asked Qing Li whether Xie Liuying had recruited her, then advised caution; Qing Li said she would not let anyone hold her back if they had to flee.

Ch. 346So-Called Rules

Ye Yu and Qing Li watched a crowd organize arena battles to distribute Heavenly Saint Academy’s jade tokens, but Fan Bian accused Ye Yu of using an illusion array and pressured him to leave. As more contestants won tokens and departed, the remaining crowd turned on one another and demanded that the token holders hand theirs over.

  • A mid Void Refining cultivator proposed arena battles, and most of the crowd, including Xie Liuying and Fan Bian, agreed while Ye Yu and Qing Li stood apart.
  • Fan Bian accused Ye Yu of setting an illusion array, and the crowd demanded that Ye Yu hand over his jade token and leave.
  • Ye Yu tossed his token to Fan Bian and walked away; Qing Li stayed, but the crowd forced her and the other holdouts to join the arena battles.
  • Ye Yu and Qing Li watched from a tree as contestants fought, and Ye Yu assessed their strength while considering his chances of winning without revealing his strongest abilities.
  • The arena-battle proposer gathered four tokens and left, followed by other winners; when the tenth person was about to depart, the remaining crowd erupted and demanded the jade tokens.

Ch. 347What a Despicable Villain

Ye Yu and Qing Li fought their way through a bloody battle over the Saint Character Jade Tablets and reached the peak’s ten seats. With the seats already occupied and new arrivals appearing, Ye Yu killed two exhausted cultivators before they could recover, drawing a taunt that called him despicable.

  • A crowd turned on the cultivator who had gathered four jade tablets, killing him and scattering the tablets as Xie Liuying watched from the side.
  • Ye Yu and Qing Li arrived at the bloodied arena; Xie Liuying killed the wounded Fan Bian, while Ye Yu collected tablets and learned from her that only thirteen Saint Character Jade Tablets existed.
  • Ye Yu entered the battlefield and killed two cultivators with the Purple Firmament Sword to seize a tablet, while Qing Li gathered four tablets of her own.
  • Xie Liuying said she hoped to see Ye Yu at Heavenly Saint Academy, and she and her companions collected the fallen cultivators’ Ring of Holdings.
  • Ye Yu and Qing Li reached the peak, where nine of the ten seats were occupied; Qing Li attacked a cultivator, while Ye Yu took a seat.
  • Two more cultivators arrived and prepared to recover, but Ye Yu killed them with a purple sword strike, prompting an onlooker to call him a despicable villain.

Ch. 348Dead Means Dead

Ye Yu confronted Xiong Yan, then faced Huang Sitong’s trial and escaped his illusion formation. He passed, while the other nine remained trapped and one died in the illusion.

  • Ye Yu wounded a man who had been insulting him, and Xu Yao stopped Xiong Yan from attacking him so the group would not lose a seat.
  • Huang Sitong revealed himself, introduced the trial, and challenged the candidates to survive for an hour against him.
  • As the candidates fled, Ye Yu severed one man’s leg and moved away; Huang Sitong killed the fleeing man.
  • Ye Yu realized he was trapped in an illusion, shattered it with the Purple Firmament Sword, and learned he had passed the trial.
  • Huang Sitong watched the other nine candidates struggle in the illusion, and one candidate exploded into blood before his Nascent Soul dispersed.

Ch. 349Are You Sending Me Away?

Ye Yu passed the first round of Heavenly Saint Academy’s selection and refused to join Yaochi. After learning that Feng Qiwen had concealed Yaochi’s connection to Qin Ruoxian, Ye Yu dismissed him from his service and left him bound to silence about Ye Yu.

  • Ye Yu survived the illusion array and returned to Heavenly Saint City with the six other candidates who passed the selection.
  • Qing Li thanked Ye Yu for helping her, but he told her he had not intended to help.
  • A Kunlun prodigy tried to claim Qing Li, while the other candidates joined factions and Qin Yao invited Ye Yu to join Yaochi; Ye Yu refused.
  • Ye Yu confronted Feng Qiwen for failing to tell him about Yaochi and dismissed him from his service.
  • Ye Yu placed the Void Sky Cauldron’s power inside Feng Qiwen to prevent him from revealing anything about Ye Yu, then left as Fat Monk entered the room.

Ch. 350Crimson Dragon Level Talent

Ye Yu watched the final test for entry into Heavenly Saint Academy, where candidates’ spiritual-root talents were judged by the Seven-Colored Glazed Stone. Ye Chengjun’s talent was revealed to be Crimson Dragon level, stunning the academy’s elders and the crowd.

  • Feng Qiwen bowed to Ye Yu and left the inn after their private conversation, while Fat Monk questioned Ye Yu about what had happened.
  • Three days later, Ye Yu gave Fat Monk a Cosmos Bag of spirit stones and went to the academy registration area, aware that Feng Qiwen was following him.
  • Chang Qingzi and Qi Liantian opened the academy’s entrance and began the final talent test with the Seven-Colored Glazed Stone.
  • Yun Ling revealed High-grade Water Spiritual Root and Python level talent, but none of the eight elders accepted him, so Chang Qingzi eliminated him.
  • Ye Chengjun’s test summoned an azure dragon, revealing Dragon level talent, then the dragon phantom began to glow red and Chang Qingzi identified it as Crimson Dragon level talent.
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