Recaps

Li Datou and Li Xuan stunned the gathering by defeating powerful opponents during the Li Family disciple assessment. Li Xuan claimed the seventh Inner Disciple seat after defeating Li Wei, while Li Ye reconsidered the strength of the Li Family’s younger generation.

• Li Datou overpowered Li Wei with his immense strength, defeating the Inner Disciple and taking his twenty-sixth rank.
• Several Outer Disciples tried and failed to win ten consecutive matches, until Li Xuan defeated a challenger in one move and qualified to challenge an Inner Disciple.
• Li Xuan challenged Li Wei, who ranked seventh among the Inner Disciples, and the two clashed using their High-Grade Yellow-Tier Combat Techniques.
• Li Xuan defeated Li Wei and claimed the seventh seat, impressing the Li Family elders and surprising Li Ye.

Li Ye entered the Outer Disciple ranking competition and easily defeated the notorious Li Gua despite being a realm weaker. His victory drew the attention of Li Mo and revealed that Li Yating was watching him closely.

• After Li Wei lost his Inner Disciple position, he used his second challenge to defeat the eighth-ranked disciple and reclaim a place among the Inner Disciples.
• Li Mo challenged Li Yating's abilities and resented that the Heavenly Profound Sect had recruited her instead of him, while she ignored him and watched the arena.
• Li Mo recognized Li Ye as the youth who had appeared on the arena and noticed that Li Yating's expression changed when she saw him.
• Li Gua warned Li Ye to surrender, then attacked him with the Eagle Claw Technique, but Li Ye broke both of his hands with a punch each.
• The crowd focused on Li Ye after he defeated peak Spirit Martial Tier Five Li Gua using only his fists, making him another dark horse after Li Datou.

Li Ye faced Li Yuan, whose strength had abruptly risen to Spirit Martial Tier Six after consuming a Millennium Snow Ginseng. Li Ye struggled to damage him with brute-force attacks, then discovered that his eyes could perceive Li Yuan’s movements in slow motion.

• Li Ye defeated several Outer Disciples, leaving the remaining challengers reluctant to face him.
• Li Yuan mocked Li Yijian for hesitating, then entered the arena and challenged Li Ye.
• Li Yuan revealed his Spirit Martial Tier Six cultivation, which the elders suspected came from a Millennium Snow Ginseng.
• Li Ye used his speed to evade Li Yuan’s Frost Fist, but Li Yuan hardened his body with its freezing effect and resisted Li Ye’s attacks.
• Li Ye recognized that his lack of Combat Techniques limited his attack power, then noticed that his eyes made Li Yuan’s movements appear slow.

Li Ye revealed that his Blood Eyes could analyze and copy Combat Techniques, using the ability to imitate Li Yuan’s Frost Fist. Li Huangran accused him of stealing from the Martial Arts Pavilion and tried to have him branded a traitor, but Li Hou Nian intervened, and Xiao Qing also spoke in Li Ye’s defense.

• Li Ye copied Li Yuan’s Frost Fist with his Blood Eyes and struck him in a clash that sent Li Yuan flying farther.
• Li Huangran accused Li Ye of stealing Combat Techniques and ordered enforcement elders to seize him.
• Li Ye avoided the elders’ first attempt, then chose not to resist so Li Huangran could not use resistance to support a charge of betraying the Lineage.
• Li Hou Nian arrived and demanded that the enforcement elders release Li Ye, openly challenging Li Huangran’s accusation.
• Xiao Qing surprised the gathered elders by speaking in Li Ye’s defense.

Li Huangran dropped the accusation against Li Ye and demanded that he prove he could learn a High-Grade Yellow-Tier Combat Technique by challenging an Inner Disciple. Li Ye accepted the challenge against eighth-ranked Li Wei, whose opening attack left him facing a storm of kicks.

• Xiao Qing claimed that Li Ye had learned Frost Fist by watching it once, and Li Ye agreed that he had not stolen a manual.
• Li Huangran changed course and said Li Ye could end the dispute by copying an Inner Disciple's technique during a fight.
• Li Huangran selected Li Wei, the eighth-ranked Inner Disciple, as Li Ye's opponent, despite Li Ye's much lower cultivation.
• Li Hou Nian offered to refuse the fight for Li Ye, but Li Ye said he was confident and entered the arena.
• Li Huangran warned Li Wei not to injure Li Ye, while Li Hou Nian stayed ready to intervene.
• Li Wei launched Storm of Gale, using afterimages and a barrage of kicks to seal off Li Ye's paths of escape.

Li Ye defeated Li Wei in the arena by copying Gale Legs, switching to Frost Fist, and using Blood Eyes to create an opening. Li Huangran accused him of secretly learning Combat Techniques and ordered him seized, but a powerful voice intervened before anyone could attack.

• Li Ye used Frost Fist to disrupt Li Wei’s Gale Legs, then evaded Li Wei’s relentless attacks with his speed.
• Li Ye copied Gale Legs and abruptly switched to Frost Fist, striking Li Wei and disrupting his balance with Blood Eyes.
• Li Ye punched Li Wei off the arena, winning the fight as the crowd watched in shock.
• Li Ye challenged Li Huangran, who accused him of secretly learning Frost Fist and Gale Legs and ordered his men to seize him.
• An unseen speaker roared that anyone who touched Li Ye would be killed first.

Li Hou Nian protected Li Ye from Li Huangran’s attempt to arrest him, and Li Mo proposed postponing the case until the Council of Elders could review it. Li Ye secured eighth place among the Inner Disciples, and the Year-End Martial Contest moved on to the ranked challenges between them.

• Li Huangran attacked Li Ye and demanded his arrest, but Li Hou Nian blocked him and defeated his Eagle Claw Technique with a punch.
• Li Mo proposed setting the matter aside until after the contest, with the Council of Elders to decide Li Ye’s case, and Li Huangran accepted.
• Li Ye took eighth place among the Inner Disciples after defeating Li Wei, while Li Yu and Li Datou also successfully challenged Inner Disciples.
• An elder offered to take Li Datou as a disciple, but Li Datou refused, and Li Ye suspected the honest-looking youth was concealing his true nature.
• The Lineage began the ranked challenges among the thirty Inner Disciples, with Li Xuanji presiding.

Li Wei challenged Li Ye to regain his standing among the Inner Disciples, but Li Ye copied his Phantom Step and defeated him. After other disciples advanced in rank, Li Ye challenged seventh-ranked Li Xuan, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Li Wei challenged Li Ye, believing he could avenge his earlier defeat and preserve his rank.
• Li Wei used Phantom Step to pressure Li Ye, who copied the movement technique while dodging his attacks.
• Li Ye countered Li Wei's Gale Legs with Frost Fist and a copied Storm of Gale, striking Li Wei's old injury and winning the match.
• Li Wei's defeat made the other Inner Disciples wary of challenging Li Ye, while Li Huangran wondered if Li Ye had hidden his true cultivation.
• Li Yijian, Li Yu, and Li Datou each won their challenges and improved their rankings.
• Li Ye challenged seventh-ranked Li Xuan, stunning the crowd.

Li Ye challenged Li Xuan and struggled against his powerful Frost Fist, which slowed his movements and gradually cornered him. Just as the crowd expected Li Ye to lose, Li Xuan revealed that he had been hiding peak seventh-level Spirit Martial Realm strength, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• Li Ye challenged Li Xuan, drawing ridicule from many Lineage disciples and concern from Li Huangran, while Xiao Qing defended Li Ye’s resolve.
• Li Xuan attacked with Frost Fist at major accomplishment, and Li Ye recognized that the technique’s icy force was reducing his speed.
• Li Ye evaded Li Xuan’s attacks, but the frost steadily restricted his movements as elders judged that Li Xuan had the advantage.
• Li Xuan taunted Li Ye and unleashed his hidden strength, revealing that he had reached the peak of the seventh level of the Spirit Martial Realm.

Li Ye turned the tables on Li Xuan, winning their Inner Disciple challenge and claiming seventh place. The fight pushed Li Ye through his bottleneck into Spirit Martial Tier Five, leaving him newly confident in his strength.

• After Li Xuan defeated Li Wei, Li Ye felt the pressure loosen the bottleneck at his peak Spirit Martial Tier Four.
• Li Xuan struck Li Ye with Frost Fist, covering him in ice and convincing the crowd that he had been defeated.
• Li Ye shattered the frost, used Gale Legs to distract Li Xuan, and struck him from behind after leaving an afterimage.
• Li Xuanji declared Li Ye the winner, while Li Huangran left in anger and Li Hou Nian congratulated Li Ye.
• Li Ye took seventh place among the Inner Disciples and realized that the fight had advanced him to Spirit Martial Tier Five.

After defeating Li Xuan, Li Ye discovered the Blood Clan’s Inheritance Space and entered the Marquis’s Gate, where he learned he could absorb books with a glance. Returning to the ongoing Inner Disciple battles, he watched Li Huo challenge Li Mo, the Li Family’s top disciple.

• Li Ye reflected that his mastery of Frost Fist and Gale Legs had boosted his strength, though he recognized his victory over Li Xuan had been close.
• Li Ye entered a Blood Clan Inheritance Space, where an ancient voice directed him to choose a gate according to his bloodline.
• Li Ye found that the Baron, Viscount, and Count gates would not open, while the Marquis’s Gate admitted him to an inheritance study.
• Li Ye learned that a single glance copied a book’s contents into his mind, then returned to the arena after only moments had passed outside.
• Li Huo challenged Li Mo, drawing the attention of the gathered disciples and family elders.

Li Ye watched Li Huo challenge Li Mo and learned from Li Yuan Jia that Li Mo had hidden strength far beyond the other Inner Disciples. The chapter ended with Li Mo revealing himself as a Spirit Martial Tier Nine Martial Dao Grandmaster, leaving everyone overwhelmed by the gap between them.

• Li Huo challenged Li Mo, hoping to avenge his defeat from two years earlier, and unleashed his Blood Soul Astral Energy.
• Li Ye assessed his own chances against a Spirit Martial Tier Eight Martial Dao Master while Li Yuan Jia explained that Li Huo had no chance against Li Mo.
• Li Mo casually evaded Li Huo's attacks until Li Huo's Astral Energy faded and his strength declined.
• Li Mo insulted Li Huo and the other powerful Inner Disciples, then challenged them all to attack together.
• Li Mo revealed Spirit Martial Tier Nine cultivation, shocking the Inner Disciples into abandoning their challenge.

Li Mo revealed that he had reached Spirit Martial Tier Nine and dominated the Year-End Martial Contest, while Li Ye secured seventh place among the Inner Disciples. When Li Ye went to claim his reward and enter the Martial Arts Pavilion, its two elder guards blocked him and one attacked.

• Li Mo revealed his Spirit Martial Tier Nine cultivation, dismissed the other Inner Disciples' chances, and heard that Wuzhou City's other leading genius, Yuwen Wushuang, had reached the same realm.
• Li Yuan Jia defeated Li Ji after more than a hundred moves and rose from fifth to second in the Inner Disciple rankings, while Li Ye kept his seventh-place rank.
• Li Ye reflected on his limits in daylight and his hidden Blood Eyes abilities, then considered how becoming a top-ten Inner Disciple gave him access to the Martial Arts Pavilion.
• Li Huangran ordered the disciples to collect their rewards, and Li Ye followed the Inner Disciples to claim his chance to select a Combat Technique.
• The two elders guarding the Martial Arts Pavilion denied Li Ye's ranking and blocked his entry, and one struck him with a palm attack.

Li Ye fought off two elders who tried to keep him from entering the Martial Arts Pavilion, then gained entry with Li Hou Nian’s intervention. Inside, he asked the pavilion’s old guardian for permission to choose a Yellow Tier High-Grade technique and was told his cultivation was too low; Li Ye offered to prove he was qualified.

• Li San and Li Si attacked Li Ye at the Martial Arts Pavilion, but he used his spiritual force, Frost Fist, and Storm of Gale to send them flying.
• Li Hou Nian intervened, rebuked Li San and Li Si, and let Li Ye enter the pavilion while his aura kept the two elders from stopping him.
• Li Ye met the old man inside, who explained that the first floor held Yellow Tier Mid-Grade techniques and the second floor held Yellow Tier High-Grade techniques.
• Li Ye said his seventh-place finish entitled him to choose a Yellow Tier High-Grade technique, but the old man argued that his cultivation was too low.
• Li Ye asked the old man to let him choose from the second floor if he could prove he was qualified.

Li Ye proved his movement skill to the old man and gained access to the Martial Arts Pavilion’s second floor, where he discovered the hidden cultivation method for the Sword Control Technique. He realized his powerful mental strength as a Blood Clan Vampire made him especially suited to learning it.

• Li Ye evaded the old man's grab with an afterimage clone, convincing him to allow Li Ye onto the second floor.
• Li Ye encountered Li Wei and studied the second floor's Combat Techniques and Movement Techniques, including Frost Fist, Gale Legs, Phantom Step, and Cloud-Turning Palm.
• Li Ye discovered that several techniques were incomplete versions of powerful ancient arts and copied them with Blood Eyes.
• Li Ye found the neglected Sword Control Technique, which claimed to control weapons at a distance and allow its practitioner to travel on a sword.
• Li Ye saw hidden writing appear in the manual and realized that the technique required mental power, which his Blood Clan Vampire nature had made exceptionally strong.

Li Ye chose the Sword Control Technique from the Martial Arts Pavilion despite the Supreme Elder’s warning that it was exceptionally difficult to cultivate. After returning to his new courtyard, he reunited with Li Yating, who offered him a Soul-Gathering Pill to help him condense a Blood Soul, revealing how deeply she cared for him.

• Li Ye selected the Sword Control Technique, and the old man warned him that many who chose it had regretted their decision.
• Li Ye learned that Li Hou Nian had beaten the two elders who had tried to stop him, and he realized his uncle was likely a Martial Dao Grandmaster.
• Li Ye received his own courtyard as a top-ten Inner Disciple, then visited Aunt Yun and offered to bring her to live with him, but she refused.
• Li Yating visited Li Ye and explained that she had returned intending to give him a Soul-Gathering Pill, which could help him condense a Blood Soul.
• Li Ye thanked Li Yating and understood the affection behind her gift, though he no longer needed the pill.

Li Ye received Li Yating’s Soul-Gathering Pill and promised to visit her at the Heavenly Profound Sect before she left. He was then summoned to prepare for Wuzhou City’s Genius Summit, where Li Yue threatened him and Li Yuan Jia explained the Li Family’s poor showing the year before.

• Li Yating gave Li Ye her Soul-Gathering Pill, and he accepted it after she insisted.
• Xiao Qing told Li Yating it was time to return to the Heavenly Profound Sect, and Li Ye promised to visit her soon.
• Li Yuan Jia summoned Li Ye to the Council of Elders, where the First Elder announced the Genius Summit would take place in ten days and demanded the Li Family claim at least four top-ten spots.
• Li Mo dismissed Li Yating’s abilities, while Li Yue vowed to make Li Ye suffer at the Genius Summit.
• Li Yuan Jia told Li Ye that Li Mo had placed third and Li Ji ninth the previous year, while the rest of the Li Family failed to reach the top ten.

Li Ye learned that the Genius Summit offered a Biqi Dan and access to a Black-Tier Combat Technique for its top competitors, then sought ways to strengthen himself before the event. He discovered that Blood Eyes amplified his Sword Control Technique and went to a blacksmith shop, where he found a Yellow-Tier Low-Grade longsword.

• Li Yuan Jia told Li Ye that the Li Family would reward Genius Summit finalists with a Biqi Dan and the winner with a chance to study a Black-Tier Combat Technique.
• Li Ye cultivated for three days and reached the peak of Spirit Martial Tier Five, but worried that he could not break through quickly enough to place in the top ten.
• Li Ye studied the Sword Control Technique and learned that it used Spiritual Power to control weapons, though he could barely move a porcelain bowl without activating Blood Eyes.
• Li Ye found that Blood Eyes let him move objects weighing up to twenty jin with great speed, and decided to obtain a suitable sword.
• Li Ye visited a Wuzhou City blacksmith shop and noticed a Clearwind Sword forged by Master Tie, which the shopkeeper said was a Yellow-Tier Low-Grade weapon.

Li Ye bought an affordable longsword and trained his Sword Control Technique, Combat Techniques, and Phantom Step ahead of the Genius Summit. As the summit drew near, unexpected changes occurred on the day before it began.

• Li Ye admired a Yellow-Tier Low-Grade Clearwind Sword and a set of exceptionally sharp throwing knives, but he could not afford either and bought a Fine-Grade longsword for three hundred gold coins.
• Li Ye practiced the Sword Control Technique and learned that he could guide a sword accurately within ten meters, with enough force to pierce granite and threaten a Martial Dao Master.
• Li Ye studied Cloud-Turning Palm and quickly brought his Combat Techniques to Minor Success, while Phantom Step advanced to Major Success and let him produce more than ten convincing afterimages.
• Li Yating and Xiao Qing left after saying their farewells as the Genius Summit approached.
• Unexpected changes occurred on the day before the Genius Summit.

Li Ye was nearing a breakthrough when Wu Hao and two other youths from the Wu and Yu Families challenged the Li Family’s Inner Disciples. Li Ye stepped in to face Wu Hao, and the chapter ended as Wu Hao launched a powerful palm strike.

• Li Ye realized his cultivation had stalled at the peak of Spirit Martial Tier Five and heard that Wuzhou City’s annual Genius Summit was the next day.
• Wu Hao defeated and injured Li Yuan Jia, then mocked the Li Family’s disciples and demanded that Li Mo face him.
• Li Ye learned Wu Hao had ranked sixth at the previous Genius Summit and that Wu Hao’s group had challenged the Li Family’s Inner Disciples.
• Li Ye stopped Li Yuan Jia from fighting while injured and took his place against Wu Hao.
• Wu Hao dismissed Li Ye’s challenge, but Li Ye taunted him until Wu Hao attacked with a powerful palm strike.

Li Ye fought Wu Hao, whose Iron Sand Palm carried poison, and used the pressure of the battle to break through to Spirit Martial Tier Six. After defeating Wu Hao with Phantom Step and Gale Legs, Li Ye faced his enraged opponent again and broke his nose with another icy punch.

• Wu Hao revealed his major accomplishment in Iron Sand Palm, and Li Yuan Jia warned Li Ye that its palm strikes carried poison.
• Li Ye used Phantom Step and Gale Legs to evade Wu Hao’s attacks and counterattack, then blocked his Iron Sand Palm with Frost Fist and Cloud-Turning Palm.
• Li Ye used Wu Hao’s pressure as a whetstone, breaking through to Spirit Martial Tier Six while keeping the battle at a temporary deadlock.
• Li Ye deepened his mastery of Phantom Step, then used Storm of Gale to shatter Wu Hao’s Iron Sand Palm and kick him flying.
• Wu Hao rose in fury and unleashed a violent impact, but Li Ye coated him in frost and struck his nose again, breaking the bone.

Li Ye defeated Wu Hao and learned more about his Blood Clan inheritance in the Ancient Castle. The chapter left him still uncertain about the origins of his Blood Eyes.

• Li Ye defeated Wu Hao, who vowed to remember him and challenged him to meet again at the Genius Summit.
• Li Mo arrived, taunted Wu Hao, and let him leave before insulting the Li Family disciples.
• Li Yuan Jia praised Li Ye's growing strength, while Li Ye kept his abilities and trump cards secret.
• Li Ye returned to the Blood Clan Inheritance Space and learned that Blood Clan members could absorb Blood Souls to gain power and live far longer than ordinary people.
• Li Ye asked about creating bloodkin and his unusual Blood Eyes, but the Inheritance Spirit could not explain either mystery.

Li Ye learned that his Marquis-rank Blood Clan bloodline had only awakened to its first stage, leaving him vulnerable despite its immense potential. He discovered the limits of his new abilities and ended the chapter testing his night-time stealth in the darkness.

• Li Ye found that terrifying gravity prevented him from leaving the Ancient Castle in the Inheritance Space.
• The Inheritance Spirit explained Blood Clan ranks, the power of a fully awakened Marquis, and the dangers and rules of blood servants.
• Li Ye learned he was only at the first of four awakening stages and could not create blood servants until the third stage.
• Li Ye received Shadow Assault and Demonic Bat Transformation, but both abilities were restricted to nighttime or dark environments.
• Li Ye learned that the Blood Clan recovered through essence blood and cultivated more than ten times faster at night.
• Li Ye used Shadow Assault to vanish into the room’s darkness and reappear at the door.

Li Ye tested his new abilities, advanced to late Spirit Martial Tier Six, and arrived at Wuzhou City’s Genius Summit. As he sized up the Four Great Geniuses and worried about the Wu and Yu Families’ closeness, several people suddenly strode through the air toward the gathering.

• Li Ye practiced Shadow Assault and Demon Bat Transformation, deciding the abilities could make him formidable at night but that Demon Bat Transformation drained too much energy.
• After cultivating overnight, Li Ye reached late Spirit Martial Tier Six and judged his chances against higher-level opponents.
• Li Yuan Jia explained the Genius Summit’s entry requirements and the Li Family’s direct entry spots as they joined the Wu and Yu Families at the grounds.
• Li Ye noticed the Wu and Yu family heads acting unusually close and feared they might unite against the Li Family.
• Li Yuan Jia identified Wu Batian, Yuwen Wushuang, and Yuwen Lihua as the other three of Wuzhou City’s Four Great Geniuses, and Li Ye felt eager to challenge them.
• Several people strode through the air toward the summit, startling Li Ye and the assembled families.

Li Ye dominated the Genius Summit preliminary round and reached his nineteenth straight victory before facing the notorious mercenary Jiang Wenhua. Jiang Wenhua threatened to cripple him, setting up their decisive match for a place in the finals.

• Three imposing visitors arrived at the Genius Summit, and the heads of the three great Lineages welcomed them with great respect.
• The preliminary round began, requiring contestants below Spirit Martial Tier Seven to win twenty consecutive matches to qualify for the finals.
• Li Ye won his first seventeen matches with a single punch each, while Li Datou, Li Yijian, Li Yu, Yu Wen Tianhua, and Wu Wenhao also advanced impressively.
• Li Ye reached nineteen consecutive victories as Jiang Wenhua, a feared mercenary at peak Spirit Martial Tier Six, challenged him.
• Jiang Wenhua demanded that Li Ye leave the arena and threatened to cripple him when Li Ye refused to back down.