Recaps

Murong Yu attacked Nie Li, seized his Soul Scales, and humiliated the disciple who had lured him into the confrontation. After the Sky Screen ended, Nie Li reunited with Ying Yueru, who revealed that the screen had concealed his Heavenly Fate from the Sacred Emperor.

• Murong Yu suppressed Nie Li with his cultivation, struck him with crescent blades, and took the Soul Scales Nie Li had gathered.
• Nie Li used his Shadow Demon Spirit to hide and escape, while Murong Yu beat and humiliated the man who had provoked him.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Nie Li and his companions condemned Murong Yu, while Murong Yu worried that he had made an enemy of Nie Li.
• After the Sky Screen ended, Nie Li rushed into Ying Yueru's room and tearfully warned her not to die while he dealt with the Sacred Emperor.
• Ying Yueru told Nie Li that the Heavenly Derivation Technique revealed a chaotic future and that the Sky Screen had hidden his Heavenly Fate from the Sacred Emperor.

Nie Li recovered the Book of Time and Space Spirit, confirmed Ying Yueru would not sacrifice herself for him, and began preparing to grow strong enough to defeat the Sacred Emperor. He brought his friends into the book to cultivate, while the Feathered God Sect intercepted Long Tianming’s message to the Demon God Sect and decided to keep watching him.

• Ying Yueru explained that the Book of Time and Space Spirit existed across time, and Nie Li summoned it back to his hands.
• Long Yuyin confronted Ying Yueru about the Heavenly Derivation Technique, and Ying Yueru explained that Long Yuyin had killed her in a past life under another’s influence.
• Nie Li met the Five Divine Venerables and became the Heavenly Cloud Venerable’s disciple.
• Nie Li gave Gu Bei a prescription, then took Xiao Yu, Lu Piao, and Chen Linjian into the Book of Time and Space Spirit to cultivate toward Heavenly Fate.
• The Exquisite Venerable stopped Long Yuyin’s mother from attacking Nie Li and sent her back to the Dragonseal Family.
• The Five Divine Venerables intercepted Long Tianming’s message to the Demon God Sect and chose to observe him rather than capture him immediately.

Nie Li refined demon spirits with the Nightmare Demon Pot and sold the resulting god-tier spirits, drawing Li Xingyun’s interest and protection. As Nie Li continued building his resources, he visited the wooden hut tied to memories of his former life and Ying Yueru.

• Nie Li asked Gu Bei to buy demon spirits, then used the Nightmare Demon Pot to refine over thirty spirits with god-tier growth potential, revealing the pot’s power to those watching the Sky Screen.
• Lu Piao told Nie Li and Xiao Yu that Hua Ling’s men had stolen his Soul Scales, and the group set up a market stall selling the refined demon spirits cheaply.
• Li Xingyun bought all the spirits at the stall, offered Nie Li a place in his following, and warned Hua Ling’s spy that Nie Li was under his protection.
• Nie Li kept refining demon spirits for sale while Gu Bei supplied them, and Venerable Chimu advised his students to wait until the Heavenly Mandate Realm before fusing with dragon-blood demon spirits.
• Nie Li visited the wooden hut from his memories and recalled how Ying Yueru had regarded his ruthless belief in taking an eye for an eye.

Nie Li reunited with Ying Yueru, learned she had spent fifty years of her lifespan divining his fate, and vowed to become Feathered God Sect Master and protect her. After leaving her cabin, he encountered a timid Long Yuyin and considered reforming her instead of treating her as an enemy.

• Nie Li entered Ying Yueru’s cabin, and she revealed that she knew about his rebirth and had used fifty years of her lifespan to divine his fate.
• Ying Yueru identified Nie Li’s plan to contend for Feathered God Sect Master and recommended Long Yuyin as a potential ally.
• Nie Li recalled Ying Yueru’s teaching about the highest goodness being like water and promised to protect her in this life.
• Nie Li left the cabin and ran into Long Yuyin, who had come to find Ying Yueru and reacted fearfully to him.
• Nie Li urged Long Yuyin to consider whether there had been a misunderstanding with Ying Yueru, then left after she meekly agreed.

Nie Li helped Long Yuyin overcome her hostility toward him and began guiding her in combat, while continuing to refine Dragon Blood Demon Spirits. By forcing a difficult fusion inside the Nightmare Demon Pot, he discovered its vast inner world and tempered his fate soul to the pinnacle of one-fate.

• Long Yuyin questioned whether she truly wanted Ying Yueru to die, then approached Nie Li and asked him to spar with her.
• Nie Li repeatedly defeated Long Yuyin in practice, explained the weaknesses in her moves, and gradually won her over.
• Nie Li received the Heavenly Net Armor, three portions of Soul Stone Essence, and a Dragon Blood Demon Spirit from the Sacred Spirit Ranking, while Lu Piao broke through to the Heavenly Mandate Realm.
• Nie Li refined twenty-one Dragon Blood Demon Spirits, including three mutated ones, and attempted to fuse them into a demon spirit with god-tier growth potential.
• Nie Li used heavenly dao power and the vine in his Soul Sea to force the demon spirits to fuse, explored the Nightmare Demon Pot's inner world, and tempered his fate soul to the pinnacle of one-fate.

Nie Li fused with a god-tier Sacred Blood Winged Wyrm and refined three more god-tier Dragon Blood Demon Spirits for his companions, drawing attention from the crowd beneath the Sky Screen. At the sect gathering, he reunited with Xiao Ning'er and learned Ye Ziyun was training in a secret realm; the chapter ended with Nie Li inviting Xiao Ning'er to his place that night.

• Nie Li fused with the Sacred Blood Winged Wyrm and later refined three god-tier Dragon Blood Demon Spirits, giving them to Gu Bei, Lu Piao, and Xiao Yu.
• Gu Bei told Nie Li that disciples from the Heavenly Note Divine Sect and the Fire God Sect had arrived, so Nie Li, Gu Bei, and Lu Piao went to meet them.
• Xiao Ning'er ran to Nie Li when she saw him, while Xiao Xue greeted Lu Piao with enough force to send him flying.
• Xiao Ning'er told Nie Li that Ye Ziyun had entered a secret realm and could not be contacted, as the group gathered around the table.
• Murong Yu offered Nie Li a hollow apology, and Li Xingyun openly backed Nie Li, leaving Murong Yu embarrassed.
• Nie Li learned Xiao Ning'er would stay for two days and invited her to his place that night, startling those nearby.

At the gathering of the three Divine Sects, Nie Li assessed the powerful figures around him and reflected on the threat posed by the Sacred Emperor. As the auction began, Gu Bei helped Nie Li acquire Demon Soul Essence and bid on Heavenly Note Dew.

• Xiao Ning'er blushed when Nie Li invited her over, then learned he had prepared a new Demon Spirit for her.
• Long Tianming arrived and greeted Ye Xuan, while Nie Li remembered that Long Tianming had benefited from the Feathered God Sect's future internal strife.
• Mingyue Wushuang and Yan Yang entered the hall, and Nie Li recalled their future prominence and the Sacred Emperor's overwhelming power.
• Qin Yue opened the auction, and Nie Li told Xiao Ning'er he would give her a god-tier Demon Spirit.
• Gu Bei bid against Murong Yu and bought the heavenly star realm Demon Soul Essence for seventeen thousand Soul Stones.
• Gu Bei announced that he wanted thirty bottles of Heavenly Note Dew and would not bid on the rest.

Nie Li used the auction to strengthen his ties with Gu Bei and Li Xingyun and prepare them to contend for leadership within their families. When the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting appeared as the final lot, Nie Li recognized its true value and told Gu Bei to acquire it at any cost.

• Nie Li advised Gu Bei, who bought the auction lots freely and tricked Murong Yu into overpaying for the Profound Heavy Iron Armor.
• Nie Li offered Li Xingyun a Dragon Blood Demon Spirit with god-tier growth potential in exchange for an alliance and three conditions, of which he stated only the first.
• Nie Li urged Gu Bei to hide the source of his Soul Stones and eventually draw Gu Heng into the open, while promising to guide Gu Bei's cultivation.
• The crowd beneath the Sky Screen realized Nie Li planned to use ties with Gu Bei, Li Xingyun, and Long Yuyin to gain power within the Feathered God Sect, prompting the three to consider competing for their family positions.
• Qin Yue revealed the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting, and Nie Li recognized its importance and told Gu Bei to secure it at any cost.

Gu Bei won the Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Painting at auction after Nie Li explained its hidden value to him. The gathering then turned to a Dao discussion through the arts, where leading disciples showcased their talents and Yan Yang’s chess demonstration left the audience moved.

• Qin Yue revealed that the Divine Sects' higher-up would buy back the Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Painting for two hundred thousand Soul Stones if anyone uncovered one of its uses, and Nie Li recognized that he alone knew how to unlock it.
• Long Tianming, Yan Yang, and Mingyue Wushuang bid for the painting before Gu Bei entered the contest and outbid Yan Yang, securing it with Nie Li’s support.
• Qin Yue opened the Dao discussion by playing the zither, and Ye Xuan followed by writing the character “love” in calligraphy.
• Long Tianming painted a dragon, and Nie Li judged that its aura revealed ambition rather than the kingly way Ye Xuan praised.
• Mingyue Wushuang played the zither, earning Long Tianming’s praise for mastering the Heavenly Silk Auspicious Harmony Zither Sound.
• Yan Yang gave a chess demonstration by placing a single black stone, and the move profoundly moved those present.

Nie Li wrote a Sword Character that most of the gathering dismissed as mere calligraphy, but Yan Yang and Mingyue Wushuang sensed its profound sword intent. Yan Yang praised Nie Li’s insight, and Gu Bei revealed his own sword talent as the chapter ended.

• Nie Li took the stage and announced that he would write a character for whoever shared a destined affinity with it.
• Nie Li wrote the Sword Character, but Qin Yue, Long Yuyin, Long Tianming, and others could not sense any Dao intent in it.
• Gu Bei recognized the character’s sword intent and called Nie Li a genius, while Murong Yu mocked him.
• Nie Li prepared to put away the calligraphy, but Yan Yang stopped him and revealed that he had sensed a sword domain within it.
• Yan Yang admitted Nie Li’s understanding surpassed his own and said that Nie Li had taught him.
• Gu Bei drew a longsword and displayed his sword Dao talent without hiding it.

Nie Li sold calligraphy containing Dao intent to Yan Yang and Mingyue Wushuang, gaining Soul Stones and influential allies. Yan Yang pledged the Fire God Sect’s support if Nie Li entered the Great World, while Nie Li planned to strengthen these connections for his future struggle against the Sacred Emperor.

• Yan Yang offered Nie Li 150,000 Soul Stones for a character, and Nie Li wrote him “martial” and accepted the payment.
• Yan Yang declared Nie Li his friend, and Mingyue Wushuang obtained two pieces of calligraphy and promised to look after Xiao Ning'er.
• Nie Li assured Gu Bei that he would write him another piece, while Long Yuyin struggled to understand the sword intent and asked to see the calligraphy again.
• Qin Yue mentioned Nie Li’s possible future journey to the Great World, and Yan Yang promised that the Fire God Sect would support him there.
• Nie Li decided that Yan Yang and Mingyue Wushuang would be valuable allies in his future opposition to the Sacred Emperor.

After the auction, Nie Li reunited with Xiao Ning'er and learned about her progress in the Heavenly Note Divine Sect while refining a mutated Crimson Thunder Divine Bird. Venerable Chimu recommended Nie Li to Heavenly Cloud Venerable, and Nie Li later wrote watered-down calligraphy for Long You but produced a powerful piece for his teacher to deliver to Heavenly Cloud Venerable.

• Xiao Ning'er visited Nie Li at Xiao Yu's Separate Courtyard, bathed while they talked, and told him she had reached the Condensed Thunder Realm and fused with a Dragon Blood Demon Spirit.
• Nie Li refined a mutated lightning-type Crimson Thunder Divine Bird, and Xiao Ning'er successfully fused with it.
• Venerable Chimu praised Nie Li's talent to Heavenly Cloud Venerable, who took an interest in him and asked that the Three Great Families leave him alone.
• Long You arrived on Long Tianming's behalf to request Nie Li's calligraphy and offer recruitment into the Heavenly Dragon Guard, so Nie Li gave him characters with only a trace of Dao Thought.
• Venerable Chimu asked Nie Li for calligraphy to give Heavenly Cloud Venerable, and Nie Li wrote five characters imbued with powerful Dao Thought.

Nie Li claimed the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting by transferring a Divine Sects expert’s tracking Dao Thought to a counterfeit, then explored the treasure’s cultivation space. After Golden Egg and Goddess Yu Yan began cultivating within it, Nie Li took Xiao Ning'er out for a stroll.

• Long Tianming searched the calligraphy for more Dao Thought but found none, while Heavenly Cloud Venerable admired the understanding within it.
• Nie Li discovered that a Divine Sects expert had planted tracking Dao Thought in the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting, so he transferred it to a counterfeit.
• Nie Li endured the Ten Thousand Spirits Lock and used his blood essence to claim the painting, merging it with his Soul Sea.
• Nie Li entered the painting and found a vast space rich in Heavenly Dao Power that could nourish his treasures and support cultivation.
• Golden Egg absorbed Heavenly Dao Power and reached the Three Fates Realm, while Goddess Yu Yan’s cultivation also rose rapidly.
• Nie Li told Xiao Ning'er he had succeeded, then took her out for a stroll and held her hand.

After learning that Hua Ling had killed Xiao Yu in the Great World, Nie Li sought Li Xingyun’s help and overheard the elders pressuring Li Xingyun to surrender his forces to Li Yufeng. Nie Li gave Li Xingyun a powerful mutated Dragon Blood Demon Spirit, and Li Xingyun promised to help him whenever needed.

• Nie Li learned that Hua Ling had killed Xiao Yu near the northern Lingyu Divine Pool, where Hua Ling commanded about sixty Heavenly Mandate Realm experts, and decided to seek help rather than attack rashly.
• Nie Li and Xiao Ning’er went to find Li Xingyun and overheard two elders demanding that Li Xingyun hand over his brothers and holdings to Li Yufeng.
• Li Xingyun rejected the elders’ demands, arguing that Li Yufeng had gained an unfair advantage by taking the God Tier demon spirit that should have belonged to him.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Li Xingyun noted that the display had caused some elders to reconsider supporting Li Yufeng, while Li Yufeng grew grim.
• Li Xingyun welcomed Nie Li, Xiao Ning’er, and Xiao Yu, and Nie Li gave him a mutated Dragon Blood Demon Spirit with god-tier growth potential.
• Li Xingyun accepted the demon spirit and promised to help Nie Li whenever he was needed.

Nie Li arranged to borrow Li Xingyun’s men to take revenge on Hua Ling’s followers, while Gu Bei revealed his hidden strength at a Gu Family competition. Gu Bei was named an heir to the patriarch’s position, and the Sky Screen exposed Gu Heng’s poisoning of Gu Lan, turning the family against him.

• Nie Li asked Li Xingyun for cultivators to help wipe out Hua Ling’s men, and Li Xingyun promised Heavenly Transformation Realm experts as well as Heavenly Star Realm cultivators.
• Gu Bei took Nie Li and the others to the Gu Family student competition, where Gu Heng goaded him into sparring with Gu Kuan.
• Gu Bei defeated Gu Kuan with a sudden display of sword intent, then used his Dragon Bone Winged Tiger demon spirit to defeat Three Fates Realm cultivator Gu Bing.
• The grand elder ordered an emergency Elder Council meeting and declared Gu Bei an heir to the patriarch’s position.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, the Gu Family learned that Gu Heng had poisoned Gu Lan, and family members began demanding that he be removed as a patriarchal candidate.

The Sky Screen showed Gu Bei becoming the Gu family's first successor, Nie Li parting ways with Xiao Ning'er, and Nie Li's group defeating Hua Ling in the Great World. After the screen ended, Nie Li and his allies avoided the crowds and began strengthening their connections and resources.

• The First Elder exposed Gu Heng's role in blocking Gu Lan's meridians, and the clan named Gu Bei its first successor while demoting Gu Heng to second.
• Nie Li suspected Long Tianming had supported Gu Heng, then Xiao Ning'er accepted his gifts and kissed him goodbye before returning to the Heavenly Note Divine Sect.
• Nie Li reached the Two-Mandate Realm and entered the Great World with Xiao Yu and Lu Piao, where Hua Ling's group confronted them at the Exquisite Jade Divine Pool.
• Li Hu and Li Xingyun's men subdued Hua Ling's group, and Nie Li ordered them killed before rewarding Li Hu's men and summoning the divine pool's origin divine root.
• After the Sky Screen ended, Nie Li and his companions left to avoid curious crowds, while Gu Bei, Li Xingyun, and Long Yuyin sent him demon spirits to refine.

Nie Li won over the Gu Family, Long Yuyin, and the leaders of the Feathered God Sect while exposing Long Tianming as a Demon God Sect spy and building the Demon League. Three months later, Yan Yang and the women from the Heavenly Note Divine Sect arrived and learned of Nie Li’s rise through the Sky Screen’s memories.

• Nie Li healed Gu Lan in the Book of Time and Space Spirit, while Gu Bei gained the Gu Family’s support and Li Xingyun received a god-tier Dragon Blood Demon Spirit.
• The five leading figures of the Feathered God Sect seized Long Tianming and exposed him as a Demon God Sect spy; Long Yuyin took his place in the Dragonseal Family and agreed to work with Nie Li.
• Nie Li reached the seven-fate realm, integrated the mutated Sacred Blood Winged Wyrm, and secured a place among the candidates to succeed the sect master by giving Heavenly Cloud Venerable a top-tier cultivation art.
• Nie Li won over Long Yuyin with martial guidance, a cultivation art, a god-tier Dragon Blood Demon Spirit, and the awakening of her Red Dragon Bloodline, while Xiao Yu witnessed the scene and grew cold toward him.
• Nie Li’s Demon League rose in the Feathered God Sect by distributing demon spirits and selling access to his Dao Thought calligraphy for Soul Stones.
• Three months later, Yan Yang, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and Xiao Xue arrived, and Yan Yang’s admirers hailed him as the Flame Emperor after learning what the Sky Screen’s memories had shown.

Yan Yang and Mingyue Wushuang stayed at the Feathered God Sect to investigate the Sky Screen, which showed Nie Li building the Demon League and collecting divine roots to raise Soul Stone production. As Nie Li planned to gather more divine pools and prepare against the Sacred Emperor, Long Yuyin arrived to see him.

• Yan Yang gave Nie Li the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting, and the two became close through cultivation and discussions of the Dao.
• The Sky Screen showed Nie Li taking the Exquisite Jade Divine Pool's divine root, causing the pool to collapse and enraging Hua Ling.
• Gu Bei, Lu Piao, and Nie Li founded the Demon League, offered generous Soul Stone rewards, and began recruiting and training members.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Nie Li sought to unite the Feathered God Sect and build a force capable of opposing the Sacred Emperor; Nie Li told Yan Yang that the Sacred Emperor alone was unrivaled under heaven.
• Nie Li bought the Fire Rain Divine Pool and removed its divine root, then learned from Li Xingyun about an unclaimed medium-sized pool guarded by powerful Dragon Blood Demon Beasts.
• After Nie Li condensed a yellow third fate soul, Long Yuyin came to see him and told the Heavenly Journey Alliance members that she was his disciple.

Nie Li accepted Long Yuyin as his disciple and urged her to build a force to help oppose the Sacred Emperor. Li Xingyun joined Nie Li’s plan to claim a Divine Pool, while Gu Heng prepared to ambush them, and the group reached the pool guarded by Thunderfire Winged Snakes.

• Long Yuyin asked Nie Li to accept her as his disciple, and he agreed after explaining the threat posed by the Sacred Emperor.
• Nie Li told Long Yuyin that he intended to defeat the Sacred Emperor and asked her to help him unite forces by building her own power.
• Li Xingyun arrived and listened as Nie Li explained Long Yuyin’s decision to become his disciple.
• Li Xingyun brought five hundred men to claim a medium-sized Divine Pool, and Nie Li promised Soul Stone rewards and compensation for casualties.
• Gu Heng learned of their expedition and planned to ambush Li Xingyun’s men during their battle with the pool’s guardians.
• Li Xingyun learned that Gu Heng was following them, and the group reached the Divine Pool, where Thunderfire Winged Snakes guarded the area.

Nie Li and Li Xingyun raided the Thunderfire Winged Snakes’ Divine Pool, and Nie Li extracted its Divine Root before the Snake King returned and destroyed the pool. Nie Li sacrificed a fate to escape, Gu Heng died in the chaos, and Nie Li emerged from the Soul Hall weakened, sensing that something was wrong.

• Nie Li and Li Xingyun lured the Thunderfire Winged Snake King away and broke into its territory while their companions held off the other snakes.
• Nie Li revealed his Sacred Blood Winged Wyrm Demon Spirit and extracted the Divine Root as Li Xingyun’s group guarded him.
• The Thunderfire Winged Snake King returned and overwhelmed Li Xingyun, but Nie Li extracted the Divine Root and escaped the collapsing Divine Pool with his Shadow Demon Spirit.
• Nie Li led the Snake King toward Gu Heng, then vanished when Gu Heng’s subordinate restrained him; the Snake King’s fireball killed Gu Heng.
• Nie Li had Li Xingyun and the others buy abandoned Divine Pools below the Sky Screen, then emerged from the Soul Hall with his cultivation reduced to the Two-Mandate Realm and his Fate Soul unstable.

Nie Li awakened Long Yuyin’s Red Dragon Bloodline by opening her acupoints, prompting Xiao Yu to suspect that Nie Li was wronging Xiao Ning'er. On her way home, Long Yuyin confronted Hu Yong after he insulted her and threatened her lover.

• Gu Heng emerged from the Soul Hall and vowed that his conflict with Nie Li and Li Xingyun was not over.
• Long Yuyin visited Nie Li, who inserted golden needles into her acupoints to awaken her Red Dragon Bloodline.
• Xiao Yu accused Nie Li of behaving unfairly toward Xiao Ning'er and left before Nie Li could explain.
• Long Yuyin’s bloodline awakened, raising her aura to at least the Five-Fate Realm, and she reaffirmed that Nie Li was her master.
• Hu Yong confronted Long Yuyin on her way home, insulted her, and threatened to kill her lover, so she released the pressure of her Red Dragon Bloodline.

Long Yuyin rejected Hu Yong, while Nie Li strengthened himself and the Demon League expanded in the Great World. Gu Heng attacked the Demon League, but Li Xingyun and the Heavenly Journey Alliance helped Gu Bei’s people break through, leaving them badly depleted and facing the Blood Moon Alliance.

• Long Yuyin kicked Hu Yong and flew away, rejecting her former fiancé.
• Nie Li used Soul Stones to reach the Three Fates Realm and cultivate a fourth, black Fate Soul.
• Gu Bei and Lu Piao captured a Divine Pool as the Demon League expanded beyond three thousand members.
• Gu Heng demanded that Gu Bei abandon the Family Head contest and disband the Demon League, then attacked when Gu Bei refused.
• Gu Bei gained insight into Nie Li’s Sword Character and wounded Gu Heng, but Li Xingyun and the Heavenly Journey Alliance had to help the Demon League escape the encirclement.
• Gu Bei apologized to Li Xingyun for the losses, and Li Xingyun offered to call in more allies if they went to war with Gu Heng’s Blood Moon Alliance.

Nie Li agreed to become Heavenly Cloud Venerable’s disciple after insisting he could come and go freely, then impressed his new master with his understanding of Dao Thought. Meanwhile, Long Tianming exploited Flameless Venerable’s resentment toward Nie Li and urged him to see Nie Li as a threat.

• Nie Li, Lu Piao, Li Xingyun, and Gu Bei discussed ways to counter Gu Heng and the Blood Moon Alliance, including targeting Gu Heng and the alliance’s divine pools.
• Venerable Chimu told Nie Li that Heavenly Cloud Venerable wanted to meet him and accept him as his thirty-ninth disciple.
• Flameless Venerable objected to Nie Li’s appointment because Nie Li was only in the heavenly mandate realm, but Heavenly Cloud Venerable defended Nie Li’s talent and agreed to let him come and go freely.
• Nie Li and Heavenly Cloud Venerable discussed Dao Thought, and Heavenly Cloud Venerable was impressed by Nie Li’s insights.
• Flameless Venerable later complained to Long Tianming that Heavenly Cloud Venerable had withheld the key formula of the Heavenly Cloud Divine Art and favored Nie Li.
• Long Tianming warned Flameless Venerable that Nie Li was dangerous and might persuade Heavenly Cloud Venerable to teach him the Heavenly Cloud Divine Art.

Nie Li and his allies recruited Gu Heng’s greedy confidant He Gui, then bought equipment and entered the Eastern Courtyard. Long Yuyin explained that they would need to reach the top ten to be considered for the Central Courtyard, where the sect’s greatest geniuses trained.

• Gu Bei, Li Xingyun, and Nie Li met He Gui and persuaded him to report Gu Heng’s movements by offering Soul Stones and threatening to expose his embezzlement.
• He Gui asked them to bring down Chai Yue, and Gu Bei planned to use rumors and an ambush to discredit him.
• Nie Li told Li Xingyun to keep approaching Chai Yue, predicting that Gu Heng would eventually abandon him.
• Nie Li and his companions bought sixth-grade Battle Armor and weapons at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, while Jin Yan discovered that he had fallen in the rankings.
• Nie Li and the others entered the Eastern Courtyard, where Long Yuyin explained that reaching its top ten could earn them selection for the Central Courtyard.

Nie Li challenged Murong Yu during the Eastern Courtyard entrance trials and used his treasure armor and Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword to overpower him. Murong Yu was left kneeling and battered beneath the Sky Screen's watching audience.

• Nanmen Tianhai announced that new Eastern Courtyard students could choose senior students to challenge in five matches, with the results affecting their rankings.
• Nie Li chose Murong Yu, then evaded his opening attack and used his Treasure Armor to withstand a counterpunch before throwing him down and pummeling his face.
• Murong Yu integrated his Sacred Blood Dragon Eagle, while Huang Yu questioned whether Nie Li's armor counted as cheating and Nanmen Tianhai said there were no restrictions on methods.
• Nie Li summoned the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword and struck Murong Yu with repeated bolts of lightning, leaving him injured and gasping on his knees.
• Murong Yu's attacks failed to penetrate Nie Li's sixth-rank Treasure Armor, and Nie Li struck him with another flood of lightning.