Recaps

Nie Li led the group to the ruins of Gulan City in search of a promised rich harvest, while recalling his past defeat and resolving to save his friends and Ye Ziyun. At the city, the group encountered Azure-Armed Giant Apes, and Nie Li and Chen Linjian led the first strike against them.

• Nie Li told Ye Ziyun that he had returned from the future to prevent her and their friends from dying, then embraced her.
• The next morning, Nie Li had broken through to Bronze Two-Star, and the group set out despite Wei Nan's concern that they might miss the Sky Screen.
• After several days of travel, Nie Li and the others reached the ruins of Gulan City and followed Chen Linjian's plan to head for the City Lord's Mansion and nearby Drill Ground.
• The group encountered six Azure-Armed Giant Apes, and Nie Li killed one with a poison-coated crossbow bolt.
• Chen Linjian transformed into a Shadow Netherwolf and killed four more Azure-Armed Giant Apes with his sword.

Nie Li and his companions fought off the Azure-Armed Giant Apes and worked together to kill their silver five-star Spirit-Rank leader. After the survivors fled, Xiao Ning'er wiped Nie Li's forehead while Ye Ziyun encouraged her, leaving Nie Li confused.

• Nie Li and the others fought the Azure-Armed Giant Apes until a Spirit-Rank Azure-Armed Giant Ape arrived and drove them into the wooded undergrowth.
• Nie Li used a Soul-Explosion Pill to stun the Spirit-Rank ape's demon spirit, then shot its left eye with a poison-coated arrow.
• Chen Linjian wounded the ape with Claw of Darkness, and Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Du Ze, and Lu Piao struck it with silver-rank inscription attacks.
• The Spirit-Rank ape died, and the remaining Azure-Armed Giant Apes fled after Nie Li killed several more.
• Xiao Ning'er wiped Nie Li's forehead, and Ye Ziyun encouraged her, leaving Nie Li bewildered.

Nie Li and the others uncovered a hidden treasure chamber beneath the Drill Ground, where he claimed a Shadow Demon Spirit and the group divided the riches. After exploring the underground palace for a day, they found a hall filled with the skeletons of people who had been trapped there and starved.

• Ye Ziyun reflected on her feelings for Nie Li and her wish to help Xiao Ning'er feel less awkward about loving him.
• Nie Li led the group to dig beneath the Drill Ground, and they uncovered a staircase to a treasure chamber.
• Nie Li took the Shadow Demon Spirit lamp, explained its history, and let the others divide the remaining treasures.
• Nie Li opened the underground palace's great doors, and the group spent a day searching its passages.
• Nie Li and the others found a hall full of skeletons, and he guessed they were Gulan City refugees who had starved after the city fell.

Nie Li and his companions gathered weapons and armor from the ruins, then he approached a mysterious stone coffin whose restriction injured anyone else who came near. The coffin’s white light overwhelmed Nie Li but ultimately strengthened him, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ning'er embracing him while Ye Ziyun cried beside them.

• Nie Li persuaded the others to collect the dead warriors’ weapons and armor to help protect Glory City, and they gathered the items solemnly.
• Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er suffered painful injuries when they approached the rune-covered stone coffin, while Nie Li could approach it without harm.
• White light burst from the coffin and struck Nie Li when he touched it, and the restriction repelled Ye Xiu and Chen Fei as they tried to reach him.
• Nie Li absorbed the light, cleansed and strengthened his body, and advanced to Bronze Three-Star before the restriction stopped attacking everyone.
• After Ye Xiu confirmed Nie Li was unharmed, Xiao Ning'er embraced him and Ye Ziyun wept with relief.

Nie Li and his companions discovered a torn page from the Book of Time and Space Spirit and a Deep Sapphire necklace in Emperor Kongming’s tomb, then returned toward Glory City. As Nie Li anticipated the next vision of the future, a Golden Feather Eagle appeared in the sky.

• Nie Li treated Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning’er, then opened the stone coffin with Du Ze and Lu Piao and found a torn page from the Book of Time and Space Spirit and a gemstone necklace.
• Nie Li gave Ye Ziyun the Deep Sapphire necklace, which could increase her cultivation speed, and explained that the coffin held a page he had searched for in his previous life.
• Nie Li tested the next passage with a blade, triggering a poisoned-arrow trap, and the group found an inscription identifying the site as Emperor Kongming’s tomb.
• Nie Li explained Emperor Kongming’s history and said that cultivation could advance beyond Legend Rank; Ye Xiu and Chen Fei then carried the group out of the underground palace.
• Nie Li asked Ye Xiu and Chen Fei to fly the group back to Glory City so they could witness the expected vision of the future the next day.
• While flying, Nie Li spotted a giant golden-white eagle and identified it as a possible Spirit-Rank Demonic Beast, a Golden Feather Eagle.

Nie Li subdued a Golden Feather Eagle and brought it and his companions back to Glory City, where he fed the beast Soul-Tempering Pills. The next morning, the group prepared to view the future again while Nie Li continued cultivating toward Silver Rank.

• Ye Xiu and Chen Fei helped Nie Li catch the Golden Feather Eagle, which Nie Li tamed by stroking its back.
• Nie Li gave the Golden Feather Eagle a Soul-Tempering Pill, and it carried the group back to Glory City in a day.
• The guards let the group pass after Chen Fei showed his Sacred Nether Family elder identity, and the eagle landed in the City Lord's Mansion.
• Nie Li fed the Golden Feather Eagle twenty Soul-Tempering Pills, then cultivated overnight and neared the 4-star Bronze hurdle.
• Chen Fei reported the Gulan City events to Chen Zhenglong, who ordered seven century-old Sacred Nether Grasses sent over.

Nie Li asked Ye Zong for mist leaf grass to refine pills that could help five-star Black Gold Demon Spirit Masters reach Legendary rank. When the Sky Screen replayed Nie Li’s earlier encounter with Shen Yue, it showed Nie Li faking an attack and framing Shen Yue’s group as murderers, leaving Shen Yue furious and helpless.

• Nie Li told Ye Zong that combining sacred nether grass with mist leaf grass could make Nine Profound Pills that would help five-star Black Gold Demon Spirit Masters break through to Legendary rank.
• Ye Zong sent Ye Xiu to fetch the mist leaf grass, hoping to make pills for himself and Chen Zhenglong.
• A week later, the golden Sky Screen appeared, and the Golden Feather Eagle remembered its previous broadcasts and realized Nie Li had been reborn.
• On the Sky Screen, Nie Li pretended to fear Shen Yue and his five lackeys, then dodged their attacks without being hurt.
• Nie Li shouted that the Sacred Family was murdering him, drawing a crowd and forcing Shen Yue to order his lackeys to silence him.
• Nie Li dodged the lackeys, then fell down pretending to be injured and continued accusing the Sacred Family of murder, while Shen Yue fumed.

Nie Li used a staged beating to make Shen Yue and the Sacred Family look like attackers in front of the academy crowd. Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er intervened, and Nie Li left Shen Yue publicly accused while declaring he would never submit to the Sacred Family.

• Onlookers blamed Shen Yue's men for beating Nie Li, and Shen Yue ordered them to kill him.
• Nie Li dodged and countered the attackers while pretending to be hurt, drawing more laughter from viewers beneath the Sky Screen.
• Shen Yue grew furious at the crowd's accusations and stepped in to attack Nie Li himself.
• Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er rushed in to shield Nie Li, and Ye Ziyun condemned Shen Yue.
• Shen Yue claimed Nie Li had lured them into a trap, but Xiao Ning'er rejected his excuse as Nie Li pretended to be gravely injured.
• Nie Li accused the Sacred Family of acting above the law and declared that he would never submit to them.

Nie Li’s confrontation with Shen Yue ended with the crowd turning against the Sacred Family, while Xiao Ning’er openly showed her concern for Nie Li and Shen Fei grew resentful. Nie Li returned Xiao Ning’er’s Space Ring and continued training with his friends, leaving Lu Piao newly energized by the promise of a treat.

• Lu Piao accused Shen Yue of trying to beat Nie Li, and the crowd condemned Shen Yue as he withdrew with his lackeys.
• Xiao Ning’er worried over Nie Li and offered to escort him to class, while Ye Ziyun left and Shen Fei watched from a corner, clenching his fists.
• Nie Li’s parents discussed how popular he was with women, while Shen Fei fumed over the Winged Dragon Family ending his engagement to Xiao Ning’er and the Wind Snow Family supporting them.
• Nie Li returned Xiao Ning’er’s Space Ring, but she placed it back in his hand and asked whether he would go to class.
• Nie Li and his friends trained by running with baskets of stones, and Lu Piao sprang back into action when Nie Li promised them a treat.

Nie Li joined Chen Linjian’s expedition to Dark Mountain Gorge while continuing to cultivate, and Xiao Ning’er faced pressure from her family to surrender the Purple Mist Grass she had bought. The chapter left Xiao Ning’er realizing that Xiao Yi intended to exploit her and her marriage agreement for his own rise.

• Nie Li, Du Ze, and Lu Piao cultivated in scalding medicinal baths, and Nie Li measured his soul force at seventy-six while his true cultivation had reached four-star Bronze rank.
• Chen Linjian led the expedition out of Glory City, and Nie Li walked alongside Ye Ziyun as Shen Yue watched them jealously.
• The group camped for the night, and Nie Li reflected on his family and Glory City before cultivating and wondering about the object forming in his soul sea.
• Xiao Ning’er learned that Xiao Yi and the Winged Dragon Family elders wanted her Purple Mist Grass, which she had already given to Nie Li.
• Xiao Yi claimed the sale would rescue the family and suggested it could free Xiao Ning’er from marrying Shen Fei, while secretly planning to use the marriage to advance himself.

The Sky Screen revealed the Winged Dragon Family’s attempt to marry Xiao Ning'er to Shen Fei and seize her purple mist grass, while Nie Li gave her a soul seal method to protect herself. Xiao Ning'er’s soul force transformation secured her family’s support, and the engagement was postponed as Shen Hong watched Shen Fei fume.

• Xiao Yi was stripped of his chief elder position but allowed to remain in the Winged Dragon Family after he begged Xiao Yunfeng for mercy.
• Nie Li taught Xiao Ning'er how to plant a soul seal that could destroy an intruder’s Soul Sea, and she could use it against Xiao Yi if necessary.
• On the Sky Screen, Xiao Ning'er refused to hand over the purple mist grass and threatened to fight Xiao Yi if he targeted Nie Li.
• Xiao Ning'er displayed soul force transformation, impressing the elders and prompting Xiao Yi to promise that the family would nurture her.
• Xiao Yi raised Xiao Ning'er’s engagement to Shen Fei, but Xiao Yunfeng and another elder opposed rushing it and decided to stall.
• At the Sacred Family, Shen Fei fumed over the Winged Dragon Family’s opposition while Shen Hong looked on with disappointment.

Nie Li recognized the signs of nearby Fox Bears and persuaded Chen Linjian to move the group before they were attacked. Later, he identified three Silver Rank pursuers as likely Dark Guild members, and Chen Linjian’s men killed one while the others escaped.

• After Xiao Ning'er’s Soul Crystal test, the view returned to Nie Li, who found fur and a foul smell near his campsite as Chen Linjian’s group arrived.
• Nie Li deduced that Fox Bears were nearby, and Chen Linjian ordered everyone to leave; the group later heard demon beasts at their abandoned campsite and realized they had avoided an attack.
• Nie Li detected three Silver Rank pursuers and warned Chen Linjian, who agreed to deal with them as Dark Guild members.
• As Nie Li tried to show Ye Ziyun a flower, a sudden blast of air snatched it away, and she sensed a fight nearby.
• Chen Linjian’s group confronted the three masked pursuers; one was killed and the other two escaped, while the destroyed corpse led everyone to believe they were Dark Guild members.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Shen Yue blamed Nie Li for slandering the Sacred Family, while Shen Hong grew uneasy at Nie Li’s words.

Steward Yun Hua planned to flee Glory City before the Sky Screen exposed his ties to the Sacred Family and the Dark Guild. On the screen, Shen Yue stirred Chu Yuan into confronting Nie Li, who challenged him to a humiliating fight.

• Steward Yun Hua decided to escape Glory City and warn the Dark Guild before his connections were revealed.
• Shen Yue ordered his men away and said he would deal with Nie Li himself after learning that Chen Linjian had mistaken Sacred Family members for the Dark Guild.
• Huyan Lanruo introduced herself to Nie Li, flirted with him, and embraced him, making Ye Ziyun jealous and spectators beneath the Sky Screen envious.
• Shen Yue provoked Chu Yuan by pointing out that Huyan Lanruo favored Nie Li, and Chu Yuan grew resentful of him.
• Chu Yuan insulted Nie Li's soul force and tried to impress Huyan Lanruo, so Nie Li challenged him to fight, with the loser crawling and barking like a dog.

Nie Li defeated Chu Yuan in their duel despite Chu Yuan’s higher rank, then faced a dangerous assault when Chu Yuan unleashed his soul force. The chapter left Nie Li struggling to protect his Soul Sea as the families watching the Sky Screen feared for him.

• Chu Yuan challenged Nie Li after Shen Yue provoked him, while the Chu Family patriarch prepared gifts for Nie Li and the Heavenly Marks Family.
• Nie Li knocked Chu Yuan down with his first move, exposing the noble scion’s weak fundamentals.
• Nie Li evaded Chu Yuan’s attacks and struck him twice more, humiliating him before the gathered group.
• Enraged, Chu Yuan unleashed his soul force to destroy Nie Li’s Soul Sea, and Nie Li struggled to withstand the attack.
• The patriarchs watching the Sky Screen feared for Nie Li, while Chu Yuan dreaded the consequences if Nie Li were harmed.

Nie Li survived Chu Yuan’s assault by repairing his soul sea with the Heavenly Dao Divine Art, then siphoned away half of Chu Yuan’s soul force and reached bronze rank. After the group waited for him and set out to catch up with Chen Linjian’s party, Nie Li broke Huyan Lanruo’s alluring illusion and hurried after Ye Ziyun.

• Nie Li used the Heavenly Dao Divine Art to repair the cracks in his soul sea while Chu Yuan continued attacking him.
• Nie Li siphoned away half of Chu Yuan’s soul force, sealed his soul sea, and left Chu Yuan collapsed.
• Nie Li refined the stolen soul force and broke through to bronze rank as Ye Ziyun, Huyan Lanruo, and others waited for him.
• Chen Linjian left with most of the group while Ye Ziyun, Huyan Lanruo, and two others stayed behind to guard Nie Li.
• The group set off to catch up with Chen Linjian, and Huyan Lanruo tried to lure Nie Li to her tent before using her Snow Cherry Demon Spirit illusion on him.
• Nie Li shattered Huyan Lanruo’s illusion, identified her demon spirit, and ran after Ye Ziyun.

Huyan Lanruo relentlessly pursued Nie Li as Chen Linjian's group reached a ruined city and chose to investigate its Drill Ground. A black-robed bandit party followed them into the city, planning to kidnap the highest-ranking youths and kill the rest.

• Huyan Lanruo publicly declared that she intended to pursue Nie Li, who repeatedly escaped her advances while Ye Ziyun laughed at his flustered behavior.
• Nie Li and the others reached the ruined city, where Chen Linjian consulted his map and warned that Azure-Armed Giant Apes still occupied the area.
• Nie Li argued that the City Lord's Drill Ground might conceal something unusual, persuading Chen Linjian to lead the group there.
• Lord Yunhua ordered his black-robed followers to capture the highest-ranking youths for ransom and kill everyone else.

Chen Linjian's party fought off Azure-Armed Giant Apes, but a powerful leader summoned more beasts and forced them to retreat toward a fortress. The fight left A-Ming dead, and Chen Linjian divided the party into teams to regroup.

• Nie Li killed an Azure-Armed Giant Ape with an arrow, and Chen Linjian used the opening to kill another.
• Shen Yue missed repeatedly while Nie Li continued to hit the apes with every arrow.
• Nie Li warned that a Silver-Rank Azure-Armed Giant Ape was near Gold Rank, so Chen Linjian led the party into the forest to fight.
• Ye Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo helped kill the apes, while Huyan Lanruo used her Snow Cherry Demon Spirit to make two apes fight each other.
• After the Silver-Rank ape summoned more companions, Chen Linjian ordered a retreat toward the fortress, and A-Ming died saving him from an attack.
• Chen Linjian split the survivors into six teams and ordered them to regroup at the fortress.

After the Sky Screen ended with Nie Li facing the Azure-Armed Giant Ape, Nie Li went to the Alchemist Association to arrange the Nine Profound Pills that could help Ye Zong reach Legendary. The Sacred Family prepared to aid the Dark Guild, while Nie Li and the alchemists began preparations to refine the pills.

• The third Sky Screen broadcast ended as Nie Li stayed behind to face the Silver Rank Azure-Armed Giant Ape, and Huyan Lanruo believed he was risking himself to save her and Ye Ziyun.
• Ye Zong asked Nie Li about the Nine Profound Pills, then sent Ye Xiu with him to the Alchemist Association.
• Shen Hong revealed that he planned to support the Dark Guild from within and help it attack Glory City or escape under its protection.
• Yang Xin welcomed Nie Li and Ye Xiu at the Alchemist Association, where Nie Li gave Gu Yan and the other alchemists the lost Nine Profound Pill formula.
• Nie Li promised to guide the alchemists through refining the pills in a day and a night, then went with Yang Xin to select ingredients and an alchemy furnace.

Nie Li oversaw the successful refining of nine Nine Profound Pills and arranged for Glory City to prepare for the coming Hundred-Million Beast Tide. He left Ye Xiu to deliver the pills to the City Lord while the Alchemist Association began mass-producing his formulas and anti-beast-tide weapons.

• Nie Li selected the Alchemist Association’s best herbs and crimson Alchemy Furnace for refining Nine Profound Pills.
• Nie Li directed President Gu Yan, Elder Hu Shuo, and the other alchemists through a day and night of refining until they produced nine successful pills.
• Nie Li sent Ye Xiu to the City Lord’s Mansion with the pills so the City Lord could break through first.
• Nie Li warned the alchemists that a Hundred-Million Beast Tide had destroyed Glory City in his previous life and gave them eighteen inexpensive pill formulas to mass-produce.
• Nie Li also gave the Alchemist Association instructions for making weapons to counter the beast tide and spent two days answering questions and translating a Pharmacopoeia.

Ye Zong and Chen Zhenglong broke through to Legendary rank, while Du Ze, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Ziyun advanced to Silver rank. Ye Zong planned a banquet for Han’s return, and Nie Li realized Ye Han had never appeared in his memories of his previous life.

• Nie Li used the Meridian-Sealing Hand to force Du Ze, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Ziyun from five-star Bronze to Silver rank, and they repaired their meridians with pills.
• Ye Zong emerged from seclusion as a Legendary Demon Spirit Master, and Ye Xiu reported that Chen Zhenglong had reached Legendary rank as well.
• Nie Li advised Ye Zong and Chen Zhenglong to conceal their new ranks, and Ye Zong sealed part of his Soul Sea to appear as a five-star Black Gold Demon Spirit Master.
• Ye Zong asked Nie Li to choose demon spirits for the three new Silver Rank Demon Spirit Masters and announced a banquet after Han returned.
• When Ye Zong explained that Han was his adopted son Ye Han, Nie Li said Ye Ziyun had never mentioned him in his previous life.

Nie Li searched the City Lord's Mansion's demon spirit treasury and found god-tier growth potential spirits for Du Ze, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Ziyun. Outside Glory City, Ye Han returned with Elder Ye Ming and learned from the Sky Screen visions that Nie Li was close to Ye Ziyun, a revelation he refused to accept.

• Nie Li explained demon spirit growth potential to Du Ze, Ye Ziyun, and Xiao Ning'er, then searched the treasury for exceptional spirits.
• Ye Zong showed Nie Li his Black-Scaled Earth Dragon, which Nie Li judged to have exceptional growth potential.
• Nie Li found a god-tier Black Gold Rank Nether Bear for Du Ze and selected a god-tier Gold Rank Gale Thunder Eagle for Xiao Ning'er and Iceglass Frost Sparrow for Ye Ziyun.
• Nie Li also chose several Silver Rank and Gold Rank demon spirits for Lu Piao and the others preparing to break through.
• Ye Han returned to Glory City with Elder Ye Ming, and they saw the Sky Screen visions about Nie Li and his knowledge.
• Ye Han learned that Nie Li and Ye Ziyun were husband and wife in the visions, and he resolved not to accept the revelation.

Nie Li integrated with the Fangtooth Panda and attended the City Lord's Mansion banquet, where he and his companions drew attention for their strength. After Shen Fei insulted Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li sent him flying and warned him to watch his mouth.

• Nie Li broke through to Silver rank, integrated with the Shadow Demon Spirit, and chose the weak Bronze-rank Fangtooth Panda for its god-tier growth potential.
• Ye Han returned to Glory City as a three-star Gold Demon Spirit Master and learned that Nie Li had been reborn and that Nie Li and Ye Ziyun had been spouses in a previous life.
• Nie Li and his companions attended the banquet, where the aristocratic families marveled at the youths' cultivation ranks and Shen Hong watched Nie Li with murderous intent.
• Shen Fei accused Xiao Ning'er of violating her marriage agreement and insulted Nie Li, so Nie Li knocked him into a pillar and threatened to cripple him.

At the banquet, Nie Li humiliated Shen Fei and confronted Shen Hong over the Sacred Family’s future conduct during the beast tide. He secured the Wind Snow Family’s control of the western wall’s City Defense Army, while Ye Han grew determined to stop Nie Li from rising further.

• Nie Li kicked Shen Fei across the banquet, then dodged Huyan Lanruo as she rushed to thank him and accidentally hugged Xiao Ning'er.
• Shen Hong intervened to defend Shen Fei, and Nie Li accused the Sacred Family of abandoning Glory City in his previous life when the western wall fell.
• Shen Hong swore the Sacred Family would lead the defense when the beast tide came, and Nie Li asked for the Wind Snow Family to take over the City Defense Army at the western wall.
• The family patriarchs approved Nie Li’s request, and Yang Xin increased the Sacred Family’s cultivation-pill allotment in return.
• Ye Han realized he had lost his chance to become City Lord and resolved to prevent Nie Li from growing stronger.

Nie Li arranged to sabotage the Sacred Family’s pills and warned Ye Zong that Ye Han might not accept losing the City Lord position. Ye Han secretly resolved to claim the position and Ye Ziyun for himself, while Nie Li prepared to target the Sacred Family’s lower-ranking members.

• Nie Li gave Yang Xin a list of common ingredients that would make the Sacred Family’s pills boost cultivation while destabilizing soul force and causing a toxin to accumulate.
• Ye Han told Ye Zong he would support Ye Ziyun, but after he left, Nie Li warned Ye Zong that Ye Han’s motives might be more dangerous than they appeared.
• Ye Han read a letter from Shen Xiu and vowed that the City Lord position and Ye Ziyun belonged to him.
• On the fifth day, Nie Li received information from Ye Shuo about the Sacred Family’s main and collateral lines, then disguised himself and entered their estate.
• Nie Li headed for the Sacred Family’s estate, where he planned to target the collateral members who were being denied cultivation pills.

Nie Li infiltrated the Sacred Family and recruited Shen Ning and Shen Xiao as undercover agents by offering them better cultivation resources and techniques. He left them with soul seals, poisoned pills to avoid, and orders to gain the main line’s attention while gathering intelligence for him.

• Nie Li disguised himself as a Sacred Family servant and entered the branch-family grounds to find Shen Ning and Shen Xiao.
• Shen Ning and Shen Xiao complained about receiving fewer resources than the main-line descendants, especially Shen Fei.
• Nie Li revealed himself and offered the two talented branch members cultivation techniques, demon spirits, pills, and a chance to work for him.
• Shen Ning and Shen Xiao agreed to become Nie Li’s agents, and he secretly planted soul seals in their Soul Seas.
• Nie Li tested their Soul Sea forms, gave them suitable techniques and pills, warned them that the Sacred Family’s pills were poisoned, and ordered them to gain influence and pass him intelligence.