Arc 5The City Lord’s Arrays
Nie Li built powerful killing arrays to defend Glory City from the Dark Guild while clashing with Ye Zong and becoming closer to Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er. After Ye Han withdrew from the succession contest, Nie Li prepared to explore ancient buildings near the City Lord’s Mansion, where Sacred Family spies were present.
- Ye Zong gave Nie Li one year to prove himself, and Nie Li entered the Heavenly Illusion Sacred Realm, where he won the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword and helped Ye Yan enter a Spirit Puppet.
- Nie Li exposed Shen Ming and Li Yunhua, built the Taiyi Killing Array and Divine Thunder Killing Array, and moved with Nie Yu into a building beside Ye Ziyun’s courtyard.
- Ye Zong tested the Taiyi Killing Array and lost, then turned the tables by spanking Nie Li and threatening to keep him from seeing Ye Ziyun.
- The Dark Guild attacked the City Lord’s Mansion with an Abyss Troll, and Nie Li helped kill it with the Divine Thunder Killing Array before collapsing from exhausted Soul Force.
- While Nie Li recovered, Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er each promised to stay by his side, and Ye Han returned to Glory City and attended Ye Zong’s banquet.
- Nie Li confronted Ye Han and Shen Fei at the banquet, while Ye Zong blocked Shen Hong’s attack and later told Nie Li he planned to pass the City Lord’s position to Ye Ziyun.
- Ye Han admitted that he liked Ye Ziyun but withdrew from the contest for City Lord, and Nie Li warned Ye Zong that the Sacred Family might join the Dark Guild and Demon Beasts against Glory City.
- Shen Hong ordered evidence of the Sacred Family’s ties to the Dark Guild destroyed, while Nie Li gathered Lu Piao, Du Ze, Xiao Ning'er, and Chen Linjian to explore ancient buildings near the City Lord’s Mansion.