Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Early life and Linhai First High School
- 3.2Martial Arts Exam and Fengyun University
- 3.3Arbiter of Hanxia
- 3.4Beyond Hanxia
- 3.5Snow God City and departure for the Primordial Sea
- 3.6Soulbirth Sect and Dragon Martial Prefecture
- 3.7Dao Lords, forbidden grounds, and unfinished affairs
- 3.8Lu Hai Changling and the Azure Current Secret Realm
- 3.9Yin-Yang Sect and Supreme Clarity Palace
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Malice Point System
- 6.2Indestructible Golden Soul
- 6.3Soul Controller of Spirits
- 6.4Soul Control and Rook Exchange
- 6.5Divine Fire
- 6.6Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron
- 6.7Martial Skills
- 6.8Five Elements Arts and Dao Scripture My Book
- 6.9Three Clarity Qi and Dao Marks
- 6.10Perception, resistance, and higher-realm capacities
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Ye Li (叶礼) |
| Alias(es) | General Ye; Arbiter Ye Li; Lord Ye; Mansion Lord Ye Li; Prefect Ye; Palace Heir Ye 150 189 590 934 1037 1501 |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Formerly Linhai First High School School Team and Fengyun University; later the Qingyi Bureau, Heavenly Supervision Department, Longtan Nine Luminaries Division, and Xuanjian Mansion; subsequently entered the Soulbirth Sect and became Palace Heir of the Supreme Clarity Palace 13 150 421 593 934 1056 1076 1418 1442 |
| Occupation/Role | Martial Artist; Hanxia Arbiter; Heavenly Supervision Department Supreme Elder; Longtan Grand Commandery Retainer General; Xuanjian Mansion Lord; Supreme Clarity Palace Heir 151 421 593 934 1442 1501 |
| Age | Dao Age of nineteen when formally introduced to Lu Xuan 934 |
| Current Cultivation | Path Opening Realm — Seventh Layer Peak 1500 |
| Status | Active 1504 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First-Tier Level Five | 2 | Reached after perfecting the Flowing Water Fist Technique and Cloud-Breaking Spear Technique through Malice Point allocation. |
| First-Tier Level Eight | 4 | Consumed 1,000 Malice Points while benefiting from Body-Sculpting Spirit Medicine. |
| First-Tier Peak | 6 | Used a C-Grade Spirit Gathering Array while allocating 1,000 Malice Points. |
| Second-Tier Level One — Jade Tendon Realm | 12 | Reinforced his meridians with True Qi; gained major increases to punching power and reaction speed. |
| Second-Tier Peak | 42 | Advanced after perfecting an S-Grade Breathing Technique and spending 8,000 Malice Points. |
| Third Order | 49 | Began his breakthrough after perfecting his Refinement Method. |
| Fourth-Tier Peak | 86 | Constructed five Heavenly Gate Bridges; could endure bullet fire and wield weapons at supersonic speed. |
| Fifth-Tier | 127 | Advanced after expelling the other Martial Ground Secret Realm competitors, including nine veteran prodigies. |
| Fifth-Tier Peak — Divine Mansion Realm Peak | 134 | His cyan-gold Divine Mansion and ten-thousand-zhang True Qi torrent were revealed during his defeat of Zhu Zhengchuan. |
| Sixth-Tier Peak — Martial Infant Realm Peak | 173 | Formed a Martial Infant and gained the power to shatter mountains with a punch. |
| Seventh-Tier Peak — Dao Observation Realm Peak | 198 | Used the Cold Sky Meridian Fruit and Malice Points to perfect his Golden Body. |
| Hegemony Realm Peak | 257 | Reached the ninth layer and peak of the Hegemony Realm; the breakthrough shattered a thousand-mile sea of clouds. |
| Land Immortal Realm | 266 | His breakthrough and subsequent deeds had made him a legendary figure among Fengyun University’s students. |
| Mountain Sea Realm | 293 | Broke through with a pressure wave felt across multiple countries. |
| Mountain Sea Realm Peak | 313 | Used high-tier precious medicines and Malice Point buffs to complete the advancement. |
| Half-step Great Power | 322 | Crossed the chasm to the next major stage by solidifying his Spiritual Platform’s illusory bright moon. |
| Sun Moon Realm | 331 | Advanced with the Nine Cold Yuan Returning Pill, refined from a Half-step Great Power’s heart. |
| Sun Moon Realm Peak | 353 | His Sun-Moon Dharma Aspect entered its peak state and began showing signs of creating a new world. |
| Heaven and Earth Realm Peak — Seventh Level | 369 | Reached the realm’s peak after consuming Cloud Wood Lingzhi. |
| Twelfth-Tier — Divine Connection Realm | 417 | Advanced after refining Divine Connection Realm ingredients into pills and upgrading Soul Control. |
| Divine Connection Realm Peak — Seventh Level | 441 | Consumed over five million Malice Points and gained a body approaching half-step Creation Realm. |
| Creation Realm — Tier Four | 507 | Refined Creation Realm pills and entered the fourth tier; his Eternal Frost Domain froze the surrounding area. |
| Creation Domain | 521 | Achieved a Creation Domain after concluding a hunting expedition. |
| Great Void Realm — Fourth Level | 569 | Broke through with Creation Realm pills and Malice Points; gained a Great Void Universe of enhanced quality. |
| Half-step Domain Lord | 603 | Perfected the Saint Grade Great Dao Resonance Method. |
| Cosmic Birth Realm — Eighth Level Peak | 685 | Consumed vast quantities of pills while relying on Golden Soul drug resistance. |
| Immortal Realm — Eighth Level Peak | 756 | Rapidly advanced through the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth levels after refining Immortal Realm medicines. |
| Immortal Realm — Ninth Level Peak | 757 | Perfected Supreme Thunder Armor; his cultivation pressure subdued spiritual qi across tens of thousands of miles. |
| Half-step True Spirit Realm | 771 | Created and perfected the Super Immortal Grade Grand Unity Qi Merging Art. |
| True Spirit Realm — Third Level Peak | 787 | Completed a major transformation of his Brow-Center Universe after achieving True Spirit Realm Immortal status. |
| True Spirit Realm — Ninth Tier Late Stage | 815 | Consumed twenty-one top-tier pills and advanced through several tiers in succession, reaching the late ninth tier. |
| True Spirit Realm — Ninth Tier Late Stage | 816 | Absorbed tens of millions of Malice Points and additional pills. |
| Dao Seeking Realm — Ninth Level Peak | 859 | Spent over seventy million Malice Points to advance from the third level to the ninth-level peak. |
| Half-step Dao Holder Realm | 873 | Perfected the Primordial Dao Unlocked True Scripture and established a Dao Holder foundation. |
| Dao Holder Realm — Seventh Layer Peak | 880 | Used ten Dao Comprehension Golden Pills and Malice Points to rapidly advance through the realm. |
| Melding Dao Realm — First Level | 921 | Achieved a qualitative connection with the laws of heaven and earth through the Five-Colored Divine Light. |
| Melding Dao Realm — Seventh Tier Peak | 933 | Constructed a near-perfect internal cycle of Five Elements, destruction, and life laws. |
| Melding Dao Realm — Ninth Level Early Stage | 950 | Refined the Azure Divine Kingdom’s treasury resources into pills and continued advancing. |
| Eternal Life Realm — Sixth Stage | 1086 | His cultivation stood at the sixth stage before his rapid advancement in Zhou Yan’s cave abode. |
| Eternal Life Realm — Ninth Stage Peak | 1086 | Used Zhou Yan’s assistance, the abode’s spiritual energy, and Malice Points to make three consecutive breakthroughs. Delayed entering Spirit Nurturing to preserve tournament eligibility and obtain a better method. |
| Spirit Nurturing Realm — Ninth Rank Peak | 1122 | Perfected his Spirit-Nurturing grotto-heaven and further enhanced Highest Clarity Qi; remained one step short of Myriad Manifestations. |
| True Source Realm | 1290 1303 | Applied a super-divine-grade True Source Method to transform divine power into Source Energy and open vast seas of energy within his cells; subsequently identified as a True Source cultivator at the Tree Court Inn. |
| True Source Realm — Seventh Level Early Stage | 1331 | Advanced using top-grade Treasure Pills refined from the Azure Current Secret Realm’s Five Elements treasures. |
| Sea-Illuminating Realm — Early Stage | 1331 | Continued the same cultivation surge into a new major realm; divine light developed within his True Spirit, transforming the martial “treasure ship” of his body and spirit. |
| Half-step Heaven-Grasping Realm | 1402 | Created the perfected supreme-grade Three Clarity Qi; Source Energy began becoming Immortal Essence and his True Spirit began transforming. |
| Heaven-Grasping Realm — First through Third Levels | 1403 | Refined hundreds of Treasure Medicines into compatible pellets and advanced with Malice Points. His True Spirit became a primordial spirit, supported by Jade Clarity Qi, Golden Soul, and Undying True Spirit. |
| Heaven-Grasping Realm — Fourth Level Early Stage | 1404 | Completed the medicine-fueled advancement; gained the capacity to bear a minor world and refine a universe in the Myriad Worlds Sea. |
| Heaven-Grasping Realm — Ninth Rank Peak | 1498 | Accumulated Malice Points propelled him through five ranks, greatly strengthening his Immortal Essence, divine soul, and Three Clarity Qi. |
| Path Opening Realm — First through Fourth Levels | 1499 | Inscribed three flawless Dao Marks on his Spiritual Platform. The absence of latent flaws in Three Clarity Qi allowed him to advance rapidly to the early fourth level. |
| Path Opening Realm — Seventh Layer Peak | 1500 | Spent further Malice Points to strengthen his foundation and Dao Marks, advancing through the fifth layer to the peak seventh layer on the Water Dragon Platform. |
Background / History
Early life and Linhai First High School
Ye Li transmigrated into the body of a previously ordinary and honest martial arts student shortly before a school sparring match. The body’s original owner had lost his parents early and had been repeatedly mistreated by his childhood sweetheart, Shen Lian, including being used as a target for her martial-skill tests. 1 5
After discovering his Malice Point system, Ye Li perfected the Flowing Water Fist Technique and Cloud-Breaking Spear Technique, then defeated School Team substitute Wang Ren in a guidance match. His performance earned him Wang Ren’s place on Linhai First High School’s School Team. 2 3
Ye Li quickly surpassed the team’s ordinary members, severely defeating Shen Lian, Liu Yangde, and Liu’s companions. After breaking through to Second-Tier, he was made a formal School Team member rather than disciplined for the confrontation. 5 12 13
Martial Arts Exam and Fengyun University
Ye Li dominated the provincial Martial Arts Exam, defeated the Yang siblings in the secret realm, and earned first place in Ying Province through his performance against Third Order exotic beasts on Cracked Mountain. He also received Fengyun University’s recommendation quota. 45 54 61
During the examination’s conclusion, Ye Li received the SSS-Grade talent Soul Controller of Spirits. Its activation forced Third Order exotic beasts to bow to him and left Yang Wan too frightened to seek revenge. 62
At Fengyun University, Ye Li continued to advance at an abnormal rate, defeated ranked students Zhao Lanhai and Xu Ying, won the Martial Ground Baptism, and rose to Fifth-Tier. 90 92 127
Arbiter of Hanxia
The Qingyi Bureau appointed Ye Li as Hanxia’s new Arbiter and granted him the Seal of Judgment in recognition of his exceptional power and achievements. 150 151
As an Arbiter, he acted against sects and families that threatened civilians or targeted him. In Longmen City, he ordered the Linglong Holy Land sealed after True Person Bai Yu neglected the Beast Tide crisis, then personally defeated her. 189 190
Ye Li later defended Longmen City by killing a Half-step Grandmaster Azure Flood Dragon from five thousand zhang away. He took the dragon’s tendon as material for a future bowstring. 205
Beyond Hanxia
After reaching the Mountain Sea Realm, Ye Li traveled through Tianheng Star’s Western Regions, dismantled hostile powers, and continued to acquire cultivation methods, precious medicines, souls, and Treasure Tools. 293 313 353
He eventually joined the Longtan Nine Luminaries Division in Great Sheng, was promoted to Retainer General after killing two Great Void Realm demons, and became a key military force in the commandery. 590 593
Ye Li later entered the Chaos Star Sea with An Lingzhen, became first on the Latent Dragon Ranking, established Xuanjian Mansion, and toppled the Jade Dragon Divine Dynasty. 795 857 933 934
His growing relationship with the Star Sea Merchant Alliance brought him into contact with its Director Lu Xuan. After taking resources from the Azure Divine Kingdom’s treasury and reaching the early ninth level of Melding Dao, he continued to expand his influence. He eventually uprooted the White Tower Church and obtained the souls of both its Walker Hilia and the White Tower God through Soul Control. The god had been weakened during their confrontation, leaving other powers uncertain about Ye Li’s actual realm and abilities. 934 950 1025 1037 1042
Snow God City and departure for the Primordial Sea
Snow God City’s eldest daughter, Zuo Miaoqing, came to Alliance headquarters to meet Ye Li after Lady Purple Seclusion’s death. Although Lu Xuan warned that the visit might be hostile, Ye Li chose to meet her directly. He subsequently accepted an invitation to Snow God City and traveled there with Lu Xuan, while Zuo and her father privately planned to assess his strength and uncover his abilities. 1037 1042
At Snow God City’s wedding banquet, Ye Li publicly killed the city lord, Zuo Guannan. Chu Xiyue, the bride presented as a Jade Purity Pavilion direct disciple, assisted him in obtaining the city lord’s valuables and outwardly submitted to him. When Ye Li later asked her to guide him through the Primordial Sea, she learned that he claimed no powerful Dao Lineage as his backing. She then attempted to betray him by summoning three Eternal Life Realm guards; Ye Li recognized the deception before accepting her offered tea. 1050 1054
Ye Li described his intended journey to the Primordial Sea as an opportunity to see the wider world. Despite the reverence he already commanded across the star domains, he was more interested in new opportunities and greater notoriety than in enjoying his existing prestige. 1042 1054
Soulbirth Sect and Dragon Martial Prefecture
Ye Li entered the Soulbirth Sect and became entangled in its predatory schemes. After killing its ninth-level Eternal Life elder Lin Ku, he confronted second elder Wei Ting, who attempted to resolve the dispute by placing Heavenly Origin Master Zhou Yan in his custody. Ye Li recognized that this arrangement was also a test and kept Zhou Yan with him because openly releasing her would expose her to further danger. He demanded the sect’s Spirit-Nurturing art while planning to exhaust its useful resources. 1056 1076 1078 1079
With Zhou Yan’s assistance, Ye Li reached the peak ninth stage of Eternal Life but deliberately postponed Spirit Nurturing. He wished to remain eligible for the Dragon Martial Tournament and obtain the Dragon Martial Prefecture’s cultivation method. Before his departure, Wei Ting gave him supposed escape treasures that Ye Li immediately recognized as tracking devices and potential weapons against him. He accepted them without exposing that knowledge and traveled with Zhou Yan aboard his newly refined Star Skiff. 1086 1088
Ye Li’s tournament performance won the Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s attention and led to a planned marriage with his daughter, Long Ling’er. After defeating her in a wager, Ye Li became intimate with her but rejected being called her husband before their formal wedding, which was scheduled for three months later. He also recognized that the Dao Lord’s lavish protection and instruction to remain inside the prefecture were intended to keep him under control, and outwardly accepted the arrangement to gain cultivation time and resources. 1094 1104 1124
Ye Li subsequently returned to the Soulbirth Sect with Zhou Yan, despite her concerns about their lack of a Dao Lord escort. The sect’s leadership had secretly agreed to capture him and prepared to use Wei Ting’s planted artifacts against him. Ye Li remained composed on arrival. He later reached the ninth-rank peak of Spirit Nurturing during his actions in the Sea of Clouds Prefecture and fought the Dragon Martial Dao Lord while still in that realm. 1108 1122 1132
Dao Lords, forbidden grounds, and unfinished affairs
As his influence expanded, Ye Li investigated the crimes of regional Dao Lords before targeting them for cultivation resources. His origins remained resistant to divination: even the Taiyi Dao Master could not directly trace his background and instead investigated other Dao Lords who had encountered him. Ye Li later possessed a Dao Fruit that strengthened his body and three Life-Bound Divine Abilities. 1143 1176 1193
Ye Li worked with Pei Wufeng to arrange discussions with the major Human Race forbidden grounds. After searching Lu Fengsheng’s memories, he located the Dark Moon Directorate’s treasury and went to seize its treasures with Ye Shenfeng. During their conversation, he considered returning to his homeland to settle unfinished matters. Before a subsequent journey, he also left three emergency Jade Slips through which aid could be summoned for Xuanjian Mansion. 1255 1266 1289
Lu Hai Changling and the Azure Current Secret Realm
After developing his True Source cultivation, Ye Li traveled in Lu Hai Changling. At the Tree Court Inn, he killed Gaoyang City lord’s son Duan Hai and two attacking maids, then drew the attention of Duan Hai’s father by moving freely within his Sinking Sea technique despite his lower realm. 1290 1303
Ye Li hired Lu Yun as a guide to the Azure Current Secret Realm. When a Wang Family cultivator knocked her from the entrance bridge and threatened Ye Li for rescuing her, he killed the attacker rather than submit to the families’ privileged treatment. Within the realm, Ye Li acquired five Law-Bearing Seals and used them to gather its Five Elements treasures, refining the cache into pills and breaking through to Sea-Illuminating. 1315 1331
Outside the realm, Ye Li challenged the Kong and Wang Families’ higher-realm elders. He severely injured the Wang Family Old Ancestor and Kong Chunqiu by combining Rook Exchange, copied Heavenly Laws, and supreme-grade Five Elements abilities. His subsequent gains from killing members of the two families replenished his Malice Points to nearly seventy billion. He also killed Duan Hong after rejecting his denial of hostility, then coordinated with Pei You’an to watch for Xiao Yueyi’s attempt to seize the Myriad Worlds Sea. 1335 1345
Ye Li and his allies later defeated four attacking Heaven-Grasping cultivators. Their victory reinforced the loyalty of Kong Zhiqiu, who had pledged herself to him, and deepened Pei You’an’s concern and attraction toward him. 1354
Yin-Yang Sect and Supreme Clarity Palace
Ye Li traveled toward the Yin-Yang Sect’s Yin-Yang Dao Seizure with Pei You’an and Qin Baiyi. At the Heavenly Beast World, he publicly challenged Divine Dragon Mountain prodigy Chen Tiandi and subsequently rose to first place in the trial rankings after taking accumulated points from other participants. 1359 1371 1379
Using the Supreme Clarity inheritance made available to him, Ye Li perfected Supreme Clarity Wind and then surpassed it by creating the supreme-grade Three Clarity Qi. After completing his Golden Soul trial, he used Treasure Medicines supplied by Qingyuan True Cultivator to advance to the early fourth level of Heaven-Grasping. 1402 1403 1404
Ye Li left the lower world with Qingyuan True Cultivator and chose the Supreme Clarity Palace as his destination, while Pei You’an and Qin Baiyi joined the Three Continents Alliance. Before parting, he gave Pei a protective bracelet and accepted Qin’s protective messaging pendant. He subsequently appeared as the Palace’s newly appointed Heir. 1418 1442
As Palace Heir, Ye Li answered an Alliance Association request for help concerning Jade Splendor Manor, where Divine Dragon Mountain’s Xiang Tiantian and a Path Opening Guardian had obstructed an investigation into numerous deaths. Learning that Pei You’an and Qin Baiyi were monitoring the manor, he immediately went to join them. 1478 1479
After defeating Pei Xuandu, Ye Li advanced on the Water Dragon Platform from Heaven-Grasping’s ninth-rank peak into Path Opening, ultimately reaching the seventh-layer peak. His achievement brought public acclaim to the Supreme Clarity Palace and astonished his Guardian, Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator. He subsequently defeated Hidden Edge True Cultivator, prevented him from using a Dao Source-level Sword Talisman, and killed him in close combat. 1498 1499 1500 1504
Appearance
Ye Li is repeatedly described as a handsome young man with dark eyes and black hair. He initially wore a white martial arts uniform at Linhai First High School, later appearing most often in black or white robes associated with his changing status. 2 266 411
- Tall and straight-backed, with a composed bearing even under pressure. 3 266
- Initially associated with white martial attire and a spear. 2 3
- Later commonly appears in black robes, an Arbiter’s cloak, or formal official attire. 261 457 781
- His aura becomes visibly oppressive after major breakthroughs, often accompanied by frost, golden light, thunder, or destructive spiritual pressure. 198 257 815
- Later appears in purple robes in Lu Hai Changling and azure robes after becoming associated with the Supreme Clarity Palace. 1323 1479
- Dao Fruit nourishment turns his blood into golden liquid divine radiance; later battles likewise display intense golden blood energy rising from his body. 1193 1432
Personality
Ye Li is calm, direct, and intensely pragmatic. He prioritizes cultivation resources, combat growth, and Malice Points, often treating hostile encounters as opportunities to strengthen himself. 8 49 319
He has little patience for status, intimidation, or political pressure. Ye Li rejected Wu Jie’s recruitment offer, defied the Yang Family, publicly challenged threats from the Ji Family, and refused to bow to the influence of powerful sects and dynasties. 103 59 809 892
Despite his ruthlessness toward enemies, Ye Li distinguishes between enemies, allies, and people who have shown him kindness. He accepts Jiang Qingzhu as a friend, rewards Qin Han and Fu Yunshu for their service, and offers assistance to Zuo Qingyu and An Lingzhen. 66 494 212 794
He generally judges others by their conduct rather than by affiliation alone. He initially overlooked Chu Xiyue’s apparent possession because she had helped him, declined to kill righteous disciples with whom he had no genuine grievance, and protected Zhou Yan without treating her powerful connections as a reason to spare her. 1054 1065 1079 1080
Ye Li’s confidence does not exclude preparation. He establishes escape routes before confronting dangerous sect leaders, recognizes disguised tracking artifacts, and deliberately delays breakthroughs when immediate advancement would undermine his objectives. His response to attempted confinement is often to exploit the offered resources while concealing his own intentions. 1076 1086 1088 1104
He expresses concern for companions through practical action, including rescuing Lu Yun, giving Pei You’an a protective treasure, and responding promptly when Pei and Qin Baiyi’s investigation encounters a powerful faction. 1315 1418 1478 1479
Abilities & Skills
Malice Point System
Ye Li possesses a system that converts the malice, fear, humiliation, and damaged Dao Hearts of others into Malice Points.
- Allocates Malice Points to cultivation, martial skills, talents, and spiritual power. 2 4 417
- Gains greater cultivation efficiency from medicine, arrays, perfected methods, and combat insight buffs. 4 6 198 507
- Infamy increases grant Gold Quality rewards, including talents, divine abilities, and divine weapons. 14 62 162 269 560
- Can perfect techniques in minutes that would normally require years or decades of cultivation. 9 20 118
- Can integrate collected arts and use existing techniques as foundations for new ones, including the Five Elements Arts and his original Three Clarity Qi. 1331 1402
- Later accumulated nearly seventy billion Malice Points from his conflicts with the Kong and Wang Families. 1345
Indestructible Golden Soul
Ye Li’s first SSS-Grade Martial Arts Talent grants overwhelming physical resilience and exceptional affinity with spear- and staff-type weapons. 14
- Spear Martial Saint Body — increases spear and staff martial-skill cultivation speed by 500%. 14 23
- Regeneration — can rapidly heal otherwise serious wounds with minimal stamina expenditure. 20 83
- Golden Soul Revival — temporarily enhances physical performance, including dynamic vision, reaction speed, and hearing. 21
- Drug resistance — allows Ye Li to consume and refine dangerous quantities of precious medicine without his body collapsing. 685 756
- Eye of Delusion — unlocked when Indestructible Golden Soul reached Level 3; its first activation accidentally destroyed a room formation. 43
- Undying True Spirit — a later-unlocked ability that, together with Golden Soul, helps him withstand the force of Heaven-Grasping Treasure Medicines without backlash. 1403
- After completing his Golden Soul trial, he undertook his long-delayed Heaven-Grasping breakthrough. 1403
Soul Controller of Spirits
Ye Li’s second SSS-Grade Martial Arts Talent allows him to control beings killed by his own hand. 62
- Slain targets sign the Life and Death Emperor’s Pact and serve him eternally. 62
- Can create obedient shadow-like manifestations of deceased martial artists. 74
- Uses collected souls for combat, reconnaissance, resource gathering, and supplying Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron. 340 950
- Acquired three late-stage Melding Dao souls during his later Star Sea campaigns. 950
- After destroying the White Tower Church, held both Hilia’s soul and the White Tower God’s far more powerful soul within Soul Control’s supernatural space, and could manifest the latter on command. 1025
Soul Control and Rook Exchange
Ye Li upgraded Soul Control to Level 3 and gained the Innate Divine Ability Rook Exchange. 417
- Rook Exchange — allows him to swap positions to evade attacks or reposition in battle. 417 867
- Provides tactical mobility against opponents whose realms exceed his own. 867
- Later upgrades gave him additional life-saving substitutes capable of taking attacks for him. 841
- Soul Anchor Points — prepared outside the Soulbirth Sect as an escape contingency before a possible confrontation with its senior figures. 1076
- Used Rook Exchange to evade the Wang Family Old Ancestor’s Rolling Dragon Scales and reappear behind him for a counterattack. 1335
Divine Fire
Ye Li possesses a powerful divine flame used for combat and alchemy.
- Three-Mark Divine Fire Wheel — controls flames, refines precious medicine into pills, enhances True Qi, and can burn mountains or boil seas. 269
- Regularly refines raw precious medicines into pills before consuming them for cultivation buffs. 417 507 755
- Can incinerate powerful enemies and souls. 705 809
- Refined the Azure Divine Kingdom’s treasury medicines into pills and later processed the Azure Current Secret Realm’s huge treasure cache into more than a dozen top-grade Treasure Pills. 950 1331
- Crimson-Gold Divine Fire — used to refine hundreds of Heaven-Grasping Treasure Medicines into dozens of compatible pellets, automatically resolving medicinal conflicts and efficiently utilizing excess medicinal power. 1403
Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron
A Gold Quality divine iron that can transform into weapons according to Ye Li’s will. 162
- Can take the form of Ye Li’s Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear. 162 170
- Grows by devouring souls and flesh to illuminate additional divine patterns. 162 301
- Contains Innate Geng Metal Qi and becomes more destructive as Ye Li supplies more True Qi. 162
- Can guard the Spiritual Platform and grant immunity to mental control. 162
- Shatter Life — reduces an enemy’s recovery and provides protection for Ye Li’s heart in critical circumstances. 173
- Marrow Shatter — a passive vibrational effect that can enter an opponent’s body through repeated weapon collisions and eventually shatter the meridians used for True Qi circulation. 301
Martial Skills
Ye Li has mastered numerous techniques across successive realms; several of his most prominent skills include:
- Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique — a perfected Second-Tier treasure skill that grants Dissolving Strength and redirects incoming force, but initially consumes substantial True Qi. 9 12
- Dragon Quakes Mountain — a Second-Tier fist technique with vibrational, armor-piercing force; Ye Li achieved 2,100 kg punch power after mastering it. 20
- Riding the Wind Dragon Classic — a Third-Tier spear technique Ye Li mastered with the assistance of Spear Martial Saint Body. 24 25
- Sun-Chasing Wind-Riding Steps — a perfected Third-Tier Precious movement technique that lets him ride the wind with a thought. 92
- Heaven and Earth Harmony — an Eighth-Tier Precious skill that manipulates regional spiritual qi and can create large-scale black-cloud phenomena. 202
- Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique — a Sixth-Tier Rare Grade martial skill gifted by Zuo Qingyu. 135 136
- Myriad Calamity Annihilation Finger — a Cosmic Birth Realm Saint Grade technique selected to expand his combat options. 645
- Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique — a Tenth-Tier martial skill received from Zhang Qingliu after reaching Mountain Sea. 293
- Heaven-Intercepting Spirit-Plundering Technique — can seize an opponent’s treasure before activation; Ye Li used it to snatch Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s Sword Talisman. 1504
Five Elements Arts and Dao Scripture My Book
Ye Li’s Five Elements cultivation develops from his earlier Five-Colored Divine Light into arts capable of challenging higher-realm cultivators. His five Law-Bearing Seals also grant access to Cang Liu’s Five Elements legacy and the associated secret realm’s resources. 921 933 1331 1335
- Five-Colored Divine Light — accompanies his qualitative connection with the Laws at Melding Dao and later silently annihilates a distant star remnant. 921 933
- Ten Thousand Tribulations Return — a supreme-grade Golden Law that pierced the Wang Family Old Ancestor’s Immortal Essence defenses. 1335
- World-Cleansing Fire — a Fire Law whose flames grow when fed by the target’s Immortal Essence and become stronger with anger and agitation. Ye Li exploited this effect against Kong Chunqiu. 1335
- Dao Scripture My Book — can reproduce an opponent’s Heavenly Law; Ye Li copied Rolling Dragon Scales and used it against Kong Chunqiu. The ability was temporarily weakened before his Sea-Illuminating breakthrough. 1331 1335
- World-Cleansing Purity — one of his three Life-Bound Divine Abilities; Dao Fruit nourishment strengthened its purifying effect enough to suppress arts. 1193
Three Clarity Qi and Dao Marks
Ye Li created the supreme-grade Heavenly Law Three Clarity Qi by perfecting the first-rank Supreme Clarity Wind and combining it with insights from his other Divine Abilities. Unlike its foundation art, the new law does not rely on emotional stability and was perfected from its inception. 1402
| Form / Manifestation | Function |
|---|---|
| Jade Clarity Qi | Stabilizes and protects Ye Li’s body and spirit, including during medicine-fueled breakthroughs. 1403 |
| Highest Clarity Qi | Traces connections to strike at a source. 1403 |
| Supreme Clarity Qi | Obscures his presence and conceals an area from detection. 1402 1403 |
| Jade Clarity Dao Mark | Can fix an opponent’s body and Immortal Essence in their current state, preventing enhancement through a secret technique. 1504 |
During Path Opening, the three forms inscribed three flawless Dao Marks upon Ye Li’s Spiritual Platform. His Immortal Essence underwent further refinement each time it passed through a mark. Because his Heavenly Law lacked the latent flaws of conventional arts, he did not need to spend the early stages repairing deficiencies. 1499
Perception, resistance, and higher-realm capacities
- Charm immunity — rendered the seductive powers of Duan Hai’s maids ineffective. 1303
- Spiritual perception — detected hidden opponents such as Old Mo, noticed abnormal soul fluctuations in Chu Xiyue’s Spiritual Platform, and sensed Luoyun observing him from a distant mountain. 671 1054 1371
- Resistance to divination — his origins could not be directly traced by the Taiyi Dao Master, and Luoyun’s divination similarly revealed nothing about him. 1143 1371
- Highest Clarity Heaven — his Spirit-Nurturing grotto-heaven could suppress Laws, seal heaven and earth, and give force to his words. 1122
- World-bearing capacity — at Heaven-Grasping, gained the ability to withstand the burden of a minor world and travel to the Myriad Worlds Sea to refine his own universe. 1404
- Close-combat resilience — at Path Opening, his blood vitality rapidly healed wounds from Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s sword-light assault, allowing him to maintain relentless physical pressure. 1504
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear — Ye Li’s preferred manifestation of Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron. 162
- Azure Sky Birth Divine Bow — Eighth-Tier High-grade Treasure Tool; Ye Li drew it to eight-tenths of full power. 214
- Mystic Phoenix Ice Soul Bow — top-grade Divine Connection Realm Treasure Tool acquired from the Yun Family treasury. 441
- Tengshe Reverse Scale Arrow — tracking arrow linked to True Lord Tengshe. 441
- Kirin Bloodbath Armor — Gold Quality armor that repairs itself and increases True Qi amplification as Ye Li is injured. 174
- Seal of Judgment — symbol of Ye Li’s authority as Hanxia’s Arbiter. 150 151
- Taiqing Dao Tablet — ancient artifact and trial ground later brought under Ye Li’s control. 493 494
- Boundary Patrol Envoy Waist Token — contains the skeletal Boundary Patrol Envoy’s inheritance, including advanced cultivation methods and precious medicines. 571 572
- Gluttonous Treasure Pouch — Gold Quality Treasure Tool that refines stored non-living matter into energy crystals or Law fragments. 646
- World Dragon Spine — obtained from the Gaia Divine Kingdom; allows control over stars and earth veins so long as Ye Li has sufficient Immortal Power. 874
- Cloudsmoke Shift and Substitute Death Talisman — supposed life-saving artifacts given by Wei Ting, actually coordinate-tracking bombs intended to damage Ye Li’s divine-power foundation. Ye Li recognized their deceptive nature when accepting them. 1088 1108
- Star Skiff — newly refined vessel used to travel to Dragon Martial Prefecture with Zhou Yan. 1088
- Spirit-Seizing Bracelet — worn after the development of his Dao Fruit. 1193
- Emergency Jade Slips — three slips left to summon assistance across the Star Sea if Xuanjian Mansion encountered a crisis. 1289
- Five Law-Bearing Seals — carry Five Elements Arts and allow Ye Li to summon Five Elements–nurtured treasures from the Azure Current Secret Realm. 1331
- Star-Crossing Skiff — spatial treasure ship prepared by Pei You’an; can use Three Continents Alliance interregional wormholes after payment of the required treasure coins. 1359
- Black Dragon Spatial Locking Nails — Treasured Artifacts in Ye Li’s possession during the Heavenly Beast World trial. 1379
- Supreme Clarity Token — supplied by Qingyuan True Cultivator and associated with Ye Li’s comprehension of Supreme Clarity Wind. 1402
- Protective bracelet from Qingyuan — could shield its wearer and summon aid from a powerful cultivator; Ye Li later gave it to Pei You’an. 1418
- Qin Baiyi’s jade pendant — can send messages to Qin and provide protection; its aura resembles dragon qi. 1418
- Blue-black ring — its Heaven and Earth United power helped Ye Li withstand Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s sword assault. 1504
- Sword Song Valley Sword Talisman — a True Lord Supreme Treasure capable of producing a Dao Source-level strike, seized from Hidden Edge True Cultivator before activation. 1504
Relationships
- Fang Ming — Ye Li’s loyal friend from Linhai First High School. He worried about Shen Lian’s abuse of Ye Li and supported Ye Li after his rise. 5 6
- Shen Lian — Ye Li’s former childhood sweetheart and abuser. Her attempts to control, injure, and slander him ended after Ye Li overwhelmingly surpassed her. 1 5 13
- Yu Qianqian — School Team member who introduced Ye Li to the Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique. She became frightened by his strength but remained helpful and remorseful over the damaged scroll. 8 9 12
- Jiang Qingzhu — Linhai School Team captain and later Ye Li’s friend. Ye Li guided her martial-skill training, while she provided him with Snow Mountain Body Sculpting and other support. 25 66 268
- Zuo Qingyu — Fengyun University vice principal and Ye Li’s mentor. She taught him the Storm City method, protected him against powerful enemies, and gave him the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique. 118 135 143
- Lin Yinyun — Fengyun University senior who defended Ye Li during the Martial Arts Exam and later worked alongside him against the Yang Family. 59 74
- Yu Weng — Ye Li’s teacher, initially unaware of Ye Li’s explosive progress and later deeply concerned about its effect on his Dao heart. 150
- An Lingzhen — True Spirit Realm cultivator and Ye Li’s ally in the Chaos Star Sea. She provided True Spirit Realm methods, travels with him, and seeks his help avenging the destruction of her sect. 763 764 794
- Li Huaian — Great Sheng’s Eldest Princess and later empress. She supported Ye Li’s actions, sought to recruit him, and relied on his decisions in stabilizing Great Sheng. 667 697 786
- Li Yingluo — Great Sheng’s Third Princess. Ye Li initially aligned with her faction, but their relationship collapsed after she revoked his Governor’s Gold Medal. 667 734 767
- Chen Yu — future director of the Star Sea Merchant Alliance who intervened when Ye Li faced the Gaia Sovereign and later offered him support. 867 871
- Qu Qingyao — Valley of the Heavenly Maidens prodigy who became interested in Ye Li’s strength and later offered intelligence on the Ji Family’s backer. 855 892
- Chen Jingli — Fengyun University senior whose unusual fixation on Ye Li included asking him to kill her. Ye Li refused because she was one of his own and had no grievance with him, ultimately declining to change her choices. 103 151 265
- Lu Xuan — Star Sea Merchant Alliance Director and ally. She cautioned Ye Li about Snow God City, accompanied him there, and remained concerned about the risks of confronting its rulers. 934 1037 1042
- You Tiancheng and Wen Zhixing — Alliance figures who supported Ye Li’s standing and expressed concern for his safety before his Snow God City journey. 1037 1042
- White Tower God — powerful deity whose soul came under Ye Li’s control after the White Tower Church’s destruction. Her manifested obedience helped reassure Lu Xuan about his ability to confront Snow God City. 1025 1037
- Zuo Miaoqing — Snow God City’s eldest daughter. She invited Ye Li to the city while secretly working with her father to assess and potentially trap him. 1037 1042
- Chu Xiyue — apparent Jade Purity Pavilion direct disciple harboring an anomalous possessing soul. Ye Li initially overlooked her secret because she helped him, but she betrayed him after concluding he lacked powerful lineage backing. 1054
- Zhou Yan — Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion prodigy whom Ye Li protected from the Soulbirth Sect’s schemes. She assisted his cultivation, accompanied him to Dragon Martial Prefecture and back to the sect, and developed conflicted feelings about his relationship with Long Ling’er. 1076 1079 1086 1088 1104 1108
- Wei Ting — Soulbirth Sect second elder whose outwardly accommodating treatment concealed plans to exploit, test, and potentially kill Ye Li. Ye Li recognized his manipulations and the true nature of his gifted artifacts. 1076 1078 1088 1108
- Dragon Martial Dao Lord — ruler of Dragon Martial Prefecture and father of Ye Li’s intended bride. His support also served as a means of control; Ye Li later fought him while in Spirit Nurturing. 1104 1124 1132
- Long Ling’er — Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s daughter, known as the Southern Region’s Greatest Beauty. After losing a wager to Ye Li, she became intimate with him; their formal wedding was scheduled for three months later, and Ye Li insisted they were not yet married. 1086 1104
- Pei Wufeng — Sword Pavilion figure and friend who helped arrange Ye Li’s meeting with leaders of the Human Race forbidden grounds. 1266
- Ye Shenfeng — young Primordial Divine Phoenix who accompanies Ye Li. She observed his methods, joined him in seeking the Dark Moon Directorate’s treasury, and expressed curiosity about his homeland. 1255 1266
- Lu Yun — paid guide and companion in the Azure Current Secret Realm. Ye Li rescued her at the entrance bridge and listened when she discussed her desire to prove her family could live with dignity. 1315 1320
- Pei You’an — companion and ally who provided practical assistance, worried about Ye Li’s higher-realm opponents, and developed feelings she outwardly denied. Ye Li gave her a protective bracelet when she chose the Three Continents Alliance, then later came to assist her investigation. 1335 1345 1354 1359 1418 1478 1479
- Qin Baiyi — Pei You’an’s friend and later Ye Li’s traveling companion. Their initial meeting was hostile, but she subsequently entered the Heavenly Beast World with him, gave him a protective messaging pendant, and warmly welcomed him when he arrived at Jade Splendor Manor. 1360 1371 1418 1479
- Kong Zhiqiu — pledged subordinate who became more ambitious in her loyalty after witnessing Ye Li and his allies defeat four Heaven-Grasping attackers. She hoped to secure a closer place in his household. 1354
- Qingyuan True Cultivator — Supreme Clarity Palace supporter who supplied a Supreme Clarity Token, Treasure Medicines, and Dao scriptures, facilitated Ye Li’s journey to the Palace, and arranged his Guardian. 1402 1403 1418 1498 1501
- Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator — Ye Li’s Guardian, selected by Qingyuan. She took pride in his advancement but was unsettled by the speed at which his strength approached the level of powerful Guardians. 1498 1500 1501
- Lu Wan — cultivator associated with Ye Li as her Palace Heir; she enthusiastically supported his achievements and was astonished by his rapid breakthroughs. 1442 1498
- Hidden Edge True Cultivator — enemy whom Ye Li overwhelmed in close combat, deprived of a Sword Talisman, and killed after suppressing his attempted power-up. 1504
Trivia
- Ye Li’s name is explained as “Ye” meaning “leaf” and “Li” meaning “etiquette” or “politeness.” 87
- Although he often presents himself as reasonable or merciful, Ye Li repeatedly states that he will not tolerate threats or betrayal. 60 737 858
- He regards cultivation buffs and reduced Malice Point costs as especially valuable, frequently delaying breakthroughs until he can optimize them with medicines or techniques. 49 188 313
- He repeatedly attributes his extraordinary progress to perseverance, diligence, or “hard cultivation,” including when explaining his lack of Dao Lineage backing and when dismissing Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s disbelief. 10 1054 1504
- His Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear was modeled on a divine weapon from the mythology of his previous life. 162
- He prefers developing methods suited to his own abilities over blindly following inherited techniques, replacing Supreme Clarity Wind with Three Clarity Qi and using Qingyuan’s Path Opening scriptures as references rather than direct routes. 1402 1498
- Even after gaining the ability to refine a universe, he considered returning home first to ensure its safety. 1404