Recaps

Ye Li arrived in the Beast God Secret Realm with Zhang Qingliu and killed the Beast God Cult's Saint Son before the Saint Son could alert the Beast God. After extracting intelligence from the Saint Son's soul, Ye Li set off to confront the Beast God directly, with Zhang Qingliu following at a distance.

• The Beast God Cult's Saint Son sensed the Saintess's arrival and headed toward her, unaware that Ye Li had possessed her body.
• The Saint Son recognized Ye Li and froze in terror, but Ye Li's pressure shattered his body and killed his soul.
• Zhang Qingliu worried that killing the Saint Son would alert the Beast God, and Ye Li said he had already tested that with the Saintess.
• Ye Li searched the Saint Son's memories, asked Zhang Qingliu to sense the Beast God's location, and decided to skip reconnaissance and go straight to the Beast God.
• Ye Li transformed into the Saint Son's appearance and departed, telling Zhang Qingliu not to act unless Ye Li was defeated; Zhang Qingliu followed at a distance.

Ye Li revealed himself before the Beast God and attacked after the Beast God recognized him as a threat. He left the Beast God bloodied and thrown back hundreds of li by the Great Dao Thunder Seal.

• The old woman rebuked Ye Li for disrespecting the Beast God, but Ye Li transformed into the Boy in Black and killed her and four Seventh Tier Beast Venerables with divine fire.
• Ye Li faced the Azure Dragon Beast God, who recognized him and decided to fight him.
• The Beast God raised his Mountain Sea Realm aura and questioned how Ye Li had reached his hall.
• Ye Li struck the Beast God with the ninth-tier treasure Great Dao Thunder Seal, blasting him backward hundreds of li and leaving him with flesh wounds.

Ye Li confronted the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon in the Beast God Secret Realm, surviving its sealed domain and overpowering it with his physical strength and Indestructible Golden Soul. The Azure Dragon recoiled in horror as Ye Li's severed arm regenerated, while Zhang Qingliu watched and prepared to intervene.

• Zhang Qingliu sensed the Mountain Sea Realm Azure Dragon inside the hall and worried about Ye Li entering its domain alone.
• Ye Li struck the Azure Dragon with the perfected Great Dao Thunder Seal, sending it flying and prompting it to transform and unleash its Forbidden Law Domain.
• The Azure Dragon charged Ye Li, but Ye Li met its claw with a punch that shattered it and blasted the beast hundreds of miles away.
• Zhang Qingliu prepared to join the fight after seeing Ye Li lose half an arm, but Ye Li rapidly regenerated it with the power of his Indestructible Golden Soul.
• The Azure Dragon retreated in shock and asked whether Ye Li was even human.

Ye Li confronted the Azure Dragon Beast God in a brutal clash of physical strength, surviving the dragon’s life-or-death charge through his extraordinary regeneration. The Beast God was knocked into the earth, where Ye Li began battering his head.

• The Azure Dragon Beast God transformed into a colossal dragon-man and unleashed his full power against Ye Li.
• Zhang Qingliu warned Ye Li to retreat and tried to stop the Beast God with Great Dao Thunder Seals, but the charging dragon broke through.
• Ye Li charged into the Beast God, and their collision shattered the dragon phantom and unleashed a devastating storm across the secret realm.
• Ye Li’s body repeatedly healed as he overwhelmed the Beast God and blasted him into the ground.
• Ye Li stepped onto the Beast God’s head and repeatedly struck him, breaking his azure scales and drawing scorching blood.

Ye Li defeated the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon in the Beast God Domain and considered how to reach the Mountain Sea Realm before facing the Federation Popes and the extraterrestrial starry sea. As he looked ahead, a Daoist-robed Old Man appeared on the horizon.

• Ye Li battered the Azure Dragon Beast God with his fists and struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Ye Li drew his Immortal Sword and slashed the Azure Dragon Beast God’s true form in half.
• The Azure Dragon Beast God’s Forbidden Law Domain vanished, but Ye Li knocked him back down with Divine Iron and killed him with the Great Dao Thunder Seal.
• Ye Li recovered from his injuries, decided to pursue harmonizing with Huaxia’s mountains, rivers, and earth veins, and resolved to break through to the Mountain Sea Realm as soon as possible.
• Ye Li checked his Malice Points, put away the panel, and saw a Daoist-robed Old Man approaching from the horizon.

After Ye Li killed the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon, he ordered Zhang Qingliu to search the secret realm for its treasures and the Gate of Heaven and Earth. With the Azure Dragon revived and serving him, Ye Li settled down to enhance his Spirit Ascension Method.

• Zhang Qingliu checked Ye Li for injuries, then gave him a ceremonial robe made for Huaxia's Pillar of the Nation.
• Ye Li ordered Zhang Qingliu to gather the secret realm's treasures and find the Gate of Heaven and Earth.
• Ye Li revived the Azure Dragon, who knelt before him and pledged his loyalty.
• Ye Li sent Zhang Qingliu and the Azure Dragon to search together while he prepared to comprehend the Spirit Ascension Method.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to enhance his S-Grade Spirit Ascension Method, Lightning Tribulation Refinement.

Ye Li mastered the Spirit Ascension Method’s Lightning Tribulation Refinement and reached the brink of the Mountain Sea Realm, then began using Malice Points to deduce a method beyond S-Grade. Meanwhile, Zhang Qingliu and the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon left the Beast God Domain with the hidden treasures after Ye Li defeated the Azure Dragon Beast God.

• Ye Li studied the Spirit Ascension Method and gained a 45% reduction in Malice Point costs for cultivation.
• Ye Li perfected Lightning Tribulation Refinement, formed vast Lightning Energy within his body, and approached the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Ye Li summoned the panel and began spending Malice Points to deduce a Spirit Ascension Method beyond S-Grade.
• Zhang Qingliu reflected on Ye Li’s feats and the defeat of the Azure Dragon Beast God in the Beast God Secret Realm.
• The Forbidden Law Azure Dragon warned Zhang Qingliu to hand over the hidden treasures, and the two set off together with them.

Ye Li perfected the Mountain Sea Wind Thunder Induction and reached the half-step Mountain Sea Realm, with strength comparable to a peak Mountain Sea Realm martial artist. After accepting Zhang Qingliu’s treasures and pill formulas, he prepared to refine medicine while Huaxia celebrated its new Land Immortal.

• Ye Li used Malice Points to perfect the Mountain Sea Wind Thunder Induction, breaking the Hegemony Realm’s aura limit and reaching the half-step Mountain Sea Realm.
• Zhang Qingliu arrived and felt Ye Li’s pressure, then confirmed that he had perfected his Spirit Ascension Method.
• Ye Li accepted Zhang Qingliu’s Imperial Seal containing high-grade secret treasures and asked for pill formulas.
• Ye Li sat down to refine medicine with divine fire while Zhang Qingliu went to recover the true dragon’s remains and announce Huaxia’s victory.

Father Jim assembled a force to travel to Huaxia and demand the return of the Federal Nation’s divine staff, relying on Li Qingtian’s help after the Federal Godfather refused to join them. The group set off toward Huaxia, confident that the two returning popes would deter retaliation.

• Father Jim learned that Isabella would not take part in the operation and accepted that she was still shaken by Ye Li’s killing of Chris Zhenlin.
• Father Jim complained that the Federal Godfather had ignored his messages and refused to join the mission.
• Li Qingtian arrived to support Father Jim, saying he preferred to strike first rather than wait for Ye Li to target Northern Cold Country.
• Father Jim promised that the two former popes would protect Northern Cold Country if Huaxia retaliated.
• Father Jim led Li Qingtian and four Seventh Tier kings toward Huaxia to reclaim the divine staff.

Ye Li refined a batch of high-grade pills with divine fire and learned from Zhang Qingliu about the interstellar civilization beyond the Star Sea. As they left the Beast God Secret Realm, Zhang Qingliu vowed to protect Ye Li from the two Popes, while Ye Li quietly resolved to deal with them himself.

• Ye Li used divine fire to refine more than a dozen high-grade pills overnight, then gave several to Zhang Qingliu for Yang Qingshan and the others.
• Zhang Qingliu told Ye Li that several inhabited planets lay beyond the Star Sea and that Tianheng Star was the closest to Blue Star.
• Zhang Qingliu explained that the two former Federation Popes had grown stronger after joining the Universe Treasure Hall and had repeatedly invited him to leave Blue Star.
• Zhang Qingliu warned that the two Popes might return to Huaxia soon to settle accounts with Ye Li and promised to protect him, even at the cost of his life.
• Ye Li concealed his intention to prevent the Popes from returning alive, recalled the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon to his soul space, and set off with Zhang Qingliu.

After the secret realm crisis was contained, Cai Jingyun searched for martial skills to help Ye Li prepare for his next breakthrough, while Yang Qingshan reflected on Ye Li’s likely departure from Blue Star. News that foreign forces had crossed into Huaxia and demanded the divine staff sent Cai Jingyun and Yang Qingshan rushing to the border, where Cai confronted them.

• Yang Qingshan sent Xiao Cheng to assist Qingxia Pass and remained at Shanhai Pass to oversee operations and seek medicine for the [Realm-Breaking Golden Vine].
• Cai Jingyun returned from the national treasury with Ninth Tier jade slips and began selecting Premium Martial Skills for Ye Li because she could not find a Spirit Ascension Method.
• Yang Qingshan and Cai Jingyun discussed Ye Li’s achievements and his possible departure from Blue Star after reaching the Mountain Sea Realm.
• A border report said foreign forces had come to Huaxia to demand the divine staff, prompting Cai Jingyun and Yang Qingshan to race toward the frontier.
• At the Sea Current Mountain Range, Father Jim and Li Qingtian faced Huaxia’s warriors until Cai Jingyun arrived and sent a white dragon of mist sweeping toward them.

Father Jim led the Federation’s powerful delegation to the border to reclaim the divine staff, while Cai Jingyun and Yang Qingshan confronted them. The standoff sharpened when Yang said Ye Li was away on a mission, and the chapter ended as Yang prepared to resist a forced crossing.

• Father Jim smashed Cai Jingyun’s white dragon attack with his Silver Cross and demanded that Huaxia return the divine staff Ye Li had taken.
• Yang Qingshan arrived and accused the Federation of threatening war, while Father Jim threatened the border guards and nearby citizens if Huaxia refused.
• Yang told Father Jim that Ye Li was carrying out a mission and could not come to the border.
• Li Qingtian suspected Ye Li might be injured, while Father Jim considered exploiting his absence and forcing his way into Huaxia.
• Yang Qingshan stepped forward with his great spear, and a deadly cold spread across the mountain range.

Ye Li arrived at Shanhai Pass with the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon, revealing power that surpassed the demigods and terrifying the Federation forces. After instantly killing Li Qingtian, he turned his attention to the remaining Federation members.

• Yang Qingshan and Cai Jingyun warned Father Jim and the Federation forces not to force their way through Shanhai Pass, while Li Qingtian demanded the divine staff and challenged Ye Li to appear.
• Ye Li arrived atop the Forbidden Law Azure Dragon, and Father Jim identified him as the source of the overwhelming aura.
• Li Qingtian tried to placate Ye Li, but Ye Li dismissed his excuse and shattered his spear before killing him with a single palm strike.
• Ye Li reflected on the difference between the Hegemony Realm and the Mountain Sea Realm, then looked toward the five remaining demigods, who froze in fear.

Ye Li slaughtered the Federation’s leaders after they threatened Huaxia, then trapped their fleeing Kings with his sealing technique. He pursued the Kings through the mountains, leaving them helpless as he killed them one by one.

• Father Jim begged Ye Li to spare him and offered friendship with Huaxia, but Ye Li struck him down with a single punch.
• The four Federation Kings fled after witnessing the deaths of Li Qingtian and Father Jim.
• Ye Li sealed the land within a hundred miles, cutting off the Kings’ access to true qi and spiritual energy.
• Ye Li caught the Kings and killed them one by one as their screams echoed across the mountains.

Ye Li killed the six demigods who attacked Huaxia’s border, then went to cultivate in Shangchuan Province. As Zhang Qingliu and Yang Qingshan reflected on his strength and the crisis’s end, an international headline called Ye Li unrivaled under heaven.

• Ye Li killed the six demigods at Shanhai Pass and confirmed that none had escaped.
• Yang Qingshan and Cai Jingyun thanked Ye Li for saving the border, and Zhang Qingliu arrived and learned that Ye Li had slain all six attackers.
• Zhang Qingliu thanked Ye Li for aiding Huaxia, while Ye Li said he had acted for his own advancement and principles.
• After the battle damaged much of the Hailiu Mountain Range, Ye Li went to cultivate in a Blessed Land in Shangchuan Province.
• Zhang Qingliu told Yang Qingshan that Ye Li remained in the Hegemony Realm but was stronger than he was, and Yang called Ye Li Huaxia’s savior.
• Zhang Qingliu pointed Yang toward an international headline describing Ye Li as “Unrivaled under heaven.”

Ye Li used Malice Points and rare elixirs in a Shangchuan Province Blessed Land to break through from the Hegemony Realm to the Ninth-Tier Mountain Sea. His breakthrough unleashed a vast phenomenon that spread across more than half of Huaxia, leaving him at the pinnacle of Blue Star.

• Ye Li traveled from Shanhai Pass to the Shangchuan Province Blessed Land to increase his combat power with nearly four hundred thousand Malice Points.
• Ye Li swallowed several top-grade elixirs, whose medicinal power damaged his body before his golden soul rapidly healed it.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to refine his Divine Mansion and Martial Infant and strengthen his mind, receiving a reduction in the cost of breaking through to the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Ye Li's breakthrough shook the mountains, rivers, and Gate of Heaven and Earth as clouds and thunder spread across more than half of Huaxia.
• Ye Li crossed the final heavenly chasm and entered the Ninth-Tier Mountain Sea, reaching the ultimate limit of a demigod on Blue Star.

After breaking through to the ninth tier of the Mountain Sea Realm, Ye Li learned that two former temple popes and a young big shot from the Universe Treasure Hall would soon arrive from beyond the Star Sea. He considered how to strengthen himself further and headed to Shanhai Pass to ask Zhang Qingliu about martial skills above the Mountain Sea Realm.

• Ye Li broke through to the ninth tier of the Mountain Sea Realm and summoned Father Jim's soul to question him.
• Father Jim revealed that the two former popes were mid-stage Mountain Sea Realm elders of the Universe Treasure Hall and would arrive with a young big shot from Tianheng Star.
• Ye Li learned that the visitors would begin crossing the Star Sea the next day and could reach Blue Star within the week.
• Ye Li put Father Jim's soul into the Divine Iron and checked his Malice Points and martial-skill panel.
• Ye Li wondered whether Huaxia's national treasury held martial skills above the Mountain Sea Realm and set off for Shanhai Pass to ask Zhang Qingliu.

After breaking through to the Mountain Sea Realm, Ye Li visited Shanhai Pass and borrowed Huaxia’s only martial skill above the ninth tier, the Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique. He left to prepare for his journey across the Star Sea, where he planned to face two former popes.

• Zhang Qingliu and Yang Qingshan sensed the breakthrough and identified Ye Li as the likely source.
• Ye Li asked Zhang Qingliu for a martial skill above the ninth tier, and Zhang Qingliu gave him the crystal containing the Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique.
• Ye Li checked that the tenth-tier technique was upgradeable, then thanked Zhang Qingliu.
• Zhang Qingliu suggested Ye Li visit Qingxia Pass, but Ye Li declined because he planned to cross the Star Sea the next day.
• Ye Li told Zhang Qingliu and Yang Qingshan he might be gone for several days, then flew away as Zhang Qingliu considered how to resist the approaching enemies.

Liu Ze traveled toward Blue Star aboard a silver-white shuttle with two Mountain Sea Realm elders, intending to bring its living planets under the Universe Treasure Hall’s control. He dismissed the elders’ warnings about Ye Li, and the group expected to reach Blue Star in four days.

• Liu Ze learned that Blue Star had no Sun Moon Realm experts and that its strongest martial artists were in the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Liu Ze became interested in Ye Li’s rapid rise to the eighth rank and considered recruiting him or taking the resources behind his breakthrough.
• Elder Megan warned Liu Ze that Ye Li had killed a Hegemony Realm junior and urged him to keep his distance.
• Liu Ze insisted that his borrowed ninth-rank Treasured Artifacts and the Universe Treasure Hall’s backing left him with little to fear.
• Elder Megan estimated that the shuttle would reach Blue Star in approximately four days, and Liu Ze anticipated demonstrating the Universe Treasure Hall’s power there.

Ye Li perfected the Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique and used [Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas] to reach the second level of the Mountain Sea Realm within the territory he refined. Four days later, Liu Ze and two elders arrived in Huaxia, where Zhang Qingliu and other defenders prepared for battle as Liu Ze saw the nation as a valuable prize.

• Ye Li perfected the Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique after spending his remaining Malice Points and nearly exhausting his precious medicines.
• Ye Li activated [Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas], refined thousands of kilometers of terrain, and rose to the second level of the Mountain Sea Realm within that territory.
• A silver-white shuttle arrived above Huaxia, and Zhang Qingliu sensed the approaching threat and told Yang Qingshan to activate the National Protection Array and take over the Qingyi Bureau if he died.
• Yang Qingshan mobilized Shanhai Pass's defenses as two Hegemony Realm auras rose from Heaven and Earth Pass and Qingxia Pass and headed toward Purple Mist Continent.
• Liu Ze and the two elders landed in Huaxia, and Liu Ze admired its vast territory and considered it a treasure for his father.

Liu Ze and the two temple popes arrived in Huaxia to demand the divine staff, but Zhang Qingliu and the other defenders confronted them. When Liu Ze attacked Zhou Shang, Ye Li appeared with the power of Huaxia’s mountains and rivers and repelled the invaders.

• Elder Megan urged Liu Ze to rest in the Federation, but Zhang Qingliu struck at the newcomers with a Great Dao Thunder Seal.
• Liu Ze survived the attack and threatened Zhang Qingliu, Cai Jingyun, and Zhou Shang, then launched his Imperial Seal at Zhou Shang.
• A cloud-and-mist dragon knocked the Imperial Seal aside, wounded Liu Ze, and forced the two temple popes to shield him from the remaining attack.
• Ye Li emerged in the sky after refining Huaxia’s territory, wielding power that brought his strength near the Peak of Mountain Sea Realm while he remained within Huaxia.

Ye Li revealed his Peak of Mountain Sea Realm strength as he overwhelmed Liu Ze and the two temple elders. Elder Megan attempted to escape with Liu Ze, but Ye Li killed Liu Ze and captured his head while Zhang Qingliu watched.

• Elder Megan identified Ye Li as a Peak of Mountain Sea Realm expert, and the three newcomers realized why federal communications had been cut off.
• Ye Li crossed the distance and punched one of the former popes into the earth, crushing his chest.
• Liu Ze unleashed the Heavenly Tiger Subduing Demon Seal, but Ye Li shattered the tiger and damaged the treasure.
• Liu Ze launched several Ninth Tier Treasured Artifacts at Ye Li, who emerged unharmed and broke a treasure in his hand.
• Elder Megan activated the Space Shuttle and tried to flee with Liu Ze, but Ye Li smashed Liu Ze’s armor, blasted his body into blood mist, and seized his head.

Ye Li killed Liu Ze and Elder Megan, then seized their shuttle after stopping it in midair. He discovered that the deaths had earned him a large number of Malice Points, which he linked to the power of [Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas].

• Ye Li crushed Liu Ze's storage ring and killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Elder Megan fled in the silver-white shuttle, but Ye Li caught up and stopped it with a palm wrapped in cloud qi.
• Elder Megan attacked Ye Li, who killed him with a single punch that split the Sea of Clouds.
• Ye Li stored the shuttle and inspected the Malice Points gained from killing Liu Ze and Elder Megan.
• Ye Li considered how his false realm could help him earn more Malice Points in future battles.

Ye Li defeated two Peak Martial Artists who had come for him, earning nearly 800,000 Malice Points and leaving Zhang Qingliu and the others stunned by his strength. Back at Shanhai Pass, he discussed Huaxia’s future and confirmed to Cai Jingyun that he would leave Blue Star within the next couple of days.

• Ye Li watched the Mountain Sea Realm's golden blood disperse as Zhang Qingliu and two Land Immortals arrived and reacted in shock to his victory over the two Peak Martial Artists.
• Zhang Qingliu thanked Ye Li on behalf of Huaxia, and Ye Li said the matter was settled before returning with the others.
• At Shanhai Pass, Yang Qingshan checked whether Ye Li was injured, and Ye Li asked what the Qingyi Bureau planned to do next.
• Yang Qingshan said Huaxia could address matters left unresolved now that its troubles had been cleared, while Ye Li noted that Blue Star offered few opportunities for his cultivation.
• Cai Jingyun asked whether Ye Li was leaving, and he confirmed he would depart within the next couple of days.

Ye Li left Shanhai Pass and used the resources taken from the brocade-robed young man's ring to fuel a rapid breakthrough. He reached the Peak of Sixth-Tier Mountain Sea Realm, while the Universe Treasure Hall Master's eventual response to his son's death remained a looming threat.

• Ye Li traveled to a remote mountainous region near the Four Seas nations and checked his Malice Points before preparing to break through.
• Ye Li examined the black storage ring and used divine fire to refine several high-grade Treasure Medicines into pills.
• Ye Li consumed three pills as the system spent Malice Points, and his Spiritual Platform fused with the Gate of Heaven and Earth as he advanced to the Third Tier of the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Ye Li's Spiritual Platform world formed mountains and seas, and he advanced to the Fifth Tier of the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Ye Li's qi and blood surged as he reached the Peak of Sixth-Tier Mountain Sea Realm, one step short of the Late Stage.