Recaps

After spending most of his Malice Points, Ye Li upgraded the Divine Iron and gained its new meridian-shattering ability. He planned his journey to Tianheng Star and found a potential destination in a notice about a Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger.

• Ye Li adapted to his increased strength and mourned the Malice Points consumed by his recent upgrades.
• Ye Li summoned the three souls, confirmed they had no further value, and fed them to the Divine Iron.
• The Divine Iron illuminated its third Divine Mark and gained the passive ability Marrow Shatter, which could damage an opponent’s meridians through repeated collisions.
• Ye Li judged the new ability useful and put away the Divine Iron.
• Ye Li read a Divine Communication Paper notice about a mature Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger in the Tongnan Mountain Range and considered it a destination on Tianheng Star.

Ye Li read the Earth-grade Divine Communication Paper and learned about opportunities across Tianheng Star, including a cave abode in the Western Regions that would open in about twenty-two days. He planned to travel there after settling Huaxia’s affairs, while first hunting the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger in the Tongnan Mountain Range.

• Ye Li examined the Divine Communication Paper and learned how the Heavenly Machine Pavilion’s intelligence papers were classified and distributed.
• Ye Li read reports about several opportunities on Tianheng Star, including Nine Nether Profound Gold, a dangerous cave abode, and a Hegemony Realm Scroll Koi.
• Ye Li discovered that a cave abode above the Western Regions Heavenly Pool Sea would open in roughly twenty-two days and had drawn Zhou Qinghan from Cloud Mist Immortal Mountain.
• Ye Li calculated that travel to Tianheng Star would take nearly two weeks and decided to hunt the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger in the Tongnan Mountain Range first.
• Ye Li put away the paper and prepared to settle Huaxia’s affairs before traveling to Tianheng Star.

Ye Li prepared to leave Blue Star for the Star Sea, racing to advance before the Universe Treasure Hall threatened Blue Star. He entrusted the Qingyi Bureau with protective jade talismans and departed without making a public farewell.

• Ye Li confirmed that sect forces across Huaxia and beyond were orderly and obedient.
• Ye Li told Zhang Qingliu and Cai Jingyun that he planned to leave Blue Star and might become unreachable in the Star Sea.
• Ye Li explained that he intended to advance quickly and eventually break the extraterrestrial Star Sea blockade so Blue Star could communicate with the outside world.
• Ye Li gave Zhang Qingliu and Cai Jingyun three jade talismans that could grievously wound Mountain Sea Realm martial artists.
• Ye Li asked Cai Jingyun to keep two talismans with the Qingyi Bureau and deliver the third to Zuo Qingyu, principal of Fengyun University.

Nangong Yuechan learned that Liu Ze and his escorts had died on Blue Star and ordered the Universe Treasure Hall to track the person carrying Liu Ze’s Ink Fox Ring. She planned to seize the cave dwelling at Tianchi Sea first, then go to Blue Star and kill the person responsible.

• Nangong Yuechan questioned Liu Ze’s terrified confidant and learned that Liu Ze had died on Blue Star despite traveling with two Mountain Sea Realm elders and many treasure tools.
• The Old Man explained that Liu Ze had gone to Blue Star seeking a rumored martial arts prodigy and possible Supreme Treasure, and Nangong Yuechan concluded that his reckless actions had caused trouble for her.
• Nangong Yuechan learned that the Ink Fox Ring’s position was moving rapidly aboard Liu Ze’s Silver Sky Shuttle, which was heading toward Tianheng Star.
• Nangong Yuechan ordered a Supreme Elder to track the shuttle, force its occupant to reveal Blue Star’s coordinates, and kill him.
• Nangong Yuechan ordered preparations to travel to Blue Star after returning from the Tianchi Sea cave dwelling, while prioritizing the cave dwelling for the moment.

Ye Li arrived at the Tongnan Mountain Range on Tianheng Star, where he planned to find the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger before a cave abode opened in about a week. He approached a camp of martial artists seeking information about the beast and revealed that he was at the mid-stage Mountain Sea Realm.

• Ye Li confirmed his location on the map and reached Tianheng Star after more than ten days of travel.
• Ye Li entered the Tongnan Mountain Range, reasoning that the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger was still alive and that other martial artists might know its coordinates.
• Ye Li found several temporary camps and sensed that most of the gathered martial artists were at the Hegemony Realm, with only five at the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chai Huanlu introduced herself and her companions from the Barbaric Sect of the Western Region to Ye Li.
• Huo Kai rudely asked Ye Li about his cultivation, and Ye Li answered that he was at the mid-stage Mountain Sea Realm.

Ye Li demanded information about the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger, but Huo Kai challenged him to prove his Mountain Sea Realm strength. Ye Li overwhelmed the group with one strike and forced Chai Huanlu to agree to reveal the tiger’s whereabouts and leave the mountains.

• Huo Kai questioned Ye Li’s claimed cultivation and demanded that he prove his strength before they would cooperate.
• Ye Li unleashed a powerful aura and struck Huo Kai and the others with the Great Dao Thunder Seal.
• The attack left Huo Kai and the guardian elder near death and severely injured the rest of the group.
• Ye Li gave the survivors a choice: reveal the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger’s whereabouts and leave, or face an unstated alternative.
• Chai Huanlu trembled and agreed to comply.

Ye Li used Jiang Baishi’s treasured blood to track down the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger and killed it with a powerful strike. Jiang Baishi followed him, hoping to build a connection with the formidable fighter as White Cloud Sect struggled to recover.

• Chai Huanlu gave Ye Li the Tracking Compass and a map of the tiger’s roaming grounds, but Jiang Baishi revealed she had two drops of its treasured blood.
• Ye Li activated the compass, invited Jiang Baishi to follow him, and headed deeper into the Tongnan Mountain Range.
• Jiang Baishi warned Ye Li that the Barbaric Sect might seek revenge, but he calmly dismissed the concern.
• The compass led Ye Li and Jiang Baishi to the tiger, and Ye Li struck it down with an ancient thunder seal.

Ye Li effortlessly killed the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger, startling Jiang Baishi, who divided its remains and gave him most of the spoils. After learning how far the Universe Treasure Hall and Tianchi Sea were, Ye Li planned to head for Tianchi Sea while staying alert for the Hall’s pursuers.

• Ye Li killed the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger in fewer than ten breaths, leaving Jiang Baishi stunned by his strength.
• Ye Li told Jiang Baishi to handle the carcass, and she split the remains, keeping twenty percent for White Cloud Sect and offering him the rest.
• Ye Li asked Jiang Baishi about the distance to the Universe Treasure Hall and learned that even a high-grade Space Shuttle would take nearly a week to reach it.
• Ye Li weighed his current strength and the approaching cave abode, then decided to travel directly to Tianchi Sea and deal with any pursuers he encountered.

Ye Li and Jiang Baishi discussed the Universe Treasure Hall and the White Cloud Sect’s unresolved revenge before Ye Li set off for Tianchi Sea. Their conversation was interrupted by Han Ling and two powerful Attendants, who demanded the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger’s remains.

• Jiang Baishi asked whether Ye Li planned to join the Universe Treasure Hall, and Ye Li said he had something like that in mind.
• Jiang Baishi explained that she would not leave the White Cloud Sect because its blood debt remained unpaid, though she did not reveal the full burden she carried.
• Jiang Baishi told Ye Li about a Half-step Sun-Moon Realm residence at Tianchi Sea, and Ye Li said he would go there immediately.
• Han Ling arrived with two Attendants and demanded that Ye Li and Jiang Baishi hand over the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger’s bones and precious blood.
• One Attendant asked Ye Li and Jiang Baishi for their names and sect, while Ye Li recognized that the newcomers’ confidence in their background could lead to a confrontation.

Ye Li took the Mysterious Ink Golden Tiger’s tiger-bone treasure blood from Han Ling and fought the Yinchuan Han Family Attendants who attacked him. He defeated and burned them, while Han Ling and Jiang Baishi’s fate remained uncertain.

• Han Ling demanded the treasure from Jiang Baishi, who surrendered the jade shard after learning the newcomers belonged to the Yinchuan Han Family.
• Ye Li slapped Han Ling away and caught the shard before she could take it.
• The two middle-aged Attendants attacked Ye Li with mountains of true qi, but he shattered their attacks with the Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique.
• Ye Li struck both Attendants out of the air and unleashed a fire dragon that swallowed them as they begged for mercy.

Ye Li overpowered Han Ling, killed her two Han Family Attendants, and tormented her until she begged for mercy. He then killed Han Ling in the Tongnan Mountain Range, earning Malice Points.

• Han Ling recovered from Ye Li’s first blow and threatened him while expecting the Han Family Attendants to defeat him.
• Han Ling discovered Ye Li holding the Attendants’ storage rings, and he ordered her to pick up the jade slip before striking her again.
• Han Ling invoked her ties to the Yinchuan Han Family and Northern Cold Sect, then fled using escape Treasured Artifacts.
• Ye Li used the [Pursuit] Divine Mark to spear Han Ling, destroy her dantian Qi Sea, and pin her to the ground.
• Ye Li repeatedly ordered Han Ling to pick up the jade slip, and she broke down and begged him to spare her.
• Ye Li killed Han Ling with an Immortal Sword, and the system awarded him Malice Points.

Ye Li killed Han Ling and two Yinchuan Han Family Attendants, then learned how the Four Extremes Hall had destroyed the White Cloud Sect’s original home. He left Jiang Baishi with a chance to rebuild the sect at its old grounds and promised he might serve as its Attendant.

• Ye Li collected the storage ring after killing two Han Family Attendants and gained nearly a million Malice Points.
• Jiang Baishi watched Ye Li return and learned that he had also killed Han Ling, then received her recovered jade slip.
• Jiang Baishi urged Ye Li to flee to the Northern Regions, but he refused and asked about the White Cloud Sect’s defeat by the Four Extremes Hall.
• Jiang Baishi explained that the Four Extremes Hall had destroyed the White Cloud Sect after its ancestor reprimanded a disciple who made mortal martial artists into puppets.
• Ye Li told Jiang Baishi to rebuild the White Cloud Sect at its old grounds near Golden Crane Mountain and said he might become its Attendant before departing.

Ye Li reviewed the Han Family’s spoils and read news from the Western Regions before using his Malice Points and Ninth-Tier Precious Medicine to break through to the Peak of Mountain Sea Realm.

• Ye Li searched the Han Family’s storage rings and found a [Western Regions Wind and Cloud Record].
• Han Ling identified the scroll, which reported on Nangong Yuechan’s rise and other major events across the Western Regions.
• Ye Li considered the scroll’s usefulness for spreading information about his own deeds and put it away.
• Ye Li used Malice Points to increase his Martial Arts Level and swallowed Ninth-Tier Precious Medicine to speed his cultivation.
• Ye Li’s physical body surpassed the Mountain Sea Realm’s ultimate limit, and he advanced to the Peak of Mountain Sea Realm.

After reaching the Peak of Mountain Sea Realm, Ye Li upgraded Indestructible Golden Soul to LV6 and gained a divine ability that could warn him of powerful calamities and reveal threats. The new ability gave him a way to identify future enemies and prepare for them as he pursued the Sun Moon Realm.

• Ye Li reached the Peak of Mountain Sea Realm and decided he needed the method for advancing to the Sun Moon Realm before confronting the Four Extremes Hall.
• Ye Li chose to spend Malice Points enhancing Indestructible Golden Soul rather than deducing a cultivation method from scratch.
• Indestructible Golden Soul advanced to LV6, improving its healing and Golden Soul Revival abilities.
• Ye Li gained the passive innate divine ability Good Fortune Avoids Calamity, which could foresee heavenly tribulations and reveal sufficiently threatening schemes and their participants.
• Ye Li realized the ability could help him identify dangerous enemies and prepare for future calamities.

After reviewing his remaining Malice Points and considering ways to gain more Treasured Artifacts, Ye Li set out to visit the Yinchuan Han Family and test [Good Fortune Avoids Calamity]. At the Han Family, Sect Master Mo Changfeng investigated Han Ling’s death and called for a Divine Calculator to identify the killer.

• Ye Li considered spending Malice Points on the Treasure Tool Roulette and decided to head to the Han Family.
• The Yinchuan Han Family endured two days of dark skies as its members faced the aftermath of Han Ling’s death.
• Han Ling’s father told Mo Changfeng that the Heavenly Machine Pavilion had only identified her killer as an outsider and Rogue Cultivator.
• Mo Changfeng concluded that the Heavenly Machine Pavilion had withheld details because the offered price was too low.
• Mo Changfeng asked Han Yu whether Mr. Divine Calculator had arrived, and she confirmed he was waiting outside the courtyard.

The Northern Cold Sect Master, Mo Changfeng, hired the Divine Calculator to uncover the origins and movements of the Rogue Cultivator who killed Han Ling. Han Yu agreed to become the Northern Cold Sect’s Saintess if Mo Changfeng avenged her sister, but the Divine Calculator suddenly coughed up blood during his divination.

• Mo Changfeng brought the Divine Calculator before the Han Family and supplied him with a portrait and news about the Rogue Cultivator.
• The Divine Calculator warned that calculating a powerful Mountain Sea Realm martial artist would be difficult, while Mo Changfeng threatened to reclaim half his deposit if he failed.
• Mo Changfeng invited Han Yu to serve as the Northern Cold Sect’s Saintess and personally guide her cultivation.
• Han Yu accepted on the condition that Mo Changfeng kill the person who had killed Han Ling.
• As the Divine Calculator performed his divination, he abruptly opened his eyes and sprayed blood from his mouth.

Divine Calculator’s deduction revealed that Ye Li had reached the Han Family, and the attempt nearly destroyed his soul. Ye Li attacked the Han Family, overwhelmed Mo Changfeng’s Yin God, and left the family’s defenses in ruins.

• Divine Calculator deduced Ye Li’s name, but probing further brought a blazing backlash that injured him and exposed Ye Li at the Han Family’s gate.
• Divine Calculator warned Mo Changfeng and tried to withdraw from the task as Ye Li’s aura erupted outside the Han Family.
• Ye Li crushed the Han Family’s front courtyard with a thunder seal, and Mo Changfeng intercepted the attack outside the main courtyard.
• Ye Li demanded to know who had spied on him, then rushed Mo Changfeng and smashed his Yin God into the ground with Soul Burning Spirit Extinguishing, Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Mo Changfeng screamed as the divine fire burned his soul.

Ye Li destroyed Mo Changfeng’s Yin God incarnation and killed Divine Calculator and the Han family head after confronting the Han family. Han Yu remained at his mercy, her Dao heart near collapse, as he ordered her to keep kowtowing.

• Ye Li burned away Mo Changfeng’s Yin God incarnation before he could summon his true body.
• Divine Calculator tried to plead for his life, but Ye Li killed him with a single attack.
• Ye Li turned on the Han family’s two leaders, and Han Yu realized her plans to capture him were hopeless.
• The Han family head and Han Yu knelt and begged Ye Li to spare the family, hoping to stall until Mo Changfeng arrived.
• Ye Li suddenly killed the Han family head and told Han Yu to keep kowtowing as she trembled in despair.

Ye Li waited at the Han family headquarters for the Northern Cold Sect Master and the Universe Treasure Hall’s tracker, seeking to conserve Malice Points while preparing to face stronger enemies. When Mo Changfeng and the Brocade Robe Old Man arrived to attack him, Ye Li struck first and split the old man in two before turning his golden-eyed gaze and fist on Mo Changfeng.

• Ye Li realized the Han family patriarch’s death had earned him too few Malice Points and resolved to save them as he prepared for the Universe Treasure Hall’s retaliation.
• Yinchuan’s clan leaders gathered to watch the ruined Han family headquarters as the Brocade Robe Old Man tracked Ye Li there with his compass.
• The Brocade Robe Old Man and Mo Changfeng agreed to join forces against Ye Li above the Han family headquarters.
• Ye Li unleashed a sharp Sword Qi that cleaved the Brocade Robe Old Man in two.
• Ye Li charged at Mo Changfeng with golden eyes and drove a fist toward him.

Ye Li overwhelmed Mo Changfeng, the Northern Cold Sect Master, with his strength and rapid regeneration, then killed him with a final rain of sword light. Yinchuan’s watching families were left stunned by the Purple-robed youth’s power.

• Ye Li struck Mo Changfeng hard enough to break through his defenses and send him flying.
• Mo Changfeng unleashed Ice Soul Strangulation, but Ye Li countered with the Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Technique and charged through the cold winds.
• Ye Li’s wounds regenerated as he battered Mo Changfeng, breaking his bones and punching through his chest.
• Ye Li kicked Mo Changfeng’s head and sent him crashing to the earth, causing the bright moon behind him to vanish.
• Ye Li summoned a curtain of golden sword light that destroyed Mo Changfeng and blasted apart the ground beneath him.

Ye Li defeated Mo Changfeng and the Brocade Robe Old Man, leaving Han Yu terrified and the Han family’s treasury in his hands. He realized that some Half-step Great Powers possessed coveted Sun Moon Realm Creation Methods, offering another possible path to advancement.

• Han Yu hoped Mo Changfeng and the Brocade Robe Old Man would save her, but Ye Li showed no fear when they arrived.
• Ye Li’s sword cut the Brocade Robe Old Man in half and prevented him from healing.
• Ye Li defeated Mo Changfeng, shattered the bright moon above Yinchuan, and tossed Mo Changfeng’s head before Han Yu.
• Ye Li left the courtyard with a white-haired woman, who led him to the Han family’s rear mountain treasury.
• Ye Li reflected on the battle and learned that outstanding Half-step Great Powers could possess Sun Moon Realm Creation Methods.

Ye Li used the Great Ice Sealing Divine Codex to advance into the Half-step Sun-Moon Realm and began nurturing an illusory sun. He then noticed that the silver ring taken from the dead Brocade Robe Old Man was receiving a contact attempt from the Universe Treasure Hall.

• Ye Li searched Mo Changfeng's soul and discovered that the Northern Cold Sect's Great Ice Sealing Divine Codex was an A-Grade Creation Method.
• Ye Li used Malice Points to master the Great Ice Sealing Divine Codex and condense a bright moon within his Spiritual Platform World.
• Ye Li spent more Malice Points to solidify and enlarge the moon, entering the Half-step Sun-Moon Realm.
• Ye Li mastered the Great Ice Sealing Divine Codex and formed the embryonic shape of an illusory sun, which he planned to nurture before reaching the Sun Moon Realm.
• Ye Li noticed that the silver ring taken from the dead Brocade Robe Old Man was trembling as someone from the Universe Treasure Hall tried to contact him.

Ye Li used the Brocade Robe Old Man’s communication ring to confront Nangong Yuechan, who recognized him and threatened him on behalf of the Universe Treasure Hall. Ye Li set out for Tianchi Sea, where Nangong Yuechan and the Long-Browed Elder were waiting for a cave abode’s energy field to weaken.

• Ye Li activated the Brocade Robe Old Man’s ring and spoke with Nangong Yuechan, who identified him as Ye Li and realized he had reached the Peak of the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Nangong Yuechan threatened Ye Li and said the Hall Master would return to the Western Regions in a few days.
• Ye Li used the old man’s memories and other records to locate Nangong Yuechan at Tianchi Sea, then destroyed the Han Family Treasury as he departed.
• At Tianchi Sea, Nangong Yuechan told the Long-Browed Elder that the cave abode’s energy field would weaken in two days and asked him to accompany her inside.
• Nangong Yuechan warned the Long-Browed Elder not to provoke Ye Li before the Hall Master returned and instructed the hall to monitor the Western Regions Wind and Cloud Record.

Nangong Yuechan and the Universe Treasure Hall used the Vast Sea Formation to control access to the mysterious cave abode above Tianchi Sea. After letting allied forces enter while turning the rest away, Nangong Yuechan noticed a vast golden light approaching on the horizon.

• Nangong Yuechan completed the Vast Sea Formation around Tianchi Sea and ordered the Long-Browed Elder to block unapproved forces from entering the cave abode.
• When the cave abode's energy field weakened, the Long-Browed Elder used the formation to raise a barrier and halt the approaching martial artists.
• Several allied forces entered the cave abode after promising not to contest opportunities reserved for Nangong Yuechan.
• Nangong Yuechan warned the remaining martial artists to wait or attack the formation at their own risk, and they retreated to the islands.
• As the formation trembled and fierce winds swept across Tianchi Sea, Nangong Yuechan turned toward an enormous golden light expanding on the horizon.

Ye Li arrived at Tianchi Sea as a Half-step Sun-Moon Great Power and confronted Nangong Yuechan, who tried to negotiate peace. He shattered the formation, killed the Long-Browed Elder, and crippled Nangong Yuechan, leaving her at his mercy.

• Ye Li approached Tianchi Sea with his Bright Moon Dharma Aspect, and Nangong Yuechan recognized him as the man who had killed the Young Master and Elder Chen.
• Nangong Yuechan offered to erase the Universe Treasure Hall’s grudges and compensate Ye Li, but he continued toward her without answering.
• Ye Li asked whether Nangong Yuechan thought she was better than everyone else, then smashed his Dharma Aspect into the sea formation.
• Ye Li killed the Long-Browed Elder and shattered the tenth-tier formation before seizing Nangong Yuechan.
• Ye Li destroyed Nangong Yuechan’s Qi Sea, struck her, and demanded that she repeat her earlier threats.