Recaps

Lian Mo and his daughter tried to carry out the White-robed Guest Elder’s order to seal Purple Cloud Cave, but Zi Chen discovered their plan and moved to stop them. The Guest Elder appeared in time and killed Zi Chen with one punch, leaving the gathered Heavenly Supervision Department experts stunned.

• Lian Mo ordered Lian Shi to mobilize the residence’s Sun Moon Realm experts and seal Purple Cloud Cave, then returned to the courtyard to stall Zi Chen.
• Lian Mo found the courtyard empty and rushed back toward his residence after realizing Zi Chen had left.
• Zi Chen intercepted Lian Shi at the residence gate, and she shouted that Purple Cloud Cave’s flood dragon was plotting rebellion to alert the Heavenly Supervision Department experts.
• Zi Chen attacked Lian Shi and demanded her command token as Lian Mo arrived and shouted for him to stop.
• The White-robed Guest Elder appeared before Zi Chen and killed him with a single punch, stunning Lian Mo, Lian Shi, and the gathered experts.

After killing Purple Cloud Cave’s Purple-bearded Flood Dragon, Ye Li ordered the Heavenly Supervision Department to blockade the sect while he went to destroy it. The chapter left Lian Mo, Lian Shi, and the department’s disciples ready to follow Ye Li’s lead.

• Ye Li dismissed the small Malice Points reward for killing the Purple-bearded Flood Dragon and asked the Heavenly Supervision Department why Purple Cloud Cave had dared to attack there.
• Lian Mo and the other disciples knelt before Ye Li, awed by how easily he had killed the Heaven and Earth Realm Venerable.
• Ye Li ordered the department to seal off the area around Purple Cloud Cave so its people could not escape during the attack.
• Lian Shi asked how Ye Li planned to deal with Purple Cloud Cave, and he declared that he would exterminate the sect.
• Lian Mo and the disciples pledged to serve Ye Li, who gave them the time it took to drink a cup of tea to prepare the blockade.

The Master of Purple Cloud Cave berated his third son, Zi Feng, for refusing to prey on humans, then prepared to devour captive prodigies. Zi Feng interrupted him with news that his eldest brother’s Soul Tablet had shattered, leaving the Master stunned.

• The Master of Purple Cloud Cave scolded Zi Feng for avoiding blood food and ordered him back to his residence.
• The Master entered a cavern where captive Wanjing Prefecture prodigies were being kept as livestock for slaughter.
• The Master selected a young captive to eat, and the young man warned him that he would face heaven’s punishment.
• Zi Feng rushed into the cavern despite his father’s order and announced that his eldest brother’s Soul Tablet had shattered.
• The Master froze at the news, wondering who in Wanjing Grand Commandery could have killed his Heaven and Earth Realm seventh-layer son.

Ye Li attacked Purple Cloud Cave, destroyed its protective array, and severely wounded Master of Purple Cloud Cave. He identified himself as the Heavenly Supervision Department’s new Guest Elder and ordered the cave’s remaining members killed.

• Master of Purple Cloud Cave learned that the new Guest Elder had killed Zi Chen and headed toward Qinggu Prefecture, ordering Zi Feng to notify the Yun family Matriarch.
• Ye Li appeared above Purple Cloud Cave and launched a colossal Divine Spear at its Sect Protection Array.
• The Divine Spear shattered the array and pierced the water dragon Master of Purple Cloud Cave summoned to stop it.
• Ye Li struck Master of Purple Cloud Cave in the chest, severely wounding him and sending him crashing through a mountain ridge.
• Ye Li introduced himself as the Heavenly Supervision Department’s newly appointed Guest Elder and ordered his forces to leave none of Purple Cloud Cave’s collaborators alive.

Ye Li attacked Purple Cloud Cave, slaughtering its disciples and defeating its Master after rejecting his pleas for understanding. With several powerful cultivators fleeing the encirclement, Ye Li pursued them himself.

• Ye Li destroyed Purple Cloud Cave's mountain-guarding formation, and Lian Mo ordered the Heavenly Supervision Department to seal off the region.
• Ye Li sent True Person Xuanfeng to slaughter the disciples, while the Master of Purple Cloud Cave emerged and pleaded that his sect had restrained itself and served the commandery for a thousand years.
• Ye Li ignored the Master's pleas, smashed apart his head, and battered his body until he was killed.
• Ye Li pursued Purple Cloud Cave's fleeing Half-Step Divine Connection Realm cultivators because Xuanfeng could not hold them all.

Ye Li annihilated Purple Cloud Cave’s fleeing Flood Dragons, spared Zi Feng, and rescued the Wanjing Prefecture prodigies. He then set off to settle Wanjing Grand Commandery’s remaining problems, naming the Yun family as his next target.

• Ye Li killed the fleeing Purple-bearded Flood Dragons and gained Malice Points from Purple Cloud Cave’s powerful figures.
• Ye Li questioned Zi Feng, the Cave Master’s third son, and learned that he sought death out of guilt and filial duty.
• Ye Li told Zi Feng that Purple-bearded Flood Dragons could master their instincts in the Mountain Sea Realm and urged him to atone by serving under a Blood Contract.
• Ye Li broke the cave’s restriction and freed the Wanjing Prefecture prodigies, then summoned Heavenly Supervision Department disciples to clean up.
• Ye Li departed for Wanjing Grand Commandery and declared that the Yun family was next, while Zi Feng resolved to revere him.

Ye Li annihilated Purple Cloud Cave and killed its master, while Lian Mo warned Lian Shi that Ye Li was beyond her reach. Fu Yunshu arrived at Sicheng Mansion to appoint Ye Li Supreme Elder and learned he had already killed Du An and destroyed Purple Cloud Cave.

• Ye Li left Purple Cloud Cave in ruins after killing its master and every flood dragon.
• Lian Mo ordered his subordinates to search the sect and prepare an inventory for Ye Li, while Lian Shi agreed to help tally its contents.
• Lian Mo warned Lian Shi that Ye Li was beyond her grasp, and she accepted his advice.
• Fu Yunshu arrived at Sicheng Mansion carrying the Supreme Elder's seal and robes for Ye Li.
• Fu Yunshu met Qin Han, who told her that Ye Li had killed Du An and wiped out Purple Cloud Cave.

Fu Yunshu learned that Ye Li’s strength far exceeded what she had assumed and delivered his promotion to Supreme Elder of the Celestial Observatory. Ye Li returned to Sicheng Mansion and asked whether he should investigate the Yun family or address the spreading Demonic Calamities first.

• Fu Yunshu concluded that Ye Li was either concealing his strength or recovering his cultivation, then offered to help him before the trip to Central Continent.
• Ye Li considered investigating the Yun family and arrived at Sicheng Mansion, where Fu Yunshu and Qin Han were waiting.
• Fu Yunshu presented Ye Li with his Supreme Elder robe and the Eastern Continent Great Seal.
• Qin Han reported irregularities in the Yun family’s files but said they showed nothing clearly suspicious.
• Qin Han asked Ye Li whether to investigate the Yun family first or deal with the Demonic Calamities appearing across the prefecture.

Ye Li sent the souls of the Master of Purple Cloud Cave and True Person Xuanfeng to eliminate the commandery’s Demonic Calamities while preparing to investigate and seal off the Yun family. After most calamities were resolved, the Yun family Matriarch invited him to a banquet and offered to help address the disturbances.

• Qin Han reported that more than ten Heaven and Earth Realm Demonic Calamities had appeared across Wanjing Grand Commandery, mostly within the past week.
• Ye Li decided to tackle the Demonic Calamities and the Yun family investigation at the same time, ordered the records brought to him, and asked the supervisor to prepare troops to seal off the Yun family headquarters.
• Ye Li sent the Master of Purple Cloud Cave and True Person Xuanfeng to deal with the calamities, while Fu Yunshu began searching the Yun family’s historical archives.
• By dawn, the two souls had eliminated most of the sixteen calamities, many of which involved serpent-type ferocious beasts, and Ye Li’s Malice Points had exceeded 1.8 million.
• The Songshan Prefecture Supervisor told Ye Li that the Yun family Matriarch had invited him to a banquet and offered to help resolve the Demonic Calamities.

Yun Suyi prepared to receive Ye Li, the Heavenly Supervision Department Guest Elder, while assessing the danger he posed to the Yun Clan. She sent Yun Shuangyue to the rear mountain with a weapon capable of piercing a Divine Connection Realm expert, leaving Shuangyue poised to attack.

• Yun Jingxian reported that Purple Cloud Cave had been destroyed and its master had vanished, and Yun Suyi concluded Ye Li was likely a powerful Divine Connection Realm expert.
• Yun Suyi ordered the direct disciple who had caused trouble in Bamboo Sea Prefecture to be brought for punishment, then learned Ye Li had accepted the Yun Clan's invitation.
• Yun Suyi reasoned that her careful control of the Yun Clan and Ye Li's likely injuries would keep him from acting against them, and ordered Yun Jingxian to receive him as an honored guest.
• Yun Shuangyue watched lingering souls fade at the blood-colored altar and tortured the mute servants guarding it after leaving the forbidden ground.
• The Yun Clan steward delivered Yun Shuangyue a treasure case containing Tengshe's reverse scale and ordered her to wait at the rear mountain for further instructions.
• Yun Shuangyue carried the case toward the rear mountain and wondered if she would get to kill a Divine Connection Realm expert herself.

Ye Li attended a banquet at the Yun family estate and questioned Matriarch Yun Suyi about the commandery’s serpent attacks and the missing prodigies. After Yun Suyi denied involvement and claimed the prodigies were alive in seclusion, Ye Li exposed her lies and brought the banquet hall crashing down.

• Yun Jingxian escorted Ye Li to the estate, where Ye Li sensed a hidden Heaven and Earth Realm Venerable and a disturbing aura in Rear Mountain.
• Yun Suyi welcomed Ye Li and executed a Yun family disciple who had killed civilians in violation of the family’s Ancestral Edict.
• Ye Li asked Yun Suyi whether the Yun family was behind the serpent attacks and how many of the 875 Wanjing Prefecture prodigies offered by Du An remained intact.
• Yun Suyi denied responsibility for the attacks and claimed that most of the prodigies were alive and cultivating in seclusion at Rear Mountain.
• Ye Li declared that Yun Suyi had lied, released overwhelming pressure, and caused the banquet hall’s ceiling to collapse.

Ye Li attacked Yun Suyi at the Yun family banquet, overwhelming her with his physical strength as Yun Shuangyue fired the Inverse Scale arrow from the back mountain. He caught and hurled the arrow back, killing Yun Shuangyue and shattering the restrictions around the Yun family's forbidden ground, while Yun Suyi prepared to counterattack.

• Ye Li rose from his seat and released a burst of physical pressure that injured the Yun family elders and sent Yun Jingxian crashing into a pillar.
• Ye Li broke through Yun Suyi's frost barrier, seized her by the throat, and slammed her into the ground.
• Yun Shuangyue heard Yun Suyi cry out and fired the Inverse Scale arrow at Ye Li from the back mountain.
• Ye Li kicked Yun Suyi away, caught the arrow with his bare hand, and threw it back, killing Yun Shuangyue and breaking the restrictions around the forbidden ground.
• Ye Li turned back to Yun Suyi as she spat out blood essence and awakened the Tengshe Prayer Beads.

Ye Li crushed Yun Suyi and destroyed the Yun Family’s final trump card, leaving the Matriarch broken and the family’s destruction seemingly inevitable.

• Yun Suyi summoned True Lord Tengshe’s divided soul and attacked Ye Li, but he shattered her sword and severely injured her with one punch.
• Yun Suyi unleashed the Yun Family’s True Lord Tengshe Incarnation, but Ye Li’s hidden Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron tore the serpent apart.
• Ye Li asked Yun Suyi whether she had any other methods, then struck her again when she begged him to spare the Yun Family.
• Ye Li pinned Yun Suyi down and took her phoenix hairpin as her Dao Heart collapsed.

Ye Li killed Yun Suyi after discovering through her memories that she had colluded with Tengshe and used blood sacrifices to gain insight into laws. He ordered the Yun Family wiped out, and his forces began sweeping across its territory.

• Ye Li crushed Yun Suyi's head, killing the Yun Family Matriarch as the surviving disciples watched in terror.
• The remaining Yun Family members tried to flee, but Ye Li trapped them behind an invisible barrier.
• Ye Li read Yun Suyi's memories and learned that she had blood-sacrificed Wanjing Prefecture's prodigies to gain Tengshe's insights into laws, with Yun Family martial artists helping her.
• Ye Li unleashed overwhelming pressure that killed the nearby Yun Family powerhouses, then ordered that no one in the clan's territory be left alive.
• Ye Li sent the souls in his divine ability space and fragments of the Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron to attack throughout the Yun Family's territory.

Ye Li looted the Yun family’s treasure vault, refined Treasure Medicines, and destroyed the altar imprisoning thousands of wronged souls. As the Heavenly Supervision Department prepared to clean up the ruins, Fu Yunshu hoped to enlist Ye Li as the elder accompanying them to the Five Continents War.

• Ye Li found few treasures in the Yun family vault because the family had traded most of its Treasure Medicines to Deputy Director Du, then began refining the medicines he had collected.
• Ye Li destroyed the altar in the Yun family’s forbidden ground, freeing the wronged souls trapped there to disappear into the earth veins.
• Officials at the Heavenly Supervision Department saw the devastated Yun family estate through a transmission talisman, and Fu Yunshu ordered them to set out and handle the aftermath.
• Fu Yunshu reflected on Ye Li’s strength and resolved to build a closer relationship with him.
• Fu Yunshu considered asking Ye Li to accompany their group to the Central Continent for the Five Continents War.

Ye Li searched the Yun family treasury, claimed the Mystic Phoenix Ice Soul Bow, and discovered that the Tengshe Reverse Scale could sense its owner beyond the Eastern Continent. After taking several precious medicines and spending Malice Points, he broke through to Peak Seventh Tier Divine Connection Realm, with his aura still rising.

• Ye Li recalled the souls he had sent to collect the Yun family's spoils and acquired the Mystic Phoenix Ice Soul Bow, a high-grade Divine Connection Realm treasure tool.
• Ye Li examined the Tengshe Reverse Scale Arrow, sensed its connection to True Lord Tengshe beyond the Eastern Continent, and considered seeking him out after the Five Continents War.
• Ye Li swallowed four Divine Connection Realm precious medicines and gained buffs that increased his cultivation speed and reduced the Malice Points needed for breakthroughs.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to raise his cultivation and reached Peak Seventh Tier Divine Connection Realm.
• Ye Li's surging aura shook the clouds above the Yun family estate as his strength continued to rise.

After reaching the peak of the Divine Connection Realm, Ye Li left the ruined Yun family estate and asked the Heavenly Supervision Department for intelligence on True Lord Tengshe and other threats. With the Five Continents War a week away, he planned to test his new strength against powerful opponents.

• The Heavenly Supervision Department disciples arrived at the Yun family estate and realized Ye Li’s breakthrough aura surpassed their expectations as the Yun family lay in ruins.
• Ye Li perfected his dharma body, advanced to the peak of the Divine Connection Realm, and replenished his true qi after spending nearly half a month cultivating.
• Ye Li met Fu Yunshu and said the Heavenly Supervision Department would soon receive his reward, which he hoped would include a method to advance into the Creation Realm.
• Ye Li asked Fu Yunshu for all intelligence on True Lord Tengshe and Divine Connection Realm threats in the other major prefectures.
• Fu Yunshu agreed to gather the requested information while Ye Li planned to seek opponents before the Five Continents War.

After learning that Ye Li had destroyed the Red Dust Immortal Gate, Purple Cloud Cave, and the Yun family, Chu Qiming praised his decisiveness and decided to support his efforts against threats across the Eastern Continent. He sent Tan Hua to give Ye Li the department’s Azure Sky Spirit Sea Grass and considered how to protect the continent from possible retaliation by True Lord Tengshe.

• Chu Qiming received a report detailing Ye Li’s destruction of Purple Cloud Cave and the Yun family, adding to his earlier destruction of the Red Dust Immortal Gate.
• Chu Qiming compared Ye Li’s decisive actions with his own cautious leadership and asked Tan Hua to retrieve the Azure Sky Spirit Sea Grass for Ye Li.
• Tan Hua read the report, then agreed to fetch the medicinal treasure for Ye Li.
• Chu Qiming ordered the grand commanderies to report Divine Connection Realm threats and warned that concealing them would be punished.
• Chu Qiming worried that True Lord Tengshe might seek revenge for the Yun family and considered asking Ye Li about the method of being Empowered by Wishes.

After Chu Qiming ordered the commanderies to report Divine Connection Realm disasters, officials across Eastern Continent prepared to identify hidden threats. Meanwhile, Ye Li agreed to travel with Fu Yunshu and Qin Han to Central Continent for the Five Continents War, where he hoped to earn a higher-tier cultivation method from the Taiqing Dao Tablet.

• Chu Qiming's message shocked the deputy directors across Eastern Continent, who began gathering records of Divine Connection Realm disasters to send to headquarters.
• Fu Yunshu asked Ye Li if he knew about the Five Continents War, and Ye Li said he had heard of it and planned to attend.
• Fu Yunshu invited Ye Li to travel with her and Qin Han to Central Continent, explaining that the Taiqing Dao Tablet revealed the Dao age of those it tested and could attract attacks from foreign races.
• Ye Li agreed to travel with them, and Fu Yunshu offered to share any Divine Connection Realm method she obtained.
• Ye Li asked when the commanderies would finish compiling their disaster reports, then left it to Fu Yunshu to decide whether to conceal the news from Wanjing Grand Commandery.

Ye Li returned to the Eastern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department, received a rare spirit medicine, and learned that a Ziwei Hall envoy had come to discuss his transfer. The chapter ended with Chu Qiming refusing to release Ye Li unless Ye Li agreed to go.

• Ye Li arrived at Heavenly Supervision Department headquarters with Qin Han and was greeted as a Supreme Elder.
• Tan Hua gave Ye Li an Azure Sky Spirit Sea Grass as a reward for his service.
• Tan Hua told Ye Li that a Divine Connection Realm True Person from Ziwei Hall was asking about him.
• Ying Xuanji asked Chu Qiming to respond to the Western Continent's request to borrow Ye Li.
• Chu Qiming said he would not release Ye Li unless Ye Li agreed to the transfer.

Ye Li met Chu Qiming at the Eastern Continent Celestial Observatory and asked whether Shenzhou had a method for advancing to the Creation Realm. He learned that several major organizations possessed one, but postponed seeking access until after the Five Continents War.

• Ying Xuanji agreed to take Chu Qiming’s two disciples to Central Continent if they departed by the following night.
• Chu Qiming welcomed Ye Li and gave him a jade slip containing intelligence about True Lord Tengshe of Western Continent.
• Ying Xuanji sensed Ye Li’s immense blood energy and considered recruiting him into Ziwei Hall.
• Ye Li asked whether Shenzhou had a method for advancing to the Creation Realm, and Chu Qiming said Ziwei Hall, the Heavenly Supervision Department, and the Demon Suppression Department all had methods.
• Ye Li declined to apply to borrow a method yet, and Chu Qiming asked Yunshu and Qin Han when they planned to leave for the Five Continents War.

Fu Yunshu and Qin Han prepared to travel with Ye Li to Central Continent, while Ying Xuanji decided to accompany them and assess Ye Li's strength. Ye Li reviewed intelligence on True Lord Tengshe and learned why Jiang Minghuang of Blazing Heaven Flame Palace relentlessly pursued the demon.

• Fu Yunshu told Chu Qiming that she and Qin Han planned to invite Ye Li to travel with them to Central Continent in two days.
• Ye Li confirmed the plan, and Chu Qiming agreed to it while Ying Xuanji chose to stay with the group and travel with them.
• Chu Qiming left the courtyard, and Ying Xuanji asked Ye Li to call for her when the group departed.
• Ye Li returned to his residence to study intelligence on True Lord Tengshe while Fu Yunshu gathered information on corrupt Divine Connection Realm True Persons.
• Ye Li learned that True Lord Tengshe had killed Jiang Minghuang's younger sister during its invasion of Western Continent, prompting Jiang Minghuang to drive it out and pursue it whenever its trail appeared.

Ye Li reasoned that Jiang Minghuang likely knew True Lord Tengshe’s location and sought the Blazing Heaven Flame Palace’s help to track him. After receiving reports on Divine Connection Realm threats, Ye Li agreed to begin the department’s cleansing operation immediately.

• Ye Li considered why Jiang Minghuang had not acted against the Yun family and concluded she likely had a way to locate True Lord Tengshe.
• Ye Li decided he needed the Blazing Heaven Flame Palace’s assistance because his reverse scale could not track Tengshe efficiently.
• True Fire visited Ye Li and delivered a jade slip compiling reports of local Divine Connection Realm threats.
• True Fire suggested waiting until after the Five Continents War, but Ye Li said they could act immediately.
• True Fire eagerly welcomed Ye Li’s decision to start the cleansing operation.

Xuantian Zhai mined Blue Jade ore in the Blue Jade Mountain Range under an arrangement with the Griffon Great Demon, while Su Xue and Star Sword discussed her past killings and the sect’s influence. Kong Ting arrived with orders to halt the mining, and Su Xue insulted the Heavenly Supervision Department, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xuantian Zhai’s disciples mined Blue Jade ore in the Blue Jade Mountain Range, sharing the profits with the Griffon Great Demon who ruled it.
• Su Xue asked Star Sword to teach her the sect’s ultimate art, and he reminded her that her father had scolded her for killing ordinary cultivators during medicinal practice.
• Star Sword explained that Xuantian Zhai’s mining continued only because authorities had turned a blind eye and warned that the Heavenly Supervision Department could shut it down.
• Kong Ting arrived with orders from the Sicheng Mansion and demanded that Star Sword and Xuantian Zhai leave the mountain range.
• Su Xue angrily challenged Kong Ting and claimed that the Qingping Prefecture Heavenly Supervision Department was a dog raised by Xuantian Zhai.

Ye Li arrived at Blue Jade Mountain Range and instantly killed the Star Sword Elder and Su Xue, then turned his attention to the Griffon Great Demon. After learning it had ties to the Celestial Horse Demon Race, he attacked it, leaving the Eastern Continent's last Divine Connection Realm foe pierced by a divine spear.

• The Star Sword Elder demanded that Kong Ting surrender a Heavenly Supervision Department expert, but Ye Li arrived before their dispute could be settled.
• Ye Li killed the Star Sword Elder with a single punch and told Su Xue that her family was gone.
• The Master of Purple Cloud Cave threw Su Xue her father's severed head, and Ye Li killed her after her Dao heart collapsed.
• The True Fire Elder and local officials told Ye Li that the Griffon Great Demon had links to the Celestial Horse Demon Race.
• Ye Li flew toward the Griffon Great Demon's mountain lair and pierced the enormous demon with a descending Divine Spear.