Recaps

Li Xuanyu learned that Mo Qian had been killed near Zhenyuan Mansion after being sent to test Ye Li. He concealed the death ahead of the court assembly and ordered an investigation into Ye Li and his connection to Li Yingluo, while preparing to use his own hidden advantage against him.

• A subordinate reported that Mo Qian's Life Jade had shattered and his final aura had been traced to the vicinity of Zhenyuan Mansion.
• Li Xuanyu realized Ye Li had likely killed Mo Qian, but suppressed his fury to avoid jeopardizing his position before the court assembly.
• Xu Zhe advised Li Xuanyu to conceal Mo Qian's death until after the assembly.
• Li Xuanyu ordered the household to claim Mo Qian had entered seclusion and forbade anyone from revealing the truth.
• Li Xuanyu directed Xu Zhe to investigate Ye Li's background, abilities, weaknesses, and relationship with Li Yingluo.

Ye Li traveled with Li Yingluo to Shiguang Academy to attempt its mountain challenge. Great Scholar Chen Yuangu welcomed them and warned Ye Li that the mountain guardians would have the advantage of the academy’s formations, terrain, and Vast Righteous Qi.

• Li Yingluo sent her grand star skiff to collect Ye Li, invited him to sit beside her, and received a rejection that gave her Malice Points.
• Ye Li recalled learning that Li Xuanyu was connected to the Great Brahma Palace and expected trouble after killing Mo Qian.
• Ye Li and Li Yingluo arrived at Shiguang Academy in the Wenyuan Mountain Range and met Great Scholar Chen Yuangu at the mountain gate.
• Li Yingluo introduced Ye Li as her trusted subordinate and said he had come to challenge the mountain.
• Chen Yuangu accepted Ye Li’s challenge but warned him that the mountain guardians had powerful advantages and urged him to reconsider.

Ye Li entered Shiguang Academy to begin the Mountain Homage ceremony, where he would challenge its top three mountain guardians. At Guanlan Platform, the Eldest Princess warmly invited him to visit Great Sheng's sacred mountain after the challenge, provoking Gu Baihong's murderous resentment.

• Chen Yuangu led Ye Li and his companion into Shiguang Academy and explained its history as they approached Guanlan Platform.
• The Eldest Princess watched the three mountains that Ye Li would challenge, while Gu Baihong tried to engage her in conversation and Su Mingyue read nearby.
• Ye Li arrived at Guanlan Platform, and the Eldest Princess eagerly greeted him and invited him to visit the sacred mountain after the Mountain Homage.
• Li Yingluo interrupted the invitation, but Ye Li agreed to discuss his military merits with the Eldest Princess after the challenge.
• Gu Baihong grew furious at the Eldest Princess's invitation to Ye Li and resolved to cripple or kill him.

Ye Li chose Songhe Mountain for his challenge, while Li Huaian defended her decision to recruit him and warned Gu Baihong against harming him. Gu Baihong headed to the mountain resolved to defeat Ye Li openly, and Su Mingyue watched with intense interest.

• Su Mingyue studied Ye Li before he left with Chen Yuangu for the academy’s depths.
• Li Yingluo confronted Li Huaian for ignoring the rules to recruit Ye Li, and Li Huaian declared his value justified the exception.
• Li Huaian sensed Gu Baihong’s killing intent and warned him not to harm Ye Li outside an honorable contest.
• Chen Yuangu told Gu Baihong that Ye Li had chosen Songhe Mountain and that the challenge would begin in one hour.
• Gu Baihong raced to Songhe Mountain, resolving to crush Ye Li openly and destroy his Dao Heart.
• Su Mingyue set down her scroll and watched Songhe Mountain as if it were valuable research material.

Ye Li entered Songhe Mountain’s challenge formation and destroyed it with a single blast of white light, leaving Gu Baihong gravely injured and terrified. As Ye Li moved to finish him, a woman’s sigh sounded above the ruins.

• Chen Yuangu praised Ye Li and retreated to watch as Ye Li approached Songhe Mountain.
• Gu Baihong activated the mountain’s formation and vowed to kill Ye Li.
• Ye Li’s Heavenly Eye released white light that shattered the formation and destroyed the peak.
• The blast tore apart Gu Baihong’s defenses and left him near the brink of the Dao Evolution Realm.
• Li Huaian and Li Yingluo watched in shock as Ye Li stepped toward the helpless Gu Baihong.
• A woman’s sigh rang out above Songhe Mountain as Ye Li moved to finish Gu Baihong.

Su Mingyue intervened in Ye Li’s mountain challenge to save her disciple Gu Baihong, but Ye Li attacked her and overwhelmed her with the Taiyuan Sword pendant and his speed. The chapter left Su Mingyue badly injured after he sent her crashing through several mountain peaks.

• Su Mingyue appeared and used Vast Righteous Qi to stabilize Gu Baihong’s failing body and Dao Heart.
• Li Yingluo objected to Su Mingyue interfering in the mountain challenge, but Su Mingyue declared she was taking Gu Baihong away.
• Ye Li attacked Su Mingyue, forcing her Vast Righteous Qi defense backward as Gu Baihong realized Ye Li threatened his master.
• Ye Li unleashed the Taiyuan Sword pendant, cleaving Su Mingyue’s defense and severing the fingers of her raised hand.
• Ye Li kicked Su Mingyue in the chest and sent her crashing through several distant mountain peaks.

Ye Li brutally defeated Su Mingyue at Songhe Mountain and killed her and Gu Baihong at Shiguang Academy. The chapter ended with the academy stunned into silence.

• Ye Li seized Su Mingyue after she crashed through the mountain ridge and relentlessly shattered her bones despite her Vast Righteous Qi.
• Chen Yuangu tried to stop Ye Li, but Ye Li blasted him away with the Divine Iron.
• Ye Li smashed half of Su Mingyue's body and threw her mangled, living form before Gu Baihong.
• Ye Li asked Gu Baihong whether he had another master, and Gu Baihong's Dao Heart collapsed in terror.
• Ye Li killed Gu Baihong and Su Mingyue with divine fire, leaving the witnesses at Guanlan Platform in dead silence.

Ye Li killed Gu Baihong and Shiguang Academy Great Scholar Su Mingyue during the mountain challenge, then returned to Guanlan Platform. As the academy prepared to report Su Mingyue’s death to its absent headmaster, Chen Yuangu asked Ye Li to remain at the academy for a few days.

• Ye Li collected the dead men’s storage rings and retrieved his Divine Spear after the flames subsided.
• Li Huaian realized Ye Li had hidden strength, then offered to handle the consequences of Su Mingyue’s death if Li Yingluo gave Ye Li to her.
• Li Yingluo refused to yield Ye Li and declared that Qingxin Hall would stand behind him.
• Chen Yuangu raised an isolation formation over Songhe Mountain and asked Ye Li to stay at the academy while he reported Su Mingyue’s death to the headmaster.
• Ye Li said he planned to return to his residence.

Ye Li refused Chen Yuangu’s warning and invited Shiguang Academy’s dean to confront him over Su Mingyue’s death. Back at Zhenyuan Mansion, he used his Malice Points to raise his cultivation, preparing for the threats ahead.

• Eldest Princess Li Huaian told Chen Yuangu that Ye Li could not stay at the academy, and Chen Yuangu warned that the dean might seek vengeance for Su Mingyue.
• Ye Li said Su Mingyue deserved her death and invited Chen Yuangu and the dean to find him at Zhenyuan Mansion.
• Ye Li vanished from the academy, while Li Huaian and Li Yingluo separately departed with Baiyue.
• At Zhenyuan Mansion, Ye Li checked his Malice Points and realized two other academy members had not been provoked into giving him points.
• Ye Li poured a vast amount of Malice Points into his Martial Arts Level, causing his aura and cultivation to rise.

Ye Li consumed a vast supply of Cosmic Birth Realm treasure pills and used Malice Points to drive the Ancestral Dragon's power, rapidly advancing his cultivation. He reached Cosmic Birth Realm Eighth Level Peak, and his newly intensified pressure stunned the arriving Li Yingluo.

• Ye Li swallowed dozens of Cosmic Birth Treasure Pellets and guided their surging medicinal energy through his body.
• The system granted Ye Li cultivation buffs as the treasure medicine loosened his stalled Martial Arts Level.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to make the Ancestral Dragon phantom stir his Brow-Center Universe, advancing through Cosmic Birth Realm Sixth Level.
• Ye Li continued adding points, reaching Cosmic Birth Realm Eighth Level Late Stage and gaining stronger pressure against dragon-kind.
• Ye Li reached Cosmic Birth Realm Eighth Level Peak and drew his leaking pressure back within himself.
• Li Yingluo arrived at Ye Li's residence and was overwhelmed by his Venerable pressure.

Li Yingluo visited Ye Li with attendants and cultivation medicines, then promised to help him gain access to intelligence on Great Sheng’s sects and authority to handle major crises. After she left, Ye Li wandered the Capital City, and a palace attendant arrived with a letter from Dragon Pool.

• Li Yingluo arrived at Zhenyuan Mansion with attendants, whose legs gave way under Ye Li’s aura, while Baiyue urged her to go inside.
• Li Yingluo gave Ye Li precious medicines and promised to provide access to Nine Luminaries Division files on renowned sects within two days.
• Ye Li asked Li Yingluo to secure authority for him to handle major troubles within the realm, and she agreed to pursue it quickly.
• Li Yingluo explained that Ye Li’s deputy commander post in the Imperial Dragon Guard was useful, and that Tong Feng was its chief commander and a follower of the Eldest Princess.
• After Li Yingluo departed, Ye Li stored Su Mingyue and Gu Baihong’s collections, explored the southern Capital City, and returned to find a palace attendant bearing a letter from Dragon Pool.

Ye Li received a letter from Chen Chuan asking him to accompany him to Shangqing Palace to check on his younger sister, Chen Qingyi. Ye Li agreed and prepared gifts, leaving his next move set for a visit the following morning.

• A royal guard delivered Ye Li a sealed letter from Chen Chuan, a former Dragon Pool teammate who had come to the Capital City.
• Ye Li read Chen Chuan's request to visit Shangqing Palace and find out why Chen Qingyi's letters had seemed evasive and she had not returned home.
• Ye Li decided to accompany Chen Chuan, viewing the request as a chance to visit the foremost Daoist sect in Great Sheng.
• Ye Li opened Chen Chuan's storage pouch, replaced its modest gifts with pills and precious medicines, and planned to leave for Shangqing Palace the next morning.

Ye Li accompanied Chen Chuan to Shangqing Palace to visit Chen Chuan’s sister, Chen Qingyi, and gave her a collection of precious gifts. After noticing her strange weakness and hearing her lie about her life at Green Luan Peak, Ye Li sensed hostile visitors outside her residence and asked what she intended to do.

• Ye Li met Chen Chuan at Tingsong Pavilion and gave him a storage pouch of valuable gifts for Chen Qingyi.
• Ye Li and Chen Chuan reached Green Luan Peak, where Chen Qingyi welcomed her brother with visible delight and a pale, exhausted appearance.
• Ye Li noticed that Chen Qingyi’s aura was sluggish and weak, though she claimed that her life in Shangqing Palace was going well.
• Chen Qingyi interrupted Chen Chuan as he described Ye Li’s exploits, and Ye Li sensed people with ill intent outside her residence.
• Ye Li asked Chen Qingyi what she intended to do about the visitors.

Chen Chuan and Ye Li visited Chen Qingyi, but Liu Qian arrived to accuse and threaten her. When Liu Qian tried to leave for help after Ye Li challenged her, his overwhelming pressure crushed her and the two disciples with her.

• Chen Qingyi panicked as she realized Liu Qian was approaching, while Chen Chuan noticed her fear.
• Liu Qian broke into the courtyard with two inner-court disciples and accused Chen Qingyi of stealing spiritual medicine.
• Chen Chuan defended Chen Qingyi, but Liu Qian threatened the siblings and ordered Chen Qingyi to come outside.
• Ye Li challenged Liu Qian to explain what would happen otherwise, then released a vast Martial Dao pressure.
• Liu Qian's legs were crushed, and the two disciples were slammed to the ground as the pressure shook Green Luan Peak.

Ye Li crushed Liu Qian and Mo Mingzhu after they confronted him on Green Luan Peak, while Chen Qingyi warned him that his actions could provoke Shangqing Palace. The chapter ended with Mo Mingzhu recognizing Ye Li’s Commander’s Gold Medal and realizing her threats could not protect her.

• Ye Li suppressed Liu Qian and two others in Shangqing Palace, while Chen Chuan warned him about the danger of acting there.
• Chen Qingyi warned Ye Li that Green Luan Peak was controlled by her fellow disciple Mo Mingzhu.
• Mo Mingzhu arrived and accused Ye Li of attacking a steward and bringing a Yao Xuan Envoy onto the peak.
• Ye Li crushed Mo Mingzhu beneath his pressure, and she threatened him with her family’s supposed connections to powerful organizations.
• Ye Li tossed down his Commander’s Gold Medal, and Mo Mingzhu recognized its authority.

Ye Li revealed his authority as commander of the Dragon Sealing Guard and gave Chen Qingyi a chance to expose the Mo Family’s crimes. After Shangqing Palace’s Law Enforcement Elder withdrew in the face of Ye Li’s command token, Ye Li ordered Mo Mingzhu to identify the Mo Family’s location.

• Mo Mingzhu recognized Ye Li’s Dragon Sealing Guard command medal and panicked as he confronted her.
• Ye Li told Chen Qingyi to explain her situation, and she accused the Mo Family of using a secret technique to steal cultivators’ talents and of smuggling Quenched Blood Profound Crystals to the Demon King’s Court.
• Mo Mingzhu tried to silence Chen Qingyi, but Ye Li’s pressure forced her back to the ground.
• A Law Enforcement Elder arrived to challenge Ye Li, who killed Liu Qian and two others before revealing his command token and overwhelming aura.
• The Law Enforcement Elder withdrew, acknowledging the matter as a national case, and Ye Li ordered Mo Mingzhu to mark the Mo Family’s location.

Ye Li ordered the Dragon Sealing Guards to surround the Mo Family estate, and Tong Feng led six thousand guards there. After a badly injured Mo Family prodigy crashed through the gates, Ye Li arrived and the guards sealed the estate, forbidding anyone to enter or leave.

• Ye Li issued an order to surround the Mo Family, and Tong Feng mobilized the Dragon Sealing Guards in the Capital City.
• Tong Feng led six thousand guards on Demon Horses from the commander's office toward the Mo Family headquarters.
• The Mo Family gatekeepers spotted the approaching guards and rushed to warn the family.
• A bloodied Mo Family prodigy was hurled through the estate's gates and crashed into its depths.
• Ye Li appeared above the estate, and Tong Feng announced that the Mo Family territory was sealed under Ye Li's order.

Ye Li led the Dragon Sealing Guard to the Mo Family estate and revealed that he had turned Mo Mingzhu into a soul puppet to expose the clan’s crimes. As Mo Mingzhu named the smuggled crystals and youths bearing the Essence Devouring Seal, Ye Li raised his Divine Spear to strike the Mo Family.

• Mo Yue saw the Dragon Sealing Guard surround the estate and offered to cooperate with Ye Li’s investigation.
• Ye Li ordered the guards to retreat hundreds of miles and warned them not to let anyone escape.
• Ye Li summoned an immense Divine Spear and demanded answers, crushing the Mo Family headquarters with its pressure.
• Mo Mingzhu rose unharmed and reported where the Mo Family had hidden Quenched Blood Profound Crystals and planted Essence Devouring Seals.
• Mo Yue realized Ye Li had made Mo Mingzhu his soul puppet and intended to destroy the Mo Family; Ye Li unleashed the Divine Spear’s radiance.

Ye Li annihilated the Mo Family headquarters with a Divine Spear and a fire lotus, then ordered the Dragon Sealing Guard to hunt down every remaining person connected to the family. Tong Feng and the guards recognized the scale of Ye Li’s power as the extermination campaign continued.

• Mo Yue ordered the Mo Family disciples to form their protective array and launched a giant curse seal at Ye Li.
• Ye Li shattered Mo Yue’s attack and formation with his Divine Spear, devastating the Mo Family headquarters and leaving Mo Yue gravely wounded.
• Ye Li descended into the ruins and killed the surviving Mo Family experts with a fire lotus.
• Ye Li ordered Tong Feng and the Dragon Sealing Guard to seal the territory and kill anyone with Mo Family blood or ties.
• Tong Feng and the six thousand guards acknowledged Ye Li’s overwhelming power and prepared to carry out his orders.

After Ye Li destroyed the Mo Family, the Eldest Princess learned of his overwhelming strength and decided to defend him if the emperor questioned his actions. Ye Li’s Dragon Sealing Guard searched the ruins and gathered evidence while he considered the family’s meager treasures and gained Malice Points.

• The Eldest Princess received reports that Ye Li had destroyed the Mo Family and called off the reinforcements she had dispatched.
• Shen Wenqing read Tong Feng’s account of Ye Li defeating the Mo Family’s formation and killing Mo Yue, then warned that the destruction could provoke the emperor and powerful factions.
• The Eldest Princess decided to speak for Ye Li at the next court assembly and sent Xiao Yu to resolve trouble involving an evil cult in the Southern Territory.
• Ye Li ordered the Dragon Sealing Guard to search the Mo Family ruins and collect evidence from locations Mo Mingzhu had identified.
• Ye Li reviewed memories with the Eye of Truth and Soul Control, found only two notable treasures, and gained Malice Points from the Mo Family’s destruction.

Ye Li returned to Zhenyuan Mansion after the Dragon Sealing Guards reported success in their operation and asked about authorization to review the archives. After sensing an unseen observer in the night, he learned that Li Yingluo had nominated him to handle the Southern Territory crisis.

• Tong Feng offered Ye Li his Demon Horse, and Ye Li rode it back to Zhenyuan Mansion.
• Baiyue told Ye Li that the archive-review token would be issued the next morning and that Li Yingluo could not meet him because of court duties.
• Ye Li felt someone watching him and searched the dark sky, but detected no trace of the observer.
• Baiyue told Li Yingluo that Ye Li had asked her to handle the palace trouble while he took care of the rest.
• Li Yingluo revealed that she had submitted a memorial nominating Ye Li to handle the Southern Territory crisis.

Ye Li attended the morning court assembly with Li Yingluo, where Emperor Sheng confirmed the Mo Family’s crimes and praised Ye Li’s decisive actions. The court waited to hear what the Emperor would say about Ye Li’s position after declaring the deputy commander’s post beneath his abilities.

• Ye Li entered the Imperial City with Li Yingluo’s permission to observe the court assembly.
• Ye Li’s arrival drew the attention of the ministers, the Eldest Princess, and Second Prince Li Xuanyu.
• Emperor Sheng announced that Ye Li had led the Dragon Sealing Guard in exterminating the Mo Family for forbidden arts and treason.
• Li Huaian outlined the Mo Family’s crimes and praised Ye Li’s actions as meritorious.
• Emperor Sheng praised Ye Li’s accomplishments and said the Deputy Commander position had wronged him.

Emperor Sheng appointed Ye Li to lead a campaign against the Bone and Blood Cult in the Southern Territory, alongside Xiao Yu, after Li Yingluo claimed Ye Li had volunteered. The decision advanced Li Yingluo’s standing at court and alarmed Li Xuanyu, whose hidden interests were tied to the cult.

• Emperor Sheng raised the Bone and Blood Cult’s growing threat and considered whom to send south.
• Emperor Sheng revealed that Li Yingluo had reported Ye Li’s willingness to lead the campaign, drawing the court’s attention to her political ambitions.
• Li Huaian recognized Ye Li’s value as a powerful ally, while Li Xuanyu realized the mission could disrupt his secret connection to the cult.
• Li Xuanyu urged Emperor Sheng to send a cautious senior minister instead, but Emperor Sheng asked Li Huaian about her candidate, Xiao Yu.
• Emperor Sheng ordered Ye Li and Xiao Yu to lead the effort to eradicate the cult, investigate its roots, and restore peace to the Southern Territory.

Ye Li accepted Emperor Sheng’s order to lead the Southern Territory expedition and demanded sweeping inspector authority, promising to end the crisis in ten days. Li Xuanyu saw the mission as a threat to his influence and resolved to have Ye Li killed before he returned.

• Emperor Sheng appointed Ye Li to lead the Southern Territory mission alongside Xiao Yu and gave him two months to act.
• Ye Li rejected the two-month deadline and promised to resolve the Southern Territory’s troubles within ten days.
• Ye Li demanded authority to purge anyone obstructing him, and Emperor Sheng granted him imperial inspector powers.
• Xiao Yu accepted the decree and hurried after Ye Li as he left court.
• Li Xuanyu realized the mission threatened his Mountain Gate influence and vowed to kill Ye Li in the Southern Territory, even if it exposed his ties to the Great Brahma Palace.

Emperor Sheng met An Lingzhen to ask why he could not break through to immortality, then sought her judgment of Ye Li. An Lingzhen declared that Ye Li’s fortune and mixed cultivation made immortality impossible, while Emperor Sheng considered putting him to use; she left without answering.

• Emperor Sheng visited An Lingzhen in the palace’s forbidden grounds and asked why his cultivation had not yielded a breakthrough.
• An Lingzhen explained that Great Sheng’s national fortune burdened its emperors and warned Emperor Sheng that he had little time left.
• Emperor Sheng told An Lingzhen he would keep trying to become immortal, then asked about Ye Li’s promise to destroy the Bone and Blood Cult within ten days.
• An Lingzhen confirmed that Ye Li had caused havoc at Shangqing Palace, killed four disciples, and detected her observation.
• An Lingzhen judged Ye Li’s fortune short-lived and his cultivation too mixed and murderous for him to become immortal.
• Emperor Sheng considered entrusting Ye Li with important duties and resources, but An Lingzhen left a porcelain bottle and vanished without replying.