Recaps

After defeating the White Jade Fox Venerable, Ye Li used the Malice Points he had gained to advance from the Second Tier to the Peak Fifth Tier of the Immortal Realm. He then began upgrading a thunder-based martial skill to prepare for future battles against Supreme factions.

• Ye Li assessed his strength after the battle and concluded that he still needed to prepare for powerful enemies.
• Ye Li used nine Supreme Treasure Pills and Malice Points to advance to the Peak Fifth Tier of the Immortal Realm and comprehend the Destruction Law.
• Ye Li tested his new strength and judged that he could now suppress a seventh-tier Supreme head-on without using his Dharma Body.
• Ye Li selected the Great Divine Firmament Tribulation Technique and poured Malice Points into upgrading it.

Ye Li mastered the Great Divine Firmament Tribulation Technique and gained several powerful lightning methods. Meanwhile, Li Huaian arrived at the ruins of the Northern Cang Cold Palace and prepared to report its spoils to Ye Li and the Imperial Court.

• Ye Li used Malice Points to master the Great Divine Firmament Tribulation Technique, gaining the Limitless Thunder Seal and Heavenly Tribulation Force Field.
• Ye Li sensed his control over celestial phenomena grow and considered whether the Great Sheng treasury held True Spirit Realm divine abilities.
• Li Huaian and Xiao Yu reached the ruined Northern Cang Cold Palace and recognized the devastation as the result of a battle between Supremes.
• Xiao Yu reported that the Yunze Nine Luminaries Division was nearly finished clearing the site and that she had inventoried the palace treasury.
• Li Huaian accepted that the treasury inventory would be submitted to Ye Li before being handed over to the Imperial Court.

After Northern Cang Cold Palace fell, Li Huaian considered how the Twelve Xuan Sects might react, while Tang Xiao collected the sect’s treasury for Ye Li. Ye Li then announced plans to strike other targets across the Southern Territory, despite the hostility this could provoke.

• Li Huaian reasoned that the other Xuan Sects would investigate the Cold Palace purge and test Ye Li’s authority, but judged that the destruction of the battlefield showed his influence.
• Tang Xiao presented Ye Li with a jade box holding nearly ten storage rings filled with Northern Cang Cold Palace’s accumulated treasures, and Ye Li accepted them.
• Li Huaian prepared to oversee disaster relief and reconstruction after the Bone and Blood Cult remnants were eliminated.
• Ye Li gave Li Huaian a list and ordered her to notify the Southern Territory’s other governors to prepare for his possible strikes over the next two days.
• Li Huaian warned that further attacks could provoke the Supreme Xuan Sects, but agreed to notify the governors after Ye Li said he knew the risks.

News spread that Ye Li had destroyed the Northern Cang Cold Palace and killed its Supreme, shocking Great Sheng’s sects and Emperor Sheng. As Emperor Sheng considered rewarding Ye Li, he learned the Second Prince had fled to the Eastern Territory and that eight Mystic Gates were demanding Ye Li’s removal.

• News of Ye Li’s destruction of the Northern Cang Cold Palace spread across Great Sheng, and mystic sects reevaluated his strength and his ties to the Third Princess.
• Emperor Sheng recorded Ye Li’s abilities, praised him at court, and arranged lavish rewards for him.
• A palace attendant reported that the Second Prince had left for the Eastern Territory, claiming he intended to suppress a rebellion.
• Emperor Sheng accused the Second Prince of fleeing in fear of punishment over his association with the Heavenly Palace and the Bone and Blood Cult.
• The attendant reported that eight of the Eleven Mystic Gates had demanded that Emperor Sheng strip Ye Li of his governorship.

Li Yingluo celebrated Ye Li’s growing reputation as commanders and nobles flocked to support her, but her gains were threatened when eight mystic sects demanded that the Emperor dismiss and punish him. The Emperor left the decision to Li Yingluo, forcing her to choose how to answer the petition.

• Wang Meng pledged himself to Li Yingluo, becoming the fourth military commander to join her ranks in recent days.
• Baiyue reported that Ye Li’s victories over the Supreme Master of Cold Palace and the Demon Sovereign had brought a stream of visitors and gifts to Qingxin Hall.
• Eunuch Zhang delivered the Emperor’s verbal decree that eight mystic sects had jointly demanded Ye Li’s dismissal and severe punishment.
• Li Yingluo learned that the Emperor had left the response to her and dismissed Eunuch Zhang, then remained alone in Qingxin Hall.

Li Yingluo faced pressure from the eight Mystic Sects over Ye Li and followed her strategists’ advice to strip him of his Inspector-General’s authority temporarily. Emperor Sheng separately sent the Eldest Princess to the Southern Territory to observe events and sent Ye Li a precious medicine as a gesture of goodwill.

• Li Yingluo summoned Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu and told them about the Mystic Sects’ demand and Emperor Sheng’s refusal to intervene directly.
• Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu advised Li Yingluo to reclaim Ye Li’s Inspector-General’s Golden Token temporarily, presenting it as punishment while preserving the option to reinstate him.
• Li Yingluo ordered a decree suspending Ye Li from his post and dispatching the order to the Southern Territory.
• Emperor Sheng learned that Li Yingluo understood the situation and ordered the Eldest Princess to inspect the Southern Territory and report to him secretly.
• Emperor Sheng sent Ye Li an Immortal Realm precious medicine as a token of goodwill.

Ye Li destroyed Xuanwu Mansion and prepared to return to the Capital City after finishing his campaign in the Southern Territory. Li Huaian revealed that the Demon Court had intensified its eastern campaign and asked him to join the expedition to the Western Territory, where four Demon Race supremes were now threatening Dasheng's defenses.

• Ye Li killed Xuanwu Mansion's Old Ancestor with divine lightning and collected the spoils from the final problematic mountain gate in the Southern Territory.
• Ye Li returned to the Nine Luminaries Division headquarters, where Li Huaian praised his rapid destruction of dozens of mountain gates.
• Ye Li said he planned to return to the Capital City, while Li Huaian explained that an imperial decree had ordered her to inspect the Western Territory and help resist the Demon Court.
• Li Huaian told Ye Li that four Demon Race supremes had appeared on the Western Territory front, forcing General Cheng to request reinforcements already led by General Li Yunyao.
• Ye Li considered joining the expedition and recognized the four Demon Race supremes as a valuable opportunity.

Ye Li considered helping Li Huaian in the Western Territory but first planned to return to the Capital City and support Li Yingluo against the Mystic Sects. When Li Yingluo stripped him of his Inspector authority, he agreed to accompany Li Huaian instead, leaving her convinced she had won him to her side.

• Ye Li decided to return to the Capital City before turning his attention to the Western Territory and its four Demon Race Supremes.
• An envoy delivered Li Yingluo's oral decree reclaiming Ye Li's Inspector's Golden Token and suspending his post.
• Ye Li handed over the golden token without protest, while Li Huaian concealed her delight at Li Yingluo's decision.
• Li Huaian asked Ye Li to accompany her to the Western Territory, and he agreed.

Li Yingluo learned that Ye Li had obeyed her decree and surrendered his Inspector General gold plaque, and she took his compliance as proof that her decision was wise. Baiyue feared Ye Li would resent the suspension, while Li Yingluo ordered a memorial explaining her actions and remained confident he would return to her camp.

• Baiyue warned Li Yingluo that suspending Ye Li could provoke him, but Li Yingluo insisted she was protecting him and appeasing the eight mystic sects.
• A messenger brought word that Ye Li had handed over his Inspector General gold plaque at the Nine Luminaries Division headquarters in Fenglin Continent.
• Li Yingluo celebrated Ye Li's obedience as confirmation that her decision was correct, while Baiyue worried that he was merely following the decree and might become estranged from her.
• Li Yingluo dismissed Baiyue's concerns and ordered her to draft a memorial for the Emperor, claiming the suspension would soothe the mystic sects and preserve ties with the immortal sects.
• Baiyue began writing the memorial with deep misgivings as Li Yingluo imagined the Emperor's approval and Ye Li's eventual gratitude.

Eldest Princess Li Huaian and Ye Li traveled toward the Western Territory, where Great Sheng’s defenses faced four Demon Supremes. Li Huaian gave Ye Li a medicinal treasure from Emperor Sheng and explained their plan to conceal the reinforcements’ arrival; Ye Li questioned how the enemy had remained stalled against one general.

• Li Huaian told Ye Li that the Shangqing Immortal was currently unable to leave Great Sheng and offered to introduce him to the National Preceptor to discuss realms beyond the True Spirit Realm.
• Li Huaian gave Ye Li a sealed medicinal treasure sent by Emperor Sheng and said he would collect the remaining Supreme Treasure Medicines in the Capital City.
• Li Huaian explained that General Cheng was holding off four Demon Supremes in the Western Territory with defensive formations and favorable terrain.
• Li Huaian said she planned to hide Ye Li and General Li Yuyao’s arrival so they could strike the Demon Court’s forces by surprise.
• Ye Li questioned the plan’s secrecy and wondered why the four Demon Supremes had let one Great Sheng general hold them back for so long.

Cheng Xian and Li Yuyao discussed the Western Territory’s desperate defense and the arrival of Ye Li as reinforcements for the demon-slaying operation. A report of two more demon supremes appearing beyond the pass sent Cheng Xian to investigate while Li Yuyao prepared to relay his plan to the arriving leaders.

• Li Yuyao praised Cheng Xian for holding the Demon-Suppressing Main Pass against four Demon Race supremes, and Cheng Xian explained that the city-protecting formation had enabled him to endure despite severe injuries.
• Cheng Xian told Li Yuyao that the Eldest Princess would oversee the operation and that Ye Li had come as an Immortal Realm supreme.
• Li Yuyao recognized Ye Li as Great Sheng’s newly appointed Southern Territory Inspector and recounted his victories over the master of Northern Cang Cold Palace and White Jade Fox Venerable.
• Cheng Xian celebrated the reinforcements’ arrival, then received an urgent report that two demon supremes had appeared sixty thousand miles beyond the pass.
• Cheng Xian left to investigate and asked Li Yuyao to relay his plan to the Eldest Princess and Ye Li when they arrived.

Ye Li joined Li Huaian and Li Yuyao at Demon-Suppressing Pass as they prepared to lure the Demon Venerables into a trap. When Cheng Xian returned with an urgent report, Ye Li sensed that the apparent General Cheng was actually a disguised Demon Venerable and exposed him with his lightning field.

• Li Yuyao explained the plan to lure the Demon Venerables into a prepared killing ground, and Ye Li agreed to coordinate with her and Cheng Xian.
• While walking through camp, Ye Li said he would kill any of the Four Extremes Twelve Gates that brought calamity upon the people, and Li Yuyao offered to aid him against Divine Crow Valley.
• A guard summoned Ye Li and Li Yuyao to the command tent, where Cheng Xian claimed the Demon Venerables had pursued him close to the pass and urged them to attack at once.
• Ye Li asked where the enemy was, then unleashed his lightning field and forced the apparent Cheng Xian to reveal himself as a Demon Venerable.

Ye Li exposed the disguised General Cheng as a Thousand-Faced Ghost Worm and battered the demon with overwhelming physical strength and lightning. The Ghost Worm Supreme Being survived the attacks but was left gravely wounded, unable to understand Ye Li’s unusual power.

• Ye Li recognized that General Cheng was an Immortal Realm demon disguised as a human and froze most of its body.
• Ye Li struck the Thousand-Faced Ghost Worm before it could finish speaking, blasting it out of the camp and forcing it to reveal its thousand-foot true form.
• Li Yuyao identified the demon as a Mid-Sixth Tier Immortal Realm being and prepared to assist Ye Li.
• Ye Li pursued the demon and smashed it into the ground with the Great Divine Firmament Tribulation Technique.
• The wounded Ghost Worm Supreme Being wondered why a human with such formidable senses primarily cultivated the physical body.

Ye Li annihilated the Ghost Worm Supreme Being and pursued the two fleeing Demon Sovereigns. He crushed the Vajra Giant Ape with a thunder seal and speared the Green-faced Ghoul, leaving it grievously wounded and calling for Blood Ghoul.

• The Ghost Worm Supreme Being called for help, but Ye Li summoned over a thousand thunder seals and destroyed it completely.
• The Vajra Giant Beast and Green-faced Ghoul arrived, saw the Ghost Worm Supreme Being's death, and tried to flee.
• Ye Li caught up with the Vajra Giant Ape, shattered its shield, and struck it down with a thunder seal.
• The Green-faced Ghoul called for Blood Ghoul and tried to escape, but Ye Li hurled his Divine Spear through it and pinned it to a mountain.

Ye Li waited for the Blood Ghoul to arrive while two Beast Venerables lay badly wounded, then used heavenly lightning to stop it and unleashed the divine spear’s Gale Force to kill the Green-faced Ghoul. The Blood Ghoul remained alive as Ye Li’s fight against it continued.

• Ye Li sensed a powerful mid-seventh-level Immortal Realm aura approaching and waited instead of killing the wounded Vajra Giant Ape and Green-faced Ghoul.
• The Blood Ghoul arrived, assessed Ye Li cautiously, and moved to rescue the Green-faced Ghoul after it invoked the Demon Emperor’s authority.
• The Blood Ghoul unleashed its blood-boiling howl, but Ye Li remained unaffected and struck it with heavenly lightning.
• Ye Li empowered the divine spear, whose Gale Force tore apart the Green-faced Ghoul and killed it before the public.

Ye Li overwhelmed Blood Ghoul Supreme and Vajra Demon Supreme with his strength and heavenly lightning. After killing Vajra Giant Beast and destroying Blood Ghoul’s final desperate attack, he left Blood Ghoul’s shattered remains embedded in the scorched earth.

• Blood Ghoul Supreme attacked Ye Li with the Armor Breaking Dragon Tooth, but Ye Li seized the saber barehanded, erased its spiritual imprint, and punched Blood Ghoul into a crater.
• Blood Ghoul stirred up a corrosive blood gale and called on the wounded Vajra Demon Supreme to attack Ye Li with it.
• Vajra Giant Beast rose to charge Ye Li, but heavenly lightning struck and killed it.
• Blood Ghoul Supreme used Blood Meteor Escape to flee, then burned its remaining power and origin to crash into Ye Li.
• Ye Li punched through Blood Ghoul’s burning meteor, blasted apart its head and chest, and sent its remaining body into the scorched rock.

Ye Li annihilated Blood Ghoul Demon Venerable and learned that Cheng Xian had likely escaped to the Demon-Suppressing Main Pass. After checking his Malice Points, Ye Li worried that he lacked enough Immortal Realm treasure medicines to make the most of an advancement and planned to visit Divine Crow Valley.

• Ye Li destroyed Blood Ghoul Demon Venerable with another barrage of divine lightning and received Malice Points for the execution.
• Ye Li burned the four demons' bodies, then questioned Blood Ghoul Demon Venerable's soul about Cheng Xian.
• Blood Ghoul Demon Venerable explained that Cheng Xian had used an ancient formation to stall the demons and had most likely escaped to the Demon-Suppressing Main Pass.
• Ye Li checked his Malice Points and found that his supply of Immortal Realm treasure medicines was too low to make the most of advancing.
• Ye Li planned to seek treasure medicine support in Great Sheng's Capital City and visit Divine Crow Valley.

At the Western Territory pass, Li Huaian learned that Ye Li had pursued the Beast Venerables who attacked Cheng Xian. Ye Li returned unharmed with proof that he had killed all three, then asked Li Yuyao about Divine Crow Valley.

• Li Huaian asked Cheng Xian to mark where he had sensed a late Immortal Realm battle, and he circled a broad area of the wilderness on the map.
• Zhou Huacheng told Cheng Xian that Ye Li had exposed the demon impersonating him and gone alone after the fleeing Beast Venerables, prompting Cheng Xian to leave his sickbed to help.
• Li Huaian gave the map to Li Yuyao and ordered her to lead elite scouts in search of Ye Li.
• Ye Li returned to the pass unharmed and revealed three drops of Supreme Demonic Blood, confirming that he had killed the three Great Demons.
• Ye Li asked Li Yuyao about the situation with Divine Crow Valley.

Divine Tiger Bodhisattva used the Eastern Territory rebellion to gather believers by rescuing wounded survivors and directing them west with map scrolls. He told Li Xuanyu the Buddha Lord was preparing to deal with Ye Li, then resolved to accelerate the plan before Emperor Sheng investigated the rebellion.

• Divine Tiger Bodhisattva entered ruined Plainfield Commandery City, killed rebel soldiers who attacked the survivors, and gave the wounded pain-relieving pills.
• Divine Tiger Bodhisattva warned the survivors to flee west and gave them a map scroll directing them to people who would protect them.
• Divine Tiger Bodhisattva repeated the same rescue and recruitment scheme in four more Eastern Territory cities, then sensed Faithful Wish Power gathering from the west.
• Divine Tiger Bodhisattva told Li Xuanyu that believers were gathering quickly and that the Buddha Lord would soon issue a decree to punish Ye Li.
• Li Xuanyu urged Divine Tiger Bodhisattva to hurry before Emperor Sheng investigated the rebellion, and Divine Tiger Bodhisattva agreed to speed things up.

Emperor Sheng learned that Second Prince was holding the Eastern Territory’s defenses while rebels threatened to overrun the region. After discovering that Third Princess Li Yingluo had stripped Ye Li of his authority to appease the mystic gates, he summoned her to the Golden Throne Hall in fury.

• An inner servant reported that rebels had gravely wounded Lord Wei and that Second Prince and monks from Great Brahma Palace were helping defend the Eastern Territory.
• Emperor Sheng read letters from the mystic gates demanding that Ye Li be punished and apologize for his campaign in the Southern Territory.
• Emperor Sheng reviewed Li Yingluo’s memorials and found that she had reclaimed Ye Li’s Governor’s Golden Token, suspended his authority, and ordered him to return to the Capital City.
• Emperor Sheng erupted in anger and ordered Li Yingluo to come to the Golden Throne Hall immediately.

Li Yingluo struggled with the political fallout after Ye Li lost his Inspector-General's authority, while Emperor Sheng learned that Ye Li had slain four Demon Race Supremes in the Western Territory. The chapter ended with Emperor Sheng summoning Li Yingluo and forcing her to confront the Mystic Gates’ furious letters.

• Li Yingluo ordered Baiyue to find Ye Li, whose continued absence from the Capital City had left her fearful of losing her supporters.
• Emperor Sheng read Li Huaian’s victory report and learned that Ye Li had killed four Demon Race Supremes before setting out toward Divine Crow Valley.
• Emperor Sheng blamed Li Yingluo for driving Ye Li away and recognized that Li Huaian had persuaded him to serve Great Sheng in the Western Territory.
• Li Yingluo arrived at the Golden Throne Hall, where Emperor Sheng threw the Four Extremes Eleven Mystic Gates’ letters at her feet and ordered her to read them.
• Li Yingluo read the letters and turned pale as she saw their contents.

Emperor Sheng condemned Li Yingluo for stripping Ye Li of his golden plaque and barred her from court, effectively undermining her claim to the throne. After learning that Li Huaian had recruited Ye Li, Li Yingluo desperately resolved to apologize and win him back.

• Emperor Sheng rebuked Li Yingluo for yielding to the mysterious sects and removing Ye Li's authority.
• Emperor Sheng ordered Li Yingluo to stay in Qingxin Hall and stop attending court assemblies.
• Li Yingluo realized she had likely lost her right to inherit the throne and asked Baiyue whether taking Ye Li's plaque had been a mistake.
• Baiyue reported that Li Huaian had invited Ye Li away from the Southern Territory, though his destination was unknown.
• Li Yingluo told Baiyue to accompany her to apologize to Ye Li and offer whatever he wanted if he returned to her side.

Ye Li met with Li Yuyao and Chang Yun at Imperial Guard Headquarters to hear the case of a missing shipment of Nine Spirit Yuan Paste suspected to have been stolen by Divine Crow Valley. After learning that the evidence remained inconclusive, Ye Li questioned why the sect would want the medicine.

• Ye Li studied a map of Divine Crow Valley while Li Yuyao served him tea and Chang Yun watched him with awe.
• Li Yuyao dismissed the guards and explained that a shipment of Nine Spirit Yuan Paste had vanished in transit after nearly all of its Yao Xuan Envoy escorts were killed.
• Li Yuyao said the attackers' magic power resembled Divine Crow Valley's inherited Cultivation Method, but the sect denied involvement and blamed a fire-element demon.
• Li Yuyao said she had tortured and killed a Crimson Scale Demon Venerable but found no trace of the stolen medicine.
• Chang Yun suggested the shipment might still be hidden in the Northern Territory, while Li Yuyao said Divine Crow Valley's deep roots and two Supreme Old Ancestors made infiltration difficult.
• Li Yuyao asked Ye Li how to proceed, and he questioned why Divine Crow Valley would steal medicine with little value for cultivation.

After Li Yuyao linked Divine Crow Valley to the Demon Court and accused it of treason, Ye Li decided to investigate and punish the sect. Emperor Sheng sent Ye Li a token granting him imperial authority, and Ye Li and Li Yuyao set out for Divine Crow Valley with Chang Yun following.

• Li Yuyao told Ye Li that Divine Crow Valley was suspected of trafficking military medicines to the Demon Court and committing other grave crimes.
• Ye Li resolved to go to Divine Crow Valley, and Li Yuyao volunteered to accompany him.
• Chang Yun warned them that attacking one of the Four Extremes could provoke the other sects and destabilize Great Sheng, but Ye Li left the decision to him to report to the emperor.
• An envoy arrived with Emperor Sheng’s decree authorizing Ye Li to investigate Divine Crow Valley and purge traitors, along with a golden dragon token representing the emperor’s personal authority.
• Ye Li took the token and departed with Li Yuyao, while Chang Yun hurried after them.

The Valley Master of Divine Crow Valley ordered his disciples to avoid trouble and chose not to join the effort to pressure Ye Li after hearing that Li Yingluo had taken back Ye Li’s governor’s token. When Li Yuyao arrived at the valley with two companions, the Valley Master recognized that Ye Li was likely among them and prepared the valley’s defenses.

• The Valley Master of Divine Crow Valley ordered an elder to punish his young master if he caused trouble again and keep the valley’s disciples under control.
• The elder confirmed that Li Yingluo had reclaimed Ye Li’s governor’s token, but the Valley Master refused to join the eight mystic sects in pressuring Ye Li.
• A steward reported that Li Yuyao had arrived at the valley with a Supreme general and a young man in a Great Sheng Governor-style robe.
• The Valley Master suspected the young man was Ye Li and ordered the elder to alert the two Old Ancestors.
• The Valley Master headed toward the back mountain to activate the formation’s core.