Recaps

Ye Li overwhelmed Emperor Sheng in battle despite the emperor’s use of the Heaven Swallowing Secret Technique and the national fortune. Ye Li destroyed the dragon of national fortune and killed Emperor Sheng with a colossal lightning spear.

• Emperor Sheng consumed Great Sheng’s national fortune to greatly increase his power and attacked Ye Li with dragon phantoms.
• Ye Li shattered Emperor Sheng’s True Dragon treasure seal, suppressed his dragon roar with thunder, and struck him in the chest.
• Emperor Sheng retreated into the chained dragon of national fortune, where its power healed his injuries as he gathered a massive storm.
• Ye Li summoned a colossal Divine Spear that broke apart the dragon of national fortune and struck Emperor Sheng dead.

After Ye Li killed Emperor Sheng, he left Li Yuyao to secure the Capital City and rushed to investigate trouble in the Eastern Territory. There, Li Huaian ordered the army to attack the Great Brahma Palace before Ye Li arrived.

• Ye Li told Li Yuyao to stabilize the Capital City while he went to the Eastern Territory, and she accepted his order.
• Tens of thousands of Yao Xuan Envoys assembled in the Yun Chuan Mountain Range to encircle the Great Brahma Palace.
• Li Huaian said Emperor Sheng had ordered the attack to begin immediately, despite Cheng Xian and Chang Yun wanting to wait for Ye Li.
• Yang Zhengguo took the vanguard, and Li Huaian commanded the army to advance.
• The army activated its prepared formations, sealing the Buddhist Palace in a cage of light as three pillars of killing force struck toward it.

Li Huaian entered the Great Brahma Palace amid the battle and discovered that the Second Prince, Li Xuanyu, had become a grotesque creature on a blood-soaked altar. Outside, the three generals battled the palace’s Bodhisattvas as Shanwu claimed the Buddha Lord was nearing True Spirit Immortality.

• The Great Brahma Palace gates opened, and tens of thousands of monks charged the Yao Xuan Envoys as three Bodhisattvas emerged to fight Cheng Xian, Chang Yun, and Yang Zhengguo.
• Bodhisattva Shanwu told Cheng Xian that the Buddha Lord would soon become a True Spirit Immortal and urged the generals to take refuge in the Buddha.
• Li Huaian decided to investigate Shanwu’s claim, but an eighth-level Arhat attacked her, so she used her golden dragon pendant to reach the Half-step Supreme Realm and killed him.
• Li Huaian slipped into the Buddhist temple using An Lingzhen’s movement technique and followed the blood through its eerily silent halls.
• Li Huaian found Li Xuanyu on a black-stone altar, bloated and covered only by a nearly complete human skin, with an aura more terrifying than her Father Emperor’s.

Li Huaian discovered that the Buddha Lord was using Li Xuanyu’s bloodline and millions of believers to complete a transformation, but her warning failed to reach the generals. After escaping the Buddha Lord’s attack with a life-saving treasure, she ordered the imperial army to retreat, only for the transformed Buddha Lord to emerge and ask whether Ye Li had come.

• Li Huaian found the Buddha Lord transforming through a ritual that drew faith power and Imperial Dragon Qi from the believers.
• The Buddha Lord detected Li Huaian and destroyed her body with a finger, but her life-saving treasure carried her a hundred li away.
• Li Huaian saw the imperial forces winning the battle and ordered the entire army to retreat.
• The Buddha Lord’s overwhelming aura spread from the temple, and the Divine Tiger Bodhisattva declared that the ritual had succeeded.
• The Buddha Lord appeared in Li Xuanyu’s form and asked Li Huaian whether Ye Li had come.

The Buddha Lord defeated Yang Zhengguo, Cheng Xian, and Chang Yun, then nearly struck down the three Supreme Bodhisattvas before An Lingzhen intervened. As the Demon Emperor arrived to threaten them both, General Ye appeared, smashed the Black Dragon Demon Emperor into the mountains, and confronted the Buddha Lord.

• Yang Zhengguo's surprise attack failed, and the Buddha Lord struck him down with a single palm.
• Cheng Xian sped up the retreating Yao Xuan Envoys, while the Buddha Lord shattered his clones, blasted Chang Yun from hiding, and defeated both generals.
• The Buddha Lord summoned a golden hand seal against the three injured Supremes, but An Lingzhen arrived and destroyed it with one finger.
• Li Huaian asked An Lingzhen about the Demon Emperor, and An Lingzhen revealed that he was approaching from the west.
• The Black Dragon Demon Emperor arrived, but a golden streak smashed him into the mountains; General Ye then appeared and challenged the Buddha Lord.

Ye Li arrived during the conflict in the Eastern Territory and overwhelmed the Buddha Lord with a crushing punch and a lightning attack. As the Buddha Lord rose from the ruins, the Black Dragon Demon Emperor returned to the fight and challenged Ye Li again.

• Ye Li appeared before the Yao Xuan Envoys, revealing power that rivaled the True Spirit Realm experts present.
• The Buddha Lord questioned Ye Li about his arrival, and Ye Li charged him with a devastating punch that shattered his defense and smashed him into a Buddhist temple.
• Ye Li called down lightning that broke through the Buddha Lord's Buddha Light and forced him to retreat from the ruins.
• The Black Dragon Demon Emperor flew back into the sky, wounded and enraged, and demanded that Ye Li fight him again.
• Ye Li faced the encirclement of the Buddha Lord and the Black Dragon Demon Emperor.

Ye Li ignored An Lingzhen’s offer to choose one opponent and attacked both the Buddha Lord and the Black Dragon Demon Emperor. He left the Demon Emperor severely wounded, while the Buddha Lord watched in terror.

• An Lingzhen asked Ye Li which opponent he would choose, but Ye Li said he wanted them both and charged at the Buddha Lord.
• The Black Dragon Demon Emperor used its spatial ability to switch places with the Buddha Lord, putting itself in Ye Li’s path.
• Ye Li slowed the Demon Emperor with his ice power and struck it with a lightning-charged punch, sending it crashing into the mountains.
• Ye Li hurled the Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron into the Demon Emperor’s abdomen and expanded it, tearing through its body from within.
• The Demon Emperor was left seriously wounded, and the Buddha Lord stood frozen in fear as he watched.

Ye Li killed Buddha Lord after defeating him and watched the Black Dragon Demon Emperor try to flee. He struck the demon emperor back into the ground despite An Lingzhen warning him that killing it could provoke its clansmen in the Chaos Star Sea.

• Ye Li chased down the fleeing Buddha Lord and battered him until he was too weak to defend himself.
• Ye Li’s divine fire erupted inside Buddha Lord, burning him to ashes despite his pleas to surrender Great Brahma Palace.
• The Black Dragon Demon Emperor pulled the Divine Spear from its wound and asked Ye Li to let the conflict end so it could escape.
• Ye Li intercepted the Black Dragon Demon Emperor and punched it into the ground.
• An Lingzhen warned Ye Li not to kill the demon emperor because it had many clansmen in the Chaos Star Sea.

Ye Li killed the Black Dragon Demon Emperor despite An Lingzhen warning him that the Void Dragon Clan would seek revenge. After reassuring An Lingzhen that he would handle the consequences, Ye Li was thanked by Li Huaian, whom he asked to choose whether to hear good news or bad news first.

• Ye Li unleashed countless thunder seals that destroyed the Black Dragon Demon Emperor and the surrounding mountains, then refined its remains with divine fire.
• Ye Li learned from the Demon Emperor's memories that it had stayed in contact with the Void Dragon Clan and had powerful relatives there.
• An Lingzhen warned Ye Li about the danger of provoking the Void Dragon Clan, but Ye Li said he would handle the matter.
• Li Huaian knelt to thank Ye Li for saving Great Sheng, and Ye Li asked whether she wanted to hear the good news or the bad news first.

Ye Li told Li Huaian that he would support her becoming emperor and revealed that he planned to travel to the Chaos Star Sea. He then disclosed that he had killed her father, Emperor Sheng, the previous night, leaving Li Huaian stunned and An Lingzhen questioning his actions.

• Li Huaian feared that trouble had arisen in the Capital City but concluded that the bad news might concern the slain True Spirit experts and their allies.
• Ye Li told Li Huaian that he intended to support her becoming emperor, and she gratefully accepted his backing.
• Ye Li said he might soon travel to the Chaos Star Sea and offered to help with any matters in Great Sheng before he left.
• Li Huaian assumed that Ye Li's departure was the bad news and offered to grant him anything Great Sheng could provide.
• Ye Li corrected her and revealed that he had killed her father the previous night, leaving Li Huaian speechless.
• An Lingzhen asked Ye Li why he had killed Emperor Sheng.

Ye Li revealed that Emperor Sheng had planned to sacrifice Great Sheng’s people to break through to the True Spirit Realm, then summoned the emperor’s soul to confess. Li Huaian learned that her father was dead and concealed her excitement at the prospect of taking the throne, while An Lingzhen prepared to return with her to the Capital City.

• Ye Li explained that Emperor Sheng had intended to sacrifice Great Sheng’s people to break the imperial curse and reach the True Spirit Realm.
• Ye Li pulled Emperor Sheng’s soul from the void, and the soul confessed to plotting the mass sacrifice and trying to use Ye Li in a scheme against the Buddha Lord.
• Li Huaian understood how her father had died and privately rejoiced that she could ascend the throne, though Ye Li saw through her attempt to hide her feelings.
• An Lingzhen offered to accompany Li Huaian back to the Capital City to stabilize the situation, but Ye Li declined and said he had personal matters to handle.

Ye Li secluded himself in a valley and used Immortal Realm treasure medicine and Malice Points to break through into the True Spirit Realm. He reached the peak of its third level, leaving the Eastern Territory trembling beneath his power.

• Ye Li left the Eastern Territory battlefield and settled in a secluded valley to prepare for a breakthrough.
• He used the treasure medicine he had refined from Emperor Sheng's treasury, gaining cultivation and transformation boosts.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to break through the Half-step True Spirit Realm and gained the Profound Technique Amplification method.
• His True Spirit descended into his Brow-Center Universe, transforming his power and making him a True Spirit Realm immortal.
• Ye Li advanced to the peak of the third level of the True Spirit Realm, and his aura shook the Eastern Territory.

Ye Li tested his newly comprehended Profound Technique Amplification and prepared to use Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas against the approaching Outer Realm Sword Immortal. After searching the Greedy Wolf Star Domain, the Sword Immortal found the Great Sheng Dynasty.

• Ye Li transformed Immortal Power into Five Elements techniques and discovered that his Immortal Power could overwhelm ordinary Supreme Power.
• Ye Li amplified a tiny metal blade into a colossal canopy that tore through the clouds and shook the mountains before he dismissed it.
• Ye Li considered how to use Profound Technique Amplification and decided to rely on Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas to prepare for the Sword Immortal.
• The white-robed Sword Immortal searched the Greedy Wolf Star Domain and located the planet containing the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Sword Immortal Mo Fa confirmed that the token’s aura led to the remote Nine Domains Realm and decided to find the cultivator who had activated it. Convinced the region held no surviving members of the Star Sea Profound Mirror Mansion, he headed toward the planet and considered feeding on its people.

• Mo Fa recalled his fear of the Star Sea Profound Mirror Mansion and resolved to investigate whether any remnants remained.
• Mo Fa used the Star Sea Merchant Alliance’s Dao Hearing Stone to identify the planet as the unregistered Nine Domains Realm of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
• Mo Fa concluded that a local cultivator had likely activated the old token and decided to destroy that person and the token.
• Mo Fa considered testing the Imperial Preceptor’s strength and secretly feasting on the inhabitants to replenish himself.
• Mo Fa transformed into a point of light and flew through the planet’s blockades toward the token’s aura.

As Li Huaian prepared to ascend the throne, Mo Fa appeared in the Golden Throne Hall and attacked An Lingzhen, revealing himself as a powerful True Spirit Realm immortal. Ye Li arrived to face him, leaving the clash poised to begin.

• Li Huaian told An Lingzhen that General Li Yuyao had advanced deep into the Western Territory and that Great Sheng’s ascension ceremony was approaching.
• Li Huaian and An Lingzhen discussed Ye Li’s unexplained absence before Mo Fa silently appeared in the Golden Throne Hall.
• Mo Fa attacked An Lingzhen, and their clash destroyed the hall as he unleashed the pressure of a sixth-level True Spirit Realm immortal.
• An Lingzhen sent Li Huaian away and prepared to hold off Mo Fa while hoping Ye Li would arrive.
• Ye Li appeared, moved An Lingzhen behind him, and confronted Mo Fa with Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas.

Ye Li ambushed and brutally defeated Mo Fa after Mo Fa pretended to seek reconciliation, then killed him as his strength surged toward the ninth level of the True Spirit Realm. The battle left Great Sheng’s capital devastated, while An Lingzhen struggled to stabilize its earth veins.

• Mo Fa disguised his hostility with an apology, then attacked Ye Li with a hidden cage of sword lights.
• Ye Li evaded the attack, shattered Mo Fa’s Sword Qi, and overwhelmed him with crushing blows that devastated the palace grounds and shook the capital.
• Mo Fa unleashed a vast Sword Qi storm, but Ye Li endured it and broke through his protective Sword Domain.
• Ye Li’s aura rose to the peak of the eighth level of the True Spirit Realm as Mo Fa begged for mercy.
• Ye Li smashed Mo Fa’s head, destroyed his remaining body, and burned him to death.

Ye Li killed Mo Fa, ended the threat to Dasheng, and told An Lingzhen and Li Huaian that he would soon leave. With no destination in mind, he heard An Lingzhen propose that they travel together.

• Ye Li killed Mo Fa, sealed away his suffering soul, and took his Storage Treasure Tool.
• An Lingzhen asked Ye Li whether he was a young master from a powerful Chaos Star Sea faction, and he denied it.
• Ye Li learned that Li Huaian's enthronement was imminent and decided to leave Dasheng.
• Li Huaian arrived, checked that Ye Li was unharmed, and offered him a farewell banquet before returning to oversee the aftermath.
• An Lingzhen asked Ye Li to travel with her after he left Dasheng.

An Lingzhen explained why she planned to leave Great Sheng and travel with Ye Li: she wanted to pursue greater power and avenge the destruction of her sect. She revealed that the Jade Mist Sect was destroyed by the Valley of the Heavenly Maidens and the Starry Sky Insectoids, while the sect’s prodigy joined the enemy afterward.

• Ye Li asked An Lingzhen why she planned to leave Great Sheng, and she explained that her cultivation had nearly reached the seventh layer of the True Spirit Realm but could no longer advance through Great Sheng’s national fortune.
• Ye Li pressed An Lingzhen to explain why she was so intent on raising her realm, and she admitted that she still had a great vengeance unavenged.
• An Lingzhen recounted how her Jade Mist Sect’s prodigy senior sister gained fame on the Latent Dragon Ranking despite her master’s warnings to keep her identity hidden.
• The Valley of the Heavenly Maidens secretly allied with the Starry Sky Insectoids, and together they destroyed the Jade Mist Sect and slaughtered inhabitants of its domain.
• An Lingzhen revealed that the senior sister later joined the Valley of the Heavenly Maidens and had become one of its respected Supreme Elders.

Ye Li learned how the Chaos Star Sea handled disputes and heard how the Star Sea Profound Mirror Mansion had once enforced order before the White Tower Church destroyed it. After learning about the God-Ascension Realms and the Latent Dragon Ranking, he agreed to help An Lingzhen take revenge on the Valley of the Heavenly Maidens in exchange for her help getting him onto the ranking, and they prepared to leave Great Sheng.

• An Lingzhen explained that the Jade Mist Sect’s region received little oversight, and that the Star Sea Merchant Alliance had pressured the Valley of the Heavenly Maidens after its collusion with the Alien Race.
• An Lingzhen recalled that the Star Sea Profound Mirror Mansion had strictly enforced laws but was later destroyed by the White Tower Church after weakening itself in war.
• An Lingzhen explained that the God-Ascension Realms included Dao Seeking, Dao Holder, Dao Fusion, and Creation, and that leading Latent Dragon Ranking contenders were generally in the Dao Seeking Realm.
• Ye Li asked about the Valley of the Heavenly Maidens’ elders and learned that its Valley Master and Supreme Elders were likely Dao Holders.
• Ye Li offered to help An Lingzhen take revenge if she helped him get onto the Latent Dragon Ranking, and she accepted.
• Ye Li told An Lingzhen to prepare to leave Great Sheng within two days.

Ye Li and An Lingzhen left the Great Sheng Dynasty aboard a starship and explored the Star Sea Merchant Alliance’s information network. An Lingzhen urged Ye Li to build his reputation in the star sea, and she displayed a vast intelligence network to help him find opportunities.

• Ye Li used the Dao Hearing Stone and learned that useful intelligence on cultivation, secret realms, and treasures cost Chaos Coins.
• An Lingzhen reflected on leaving Great Sheng and praised Li Huaian’s ability to calm the dynasty’s factions before her ascension.
• Ye Li told An Lingzhen she would get used to life beyond Great Sheng, while she reaffirmed her resolve to pursue revenge and work with him.
• An Lingzhen said Ye Li needed to make a name for himself in the star sea to climb the rankings.
• An Lingzhen activated her crimson star mark and showed Ye Li intelligence about a possible Yellow Springs Palace opening, a clan recruiting Guest Elders, and a black-market sale of a Dao Holder Realm Red Snake’s venom sac.

Ye Li learned that he needed a Dao Hearing Stone to enter the Latent Dragon Ranking selection, and An Lingzhen told him about a coming contest with a large reward. He agreed to compete in the Gale Prodigy Hegemony Battle and began looking for ways to earn money for supplies.

• An Lingzhen explained how Dao Hearing Stones worked and said Ye Li would need a new one to register for the Latent Dragon Ranking.
• An Lingzhen introduced the Gale Prodigy Hegemony Battle, where the final challenger to the Gale Divine Dynasty's First Prince would receive fifty thousand Chaos Coins.
• Ye Li agreed to take part in the contest, scheduled for half a month later.
• Ye Li asked An Lingzhen how they could make money, and she suggested artifact refining or pill refining.
• Ye Li said he knew a little about pill refining and was willing to try it.

Ye Li and An Lingzhen arrived at Silver Cliff Ancient City and went to the Star Sea Merchant Alliance auction house to buy ingredients for a Spirit Ascension Pill. They left the manager preparing one set of ingredients, while Ye Li faced the risk of spending nearly all his Chaos Coins on an uncertain attempt.

• Ye Li and An Lingzhen reached Silver Cliff Ancient City and planned to wait six days for a public starship to the Chenmu Star Domain.
• At the auction house, An Lingzhen gave manager Yu Qiurou a list of ingredients for a Spirit Ascension Pill.
• Yu Qiurou estimated that one set of the scarce ingredients would cost at least ninety Chaos Coins, and Ye Li ordered only one set.
• An Lingzhen used the false name An Linglong because the Valley of the Heavenly Maidens had likely placed a bounty on her.
• Ye Li admitted he did not know whether he could refine the pill successfully and considered robbing the rich to aid the poor if he failed.

Ye Li entered the Alliance Auction House’s alchemy hall to refine a Spirit Ascension Pill, while Yu Qiurou weighed whether he was a master alchemist or a desperate gambler. He emerged in less than a cup of tea with a pill to sell, leaving Yu Qiurou stunned.

• Yu Qiurou delivered Ye Li’s requested herbs, and Ye Li paid ninety Chaos Coins before asking to use an alchemy room.
• Yu Qiurou led Ye Li and An Lingzhen to the Black Rock Hall, where Ye Li checked for surveillance and threw all the herbs into the cauldron at once before igniting it with golden divine fire.
• While Ye Li was inside, An Lingzhen offered Yu Qiurou a spirit-grade True Spirit Method in exchange for more Spirit Ascension Pill ingredients.
• The hall doors opened less than a cup of tea later, and Ye Li asked Yu Qiurou whether the auction house bought Spirit Ascension Pills.
• Ye Li handed Yu Qiurou a warm jade box containing a Spirit Ascension Pill and asked her to appraise its price.

Ye Li sold a perfectly patterned Spirit Ascension Pill to Yu Qiurou for four thousand Chaos Coins, astonishing her and An Lingzhen with his alchemy skill. He then arranged to buy five batches of ingredients so he could refine more pills.

• Yu Qiurou opened Ye Li's jade box and saw a supreme-quality Spirit Ascension Pill, while An Lingzhen realized he had refined it in remarkably little time.
• Yu Qiurou offered Ye Li four thousand Chaos Coins for the pill and agreed to return An Lingzhen's mortgaged Cultivation Method jade slip.
• Ye Li accepted the offer and reflected on how Immortal Power let him refine pills, while weighing the risks of exhausting himself for profit.
• Ye Li asked Yu Qiurou to bring all the Spirit Ascension Pill ingredients in stock, and she said the storehouse had enough for five batches.
• Ye Li agreed to take the five batches, and Yu Qiurou hurried off to retrieve them.

Ye Li completed his dealings with the Alliance Auction House and refused Yu Qiurou's offer to join it. Before he could leave, Gu Yang rushed in seeking an alchemist's help for his dying grandfather, and Ye Li stopped the guards after learning Gu Yang's brother had killed the alchemists who failed to treat him.

• Yu Qiurou delivered Ye Li's requested True Spirit Realm Treasure Medicine and gifted him an unbound Level Two Dao Hearing Stone.
• Yu Qiurou again invited Ye Li to join the Alliance Auction House, but Ye Li refused.
• Gu Yang charged through the guards, and Ye Li seized him and slammed him into the floor.
• Gu Yang pleaded for help, saying his family's old master was near death and that his elder brother had killed alchemists who failed to refine the needed pill.
• Yu Qiurou condemned the Gu Family for its actions, but Ye Li stopped the guards and asked Gu Yang whether his brother had killed all the alchemists who had tried to help.