Recaps

Asel sought Lola’s help to weaken Ye Li before their upcoming match, offering the Rohl Family three life-bearing planets in exchange. Lola agreed, but reserved control over how her family would act, leaving Asel confident that his plan was underway.

• Asel returned to his palace and contacted his fiancée, Lola of the Rohl Family, through a secret communication array.
• Asel admitted he was likely to lose to Ye Li and asked Lola to have her family weaken Ye Li before the match.
• Lola refused at first, citing Ye Li’s dangerous background and the risk to her family.
• Asel offered the Rohl Family three life-bearing planets if they secretly deployed death warriors against Ye Li.
• Lola agreed to act but insisted that her family alone would decide how to weaken Ye Li, and Asel accepted.

Ye Li challenged the Knight Commander’s warning and refused the Gale Kingdom’s welcome banquet, then turned to preparing for advancement to the Dao Seeking Realm. The chapter left him studying An Lingzhen’s cultivation insights while she went to buy medicinal herbs for him.

• The Knight Commander gave Ye Li a token granting him direct entry to the tournament semifinals and warned him not to harm the Gale Kingdom’s foundations.
• Ye Li told the Knight Commander he welcomed hostility, and the commander departed after cautioning him against speaking carelessly.
• An Lingzhen urged Ye Li to proceed cautiously, but he explained that he had enhanced his senses to strike first if attacked.
• Ye Li refused the welcome banquet, calling the kingdom’s concerns about match-fixing moral blackmail.
• An Lingzhen gave Ye Li jade slips containing Dao Seeking Realm cultivation insights and said they had been collected by the Jade Mist Sect.
• Ye Li asked An Lingzhen to buy old medicinal herbs using his money bag, and she agreed to choose them herself.

Gale’s royal family spread an inflammatory account of Princess Aliya’s injuries, turning public opinion against Ye Li, while Lola secretly sent three assassins to wound him. As the assassins approached his estate, Ye Li sensed them and smiled, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• The Gale royal family publicized a distorted report claiming Ye Li had beaten and humiliated Princess Aliya, stirring anger among the kingdom’s citizens.
• Foreign cultivators mocked the citizens’ outrage and explained that challengers could face ranked prodigies, but the duels carried no protection from death.
• Lola ordered three Dao Seeking Realm assassins to ambush Ye Li and inflict even a minor injury so she could claim authority over three medium life planets from First Prince Asel.
• The assassins infiltrated the royal palace and moved toward Ye Li’s estate without alerting its guards or formations.
• Ye Li sensed the approaching assassins as he prepared to leave his chamber and smiled.

Three assassins sent by the Rohl Family attacked Ye Li at his residence, but he had anticipated them and effortlessly overpowered them. The Old Man survived his first strike, while Pia and Rehn were killed, leaving the wounded assassin to face Ye Li alone.

• Rehn used his Soul Shaking Demonic Sound to break the Still Water Deep Flow Array while the Old Man and Pia prepared to attack Ye Li.
• The Old Man charged Ye Li, but Ye Li dodged his claw and struck him hard enough to shatter his breastbone and send him flying.
• Rehn's demonic sound failed to affect Ye Li, and Pia attacked from multiple directions as she demanded to know why he was asking questions.
• Ye Li grabbed Pia, smashed her into the ground, and burned her and her soul to nothing with the Second Mark Divine Fire.
• Ye Li froze Rehn with Profound Technique Amplification and punched him into dust.
• The injured Old Man watched Ye Li kill Rehn and was left terrified by the defeat of his group.

Ye Li defeated and killed Sath, the last of the Rohl Family’s three Dao Seeking Realm assassins, in front of Asel and his guards. After telling An Lingzhen to return, Ye Li said he planned to make their reputation even worse.

• Sath burned his life essence and charged at Ye Li, but Ye Li overwhelmed him in their fight.
• Sath shattered his right arm to attack Ye Li, who countered with a kick and killed him with golden divine fire.
• Asel arrived with royal guards and froze when Ye Li revealed that the three Rohl Family assassins had all been killed.
• Ye Li contacted An Lingzhen, who reported buying the precious medicine and warned that public opinion in the imperial capital had turned against them.
• Ye Li told An Lingzhen to return and said he planned to worsen their reputation.

An Lingzhen left the auction house after securing the Star Sea Merchant Alliance's contact code, while chief administrator Du Heng hoped to meet Ye Li later. As their star skiff traveled toward the Rohl Family's territory, Ye Li revealed he planned to retaliate for an assassination attempt, and An Lingzhen agreed to follow his lead.

• An Lingzhen refused the Alliance steward's request for a meeting with Ye Li but gave her a Dao Hearing Stone contact code for Du Heng.
• Du Heng arrived after An Lingzhen had left, praised the steward for obtaining the contact information, and decided to wait for another chance to approach Ye Li.
• An Lingzhen reported that the star skiff would reach Ye Li's coordinates before the next evening, and Ye Li prepared to study Dao Seeking Realm Cultivation Methods during the journey.
• Ye Li told An Lingzhen that the Rohl Family had sent assassins to kill him and that he intended to visit them in return.
• An Lingzhen warned that the Rohl Family and Gale Kingdom's royal army might oppose them, but Ye Li said he would fight them too, and she accelerated the star skiff.

Lola Rohl learned that the three assassins she sent against Ye Li had died without harming him, and Asel confirmed Ye Li had defeated them alone. Though Lola dismissed the idea that Ye Li could trace the attack to the Rohl Family, she recognized the unexpected outcome as a warning and called an emergency Rohl Summit.

• Lola Rohl received confirmation that the three King-level assassins she sent to the Gale Imperial Capital had died.
• Lola contacted Asel and demanded that he confirm the mission's results and transfer jurisdiction over the three planets.
• Asel told Lola that the assassins had not injured Ye Li and that Ye Li had killed them effortlessly in front of him.
• Lola questioned whether Ye Li's protector had intervened, but Asel said palace surveillance showed Ye Li acting alone.
• Asel warned Lola that Ye Li had left the palace and might have discovered the Rohl Family's involvement, but Lola insisted there was no evidence linking them to the attack.
• Lola activated the Rohl Family's emergency communications channel and called for an urgent Rohl Summit to discuss the attack and their next steps.

After Ye Li killed the Rohl Family’s three assassins and disappeared, Lola secured command of the family’s forces to prepare for his possible retaliation. She left the meeting with control of two regions and authority over the family’s assassins, promising her father she would treat Ye Li “gently.”

• Lola told the Rohl Family’s senior leaders that the three King-class assassins sent to kill Ye Li had died and that Ye Li’s whereabouts were unknown.
• The executives panicked over Ye Li’s strength, and some proposed capturing him alive to satisfy First Prince Asel’s commission.
• When Lola asked who would take responsibility for capturing Ye Li, no one volunteered, so she offered to handle the crisis in exchange for control of the Tianjing and Cangbi Regions and the executives’ assassin groups.
• The two regional directors resisted Lola’s terms but signed the Hunting Hall-guaranteed contracts after the other executives urged them to agree.
• The executives handed Lola their authority badges, and her father gave her the patriarch’s badge while warning her to respect Ye Li’s special identity.

Ye Li completed the Five Gods Heavenly Origin Scripture and gained a trace of Dao Seeking power as he and An Lingzhen traveled toward the Rohl Family. After speaking with Du Heng of the Azure Star Alliance, Ye Li prepared to continue alone and eliminate the threat.

• Ye Li spent Malice Points to reach the peak of the ninth layer of the True Spirit Realm and complete the Five Gods Heavenly Origin Scripture.
• An Lingzhen sensed Ye Li's new Dao Seeking aura and reported that no Dao Holder Realm cultivators were openly stationed in the Gale Star Domain, though the royal family likely had a trump card.
• Du Heng, chief director of the Azure Star Alliance branch, contacted Ye Li and offered help, but Ye Li declined and said he was going to eliminate the assassins' hidden danger.
• Ye Li told An Lingzhen to land the star skiff in a hidden place so he could travel the rest of the way alone.

Ye Li prepared a full-force attack on the Rohl Family headquarters, using the Divine Spear and its Hunt mark to target the hidden compound. He hurled the spear toward the mountain range and followed it, leaving An Lingzhen behind in shock.

• Ye Li used his Golden Eyes of Delusion Breaking to see through the illusions surrounding the Rohl Family headquarters.
• Ye Li told An Lingzhen to avoid being captured alive and began unleashing his concealed aura.
• Ye Li summoned the Divine Spear, activated its Hunt mark, and empowered it with Immortal Power, Divine Fire, and Profound Technique Amplification.
• Ye Li used Golden Soul Revival and hurled the enlarged Divine Spear toward the Rohl Family headquarters.
• Ye Li transformed into a streak of light and followed the spear while An Lingzhen watched in astonishment.

Lola organized the Rohl Family’s defenses to capture Ye Li, but a colossal Divine Spear obliterated the family headquarters. As Lola surveyed the ruins, she saw an unfamiliar young man standing atop the spear and greeting the survivors.

• Lola ordered the Rohl Family’s assassination teams to delay Ye Li and instructed them to capture him alive.
• Lola sensed something unusual as scorching heat and violent tremors shook the command palace.
• A blazing Divine Spear descended from the sky and shattered the headquarters’ defensive formation.
• The Divine Spear struck the headquarters, destroying most of it and killing nearly all the assembled higher-ups.
• Lola regained consciousness in the ruins and saw an unfamiliar young man standing atop the spear.
• The young man asked the survivors whether they liked his gift of greeting.

Ye Li attacked the Rohl Family and declared that he would kill them without help from a Dao guardian. He defeated Lola and began fighting Patriarch Frey as the battle spread through the ruins.

• Frey and the surviving Rohl Family members realized Ye Li’s Divine Spear strike had devastated their headquarters and that they could not easily oppose him.
• Ye Li refused Frey’s demand for an explanation and vowed that everyone present would die.
• Lola challenged Ye Li to fight without his Dao guardian, and Ye Li vanished to strike her with a thunder seal, badly injuring her.
• Frey ordered the Rohl experts to attack as Ye Li summoned the shadows of enemies he had slain to fight them.
• Ye Li met Frey’s palm head-on, forced him back, and then disrupted his attempt to merge with the void before charging at him.

Ye Li defeated and killed Frey Rohl, then turned Frey’s soul against the Rohl Family and killed Lola. With the family’s leaders eliminated, Ye Li called An Lingzhen to clean up the aftermath.

• Frey trapped Ye Li in a black tornado, but Ye Li survived its blades through Nirvana rebirth and killed Frey with divine fire.
• Ye Li seized Frey Rohl’s soul and ordered him to attack the Rohl Family experts, causing their ranks to collapse.
• Lola’s Dao heart collapsed as she watched her plans fail, and she charged at Ye Li in desperation.
• Ye Li smashed Lola into the ground, rejected her plea to use her marriage contract with Asel to bargain, and burned her to death.
• Ye Li contacted An Lingzhen and told her to come clean up the aftermath.

An Lingzhen arrived at the destroyed Rohl Family headquarters and learned that Ye Li had wiped out the entire lineage. A Gale Kingdom knight squad witnessed the devastation, learned Ye Li’s identity, and fled while worrying about how the First Prince would react to Lady Lola’s death.

• An Lingzhen saw the enormous crater and ruins where the Rohl Family headquarters had stood, and Ye Li told her there were no survivors.
• An Lingzhen began considering how to collect the Rohl Family’s wealth and resources as Ye Li noticed an approaching knight squad.
• The knight captain asked what had happened, and An Lingzhen said Ye Li had destroyed the Rohl Family for plotting an attack and that the Gale royal family would handle the aftermath.
• The knight captain recognized Ye Li as the third-ranked Latent Dragon Ranking prodigy and led his squad away rather than risk confronting him.
• A knight wondered whether Lady Lola had died and recalled that the First Prince was enamored of her, leaving the captain worried about the prince’s reaction.

After destroying the Rohl Family, Ye Li used the spoils and his Malice Points to recover and break through into the Dao Seeking Realm. He reached its peak third level and gained confidence ahead of his coming confrontation with Asel.

• An Lingzhen told Ye Li she would finish organizing the Rohl Family's spoils within three hours.
• Ye Li learned from Lola's soul that Asel, the Gale Dynasty's First Prince and his upcoming tournament opponent, had planned the attack against him.
• Ye Li retreated to a secluded valley and refined Treasure Medicines into Dao Seeking Realm pills.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to break through to the Dao Seeking Realm, forming a Dao foundation containing the Five Elements and Destruction Law.
• Ye Li advanced to the peak of the third level of the Dao Seeking Realm and decided to use his remaining Malice Points to strengthen his methods.

Ye Li spent his Malice Points upgrading Soul Control, gaining new ways to use souls and stronger spatial exchanges as he prepared for the tournament. After learning that An Lingzhen had secured the Rohl Family’s martial foundations, he decided they would return to the imperial capital immediately.

• Ye Li chose to fight in the tournament rather than kill Gale Kingdom’s First Prince privately, hoping to build notoriety and crush the kingdom’s hopes in public.
• Ye Li upgraded Soul Control to LV4 and gained abilities that formed soul barriers, detonated souls, and created a ghost domain.
• Ye Li raised Soul Control to LV5, increasing Rook Exchange’s range and gaining Herd Souls, which let him use a powerful soul’s abilities and proficiency.
• A notification reported that Asel’s Dao Heart was close to collapsing, giving Ye Li a Malice Point windfall that he spent on Soul Control’s upgrade to LV6.
• Ye Li gained Soul Artifact Forging and strengthened Rook Exchange with a safeguard that could teleport him away from mortal danger through five designated souls.
• An Lingzhen reported that they had secured the Rohl Family’s martial foundations, and Ye Li told her they would return to the imperial capital immediately.

After Ye Li destroyed the Rohl Family with a single spear strike, First Prince Asel feared Ye Li would discover his role in the assassination plot and come for him. The King of Gale promised to protect Asel, leaving him hoping Ye Li would spare him to avoid a conflict with the kingdom.

• News spread that Ye Li had destroyed the Rohl Family headquarters from afar, leaving no survivors.
• Asel panicked when he learned of the Rohl Family's destruction and dismissed everyone from his residence.
• The King of Gale told Asel to accept that he could not win the tournament and explained that the Rohl Family had brought its fate upon itself by accepting the assassination contract.
• Asel asked whether his father would protect him if Ye Li tried to kill him, but he concealed that he had masterminded the plot.
• The King of Gale promised he would protect Asel and said the kingdom's strength would deter Ye Li from going too far.
• Asel relaxed and hoped Ye Li would spare him so that he could later help clear the rumors about Ye Li.

Du Heng received confirmation that Ye Li had destroyed the Rohl Family and entered the feat into the Latent Dragon Ranking. He learned that a semifinalist had withdrawn out of fear, then worried whether the Gale Kingdom would still send Asel to fight in the finals.

• Du Heng reviewed the report confirming Ye Li had destroyed the Rohl Family and praised Ye Li's achievements.
• Du Heng recorded Ye Li's latest feat in the Latent Dragon Ranking's core archives.
• Du Heng learned that a semifinalist had taken his prize money and withdrawn after hearing about Ye Li's attack.
• Du Heng worried that the withdrawal might prompt King of Gale to keep Asel out of the finals, but King of Gale had already planned to send his son onto the stage.

Ji Xuanming returned to Ji Family headquarters and learned that Ji Yuehan feared Ye Li’s rise and the danger he posed to the clan. Ji Yuehan had sent Ji Pingfa to challenge Ye Li, intending for him to kill Ye Li even if it cost him his life.

• Ji Xuanming returned to the Ji Family headquarters, where Ji Renyuan told him Ji Yuehan had been troubled by Ye Li’s Latent Dragon Ranking placement.
• Ji Xuanming described how he had subdued a planet and forced its commander to prepare future generations to serve the Ji Family.
• Ji Yuehan showed Ji Xuanming the alliance’s assessment of Ye Li’s destruction of the Rohl Family headquarters and warned that Ye Li had powerful protection.
• Ji Yuehan explained that she had sent Ji Pingfa to challenge Ye Li under the Latent Dragon Ranking’s rules, with the alliance as witness.
• Ji Yuehan revealed that Ji Pingfa would complete the mission even if he lost by dragging Ye Li down with him, shocking Ji Shujun and Ji Renyuan.

After learning that a competitor had withdrawn from the semifinals, Chu Botian complained that Ye Li had been allowed to scare off challengers and revealed his plan to help kill him. Ji Pingfa joined the plot, offering to make their attack more certain.

• Tavern patrons argued over the withdrawn cultivator, and Chu Botian introduced himself as a prodigy ranked 380th on the Latent Dragon Ranking.
• An emerald-robed man warned Chu Botian that Ye Li had destroyed the Rohl Family despite its late-stage Dao Seeking Realm expert.
• After leaving the tavern, Chu Botian told his companion that he had come to join other prodigies in surrounding and killing Ye Li.
• The emerald-robed man followed them and said their group needed one more person to leave nothing to chance.
• The man identified himself as Ji Pingfa of the Ji Family.

Ye Li received a lavish ranking reward from the Star Sea Merchant Alliance but declined to join it. As the Gale Hegemony Competition final began, Asel prepared to face Ye Li, while An Lingzhen promised to be the one person cheering for him.

• Du Heng gave Ye Li a large cache of cultivation resources and manuals as a ranking reward, and Ye Li accepted it while refusing to join the Star Sea Merchant Alliance.
• Du Heng assured Ye Li that the Alliance would remain available to help him without forcing its protection on him.
• The imperial capital filled the arena with cheers for Asel before the Gale Hegemony Competition final.
• Aliya welcomed Asel and declared that he would defeat Ye Li, while Asel hid his belief that the crowd expected him to lose.
• Ye Li calmly prepared in the opposing room as An Lingzhen tied up her hair and promised to cheer for him.

Ye Li confronted Asel in the final match of the Gale Hegemony Competition, making clear that he intended to kill him despite the Gale Kingdom’s protection. The match began with Asel realizing that Ye Li was not afraid of becoming the kingdom’s enemy.

• King of Gale announced the final match, and the crowd welcomed Asel and Ye Li onto the Combat Stage.
• Asel prepared to play innocent and rely on King of Gale’s promise to protect him, while Ye Li drew a far louder welcome from the spectators.
• The host raised an energy formation around the Combat Stage to contain the battle’s shockwaves.
• Asel asked Ye Li to show mercy, but Ye Li vowed to kill him and taunted him about his former fiancée from the Rohl Family.
• Asel warned Ye Li that killing him would make the entire Gale Kingdom his enemy, and Ye Li welcomed the prospect.
• The host announced the start of the match.

Ye Li ignored Asel’s concession and killed the First Prince of the Gale Kingdom in the arena. King of Gale rose in fury and began to unleash his power against Ye Li.

• Asel transformed, armored himself, and used Gale Shatters Stars to attack Ye Li, but Ye Li charged through the storm and punched through his armor and chest.
• Asel conceded and called out to his father, but Ye Li ignored King of Gale’s order to stop and crushed Asel with his boot.
• Aliya collapsed in shock as Ye Li used divine fire to consume Asel’s body.
• King of Gale crushed his throne’s armrest, rose with terrifying power, and threatened Ye Li.

King of Gale activated the Gale Kingdom's First Emperor Spiritual Body and attacked Ye Li, who refused Du Heng's offer of help. Ye Li met the Dao Holder Realm king's strike with his spear and forced him back, revealing strength close to the Dao Holder Realm.

• King of Gale threatened Ye Li after Ye Li executed Asel, while the Knight Commander carried Aliya toward the evacuation passage.
• King of Gale unleashed destructive black lightning, sending spectators fleeing as Du Heng prepared to intervene if Ye Li used the emergency jade slip.
• Du Heng warned Ye Li that the Gale Kingdom's trump card let its kings fuse with the First Emperor's Spiritual Body and temporarily reach the Dao Holder Realm, but Ye Li refused help.
• An Lingzhen left the Training Ground as Ye Li faced King of Gale alone and told him Du Heng would not act.
• King of Gale attacked as black lightning, but Ye Li drew his spear and intercepted him, knocking him back with a blow that startled the king.

Ye Li used Soul Seizing against King of Gale but failed to take control of the First Emperor’s Spiritual Body, then unleashed divine fire and amplified tornadoes to overwhelm him. The attack severely damaged the Spiritual Body, though King of Gale’s fate remained unresolved.

• Ye Li tried to subdue the First Emperor’s Spiritual Body with Soul Seizing, but it resisted and fused more tightly with King of Gale.
• Ye Li unleashed the Three-Hour Divine Fire, turning the battlefield into a vast sea of flames.
• King of Gale activated the final form of Armor of Disaster Repel and transformed into a thousand-foot armored giant.
• Ye Li summoned five black tornadoes that swept King of Gale’s giant form into the flames, then merged and amplified them.
• The fire tornado ravaged the battlefield and severely damaged the First Emperor’s Spiritual Body.