Recaps

Yang Wan discovered that Yang Wanfeng had sent their mother and two Upper Seat Retainers to kill Ye Li, a Fengyun University gold medal student. The Qingyi Bureau then surrounded the Yang family, leaving the siblings terrified of the consequences.

• Yang Wanfeng told Yang Wan that their mother had gone to Linhai City with two Upper Seat Retainers to kill Ye Li.
• Yang Wan warned Yang Wanfeng that attacking a Fengyun University core student was a grave crime, and he admitted he had kept Ye Li's gold medal status from their grandfather.
• Yang Wanfeng suggested their mother and the retainers could take responsibility to shield the Yang family, while Yang Wan tried to leave.
• Servants reported that over a hundred Qingyi Bureau enforcers had surrounded the Yang family and demanded that everyone come out.
• Yang Wanfeng collapsed in terror and asked Yang Wan whether his plan could still work, but she said she did not know.

Ye Li, Lin Yinyun, and the Linhai City deputy director arrived at the Yang Family manor in Shanzhou City to carry out an operation against the family. Ye Li entered the manor as killing intent surged around him, leaving Lin Yinyun unsure whether he would kill the entire Yang Family.

• Lin Yinyun told Ye Li that his Fengyun University gold badge gave him authority over the operation and could earn him primary merit and several First-Class Credits.
• Lin Yinyun explained that the top ten on the Fengyun Ranking could receive the Martial Ground Baptism, and said Ye Li had the strength to qualify.
• The sedan reached the Yang Family manor, and the Linhai City deputy director warned Ye Li that the Yang Family head was a fifth-tier powerhouse.
• Ye Li recalled that Blood Contracts had bound Yang Mei's two Fourth-Tier Martial Artist followers and could extract their heart's blood.
• Ye Li unleashed a chilling aura outside the manor and said the Yang Family's fate depended on how its members behaved before entering.

Ye Li arrived at the Yang family estate with Yang Mei and confronted the family under the Qingyi Bureau’s watch. After Yang Mei exposed the family’s crimes, Ye Li ordered the enforcers to seize them all.

• The Yang family head learned that Ye Li was a Fengyun University Gold Medal Student and faced the Shanzhou City Qingyi Bureau’s enforcers and three Fifth Order martial artists.
• Ye Li arrived and tossed the captured Yang Mei before the assembled Yang family and officials.
• Ye Li rejected the Yang family head’s offer of compensation and ordered Yang Mei to reveal the truth.
• Yang Mei accused the family head of ordering the assassination and exposed the Yang family’s use of civilians’ and retainers’ heart blood, Blood Contracts, and blood slaves.
• Ye Li raised his gold medal and ordered the enforcers to take the Yang family members into custody.

Ye Li led the Qingyi Bureau's enforcers in arresting the Yang family and used Yang Mei's knowledge to hunt down those who fled. He killed Yang Wanfeng after exposing his attempt to shift the blame onto Yang Wan, leaving Yang Wan's fate unresolved.

• Ye Li ordered the Yang family to surrender, then led the enforcers through the estate to suppress resistance and make arrests.
• Yang Mei guided Ye Li through the estate's hidden paths, helping him catch fleeing Yang family members.
• Ye Li cornered Yang Wanfeng, humiliated him by summoning his dead mother, Yang Mei, as his servant, and earned Malice Points.
• Ye Li asked whether Yang Wanfeng had tried to kill him, and Yang Wanfeng blamed Yang Wan before Ye Li killed him.

After killing Yang Wanfeng, Ye Li left the courtyard to seek a chance to exploit the battle outside, while Yang Wan mourned her brother and decided she wanted to stay by Ye Li’s side. When she proposed becoming his girlfriend, Ye Li struck her unconscious and continued toward the courtyard’s exterior.

• Ye Li sensed powerful martial artists fighting outside the courtyard and headed toward the battle, hoping to pick off someone weakened.
• Yang Wan emerged from hiding, mourned Yang Wanfeng, and realized his final attempt to blame her had destroyed her remaining faith in him.
• Yang Wan called Ye Li’s name, and he appeared behind her, grabbed her by the neck, and demanded to know why she had watched him.
• Yang Wan admitted she wanted to stay by Ye Li’s side and offered to become his girlfriend, hoping he would invest in her future.
• Ye Li promised to accept her if she could withstand one palm strike, then struck her hard enough to send her crashing through several walls and leave her unconscious.

The Qingyi Bureau defeated the Yang family, and the Yang family head surrendered to Yu Weng. As Ye Li prepared to leave, the old man used the surrender as cover to launch a final attack on him.

• Yu Weng overpowered the Yang family head while the Qingyi Bureau subdued the Yang family's martial artists and retainers.
• The Yang family head surrendered, and Yu Weng shackled him and placed a restriction on him.
• Ye Li emerged from the estate after the fighting ended and agreed to return to Fengyun University with Yu Weng the next day.
• The Yang family head secretly broke Yu Weng's restriction as two retainers attacked, then charged at Ye Li at a speed that broke the sound barrier.

Ye Li fought the wounded Yang Family patriarch, using his techniques and a hidden advantage to kill him. After collapsing from his chest wound, Ye Li regenerated before the stunned Yu Weng and law enforcers and recovered completely.

• Ye Li ordered Feng Shan to block the Yang Family patriarch, but the patriarch destroyed Feng Shan and charged at Ye Li again.
• The patriarch burned his remaining life force and used the Blood Contract to send his retainers against the three approaching old men.
• Ye Li slowed the patriarch with White Mist Frost Snow, and an azure-robed swordsman struck him with a powerful sword attack.
• The patriarch pierced Ye Li's chest, but Ye Li unleashed Flowing Water Fist Intent and Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique, battering the patriarch to death.
• Ye Li collapsed after killing the patriarch, then regenerated his chest and body completely as Yu Weng, the bureau chiefs, and the law enforcers watched in shock.

After Ye Li killed the Yang family head and healed a fatal wound, Yu Weng arranged to protect the secret of his extraordinary healing ability. The chapter ended with Yu Weng resolving to give Ye Li more advancement opportunities so he could reach the Fifth Tier quickly.

• The Qingyi Bureau personnel watched in shock as Ye Li recovered from a fatal chest wound in seconds.
• Yu Weng apologized for failing to prevent the Yang family head from risking his life, and Ye Li joked about his poor vigilance.
• Ye Li entered the Yang family compound to search it and help the Qingyi Bureau finish the operation.
• Yu Weng warned the Qingyi Bureau directors to protect Ye Li's ability, and they agreed to report it as [Super Healing].
• Yu Weng decided to direct more advancement opportunities toward Chen Jingli and Ye Li so Ye Li could reach the Fifth Tier sooner.

Ye Li led the Qingyi Bureau enforcers through the Yang family estate, seizing its martial skills and secret arts, including the S-Grade Meditation Technique Ocean Tide. After giving the technique to the bureau, he returned to Shanzhou City and prepared to use his Malice Points to strengthen himself before leaving for Fengyun University.

• Ye Li guided the enforcers through the Yang family estate and had them collect its martial skills and secret passages’ treasures.
• Ye Li found the Yang family’s S-Grade Meditation Technique, Ocean Tide, and told the enforcers to keep it as his contribution to the Qingyi Bureau.
• Ye Li returned to the Shanzhou City Qingyi Bureau with Yu Weng and planned to leave for Fengyun University the next day.
• Ye Li reflected on the enemies he might provoke and the need to grow stronger after the Yang family head had wounded him.
• Ye Li summoned his panel and saw Ocean Tide listed as not initiated and available to upgrade.

Ye Li used Malice Points and the Yang family head’s insights to master the S-Grade Meditation Technique Ocean Tide, strengthening his true qi and gaining Sea Command. He left with the power to create a controllable Super Massive Tide, though the chapter warned that forcing a tide beyond his control could damage his body.

• Ye Li decided to invest Malice Points in Ocean Tide to strengthen his foundation for advancing to the Heavenly Gate Realm.
• Ye Li used the Yang family head’s soul to explain the Meditation Technique repeatedly, gaining a 150% cultivation speed boost.
• Ye Li learned to use divine sense to make his true blood surge like an ocean tide and strike his body’s Heavenly Gates.
• Ye Li continued upgrading Ocean Tide, overcoming the limits of controlling larger tides while choosing to pursue the technique’s ultimate potential.
• Ye Li mastered Ocean Tide, gained Sea Command and greatly improved true qi quality, with power equivalent to 160 years of arduous cultivation.

Ye Li used Malice Points to break through the Heavenly Gates and reach the Fourth-Tier Peak, constructing powerful bridges in all five of his viscera. He controlled his new aura, while figures in the Qingyi Bureau stared toward the sleeping area in shock.

• Ye Li tested how [Sea Command] let him gather water and freeze it, and considered its uses in combat.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to open the first Heavenly Gate and advance to the Fourth-Tier First Layer, gaining a perfect Heavenly Gate Bridge.
• Ye Li broke through the remaining Heavenly Gates in succession and reached the Fourth-Tier Peak.
• Ye Li felt his strength and senses transform, then drew back his aura.
• Several figures in the Qingyi Bureau's main hall stared toward the sleeping area in astonishment.

After sensing a powerful aura, the Shanzhou City director realized Ye Li was likely a once-in-a-generation martial arts genius whose true strength had been concealed. Yu Weng then discussed Ye Li’s achievements with Lin Yinyun and decided Senior Student Chen should take him on missions instead.

• The Shanzhou City director and deputy director sensed an aura near the dormitory that seemed close to Fifth-Tier strength, and the director suspected it belonged to Ye Li.
• The director praised Ye Li’s talent and left with the deputy director, while Yu Weng asked Lin Yinyun why she was so tired.
• Lin Yinyun described Ye Li defeating Fourth-Tier martial artists and wanting to attack the Yang family after the fight.
• Yu Weng revealed that Ye Li had also killed a heavily injured Fifth-Tier martial artist and said he would earn three First-Class Credits for purging the Yang family.
• Yu Weng suggested Lin Yinyun show Ye Li around Fengyun University and take him on missions, but she argued that she could not keep up with him.
• Lin Yinyun proposed that Senior Student Chen take Ye Li on missions instead, and Yu Weng agreed before telling her to rest for their early departure.

Ye Li arrived at Fengyun University, settled into his standalone residence, and learned about the Enlightenment Tree’s cultivation pavilions. After receiving two martial-skill manuals, he agreed to visit the pavilion and see whether he could use its benefits to cultivate.

• Ye Li entered Fengyun University with Yu Weng and Lin Yinyun, and the gate guard was startled by his gold badge.
• Yu Weng left to report their recent events and apply for more First-Class Credits for Ye Li, while Lin Yinyun showed Ye Li around campus.
• Lin Yinyun settled Ye Li into his standalone courtyard and warned him that the neighboring resident, ranked eighteenth on the Fengyun Ranking, was unfriendly.
• Ye Li asked about the Enlightenment Tree, and Lin Yinyun explained that its pavilions helped martial artists comprehend skills but had limited spaces.
• Lin Yinyun gave Ye Li manuals for an aura-concealing skill and a movement skill, then invited him to inspect the Enlightenment Pavilion.
• Ye Li agreed to visit the pavilion, curious about its cultivation benefits and its occupants.

Ye Li visited Fengyun University’s Enlightenment Pavilion and crushed the Test Crystal with casual ease while proving his strength. A receptionist led him to a shared Cultivation Room, where the Enlightenment Tree’s effects immediately sharpened his thoughts before another occupant ordered them out.

• Lin Yinyun explained the Enlightenment Pavilion’s floors and warned Ye Li about the powerful students on the Fengyun Ranking.
• Ye Li reached the fifth-floor reception desk and crushed the Test Crystal while the receptionist was explaining the strength test.
• The astonished receptionist led Ye Li to one of the remaining shared Cultivation Rooms.
• Ye Li felt his thoughts open up as he entered the room, then an occupant coldly told them to get out.

Ye Li encountered Fengyun University ranking prodigies Zhao Lanhai and Xu Ying while looking for a Cultivation Room, and both tried to drive him away. After Xu Ying attacked him, Ye Li brutally defeated her and continued toward the Cultivation Room at the end of the corridor.

• Zhao Lanhai refused to let Ye Li use his Cultivation Room, and the receptionist led Ye Li to another room.
• Xu Ying ordered Ye Li out of her room, but Ye Li walked inside despite the receptionist's warning that Xu Ying was a top-ranked Fengyun prodigy.
• Xu Ying attacked Ye Li, who struck her with a kick, pulled her from the wall, and repeatedly slammed her to the floor.
• Ye Li knocked Xu Ying unconscious as other martial artists gathered in the corridor to watch.
• Ye Li told the receptionist, "I never hold grudges," then walked toward the Cultivation Room at the end of the passage.

Ye Li returned to the Enlightenment Pavilion and savagely defeated Zhao Lanhai after Zhao mocked him, revealing overwhelming strength that suggested he had reached the Fourth-Tier Heavenly Gate Realm. He left Zhao for the receptionist to remove and went back to his cultivation room.

• Zhao Lanhai congratulated himself on improving his Martial Skills and imagined earning a top-ten Fengyun Ranking spot before the Martial Ground Baptism.
• After hearing fighting outside, Zhao Lanhai assumed Ye Li had quickly lost and regretted not fighting him himself.
• Ye Li burst into Zhao Lanhai's room and smashed through his defense with a single punch, badly injuring him.
• Ye Li continued attacking Zhao Lanhai and pierced his abdomen with an ice spear, leaving him terrified by Ye Li's apparent Heavenly Gate Realm strength.
• When Zhao Lanhai guessed Ye Li would strike with his left hand, Ye Li said he would use both and beat him until he was thrown outside.
• Ye Li asked the receptionist to carry Zhao Lanhai away, thanked her, and returned to his cultivation room.

After Ye Li defeated Zhao Lanhai and Xu Ying, the onlookers learned his name and feared facing him. Ye Li perfected Sun-Chasing Wind-Riding Steps, then noticed the panel had identified the tree above him as a Seventh-Tier precious herb as his golden token trembled.

• The receptionist told the Third-Tier martial artists that the fighter who defeated Zhao Lanhai and Xu Ying was Ye Li, and warned them that both students had been hostile toward him.
• Ye Li received Malice Points for publicly defeating Xu Ying and Zhao Lanhai, though he considered the rewards mediocre.
• Ye Li examined Shadow Blending Breath Concealment Technique and Sun-Chasing Wind-Riding Steps, deciding to cultivate the movement skill.
• Ye Li spent 2000 Malice Points to perfect Sun-Chasing Wind-Riding Steps, aided by the panel's cultivation buffs.
• Ye Li noticed the panel referred to a Seventh-Tier precious herb above him, and his golden token trembled.

Ye Li received Fengyun University's rewards for his past achievements and searched its Book Repository for cultivation methods and martial skills. Unable to afford the S-Grade Divine Mansion Condensing Method he wanted, he bought Ice Dragon True Intent and arranged for it and its recommended Treasure Medicine to be delivered.

• Fengyun University awarded Ye Li two First-Class Credits, five Second-Class Credits, and a quota for Martial Ground Baptism.
• Ye Li searched for an S-Grade Divine Mansion Condensing Method but found that Thunderfire Refining Mansion cost five First-Class Credits, more than he could afford.
• Ye Li decided to improve his combat skills because his existing martial skills were becoming inadequate against opponents at his level and above.
• Ye Li found Ice Dragon True Intent, a Fifth-Tier Premium Martial Skill, and purchased it along with Spring Return Grass Heart.
• Ye Li gave the delivery representative his courtyard address and left the Cultivation Room as maidservants watched him go.

Ye Li practiced True Qi Projection and demonstrated his ability to form a spinning ice wheel with his supreme-grade Heavenly Gate Bridges. When university staff delivered his books and herbs, he accepted a substitute herb and credit refund, but sensed the delivery leader was lying about why the requested herb was unavailable and confronted him.

• News spread around Fengyun University that Ye Li had defeated two top-twenty Fengyun Ranking prodigies, and students speculated about his strength.
• Ye Li tested True Qi Projection in the Gold Medal Courtyard and used gathered moisture to create an ice wheel that cracked the ground.
• Several students delivered books and herbs, and their leader apologized that they had brought ordinary Spring Return Grass instead of Spring Return Grass Heart.
• Ye Li accepted the substitute and the promised refund of two Second-Class Credits, then asked why the delivery had been delayed.
• The leader said the university's inventory was exhausted, but Ye Li called him a liar and released a heavy pressure over the courtyard.

Ye Li learned that Yu Chuan had taken the [Spring Return Grass Heart] reserved for him and went to confront him. Meanwhile, Yu Chuan gathered Fengyun Ranking compilers as witnesses to his bid for a Martial Ground Baptism slot and presented them with a list.

• The Treasure Medicine Repository worker told Ye Li that Yu Chuan had taken all the [Spring Return Grass Heart] despite knowing it was reserved for him.
• Ye Li demanded Yu Chuan's name and address, then flew to the courtyard district after learning he lived nearby and ranked eighteenth on the Fengyun Ranking.
• Yu Chuan summoned News Department scribes, including Lin Yinyun, and said he wanted to compete for a Martial Ground Baptism slot.
• Yu Chuan explained that he had called the scribes to witness something and produced a list from his storage ring.

Yu Chuan revealed that he had reached the fourth tier and planned to challenge Ye Li for his Martial Ground Baptism slot, but Ye Li arrived and struck him down before he could begin. The chapter ended with Ye Li forming ice spears and confronting the wounded Yu Chuan.

• Yu Chuan showed the participant list and challenged whether Ye Li deserved his place among the top ten.
• After News Department members mocked Yu Chuan, he revealed that he had broken through to the fourth tier and announced his plan to defeat Ye Li and take his slot.
• Ye Li arrived and asked for Yu Chuan, then vanished and punched him through furniture and concrete walls.
• Ye Li formed sharp ice spears around himself and coldly warned Yu Chuan that he was very brave.

Ye Li confronted Yu Chuan over the stolen Spring Return Grass Heart and beat him severely despite Yu Chuan invoking his master, an elder of Hengshan Treasure Pavilion. He left Yu Chuan hanging from a balcony, while Lin Yinyun and the News Department worried about the powerful enemies Ye Li had made.

• Ye Li arrived at Yu Chuan’s courtyard after hearing him boast that he would defeat Ye Li and take his place.
• Ye Li demanded the Spring Return Grass Heart, but Yu Chuan said he had already used the Treasure Medicine.
• Yu Chuan invoked his master, Elder Cheng Qing of Hengshan Treasure Pavilion, but Ye Li ignored the threat and attacked him with ice spears and his fists.
• Ye Li left the unconscious Yu Chuan hanging from the pavilion balcony and gained six thousand Malice Points.
• Lin Yinyun told the News Department to call the medical department and planned to warn Ye Li about the Three Mountains and Six Sects.

After defeating Yu Chuan, Ye Li learned that Yu Chuan was Cheng Qing’s disciple and that the powerful Hengshan Treasure Pavilion elder might retaliate. The next morning, Ye Li began cultivating the Fifth-Tier Premium Martial Skill Ice Dragon True Intent at the Enlightenment Pavilion.

• Ye Li took Yu Chuan’s storage ring and found little of value inside apart from an A-Grade Meditation Technique.
• Lin Yinyun visited Ye Li and explained that Cheng Qing was a renowned Divine Mansion Realm elder and Yu Chuan’s master.
• Lin Yinyun warned Ye Li that Cheng Qing might come after him and advised him to be careful on future missions.
• Ye Li calmly accepted the warning, believing he could eventually defeat whoever came for him.
• The next morning, Ye Li entered a Cultivation Room at the Enlightenment Pavilion and poured Malice Points into Ice Dragon True Intent.

Ye Li perfected Ice Dragon True Intent by spending Malice Points, using his Indestructible Golden Soul to heal the meridian damage caused by cultivation. He left the Cultivation Room intent on earning three First-Class Credits and more Malice Points so he could pursue a Divine Mansion breakthrough.

• Ye Li used the Enlightenment Tree and his cultivation boosts to begin comprehending Ice Dragon True Intent, while his Indestructible Golden Soul repaired his damaged meridians.
• Ye Li advanced Ice Dragon True Intent through Beginner, Proficient, Mastered, and Major Accomplishment, learning to control frigid qi and form increasingly powerful ice dragons.
• Ye Li understood the skill’s true intent, perfected it, and tested a lifelike ice dragon capable of tracking targets over ten miles.
• Ye Li estimated the skill’s combat strength and decided he needed to reach the Divine Mansion Realm to prepare for the assassins from the Four Seas Nations and the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion elder.
• Ye Li resolved to seek three First-Class Credits and earn more Malice Points, hoping the upcoming Martial Ground Baptism would help, then left the Cultivation Room as Senior Sister Chen neared campus.

Ye Li met Chen Jingli at his courtyard and asked her for a mission that would quickly earn him three First-Class Credits. She offered to take him immediately to exterminate a Beast God Cult branch and its Saintess, leaving Lin Yinyun alarmed by the danger.

• Lin Yinyun introduced Ye Li to Chen Jingli, who had come to stay at Fengyun University until the Martial Ground Baptism.
• Ye Li asked about missions that could earn him three First-Class Credits, rejecting options he considered too slow.
• Chen Jingli proposed exterminating a Beast God Cult branch and its Saintess, a mission requiring at least Fourth-Tier strength and rewarding exactly three First-Class Credits.
• Ye Li accepted the mission and asked when they would leave, and Chen Jingli said they would go now.
• Lin Yinyun protested that people died on such missions and explained that the Beast God Cult worshipped super beasts from Huaxia's three top-tier secret realms.