Recaps

After Ye Li defeated the Demonic Dao forces in the War Pact, Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form became determined to capture and consume him for his extraordinary vitality. He secretly coordinated with the other greedy Demon Race Saint Venerables and prepared to transport the Human Race leaders into his domain.

• Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form acknowledged the crushing defeat and the deaths of the ten Beast Venerables.
• Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form decided Ye Li's immense life force could help him break through to a higher realm.
• Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form planned to use his control over the Qingfeng Continent formation to seize Ye Li before the Human Race powers could intervene.
• Fox Qianqiu offered to give up all territory in exchange for Ye Li and asked Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form to transport the Human Race Venerable Lords into her domain.
• Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form agreed outwardly, rallied the Demon Race Saint Venerables, and prepared to make his move.

After killing the ten Beast Venerables, Ye Li assessed his gains and warned that the battle might not be over. As the human venerable lords praised and invited him to visit, a terrifying power of creation descended and shook Qingfeng Continent.

• Ye Li recovered after the battle, gained nearly three hundred million Malice Points, and sensed hostile gazes watching from the starry sky.
• The surviving human venerable lords praised Ye Li, and Dongfang Li thanked him for saving her before inviting him to Red Lotus Star.
• Ye Li postponed the invitations and told everyone to recover and prepare for anything unexpected.
• A violent tremor shattered spatial barriers across Qingfeng Continent as a mighty power of creation descended and sealed every escape route.

As the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form tried to transport Qingfeng Continent away with Ye Li trapped inside, You Tiancheng and the alliance Saint Venerables fought to stop him. The Myriad Laws Celestial Domain’s Saint Venerables hesitated after their own people were returned, while the alliance’s assault began to break the demons’ defense and reach Ye Li.

• Lu Xuan and You Tiancheng realized the demons were forcibly transporting Qingfeng Continent, and You Tiancheng struck at it with his azure jade palm.
• The Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form promised Ye Li as blood medicine to the Demon Race Saint Venerables, who joined forces to shatter You Tiancheng’s attack.
• The Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form returned eight surviving Human Race Venerable Lords, leaving Ye Li trapped alone inside Qingfeng Continent.
• Three local Saint Venerables hesitated instead of helping, prompting Lu Xuan to threaten them and order the alliance’s two other Saint Venerables to attack.
• You Tiancheng and the alliance Saint Venerables drove back the demons, and You Tiancheng’s azure jade hand reached toward Qingfeng Continent as Ye Li stopped rampaging.

The White Tower Church intervened in the battle, weakening the Star Sea Alliance and allowing the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form to abduct Ye Li along with the Qingfeng Continent. You Tiancheng and Lu Xuan withdrew to regroup and began planning how to track Ye Li and investigate the White Tower Church.

• A White Pagoda appeared above the battlefield and suppressed the Alliance Saint Venerables while leaving the six Demon Race Saint Venerables unharmed.
• The Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form intensified his Spatial Law and vanished with Ye Li and the Qingfeng Continent.
• The six Demon Race Saint Venerables fled, and You Tiancheng held back from pursuing them because the White Pagoda's curse still threatened him.
• You Tiancheng told Lu Xuan he had captured traces of the Beast Venerables' aura origins and could use them to find Ye Li.
• You Tiancheng urged Lu Xuan to keep the abduction secret and report it to the Cosmic Profound Mirror Prefecture's senior leaders.
• Lu Xuan and You Tiancheng agreed to split up and head for the Demonic Heavenly Domain.

Ye Li arrived with Annihilating Form in the Demonic Heavenly Domain, where the Demon Venerable planned to consume him and break through his bottleneck. Annihilating Form sealed the space around Qingfeng Continent and attacked as Ye Li prepared to fight back.

• After escaping You Tiancheng, the six Demon Race Saint Venerables realized Annihilating Form had kept Ye Li's destination from them and suspected he wanted the prize for himself.
• Annihilating Form transported the ruined Qingfeng Continent into the Demonic Heavenly Domain with Ye Li on it.
• Ye Li sensed the domain's overwhelming demonic energy and recognized that it held many Great Demons.
• Annihilating Form introduced himself, sealed the space around Qingfeng Continent, and revealed that he intended to consume Ye Li to overcome his cultivation bottleneck.
• Ye Li mocked Annihilating Form for acting like a scholar, and Annihilating Form answered by unleashing crushing pressure across the continent.

Ye Li fought the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form, using his strange five-colored light and rapid healing to endure the Creation Realm Saint Venerable’s spatial attacks. He maneuvered to draw his opponent into close combat, and their first clash sent Ye Li flying, but left him ready to spring his trap.

• The Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form attacked Ye Li with spatial laws, but Ye Li dodged the opening strike with [Golden Firmament Rainbow Transformation].
• The Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form unleashed a continent-wide barrage of spatial blades, and Ye Li survived through his five-colored light and rapid regeneration.
• Ye Li chose not to break through, hoping to preserve the rewards for killing an enemy above his realm, and waited for a chance to use Lu Xuan's killing move.
• Growing impatient and worried Ye Li might escape, the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form charged into close combat.
• Ye Li met the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form's palm strike with his own; the clash sent Ye Li flying, and he realized his opponent had finally come within reach.

Ye Li endured the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form’s assault, then used a stored Great Yin-Yang Grinding Disk to injure him. When the Demon Venerable prepared to counter the same attack, Ye Li changed abilities and summoned You Tiancheng’s notorious killing move.

• The Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form overwhelmed Ye Li with his full physical strength, driving him back and making his golden defenses falter.
• Ye Li unleashed Lu Xuan’s Great Yin-Yang Grinding Disk, forcing the Demon Venerable to reveal his black boar true form and leaving him bloodied.
• The Demon Venerable recognized Lu Xuan’s technique and wondered how Ye Li could wield it with such power.
• Ye Li charged again, and the Demon Venerable prepared to counter the grinding disk with Spatial Law.
• Ye Li instead summoned an enormous azure jade palm, which the Demon Venerable recognized as [Immortal Saint Venerable] You Tiancheng’s killing move.

Ye Li killed the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form with his remaining trump cards and decided to use the reward to break through to the Creation Realm. Meanwhile, six Demon Race Saint Venerables mistook Annihilating Form’s death for a ruse and began searching the Demonic Heavenly Domain for him and Ye Li.

• Ye Li struck the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form with You Tiancheng’s killing move, then replenished his depleted power with the [Dao Scripture My Book].
• Ye Li summoned a golden manifestation and killed the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form with a divine spear, earning nearly two hundred million malice points.
• Ye Li realized his recorded killing moves were exhausted and decided to spend his malice points to advance to the Creation Realm.
• Ye Li searched the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form’s memories for a safe route and flew deeper into the Star Domain.
• Six Demon Race Saint Venerables discovered that Annihilating Form’s Lifebound Soul Tablet had shattered, but they assumed he had faked his death and split up to search for him and Ye Li.

After reaching the peak of the ninth Melding Dao Realm, Ye Li spent nearly two hundred million malice points to transform Lu Xuan’s Creation Art into the Chaos Creation Scripture. His breakthrough brought him to the Half-step Creation Realm and granted him new divine abilities.

• Ye Li checked his 628 million malice points and swallowed dozens of Melding Dao Realm Treasure Pellets to strengthen his cultivation.
• Ye Li spent malice points to reach the peak of the ninth level of the Melding Dao Realm.
• Ye Li began improving Lu Xuan’s Heaven-Refining Spirit Light Canon and gained the Spirit Light Hidden Eyes ability.
• Ye Li spent nearly two hundred million malice points to create the perfected super immortal grade Chaos Creation Scripture.
• Ye Li’s Five Elements Divine Light grew stronger, and he gained the Myriad Forms Furnace before advancing to the Half-step Creation Realm.

Ye Li consumed Creation Realm pills, a Fox Dao Golden Core, and Malice Points to break through to the early stage of the fourth level of the Creation Realm. He planned to use the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form’s memories to find surviving human factions and draw out the Demon Race Saint Venerables as he traveled openly through the Star Domain.

• Ye Li consumed Lu Xuan’s Creation Realm pills and the Fox Dao Golden Core, gaining buffs that helped him refine laws and strengthen his Dao foundation.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to advance through the Creation Realm, reaching the early stage of its fourth level as his body and True Spirit underwent a transformation.
• Ye Li considered his new strength and decided to kill the White Tower Church after returning, despite their resources having aided his breakthrough.
• Ye Li planned to use the captive Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form’s memories to find human factions in the Demonic Heavenly Domain and potentially recruit them for the Cosmic Profound Mirror Prefecture.
• Ye Li chose a hideout and flew openly across Star Domains to signal that he had survived.

The Rat General forced the residents of Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade into an early sacrificial ceremony, exploiting his authority under the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable. As the crowd stood frozen in fear, the Rat General unleashed his demonic pressure to make them submit.

• The Rat General gathered the stockade's residents to offer them as food, despite the ten-year tribute interval not yet being over.
• A hemp-clad man asked the Third Elder why the ceremony had begun early, and the elder explained that the Rat General had arranged it for his own appetite.
• The Third Elder warned the man that his daughter had been specifically named as a meal for the Beast Venerable and urged him to stop thinking of himself as human if he wanted to survive.
• The Rat General announced the ceremony and mocked the crowd for not volunteering.
• The Rat General erupted with demonic energy, crushing the cultivators beneath his Demon General-level pressure.

Ye Li appeared above the Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade and obliterated the Rat Demon, who had been forcing the residents to choose someone to be eaten. When the terrified residents warned that the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable would retaliate, Ye Li promised to deal with him and followed the Third Elder into the stockade.

• The Rat Demon threatened to choose a resident at random, and the crowd turned on one another to avoid being selected.
• The hemp-clad man despaired at the stockade’s suffering as the Third Elder urged him to read out the chosen names.
• Ye Li descended from the sky and killed the Rat Demon with overwhelming pressure, earning 8,000 Malice Points.
• The Third Elder warned that the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable might punish the stockade for the Rat Demon’s death.
• Ye Li promised to handle the Beast Venerable and take the residents away, then agreed to follow the Third Elder into the stockade.

Ye Li agreed to escort the people of Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade to safety, while recognizing that the Third Elder was stalling to alert the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable. As he waited, Ruan Zheng warned him that the Third Elder might be fattening him up for slaughter.

• The Third Elder questioned Ye Li about his faction and companions, then asked him to wait until the following evening while the stockade prepared to leave.
• Ye Li agreed to wait, believing the Third Elder planned to use the time to notify the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable.
• The Third Elder sent Ruan Zheng to attend to Ye Li and told her to satisfy whatever he requested.
• Ruan Zheng told Ye Li she saw him as a good person for saving the stockade, then warned him not to trust the Third Elder's assurances because the stockade slaughtered even fattened pigs.

The Third Elder decided to betray Ye Li by reporting him to the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable, while Ruan Heng tried and failed to stop him. Ruan Heng activated the stockade’s hidden communication altar, exposing Ye Li’s presence to the Beast Venerable.

• The Third Elder hurried home, intending to report Ye Li in exchange for the stockade’s safety and relief from tribute payments.
• Ruan Heng confronted the Third Elder and urged him to trust Ye Li and flee with the stockade’s residents.
• The Third Elder argued that escaping the Demon Domain with over a million people was hopeless and that staying alive under the demons was safer.
• The Third Elder dragged Ruan Heng to the hidden chamber and ordered him to activate the altar that contacted the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable.
• Ruan Heng placed spirit stones on the altar, sending a spatial signal toward the Heavenly Ox Demon Palace.

Ye Li dismissed Ruan Zheng’s warnings about the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable and revealed that he had already caught the Third Elder betraying the stronghold. He pulled the Third Elder through a hundred layers of restrictions and confronted him, leaving the old man terrified and speechless.

• Ye Li decided the Third Elder deserved death for betraying his own people and asked Ruan Zheng how powerful the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable was.
• Ruan Zheng recounted how the Beast Venerable had killed Lord Xing in a single encounter and pleaded with Ye Li to take the stronghold’s people away.
• Ye Li said it was already too late and pointed Ruan Zheng toward the Third Elder.
• Ye Li instantly transported the Third Elder from his heavily protected secret chamber into the courtyard beside Ruan Zheng.
• The Third Elder realized Ye Li had heard his actions and regretted choosing a side too soon.

The Third Elder confessed that he had alerted the Beast Venerable about Ye Li, and the Beast Venerable arrived at Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade. Recognizing Ye Li from the Heavenly Domain War, the Beast Venerable turned to flee.

• Ye Li crushed the Third Elder with his pressure until the elder confessed that he had activated the altar and reported Ye Li to the Beast Venerable.
• Ruan Zheng realized the Beast Venerable had likely received the message and was approaching the stockade.
• The Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable arrived above Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade in his enormous flood-dragon form.
• The Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable recognized Ye Li as the man who had defeated ten Demon Race Venerable Lords in the Heavenly Domain War.
• The Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable panicked and fled toward the horizon.

Ye Li trapped and killed the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable before the people of Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade, leaving the Third Elder terrified under his gaze.

• Ye Li used his immortal power to seize the fleeing Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable and crushed him until he begged for mercy.
• Ruan Zheng watched Ye Li overpower the Beast Venerable and marveled at the gulf between them.
• Ye Li appeared beside the Heavenly Ox Beast Venerable and killed him with a flick to the head, shattering his body and true spirit.
• The Third Elder saw the Beast Venerable's death and, under Ye Li's gaze, bowed in panic and despair.

Ye Li killed the Third Elder and decided to make Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade a base for expanding Xuanjian Mansion, rather than evacuating its residents. He eliminated the stockade's demonic collaborators and prepared to draw out the Demon Race Saint Venerables, with plans to confront them himself if necessary.

• The Third Elder pleaded for mercy, but Ye Li crushed him to blood mist.
• Ye Li ordered Ruan Zheng to put capable people in charge and keep the stockade's residents under control.
• Ruan Zheng asked if Ye Li would evacuate everyone, but he explained that he had changed his plan and would extend Xuanjian Mansion's territory to the stockade.
• Ye Li used the Third Elder's memories to identify and kill the stockade's collaborators, then summoned the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form's memory scroll.
• Ye Li considered using the locations in the memory scroll to hunt down the Demon Race Saint Venerables one by one if his current plan failed.

After Ye Li’s power caused a disturbance across the Demonic Heavenly Domain, the Blackfeather Elder convinced the Three-Headed Lion Venerable that Ye Li had killed the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form and was far more powerful than he appeared. The Blackfeather Elder decided to summon Lady Purple Seclusion and the White Dragon Saint Venerable to ensure Ye Li was killed, even if he gained no reward.

• The awakening of a Creation Realm Saint Venerable and the death of Sky Ox sent a disturbance through the Demonic Heavenly Domain.
• The Blackfeather Elder told the Three-Headed Lion Venerable that the Demon Venerable of Annihilating Form’s Life Token had shattered and that Sky Ox had died in a Human Race settlement.
• The Three-Headed Lion Venerable accepted that Ye Li was likely responsible and praised the Blackfeather Elder for sharing the information.
• The Blackfeather Elder revealed that he had contacted two other Demon Race Saint Venerables and was considering summoning Lady Purple Seclusion and the White Dragon Saint Venerable.
• The Blackfeather Elder argued that Ye Li had concealed his true strength and could threaten the Demon Race’s future if allowed to grow.
• The Blackfeather Elder resolved to summon Lady Purple Seclusion and the White Dragon Saint Venerable and kill Ye Li at any cost.

While Ye Li remained trapped in the Demonic Heavenly Domain, An Lingzhen managed Xuanjian Mansion and worried over the jade slip that indicated he was still alive. The Star Sea Alliance prepared a rescue, while a mysterious letter from the Buddha Incense Golden Temple arrived at the prefecture.

• An Lingzhen watched Ye Li's True Spirit Jade Slip and recalled Lu Xuan's account that Demon Race Saint Venerables had transported him into the Demonic Heavenly Domain.
• Qu Qingyao reported that Xuanjian Mansion had peacefully taken over three neighboring star domains and gained the allegiance of Mount Jiuhua's Eighteen Sects.
• An Lingzhen warned that Xuanjian Mansion's rapid expansion left its territory vulnerable without Ye Li, and told Qu Qingyao that the Star Sea Alliance was assembling a rescue force.
• Qu Qingyao delivered a letter bearing the Buddha Incense Golden Temple's seal, then read it and knitted her brows.

After Ye Li disappeared, the Buddha Incense Golden Temple demanded enormous compensation from Xuanjian Mansion, prompting An Lingzhen and Qu Qingyao to recognize the claim as a probe of their strength. The Sword Ancestor learned that the Temple had also privately informed the Universal Sword Tomb, and explained that it was testing both Xuanjian Mansion and the Sword Tomb.

• Qu Qingyao read the Buddha Incense Golden Temple's letter demanding compensation for Ye Li's alleged injury to Chang Le.
• An Lingzhen called the demand a probe, decided to delay responding, and ordered Qu Qingyao to strengthen security and watch recently submitted factions.
• After leaving the hall, Qu Qingyao reflected that Ye Li's disappearance could destabilize the Myriad Laws Celestial Domain and wondered whether he had anticipated this situation.
• Sword Venerable Ku Rong reported to the Sword Ancestor that the Buddha Incense Golden Temple had demanded compensation from Xuanjian Mansion and privately informed the Sword Tomb.
• The Sword Ancestor identified the Wrathful Dharma Bodhisattva as the likely instigator and said the Temple was testing Xuanjian Mansion's strength and the Sword Tomb's stance.

The Sword Ancestor plotted to help the Buddha Incense Golden Temple target the Xuanjian Mansion while concealing the Sword Tomb’s involvement. At the Star Sea Merchant Alliance, Lu Xuan chose to join the rescue mission for Ye Li as Wen Zhixing stayed behind to protect the alliance’s interests.

• The Sword Ancestor told Sword Venerable Ku Rong to secretly spread news that Ye Li was trapped in the Demonic Heavenly Domain, then sacrifice the elder who leaked it if the alliance investigated.
• The Buddha Incense Golden Temple demanded compensation from the Xuanjian Mansion and prepared to attack, prompting Lu Xuan to condemn its actions.
• Wen Zhixing said someone needed to remain behind to defend the alliance while the others rescued Ye Li.
• Lu Xuan insisted on joining the rescue because Ye Li had trusted her, and Wen Zhixing agreed to handle matters within the domain.
• You Tiancheng opened a spatial passage, and the rescue party prepared to depart.

Ye Li waited at Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade for the Demon Race Saint Venerables to respond, while Ruan Zheng reported on the stockade’s reorganization and mysterious deaths. When enormous meteors descended from the strange starry sky, Ye Li destroyed them before they could reach the ground and ordered everyone to stay inside.

• Ye Li waited on the summit for the Demon Race Saint Venerables and decided he would stop waiting if they did not act within two more days.
• Ruan Zheng reported that the ancient stockade had been reorganized and its people supplied with food and water.
• Ruan Zheng told Ye Li that people had been dying mysteriously, and Ye Li admitted he had killed them.
• Ruan Zheng noticed that the stars had grown unusually bright, and Ye Li recognized the change as a threat.
• Enormous flaming meteors hurtled toward the stockade, but Ye Li shattered them with a cold snort.
• Ye Li told Ruan Zheng to return to the stockade and order everyone not to come outside.

Ye Li charged into the Demonic Saint Venerables’ ambush and killed the Star-Shaking Savage Bull and the Blackfeather Beast Venerable in quick succession. The remaining demons faced him in the void as he continued his attack.

• The Ox-Head Beast Venerable attacked the planet with a meteor shower, but Ye Li blocked it, revealing that he had reached the Creation Realm.
• The White Dragon Saint Venerable dismissed concerns about Ye Li’s strength, and the Blackfeather Beast Venerable ordered the Ox-Head Beast Venerable to attack again.
• Ye Li burst into the demons’ midst and shattered the Ox-Head Beast Venerable’s head with a sudden strike.
• Ye Li pursued the wounded Ox-Head Beast Venerable, crushed his true spirit, and killed him.
• The Blackfeather Beast Venerable charged Ye Li in a black storm, but Ye Li swept it aside with the Five Elements Divine Light and cleaved him in two.

Ye Li used Golden Soul Revival to kill two Creation Realm Demon Race Saint Venerables and then attacked the White Dragon Saint Venerable. The White Dragon unleashed his Extreme Cold Halo and froze Ye Li, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Ye Li's golden shock waves shattered the Blackfeather Elder's true spirit, and the Three-Headed Lion Venerable watched in horror.
• Ye Li struck the White Dragon Saint Venerable in the face, sending him hurtling through the cosmos.
• The White Dragon revealed his Primordial Frost Dragon form and clashed with Ye Li, but Ye Li's strength cracked his scales and his wounds healed quickly.
• Ye Li drew a long saber and taunted the White Dragon about dragon-slaying.
• The White Dragon enveloped Ye Li in his Extreme Cold Halo, freezing him in place and declaring that he could not withstand a true dragon's wrath.