Recaps

After learning that Ye Li had overwhelmed the Dragon Martial Tournament, the Jade Purity Pavilion Master became convinced Ye Li threatened his sect and his own path to Myriad Forms. He ordered Cao Feng to watch Ye Li and the Dragon Martial Prefecture, then prepared to kill Ye Li before attempting his breakthrough.

• The Jade Purity Pavilion Master brooded over his hatred of Ye Li and his fear of provoking the Dragon Martial Dao Lord.
• Cao Feng reported Ye Li's performance at the Dragon Martial Tournament, alarming the Jade Purity Pavilion Master with the extent of Ye Li's strength.
• The Jade Purity Pavilion Master decided Ye Li had to die to remove a threat to the Jade Purity Pavilion and clear his inner demon.
• The Jade Purity Pavilion Master ordered Cao Feng to mobilize their forces, monitor Ye Li and the Dragon Martial Prefecture, and report if Ye Li left the Residence.
• After Cao Feng departed, the Jade Purity Pavilion Master resolved to kill Ye Li and then attempt to break through to Myriad Forms.

After Chang Leyou learned that Ye Li had won the Dragon Martial Tournament and married Ling'er, he begged his father to rescue her, but the Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord had him imprisoned. The Prefecture Lord's wife warned that his approaching heavenly tribulation could leave them vulnerable to Ye Li, whose fate now threatened to hang over the couple.

• Chang Leyou woke from his coma, panicked about Ye Li and Ling'er, and begged the Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord to save her.
• The Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord struck Chang Leyou down and ordered attendants to lock him in the Thunder Pool.
• Violet Firmament Madam questioned her husband about Ye Li and warned that his approaching heavenly tribulation could make Ye Li a danger to them.
• Violet Firmament Madam refused her husband's touch, explaining that their decades of abstinence protected the Dao essence he needed to survive the tribulation.
• The Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord reassured himself that he would survive the tribulation and vowed to kill Ye Li afterward.

Ye Li received the Dragon Martial Prefecture’s saint-grade Spirit-Nurturing Method, the Dragon Martial Heaven-Earth Quaking Cosmos Art, from the Dragon Martial Dao Lord. He then used his ability to sense that the Dao Lord secretly wanted him to practice the art without reaching the Myriad Forms realm, leaving Ye Li wary of yet another hidden threat.

• Ye Li recalled the deadly tribulations brewing with the Jade Purity Pavilion and Violet Firmament Prefecture and decided to surprise those who wanted him dead.
• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord arrived and asked what Spirit-Nurturing Method Ye Li had received from the Soulbirth Sect and how far he had practiced it.
• Ye Li explained that he had an incomplete copy of the Spirit-Congealing Void-Transformation Scripture and had not begun practicing it.
• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord gave Ye Li the Dragon Martial Heaven-Earth Quaking Cosmos Art, a saint-grade Spirit-Nurturing Method, and urged him to focus on it and begin dual cultivation with Ling'er.
• Ye Li sensed that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord was lying about wanting him to ascend to the Myriad Forms realm and wondered why the Dao Lord had given him such a powerful method.

Ye Li accepted the Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s restrictions while recognizing that the man intended to keep him comfortable and under control. He then confronted Long Ling'er over their wager, and the chapter ended with their cultivation together as Zhou Yan watched the resulting spectacle from nearby.

• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord told Ye Li to remain in the prefecture and promised to handle the Soulbirth Sect and the rumors about him.
• Ye Li agreed to stay indoors, then followed a maid to the Dragon Martial Prefecture's rear courtyard.
• Long Ling'er greeted Ye Li as her husband, but he slapped her and insisted they were not married until their wedding in three months.
• Long Ling'er accepted the consequences of losing their wager and took a submissive pose, revealing that her mother had taught her how.
• Ye Li and Long Ling'er cultivated together, unleashing a spectacle of true dragon qi and violet-gold divine power above the courtyard.
• Zhou Yan watched the phenomenon from a nearby residence and felt conflicted and envious.

Ye Li used his new dragon-fortune blessing, treasures, and malice points to create the Highest Clarity Heaven-Union Canon and rapidly advance his cultivation. He reached the peak of the eighth heaven of the Spirit Nurturing Realm, unleashing an aura that shook the Dragon Martial Prefecture.

• Ye Li acquired the Blessing of True Dragon Fortune after spending half a day with Long Ling'er.
• Ye Li swallowed the pills and treasures provided by the Dragon Martial Prefecture and spent malice points to perfect the Dragon Martial Heaven-Earth Quaking Cosmos Art.
• Ye Li created the transcendent divine-grade Highest Clarity Heaven-Union Canon, which let him establish the Highest Clarity Heaven within his body.
• Ye Li spent more malice points to advance to the third heaven of the Spirit Nurturing Realm and discovered that his Highest Clarity Qi could suppress laws and overwhelm others with his words.
• Ye Li continued raising his realm until he reached the peak of the eighth heaven of the Spirit Nurturing Realm, and his surging aura shook the Dragon Martial Prefecture.

Ye Li reached the Spirit Nurturing Realm and concealed the overwhelming power of his aura. After contacting the Soulbirth Sect, he told Zhou Yan to prepare to return there before marching on the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.

• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord sensed a vast, fleeting aura but found no intruder and increased security at his Residence.
• Ye Li concealed his aura, recognized the immense power of the Spirit Nurturing Realm, and received a message on his Soulbirth Sect Token.
• Zhou Yan worried that she and Ye Li could not yet contend with the Dao Lord who ruled the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.
• Ye Li found Zhou Yan in the courtyard and told her to gather her things so they could return to the Soulbirth Sect.
• Ye Li told Zhou Yan that after dealing with matters there, they would march on the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.

The Soulbirth Sect learned that Ye Li had agreed to return and decided to lure him into a plan to consume him before fleeing overseas. The sect's leaders also learned that the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion viewed Ye Li as a threat, leaving them convinced they had to act quickly.

• Wei Ting told the Soulbirth Sect Master and Venerable Withered Glory that Ye Li had accepted the summons and would return immediately.
• The Soulbirth Sect Master reasoned that Ye Li agreed because he believed he could handle any trap and ordered the sect to proceed with its plan.
• Wei Ting urged the sect to make ties with Ye Li and the Dragon Martial Prefecture, but the Soulbirth Sect Master argued that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord would never tolerate their demonic sect.
• The Soulbirth Sect Master revealed that the sect would try to consume Ye Li as a great medicine and then flee overseas.
• The Soulbirth Sect Master reported that Liu Jingci had hurried back to the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion and pulled Pavilion Master Lu Chengsheng from seclusion, suggesting Ye Li had become their enemy too.
• Wei Ting and Venerable Withered Glory agreed that the Soulbirth Sect had to make one last haul and escape.

The Soulbirth Sect Master, Wei Ting, and Venerable Withered Glory plotted to seize Ye Li and divide the sect’s disciples and resources, relying on a mirror to detect the Dragon Martial Dao Lord and a trap hidden in Wei Ting’s gifts. Ye Li returned to the Soulbirth Sect with Zhou Yan, where the Sect Master and three Divine Lords greeted him with an ominously grand welcome.

• The Soulbirth Sect Master offered Wei Ting and Venerable Withered Glory the sect’s accumulated living materials and treasury in exchange for helping him claim Ye Li.
• The Soulbirth Sect Master revealed the Heaven-Peering Mirror and said it would warn them if the Dragon Martial Dao Lord approached the sect.
• Wei Ting revealed that the Cloudsmoke Shift and Substitute Death Talisman he had given Ye Li were coordinate bombs that could damage his divine power.
• Zhou Yan questioned Ye Li about their journey to the Soulbirth Sect and the Sea of Clouds Prefecture, but Ye Li said the Dragon Martial Dao Lord had neither promised support nor agreed to accompany them.
• Ye Li and Zhou Yan arrived at the Soulbirth Sect, where the Sect Master and its three spirit nurturing realm Divine Lords welcomed them at the gates.

Ye Li returned to the Soulbirth Sect and revealed that he had come to destroy it. After the sect’s leaders ordered an attack and Wei Ting tried to detonate a trap, Ye Li engulfed the sect and its surroundings in his Highest Clarity Grotto-Heaven.

• The Soulbirth Sect welcomed Ye Li with a grand ceremony while Zhou Yan warned him about its leaders.
• Ye Li drew Zhou Yan into his Highest Clarity Grotto-Heaven, startling her and the Soulbirth Sect master with its Spirit-Nurturing aura.
• Ye Li announced that he had come to wipe out the Soulbirth Sect and asked its three Divine Lords for their last words.
• The Soulbirth Sect master ordered an attack, and Wei Ting crushed a Core Jade Talisman to trigger the coordinate bombs planted on Ye Li.
• Ye Li halted the blast and seized control of the surrounding laws as his Highest Clarity Grotto-Heaven engulfed the Soulbirth Sect and the surrounding hundred thousand miles.

Ye Li used [Highest Clarity Heaven] to crush the Soulbirth Sect and kill Wei Ting, then overwhelmed the fleeing Soulbirth Sect Master. The sect master lay shattered as Ye Li killed Venerable Withered Glory and approached him.

• Ye Li trapped the Soulbirth Sect Master, Wei Ting, and two other Divine Lords in [Highest Clarity Heaven], crushing the Soulbirth Sect’s disciples beneath its pressure.
• Ye Li shattered Wei Ting’s Dharma Body, then crushed his fleeing True Spirit when Wei Ting revealed his plans to recover his strength by harvesting the sect’s disciples.
• The Soulbirth Sect Master broke free enough to flee, but Ye Li formed a giant palm from [Highest Clarity Qi] and smashed through the sect master’s Myriad Souls Heaven.
• Ye Li killed Venerable Withered Glory as the injured Soulbirth Sect Master struggled to rise, then walked toward the sect master.

Ye Li destroyed the Soulbirth Sect and questioned Zhou Yan about the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion. After she exposed its practice of turning unsupported prodigies into living Human Pills for favored disciples, Ye Li took her toward the pavilion.

• Ye Li killed the Soulbirth Sect Master, completing the sect's destruction and leaving its Mountain Gate in ruins.
• Ye Li released Zhou Yan from his grotto-heaven, and she realized he had reached the Spirit Nurturing Realm and wiped out the Soulbirth Sect.
• Ye Li asked Zhou Yan about hidden secrets within the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion.
• Zhou Yan revealed that the pavilion's elders secretly refined unsupported young prodigies into Human Pills to help favored disciples forge Flawless Sword Foundations.
• Ye Li accepted Zhou Yan's explanation and took her with him toward the Skysoar Pavilion.

After learning that Ye Li had become a Myriad Forms Seed and gained the Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s favor, Lu Chengsheng and Liu Jingci sought help from the Sea of Clouds Prefecture. Its Imperial Edict ordered Ye Li killed, drawing the powerful prefecture into the feud.

• Liu Jingci told Lu Chengsheng that Ye Li had killed Lu Ling, become a Myriad Forms Seed, and defeated over two thousand prodigies.
• Lu Chengsheng panicked at the news and asked Liu Jingci how the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion could deal with Ye Li.
• Lu Chengsheng proposed appealing to the Sea of Clouds Prefecture because Ye Li had abducted Zhou Yan, whom the pavilion had planned to offer its lord.
• Lu Chengsheng performed a ritual and received an Imperial Edict from the Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord.
• Lu Chengsheng unfurled the edict, which contained a single command: “Kill!!!”

Lu Chengsheng received a one-word edict from the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord and saw it as protection for the Skysoar Pavilion if it killed Ye Li. He ordered Liu Jingci to gather the pavilion’s direct disciples so he could plan how to lure Ye Li out.

• Lu Chengsheng and Liu Jingci felt their anxiety ease when Lu Chengsheng received the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord’s edict, which bore the word “Kill.”
• Lu Chengsheng concluded that the edict would let the Skysoar Pavilion shift the blame for Ye Li’s death onto the Dragon Martial Dao Lord and the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.
• Liu Jingci said the pavilion needed to lure Ye Li out, since they could not safely activate the edict inside Dragon Martial Prefecture.
• Lu Chengsheng learned that the pavilion’s direct disciples were at the Sword Pool for body tempering and ordered the event suspended.
• Lu Chengsheng sent Liu Jingci to bring all the direct disciples to the main hall so he could arrange a plan to lure Ye Li out.

At the Ten Thousand Mile Sword Cliff, Lu Shan and Xu Shu held privileged Sword Pool positions while Lu Shan plotted to destroy a kingdom and its Mountain Gate. An unknown blue-robed figure appeared at the summit and intercepted the Sword Pool’s source, prompting Lu Shan to demand his identity.

• Disciples discussed how Sword Pool positions reflected Dao Heart and fate as well as cultivation, while Lu Shan and Xu Shu occupied the foremost spots because of their powerful backers.
• Lu Shan complained that Zhou Yan had taken a share of the baptism, and he and Xu Shu traded taunts about Ye Li and their protection.
• Lu Shan learned that a Mountain Gate had refused to surrender a kingdom’s people for his experiments, so he ordered Ji Chuan to destroy both and blame the Soulbirth Sect.
• When the next baptism began, Lu Shan discovered the torrent carried no sword qi because a blue-robed stranger at the summit had intercepted and was absorbing the Sword Pool’s source.
• Lu Shan rose before the watching disciples and demanded to know who the stranger was and why he had trespassed on the summit.

Ye Li exposed the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion’s rigged sword pool and crushed its disciples with his overwhelming cultivation. After killing Liu Jingci, he left the pavilion’s remaining disciples terrified and kneeling.

• Ye Li noticed that the sword qi pressure on the Ten Thousand Mile Sword Cliff had been secretly altered to favor those who crossed halfway up.
• Lu Shan challenged Ye Li, who unleashed pure qi that crushed Lu Shan and the Personal Disciples into the ground.
• Lu Shan called for the pavilion’s Divine Lords to intervene, and Liu Jingci arrived after hearing the commotion.
• Ye Li knocked Liu Jingci from the sky with a command and pinned him beneath overwhelming pressure.
• Ye Li killed Liu Jingci, leaving the disciples across the Sword Cliff too terrified to look up or speak.

Ye Li killed Liu Jingci, Xu Shu, Lu Shan, and the guilty Skysoar Pavilion disciples, then faced Pavilion Master Lu Chengsheng. Lu Chengsheng tore the Blue-Gold Edict and unleashed the Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord’s Myriad Manifestations Realm killing strike.

• Ye Li killed Liu Jingci, then destroyed Xu Shu’s body and true spirit after she begged for her life.
• Ye Li killed Lu Shan and seized Memory Scrolls revealing Skysoar Pavilion’s secrets, crimes, and treasury location.
• Ye Li descended into the valley and slaughtered the guilty Skysoar Pavilion direct and inner disciples.
• Lu Chengsheng arrived, saw the massacre and Lu Shan’s remains, and tore the Blue-Gold Edict.
• The edict unleashed the Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord’s Myriad Manifestations Realm killing strike against Ye Li.

Ye Li confronted Lu Chengsheng’s attack with a divine spear and destroyed the Myriad Forms Dao Lord’s killing intent in a single strike. He killed Lu Chengsheng and razed the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion, leaving only the disciples who had not committed evil alive.

• Ye Li failed to plunder the Blue Scroll’s power, but [Dao Scripture My Book] identified it as the killing intent of a Myriad Forms Dao Lord.
• Ye Li unleashed his vast divine power and formed a towering divine spear to meet Lu Chengsheng’s thundercloud sea.
• Ye Li’s spear shattered the Dao Lord’s killing intent, and the returning energy grievously wounded Lu Chengsheng.
• Ye Li blasted Lu Chengsheng’s body apart, then impaled his fleeing true spirit with the divine spear and killed him.
• Ye Li’s attack destroyed Sword Cliff and the Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion, while its untainted disciples survived under the protection of his pure qi.

After destroying Skysoar Pavilion, Ye Li escaped a lightning ambush from the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord and learned the Dao Lord wanted him as a source of tribulation materials. Ye Li said he would pay the Dao Lord a visit, then vanished, leaving the Dao Lord convinced he was fleeing.

• Ye Li killed a Skysoar Pavilion disciple who cursed him, then let the surviving disciples flee after they pledged to follow him.
• As Ye Li turned toward the treasury, a hidden pool of lightning plasma struck Sword Cliff's ruins, but he dodged and contained its destructive aftershocks.
• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord appeared and asked what secret treasure Dragon Martial had given Ye Li to help him detect the ambush.
• Ye Li mocked the Dao Lord's sneak attack and asked where the Sea of Clouds Prefecture headquarters was.
• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord invited Ye Li to come, saying he needed exceptional materials for his heavenly tribulation.
• Ye Li vanished in a trail of golden light, and the Dao Lord assumed he was bluffing to escape before dispersing his lightning avatar.

The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord, secretly weakened by old Dao injuries, learned that Ye Li could become a future rival and despaired over his inability to stop him. A fellow Dao Lord refused to return the Treasure Medicine he needed, leaving him to consider his worsening position as he left his grotto-heaven to clear his head.

• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord failed to divine Ye Li's origins and concealed the signs that his cultivation was regressing because of injuries from a heavenly tribulation.
• He recalled that he had sought the Pure Yin Dao Body to heal himself, but Ye Li had taken it and proved too powerful to kill without risking war with the Dragon Martial Prefecture.
• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord considered abandoning his prefecture, whose resources and accumulated fortune were vital to surviving his next tribulation.
• The Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord claimed that the Rebirth White Bone Lotus had been damaged and refused to return the medicine the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord had left with him.
• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord crushed the communication Jade Talisman and dismissed the grotto-heaven's restrictions so he could walk around the Residence.

Ye Li appeared in the Fortune-Raising Arena and publicly challenged the Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord. The Prefecture Lord was shocked that Ye Li had entered the heavily guarded Secret Realm undetected.

• The Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord watched a disciple win a duel and praised his swordsmanship as the arena transferred the loser's fortune to him.
• The Prefecture Lord invited the crowd to send someone onto the stage, prompting the disciples to vie for his attention.
• Ye Li appeared in the arena, astonishing the disciples who recognized him as the Dragon Martial Tournament champion.
• The Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord realized Ye Li had crossed the Southern Region Territory and entered his Residence without triggering its formations.
• Ye Li looked up and shouted at the Prefecture Lord to come down.

Ye Li challenged the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord and overwhelmed him despite being in the Spirit Nurturing Realm. After trapping the wounded Dao Lord inside a barrier of Pure Qi, Ye Li killed him before the Sea of Clouds Prefecture’s horrified disciples.

• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord entered the arena and trapped Ye Li inside his [Sky-Covering Sea of Clouds] divine ability.
• Ye Li activated [Golden Soul Revival] and [Literary Dao Empowerment], broke through the clouds, and blasted half the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord’s body apart with a punch.
• The Sea of Clouds Dao Lord tried to flee, but Ye Li’s Pure Qi barrier sealed the arena and blocked his escape and distress signal.
• Ye Li unleashed a barrage of divine abilities and killed the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord as his disciples watched.

Ye Li killed the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord, took control of the Sea of Clouds Prefecture, and advanced to the peak of the ninth rank of the Spirit Nurturing Realm. After discovering that the Dao Lord’s memories contained only an incomplete saint-grade Myriad Manifestations method, Ye Li set his sights on the Jade Purity Pavilion Master.

• Ye Li defeated and killed the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord, then forced the prefecture’s disciples to submit and executed those who had committed evil.
• Ye Li appointed Zhou Yan to manage the Sea of Clouds Prefecture and bound Lu Jiayan with a Life-and-Death Restriction to serve under her.
• Ye Li entered the prefecture’s treasury, refined its treasures into pills, and used Malice Points to reach the peak of the ninth rank of the Spirit Nurturing Realm.
• Ye Li searched the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord’s memories and found an incomplete saint-grade Myriad Manifestations method called the Stubborn Gold Nine Bodies Art.
• Ye Li decided to seek a superior cultivation method from other factions and named the Jade Purity Pavilion Master as his next target.

Azure Water Dao Lord worried that Seven Luminaries Valley would threaten her prefecture while she answered the Taiyi Dao Master's summons, but Dragon Martial Dao Lord insisted Dragon Martial Prefecture would be safe in his absence. He revealed that a prodigy would serve as the core of its enhanced protective array.

• Azure Water Dao Lord told Dragon Martial Dao Lord that Seven Luminaries Valley Master had hidden from her and could not be located through karmic divination.
• Azure Water Dao Lord warned that Seven Luminaries Valley Master might attack Azure Water Prefecture while she was away and seize its fortune to advance his cultivation.
• Azure Water Dao Lord asked how Dragon Martial Prefecture would defend itself while Dragon Martial Dao Lord fulfilled the Taiyi Pact.
• Dragon Martial Dao Lord claimed his strengthened Sect Protection Array could rival Myriad Forms power with a Spirit Nurturing Realm prodigy serving as its formation core.

Azure Water Dao Lord confronted Dragon Martial Dao Lord over his refusal to honor an old agreement, but their dispute was interrupted when Ye Li vanished from Dragon Martial Prefecture. Dragon Martial Dao Lord learned that Ye Li had reached the Spirit Nurturing Realm and then discovered he had destroyed the entire Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion.

• Dragon Martial Dao Lord said his agreement to help Azure Water Prefecture ended when the Jade Purity Pavilion Master died, and he intended to use Ye Li as Dragon Martial Prefecture’s array core.
• Azure Water Dao Lord warned that controlling the Sect Protection Array could ruin Ye Li’s Dao Foundation, then prepared to leave.
• Long Ling'er's Attendant reported that Ye Li had disappeared, and Dragon Martial Dao Lord searched Dragon Martial Prefecture without finding him.
• Dragon Martial Dao Lord detected traces showing Ye Li had advanced to the Spirit Nurturing Realm and ordered his disciples to search the Southern Region.
• A disciple reported that Ye Li had appeared at Skysoar Pavilion and destroyed the entire Heavenly Origin Ninth Heaven Pavilion in half a day.

Dragon Martial Dao Lord learned that Ye Li had destroyed Skysoar Pavilion, while the Jade Purity Pavilion Master prepared to kill Ye Li after reaching major completion in the Myriad Forms Law. Ye Li arrived at Jade Purity Pavilion and overwhelmed the Pavilion Master in their first clash, leaving him battered before hundreds of thousands of witnesses.

• Dragon Martial Dao Lord heard that Ye Li had destroyed Skysoar Pavilion and called Sea of Clouds Prefecture, where Lu Jiayan furiously rebuked him for addressing Ye Li by name.
• The Jade Purity Pavilion Master completed his Myriad Forms Law and ordered Cao Feng to watch Dragon Martial Prefecture for Ye Li, while dismissing rumors that he planned to kill him.
• A powerful force darkened the sky over Jade Purity Pavilion, and the Pavilion Master rose to confront the intruder.
• Ye Li appeared above the Mountain Gate and declared that he intended to kill only the Pavilion Master.
• Ye Li and the Pavilion Master clashed, and Ye Li shattered the Pavilion Master's Divine Ability and smashed him into the ground before the gathered disciples.