Recaps

Ye Li overwhelmed the Jade Purity Pavilion Master, broke his soul-targeting bell technique, and destroyed his body. As the Pavilion Master's true spirit fled, Ye Li's concealed divine spear descended to finish him, leaving the Pavilion Master convinced the Dragon Martial Dao Lord had plotted his death.

• The Jade Purity Pavilion Master tried to slow Ye Li with [Striking the Jade Bell] so he could escape.
• Ye Li shouted "Freeze," crushing the bell and immobilizing the Pavilion Master with Highest Clarity Qi.
• Ye Li punched apart the Pavilion Master's Dharma Body, but the Pavilion Master's true spirit escaped using [Jade Radiance Clearing the Sky].
• Ye Li summoned the [Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron] spear he had hidden above the clouds and targeted the fleeing true spirit.
• The Pavilion Master suspected the Dragon Martial Tournament had been a trap and cursed the Dragon Martial Dao Lord as Ye Li brought the spear down.

Ye Li killed the Jade Purity Pavilion Master, seized his immortal-grade cultivation method and treasures, and entered the pavilion’s reserve treasury. As he prepared to refine its stockpile, a Communication Jade Slip from Zhou Yan and the others began vibrating.

• Ye Li publicly crushed the Jade Purity Pavilion Master, leaving the Jade Purity Pavilion’s disciples and elders terrified.
• Ye Li gathered the pavilion master’s scattered treasures and searched his captive soul’s memories, discovering the immortal-grade Clear Radiance's Rise and Fall Grand Art and the Taiyi Expedition.
• Ye Li put aside thoughts of the Taiyi Expedition and walked unchallenged into the Jade Purity Pavilion’s reserve treasury.
• Ye Li broke the treasury’s restrictions and prepared to refine its medicinal stockpile, but a Communication Jade Slip from Zhou Yan and the others began vibrating.

Ye Li learned that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord was coming to attack the Sea of Clouds Prefecture and discovered that Lu Jiayan had deliberately provoked him. After ordering the Jade Purity Pavilion sealed and placing an elder in charge, Ye Li set off to face the Dragon Martial Dao Lord.

• Lu Jiayan told Ye Li that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord had asked about his whereabouts and threatened to raze the Sea of Clouds Prefecture after she insulted him.
• Ye Li agreed to return and confronted Lu Jiayan, exposing her plan to provoke the Dragon Martial Dao Lord and escape if the two men wounded each other.
• Ye Li ended the call and gathered the vault's treasures into his Spirit-Nurturing Cave Heaven.
• Ye Li ordered a Jade Purity Pavilion elder to oversee the sect and forbade anyone from leaving the Mountain Gate.
• Ye Li used Golden Firmament Rainbow Transformation to race toward the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.

The Azure Water Dao Lord entered Long Ling'er’s chamber to strike at the Dragon Martial Dao Lord through his daughter, but discovered Ye Li had already broken the seals concealing Long Ling’er’s cultivation method. She told Long Ling'er that her father had gone after Ye Li, leaving Long Ling'er resolved to plead for Ye Li’s soul if he was captured.

• The Azure Water Dao Lord stayed in the Dragon Martial Prefecture and decided to retaliate against the Dragon Martial Dao Lord for breaking their alliance.
• The Azure Water Dao Lord entered Long Ling'er’s chamber and found that Ye Li had already unsealed Long Ling'er’s meridians, spiritual platform, and sea of consciousness.
• Long Ling'er acknowledged that her cultivation method was meant to turn her into a nourishing medicine, but defended her father and his intentions.
• The Azure Water Dao Lord told Long Ling'er that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord had gone to capture Ye Li and believed Ye Li had no chance against him.
• Long Ling'er said she would plead for Ye Li and try to preserve what remained of his soul if her father captured him.

Lu Jiayan and Zhou Yan watched as the Dragon Martial Dao Lord attacked Sea of Clouds Prefecture, but Ye Li arrived and destroyed his dragon phantom. The Dao Lord unveiled his Dragon Martial Grotto-Heaven and Eight Wastelands Dragon-Subduing Terrace, sealing divine-power techniques and forcing the coming fight toward physical combat.

• Lu Jiayan regretted scheming against Ye Li and prayed that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord would kill him and free her from the life-and-death restriction.
• Zhou Yan sensed the Dao Lord's arrival and relied on Sea of Clouds Prefecture's strengthened defensive array to hold until Ye Li returned.
• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord tore through the sky and sent a giant dragon phantom crashing toward the prefecture's array.
• Ye Li emerged from the void and crushed the dragon phantom with clear energy, then confronted the Dragon Martial Dao Lord.
• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord revealed his Dragon Martial Grotto-Heaven and used Eight Wastelands Dragon-Subduing Terrace to suppress divine power within its domain.

Ye Li fought Dragon Martial Dao Lord under the Eight Wastelands Dragon-Subduing Terrace’s suppression and defeated him in a brutal contest of physical strength. When Dragon Martial Dao Lord accused him of comprehending his Life-Bound Divine Ability, Ye Li summoned the Dao Scripture My Book, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Dragon Martial Dao Lord tried to force Ye Li to seal his Qi Sea and Spiritual Platform, but Ye Li met his opening palm strike with a powerful physical blow.
• Ye Li and Dragon Martial Dao Lord exchanged punches and kicks across the sky, disrupting the surrounding laws and terrifying the surviving disciples.
• Dragon Martial Dao Lord staggered back badly wounded, while Ye Li’s injuries rapidly healed and left him unharmed.
• Dragon Martial Dao Lord asked whether Ye Li had comprehended his Life-Bound Divine Ability, and Ye Li refused to answer.
• Ye Li seized the momentary weakening of the suppression and opened the Dao Scripture My Book, directing its pressure at Dragon Martial Dao Lord.

Ye Li defeated the Dragon Martial Dao Lord with two uses of [Literary Dao Empowerment], then tracked down and killed his escaping remnant soul. After executing Lu Jiayan, he took control of both the Sea of Clouds Prefecture and the Dragon Martial Prefecture.

• Ye Li empowered himself twice, shattered the Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s grotto heaven, and crushed his body with a divine spear.
• The Dragon Martial Dao Lord abandoned his body and Dao foundation to escape, but Ye Li tracked and annihilated his remnant soul.
• Ye Li returned to the Sea of Clouds Prefecture and activated Lu Jiayan’s life-and-death brand, burning her soul away.
• Ye Li praised Zhou Yan for protecting the prefecture’s holdings and treasury.
• Ye Li declared that he would take control of both prefectures and asked the elders who agreed and who objected.

After Ye Li killed Dragon Martial Dao Lord, the Sea of Clouds Prefecture elders pledged loyalty, and Ye Li ordered Zhou Yan to gather cultivators for the takeover of Dragon Martial Prefecture. Meanwhile, Azure Water Dao Lord and Li Ming Dao Lord discussed Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s actions and the upcoming Taiyi Expedition, unaware that the situation had changed.

• The Sea of Clouds Prefecture elders swore allegiance to Ye Li after he announced his decree.
• Ye Li told Zhou Yan to select capable cultivators and prepare to take over Dragon Martial Prefecture.
• Zhou Yan resolved to organize a grand coronation for Ye Li as he seized control of Dragon Martial Prefecture.
• Azure Water Dao Lord complained to Li Ming Dao Lord that Dragon Martial Dao Lord had broken their agreement and revealed her belief that his cultivation had reached the middle stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
• Li Ming Dao Lord condemned Dragon Martial Dao Lord and promised to speak against him, while Azure Water Dao Lord admitted she could not help Ye Li because Dragon Martial Dao Lord had gone to capture him.
• Azure Water Dao Lord confirmed that her alliance with Li Ming Dao Lord for the Taiyi Expedition remained intact, ended the communication, and flew toward Dragon Martial Prefecture’s front mountain plaza.

Ye Li arrived above Dragon Martial Prefecture with an immense allied army and its powerful rulers, then revealed that Dragon Martial Dao Lord had been slain. The Sword-Armored Woman ordered the prefecture to surrender as Long Ling'er and the Matriarch recoiled in terror.

• Azure Water Dao Lord challenged Long Ling'er and the Matriarch over their readiness to let Ye Li die, but they defended Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s actions.
• Ye Li descended over Dragon Martial Prefecture with tens of thousands of cultivators and several prominent Southern Realm rulers behind him.
• Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s severed head landed before Long Ling'er and the Matriarch, confirming his death.
• The Sword-Armored Woman announced that Ye Li had slain Dragon Martial Dao Lord and demanded that Dragon Martial Prefecture kneel and surrender.

Ye Li conquered the Dragon Martial Prefecture, killed its leaders, and seized its treasury before using its resources and the Blood Dragon Essence Art to forge a powerful new Myriad Forms Law. He completed the Highest Clarity Golden Canon at major accomplishment, leaving him poised to turn the prefecture’s vast reserves into a breakthrough.

• Ye Li killed the Dragon Martial Matriarch after revealing the Dragon Martial Dao Lord’s severed head, causing the Dragon Martial Prefecture’s forces to surrender.
• The Azure Water Dao Lord disavowed any ties to the Dragon Martial Prefecture and sought to make Ye Li an ally for the Taiyi Expedition.
• Ye Li ordered Long Ling'er confined within the prefecture, then sent his cultivators to subdue its remaining members.
• Ye Li broke into the inner treasury and found immense stores of spirit stones, treasures, and medicinal materials.
• Ye Li examined the Blood Dragon Essence Art, then used malice points to create the beyond divine-grade Highest Clarity Golden Canon at major accomplishment.

Ye Li completed the Myriad Forms Law and consumed the treasury’s treasure medicines to break through to the peak of the second stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm, gaining three powerful Life-Bound Divine Abilities. He then set out for Violet Firmament Prefecture to settle accounts with those who had once threatened him.

• Ye Li completed the Highest Clarity Golden Canon and reached the Half-Step Myriad Forms Realm.
• Ye Li swallowed the treasure medicines, spent malice points, and broke through to the peak of the second stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
• Ye Li discovered his new Life-Bound Divine Abilities: Highest Clarity Jade Edict, World-Cleansing Purity, and Body Reforging.
• Ye Li chose Violet Firmament Prefecture as a target and vowed to make its people receive him.

After reaching the myriad manifestations realm, Ye Li agreed to ally with Azure Water Dao Lord for the dangerous Taiyi Expedition. He then set out to wipe out the Violet Firmament Prefecture, inviting her to come along.

• Ye Li emerged from the Dragon Martial treasury after advancing to the myriad manifestations realm, though his malice points had fallen to forty-two million.
• Azure Water Dao Lord approached Ye Li and asked whether he knew about the Taiyi Expedition.
• Ye Li recalled that the Taiyi Dao Master summoned Southern Region Dao Lords for dangerous missions in exchange for rewards.
• Azure Water Dao Lord offered to share what she knew and proposed that they travel together on the expedition.
• Ye Li accepted the alliance, then announced that he would wipe out the Violet Firmament Prefecture and told Azure Water Dao Lord she could come along.

The Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord and Matriarch learned that Ye Li had killed the Dragon Martial Dao Lord and taken control of the Dragon Martial Prefecture, then tried to flee before Ye Li arrived. Ye Li sealed the prefecture and confronted them, asking where they were going.

• The Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord worried that Ye Li would seek revenge for his past hostility toward him.
• Chang Leyou begged the Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord to arrange for Long Ling'er to return, and the Prefecture Lord promised to propose marriage after Ye Li was killed.
• The Violet Firmament Matriarch reported that the Dragon Martial Dao Lord had gone to confront Ye Li at the Sea of Clouds Prefecture.
• The Violet Firmament Matriarch received word that Ye Li had killed the Dragon Martial Dao Lord and taken control of the Dragon Martial Prefecture.
• The Violet Firmament Prefecture Lord and Matriarch decided to flee, but Ye Li sealed the area around the prefecture and asked where they were going.

Ye Li overwhelmed Violet Firmament Prefecture, nullified its Sect Protection Array, and slaughtered thousands of its cultivators. The Violet Firmament Dao Lord brought out a powerful [Dao Lord Edict] bestowed by the [Taiyi Dao Master] as his final trump card.

• Ye Li appeared above Violet Firmament Prefecture with an aura that stunned the Violet Firmament Dao Lord and the Violet Firmament Matriarch.
• The Violet Firmament Dao Lord ordered the Sect Protection Array activated against Ye Li.
• Ye Li used [Highest Clarity Jade Edict] to forbid arrays, destroying the protection array and killing twenty-five thousand cultivators in its backlash.
• The Violet Firmament Dao Lord drew a [Dao Lord Edict] bestowed by the [Taiyi Dao Master] to fight Ye Li.

Ye Li crushed the Battle Lord’s avatar and overwhelmed the Violet Firmament Dao Lord, who erupted in fury after the Violet Firmament Matriarch begged Ye Li to spare her. Ye Li left the Violet Firmament Dao Lord severely injured, with the battle still underway.

• The Battle Lord emerged from the Violet Firmament Dao Lord’s edict, but Ye Li’s second Highest Clarity Jade Edict shattered the avatar and destroyed the edict.
• The returning pressure pinned the Violet Firmament Dao Lord and Violet Firmament Matriarch to the ground, breaking their bones.
• The Violet Firmament Matriarch offered Ye Li her Dao essence in exchange for her life, enraging the Violet Firmament Dao Lord.
• The Violet Firmament Dao Lord ignited his myriad manifestations cave heaven and attacked Ye Li with the Violet Firmament Heavenly Prison.
• Ye Li cleaved through the lightning, struck the Violet Firmament Dao Lord, and collapsed his myriad forms dharma body, severely injuring him.

Ye Li destroyed Violet Firmament Prefecture, killing its Dao Lord, Matriarch, and foremost prodigy after overpowering their defenses. He then wiped out more than half the prefecture and twenty-eight thousand cultivators.

• The Violet Firmament Dao Lord launched a lightning orb at Ye Li, but Ye Li’s World-Cleansing Purity nullified it.
• Ye Li crushed the Violet Firmament Dao Lord beneath the ruins, killing him and flattening the main peak.
• The Violet Firmament Matriarch tried to pledge loyalty, but Ye Li crushed her under the weight of the highest clarity qi.
• Ye Li confronted Chang Leyou, who begged for mercy, then erased him along with more than half of Violet Firmament Prefecture.
• Ye Li publicly killed twenty-eight thousand cultivators of Violet Firmament Prefecture.

After destroying the Violet Firmament Prefecture, Ye Li discovered that the Battle Lord’s manifestation carried a trace of an aura resembling his Indestructible Golden Soul and resolved to investigate the Taiyi Dao Master. Meanwhile, the Battle Lord and Yin Yang learned that the Taiyi Dao Master had begun investigating Ye Li as the Taiyi Expedition approached.

• Ye Li examined the Battle Lord’s golden remains, sensed an aura like his Indestructible Golden Soul, and traced the Battle Lord’s allegiance to the Taiyi Dao Master.
• Ye Li refused the Azure Water Dao Lord’s offer to hunt down fleeing remnants and learned that he had about half a month to establish a Southern Region faction for the Taiyi Expedition.
• The Azure Water Dao Lord’s warning left Ye Li anticipating a confrontation with the Taiyi Dao Master, whom he planned to challenge rather than submit to.
• At the temporary palace, the Battle Lord told Yin Yang that Ye Li had destroyed his manifestation and that he could not reconnect with the Southern Region.
• A female voice summoned the Battle Lord and Yin Yang to receive Northern Region Dao Lords, then told the Battle Lord that the Taiyi Dao Master was investigating Ye Li and would reveal the truth later.

The Taiyi Dao Master failed to divine Ye Li’s origins, even with a powerful divine object, but learned enough from other Dao Lords to recognize his importance. He ordered Dao Lord Haoyue to recruit Ye Li for the dangerous Taiyi Expedition, offering him any reward he demanded.

• The Taiyi Dao Master tried and failed to divine Ye Li’s origins, even with the aid of a mysterious golden light.
• The Taiyi Dao Master divined Dao Lords who had encountered Ye Li and discovered something that intrigued him.
• Dao Lord Haoyue reported that only the Dao Lords of Azure Water Prefecture and Gentleman Prefecture had agreed to join the Taiyi Expedition, while Ye Li had not responded.
• The Taiyi Dao Master ordered Dao Lord Haoyue to invite Ye Li to the Supreme One Palace and promised authority to grant any conditions he asked for.
• The Taiyi Dao Master explained that the expedition targeted a perilous fused boundary heaven guarded by powerful cultivators and Boundary Heaven Treasures, and Dao Lord Haoyue agreed to recruit Ye Li.

Ye Li consolidated his power in the newly established Heaven-Supporting Prefecture and received approval to join the Taiyi Expedition. As he learned that the expedition’s fused boundary heaven held powerful natives and multiple Boundary Heaven Treasures, his infamy earned him a new gold-quality reward.

• Ye Li spent ten days strengthening his cultivation and trump cards while the Heaven-Supporting Prefecture rose to prominence across the Southern Region.
• Azure Water Dao Lord gave Ye Li the Supreme One Palace’s invitation, and Li Ming asked when he would leave for the Supreme One Secret Realm; Ye Li departed immediately.
• Aboard the cloudship, Azure Water Dao Lord explained that the expedition aimed to seize a Boundary Heaven Treasure from a boundary heaven without causing it to collapse.
• Azure Water Dao Lord revealed that the destination was a fused boundary heaven where multiple natives might wield Boundary Heaven Treasures and rival peak Dao Lords.
• The system announced that Ye Li had subdued the Southern Region and received a new gold-quality reward.

Ye Li reached Infamy Level 9 and opened his reward, gaining the golden divine ability Yin-Yang Divide. After discovering it could create an impassable boundary or sever enemies beyond healing, he left Azure Water Dao Lord and Master Li Ming awed and reassured about the Taiyi Expedition.

• Ye Li's Infamy Level increased to level 9, and he wondered how far the system's levels extended.
• Ye Li opened the golden treasure chest and acquired Yin-Yang Divide, a divine ability that separated yin and yang and blocked passage.
• Ye Li realized he could use Yin-Yang Divide to seal off space and laws or sever an enemy with an injury that could not be healed.
• Ye Li told Azure Water Dao Lord and Master Li Ming that the golden-light phenomenon came from a small breakthrough.
• Azure Water Dao Lord and Master Li Ming praised Ye Li, while Azure Water Dao Lord felt confident about the upcoming Taiyi Expedition with him as their backer.

Ye Li arrived at the Primordial Eastern Region with his companions to join the Taiyi Expedition, and Battle Lord set aside their past conflict. The gathered regional Dao Lords took note of Ye Li's reputation before Taiyi Dao Master appeared in the palace hall.

• Battle Lord greeted Ye Li and proposed that they put their Violet Firmament Prefecture grievances behind them, and Ye Li agreed.
• Battle Lord led Ye Li and his two companions to the main hall, where Dao Lords from other regions were waiting.
• Azure Water Dao Lord introduced the gathered regional Dao Lords to Ye Li and remarked on the Southern Region's changed showing for the expedition.
• Taiyi Dao Master appeared from the void, suppressing the Myriad Forms Laws throughout the hall.

The Taiyi Dao Master sent a group of Dao Lords, including Ye Li, into the Ancient Hua Boundary Heaven to seize its treasure, while secretly planning to sacrifice some of them to weaken its defenders. Inside, the Ancient Hua Dynasty’s two emperors recognized the invasion and prepared to trap and destroy the outsiders.

• The Taiyi Dao Master explained the dangers of entering the Ancient Hua Boundary Heaven and warned the Dao Lords not to use their outside abilities during their first hours there.
• The Battle Lord collected a trace of each Dao Lord’s aura in a scroll, and the Taiyi Dao Master sent them into the boundary heaven while suppressing its furious resistance.
• The Taiyi Dao Master told Bright Moon Dao Lord that Battle Lord would deliberately abandon weaker Dao Lords as pawns, but that he had other plans for Ye Li.
• The chapter described how the Ancient Hua Dynasty formed through the merger of two worlds and established joint rule by two emperors.
• The white-robed emperor and the crimson-robed Empress sensed the invasion, resolved to defend their realm, and ordered their forces to shut in and destroy the outsiders.

Ye Li arrived in Ancient Hua Heaven, where its hostile laws and spiritual energy failed to suppress his strength. After learning about the twin emperors, the Boundary Heaven Treasures, and the deadly Abyssal Miasma, he rejected Battle Lord’s advice to stay hidden and set out to force the emperors to reveal themselves.

• Ye Li arrived outside an ancient city beneath two suns and found that his Highest Clarity Heaven protected him from the world’s hostile laws.
• Ye Li discovered that his strength remained unsuppressed, though he could not freely replenish himself with Ancient Hua Heaven’s spiritual energy.
• Ye Li divined that the Ancient Hua Dynasty was jointly ruled by two emperors whose people cultivated their souls at the expense of their bodies.
• Ye Li learned that World-Eroding Abyssal Miasma infected people and that the rulers ordered those infected to be killed and their souls burned.
• Ye Li suspected the emperors could end the miasma by separating the fused Boundary Heavens, but chose to test the calamity’s effects and confront them instead.
• Ye Li unleashed his oppressive aura and strode toward the ancient city.

Ye Li entered the dungeon where people infected with abyssal qi awaited execution and offered to save them. He used World-Cleansing Purity to erase the abyssal qi and expose the dungeon to daylight, stunning the prisoners and the assembled residents.

• A family of four feared they would be burned as sources of infection while the father tried to comfort them.
• Ye Li entered the dungeon and asked the prisoners if they wanted to live.
• The prisoners cried out for Ye Li to save them as Ancient Hua officials arrived and challenged him.
• Ye Li unleashed World-Cleansing Purity, destroyed the dungeon roof, and erased the abyssal qi.
• The prisoners and millions of residents witnessed the miracle and reacted in astonishment.

Ye Li purified a family afflicted by abyssal qi in Heavenly Origin City, violating the Ancient Hua Dynasty’s ironclad law that the miasma could only be cleansed by burning its victims. The Tianyuan City Lord falsified evidence to discredit Ye Li and protect the law, leaving the crowd doubtful and Ye Li facing the city lord’s scheme.

• Ye Li declared that he had used a Divine Ability to clear the abyssal qi and called for other afflicted people to be brought to him.
• The execution overseer tried to silence the crowd and offered Ye Li passage to the capital for an imperial audience.
• The Tianyuan City Lord arrived, touched the cured man, and caused black qi to erupt from his body again.
• The Tianyuan City Lord accused Ye Li of sorcery, and the crowd began to doubt Ye Li.
• Ye Li told the Tianyuan City Lord that he had created an illusion and that the man’s body had already been free of miasma.
• The Tianyuan City Lord resolved to eliminate Ye Li because purifying the miasma challenged the Twin Emperors’ order.