Recaps

Ye Li and Chen Jingli joined a dangerous mission to destroy a Beast God Cult branch at Eagle Cry Gorge. After arriving at the temporary camp, they learned that the operation had stalled because the vice chancellor was occupied fighting two Sixth-Tier exotic beasts.

• Lin Yinyun warned Ye Li about the Beast God Cult, its powerful Saintess, and the dangers of the mission, but he remained eager to go.
• Chen Jingli and Ye Li accepted the Red Mission at Ze Wei Tower, where Ye Li crushed a Test Crystal to prove he met the Fourth-Tier requirement.
• Ye Li and Chen Jingli traveled to Eagle Cry Gorge as reinforcements for an operation that had already lasted nearly four days.
• Liu Jing verified their Gold Medal tokens and told them that only six other Third-Tier-or-higher martial artists remained in the camp.
• Liu Jing explained that repeated attacks by exotic beasts and Beast God Cult followers had stalled the encirclement while the vice chancellor fought two Sixth-Tier exotic beasts.

Ye Li and Chen Jingli arrived at Eagle Cry Gorge, where Ye Li learned about the Beast God Cult’s forces and revealed that he had reached the peak of the Fourth Tier. Wu Jie challenged Chen Jingli to a bet that Ye Li would join the Northern Wu Family before the mission ended, while the camp prepared for another attack by Senior Zuo Qingyu.

• Liu Jing told Ye Li that the attackers were mostly Second- and Third-Tier mutant beasts and cultists, with a few Fourth-Tier cultists among them.
• Ye Li said Chen Jingli was around the Fourth-Tier Third Layer, then revealed that he himself was at the Fourth-Tier Peak.
• Wu Jie recognized Chen Jingli, mocked her, and proposed betting that Ye Li would join the Northern Wu Family before the mission ended.
• Ye Li assessed the camp’s forces and warned Liu Jing to prepare for an attack around noon because the mission required them to arrive by then.
• Liu Jing received a message that Senior Zuo Qingyu would strike again in two hours and that every camp had to hold its line.

At Eagle Cry Gorge, Ye Li rejected Wu Jie’s attempt to recruit him into the Northern Wu Family and publicly insulted her offer. Wu Jie threatened him, and Song Tao realized Ye Li was suddenly rushing toward him.

• Ye Li questioned Chen Jingli, who said he was stronger than her, then left the camp.
• Ye Li overheard enforcers discussing reinforcements and the blockade at Eagle Cry Gorge.
• Song Tao invited Ye Li to speak with Wu Jie, but Ye Li refused and mocked him.
• Wu Jie offered Ye Li a nominal steward position, marriage into a branch family, and access to powerful techniques, but Ye Li called the terms fit for dismissing a beggar.
• Wu Jie threatened to have the Wu Family deal with Ye Li after the mission, and Song Tao noticed Ye Li rapidly approaching him.

Ye Li attacked Wu Jie after overhearing her insult, overwhelming her with a single punch despite her protective treasure. He then defeated Song Tao and demanded Wu Jie kowtow and call herself trash, while Chen Jingli watched from the camp.

• Ye Li rushed at Wu Jie and struck her with a powerful punch that sent her crashing through several trees, though a protective treasure softened the blow.
• Song Tao charged Ye Li, but Ye Li slapped him into a crater and dragged him along while he remained barely conscious.
• Ye Li confronted the injured Wu Jie and demanded that she kowtow, admit her mistake, and shout that she was trash three times.
• The law enforcers stayed silent as Ye Li made his demand, and Chen Jingli quietly watched from a bluestone outside the camp.

Ye Li forced Wu Jie to kneel and apologize after she bullied Song Tao, while keeping Song Tao from turning away. The chapter ended with Wu Jie weeping at Ye Li’s feet as he called her useless, and Chen Jingli watching from a distance.

• Wu Jie refused to kneel, so Ye Li smashed her face into the ground and demanded that she submit.
• Song Tao woke and saw Wu Jie pinned down, but Ye Li ordered him to keep watching and threatened to kill Wu Jie if he looked away.
• Ye Li explained that he acted because Wu Jie had bullied Song Tao, then demanded again that she kneel.
• Wu Jie refused several times, but Ye Li kept smashing her head into the ground until she gave in.
• Wu Jie knelt and repeatedly apologized, and Ye Li patted her head and called her useless.
• Chen Jingli watched from a distant bluestone, flushed and breathing heavily.

Ye Li returned to camp after defeating Wu Jie’s allies and forcing Wu Jie to surrender, then prepared for the coming Beast Tide. As the Beast God Cult branch’s killing intent intensified, he considered how to kill its Saintess and gain enough Malice Points to reach the Fifth Tier.

• Ye Li led a shaken Wu Jie back to camp, while Song Tao followed in despair and the enforcers discussed Ye Li’s overwhelming victory.
• Wu Jie fled into her tent and wept, and Liu Jing asked Ye Li to help during the imminent Beast Tide.
• Liu Jing warned Ye Li to stay at least fifty li from the mountaintop when Senior Zuo attacked the two Sixth-Tier exotic beasts.
• Ye Li sat on a bluestone beside Chen Jingli and observed the growing killing intent around the Beast God Cult branch.
• Ye Li wondered whether he could kill the Beast God Cult’s Saintess for Malice Points as the branch’s killing intent grew stronger.

The Beast God Cult Saintess struggled to escape the tightening blockade around Dangtian Mountain and ordered the Hall Elders to fuel another summoning with their lives. As a vast tornado and Beast Tide erupted from the cult's stronghold, Ye Li and the surrounding camps prepared for battle.

• The Saintess lamented that Zuo Qingyu had reinforced the mountain blockade and angrily berated the cultists for their weakness.
• The Saintess explained that she could not let the Beast God Cult lose its only other person able to communicate with the Beast God, then ordered two Hall Elders to sacrifice themselves to the altar.
• A gigantic aura erupted above the branch, raising a tornado that tore through trees and boulders.
• Two enormous exotic beasts charged from the stronghold toward Ye Li as a massive Beast Tide poured down the mountain.
• Liu Jing and the camps across Dangtian Mountain prepared to meet the Beast Tide.

Ye Li charged into the Beast Tide at Eagle Cry Gorge and destroyed it with a gigantic Ice Azure Dragon, then raised the fallen beasts as his own army. After securing the gorge, he set out to search the mountain branch base for the Beast God Cult's Saintess.

• Liu Jing and the enforcers prepared a battle formation at Eagle Cry Gorge as the Beast Tide descended Dangtian Mountain.
• Ye Li ignored Liu Jing's warning, rushed toward the Beast Tide, and summoned a colossal Ice Azure Dragon.
• Ye Li's dragon strike annihilated the Beast Tide at Eagle Cry Gorge, shocking Liu Jing, Chen Jingli, and the other enforcers.
• Ye Li raised hundreds of mutant beast corpses as his forces and declined Chen Jingli's offer to help.
• Ye Li stored away his beast army and headed up the mountain to search the branch base for the Beast God Cult's Saintess.

After Ye Li destroyed the Beast Tide at Eagle Cry Gorge, Liu Jing and Wu Jie reacted with awe and fear at his strength. Ye Li reached Dangtian Mountain’s summit, where he spotted Fengyun University vice principal Zuo Qingyu battling two Sixth-Tier exotic beasts, and continued toward the Beast God Cult branch instead of joining the fight.

• Liu Jing surveyed the devastation at Eagle Cry Gorge and realized Ye Li’s strength was no rumor or exaggeration.
• Wu Jie feared Ye Li might destroy the Northern Wu Family if she sought revenge, so she ordered Song Tao to keep the morning’s events secret from everyone, including her father and sister.
• Ye Li checked his Malice Points gains from killing exotic beasts and a Fourth-Tier martial artist, then hurried toward Dangtian Mountain’s summit.
• Ye Li found Zuo Qingyu fighting and overpowering two Sixth-Tier exotic beasts with her tornadoes.
• With only about half his true qi restored, Ye Li decided not to risk attacking the beasts and headed toward the Beast God Cult branch as Zuo Qingyu glanced after him.

The Beast God Cult Saintess prepared to use a blood altar and a summoned Fifth-Tier beast to escape the Qingyi Bureau’s blockade. Ye Li arrived alone at the branch and faced her, while the altar’s ominous power continued to build.

• The Beast God Cult Saintess used the life force of two Fourth-Tier Hall Elders and her own essence blood to charge the altar for a [Divine Descent] attack.
• She judged that her two Beast Venerables could hold off Zuo Qingyu for ten minutes and vowed that Fengyun University students would pay for the assault.
• Ye Li broke through the hall doors and entered the branch alone, surprising the Beast God Cult Saintess.
• The Beast God Cult Saintess mocked Ye Li’s Fourth-Tier Peak cultivation and prepared to break his limbs and use his blood.
• Ye Li sensed something ominous brewing at the altar and focused golden light into his eyes as he prepared to fight the Saintess.

Ye Li overwhelmed the Beast God Cult Saintess as she tried to stop him from reaching the altar. He summoned more than a hundred exotic beasts to hold her down and continued toward the power gathering there.

• The Beast God Cult Saintess prepared to kill Ye Li and absorb his Treasured Blood.
• Ye Li struck the Saintess with a Qi Burst, nearly shattering her ribs and leaving himself unharmed.
• Ye Li summoned an Ice Azure Dragon that smashed the Saintess into the mountain.
• The injured Saintess emerged and warned Ye Li not to approach the altar dedicated to the Supreme Beast God.
• Ye Li summoned more than a hundred exotic beasts to attack the Saintess and continued toward the altar.

Ye Li destroyed the Beast God Cult's altar, prompting the Saintess to unleash Divine Descent and crush him with the Beast God's pressure. He resisted long enough for his Golden Soul to transform, gaining a new ability that made him immune to pressure from higher beings.

• The Beast God Cult's Saintess struggled against the endless exotic beasts as Ye Li reached the altar and destroyed it with an ice dragon.
• The furious Saintess ignited her blood-red patterns and used Divine Descent, unleashing the Beast God's aura across Dangtian Mountain.
• Ye Li was overwhelmed by the pressure and began to bend, but he resolved to resist and summoned the strength of his Golden Soul.
• The Saintess approached Ye Li, confident that Divine Descent would let her kill him, but he slowly straightened and met her gaze.
• Ye Li's Golden Soul transformed, upgrading Indestructible Golden Soul to LV4 and granting him the innate divine ability Walk With Me.

Ye Li withstood the Beast God Cult Saintess’ [Divine Descent] and defeated her in a fierce fight. When she believed she could die in peace, he began breaking her limbs to make her pay for the Malice Points her status was worth.

• The Beast God Cult Saintess was horrified when Ye Li remained standing under the Beast God’s aura, then summoned an illusory mutated beast and charged at him.
• Ye Li shattered the beast with a punch and fought the Saintess head-on, matching her repeated Qi Bursts while replenishing his true qi with his Breathing Technique.
• Ye Li broke through the Saintess’ defense and struck her chest, sending her crashing into a wall and leaving her near death.
• The Saintess accepted her defeat and began to lose consciousness, but cried out when Ye Li stepped on and fractured her left arm.
• Ye Li told the terrified Saintess that he was breaking her limbs and that the fight was not over.

Ye Li tortured and killed the Beast God Cult Saintess, then summoned a loyal copy of her and tested whether she would choose him over the Beast God. Outside, Zuo Qingyu killed the two Rank Six exotic beasts and approached the branch, where she saw Ye Li emerge unharmed with the Saintess’s robe.

• Ye Li crushed the Beast God Cult Saintess with his true qi as she begged him to end her suffering.
• The Saintess cursed Ye Li and threatened to haunt him, but he killed her in an explosion of blood mist.
• Ye Li summoned an almost identical Saintess, who immediately pledged loyalty and dismissed the Beast God as trash.
• After the oppressive aura vanished, Zuo Qingyu restored herself to peak condition and killed the two wounded Rank Six exotic beasts.
• Zuo Qingyu flew to the Beast God Cult branch and saw Ye Li emerge in bloodstained robes, holding the Saintess’s robe.

Ye Li met Fengyun University's vice principal Zuo Qingyu on Dangtian Mountain after surviving the Beast God Cult Saintess's Divine Descent. He secretly made Zuo Qingyu kneel, leaving her humiliated and convinced an unseen enemy was responsible.

• Zuo Qingyu recognized the Saintess's red robe in Ye Li's hands and questioned how he had survived their battle.
• Ye Li told Zuo Qingyu he was a Fengyun University freshman, and she examined him before learning he was under twenty.
• Ye Li teased Zuo Qingyu and earned Malice Points, then noticed her strength weaken after her secret technique failed.
• Ye Li used the Harmony Ring to drain his true qi and force Zuo Qingyu to kneel under an overwhelming pressure.
• Zuo Qingyu failed to stand, blamed an unseen culprit, and asked Ye Li to help her up; he lifted her by the collar.

After the mission ended, Zuo Qingyu rewarded Ye Li with two S-Grade Divine Mansion Condensing Methods and offered to guide him in one of them. Ye Li returned to Eagle Cry Gorge as headquarters declared the mission complete, and a classified battle record was sent to the Huaxia Qingyi Bureau.

• Zuo Qingyu thanked Ye Li for forcing out the Saintess's [Divine Descent] and asked why he had joined the dangerous mission.
• Ye Li explained that he needed three First-Class Credits to obtain an S-Grade Divine Mansion Condensing Method, so Zuo Qingyu gave him two and accepted his offer to help if she ever struggled to reach Grandmaster.
• Zuo Qingyu told Ye Li that her Divine Mansion was Gold, and Ye Li chose to study the Storm City method with her guidance.
• Ye Li returned to the Eagle Cry Gorge camp, where Liu Jing praised him and the enforcers volunteered to guard his tent.
• Headquarters declared the mission complete, prompting relief and gratitude among the enforcers at Eagle Cry Gorge.
• A classified battle record was sent from Eagle Cry Gorge directly to the Huaxia Qingyi Bureau headquarters.

Fengyun University students discovered that freshman Ye Li had taken Cui Ming’s tenth-place spot on the Fengyun Ranking, and rumors revealed Ye Li’s overwhelming victories over higher-ranked opponents. Cui Ming abandoned thoughts of challenging him and headed to the cafeteria, leaving the top-ranked students to contend for the Martial Ground Baptism.

• Students gathered around the Floating Shadow Giant Stone and questioned the unfamiliar name Ye Li in tenth place on the Fengyun Ranking.
• A student explained that Ye Li was a freshman who had crushed two top-fifteen students at the Enlightenment Pavilion.
• Cui Ming realized Ye Li had also severely injured a newly advanced Fourth-Tier Martial Artist with little effort.
• Students recognized Cui Ming as the former tenth-ranked student, now eleventh, and speculated about whether he would challenge Ye Li.
• Cui Ming thanked the student who shared the news, changed course toward the cafeteria, and cursed the monsters on the ranking.

Sun Chiyang told Xu Tian that Chen Jingli had gone on a mission with her junior disciple, Ye Li, provoking Xu Tian's fury. Meanwhile, Ye Li studied Zuo Qingyu's Storm City method and began using his Malice Points to cultivate it.

• Sun Chiyang teased Xu Tian about Chen Jingli and revealed that she had taken Ye Li on a mission alone.
• Xu Tian learned that Ye Li was Chen Jingli's junior disciple and the newly risen dark horse on the Fengyun Ranking.
• Ye Li went to Zuo Qingyu's office to study the S-Grade Divine Mansion Condensing Method, Storm City.
• Zuo Qingyu explained Storm City to Ye Li, who claimed he understood and declined to ask her for further guidance.
• Ye Li used his panel to spend Malice Points and begin cultivating Storm City.

Ye Li used Malice Points to master and perfect the S-Grade Divine Mansion Condensing Method, Storm City, astonishing Zuo Qingyu with his progress. His breakthrough summoned a destructive vortex above the vice principal’s office building, drawing the attention of students across Fengyun University.

• Ye Li studied Storm City and used his regeneration and Malice Points to cultivate its dangerous methods without fear of injury.
• Ye Li advanced Storm City from Beginner to Proficient as Zuo Qingyu watched him make rapid progress.
• Zuo Qingyu realized Ye Li had nearly entered the hall in less than two days, surpassing her expectations and convincing her he was worth nurturing.
• Ye Li mastered Storm City through Great Mastery and achieved Perfection, becoming the strongest Heavenly Gate Realm cultivator in Huaxia’s history.
• A massive vortex tore the roof from the vice principal’s office building, and students across Fengyun University looked toward the storm.

Ye Li achieved mastery of [Storm City] in just two days, shocking Zuo Qingyu, who then offered guidance and protection while warning him not to rely on others or become distracted. As Ye Li prepared to leave for the Martial Ground Baptism, Zuo Qingyu asked him to add her as a contact.

• Zuo Qingyu saw Ye Li achieve mastery of [Storm City] and collapsed the growing vortex with a snap of her fingers.
• Ye Li thanked Zuo Qingyu for her guidance and reaffirmed his promise to help if she faced obstacles breaking through to the Seventh Tier, but she insisted she would reach Grandmaster on her own.
• Zuo Qingyu told Ye Li that Huaxia's officials would protect him after his encirclement mission and advised him to trust his own ability and avoid distractions.
• Ye Li said he was leaving to prepare for the Martial Ground Baptism in three days.
• Zuo Qingyu stopped Ye Li at the door and asked him to add her as a contact.

Ye Li prepared the Beast God Cult Saintess as a trump card and learned more about the Beast God Cult and its secret realm. Lin Yinyun then explained the upcoming Martial Ground Baptism, where Ye Li would have to fight for a better position.

• Ye Li restored his strength, summoned the Beast God Cult Saintess, and used his true qi to recharge her blood-red patterns, which could let her suppress a weakened Sixth-Tier Martial Artist for a few minutes.
• The Saintess told Ye Li that she had warned Beast God Cult branches across Huaxia that she was alive and described the Saint Son, the Beast God, and the secret realm’s five-year audience schedule.
• Ye Li realized the next audience with the Beast God was less than a year away and planned to visit the secret realm after reaching Grandmaster.
• Lin Yinyun contacted Ye Li and explained that the Martial Ground Baptism’s ten positions were won through fighting, with earlier positions giving better effects.
• Lin Yinyun advised Ye Li to seek a forward position and suggested he challenge Song Man, who was ranked seventh.

Ye Li entered the Martial Ground for the Baptism and was confronted by Xu Tian, who ordered him to stay away from Chen Jingli. Ye Li overwhelmed Xu Tian and threatened the others on the mountaintop, leaving the other participants stunned and Sun Chiyang terrified.

• Zuo Qingyu opened the portal to the Martial Ground Secret Realm and sent the ten young participants inside.
• Ye Li inspected the mountaintop and its ten lotus seats, then moved toward the foremost seat.
• Xu Tian threatened Ye Li and demanded that he stay away from Chen Jingli, while Sun Chiyang tried to intervene.
• Ye Li moved too quickly for Xu Tian to follow, struck him across the mountaintop, and slammed him unconscious into the ground.
• Ye Li warned the stunned crowd that none of them would get away, leaving Sun Chiyang terrified.

Ye Li confronted the Fengyun University geniuses after defeating Xu Tian, and Sun Chiyang realized Ye Li’s strength far surpassed theirs. When they tried to negotiate, Ye Li attacked the eighth-ranked prodigy and declared that he would spare none of them, leaving the mountaintop on the verge of a fight.

• Sun Chiyang sensed Ye Li’s overwhelming aura and feared that his strength exceeded Fourth-Tier Level Eight.
• Li Jiankai and the other Fengyun University geniuses gathered against Ye Li, while Song Man offered to let him take Xu Tian’s baptism position if he stopped there.
• A burly young man demanded that Ye Li accept their concession, but Ye Li vanished and struck him with a palm.
• Ye Li’s attack severely injured the eighth-ranked Fengyun Ranking prodigy and earned him 8,000 Malice Points.
• Ye Li declared that he would not spare anyone, even if they knelt and begged, as cold air surged around him.

Ye Li revealed his Fourth-Tier Peak strength and overwhelmed the challengers who had tried to claim his baptism positions. He left Song Man and Sun Chiyang unconscious, while Li Jiankai began considering how to leave with dignity.

• Ye Li unleashed his aura and summoned an Ice Azure Dragon, forcing Sun Chiyang to offer him a front position for the baptism.
• Li Jiankai attacked the Ice Azure Dragon with his sword, but the dragon shattered his Sword Qi.
• Ye Li struck Song Man down despite her warning that her master was Xu Can.
• Ye Li froze Sun Chiyang after breaking apart his lion-headed attack and left him unconscious.
• Li Jiankai sheathed his sword and began considering how to leave the Martial Ground with dignity.

Ye Li defeated Li Jiankai and the other Fengyun Ranking prodigies, earning a huge harvest of Malice Points as he waited for the Martial Ground Baptism. Chen Jingli thanked him for awakening her feelings, then teleported away before the baptism began.

• Li Jiankai urged the other four Fengyun Ranking prodigies to attack Ye Li and destroy his Teleportation Token.
• Ye Li sent the Ice Azure Dragon crashing into the mountaintop, severely injuring eight prodigies and teleporting them away.
• Ye Li checked his Malice Points and noted that Storm City was close to breaking through to the fifth rank.
• Chen Jingli thanked Ye Li, saying the experience had made her feel alive and weakened the seal around her heart barrier.
• Chen Jingli crushed her Teleportation Token and vanished as Ye Li turned his attention to the coming baptism.