Recaps

Ye Li arrived at Green Snake Mountain to kill its Transcendence Realm ancestor, overpowering the mountain’s elders before confronting the Green Snake Mountain Master. The Master trapped Ye Li in a freezing snake array, but Ye Li activated Golden Soul Revival and unleashed golden blood energy that vaporized the array’s chilling power.

• Ye Li came to Green Snake Mountain after confirming the Wutong Mountain ceremony schedule, intending to settle scores with the mountain before Wutong Mountain.
• Ye Li announced that he wanted a Transcendence Realm snake’s head, then used his pressure to pin Green Snake Mountain’s elders to the ground.
• The Green Snake Mountain Master confronted Ye Li and challenged him over his enemies in the Sea of Nine Harmonies and his opposition to Wutong Mountain.
• The Green Snake Mountain Master summoned countless tiny snakes to form a freezing killing array around Ye Li.
• Ye Li activated Golden Soul Revival, and his surging golden blood energy erased the array’s freezing cold.

Ye Li fought the Green Snake Mountain Master on Green Snake Mountain and used his techniques and treasures to overcome the elder’s formation and realm advantage. He killed the Green Snake Mountain Master, though his own right arm was broken in the final exchange.

• Ye Li overpowered the Green Snake Mountain Master in close combat until the elder ordered Qing Ruoxu to activate Green Snake Mountain’s God-Eroding Ink Miasma.
• The miasma stiffened Ye Li’s golden blood vitality, but he struck the Green Snake Mountain Master in the jaw and then stole the Mystic-Scale Treasure Umbrella from an ambushing elder with the Heaven-Intercepting Spirit-Plundering Technique.
• Ye Li summoned Dao Scripture My Book, raising his standing to the Transcendence Realm and restoring the pressure that had weakened against the Green Snake Mountain Master.
• Ye Li punched through the Green Snake Mountain Master’s chest, and the elder snapped Ye Li’s right arm while trying to stop him.
• Ye Li used Highest Clarity Jade Edict to strengthen the humans present, then cleaved the Green Snake Mountain Master’s head apart and split his dharma body in two.

Ye Li cut down the Green Snake Mountain Master's elites and pursued him to Rear Mountain after he revived through Life-and-Death Molt. The Green Snake Mountain Master tried to stabilize his new body, but Ye Li struck first and overwhelmed him with a punch.

• The Green Snake Mountain Master used Life-and-Death Molt to revive in a body prepared in his Cave Abode and ordered his elders to stop Ye Li.
• Ye Li swept his finger through the air with Yin-Yang Divide, cutting down the charging elders and Dao Masters.
• The Green Snake Mountain Master ordered Qing Ruoxu to activate the grand formation and buy him time to stabilize his new body.
• Ye Li shattered the Rear Mountain's sealing wards, reached the Green Snake Mountain Master, and punched him hard enough to crack his body.

Ye Li annihilated the Green Snake Mountain Master and destroyed Green Snake Mountain, then left for Wutong Mountain after plundering its resources. Ape Three arrived later to demand support and found only a vast abyss where the mountain had stood.

• Ye Li defeated the Green Snake Mountain Master with his enhanced body and killed him with the Divine Spear, erasing nearly half of Green Snake Mountain.
• Ye Li gave the surviving demonic cultivators three breaths to flee, then slew everyone still within the mountain range with spatial slashes.
• Ye Li looted Green Snake Mountain's treasuries and departed, deciding not to attack the distant Jade Capital Society before the event at Wutong Mountain.
• Ape Three arrived with several hundred Jade Capital Society elites to demand manpower and support, but found Green Snake Mountain reduced to a blood-soaked abyss.

Ape Three realized Green Snake Mountain had been destroyed and rushed to warn his elder brother. Meanwhile, Pei Wufeng told the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion elders she planned to accompany Ye Li and Cangyuan to Wutong Mountain, arguing that she only wanted to befriend Ye Li despite the danger.

• Ape Three sensed the lingering laws of a dead Transcendence Realm powerhouse and concluded that Green Snake Mountain's master and sect had been wiped out.
• Ape Three panicked, forgot to use his communication Jade Talisman, and hurried back with his subordinates to warn his elder brother.
• Pei Wufeng told the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion elders that she would take Ye Li and Cangyuan to Wutong Mountain in two days.
• The elders protested that the weakened Sword Pavilion could not afford to provoke Wutong Mountain and the Dark Moon Directorate, who forbade new Transcendence Realm cultivators from emerging.
• Pei Wufeng said suppressing her cultivation was not a lasting solution and explained that she only wanted to befriend Ye Li, not stake the Sword Pavilion's fate on him.

The Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion learned that Green Snake Mountain had been destroyed and suspected Ye Li was responsible. At Wutong Mountain, its ruler sensed the Green Snake Mountain Master's death and reacted with disbelief.

• Pei Wufeng defended her belief that Ye Li would eventually reach Transcendence, while the Sword Pavilion elders doubted he could survive Wutong Mountain's pressure.
• A heavenly omen announced that a Transcendent had fallen, and the Sword Pavilion Grand Elder ordered a divination.
• The Green-Robed Elder divined that Green Snake Mountain's Master had died and the faction had been destroyed.
• Pei Wufeng concluded that Ye Li had destroyed Green Snake Mountain and reminded the elders of her prediction.
• At Wutong Mountain, the ruler sensed Green Snake's fall and quietly questioned whether it was true.

Divine Lord Lihuo learned that the Green Snake Mountain Lord had died and suspected a hidden Transcendence Realm cultivator was responsible. Unable to divine the killer, he interrupted Wutong Mountain’s ceremony preparations to investigate Green Snake Mountain’s enemies, and his son said he knew something about the matter.

• Divine Lord Lihuo wondered whether Green Snake’s death meant a new Transcendence Realm cultivator had appeared, and vowed to kill anyone who threatened his path to greater power.
• Divine Lord Lihuo tried to divine the killer’s identity but found that the person’s karma was impossible to read.
• Divine Lord Lihuo left seclusion and arrived at Wutong Mountain’s Grand Hall, where cultivators were preparing for the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony.
• Divine Lord Lihuo asked whether Green Snake Mountain had recently made a mortal enemy, and his son said he knew something about the matter.

After Green Snake Mountain was annihilated, Divine Lord Lihuo ordered Feng Changsi to investigate and to stop the Jade Capital Society from targeting Ye Li. At the Jade Capital Society, Ape Two concluded that Ye Li was likely responsible and urged his brothers to seek favor at Wutong Mountain rather than remain his enemies.

• Feng Changsi told Divine Lord Lihuo that Ye Li was a newly advanced Dao Fruit Realm cultivator and that he had ordered the Jade Capital Society to eliminate Ye Li and Cangyuan.
• Divine Lord Lihuo ordered Feng Changsi to halt the plan against Ye Li and revealed that Green Snake Mountain's Dao Lineage had been destroyed and its master killed.
• Ape Three returned to the Jade Capital Society and told the Great Demon Ape and Ape Two that Green Snake Mountain had been wiped out.
• Ape Two suspected Ye Li had destroyed Green Snake Mountain after Ape Three confirmed that the ruins bore a sharpness that made his muscles and bones ache.
• Ape Two advised the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three to end their feud with Ye Li and visit Wutong Mountain for the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony.

Ape Two persuaded the Great Demon Ape to report Ye Li’s power to Wutong Mountain rather than fight him, while Ye Li restored his strength and used Green Snake Mountain’s treasures to reach the peak of the Dao Fruit Realm. The Great Demon Ape headed for Wutong Mountain, and Ye Li prepared for his imminent trip there.

• Ape Two exposed the Great Demon Ape’s hesitation and learned that he had accepted an advance payment from a young master of Wutong Mountain to kill Cangyuan and Ye Li.
• Ape Two advised the Great Demon Ape to attend the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony and tell the Divine Lord that Ye Li appeared to have entered the Transcendence Realm.
• The Great Demon Ape left with Ape Three for Wutong Mountain and put Ape Two in charge of keeping the Jade Capital Society from troubling the Sea of Nine Harmonies.
• Ye Li recovered his divine power in the Highest Clarity Divine Palace after destroying Green Snake Mountain.
• Ye Li swallowed dozens of Dao Fruit Treasure Pellets and used his Malice Points to advance to the peak of the Dao Fruit Realm.

Ye Li perfected the transcendent divine-grade Highest Clarity Extreme Day Imperial Heaven Golden Register and reached half-step transcendence. He left his secluded chamber just a sliver short of the Transcendence Realm, while the Azure Abyss Dao Master feared the attention this might draw from Wutong Mountain and the Dark Moon Directorate.

• Ye Li used his remaining malice points to perfect the Life-Origin Great Transformation Scripture, then reshaped it into the transcendent divine-grade Highest Clarity Extreme Day Imperial Heaven Golden Register.
• Ye Li's new method transformed his existence and advanced him to half-step transcendence, releasing divine might across the Eight Desolations Cosmos.
• The Azure Abyss Dao Master feared Ye Li's breakthrough would alert Wutong Mountain and the Dark Moon Directorate before their grand ceremony.
• Ye Li emerged from the chamber and told the Azure Abyss Dao Master that he was only a sliver away from transcendence.
• Ye Li told the Azure Abyss Dao Master they would soon attend the banquet at Wutong Mountain and that he could be afraid once they arrived.

Ye Li prepared to travel with Cangyuan and Pei Wufeng to Wutong Mountain, hinting that he might break through to Transcendence during its ceremony. At Wutong Mountain, Feng Changsi feared Cangyuan would disrupt the gathering and provoke his father, Divine Lord Lihuo.

• Cangyuan asked when Ye Li would break through, and Ye Li suggested he might demonstrate a breakthrough at Wutong Mountain’s ceremony.
• Pei Wufeng arrived at the Highest Clarity Divine Palace and was astonished by Ye Li’s formidable aura.
• Ye Li, Pei Wufeng, and Cangyuan set out for Wutong Mountain immediately.
• As the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony drew near, Feng Changsi received a report that the guests and grand formations were ready.
• Feng Changsi regretted sparing Cangyuan and feared that Cangyuan might come to disrupt the ceremony and incur Divine Lord Lihuo’s wrath.

After the Jade Capital Society failed to deal with Cangyuan, the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three visited Feng Changsi with news about Green Snake Mountain. Feng Changsi rushed off to report that Dao Master Ye Li was responsible, while the Great Demon Ape believed the Society’s crisis was finally over.

• Feng Changsi berated the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three for the Jade Capital Society’s failure to deal with Cangyuan.
• The Great Demon Ape told Feng Changsi that the Jade Capital Society had investigated Green Snake Mountain’s destruction.
• The Great Demon Ape identified Dao Master Ye Li, Cangyuan’s companion, as the culprit and claimed he was likely a Transcendence Realm powerhouse.
• Feng Changsi promised the Jade Capital Society a reward if the information proved true, then rushed off to report it.
• The Great Demon Ape told Ape Three that the Jade Capital Society’s crisis was finally over.

Feng Changsi told Li Yao that Cangyuan and Ye Li faced death because Ye Li had advanced to Transcendence without permission. Li Yao tried to seize Feng Changsi with the palace formations, but his Jade Pendant overwhelmed them, leaving her captive as he prepared to make her witness Wutong Mountain destroy Cangyuan.

• Feng Changsi visited Li Yao in her secluded palace before the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony and taunted her about Cangyuan.
• Feng Changsi revealed that Ye Li had advanced to Transcendence without permission and claimed Divine Lord Lihuo would kill Ye Li and Cangyuan.
• Li Yao realized Cangyuan was in danger and decided to capture Feng Changsi to bargain for his life and Ye Li's.
• Li Yao turned the palace formations against Feng Changsi, but he used his Jade Pendant to destroy them and suppress her cultivation.
• Feng Changsi announced that he would make Li Yao watch Wutong Mountain crush Cangyuan.

Wutong Mountain held a grand Emperor-Seeking Ceremony to welcome the Divine Phoenix, an Innate Dao Master born from a Phoenix Egg, and bind it to Divine Lord Li Huo. The guests learned that Li Huo planned to overwhelm the proud Phoenix with the admiration of the gathered crowd before imprinting its true spirit and making it his Dao partner.

• Wutong Mountain began the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony as powerful figures from across the Star Domains gathered.
• Guests observed the Phoenix Egg, which held the Divine Phoenix nurtured within Wutong Mountain’s Divine Tree.
• A sect master asked why Divine Lord Li Huo had revealed the Phoenix’s existence to the world.
• A Dao Lord explained that Li Huo had invited the crowd to make the Phoenix feel admired and lower its guard as it emerged.
• The surrounding cultivators marveled at Wutong Mountain’s plan to bind the Divine Phoenix to Li Huo.

At Wutong Mountain, Feng Changsi reported that Ye Li was behind Green Snake Mountain’s destruction, earning Divine Lord Lihuo’s rare praise as they awaited the Divine Phoenix’s hatching. The ceremony’s preparations continued when Sword Chief Pei Wufeng arrived from the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion.

• Feng Changsi brought the sealed Li Yao before Divine Lord Lihuo and reported that Ye Li had destroyed Green Snake Mountain.
• Divine Lord Lihuo praised Feng Changsi and invited him to watch the ceremony from beside him.
• Li Yao realized Wutong Mountain knew about Ye Li and feared that he and Cangyuan would fall into a trap.
• Divine Lord Lihuo said the Divine Phoenix would be ready to emerge in a few days, after the remaining forbidden grounds arrived.
• Sword Chief Pei Wufeng arrived at Wutong Mountain from the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion with congratulatory gifts.

The Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion arrived at Wutong Mountain’s ceremony with Ye Li and the Azure Abyss Dao Master, whose killing intent alerted Divine Lord Lihuo. Feng Changsi identified Cangyuan as his enemy and revealed Ye Li’s identity, prompting Lihuo to decide they would die; Ye Li then headed straight for the seats near the divine phoenix.

• Divine Lord Lihuo recognized the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion’s delegation as a potential threat and noticed the Azure Abyss Dao Master’s killing intent.
• Feng Changsi identified the gray-robed cultivator as Cangyuan, described their past conflict, and claimed Ye Li was the man who destroyed Green Snake Mountain.
• Divine Lord Lihuo learned Ye Li’s identity and coldly resolved to deal with him and Cangyuan at the ceremony.
• Ye Li told Pei Wufeng and Cangyuan that Lihuo had likely sensed something unusual about them, and Cangyuan apologized for exposing the group with his killing intent.
• Ye Li confirmed that the woman in blue on the summit was Cangyuan’s wife, then walked toward the central seats near the divine phoenix.

At the Divine Phoenix ceremony, Ye Li and the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion ignored the usual courtesies, while Can Lu arrived on behalf of the Dark Moon Directorate. As the Phoenix Egg began absorbing the mountain’s spiritual energy, Ye Li unleashed a vast aura, and Divine Lord Lihuo rose and appeared at the edge of the Main Peak.

• Ye Li entered with Pei Wufeng and the Azure Abyss Dao Master, ignored the customary greetings and gifts, and took the Sword Pavilion’s seats of honor.
• Can Lu arrived for the Dark Moon Directorate, paid his respects to Divine Lord Lihuo, and noticed the Divine Lord watching the Sword Pavilion representatives.
• The master of ceremonies began the grand ceremony, and the arrays across Wutong Mountain sent vast spiritual energy toward the Phoenix Egg.
• Ye Li activated his divine power, releasing a terrifying aura that stunned the gathered cultivators, while Pei Wufeng anticipated that he would disrupt the proceedings.
• Divine Lord Lihuo ignored Feng Changsi’s call, rose from his seat, and appeared in the air at the edge of the Main Peak.

At Wutong Mountain, Cangyuan accused Divine Lord Lihuo’s son of betraying him and abducting his wife, while Ye Li stepped in to protect him. Ye Li survived Lihuo’s fiery attack and unleashed a secret art that raised his power as he challenged the entire mountain.

• Divine Lord Lihuo demanded that Ye Li and his companions explain why they had come to Wutong Mountain without offering congratulations or gifts.
• Cangyuan accused Feng Changsi of repaying his family’s kindness by attacking him, shattering his Dao foundation, and imprisoning his wife for tens of thousands of years.
• Divine Lord Lihuo’s Heartfire nearly killed Cangyuan, but Ye Li extinguished it and told him to step back.
• Ye Li condemned the Lihuo family and threatened to destroy them, prompting Divine Lord Lihuo to attack with a blazing phoenix.
• Ye Li emerged unharmed from Lihuo’s flames, pushed back his Transcendence pressure, and activated Golden Divine Ability, Imperial Command Over Mountains and Seas.

Ye Li used three Divine Abilities to reach Transcendence-level power and fought Divine Lord Lihuo across Wutong Mountain. After breaking through Lihuo’s defenses and surviving his strongest attacks, Ye Li pierced his dharma body with the Divine Spear.

• Ye Li absorbed the spiritual essence of the Sea of Nine Harmonies and rose to a level that made the gathered cultivators bow under his pressure.
• Divine Lord Lihuo attacked Ye Li with Wutong Mountain’s divine fire, but Ye Li emerged from the flames and slashed Lihuo back tens of thousands of miles.
• Feng Changsi and Li Yao watched in shock as Ye Li’s wounds regenerated and Lihuo struggled to contain him.
• Divine Lord Lihuo used Heartfire and [Reversed Five Elements] to trap Ye Li in gale force and strike him with a blazing palm imprint.
• Ye Li activated [Literary Dao Empowerment], pierced the palm imprint with his Divine Spear, and drove the spear through Lihuo’s dharma body.

Ye Li revealed his True Self Dharma Body and stopped Divine Lord Lihuo’s killing attack. The colossal form seized the returning Divine Spear as Wutong Mountain’s formations failed to harm it.

• Divine Lord Lihuo’s pierced body vanished as a Law avatar, while his Divine Spear shot into the stars.
• Divine Lord Lihuo unleashed a storm of destructive ash and wind at Ye Li.
• Ye Li declared that Divine Lord Lihuo had had enough, and the storm split apart.
• Ye Li transformed into his immense True Self Dharma Body, whose radiance erased Wutong Mountain’s attacking formations.
• Ye Li’s Divine Spear returned and expanded in the Dharma Body’s hand.

Ye Li unleashed a devastating Dharma Form strike that split Wutong Mountain and gravely wounded Divine Lord Lihuo. He destroyed Lihuo’s body, captured his True Spirit in a porcelain bottle, and left Wutong Mountain’s people stunned by their leader’s pleas for peace.

• Ye Li’s Dharma Form struck Wutong Mountain with its Divine Spear, cleaving the mountain apart and suppressing its flames.
• Pei Wufeng protected Cangyuan and Li Yao from the shock waves as she watched Ye Li overwhelm Divine Lord Lihuo.
• The strike shattered most of Lihuo’s Dharma Body and left Destruction Law suppressing his Nirvana Method.
• Ye Li ambushed Lihuo, destroyed his remaining body with a punch, and exposed his True Spirit.
• Lihuo tried to flee, but Ye Li captured him in a porcelain bottle and sealed it with divine fire.
• Lihuo begged Ye Li to negotiate, while Wutong Mountain’s elders, disciples, and allies stood in stunned silence.

After Ye Li defeated the Divine Lord, he destroyed Feng Changsi and avenged Li Yao. A brilliant eruption from the Welcoming Immortal Mansion then signaled that the Divine Phoenix was about to be born.

• Li Yao broke free, rejoiced at the Divine Lord’s defeat, and taunted Feng Changsi.
• Feng Changsi recognized Ye Li and pleaded with him, then tried to fight back using the Crimson-Gold Jade Pendant.
• Ye Li shattered the pendant, burned Feng Changsi’s body to ash, and collected his true spirit in a bottle.
• Li Yao thanked Ye Li for avenging her.
• Radiance and a phoenix cry burst from the Welcoming Immortal Mansion, and Ye Li realized the Divine Phoenix was about to be born.

Ye Li watched the Divine Phoenix hatch amid an extraordinary display of colored light and innate power. As the newborn’s radiance gathered around him and stirred his emotions, Divine Lord Lihuo realized the Phoenix could command the seven emotions and feared his plan was in danger.

• Divine Lord Lihuo sensed the Divine Phoenix nearing its birth and hid his excitement while pleading with Ye Li for mercy.
• Ye Li rejected Divine Lord Lihuo’s offer to sacrifice his children and continued holding him inside the porcelain bottle.
• The Divine Phoenix hatched in the ruins, releasing an innate aura that filled the gathered cultivators with reverence.
• Seven-colored radiance gathered around Ye Li, who grasped a Mystic Phoenix phantom and recognized the phenomenon as emotional in nature.
• Divine Lord Lihuo recalled an ancient text describing the Divine Phoenix’s supreme status and ability to give tangible form to emotions.

The Primordial Divine Phoenix emerged and chose Ye Li over Divine Lord Lihuo and the Wutong Divine Tree, restoring Ye Li’s Divine Power. It offered to help Ye Li take the tree, declaring that it still had great use for them.

• Divine Lord Lihuo burned his True Spirit to revive the damaged Wutong Divine Tree, hoping to use it to steal the Divine Phoenix’s good fortune and escape the Porcelain Bottle.
• The Primordial Divine Phoenix emerged and considered Ye Li and the glowing Wutong Divine Tree while the gathered cultivators watched in silence.
• Pei Wufeng reassured Cangyuan that Ye Li was the only suitable candidate for the proud Divine Phoenix to acknowledge.
• The Primordial Divine Phoenix ignored the Wutong Divine Tree, turned to Ye Li, and restored much of his depleted Divine Power.
• The Primordial Divine Phoenix praised Ye Li and offered to help him take the Wutong Divine Tree, further damaging Divine Lord Lihuo’s Dao Heart.

Ye Li uprooted the Wutong Divine Tree and killed Divine Lord Lihuo after rejecting his pleas and final counterattack. With Wutong Mountain’s leader dead, its surviving cultivators lost hope and its allies feared the fallout.

• The Divine Phoenix told Ye Li that the Wutong Divine Tree could help him comprehend the Dao or strengthen his body, and Ye Li agreed to take it.
• Ye Li cut the Wutong Divine Tree free with the earth and Spirit Veins beneath it, severing Divine Lord Lihuo’s connection to it.
• Divine Lord Lihuo pleaded for his life and offered Wutong Mountain’s allegiance, but Ye Li refused to spare him.
• Divine Lord Lihuo burned his remaining True Spirit essence, warned Ye Li about hidden Transcendence cultivators, and unleashed his Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Ye Li burned Divine Lord Lihuo’s True Spirit to nothing, and Wutong Mountain’s surviving cultivators broke down as its allied factions feared being associated with it.