Recaps

After Ye Li destroyed Wutong Mountain, the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three tried to escape, but he killed them both. The Jade Capital Society’s two chiefs were wiped out, and Ye Li continued on from the bloodbath.

• The Great Demon Ape and Ape Three panicked after witnessing Divine Lord Lihuo’s death and tried to flee Wutong Mountain.
• The Great Demon Ape discovered that Ye Li had sealed the area’s space, while Ape Three’s attack on the barrier failed.
• Ye Li appeared beside the Great Demon Ape and shredded him with cutting force, killing him despite his plea to serve Ye Li.
• Ape Three begged for mercy, denied ever eating humans, and believed Ye Li had let him go.
• Ye Li’s hidden Heartfire ignited inside Ape Three and burned him to ashes, killing both Jade Capital Society chiefs.

Ye Li questioned Can Lu, the Dark Moon Directorate’s deputy Director, about his role in Wutong Mountain’s scheme and killed him after learning he had brought human cultivator heart blood as a gift. Ye Li then prepared to use Divine Lord Lihuo’s Heartfire to eliminate Wutong Mountain’s remaining Demon Race cultivators.

• Can Lu pleaded with Ye Li and claimed he was an innocent victim of his Director’s scheme to block cultivators from reaching Transcendence.
• Ye Li asked what gift Can Lu had brought to Wutong Mountain, and Can Lu admitted it was heart blood taken from ten thousand accomplished Human Race cultivators of the fire laws.
• Ye Li crushed Can Lu and destroyed his fleeing true spirit, then used a Memory Scroll to learn Can Lu had supplied his victims to others or refined them into treasures because of his obsession with cleanliness.
• Ye Li surveyed Wutong Mountain’s vast territory and decided to use Divine Lord Lihuo’s Heartfire to kill its remaining low-level Demon Race cultivators.

Ye Li ordered the resurrected Divine Lord Lihuo to slaughter Wutong Mountain’s cultivators so he could gain Malice Points. The Primordial Divine Phoenix decided she wanted to follow Ye Li, but he refused, saying he would leave the world before she could catch up to him.

• Ye Li summoned the Divine Lord Lihuo and ordered him to wash Wutong Mountain in blood.
• The Primordial Divine Phoenix offered to help, and Ye Li explained that he was killing the cultivators because they ate people and he needed their heads.
• The Divine Phoenix said she wanted to follow Ye Li, then transformed into a Red-Robed Girl when he turned her down.
• Ye Li told the Red-Robed Girl he planned to leave the world after surpassing Transcendence, and she confirmed that the rumor was true.
• The Red-Robed Girl claimed she could reach beyond Transcendence in about two thousand years, but Ye Li said he could not wait that long.

Ye Li agreed to let the newly born Primordial Divine Phoenix stay with him and named her Ye Shenfeng. Meanwhile, Cangyuan reunited with Li Yao after Ye Li killed Feng Changsi, and the couple pledged to repay their debt to Ye Li.

• Ye Li accepted the girl's wish to stay with him, and she promised to leave when he did.
• The girl took Ye Li's surname and accepted the name Ye Shenfeng.
• Cangyuan, guided by Pei Wufeng, reached Li Yao among the ruins, and they embraced after tens of thousands of years apart.
• Li Yao learned that Ye Li had killed Feng Changsi and freed her from his restrictions.
• Cangyuan explained how he had first met Ye Li, and Li Yao urged them both to repay Ye Li's kindness.

After destroying Wutong Mountain, Ye Li screened the surviving guests and asked Pei Wufeng about the remaining Human Race forbidden grounds. He asked her to arrange meetings with their leaders so he could question them, while the Jade Capital Society remnants remained his next priority.

• Ye Li questioned the surviving guests about whether they ate people, then released them after confirming their innocence.
• Ye Shenfeng watched the guests thank Ye Li and asked if his approach was hospitality.
• Li Yao and Cangyuan thanked Ye Li for saving them and avenging them, while Pei Wufeng congratulated him for defeating Divine Lord Lihuo.
• Ye Li asked Pei Wufeng about the Human Race forbidden grounds, and she explained that they were usually quiet and isolated.
• Ye Li asked Pei Wufeng to arrange meetings with the leaders of the other Human Race forbidden grounds, and she agreed to try.

After the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three’s Life Tokens shattered, Ape Two learned that Ye Li had killed Divine Lord Lihuo at Wutong Mountain and ordered the Jade Capital Society’s demons to flee. Ye Li’s transcendent might then crushed the Society’s Headquarters, leaving Ape Two to face him.

• Ape Two felt waves of grief sweep across the Star Sea and worried that something had happened at the Emperor-Seeking Ceremony.
• The Life Tokens of the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three cracked and shattered, confirming their deaths.
• Jade Capital Society elders told Ape Two that Ye Li had stormed Wutong Mountain, killed Divine Lord Lihuo, and slain the Society’s representatives and the Dark Moon Directorate’s Deputy Director.
• Ape Two ordered the lesser demons to disperse and told the Society’s core members that he would remain behind to face Ye Li.
• Ye Li’s transcendent might struck the Headquarters, shattered its formations, and crushed many elders while Ape Two struggled to remain standing.

Ye Li destroyed the Jade Capital Society by ordering the Great Demon Ape and Ape Three to kill its members, then continued toward the Dark Moon Directorate. He left its fate dependent on how it had risen to power and how it responded to him.

• The Great Demon Ape and Ape Three arrived at the Jade Capital Society and announced their lord's order to kill everyone.
• Ape Two confronted the Great Demon Ape, condemned Ye Li, and was killed along with his soul when the Great Demon Ape struck the Main Hall.
• Ye Li told Pei Wufeng that he had sent the two Demon Apes' souls to destroy the Jade Capital Society.
• Pei Wufeng gave Ye Li a Star Chart marked with the Dark Moon Directorate's location and departed to contact other human forbidden lands.
• Ye Shenfeng asked why Ye Li was heading to the Dark Moon Directorate, and Ye Li said its fate depended on how it had risen and what attitude it took.

After learning that Ye Li had defeated Wutong Mountain and killed Divine Lord Lihuo, Lu Fengsheng feared the Dark Moon Directorate would be his next target. He prepared to buy peace with treasures and ordered the sect to welcome Ye Li when he arrived.

• Lu Fengsheng confirmed reports that Ye Li had slain Deputy Director Can Lu and Divine Lord Lihuo after attacking Wutong Mountain.
• Lu Fengsheng told Supreme Elders Qingchi and Disheng that Ye Li had also destroyed Green Snake Mountain and was unlikely to stop expanding his attacks.
• Lu Fengsheng reasoned that Ye Li coveted secret treasures and ordered Qingchi and Disheng to offer their finest treasures to negotiate peace.
• Lu Fengsheng decided to give Ye Li the Heavenly Soul Pearl and persuaded Qingchi and Disheng to cooperate by warning them of the danger and offering hope of advancement.
• After a scroll vibrated, Lu Fengsheng ordered the Dark Moon Directorate not to obstruct Ye Li and to escort him to the Myriad Immortals Terrace.

Ye Li and Ye Shenfeng visited the Dark Moon Directorate, where Director Lu Fengsheng welcomed them with extravagant flattery instead of fighting. Ye Li concealed his plans while seeking answers, and Lu Fengsheng began defending the Directorate’s role in blocking cultivators from reaching Transcendence.

• Ye Li and Ye Shenfeng arrived at the Dark Moon Directorate’s Myriad Immortals Terrace, where Lu Fengsheng personally served Ye Li and praised him lavishly.
• Ye Shenfeng privately asked Ye Li why they were being welcomed rather than fighting, and Ye Li explained that he wanted the forbidden lands’ leaders to feel safe enough to gather.
• Ye Li stopped Lu Fengsheng’s flattery and said he had come with questions.
• Lu Fengsheng promised to answer everything, then claimed the Dark Moon Directorate had been wronged and that preventing cultivators from reaching Transcendence had been unavoidable.

Lu Fengsheng apologized to Ye Li for the Dark Moon Directorate’s actions and offered lavish compensation. Two Supreme Elders presented treasures to him, and the chapter ended as one elder introduced a crystal said to raise a cultivator’s chance of surviving a heavenly tribulation by thirty percent.

• Lu Fengsheng explained that the Dark Moon Directorate’s prohibitions were meant to help him survive his next heavenly tribulation, then offered Ye Li compensation and an apology.
• Lu Fengsheng summoned the two Supreme Elders, who bowed to Ye Li and prepared to present their offerings.
• Elder Qingchi offered Ye Li the Carefree Enlightenment Lotus and claimed it could increase comprehension of the Great Dao tenfold.
• Elder Qingchi described how she had created the lotus by tormenting people and cultivating their resentment, and Ye Li accepted the treasure without comment.
• The broad-faced elder presented the Immaculate Spirit Crystal and claimed it could improve physical strength and increase the chance of surviving a heavenly tribulation by thirty percent.

Ye Li accepted three treasures from Lu Fengsheng and the Dark Moon Directorate’s elders, including a Heavenly Soul Pearl created by trapping hundreds of millions of true spirits. After the gifts appeared to satisfy him, Ye Li revealed his Golden Eyes and divine power, accusing the Directorate of brazenly provoking him.

• A broad-faced elder gave Ye Li an Immaculate Spirit Crystal and explained that it was made by extracting the heart blood of newly born living creatures over thousands of years.
• Ye Li asked Lu Fengsheng for a treasure, and Lu Fengsheng presented the Heavenly Soul Pearl, which enhanced true spirit and divine consciousness and sheltered its bearer from heavenly tribulation.
• Lu Fengsheng admitted that the Dark Moon Directorate had lured hundreds of millions of cultivators and enlightened monks into illusions and imprisoned their true spirits inside the pearl.
• Ye Li accepted the pearl and said it was not bad, prompting Lu Fengsheng and the two elders to believe their crisis was over.
• The Red-Robed Girl abruptly fled as Ye Li released immense divine might, his eyes turned golden, and he accused the Dark Moon Directorate of provoking him.

Ye Li interpreted the Dark Moon Directorate’s lavish gifts as an insult and unleashed a killing intent that pushed his aura toward the Transcendence Realm. Lu Fengsheng summoned the dark moon to attack him, but Ye Li calmly invoked Li Huo as the moonlight struck.

• Ye Li recalled the Dark Moon Directorate’s atrocities and decided to give them a violent return gift.
• Ye Li’s aura surged under the support of Golden Soul Revival and Dao Scripture My Book, terrifying Lu Fengsheng and Elder Qingchi.
• Lu Fengsheng decided the negotiations had failed and summoned a massive pitch-black dark moon.
• Lu Fengsheng’s silver-white moonlight dissolved Ye Li’s azure palm imprint as Ye Li uttered the name “Li Huo.”

Ye Li unleashed the Divine Lord Lihuo Puppet against Lu Fengsheng and killed two Dark Moon Directorate elders while Lihuo fought Lu Fengsheng. With both enemies attacking him and Ye Li now free to join the battle, Lu Fengsheng was overcome by despair.

• Divine Lord Lihuo appeared as a puppet, dispelled Lu Fengsheng's dark moon, and forced him to offer reconciliation.
• Ye Li rejected Lu Fengsheng's offer, and Divine Lord Lihuo attacked him.
• Ye Li killed Elder Qingchi and the Broad-Faced Elder after they tried to flee and beg for mercy.
• Divine Lord Lihuo fought Lu Fengsheng recklessly, taking severe damage while forcing Lu Fengsheng to reveal his wounded Dark Moon Heavenly Fox form.
• Lu Fengsheng sensed the elders' deaths and saw Ye Li watching from afar, leaving him despairing as he faced both Ye Li and Lihuo.

Ye Li and the Divine Lord Lihuo cornered Lu Fengsheng, Director of the Dark Moon Directorate, and killed him after he tried to flee. The Dark Moon Directorate was left devastated, and Ye Li gained Malice Points for grievously injuring Lu Fengsheng.

• Lu Fengsheng burned his essence to blast the Divine Lord Lihuo away, transformed into his Dark Moon Heavenly Fox form, and fled.
• Ye Li used [Highest Clarity Jade Edict] to freeze Lu Fengsheng briefly, letting the Divine Lord Lihuo attack him with [Phoenix Fire Tribulation].
• Lu Fengsheng destroyed the Divine Lord Lihuo's body with his nine tails, then prepared to flee again.
• Ye Li empowered himself with [Literary Dao Empowerment] and hurled his Divine Spear through Lu Fengsheng, pinning him beneath the earth and wrecking the Dark Moon Directorate.
• Ye Li triggered the Divine Spear's power, tearing Lu Fengsheng's body apart and earning Malice Points.

Ye Li killed Lu Fengsheng, Director of the Dark Moon Directorate, after trapping and burning away his True Spirit. With his Malice Points reserves vast enough to restore his strength and break through in an emergency, he asked Ye Shenfeng whether she had learned his way of dealing with the world.

• Ye Li trapped Lu Fengsheng's fleeing True Spirit in an azure cage and burned it away with Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Ye Li received Malice Points for publicly killing Lu Fengsheng and put away the Myriad-Mile Divine Spear as his divine power nearly ran out.
• Ye Li reflected that his huge Malice Points reserve let him instantly recover and advance if danger arose.
• Ye Shenfeng returned from hiding several star domains away and reacted with shock to the destroyed battlefield and Lu Fengsheng's death.
• Ye Li told Ye Shenfeng the battle was more or less over and asked whether she had learned his way of dealing with the world.

Ye Li headed for the Dark Moon Directorate’s treasury to collect its heavenly treasures before Pei Wufeng replied, while Ye Shenfeng hoped he would stay long enough to visit his homeland. At the Great Dream Immortal Valley, Pei Wufeng gathered representatives of the Human Race’s forbidden grounds to arrange a meeting with Ye Li, and the Valley Master recognized his name.

• Ye Shenfeng admitted that she could not yet fight like Ye Li but vowed she would learn as she grew stronger.
• Ye Li used Lu Fengsheng’s memories to locate the Dark Moon Directorate’s treasury and set off to take its treasures before Pei Wufeng replied.
• Ye Shenfeng asked whether Ye Li would leave after speaking with the forbidden grounds, and he said he might visit his homeland first.
• Pei Wufeng met the Great Dream Valley Master and elders from two other Human Race forbidden grounds at the Great Dream Immortal Valley.
• Pei Wufeng said a friend wanted to speak with the elders, and the Great Dream Valley Master guessed that the friend was Ye Li.

Pei Wufeng sought the Great Dream Immortal Valley Master and two other forbidden-land representatives’ agreement to meet Ye Li, but they tried to refuse out of fear. After news arrived that Ye Li had killed the Dark Moon Directorate’s Director, all three immediately agreed to receive him.

• Pei Wufeng told the Great Dream Valley Master that Ye Li wanted to speak with her, while two other forbidden-land elders offered excuses to avoid meeting him.
• The Great Dream Valley Master prepared to refuse, fearing Ye Li after he had killed Divine Lord Lihuo of Wutong Mountain.
• A wave of heavenly grief swept over Great Dream Immortal Valley, signaling the death of the Dark Moon Directorate’s Director.
• The Great Dream Valley Master recognized the fallen cultivator’s laws and concluded that Ye Li had killed him.
• The Great Dream Valley Master bowed and promised to welcome Ye Li, and the two elders promptly reversed their refusals and agreed to meet him.

Ye Li looted the Dark Moon Directorate’s treasury, refined its treasures into pellets, and recovered while waiting for Pei Wufeng’s report. After confirming that Great Dream Immortal Valley was ready, he left with Ye Shenfeng to meet the remaining forbidden-land factions.

• Ye Li gathered the Dark Moon Directorate’s treasures and his spoils from Wutong Mountain and Green Snake Mountain, then refined them with Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Ye Li meditated until his divine power had mostly recovered while keeping his cultivation at half-step transcendence to maximize the Malice Points he could earn.
• Pei Wufeng sent word through the Sword Talisman that matters at Great Dream Immortal Valley were settled, and Ye Li told him he would arrive soon.
• Ye Shenfeng killed the surviving fox demons after questioning them, and Ye Li praised her while advising her to cripple captives before interrogating them.
• Ye Li set off with Ye Shenfeng for Great Dream Immortal Valley to meet the representatives of the remaining forbidden lands.

Ye Li and Ye Shenfeng arrived at Great Dream Immortal Valley, where its leaders planned to placate him while one secretly considered testing his strength. After Ye Li’s seemingly weak aura was noticed, the gaunt sect leader grew bolder, leaving the Great Dream Valley Master wary of what he might do next.

• Ye Li and Ye Shenfeng traveled to Great Dream Immortal Valley and were escorted to its reception hall.
• The Great Dream Valley Master and two other forbidden-land leaders agreed to submit and offer treasures, but the gaunt sect leader surnamed Zhao proposed secretly assessing Ye Li’s strength.
• Ye Li’s silent stare frightened the three leaders into taking their seats, while Ye Shenfeng admired his intimidating bearing.
• The Great Dream Valley Master sensed that Ye Li’s aura seemed no stronger than half-step Transcendence and noticed that Zhao had also detected it.
• Zhao’s gaze sharpened, while the Great Dream Valley Master kept her head lowered and avoided provoking Ye Li.

Ye Li exposed and executed Zhao Wuji of Other Shore Island after he tried to seize Ye Shenfeng as a hostage, then ordered Lu Fengsheng to attack the island. He interrogated the Great Dream Valley Master and the Ink-Wash sect master, who denied cultivating through cannibalism, but left them fearing that their sects might still be eliminated.

• Ye Li summoned Divine Lord Lihuo and Lu Fengsheng, then confronted Zhao Wuji about Other Shore Island's practice of devouring cultivators.
• Zhao Wuji offered Other Shore Island's treasury in exchange for mercy, but Ye Li refused and Zhao Wuji attacked Ye Shenfeng to take her hostage.
• Lu Fengsheng struck Zhao Wuji down and froze his True Spirit, which Ye Li burned away before ordering Lu Fengsheng to destroy Other Shore Island.
• The Great Dream Valley Master and the Ink-Wash sect master swore that their sects had never eaten people to cultivate.
• Ye Li questioned whether he could safely leave the two sects behind when he departed, and the Great Dream Valley Master feared Ye Li intended to eliminate them.

Ye Li demanded submission or annihilation from the Great Dream Valley Master and the Ink-Wash Sect Leader, then accepted the Great Dream Valley Master’s drastic show of loyalty. He gave her a pill to restore her ruined foundation and incorporated the Great Dream Immortal Valley into [Xuanjian Mansion] while leaving her in charge.

• Ye Li explained that once he left the world, he would have to eliminate future threats through absolute submission or annihilation.
• The Great Dream Valley Master recognized Ye Li’s concerns and reversed her divine power, destroying her own foundation to prove her loyalty and spare her sect.
• The Great Dream Valley Master asked Ye Li to protect the valley’s disciples after her coming Heavenly Tribulation, which she feared she could no longer survive.
• Ye Li gave the Great Dream Valley Master a Golden Core that could rebuild her foundation and restore her to her former peak.
• Ye Li incorporated the Great Dream Immortal Valley into [Xuanjian Mansion] while allowing the Great Dream Valley Master to continue managing it, and she pledged the valley’s obedience.

Ye Li recruited the Great Dream Valley Master and the Ink-Wash Sect Leader into Xuanjian Mansion, then explained to Ye Shenfeng how the Golden Core ensured the Great Dream Valley Master would not betray him. He encouraged her to focus on cultivating until her strength made such schemes irrelevant.

• The Great Dream Valley Master asked about Xuanjian Mansion, and Ye Li claimed it was a new faction he would expand into the area soon.
• The Ink-Wash Sect Leader tried to imitate the Great Dream Valley Master by shattering his foundation, but Divine Lord Lihuo stopped him, and Ye Li told him to join by signing a Divine Soul Pact.
• After bringing both leaders into the fold, Ye Li left the reception hall with Ye Shenfeng as the disciples of Great Dream Immortal Valley bowed to them.
• Ye Shenfeng worried that the Great Dream Valley Master might betray Ye Li after recovering, and Ye Li explained that the Golden Core carried a Heartfire technique that could kill him remotely.
• Ye Li told Ye Shenfeng that the Great Dream Valley Master knowingly accepted the Golden Core because it gave him a future, then advised her to cultivate until others could not catch up to her.

After Ye Li brought the three leaders of the Great Dream Immortal Valley under his command, Pei Wufeng gave him the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion founder’s Sword Talisman as a guide to the Upper Realm. When Ye Li reached to accept it, Good Fortune Avoids Calamity warned him that using it could bring a lethal danger.

• Ye Li emerged from the Great Dream Immortal Valley and told Pei Wufeng that its three leaders were now under his command.
• Pei Wufeng asked whether Ye Li planned to leave the realm after breaking through to Transcendence, and Ye Li confirmed that he likely would.
• Pei Wufeng offered Ye Li the Sword Pavilion founder’s Sword Talisman, which was meant to help its bearer find the founder and receive her protection in the Upper Realm.
• Ye Li accepted the offer, but Good Fortune Avoids Calamity triggered as he reached for the talisman and showed him indistinct visions of mountains of corpses.

Ye Li gave Pei Wufeng a Jade Pendant that could help her find him after she shattered the void, then challenged her assumptions about the Divine Domain. After parting from her, he decided to return to Blue Star with Ye Shenfeng, warning her to hide her aura there.

• Ye Li gave Pei Wufeng a Jade Pendant in exchange for the Sword Talisman, while Ye Shenfeng silently wished for one too.
• Pei Wufeng described her founder's vision of a peaceful Divine Domain, but Ye Li called it speculation and urged her to see the Upper Realm for herself.
• Pei Wufeng resolved to resume secluded cultivation and pursue a breakthrough, then said farewell to Ye Li.
• After Pei Wufeng departed, Ye Li decided to return to Blue Star to check on it and improve its conditions and defenses.
• Ye Shenfeng worried that her cultivation was too weak for the journey, and Ye Li warned her to conceal her aura on Blue Star.

Huaxia expanded its control over Blue Star as Zuo Qingyu secured the Federation’s Spirit Dragon Secret Realm and learned of a dangerous outbreak of ninth-tier beasts. The Federation asked for Ye Li’s help, but Zuo Qingyu promised another Arbiter instead, while Huaxia faced a wider threat from the Blood Sea Society; she and Chen Jingli returned to the bureau still waiting for Ye Li to come home.

• Zuo Qingyu and Chen Jingli negotiated with Isabella, who signed over the Federation’s Spirit Dragon Secret Realm to Huaxia.
• Isabella revealed that a new secret realm held several ninth-tier alien beasts and pleaded for Ye Li to help; Zuo Qingyu promised another Arbiter would come but said Ye Li would not.
• Zuo Qingyu reflected that Huaxia was also under pressure from the Blood Sea Society, a star-sea faction backed by a Heaven and Earth Realm powerhouse.
• Chen Jingli told Zuo Qingyu she had joined the Qingyi Bureau because Ye Li had left traces there, and Zuo Qingyu denied training for his sake.
• Zuo Qingyu and Chen Jingli headed back to the bureau to discuss the Federation’s crisis while Chen Jingli privately longed for Ye Li’s return.