Recaps

Ye Li arrived in Gaoyang, learned that the Azure Current Secret Realm would open within two days, and chose the Tree Court Inn for secluded cultivation. He entered the prosperous city and headed toward the inn as the secret realm’s opening drew near.

• Ye Li sold two Magic Treasures to the woman, who refused to cheat him because she feared offending someone powerful.
• Ye Li examined the city’s Spirit Crystal towers and learned they drew spiritual energy from the surrounding region into Gaoyang.
• Ye Li summoned Kong Rong, who identified the city, described its lord Duan Hong, and recommended the Tree Court Inn.
• Ye Li entered Gaoyang and, recalling that the Azure Current Secret Realm would open within two days, set off toward the Tree Court Inn.

Ye Li reached the Tree Court Inn in Gaoyang City and discovered that its manager, Duan Hai, was attracted to him and planned to demand a night with him in exchange for a free room. Ye Li attacked Duan Hai, revealing golden eyes and overwhelming killing intent.

• Ye Li left the busy streets of Gaoyang City and arrived at the secluded Tree Court Inn beneath the ancient tree.
• Two attendants led Ye Li to the front desk, where Duan Hai stared at him in fascination.
• Duan Hai demanded three thousand Ancient Coins for a superior room and explained its formations and high spiritual energy.
• Duan Hai offered Ye Li a free stay if he came to his room that night, while the attendants assumed Ye Li would become his plaything.
• Ye Li unleashed dense blood energy, smashed Duan Hai's head into the counter, and revealed blazing golden eyes as he threatened him.

Ye Li killed Duan Hai’s two maids after crushing Duan Hai’s head and capturing his True Spirit. Duan Hai’s father arrived, halted the scene with his Sinking Sea, and asked which great Dao Lineage Ye Li belonged to.

• Ye Li rejected the maids’ pleas and crushed Duan Hai’s head, capturing his fleeing True Spirit.
• Duan Hai’s two maids attacked Ye Li together, but he burned one to death and blasted the other into bloody mist.
• Duan Hai’s father appeared and used his Sinking Sea to slow the hall and its contents.
• Duan Hai’s father said he would not insist that Ye Li spare his son, then asked which great Dao Lineage Ye Li was a legacy disciple of.

City Lord Gaoyang Duan Hong cautiously negotiated with Ye Li after Ye Li defeated Duan Hai, offering treasures and lodging rather than risking a fight. Ye Li accepted the apology and left, while Duan Hong ordered an investigation and planned to kill him if he proved to be unaffiliated.

• Duan Hong used his [Sinking Sea] Divine Ability but found that Ye Li remained unaffected, so he hid his alarm behind a friendly demeanor.
• Ye Li said he was an independent cultivator and challenged Duan Hong to offer more than words if he wanted friendship.
• Duan Hong gave Ye Li Dragon-Whisker Azure Mystic Grass, Phoenix-Blood Scarlet Lingzhi, and a Token for free lodging at the inn.
• Ye Li accepted the gifts and let the matter rest, ignoring Duan Hai's pleas as he left with Duan Hai's True Spirit in hand.
• After Ye Li departed, Duan Hong ordered an investigation into his background and vowed to hunt him down if he had no Dao Lineage backing.

Ye Li refined two treasure medicines and used their power and malice points to advance to the peak of the fourth level of the True Source Realm. He then prepared to transfer his consciousness to his distant clone to confront his pursuers.

• Ye Li sealed his room, summoned Duan Hai’s true spirit, and burned him with the Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Ye Li refined the Dragon-Whisker Azure Mystic Grass and Phoenix-Blood Scarlet Lingzhi while planning to target the Changling Kong Family before the Azure Current Secret Realm.
• Ye Li intensified the flames after recalling Duan Hai’s crimes, killing him and earning malice points.
• Ye Li swallowed the pills and spent malice points to break through to the peak of the fourth level of the True Source Realm.
• Ye Li closed his eyes and prepared to transfer his divine consciousness to his distant clone to strike at his pursuers.

Ye Li’s incarnation discovered that the Kong Family’s pursuers were closing in, while Pei You'an raced ahead to reach him. She arrived expecting an emotional reunion, but Ye Li simply greeted her and asked why she had come.

• Ye Li found that his incarnation had risen to the early fourth level of the true source realm.
• Ye Li sensed at least five Kong Family pursuers approaching, including figures with sea-illuminating realm pressure.
• Pei You'an hurried toward Ye Li, puzzled that the Sword Talisman's aura was exposed and recalling that someone had broken her shackles from within.
• Pei You'an landed before Ye Li and introduced herself as the founder of the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion.
• Ye Li calmly greeted Pei You'an and asked what she had come to do.

Pei You'an warned Ye Li that Kong Family pursuers, including a powerful Sea-Illuminating Realm cultivator, were approaching, but he refused her offer of protection. As the pursuers arrived, Pei You'an stayed behind to watch Ye Li fight, confident she could handle whatever happened.

• Pei You'an warned Ye Li about the Kong Family pursuers and urged him to follow her lead, but Ye Li insisted he could escape on his own.
• Pei You'an challenged Ye Li to prove he could deal with the pursuers, promising to stop arguing if he succeeded.
• Ye Li asked Pei You'an whether she had imposed laws that prevented later generations from reaching true origin, and she admitted she had done so to keep the Kong Family from tracking the universe.
• The pursuers approached the valley, led by a Sea-Illuminating Realm cultivator, and Ye Li told Pei You'an to escape if the danger became serious.
• Pei You'an refused to leave and told Ye Li to fight, while golden radiance began stirring in his eyes.

Ye Li unleashed a secret art that raised his aura as Kong Baishan and three Kong Family cultivators cornered him in the valley. He used [Highest Clarity Jade Edict] to halt an attacker, then shattered his staff with a punch and sent him crashing through several peaks.

• Ye Li released a storm of blood energy that astonished Pei You'an with its power.
• Kong Baishan arrived with three cultivators, sealed off the valley, and threatened Ye Li on behalf of the Changling Kong Family.
• Ye Li met Kong Baishan's gaze with golden eyes, unsettling him despite his attempt to suppress his fear.
• A Kong Family cultivator attacked Ye Li with a Mixed-Iron Staff, but Ye Li used [Highest Clarity Jade Edict] to slow his movements.
• Ye Li snapped the staff with a powerful punch and hurled the cultivator through several peaks, earning Malice Points.

Ye Li fought Kong Baishan, a fifth-level Sea-Illuminating Realm cultivator of the Changling Kong Family, and overcame his golden-law abilities with his divine spear, overwhelming strength, and rapid healing. He killed Kong Baishan in the valley, earning malice points.

• Kong Baishan unleashed his Shattered Gold Wheel at Ye Li, but Ye Li blocked it with his silver divine spear.
• Ye Li charged through the shattered attack and engaged Kong Baishan in close combat.
• Kong Baishan realized Ye Li was overpowering him and that his golden-law-inflicted wounds healed almost instantly.
• Kong Baishan summoned a golden shield, but Ye Li shattered it and punched through half his head.
• Ye Li battered Kong Baishan until his Dharma Body was destroyed, earning malice points.

Ye Li killed the remaining Kong Family cultivators, but Kong Chunqiu emerged from Kong Baishan’s true spirit and confronted him and Pei You'an. The chapter ended as Pei You'an warned Ye Li to run.

• Ye Li pursued Kong Baishan’s fleeing true spirit and killed the last Kong Family Cultivator with a punch.
• Ye Li destroyed another Kong Family Cultivator whom his earlier attack had sent out of the valley.
• Ye Li cornered Kong Baishan’s true spirit while Pei You'an sensed the Kong Family auras disappearing.
• Ye Li told Pei You'an to find her own way out and meet him later in the Azure Current Secret Realm.
• Kong Chunqiu emerged from Kong Baishan’s true spirit, recognized Pei You'an, and revealed he had been hiding there.
• Pei You'an recognized Kong Chunqiu and urgently warned Ye Li to run.

Ye Li killed Kong Bai Shan’s True Spirit despite Kong Chunqiu’s intervention, then appeared to die under Kong Chunqiu’s strike while using Blood Shadow Escape. As Kong Chunqiu pursued Pei You'an, signs of the Azure Current Secret Realm opening appeared above Gaoyang City.

• Pei You'an fled from Kong Chunqiu, but Ye Li charged toward Kong Bai Shan’s remaining True Spirit instead of escaping.
• Ye Li passed through Kong Chunqiu’s spatial barrier and burned Kong Bai Shan’s True Spirit to death with crimson-gold fire.
• Kong Chunqiu struck Ye Li, who burst into blood mist after calling out Blood Shadow Escape; Pei You'an continued fleeing as instructed.
• Kong Chunqiu concluded that Ye Li had died and pursued Pei You'an beyond the valley.
• Five-colored clouds descended over Gaoyang City, and the Azure Current Secret Realm began showing signs of opening.

Ye Li recovered from his incarnation’s destruction without harm, counted his malice-point gains, and flew toward the opening Azure Current Secret Realm. Kong Chunqiu returned to the Kong Family believing he had eliminated a future enemy, then learned Kong Zhixia wanted to see him before departing.

• Ye Li found that his incarnation’s death had caused no backlash, though he vowed to repay Kong Chunqiu for destroying it.
• Ye Li saw that his malice points had risen to 124.2 billion and decided to save them until he knew what awaited him in the secret realm.
• Ye Li flew toward the five-colored clouds as Gaoyang City’s residents rushed to witness the Azure Current Secret Realm opening.
• Kong Chunqiu returned to the Kong Family after failing to capture Pei You'an, convinced he had destroyed the purple-robed young man’s soul.
• A servant told Kong Chunqiu that Kong Zhixia wanted to greet him before setting out.

Kong Chunqiu reassured Kong Zhixia that Ye Li had been killed and sent her to the Azure Current Secret Realm with a life-saving talisman. At the secret realm entrance, Ye Li learned that its restrictions repelled cultivators who had attained all four laws or perfected all five.

• Kong Zhixia visited Kong Chunqiu, who showed her an image of Ye Li being struck down and lamented the deaths of Bai Shan and three guest elders.
• Kong Chunqiu warned Kong Zhixia to avoid conflicts in the secret realm and prioritize gathering information for the Kong Family’s plans for the Yin-Yang Dao Seizure.
• Kong Chunqiu gave Kong Zhixia a talisman carrying a trace of Heaven Seizing aura, and she departed with three Sea-Illuminating Realm attendants.
• Kong Zhixia and her attendants flew toward the Azure Current Secret Realm as cultivators gathered beneath its five-colored clouds.
• Ye Li concealed his aura among the unaffiliated cultivators and asked Kong Rong about the secret realm’s entrance restrictions.
• Kong Rong told Ye Li that cultivators with all four laws or perfected five laws would be repelled before reaching the entrance.

Ye Li watched the Kong and Wang families arrive at the Azure Current Secret Realm and learned that both leaders carried powers capable of threatening him. He listened as the disguised Lu Yun offered to sell him intelligence about the families and the realm.

• Kong Zhixia arrived with the Kong Family convoy and ordered her people to kill independent cultivators who obstructed them.
• Wang Jue greeted Kong Zhixia and proposed that their families cooperate, but she rejected his offer to help with the Kong Family's affairs.
• Ye Li sensed that Kong Zhixia and Wang Jue each possessed a dangerous trump card and silently assessed them.
• Lu Yun, a woman disguised as a man, approached Ye Li and offered information about the Kong and Wang families and the secret realm.
• Ye Li agreed to hear Lu Yun's offer.

Ye Li bought Lu Yun’s advice on surviving the Secret Realm, then killed a Wang Family cultivator who threatened them on the entrance bridge. The bridge fell silent as Ye Li threw the man’s corpse into the Sea of Clouds.

• Lu Yun sold Ye Li information about the Secret Realm and warned him to avoid the Kong Family, act poor around the Wang Family, and leave treasures alone when either family was nearby.
• The Secret Realm opened, and Lu Yun pulled Ye Li onto the crowded Azure Light Bridge as cultivators rushed toward its entrance.
• The Kong and Wang Families took the main thoroughfare while independent cultivators were forced into a slow-moving line along the sides.
• A Wang Family cultivator blasted Lu Yun off the bridge and threatened her and Ye Li, but Ye Li pulled her back to safety.
• Ye Li killed the Wang Family cultivator with a strike of golden light, then blasted his corpse off the bridge.

Ye Li killed a Wang Family cultivator on the Light Bridge, alarming Lu Yun and drawing the attention of the Kong and Wang families. He and Lu Yun entered the Cave Abode, while the other independent cultivators followed after them.

• Ye Li publicly killed a fifth-level True Source Realm cultivator of the Changling Wang Family without using a Magic Treasure, shocking Lu Yun.
• Kong Zhixia suspected Ye Li resembled an independent cultivator her ancestor had shown her, but dismissed the resemblance and entered the Cave Abode with the Kong Family.
• Wang Jue restrained the Wang Family cultivators and vowed to settle the score with Ye Li inside the Secret Realm.
• Ye Li chose to enter the Cave Abode rather than flee, and Lu Yun followed after learning his name.
• The independent cultivators swarmed into the Cave Abode, leaving the Light Bridge to fade away.

Ye Li entered Cang Liu’s secret realm, where the realm’s laws weakened cultivators and Law Seals could be taken by killing their bearers. He headed for the Earth Mound Domain with Lu Yun, while Wang Jue sent Wang Fengyuan after him and Kong Zhixia prepared to rely on a powerful talisman in the Fire Valley Domain.

• The cultivators arrived in Cang Liu’s secret realm and found their arts and treasures suppressed by its five laws.
• Cang Liu announced that each of the five domains held a Law Seal and that anyone could seize one by killing its bearer.
• Lu Yun urged Ye Li to avoid the powerful families and seek the less-contested Earth Mound Domain; Ye Li agreed, knowing his Walk With Me ability remained unaffected.
• Wang Jue ordered Wang Fengyuan to pursue Ye Li, obtain the Law Seal, and kill him within five hours.
• Kong Zhixia checked her heaven-seizing-level protective talisman and found that the secret realm’s laws did not suppress it.

Ye Li raced through the Earth Mound Domain’s deadly trial and seized its law seal before the Wang Family could reach it. He killed the Wang Family elites who attacked him, then let the surviving unaffiliated cultivators leave as his strength visibly waned.

• Ye Li entered the Earth Mound Domain and sprinted past its crushing law-weight and spike traps while Lu Yun watched in shock.
• Wang Zhenyuan ordered the Wang Family to force unaffiliated cultivators into the spike traps to clear a path to the seal.
• Ye Li reached the summit and seized the law seal, causing the domain’s oppressive weight to disappear.
• Wang Zhenyuan and the Wang Family elites attacked Ye Li, but he killed them all with overwhelming physical strength and abilities.
• Ye Li told the surviving unaffiliated cultivators they could leave, though he was exhausted from the battle.

After recovering his strength with Dao Scripture My Book, Ye Li slaughtered the rogue cultivators who attacked him and Lu Yun. He left the blood-soaked Earth Mound Wasteland with Lu Yun, telling her to lead him to the next place.

• The rogue cultivators turned on Ye Li and attacked him to seize his seal, while Lu Yun tried to shield and teleport him away.
• Dao Scripture My Book restored Ye Li's aura, and he revealed that he had baited the attackers into striking.
• Ye Li charged through the crowd with his golden staff and killed the rogue cultivators, leaving the Earth Mound Wasteland strewn with corpses.
• Ye Li beckoned Lu Yun to lead him to the next place, and she hurried after him as they left the law domain.

Ye Li seized the Water Marsh Seal and continued through the Golden Abyss Domain, while Lu Yun grew to admire him and briefly hinted at her family troubles. In the Fire Valley Domain, Wang Jue proposed that the Wang and Kong Families join forces against Ye Li, and Kong Zhixia grew uneasy as she heard more about him.

• Ye Li took the Water Marsh Seal and headed with Lu Yun to the Golden Abyss Domain, where he killed cultivators who tried to stop him and gained Malice Points.
• Lu Yun helped Ye Li watch for approaching cultivators and privately speculated that he was a disciple of a powerful Dao Lineage.
• During a rest, Lu Yun told Ye Li she had entered the Secret Realm to prove her family could live with dignity without relying on others, then withdrew from explaining further.
• In the Fire Valley Domain, Kong Zhixia and Wang Jue fought over the Fire Law Seal until both sides suffered casualties without gaining an advantage.
• After learning Ye Li had seized three Law Seals and killed many Wang Family cultivators, Wang Jue suggested a temporary alliance with Kong Zhixia against him.
• Kong Zhixia heard a report describing Ye Li's abilities and wondered whether he was like the dead man her great-uncle had described.

Ye Li arrived at the Fire Valley Domain to challenge the Wang and Kong families for its Law Seal. Wang Jue offered him treasures and a place in the Wang Family, but Ye Li accepted only the gifts and demanded more for the seals; Wang Jue then exposed Lu Yun’s family connection to the Wang Family.

• Kong Zhixia wondered whether Ye Li was the supposedly dead cultivator competing for the Law Seals, just as a golden light raced toward the Fire Valley Domain.
• Ye Li crashed into the Domain with Lu Yun behind him, and the gathered cultivators recognized him from the Light Bridge.
• Wang Jue praised Ye Li, offered treasures in exchange for his Law-Bearing Seals, and invited him to become a Wang Family Guest Elder.
• Ye Li accepted the treasures but said the Wang Family would have to pay more for the Law Seals.
• Wang Jue revealed that Lu Yun’s mother had once managed an office at the Wang Family headquarters and mocked Lu Yun’s prospects.

Lu Yun told Ye Li how the Wang Family had used her injured mother to pressure her into signing a life-and-death contract, and Wang Jue threatened her to force Ye Li to surrender the Law Seal. Ye Li attacked the Wang Family, escaped Wang Jue’s formation, and left Wang Jue severely injured and alone after killing several of his clansmen.

• Lu Yun accused the Wang Family of abandoning her injured mother and using a healing Treasure Medicine to pressure her into signing a life-and-death contract.
• Wang Jue offered to reopen Lu Yun's mother's case in exchange for the Law Seal, then declared Lu Yun had to die when Ye Li refused.
• Ye Li struck Wang Jue with golden lightning and vowed to kill him and his whole family.
• Wang Jue and the Wang Family Elites trapped Ye Li in the [All Beings United] water-arts formation and attacked him with waves and ice spikes.
• Ye Li used [Golden Firmament Rainbow Transformation] to escape the formation, shattered Wang Jue's defenses, and stole his Magic Treasure with [Heaven-Intercepting Spirit-Plundering Technique].
• Ye Li killed three Wang Family cultivators and broke the formation, leaving the severely injured Wang Jue alone and terrified.

Ye Li killed Wang Jue and took his escape talisman, prompting Kong Zhixia to realize he was the supposedly dead cultivator who had become the Kong Family’s enemy. She fled with her companions, but Ye Li intercepted her, and she demanded to know which dao lineage he belonged to.

• Ye Li seized Wang Jue’s life-saving escape talisman, tore off his arm, and killed him with a blow to the head.
• Kong Zhixia recognized Ye Li as the mysterious cultivator her second granduncle had declared dead and decided she had to survive to warn the Kong Family.
• Kong Zhixia fled the Fire Valley Domain with three Kong Family Cultivators while secretly charging her Heaven-Seizing Talisman.
• Ye Li caught up with Kong Zhixia and blocked her escape route near the domain’s boundary.
• Kong Zhixia introduced herself and asked Ye Li which dao lineage he belonged to, and Ye Li questioned why the Kong Family was asking.

Kong Zhixia unleashed a Heaven Seizing talisman against Ye Li, but he answered with a copied strike of the same power and devastated the Kong Family cultivators around her. As she reeled from his response, Ye Li revealed another page of the Dao Scripture My Book glowing with the same Heaven Seizing aura.

• Kong Zhixia warned Ye Li that her second great-uncle, Kong Chunqiu, could wield Heavenly Law and urged him to stop provoking the Kong Family.
• Kong Zhixia activated a Heaven Seizing talisman, summoning a gigantic gray palm over the Fire Valley Domain.
• Ye Li used the Dao Scripture My Book to summon an identical Heaven Seizing palm, which he had recorded from Kong Chunqiu's attack over the Myriad Worlds Sea.
• The two palms collided, shaking the Fire Valley Domain, pinning Kong Zhixia in place, and killing the unprotected Kong Family cultivators nearby.
• Ye Li mocked Kong Zhixia and turned another page of the Dao Scripture My Book, revealing a second Heaven Seizing attack and leaving her stunned.

Ye Li crushed Kong Zhixia’s resistance with a second Heaven Seizing palm and killed her in the Fire Valley Domain. He claimed the last Law-Bearing Seal, secured entry to the core inheritance, and began planning to use his Malice Points to raise his infamy in the Southern Region.

• Kong Zhixia pleaded with Ye Li for her life, then cursed and threatened him when he showed no mercy.
• Ye Li accelerated the descending Heaven Seizing palm, and Kong Zhixia begged to become his servant after her Dao Heart nearly collapsed.
• Ye Li slammed the palm down and killed Kong Zhixia despite her Blood Escape Technique.
• Ye Li took the Fire Domain’s Law-Bearing Seal, completing his collection of all five seals and gaining the sole right to enter the core inheritance.
• Ye Li saw that he had accumulated nearly one hundred billion Malice Points and planned to stir up trouble in the Southern Region to increase his infamy.