Recaps

Ye Li arrived at the Earth Demon Marsh as Chen Tiandi was about to kill the remaining independent cultivators. Chen Tiandi’s Dragon Might failed to frighten Ye Li, who began slaughtering the Divine Dragon Mountain cultivators.

• Chen Tiandi shattered the independent cultivators’ defenses, defeated Su Mu, and left the survivors trapped and helpless.
• Ye Li arrived at the battlefield, surprising Su Mu and Lin Yue, while Chen Tiandi turned his attention to him.
• Chen Tiandi unleashed Dragon Might and Spirit Bowing against Ye Li, but Ye Li felt no fear, preventing Chen Tiandi’s heavenly law from growing stronger.
• Divine Dragon Mountain cultivators attacked Ye Li, but he killed the formation master with a punch and shattered the bronze pagoda with another.
• Ye Li killed the pagoda’s controller with a palm strike and continued his slaughter.

Ye Li wiped out Chen Tiandi’s followers and killed Chen Tiandi with a single strike in the Heavenly Beast World. The other Dao Lineages began investigating Ye Li and seeking contact with him, while Divine Dragon Mountain’s representative was left stunned by the loss.

• Ye Li charged Chen Tiandi’s group, killed every follower with his physical strength and World-Cleansing Fire, and challenged Chen Tiandi.
• Ye Li used the Black Dragon Spatial Locking Nails to trap Chen Tiandi as he tried to retreat.
• Ye Li unleashed Geng Metal Qi and killed Chen Tiandi with one strike, shocking spectators across the tournament.
• Representatives of other Dao Lineages sent messages to investigate Ye Li and make contact with him.
• Divine Dragon Mountain’s Daoist realized Chen Tiandi was dead and restrained himself from entering the trial to attack Ye Li.

Ye Li killed Chen Tiandi and the remaining Divine Dragon Mountain Followers, prompting the True Cultivators to consider recruiting him. After Su Mu and the others thanked Ye Li for saving them, he sealed the Earth Demon Marsh again and demanded their points.

• Glass True Cultivator instructed Elder Cold Moon to recruit Ye Li for the Cold Purity Palace if he did not join the Yin-Yang Sect, while Shuanghua tried and failed to dissuade them.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator asked Wuguang True Cultivator to let the Supreme Clarity Palace recruit Ye Li, but Wuguang postponed the discussion until Ye Li left the trial.
• Ye Li used the Black Dragon Spatial Locking Nails to trap the Divine Dragon Mountain Followers and slaughtered them after killing Chen Tiandi.
• Su Mu, Lin Yue, and the other unaffiliated cultivators thanked Ye Li for saving them and asked him to protect them while they recovered.
• Ye Li collected the jade tokens, sealed the Earth Demon Marsh again, and demanded that Su Mu and the others hand over their points or die.

Ye Li forced Su Mu and the others to surrender their points after saving them, then pretended to be badly weakened to lure in other contestants. White Crane Fairy found him and chose not to attack, but Ye Li stopped her from leaving and ordered her to stay.

• Ye Li slapped Lin Yue after she accused him of being no different from Chen Tiandi, then demanded that Su Mu and the others hand over their points or die.
• Su Mu and the others transferred their points to Ye Li, raising him to first place, and left the marsh after he warned them to avoid other prodigies.
• Once alone, Ye Li revealed that his techniques had badly drained him, then used his first-place Jade Token to attract nearby contestants while he meditated beneath a tree.
• White Crane Fairy arrived, saw the devastation and Chen Tiandi's remains, and considered attacking Ye Li for his points but decided the risk was too great.
• White Crane Fairy gave Ye Li a Water-Nourishing Qi-Restoring Pill and advised him to leave, but Ye Li ordered her to stay and promised not to take her points if she obeyed.

Ye Li concealed his strength and pretended to flee while contestants watched from hiding, then let Pei You'an carry him to make his injuries seem genuine. Dozens of Yin-Yang Sect prodigies emerged and demanded forty percent of his points, believing he was too weak to resist.

• Ye Li left the Earth Demon Marsh acting weak, but the watching contestants remained wary and did not attack.
• Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi found Ye Li, and Pei You'an carried him away while Qin Baiyi scouted ahead.
• The hidden contestants decided Ye Li was truly exhausted and exchanged plans to eliminate him.
• Dozens of Yin-Yang Sect prodigies surrounded Ye Li, Pei You'an, and Qin Baiyi.
• Their leader demanded forty percent of Ye Li's points in exchange for letting him leave and recover.

Ye Li revealed that he had been faking his weakness, then trapped and slaughtered dozens of Yin-Yang Sect prodigies. After collecting their points, he shared some with Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi, leaving the three of them in the top three.

• Pei You'an drew her sword to protect Ye Li from the Yin-Yang Sect prodigies, but Ye Li stopped her and revealed he had recovered.
• The Yin-Yang Sect prodigies tried to flee, but Ye Li used Black Dragon Spatial Locking Nails and [Buzhou Stabilization] to seal the area.
• Ye Li unleashed his Purple Flame and killed the blue-robed leader with a punch and Geng Metal Qi.
• Ye Li slaughtered the remaining Yin-Yang Sect prodigies, then collected their Jade Tokens and points.
• Ye Li transferred points to Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi, putting them in second and third place behind him.

Qin Baiyi and Pei You'an saw that Ye Li had helped Qin Baiyi rise to third place, while Su Mu and some of his companions withdrew from the trial. Lin Yue stayed to hunt Ox Demons, but Gu Qingchen trapped her group and prepared to attack; Gu Qingchen then discovered that she had fallen from first to fourth place.

• Qin Baiyi thanked Ye Li for helping her reach third place, and Pei You'an acknowledged that she also owed him for their survival.
• Su Mu urged his group to leave the trial, and he, the armored man, and two cultivators withdrew despite Lin Yue choosing to stay.
• Lin Yue and four others killed an Ox Demon and began rebuilding their points.
• An unseen attacker stole one cultivator's true spirit, and Lin Yue's group found that their Jade Tokens could no longer teleport them out.
• Gu Qingchen arrived and confronted Lin Yue's group, then noticed that her ranking had dropped from first to fourth.

Gu Qingchen killed five unaffiliated cultivators and harvested their true spirits before heading toward the disturbance caused by Ye Li’s rapid rise in points. Outside the Heavenly Beast World, sect representatives and Qingyuan True Cultivator began considering how to recruit Ye Li after he defeated the last Yin-Yang Sect prodigy.

• Gu Qingchen used human-shaped light silhouettes to kill Lin Yue and four other unaffiliated cultivators, then collected their true spirits in a white jade bottle.
• Gu Qingchen sensed a distant disturbance and saw that Ye Li’s points were still climbing, so she headed toward the source.
• Ye Li killed the last Yin-Yang Sect prodigy, leaving only Ye Li, Pei You'an, and Qin Baiyi among the gathered figures on the Spectator Screen.
• Representatives from several sects sent messages urging their leaders to recruit Ye Li and investigate Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator considered taking Ye Li as a disciple but decided to wait until the trial ended.

Glass True Cultivator exposed Shuanghua’s concealed grudge against Ye Li, while Wuguang True Cultivator suspended the trial and confronted Ye Li over his killings. Wuguang offered Ye Li a place as a true legacy disciple or death, and Ye Li refused to join the Yin-Yang Sect.

• Glass True Cultivator questioned Shuanghua’s grudge against Ye Li, and Shuanghua collapsed after realizing she had been exposed.
• Elder Cold Moon apologized to Glass True Cultivator and promised to investigate Shuanghua’s actions after the trial.
• Wuguang True Cultivator stopped the Heavenly Beast World trial and returned its contestants to the floating island.
• Wuguang accused Ye Li of killing Xiao Yueyi and dozens of Yin-Yang Sect disciples, then offered him recruitment or death.
• Ye Li refused Wuguang’s offer to join the Yin-Yang Sect.

Ye Li refused Wuguang True Cultivator’s offer to join the Yin-Yang Sect, then revealed his Supreme Clarity Token to secure the Three Continents Alliance’s intervention. Wuguang proposed a duel against Gu Qingchen, and Ye Li accepted, leaving his fate to the fight.

• Ye Li refused to join the Yin-Yang Sect despite Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi urging him to accept for his safety.
• Ye Li showed Qingyuan True Cultivator his Supreme Clarity Token, and Qingyuan confirmed it was genuine.
• A Green-Robed Daoist invoked the Alliance Association’s duty to protect Ye Li and asked Wuguang True Cultivator not to kill him before the case was fully examined.
• Wuguang offered Ye Li a duel against Gu Qingchen, with Ye Li’s past killings forgiven if he won and his remaining in the Yin-Yang Sect if he lost.
• Ye Li accepted the duel, and Qingyuan let him face the outcome without further Alliance intervention.

Gu Qingchen revealed that she had reached the peak of the seventh level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm and mastered the Second-Rank Heavenly Law, Spirit-Severing Truth, leaving the crowd convinced Ye Li would lose. After Gu Qingchen admitted to killing innocents, Ye Li awakened Golden Soul Revival and gave her three breaths to prepare for death.

• Wuguang True Cultivator ordered Mountain Lord Luoyun to ensure Gu Qingchen killed Ye Li, and Luoyun told Gu Qingchen to use her full strength.
• Wuguang True Cultivator teleported everyone except Ye Li and Gu Qingchen out of the Secret Realm and sealed the arena.
• Gu Qingchen revealed her cultivation at the peak of the seventh level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm and displayed her Second-Rank Heavenly Law, Spirit-Severing Truth.
• White Crane Fairy, Pei You'an, Qin Baiyi, and the watching cultivators were shocked by Gu Qingchen's strength and expected Ye Li to lose.
• Ye Li asked Gu Qingchen whether she had killed innocents, and she admitted it before declaring he would be next.
• Ye Li awakened Golden Soul Revival and told Gu Qingchen to think about her last words, giving her three breaths.

Ye Li fought Gu Qingchen in the arena and overcame her Second-Rank Heavenly Law, yin-yang qi, and Substitute Death Art with his powerful true spirit, body, and abilities. He trapped her with Buzhou Stabilization and charged at her with Golden Thunderbolt as she unleashed her powers to stop him.

• Gu Qingchen attacked Ye Li's true spirit with Spirit-Severing Truth, but his golden true spirit endured it without damage.
• Gu Qingchen raised an ocean of yin-yang qi, and Ye Li tore through it with his Supreme Grade golden law before striking her.
• Gu Qingchen used Wu Guang to drain Ye Li's vitality, but his blood energy dispersed it, and he crushed her apparent body before the Substitute Death Art saved her real body.
• Gu Qingchen tried to keep her distance, but Ye Li used Buzhou Stabilization to solidify the arena and seal its spiritual energy.
• Ye Li crossed the arena as a Golden Thunderbolt, while Gu Qingchen unleashed Spirit-Severing Truth and Wu Guang in a desperate attempt to stop him.

Ye Li killed Gu Qingchen in the arena, then continued the Yin-Yang Dao Seizure proceedings by approaching the Fortune-Measuring Pillar. Wuguang True Cultivator permitted him to try, despite secretly wanting Ye Li dead.

• Ye Li destroyed Gu Qingchen's body and burned her soul with the Three-Hour Divine Fire, while Mountain Lord Luoyun failed to save her.
• The crowd believed Gu Qingchen had been killed, though Wuguang True Cultivator had secretly saved her true spirit.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator praised Ye Li's talent and suggested Wuguang let the Supreme Clarity Palace take him away, but Wuguang refused to let Ye Li leave alive.
• Ye Li left the arena and approached the Fortune-Measuring Pillar, hoping to provoke Wuguang into a clearer killing intent.
• Wuguang stopped an angry Yin-Yang Sect elder and allowed Ye Li to activate the pillar.

Ye Li prepared to undergo a fortune reading at the Yin-Yang Sect’s Fortune-Measuring Pillar while Wuguang True Cultivator sought an excuse to keep him there and Qingyuan True Cultivator considered how to take him away. The pillar awakened, and Qingyuan recounted the founder’s legendary reading as the crowd watched Ye Li.

• Wuguang True Cultivator agreed to let Ye Li touch the Fortune-Measuring Pillar, intending to use the delay to keep him within Yin-Yang Sect territory.
• A Green-Robed Daoist told Qingyuan True Cultivator that Lu Shusheng had issued Ye Li a verified Supreme Clarity Token after recruiting him for the Three Continents Alliance.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator reassured the Daoist that Ye Li’s fortune reading would not make Wuguang lose his composure unless it changed the heavens and earth across ten thousand miles.
• The Yin-Yang Sect’s cultivators activated the Fortune-Measuring Pillar, revealing its ancient marks and filling the square with pressure and spiritual flowers.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator described the Yin-Yang Sect founder’s extraordinary fortune reading as the crowd focused on Ye Li.

Ye Li tested his foundation on the Fortune-Measuring Pillar, unleashing a vast phenomenon that shook the Yin-Yang Sect and revealed two immense golden figures. The pillars shattered as the manifestation grew, and luminous cultivation-year markings appeared in the sky.

• Ye Li silently placed his palm on the Fortune-Measuring Pillar, which erupted with a golden beam after a brief pause.
• Golden waves spread across tens of thousands of li, revealing two colossal figures and terrifying the cultivators of the Yin-Yang Sect.
• Wuguang True Cultivator sensed danger as the manifestation’s scale approached that of the sect’s founding patriarch, while Glass True Cultivator praised Ye Li’s profound foundation.
• Five-colored radiance, crimson-gold flames, soul light, and beams from the sect’s other Fortune-Measuring Pillars joined the phenomenon.
• The Fortune-Measuring Pillars cracked and exploded, sending their accumulated destiny into the golden figures.
• Luminous markings representing years of cultivation appeared in the sky, and Glass True Cultivator focused on them.

The Yin-Yang Fortune-Measuring Pillar revealed twenty rings for Ye Li, prompting the gathered sects to debate whether he was twenty thousand or two hundred thousand years old. As the crowd favored the younger estimate and renewed their interest in him, Elder Cold Moon argued that An Ziqing’s cultivation speed and inheritance made the Cold Purity Palace less dependent on recruiting Ye Li.

• The Yin-Yang Fortune-Measuring Pillar produced twenty white rings, and the crowd awaited their color to determine Ye Li’s cultivation age.
• Cultivators debated whether the rings meant twenty thousand or two hundred thousand years, with many judging Ye Li’s combat strength as the result of immense age if they turned black.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator and his Daoist concluded that Ye Li was likely twenty thousand years old because his foundations and the scale of the phenomenon indicated exceptional talent.
• The crowd’s interest in recruiting Ye Li revived as cultivators predicted he could continue to grow and might cultivate a first-rank heavenly law.
• Elder Cold Moon told Glass True Cultivator that An Ziqing’s faster cultivation and superior inheritance meant the Cold Purity Palace did not necessarily need Ye Li.

The fortune measurement revealed that Ye Li was only twenty years old, shocking the gathered cultivators and exposing the consequences of Shuanghua’s interference. As the Yin-Yang Sect’s founding patriarch appeared to acknowledge Ye Li’s talent, the sect’s leaders realized he was not one of their own.

• Glass True Cultivator and Elder Cold Moon saw the golden phenomenon spread across more than a hundred thousand miles while the twenty Dao-Age Halos remained white.
• Elder Cold Moon realized the halos meant Ye Li was twenty years old, and the crowd erupted in disbelief at his cultivation and strength.
• Glass True Cultivator condemned Elder Cold Moon for failing to protect the opportunity to recruit Ye Li, while Shuanghua collapsed in despair over concealing his age and opposing his recruitment.
• A dormant pressure stirred from the Yin-Yang Sect’s depths, and Wuguang True Cultivator recognized it as the founding patriarch’s response.
• The founding patriarch’s Dao resonance praised Ye Li as a sect prodigy, though Ye Li was not a member of the Yin-Yang Sect.

Wuguang True Cultivator tried to kill Ye Li after learning of his extraordinary talent, but Qingyuan True Cultivator intervened and invoked the Three Continents Alliance to protect him. The confrontation left Wuguang facing the threat of the Alliance’s full retaliation if he attacked Ye Li.

• Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi urged Ye Li to flee the Yin-Yang Sect, but Ye Li stayed to provoke Wuguang True Cultivator and complete the Indestructible Golden Soul’s recognition.
• Wuguang True Cultivator decided Ye Li was too dangerous to let live and attacked him with his Fortune-Mastery Realm power.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator blocked Wuguang’s attack, and their clashing auras shattered space and shook the gathering.
• Wuguang listed Ye Li’s past offenses and challenged Qingyuan for protecting him.
• Qingyuan reminded Wuguang that he had promised to forgive Ye Li if he defeated Gu Qingchen, then declared that the Three Continents Alliance would hold the Yin-Yang Sect accountable for breaking that agreement.

Qingyuan True Cultivator and Glass True Cultivator stopped Wuguang True Cultivator from killing Ye Li after his victory over Gu Qingchen. Ye Li departed under escort, while White Crane Fairy was chosen as the Yin-Yang Sect’s Saintess.

• Wuguang True Cultivator attacked Ye Li, but Qingyuan True Cultivator blocked him and Glass True Cultivator warned that Cold Purity Palace would intervene.
• Wuguang True Cultivator abandoned his attack and offered to forgive Ye Li and teach him, but Ye Li rejected the offer and called him a liar.
• Ye Li left for Seaside Residence with Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi, while Qingyuan True Cultivator ordered a Green-Robed Daoist to escort them and stayed to oversee the Yin-Yang Dao Seizure.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator called for White Crane Fairy to take the fortune-measuring test, and her result showed exceptional talent.
• Wuguang True Cultivator named White Crane Fairy the Yin-Yang Sect’s Saintess, and she accepted, relieved that the position had finally gone to her.

After Ye Li left the Yin-Yang Sect safely, Wuguang True Cultivator ended the gathering and the sects departed. Wuguang then ordered an investigation into Ye Li’s loved ones and hinted to Mountain Lord Luoyun that he had a pleasant surprise.

• Wuguang True Cultivator appointed White Crane Fairy the Yin-Yang Sect’s new Saintess and ended the Yin-Yang Dao Seizure.
• Elder Cold Moon rebuked Shuanghua, and Glass True Cultivator sealed Shuanghua’s cultivation before taking the Cold Purity Palace group away.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator praised White Crane Fairy and left with the Three Continents Alliance, while Wuguang warned that the Yin-Yang Sect would settle accounts later.
• Mountain Lord Luoyun asked why Wuguang had let Ye Li leave, and Wuguang said a direct attack would fail against Ye Li and his escorts.
• Wuguang ordered Mountain Lord Luoyun to investigate Ye Li’s origins, allies, and attachments, then said he had a pleasant surprise to share.

Wuguang True Cultivator revealed that Gu Qingchen’s soul had survived Ye Li’s attack, but the crimson-gold flames consumed her when his attempt to suppress them provoked her fear. Ye Li and his companions escaped the Yin-Yang Sect, and he received a system notification that his Indestructible Golden Soul had evolved.

• Wuguang True Cultivator released Gu Qingchen’s divine soul from the Black Jade Bracelet and explained that he had secretly rescued it during Ye Li’s attack.
• Wuguang True Cultivator tried to extinguish the crimson-gold flames, but Gu Qingchen’s fear made them flare up and burn away her soul despite his efforts.
• Mountain Lord Luoyun and Wuguang True Cultivator blamed Qingyuan for teaching Ye Li the uncanny fire technique.
• Aboard the Spatial Treasure Ship, Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi questioned Ye Li about his short cultivation history and the fame he had gained.
• The Green-Robed Daoist continued escorting the ship, while Ye Li’s group left the Yin-Yang Sect’s territory.
• Ye Li received a notification that he had completed the trial and unlocked a new trait for his Indestructible Golden Soul.

After reaching the ninth level of his Indestructible Golden Soul, Ye Li gained an ability that could restore him from a surviving soul fragment, though he preferred to rely on his own strength. With the Yin-Yang Dao Seizure over, he and his companions considered what to do next.

• Ye Li advanced his Indestructible Golden Soul to LV9 and gained the passive trait golden spirit undying, which could revive him through a soul fragment attached to a vessel.
• Ye Li wondered whether the golden soul fragment found in the Sea of Nine Harmonies belonged to someone other than the two people he had suspected.
• A notification reported that Ye Li had publicly burned Gu Qingchen, raising his malice points to nearly 579 billion.
• Ye Li considered using his malice points to raise his cultivation and planned to seek valuable treasure medicine through the Three Continents Alliance.
• Ye Li asked Pei You'an about her plans, and she said she would keep traveling around the Cold Sea Continent while Qin Baiyi offered to accompany her.

Ye Li invited Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi to join the Three Continents Alliance, and they accepted as Xu Guanlan escorted them back to the Seaside Residence. Kong Zhiqiu learned that Ye Li had reached the peak of the Sea-Illuminating Realm at twenty and was left astonished.

• Qin Baiyi lamented that the Yin-Yang Dao Seizure had brought her and Pei You'an an unwanted reputation, and Ye Li offered to bring them into the Three Continents Alliance.
• Xu Guanlan gave Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi Alliance Association Signal Tokens and explained that they could exchange merits for resources and inheritances.
• Ye Li invited Xu Guanlan aboard the Treasure Ship, and Xu introduced the Supreme Clarity Palace and the Alliance Association's benefits.
• The Treasure Ship returned to the Seaside Residence, where Kong Zhiqiu greeted Ye Li and welcomed Xu Guanlan as an escort sent by the Three Continents Alliance.
• Xu Guanlan told Kong Zhiqiu that Ye Li had reached the peak of the Sea-Illuminating Realm at twenty, leaving her stunned.

Kong Zhiqiu learned that Ye Li was only twenty and had attracted the attention of three True Cultivators, then watched Qingyuan True Cultivator arrive at the Seaside Residence. Qingyuan invited Ye Li to the Supreme Clarity Palace as its Palace Heir and assured him that Lu Hai Changling would be protected while he was away.

• Xu Guanlan told Kong Zhiqiu that Ye Li had cultivated for only twenty years, and Pei You'an revealed that three Yin-Yang Sect True Cultivators had competed for him.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator arrived at the Seaside Residence and introduced himself as the Three Continents Alliance's overseer of affairs on the Cold Sea Continent.
• Qingyuan told Ye Li that the Yin-Yang Sect's aftermath had been handled and urged him to leave Lu Hai Changling for the Supreme Clarity Palace.
• Qingyuan promised Ye Li the Palace Heir position without a selection, and Ye Li raised concerns about leaving Lu Hai Changling unprotected.
• Qingyuan assured Ye Li that he had already made arrangements to protect Lu Hai Changling.

Qingyuan True Cultivator welcomed Ye Li as the Supreme Clarity Palace’s future Palace Heir and gave him a powerful treasure bracelet filled with medicines and cultivation inheritances. Ye Li prepared to spend two days in seclusion before traveling to the palace with Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator summoned Lu Shusheng, who learned that Ye Li was the future Palace Heir and bowed to him.
• Ye Li asked to bring Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi to the Supreme Clarity Palace after two days of seclusion, and Qingyuan True Cultivator agreed.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator gave Ye Li the Great Void Treasure Bracelet, which contained high-grade Treasure Medicine and cultivation inheritances, then left with Xu Guanlan and Lu Shusheng.
• Qin Baiyi explained the bracelet’s significance, while Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi made plans for their two days before joining the palace.
• Ye Li gave Pei You'an a fourth-rank Heavenly Law from the Azure Current Secret Realm, and Qin Baiyi decided to investigate the palace’s prodigies and factions.
• Ye Li went into the Seaside Residence to cultivate using his nearly five hundred and eighty billion malice points.