Recaps

Ye Li opened Qingyuan True Cultivator’s gift and found a wealth of cultivation resources and seven Heavenly Laws, including the Supreme Clarity Palace’s first-grade Supreme Clarity Wind. After studying its powers and flaws, he decided to use it as a template to derive a Heavenly Law suited to himself.

• Ye Li activated the barriers in his meditation room and emptied hundreds of Treasure Medicines from the Great Void Treasure Bracelet.
• Ye Li used the Three-Hour Divine Fire to refine the Heaven-Grasping Realm Treasure Medicines together into a Treasure Pellet.
• Ye Li examined the seven Heavenly Laws and discovered that the leading inheritance was Supreme Clarity Wind, a first-grade legacy technique of the Supreme Clarity Palace.
• Ye Li learned that Supreme Clarity Wind enhanced immortal essence and speed, resisted sinister powers, and reclaimed scattered power, but depended on a steady state of mind and lacked explosive force.
• Ye Li summoned his System Panel and ordered the System to add points so he could derive a Heavenly Law based on Supreme Clarity Wind.

Ye Li perfected Supreme Clarity Wind and integrated his other insights to create the Supreme Grade heavenly law Three Clarity Qi. The resulting phenomenon astonished cultivators across Lu Hai Changling as Ye Li advanced to the half-step Heaven-Grasping Realm.

• Ye Li used Malice Points to master Supreme Clarity Wind and transform its circulation beyond dependence on his state of mind.
• Ye Li integrated his mastered Divine Abilities into Three Clarity Qi, a Supreme Grade heavenly law with three distinct states united as one.
• Three streams of clear qi rose from the Seaside Residence, shook Lu Hai Changling, and dispersed clouds and sinister forces.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator recognized the phenomenon as Supreme Clarity Wind and realized Ye Li had achieved at least major mastery in less than half a day.
• Lu Shusheng realized the Supreme Clarity Token he had given Ye Li might have brought the Supreme Clarity Palace an extraordinary Palace Heir.
• Ye Li's cultivation advanced to the half-step Heaven-Grasping Realm as his Source Energy transformed into Immortal Essence and his True Spirit began transforming.

After completing his golden soul trial, Ye Li used Treasure Medicines supplied by Qingyuan True Cultivator to break through to the Heaven-Grasping Realm. His cultivation continued rising until he reached its third level.

• Ye Li examined the three forms of his perfected Pure Qi: jade clarity qi, highest clarity qi, and supreme clarity qi.
• Ye Li used his Crimson-Gold Divine Fire to refine hundreds of Heaven-Grasping Realm Treasure Medicines into dozens of Treasure Pellets.
• Ye Li consumed the Treasure Pellets and relied on his golden soul and three clarity qi to withstand their medicinal power.
• Ye Li transformed his source energy into immortal essence and his true spirit into a Divine Soul, reaching the first level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm.
• Ye Li's cultivation advanced to the second level and then the third level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm.

Ye Li advanced to the early fourth level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm, gaining the ability to bear a minor world and travel to the Myriad Worlds Sea. Meanwhile, Shuanghua and Elder Cold Moon suffered punishment at the Cold Purity Palace, where the Palace Heir arrived to ask why Glass True Cultivator was furious.

• Ye Li used Treasure Medicines and Malice Points to break through to the early fourth level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm.
• Ye Li realized he could now withstand a universe and its providence, and considered returning home before visiting the Supreme Clarity Palace.
• Glass True Cultivator ordered Shuanghua stripped of her direct-disciple status, deprived of three thousand years of cultivation resources, and given eighty-one strokes of Cold Punishment for failing the Lu Hai Changling mission.
• Glass True Cultivator also sentenced Elder Cold Moon to kneel at Cold Purity Cliff for failing to discipline Shuanghua.
• The Palace Heir visited Elder Cold Moon at the cliff and asked what had angered the True Cultivator.

An Ziqing questioned Elder Cold Moon about Ye Li and learned that Ye Li’s talent, cultivation, and achievements far surpassed expectations. He steadied himself by finding reasons he might still be superior and left determined to spar with Ye Li if he became the Supreme Clarity Palace’s Palace Heir.

• An Ziqing pressed Elder Cold Moon to explain why the True Cultivator favored Ye Li, and she told him Ye Li’s talent would have made him Palace Heir if he belonged to the Cold Purity Palace.
• Elder Cold Moon revealed that Ye Li had perfected all Five Laws and supreme-grade Five Elements Arts after only twenty years of cultivation, leaving An Ziqing stunned.
• An Ziqing asked about Ye Li’s fortune, body, divine soul, and combat ability, and Elder Cold Moon described extraordinary feats, including killing Gu Qingchen, a seventh-level Heaven-Grasping Realm cultivator with a Second-Rank Heavenly Law.
• Elder Cold Moon warned An Ziqing not to make an enemy of Ye Li, who would most likely join the Supreme Clarity Palace.
• An Ziqing reassured himself that his own Heavenly Law and Palace Heir status gave him advantages, then said he would spar with Ye Li if Ye Li became Palace Heir.

Glass True Cultivator ordered the injured Shuanghua to apologize to Ye Li at the Supreme Clarity Palace after her attempt to conceal his recruitment nearly damaged relations with the Cold Purity Palace. She then discussed a possible expedition into Fallen God Ravine with Hidden Edge True Cultivator, who offered safeguards and a share of Heavy Water True Cultivator’s Water Art essence.

• Glass True Cultivator told Shuanghua to accompany her to the Supreme Clarity Palace and beg Ye Li’s forgiveness, even if she had to become his servant.
• Hidden Edge True Cultivator and Meng Lian arrived at the Cold Purity Palace, where Glass True Cultivator explained that Shuanghua had been punished for concealing her failure to recruit Ye Li.
• Hidden Edge True Cultivator asked about Ye Li’s aptitude, but Glass True Cultivator refused to discuss it.
• Hidden Edge True Cultivator asked Glass True Cultivator to join an expedition into Fallen God Ravine, but she said she wanted no part of its dangers.
• Hidden Edge True Cultivator offered to use Sword Song Valley’s valley-guarding Magic Treasure, withdraw if the ravine proved too dangerous, and share any Water Art essence they found.

Glass True Cultivator negotiated with Hidden Edge True Cultivator over a joint visit to Fallen God Ravine, then planned to take a disciple to apologize to Ye Li at the Supreme Clarity Palace. Meanwhile, Meng Lian learned that Ye Li was expected to become Palace Heir and questioned An Ziqing’s claim that he was beneath notice.

• Glass True Cultivator secured two chances to contemplate a True Lord's manifestation from Hidden Edge True Cultivator and agreed to meet him in five days.
• Glass True Cultivator refused Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s offer to accompany her to the Supreme Clarity Palace, saying she did not get close to people who smelled.
• Meng Lian visited An Ziqing and asked about Ye Li after learning that a disciple had nearly made the Cold Purity Palace his enemy.
• An Ziqing described Ye Li as beneath notice, but Meng Lian challenged the claim when he revealed Ye Li was set to become the Supreme Clarity Palace's Palace Heir.
• Meng Lian agreed to visit Ye Li with An Ziqing after his appointment so she could judge him for herself.

After emerging from seclusion, Ye Li and Pei You'an traveled into the Myriad Worlds Sea to find the universe they had left behind. Ye Li located it and began refining it so they could safely return, while Pei You'an watched over the surroundings.

• Ye Li told Pei You'an he had reached the fourth level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm, and she agreed to visit the Sword Pavilion’s younger generations once they could return.
• Ye Li explained that he needed to bind their home universe to his divine soul and support it with his spiritual platform before they could enter safely.
• Ye Li protected Pei You'an from the True Lord impressions as they entered the Myriad Worlds Sea and searched among its countless minor worlds.
• Ye Li followed the karmic connections to his divine ability anchors and quickly found their home universe, which Pei You'an recognized.
• Ye Li enveloped the universe’s barrier with his divine soul and began refining it, using his jade clarity qi to stabilize its laws.

Ye Shenfeng confronted the Endless Wall Forbidden Grounds after uncovering its plan to sacrifice three hundred star domains to preserve its Old Ancestor’s remnant spirit. She ordered the faction disbanded and its leaders detained, but an elder challenged her judgment.

• As Ye Li refined his connection to the universe, his divine soul and cultivation grew stronger.
• Ye Shenfeng reviewed An Lingzhen’s evidence and summoned the Endless Wall Sect Master and the elders involved to Xuanjian Mansion.
• The Endless Wall Sect Master arrived with the elders and admitted they planned to sacrifice the inhabitants of three hundred star domains.
• Ye Shenfeng ordered those involved detained and the Endless Wall Forbidden Grounds disbanded, with its legacies and star domains transferred to Xuanjian Mansion.
• The Sect Master defended the plan as necessary to preserve his Old Ancestor’s remnant spirit, while an elder challenged Ye Shenfeng’s judgment.
• Ye Shenfeng asked the elder for his name.

Ye Shenfeng and An Lingzhen rejected the Endless Wall Sect Master's attempt to justify sacrificing three hundred star domains and bargain for an alliance. An Lingzhen concluded that Endless Wall had been acting obediently because its leaders feared Ye Li might still be present.

• Ye Shenfeng ordered Lin Heng to remain silent and accept punishment, and the Endless Wall Sect Master obeyed.
• The Endless Wall Sect Master argued that forbidden grounds needed blood sacrifices to protect the Human Race and warned that punishing Endless Wall could unite the other forbidden grounds against Xuanjian Mansion.
• The Endless Wall Sect Master offered an alliance in exchange for Xuanjian Mansion overlooking the planned sacrifice of three hundred star domains.
• Ye Shenfeng considered the danger of provoking the other forbidden grounds but did not accept the offer.
• An Lingzhen explained that Endless Wall had retreated from Ye Shenfeng's investigation because it feared Ye Li might still be present and would destroy them if he discovered their plan.

An Lingzhen exposed the Endless Wall Sect Master’s fear that Ye Li might still be alive, and he explained how Ye Li’s past destruction of forbidden grounds had forced them into submission. As the Sect Master threatened that attacking him would unite the forbidden grounds and plunge the Star Sea into war, Ye Li appeared in the Imperial Palace and invited him to continue.

• An Lingzhen accused the Endless Wall Sect Master of testing the Xuanjian Mansion’s stance because he suspected Ye Li had left the world.
• Ye Shenfeng recalled how the Endless Wall Forbidden Grounds had abandoned a chance to capture her rather than risk provoking Ye Li.
• The Endless Wall Sect Master described Ye Li’s destruction of Green Snake Mountain, Wutong Mountain, and the Dark Moon Directorate, and admitted the forbidden grounds obeyed the Xuanjian Mansion only because they feared him.
• The Sect Master threatened to use the Spirit-Transfer Method and warned that attacking the forbidden grounds would unite their factions and ignite war across the Star Sea.
• Ye Li appeared in the Imperial Palace, sealing it and terrifying the Sect Master and his elders, then told the Sect Master to continue explaining how he planned to escape his death calamity.

Ye Li returned to Xuanjian Mansion and effortlessly killed the Changheng Sect Master and the elders who had come with him. He then announced that he would carry out another cleanup of the forbidden lands.

• An Lingzhen stopped Ye Shenfeng from interrupting Ye Li as he sat among the guests in the Imperial Palace.
• The Changheng Sect Master pleaded with Ye Li, who erased his escape preparations and destroyed him body and soul.
• Lin Heng and the Changheng elders begged for mercy and blamed the Sect Master and the Old Ancestor, but Ye Li killed them all.
• An Lingzhen greeted Ye Li and explained why the forbidden lands had kept their grievances silent until he left.
• Ye Li left the hall, saying he would carry out another cleanup.

The Heavenly Gate Forbidden Land elders debated whether Ye Li could return while waiting for news from the Changheng Sect Leader, and the Heavenly Gate Sect Leader insisted the intact Life Token proved he was safe. Their confidence collapsed when they were suddenly transported to Xuanjian Mansion, where they sensed the suppressed signs of multiple Transcendence Realm deaths despite the intact token.

• The Heavenly Gate elders discussed the Changheng Forbidden Ground’s plan for a Blood Sacrifice and worried that its leaders had not returned from Xuanjian Mansion.
• The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader showed the Changheng Sect Leader’s intact Life Token and argued that Ye Li could not have returned or hidden a Transcendence Realm death.
• Elder Lu suggested Ye Li might be special, but the Heavenly Gate Sect Leader dismissed the possibility unless Ye Li could control the universe’s laws.
• The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader joked that if Ye Li had reached such power, they might as well give him their lives.
• The Heavenly Gate elders were suddenly transported to Xuanjian Mansion, where they sensed the suppressed sorrow and Dao resonances of several Transcendence Realm deaths.
• The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader looked at the intact Life Token and realized something was terribly wrong.

Ye Li confronted the leaders of the Mystic Withered and Heavenly Gate Forbidden Lands over their use of fringe Star Domain inhabitants to prolong their lives. He killed Mystic Withered’s senior figures and turned his attention to the Heavenly Gate Sect Leader, who had promised to give up his life.

• The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader saw Ye Li on the dais and realized his earlier deductions about Ye Li’s return had been wrong.
• Ye Li accused the Heavenly Gate and Mystic Withered Forbidden Lands of using living beings to extend their lives, then asked if they had anything to say before dying.
• A Mystic Withered elder begged for mercy, while a Transcendence Realm Old Ancestor offered submission and a Great Dao Oath.
• Ye Li tapped the table, and the Mystic Withered Forbidden Land’s senior figures, including its two Transcendence Realm experts, exploded and died.
• Ye Li reminded the trembling Heavenly Gate Sect Leader that he had promised to give up his life.

Ye Li used his growing control over the universe to purge forbidden lands and other factions across the sea of stars from Xuanjian Mansion’s Skyclear Hall. After resolving the threats, he reviewed reports while Ye Shenfeng and An Lingzhen remained with him.

• The Heavenly Gate Sect Leader offered intelligence and service in exchange for mercy, but Ye Li killed him and the elders, saying he only killed those who ate people.
• Ye Li gave the Jade Slip to An Lingzhen and ordered her to bring the remaining lists so they could continue the purge.
• Ye Li used the universe’s laws to expose and destroy factions across the sea of stars, transporting Transcendent leaders to Skyclear Hall and killing them there.
• The purge eliminated thousands of factions, and Ye Li stopped after the evidence had been recorded and Xuanjian Mansion’s threats were resolved.
• Ye Li read Xuanjian Mansion’s reports as Ye Shenfeng massaged his shoulders and An Lingzhen finished organizing the Jade Slips.

Ye Li prepared to leave Xuanjian Mansion after resolving its troubles, entrusting An Lingzhen and Ye Shenfeng with resources and advice. He departed with Pei You'an, while Ye Shenfeng vowed to cultivate until she reached Transcendence and resented Pei You'an.

• Ye Li told An Lingzhen he was leaving Xuanjian Mansion and said Ye Shenfeng's cultivation was progressing slowly because her aptitude was inadequate.
• Ye Li gave An Lingzhen a storage ring filled with cultivation techniques and treasure medicines to distribute as she saw fit.
• Ye Shenfeng told Ye Li she would enter seclusion until she achieved Transcendence, and he gave her another ring of cultivation resources.
• Pei You'an arrived after making arrangements at the Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion, and she and Ye Li discussed his purge of troublesome factions.
• Ye Li and Pei You'an vanished from Skyclear Hall, and Ye Shenfeng headed into secluded cultivation while vowing to take Pei You'an's place.

Qingyuan True Cultivator asked the Supreme Clarity Palace Council to appoint Ye Li as Palace Heir and entrust him with the Saintess Dao Pact. After hearing about Ye Li’s extraordinary cultivation and strength, the elders accepted his appointment, while the Palace Master reserved judgment on the Dao Pact until she met him.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator told the Supreme Clarity Palace Master and elders that he had fallen out with the Yin-Yang Sect while recruiting Ye Li.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator proposed making Ye Li Palace Heir and giving him the Saintess Dao Pact, prompting several elders to object and defend Chen Yuan’s claim.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator revealed that Ye Li had reached the peak of the Sea-Illuminating Realm after twenty years of cultivation and had killed Gu Qingchen, shocking the council.
• The elders changed their positions and agreed that Ye Li should become Palace Heir, while the Supreme Clarity Palace Master postponed her decision on the Saintess Dao Pact until she met him.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master ordered Elder Chen to explain the decision to Chen Yuan and preserve unity among the disciples.

Ye Li, Pei You'an, and Qin Baiyi traveled toward the Cold Sea Continent before parting ways at a transit hub, with Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi joining the Three Continents Alliance and Ye Li heading to the Supreme Clarity Palace. Pei You'an worried about the dangers Ye Li would face as the palace's new heir, but kept those concerns to herself as the two friends departed.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator explained that the Three Continents Alliance and Supreme Clarity Palace were separate organizations, and Pei You'an chose the Alliance while Ye Li headed to the palace.
• Ye Li gave Pei You'an the protective bracelet Qingyuan True Cultivator had gifted him, and Qin Baiyi gave Ye Li a jade pendant that could send messages and offer protection.
• Qin Baiyi hinted that she had a real connection to an Imperial Dynasty but postponed explaining her troubled story.
• At the transit hub, Pei You'an and Qin Baiyi bid farewell to Ye Li and left with steward Xiao Ningxiang for the Three Continents Alliance.
• Pei You'an privately worried that Ye Li's new position at the Supreme Clarity Palace would make him a target, but she kept her concerns to herself.

Qingyuan True Cultivator brought Ye Li to Supreme Clarity Palace, where his appointment as Palace Heir had been confirmed and a grand investiture planned. After revealing the Palace Heir’s access to the Supreme Clarity Immortal Pool and a Dao Pact with Saintess Lu Wan, Qingyuan introduced Ye Li to the Palace Master, who summoned an ancient mirror.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator told Ye Li that he had been confirmed as Supreme Clarity Palace’s next Palace Heir and that the sect would hold a grand investiture.
• Ye Li asked Qingyuan to help him consult the Alliance Association’s archives about the histories of the Cold Sea Continent’s factions, and Qingyuan agreed.
• Qingyuan explained that the Palace Heir could enter the Supreme Clarity Immortal Pool and form a Dao Pact with the sect’s Saintess, Lu Wan, for dual cultivation.
• Ye Li arrived at Supreme Clarity Palace and declined Qingyuan’s offer to meet Lu Wan before attending to important business.
• The Palace Master welcomed Ye Li and summoned an ancient azure mirror bearing nine Law Seals.

Ye Li’s fortune test awakened all nine Founder Seals on the Supreme Clarity Mirror and stirred the Supreme Clarity Immortal Pool, prompting the Supreme Clarity Palace Master to appoint him Palace Heir the next day. Meanwhile, Chen Yuan’s disciples expected him to inherit the position, unaware that Ye Li had been chosen.

• Ye Li placed his hand on the Supreme Clarity Mirror, which revealed that he was twenty years old and at the fourth level of the Heaven-Grasping Realm.
• The mirror’s nine Founder Seals awakened, and Ye Li’s fortune stirred the Supreme Clarity Immortal Pool.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master asked Ye Li to become Palace Heir, and he accepted.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master told Qingyuan True Cultivator to prepare for Ye Li’s formal appointment at noon the next day, before she left for Heavenly Sea Continent.
• At the Training Ground, Chen Yuan advised disciples and dismissed their praise, while they considered his appointment as Palace Heir all but certain.

Elder Yu told Chen Yuan that Ye Li had been chosen as the Supreme Clarity Palace’s Palace Heir, leaving Chen Yuan devastated. After Ye Li awakened all nine Ancestral Seals and drew a response from the Supreme Clarity Immortal Pool, Chen Yuan agreed to attend the announcement and congratulate him, though he remained bitter.

• Elder Yu told Chen Yuan that the Palace Heir had been chosen and that it was not him.
• Chen Yuan learned that the outsider Ye Li had reached the peak of the Sea-Illuminating Realm in twenty years and had killed a powerful Yin-Yang Sect disciple across a major realm gap.
• Chen Yuan objected to Ye Li’s selection, but Elder Yu explained that Qingyuan True Cultivator, the Palace Master, and the elders supported it.
• The Supreme Clarity Mirror, nine Ancestral Seals, and Supreme Clarity Immortal Pool responded to Ye Li, confirming his extraordinary aptitude.
• Elder Yu told Chen Yuan to accept the decision and personally support Ye Li at the announcement the next day.
• Chen Yuan agreed to congratulate Ye Li, but he clenched his fists and remained resentful.

Lu Wan answered her fellow disciples’ cultivation questions and dismissed concern about Shen Zhaozhao’s challenge, while Cui Wanting offered to defend her and the Supreme Clarity Palace’s reputation. The discussion ended with news that Qingyuan True Cultivator had brought an unknown person to take part in the Palace Heir selection.

• Lu Wan advised a female cultivator that her flawed water art, not her meridians, caused her immortal essence to stall.
• Lu Wan told the gathered disciples she was unconcerned about Shen Zhaozhao’s announced challenge and said An Ziqing was stronger than her.
• Cui Wanting offered to demand an explanation from Shen Zhaozhao if he became the Palace Heir, claiming he meant to uphold the Supreme Clarity Palace’s reputation.
• A disciple reported that Qingyuan True Cultivator had personally escorted an unknown person back, possibly to participate in the Palace Heir selection.

The Supreme Clarity Palace announced that its Palace Heir had already been selected, leaving Cui Wanting stunned and Lu Wan anxious about her future role as the Heir’s Dao Pact. The internal affairs elder gave Lu Wan a Jade Talisman containing a special Imperial Edict and hinted that the chosen Heir was extraordinary.

• Cui Wanting openly professed his interest in Lu Wan, but she advised him to give up and prepared to leave.
• An internal affairs elder announced that the Palace Heir had been selected and would be formally revealed at the Main Peak the next day.
• Cui Wanting learned that neither he nor Chen Yuan had been chosen, and he resolved to confront his master about the decision.
• Lu Wan worried about how the unknown Palace Heir would treat her, since she was bound to become the Heir’s Dao Pact.
• The elder stopped Lu Wan, handed her a blue-green Jade Talisman with an Imperial Edict from the Palace Master, and told her the new Palace Heir was extraordinary.

Lu Wan accepted the Supreme Clarity Palace’s decision to serve its newly chosen Palace Heir, though she struggled with what the arrangement would cost her. As the palace gathered for the next day’s investiture, Ye Li rested peacefully while everyone else wondered who had been chosen.

• Lu Wan returned to her residence, read the Palace Master’s Imperial Edict, and agreed to fulfill her arrangement to serve the Palace Heir.
• Lu Wan bathed and tried to reassure herself that serving the Palace Heir might still let her cultivate and eventually restore her origin.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace recalled its disciples and welcomed visiting factions for the Palace Heir’s investiture, while rumors spread about the chosen candidate.
• Ye Li finished testing his Three Clarity Qi and slept undisturbed under Qingyuan True Cultivator’s protection.
• At noon, hundreds of thousands of disciples and representatives gathered on the Main Peak as the investiture ceremony began.

Ye Li was formally appointed the Supreme Clarity Palace’s Twentieth-Generation Palace Heir after the Palace Master revealed his extraordinary cultivation and aptitude. As Ye Li stepped out to address the crowd, Chen Yuan struggled with resentment over losing the position.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator warned Ye Li that becoming Palace Heir would put his every action under scrutiny, and Ye Li said he was ready.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master announced that Ye Li had reached the peak of the sea-illuminating realm in twenty years, slain a powerful Yin-Yang Sect disciple, and manifested all nine patriarchal Law Seals.
• The Palace Master named Ye Li the Twentieth-Generation Palace Heir, dispelling the doubts of the sect’s disciples and shocking the gathered powers.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator explained that the ceremony showcased Ye Li and warned other powers against targeting him.
• Ye Li emerged in the Palace Heir’s robe and walked before the gathered cultivators, while Chen Yuan resented that Ye Li had taken the position without earning it through years of service.