Recaps

As the Martial Ground Baptism began, Ye Li absorbed diluted demigod blood and used Malice Points to advance from Fourth-Tier Peak to Fifth-Tier Peak. He left the chapter ready to visit the top Martial Arts Universities.

• Ye Li watched platinum substance descend from the sky as the appointed time for the Baptism approached.
• Ye Li drew Gale Force from the surrounding fifty miles and absorbed the Baptism's substance, receiving buffs to his Divine Mansion and future cultivation.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points forging an azure gold Divine Mansion and advanced to Fifth-Tier First Level.
• Ye Li continued spending Malice Points, advancing through Fifth-Tier Sixth and Ninth Levels to Fifth-Tier Peak.
• Ye Li split the Sea of Clouds with a punch and decided to visit the top Martial Arts Universities.

After Ye Li defeated the other nine participants in the Martial Ground Secret Realm, Zuo Qingyu explained how the Fifth Tier advanced to the Sixth Tier and offered him her Spirit Nurturing Method in exchange for defeating the leading students from Huaxia’s major Martial Arts Universities. The chapter ended with Ye Li facing a challenge to fight the top university figures.

• Ye Li emerged from the Martial Ground Secret Realm after driving out all nine other participants, and Zuo Qingyu praised his performance.
• Zuo Qingyu told Ye Li that the defeated students had been sent for treatment and that he would likely become Fengyun University's leading figure.
• Ye Li asked how to advance from the Fifth-Tier Divine Mansion Realm to the Sixth-Tier Martial Infant Realm, and Zuo Qingyu explained how nurturing the spiritual platform formed the Martial Infant.
• Ye Li asked Zuo Qingyu for a Spirit Nurturing Method, and she offered to give it to him if he defeated the leading figures of Huaxia's major Martial Arts Universities.

Zuo Qingyu accepted Shangjing University's challenge and decided Ye Li would represent Fengyun University in an exchange match against Zhu Zhengchuan. The chapter ended with Shangjing University's principal considering another newly prominent young martial artist at Fengyun University.

• Zuo Qingyu told Ye Li that Shangjing University's principal and other university leaders had been taunting Fengyun University, and Ye Li agreed to compete against their prized students.
• Zuo Qingyu ordered Qin Huo to alert Fengyun University's teachers and students about exchange matches with the major schools, starting within the next couple of days.
• Zuo Qingyu took Ye Li away and told him that Zhu Zhengchuan, Shangjing University's formidable [Little Gun God], would be his first opponent.
• Qin Huo and the other old men hurried to prepare the school for the exchange matches.
• Shangjing University's principal questioned Zuo Qingyu's sudden challenge and considered whether Fengyun University had a young martial artist besides Li Jiankai who could threaten Zhu Zhengchuan.

The Principal of Shangjing University arranged an Exchange Competition between Zhu Zhengchuan and a Fengyun University student, confident that Zhu would win. Tang Yao remembered her defeat by Ye Li and resolved to grow stronger, while Zhu hoped his next opponent would have the will to challenge him.

• The Principal of Shangjing University reviewed Ye Li's achievements but concluded that the young martial artist was not yet Zhu Zhengchuan's match.
• The Principal told Zhu Zhengchuan that Fengyun University had requested a one-on-one Exchange Competition within the next few days, and Zhu agreed without concern.
• Tang Yao recalled her crushing defeat by Ye Li and estimated that he had likely advanced into the Third Order True Blood Realm.
• Tang Yao resolved to catch up with Ye Li and agreed to watch Zhu's upcoming match to learn from it.
• Zhu complained that most opponents became nervous against him and said he wanted a rival who genuinely wished to defeat him.

After Ye Li defeated the other nine prodigies in the Martial Ground Baptism, he became the top-ranked student at Fengyun University. He traveled with Zuo Qingyu to Shangjing Province and insisted on fighting Zhu Zhengchuan that same day.

• Students at Ze Wei Tower learned Ye Li had defeated all nine other participants and risen to number one on the Fengyun Ranking.
• Lin Yinyun heard students compare Ye Li with Zhu Zhengchuan and felt indignant about the age difference between them.
• A student announced that Ye Li was going to fight Zhu Zhengchuan, startling Lin Yinyun.
• Ye Li and Zuo Qingyu flew toward Shangjing Province to attend the Exchange Competition.
• Zuo Qingyu offered to schedule the match for the next day or later, but Ye Li insisted they fight that day and felt confident he could defeat Zhu Zhengchuan.

Ye Li and Zuo Qingyu arrived at Shangjing University for the Exchange Competition against Zhu Zhengchuan. Principal Ning Guohua announced the match across campus, drawing an excited crowd as the three headed inside.

• Zuo Qingyu and Ye Li arrived at Shangjing University, where Principal Ning Guohua greeted them.
• Ning Guohua asked Ye Li to identify himself, and Ye Li introduced himself as a student from Fengyun University.
• Zuo Qingyu questioned Ning Guohua for failing to publicize the match, so he announced the three o’clock competition against Zhu Zhengchuan on the campus stone monument.
• Shangjing University students reacted excitedly and began spreading news of the competition.
• Ning Guohua assessed Ye Li and, confident in Zhu Zhengchuan, invited him and Zuo Qingyu into the campus.

Shangjing University gathered to watch Ye Li face Zhu Zhengchuan, and the newly revealed extent of Ye Li’s strength rattled Tang Yao and surprised Ning Guohua. Zhu Zhengchuan prepared his spear and resolved to defeat the formidable freshman as the match approached.

• Crowds packed Shangjing University’s Training Ground No. 1 to watch Ye Li challenge Zhu Zhengchuan.
• Tang Yao learned that Ye Li had reached the Fourth-Tier Heaven Pass Realm and, after her companions reassured her, anticipated his defeat.
• Ning Guohua learned Ye Li had completed a one-against-nine during the Martial Ground Baptism and considered him a greater prodigy than Zhu Zhengchuan.
• Zhu Zhengchuan prepared his Black Iron Great Spear and brought himself to peak condition before the match.

Ye Li revealed his Fifth-Tier Peak cultivation and overwhelming azure-gold Divine Mansion during his match against Zhu Zhengchuan, then defeated him with a single punch. The Training Ground fell silent as Ye Li stood victorious over Shangjing University's Martial Dao prodigy.

• Zhu Zhengchuan entered the stage boasting that he would crush Ye Li's pride, while Ye Li arrived unarmed and remained calm.
• Ye Li released his true qi, shaking the Training Ground and revealing a Fifth-Tier Peak cultivation that stunned Zhu Zhengchuan and the spectators.
• Zhu Zhengchuan activated his S-Grade Martial Arts Talent, Purgatory Great Flame Demon, and charged Ye Li with his spear.
• Ye Li broke Zhu Zhengchuan's spear with a finger flick, then struck him with one punch and sent him crashing into the arena wall.
• The referee declared Ye Li the winner as the spectators remained stunned and silent.

Ye Li crushed Zhu Zhengchuan at Shangjing University, revealing a power that astonished the martial arts world. Tang Yao confronted him about their past match, and his dismissive answer shattered her remaining confidence.

• Ye Li defeated Zhu Zhengchuan in under two minutes, and the spectators realized he had reached the Peak Divine Mansion Realm.
• Ning Guohua marveled at Ye Li's strength, while Zuo Qingyu considered what reward to give him.
• Ye Li noticed that Tang Yao's Dao Heart was collapsing and decided to seek more Malice Points after obtaining the Spirit Nurturing Method.
• Tang Yao asked Ye Li whether their match a month earlier had been a fair contest or a farce.
• Ye Li compared their match to kicking a rabid stray dog to death, and Tang Yao's confidence collapsed completely.

At Shangjing University, Zuo Qingyu gave Ye Li a Sixth-Tier Premium martial skill, the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique, which she had taken from a notorious martial artist she killed. After Ye Li accepted it, Zuo Qingyu began to tell him that the Huaxia Qingyi Bureau headquarters had called her.

• Ye Li arrived at his courtyard and found a crowd waiting outside to meet him.
• Zuo Qingyu told the Shangjing student to send the visitors away, then promised Ye Li a secret martial skill.
• Zuo Qingyu gave Ye Li the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique and explained its power to seal an opponent’s martial abilities.
• Zuo Qingyu revealed that she had killed the technique’s former master after he lusted after her, and Ye Li accepted her reasoning for keeping the skill.
• Zuo Qingyu said the Huaxia Qingyi Bureau headquarters had called her, then began to share what she had learned.

Zuo Qingyu told Ye Li that the Qingyi Bureau headquarters wanted to recruit him after graduation and provide a Fifth-Tier Martial Artist to protect him, but Ye Li declined. After she warned him that powerful factions would soon seek him out, Ye Li entered his Cultivation Room and began upgrading the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique.

• Zuo Qingyu explained that the Qingyi Bureau headquarters had noticed Ye Li's performance and planned to recruit him after graduation, offering resources and a Fifth-Tier Martial Artist for protection.
• Ye Li declined the offer, and Zuo Qingyu revealed that she had learned he had reached the Fifth-Tier Peak after absorbing demigod blood.
• Zuo Qingyu warned Ye Li that factions in Huaxia and abroad would seek to recruit him and cautioned him to be careful.
• Zuo Qingyu left Ye Li's pavilion, and Ye Li went to his Cultivation Room to upgrade the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique with Malice Points.
• After spending 5,000 Malice Points, Ye Li encountered a familiar problem and wondered whether the martial skill was meant for humans to practice.

Zuo Qingyu reported that Ye Li had refused the Qingyi Bureau’s offer, and Yang Qingshan dismissed the idea of recruiting him until he proved himself. After learning that Ye Li had reached Fifth-Tier Peak and displayed a historically immense surge of true qi, Yang Qingshan was left stunned.

• Zuo Qingyu told Yang Qingshan that Ye Li had refused the Qingyi Bureau’s offer, and she ended the call in frustration.
• Yang Qingshan reflected on the bureau’s strained resources and how Zhu Zhengchuan had joined the Xuantian Dao Sect despite the bureau’s support.
• Yang Qingshan told an attendant that Ye Li could receive the Seal of Judgment if he condensed a golden Divine Mansion and reached Fifth Tier before graduation.
• The attendant reported that Ye Li had already reached Fifth-Tier Peak and publicly crushed the Little Gun God.
• The attendant said Ye Li’s aura had formed an azure gold pillar of light over ten thousand zhang high, the greatest recorded surge of true qi in Huaxia’s history.
• Yang Qingshan stood stunned by the news.

Ye Li perfected the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique and received a call from his injured master, Yu Weng, who warned him to avoid Jiangnan Province. Ye Li threatened to investigate the factions there unless Yu Weng told him the truth.

• Ye Li used Malice Points to perfect the Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique and tested its dark-golden, suppressive true qi.
• Ye Li finished cultivating, prepared to sleep, and answered a call from Yu Weng.
• Ye Li noticed Yu Weng was pale and listless, and Yu Weng spat blood during their conversation.
• Yu Weng told Ye Li to avoid missions in Jiangnan Province because he had offended a faction there and feared Ye Li might be implicated.
• Ye Li rejected Yu Weng's explanation and threatened to visit the Jiangnan factions unless Yu Weng revealed the truth.

Yu Weng told Ye Li that Cheng Qing of the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion had rejected his attempt to negotiate and beaten him. Ye Li decided to go to Jiangnan Province immediately and enlisted Zuo Qingyu, leaving her ready to confront Cheng Qing.

• Yu Weng explained that Cheng Qing had threatened Ye Li after he defeated her disciple, and that Yu Weng had endured eight of her punches while trying to negotiate.
• Ye Li told the injured Yu Weng to recover and promised he could help him break through, while Yu Weng urged him to stay near campus.
• Unable to sleep and worried Cheng Qing might change her mind, Ye Li decided to head for Jiangnan Province rather than visit Martial Arts Universities for points.
• Ye Li went to Zuo Qingyu and told her Cheng Qing intended to harm him and that he planned to face the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion the next morning.
• Zuo Qingyu's anger flared as she prepared to support Ye Li against Cheng Qing.

Ye Li arrived at Hengshan Treasure Pavilion with Zuo Qingyu and confronted Cheng Qing, who had planned to punish him for injuring her disciple. The chapter ended with Ye Li asking Cheng Qing whether it was still too late to kneel and apologize.

• Ye Li flew toward Hengshan Treasure Pavilion with Zuo Qingyu, who promised to protect him and urged him to act boldly.
• Cheng Qing absorbed the spiritual essence of three Earth Core Precious Ginseng plants and learned that Yu Chuan’s injuries would take months to heal.
• Cheng Qing told Yu Chuan she planned to shatter Ye Li’s dream of reaching the Divine Mansion Realm to avenge his injuries.
• Cheng Qing returned to her residence and learned that a man and woman were waiting for her.
• Yu Chuan recognized Ye Li, and Cheng Qing’s killing intent rose before Ye Li asked whether she should kneel and apologize.

Ye Li revealed his Peak Divine Mansion Realm strength and crushed Cheng Qing after she threatened him, leaving her injured and unable to use her true qi. As he approached her in the crater, the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion disciples could only watch.

• Cheng Qing mistook Ye Li’s question for a plea for mercy and demanded that he kneel and apologize.
• Ye Li released his overwhelming pressure and struck Cheng Qing with an Ice Azure Dragon, blasting her hundreds of zhang away.
• Ye Li appeared before Cheng Qing and shattered her Divine Mansion with a single punch, leaving her gravely wounded in a crater.
• Cheng Qing tried to use the Hengshan Spring Return Method but discovered five illusory dragon shadows sealing her true qi.
• Ye Li walked toward Cheng Qing and firmly gripped her face.

Ye Li publicly defeated and humiliated Cheng Qing, then sealed her cultivation for a hundred years. As he left, two Martial Infant Realm powerhouses arrived and attacked him over her injuries.

• Ye Li forced the wounded Cheng Qing to beg for mercy before the watching Hengshan Treasure Pavilion disciples.
• Cheng Qing knelt and pleaded for her life, and Ye Li sealed her ability to communicate with true qi for a hundred years.
• Cheng Qing fainted from her injuries and the destruction of her Divine Mansion as Ye Li walked away.
• Two Sixth-Tier Martial Infant Realm experts arrived and one roared at Ye Li before unleashing his pressure.

Zuo Qingyu intervened when Hengshan Treasure Pavilion’s Martial Infant Realm experts confronted Ye Li over his treatment of Cheng Qing. Recognizing Ye Li’s extraordinary potential, the Pavilion Master tried to end the dispute by proposing friendship, while the Supreme Elder discovered something alarming as he checked Cheng Qing.

• The Hengshan Pavilion Master and Supreme Elder used their Martial Infant Realm pressure against Ye Li, but Ye Li’s Indestructible Golden Soul let him remain standing.
• Zuo Qingyu emerged from the shattered residence, dispelled the pressure, and declared that Ye Li was her student and under her protection.
• The Supreme Elder demanded an explanation for Ye Li humiliating Cheng Qing, but Zuo Qingyu defended him and challenged the two elders to fight her.
• The Hengshan Pavilion Master realized Ye Li was a remarkably young martial arts prodigy and shifted from confrontation to offering friendship.
• The Supreme Elder checked Cheng Qing’s pulse and reacted with sudden alarm.

Ye Li refused to back down after Hengshan Treasure Pavilion’s Supreme Elder demanded he undo the seal on Cheng Qing, and the Pavilion Master struggled to keep the conflict from escalating. When the Supreme Elder threatened to stop Ye Li from leaving, Ye Li challenged him to last three minutes and opened with a powerful Ice Azure Dragon strike.

• The Supreme Elder discovered Ye Li’s Heavenly Seal Dragon Forbidden Technique had sealed Cheng Qing and insisted Hengshan Treasure Pavilion could not let the group leave.
• The Hengshan Pavilion Master chose to end the dispute, dismissing Cheng Qing’s sealing as a lesson and ordering the Supreme Elder to see the guests out.
• The Supreme Elder demanded that Ye Li undo the seal and threatened to prevent him from leaving if he refused.
• Ye Li challenged the Supreme Elder to survive three minutes against him, while Zuo Qingyu prepared to intervene.
• The Supreme Elder summoned Hengshan Thousand Peaks to defend himself, but Ye Li’s Ice Azure Dragon strike blasted him backward and nearly shattered the mountain phantom.
• Ye Li’s golden eyes and Indestructible Golden Soul, Golden Soul Revival released an aura approaching the Martial Infant Realm as the battle continued.

Ye Li used [Golden Soul Revival] to overwhelm the Old Man in Hemp Clothes, a Martial Infant Realm Supreme Elder of Hengshan Treasure Pavilion, and left him severely injured. After the technique drained his strength, Ye Li walked out of the Pavilion while Zuo Qingyu hurried after him.

• Ye Li struck the Old Man in Hemp Clothes with overwhelming speed and power, then fought him in a rapid exchange of blows.
• Ye Li's dark-gold sealing technique weakened the Old Man in Hemp Clothes, and Ye Li shattered the purple Divine Mansion he summoned to defend himself.
• Ye Li bound the Old Man's Martial Infant with dragon-shaped phantoms and knocked him into the ground with a final punch.
• Ye Li's strength faded as [Golden Soul Revival] drained his true qi, but he ignored the stunned Hengshan Pavilion Master and left Hengshan Treasure Pavilion.
• Zuo Qingyu regained her composure and hurried after Ye Li.

After Ye Li’s astonishing victory, Zuo Qingyu returned with him to Fengyun University and gave him the S-Grade Spirit Nurturing Method she had promised. She explained that mastering it would let him nurture a Martial Infant and enter the Martial Infant Realm, then went into seclusion as Ye Li left to prepare.

• Zuo Qingyu reflected on how Ye Li had defeated a Martial Infant Realm opponent despite being at the Peak of the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Ye Li asked whether they would challenge other Martial Arts Universities, and Zuo Qingyu said she had declined their requests for Martial Dao exchanges on his behalf.
• At Fengyun University, Zuo Qingyu gave Ye Li the S-Grade Spirit Nurturing Method: Storm Nurturing Sacred Spirit.
• Zuo Qingyu told Ye Li that mastering the method would allow him to nurture a Martial Infant and enter the Martial Infant Realm, then said she would seek a cave abode and enter seclusion.
• After Ye Li left, Zuo Qingyu tried and failed to improve her already-condensed Divine Mansion, then walked into the mountains and asked him to call her Teacher.

Ye Li used 120,000 Malice Points to improve his Indestructible Golden Soul and unlocked the Innate Divine Ability Spirit Clarity Heart Aperture. He realized the ability would help him comprehend cultivation methods and martial skills, and prepared to cultivate Storm Nurturing Sacred Spirit.

• Ye Li studied the Sixth-Tier Spirit Nurturing Method Storm Nurturing Sacred Spirit but decided not to spend his Malice Points on it yet.
• Ye Li chose to improve Indestructible Golden Soul and poured Malice Points into it.
• Ye Li's Golden Soul evolved, and he unlocked the Innate Divine Ability Spirit Clarity Heart Aperture.
• Ye Li discovered that Spirit Clarity Heart Aperture greatly enhanced his comprehension and could help him deduce methods suited to himself.
• Ye Li decided to cultivate Storm Nurturing Sacred Spirit using his newly enhanced comprehension.

Ye Li perfected the Storm Nurturing Sacred Spirit method and unleashed a pillar of true qi that drew attention across Fengyun City. Meanwhile, the city bureau received a Seal of Judgment for a newly appointed Judge, leaving its officials stunned by the unexpected assignment.

• Ye Li used his enhanced comprehension to master and perfect the Storm Nurturing Sacred Spirit method, preparing to nurture a Martial Infant superior to Zuo Qingyu's.
• Ye Li's two nurturing winds swept through his Divine Mansion, and a pillar of true qi rose into the sky as freshmen learned his name from upperclassmen.
• Two Divine Mansion Realm martial artists delivered a multicolored Seal of Judgment to the Fengyun City Qingyi Bureau.
• The bureau director feared Fengyun City faced a catastrophe and asked which Judge was being sent there.
• Zhou Chen explained that he and his colleague had come to deliver the seal to the new Judge.

Zhou Chen informed the Fengyun City Bureau that Ye Li, a university freshman at the Peak Divine Mansion Realm, had been appointed a new Arbiter, and the bureau prepared to deliver him the great seal. At Fengyun University, Yu Weng visited Ye Li and offered to teach or spar with him, prompting surprise from the others.

• Zhou Chen told the Fengyun City Bureau director that Ye Li was the new Arbiter and ordered the director, deputy director, and senior enforcers to accompany him to Fengyun University with the great seal.
• Zhou Chen explained that Ye Li was not yet twenty, had reached the Peak Divine Mansion Realm, and possessed an azure-gold Divine Mansion with true qi soaring over ten thousand zhang.
• Yu Weng visited Ye Li at the Gold Medal Courtyard, where Lin Yinyun and Chen Jingli also joined them.
• Yu Weng offered to guide Ye Li in martial arts or spar with him, and the three people at the stone table reacted with surprise.

Yu Weng learned that Ye Li had reached the Fifth-Tier Peak and heard about his recent victories, while Lin Yinyun advised Ye Li to avoid the attention of outside forces. Meanwhile, Zhou Chen led Qingyi Bureau enforcers to Ye Li’s courtyard to publicly bestow the Seal of Judgment.

• Ye Li joked that Yu Weng could ask him for cultivation advice, and Chen Jingli revealed that Ye Li had reached the Fifth-Tier Peak.
• Lin Yinyun told Yu Weng that Ye Li alone had received the Martial Ground Baptism and had defeated Zhu Zhengchuan at the Exchange Competition in Shangjing.
• Lin Yinyun warned Ye Li that foreign forces would try to recruit him and advised him to stay in the courtyard; Ye Li accepted that he would rest for now.
• Yu Weng gradually recovered from his shock and reflected that his disciple was advancing too quickly.
• Zhou Chen led Qingyi Bureau enforcers across Fengyun University toward Ye Li’s courtyard with the Seal of Judgment, intending to announce Ye Li as Huaxia’s new Judge.