Recaps

After Ye Li reached the late stage of the Path Opening Realm, he asked Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator to guard the Yin-Yang Sect and prevent Wu Guang from escaping, then took charge of sealing the cave abode. Hidden Edge True Cultivator emerged wounded and warned that something had gone terribly wrong.

• Ye Li asked Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator to watch the Yin-Yang Sect and keep Wu Guang from escaping, and she agreed before departing.
• Qin Fa of the Jade Dais Palace congratulated Ye Li, Pei Xuandu offered his congratulations, and Ning Zhiwei apologized to Ye Li.
• Blood energy erupted inside the cave abode, prompting Qin Fa and the other True Cultivators to lock down its entrance.
• Ye Li activated the three Water Dragon Platforms and sealed the cave abode, trapping the surging blood energy inside.
• Hidden Edge True Cultivator emerged from the cave abode covered in wounds and warned everyone that something had gone terribly wrong.

Ye Li blocked Hidden Edge True Cultivator from leaving the Cave Abode barrier and demanded to know what had happened to Qingyuan True Cultivator and Liuli. Hidden Edge claimed that three Demon Kings had trapped them inside, but Ye Li saw through his story and accused him of lying.

• Hidden Edge True Cultivator emerged wounded from the Cave Abode and tried to escape, but Ye Li kept the barrier sealed until he explained why he was the only one who had returned.
• Qin Fa urged Ye Li to release Hidden Edge, while Ye Li insisted that he answer questions about Qingyuan True Cultivator and the others first.
• Hidden Edge claimed that a Great Demon had concealed two other Demon Kings, that Liuli had been badly injured, and that Qingyuan had risked his life to send him out for help.
• Hidden Edge concealed his spiritual platform with immortal essence, but Ye Li said his Divine Ability could still detect him and declared that his account was a lie.

Ye Li exposed Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s collusion with the Demon Kings and entered the sealed space to confront him. Their battle began with Ye Li shattering Hidden Edge’s sword attack and sending him crashing into the barrier.

• Ye Li used his Divine Ability to identify Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s denials as lies, and Qin Fa revealed that Ye Li had just advanced to the Path Opening Realm.
• Hidden Edge admitted that he had trapped Qingyuan and Liuli, then threatened Ye Li with Qingyuan’s fate while his wounds healed.
• Ye Li asked Qin Fa and the other True Cultivators to reinforce the seal, then entered the enclosed space to face Hidden Edge.
• Hidden Edge attacked Ye Li with a powerful sword strike, but Ye Li shattered it with one raised hand.
• Ye Li rushed through the storm and punched Hidden Edge into the Water Dragon Platforms’ barrier, leaving Hidden Edge shocked by his strength.

Ye Li overwhelmed Hidden Edge True Cultivator with his treasures, Dao mark, and physical strength, then tore his head from his body. Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s Sword Talisman was seized before he could use it, and the sealed area filled with erupting sword light.

• Hidden Edge True Cultivator unleashed a storm of sword attacks, but Ye Li used [Heaven and Earth United] to endure them and close in.
• Ye Li battered Hidden Edge True Cultivator, while [Jade Clarity Dao Mark] suppressed his attempt to boost his strength.
• Hidden Edge True Cultivator brought out Sword Song Valley’s Sword Talisman, but Ye Li used [Heaven-Intercepting Spirit-Plundering Technique] to snatch it.
• Ye Li seized Hidden Edge True Cultivator and tore his head from his body, triggering an eruption of sword light across the sealed area.

Ye Li defeated and killed Hidden Edge True Cultivator, then entered the cave abode alone to rescue Qingyuan and the others. Outside, Pei Xuandu, shaken by the gap between them, asked Qin Fa to let him enter the forbidden grounds after they returned.

• Ye Li overwhelmed Hidden Edge True Cultivator, who confessed to conspiring with the Demon King and betraying Qingyuan and Liuli, then begged to atone by helping rescue them.
• Ye Li crushed Hidden Edge True Cultivator's head and burned away his divine soul, killing him and collecting his ring and five portions of true origin.
• Ye Li explained that Heavy Water True Cultivator's restrictions allowed only the Water Dragon Platform's controller to enter, and Qin Fa agreed to guard the cave abode outside.
• Ye Li told Lu Wan and Pei You'an to wait, then entered the cave abode alone while the onlookers marveled at his victory.
• Qin Fa tried to reassure the despondent Pei Xuandu, who said he wanted to venture into the forbidden grounds after recovering from his injuries.

Ye Li entered Heavy Water True Cultivator's cave abode and struck the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon with a single punch, interrupting her fight with Glass True Cultivator. He told Glass True Cultivator to stay put and rushed after the demon, intending to save Qingyuan next.

• Glass True Cultivator fought the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon while the demon's poison weakened her and the restrictions kept outside cultivators from entering.
• The Violet-Eyed Snake Demon taunted Glass True Cultivator and evaded her attacks, waiting for the poison to take effect.
• Ye Li arrived in a flash of golden thunder and smashed the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon's skull with a punch, sending her through frozen mountains.
• Glass True Cultivator asked how Ye Li had entered, and he told her he had come to save her and ordered her to stay where she was.
• Ye Li rushed toward the fallen Violet-Eyed Snake Demon as he prepared to use Rook Exchange to reach Qingyuan.

Ye Li overwhelmed the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon, resisted her erosive Great Dao with his Jade Clarity Dao Mark, and killed her. Glass True Cultivator watched in shock as the Fortune-Mastery Demon King fell.

• Ye Li repeatedly battered the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon, whose speed and evasive tricks could not keep him away.
• The Violet-Eyed Snake Demon spread her erosive Great Dao, but Ye Li used the Jade Clarity Dao Mark to protect his body and soul.
• The Violet-Eyed Snake Demon recognized Ye Li as a Path Opening Realm cultivator who had advanced on the Water Dragon Platform.
• Ye Li trapped the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon with pure qi and unleashed a storm of sword qi that exposed her true body.
• Ye Li seized and killed the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon with divine fire, while Glass True Cultivator watched in disbelief.

Ye Li killed the serpentine Demon King and saved Glass True Cultivator from its lingering poison with his golden blood. After she recovered, he left to save Qingyuan True Cultivator, leaving Glass True Cultivator alone in the Secret Realm.

• Ye Li killed the serpentine Demon King, and Glass True Cultivator thanked him for saving her.
• The poison in Glass True Cultivator surged again, and Ye Li used his Jade Clarity Dao Mark to stabilize her.
• Ye Li gave Glass True Cultivator a drop of his golden blood, which purged the poison and healed her injuries.
• Glass True Cultivator thanked Ye Li and began to ask about his treasured blood, but stopped herself.
• Ye Li sensed Qingyuan True Cultivator's Soul Anchor Point and vanished to rescue her, leaving Glass True Cultivator behind.

Qingyuan True Cultivator was trapped and gravely wounded while Azure Roc Demon King and Golden Toad Demon King attacked him. Ye Li broke through the demons’ barrier and arrived, striking Azure Roc into the sea and promising to handle the fight.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator tried to escape the sealed sea but Azure Roc Demon King and Golden Toad Demon King repeatedly stopped and wounded him.
• Golden Toad Demon King spoke of the Demon Race’s plans, and Qingyuan claimed Cold Sea Continent would produce a Dao Source True Lord within a little over a century.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator feared Ye Li might enter the Cave Abode, then spotted his golden aura beyond the demons’ barrier.
• Ye Li punched through the barrier and slammed Azure Roc Demon King into the sea with a golden strike.
• Ye Li landed beside Qingyuan True Cultivator and told him to leave the rest to him.

Ye Li revealed that he had killed Hidden Edge True Cultivator and Violet-Eyed Snake Demon, then used them to join the fight against the Demon Kings. He tore off Azure Roc Demon King’s wings and smashed its true form apart, while Golden Toad Demon King watched in disbelief.

• Azure Roc Demon King emerged from the sea and accused Golden Toad Demon King of letting Ye Li enter the Water Dragon Platform.
• Ye Li summoned Hidden Edge True Cultivator and Violet-Eyed Snake Demon, revealing that he had killed them both and brought them back under his control.
• Hidden Edge attacked Golden Toad Demon King while Ye Li and Violet-Eyed Snake Demon teamed up against Azure Roc Demon King.
• Violet-Eyed Snake Demon’s corrosive power weakened Azure Roc Demon King’s wings, allowing Ye Li to tear them off.
• Azure Roc Demon King revealed its true form, but Ye Li shattered its talons and smashed its body apart with successive punches.
• Golden Toad Demon King stared at the destruction in shock.

Ye Li killed the Azure Roc Demon King and the Golden Toad Demon King, turning Qingyuan True Cultivator’s desperate battle into a decisive victory. After learning Ye Li could summon the full-strength souls of those he killed, Qingyuan praised him and reconsidered how soon he might become a Dao Source True Lord.

• The Azure Roc Demon King fled after Ye Li destroyed its body, while the Golden Toad Demon King unleashed a sonic storm that failed to hinder Ye Li.
• Ye Li caught Azure Roc’s divine soul and burned it away with Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Ye Li overwhelmed the Golden Toad Demon King, shattered its body, and pursued its fleeing divine soul.
• Azure Roc’s summoned soul blocked the Golden Toad Demon King’s escape, revealing that Ye Li could command the full-strength souls of those he killed.
• Ye Li trapped the Golden Toad Demon King’s divine soul and destroyed it with Three-Hour Divine Fire.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator praised Ye Li and realized his earlier estimate of Ye Li’s rise to True Lord status was too cautious.

After killing Hidden Edge True Cultivator and breaking through to Path Opening, Ye Li rescued Qingyuan True Cultivator and planned to destroy the Yin-Yang Sect. Qingyuan True Cultivator and Glass True Cultivator each offered him all the treasures they had obtained in the Cave Abode.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator recovered enough to ask Ye Li what had happened, and Ye Li said he had killed Hidden Edge True Cultivator and broken through to Path Opening.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator thanked Ye Li for saving him and explained that their intertwined karma had helped restore his Immortal Essence when Ye Li broke through.
• Ye Li said he planned to kill Wu Guang and wipe out the Yin-Yang Sect, while Qingyuan True Cultivator warned that the Three Continents Alliance could oppose the move.
• Ye Li and Qingyuan True Cultivator reunited with Glass True Cultivator above the frozen sea, where Qingyuan confirmed that Ye Li had killed both Demon Kings.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator offered Ye Li all his Cave Abode treasures, and Glass True Cultivator offered him hers as thanks for saving and healing her.

Ye Li accepted one great Dao essence orb each from Qingyuan True Cultivator and Glass True Cultivator after refusing their other rewards. Outside the Cave Abode, the others learned that Ye Li had killed three Demon Kings, and he left with Lu Wan and Pei You'an while Glass True Cultivator promised to urge the Cold Purity Palace to join the Three Continents Alliance.

• Glass True Cultivator offered Ye Li her help and said she would persuade the Cold Purity Palace to join the Three Continents Alliance, and Ye Li told her he had no opinion.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator and Glass True Cultivator offered Ye Li great Dao essence orbs, and he accepted one from each while refusing any more.
• Ye Li, Qingyuan True Cultivator, and Glass True Cultivator emerged from the Cave Abode, and Qingyuan revealed that Ye Li had killed all three Demon Kings inside.
• Qin Fa praised Ye Li and invited him to the Jade Dais Palace, while Pei Xuandu vowed to work toward catching up with him.
• Ning Zhiwei invited Ye Li to visit the Jade Dais Palace, and Ye Li departed with Lu Wan and Pei You'an.
• Pei Xuandu asked Ning Zhiwei why she had been so enthusiastic toward Ye Li, and she denied that anything was unusual.

Wuguang True Cultivator feared Ye Li’s rapid rise and tried to contact the absent Yin-Yang Sect Master, then decided to leave the sect and assess the danger. As he reached the Mountain Gate, Xuanwei appeared and stopped him.

• Wuguang True Cultivator summoned White Crane Fairy and ordered her to arrange a meeting with Ye Li, citing the Qi-Recovery Pill she had given him as proof of their friendship.
• White Crane Fairy reluctantly agreed to approach Ye Li, though she doubted he considered her a friend.
• Wuguang True Cultivator repeatedly tried to contact the Yin-Yang Sect Master with a Jade Talisman, but received no response.
• Wuguang True Cultivator weighed fleeing against the Great Dao Contract binding him to guard the Yin-Yang Sect and decided to go outside to test the situation.
• As Wuguang True Cultivator approached the Mountain Gate, Xuanwei emerged from the void and stopped him.

Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator stopped Wuguang True Cultivator from escaping and kept the Yin-Yang Sect blockaded after its attack on Ye Li. Wuguang told the Yin-Yang Sect Master what had happened, and the Master said he would report it to the True Lord.

• Wuguang True Cultivator tried to flee Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator, but she trapped him and drove him back to the Yin-Yang Sect.
• White Crane Fairy worried that Wuguang True Cultivator wanted her to lure Ye Li out, and considered sending him a letter to buy time.
• Wuguang True Cultivator refused to explain the clash to an elder, then returned to his cave abode in frustration.
• The Yin-Yang Sect Master contacted Wuguang True Cultivator, who recounted Ye Li's rise, the failed ambush, and Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator's blockade.
• The Yin-Yang Sect Master told Wuguang True Cultivator to wait while he reported the crisis to the True Lord.

Wuguang True Cultivator learned that a True Lord would return to the True Source World next month, while Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator kept watch on the Yin-Yang Sect. Ye Li arrived after resolving the crisis at Heavy Water True Cultivator’s cave abode and asked Qingyuan True Cultivator why Dao Source True Lords were rarely present in the True Source World.

• The Yin-Yang Sect Master told Wuguang True Cultivator that a True Lord would return next month, easing Wuguang’s fear of Ye Li.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator stayed outside the Yin-Yang Sect to prevent Wu Guang from escaping.
• Ye Li told Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator that Hidden Edge True Cultivator had betrayed them and that he had dealt with three Demon Kings at Heavy Water True Cultivator’s cave abode.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator appeared through the Communication Jade and thanked Xuanwei for keeping watch.
• Ye Li told Qingyuan True Cultivator to return to the palace and recover, then asked how long Fortune-Mastery True Cultivators and True Lords could live.
• Ye Li asked Qingyuan True Cultivator where the Dao Source True Lords had gone and why they were rarely heard of in the True Source World.

Qingyuan True Cultivator explained how the Heavenly Official connected the True Source World to the Outer World and how its strongest cultivators could leave. Ye Li returned to the Yin-Yang Sect and attacked its mountain-protecting formations, calling for Wu Guang.

• Qingyuan True Cultivator told Ye Li about the Outer World, the New Divine Court, and the Heavenly Official who guided cultivators out of the True Source World.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator explained that the Heavenly Official usually opened the way every fifty years and that Supreme Clarity Palace could contact him through a Magic Treasure.
• Ye Li learned that some True Lords remained in the Seven Continents and asked Qingyuan True Cultivator about the region's powers as their Treasure Ship neared the Yin-Yang Sect.
• Ye Li leaped from the Treasure Ship, resolved to handle the threats in the Seven Continents before going to the Outer World, and arrived above the Yin-Yang Sect.
• Ye Li called for Wu Guang and smashed through the Yin-Yang Sect's protective formations, shaking its mountains and destroying array runes.

Ye Li stormed into Yin-Yang Sect and confronted Wuguang True Cultivator, displaying power that shocked the sect. The chapter ended with Ye Li kicking Wuguang True Cultivator into the ground and collapsing the surrounding mountains.

• White Crane Fairy struggled to write a letter to Ye Li, fearing that Wuguang True Cultivator would use her to lure him into danger.
• Ye Li appeared above Yin-Yang Sect, and his overwhelming pressure forced the disciples to the ground.
• Wuguang True Cultivator flew out to confront Ye Li and was shocked by his aura and presence.
• Ye Li disappeared from Wuguang True Cultivator's sight, broke through his defenses, and shattered the dark sun forming behind him.
• Ye Li kicked Wuguang True Cultivator into the ground, causing a devastating impact that ruptured the earth and shattered nearby mountains.

Ye Li overwhelmed Wuguang True Cultivator at the Yin-Yang Sect, defeated the power of a True Lord talisman, and burned Wuguang’s divine soul to death. With the Deputy Sect Master dead and the sect’s Great Dao manifestations dissolving, the Yin-Yang Sect was left in turmoil.

• Ye Li battered Wuguang True Cultivator across the sealed Mountain Gate while protecting the fleeing Yin-Yang Sect disciples from the battle’s shock waves.
• Wuguang True Cultivator burned the remaining power of a talisman bestowed by the Yin-Yang True Lord, but Ye Li countered it with the Blue-Black Ring’s Heaven and Earth United technique.
• Ye Li struck Wuguang True Cultivator’s body apart, leaving only his divine soul to flee from the Mountain Gate.
• Ye Li trapped Wuguang True Cultivator’s divine soul and burned it to death with Three-Hour Divine Fire after rejecting his offers to surrender and betray the Yin-Yang True Lord.
• The Great Dao manifestations above the Yin-Yang Sect dissolved into a rain of light after Wuguang True Cultivator died.

Ye Li killed Wuguang True Cultivator and ordered him to slaughter most of the Yin-Yang Sect’s cultivators. He put White Crane Fairy in charge of coordinating the Supreme Clarity Palace’s takeover, then reminded Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator that she had promised him a grand gift for killing a True Cultivator.

• After Wuguang True Cultivator died, White Crane Fairy and the Yin-Yang Sect’s disciples and elders submitted to Ye Li.
• Ye Li warned the cultivators that many of them still had to die, then Wuguang True Cultivator killed all but a fraction of the sect’s people.
• Ye Li told White Crane Fairy to coordinate with the Supreme Clarity Palace when it arrived to take over the Yin-Yang Sect, and she agreed.
• Ye Li checked his status panel and saw that he had gained 100 million malice points from killing Wuguang True Cultivator.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator praised Ye Li, and he asked her to deliver the grand gift she had promised after he killed a True Cultivator.

Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator told Ye Li that Divine Dragon Mountain’s mountain lord tortured cultivators to create dragon-blooded bodies for himself, then proposed luring him out by sending Ye Li to another continent. Ye Li agreed once he learned how powerful the mountain lord was, and Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator promised her full cooperation.

• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator explained that Divine Dragon Mountain’s mountain lord used his Dragon-Raising Method to transform captured cultivators and drain their blood.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator revealed that one of her friends had exposed the scheme before dying, and that the mountain lord had escaped the Palace Master’s assault by leaving the Cold Sea Continent.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator said the mountain lord still sought cultivators with powerful bodies and could be baited by Ye Li traveling alone to another continent.
• Ye Li questioned whether the mountain lord would take the bait and asked about his cultivation level.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator disclosed that the mountain lord had captured an Azure Dragon Demon King whose cultivation was near late-stage Fortune-Mastery.
• Ye Li immediately agreed to the plan, and Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator pledged to help him.

An Ziqing continued refining pills while Meng Lian supported him, and he gave her several of his Treasure Pellets. When Ye Li returned and summoned them, the Manager clarified that Ye Li wanted to see Meng Lian, leaving An Ziqing to accompany her without knowing why.

• An Ziqing successfully refined Treasure Pellets and felt that his Pill Dao skills had improved greatly.
• Meng Lian praised the pills and described how Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s relentless sword training had unsettled her Sword Heart.
• An Ziqing gave Meng Lian several Treasure Pellets, saying they might be useless if he lost to Ye Li and became Ye Li’s dog.
• A Supreme Clarity Palace Manager announced that Ye Li had returned and invited An Ziqing and Meng Lian to meet him.
• The Manager revealed that Ye Li had specifically summoned Meng Lian, while An Ziqing could only accompany her.

Ye Li revealed that Meng Lian’s master, Hidden Edge True Cultivator, had betrayed his allies and been killed, then asked Meng Lian to stay by his side for a month and help with one matter. Meng Lian believed him and agreed, leaving the nature of Ye Li’s request for later.

• Ye Li summoned Meng Lian and An Ziqing, then asked Meng Lian about her relationship with Hidden Edge True Cultivator.
• Lu Wan explained that Hidden Edge had colluded with Demon Kings, attacked Qingyuan and Liuli, stolen inheritances, and tried to flee alone.
• Meng Lian condemned her master’s betrayal and vowed to bring him to justice if she had the chance.
• Ye Li revealed that he had killed Hidden Edge and showed Meng Lian his master’s Dao Source as proof.
• Ye Li asked Meng Lian to stay with him for a month and help with one matter that did not violate her principles, and she agreed.

Ye Li accepted An Ziqing’s challenge to a Pill Dao contest, seeing it as a chance to use him as a messenger to the lord of Divine Dragon Mountain. The contest was arranged with witnesses, while Meng Lian worried that An Ziqing was risking too much.

• Ye Li explained that Meng Lian could privately contact the lord of Divine Dragon Mountain because her connection to [Master-Slayer] made her betrayal seem plausible.
• An Ziqing challenged Ye Li to a Pill Dao contest, staking his freedom on the outcome and claiming confidence despite his trembling divine soul.
• Ye Li realized An Ziqing could serve as an even better messenger and accepted the contest as part of his plan to bait the lord of Divine Dragon Mountain.
• Ye Li ordered Lu Wan to prepare two Pill Refineries and invite the Glass True Cultivator to witness An Ziqing’s defeat.
• Meng Lian tried to dissuade An Ziqing, but he insisted that facing Ye Li was necessary to overcome his fear of stronger opponents.

Jade Dais Palace’s Palace Master and Qin Fa discussed the fallout from Ye Li destroying the Yin-Yang Sect, while Heguang True Cultivator pressed the Alliance Association to hold him accountable. She presented a jade document showing that many Green Luo Continent factions shared her objections.

• The Palace Master of Jade Dais Palace worried that Ye Li’s destruction of the Yin-Yang Sect could provoke the absent Yin-Yang True Lord and violate Alliance Association rules.
• Qin Fa confirmed that Ye Li had advanced dramatically on the Water Dragon Platform and personally slain Hidden Edge.
• Heguang True Cultivator confronted Palace Master Lin, arguing that Ye Li had recklessly endangered Supreme Clarity Palace and the Alliance Association by wiping out the Yin-Yang Sect without warning.
• Heguang True Cultivator warned that other Dao Lineages might fear they would be targeted next, making future Alliance Association inspections and investigations harder.
• Heguang True Cultivator produced a jade document bearing numerous Dao Lineages’ seals to show that factions across Green Luo Continent opposed Ye Li’s actions and wanted him restrained.