Recaps

Ye Li slaughtered the Wave-Subduing Residence’s remaining forces and killed two corrupt Alliance Association Managers. After agreeing to handle the aftermath, he left Branch President Xu Yan determined to report his own failure of oversight and request severe punishment.

• Ye Li used Perfected Iron Face's Memory Scroll and Qiao Suying's records to identify the guilty cultivators and ordered his forces to continue the slaughter.
• Qin Fa thanked Ye Li for destroying the Wave-Subduing Residence, then admitted he resented that an outsider had exposed the corruption.
• Ye Li rejected Qin Fa's offer to have Jade Dais Palace handle the aftermath and said he would deal with it himself.
• Ye Li killed two Alliance Association Managers after they pleaded with Xu Yan to protect them.
• Xu Yan distanced himself from the Managers and resolved to seek severe punishment at headquarters for his failure to oversee the branch.

Cheng Yanhui became the Valley Master of Zi Yue’s personal disciple just as Heguang True Cultivator revealed that Ye Li had destroyed Returning Balance Academy and declared control over Green Luo Continent. Perfected Chongyue then urged Zi Yue Valley and the other sects to challenge Ye Li’s authority and jointly control the investigation.

• The Valley Master of Zi Yue accepted Cheng Yanhui as her disciple after her success at the Teaching Ceremony, and Cheng Yanhui received a personal disciple’s waist token.
• Heguang True Cultivator arrived with a dossier and reported that Ye Li had secretly come to Green Luo Continent, destroyed Returning Balance Academy, slain Perfected Mingzhang and the Alliance managers, and declared that he would take over the continent.
• The Valley Master of Zi Yue and Heguang True Cultivator discussed Jade Dais Palace’s refusal to intervene, while Cheng Yanhui argued that Ye Li was challenging Zi Yue Valley’s authority.
• Perfected Chongyue arrived and said Ye Li’s investigation of those connected to the Dao-Nurturing Pool threatened every Dao Lineage on Green Luo Continent.
• Perfected Chongyue proposed that Zi Yue Valley send a Late Fortune-Mastery True Cultivator to summon Ye Li and that the sects jointly decide who should be investigated and punished.

After learning that Ye Li had destroyed Wave-Subduing Residence, the leaders of Zi Yue Valley and the Mountain-Subduing Sect reconsidered how to deal with him. The Valley Master weighed whether to invite Ye Li to Zi Yue Valley and use the sect’s accumulated defenses against him.

• Perfected Chongyue learned from True Person Shoujing that Ye Li’s True Body had left Returning Balance Academy and that she had seen only his clone.
• True Person Shoujing reported that Ye Li had killed Perfected Iron Face, the other True Persons of Wave-Subduing Residence, and Ding Lie, then sealed the residence with seven Fortune-Mastery souls to investigate its cultivators.
• Cheng Yanhui regretted criticizing Ye Li after hearing of his victory, while the Valley Master of Zi Yue Valley recognized how much his strength had grown.
• True Person Shoujing said Jade Dais Palace had offered to defend Wave-Subduing Residence’s border, but Ye Li refused and claimed responsibility for it himself.
• Perfected Chongyue urged the Valley Master to intervene, and Heguang True Cultivator also argued that Zi Yue Valley could not delay its decision.
• The Valley Master considered inviting Ye Li into Zi Yue Valley, where the sect could use its ancestral defenses and gathered True Persons against him.

The Zi Yue Valley Master decided to confront Ye Li by gathering the factions that opposed his actions and inviting him to Zi Yue Valley. She reassured Cheng Yanhui that her status as a direct disciple would protect her, while the assembled factions prepared for Ye Li’s visit.

• Heguang True Cultivator and Perfected Chongyue urged the Zi Yue Valley Master to oppose Ye Li, and she agreed that he could no longer be allowed to challenge the factions’ authority.
• True Person Shoujing relayed Ye Li’s challenge for the factions to write another document and choose a place where he would visit them.
• The Zi Yue Valley Master told Perfected Chongyue to unite the opposing Dao Lineages and gather their representatives at Zi Yue Valley, with Heguang True Cultivator accompanying him.
• After the communication ended, the Zi Yue Valley Master comforted Cheng Yanhui about the Cheng Family’s past actions and promised that Ye Li could not defeat her in Zi Yue Valley.
• Cheng Yanhui accepted her master’s reassurance and bowed to her.

Ye Li arranged to lure the sealed Heavenly Wolf Demon King out, then pursued him alone across the border while the Alliance Association’s forces waited to follow. The chapter ended with the demon fleeing toward the Vast Wild Continent, unaware that Ye Li was behind him.

• Zhou Su told Ye Li that three Heavenly Wolf brothers had reached Fortune-Mastery and that one had been sealed by Perfected Iron Face.
• Ye Li dismissed Xu Yan’s dereliction for the moment, then struck An Ziqing when she challenged his decision; she retreated while hiding her pleasure at the humiliation.
• Ye Li ordered Zhou Su to make the seal appear to fail, and the staged damage released the bone-spurred wolf demon.
• The wolf demon broke through the cultivators’ formation and fled toward the Vast Wild Continent as Zhou Su asked how many troops Ye Li would muster.
• Ye Li dismissed the need for troops and vanished from the Treasure Ship, pursuing the fleeing demon alone.

The White Bone Wolf King escaped Iron Face’s seal and met the Azure Roc Demon King, who escorted him toward the Vast Wild Continent. When the Wolf King reunited with his brothers, they revealed that Azure Roc was already dead, and a Palace Heir appeared from the jade token to attack all three demons.

• The White Bone Wolf King fled the Green Luo Continent and encountered the Azure Roc Demon King, who claimed he was carrying out a Demon Lord’s orders.
• The Azure Roc Demon King escorted the White Bone Wolf King toward the Vast Wild Continent, where the Wolf King used his bloodline to contact his brothers.
• The Azure Roc Demon King gave the White Bone Wolf King a jade token and left to check for pursuers while the Wolf King waited near the boundary.
• The White Bone Wolf King’s two brothers arrived cautiously, and he told them that Azure Roc had helped him escape.
• The Black-Bearded Wolf King said Azure Roc had died days earlier in the Cold Sea Continent, and the jade token burst with golden light.
• A young man in a blue-and-white Palace Heir Robe emerged from the token and struck the three Demon Kings, hurling them into the buffer zone.

Ye Li fought the three wolf Demon Kings in the buffer zone outside the Vast Wild Continent and killed them before they could reach the Demon Lord’s defenses. With all three dead, he stood amid the deathly rumble as their Demon King death phenomena shook the surrounding land.

• Ye Li used the Azure Roc Demon King’s identity to lure the White Bone Wolf King and the other two wolf demons out of the Vast Wild Continent’s territory.
• The three wolf demons recognized Ye Li as the Supreme Clarity Palace Son and tried to force him toward the continent, but his pure qi stopped their spatial push.
• Ye Li overwhelmed the wolf demons with his Divine Spear, breaking their attacks and repeatedly driving them back into the buffer zone.
• The Black-Bearded Wolf King offered to serve as an insider for the Human Race, but Ye Li killed him and burned his Divine Soul.
• The Crimson-Patterned Wolf King fled, but Ye Li caught and killed him; he then killed the fleeing White Bone Wolf King before he could reach the Vast Wild Continent.

After killing three Fortune-Mastery Demon Kings, Ye Li entered the Vast Wild Continent alone and triggered its True Lord-level restrictions. He survived repeated attacks and advanced tens of thousands of miles into the continent as Zhou Su and the other cultivators watched in shock.

• Ye Li examined his enormous Malice Point reserves and decided to enter the Vast Wild Continent despite sensing danger at its boundary.
• Zhou Su and the arriving Alliance Association cultivators witnessed Ye Li's victory over the three Demon Kings and prepared to welcome him.
• Ye Li crossed the boundary, triggering the Vast Wild Continent's restrictions and drawing the attention of cultivators across the Green Luo Continent.
• The restrictions unleashed True Lord-level attacks that repeatedly shattered Ye Li's body, but he reappeared each time and continued forward.
• Ye Li advanced tens of thousands of miles into the Vast Wild Continent while his surging blood energy scattered the demon clouds.

Ye Li walked through the Vast Wild Continent while its Demon Lords watched but refused to intervene, then left after Pei You'an contacted him about Qin Baiyi. He returned to the Green Luo Continent unharmed, leaving Zhou Su and the other cultivators stunned.

• Ye Li endured the Demon Lords’ restrictions as Demon Kings and other demons fled before him, while cultivators across the border watched in disbelief.
• Ye Li wondered whether the Demon Lords were luring him deeper, but Pei You'an contacted him and asked for help concerning Qin Baiyi.
• Ye Li agreed to meet Pei You'an, abandoned his advance into the Vast Wild Continent, and walked back out without being attacked.
• Ye Li returned to Zhou Su’s treasure ship and said he had personal matters to handle, while Zhou Su and the nearby cultivators reacted with awe.

After Ye Li left the Vast Wild Continent unharmed, its Demon Lords debated whether to pursue him and concluded he was too dangerous to provoke. They ordered the Demon Kings to retreat if they encountered him, leaving the Great Demons relieved that they had obeyed.

• Ye Li's departure appeared in a clearing, and the Demon Lords discussed how his safe escape would boost the Three Continents Alliance's morale.
• A woman challenged the deep-voiced Demon Lord for allowing Ye Li to leave, and their clash shook the mountains and sea until Cang King ordered them to stop.
• Cang King argued that Ye Li's abilities and hidden treasures suggested he might be an Outer World Immortal God's offspring, making it dangerous to attack him.
• Cang King said Ye Li would likely leave when the next [Heavenly Official Opens the Way] arrived and ordered the Demon Kings to retreat if they saw him.
• The Fortune-Mastery Great Demons realized the Demon Lords feared provoking Ye Li and felt relieved they had not acted against him.

He Jingming brought Divine Dragon True Person reports proving Ye Li’s extraordinary feats and proposed using An Ziqing to locate him. Divine Dragon True Person agreed to pursue Ye Li, leaving He Jingming convinced the plan could remove a threat to his dynasty.

• Divine Dragon True Person finished cultivating in Profound Mystery Mountain after draining the blood essence of nearby cultivators and mutant beasts.
• He Jingming apologized for failing to find a suitable prodigy and presented a scroll about Ye Li, the Supreme Clarity Palace Son.
• He Jingming recounted Ye Li’s victories across Cold Sea and Green Luo, including killing powerful True Persons and Demon Kings.
• Divine Dragon True Person examined the scroll’s battle records and recognized that Ye Li’s physical body, immortal essence, and divine soul could help him become a True Lord.
• He Jingming suggested using An Ziqing to learn Ye Li’s whereabouts, and Divine Dragon True Person told him to proceed without worrying about the danger.

Pei You'an told Ye Li that Qin Baiyi had been detained by the Longwind Divine Dynasty despite winning approval to redeem her family’s status, because the imperial family now wanted her to serve the third princess. She asked Ye Li whether he could rescue Qin Baiyi directly.

• Pei You'an waited for Ye Li at an Alliance Association branch and reconsidered whether to ask the Association’s seniors to intervene.
• Ye Li arrived, and Pei You'an explained that Qin Baiyi’s ancestors had bound their descendants to lifelong service for the Longwind Divine Dynasty.
• Pei You'an said Qin Baiyi had fulfilled the conditions to redeem her family’s status and leave, but the imperial family changed its demands after learning of her friendship with the Supreme Clarity Palace Son.
• Pei You'an showed Ye Li Qin Baiyi’s message and the documents recording the approved redemption and her new assignment to serve the third princess.
• Pei You'an asked Ye Li whether he was confident he could rescue Qin Baiyi directly.

Ye Li agreed to help Pei You'an and prepared to leave for the Longwind Divine Dynasty, while Qin Baiyi resisted the Third Princess's efforts to keep her in the palace. Qin Baiyi worried that Ye Li would come into danger trying to rescue her and her parents.

• Ye Li reassured Pei You'an, told her to pack, and accepted her offer to bring useful Magic Treasures.
• Ye Li contacted Qingyuan True Cultivator, confirmed he was going to the Eternal Night Continent, and asked for the Supreme Clarity Palace's method for advancing to the Fortune-Mastery Realm.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator promised to send the method and said the Palace Master would soon travel to the Eternal Night Continent.
• The Third Princess offered Qin Baiyi robes, rewards, and care for her parents in exchange for staying, but Qin Baiyi refused and insisted on taking her parents away.
• Qin Baiyi reviewed the information she had gathered for Pei You'an and feared that Ye Li would risk his life coming to help her.

Qin Mingqi, advised by Bai Jingshan, decided to keep Qin Baiyi close and use her to draw Ye Li to the Longwind Divine Dynasty. She prioritized attracting Ye Li over capturing a rare silver lion and left the dangerous trap in Linze City active, hoping he might join her there.

• Qin Mingqi returned from Qin Baiyi's quarters furious that Qin Baiyi wanted to leave, while Bai Jingshan reminded her that Qin Baiyi's parents were under house arrest.
• Bai Jingshan urged Qin Mingqi to treat Qin Baiyi well so Ye Li would see her in a favorable light and might agree to a match arranged by the emperor.
• Qin Mingqi agreed to visit Qin Baiyi again with comforting words and ordered Bai Jingshan to report when Ye Li arrived.
• Bai Jingshan told Qin Mingqi that their retainers had tracked the Sky-Treading Silver Lion to Linze City, where it had been preying on people.
• Qin Mingqi declined to travel to Linze City, choosing to focus on Ye Li, but ordered the array kept active and hoped Ye Li would go there with her.

Ye Li arrived in the Longwind Divine Dynasty to retrieve Qin Baiyi, preparing for a possible clash with its powerful imperial family. After officials said they could not release her without new instructions, he demanded to see her by nightfall and sent them to seek approval.

• Ye Li restored himself to peak condition and checked his prepared True Lord-level contingencies before traveling to Eternal Night Continent.
• Shen Lingyi warned Ye Li that Longwind’s strength was uncertain, while its territories revealed more than twenty publicly acknowledged Fortune-Mastery True Cultivators.
• Shao Chengyuan welcomed Ye Li and his group to the Capital City, then said Qin Baiyi was staying at the Third Princess’s residence and could not be released under her old approval.
• Ye Li asked Shao Chengyuan to take him to Qin Baiyi, then demanded that she be brought to him by nightfall or the envoy would bear the consequences.

After Ye Li demanded to meet Qin Baiyi that night and threatened Qin Mingqi with consequences if refused, Qin Mingqi agreed on Bai Jingshan’s advice. She arranged a banquet and required Ye Li to spend the following day with her, hoping to secure his favor before her siblings could interfere.

• Shao Chengyun told Qin Mingqi that Ye Li had arrived and described the pressure of his presence, judging the rumors about his strength likely true.
• Qin Mingqi learned that Ye Li demanded to see Qin Baiyi that night and threatened her if she refused, leaving her furious.
• Bai Jingshan advised Qin Mingqi to grant Ye Li’s request, noting that Qin Baiyi’s parents remained in the dynasty and would keep her attached to them.
• Qin Mingqi agreed to host a banquet that night so Ye Li could meet Qin Baiyi, but required him to spend the next day with her and follow her wishes.
• After Shao Chengyun left to relay the arrangement, Bai Jingshan reassured Qin Mingqi that agreeing would show sincerity, and she prepared for the meeting, pleased she had acted before her siblings.

Qin Mingshu interrogated two cultivators who had exposed a Divine Dynasty official and ordered Han Zhen to send Ye Li records of sects he might target. At his temporary palace, Ye Li agreed to the third princess's conditions for meeting Miss Qin, including spending the following day with her.

• Qin Mingshu tortured Liu Rong and her accomplice for investigating a Divine Dynasty official, then took the method stored in Liu Rong's Spiritual Platform.
• Han Zhen told Qin Mingshu that Ye Li had killed the four True Persons of the Wave-Subduing Residence and seemed driven to punish evil.
• Qin Mingshu ordered Han Zhen to secretly deliver records of sects Ye Li might consider evil to his temporary residence.
• Ye Li assigned Shen Lingyi to settle their group into the temporary palace and prepared to use Rook Exchange with souls stationed outside the capital.
• Shao Chengyun told Ye Li that the third princess had agreed to a banquet that night and required him to accompany her throughout the next day.
• After Ye Li slapped An Ziqing for interrupting, he accepted the third princess's conditions.

Ye Li studied Fortune-Mastery methods and received an invitation to meet the Longwind emperor, then secretly returned to his courtyard after leaving for the princess’s banquet. He caught Han Zhen delivering a dossier about mountain gates and demanded to know what it contained.

• Ye Li explained that he understood the risks of meeting Qin Baiyi, told An Ziqing to stay behind the next day, and said he would take him into the palace that night.
• Ye Li studied the Fortune-Mastery methods and learned how True Persons used their Dao marks to form a True Origin Great Dao.
• A palace attendant delivered the Longwind emperor’s invitation for Ye Li to discuss state affairs in three days, and Ye Li accepted.
• Shao Chengyun returned with an invitation to a banquet at the princess’s residence, and Ye Li, An Ziqing, and Shao Chengyun left for the palace.
• Han Zhen entered the quiet courtyard and placed a dossier on the table, but Ye Li appeared behind him and demanded to know what it was.
• Han Zhen said the dossier contained information about mountain gates in the Divine Dynasty that he believed would interest Ye Li.

Ye Li received a dossier exposing abuses by several sects and learned that Qin Mingshu had sent it to him anonymously. After overpowering her messenger Han Zhen and extracting the truth, Ye Li decided to act on the information despite the Long Wind Emperor’s likely anger.

• Ye Li read records of Red Furnace Mountain sacrificing labor cultivators and Life-Extending Temple draining the vitality of towns, with officials’ reports suppressed.
• Han Zhen tried to leave after saying he had delivered the dossier on his master’s orders, but Ye Li stopped him and demanded to know who that master was.
• Ye Li threatened Han Zhen’s true body and forced him to reveal that he served the second royal daughter, Qin Mingshu.
• Han Zhen explained that Qin Mingshu had ordered him to select and anonymously deliver the files, while giving him no reason for her plan.
• Ye Li let Han Zhen go, decided to use the information despite the Long Wind Emperor’s anger, and returned his awareness to his true body.

The Longwind Emperor discussed the imperial heirs’ efforts to draw Ye Li into the Divine Dynasty and resolved to keep him there, even if he had to act personally. Ye Li then met Qin Baiyi at Qin Mingqi’s residence, where her relief at his arrival was clear.

• The Longwind Emperor questioned the chief steward about the third princess, the second prince, and the crown prince, then concluded that each heir was pursuing a different plan involving Ye Li.
• After reviewing the report on Ye Li’s battle at the Wave-Subduing Residence, the Longwind Emperor said he would keep Ye Li in Longwind and handle the Supreme Clarity Palace himself if necessary.
• Ye Li arrived at Qin Mingqi’s residence with Shao Chengyun and An Ziqing, and Qin Mingqi welcomed them before leading them inside.
• Qin Baiyi recognized Ye Li, sprang up to greet him, and cried with relief; Ye Li checked that she was unharmed and told her to stop worrying.
• Qin Mingqi watched Ye Li sit beside Qin Baiyi and silently cursed her.

Ye Li demanded that Qin Mingqi release Qin Baiyi’s family and complete their redemption, and Qin Mingqi agreed after securing a binding contract. The chapter ended with Qin Mingqi taking Ye Li to Linze the next day to capture a Sky-Treading Silver Lion as their shared mount.

• Qin Baiyi told Ye Li that Qin Mingqi had kept her from leaving and had taken her parents to a separate estate despite their approved redemption.
• Ye Li demanded that Qin Mingqi hand over Qin Baiyi’s entire family and complete the redemption, offering one additional condition in return.
• Bai Jingshan urged Qin Mingqi to accept Ye Li’s terms and secure his promise with a contract.
• Qin Mingqi agreed to release Qin Baiyi’s family and terminate the old contract after the next day’s outing, while Ye Li signed the binding contract.
• Qin Mingqi told Ye Li they would go to Linze to capture a Fortune-Mastery Sky-Treading Silver Lion as their shared mount.

After learning that Han Zhen had exposed her involvement, Qin Mingshu planned to use Ye Li’s investigation in Linze to make him commit a serious offense and bind him to her with a vassal contract. Ye Li set out with Qin Mingqi to capture demons, while those around them wondered whether the princess could persuade him to remain in the Divine Dynasty.

• Han Zhen admitted that Ye Li had discovered Qin Mingshu’s involvement and forced him to reveal her name, so Qin Mingshu ordered him to watch Ye Li in Linze and report any serious crime.
• Qin Baiyi worried that the Third Princess might make further demands of Ye Li, but An Ziqing told her to trust his promise and prepare for what came afterward.
• Ye Li left An Ziqing and Qin Baiyi behind and joined Qin Mingqi, who welcomed him and led him aboard a Treasure Ship bound for Linze.
• Several hundred armored cultivators escorted the Treasure Ship as officials and patrol ships yielded to the imperial procession.
• Bai Jingshan and a black-robed Fortune-Mastery retainer discussed Ye Li’s talent and the possibility that Qin Mingqi’s constitution and imperial fortune could help persuade him to stay.

Ye Li accompanied Qin Mingqi through Linze City and learned she had trapped its residents as bait for the Silver Lion Demon King. After the lion appeared, Ye Li killed it and struck Qin Mingqi down, leaving the city under the pressure of his unleashed blood qi and killing intent.

• Qin Mingqi offered Ye Li guards and fiefs while repeatedly hinting at marriage, but he answered casually and said he liked snowy scenery.
• In Linze City, Ye Li saw notices forbidding residents from leaving and learned Qin Mingqi was keeping them there to lure the Silver Lion Demon King.
• The Silver Lion Demon King appeared, and Bai Jingshan and another retainer tried to trap it with formations, but it escaped their techniques.
• Ye Li rushed into the sky, seized the Silver Lion Demon King, and killed it despite Qin Mingqi's wish to capture it alive.
• Ye Li shattered Qin Mingqi's defensive treasure, struck her through the city gate, and unleashed a vast wave of blood qi and killing intent across Linze City.

Ye Li attacked Qin Mingqi after discovering the violence and devastation in Linze, then fought off her imperial retainers and resisted the magical contract she used against him. He left Qin Mingqi choking in his grasp as she screamed for help.

• Ye Li struck Qin Mingqi through Linze City's gate, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Bai Jingshan and the black-robed retainer attacked Ye Li, but he shattered their techniques and drove Bai Jingshan back.
• Qin Mingqi regained consciousness and confronted Ye Li, but he dismissed her and moved to strike again.
• Ye Li overwhelmed the black-robed retainer and tore apart the chains sent to restrain him.
• Qin Mingqi activated her contract and ordered Ye Li to kneel, but his blood vitality suppressed its power.
• Ye Li grabbed Qin Mingqi by the neck and lifted her as she cried for help.

Ye Li killed Qin Mingqi after defeating her retainers, then had Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang kill the two True Cultivators. With the restrictions on Linze City lifted, Ye Li turned toward the city’s corrupt officials and resolved to kill them as well.

• Bai Jingshan and the black-robed retainer attacked Ye Li, but Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang drove them back.
• Qin Mingqi begged Ye Li to spare her, but he condemned her for treating lives like dirt and killed her with divine fire.
• Ye Li ordered Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang to kill Bai Jingshan and the black-robed retainer.
• Ye Li lifted Linze City's restrictions and told its residents they could leave.
• Ye Li used Qin Mingqi's Memory Scroll to identify the local officials deserving death and decided to kill them all.