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Vol. 1Ye Li’s Rise and Reckoning

Ye Li rose from school fighter to a powerful Fengyun University student while defeating rivals and dismantling the Yang family. He accepted a mission to destroy a Beast God Cult branch and its Saintess, preparing to leave immediately.

  • Ye Li defeated Wang Ren, Liu Yangde, and Jiang Qingzhu to become the School Team’s strongest fighter, then agreed to teach Jiang spear techniques in exchange for her family’s martial skills.
  • Ye Li perfected his martial arts and coached Jiang Qingzhu as rumors spread about their training sessions.
  • Ye Li defeated Qingshan First High School and Tang Yao, earned a recommendation to Fengyun University, and prepared for the Provincial Martial Exam.
  • Ye Li caught and killed Xiang Bu, advanced his cultivation, and arrived at the exam camp as Yang Wanfeng and Yang Wan plotted against him.
  • Ye Li defeated Yang Wanfeng and Yang Wan during the Martial Exam, won the exam, and reached Peak Third Order after returning to Linhai City.
  • Ye Li killed Yang Mei and two Fourth-Tier fighters, then joined Qingyi Bureau officers in advancing on the Yang estate.
  • Ye Li helped the Qingyi Bureau destroy the Yang family, survived the patriarch’s fatal attack, and advanced to Fourth-Tier Peak before arriving at Fengyun University.
  • Ye Li defeated university students who challenged him, mastered Ice Dragon True Intent, and accepted Chen Jingli’s mission against a Beast God Cult branch and its Saintess.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1Ye Li Joins the School Team

Ye Li rose from Wang Ren’s rival to the School Team’s strongest fighter, defeating Liu Yangde and Jiang Qingzhu while gaining powerful talents and martial skills. After Jiang Qingzhu apologized, Ye Li agreed to train her in spear techniques, and rumors began spreading about her frequent visits to his training room.

  • Ye Li refused Shen Lian’s demand that he forfeit, mastered his martial skills with Malice Points, and defeated Wang Ren with a spear strike, earning a place as a School Team substitute.
  • After Shen Lian insulted Ye Li’s deceased parents, he struck her and earned Malice Points, then used the team’s Cultivation Room to advance to First-Tier Peak.
  • Ye Li bought the incomplete Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique, perfected it with the system, and defeated Liu Yangde and two teammates when they confronted him.
  • Ye Li became an official School Team member and received the SSS-grade Indestructible Golden Soul and Spear Martial Saint Body after a Gold Quality reward caused a spectacle at school.
  • Ye Li provoked Jiang Qingzhu into fighting, defeated her despite her freezing spear attacks, and shocked her by healing his pierced shoulder, and Jiang later apologized and asked him to teach her spear techniques.
  • Ye Li perfected Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique, upgraded Indestructible Golden Soul, and demonstrated immense punching power before agreeing to teach Jiang Qingzhu in exchange for her family’s martial skills.
  • Ye Li studied Jiang Qingzhu’s Riding the Wind Dragon Classic, demonstrated its power in combat, and coached her over two days until she reached the middle stage of proficiency as rumors spread about their training sessions.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Exchange and the Exam

Ye Li defeated Qingshan First High School, earned Fengyun University’s recommendation, and prepared for the Provincial Martial Exam while strengthening his cultivation. As the candidates gathered at the secret realm, Yang Wanfeng and Yang Wan plotted to target him.

  • Wang Yongfeng announced the Exchange Competition rewards, and Ye Li struck Shen Lian after she insulted him and threatened to spread rumors.
  • Qingshan First High School students trapped Linhai’s team in a gauntlet of sparring matches, and Ye Li arrived and defeated Chen Deng and more than a hundred fighters with his techniques.
  • Ye Li defeated Tang Yao in the Exchange Competition, secured Linhai First High School’s victory, and accepted Yu Weng’s recommendation to Fengyun University while still planning to take the Martial Exam.
  • Ye Li advanced his cultivation, unlocked the Eye of Delusion, and learned that Shanzhou First High School’s Yang Wanfeng and Yang Wan were discussing how to deal with him.
  • Xiang Bu escaped custody in Linhai City, but Ye Li caught and killed him, then used his Fengyun University badge to make the Zhenjiang University students back down.
  • Wang Yongfeng gave Ye Li the Great Sun Treasure Furnace and other rewards, and Ye Li mastered the furnace before advancing to the Third Order First Layer.
  • Yang Wanfeng warned Yang Wan not to underestimate Ye Li, but agreed to confront him during the Martial Exam’s free-combat period after she arranged to lure him toward the core area.
  • Hundreds of buses and military escort vehicles brought the Provincial Martial Exam candidates to the camp outside Shanzhou City.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Yang Family Reckoning

Ye Li won the Cracked Mountain Martial Exam, gained a Gold Medal at Fengyun University, and grew powerful enough to face the Yang Family’s retaliation. After killing Yang Mei and two Fourth-Tier fighters, he headed for Shanzhou with Qingyi Bureau officers to surround the Yang estate.

  • Ye Li attacked Yang Wanfeng during teleportation, then defeated him and Yang Wan, eliminated Yang Wanfeng from the exam, and hung the unconscious Yang Wan from Split Mountain’s summit.
  • Ye Li won the Martial Exam, claimed the Gold Quality reward of Soul Controller of Spirits, and accepted Lin Yinyun’s connection to Fengyun University’s mission system.
  • Ye Li returned to Linhai City, learned Snow Mountain Body Sculpting from Jiang Qingzhu, and cultivated until he reached Peak Third Order.
  • Yu Weng went to the Yang Family estate and warned its patriarch that he would retaliate if Ye Li was harmed before reaching the Fifth Tier.
  • Yang Mei and two Fourth-Tier fighters ambushed Ye Li in Linhai City, but he killed them and raised their corpses as undead servants.
  • Ye Li told Lin Yinyun he would prevent the Yang Family’s descendants from continuing their revenge, then presented the Qingyi Bureau with evidence and captured culprits.
  • At Ye Li’s request, Qingyi Bureau officers advanced toward the Yang Family estate while Yang Wanfeng recovered and still expected his mother to have defeated Ye Li.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4Ye Li at Fengyun University

Ye Li helped the Qingyi Bureau destroy the Yang family, survived the patriarch’s fatal attack, and advanced to the Fourth-Tier Peak. At Fengyun University, he defeated several ranking students, mastered Ice Dragon True Intent, and accepted a mission against a Beast God Cult branch.

  • Yang Wan revealed the Yang family’s crimes, and Ye Li led the Qingyi Bureau in arresting its members before killing Yang Wanfeng and defeating the family patriarch.
  • Ye Li recovered from the patriarch’s fatal wound, then learned Ocean Tide and broke through to the Fourth-Tier Peak.
  • Ye Li arrived at Fengyun University, where he beat Xu Ying and Zhao Lanhai after they tried to drive him from the Cultivation Rooms.
  • After the university awarded him credits and a Martial Ground Baptism quota, Ye Li learned Yu Chuan had taken his Spring Return Grass Heart and beat him for it despite Yu Chuan invoking Elder Cheng Qing.
  • Lin Yinyun warned Ye Li that Cheng Qing might seek revenge, while Ye Li mastered Ice Dragon True Intent and resolved to grow stronger.
  • Chen Jingli offered Ye Li a mission to exterminate a Beast God Cult branch and its Saintess for three First-Class Credits, and Ye Li accepted and prepared to leave immediately.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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Volume 1 of 17
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