Recaps

Ye Li broke through to Path Opening, rescued Qingyuan and Glass, killed the three Demon Kings, and destroyed Wuguang True Cultivator and the Yin-Yang Sect. He then began preparing a scheme to lure Divine Dragon Mountain’s lord, while opposition to his actions gathered across Green Luo Continent.

• Ye Li trapped Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s lies, killed him, and entered the Cave Abode alone to rescue Qingyuan and Glass.
• Ye Li saved Glass from the Violet-Eyed Snake Demon, then rescued Qingyuan and defeated the Azure Roc and Golden Toad Demon Kings.
• Qingyuan and Glass thanked Ye Li, and Ye Li left the Cave Abode with them after accepting one great Dao essence orb from each.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator stopped Wuguang True Cultivator from fleeing, while the Yin-Yang Sect Master told him to wait for a True Lord’s return.
• Qingyuan told Ye Li about the Outer World and the Heavenly Official, and Ye Li arrived at the Yin-Yang Sect and destroyed its protective formations.
• Ye Li killed Wuguang True Cultivator, then ordered the Yin-Yang Sect’s people killed and arranged for Supreme Clarity Palace to take over the sect.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator told Ye Li how Divine Dragon Mountain’s lord captured cultivators and proposed luring him with Ye Li as bait.
• Ye Li recruited Meng Lian and An Ziqing into the plan, while Heguang True Cultivator presented a sealed document showing that many Dao Lineages opposed Ye Li’s actions.

Ye Li investigated abuses at Returning Balance Academy and the Wave-Subduing Residence, killing the leaders and Alliance Association officials who had enabled them. He seized control of Green Luo Continent and ordered his allies to seal the area so no one involved could escape.

• Ye Li won the alchemy contest against An Ziqing, then set out for Green Luo Continent after learning that Zi Yue Valley and allied lineages opposed him.
• Ye Li destroyed Deathwhisper Gate and left Qingyuan to monitor Sword Song Valley before traveling to Returning Balance Academy with An Ziqing.
• Ye Li exposed Returning Balance Academy’s falsified Dao-Nurturing Pool records, killed Song Zhiyi and Perfected Mingzhang, and attacked Alliance Association managers who had helped conceal the abuses.
• Ye Li summoned his Fortune-Mastery allies, announced that he was taking over Green Luo Continent, killed the fleeing Du Yuan and Perfected Mingzhang, and secured the remaining cultivators’ obedience.
• Ye Li sealed the Dao-Nurturing Pool and rejected Shoujing’s invitation to report to the Alliance Association, then chose to investigate the Wave-Subduing Residence’s military records.
• Ye Li forced Huo Chuan to confess to falsified military merits and confronted Commander Ding Lie and Perfected Iron Face, while Qin Fa ordered the Residence to cooperate with the investigation.
• Ye Li and his allies defeated the Wave-Subduing Residence’s Perfecteds, and Ye Li killed Perfected Iron Face despite his surrender.
• Huo Chuan confessed to framing and killing cultivators for the Residence, but Ye Li killed him and Qiao Suying, then ordered his seven Fortune-Mastery allies to seal the area and prevent anyone involved from escaping.

Ye Li finished his purge on Green Luo Continent and challenged the Vast Wild Continent before Pei You'an asked him to help free Qin Baiyi from the Longwind Divine Dynasty. He secured a promise to release her family, but killed Qin Mingqi after discovering she had confined Linze City's residents as bait for a demon.

• Ye Li continued punishing the guilty cultivators while the Zi Yue Valley Master ordered opposing Dao Lineages to gather against him.
• Ye Li lured the three wolf Demon Kings into the buffer zone and killed them, then endured the Vast Wild Continent's restrictions before leaving to meet Pei You'an.
• Divine Dragon True Person targeted Ye Li as a means to become a True Lord and ordered He Jingming to investigate his whereabouts.
• Pei You'an explained that Longwind had blocked Qin Baiyi's approved redemption, and Ye Li traveled to the capital to demand her release.
• Ye Li uncovered Qin Mingshu's role in sending him records of abusive sects and accepted an invitation to meet the Longwind Emperor.
• Ye Li reunited with Qin Baiyi and signed a contract to accompany Qin Mingqi for one day in exchange for her family's release.
• Ye Li discovered that Qin Mingqi had confined Linze City's residents to lure the Silver Lion Demon King, then killed the demon and overpowered her guards.
• Ye Li killed Qin Mingqi, ordered Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang to kill her retainers, freed Linze City's residents, and identified local officials to execute.

Ye Li dismantled corrupt Dao lineages, rejected Qin Mingshu’s offer to become her vassal, and traveled to the capital, where Qin Mingjun’s conspiracy led to a deadly battle. After killing Qin Mingjun, Divine Dragon True Person, and the other attackers, Ye Li faced the Longwind Emperor’s sealed imperial formation.

• The Longwind Emperor summoned Qin Mingshu after Ye Li killed Qin Mingqi and her retainers, and Qin Mingshu traveled to Linze to confront him.
• He Jingming and Qin Mingjun plotted to kill Ye Li, while Qin Baiyi’s family reunited and An Ziqing became a possible Eastern Palace contact.
• Ye Li freed prisoners at Red Furnace Mountain, killed True Person Red Cauldron, then exposed and destroyed the Life-Extending Temple’s operation.
• Ye Li refused Qin Mingshu’s offer to make him her vassal, then worked with Shen Lingyi’s managers to seize corrupt sects and traveled toward the capital.
• Ye Li disguised himself as An Ziqing and followed He Jingming’s invitation to Qin Mingjun’s residence, where Qin Mingjun and six True Persons revealed their plan to ambush him.
• Ye Li dropped his disguise and fought the Eastern Palace forces, using the Sword Song Valley True Lord’s Sword Talisman and his Dao Scripture to unleash heavenly lightning.
• Ye Li killed Qin Mingjun and the six True Persons, including Divine Dragon True Person, then absorbed their souls into his Spiritual Platform.
• The Longwind Emperor and officials found Qin Mingjun dead, and the Supreme Clarity Palace Master backed Ye Li’s self-defense claim before the emperor sealed the sky with the imperial formation.