Recaps

Ye Li advanced rapidly at Jade Mountain and defeated the cultivators who challenged him, securing first place in the refinement. He traveled with Cao Ming to the Xuanming Sword Sect’s Sword Master Ceremony, where Zhou Qingyan’s performance was expected to carry political weight.

• Ye Li learned the Mu Family evidence could destroy the family, received the Myriad Dao True Unity Art, and advanced to Half-step Domain Lord.
• Lin Huaijin gave Ye Li the Jade Mountain Refinement slot, and Ye Li set out with Xie Huaiwei after learning about the demonic Vajra Buddhist Disciple.
• Cao Ming questioned Ye Li’s conduct, while Zeng Fan pursued him to seize the refinement slot, and Ye Li destroyed Zeng Fan’s skiff, defeated him, and Cao Ming later had Ye Li kill him.
• Ye Li entered Jade Mountain’s Gale Force and absorbed the Venerables’ Treasured Blood and refinement energy, advancing to the second level of the Dao Evolution Realm.
• Gu Le, Lian Jing, and six other participants attacked Ye Li, and he defeated them before emerging from the formation as the refinement’s winner.
• Cao Ming named Ye Li Longtan Grand Commandery’s newly appointed Retainer General and invited him to attend the Xuanming Sword Sect’s Sword Master Ceremony.
• The Xuanming Sword Sect learned Ye Li had defeated Gu Le, three Domain Lords, and five Saints, and its Old Ancestor told Zhou Qingyan to carry out her proposal at the ceremony.
• Cao Ming and Ye Li traveled toward the ceremony as Lin Huaijin congratulated Ye Li, and Cao Ming advised him to observe carefully and speak little.

Ye Li humiliated Zhou Qingyan at the Sword Master Ceremony and claimed the Primordial Abyss Divine Sword, drawing the attention of the Capital City and the Vajra Buddhist Disciple Kamaloka. After diverting from his planned journey to Shiguang Academy, Ye Li reached slaughtered Luoxia City and began fighting Kamaloka.

• Ye Li defeated Zhou Qingyan in the ceremony’s martial challenge, and the Primordial Abyss Divine Sword emerged from the forbidden grounds and acknowledged him as its master.
• Ye Li advanced his cultivation, while Princess Ling'an offered him a place at Shiguang Academy and Cao Ming reported his extraordinary potential to Eldest Princess Zhaoyang.
• Kamaloka persuaded the Xuanming Sword Sect’s Old Ancestor to provide three Demonic Seeds, promising to create a Demonic Calamity and kill Ye Li.
• After clearing Dragon Pool’s combat missions, Ye Li accepted Princess Ling'an’s invitation to the Capital City but agreed to investigate a Dao Evolution Realm anomaly in Luoxia City first.
• Ye Li and Baiyue found Luoxia City sealed and its streets bloodied, then discovered Kamaloka holding the captured Luoxia Captain in the central temple.
• Kamaloka admitted he had killed some residents and imprisoned the rest in his Human Skin Treasure Pouch, but Ye Li seized the pouch with the Heaven-Intercepting Spirit-Plundering Technique.
• Ye Li shattered Kamaloka’s Buddha Light rune and attacked him with the Myriad Calamity Annihilation Finger and sword light, severely injuring the Vajra Buddhist Disciple.

Ye Li killed the Vajra Buddhist Disciple and destroyed the Xuanming Sword Sect after uncovering its collusion with Kamaloka. He reached the capital, aligned himself with Li Yingluo, killed an assassin sent from her Second Brother’s residence, and prepared to challenge Shiguang Academy.

• Ye Li seized the Vajra Buddhist Disciple’s treasures and killed him, then learned from Kamaloka that Zhou Tai had helped arrange the plot in Luoxia City.
• The Eldest Princess, Li Huaian, learned of Ye Li’s strength and issued an edict promoting him, while Zhou Qingyan and Zhou Tai faced his assault on the Xuanming Sword Sect.
• Ye Li destroyed the sect and killed Zhou Tai and the Sword Sect Old Ancestor, then accepted Li Huaian’s edict and traveled toward the capital with Baiyue.
• Li Yingluo learned of Ye Li’s achievements and clashed with Li Huaian over his recruitment, but Ye Li chose to go with Li Yingluo when he arrived in the capital.
• Ye Li advanced to the Cosmic Birth Realm aboard the royal star vessel, while Li Xuanyu arranged to test him and Li Huaian sent someone to receive him.
• Ye Li reached the capital and ignored Li Huaian’s grand welcome in favor of Li Yingluo, who brought him to an estate near Shiguang Academy.
• Ye Li killed Mo Qian, a Venerable from Li Yingluo’s Second Brother’s residence, after Mo Qian attacked him at Zhenyuan Mansion.
• Ye Li rejected studying the academy’s contenders and declared that he would fight his way up Shiguang Academy’s mountain, then advanced Golden Firmament Rainbow Transformation and unlocked Stellar Resonance.

Ye Li destroyed the Mo Family after uncovering its crimes, then received imperial authority to lead a campaign against the Bone and Blood Cult with Xiao Yu. The arc ended with Emperor Sheng seeking An Lingzhen’s judgment on Ye Li, while Li Xuanyu vowed to kill him in the Southern Territory.

• Li Xuanyu concealed Mo Qian’s death and ordered Xu Zhe to investigate Ye Li before the court assembly.
• At Shiguang Academy, Ye Li destroyed Songhe Mountain, defeated Gu Baihong and Su Mingyue, and killed them after they intervened in his challenge.
• Ye Li returned to Zhenyuan Mansion and increased his cultivation, then agreed to accompany Chen Chuan to Shangqing Palace to investigate Chen Qingyi’s situation.
• Ye Li subdued Liu Qian and Mo Mingzhu at Shangqing Palace, learned of the Mo Family’s crimes, and ordered an investigation of the family.
• Ye Li and Tong Feng surrounded and destroyed the Mo Family estate, recovering evidence of its forbidden arts and treason.
• At the court assembly, Emperor Sheng praised Ye Li’s service and appointed him and Xiao Yu to eradicate the Bone and Blood Cult in the Southern Territory.
• Ye Li rejected the emperor’s two-month deadline, promised to resolve the crisis within ten days, and received imperial inspector powers.
• Emperor Sheng asked An Lingzhen about Ye Li’s prospects, and Li Xuanyu vowed to kill Ye Li during the Southern Territory mission.