Chapter Summaries

Ye Li arrived at the Eastern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department headquarters with Qin Han and was brought before Elder Chen for evaluation. Elder Chen belittled Ye Li and questioned his accomplishments until Qin Han angrily told him to stop bullying others.

• Qin Han and Ye Li arrived at the Heavenly Supervision Department headquarters, where the guards welcomed Ye Li as a newly appointed Guest Elder.
• Qin Han led Ye Li through the headquarters toward the Imperial Sky Observatory and explained that Elder Chen had been making the appointment process difficult.
• Elder Chen called Ye Li a third-rate venerable with mediocre methods and asked whether he had defeated or humiliated an opponent of the same realm.
• Qin Han rebuked Elder Chen for going too far and reminded him of his earlier warning.

Ye Li joined the Heavenly Supervision Department as a Guest Elder, but killed Elder Chen after Chen assigned him a dangerous mission and mocked him. The Imperial Sky Observatory fell silent as Qin Han and the others witnessed Ye Li’s overwhelming strength.

• Elder Chen appointed Ye Li a Guest Elder and assigned him to a request for aid in Tai'an Prefecture.
• Ye Li seized Elder Chen and smashed him through the desk after he insulted Ye Li and made the assignment.
• Elder Chen unleashed his power and manifested a towering blue form, but Ye Li destroyed it and blasted him away.
• Elder Chen begged Ye Li to spare his life, but Ye Li crushed his chest and killed him with a punch.
• Qin Han watched in stunned excitement as the Imperial Sky Observatory went silent around Elder Chen’s corpse.

Ye Li killed Elder Chen after discovering his abuse of authority, then used his appointment document to confront the Law Enforcement Hall and insist on proceeding to Tai'an Prefecture. The Law Enforcement Hall stood aside, and Qin Han hurried after Ye Li to guide him toward the crisis.

• Ye Li's immense aura shook the Imperial Sky Observatory, and Law Enforcement Hall members arrived to find Elder Chen dead beside him.
• The Law Enforcement Hall Master ordered Ye Li seized, but hesitated after noticing Ye Li's Guest Elder Jade Token and seeing Qin Han emerge from the ruins.
• Qin Han prepared to take responsibility for the incident, but Ye Li declared that Elder Chen had bent the law for personal gain and presented his sealed orders to suppress the unrest in Tai'an Prefecture.
• Ye Li warned that he would not tolerate the Law Enforcement Hall delaying military affairs, and Dong Zexing recognized the danger of obstructing him and cleared the way.
• The disciples and Qin Han were stunned as Ye Li left the Imperial Sky Observatory, and Qin Han hurried after him, offering to guide him through the deadlock in Tai'an Prefecture.

Ye Li and Qin Han headed toward Cloud Pine Mountain to confront the Nine Tripod Sword Sect, whose leader Zhu Yue had secretly sent Eastern Continent martial artists to the foreign race. At the sect, Zhu Yue ordered her disciple to keep provoking the besieging forces and collecting the dead for an unknown purpose.

• Ye Li and Qin Han collected their travel permits and flew toward the Spring Thunder River, where Qin Han explained Zhu Yue’s crimes and the Sword Sect’s strength.
• Ye Li asked why the Heavenly Supervision Department’s Divine Connection Realm experts had not intervened, and Qin Han explained that one was away on duty and the other was in seclusion.
• Qin Han warned Ye Li not to risk himself by storming the Sword Sect’s protective formation, but Ye Li remained intent on acting freely.
• A black-clothed man reported to Zhu Yue that the besieging forces had not responded, after disposing of hundreds of dead Sword Sect disciples at an altar.
• Zhu Yue ordered the man to lead more stewards and two elders down the mountain to attack the formation and bring back the corpses.

Zhu Yue focused on breaking through to the Divine Connection Realm while the Heavenly Supervision Department’s formation trapped her. She sent Tang Chen to kill the arriving Venerable, promising to let him decide what the altar would sacrifice, then entered the pool of Glazed Lotus Water.

• Zhu Yue told Tang Chen she needed peace to use the Glazed Lotus Water for her breakthrough and explained that the sealing formation made escape difficult.
• Tang Chen questioned why Zhu Yue had allied with the Qingwo Tribe and asked to sacrifice imperial hounds instead of the sect’s disciples, but Zhu Yue refused to prioritize the dead.
• Zhu Yue read a letter revealing that the Heavenly Supervision Department was sending Ye Li, a Heaven and Earth Realm Venerable, and ordered Tang Chen and an accompanying elder to kill him.
• Zhu Yue promised to leave the altar’s sacrifices to Tang Chen if he killed Ye Li, then destroyed the letter.
• Zhu Yue reaffirmed that she would abandon anything for the Divine Connection Realm and entered the icy pool of Glazed Lotus Water.

Ye Li and Qin Han arrived at the Heavenly Supervision Department’s main camp at Cloud Pine Mountain, where Che Wen Zhong explained the costly stalemate with the Nine Tripod Sword Sect. After Wei Shan insulted Ye Li and Qin Han, Ye Li confronted him and suddenly appeared behind Che Wen Zhong, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Ye Li and Qin Han arrived at the main camp, where Wei Shan questioned Ye Li’s late arrival and Che Wen Zhong welcomed them.
• Qin Han pointed out that the department’s heavy losses seemed excessive given that only one Half-step True Person had charged the formation, and Wei Shan mocked him.
• Che Wen Zhong rebuked Wei Shan for holding back against Zhu Yue, which had let her escape, and ordered him out of the tent.
• Wei Shan insulted Ye Li and Qin Han again, so Ye Li rose and challenged him.
• Che Wen Zhong tried to calm Ye Li with a Dragon Tiger Roaring Sea Pill, but Ye Li vanished from the chair and spoke from behind him.

Ye Li defeated Wei Shan in front of the Heavenly Supervision Department’s camp, leaving him alive but badly injured and frozen. Che Wen Zhong thanked Ye Li and explained that the Nine Tripod Sword Sect’s unity came from fighting for survival, not wholehearted loyalty to Zhu Yue.

• Ye Li overwhelmed Wei Shan with a sword strike, then shattered his Dharma Form and froze him after Wei Shan tried to resist.
• Che Wen Zhong and the Heavenly Supervision Department disciples watched in shock as Ye Li defeated the Half-step True Person in two exchanges.
• Che Wen Zhong thanked Ye Li for sparing Wei Shan’s life and arranged for his subordinates to carry the frozen elder back to camp.
• Ye Li asked whether everyone in the Nine Tripod Sword Sect was loyal to Zhu Yue, and Che Wen Zhong said the sect had united because it had no choice but to fight for survival.

Che Wen Zhong explained Zhu Yue’s control over the Nine Tripod Sword Sect and Tang Chen’s attacks on the Heavenly Supervision Department. When Tang Chen came down the mountain to kill Ye Li, Ye Li struck him down with the Great Dao Thunder Seal and vowed to kill Zhu Yue next.

• Che Wen Zhong told Ye Li that Zhu Yue had secretly weakened the sect’s cultivation methods and had raised Tang Chen as her devoted successor.
• Che Wen Zhong explained that Tang Chen had repeatedly led sect elders and deacons down the mountain to attack the Heavenly Supervision Department.
• Ye Li noticed Tang Chen descending from Cloudsong Mountain with several dozen followers after the Sect Protection Array was unsealed.
• Tang Chen declared that he had come on Zhu Yue’s command to kill Ye Li, while Che Wen Zhong urged Ye Li to retreat.
• Ye Li used the Golden Firmament Rainbow Transformation to reach Tang Chen and blasted him into the mountain with the Great Dao Thunder Seal.
• Ye Li told the defeated Tang Chen that he would soon make him watch as he killed Zhu Yue.

Ye Li crushed Tang Chen and killed a hidden Nine Tripod Sword Sect Supreme Elder, leaving Che Wen Zhong to secure the area. He then prepared to ascend the mountain with Qin Han and the unconscious Wei Shan.

• Tang Chen panicked as Ye Li’s strength made him fear for his master, then lost consciousness after Ye Li severely injured him.
• Ye Li dismissed Tang Chen’s performance and told Che Wen Zhong to seal off the area while he led a group up the mountain.
• Ye Li detected and killed a fleeing sixth-level Heaven and Earth Realm Supreme Elder with the Great Dao Thunder Seal.
• Che Wen Zhong agreed to secure the area, and Ye Li asked Qin Han about Wei Shan’s condition.
• Qin Han reported that Wei Shan remained unconscious after emergency treatment, and Ye Li ordered that he be brought along up the mountain.

Ye Li prepared to confront Zhu Yue at the Nine Tripod Sword Sect while Che Wen Zhong urged him to be cautious. After learning that Wanjing Prefecture hid worsening problems behind its reputation for peace, Ye Li remained determined to take his post there, but first headed up the mountain.

• Che Wen Zhong offered Ye Li the [Dragon Tiger Roaring Sea Pill] and asked whether Wei Shan should accompany him to the Nine Tripod Sword Sect's array.
• Ye Li said Wei Shan could guard the array and rejected Che Wen Zhong's offer to join the operation.
• Ye Li told Che Wen Zhong that he was stationed in Wanjing Prefecture and would not change locations before investigating it.
• Che Wen Zhong warned that Wanjing Prefecture concealed serious problems involving its two first-rate factions and said the situation had worsened over the past two years.
• Qin Han reported that Wei Shan was waiting outside the camp, then asked Che Wen Zhong what was wrong with Wanjing Prefecture.
• Ye Li set out to head up the mountain and inspect the situation at the Nine Tripod Sword Sect.

Zhu Yue sacrificed Sword Sect disciples to obtain the Glazed Lotus Heart and began consuming it to increase her power. Before she could finish, Ye stormed into the Nine Tripod Sword Sect, and Zhu Yue faced him behind the Sect Protection Array.

• Zhu Yue ordered Sword Sect disciples to descend the mountain and charge the formation, then used the Sect Protection Array to kill half of them and feed their corpses to the altar.
• The altar produced a Glazed Lotus Heart, which Zhu Yue swallowed to strengthen herself.
• Ye broke through the mountain gate and the Sword Sect’s defenses far sooner than Zhu Yue expected.
• Tang Chen was thrown into the main hall, gravely injured, and warned Zhu Yue to run.
• Zhu Yue activated the Sect Protection Array and confronted the White-robed Youth, recognizing his immense power but noting that he had come alone.

Ye Li overwhelmed Zhu Yue with his Golden Dharma form, destroying her Dharma form and crushing the Sword Sect’s resistance. Zhu Yue was left begging for mercy as Tang Chen watched his admiration for her collapse.

• Zhu Yue challenged Ye Li and summoned her nearly thousand-zhang blue Dharma form, intending to kill him and claim his body.
• Ye Li unleashed his Golden Dharma form and shattered Zhu Yue’s Dharma form with a single blow.
• Zhu Yue drew on the grand array’s Sword Qi, but it could not harm Ye Li, who battered her through the sect halls and mountains.
• Zhu Yue fled and called on Wei Shan for help, but Ye Li struck them both down and hurled Zhu Yue into the ruined main hall.
• Zhu Yue kowtowed and pleaded for mercy while Ye Li mocked her proud reputation, and Tang Chen watched in despair.

Ye Li overwhelmed Zhu Yue despite her renewed strength and pierced her with the Divine Iron, leaving her Qi Sea ruined and her Dao Heart on the verge of collapse. As Tang Chen was beaten aside for challenging him, Ye Li approached Zhu Yue while brilliant flames and a fierce aura rose around him.

• Ye Li mocked Zhu Yue and the Nine Cauldron Sword Sect for yielding to foreign powers but daring to oppose him.
• Zhu Yue revived her sword intent with the remaining power of the Glazed Lotus Heart and pleaded for Ye Li to spare her.
• Ye Li pierced Zhu Yue with the Divine Iron, destroying her Qi Sea and causing her realm, life force, and Dao Heart to crumble.
• Tang Chen charged at Ye Li, but a Half-step Divine Connection Realm soul smashed his jaw and sent him flying.
• Ye Li approached the screaming Zhu Yue as flames surged through his hair and a powerful aura filled the hall.

Ye Li killed Zhu Yue and Tang Chen, ending the Nine Tripod Sword Sect’s resistance and securing the battle for the Heavenly Supervision Department. He sent Che Wen Zhong to clean up while he went to search the sect’s treasury for a method to reach the Divine Connection Realm.

• Ye Li’s divine fire burned Zhu Yue to death after her Dao heart shattered and her cultivation fell.
• Tang Chen looked up in grief, but Ye Li’s divine fire blasted him to death.
• Ye Li reflected on the Malice Points he had gained and planned to search for a cultivation method in the Nine Tripod Sword Sect’s secret treasury.
• With the Sect Protection Array unsealed, Che Wen Zhong and the Tai'an Heavenly Supervision Department forces reached the main hall and saw that Ye Li had resolved the crisis.
• Ye Li instructed Che Wen Zhong to clean up the sect grounds, then walked deeper into the Nine Tripod Sword Sect to inspect its treasure vaults.

Ye Li searched the Nine Tripod Sword Sect’s treasure vault and found its founder’s method for entering the Divine Connection Realm. He spent Malice Points to reach the pinnacle of the Heaven and Earth Realm, leaving the mountain shaken by his newly unleashed power.

• Che Wen Zhong and Qin Han watched the surviving Sword Sect disciples descend the mountain, grateful that Ye Li had spared them.
• Guided by Zhu Yue’s soul, Ye Li found the treasure vault and learned she had consumed most of its Heaven and Earth Realm Treasure Medicines.
• Ye Li discovered the A-Grade Return to Truth Method, the Nine Tripod Sword Canon, engraved on a jade wall in the vault.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to advance from the Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer of the Heaven and Earth Realm.
• Ye Li reached the pinnacle of the Heaven and Earth Realm, and his aura shook Cloud Pine Mountain as Che Wen Zhong recognized his power.

Ye Li used the Nine Tripod Sword Sect’s treasury resources to derive and perfect a new spiritual-grade Return to Truth Method. He entered the Half-Step Divine Connection Realm, while Qin Han and Che Wen Zhong reacted to the immense increase in his strength.

• Ye Li’s breakthrough stunned the Heavenly Supervision Department disciples, while Qin Han reassured Che Wen Zhong that Ye Li’s rapid advancement was normal for him.
• Ye Li focused on deriving the Return to Truth Method, compressing the vast Spiritual Platform World within his brow to nurture the Power of Law.
• Ye Li continued the costly derivation, drawing on his understanding of the Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron and the Three-Mark Divine Fire Wheel.
• Wei Shan appeared as a soul and recounted an S-Grade Return to Truth Method from the Heavenly Supervision Department, giving Ye Li a source of inspiration.
• Ye Li perfected the S-Grade spiritual-grade Jade True One Qi Canon and advanced to the Half-Step Divine Connection Realm.

After Ye Li’s breakthrough and the cleanup in Tai'an Grand Prefecture, Qin Han received a warning that Senior Brother Tan was waiting at headquarters to settle the score over Ye Li killing Elder Chen. Ye Li ignored the warning and set off with Qin Han for headquarters, eager to show him the speed of the Divine Connection Realm.

• Che Wen Zhong praised Ye Li for eradicating the threats in Tai'an Grand Prefecture and credited him with the foremost merit.
• A powerful breakthrough phenomenon bearing traces of the Power of Law erupted, and Ye Li appeared before the main hall as Che Wen Zhong and Qin Han reacted in shock.
• Ye Li asked Qin Han about his plans, and Qin Han offered to accompany him to Wanjing Prefecture.
• Qin Han received a message warning that Senior Brother Tan had moved into his courtyard and would settle the score over Ye Li killing Elder Chen, so Ye Li should avoid headquarters for ten years.
• Ye Li decided to return to headquarters anyway and told Qin Han to protect his head as they set off at Divine Connection Realm speed.

After Ye Li’s killing of Elder Chen went unpunished, the Heavenly Supervision Department’s members suspected the Director of the Celestial Observatory had tacitly approved it. Fu Yunshu confronted Senior Brother Tan over punishing Ye Li, but Tan remained firm despite learning Ye Li had defeated Zhu Yue and resolved the crisis in Tai'an Grand Prefecture.

• News of Elder Chen’s death spread through the Heavenly Supervision Department, where members speculated that the Director of the Celestial Observatory had approved Ye Li’s actions.
• After Tai'an Grand Prefecture’s crisis was reported resolved, members increasingly believed Ye Li had acted with the Director’s tacit support, and some department elders curbed their misconduct.
• Fu Yunshu visited Senior Brother Tan and argued that Ye Li should not be punished for killing Elder Chen, who had abused his position to pursue private grudges.
• Senior Brother Tan insisted Ye Li had harmed a fellow member without authorization and demanded evidence that he had been driven to do so.
• Fu Yunshu presented records showing Ye Li had resolved the crisis in Tai'an Grand Prefecture in one day and killed Zhu Yue of the Nine Cauldrons Sword Sect.
• Senior Brother Tan showed surprise at the report but maintained that Ye Li’s military service and his killing of Elder Chen had to be judged separately.

Fu Yunshu argued with Tan Hua over his insistence on punishing Ye Li despite the merits he had earned, but Tan Hua refused to change his mind. Ye Li arrived at the courtyard and announced himself, bringing the two men face to face.

• Tan Hua told Fu Yunshu that Ye Li's merits could not excuse attacking Elder Chen outside the Law Enforcement Hall, and said he would punish him.
• Fu Yunshu condemned Tan Hua for prioritizing rules over the Eastern Continent's crisis and threatened to report him to their master.
• Tan Hua said he would only teach Ye Li a lesson and would not endanger his life.
• Fu Yunshu reached the courtyard gate and found Ye Li waiting outside.
• Ye Li announced that he had heard someone was waiting for him, and Tan Hua looked up from his desk.

Ye Li confronted Tan Hua, the chief disciple of the Director of the Celestial Observatory, after Tan Hua came to punish him for killing Elder Chen. Ye Li effortlessly defeated and badly injured Tan Hua, then left Fu Yunshu to testify that Tan Hua had attacked first.

• Ye Li entered the house despite Fu Yunshu’s attempt to stop him, and recognized Tan Hua as the Director of the Celestial Observatory’s chief personal disciple.
• Tan Hua declared that Ye Li had committed a grave crime and announced he would sever one of Ye Li’s arms as punishment.
• Tan Hua attacked Ye Li, but Ye Li crushed his wrist, tore off his arm, and kicked him through the courtyard walls.
• Tan Hua realized Ye Li had spared his life, thanked him, and passed out.
• Ye Li told Fu Yunshu that Tan Hua had struck first, and Fu Yunshu promised to testify on his behalf.