Chapter Summaries

Ye Li asked Fu Yunshu for a mission in Yinhai Grand Commandery so he could handle personal business and investigate True Person Xuanfeng’s whereabouts before pursuing the Divine Connection Realm. Fu Yunshu described the Red Dust Immortal Gate’s growing defiance of the local Heavenly Supervision Department and asked Ye Li to help curb its influence.

• Qin Han returned to the courtyard and found Tan Hua gravely wounded after Ye Li defeated him, while Fu Yunshu watched Ye Li with fervent admiration.
• Ye Li asked Fu Yunshu to recommend a local matter in Yinhai Grand Commandery before he took charge of Wanjing Grand Commandery.
• Fu Yunshu offered Ye Li priority access to the department’s treasures, but he declined and asked about the situation in Yinhai Grand Commandery.
• Fu Yunshu explained that the Red Dust Immortal Gate had grown more powerful after True Person Fengyi entered the Divine Connection Realm, and its disciples and leaders had begun disregarding the local department’s directives.
• Fu Yunshu asked Ye Li to work with the local Heavenly Supervision Department to curb the Red Dust Immortal Gate’s arrogance.

Ye Li learned about the risks of using Faithful Wish Power and prepared to investigate the Red Dust Immortal Gate. He left to handle his private affairs while Qin Han went to collect Divine Connection Realm Treasure Medicines and prepare at Wanjing Grand Commandery.

• Fu Yunshu explained that Faithful Wish Power could greatly boost combat strength but would wear away Ye Li’s foundation if he used it for too long.
• Fu Yunshu warned that the Red Dust Immortal Gate’s example could embolden other forces and threaten stability across Eastern Continent.
• Ye Li asked Qin Han to select Divine Connection Realm Treasure Medicines from the treasury and wait for him at the Heavenly Supervision Department in Wanjing Grand Commandery.
• Ye Li departed, planning to disguise himself with the identity of a dead Misty Immortal Sect deacon and infiltrate the Red Dust Immortal Gate.

Yinhai Assistant Magistrate Xu Chengbi ordered Wolong Mansion to punish a Red Dust Immortal Gate prodigy who had killed hundreds of citizens, despite fearing the sect’s powerful members. A formidable Guest Elder from headquarters arrived and asked Xu to explain how unbridled the sect had become.

• Xu Chengbi heard that the Red Dust Immortal Gate prodigy imprisoned in Wolong Mansion had resisted punishment and that his fellow disciples demanded his release.
• Xu Chengbi ordered Wolong Mansion to cut off the prodigy’s spiritual qi, activate the Meridian-Melting Bone-Transforming Array, and imprison him for three hundred years if he still refused a Blood Contract.
• Xu Chengbi told Wolong Mansion to send the prodigy’s fellow disciples away and dared their master to confront him in person.
• Xu Chengbi asked when the Guest Elder from headquarters would arrive, and his attendant said the Record Keeper had only promised he would come very soon.
• A young man in a white coat descended into the manor in a blaze of golden light and asked Xu Chengbi to explain the Red Dust Immortal Gate’s conduct.

Ye Li reviewed Red Dust Immortal Gate’s crimes with Xu Chengbi and planned to investigate the sect while confirming True Person Xuanfeng’s whereabouts. When the sect’s experts attacked a Heavenly Supervision Department prison to free a prisoner, Ye Li vanished before Xu Chengbi could ask for his help.

• Xu Chengbi gave Ye Li documents detailing Red Dust Immortal Gate’s crimes and fetched a map of Yinhai Grand Commandery.
• Ye Li concluded that the sect’s upper ranks tolerated its disciples’ abuses and decided to investigate the sect without alarming it.
• Xu Chengbi explained that Red Dust Immortal Gate’s two True Persons had made the Heavenly Supervision Department wary of acting against it.
• A talisman reported that Red Dust Immortal Gate experts had attacked a prison in Wolong Mansion to free a disciple, and Xu Chengbi ordered the guards to stabilize the situation without killing them.
• Xu Chengbi turned to consult Ye Li and found that he and the map had disappeared.

Red Dust Immortal Gate disciples tried to rescue Zhao Qingfeng from Wolong Mansion, but their escape was crushed by a thunder seal wielded by the arriving golden figure. The five survivors were left battered before the newcomer, who demanded to know who had said they could leave.

• Four Red Dust Immortal Gate disciples defended Zhao Qingfeng against the Heavenly Supervision Department’s sealing formation and revealed they had a way to escape.
• The lead disciple used a talisman as Elder Cheng broke open the formation, allowing the five to flee through the gap.
• A colossal thunder seal killed Elder Cheng and shattered the escape light, sending Zhao Qingfeng and the four disciples crashing into the mountain.
• A streak of golden light arrived before the injured disciples and asked who had said they could leave.

Ye Li arrived in the wild mountains and confronted five Red Dust Immortal Gate prodigies who had broken prisoners out of jail. He killed four of them, while the last faced his Ice God Strength as reinforcements approached.

• Ye Li used the Great Dao Thunder Seal's long-range positioning to reach the mountains and revealed himself as a Heavenly Supervision Department guest elder.
• Zhao Qingfeng offered his talent and a future divine-grade Dharma Gate in exchange for the five prodigies' lives, but Ye Li killed him with Ice God Strength.
• When another prodigy blamed Meng Xue, Ye Li killed him and asked her what bargaining chips she had left.
• Meng Xue threatened Ye Li with the Red Dust Immortal Gate, then begged to serve him as a slave, but he killed her for breaking prisoners out of jail.
• Air-rending sounds arrived from the distant horizon after Ye Li killed Meng Xue.

Ye Li killed five Immortal Gate Prodigies and a late Heaven and Earth Realm elder, then agreed to make a major assault on the Red Dust Immortal Gate. Xu Chengbi and the people of Yinhai Grand Commandery pledged their support as Ye Li set off.

• Ye Li swiftly killed the five Immortal Gate Prodigies and Elder Cheng before Xu Chengbi and the others arrived.
• Xu Chengbi and the Wolong Prefecture Official thanked Ye Li for saving them and preventing the escaped prisoners from getting away.
• Ye Li told Xu Chengbi he planned to cause a stir at the Red Dust Immortal Gate and asked the Yinhai Heavenly Supervision Department to act according to circumstances.
• Xu Chengbi urged Ye Li to make the commotion as great as possible, promising to handle the consequences and declaring that Yinhai Grand Commandery had waited long enough.
• Ye Li agreed and shot off in a streak of golden light toward the lands beyond Wolong Mansion.

Ye Li returned to the Red Dust Immortal Gate disguised as Tong Muye and learned that True Person Xuanfeng was hunting him for killing her disciple. Before he could decide how to profit from his time at the sect, an emergency call summoned all stewards to Yujing Platform over a deadly attack by Wolong Mansion's Heavenly Supervision Department.

• Ye Li passed the gate's identity inspection while disguised as Tong Muye and heard that the Red Dust Immortal Gate's disciples enjoyed considerable influence in Yinhai Grand Commandery.
• A disciple showed Ye Li a portrait of the man wanted for killing True Person Xuanfeng's personal disciple, and Ye Li denied recognizing himself.
• The disciple explained that True Person Xuanfeng would likely seek a new personal disciple at the upcoming Mountain-Paying Ceremony and might return soon to divine for the killer.
• Ye Li left the hall with his steward's token and considered making extra money before True Person Fengyi returned to the mountain.
• Ye Li's steward's token relayed an order for all stewards to gather at Yujing Platform after Wolong Mansion's Heavenly Supervision Department killed an elder and several disciples.

Ye Li infiltrated the Red Dust Immortal Gate’s gathering on Yujing Platform as deacon Tong Muye and learned that the sect planned a retaliatory raid on Jinggu Prefecture. The chapter ended with the deacons stunned by the order to kill the prefecture’s powerful official and its cultivators.

• Ye Li disguised himself as Tong Muye and arrived at Yujing Platform, where an inner sect elder greeted him as if they knew each other.
• Two deacons discussed their fear that the Heavenly Supervision Department would punish the Red Dust Immortal Gate, and one reassured the other that the authorities lacked the strength to attack the sect.
• The inner sect elder announced that the sect leader had ordered eighty deacons and one powerhouse to raid Jinggu Prefecture at night and kill its official and cultivators.
• The deacons were shocked because Jinggu Prefecture’s official could draw on Faithful Wish Power and reach Half-step Divine Connection Realm strength.

Elder Wu recruited Red Dust Immortal Gate stewards for a secret operation in Jinggu Prefecture and revealed that True Person Xuanfeng had returned to investigate her disciple’s death. After Ye Li claimed he had seen the person in Xuanfeng’s portrait, Elder Wu decided to take him to meet her.

• Elder Wu reassured the stewards that a powerful figure would lead the operation and ordered them to wait inside the inner sect for instructions.
• Elder Wu revealed that True Person Xuanfeng had returned to the Immortal Sect to investigate the Outer Realm Cultivator rumored to have killed her personal disciple.
• Elder Wu summoned Tong Muye, who was actually Ye Li, and asked whether he had seen the person in a portrait during his mission in the Greedy Wolf Star Domain.
• Ye Li recognized the portrait as depicting himself and told Elder Wu that he had personally seen the person there.
• Elder Wu stopped Ye Li from explaining further and said he would take him to see True Person Xuanfeng.

True Person Xuanfeng arranged to divine the whereabouts of the Rogue Cultivator who had injured her, while the Red Dust sect master secretly plotted to exploit her plans for his own gain. At Chuyue Peak, True Person Fengyi learned that her disciple’s killer had appeared, only for the supposed witness to reveal himself as Ye Li.

• True Person Xuanfeng exchanged a Turtle Dragon Nine Yang Pill with the Red Dust sect master for the life of the Jinggu Prefecture steward and said she would divine the killer’s whereabouts.
• The Red Dust sect master privately planned to use True Person Xuanfeng’s pursuit to obtain the steward and exploit her compatible Faithful Wish Power.
• Elder Wu brought a white-robed deacon to Chuyue Peak, claiming the deacon had personally seen the cultivator who killed True Person Fengyi’s disciple.
• The white-robed youth’s aura surged beyond the Sun Moon Realm, and he told True Person Fengyi that he was Ye Li.
• Ye Li revealed his true appearance and power, addressed True Person Fengyi, and sealed the territory of Red Dust Immortal Gate with his aura.

Ye Li confronted True Person Fengyi above Chuyue Peak and overwhelmed her despite her Divine Connection Realm cultivation. He left her severely wounded on the ground as the Immortal Gate disciples watched in fear.

• True Person Fengyi was shocked to find Ye Li's aura far stronger than hers, then was knocked into the mountainside by his opening strike.
• True Person Fengyi summoned a Mystic Phoenix and used her Power of Law, but Ye Li broke through the flames with repeated attacks.
• Ye Li struck True Person Fengyi in the face, shattering her Dharma body further.
• Ye Li pierced True Person Fengyi with a Divine Spear, sending her crashing into the earth and earning Malice Points.
• The Immortal Gate disciples who arrived froze in terror and dared not approach.

Ye Li overwhelmed True Person Fengyi after she burned her origin to restore her strength, leaving her battered and in despair. The Red Dust Headmaster hesitated over whether to intervene as the fight threatened to draw the Immortal Sect into a blood feud.

• Immortal Sect disciples fled after witnessing Ye Li shatter True Person Xuanfeng’s dharma body with a bone-white spear.
• True Person Fengyi burned her origin and vowed to kill Ye Li, while the Red Dust Headmaster debated whether to help her.
• Ye Li charged through Fengyi’s flames, shattered her hand, and struck her head despite her restored power.
• Ye Li’s attacks overwhelmed Fengyi’s Law Fire, smashed her treasured armor, and left her body severely injured.
• True Person Fengyi collapsed into despair, triggering a system notice that her Dao Heart had broken.

Ye Li killed True Person Fengyi and revealed his power to resurrect True Person Xuanfeng, who began slaughtering the Red Dust Immortal Gate’s elders and disciples. He declared that everyone in the sect who took part in its crimes would be beheaded and moved to execute the sentence himself.

• Ye Li battered True Person Fengyi, shattered her armor, and killed her with the Myriad Transformation Divine Soldier Iron.
• Ye Li saw that his breakthrough into the Divine Connection Realm was within sight and formed a golden dharma image as he approached the Red Dust Sect Master.
• The Red Dust Sect Master begged Ye Li to leave, promising that the Red Dust Immortal Gate would bear no grudge against him.
• Ye Li resurrected True Person Xuanfeng as a flawless Divine Connection Realm True Person, and she immediately attacked the sect’s stewards, elders, and disciples.
• Ye Li declared that all Red Dust Immortal Gate participants in its crimes would be beheaded and ordered the sentence carried out as his golden dharma image advanced toward the Sect Master.

Ye Li destroyed the Red Dust Immortal Gate, killing its Sect Master and letting True Person Fengyi finish cleansing the sect. After upgrading his Divine Iron, he awaited Yinhai Grand Commandery’s officials so he could move on to his post and find a place to level up.

• Ye Li’s golden Dharma form battered the Red Dust Sect Master until it shattered his body and killed him.
• Ye Li received Malice Points for killing the Sect Master and other Red Dust Immortal Gate members, and learned that True Person Xuanfeng’s side had finished as well.
• Ye Li fed the Divine Iron the flesh and blood of two Divine Connection Realm True Persons, activating its fourth Divine Mark and unlocking the ability to change its scale and multiply its weapons.
• True Person Fengyi reported that everyone who deserved to die had been killed, and Ye Li recalled her into his soul space.
• Ye Li waited for the Yinhai Heavenly Supervision Department to arrive before departing for Wanjing Grand Commandery, while planning to level up and add points.

Ye Li destroyed the Red Dust Immortal Gate while the Yinhai Heavenly Supervision Department rushed to the scene, leaving Xu Chengbi stunned by the scale of the destruction. Ye Li declined further instructions and departed after saying, “Pleasure doing business.”

• Xu Chengbi and the Heavenly Supervision Department reached the Red Dust Immortal Gate and saw signs of a devastating battle.
• Xu Chengbi realized that a Divine Connection Realm True Person had died and feared the Immortal Gate might have been wiped out.
• Xu Chengbi led the Heavenly Supervision Department into the ruins, where they found Ye Li standing beside a crater.
• Xu Chengbi asked whether Ye Li had been injured, and Ye Li said he had no further instructions for them.
• Ye Li walked past Xu Chengbi and said, “Pleasure doing business.”

Ye Li mastered the new Soul Control ability Rook Exchange and consumed four Divine Connection Realm pills before spending Malice Points to advance his cultivation. He reached Twelfth Tier Divine Connection and was left preparing to pursue the Five Continents War for a divine-grade technique.

• Ye Li searched the treasure vault’s martial techniques but rejected its mediocre options, then upgraded Soul Control to LV3 and gained Rook Exchange.
• Ye Li refined four Divine Connection Realm herbs into pills, swallowed them, and gained cultivation-related buffs.
• Ye Li resolved to enter the Five Continents War to claim a technique from the Taiqing Dao Tablet, viewing the chance as more valuable than fighting weaker opponents.
• Ye Li spent tens of thousands of Malice Points, mastered his Power of Law, and reached Twelfth Tier Divine Connection.

Ye Li broke through to the Peak Fifth Tier of the Divine Connection Realm, unleashing a phenomenon so powerful that Xu Chengbi and the Silver Sea Heavenly Supervision Department could only watch in awe. After confirming his new strength, Ye Li planned to settle the problems in Wanjing Grand Commandery and contact Qin Han.

• Ye Li's breakthrough caused the Red Dust Immortal Gate and the surrounding mountains to tremble as a vast aura of laws spread across the sky.
• Xu Chengbi tried to control the power of heaven and earth, but it had become too chaotic for him to command.
• Xu Chengbi realized Ye Li was breaking through several realms and concluded that he had been recovering his former strength.
• Ye Li reached the Peak Fifth Tier of the Divine Connection Realm and examined the Power of Law in his palm.
• Ye Li decided to resolve Wanjing Grand Commandery's problems before visiting the Taiqing Dao Tablet, then took out his Guest Elder Jade Token to contact Qin Han.

Ye Li learned from Qin Han that Wanjing Grand Commandery’s Assistant Director was blocking investigations into the Yun family and Purple Cloud Cave, while several Heaven and Earth Realm Guest Elders had vanished or left. Ye Li decided to go to Wanjing Grand Commandery and confront the situation himself.

• Qin Han reported that Wanjing Prefecture’s Assistant Director had repeatedly denied him access to records about the Yun family and Purple Cloud Cave.
• Qin Han explained that at least five Heaven and Earth Realm Guest Elders had come to Wanjing Grand Commandery, but none remained, and the Assistant Director had never requested help from headquarters.
• Ye Li inferred that the missing Guest Elders and the two local powers might be tied to a struggle among Divine Connection Realm experts.
• Ye Li decided to travel to Wanjing Grand Commandery, and Qin Han agreed to await him at the local Heavenly Supervision Department.
• Ye Li ended the communication and prepared to reach Wanjing Grand Commandery within hours.

After destroying the Red Dust Immortal Gate, Ye Li declined Xu Chengbi’s offer to remain in Yinhai Grand Commandery and continued toward Wanjing Grand Commandery. At headquarters, Fu Yunshu read the report of duty and discovered that Ye Li had single-handedly swept away the sect, overturning Chu Qiming’s expectation that the operation would fail.

• Xu Chengbi praised Ye Li’s handling of the Red Dust Immortal Gate and asked how to describe his achievements in the report of duty.
• Ye Li said he would take up a post in Wanjing Grand Commandery, declined Xu Chengbi’s plea to stay, and departed.
• Xu Chengbi ordered a portrait of Ye Li for the department hall and sent his report of duty to headquarters.
• Chu Qiming told Fu Yunshu that Ye Li’s actions would not be pursued, then revealed he had sent Ye Li to Wanjing Grand Commandery to temper him.
• Fu Yunshu opened the report from Yinhai and learned that Ye Li alone had swept away the Red Dust Immortal Gate.