Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan told Ye Li about a powerful demon attacking Night Roam squads in Qingping City and gave him the demon’s origin aura. Ye Li agreed to investigate, while Lin Huaijin reported Ye Li’s strength to a superior who told him to wait until Ye Li reached the Dao Evolution Realm.

• Chen Chuan explained that the demon had attacked Night Roam squads in Qingping City, overwhelmed a Great Void Realm Third Level captain, and left the captain missing.
• Chen Chuan gave Ye Li the demon’s origin aura and said Qingping City was sealed, preventing the demon from escaping unnoticed.
• Ye Li questioned how the aura had reached the division and suspected the demon might have allowed it to be carried out, but decided to go to Qingping City and investigate.
• Lin Huaijin reported Ye Li’s apparent Great Void Realm Ninth Level cultivation through a jade slip to a young girl.
• The young girl told Lin Huaijin not to report Ye Li to her palace until he reached the Dao Evolution Realm.

Ye Li arrived in Qingping City to handle the great demon threat and immediately clashed with Liang Baixuan, who blamed headquarters for delaying reinforcements. He subdued and threatened her, then ordered her brought to the discussion hall so he could question her.

• Mo Yuan told Liang Baixuan that reinforcements from Longtan headquarters were expected that day.
• Ye Li and his team arrived in Qingping City, and Mo Yuan suggested they rest before discussing official matters.
• Liang Baixuan confronted Ye Li, accusing headquarters of dismissing the intelligence her colleagues had died to obtain.
• Ye Li slammed Liang Baixuan into the ground and warned that he would punish her and the surviving colleagues if they obstructed his work.
• Ye Li told Mo Yuan to bring Liang Baixuan to the discussion hall and instructed Chen Chuan to give her medicine first.

Ye Li learned that a demon had lured Yao Xuan Envoys into deadly ambushes in Qingping City and set out to confront it. He left Mo Yuan to evacuate civilians while wondering whether his abilities could defeat an enemy at the Dao Evolution Realm.

• Liang Baixuan told Ye Li that a false report about a Divine Connection Realm demon had lured her team into an ambush by a Saint-level Demon comparable to the Great Void Realm Seventh Level.
• Ye Li connected her attack to earlier Yao Xuan Envoy deaths and concluded that the demon repeatedly used misleading leads to lure its targets.
• Ye Li ordered the team to leave at once and told Mo Yuan to evacuate the civilians because the coming battle could be loud.
• Liang Baixuan asked to accompany Ye Li, but he told her to help Mo Yuan evacuate civilians from the outer perimeter instead.
• Ye Li and Chen Chuan's group flew toward the demon's location as Ye Li considered whether his combined abilities could defeat an enemy at the Dao Evolution Realm.

The Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon prepared to ambush the Dragon Pool Yao Xuan Envoys at the Bai Family estate, confident she could devour them and become a Domain Lord. Ye Li arrived with the other envoys and gave the Bai Family patriarch a quarter of an hour to gather everyone, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• The Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon dismissed the burly Ox Demon’s concerns and planned to use the Bai Family estate and her wedding dress to trap the approaching envoys.
• The Ox Demon sensed the envoys approaching, and the Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon went with him to meet them.
• Ye Li and the other four Yao Xuan Envoys arrived at the Bai Family estate as the Nine Luminaries Division evacuated nearby citizens.
• Ye Li sensed two demonic auras in the estate but could not identify the concealed demon’s full appearance.
• The Bai Family patriarch challenged the envoys’ presence, and Ye Li ordered him to gather every living member of the Bai Family within a quarter of an hour or face death.

Yao Xuan Envoy Ye Li confronted the Bai family and exposed the demons hiding among them. After the Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon attacked him, Ye Li revealed his Great Void Realm Peak strength and struck her into the ruins, leaving the battle raging across the residence.

• Chen Chuan ordered the Bai family to gather as Ye Li’s forces surrounded the residence.
• The Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon appeared in a wedding dress and draped herself over Ye Li, believing his cultivation was only at Great Void Realm Seventh Level.
• An armored Ox Demon arrived, and the rabbit demon assigned him to handle Ye Li’s four companions while she attacked Ye Li.
• Ye Li activated [Golden Soul Revival], dodged the rabbit demon’s blow, and punched her through the Bai family residence.
• The injured rabbit demon recognized Ye Li’s Great Void Realm Peak strength and shouted in shock as he charged toward her and the Ox Demon roared.

Ye Li fought the Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon at the Qingping Bai Family estate, revealing powerful recovery and a Divine Spear as he overwhelmed her. He left her gravely injured and sprawled across the street, but the demon had not been confirmed dead.

• Ye Li struck the Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon with Ten Thousand Strikes in an Instant, but she recovered enough to counterattack and drive him backward.
• Ye Li let the rabbit demon cut through his defenses, then smashed her chest and heart with a Great Void Qi-enhanced punch.
• The rabbit demon used her bewitchment ability, but Sword Qi burst from Ye Li’s brow and blasted apart half her head.
• Ye Li summoned a Divine Spear, broke the rabbit demon’s claws, and battered her with a relentless storm of spear strikes.
• Ye Li launched the badly injured rabbit demon out of the Bai Family estate and through several buildings, earning Malice Points.

Ye Li killed the Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon and defeated the Heavy Rock Demon Ox during the Demonic Calamity at the Bai family estate. After the demons were burned, Chen Chuan and his companions began tending to the survivors and handling the aftermath.

• Mo Yuan watched as Ye Li's attack blasted the Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon out of the Bai family estate.
• The Crimson-Eyed Rabbit Demon tried to flee, but Ye Li caught up and split her in two with his Divine Spear.
• The enraged Heavy Rock Demon Ox charged Chen Chuan's group, and Ye Li blasted it back, crushing its head.
• Ye Li ignited both demons' corpses with divine fire and told Chen Chuan's group to clean up.
• The Bai family head recovered his memories, and Chen Chuan's group went to help the surviving Bai family members.

After defeating the demons, Ye Li declined Mo Yuan’s banquet and went to rest while weighing how to prepare for the Taicang Mu Family. The Qingping City Yao Xuan Envoys reflected on his strength and the danger they had escaped.

• Ye Li told Mo Yuan the crisis was resolved and asked him to arrange a quiet courtyard instead of a banquet.
• Mo Yuan urged Liang Baixuan to thank Ye Li, and she knelt and apologized for her earlier recklessness.
• Ye Li considered the limits of his strength and decided he needed to improve his preparations before confronting the Taicang Mu Family.
• Mo Yuan arranged lodging for Ye Li and told the Qingping City Yao Xuan Envoys that he was likely a trusted subordinate of Prefect Lin.
• The young Yao Xuan Envoys grew excited at the prospect of serving under Ye Li, while the senior ones doubted they would get the chance.

Ye Li used the Skeletal Elder’s precious pills and millions of Malice Points to rise to the Great Void Realm Peak. He concluded that the Mu Family’s lineage was nearing its end if it had no hidden trump cards, as a storm broke over Qingping City.

• Ye Li entered his lavish residence in Qingping City and checked his Malice Points before preparing to cultivate.
• Ye Li took dozens of Great Void Realm-grade pills from the Boundary Patrol Envoy token, gaining powerful cultivation buffs despite the strain on his body.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points to advance through the Great Void Realm Fifth and Sixth Layers, then the Eighth Layer, and finally its Peak.
• Ye Li sensed his greatly increased power and judged that the Mu Family’s lineage faced its final countdown if it had no other trump cards.
• A fierce storm struck Qingping City, and Mo Yuan looked out at the rain before feeling an unexpected chill.

After learning that Ye Li had slain two Great Void demons in Qingping City, Lin Huaijin recognized his exceptional strength and decided to promote him as the Dragon Pool Nine Luminaries Division’s first Retainer General. As Lin Huaijin waited for Ye Li to arrive, an envoy from the Taicang Mu Family came to the governor’s mansion with urgent business.

• Lin Huaijin read Ye Li’s victory report and realized he had underestimated Ye Li’s strength.
• Lin Huaijin ordered the promotion of the division’s first Retainer General, and news of Ye Li’s victory and the planned promotion spread through the division.
• Lin Huaijin waited with a Retainer General’s Tiger Tally, intending to grant Ye Li benefits and show his sincerity.
• An envoy from the Taicang Mu Family requested an audience, and Lin Huaijin summoned him into the mansion.

Lin Huaijin declined the Taicang Mu Family Head’s invitation but agreed to send a lieutenant general in his place. At the Mu estate, Mu Fusheng and Mu Zhaorong prepared to secure Lin Huaijin’s support against Ye Li, and Mu Zhan’s message arrived.

• Mu Zhan invited Lin Huaijin to the Mu Family’s banquet, but Lin Huaijin refused and said a lieutenant general would attend for him.
• Lin Huaijin rejected Mu Zhan’s gift and sent him and the shattered box flying out of the residence.
• Mu Zhaorong reviewed forged documents meant to conceal the Mu Family’s involvement in Divine Continent.
• Mu Fusheng said the Mu Family needed Great Sheng’s strength to eliminate Ye Li and ordered Mu Zhaorong to approach Lin Huaijin if Mu Zhan failed.
• A communication signal from Mu Zhan lit up at Mu Fusheng’s waist.

Mu Fusheng learned that Prefect Lin would send a Retainer General to the Mu Family’s banquet and planned to welcome him while advancing the family’s scheme. Meanwhile, Ye Li returned to Dragon Pool and accepted Lin Huaijin’s appointment as a Retainer General.

• Mu Zhan reported that Prefect Lin had declined the invitation but would send a newly promoted Retainer General to the banquet.
• Mu Fusheng and Mu Zhaorong discussed the envoy’s importance, and Mu Fusheng told Mu Zhan to arrange the banquet whenever the Retainer General was free.
• During the journey back, Ye Li mastered the Void Shattering Palm.
• Lin Huaijin and hundreds of Yao Xuan Envoys welcomed Ye Li at the Nine Luminaries Division headquarters and presented him with a gilded Tiger Tally.
• Ye Li accepted the Tiger Tally, and the assembled envoys congratulated him on becoming a Retainer General.

Ye Li learned that his new Retainer General title gave him authority in Longtan Grand Commandery and offered a way to protect Shenzhou from the Taicang Mu Family. When Mu Zhan invited him to the Mu Family, Ye Li chose to leave immediately, flying there with Mu Zhan.

• Lin Huaijin explained Ye Li’s Retainer General privileges and learned that Ye Li had reached the peak of the Great Void Realm.
• Lin Huaijin revealed that Ye Li could use his new title to deter the Taicang Mu Family from troubling Shenzhou.
• Mu Zhan arrived at the prefectural manor and invited Ye Li to visit the Mu Family the following night.
• Ye Li accepted Mu Zhan’s invitation and decided to go with him immediately.
• Ye Li carried Mu Zhan into the sky in a golden streak of light and headed toward the Mu Family.

Ye Li arrived at the Taicang Mu Family and sent for its archived records while preparing to investigate the clan. Mu Zhaorong recognized him with obvious shock, and Ye Li introduced himself to Mu Fusheng by name.

• Ye Li asked Mu Zhan about Mu Fusheng and Mu Zhaorong, then learned that Mu Zhaorong was expected at the banquet.
• Ye Li used his Nine Luminaries token to ask Chen Chuan and his other colleagues to retrieve the Taicang Mu Family's archived records.
• Mu Fusheng and Mu Zhaorong waited at the family gates, where she told him that witnesses and physical evidence were ready for their scheme.
• Mu Zhaorong froze in horror when Ye Li arrived, while Mu Fusheng welcomed him and introduced himself.
• Ye Li told Mu Fusheng his name and asked whether it rang a bell.

Ye Li arrived at the Taicang Mu Family estate as a Retainer General, forcing Mu Fusheng and Mu Zhaorong to welcome him despite their plans and fury. After making Mu Zhaorong pour his tea, Ye Li asked whether she used living people to cultivate avatars, leaving the Mu family’s secret exposed.

• Mu Fusheng recognized Ye Li as the Retainer General and hid his alarm while deciding to endure the visit rather than risk war with Lin Huaijin and the Great Sheng government.
• Mu Zhaorong suppressed her anger over Ye Li destroying her avatar and helped escort him to the prepared pavilion.
• Ye Li urged Chen Chuan and the others to move quickly while Mu Fusheng and Mu Zhaorong received him with forced respect.
• Ye Li demanded that Mu Zhaorong pour his tea, humiliating her in front of the Mu family attendants.
• After receiving a message, Ye Li asked Mu Zhaorong whether she used living people to cultivate avatars.

Ye Li confronted the Taicang Mu Family over suspected crimes and, after Mu Zhaorong and Mu Fusheng denied them, launched a violent attack. He killed Mu Zhaorong’s defenders and struck Mu Fusheng in the head, turning the family gathering into an all-out battle.

• Chen Chuan and Gongshu Yan gathered Archives Division records about the Taicang Mu Family and delivered them to Ye Li.
• Ye Li questioned Mu Zhaorong about using living people to cultivate avatars and bribing the previous Dragon Pool County governor, while Mu Fusheng denied the charges.
• Ye Li punched Mu Zhaorong through a pavilion wall and declared that everyone present would die.
• Ye Li killed Mu Family direct descendants who tried to intervene, and Mu Fusheng raised the alarm with a transmission jade token.
• Mu Fusheng attacked with Great Void Qi, but Ye Li shattered it and smashed Mu Fusheng’s skull with the Void Shattering Fist.

Ye Li attacked the Taicang Mu Family and revealed overwhelming strength, killing Mu Fusheng, the elders, and Mu Zhaorong. He left the estate in chaos as its surviving members faced slaughter and despair.

• Mu Zhaorong was sent flying by Ye Li and realized his strength exceeded the Great Void Realm.
• Ye Li struck Mu Fusheng, leaving him severely mutilated, and Mu Zhaorong concluded that Ye Li fought at the Dao Evolution Realm.
• The five Saint elders arrived, but Ye Li killed three as they tried to flee.
• Mu Zhaorong attempted to escape and begged Ye Li to spare her, but he shattered her spine and killed her with Geng Metal Qi.
• The Mu Family disciples watched in terror as bloodshed and despair engulfed the estate.

After Mu Fusheng broke through to the Dao Evolution Realm, he challenged Ye Li and was swiftly defeated. As Mu Fusheng lay dying, strange flames engulfed him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Ye Li summoned the Nine Luminaries Division and noticed Mu Fusheng breaking through in the Rear Mountain.
• Mu Fusheng emerged as a Dao Evolution Realm domain lord and attacked Ye Li with the Azurewood Palm Imprint.
• Ye Li shattered Mu Fusheng's attack and crushed his defenses with a storm of black light, leaving him mortally wounded.
• Mu Fusheng realized Ye Li's Great Void Qi had destroyed his ability to regenerate and lamented the Mu family's downfall.
• Strange flames suddenly enveloped Mu Fusheng, making him scream in agony as he lay dying.

Ye Li killed Mu Fusheng, then revived him and ordered him to purge the Mu Family and collect evidence of its crimes. As Lin Huaijin rushed to the ruined estate, he saw the massacre’s aftermath and realized the Mu Family had become a river of blood.

• Ye Li burned Mu Fusheng to ashes despite his pleas for mercy.
• Ye Li summoned Mu Fusheng back to life and ordered him to execute the Mu Family’s guilty members and gather evidence for Lin Huaijin.
• Ye Li headed to the Mu Family treasury while Mu Fusheng began killing those implicated in crimes.
• Lin Huaijin hurried toward the Mu Family estate, fearing Ye Li had acted recklessly and might face grave consequences.
• Lin Huaijin saw that most of the estate had been destroyed and the grounds were soaked in blood.

Lin Huaijin arrived at the ruined Taicang Mu Family estate and learned that Ye Li had killed the family head, elders, and other Saints. Ye Li returned with Mu Fusheng’s soul and told Lin he had prepared evidence of the family’s crimes, leaving them to coordinate the handoff.

• Lin Huaijin and the Yao Xuan Envoys surveyed the blood-soaked Mu Family estate and feared Ye Li had clashed with the family head.
• Lin Huaijin questioned a shaken Mu Family descendant, who explained that Ye Li had killed the family head and elders, including seven registered Saints and a half-step Dao Evolution Realm expert.
• Lin Huaijin ordered the surviving Mu Family disciples taken to the office for interrogation because the family’s alleged crimes and collusion still lacked decisive evidence.
• Ye Li returned from the back mountain, and Lin Huaijin praised him for eliminating the Mu Family.
• Ye Li summoned Mu Fusheng’s soul and told Lin Huaijin he had prepared evidence of the Mu Family’s crimes and asked to coordinate the handoff.