Chapter Summaries

Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator told Ye Li that Divine Dragon Mountain’s mountain lord tortured cultivators to create dragon-blooded bodies for himself, then proposed luring him out by sending Ye Li to another continent. Ye Li agreed once he learned how powerful the mountain lord was, and Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator promised her full cooperation.

• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator explained that Divine Dragon Mountain’s mountain lord used his Dragon-Raising Method to transform captured cultivators and drain their blood.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator revealed that one of her friends had exposed the scheme before dying, and that the mountain lord had escaped the Palace Master’s assault by leaving the Cold Sea Continent.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator said the mountain lord still sought cultivators with powerful bodies and could be baited by Ye Li traveling alone to another continent.
• Ye Li questioned whether the mountain lord would take the bait and asked about his cultivation level.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator disclosed that the mountain lord had captured an Azure Dragon Demon King whose cultivation was near late-stage Fortune-Mastery.
• Ye Li immediately agreed to the plan, and Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator pledged to help him.

An Ziqing continued refining pills while Meng Lian supported him, and he gave her several of his Treasure Pellets. When Ye Li returned and summoned them, the Manager clarified that Ye Li wanted to see Meng Lian, leaving An Ziqing to accompany her without knowing why.

• An Ziqing successfully refined Treasure Pellets and felt that his Pill Dao skills had improved greatly.
• Meng Lian praised the pills and described how Hidden Edge True Cultivator’s relentless sword training had unsettled her Sword Heart.
• An Ziqing gave Meng Lian several Treasure Pellets, saying they might be useless if he lost to Ye Li and became Ye Li’s dog.
• A Supreme Clarity Palace Manager announced that Ye Li had returned and invited An Ziqing and Meng Lian to meet him.
• The Manager revealed that Ye Li had specifically summoned Meng Lian, while An Ziqing could only accompany her.

Ye Li revealed that Meng Lian’s master, Hidden Edge True Cultivator, had betrayed his allies and been killed, then asked Meng Lian to stay by his side for a month and help with one matter. Meng Lian believed him and agreed, leaving the nature of Ye Li’s request for later.

• Ye Li summoned Meng Lian and An Ziqing, then asked Meng Lian about her relationship with Hidden Edge True Cultivator.
• Lu Wan explained that Hidden Edge had colluded with Demon Kings, attacked Qingyuan and Liuli, stolen inheritances, and tried to flee alone.
• Meng Lian condemned her master’s betrayal and vowed to bring him to justice if she had the chance.
• Ye Li revealed that he had killed Hidden Edge and showed Meng Lian his master’s Dao Source as proof.
• Ye Li asked Meng Lian to stay with him for a month and help with one matter that did not violate her principles, and she agreed.

Ye Li accepted An Ziqing’s challenge to a Pill Dao contest, seeing it as a chance to use him as a messenger to the lord of Divine Dragon Mountain. The contest was arranged with witnesses, while Meng Lian worried that An Ziqing was risking too much.

• Ye Li explained that Meng Lian could privately contact the lord of Divine Dragon Mountain because her connection to [Master-Slayer] made her betrayal seem plausible.
• An Ziqing challenged Ye Li to a Pill Dao contest, staking his freedom on the outcome and claiming confidence despite his trembling divine soul.
• Ye Li realized An Ziqing could serve as an even better messenger and accepted the contest as part of his plan to bait the lord of Divine Dragon Mountain.
• Ye Li ordered Lu Wan to prepare two Pill Refineries and invite the Glass True Cultivator to witness An Ziqing’s defeat.
• Meng Lian tried to dissuade An Ziqing, but he insisted that facing Ye Li was necessary to overcome his fear of stronger opponents.

Jade Dais Palace’s Palace Master and Qin Fa discussed the fallout from Ye Li destroying the Yin-Yang Sect, while Heguang True Cultivator pressed the Alliance Association to hold him accountable. She presented a jade document showing that many Green Luo Continent factions shared her objections.

• The Palace Master of Jade Dais Palace worried that Ye Li’s destruction of the Yin-Yang Sect could provoke the absent Yin-Yang True Lord and violate Alliance Association rules.
• Qin Fa confirmed that Ye Li had advanced dramatically on the Water Dragon Platform and personally slain Hidden Edge.
• Heguang True Cultivator confronted Palace Master Lin, arguing that Ye Li had recklessly endangered Supreme Clarity Palace and the Alliance Association by wiping out the Yin-Yang Sect without warning.
• Heguang True Cultivator warned that other Dao Lineages might fear they would be targeted next, making future Alliance Association inspections and investigations harder.
• Heguang True Cultivator produced a jade document bearing numerous Dao Lineages’ seals to show that factions across Green Luo Continent opposed Ye Li’s actions and wanted him restrained.

Heguang True Cultivator tried to rally the Alliance Association against the Supreme Clarity Palace, but Palace Master Yuchen refused to add the Jade Dais Palace’s seal. Meanwhile, An Ziqing challenged Ye Li to a pill-refining contest at the Supreme Clarity Palace, and the chapter ended as the contest began.

• Heguang True Cultivator asked Palace Master Yuchen to endorse a letter condemning Ye Li’s actions, but he refused to seal it before hearing the Supreme Clarity Palace’s side.
• Heguang True Cultivator said she had already sent the letter to the Supreme Clarity Palace and would proceed with the support of other Dao Lineages.
• An Ziqing told Glass True Cultivator that he had chosen to challenge Ye Li in pill refining and would honor the outcome.
• A steward selected the Void-Breaking Dao-Sensing Pellet as the contest’s formula, and Ye Li admitted to himself that he could not understand it.
• Glass True Cultivator started the contest, and An Ziqing activated Snow Without Blame, summoning snow-white Dao fire that chilled the surroundings.

Ye Li refined a Void-Breaking Dao-Sensing Pellet by processing all its ingredients at once with divine fire, astonishing the watching pill refiners. An Ziqing's attempt faltered as he watched Ye Li finish, and he admitted defeat.

• An Ziqing began refining his ingredients separately with the Cold Purity Palace's snow-white Dao fire, while Ye Li swallowed all his ingredients with a crimson-gold fire dragon.
• Glass True Cultivator explained that the pellet required precise, complex adjustments and admitted she could not perform what Ye Li was attempting.
• Ye Li's fire dragon refined the ingredients into stable medicinal liquids and combined them into a pellet with distinct pill markings.
• Glass True Cultivator warned Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator that the Medicine God Cliff might try to recruit Ye Li.
• Ye Li completed the pellet before An Ziqing had finished refining his first batch of ingredients; An Ziqing's cauldron failed, and he declared that he had lost.

Ye Li defeated An Ziqing in an alchemy contest and made him agree to stay by his side for two months. After questioning Sword Song Valley’s deputy Valley Master about Hidden Edge, Ye Li received compensation and learned that a jade missive from the Green Luo Continent Alliance Association had arrived.

• Ye Li won the alchemy contest, and An Ziqing accepted the wager to serve Ye Li for two months.
• Glass True Cultivator assured Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator that she would handle any response from the Cold Purity Palace.
• Sword Song Valley’s deputy Valley Master Yingshan apologized to Ye Li for Hidden Edge’s crimes and answered questions about him.
• Yingshan said the Valley Master had entered seclusion and gave Ye Li compensation, adding that the Valley Master approved of Meng Lian staying with Ye Li.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator gave Ye Li a jade missive from the Green Luo Continent Alliance Association.

Ye Li received a summons from Zi Yue Valley on Green Luo Continent but refused to wait for the Palace Master and planned to go there himself. He intended to purge troublesome Dao Lineages first, while Qingyuan agreed to watch Sword Song Valley and urged him to use Heaven and Earth United if necessary.

• Ye Li learned that Zi Yue Valley was a powerful Green Luo Continent Dao Lineage leading a coalition against him.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator warned Ye Li about Zi Yue Valley and the danger of provoking its allied factions, but Ye Li said he would leave immediately and purge the problematic lineages.
• Ye Li explained that he understood why the Alliance Association had avoided suppressing the True Cultivator Dao Lineages, but insisted he was not afraid and could act quickly.
• Ye Li asked Qingyuan to watch Sword Song Valley and intercept its Valley Master if she emerged from seclusion; Qingyuan agreed to investigate the sect.
• Ye Li confirmed his Palace Heir authority on other continents, then went to check Lu Wan's preparations before setting out.

Ye Li killed the Deathwhisper Gate's Hall Master and finished the purge of the last Dao Lineage on the list. With five days of campaigns behind him and a vast stock of Malice Points, he wondered whether he was already close to becoming invincible.

• Ye Li overwhelmed the Deathwhisper Gate's Hall Master, destroyed the summoned elders, and killed the Hall Master with Divine Fire.
• An Ziqing presented Ye Li with the purge list, and Ye Li confirmed the Deathwhisper Gate was the last Dao Lineage left to deal with.
• Ye Li handed the list to Qin Ya and ordered the Alliance Association to spare the people listed while he killed the rest.
• Qin Ya watched An Ziqing kneel before Ye Li and suspected An Ziqing's earlier actions had caused his humiliation.
• Ye Li sat on An Ziqing's back, checked his Malice Points, and wondered if he was already becoming invincible.

Zi Yue Valley’s leaders discussed the Demon threat, divine source allocations, and Ye Li’s conflict with Dao Lineages. After learning he had destroyed only sects without True Cultivators, they decided to send a True Disciple with gifts to maintain relations.

• Heguang True Cultivator and the Zi Yue Valley Master agreed to send some managers toward the Demon threat and pressure Green Luo Continent’s factions to contribute.
• Heguang True Cultivator said she had written to the Supreme Clarity Palace to restrain Ye Li, while the Zi Yue Valley Master worried that its rising influence could reduce Zi Yue Valley’s share of divine source.
• A valley manager reported that Ye Li had destroyed several Dao Lineages in Cold Sea Continent, including influential sects, all of which lacked a presiding True Cultivator.
• Heguang True Cultivator and the Zi Yue Valley Master concluded that Ye Li had restrained himself because of Qingyuan’s decision and agreed to send him gifts.
• The Zi Yue Valley Master accepted Heguang True Cultivator’s proposal to send a suitable True Disciple rather than an elder to visit Ye Li.

Ye Li departed Supreme Clarity Palace for Green Luo Continent aboard a Treasure Ship, accompanied only by An Ziqing. The palace elders worried about the dangers ahead, but Ye Li left with their warnings and a spatial talisman.

• Ye Li's recent actions spread across Cold Sea Continent, and many Supreme Clarity Palace disciples hoped to accompany him, but Qingyuan True Cultivator refused their requests.
• Ye Li left Lu Wan at the palace and sent Meng Lian back to Sword Song Valley, making An Ziqing his sole companion.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator and Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator saw Ye Li off, and she warned him about Green Luo Continent's complicated Dao Lineages and ancient formations.
• Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator gave Ye Li a Stone Talisman containing a Spatial Divine Ability and cautioned him about An Ziqing's possible resentment.
• Ye Li and An Ziqing boarded the Treasure Ship and vanished into the void, while Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator criticized Qingyuan True Cultivator for letting Ye Li travel without a True Cultivator escort.

Lu Wan studied the cultivation methods Ye Li had left behind, hoping to advance enough to accompany him on future journeys. Aboard the treasure ship, Ye Li chose the Returning Balance Academy as his first stop on Green Luo Continent, while keeping his plan from An Ziqing.

• Lu Wan mourned Ye Li's departure, then resolved to study the Jade Slips and strive to reach Path Opening.
• An Ziqing briefed Ye Li on the Returning Balance Academy, whose disciples had died in the Dao-Nurturing Pool and whose past records included unresolved crimes by Green Luo Continent's Dao Lineages.
• Ye Li chose the academy as their first destination despite An Ziqing warning that its head had powerful allies.
• Ye Li ordered An Ziqing to stop questioning his decisions, withholding his plan because An Ziqing might reveal it to their target.
• An Ziqing organized the academy's files with pressed lips and uneven breathing.