Chapter Summaries

He Jingming brought Divine Dragon True Person reports proving Ye Li’s extraordinary feats and proposed using An Ziqing to locate him. Divine Dragon True Person agreed to pursue Ye Li, leaving He Jingming convinced the plan could remove a threat to his dynasty.

• Divine Dragon True Person finished cultivating in Profound Mystery Mountain after draining the blood essence of nearby cultivators and mutant beasts.
• He Jingming apologized for failing to find a suitable prodigy and presented a scroll about Ye Li, the Supreme Clarity Palace Son.
• He Jingming recounted Ye Li’s victories across Cold Sea and Green Luo, including killing powerful True Persons and Demon Kings.
• Divine Dragon True Person examined the scroll’s battle records and recognized that Ye Li’s physical body, immortal essence, and divine soul could help him become a True Lord.
• He Jingming suggested using An Ziqing to learn Ye Li’s whereabouts, and Divine Dragon True Person told him to proceed without worrying about the danger.

Pei You'an told Ye Li that Qin Baiyi had been detained by the Longwind Divine Dynasty despite winning approval to redeem her family’s status, because the imperial family now wanted her to serve the third princess. She asked Ye Li whether he could rescue Qin Baiyi directly.

• Pei You'an waited for Ye Li at an Alliance Association branch and reconsidered whether to ask the Association’s seniors to intervene.
• Ye Li arrived, and Pei You'an explained that Qin Baiyi’s ancestors had bound their descendants to lifelong service for the Longwind Divine Dynasty.
• Pei You'an said Qin Baiyi had fulfilled the conditions to redeem her family’s status and leave, but the imperial family changed its demands after learning of her friendship with the Supreme Clarity Palace Son.
• Pei You'an showed Ye Li Qin Baiyi’s message and the documents recording the approved redemption and her new assignment to serve the third princess.
• Pei You'an asked Ye Li whether he was confident he could rescue Qin Baiyi directly.

Ye Li agreed to help Pei You'an and prepared to leave for the Longwind Divine Dynasty, while Qin Baiyi resisted the Third Princess's efforts to keep her in the palace. Qin Baiyi worried that Ye Li would come into danger trying to rescue her and her parents.

• Ye Li reassured Pei You'an, told her to pack, and accepted her offer to bring useful Magic Treasures.
• Ye Li contacted Qingyuan True Cultivator, confirmed he was going to the Eternal Night Continent, and asked for the Supreme Clarity Palace's method for advancing to the Fortune-Mastery Realm.
• Qingyuan True Cultivator promised to send the method and said the Palace Master would soon travel to the Eternal Night Continent.
• The Third Princess offered Qin Baiyi robes, rewards, and care for her parents in exchange for staying, but Qin Baiyi refused and insisted on taking her parents away.
• Qin Baiyi reviewed the information she had gathered for Pei You'an and feared that Ye Li would risk his life coming to help her.

Qin Mingqi, advised by Bai Jingshan, decided to keep Qin Baiyi close and use her to draw Ye Li to the Longwind Divine Dynasty. She prioritized attracting Ye Li over capturing a rare silver lion and left the dangerous trap in Linze City active, hoping he might join her there.

• Qin Mingqi returned from Qin Baiyi's quarters furious that Qin Baiyi wanted to leave, while Bai Jingshan reminded her that Qin Baiyi's parents were under house arrest.
• Bai Jingshan urged Qin Mingqi to treat Qin Baiyi well so Ye Li would see her in a favorable light and might agree to a match arranged by the emperor.
• Qin Mingqi agreed to visit Qin Baiyi again with comforting words and ordered Bai Jingshan to report when Ye Li arrived.
• Bai Jingshan told Qin Mingqi that their retainers had tracked the Sky-Treading Silver Lion to Linze City, where it had been preying on people.
• Qin Mingqi declined to travel to Linze City, choosing to focus on Ye Li, but ordered the array kept active and hoped Ye Li would go there with her.

Ye Li arrived in the Longwind Divine Dynasty to retrieve Qin Baiyi, preparing for a possible clash with its powerful imperial family. After officials said they could not release her without new instructions, he demanded to see her by nightfall and sent them to seek approval.

• Ye Li restored himself to peak condition and checked his prepared True Lord-level contingencies before traveling to Eternal Night Continent.
• Shen Lingyi warned Ye Li that Longwind’s strength was uncertain, while its territories revealed more than twenty publicly acknowledged Fortune-Mastery True Cultivators.
• Shao Chengyuan welcomed Ye Li and his group to the Capital City, then said Qin Baiyi was staying at the Third Princess’s residence and could not be released under her old approval.
• Ye Li asked Shao Chengyuan to take him to Qin Baiyi, then demanded that she be brought to him by nightfall or the envoy would bear the consequences.

After Ye Li demanded to meet Qin Baiyi that night and threatened Qin Mingqi with consequences if refused, Qin Mingqi agreed on Bai Jingshan’s advice. She arranged a banquet and required Ye Li to spend the following day with her, hoping to secure his favor before her siblings could interfere.

• Shao Chengyun told Qin Mingqi that Ye Li had arrived and described the pressure of his presence, judging the rumors about his strength likely true.
• Qin Mingqi learned that Ye Li demanded to see Qin Baiyi that night and threatened her if she refused, leaving her furious.
• Bai Jingshan advised Qin Mingqi to grant Ye Li’s request, noting that Qin Baiyi’s parents remained in the dynasty and would keep her attached to them.
• Qin Mingqi agreed to host a banquet that night so Ye Li could meet Qin Baiyi, but required him to spend the next day with her and follow her wishes.
• After Shao Chengyun left to relay the arrangement, Bai Jingshan reassured Qin Mingqi that agreeing would show sincerity, and she prepared for the meeting, pleased she had acted before her siblings.

Qin Mingshu interrogated two cultivators who had exposed a Divine Dynasty official and ordered Han Zhen to send Ye Li records of sects he might target. At his temporary palace, Ye Li agreed to the third princess's conditions for meeting Miss Qin, including spending the following day with her.

• Qin Mingshu tortured Liu Rong and her accomplice for investigating a Divine Dynasty official, then took the method stored in Liu Rong's Spiritual Platform.
• Han Zhen told Qin Mingshu that Ye Li had killed the four True Persons of the Wave-Subduing Residence and seemed driven to punish evil.
• Qin Mingshu ordered Han Zhen to secretly deliver records of sects Ye Li might consider evil to his temporary residence.
• Ye Li assigned Shen Lingyi to settle their group into the temporary palace and prepared to use Rook Exchange with souls stationed outside the capital.
• Shao Chengyun told Ye Li that the third princess had agreed to a banquet that night and required him to accompany her throughout the next day.
• After Ye Li slapped An Ziqing for interrupting, he accepted the third princess's conditions.

Ye Li studied Fortune-Mastery methods and received an invitation to meet the Longwind emperor, then secretly returned to his courtyard after leaving for the princess’s banquet. He caught Han Zhen delivering a dossier about mountain gates and demanded to know what it contained.

• Ye Li explained that he understood the risks of meeting Qin Baiyi, told An Ziqing to stay behind the next day, and said he would take him into the palace that night.
• Ye Li studied the Fortune-Mastery methods and learned how True Persons used their Dao marks to form a True Origin Great Dao.
• A palace attendant delivered the Longwind emperor’s invitation for Ye Li to discuss state affairs in three days, and Ye Li accepted.
• Shao Chengyun returned with an invitation to a banquet at the princess’s residence, and Ye Li, An Ziqing, and Shao Chengyun left for the palace.
• Han Zhen entered the quiet courtyard and placed a dossier on the table, but Ye Li appeared behind him and demanded to know what it was.
• Han Zhen said the dossier contained information about mountain gates in the Divine Dynasty that he believed would interest Ye Li.

Ye Li received a dossier exposing abuses by several sects and learned that Qin Mingshu had sent it to him anonymously. After overpowering her messenger Han Zhen and extracting the truth, Ye Li decided to act on the information despite the Long Wind Emperor’s likely anger.

• Ye Li read records of Red Furnace Mountain sacrificing labor cultivators and Life-Extending Temple draining the vitality of towns, with officials’ reports suppressed.
• Han Zhen tried to leave after saying he had delivered the dossier on his master’s orders, but Ye Li stopped him and demanded to know who that master was.
• Ye Li threatened Han Zhen’s true body and forced him to reveal that he served the second royal daughter, Qin Mingshu.
• Han Zhen explained that Qin Mingshu had ordered him to select and anonymously deliver the files, while giving him no reason for her plan.
• Ye Li let Han Zhen go, decided to use the information despite the Long Wind Emperor’s anger, and returned his awareness to his true body.

The Longwind Emperor discussed the imperial heirs’ efforts to draw Ye Li into the Divine Dynasty and resolved to keep him there, even if he had to act personally. Ye Li then met Qin Baiyi at Qin Mingqi’s residence, where her relief at his arrival was clear.

• The Longwind Emperor questioned the chief steward about the third princess, the second prince, and the crown prince, then concluded that each heir was pursuing a different plan involving Ye Li.
• After reviewing the report on Ye Li’s battle at the Wave-Subduing Residence, the Longwind Emperor said he would keep Ye Li in Longwind and handle the Supreme Clarity Palace himself if necessary.
• Ye Li arrived at Qin Mingqi’s residence with Shao Chengyun and An Ziqing, and Qin Mingqi welcomed them before leading them inside.
• Qin Baiyi recognized Ye Li, sprang up to greet him, and cried with relief; Ye Li checked that she was unharmed and told her to stop worrying.
• Qin Mingqi watched Ye Li sit beside Qin Baiyi and silently cursed her.

Ye Li demanded that Qin Mingqi release Qin Baiyi’s family and complete their redemption, and Qin Mingqi agreed after securing a binding contract. The chapter ended with Qin Mingqi taking Ye Li to Linze the next day to capture a Sky-Treading Silver Lion as their shared mount.

• Qin Baiyi told Ye Li that Qin Mingqi had kept her from leaving and had taken her parents to a separate estate despite their approved redemption.
• Ye Li demanded that Qin Mingqi hand over Qin Baiyi’s entire family and complete the redemption, offering one additional condition in return.
• Bai Jingshan urged Qin Mingqi to accept Ye Li’s terms and secure his promise with a contract.
• Qin Mingqi agreed to release Qin Baiyi’s family and terminate the old contract after the next day’s outing, while Ye Li signed the binding contract.
• Qin Mingqi told Ye Li they would go to Linze to capture a Fortune-Mastery Sky-Treading Silver Lion as their shared mount.

After learning that Han Zhen had exposed her involvement, Qin Mingshu planned to use Ye Li’s investigation in Linze to make him commit a serious offense and bind him to her with a vassal contract. Ye Li set out with Qin Mingqi to capture demons, while those around them wondered whether the princess could persuade him to remain in the Divine Dynasty.

• Han Zhen admitted that Ye Li had discovered Qin Mingshu’s involvement and forced him to reveal her name, so Qin Mingshu ordered him to watch Ye Li in Linze and report any serious crime.
• Qin Baiyi worried that the Third Princess might make further demands of Ye Li, but An Ziqing told her to trust his promise and prepare for what came afterward.
• Ye Li left An Ziqing and Qin Baiyi behind and joined Qin Mingqi, who welcomed him and led him aboard a Treasure Ship bound for Linze.
• Several hundred armored cultivators escorted the Treasure Ship as officials and patrol ships yielded to the imperial procession.
• Bai Jingshan and a black-robed Fortune-Mastery retainer discussed Ye Li’s talent and the possibility that Qin Mingqi’s constitution and imperial fortune could help persuade him to stay.

Ye Li accompanied Qin Mingqi through Linze City and learned she had trapped its residents as bait for the Silver Lion Demon King. After the lion appeared, Ye Li killed it and struck Qin Mingqi down, leaving the city under the pressure of his unleashed blood qi and killing intent.

• Qin Mingqi offered Ye Li guards and fiefs while repeatedly hinting at marriage, but he answered casually and said he liked snowy scenery.
• In Linze City, Ye Li saw notices forbidding residents from leaving and learned Qin Mingqi was keeping them there to lure the Silver Lion Demon King.
• The Silver Lion Demon King appeared, and Bai Jingshan and another retainer tried to trap it with formations, but it escaped their techniques.
• Ye Li rushed into the sky, seized the Silver Lion Demon King, and killed it despite Qin Mingqi's wish to capture it alive.
• Ye Li shattered Qin Mingqi's defensive treasure, struck her through the city gate, and unleashed a vast wave of blood qi and killing intent across Linze City.

Ye Li attacked Qin Mingqi after discovering the violence and devastation in Linze, then fought off her imperial retainers and resisted the magical contract she used against him. He left Qin Mingqi choking in his grasp as she screamed for help.

• Ye Li struck Qin Mingqi through Linze City's gate, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Bai Jingshan and the black-robed retainer attacked Ye Li, but he shattered their techniques and drove Bai Jingshan back.
• Qin Mingqi regained consciousness and confronted Ye Li, but he dismissed her and moved to strike again.
• Ye Li overwhelmed the black-robed retainer and tore apart the chains sent to restrain him.
• Qin Mingqi activated her contract and ordered Ye Li to kneel, but his blood vitality suppressed its power.
• Ye Li grabbed Qin Mingqi by the neck and lifted her as she cried for help.

Ye Li killed Qin Mingqi after defeating her retainers, then had Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang kill the two True Cultivators. With the restrictions on Linze City lifted, Ye Li turned toward the city’s corrupt officials and resolved to kill them as well.

• Bai Jingshan and the black-robed retainer attacked Ye Li, but Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang drove them back.
• Qin Mingqi begged Ye Li to spare her, but he condemned her for treating lives like dirt and killed her with divine fire.
• Ye Li ordered Perfected Iron Face and Perfected Mingzhang to kill Bai Jingshan and the black-robed retainer.
• Ye Li lifted Linze City's restrictions and told its residents they could leave.
• Ye Li used Qin Mingqi's Memory Scroll to identify the local officials deserving death and decided to kill them all.

The Longwind Emperor learned that Ye Li had killed Qin Mingqi and her retainers in Linze City, and weighed the danger of confronting the Supreme Clarity Palace against the need to defend the dynasty’s dignity. Qin Mingshu received the news and was summoned to the palace, where she headed to meet her father.

• The chief steward told the Longwind Emperor that Ye Li had killed Qin Mingqi, Bai Jingshan, and another retainer, and explained that the dynasty’s binding contract had failed to restrain him.
• The Minister of Justice and two other ministers urged the Longwind Emperor to punish Ye Li and call on the former emperor, but the Longwind Emperor warned that attacking him could provoke war with the Supreme Clarity Palace.
• The Longwind Emperor told the chief steward to summon Mingshu, saying the dynasty would not simply endure the insult.
• A female official informed Qin Mingshu that Ye Li had killed Qin Mingqi and her accompanying retainers in public and remained in Linze City.
• Qin Mingshu reviewed the reports and recordings, then received the emperor’s summons and hurried to the palace.

Qin Mingshu urged the Longwind Emperor to punish Ye Li for killing Qin Mingqi and violating imperial authority, but he issued a decree ordering Ye Li to appear in the Capital City for questioning instead. He revealed that he knew of Qin Mingshu’s plans and approved her approach, then she set out for Linze to negotiate with Ye Li herself.

• Qin Mingshu told the Longwind Emperor that Ye Li’s actions warranted punishment and asked him to hold Ye Li accountable.
• The Longwind Emperor issued a decree ordering Ye Li to enter the Capital City for questioning and refrain from using force before then.
• The Longwind Emperor privately told Qin Mingshu that he knew of her plans and approved her strategy of offering Ye Li favor after making him incur guilt.
• The Longwind Emperor resumed his duties without mentioning Qin Mingqi again, leaving the chief steward uncertain about his true feelings.
• Qin Mingshu boarded the Treasure Ship and ordered it to Linze so she could meet Ye Li personally.

He Jingming brought Qin Baiyi’s parents back safely and revealed that the Crown Prince had helped cancel the service records that could still have endangered them. His praise of the Crown Prince drew An Ziqing’s attention, leaving Qin Baiyi concerned about what the offer of support might mean for him.

• Qin Baiyi reunited with her parents outside the Imperial Palace and learned that He Jingming had brought them there.
• He Jingming explained that he had canceled the Qin elders’ service records and introduced himself as an official serving in the Eastern Palace.
• He Jingming praised the Crown Prince’s willingness to help anyone in trouble, and An Ziqing asked whether he would help someone from another continent.
• Father Qin urged Qin Baiyi to repay Ye Li for helping the family, while Qin Baiyi worried that An Ziqing might be offered support against their Prefectural Lord.
• An Ziqing returned to the residence without speaking further, and Qin Baiyi decided to report her concerns to the Prefectural Lord.

He Jingming reported to Crown Prince Qin Mingjun that Palace Heir An might be recruited into their plans, and showed him proof that Divine Dragon True Person was powerful enough to kill Ye Li. Qin Mingjun revealed that Qin Mingqi had been killed and ordered the plot against Ye Li to proceed, leaving He Jingming to arrange further meetings with Palace Heir An and contact Divine Dragon True Person.

• He Jingming returned to the Eastern Palace and told Qin Mingjun that Palace Heir An might be willing to help their plan.
• He Jingming showed Qin Mingjun a Jade Slip recording Divine Dragon True Person displaying Late Fortune-Mastery power, and Qin Mingjun approved the plan to use him against Ye Li.
• Qin Mingjun told He Jingming that Qin Mingqi and her two Fortune-Mastery retainers had been killed by Ye Li in Linze.
• Qin Mingjun argued that Ye Li was too dangerous to control and ordered He Jingming to continue preparations to kill him.
• Qin Mingjun instructed He Jingming to meet Palace Heir An again and learn Ye Li's movements, and He Jingming contacted Divine Dragon True Person after leaving the palace.

Ye Li confronted Red Furnace Mountain over its use of imprisoned cultivators to nourish artifact spirits and freed hundreds of them. When True Person Red Cauldron attacked under the protection of an imperial mandate, Ye Li killed him, leaving Red Furnace Mountain in chaos.

• True Person Red Cauldron oversaw Red Furnace Mountain’s artifact production and prepared imprisoned cultivators to be thrown into the furnace as spirit-nourishing materials.
• Ye Li arrived, questioned the stewards about the prisoners, and ignored their appeals to imperial authority and military deadlines.
• Ye Li broke open the sealed chambers, freed hundreds of cultivators, and ordered them to leave within three breaths.
• True Person Red Cauldron activated Red Furnace Mountain’s fire array and attacked Ye Li with a giant furnace formed from spiritual fire.
• Ye Li shattered the furnace, struck True Person Red Cauldron, and killed him as Pure Qi tore apart his body and Divine Soul.