Chapter Summaries

The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor confronted Ye Li over his killings, while the Supreme Clarity Palace Master refused to hand him over and challenged the imperial pressure. The emperor then offered to pardon Ye Li if he became Qin Mingshu’s Dao companion, stayed in the dynasty, and fathered an heir, even promising their child the throne.

• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor listed Ye Li’s killings in Linze, the Southern Territory, and the Capital City, and declared them capital crimes.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master said the Supreme Clarity Palace would answer for the events later and used her Pure Qi to resist the imperial Array Formation.
• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor offered to pardon Ye Li’s previous offenses if he became Qin Mingshu’s Dao companion and remained in the Longwind Divine Dynasty.
• The emperor demanded that Ye Li leave offspring for the imperial house and promised their child the future throne.

Ye Li rejected Qin Mingshu’s marriage proposal and condemned the Longwind Divine Dynasty for its abuses, declaring that its imperial family and complicit ministers deserved to die. The emperor unleashed his power and threatened to kill Ye Li, who openly challenged him to stop the coming massacre.

• Qin Mingshu accepted her father’s marriage decree and tried to persuade Ye Li to become her Dao companion.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master privately advised Ye Li to placate the emperor and delay a confrontation, but Ye Li said he had a plan.
• Ye Li refused Qin Mingshu, accused her of abusing cultivators, and condemned the Longwind Divine Dynasty’s treatment of its people.
• Ye Li declared that the Divine Dynasty should not be allowed to endure, prompting an official and Qin Mingshu to threaten him.
• The emperor released overwhelming immortal Dao pressure and vowed to kill Ye Li, who announced he would kill the imperial family and ministers responsible for the abuses.

The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor ordered his Imperial Guards to attack Ye Li, while the Supreme Clarity Palace Master chose to fight rather than yield. She drew the Emperor away from the capital, but Ye Li followed and was trapped by the Imperial Guards’ ancient formation.

• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor summoned the Imperial Guards and revealed the dynasty’s formidable force of Fortune-Mastery cultivators.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master rejected the Emperor’s demands, sent Shen Lingyi and the others away, and charged at him.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master and the Emperor fought above the capital, then moved their battle to the mountains outside to spare the city.
• The Emperor attacked with the nation’s fortune, but the Supreme Clarity Palace Master countered and held her ground.
• Ye Li followed the fighters outside, where five Imperial Guard commanders and tens of thousands of guards surrounded him with an ancient formation.

Ye Li summoned Divine Dragon True Person and Mysterious Water True Person to break the Imperial Guard’s formation while he recovered and watched the battle above. He and the Supreme Clarity Palace Master both suspected that the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor was stalling, but the Former Emperor True Lord remained hidden.

• Shen Lingyi feared Ye Li could not face five Fortune-Mastery commanders and tens of thousands of Imperial Guards after his recent battles.
• Ye Li summoned Divine Dragon True Person and Mysterious Water True Person and ordered them to slaughter the Imperial Guard.
• Divine Dragon True Person tore open the formation and struck down the crimson-armored commander while Mysterious Water True Person disrupted the sub-formations.
• Ye Li swallowed Treasure Pellets to recover as he watched the Supreme Clarity Palace Master and the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor fight to a standstill.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master suspected the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor was stalling for the Former Emperor True Lord to emerge from seclusion.

The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor revealed that he was a Dao Source True Lord and struck the Supreme Clarity Palace Master down with one palm. He then attacked Ye Li, whose cry of “Heaven and Earth Manifestation” rang out from within the impact.

• Ye Li released the Divine Dragon True Person's soul, which tore apart the imperial guards' formation and drove the five commanders back.
• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor revealed that he had been holding back and unleashed an ancient, immense Dao Source True Lord aura.
• The emperor shattered the Supreme Clarity Palace Master's defenses with one palm and sent him crashing through mountains.
• The emperor summoned a Purple-Gold Giant Palm and struck at Ye Li, pinning the battlefield beneath its pressure.
• As the golden palm's impact engulfed Ye Li, his voice rang out, calling, “Heaven and Earth Manifestation!”

Ye Li manifested a colossal golden Dharma Form and blocked the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor’s True Lord attack, then realized the Emperor had seized the body of the original ruler. As the Emperor attacked with National Fortune dragons and challenged Ye Li to outlast his Immortal Essence, Ye Li began tearing them apart.

• Ye Li’s Dharma Form shattered the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor’s golden palm and healed its wounds with Immortal Essence.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master and the court officials watched in shock as Ye Li stood against a True Lord’s power.
• Ye Li accused the Emperor of seizing the original Emperor’s body, and the Supreme Clarity Palace Master identified him as the late emperor who had taken his descendant’s body.
• The Emperor attacked Ye Li again, but Ye Li traded a palm strike for a punch that sent him flying more than a hundred thousand feet.
• The Emperor summoned nine dragons of National Fortune and taunted Ye Li about running out of Immortal Essence.
• Ye Li seized the foremost dragon and tore it apart with Break Ten Thousand Laws.

Ye Li used his golden Dharma Form to overwhelm the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor in a brutal close-range battle, breaking through his Dao Source techniques and imperial weapons. The emperor was repeatedly battered into the earth, and the fight remained unresolved as Ye Li continued his assault.

• Ye Li's golden Dharma Form smashed the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor's decree and sent him flying, while the Supreme Clarity Palace Master withdrew her attack and moved Shen Lingyi and the others farther away.
• Ye Li charged through the emperor's dragon spears and Great Dao chains, then landed a series of punches that forced him to retreat.
• Ye Li's Dharma Form shattered the emperor's imperial seal and knocked him through several mountain ranges into the earth.
• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor emerged and formed a golden imperial sword from National Fortune, but Ye Li slapped it apart and broke through his defensive immortal light.
• Ye Li continued striking the emperor, eventually kicking him out of the sky and into the earth, where his impact left a vast crater.

Ye Li exhausted his Immortal Essence while battering the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor, but the emperor survived behind the National Fortune screen. Ye Li restored himself with [Dao Scripture My Book] and prepared to unleash [Heaven and Earth Manifestation] again.

• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor summoned the capital’s National Fortune as a golden dragon, which blocked Ye Li’s final blow but shattered while the emperor was injured.
• Ye Li’s golden Dharma Form crumbled as his Immortal Essence ran out, leaving the emperor alive behind the remaining National Fortune screen.
• The emperor emerged from the sinkhole and taunted Ye Li, while the Supreme Clarity Palace Master moved to protect him.
• Ye Li used [Dao Scripture My Book] to restore his peak condition, replenishing his Immortal Essence and healing his injuries.
• Ye Li declared “Again!” and summoned [Heaven and Earth Manifestation] once more.

Ye Li continued his battle with the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor, breaking his Dao and overwhelming his failing body. He killed the emperor with his Divine Spear, leaving a vast abyss on the plain outside Capital City.

• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor struck Ye Li's Dharma Form with his Great Dao, but Ye Li repaired the damage and battered him with giant fists.
• Ye Li tore apart the golden Dao river with Break Ten Thousand Laws, then smashed the emperor into the earth as the emperor's body and Divine Soul began to fail.
• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor offered his inheritance, treasury, and knowledge of the Outer World in exchange for his life, but Ye Li refused.
• Ye Li poured his remaining Immortal Essence into a Divine Spear and cleaved through the emperor's defenses, splitting his body and the earth beneath him.

Ye Li killed the Longwind Divine Dynasty's Former Emperor True Lord after stopping his Divine Soul from escaping. He then confronted the remaining imperial cultivators, and Qin Mingshu begged him to spare her life in exchange for surrendering the dynasty and its treasures.

• The Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor broke through Ye Li's Pure Qi blockade, but Ye Li empowered his Crimson-Gold Divine Fire with Dao Scripture My Book and burned the Emperor's Divine Soul to death.
• The Emperor's death shattered the Longwind Divine Dynasty's Imperial Script, weakened its protective formation, dispersed its National Fortune, and sent a ripple across the Seven Continents and beyond.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master and the imperial cultivators were stunned by Ye Li's victory, while Ye Li recovered with Treasure Pellets and absorbed the figure in a black-and-gold dragon robe into his soul space.
• Ye Li appeared before Qin Mingshu and the other imperial cultivators and declared that they were next.
• Qin Mingshu fell to her knees and offered the Divine Dynasty's treasury, secret vaults, and imperial properties, begging Ye Li to spare her life.

Ye Li defeated the Longwind Divine Dynasty’s forces, took control of the Emperor’s soul, and ordered the court’s crimes investigated and its victims released. He then prepared to leave for Green Luo Continent, where Zi Yue Valley was waiting for an explanation.

• The courtiers begged Ye Li for mercy, and he summoned the Longwind Divine Dynasty Emperor, who bowed and accepted his orders.
• Ye Li ordered the Emperor to investigate the officials and execute those who deserved death, then rejected Qin Mingshu’s offer to help and left her to face the Emperor.
• The Supreme Clarity Palace Master met Ye Li outside the capital and asked how he had controlled a Dao Source True Lord’s soul.
• Ye Li gave the Palace Master and Shen Lingyi’s group instructions to seize the treasury and imperial businesses, process the officials, withdraw imperial orders, and free those wrongly detained or conscripted.
• The Palace Master warned that news of Ye Li’s victory would spread across the Seven Continents, and Ye Li said he needed to hurry to Green Luo Continent to explain himself to Zi Yue Valley.