Recaps

Ye Xuan admitted that he had killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran, then revealed his true cultivation and attacked the Seven Great Lineage cultivators. He killed Jing Wuchen instantly, leaving the other cultivators facing a Divine Emperor Realm Fifth Layer Rogue Cultivator.

• The returning cultivators surrounded Ye Xuan and the injured man after the man accepted Ye Xuan's Supreme Azure Pill.
• Jing Wuchen accused Ye Xuan of being connected to the deaths of Jing Hao and Wang Ran and ordered him to come along for questioning.
• Ye Xuan admitted that he had killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran and rescued Chu Xue, then said he had no powerful background and was a Rogue Cultivator.
• Ye Xuan's cultivation surged from the Origin Mansion Realm Peak Stage to the Divine Emperor Realm Fifth Layer, shocking the crowd.
• Ye Xuan charged Jing Wuchen and killed him with a single punch.

Ye Xuan killed Jing Wuchen and six peak Divine King Realm cultivators after they tried to threaten him, drawing the Seven Great Lineage’s attention. When Jing Qiongji, a Half-Saint, arrived with two Venerables, Ye Xuan realized no Saint Realm expert had come and smiled at the chance to reap a harvest.

• Ye Xuan killed Jing Wuchen with one punch, shocking the onlookers and revealing that he had hidden his cultivation.
• Ye Xuan charged the six remaining peak Divine King Realm cultivators despite their threats, and they fled while one sent up a signal flare.
• Ye Xuan used his Absolute Domain and Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword to kill all six, then collected their storage rings.
• Jing Qiongji and two Venerables arrived, and the spectators expected Ye Xuan to be killed.
• Ye Xuan noted that no Saint Realm expert had come and smiled, seeing an opportunity to reap a harvest.

Ye Xuan let the Seven Great Lineage gather around him, then used the Rule Suppression Disc to suppress their cultivation and charged to kill them. At the Jing Family, a powerful man abruptly opened his eyes.

• Jing Qiongji confronted Ye Xuan over the deaths of the Seven Great Lineage cultivators and demanded to know his identity and backing.
• Ye Xuan claimed the cultivators had tried to seize his divine pills, while secretly waiting for more experts to arrive.
• Three more Half-Saints and dozens of other experts joined Jing Qiongji’s group, surrounding Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan declared that they would all die together and activated the Rule Suppression Disc, suppressing the cultivation of everyone within two hundred li.
• Ye Xuan rushed at the weakened experts to kill them, while a man cultivating at the Jing Family suddenly opened his eyes.

Ye Xuan used his rule power to kill Jing Qiongji and the Seven Great Lineage cultivators, then fled Kunyu City as Jing Shuangdi attacked. Chu Xiong appeared to stop Jing Shuangdi and warned the Seven Great Lineage that he would fight his way back as long as he lived.

• Ye Xuan suppressed Jing Qiongji with his domain and killed him with a single palm strike.
• Ye Xuan slew the surrounding Seven Great Lineage cultivators with his palm imprints and Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, collected their storage rings, and fled.
• Jing Shuangdi pursued Ye Xuan and struck the city with a giant palm, killing many bystanders as Ye Xuan escaped Kunyu City.
• Chu Xiong appeared and suppressed Jing Shuangdi's domain, then blasted him back with a fist strike.
• Chu Xiong told Jing Shuangdi to warn the other six old bastards that he would fight his way back while he remained alive, then vanished.

After Chu Xiong’s appearance drew the Seven Great Lineage Saints away from Kunyu City, Ye Xuan returned in disguise and bought two cheap ship tickets to escape. As he left to prepare for the journey, an arrogant cultivator and his companion blocked him and demanded the tickets.

• Chu Xiong withdrew after striking Jing Shuangdi, and Saints from the Wang Family and Shen Family joined Jing Shuangdi in pursuing him.
• Ye Xuan doubled back to Kunyu City, reasoning that the Seven Great Lineage would focus on Chu Xiong, and used his Supreme Mortal Bone to conceal his identity.
• Ye Xuan joined a queue of Rogue Cultivators and bought the last two bottom-hold tickets for a merchant ship to the imperial city of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom.
• A male cultivator and a female cultivator caught up with Ye Xuan, demanded his tickets, and threatened to kill him if he refused.

Ye Xuan killed Xue Yu and his wife after they tried to take his ticket, then returned to Kunyu City and advanced to Spirit Transformation. While cultivating a newly obtained divine ability, he triggered a storm of lightning and hurriedly stopped.

• Ye Xuan attacked and killed Xue Yu and his wife, then burned their bodies with True Solar Fire and took their storage rings.
• Nearby cultivators arrived, recognized Xue Yu and his wife, and were shocked by the lingering heat and Ye Xuan's power.
• Ye Xuan went to meet Chu Xue but could not find her, then returned to Kunyu City and began cultivating in a tavern.
• After three days, Ye Xuan broke through to Spirit Transformation, condensed a divine soul, and discovered a golden divine palace in his sea of consciousness that he could not enter.
• Ye Xuan used his refreshed sign-in and received the divine ability Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, then began cultivating it.
• Black clouds gathered over the city and lightning struck toward the tavern, so Ye Xuan abruptly stopped cultivating.

Ye Xuan’s lightning divine ability drew a mob to the Transcend Immortals Restaurant, where cultivators clashed with the staff in a chaotic battle. Ye Xuan used the fighting to kill several Venerable Realm cultivators and loot their storage rings before teleporting out of the restaurant and fleeing the city.

• Cultivators spotted lightning striking the Transcend Immortals Restaurant and rushed inside, eager to obtain Ye Xuan’s divine ability.
• The restaurant’s stewards and attendants tried to block the intruders, but the cultivators made excuses and forced their way forward.
• When the stewards threatened to kill anyone who broke the restaurant’s rules, the cultivators attacked, killing one steward and wounding several others.
• Ye Xuan left his room, teleported into the battle, killed several Venerable Realm cultivators, and took their storage rings.
• Ye Xuan shouted that he was fighting to visit a senior while continuing to attack, then teleported away and quickly left the city.

Jing Shuangdi and Zhuo Wushang arrived at the ruined Transcend Immortals Restaurant and learned that cultivators had fought over someone practicing a lightning divine ability. Jing Shuangdi pursued the guest from Room A7, while Zhuo Wushang slaughtered the surviving attackers and left.

• Jing Shuangdi and Zhuo Wushang arrived at the Transcend Immortals Restaurant and found it wrecked, with its stewards and workers down.
• A restaurant worker explained that cultivators had come to seize a guest’s lightning divine ability and fought each other, killing the restaurant stewards.
• Jing Shuangdi sensed the lightning resonance and learned that the guest was likely staying in Room A7.
• Jing Shuangdi vanished to pursue the guest, while Zhuo Wushang attacked the cultivators who had caused the disturbance.
• Zhuo Wushang killed the dozens of cultivators, rebuked them, and then vanished from the restaurant.

Jing Shuangdi realized the cultivator with the lightning divine ability had escaped and pursued him to a departing Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower ship. He stopped the boarding passengers and asked Deacon Xue to cooperate with an inspection, while Ye Xuan remained among the bottom-hold passengers.

• Jing Shuangdi found Room A7 empty and concluded that the cultivator who had displayed a lightning divine ability had fled.
• Jing Shuangdi remembered that a merchant ship was about to depart Kunyu City and rushed to intercept it, followed by Zhuo Wushang.
• Ye Xuan joined the bottom-hold passengers boarding the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower ship and kept a low profile as their deacon warned them to obey the rules.
• Jing Shuangdi appeared above the boarding area, silenced the crowd with his Saint domain, and asked Deacon Xue to let him inspect the ship for the fugitive.

Ye Xuan passed Jing Shuangdi’s inspection without being discovered and boarded the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower’s ship, where he settled into a corner of the crowded bottom hold. Three Divine Kings then asserted their dominance, and one ordered Ye Xuan to surrender his spot.

• Xue Zhaohai agreed to let Jing Shuangdi inspect the cultivators boarding the ship.
• Jing Shuangdi scanned the cultivators and their belongings with his Saint’s domain but failed to find the lightning divine ability or its owner.
• After Jing Shuangdi left, Xue Zhaohai ordered the cultivators to board, and Ye Xuan took a corner in the bottom hold.
• The deacon said the ship would reach the Hundred Leaves Kingdom’s imperial city in three months, then shut the hold’s door.
• Three Divine Kings released their pressure, and one stepped in front of Ye Xuan and demanded his spot.

Ye Xuan refused to surrender his place to Yan Kai and revealed that he was a Divine King, crushing and crippling him in a fight. The steward arrived to investigate while Ye Xuan remained calm and the other cultivators worried about testifying.

• Yan Kai and two other Divine Kings demanded that cultivators give up their places, and the others complied while Ye Xuan refused.
• Yan Kai threatened Ye Xuan and attacked him, but Ye Xuan revealed his Divine King Realm strength and countered with the Emperor Formula.
• Ye Xuan broke Yan Kai's arm, destroyed his dantian, and left him crippled on the floor.
• Ye Xuan asked the surrounding cultivators to testify that Yan Kai had provoked him and attacked first, and they readily agreed.
• The steward arrived to investigate the disturbance as the cultivators feared testifying, while Ye Xuan remained seated with his eyes closed.

Ye Xuan cultivated aboard the merchant ship while steward Xue Zhaohai searched for the cultivator with a lightning divine ability. Xue arranged an exchange gathering and Dao discussion to draw out the unknown cultivator, and the steward entered the lower hold to announce it.

• The steward took the badly injured Yan Kai away without confronting Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan resumed cultivating in the lower hold.
• Ye Xuan spent a month cultivating and reached the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm second level while avoiding drawing attention.
• Xue Zhaohai ordered Zheng Hong to investigate the ship for a cultivator who practiced a lightning divine ability, but the search found no suspicious person among those checked.
• Xue Zhaohai decided to hold an exchange gathering and Dao discussion so the suspected cultivator might reveal himself.
• Ye Xuan reached the Spirit Transformation Realm third level as news of the gathering spread throughout the ship.
• The steward entered the lower hold, and the cultivators looked up at him.

A steward invited Ye Xuan and the other Rogue Cultivators from the bottom hold to a merchant-ship gathering and Dao discussion, where good performances could earn better accommodations. At the lavish event, cultivators mocked and shunned Ye Xuan’s group, leaving Ye Xuan wondering whether to slap them down as he calmly enjoyed the refreshments.

• The steward announced a gathering and Dao discussion, offering free lower- or middle-class cabin accommodations as a possible reward.
• The next day, Ye Xuan and the other Rogue Cultivators followed the steward to a grand hall on the merchant ship’s third floor.
• Several attendees sneered at the Rogue Cultivators’ arrival and insulted them as lowly and dirty.
• The steward led Ye Xuan’s group to a corner and promised the merchant ship would protect them as long as they did not provoke others or strike first.
• Nearby cultivators moved away from Ye Xuan’s group, and Ye Xuan considered whether to retaliate before casually eating the drinks and pastries.

Ye Xuan mocked Feng Ran and Jing Yu after they insulted him, and Jing Yu challenged him on the Dao discussion platform. As they faced off, Xue Zhaohai questioned a bloodied captive who reacted with shock when she saw Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan dismissed Feng Ran and Jing Yu as mad dogs, provoking their anger.
• Jing Yu held back from attacking when the Dao discussion was announced, then challenged Ye Xuan from the platform.
• Ye Xuan calmly accepted the challenge and stepped onto the platform opposite Jing Yu.
• Xue Zhaohai asked a bloodied captive whether Jing Yu and Ye Xuan were involved; she showed little reaction to Jing Yu but was shocked by Ye Xuan.
• Jing Yu taunted Ye Xuan to kneel and beg for mercy, threatening not to spare his life.

Ye Xuan revealed his Divine King Realm strength, defeated Jing Yu with one punch, and killed him on the Dao Discussion Platform before challenging Feng Ran and the others. Elsewhere aboard the ship, Xue Zhaohai learned that Ye Xuan had cultivated a lightning divine ability.

• Ye Xuan mocked Jing Yu's demand that he kneel and apologize, then charged at him.
• Ye Xuan's presence surged to the Divine King Realm, and his punch crippled Jing Yu.
• Ye Xuan declared he would kill Jing Yu and beheaded him with a flash of his sword.
• Ye Xuan challenged Feng Ran and the others, then mocked them when they refused to fight.
• Under Xue Zhaohai's interrogation, the woman confirmed that Ye Xuan had cultivated a lightning divine ability, delighting Xue Zhaohai.

Ye Xuan prepared to leave the Dao discussion platform after defeating Jing Yu, but Lin Wu challenged him and vowed to kill him. Ye Xuan stood firm against Lin Wu’s killing pressure, mocked his hypocrisy, and faced his attack.

• Lin Wu rushed onto the platform and challenged Ye Xuan, claiming he would avenge Jing Yu and take Ye Xuan’s life.
• The crowd recognized Lin Wu as a notorious peak Divine King rogue cultivator with a record of killing a Divine Emperor through a trap.
• Lin Wu unleashed his killing pressure, but Ye Xuan remained unmoved and told him to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Ye Xuan called out Lin Wu for condemning Jing Yu’s humiliation while threatening to do the same to Ye Xuan, leaving Lin Wu unable to refute him.
• Lin Wu roared and charged at Ye Xuan to kill him.

Xue Zhaohai ordered Zhao Tong and the other experts to ensure Ye Xuan was captured alive, while Ye Xuan faced Lin Wu on the Dao discussion platform. After his low-grade saber technique and weapon proved inadequate, Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to strike Lin Wu down, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Xue Zhaohai instructed Zhao Tong to capture Ye Xuan regardless of whether Ye Xuan won or lost, and Zhao Tong led the experts away.
• Lin Wu attacked Ye Xuan with Soul-Severing Saber, and Ye Xuan countered with Blazing Flame Mad Saber.
• Ye Xuan’s saber shattered as he used Triple Slash, but Lin Wu cut apart the three saber rays and mocked him.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to close in on Lin Wu and struck his dantian, sending him flying with his body mangled.
• The crowd watched in bewilderment, unsure how Ye Xuan had defeated Lin Wu so quickly.

After killing Lin Wu, Ye Xuan challenged the gathered cultivators, but a middle-aged man with peak Divine King Realm strength stepped forward and attacked him. Ye Xuan killed the man with one sword strike, then a Divine Emperor Realm first-layer expert appeared, making the crowd suspect Ye Xuan was being targeted.

• Ye Xuan killed Lin Wu, took his storage ring, and invited anyone else to challenge him.
• A middle-aged man with a powerful peak Divine King Realm presence stepped onto the Dao Discussion Platform and attacked Ye Xuan with twin curved sabers.
• Ye Xuan knocked away the sabers, evaded the man's close-range assault, and killed him with Deadly Sword Strike.
• Ye Xuan took the middle-aged man's storage ring, but before he could speak, a Divine Emperor Realm first-layer expert leaped onto the platform.

Ye Xuan accepted Sun Yu’s challenge and killed him with a single sword strike, then called for another opponent. In a room, Xue Zhaohai ordered Zhao Tong to fight and demanded that Hu Chuan be summoned if Zhao Tong failed.

• Sun Yu challenged Ye Xuan and tried to provoke him into fighting.
• Ye Xuan warned Sun Yu that challenging him meant risking death, then attacked with Wandering Dragon Steps and Primordial Unity Second Form.
• Sun Yu’s defenses and counterattacks failed, and Ye Xuan killed him with one sword strike before calling for the next challenger.
• Xue Zhaohai ordered Zhao Tong to take the stage and told someone to summon Hu Chuan if Zhao Tong could not defeat Ye Xuan.
• Zhao Tong and the other person trembled when they heard Hu Chuan’s name.

Ye Xuan killed Zhao Tong on the Dao discussion platform and remained to face whoever challenged him next. Hu Chuan, a notorious poison cultivator sent by Xue Zhaohai, arrived and unleashed invisible poison at Ye Xuan.

• Zhao Tong attacked Ye Xuan with a golden halberd, but Ye Xuan overwhelmed him, disarmed him, and pierced his throat with a sword.
• Ye Xuan kicked Zhao Tong's corpse away, took his storage ring, and called for the next challenger.
• Xue Zhaohai ordered Hu Chuan to bring Ye Xuan to him without killing him.
• Hu Chuan put on a mask and approached the Dao discussion platform, alarming the crowd with his sinister presence.
• Ye Xuan recognized Hu Chuan's peak-stage Divine Emperor cultivation and deadly poison, and suspected the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower was behind the attack.
• Hu Chuan mounted the platform and released invisible poison toward Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan killed the poison cultivator Hu Chuan on the Dao discussion platform, forcing Xue Zhaohai to change his plans and lure Ye Xuan to the upper-class cabins. As Ye Xuan prepared to leave, a seductive voice called out to him.

• Hu Chuan unleashed deadly toxins against Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan resisted them and charged through the poisonous mist.
• Ye Xuan killed Hu Chuan with a sword strike, then challenged anyone else to come forward.
• Xue Zhaohai rejected sending more hidden fighters and ordered his deacons to placate Ye Xuan with rewards and take him to the upper-class cabins, where he planned to act personally.
• No cultivators dared challenge Ye Xuan, so he prepared to leave the Dao discussion platform.
• A seductive voice called Ye Xuan senior brother, and its sound left many young cultivators flushed and burning with desire.

Ye Xuan refused the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s attempt to lure him into a first-class cabin, suspecting it was a trap. After he left, the Dao discussion gathering broke up, and Xue Zhaohai flew into a rage over the failed scheme.

• A beautiful cultivator approached Ye Xuan on the Dao discussion platform, and he pointed the Yaoguang Sword at her throat, mistaking her for a challenger.
• The woman explained that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association was offering him a first-class cabin, but Ye Xuan refused and left the platform.
• The woman tried to persuade Ye Xuan to accept the cabin by hinting at her company, but he rejected her as well and returned to the bottom cabins.
• Ye Xuan concluded that the Merchant Association was trying to draw him into a trap, while the gathering ended and word spread about his strength.
• The woman returned to Xue Zhaohai without Ye Xuan, and he erupted in anger as his subordinates nervously asked what to do next.

Xue Zhaohai went to the lower hold to confront Ye Xuan after deciding to enforce the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s will. Ye Xuan sensed Xue Zhaohai’s arrival, but remained seated and calm as the peak Half-Saint fixed his gaze on him.

• Xue Zhaohai left the room and headed to the lower hold to deal with Ye Xuan personally.
• The lower-hold cultivators kept their distance from Ye Xuan, who cultivated while monitoring his surroundings with his Absolute Domain.
• Ye Xuan reflected on his cultivation and his goal of finding Han Bingning, then sensed someone enter his Absolute Domain.
• Xue Zhaohai suppressed Ye Xuan’s Absolute Domain, and Ye Xuan recognized him as a peak Half-Saint deacon of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.
• Xue Zhaohai entered the lower hold, where the rogue cultivators bowed to him and Ye Xuan alone remained seated, watching him calmly.

Ye Xuan used Rule Suppression and the Sacred Armor to overpower Xue Zhaohai, then killed him despite his pleas and threats. Afterward, Ye Xuan concluded that no Saint Realm cultivator was aboard the merchant ship and returned to his seat, ready to continue his journey.

• Xue Zhaohai attacked Ye Xuan with his Half-Saint Domain, but Ye Xuan activated the Sacred Armor and used Rule Suppression to reduce Xue Zhaohai's cultivation to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan struck Xue Zhaohai, shattered his Half-Saint body, and lifted him by the neck while the rogue cultivators watched in shock.
• Xue Zhaohai offered an apology and compensation, threatening that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association would seek revenge if Ye Xuan killed him.
• Ye Xuan rejected Xue Zhaohai's offer, crushed his neck, and destroyed his escaping soul with a flame before taking his storage ring.
• Ye Xuan returned to his seat and decided that no Saint Realm cultivator was aboard the merchant ship, so he could continue traveling without concern.

After killing Xue Zhaohai, Ye Xuan discovered a fortune in spirit stones and other resources, including rare top-grade spirit stones. He began cultivating with millions of high-grade spirit stones aboard the merchant ship, drawing attention from cultivators throughout the vessel.

• Ye Xuan examined Xue Zhaohai’s storage ring and found more than two billion high-grade spirit stones and other valuable resources.
• Ye Xuan discovered around a hundred top-grade spirit stones, learned how rare they were below the Saint Realm, and stored them in his System Space.
• Ye Xuan planned to disembark before the merchant ship reached the imperial capital and use the journey to advance to the late Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan threw out several million high-grade spirit stones and began absorbing their Spiritual Qi, while the rogue cultivators nearby watched without daring to interfere.
• Cultivators throughout the merchant ship noticed the powerful disturbance and wondered who was cultivating so intensely in the bottom hold.