Recaps

Ye Xuan cultivated in the lower hold so aggressively that he drained Spiritual Qi from across the merchant ship, prompting angry passengers and anxious deacons to demand action. As the deacons hesitated to face him, they sent Yue Mei to investigate, and she soon returned to the lower hold while Ye Xuan remained unaware of the commotion.

• Cultivators aboard the merchant ship complained that Ye Xuan’s cultivation had drained the ship’s Spiritual Qi and demanded that the deacons intervene.
• The deacons reported the disturbance to Xue Zhaohai’s room, where Zheng Hong worried that Xue Zhaohai had not returned from the lower hold.
• Huang Jingshan ordered Yue Mei to go check on Xue Zhaohai and assess Ye Xuan, disguising the dangerous assignment as a chance to atone and earn a reward.
• Zheng Hong told the others that if Xue Zhaohai had failed to handle Ye Xuan, they would avoid confronting him and notify the imperial city.
• Ye Xuan continued cultivating and felt his strength rising toward the fourth level of the Spirit Transformation realm.
• Ye Xuan frowned when he noticed Yue Mei had come back.

Yue Mei entered the lower hold to ask Ye Xuan about the missing Deacon Xue, and Ye Xuan revealed that Xue was dead. After learning that a woman with an awakened divine eye had exposed his lightning divine ability, Ye Xuan demanded to see her.

• Yue Mei waited nervously while Ye Xuan cultivated, then knelt and explained that Deacon Huang Jingshan had sent her to ask whether he had seen Deacon Xue.
• Ye Xuan told Yue Mei that Xue Zhaohai was dead and asked who was now the strongest aboard the merchant ship and why Xue had targeted him.
• Yue Mei said Zheng Hong was now the strongest, at the peak sixth level of Half-Saint, and that Xue had targeted Ye Xuan because of his lightning divine ability.
• Yue Mei revealed that a woman with an awakened divine eye had seen Ye Xuan's ability and told Xue about it.
• Ye Xuan ordered Yue Mei to take him to the woman immediately.

Ye Xuan discovered that the woman who had identified his lightning divine ability had escaped, then resumed cultivating aboard the merchant ship. As his cultivation drained the ship’s Spiritual Qi and enraged its passengers, a powerful group of cultivators advanced on the lower hold while the deacons watched to gauge his strength.

• Yue Mei led Ye Xuan to the room where the woman had been held, but they found it empty and Ye Xuan sensed that she had escaped using a talisman.
• Ye Xuan returned to the lower hold and resumed cultivating while Yue Mei stayed nearby, afraid to return to Huang Jingshan after betraying him.
• Zheng Hong and Huang Jingshan suspected something had happened to Xue Zhaohai and ordered the deacons not to provoke Ye Xuan while they contacted headquarters.
• Ye Xuan’s cultivation drew Spiritual Qi from the merchant ship, leaving passengers furious as the deacons stalled them and secretly obeyed orders not to interfere.
• One Half-Saint, three Venerables, more than a dozen Divine Emperors, and dozens of Divine Kings marched toward the lower hold, while Huang Jingshan decided to use their confrontation to assess Ye Xuan.

A procession of cultivators confronted Ye Xuan in the lower hold, furious that his cultivation disturbed them. After a Venerable’s shout injured Yue Mei, Ye Xuan ended his cultivation and faced the crowd, his killing intent rising as they challenged him.

• A Half-Saint, Venerables, Divine Emperors, Divine Kings, and a growing crowd headed to the lower hold to denounce Ye Xuan.
• The Rogue Cultivators and Yue Mei felt the ship shake under the approaching cultivators’ power and feared being caught in the confrontation.
• The Half-Saint and his followers entered and found Ye Xuan still cultivating, prompting a Venerable to shout and disrupt his cultivation.
• The Venerable’s voice injured Yue Mei and sent her flying, but Ye Xuan caught her and set her down safely.
• Ye Xuan stood up and questioned the crowd, while the Venerable accused him of disturbing others and locked him in his Venerable Domain.

Ye Xuan confronted a group of cultivators who had injured people in the bottom hold, defeated a Venerable with one blow, and demanded their storage rings. The Half-Saint leading them attacked as Ye Xuan’s presence surged to peak Divine Emperor, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Ye Xuan rejected the cultivators’ claim that his cultivation had disturbed them and accused them of targeting the weak.
• When a Venerable attacked, Ye Xuan shattered his palm strike and slapped him away, stunning the assembled cultivators.
• Ye Xuan demanded that the group hand over their storage rings or leave, but they angrily refused.
• The Half-Saint threatened Ye Xuan and dismissed the idea that Xue Zhaohai would protect him; Ye Xuan challenged him to attack.
• Ye Xuan gave the group ten breaths to surrender, then revealed a peak Divine Emperor presence, prompting the Half-Saint to unleash his domain and charge.

Ye Xuan killed a Half-Saint who attacked him and forced the cultivators in the bottom hold to surrender their storage rings. Afterward, the ship’s stewards learned that Xue Zhaohai had been killed and worried that Ye Xuan would hold them responsible for allowing the attack.

• Ye Xuan defeated and killed the Half-Saint with a punch and a sword strike.
• Ye Xuan demanded the cultivators’ storage rings, and the Venerable Realm cultivators and others handed theirs over.
• Ye Xuan stopped the cultivators who tried to flee without paying by piercing their dantians with sword light.
• The cultivators returned to their rooms, lamenting the loss of their savings.
• Zheng Hong and Huang Jingshan learned that Xue Zhaohai had been killed and discussed the risk that Ye Xuan would punish them for failing to intervene.

Zheng Hong and the other deacons decided to stay aboard the merchant ship and face Ye Xuan rather than risk the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association headquarters’ punishment, while Huang Jingshan secretly planned to flee. Ye Xuan learned that Saints could reach the ship in under ten days, so he considered leaving with Yue Mei as his guide to Hundred Leaves Imperial City.

• Zheng Hong advised the deacons to stay, apologize to Ye Xuan if he arrived, and avoid the headquarters’ wrath; the others and Huang Jingshan publicly agreed.
• Huang Jingshan returned to his room and resolved to escape secretly because he feared Yue Mei might turn Ye Xuan against him.
• Ye Xuan asked Yue Mei how far the ship was from Hundred Leaves Imperial City and how quickly the association’s Saints could arrive.
• Yue Mei said the journey took a little over a month, while a Saint could arrive in less than ten days.
• Ye Xuan considered leaving the merchant ship and asked Yue Mei to guide him; she agreed and said she had a map.

Ye Xuan fought his way up the merchant ship toward the third floor, where the deacons had gathered to face him. After their attempt to bargain failed, he used the Power of Rules to suppress them, and Zheng Hong launched the first attack.

• Ye Xuan left the bottom hold, killed a deacon at the stairway, and collected his storage ring.
• Ye Xuan killed three more deacons as he climbed to the third floor, while the passengers avoided confronting him.
• Zheng Hong and the other deacons discovered that Huang Jingshan had fled, then agreed to placate Ye Xuan or fight him.
• Ye Xuan entered the third-floor room and rejected Zheng Hong's offer of compensation, accusing the merchant association of allowing the passengers to target him.
• Ye Xuan used the Power of Rules to suppress the deacons' cultivation, and Zheng Hong charged at him.

Ye Xuan killed Zheng Hong and the remaining Venerables aboard the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower, then escaped the ship with Yue Mei. The chapter ends with eleven Saint Realm experts gathered at the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association headquarters, led by the Peak Saint Realm Eighth Elder.

• Ye Xuan shattered Zheng Hong's Half-Saint body and killed him before he could self-destruct.
• Ye Xuan killed the Venerables who attacked him, stopping one steward's attempted self-destruction and damaging much of the merchant ship.
• Ye Xuan returned to the lower hold and told Yue Mei to leave with him immediately.
• At the ship's exit, Ye Xuan suppressed and beheaded a Venerable steward, forcing two Divine Emperors to open the restriction.
• Ye Xuan grabbed Yue Mei and vanished from the merchant ship as the Divine Emperors discussed notifying Steward Xue.
• Eleven Saint Realm experts gathered at the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association headquarters, with the Peak Saint Realm Eighth Elder seated at the center.

The Thousand Leaves Merchant Association dispatched ten Saint Realm experts to hunt Ye Xuan after he killed Deacon Xue and robbed the guests aboard the Kun No. 3 Merchant Ship. They reached the ship and learned that Ye Xuan had escaped the previous day, so Duan Tianxiong sent the others to search for him.

• The Eighth Elder ordered ten Saint Realm experts to capture Ye Xuan and bring him back to the association.
• The ten experts left the imperial capital and used spatial teleportation to reach the Kun No. 3 Merchant Ship.
• Duan Tianxiong questioned the two Divine Emperor guards, who told him that Ye Xuan had escaped the previous day.
• Duan Tianxiong sent the other nine experts to search for Ye Xuan and went to the ship's third floor.

Ye Xuan and Yue Mei traveled through a dangerous forest, where Ye Xuan killed demonic beasts while Yue Mei gathered their materials. When a peak venerable realm Scarlet Flame Lion attacked, Ye Xuan decided to test whether his Sacred Armor and ability to break defenses could let him defeat powerful opponents without using his dwindling Power of Rules.

• Duan Tianxiong reached the merchant ship’s third floor and found damaged rooms and the senior stewards missing.
• Ye Xuan killed demonic beasts along the forest route, and Yue Mei collected their materials as payment for guiding him.
• Ye Xuan checked his Rule Disc and realized he had already used five of his hundred rule activations in less than a day.
• Yue Mei recognized an approaching peak venerable realm Scarlet Flame Lion and feared its reputation.
• The Scarlet Flame Lion charged Ye Xuan, who pushed Yue Mei out of the way and chose not to suppress the beast’s cultivation with the Power of Rules.
• Ye Xuan began testing whether his Sacred Armor and defense-breaking ability could let him kill an opponent below the saint realm without rule suppression.

Ye Xuan fought the Venerable Realm Peak Stage Scarlet Flame Lion, using his techniques and newly acquired lightning divine ability to kill it. As Yue Mei moved to harvest the beast’s spoils, Ye Xuan abruptly pulled her back.

• Ye Xuan severed the Scarlet Flame Lion’s claw with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and Primordial Unity Second Form.
• The Scarlet Flame Lion counterattacked with flames and sweeping claws, forcing Ye Xuan to evade with Wandering Dragon Steps and Teleportation.
• Ye Xuan activated the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art, raising his cultivation to Divine Emperor Realm Peak Stage and boosting his speed.
• Ye Xuan struck the Scarlet Flame Lion with Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, then killed it with Slay an Immortal with One Sword.
• Yue Mei rushed toward the Scarlet Flame Lion to collect its spoils, but Ye Xuan grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back, making her collide with his chest.

Ye Xuan and Yue Mei were confronted by five slaughter hunters who demanded the Scarlet Flame Lion and Yue Mei. Ye Xuan fought their Venerable Realm peak-stage attacker but was driven back, and the man raised a blood-fiend staff to strike again.

• Five slaughter hunters descended and demanded that Ye Xuan leave the Scarlet Flame Lion and Yue Mei behind.
• Yue Mei recognized the slaughter hunters and feared what they would do to her, while Ye Xuan refused their demands and warned them to leave.
• The sleazy slaughter hunter charged Ye Xuan, and their fist attacks clashed as Ye Xuan struggled against his stronger cultivation.
• The slaughter hunter brought out a pale golden staff and swept it down toward Ye Xuan with overwhelming force.

Ye Xuan fought Man Yu, a Venerable Realm peak cultivator, and used several divine abilities to trap him after lightning and sound attacks wounded and stunned him. As Ye Xuan struck at the trapped Man Yu, the Half-Saint and Junior Brother Yin moved to intervene.

• Ye Xuan blocked Man Yu’s golden staff strike with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger, shocking the other slaughter hunters.
• The Half-Saint ordered Junior Brother Yin to help Man Yu, while Ye Xuan realized his attack had failed to injure Man Yu.
• Ye Xuan used Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, and several lightning bolts struck Man Yu and wounded him.
• Ye Xuan stunned Man Yu with Azure Dragon Roar, then bound him with the divine ability Imprison God.
• Ye Xuan slashed at Man Yu as the Half-Saint rushed to save him and Junior Brother Yin attacked Ye Xuan with his saber.

Ye Xuan killed the sleazy cultivator, then used the Power of Rules to weaken the Half-Saint and Yin before killing them both. The two remaining Slaughter Hunters fled as Duan Tianxiong and nine Saint Realm experts arrived to investigate the battle.

• Ye Xuan ignored Yin's attack and pierced the sleazy man's forehead with his sword, but Yin's saber failed to injure him.
• The Half-Saint charged Ye Xuan, who unleashed the Power of Rules and weakened both attackers to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan beat the Half-Saint to death with his fists, then killed Yin with a saber strike.
• The two remaining Slaughter Hunters fled when Ye Xuan turned toward them.
• Duan Tianxiong and nine other Saint Realm experts sensed the battle's aftermath, and Duan Tianxiong flew ahead to investigate.

Ye Xuan fled with Yue Mei after sensing a Saint Realm expert, while Duan Tianxiong pursued them on behalf of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association. Ye Xuan escaped into a cave, and Duan Tianxiong ordered a bounty to be issued as the other Saint Realm experts arrived.

• Ye Xuan killed two fleeing experts, then grabbed Yue Mei and ran after sensing a dangerous Saint Realm presence.
• Duan Tianxiong found the dead bounty hunters and Scarlet Flame Lion, sensed traces of the power of rules, and set off after Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan carried Yue Mei on a two-day flight through difficult terrain until the sense of danger faded, then entered an inconspicuous cave.
• Duan Tianxiong failed to catch Ye Xuan and held back from using his full power because Saint Realm demonic beasts might notice him.
• The other nine Saint Realm experts arrived, and Duan Tianxiong ordered a Thousand Leaves Merchant Association bounty on Ye Xuan.

The Thousand Leaves Merchant Association sent cultivators into Beast Gorge Ridge with a bounty on Ye Xuan, while concealing that he had killed a peak Half-Saint. Unaware of the search, Ye Xuan prepared to break through as beast roars suddenly shook the mountains.

• The Thousand Leaves Merchant Association claimed Ye Xuan had abducted Yue Mei and offered a bounty, drawing countless cultivators into Beast Gorge Ridge.
• Duan Tianxiong and nine other Saint realm experts patrolled above the searchers, hoping to learn Ye Xuan's whereabouts rather than expecting the hunters to capture him.
• Ye Xuan reached the ninth level of the Spirit Transformation realm after spending nearly half his resources and worried about the cost and risks of breaking through further.
• Yue Mei reached the seventh level of the Spirit Transformation realm after cultivating alongside Ye Xuan for two months and admired his talent.
• Ye Xuan decided to attempt the breakthrough, but deafening beast roars began shaking the mountain forest.

Ye Xuan discovered that the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association had placed a bounty on him and sent cultivators into Beast Gorge Ridge to hunt him. He killed several Venerables, learned that the bounty was a hundred million high-grade spirit stones, and let a survivor escape to spread news of his strength.

• Ye Xuan left Yue Mei in the cave and approached a group of Venerables who had just killed a demonic beast.
• Ye Xuan overheard the cultivators discussing their search for him on behalf of the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association and realized they were bounty hunters.
• When a Venerable attacked, Ye Xuan killed him with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, and the others recognized him as their target.
• Ye Xuan suppressed the remaining Venerables with the power of rules and killed three of them with his fists.
• Ye Xuan learned that the bounty was a hundred million high-grade spirit stones and that several hundred people had entered Beast Gorge Ridge.
• Ye Xuan took the surviving Venerable's storage ring and let him flee so he could spread word of Ye Xuan's strength and turn attention toward the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association.

Ye Xuan slaughtered the cultivators who attacked him over the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s bounty, then fled with Yue Mei as a Saint Realm cultivator pursued them. With the pursuer closing in, Ye Xuan decided to break through, while the barefoot woman in black secretly removed his ability to use two of his key techniques.

• A Venerable Realm cultivator attacked Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan killed him with one strike before slaying the dozen Venerables who surrounded him.
• More cultivators rushed in to claim the bounty, but Ye Xuan suppressed their cultivation with the Power of Rules and killed nearly a hundred of them.
• Ye Xuan returned to the cave, picked up Yue Mei, and left because they could no longer stay there.
• A Saint Realm cultivator pursued Ye Xuan and Yue Mei, and Ye Xuan decided to break through to the Supreme Extreme Realm and then the Divine King realm.
• The barefoot woman in black secretly stripped Ye Xuan of the ability to use the Power of Rules and the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art.

Ye Xuan absorbed vast amounts of Spiritual Qi while fleeing Zhuo Sihai, forcing a breakthrough into the supreme extreme realm and drawing down a powerful lightning tribulation. Zhuo Sihai withdrew from the tribulation, and Ye Xuan began facing the lightning with his Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown divine ability.

• Ye Xuan shattered spirit stones and absorbed Spiritual Qi as he pushed toward the supreme extreme realm, while Zhuo Sihai and the other cultivators pursued him.
• Yue Mei told Ye Xuan she could not withstand the surrounding Spiritual Qi, so he threw her away and told her to hide.
• Tribulation clouds gathered, and Zhuo Sihai realized Ye Xuan was approaching the supreme extreme realm as he closed to within ten miles.
• A bolt of lightning struck before Zhuo Sihai could seize Ye Xuan, forcing him to retreat to avoid drawing the tribulation's attacks.
• Ye Xuan was engulfed by tribulation lightning and activated Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown instead of using the Sacred Armor and Wilds Body Refining Technique.

Ye Xuan survived the lightning tribulation, advanced his body refinement and Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, and used his refreshed check-in to obtain the Aura Concealment Technique. As Zhuo Sihai searched for him, Ye Xuan hid nearby, hoping the Saint would not find him.

• Ye Xuan cultivated the Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown and Wilds Body Refining Technique while enduring the lightning tribulation, advancing both his divine ability and his Sacred Body.
• The barefoot woman in black secretly absorbed more than half of Ye Xuan’s lightning resonance, and the system announced that his breakthrough had refreshed his check-in count.
• After the tribulation ended, Ye Xuan checked in and obtained the Aura Concealment Technique, which he immediately chose to cultivate.
• Zhuo Sihai rushed to Ye Xuan’s location but found that Ye Xuan had vanished from his Saint domain.
• Ye Xuan remained concealed in a nearby lightning-blasted gully, watching Zhuo Sihai and worrying that the Saint would discover him.

Ye Xuan evaded Zhuo Sihai by using his Aura Concealment Technique, then went to find Yue Mei. Two Venerables mistook her for Ye Xuan’s hostage and tried to escort her back to the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association, but Ye Xuan suddenly appeared and threatened to kill her unless they let her go.

• Zhuo Sihai searched for Ye Xuan with his Saint domain, then left when he could not find him.
• Ye Xuan realized the Aura Concealment Technique had hidden him from Zhuo Sihai and headed toward Yue Mei.
• Two Venerables found Yue Mei buried in a pit and mistook her for a hostage rescued from Ye Xuan.
• Yue Mei agreed to let the Venerables escort her out of Beast Gorge Ridge, fearing she could not escape them.
• Ye Xuan appeared and threatened to kill Yue Mei unless the two Venerables let her go.

Ye Xuan arrived to save Yue Mei, but his Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and power of rules would not work, leaving him struggling against a Venerable. The Venerable overwhelmed his defenses and ended the chapter with a punch aimed at Ye Xuan’s head.

• Ye Xuan arrived as two Venerables threatened Yue Mei, then discovered he could use neither the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art nor the power of rules.
• One Venerable took Yue Mei to safety while the other blocked Ye Xuan’s sword strike with a punch and sent him flying.
• The Venerable questioned the rumors about Ye Xuan’s strength, then charged him with his Venerable Domain and a barrage of fist shadows.
• Ye Xuan used Divine Eyes, Absolute Domain, and the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword to track and counter the attacks, but his sword light could not break the fist shadows.
• The Venerable crushed Ye Xuan’s afterimages and appeared before him, then swung a powerful punch at his head.

Ye Xuan used his abilities to restrain and distract a Venerable before killing him with a single sword strike, despite being only at Spirit Transformation. The surviving Venerable decided to attack Ye Xuan while he was exhausted, and Yue Mei warned him.

• Ye Xuan used Teleportation to survive the first Venerable’s punch, then bound him with Imprison God and disrupted him with Azure Dragon Roar.
• Ye Xuan gathered his strength and killed the restrained Venerable with Slay an Immortal with One Sword.
• After landing and beginning to recover with spirit stones, Ye Xuan was recognized by the surviving Venerable as a Spirit Transformation cultivator who had slain a Venerable.
• The surviving Venerable decided Ye Xuan had exhausted his strength and strode forward to kill him for his possessions.
• Yue Mei, pale and despairing, shouted for Senior Brother Ye to watch out.

Ye Xuan struggled to escape a Venerable Realm cultivator who overwhelmed him while his usual trump cards failed. Under pressure, Ye Xuan began breaking through to Divine King, and the chapter left the Venerable confused by the strange lightning descending around them.

• Ye Xuan fled the Venerable Realm cultivator, who chased him to seize his treasures and fortuitous opportunities.
• The Venerable bombarded Ye Xuan with attacks, badly injuring him despite Ye Xuan's efforts to dodge and heal with spirit stones.
• Ye Xuan grew furious when he could not use the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art or the Power of Rules.
• After another blow sent him crashing down, Ye Xuan sensed that he was about to break through to Divine King.
• Ye Xuan unleashed Five Thunderbolts Strike the Crown, and the Venerable halted his attack at the sight of lightning.
• Ye Xuan began his breakthrough as his wounds healed, while more lightning fell and the Venerable realized it might not be a lightning tribulation.