Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han claimed the Netherworld Sacred Sword and ambushed Tang Kun and the Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect with a Spirit Array. After he, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong killed their opponents and destroyed the altar, the thirty-sixth-ranked Netherworld Ghost Flame burst free.

• Xiao Han summoned the Netherworld Sacred Sword, then refused to hand it over to Tang Kun and the Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect.
• Xiao Han activated the Flying Dragon Sword Array and killed Tang Kun with the Sacred Sword.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong killed the trapped Lower Earth Supremes while Xiao Han fought the sect's Earth Supreme Great Perfection expert.
• Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong combined their attacks to kill the expert and destroy the altar.
• The Netherworld Ghost Flame erupted from beneath the altar, and Xiao Han and Xiao Yan recognized it as the thirty-sixth-ranked Divine Flame.

Xiao Yan subdued the Netherworld Ghost Flame with help from Xiao Han and Lin Dong, then refined it. Five days later, he advanced to Earth Supreme.

• Xiao Han identified the Netherworld Ghost Flame and urged Xiao Yan to subdue it while he and Lin Dong stood guard.
• Xiao Yan bound the ghost flame source with Emperor Flame, but its resistance forced him to call on Xiao Han and Lin Dong for help.
• The Netherworld Ghost Flame unleashed terrifying visions that briefly weakened the three men, but Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong overcame their fear and strengthened the cage.
• Xiao Yan trapped the ghost flame source, planted his soul mark in it, and began refining it as Xiao Han and Lin Dong protected him.
• After five days, Xiao Yan finished refining the Netherworld Ghost Flame and advanced to Earth Supreme.

After refining the Netherworld Ghost Flame, Xiao Yan reached the Lower Earth Supreme realm and set off with Xiao Han and Lin Dong to search for more ruins. They encountered Ximen Xiaoshi fleeing from the notorious brothers Chen Zhixuan and Chen Zeting, and Xiao Yan stepped forward to face them.

• Xiao Yan refined the Netherworld Ghost Flame, evolved the Flame Mantra, and advanced to Lower Earth Supreme.
• Xiao Han urged the group to search for another Heavenly Supreme Ruins, but they found only minor ruins and wandered the Ancient Battlefield for nearly half a month.
• As the three rested by a bonfire, Ximen Xiaoshi fled from Chen Zhixuan and Chen Zeting and sought refuge in Xiao Han's arms.
• Chen Zhixuan threatened to kill Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Ximen Xiaoshi, while Chen Zeting urged his brother to stop playing around.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward to fight the brothers and test his newly gained strength.

Xiao Yan battled Chen Zeting, an Upper-level Earth Supreme, and held his own before preparing to end the fight with the Ancient Heavenly Flame Ruler. As Chen Zeting swung to meet his strike, Xiao Yan’s Eyes of Fear began to take effect.

• Chen Zhixuan ordered Chen Zeting to kill Xiao Yan, and Chen Zeting attacked with his Quasi-Sacred Object staff.
• Xiao Yan met Chen Zeting’s staff strike with Eight Extremities Collapse and forced him back farther than expected.
• Xiao Yan and Chen Zeting fought fiercely as Xiao Yan grew more accustomed to his new strength and the Netherworld Ghost Flame.
• Chen Zeting enlarged his staff into a massive black pillar and swung it at Xiao Yan, prompting Xiao Han to urge Xiao Yan to finish the fight.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Ancient Heavenly Flame Ruler and struck at Chen Zeting, whose counterattack faced Xiao Yan’s fear-inducing gaze.

Xiao Yan defeated Chen Zeting, and Xiao Han trapped and killed Chen Zhixuan with a Spirit Array. After Lin Dong opened an ancient scroll and discovered a map to the Talisman Sect Ruins, the group set out to investigate, with Ximen Xiaoshi chasing after them.

• Xiao Yan shattered Chen Zeting's Quasi-Sacred Object and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Chen Zhixuan tried to flee, but Xiao Han activated a Spirit Array that trapped and fatally wounded him.
• Xiao Han ordered the Flying Dragon Sword Array to kill Chen Zhixuan, then teased Ximen Xiaoshi as she bickered with him.
• Xiao Yan retrieved a sealed scroll, and Lin Dong used talisman power to open it and reveal a memory of the ancient Talisman Sect.
• Lin Dong transformed the scroll into a map marking the Talisman Sect Ruins, and he, Xiao Han, and Xiao Yan set off to find them.
• Ximen Xiaoshi hurried after the three as they sped away.

Lin Dong explored the Talisman Sect ruins while Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Ximen Xiaoshi waited outside, and the barrier’s collapse revealed a magnificent ancient ruin in the east. Lin Dong returned having reached Earth Supreme, and Xiao Han claimed the newly discovered treasure had been prepared for him.

• Lin Dong entered the Talisman Sect ruins alone to investigate the remaining talisman energy while Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Ximen Xiaoshi waited outside.
• After several days, the battlefield trembled as the barrier began to shatter and deep cracks spread across the land.
• A beam of light revealed a vast ancient palace complex guarded by Spirit Seals and ancient Spirit Arrays.
• Lin Dong emerged from the ruins having advanced to Earth Supreme, and Xiao Han told the group to head toward the Heavy Treasure Ancient Ruins.
• Xiao Han recognized the treasure’s eastern location and declared that it belonged to him as the Azure Dragon.

The experts gathered before the Eastern Ancient Ruins, where a Spirit Array and a Battle Array guarded the entrances. Xuanyuan Zhantian crossed the Battle Array and confronted Xiao Han about the beast attack before entering the ruins, while Xiao Han discovered that Wang You had disappeared.

• The gathered experts hesitated before the two deadly paths into the Ancient Ruins, whose arrays had already killed several people.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian arrived, killed a man who called for revenge, and crossed the Battle Array without triggering it.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian asked Xiao Han whether he had released the Beast Attracting Liquid, and Xiao Han admitted it.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian warned that he would remember Xiao Han, then entered the Ancient Ruins.
• Xiao Han asked Mei Xuanyu where Wang You was, and Mei Xuanyu said Wang You had disappeared soon after entering the battlefield.

Xiao Han broke the Killing Spiritual Array and led the group into a Void Illusion, where people began dying from an invisible Soul Impact Sound. He and his companions identified a Sacred Object as the source of the deadly tone.

• Xiao Han deduced and destroyed the Killing Spiritual Array, opening the left passage into the ancient ruins.
• Xiao Han warned the group that the silent Void Space was a Void Illusion and sensed a faint, strange tone.
• People in the group died one after another with blood streaming from their seven orifices, while the tone grew clearer and began killing Supreme experts.
• Xiao Han examined a corpse with Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, and they concluded that the deaths came from a sudden assault on the soul or Mental Energy.
• Xiao Han explained that the tone was a fatal Soul Impact Sound that affected some people but not others, and he, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong identified a Sacred Object as its source.

Xiao Han and his companions located and seized the Sacred Object causing the deaths, breaking the Void Space and transporting the survivors into an Ancient Palace. As everyone scrambled for its treasures, Xiao Han claimed an ancient scroll identified as the Great Divine Ability: Nine Syllable True Word Hand Seal.

• Xiao Han teased Ximen Xiaoshi about her impending death, then assured her and the other survivors that he could save them.
• Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong used their Saint Realm perception to trace the deadly Soul Impact Sound to a hidden Sacred Object.
• Xiao Han struck the object with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, caught its golden form, and stored it as the Void Space broke apart and revealed an Ancient Palace.
• Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and the other survivors rushed to seize the treasures flying through the palace.
• Chi Mang attacked Xiao Han from behind with his Blood Axe, but Xiao Han dodged the strike and captured the scroll he had pursued.
• Xiao Han examined the scroll and read its inscription: Great Divine Ability: Nine Syllable True Word Hand Seal.

Xiao Han discovered a partial map showing a kind of Sacred Ice, but a Black Skeleton awakened and attacked him. After Tian Ran took a blow meant for him, Xiao Han led his companions in retreat as the skeleton rose and unleashed a terrifying aura.

• Xiao Han refused to fight Chi Mang and continued searching for treasures with Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.
• Xiao Han found a partial map beneath a Black Skeleton and learned from the system that it recorded Sacred Ice.
• Tian Ran warned Xiao Han of an attack, then took the Black Skeleton's strike and collapsed into his arms.
• Xiao Han dodged the skeleton's next attack and ordered Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Ximen Xiaoshi, Mei Xuanyu, Zhao Ping, and Mo Yuyin to retreat.
• Xiao Han and the others escaped the Ancient Palace as the Black Skeleton stood up and shouted, "Die!"

After escaping the Ancient Palace’s slaughter, Xiao Han purified Tian Ran’s wound and scolded her for taking a blow for him, while their awkward exchange revealed her embarrassment over his treatment. When Chi Mang blamed Xiao Han for failing to save the others, Xiao Han rejected his accusation and declared that their lives were none of his concern.

• Xiao Han carried the wounded Tian Ran out of the Ancient Palace, and Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and the others followed as the Black Skeleton unleashed a deadly storm inside.
• Xiao Han’s group reached a plaza and found that nearly everyone who had entered the Ancient Ruins had been wiped out.
• Xiao Han used the Yin Yang Fish from his Emperor Cleansing Art to purify the Evil Qi in Tian Ran’s back wound, and she regained consciousness.
• Tian Ran explained that she had blocked the Black Skeleton’s palm strike because Xiao Han had saved her before, and Xiao Han reproached her for risking her life.
• Tian Ran realized Xiao Han had removed her inner armor and torn clothing to treat her, and she blushed at his shameless explanation.
• Chi Mang and the other survivors accused Xiao Han of letting people die, but Xiao Han retorted that he had no obligation to protect them.

Xiao Han punished Chi Mang for accusing him of abandoning the group, then stayed with the injured Tian Ran and led everyone onward through the ancient ruin. Tian Ran insisted that Xiao Han would beg her, leaving him puzzled as their group continued deeper into the ruins.

• Chi Mang accused Xiao Han of fleeing and attacked him, but Xiao Han severed Chi Mang's arm and kicked him into a stone pillar.
• Xue Nishang and the others backed down after seeing Xiao Han defeat Chi Mang.
• Xiao Han insisted on caring for the injured Tian Ran while everyone rested.
• After recovering, Tian Ran told Xiao Han that he would beg her and walked ahead with Mei Xuanyu's help.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong questioned Xiao Han about Tian Ran's words, and the group continued onward with Xue Nishang, Chi Mang, and the others following.

Xiao Han and his group discovered that Ling Qingzhu was controlled by an Outer Realm Demon Emperor trapped in a weakening Spirit Array. Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian set aside their grudge to activate the Stone Statue Army’s battle array, while Wang You prepared to reinforce the Spirit Array.

• Xiao Han and his group found a vast Stone Statue Army surrounding a Spirit Array, with Ling Qingzhu trapped in its center.
• Wang You revealed that she was an array spirit and explained that Ling Qingzhu had been controlled by the Demon Emperor after failing to destroy it.
• Wang You said the Demon Emperor could be erased by activating the Stone Statue Army’s battle array, and Xuanyuan Zhantian arrived to help.
• Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian agreed to work together despite their grudge and took positions above the Stone Statue Army.
• Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian inscribed Battle Seals across the sky, filling the void with golden light and surging battle intent.

Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian joined Wang You’s spirit array to attack the Demon Emperor, but her power overwhelmed their assaults. When Xiao Han prepared to strike with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, Xuanyuan Zhantian blocked the Demon Emperor’s attack, leaving their personal feud unsettled.

• Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian awakened tens of thousands of stone soldiers and formed a Golden Sword and a golden battle halberd from their battle intent.
• Wang You, Xiao Han, and Xuanyuan Zhantian attacked the Demon Emperor, whose Black Giant Palm destroyed Xuanyuan Zhantian’s halberd but was pierced by Xiao Han’s purifying Golden Sword.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian restrained the Demon Emperor while Xiao Han gathered more stone soldiers and summoned the Heavenly Emperor Sword, which made the Demon Emperor fear him.
• The Demon Emperor launched a Black Spear at Xiao Han, and Xuanyuan Zhantian’s Battle Emperor Dharma Idol intercepted it and held it despite being wounded.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian told Xiao Han that he had intervened to fight the Outer Realm Evil Race, while their personal grudges would be settled later.

Xiao Han and the Battle Emperor Dharma Idol defeated the Demon Emperor Remnant Soul possessing Ling Qingzhu, ending the crisis at Seal Demon Valley. After Xuanyuan Zhantian challenged Xiao Han to a duel, Tian Ran revealed that she knew where the other half of the remnant map was.

• The Battle Emperor Dharma Idol crushed the Black Spear and entrusted the wounded Demon Emperor to Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han used the Heavenly Emperor Sword and the Stone Statue Army’s battle intent to strike the Demon Emperor Remnant Soul and force it out of Ling Qingzhu.
• The Spirit Array destroyed the weakened remnant soul, and Lin Dong carried the unconscious Ling Qingzhu out.
• Wang You gave Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian two balls of light in thanks for saving Ling Qingzhu.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian challenged Xiao Han to fight at the Peak of the Western Extreme in half a month, and Xiao Han accepted.
• Tian Ran told Xiao Han that she knew the whereabouts of the other half of the remnant map.

Xiao Han tried to learn where the other half of the remnant map was from Tian Ran, but she refused to tell him after he threatened her. She left him with the promise that she might reveal it when she was in a better mood.

• Tian Ran said she knew where the other half of the remnant map was, but refused Xiao Han's offers of payment and a favor.
• Xiao Han asked Xiao Yan to take Lin Dong and the others back to Xijiang City, and they agreed to meet at the Peak of the Western Extreme in half a month.
• Xiao Han threatened Tian Ran and grabbed her by the neck, but let go when she began to cry.
• Tian Ran refused Xiao Han's apology and said she would tell him where the map was when she was in a better mood.

Xiao Han agreed to guard Tian Ran for half a month in exchange for learning where the other half of the Sacred Ice Partial Map was. While traveling with her, he unlocked a Peerless Divine Ability hidden in Seal Demon Heavenly Venerate’s light orb and promised himself he would reunite with his companions from the Dou Qi Continent.

• Tian Ran agreed to reveal the other half of the Sacred Ice Partial Map after the battle at the Peak of the Western Extreme, on the condition that Xiao Han guard her for half a month.
• As Xiao Han and Tian Ran traveled toward the Heavenly Sect on the Netherworld Sacred Sword, Xiao Han tried using Spirit Seals and Battle Seals together to open Seal Demon Heavenly Venerate’s light orb.
• The orb revealed the Heavenly Net Sealing Technique, one of the thirty-six Peerless Divine Abilities of the Great Thousand World.
• Tian Ran asked Xiao Han to stop at Sun-Illuminated Peak to watch the sunrise, and they admired the view together.
• The sunrise reminded Xiao Han of his travels with Mu Xueqin, and he vowed to reach Heavenly Supreme, open a Plane Channel to the Dou Qi Continent, and bring his companions to see the Great Thousand World.

Xiao Han and Tian Ran encountered Jun Linchen fleeing from his fiancée, who confronted him over abandoning her on their wedding day. Three days later, Xiao Han brought Tian Ran back to Heavenly Sect and set his sights on reaching the summit of its Heaven-Ascending Platform.

• A panicked Jun Linchen asked Xiao Han to misdirect the red-clothed woman pursuing him, and Xiao Han pointed her the wrong way.
• Tian Ran exposed Jun Linchen hiding behind a boulder, and the red-clothed woman revealed she was his fiancée.
• Jun Linchen admitted he had fled their arranged wedding because he wanted to marry someone he loved, while his fiancée tearfully confessed her feelings for him.
• Xiao Han offered Jun Linchen and the red-clothed woman advice before he and Tian Ran departed on the Netherworld Sacred Sword.
• Three days later, Xiao Han escorted Tian Ran to Heavenly Sect, where she explained the Heaven-Ascending Platform's history and daunting cultivation pressure.
• Xiao Han declared his ambition to climb the Heaven-Ascending Platform and stand at its highest point.

Xiao Han challenged the Heavenly Sect’s Heaven-Ascending Platform and raced past its previous record of forty-three thousand zhang. After overcoming the final barrier, he reached the summit, becoming the first person in hundreds of years to stand at the peak.

• Tian Ran brought Xiao Han to the Heaven-Ascending Platform, where disciples explained its stages and Yang Wu’s record of forty-three thousand zhang.
• Xiao Han began climbing and passed the ten-thousand- and twenty-thousand-zhang barriers with startling speed.
• Xiao Han surged beyond forty thousand zhang and broke Yang Wu’s record as the disciples watched in amazement.
• Using the Emperor Cleansing Art and the Six Divine Ices to withstand the mounting pressure, Xiao Han reached the final steps.
• Xiao Han summoned his will and stepped through the last barrier, standing atop the forty-eight-thousand-zhang platform.

Xiao Han reached the summit of the Heaven-Ascending Platform, advanced his cultivation, and drew attention across the Heavenly Sect and the Western Region. As he prepared to study a divine ability, Yang Wu challenged him to a battle.

• Xiao Han reached the summit of the Heaven-Ascending Platform, causing it to resonate with him until Tian Yu stopped it from uprooting itself.
• Tian Yu praised Xiao Han and urged the Heavenly Sect disciples not to be arrogant, while Xiao Han decided to cultivate at the summit for a few days.
• Xiao Han's achievement spread through the Heavenly Sect as news of Xuanyuan Zhantian's challenge to Xiao Han at the Peak of the Western Extreme drew the Western Region's younger generation there.
• After five days of cultivation, Xiao Han advanced from the middle stage to the late stage of Lower Earth Supreme and prepared to study the Nine Syllable True Word Hand Seal.
• Yang Wu, the Heavenly Sect's former record-holder on the Heaven-Ascending Platform, arrived and challenged Xiao Han to a battle.