Recaps

Xiao Han learned that Blood Fiend Hall had seized parts of the Imperial Capital Academy and trapped Lin Qingxia in a Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation beneath the Dragon-Locking Well. After meeting Su Linglong and learning the Blood Young Master planned to use Lin Qingxia’s martial soul for a ritual, Xiao Han infiltrated the academy and confronted Zhao Wuji and three assassins near the forbidden ground.

• Xiao Han received an encrypted report that Wang Daoming had betrayed the academy, Lin Qingxia was missing, and the Blood Young Master was leading the operation.
• Xiao Han traveled to the Imperial Capital by an illegal underground maglev train and sent Su Linglong their secret coded message.
• Su Linglong told Xiao Han that Lin Qingxia was imprisoned at the Dragon-Locking Well and that the Blood Young Master intended to use her Extreme Ice Phoenix Martial Soul in a ritual.
• Xiao Han put on a stealth suit and used Void Walking to infiltrate the heavily guarded Imperial Capital Academy.
• Xiao Han spotted Zhao Wuji and three Blood Fiend Hall assassins guarding the route to the Dragon-Locking Well, then erupted from the shadows above them.

Xiao Han killed Zhao Wuji and the Blood Fiend Hall assassins, then entered the Dragon-Locking Well to rescue Lin Qingxia from a blood sacrifice. The Blood Young Master revealed that Lin Qingxia was bait in a trap meant to seize Xiao Han’s source crystals, and Xiao Han launched an attack against him.

• Xiao Han used his divine soul storm to incapacitate Zhao Wuji and the Blood Fiend Hall assassins, killed them, and searched Zhao Wuji’s memories.
• Xiao Han learned that Lin Qingxia’s Extreme Ice Phoenix essence was being drained for a Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, then used Su Linglong’s Restriction-Breaking Jade Talisman to enter the Dragon-Locking Well.
• Xiao Han fought through the well’s traps and guards and found Lin Qingxia bound to a white-bone altar while the Blood Young Master and four Martial King Realm elders oversaw the ritual.
• The Blood Young Master spotted Xiao Han and revealed that he had used Lin Qingxia as bait to lure him in and claim his Primordial Shadow Source Crystal and Blood Soul Source Crystal.
• Xiao Han confronted the Blood Young Master and attacked him with Annihilation Divine Fist and Green Lotus Sword Song.

Xiao Han chose to draw on the Dragon Vein and devour the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation’s defiled death qi, while Lin Qingxia burned her Martial Soul’s origin to weaken the ritual and buy him time. As Xiao Han began to gain the Dragon Vein’s power and recover, Blood Young Master attacked him with a blood-forged spear.

• Blood Young Master and four Martial King elders overwhelmed Xiao Han’s attacks with their Blood Fiend Domains and Blood Prison Senluo Martial Soul, forcing him back.
• Lin Qingxia burned the origin of her Extreme Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and struck the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, briefly weakening it and easing the pressure on Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han chose the dangerous option of drawing on the Dragon Vein with his Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul while his Eternal Night Void Emperor Martial Soul devoured the formation’s death qi.
• The Dragon Vein roared and shook the Dragon-Locking Well as Xiao Han endured the backlash and began absorbing golden dragon qi and Void Origin fragments.
• Su Linglong’s battle outside drew one Martial King elder away from the altar, and Xiao Han’s injuries began healing as his aura grew stronger.
• Blood Young Master formed a blood-red spear and thrust it at Xiao Han’s forehead, just as the dragon qi and Void Origin within Xiao Han erupted.

Xiao Han broke through to the Seventh Level of the Martial Master Realm and turned back two Martial Kings, but the Blood Young Master sacrificed a blood-red heart crystal to raise his strength to the peak of the Late Stage of the Martial King Realm. As Lin Qingxia gave up her Phoenix True Flame to aid Xiao Han, the Blood Young Master unleashed a life-burning spear attack.

• Xiao Han broke through to the Seventh Level of the Martial Master Realm and used dragon-vein power and his Eternal Night Void Realm to confront the Blood Young Master’s forces.
• Xiao Han injured one Early Stage Martial King with a punch and shattered another’s saber attack with his golden dragon image.
• The Blood Young Master swallowed a blood-red heart crystal and surged to the peak of the Late Stage of the Martial King Realm.
• Lin Qingxia sent her Phoenix True Flame into Xiao Han’s Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul, causing his dragon, phoenix, chaos, and void powers to resonate.
• The Blood Young Master launched his Myriad Souls Devouring God Spear, burning through his gained power and part of his life origin.

Xiao Han destroyed the blood sacrifice formation, rescued Lin Qingxia, and escaped the Dragon-Locking Well with help from Su Linglong, but Blood Young Master revealed that a citywide Gu formation had been activated. As the Imperial Capital Academy rose up against the Blood Fiend Hall, Xiao Han was weakened by the fading dragon-vein power and the Blood Soul Curse Mark.

• Xiao Han’s Chaos Emperor Dragon Night Phoenix Flame Finger shattered the blood sacrifice formation and freed Lin Qingxia, and he carried her out of the Dragon-Locking Well.
• Su Linglong and two Su Family elders blocked Blood Young Master and three Martial King elders at the well’s exit, allowing Xiao Han to hand Lin Qingxia to Su Linglong.
• Blood Young Master crushed a jade pendant and revealed that the Blood Spirit Ten Thousand Gu Insect Formation had activated throughout the Imperial Capital and Academy.
• Xiao Han saw the formation’s blood-red threads spread beneath the city, while the dragon vein’s fortune faded and his Blood Soul Curse Mark flared with pain.
• Academy instructors and students attacked the Blood Fiend Hall’s formation nodes, and Blood Young Master fired a blood arrow at an instructor.

Xiao Han activated Heroic Soul Resonance and lured Blood Young Master away from Su Linglong and the dying Lin Qingxia so he could destroy the Blood Fiend Hall's formation nodes. As the Imperial Capital erupted into chaos, Xiao Han destroyed another nexus while nearing the enemy's deadly encirclement.

• Xiao Han accepted the system's Imperial Capital Guardian mission and summoned the heroic wills of the city's martyrs, enduring the backlash to his soul.
• Xiao Han taunted Blood Young Master with the source crystals and fled toward the Blood Fiend Hall's forces, drawing Blood Young Master and his followers after him.
• Su Linglong and the two Su Family elders stayed behind to protect Lin Qingxia and attack the formation's key points.
• The Dragon Nation military, the Martial Artist Association, and other Imperial Capital forces deployed as the city became a battlefield.
• Xiao Han evaded his pursuers, destroyed Blood Fiend Hall formation nodes, and moved closer to their encirclement.

Xiao Han reached the Blood Spirit Ten Thousand Gu Insect Formation’s core beneath the Imperial Capital plaza, where the Blood Fiend Hall deputy hall master and his forces confronted him. Choosing to sacrifice his soul rather than abandon the city, Xiao Han unleashed a devastating attack on the blood-pool altar as the deputy hall master moved to stop him.

• Xiao Han destroyed formation hubs while enduring the Blood Soul Curse Mark and pursued the core beneath the Imperial Capital’s central plaza.
• Su Linglong entrusted the weakened Lin Qingxia to Su Family elders and led their elites toward Xiao Han, but Blood Fiend Hall assassins ambushed them and wounded her.
• Xiao Han fought through the Blood Fiend Hall forces at the core, even as the deputy hall master and Blood Young Master pressed their attack.
• The God-Level Choice system offered Xiao Han the choice to sacrifice his soul to destroy the formation or flee and leave the Imperial Capital to ruin; Xiao Han chose sacrifice.
• Xiao Han burned the remaining heroic soul wills and part of his soul origin to reach the Pseudo-Martial Emperor Realm and fire Chaos Return to the Ruins at the blood-pool altar.
• The Blood Fiend Hall deputy hall master sensed the attack could kill him and unleashed a towering pillar of blood to meet it.

Xiao Han’s strike destroyed the Blood Fiend Hall’s formation, but he fell into a spatial rift and drifted through the void as his powers and curse mark violently mutated. While the Imperial Capital mourned him and Su Linglong vowed to find him, a seven-colored cocoon carried him into a living secret realm containing a [World Tree Heart Fragment].

• Xiao Han shattered the blood pool altar and formation core, crippling the Blood Fiend Hall and allowing the Imperial Capital’s defenders to counterattack.
• A spatial rift swallowed Xiao Han as he fell, and Su Linglong found only the shattered void where he had vanished.
• Blood Wuya escaped the Imperial Capital using Forbidden Blood Escape and swore revenge on Xiao Han, the Su Family, and Dragon Nation.
• Lin Qingxia learned that Xiao Han had fallen into a spatial rift, while Su Linglong took charge of Su Family affairs and vowed to find him.
• Dragon Nation honored Xiao Han with a monument and secretly ordered an exhaustive search for him.
• A seven-colored cocoon carried Xiao Han into a life-filled secret realm, where a [World Tree Heart Fragment] pulsed with vitality.

Xiao Han recovered from his near-fatal ordeal in the wilderness, and his Twin Martial Soul mutated as his cultivation rose to the early Eighth Level of the Martial Master Realm. After awakening, he defeated a First Level Martial Emperor Realm Wilderness Poison Dragon Lizard, while a mysterious observer took interest in him and his World Tree Heart Fragment.

• The World Tree Heart Fragment restored Xiao Han, his Twin Martial Soul mutated, and his cultivation advanced to the early Eighth Level of the Martial Master Realm.
• Xiao Han woke in a primordial forest, received the system skill [Void Marker], and sensed a Martial Emperor Realm demonic beast approaching.
• A mysterious person watching from a distant mountain peak took interest in Xiao Han, his World Tree Heart Fragment, and his mutated Twin Martial Soul.
• Xiao Han used [Space Imprisonment], Shadow Soul Domain, and the Chaos Green Lotus to fight the Wilderness Poison Dragon Lizard.
• Xiao Han infused his Chaos Annihilation Fist with refined Blood Soul Curse Mark power and repeatedly struck the beast's head until he killed it.

Xiao Han found a hidden tribe in the Land of Forgetfulness and learned that purifying its Spring of Life could earn him a way back to Blue Star. He chose to enter the spring and destroy the source of its corruption, then received a Guardian Sprout from the high priestess.

• Xiao Han tracked spatial fluctuations through a forest and discovered a hidden valley where tribal warriors surrounded him.
• Xiao Han subdued the warriors without harming them, and the high priestess invited him into the tribe's temple.
• The high priestess explained that the tribe guarded the World Tree Remnant Root and that its Spring of Life had been tainted by Void Demonic Qi.
• The high priestess told Xiao Han that purifying the spring would let her activate the tribe's ancient teleportation array to send him back to Blue Star.
• Xiao Han chose to enter the spring alone and destroy the sealed Void Evil Demon Remnant Soul Clone, and the high priestess gave him a Guardian Sprout to aid him.

Xiao Han fought his way through the Spring of Life and reached the Void Evil Demon's sealed remnant soul, resisting its offer and soul attack. As the demon struck back with its chains, Xiao Han used his Martial Souls, Void Marker, and Guardian Sprout to keep fighting.

• Xiao Han dove into the Spring of Life, using Eternal Night Devouring and the Chaos Green Lotus to endure its demonic energy as he descended toward the core.
• Xiao Han defeated three Martial Emperor Realm Third Level demonic guards with an Annihilation Divine Fist and reached the sealed remnant soul clone of the Void Evil Demon.
• The Void Evil Demon tempted Xiao Han with immortality and power, but Xiao Han refused and resisted its soul attack with Shadow Soul Explosion.
• The Chaos Green Lotus's nascent Life Grafting ability empowered the Guardian Sprout, which grew into a barrier that shielded Xiao Han from the demonic creatures and corrosive energy.
• The Void Evil Demon's chains attacked Xiao Han from every direction, and he dodged them within the life barrier using Void Marker.

Xiao Han risked his life reverse-fusing the Chaos Green Lotus's purification with the Eternal Night Void Emperor's devouring, creating the Chaos Nether Lotus prototype and destroying the Void Evil Demon's remnant soul clone. The World Tree's Gift then healed and empowered him, and his Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul completed a deep evolution with new and enhanced abilities.

• Xiao Han endured the Void Evil Demon's relentless chains until the system suggested he try reverse-fusing his twin Martial Souls' powers.
• Xiao Han repeatedly forced the Chaos Green Lotus's purifying light and the Eternal Night Void Emperor's Shadow Vortex together, suffering severe backlash before creating the Chaos Nether Lotus prototype.
• Xiao Han struck the Void Evil Demon's remnant soul clone with the prototype, purifying and devouring it as the spring's demonic corruption receded.
• The World Tree Heart Fragment and Guardian Sprout released life essence that restored Xiao Han and activated the World Tree's Gift.
• Xiao Han's Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul evolved, gaining Myriad Trees Spring Forth and enhanced Space Imprisonment and Life Grafting abilities.

After purifying the Spring of Life, Xiao Han gained the Voidwalker title and the tribe’s Guardian Totem. The high priestess revealed that an extraterrestrial being’s finger was sealed beneath the World Tree’s remnant root, and as the seal began to fail, Xiao Han faced the system’s three choices for what to do next.

• Xiao Han emerged from the Spring of Life after transforming his Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul and gaining the Myriad Trees Spring Forth divine skill and the Voidwalker title.
• The high priestess and tribespeople rejoiced that Xiao Han had purified the sacred spring, and the high priestess gave him the Guardian Totem.
• The high priestess led Xiao Han to the World Tree’s remnant root and revealed that it sealed one finger of an extraterrestrial being beneath the Forgotten Land.
• The remnant root began trembling as the seal weakened, and the high priestess warned that the ancient teleportation array was close to destruction.
• The system presented Xiao Han with three choices: escape, help the tribe reinforce the seal, or hide and wait for the danger to pass.

Xiao Han used his Chaos Green Lotus ability and the tribe’s faith to hold back the black phantom finger long enough to escape through the teleportation array. He arrived in a ruined, unfamiliar place and discovered that the finger had secretly marked his left ankle.

• Xiao Han chose to stay and use Myriad Trees Spring Forth to regrow the World Tree’s roots as the black phantom finger rose beneath the temple.
• The high priestess and tribespeople offered their totem power, while ancestral heroic spirits and emerald chains tried to restrain the finger.
• The high priestess gave Xiao Han a Guide Stone and an incomplete teleportation incantation, and Xiao Han left her lotus seeds before entering the array.
• Xiao Han activated the teleportation array, unaware that a wisp of black qi had slipped into his left ankle.
• Xiao Han landed in a scorched, lifeless ruin and found a strange black ring-shaped mark on his ankle.

Xiao Han chose to feign weakness and fight through Xue Tu’s Blood Fiend Hall ambush, but a tracking mark drained his power and left him injured. A mutated demonic beast then erupted from the ruins and attacked the Blood Fiend Hall, prompting Xue Tu to turn his axe on it.

• Xue Tu and his Blood Fiend Hall elites surrounded Xiao Han and demanded his source crystals and the black tracking mark on his ankle.
• Xiao Han selected the system’s option to play along, then used his Martial Souls and techniques to kill several Grandmasters and badly wound a Martial King.
• The black mark drained Xiao Han’s spiritual energy and soul power, allowing Xue Tu to strike him and leave him injured.
• Xiao Han used the Soul Origin Treasure Jade and World Tree Heart Fragment to resist the mark and stabilize his injuries.
• A powerful mutated demonic beast appeared from the ruins and crushed several Blood Fiend Hall members, disrupting Xue Tu’s attack.
• Xue Tu abandoned his assault on Xiao Han and swung his great axe at the demonic beast.

Xiao Han escaped the battlefield and discovered that a Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal was consuming his vitality and threatening to possess him. He chose to suppress it while seeking a solution, and reached Falling Star Lake using the map he received from the system.

• Xiao Han used the Myriad Transformations Mimicry Mask and Scorched Earth Evasion Technique to escape as a demonic beast devastated the Blood Fiend Hall forces and threatened Xue Tu.
• Xiao Han hid in a collapsed underground structure and learned that the curse seal was draining his power and eroding his meridians and soul; the system warned that full activation could corrupt or possess him.
• Xiao Han chose the system's suppression option and received a Taiyin Demon-Suppressing Stone blueprint and a map to Falling Star Lake.
• Xiao Han disguised himself as a scorched-earth wanderer, avoided packs of Fiendbone Lizards, and endured repeated attacks from the curse seal during his journey.
• Xiao Han crossed the scorched ruins and arrived at Falling Star Lake, whose dark, still waters were surrounded by an eerie silence.

Xiao Han fought his way to the center of Falling Star Lake, where he found the Star Iron Mother and an ancient stele describing a method to suppress demonic corruption and pointing toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower. When his curse seal erupted and a demonic shadow attacked his soul, he pressed the Star Iron Mother against the mark and began channeling the lake’s stellar power into it.

• Xiao Han discovered the Star Iron Mother on the meteorite island and battled three third-level Martial Emperor Netherworld Water Pythons guarding it.
• Xiao Han slew the three Netherworld Water Pythons and crossed the lake to the island.
• Xiao Han deciphered the ancient stele with help from his Void-Piercing Divine Eyes and World Tree Heart Fragment, learning of the Star Lord, a method for temporarily suppressing demonic corruption, and the Heaven-Piercing Tower to the east.
• Xiao Han took a rubbing of the stele and collected the Star Iron Mother, but the Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal awakened and unleashed a powerful mental assault.
• A demonic shadow emerged from the curse seal and aimed a destructive finger at Xiao Han, who pressed the Star Iron Mother to the mark and poured Falling Star Lake’s stellar power into it.

Xiao Han used the star iron mother, his essence blood, and the World Tree Heart Fragment to suppress the Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal, but powerful enemies arrived as he prepared to leave for the Heaven-Piercing Tower. The chapter left him facing Xue Tu and several formidable companions near Falling Star Lake.

• Xiao Han rejected the soul-sacrifice and mystery-box options and chose to use the star iron mother to suppress the curse seal.
• Xiao Han fused the star iron mother with his lifebound essence blood, while the World Tree Heart Fragment strengthened it with life origin and helped seal the demon's will.
• The system reported that the curse seal's activity had fallen by 70% for three months and awarded Xiao Han Star Lord's Sigh.
• Xiao Han stored the stone stele rubbing, recovered with healing pills, and prepared to seek the Heaven-Piercing Tower.
• Xiao Han sensed several hostile auras approaching Falling Star Lake, including Xue Tu and Martial Emperor realm fighters.

Xiao Han was cornered at Falling Star Lake by Xue Tu and two late-stage Martial Emperor protectors, so he chose to use the lake’s chaos to escape. He disappeared into the storm after activating Star Lord’s Sigh, but his pursuers remained nearby.

• Xiao Han sensed Xue Tu and two late-stage Martial Emperor protectors closing in, while a formation master threatened to block his escape.
• Xiao Han chose the system’s escape option, guarded his consciousness, and secretly stirred the power of nirvana stars beneath Falling Star Lake.
• The formation master sealed Falling Star Island as the two protectors attacked Xiao Han, who dodged their blows and pretended to be badly injured.
• Xiao Han crushed Star Lord’s Sigh, blasting one protector away and shaking the spatial sealing formation.
• Xiao Han detonated some of the lake’s nirvana-star power, plunged into the resulting storm, and used the Star Concealment Technique to blend into the chaos.

Xiao Han escaped Xue Tu's array but was hunted through the mountains as his curse seal weakened and his strength failed. Just as Xue Tu and the two protectors nearly killed him, the Star Map Fragment awakened a monstrous demonic beast from Falling Star Lake, which charged toward the battlefield.

• Xiao Han escaped through a crack in the array and fled into the mountains while Xue Tu and two protectors pursued him.
• Xiao Han's curse seal erupted with sinister power, slowing him and leaving him vulnerable to Xue Tu's blood-colored saber strike.
• Xiao Han used [Life Grafting] to transfer much of the curse's backlash into nearby plants, then countered Xue Tu's attack with [Chaos Annihilation Green Lotus Eternal Night Strike].
• The two protectors wounded Xiao Han with coordinated attacks, leaving him close to death.
• The [Star Map Fragment] resonated with a distant star and awakened the demonic beast sleeping beneath Falling Star Lake.
• The enraged demonic beast surged toward Xiao Han and his pursuers.

Xiao Han escaped Xue Tu and the black-robed protectors by using the demon beast’s attack to reach a hidden cave connected to the Star Map Fragment. There, he found a damaged Ancient Star Cultivation Pool, received Star Origin Liquid and an incomplete body-tempering technique through the system, and healed most of his injuries.

• A terrifying demon beast attacked Xue Tu and the two black-robed protectors, forcing them to abandon their pursuit of Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han used his Eternal Night King Martial Soul and a spatial shift to escape to a hidden ancient cave, then blocked its entrance with boulders.
• Xiao Han found that the cave’s stellar energy suppressed the primordial demon finger soul-splitting curse seal on his left ankle and strengthened his stellar rune seal.
• Xiao Han discovered ancient formation patterns in a dried pool and signed in at the system’s Ancient Star Cultivation Pool location, receiving three drops of diluted Star Origin Liquid and an incomplete Star Body-Tempering Technique.
• Xiao Han swallowed a drop of Star Origin Liquid and used the Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art to heal most of his injuries, improve his physical strength, and loosen his cultivation bottleneck.

Xiao Han discovered that the Star Map Fragment pointed toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower, then strengthened himself and partly repaired an ancient teleportation array before fleeing Falling Star Lake. He arrived in the Starfall Wasteland, where the system revealed a Heaven-Piercing Tower Reception Token nearby, and he set out to find it.

• Xiao Han placed the Star Map Fragment into the ancient array, revealing the Heaven-Piercing Tower and confirming its direction.
• Xiao Han cultivated the Star Body-Tempering Technique, recovered from his injuries, strengthened his body, and repaired part of the teleportation array.
• As violent energy erupted outside his cave, Xiao Han activated the array and teleported away from Falling Star Lake.
• Xiao Han arrived in an unfamiliar mountain range and glimpsed the Heaven-Piercing Tower in the distance.
• The system detected a Heaven-Piercing Tower Reception Token in the Starfall Wasteland, and Xiao Han traced its energy underground and hurried toward it.

Xiao Han defeated the Molten Fire Poison Scorpions and followed the sulfurfire star marrow to a cavern where he found the Heaven-Piercing Token and a giant skeleton’s remnant soul. As the remnant soul attacked, Xiao Han faced danger from both the energy chains and the dormant curse seal on his ankle, then began to counterattack.

• Xiao Han used his newly tempered body and Annihilation Divine Fist to kill the Molten Fire Poison Scorpions, including their Seventh Layer leader.
• Xiao Han found sulfurfire star marrow among the scorpions’ remains and followed its guidance into a collapsed cavern.
• Xiao Han reached the cavern’s deepest grotto and recognized the token clutched by a giant skeleton as the Heaven-Piercing Token.
• The giant skeleton’s remnant soul awakened, declared Xiao Han an intruder, and summoned chains of star power and demonic qi to attack him.
• The attack stirred the primordial demon finger soul-splitting curse seal on Xiao Han’s left ankle, while he used his Twin Martial Soul and Chaos Domain to resist and prepared to fight back.

Xiao Han defeated the giant skeleton remnant soul by damaging its token and draining its power, then gained the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token and improved his star map. The demonic spring began trembling after the skeleton fell and Xiao Han pocketed the token.

• Xiao Han studied the giant skeleton remnant soul's attacks and identified the six-pointed star-shaped token as the source of its power.
• Xiao Han struck the token with his Annihilation Divine Fist fused with starfire, cracking it, then used [Life Grafting] and [Shadow Devour] to weaken the remnant soul until its chains vanished and its skeleton collapsed.
• Xiao Han picked up the token and learned it was the incomplete Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token, which could guide him toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower.
• The token resonated with Xiao Han's [Star Map Fragment], raising its completion from 15% to 30% and revealing the Ancient Star Gate in the Starfall Wasteland.
• The demonic spring began trembling violently after the giant skeleton dispersed and Xiao Han pocketed the token.

Xiao Han fled the erupting Demon Spring and its pursuing creature by forcing open the Ancient Star Gate, though a wisp of demonic energy followed him through. He landed injured in a ruined world, where a scarred woman and her armed companions surrounded him and demanded to know where he came from.

• The Demon Spring erupted, and the creature beneath it resonated with Xiao Han’s primordial demon finger soul-splitting curse seal as he fled toward the Ancient Star Gate.
• Xiao Han chose to gamble on the star gate, spent his remaining power opening it, and plunged inside as the creature’s demonic thought struck the unstable passage.
• A wisp of demonic baleful energy followed Xiao Han through the gate and lodged in his back, while the passage carried him to an unknown destination.
• Xiao Han landed badly injured on a plain of war-machine ruins beneath a dark red sky, where the chaotic energy eased his curse seal’s pain.
• A scarred woman and seven or eight armed companions surrounded Xiao Han, and their leader threatened him and demanded to know where he came from.
• Xiao Han raised his hands and said he had accidentally ended up there.