Recaps

After the Mystic Pill Sect relocated to the Primordial Beast Sect, Han Yi learned more about the secret of Mystic Pill Peak and inspected the sect master's cache while keeping watch for Blood Demons. He returned to hear that Mystic Pill Mountain had been destroyed and that Yuan Shun had killed Jiang Ji uge and gravely wounded Liu Su True Monarch, leaving the sect's fate unexplained.

• Qin Wuxian and Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that three disguised True Monarchs had died upon approaching Mystic Pill Peak decades earlier, and that Yuan Shun's relocation plan was tied to its secret.
• The Mystic Pill Sect settled at the Primordial Beast Sect, where Han Yi was assigned to watch for Blood Demons and examined the treasures Yuan Shun had entrusted to him.
• After keeping watch for fifteen days, Han Yi received Huo Ming's summons and returned to the sect's main hall.
• Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that Mystic Pill Mountain had become a domain of corpses and its spirit veins had scattered seven days earlier.
• Zhuge Wuyou reported that Yuan Shun appeared on the Blood Demon Battlefield, killed Jiang Ji uge with a flick of his finger, and severely wounded Liu Su True Monarch.

Han Yi investigated the ruined Mystic Pill Mountain Range and confirmed that it had become a corpse domain with all its spirit veins dead. With Mystic Pill Sect unable to return and Yuan Shun still missing, its Golden Core cultivators chose Primordial Beast Mountain as their new home and planned to use Yuan Shun’s reputation to deter threats.

• Qin Wuxian outlined the search for Yuan Shun, the investigation of Mystic Pill Mountain, and preparations to rebuild Mystic Pill Sect at Primordial Beast Mountain; the group sent Han Yi to inspect the old sect.
• Han Yi condensed the third level of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda and gained the Soul Search art, then set out for Mystic Pill Mountain in disguise.
• Han Yi found Mystic Pill Mountain shrouded in corpse qi, its buildings decayed, its dead risen as corpses, and every spirit vein reduced to a dead vein.
• Han Yi returned to Primordial Beast Sect and reported his findings, after which Qin Wuxian and the others accepted that Mystic Pill Sect could not return to its old home.
• Zhuge Wuyou proposed presenting Yuan Shun as a powerful protector who might return at any time, and the seven agreed to rebuild Mystic Pill Sect at Primordial Beast Mountain.
• The elders announced their rebuilding decisions to the sect, stirring the entire community.

Seven years after the Mystic Pill Sect relocated, Han Yi had grown stronger and disguised himself as Yuan Shun to maintain the sect’s confidence. Sent to Qian Capital to handle a huge Mystic Immortal Pavilion deal and investigate Huo Ming’s disappearance, he arrived just as three cultivators decided to target him.

• Han Yi reviewed seven years of cultivation progress, including his Disguise Art reaching Return to Original Simplicity and the Ancient God Visualization Method reaching Peak Perfection.
• Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that Huo Ming had disappeared after leaving Qian Capital three months earlier, and Han Yi agreed to investigate while supporting the Mystic Immortal Pavilion’s major transaction.
• Han Yi reached Qian Capital and learned from Liu Ruyan that the Yu Clan had ordered 537,000 high-grade spirit stones’ worth of goods, with most of the price already paid in advance.
• Three cultivators watched the Mystic Immortal Pavilion and decided to kill Han Yi, whom they identified as a newly advanced Golden Core cultivator, while pursuing a Yu Clan girl.
• Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect residence, activated the Grand Profound Heaven-Earth Array, and began cultivating as he waited for the transaction.

Han Yi traveled from Great Qian to Southern Sky Immortal City to complete the Mystic Immortal Pavilion’s transaction, taking precautions against pursuers along the way. Aboard the Immortal Boat, he heard rumors about Yuan Shun and the Mystic Pill Sect, while three suspicious Golden Core cultivators showed interest in the discussion.

• Han Yi agreed to carry the transaction token to Southern Sky Immortal City after Liu Ruyan explained that the buyers had moved the meeting place and paid extra travel expenses.
• Han Yi disguised himself, evaded three Golden Core cultivators tracking him in Qian Capital, and traveled through Jinyun Immortal City aboard a commercial Immortal Boat.
• Han Yi listened to fellow passengers discuss Great Qin’s Sacred Lands, Academies, Heavenly Sects, and the Blood Demon disaster.
• Han Yi asked about the Mystic Pill Sect and Yuan Shun, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator claimed Yuan Shun had gained power through a sinister technique that severed corpses.
• Han Yi noticed three Golden Core cultivators react when the passenger mentioned Yuan Shun and the Mystic Pill Sect.

Han Yi accepted Yu Qian’s offer to protect her for a month while she delivered cultivation resources, learning that the Yu Clan was being squeezed by the Zhang Clan after refusing Zhang Tu’s demand to marry Yu Ling. As they approached the Yu Residence, three Golden Core cultivators ambushed them, and Han Yi recognized them as the same men who had discussed attacking the Mystic Pill Sect aboard the Immortal Boat.

• Han Yi traveled to Southern Sky Immortal City, disguised himself as a saber-wielding cultivator, and waited at Cloudvoid Lodge for Yu Qian.
• Yu Qian offered Han Yi ten thousand Medium-grade Spirit Stones to protect her for a month, and he agreed after questioning her about the Zhang Clan’s strength and the dangers involved.
• Yu Qian explained that Zhang Tu had demanded to become Dao companions with Yu Ling, and that the Zhang Clan had obstructed the Yu Clan’s business after Yu Ling refused.
• Yu Qian and Han Yi left for the Yu Residence, but their Immortal Boat struck a Spirit-Binding Talisman and became trapped in an ambush.
• Tuoba Li, Tuoba An, and Tuoba Di confronted Yu Qian and Han Yi, and Han Yi recognized them as the three Golden Core cultivators from the Immortal Boat.

Han Yi killed Tuoba An, Tuoba Di, and Tuoba Li in moments when they ambushed him and Yu Qian, then entered the Yu Clan under the name Wang Lin. The injured Yu Clan head welcomed him and said Yu Qian’s agreed payment was too little, proposing to give him more.

• Tuoba Li ordered Tuoba An and Tuoba Di to attack Han Yi while the Yu Clan’s Golden Core cultivators rushed to help.
• Han Yi severed the Thousand-Mechanism Spirit-Imprisoning Net and killed Tuoba An and Tuoba Di, then slew Tuoba Li and searched the souls of the brothers.
• Han Yi collected the brothers’ storage rings and weapons, dispelled a Spirit-Binding Talisman, and joined Yu Qian on the way to the Yu Clan.
• Yu Qian led Han Yi through the Yu Clan’s Golden Radiance Ten-Thousand-Mile Formation and introduced him to Yu Wei, Yu Liang, and Yu Chen.
• Yu Wei welcomed Han Yi as Wang Lin and said the Yu Clan intended to pay him more than the agreed ten thousand high-grade spirit stones per month.

Han Yi renegotiated his deal with Yu Qian to escort her toward Yu Prefecture Immortal City, learning that the Yu Clan faced ruin because the Zhang Clan was sabotaging its contract with the Supreme Pavilion. After uncovering clues about Huo Ming and leaving with Yu Qian, Han Yi prompted Zhang Hai to move against the Yu Clan.

• Yu Wei offered Han Yi one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones to resolve the Yu Clan’s troubles, but Han Yi refused and insisted that their original agreement covered only Yu Qian’s safety.
• Yu Wei told Yu Chen and Yu Liang that the Zhang Clan had colluded with Supreme Pavilion cultivators to obstruct Yu Qian’s delivery, putting the Yu Clan at risk of a ruinous penalty.
• Han Yi clarified that he could retreat if danger exceeded his ability, and Yu Qian explained the Yu Clan’s contract, its losses, and why its Golden Core members could not escort her.
• Yu Qian offered Han Yi thirty thousand high-grade Spirit Stones for the journey and two chances to repel attacks; they swore oaths, and Han Yi accepted the revised agreement.
• Han Yi examined the soul shadows of Tuoba Li and Tuoba An, learned that the four Tuoba brothers had obstructed the Yu Clan and that Huo Ming had been trapped, then departed with Yu Qian aboard his Red Moon Immortal Boat.
• Zhang Hai learned that Tuoba Li, Tuoba An, and Tuoba Di had died, suspected the Yu Clan was responsible, and set out to seize Yu Qian for the sake of his son Tu’er.

Han Yi brought Yu Qian to Yu Prefecture Immortal City to complete the Yu Clan’s deal with Withered Wood True Lord, but repeated delays at Supreme Pavilion suggested someone was interfering. When Tuoba Tu appeared disguised and came for them, Han Yi recognized him and launched a surprise attack.

• Han Yi used the Disguise Art and took a detoured route to bring Yu Qian safely to Yu Prefecture Immortal City.
• Han Yi and Yu Qian visited Supreme Pavilion, but Withered Wood True Lord was absent, and the pavilion repeatedly postponed their meeting.
• Han Yi arranged a double watch from Cloud-Crossing Inn while he and Yu Qian stayed at Spirit Immortal Inn, where they waited for Withered Wood True Lord to appear.
• After another delay, Han Yi led Yu Qian toward Spirit Immortal Inn and noticed a disguised cultivator approaching; he recognized him as Tuoba Tu from the soul-shadow images.
• Han Yi activated a Taiyi Golden Light Talisman and sent three swords at Tuoba Tu, who realized that Han Yi was the person he had been hunting.

Han Yi killed Tuoba Tu but was forced into a deadly talisman battle with Zhang Hai, the Zhang Clan patriarch. After surviving Zhang Hai’s lightning barrage and countering with powerful talismans, Han Yi left Zhang Hai facing another attack as the chapter ended.

• Tuoba Tu used an indestructible fragmentary inner armor to survive Han Yi’s Taiyi Golden Light Talisman, but Han Yi severed his hand, killed him with the Heavenchill Sword, and destroyed his divine soul.
• Zhang Hai arrived and attacked Han Yi with the Phantomflame Cauldron and a barrage of third-tier high-grade lightning talismans.
• Han Yi evaded the lightning strikes until he used Tuoba Tu’s corpse to block one and gained time to activate the Holy Spirit Dao-Sacrifice Talisman.
• Han Yi followed with the Nine Heavens Black-Yellow Talisman as the Heavenchill Sword and Han Yi himself closed in on Zhang Hai.
• Zhang Hai used the Phantomflame Cauldron to block Han Yi’s golden-light attack, but black-yellow qi pierced through the shattered light toward him.

Han Yi killed Tuoba Tu and Zhang Hai after Zhang Hai nearly overwhelmed him with spirit talismans, then completed the Yu Clan’s transaction with Withered Wood True Lord and learned that Bao Zheshen had obstructed them. Han Yi and Yu Qian fled Yu City aboard separate Immortal Boats, reunited in Contemplation Ward, and headed for Contemplation Academy while Bao Zheshen pursued Han Yi.

• Han Yi destroyed the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword to pierce Zhang Hai’s defenses, finished him with the Heavenchill Sword, and seized the cultivators’ bodies and spoils.
• Withered Wood True Lord arrived after the battle, accepted the Yu Clan’s transaction, and secretly warned Han Yi to beware Bao Zheshen.
• Han Yi learned from Yu Qian that Bao Zheshen was a powerful Supreme Pavilion supervisor, then fled Yu City while Yu Qian changed her appearance and returned to warn her family.
• Bao Zheshen ordered a subordinate to track and kill Han Yi, while Withered Wood True Lord chose not to intervene further.
• Han Yi and Yu Qian separately boarded Immortal Boats to the Seventh Immortal Ring; they reunited in Springsea Ward, where Han Yi collected the Yu Clan’s remaining payment.
• Han Yi and Yu Qian traveled together to Contemplation Ward and headed for Contemplation Academy.

Han Yi and Yu Qian fled an assassination attempt near Contemplation Academy, and Han Yi sought refuge inside by applying to become an instructor. He passed the assessment and settled into the academy’s inner grounds as an alchemist instructor.

• A concealed Golden Core peak cultivator attacked Han Yi and Yu Qian, but Han Yi escaped into Contemplation Academy’s outer grounds, where a True Monarch drove the pursuer away.
• Han Yi parted from Yu Qian, altered his appearance, and decided to enter the academy’s inner grounds by registering as an instructor.
• Han Yi took the assessment before Shi Hao, Mo Wuwen, and Wei Qiong, demonstrating his sword control and other skills while withholding his soul arts.
• Han Yi scored seventy-one points, passed the assessment, and accepted the academy’s decision to make him an alchemist instructor.
• Mo Wuwen completed Han Yi’s admission, and Han Yi settled into an instructor’s Meditation Chamber after learning about the academy’s dual-instructor and points systems.

Han Yi uncovered the Zhang Clan’s scheme to seize Yu Ling for her Lunar Yin Physique and collected valuable treasures from Zhang Hai and Tuoba Tu. While he settled into teaching and refining pills at Contemplation Academy, an ancient corpse in his storage ring secretly consumed two supreme-grade spirit stones.

• A gray-robed cultivator tracked Han Yi to Contemplation Academy’s inner courtyard and stayed nearby to confirm whether he was an instructor.
• Han Yi searched Tuoba Tu’s memories, learned that Huo Ming had escaped to the Jade Cauldron Sect, and discovered that Zhang Hai and Zhang Tu planned to seize Yu Ling for her Lunar Yin Physique.
• Han Yi identified and stored the talismans, treasures, and Dharma artifacts taken from Zhang Hai and Tuoba Tu, then wore Zhang Hai’s damaged inner armor.
• Han Yi began refining Gold-Silver Pills, and the ancient female cultivator corpse in his Heaven-Earth Ring swallowed two supreme-grade spirit stones without his knowledge.
• Han Yi joined the Pill Hall’s teaching assignments, bought a Five-Elements Convergence Furnace, and taught eight Qi Refining students how to refine Gold-Silver Pills.
• Han Yi taught classes, refined pills, and cultivated at Contemplation Academy for nine months.

Han Yi refined a flawless Foundation Establishment Pill and advanced the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, gaining the Soul Severing art. After learning that Qin Wuxian had died, Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect and set out to investigate Qin’s disappearance in Shu Capital.

• Han Yi refined a flawless Foundation Establishment Pill and discovered that two supreme-grade spirit stones had vanished from his storage ring.
• The Ninefold Soul Pagoda broke through to Transcending Mortality and Entering Sainthood, granting Han Yi the Soul Severing secret art.
• Huo Ming sent Han Yi a message reporting Qin Wuxian’s death and urging him to return to the Mystic Pill Sect.
• Han Yi left Contemplation Academy and traveled back to the Mystic Immortal Pavilion in Qian Capital.
• Huo Ming told Han Yi that Qin Wuxian had gone to Shu Capital to investigate a lead concerning Yuan Shun, and Han Yi agreed to investigate in secret.
• Han Yi departed Qian Capital aboard the Nine-Aperture Immortal Boat, bound for Shu Capital.

Han Yi reached the Shu Capital, learned that Qin Wuxian had passed through half a year earlier, and devised a ruse to draw out the person responsible for his death. After posing as Yuan Shun and offering a reward for Zhang Tu, Han Yi tracked a Wenxiang Cult hall master and attacked him.

• Bao Zheshen and Zhang Tu failed to track Han Yi into the Myriad Demon Mountains and decided to deal with the Yu Clan before pursuing him further.
• Han Yi visited Zhou Su at the Mystic Immortal Pavilion, learned Qin Wuxian had left the Shu Capital half a year earlier, and found no sign that Zhou Su was involved in anything unusual.
• Han Yi disguised himself as Yuan Shun, announced a reward for capturing Zhang Tu, then returned in disguise to watch who responded.
• When a Golden Core cultivator attacked him, Han Yi killed him in one strike and used the commotion to identify a pursuer whose aura belonged to a Wenxiang Cult hall master.
• Han Yi recognized the hall master as Shi Heng, followed him in secret, and struck him down from behind.

After killing Shi Heng, Han Yi learned that Star River True Lord had killed Qin Wuxian and was connected to the Wenxiang Cult. He returned to the Mystic Pill Sect, shared the news, advanced to middle Golden Core, and was then confronted by a Demon Cave eruption in Shu Capital.

• Han Yi killed Shi Heng and used Soul Search to uncover memories linking the Wenxiang Cult and Star River True Lord to Qin Wuxian's death.
• Star River True Lord investigated Shi Heng's death, suspected Yuan Shun, and headed toward the deeper Immortal Rings to report to the Saint Lord.
• Han Yi told Zhuge Wuyou and Si Hongxue that Qin Wuxian was dead and identified Star River True Lord as a Wenxiang Cult Protector; Zhuge said the sect would inform Shen Ping and wait for Yuan Shun's return.
• Han Yi returned to Vermilion Bird Peak and broke through from early to middle Golden Core, while no Heavenly Demon appeared during his tribulation.
• Han Yi began cultivating the Sword Control Technique, but half a month later the Demon Cave erupted in Shu Capital.

Han Yi and the Mystic Pill Sect expedition reached Shu Capital and found a fully formed Demon Cave engulfing part of the city. When Heavenly Demons attacked their assigned defensive area, Han Yi killed two Heavenly Demon Kings and captured the strongest one to search its soul for clues about the cave.

• Zhuge Wuyou organized the Mystic Pill Sect’s expedition, and Han Yi persuaded the elders to send him while Zhuge Wuyou and Shen Ping stayed with the group.
• The Mystic Pill Sect contingent arrived at Shu Capital, where a vast Demon Cave covered part of the city and the Demon-Exterminating Guard assigned the sect a defensive area.
• Han Yi recognized He Fengdi, Gu Yu, Lu Li, and Zhou Su among the cultivators who arrived to assist, while the sect’s elders and disciples prepared lightning formations and spirit-talisman traps.
• Three days later, more than seven hundred Heavenly Demons entered the sect’s defensive area, and Zhuge Wuyou attacked with the Jadeclear Coiling Dragon Furnace.
• Han Yi used the Traceless Sword and the Heavenchill Sword to kill two Heavenly Demon Kings and cut down the strongest one, then used a soul-searching secret art on it.

Han Yi defended the Mystic Pill Sect from repeated Heavenly Demon attacks, advanced his Sword Control Technique, and was summoned to join a True Lord-led operation inside the Demon Cave. There, he reunited with Yuxin True Person and learned that the State-Guardian Duke had vanished as powerful forces prepared a final assault.

• Han Yi examined a Heavenly Demon King's memories and suspected a cultivator had guided the Heavenly Demons into the Jade Balance Realm, while Zhuge Wuyou agreed that the Demon Cave's origin was suspicious.
• Han Yi slew every attacking Heavenly Demon King over the following month, and his Sword Control Technique advanced to Transcendent and Saintly.
• A new Heavenly Demon ritual array forced the Mystic Pill Sect to retreat, and a Demon-Exterminating Guard summoned Han Yi to join an operation inside the Demon Cave.
• Han Yi met Tan Li True Lord, Xusu True Monarch, and Yuxin True Person among the assembled Golden Core cultivators, then entered the Demon Cave with them.
• Yuxin True Person told Han Yi that the State-Guardian Duke had vanished, the Demon Cave had expanded after local defenders were ambushed, and seventeen True Lords and three great Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered for a final assault.
• As Yuxin True Person asked why the Mystic Pill Sect had sent no True Lord, Han Yi looked up and said the others had arrived.

Han Yi infiltrated the Heavenly Demons by disguising himself as one, then was swept into their gathering as they prepared for a Heavenly Demon God’s arrival. At the gathering, he recognized Pang Cheng among the demons and watched powerful figures from across the realm arrive, including Star River True Lord.

• Xusu True Monarch and Tan Li True Monarch battled three Heavenly Demon Lords while Peng Han led the Golden Core cultivators toward the Heavenly Demon Ritual.
• A Heavenly Demon Lord killed Peng Han and devoured three fleeing cultivators, forcing Han Yi to escape; Han Yi later disguised himself as a Heavenly Demon King to evade pursuit.
• A Heavenly Demon Lord summoned Han Yi and other Heavenly Demon Kings to gather for the arrival of Lord Demon God, and a suspicious Heavenly Demon King prevented Han Yi from slipping away.
• After seven days, Han Yi stood among several thousand Heavenly Demon Kings and thirty-six Heavenly Demon Lords, where he recognized Pang Cheng as the Duke of Stabilizing the Realm.
• Li Changsheng, Seven-Kill Dao Lord, and Pang Yue arrived, followed by True Monarchs including Bai Yuya, Earth Spirit True Monarch, Tianyi True Monarch, Yuan Long True Monarch, and Star River True Lord.

Han Yi was caught in the upheaval as Pang Cheng revealed his plan to transform Shu Capital into an Earthly Demon Kingdom and pull it beyond the realm. He escaped the Demon Cave’s worst battles, but the chapter ended with the Human Emperor sword arriving from the north.

• Pang Cheng rejected Pang Yue’s challenge, absorbed the demonic qi within the State-Guarding Palace, and activated the Ten-Capital Mara World-Annihilating Formation.
• Pang Yue’s purple sword struck the demon formation, killing many Heavenly Demon Kings and badly injuring Han Yi before he fled on the Nine-Aperture Immortal Boat.
• Pang Cheng expanded the Demon Cave across Shu Capital and began drawing the entire city toward an extraterritorial Heavenly Demon rift.
• Han Yi escaped beyond the Demon Cave’s darkness, saw Shu Capital rising into the sky, and spotted the wounded Li Changsheng fleeing.
• A voice taunted Pang Wan from afar, and an ancient sword inscribed with “Human Emperor” arrived from the north.

After the Human Emperor Sword destroyed the demonic formation threatening Shu Capital, the city fell and Han Yi fled before searching for his sect’s survivors. Star River True Lord trapped Han Yi and tried to possess him, but an unknown force devoured the True Lord’s Nascent Soul; Han Yi escaped without realizing the ancient corpse in his storage ring had awakened.

• The Human Emperor Sword appeared, dispelled the demonic qi over Shu Capital, and forced the wounded demon to flee as the city began falling.
• Pang Yue identified Pang Cheng’s Ten-Capital Mara World-Annihilating Formation, while Han Yi escaped the falling city in his Nine-Aperture Immortal Boat.
• After returning toward Shu Capital to find the Mystic Pill Sect’s cultivators, Han Yi encountered the injured Star River True Lord, who lured him with a false message about Qin Wuxian.
• Star River True Lord trapped Han Yi inside the Heavens True-Form Diagram and prepared to possess him, but his body failed and his Nascent Soul fled.
• An unseen force sucked away and devoured Star River True Lord’s Nascent Soul, and Han Yi fled the cave without taking the True-Form Diagram or the True Lord’s storage ring.
• The ancient corpse inside Han Yi’s storage ring opened its eyes, briefly revealing strange runes before falling silent again.

After escaping into Great Yong, Han Yi slaughtered Vicious Slaughter Mountain cultivators who tried to rob him, then encountered Tian Boyi and killed him during a clash with Xiao Gui. Han Yi fled into the Myriad Demon Mountains, where the Vicious Slaughter True Person pursued him, hoping to seize his fortune and break through to Nascent Soul.

• Han Yi identified his location in Great Yong and traveled north, avoiding a chaotic immortal city under attack.
• When Vicious Slaughter Mountain cultivators tried to rob him, Han Yi killed them and collected their possessions and Immortal Boats.
• Half a month later, Han Yi encountered Lian Juyong fleeing from Tian Boyi and Vicious Slaughter Mountain; he killed Tian Boyi and fought Xiao Gui.
• Xiao Gui struck Han Yi down, but Han Yi survived and counterattacked until the Vicious Slaughter True Person intervened, shattering Han Yi's silver saber with a seven-colored bead.
• Han Yi escaped into the Myriad Demon Mountains, and the Vicious Slaughter True Person identified him as a newly advanced middle Golden Core cultivator and pursued him alone.

After escaping the Demon Cave disaster and returning to the Mystic Pill Sect, Han Yi suspected that the ancient corpse in his storage ring had swallowed Star River True Lord’s Nascent Soul. He helped the sect plan for its future and resolved to seek a stronger sword, but the corpse remained a dangerous mystery.

• Han Yi killed Tian Boyi, escaped Vicious Slaughter True Person, and fled through the Myriad Demon Mountains after spotting a gathering of powerful Golden Core demon cultivators.
• Near Yuanlao Mountain, Han Yi realized the strange entity that devoured Star River True Lord’s Nascent Soul might have come from the ancient corpse in his storage ring, and decided to find a chance to dispose of it.
• Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect, where Zhuge Wuyou recounted Shu Capital’s fall and explained the suspected roles of the Great Qin Emperor, the Duke Who Stabilizes the Nation, and the Wenxiang Cult.
• Han Yi gave Shen Ping a storage ring of spoils for the sect and discussed the coming sect grade assessment with the other Golden Core cultivators.
• Han Yi reviewed his recent gains and remaining limitations, planned to ask Zhuge Wuyou for a suitable mid-grade Dharma treasure sword, and continued to worry about the ancient corpse.

Han Yi confirmed that the ancient corpse had swallowed both Star River True Lord’s Nascent Soul and his missing top-grade spirit stones, then received three powerful swords from Zhuge Wuyou. The sect learned that the vanished Sect Master had once joined the dangerous Void Immortal-Seeking, and Han Yi agreed to investigate Two-Realm Mountain; the chapter ended with evidence that Huo Ming, Liu Ruyan, and Bai Wanqing had been abducted by someone marked with the name Zhang.

• Han Yi connected Star River True Lord’s swallowed Nascent Soul to two top-grade spirit stones that had vanished from his storage ring, confirming that the ancient corpse had consumed both.
• Zhuge Wuyou gave Han Yi the Primordial Yang Sword, the Tai'a Sword, and the Five Elements Sword, and Han Yi refused the Yu Clan’s request to return to Great Qin because he feared Zhang Tu and the Nine Tripods Sect.
• True Person Dongli brought the Two-Realm Jade and summoned Sect Master Yuan Shun to attend the Void Immortal-Seeking at Two-Realm Mountain on March third of the following year.
• Zhuge Wuyou explained that Yuan Shun had joined the secret, century-old Void Immortal-Seeking and that the event might be connected to the Sect Master’s disappearance; Han Yi persuaded the sect to let him go if Yuan Shun did not return.
• Seven days later, the sect learned that Mystic Immortal Pavilion had been destroyed and Huo Ming, Liu Ruyan, and Bai Wanqing were missing; a recording jade butterfly marked Zhang showed the three unconscious before a young man in black, enraging Han Yi.

Han Yi traveled to Great Qin to rescue Huo Ming and the others and kill Zhang Tu, using disguise and poison to gather information while avoiding the Nine Tripods Sect’s stronghold. After learning Zhang Tu was in Yu City, Han Yi returned there and entered the Supreme Pavilion to prepare for his next move against Bao Zheshen and Zhang Tu.

• Han Yi and his fellow disciples devised a plan to lure Zhang Tu out of the Nine Tripods Sect’s base, and Han Yi traveled alone to Southern Sky Immortal City.
• Han Yi learned that Yu Ling had become True Lord Tianhong’s disciple and that the Yu Clan had moved to Yang Prefecture, then disguised himself as Zhang Tu to lure Zhang Jin into a secluded forest.
• Han Yi poisoned Zhang Jin, used Soul Search to learn the Zhang Clan’s circumstances and Zhang Tu’s location at Heavenly Basket Lake, then stored the unconscious patriarch away.
• Han Yi traveled to Yu City in eight days, determined to rescue Huo Ming and the others despite knowing he might be walking into a trap.
• Han Yi entered the Supreme Pavilion in Yu City to buy a fourth-tier spirit talisman and prepare to investigate Bao Zheshen.

Han Yi bought powerful spirit talismans, then used his newly advanced Disguise Art to impersonate Zhang Jin and ambush Bao Zheshen. After learning Bao Zheshen’s secrets, Han Yi disguised himself as him and set a trap for Zhang Tu at Immortal Bone Cliff.

• Han Yi spent 250,000 high-grade spirit stones on a weak fourth-tier Primordial Origin God-Sealing Talisman and bought several Taiyi-series spirit talismans.
• Han Yi’s Disguise Art reached Sainthood, so he transformed into Zhang Jin and gained access to Supreme Pavilion’s inner tower.
• Han Yi lured Bao Zheshen close by revealing a fabricated secret about Yu Ling, then poisoned and incapacitated him with sword strikes and a blow to the head.
• Han Yi searched Bao Zheshen’s soul, learned about his Blood-Soul Mark and Gray Slave, and disguised himself as Bao Zheshen.
• Han Yi ordered Gray Slave to summon Zhang Tu to Immortal Bone Cliff by threatening to expose his plan involving the Lunar Yin Physique.
• Gray Slave departed for Heavenly Basket Lake while Han Yi prepared for the final step of his plan: killing someone and saving someone.