Recaps

Han Yi rejected invitations to move to the Outer Peaks and focused on cultivation and alchemy, later selling pills privately to Little Sea View Peak’s disciples. He kept a low profile and diversified his sales as three years passed.

• Han Yi turned down Chu Jinmo’s invitation to move to Little Sea View Peak and resolved to reject any other peak’s invitation as well.
• Han Yi practiced the Sword Control Technique, whose proficiency progress gradually filled in the gaps in its incomplete form.
• Han Yi rejected invitations from Little Green Cloud Peak and Little Blazing Fire Peak, while the peak master of Little Spirit Void Peak gave him the Body Lightening Technique; Han Yi refused a better courtyard and kept his wealth discreet.
• Three months later, Han Yi sold Qi Nourishing Pills and Evil Warding Pills at a discount to Little Sea View Peak’s female cultivators, and Chu Jinmo offered to matchmake him and later become his Dao companion.
• Han Yi split his pill sales among sect channels, Little Sea View Peak, and the market district, and continued cultivating as three years passed.

Han Yi was ambushed by four rogue cultivators while leaving Sunset Market, but he killed their leader and escaped. He returned to Little Spirit Void Peak shaken, concluded his combat strength was formidable, and decided not to visit Sunset Market again.

• Han Yi sold pills at Sunset Market, then noticed three cultivators following him as he left.
• A masked rogue cultivator blocked Han Yi’s way and demanded his storage bag while three accomplices approached from behind.
• Han Yi struck the leader with two Spirit Void Finger attacks, then used his dagger to kill him and took his storage pouch.
• Senior Zhuang and the other two accomplices found Li Kui dead, judged Han Yi too dangerous to pursue, and dissolved the corpse before fleeing.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak, reviewed the ambush, and decided to avoid Sunset Market.

After three years of steady cultivation and trading pills, Han Yi assessed his skills and the spoils from a defeated rogue cultivator. He reached Qi Refining Layer 5 and planned to enter seclusion to break through a bottleneck in Spirit Void Finger, delaying his next trade for about half a year.

• Han Yi reviewed his cultivation and skills, judging that he could likely defeat a cultivator at Qi Refining Layer 6 but was not ready to face Layer 7.
• Han Yi removed the mark from the rogue cultivator's storage pouch and collected spirit stones, spirit sand, and other items.
• Han Yi visited Little Sea View Peak, where Yan Ru noticed he had advanced to Qi Refining Layer 5 and teased him about finding a Dao companion.
• Han Yi traded pills with Yan Ru, then learned Chu Jinmo had left with Uncle Qi a year earlier and had not returned.
• Han Yi told Yan Ru he planned to enter seclusion and would delay their next trade for about half a year, then headed toward Little Spirit Void Peak after failing to find Zheng Hai.

A Heavenly Demon invaded Little Spirit Void Peak, destroying its protective formation and attacking the disciples. Han Yi survived its assault, and an immensely powerful cultivator destroyed the demon, leaving the peak devastated.

• Han Yi saw a black rift tear through Little Spirit Void Peak’s protective formation and destroy its central hub.
• Fan Mo failed to resist the rift, warned the disciples of a Heavenly Demon invasion, and fled the peak.
• Black qi spread across Little Spirit Void Peak, striking down fleeing cultivators and forcing Han Yi to run.
• Han Yi used Spirit Void Finger to repel a Black Qi Mass, then readied his three daggers when it survived the attack.
• An airborne cultivator gathered the black qi into a Black Giant and destroyed it with a fiery artifact before flying toward the Inner Peak.

After the Heavenly Demon True Body attacked Little Spirit Void Peak, Han Yi took refuge on Vermilion Bird Peak and later returned once the Outer Peaks were secured. A week later, he reunited with Chu Jinmo, who warned him that the attack hid a deeper truth and that a sect conscription order might be coming.

• Fan Mo returned to Little Spirit Void Peak after the battle and faced criticism for fleeing while the disciples were in danger.
• Han Yi fled to Vermilion Bird Peak, where he learned that a Golden Core cultivator surnamed Fu had destroyed the Heavenly Demon True Body.
• After a Foundation Establishment cultivator declared the Outer Peaks safe, Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and found its formations fully activated.
• Seven days later, Han Yi met Chu Jinmo on Vermilion Bird Peak and congratulated her on reaching Qi Refining Layer 7.
• Chu Jinmo told Han Yi that the attack was not what it seemed and warned him to prepare for a possible sect conscription order.

Han Yi learned that a Demon Cave near Jade Capital Mountain Sacred Ground had unleashed powerful heavenly demons, prompting Great Qian to conscript Mystic Pill Sect disciples for a campaign. After the sect announced its quotas, Han Yi considered how to avoid being selected and went to seek help.

• Chu Jinmo told Han Yi that Great Qian had ordered every sect to join the campaign against a Demon Cave between Jade Capital Mountain Sacred Ground and Void Sect.
• Han Yi asked Zheng Hai and Guan Di about the danger; Guan Di confirmed that the sect felt unsettled and warned them not to leave the mountain.
• The sect announced that it had to send three Golden Core cultivators, twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, four hundred late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and three thousand middle-stage Qi Refining cultivators.
• Han Yi learned that heavenly demons had destroyed Great Que Mountain and that the Demon Cave’s forces included Heavenly Demon Lords and Heavenly Demon Gods.
• Han Yi told Zheng Hai that the sect would select disciples rather than draw lots, and reasoned that Layer 4 cultivators might be less likely to be chosen than Layer 5 cultivators.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and went to its main building to meet someone.

Han Yi paid Zhou Xiong for a chance to avoid conscription against the Heavenly Demons, and he was left off the selection list. He later realized Fan Mo had likely orchestrated the quota scheme, then watched the expedition force depart for northern Qian Prefecture.

• Han Yi paid Zhou Xiong thirty Medium-grade Spirit Stones' worth of value for a quota that gave him a chance to avoid conscription.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard to cultivate and was relieved when the conscription list did not include him or Zheng Hai.
• While drinking with Zheng Hai, Han Yi overheard that Fan Mo had been ordered to redeem himself through merit and suspected Fan Mo had used the quota scheme to extract money from him.
• Han Yi kept his suspicions to himself, reasoning that he had benefited by avoiding the expedition.
• A Mystic Pill Sect force led by a Supreme Elder departed aboard a Skyflying Warship for northern Qian Prefecture, and its departure lasted three years.

Han Yi advanced his skills and built his wealth through alchemy while remaining at Qi Refining Layer 5, and he learned how catastrophic the Demon Cave battle had been. He went to reconnect with a source of sect information and was met by Yan Ru, who had survived the campaign with a chilling presence.

• Han Yi broke through to Peak Mastery in Spirit Void Finger, alchemy, Sword Control Technique, and Body Lightening Technique, while his cultivation remained at Qi Refining Layer 5.
• Han Yi expanded his pill business by acquiring Spirit Sensing Pill and Qi Fusion Pill formulas and selling pills at Outer and Inner Peak Markets.
• Han Yi learned that the Demon Cave battle had devastated the Mystic Pill Sect and the Great Qian cultivation world, and he felt fortunate that he had paid to avoid joining the expedition.
• Han Yi went to Little Sea View Peak to maintain his connections and keep up with sect news.
• Han Yi reunited with Yan Ru, who had survived three years of slaughter and radiated an unconscious killing intent.

After returning from the Demon Cave, Yan Ru and Guan Di told Han Yi how devastating the Immortal-Demon War had been. Guan Di revealed that the sect might let Qi Refining Layer 6 Outer Peak disciples move into vacant Inner Peak residences, leaving Han Yi eager to qualify despite fierce competition.

• Han Yi congratulated Yan Ru on reaching Qi Refining Layer 6, and she thanked him for the Breakthrough Pills that had saved her in the Demon Cave.
• Yan Ru described how possessed cultivators gave Heavenly Demons physical bodies and explained that even matched-level cultivators needed to outnumber them to fight back.
• Han Yi learned that Ma Yu had died, Chu Jinmo had stayed in the sect, and Guan Di had returned from the expedition and reached Qi Refining Layer 7.
• Han Yi and Zheng Hai visited Guan Di on Overseas Peak, where Guan Di warned that the Demon Cave battle had made even Foundation Establishment cultivators seem insignificant.
• Guan Di said the sect might open more than a hundred vacant Inner Peak residences to Qi Refining Layer 6 disciples, but warned Han Yi that over sixteen hundred candidates would compete for the spots.

Han Yi spent a month consuming three thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones to reach Qi Refining Layer 6, hoping to qualify for an Inner Peak courtyard. When he emerged from seclusion, he learned that registration for Inner Peak slots ended that day.

• After descending Overseas Peak, Han Yi entered seclusion to break through to Qi Refining Layer 6, while Zheng Hai secretly applied for a one-year outside assignment.
• Han Yi used three thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones to advance to Qi Refining Layer 6 in one month and tested his improved Sword Control Technique.
• Han Yi reviewed his cultivation progress, noted his lifespan had increased to 118, and decided to broaden the range of his skills.
• Han Yi learned that registration for Inner Peak slots ended that day and that disciples at Qi Refining Layer 5 or above could apply.

Han Yi learned that the Mystic Pill Sect was selecting outer disciples for early admission to the Inner Peak and registered for the assessment, confident in his cultivation, alchemy, and combat skills. He was rejected during the qualification review because he had been excluded from the Demon Cave expedition three years earlier, then returned to steady cultivation as the selection ended and another year passed.

• Han Yi learned that registration for the Inner Peak selection was open to Qi Refining Layer 5 disciples and registered on the final day.
• Li Heng explained that the selection had four stages: qualification review, Alchemy Technique assessment, combat assessment, and overall evaluation.
• Han Yi concluded that he was well prepared for the first three stages and returned to his courtyard to consolidate his cultivation.
• Three days later, Han Yi discovered that he had failed the qualification review and asked Li Heng why.
• Li Heng said Han Yi and others were excluded because they had avoided the Demon Cave expedition, and a Golden Core elder had ruled them unworthy of early Inner Peak admission.
• Han Yi accepted that his earlier decision had cost him the opportunity, resumed cultivating and selling pills, and watched the selection conclude before another year passed.

Han Yi successfully refined a Gold-Silver Pill and brought his accumulated pills to Nine Dragon Shop in Red Sun Market to sell them. Manager He appraised the pills and began calculating an offer, while Han Yi continued pursuing resources through a safer sales channel.

• Han Yi finished refining a Gold-Silver Pill after ruining three batches and stored it away.
• Han Yi set aside plans to seek a Foundation Establishment Pill formula for now, then went to Red Sun Market to sell pills and look for a magical artifact.
• Han Yi presented his accumulated pills to Manager He at Nine Dragon Shop, where Manager He quickly examined the Gold-Silver Pill.
• Manager He offered 175 Spirit Stones for the Gold-Silver Pill and calculated discounted prices for Han Yi's other pills.

Han Yi sold his pills at Nine Dragon Shop and bought the Shadowless Sword, then went to Little Sea View Peak to meet a group of junior sisters. He learned that Yan Ru had entered the Inner Peak, and the chapter ended as Chen Yujin asked him to bring the junior sisters more pills.

• Manager He agreed to buy Han Yi’s pills for nineteen hundred spirit stones.
• Han Yi examined three Mid-grade Magic Artifact swords and bought the Shadowless Sword for thirty-five hundred spirit stones.
• Manager He wondered about Han Yi’s background but decided his secrets were not worth investigating.
• Han Yi learned that Yan Ru had joined Azure Dragon Peak as a Foundation Establishment elder’s disciple and met Chen Yujin at Little Sea View Peak.
• Chen Yujin told Han Yi that the junior sisters were waiting and asked him to bring more pills for them.

Han Yi learned that prices across the Mystic Pill Sect had risen amid rumored friction with the Blood God Sect, and he investigated the situation before choosing to focus on strengthening himself. The next morning, he prepared to seek information from the Inner Peak while continuing to refine his sword artifact.

• Han Yi sold his pills to the female cultivators of Little Sea View Peak and promised Chen Yujin he would keep his prices unchanged.
• Chen Yujin told Han Yi that resources throughout the sect had risen in price and that rumors linked the increases to growing friction with the Blood God Sect.
• Han Yi recalled Manager He’s unusually generous offer and investigated markets in the Outer and Inner Peaks, where he saw widespread price increases and many Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak convinced that something was wrong and decided to seek news from Senior Brother Guan Di, Chu Jinmo, or Yan Ru the next day.
• Han Yi refined his mid-grade sword artifact, the Shadowless Sword, and reviewed his cultivation panel the following morning.

Han Yi reviewed the techniques he had cultivated over the past year, including his new progress in talisman making and the Fire Pill Profound Art, then reunited with Zheng Hai after more than a year apart. The chapter ended with Han Yi treating Zheng Hai to a lavish feast at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

• Han Yi assessed his four mastered techniques, his progress in the Fire Shield, Turtle Breath, and Talisman Making Techniques, and his improved cultivation speed.
• Han Yi left his courtyard and encountered Zheng Hai, who had returned from an exhausting external assignment.
• Zheng Hai complained about his assignment and blamed Han Yi for his bad luck, then demanded that Han Yi buy him a drink.
• Han Yi agreed to treat Zheng Hai at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion and ordered a feast worth forty-eight spirit stones.
• Zheng Hai stared at the lavish spread and sighed that Han Yi had become wealthy.

Han Yi treated Zheng Hai to an extravagant meal, then asked about recent events in Mystic Pill Sect. Zheng Hai revealed that the Blood God Sect had seized several of Mystic Pill Sect’s mines and other resources, leaving tensions high as he returned from his assignment.

• Han Yi and Zheng Hai feasted on expensive spirit food and wine at Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
• Han Yi asked Zheng Hai whether anything major had happened in the sect.
• Zheng Hai explained that the Blood God Sect had challenged Mystic Pill Sect’s ownership of the Xiling Spiritstone Vein and defeated its four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Blood God Sect seized other Mystic Pill Sect resources in Taibai Commandery, and clashes killed three Foundation Establishment deacons and several Alchemy-stage disciples.
• Zheng Hai said a Golden Core Stage Supreme Elder had also been slightly injured and that growing unrest had prompted him to return when his assignment ended.

Han Yi learned that the Mystic Pill Sect was preparing a counterattack against the Blood God Sect and was conscripted to accompany an expedition to Heavenfall City. He joined a huge force aboard the sect’s Skyflying Warship, unsure of what awaited him.

• Han Yi and Zheng Hai discussed the Blood God Sect’s attack and worried that the conflict might become a Sect War, though Han Yi believed the Great Qian Immortal Kingdom would prevent one.
• Li Heng told Han Yi that an Inner Peak elder had named him for a compulsory mission to garrison Heavenfall City, possibly because of an earlier recruitment for the Demon Cave.
• Han Yi went to Red Sun Market to buy supplies, but Manager He told him that defensive robes and other goods had been bought out amid rumors of an imminent war.
• Han Yi told Zheng Hai about his conscription, then returned to Little Spirit Void Peak to prepare for the journey.
• Han Yi assembled at Overseas Peak with three Golden Core cultivators, twenty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators, and over a thousand Qi Refining disciples, then departed aboard the Skyflying Warship.

Han Yi joined a Mystic Pill Sect reinforcement squad stationed in Heavenfall City as tensions with the Blood God Sect threatened to erupt into war. At the squad’s introductions, he learned that Cui Xingchen’s Pill Sword Technique was already at minor mastery and wondered how it compared with his own Sword Control Technique.

• Gu Yu led the Mystic Pill Sect reinforcements into Heavenfall City, where the streets were tense and most mortals had fled.
• Lu Su told his squad to stay alert, await orders, and avoid acting independently while they remained in the city.
• Lu Su introduced himself as a Qi Refining Layer 8 defensive specialist with experience from the Demon Cave battle.
• Cui Xingchen revealed that he was a Qi Refining Layer 7 Sword Pill Peak disciple whose Pill Sword Technique had reached minor mastery.
• Han Yi envied Cui Xingchen’s inheritance and wondered whether his own Sword Control Technique was stronger.

Han Yi introduced himself to Lu Su's squad, kept his abilities understated, and prepared for combat at their temporary base in Heavenfall City. A Blood God Sect night raid struck that same night, leaving Han Yi and the Mystic Pill Sect disciples fighting for their lives.

• Han Yi and the other disciples introduced themselves, and Lu Su learned that Han Yi cultivated an incomplete Sword Control Technique and a defensive Fire Shield Technique.
• Han Yi settled into an empty room, quietly refined the Shadowless Sword, and relied on three familiar daggers as his main long-range weapons.
• Explosions woke Han Yi that night, and he joined Lu Su and the others outside as two Foundation Establishment cultivators fought overhead.
• The Foundation Establishment cultivators disappeared into the distance, and Lu Su told his squad to wait rather than rush after them.
• Dozens of Blood God Sect cultivators surrounded the temporary base, and Lu Su ordered the Mystic Pill Sect disciples to fight together as the battle began.

Han Yi’s group was ambushed by Blood God Sect cultivators, and a Golden Light Shuttle overwhelmed their strongest fighter, Cui Xingchen. As the team fled, Lu Su was killed while holding off the attackers, and Tao Shouhua ran after Han Yi in terror.

• Han Yi followed the team toward danger while Tao Shouhua nervously urged him to stay close to Cui Xingchen.
• A Blood God Sect cultivator attacked Lu Su, and Cui Xingchen used his Pill Sword Technique to cut through the enemy’s bloody-cloth artifact and save him.
• A cold-smiling Qi Refining Layer 8 youth struck Cui Xingchen with a Top-grade Magic Artifact, the Golden Light Shuttle, sending him crashing through houses.
• Lu Su charged the youth to buy time for the others to escape, while Han Yi pulled Tao Shouhua aside and fled.
• Another Blood God Sect cultivator joined the fight and killed Lu Su with a fan-shaped silver light, frightening Tao Shouhua into running after Han Yi.

Han Yi fled as the Blood God Sect slaughtered the Mystic Pill Sect encampment and sent teams to hunt down survivors. With the sect forces scattered and the Great Qian officials staying neutral, Han Yi decided to seek safety under their protection.

• The Blood God Sect overwhelmed the Mystic Pill Sect squads, and the last Qi Refining Peak defender died after his Magic Artifact was detonated and blocked.
• Senior Han ordered Luo Yunxiao, Yuan Bai, and Shi Heng to lead hunts for survivors while he took the two Qi Refining Layer 9 cultivators toward the Blood Flame Crystal Mine.
• The Blood God Sect’s remaining Qi Refining Layer 8 cultivators split up to pursue fleeing Mystic Pill Sect members.
• Han Yi realized the encampment had fallen and weighed whether to stay in Heavenfall City or flee.
• Han Yi decided to seek protection from the Great Qian officials.

Han Yi was stopped by a Great Qian official while trying to reach the authorities, then hid from the Blood God Sect in a tavern cellar. When the cellar collapsed, he fought back and killed a Blood God Sect cultivator with two daggers.

• A Great Qian Foundation Establishment cultivator blocked Han Yi from reaching the officials and ordered him to turn back, revealing that Great Qian would not intervene in the sect conflict.
• Han Yi returned to the city and hid in a tavern cellar, using the Turtle Breath Technique to suppress his aura as fighting erupted outside.
• Han Yi recognized Luo Yunzhou’s voice and heard someone call out to Senior Brother Cui, but he stayed hidden rather than risk helping them.
• The battle shook the tavern apart, forcing Han Yi to break through the rubble and emerge from the cellar.
• A Blood God Sect cultivator attacked Han Yi with a Blood Soul Banner, but Han Yi tore the banner with one dagger and killed him with the other.

Han Yi killed Liu Dazui, a Blood God Sect cultivator, but was immediately confronted by three more Qi Refining Layer 7 enemies. He charged into the fight while Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua attempted to break through the left side.

• Han Yi used two concealed daggers to kill Liu Dazui and took the Blood-colored Long Banner and the dead cultivator's storage bag.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua entered the ruined building and urged Han Yi to escape with them.
• Three Blood God Sect Cultivators recognized Liu Dazui's corpse and focused their killing intent on Han Yi and the others.
• Han Yi told Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua to help hold off the leftmost enemy, then charged forward.
• Luo Yunzhou led Cui Xingchen and Tao Shouhua toward the left to seize the chance to escape.

Han Yi fought two Blood God Sect cultivators at once, using his speed and relentless attacks to overwhelm them. As Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua turned back to look, Han Yi’s Spirit Void Finger barrage destroyed one opponent, while the other remained under attack.

• Han Yi dodged the central cultivator’s Imprisonment Technique with his Peak Mastery Body Lightening Technique and rushed within three meters of him.
• Han Yi blasted aside the central cultivator’s umbrella artifact with Spirit Void Finger and launched a second strike as the man retreated.
• The cultivator on the right attacked Han Yi with a blood-red saber, while Han Yi formed a Fire Shield and sent a dagger forward as another slid across the ground.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua forced back their opponent and turned to check on Han Yi instead of escaping.
• Han Yi unleashed a barrage of Spirit Void Finger attacks that shattered the central cultivator’s defenses and tore apart his body.

Han Yi killed two Blood God Sect cultivators, then escaped while the remaining Mystic Pill Sect disciples regrouped. Before he could hide, a young Blood God Sect cultivator armed with a Top-grade Magic Artifact, the Golden Light Shuttle, blocked his path.

• Han Yi killed the Blood God Sect cultivator attacking him by striking from behind with a hidden dagger.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua were stunned by Han Yi’s strength as the surviving Blood God Sect cultivator fled.
• Han Yi refused to pursue the fleeing cultivator, collected the fallen enemies’ artifacts and storage bags, and left to find a place to hide.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua discovered that Senior Brother Li was dead and fled in Han Yi’s direction.
• A young Blood God Sect cultivator confronted Han Yi with the Golden Light Shuttle, making Han Yi fear he could not safely fight back.