Recaps

Han Yi reached Hangu Plain with Daoling and Wan Chuan, then used the Wanming Book to assess the cultivators under his command. As Daoist Gusheng shared his insights into the Milo Primordial Unity Scripture, Han Yi began selecting more immortals to cultivate it and assist his progress.

• Daoling led Han Yi and Wan Chuan into the Kunlun Immortal Realm and urged them to stay together when they entered the Primordial Dao Realm.
• The three reached Hangu Plain, where Daoling established a concealed ninth-stage immortal formation and set up his traveling palace as their temporary base.
• Han Yi entered Myriad Nether Space and found that the Wanming Incarnations had grown in number and strength while following his cultivation orders.
• Han Yi began the long-delayed assessment, reassuring the gathered immortals that failure would not cost them their lives and presenting it as a Dao discussion gathering.
• Daoist Gusheng shared his thirty-seven insights from cultivating the Milo Primordial Unity Scripture, inspiring many immortals as Han Yi recorded those who seemed suited to learn it.
• Han Yi decided to share the scripture with more selected cultivators to accelerate his cultivation, then asked Immortal Venerable Su Ming to present his insights.

Han Yi directed the Wanming Incarnations to expand their ranks and cultivate his chosen arts, then advanced both the Immortal Sword Art and Three Thousand Sword Realms to the ninth tier and discovered a path to the Dao Art: Sword Radiance. Three years later, he sensed Lion Camel Venerable’s familiar aura outside his immortal palace.

• Immortal Venerable Su Ming shared how her battles against ninth-tier Void Demons had refined her Sword Canon, and Han Yi invited the other immortals to share their cultivation insights.
• Han Yi ordered the Wanming Incarnations to develop more incarnations under rules against sinful karmic ties, while allowing them to plan and carry out the work themselves.
• Han Yi assigned the Immortal Sword Art and Three Thousand Sword Realms to his incarnations for cultivation; ten years later, both arts reached the ninth tier, revealing that eighty-one ninth-tier swords could form the Dao Art: Sword Radiance.
• Han Yi realized the Wanming Incarnations had grown to 98,578 and approved an Immortal Lord’s use of imprisoned criminals as additional incarnations to cultivate proficiency.
• Han Yi continued directing the incarnations’ cultivation, and after another three years he sensed Lion Camel Venerable’s aura outside his immortal palace.

Han Yi killed Lion Camel Venerable with a single sword strike and drove Situ Feng of Great Unfettered Demon Heaven to flee. Three years later, Primordial Dao descended on Hangu Plain, drawing Immortal Venerables and Dao Ancestors seeking its treasures.

• Han Yi recognized Lion Camel Venerable fleeing from Situ Feng and decided to settle their old grudge by attacking him.
• Han Yi pierced Lion Camel Venerable with the Purple Profound Sword and collected his corpse and possessions.
• Situ Feng saw his death through his Death Eye, thanked Han Yi, and quickly fled.
• Han Yi told Daoling and Wanchuan that his sword strike was the third form of the Miluo Primordial Unity Sword Canon, Attaining Dao, and said he did not know whether he could fight a Dao Ancestor.
• Three years later, Primordial Dao descended, and Han Yi saw Immortal Venerables and Dao Ancestors gather around Hangu Plain; Daoling and Wanchuan greeted Xuancang Dao Ancestor.

Han Yi and Immortal Venerables Daoling and Wan Chuan entered the Primordial Dao Realm, where Han Yi overwhelmed several peak Immortal Venerables and claimed the mature Heavenly Dao Treasure Tree. After Daoling and Wan Chuan urged him to seize more treasures and rob other Immortal Venerables, Han Yi agreed, and they set off to continue their hunt.

• Dao Ancestor Xuancang oversaw the battle as Han Yi, Daoling, Wan Chuan, and other Immortal Venerables entered the Primordial Dao Realm through its raging Dao Law storms.
• Daoling spotted a mature Heavenly Dao Treasure Tree bearing nine-colored fruits, but several peak Immortal Venerables rushed to claim it.
• Han Yi charged ahead and used his Three Thousand Sword Realms to repel the attackers, including a Dao Ancestor-level Void Demon that recognized him as Han Yi of Sui Zhu Immortal Court.
• Han Yi uprooted the Heavenly Dao Treasure Tree together with its mountain and stored them in his Divine Aperture World.
• Daoling and Wan Chuan urged Han Yi to seize other treasures and take the belongings of anyone they encountered, and Han Yi agreed.

As the Primordial Dao Realm merged with the Immemorial World, Han Yi split from Immortal Venerable Daoling and Immortal Venerable Wanchuan to hunt for treasures alone. After displaying overwhelming strength and collecting several treasures, he sensed the other Dao Spirits needed to complete his Four-Origin Dao Art and headed into a mysterious valley.

• Dao Ancestors gathered beyond the Hangu Plain as the Primordial Dao Realm returned, and Dao Ancestor Xuancang recognized Kunlun Mountain's Mystic Capital Grand Dao Ancestor.
• Immortal Venerable Daoling acknowledged Han Yi's strength and went off with Immortal Venerable Wanchuan, leaving Han Yi to search alone.
• Han Yi killed an Immortal Venerable who tried to stop him, routed the others fighting over an immense fragment, and collected the fragment and its mountain range.
• Han Yi revealed his high-stage Creation Chaos God Clan true body, drawing the attention of Immortal Venerables across the realm as he continued gathering treasures.
• Han Yi sensed his Four-Origin Dao Art (Mysterious Turtle) reacting to the presence of other Dao Spirits and followed its direction to a vast gray valley.

Han Yi completed the Four Origins Dao Art by capturing the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger spirits, then escaped the collapsing Cave Heaven with countless other spirits suppressed in his Divine Aperture Worlds. He was surrounded by powerful foes, including Dao Ancestor Jinghong, a Void Demon, a Dark Barbarian elder, and a demonic puppet resembling the Yellow Court Dao Ancestor, and prepared to fight.

• Han Yi entered a Cave Heaven within the Primordial Dao Realm and broke its Dao formation with the Purple Profound Sword, causing the space to collapse and releasing countless ancient spirits.
• Han Yi captured the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger spirits, completing the Four Origins Dao Art, and suppressed the other spirits in his Divine Aperture Worlds.
• Han Yi escaped the shrinking Cave Heaven as the storm of Dao laws returned, then encountered a Void Demon holding a shifting black radiance.
• Dao Ancestor Jinghong and an aged Dark Barbarian Clan member appeared alongside the Void Demon and blocked Han Yi's way.
• Han Yi recognized the figure behind him as a demonic puppet resembling the Yellow Court Dao Ancestor, drew the Purple Profound Sword, and vowed to send the Dao Ancestor to eternal peace.

Han Yi used the Three Thousand Sword Realms to withstand four powerful opponents despite Dao Ancestor Jinghong suppressing his Chaos God Clan power. He killed the former Yellow Court Dao Ancestor, received the Yellow Court Scripture, and pursued the fleeing Void Demon through the Primordial Dao Realm.

• Dao Ancestor Jinghong used a black seal to suppress Han Yi’s Chaos God Clan power, but Han Yi formed the Three Thousand Sword Realms and forced Jinghong’s attacks back.
• Han Yi’s sword realm countered the Void Demon’s black radiance and mist, while it repelled the Dark Barbarian Clan elder’s stone cudgel.
• Han Yi combined eight immortal swords with the Purple Profound Sword to unleash Sword Radiance, destroying Yellow Court Dao Ancestor’s Yellow Court Tree and ending his existence as a puppet.
• Yellow Court Dao Ancestor passed the Yellow Court Scripture to Han Yi before vanishing, and Han Yi stored the Dao Realm inheritance.
• The Void Demon, Dark Barbarian Clan elder, and Dao Ancestor Jinghong fled, but Han Yi pursued the Void Demon while Jinghong followed because the Void Demon Palace held him under its control.

Han Yi plundered the Primordial Dao Realm, survived its collapse, and escaped with Xuancang Dao Ancestor as rival Dao Ancestors pursued them. After Xuancang and the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao Ancestor repelled a Void Demon at the Sui Zhu boundary, the treasure struggle ended for Sui Zhu, while Han Yi’s growing legend began.

• Han Yi trapped the Void Demon and Dao Ancestor Jinghong in his Sword Realm, battered them, then left without using his trump cards.
• Han Yi spent two days collecting treasures before sensing that the Primordial Dao Realm was merging into the Immemorial World and fleeing as Dao Ancestors arrived.
• Xuancang Dao Ancestor rescued Han Yi, Immortal Venerable Daoling, and Immortal Venerable Wanchuan, and Han Yi revealed that he had collected thirteen strange treasures and many other spoils.
• Xuancang carried them through his Dao Realm toward Sui Zhu, but a peak Dao Ancestor of the Void Demon Palace intercepted them and demanded that Xuancang surrender Han Yi.
• Xuancang escaped when the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao Ancestor joined him in breaking the Void Demon’s external Dao world, and the Void Demon withdrew from the Sui Zhu formation.

After the Primordial Dao Realm expedition, Han Yi gave its treasures to Xuancang and returned to Heavenly Kui Mountain as conflict between Dao Ancestors spread across the Primordial Nine Realms. He trained through a century of turmoil while the Sui Zhu Immortal Court maintained its defenses, and the chapter ended with him still cultivating.

• Yuan Shun watched the battle between Xuancang Dao Ancestor and the Void Demon, then headed to the Primordial Dao Realm to search for reincarnation fragments.
• Daoling Immortal Venerable and Han Yi recounted their expedition to the Immortal Venerables, and Han Yi handed the expedition’s treasures to Xuancang Dao Ancestor.
• Xuancang gave Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao Ancestor the Heavenly Dao Treasure Tree and Seven-Colored Fruits, while the Immortal Court activated its Dao formation and prepared to defend for a hundred years.
• Dao Ancestors fought over extraordinary items across the Primordial Nine Realms; Grand Dao Ancestor Xuandu killed five Dao Ancestors, and Dao Ancestor Zhen Yuan fell.
• Han Yi reviewed reports of the wider conflicts, assessed his cultivation plans, and learned that Yuan Shun had moved some Mystic Pill Sect cultivators to Void Prison.
• Han Yi accepted Yuan Shun’s division of the Mystic Pill Sect, withdrew to cultivate, and a hundred years passed.

A century after the turmoil in the Immemorial World, Han Yi’s cultivation and combat strength had advanced as he studied the Dao Realm and prepared to create his own method. Xuancang Dao Ancestor tasked him with secretly coordinating the Great Luo powers for a renewed expedition against the Intellect Realm, and Han Yi set out for the Great Luo Dao Court.

• Han Yi’s Wanming Incarnations grew to nearly ten million, advancing his immortal arts and bringing him close to the peak Immortal Venerable realm.
• Han Yi studied the Primordial Grand World Lord’s scripture and learned about the Dao Realm’s three steps and the path of creating a Dao Fruit.
• Xuancang Dao Ancestor summoned Han Yi and asked him to contact the Soaring Firmament Immortal Court and the Great Luo Dao Court ahead of the second expedition against the Intellect Realm.
• Han Yi considered his connection to the Intellect Realm and promised Xuancang Dao Ancestor that he would carry out the task.
• After studying the scripture for three days and forming an early idea for creating a method, Han Yi left for the Great Luo Dao Court and entered its territory without incident.

Han Yi delivered Xuancang Dao Ancestor’s proposal to restart the expedition against the Intellect Realm to the Great Luo Dao Court. The Dao Ancestors agreed to send Luo Tian Dao Ancestor and Yinglong Dao Ancestor, while the others would remain to defend the Court, and Han Yi departed after they set a departure date one hundred years later.

• Lotus Flame Immortal Lord escorted Han Yi into the Great Luo Dao Court, where Han Yi observed its strength and recognized Fu Qiong as a peak Golden Immortal.
• Han Yi met Luo Tian Dao Ancestor and conveyed Xuancang Dao Ancestor’s request to discuss a renewed expedition against the Intellect Realm.
• Pure Yang Dao Ancestor and four other Dao Ancestors joined Luo Tian Dao Ancestor to deliberate with Han Yi.
• Bright Moon Dao Ancestor and Luo Tian Dao Ancestor argued that a peak Dao Ancestor had to remain behind, and Pure Yang Dao Ancestor agreed to stay.
• The Great Luo Dao Court chose Luo Tian Dao Ancestor and Yinglong Dao Ancestor to lead the expedition, planned to depart from a secret location in one hundred years, and Han Yi left.

Han Yi visited Yuan Shun in Void Prison, where Yuan Shun asked him to help in the future struggle over the Reincarnation position. As Han Yi headed back toward the Great Luo Dao Court, Purgatory Island Dao Ancestors intercepted him, and he struck back with the Taosi Divine Axe.

• Han Yi left Great Luo Heaven and traveled through the Void Prison Interlayer to meet Yuan Shun, who had advanced his cultivation by obtaining a Reincarnation fragment.
• Yuan Shun showed Han Yi his Dao Arena, where Han Yi saw former Mystic Pill Sect cultivators, including Zhuge Wuyou and Si Hongxue.
• Yuan Shun explained that he was the weakest of the three Reincarnation Dao Ancestors and asked Han Yi to help him when the struggle for the Reincarnation position reached a critical point.
• After leaving Void Prison, Han Yi sensed a hostile Dao Ancestor from Purgatory Island ahead and retreated toward the Great Luo Dao Court, but another enemy appeared behind him.
• Han Yi transformed into a lesser giant and used Taosi: Devour Void to shatter the rear Dao Ancestor's evil ghost mask, then attacked with Taosi: Worldbreaker.

Han Yi escaped a Purgatory Island ambush, discovered that a Dao Ancestor had secretly marked him, and spent the next decades building his strength before joining an expedition to the Intellect Realm. The expedition set out with Soaring Firmament Dao Ancestor seeking clues to the whereabouts of his missing master, Heavenly Venerable Ye.

• Han Yi wounded a Purgatory Island Dao Ancestor with the Taosi Divine Axe and fled to Grand God Mountain, where he found and destroyed a hidden black speck on his robe.
• Han Yi visited Nangong Xiao, replenished his divine power at Jade Lake, and told Xuancang Dao Ancestor about the ambush and his suspicions.
• Han Yi expanded his Wanming Incarnations across several Chaos factions, including turning seven Immortal Venerables, and strengthened his cultivation over the following decades.
• Seventy years later, Han Yi joined three other Dao Ancestors and thirty-seven Immortal Venerables as they prepared to travel from the Primordial Grand World to the Intellect Realm.
• Soaring Firmament Dao Ancestor explained that he had joined the expedition to seek clues about his missing master, Heavenly Venerable Ye, who had gone to the Eternal Intellect Grand World.

Han Yi and the Sui Zhu Immortal Court’s forces entered the Intellect Realm and prepared to raid Black Heaven Ancient City for its complete-form Wisdom Seed. The chapter ended as Xuancang Dao Ancestor launched the first attack on the city’s defenses.

• Luo Tian Dao Ancestor led the factions through Chaos toward the Intellect Realm, and Han Yi traveled with Xuancang Dao Ancestor, Hong Wu, Origin Flint, and Yu Guang.
• The group crossed into the Intellect Realm and learned that their factions would attack separate targets without regrouping.
• Xuancang Dao Ancestor led Han Yi and the others into Great Black Heaven and identified Black Heaven Ancient City’s complete-form Wisdom Seed as their target.
• After hiding near the city for three days, Xuancang Dao Ancestor announced the attack while Han Yi and the other Immortal Venerables prepared to infiltrate.
• Xuancang Dao Ancestor revealed himself and sent a massive black seal crashing toward Black Heaven Ancient City.

Han Yi joined the assault on Black Heaven Ancient City, using his Taosi Divine Axe and the Life Seed panel’s rapidly rising reserves to damage the city and fight his way inside. After a Giant Spirit God Lord drove him back, Han Yi returned to the battle with a plan to reach the city’s center, leaving the God Lord pursuing him for the Yueguang Divine Spear.

• The Xuancang Ancient Seal shattered Black Heaven Ancient City’s Wisdom Network, while Han Yi absorbed Life Seeds at an unprecedented rate.
• Han Yi transformed into his God Clan body and used Thunder Annihilation and Manifestation to devastate the ancient city before escaping its defenders and entering it.
• A Giant Spirit God Lord confronted Han Yi, resisted his axe attacks, and pursued him after Han Yi escaped with Thought Mark.
• Han Yi returned to the battle’s edge, saw Dao Ancestor Xuancang, Hong Wu, and Origin Flint engaged with enemies, and decided the city had to be destroyed quickly.
• Han Yi used the Yueguang Divine Spear to repel the Giant Spirit God Lord’s spear, injuring himself and damaging the enemy weapon; the God Lord then pursued him, hoping to seize the spear.
• Han Yi fled back toward the teetering ancient city’s interior rather than escaping outward.

Han Yi helped destroy Black Heaven Ancient City, escaped the battle, and used the Life Seeds he harvested to reach peak Immortal Venerable and advance Ten Thousand Forms Dao Embryo to its ninth tier. He hid in Grand Intellect Heaven to pursue his remaining goals, while Dao Ancestor Xuancang recognized Yu Guang as Great Luo’s Dao Child.

• Han Yi lured the Giant Spirit God Lord away from Dao Ancestor Xuancang as Yu Guang transformed into a black dragon and then a purple divine beast, rescuing Hongwu and Origin Flint before Black Heaven Ancient City collapsed.
• Han Yi used Life Seeds to reach peak Immortal Venerable and restore his God Clan cultivation, then escaped the Giant Spirit God Lord while Xuancang and the other fighters withdrew from the battlefield.
• Han Yi disguised himself as a Wisdom Saint and traveled toward Grand Intellect Heaven, where he counted his Life Seed harvest and raised Ten Thousand Forms Dao Embryo to the ninth tier, gaining Near-Dao Art: Formless.
• Han Yi used Formless to pass inspections in the Third Intellect Vein and settled in Grand Intellect Heaven, planning to cultivate until he could safely advance his God Clan cultivation.
• Dao Ancestor Xuancang told the three Immortal Venerables that Han Yi had stayed behind to handle other matters, then learned that Heavenly Dao will had fused with Yu Guang through his feather fan and declared him Great Luo’s Dao Child.

Han Yi hid in the Intellect Realm while gathering information, then broke through to the Boundless realm by undergoing a divine tribulation in the chaos. After discovering that only three Wisdom Venerables remained, he infiltrated Sinful Heaven as a Giant Spirit God King and followed Shentu Taiming toward the Sinful Heaven Palace.

• Dao Ancestor Xuancang wondered whether Han Yi was also a Dao Child, then returned to the Primordial Grand World with the others.
• Han Yi spent two years using assumed identities to investigate the Intellect Realm, the Wisdom lineages, Wisdom, and the locations of Wisdom Seeds.
• Han Yi traveled into the chaos and spent nearly all his Life Seeds breaking through to the Boundless realm, repelling a chaos behemoth and triggering a Tombburst with the Yueguang Divine Spear.
• Han Yi returned to the Intellect Realm, assessed his renewed combat strength, and continued developing his immortal arts while his Wanming Incarnation provided proficiency.
• Han Yi infiltrated Great Wisdom Heaven’s supreme secret treasury and learned that only three Wisdom Venerables remained in the Intellect Realm.
• Han Yi entered Sinful Heaven disguised as a Giant Spirit God King, and three days later Shentu Taiming left his territory for the Sinful Heaven Palace.

Han Yi used Shentu Taiming’s self-destruction to break into Sinful Heaven Palace, kill a Heaven Lord, and absorb its Life Seeds before escaping to the First Intellect Vein. There, he spent Life Seeds to advance the Wanming Book to the Daluo Chapter.

• Han Yi suppressed Shentu Taiming’s divinity, controlled his body, and made him crash into Sinful Heaven Palace, detonating his divinity and shattering the palace’s intellect net.
• Han Yi struck down Gu Sude with the Taosi Divine Axe’s fifth form, Taoshen, then hid inside an Intellect Patriarch as other powerful beings arrived to stabilize the palace.
• Han Yi used soul arts to make the Intellect Patriarch leave the palace, then slipped away from Sinful Heaven and the Third Intellect Vein under the Near-Dao Art: Formless.
• A Grand Heaven Lord investigated the attack, suspected the Immemorial World’s involvement, and left Sinful Heaven, where the remaining Heaven Lords tightened their patrols.
• Han Yi reached the First Intellect Vein and found that he had 134976 Life Seeds after absorbing over one hundred thousand during the raid.
• Han Yi spent Life Seeds to raise the Wanming Book’s Taiyi Chapter through the Daluo breakthrough, reaching 89/100 progress in the Daluo Chapter.

Han Yi searched the Intellect Realm for clues about Intellect’s disappearance, then encountered Dao Ancestor Houtu being chased through the Chaos by two Bizarre Dao cultivators. He intervened and began fighting them, with the battle still underway.

• Han Yi reached the peak of the Wanming Book’s Great Luo chapter, then traveled to the First Intellect Vein to investigate Intellect’s past.
• Han Yi found a record linking Intellect’s disappearance to an extraterritorial strange object and a battle with Gu, and he saw Han Zhi teaching at Yongzhi Grand Academy.
• Han Yi left the Intellect Realm and spotted Dao Ancestor Houtu fleeing two Bizarre Dao cultivators toward the Primordial Grand World.
• Han Yi revealed his Chaos true body, called for Dao Ancestor Houtu, and struck at the pursuers with the Taosi Divine Axe.
• One Bizarre Daoist attacked Han Yi with parasitic insects while the other used a wooden fish to fill his mind with suicidal thoughts.
• Han Yi used the Wanming Book to dispel the bizarre Dao sounds, then unleashed repeated axe strikes against the two cultivators.

Han Yi rescued Dao Ancestor Houtu from two Deceitful Dao cultivators, then learned how she had survived the destruction of the Yellow Court Immortal Court and become a Dao Ancestor. He agreed to accompany her to explore a Chaos Ruin where she had found a grotto-heaven that might contain source crystals, and learned that she belonged to the Fate Dao Palace.

• Han Yi overwhelmed the two Deceitful Dao cultivators with his divine power and drove them away before fleeing with Dao Ancestor Houtu.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu told Han Yi how she escaped the destruction of the Yellow Court Immortal Court, advanced to Dao Ancestor, and was pursued after exploring a Chaos Ruin.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu revealed that a grotto-heaven near the ruin might contain source crystals, and Han Yi agreed to explore it with her.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu guided Han Yi aboard her Dao Boat toward the ruin and explained the nature of Chaos Ruins and Chaos Wormholes.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu told Han Yi that she had joined the Fate Dao Palace but had been instructed to travel through chaos until reaching the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

Han Yi and Dao Ancestor Houtu reached the Fire Prison chaos ruin and prepared to ambush the Deviant Daoists guarding a damaged grotto-heaven that might contain source crystals. Han Yi set up his Three Thousand Sword Realms and approached the grotto-heaven to draw the enemies out.

• Han Yi and Dao Ancestor Houtu left their Dao vessel and saw the vast Fire Prison chaos spectacle, whose flames and pressure intensified toward its center.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu explained Fire Prison’s outer, central, and deep regions as they crossed the fragments toward the grotto-heaven she had discovered.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu revealed that two Deviant Daoists had emerged from the grotto-heaven and chased her away when she approached it.
• Han Yi proposed luring the Deviant Daoists into an ambush, and Dao Ancestor Houtu agreed while warning that she could only briefly trap one enemy.
• Han Yi deployed the Three Thousand Sword Realms and had Dao Ancestor Houtu conceal it with her Yellow Silk Divine Sash.
• Han Yi moved toward the grotto-heaven while deliberately leaking traces of his aura to draw out the Deviant Daoists.

Han Yi traveled toward the illusory grotto-heaven, where he sensed a source crystal, and was ambushed by two Weird Dao practitioners using attacks against his mind and body. He killed one, pursued the other into Dao Ancestor Houtu’s ambush, and emerged from the Three Thousand Sword Realms with the battle apparently won.

• Han Yi drew out the Weird Dao practitioners as he headed toward the grotto-heaven, and his panel briefly detected a source crystal within it.
• Two Weird Dao practitioners attacked Han Yi with a wooden fish that unleashed illusions and demonic voices, and a rotten wooden board that threatened to tear his head from his body.
• Han Yi used his Boundless Realm body and the Wanming Book to withstand the attacks, then struck with the Taosi Divine Axe and killed the practitioner wielding the wooden board.
• The surviving practitioner fled under a tattered kasaya, and Han Yi chased him toward the location where he and Dao Ancestor Houtu had planned an ambush.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu trapped the fleeing practitioner in the Three Thousand Sword Realms, where Han Yi joined the attack; afterward, Han Yi emerged with his axe ready and put away the Sword Realms.

Han Yi and Dao Ancestor Houtu entered a hidden water world and obtained three water-attribute source crystals after Houtu broke the Thirty-Three Dao Music Ancient Formation. Han Yi took two crystals and revealed that he planned to find a safe place in Chaos to break through to the Dao Realm, surprising Houtu.

• Han Yi defeated two aberrant Dao cultivators guarding the illusory cave abode and stored the strange items they left behind.
• Han Yi and Dao Ancestor Houtu entered the water world and found a palace protected by a powerful Dao formation.
• Han Yi’s axe strikes failed to break the formation, and Houtu recognized it as the Thirty-Three Dao Music Ancient Formation and played a golden flute to undo it.
• Han Yi retrieved three water-attribute source crystals from the palace, and he and Houtu escaped as the water world began returning to Chaos.
• Han Yi and Houtu divided the crystals, with Han Yi taking two and Houtu taking one.
• Han Yi agreed to explore the ruins with Houtu after he found a safe place in Chaos to draw down a Dao tribulation and break through to the Dao Realm.

Han Yi underwent an immense Dao Tribulation in the chaos, using its lightning to temper his swords while enduring the full force himself. After finishing the tribulation in three days, he found that nearly all his swords had shattered and began examining the two that had transformed most significantly.

• Han Yi rejected Dao Ancestor Houtu’s warnings and traveled into the chaos to undergo his Dao Tribulation.
• Han Yi absorbed Source Crystals, spent Life Seeds to advance the Milo Primordial Unity Scripture, and formed the Three Thousand Sword Realms beneath the gathering chaos lightning.
• Han Yi entered the tribulation’s core in his Boundless divine body, causing the Dao Tribulation to expand before compressing into a smaller, more powerful domain.
• Han Yi shattered the divine lightning with his fists and fed its fragments to his ninety-nine swords, destroying most of them while tempering the survivors.
• Han Yi finished the Dao Tribulation after three days and took up the transformed demonic sword engraved with the characters “No-Self.”

Han Yi recovered from his Dao Tribulation, entered the first step of the Dao Realm, and returned with Dao Ancestor Houtu to the Inferno Prison Ruins. There, they witnessed a clash between Fan Wuhui and Yu Chang of the True Saint Palace, whose arrival threatened to end their exploration.

• Han Yi stored the No-Self Demonic Sword and Blood Sword, collected the remaining intact swords and fragments, and healed his injuries.
• Han Yi examined his newly formed Dao World, confirmed that he had entered the Dao Realm, and noted that he had to forge his own path toward condensing a Dao Fruit.
• Han Yi and Dao Ancestor Houtu returned to the Inferno Prison Ruins, where a powerful disturbance erupted from the depths.
• Fan Wuhui escaped the ruins after Yu Chang pursued him with an enormous arm, and Han Yi learned that Fan Wuhui was a peak Dao Merger while Yu Chang was a Celestial Venerable of the True Saint Palace.
• Dao Ancestor Houtu warned that the True Saint Palace would soon claim the ruins, so she and Han Yi resolved to explore as much as they could before being driven out.