Recaps

Han Yi barely survived the Icy Youth’s Golden Light Shuttle by exhausting his weapons and techniques. When Cui Xingchen and two others arrived, the Icy Youth sensed them and attacked with three silver beads.

• Han Yi tricked the Icy Youth into turning around, then fled, but the Icy Youth used a top-grade Swift Talisman to catch up.
• Han Yi stopped running and used his daggers and Spirit Void Finger to slow the Golden Light Shuttle, then blocked it with his Fire Shield Technique and Shadowless Sword.
• The Golden Light Shuttle sent Han Yi crashing into a building, but he survived and shouted that Senior Brother Cui and the others had arrived.
• The Icy Youth sensed the newcomers, turned toward them, and launched three silver beads as Cui Xingchen and the other two saw Han Yi’s desperate defense.
• Cui Xingchen turned and fled when he witnessed the Icy Youth’s power.

Han Yi killed a Blood God Sect Qi Refining Layer 8 cultivator with a concealed attack, then returned to the Mystic Pill Sect camp with Luo Yunzhou after Gu Yu’s arrival. Gu Yu gathered the surviving disciples and led them away from Heavenfall City aboard the Skyflying Warship.

• Luo Yunzhou blocked the Icy Youth’s three silver beads while Han Yi’s hidden metal fragments rose from the ground and killed the Icy Youth.
• Han Yi collected the Icy Youth’s artifacts and storage pouch, destroyed his corpse, and told Luo Yunzhou to flee.
• Han Yi and Luo Yunzhou heard Gu Yu summon the Mystic Pill Sect disciples and hurried back to the ruined camp.
• Cui Xingchen and Tao Shouhua returned, and Han Yi estimated that only about twenty-five or twenty-six of the more than one hundred disciples had survived.
• Gu Yu ordered the survivors to gather the fallen disciples’ bodies and led them out of Heavenfall City aboard the Skyflying Warship.

Han Yi returned from Heavenfall City with valuable magic artifacts after surviving the battle, while the Mystic Pill Sect appeared to have suffered heavy losses. He kept his most powerful spoils, concealed his haul, and resumed cultivation to address the weakness he had identified: his cultivation realm.

• A Blood God Sect cultivator ordered a search for the missing Yuan Bai, unaware that Han Yi had killed him and taken the Golden Light Shuttle.
• Aboard the Skyflying Warship, Han Yi assessed his fighting ability and spoils, then asked Luo Yunzhou to keep his victory and the Golden Light Shuttle secret; Luo Yunzhou swore he would.
• Han Yi noticed that fewer Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators returned to Overseas Peak than had departed, and worried about the Mystic Pill Sect's losses.
• Back at Little Spirit Void Peak, Han Yi inventoried the magic artifacts he had taken, decided to keep the Golden Light Shuttle and protective inner armor, and planned to sell other items for better daggers.
• Han Yi found that his Qi Refining Layer 6 cultivation could not break the restrictions on the four storage pouches, so he put them away and resumed cultivating.

Han Yi returned to Red Sun Market to sell magic artifacts and ask about the sect’s sudden withdrawal, but He Fangwei refused to share what he knew. After appraising Han Yi’s trophies, He Fangwei recognized a famous high-grade artifact and questioned whether Han Yi truly intended to sell it.

• Han Yi visited the deserted Red Sun Market and asked He Fangwei why the sect had withdrawn overnight, but He Fangwei denied knowing the reason.
• Han Yi sold a badly damaged umbrella-shaped Mid-grade Magic Artifact to the Nine Dragon Shop for three hundred spirit stones.
• He Fangwei appraised the Blood Soul Banner at four thousand spirit stones and the Blood Blade at three thousand, and Han Yi accepted both prices.
• Han Yi presented three silver beads, and He Fangwei recognized them as the famous high-grade Silver Light Beads from the Southern Dipper Divine Palace.
• He Fangwei asked Han Yi whether he was certain he wanted to sell the Silver Light Beads.

Han Yi sold a set of intact Silver Light Beads to He Fangwei and asked him to find a suitable set of daggers. He Fangwei shared news about the Mystic Pill Sect’s defeat and the Blood River before hinting that the war’s true cause involved the Three Great Sects.

• He Fangwei appraised Han Yi’s Silver Light Beads at six hundred Medium-grade Spirit Stones, and Han Yi agreed to sell them.
• Han Yi asked He Fangwei to find him a set of Mid-grade or top-grade dagger Magic Artifacts, and He Fangwei promised to handle the search within seven days.
• He Fangwei told Han Yi that unofficial reports described a disastrous defeat for the Mystic Pill Sect and an ambush that nearly killed a Golden Core Stage cultivator.
• He Fangwei explained that the Blood God Sect’s disciples gained combat experience fighting Blood Demons near the Blood River, and identified Han Yi’s other sold artifacts as typical Blood God Sect weapons.
• He Fangwei said the true cause of the war between the Blood God Sect and the Mystic Pill Sect involved the Three Great Sects, leaving Han Yi bewildered.

After learning about the conflict between the Mystic Pill Sect and the Blood God Sect, Han Yi spent his new wealth on spirit talismans and protective gear. He began cultivating with Medium-grade Spirit Stones and made rapid progress toward the peak of Qi Refining Layer 6.

• He Fangwei explained that the Blood God Sect was pressuring the Mystic Pill Sect on behalf of the Southern Dipper Divine Palace, and said he did not know whether the conflict would become a sect war.
• Han Yi left Nine Dragon Shop with four hundred Medium-grade Spirit Stones, over two thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, and eight spirit talismans after spending heavily on talismans and protective gear.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and switched from pill refining to cultivation with Medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• After cultivating for three days, Han Yi's Spirit Stone ran dry and shattered, while his realm advanced from Qi Refining Layer 6 at 22/100 to 25/100.
• Han Yi estimated that continued cultivation with Medium-grade Spirit Stones could bring him to the Qi Refining Layer 6 peak within a year.

Han Yi learned that Great Qian had brokered a ceasefire that left the Mystic Pill Sect’s mineral vein under Blood God Sect control for twenty years, then returned to cultivation. At the Nine Dragon Shop, He Fangwei presented the seven Wind Demon Daggers Han Yi had requested and began discussing their price.

• Han Yi learned that Great Qian had ended the sect war by mediating a ceasefire, leaving the Blood God Sect in control of the mineral vein for twenty years.
• Han Yi considered the political implications but concluded the ceasefire would keep him away from the front lines for now, then resumed cultivating.
• Four days later, Han Yi visited the Nine Dragon Shop for his appointment with He Fangwei.
• He Fangwei showed Han Yi seven mid-grade Wind Demon Daggers, explaining that a Supreme Elder had commissioned them for his grandson before both men died.
• He Fangwei described the daggers’ wind formations and speed, and said the Nine Dragon Shop would sell them at its original purchase price.

Han Yi bought a costly set of seven daggers, learned that Mystic Pill Sect had paid Great Qian to mediate its conflict with the Blood God Sect, and heard about the sect’s Cave Heaven Trial. He learned the first trial’s hundred participants had already been chosen, leaving him to consider whether future trials might offer him a chance to improve his combat skills.

• Han Yi bought seven Mid-grade Magic Artifact daggers from He Fangwei for thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• He Fangwei explained that Mystic Pill Sect had surrendered resources to Great Qian, which mediated the halt in the war with the Blood God Sect.
• Han Yi told Chen Yujin he would enter seclusion, and she told him Mystic Pill Sect planned a Cave Heaven Trial to train disciples through repeated combat.
• Han Yi decided to ask about the trial, then resumed cultivating with his remaining Medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• The next day, Han Yi learned the first Cave Heaven Trial had one hundred places, already assigned to Inner Peak disciples at Layer 8 or above.

Han Yi learned that he had not been selected for the Cave Heaven Trial, then accepted Luo Yunzhou’s invitation to the Ascending Immortal Pavilion. After hearing about future opportunities and an invitation to Azure Dragon Peak, Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and began secluded cultivation toward Qi Refining Layer 7.

• Han Yi learned that the Mystic Pill Sect had bought one hundred slots in Chaozhen Tai Xu Tian for a one-year Cave Heaven Trial, but the list was already finalized.
• Luo Yunzhou invited Han Yi to the Ascending Immortal Pavilion, where they shared an expensive meal.
• Luo Yunzhou said he had considered recommending Han Yi for the trial, promised to keep his strength secret, and described a future disciple competition.
• Luo Yunzhou invited Han Yi to join Azure Dragon Peak after he reached Qi Refining Layer 7, but Han Yi left the offer undecided.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and began secluded cultivation with the goal of reaching Qi Refining Layer 7.

After a year of seclusion, Han Yi reached the peak of Qi Refining Layer 6, earned Spirit Stones through alchemy, and prepared for his breakthrough. He joined the disciples gathered to watch the Cave Heaven Trial participants return, and an Immortal Boat arrived at Mystic Pill Peak.

• Han Yi used up his Spirit Stones while cultivating and stopped at 99/100 progress in Qi Refining Layer 6, deciding to earn money through alchemy rather than sell his magic artifacts or talismans.
• Han Yi sold pills and bought ingredients, then refined ten batches of Gold-Silver Pills, succeeding three times and earning 540 Spirit Stones by selling them to He Fangwei.
• Li Heng congratulated Han Yi on approaching Qi Refining Late Stage and invited him to watch the returning Cave Heaven Trial disciples through the Illusory Immortal Mirror.
• Han Yi chose to spend time stabilizing his spiritual power and practiced wielding his Shadowless Sword and two Wind Demon Daggers.
• Han Yi arrived at the Peak Master Tower with other disciples to watch the trial participants return, and an Immortal Boat descended upon Mystic Pill Peak.

Han Yi broke through to Qi Refining Layer 7 after a month of closed-door cultivation and recovered much of his wealth by opening three storage bags. He emerged from seclusion intending to pass the sect’s assessment and enter the Inner Peak, while considering which peak to choose.

• The Illusory Immortal Mirror showed the Cave Heaven Trial disciples and Sect Master Yuan Shun before Li Heng announced the Inner and Outer Peak Grand Competition.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard, took five Evil Warding Pills, and began cultivating toward Qi Refining Layer 7.
• Han Yi broke through to Qi Refining Layer 7 and spent the rest of the month stabilizing his cultivation.
• Han Yi used his transformed divine sense to open three storage bags, gaining spirit stones, magic artifacts, talismans, and other materials.
• Han Yi left seclusion and planned to pass the sect’s assessment, while weighing whether to choose Sword Pill Peak or another Inner Peak.

After learning about the inner peak competition, Han Yi watched the matches at Battle Arts Peak and realized he could improve by studying other disciples' fights. He returned to Little Spirit Void Peak to practice with his Wind Demon Daggers, wielding three at once as he continued strengthening his combat skills.

• Han Yi learned that the inner peak competition had been underway for half a month and that its top ten would receive a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Han Yi went to Battle Arts Peak, judged the weaknesses of two Qi Refining Layer 8 fighters, and decided to learn by observing the competition rather than enter it.
• Senior Brother Li defeated Senior Brother Zhu, and Han Yi spent the day studying the battles before leaving when the competition ended for the night.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard and practiced combat scenarios, discovering that he could control three Wind Demon Daggers at once after reaching Qi Refining Layer 7.
• Han Yi lost control of one dagger, which smashed a decorative rockery in his rear courtyard.

Han Yi absorbed combat experience from the Inner Peak Grand Competition, then passed the inner sect assessment and chose Azure Dragon Peak over Sword Pill Peak after learning about the Pill Sword Technique’s difficulty in reaching the Golden Core realm. He moved to Azure Dragon Peak and went with Luo Yunzhou to pay respects to Luo Yunzhou’s master.

• Han Yi watched the Inner Peak Grand Competition and studied the combat methods of its strongest disciples, then spent nearly half a month organizing and practicing what he had learned.
• After the Outer Peak Grand Competition began, Han Yi passed the cultivation assessment for promotion to the inner sect.
• Han Yi consulted Guan Di, Yan Ru, Luo Yunzhou, and Cui Xingchen before choosing Azure Dragon Peak instead of Sword Pill Peak because the Pill Sword Technique made forming a Golden Core exceptionally difficult.
• Luo Yunzhou assured Han Yi that Azure Dragon Peak would accept him, and three days later Han Yi received approval and moved into an ordinary courtyard there.
• Han Yi followed Luo Yunzhou to Azure Dragon Palace to pay respects to Luo Yunzhou’s master, who had helped arrange his entry into Azure Dragon Peak.

Han Yi met Bai Wanqing, Luo Yunzhou’s master, after joining Azure Dragon Peak and declined her offer to become her disciple. While exploring the peak alone, he sensed an unusual spiritual-energy fluctuation in an unoccupied courtyard and entered to investigate.

• Luo Yunzhou introduced Han Yi to Bai Wanqing, who praised him and offered to take him as her disciple.
• Han Yi politely declined Bai Wanqing’s offer, and she told him he could seek her out if he encountered difficulties.
• Luo Yunzhou showed Han Yi around Azure Dragon Peak, explained the Golden Core cultivator’s role, and guided him to Azure Dragon Cliff.
• After Luo Yunzhou left, Han Yi explored the peak and sensed a hidden spiritual-energy fluctuation inside an empty courtyard.
• Han Yi decided the peak was safe enough to investigate and leaped over the courtyard wall.

Han Yi secretly witnessed Vermilion Bird Peak disciple Chu Yi use a mysterious mirror to contact a Blood God Sect elder and discuss infiltrating the Mystic Pill Sect. He remained hidden after realizing the spy’s plans could threaten the sect, and tried to calm himself before deciding what to do.

• Han Yi searched the courtyard for the vanished spiritual energy fluctuation, then hid when a young man climbed over the wall.
• The young man used a floating mirror to contact Elder Sun, who told him to reach Foundation Establishment and infiltrate the Mystic Pill Sect.
• The young man, whom Han Yi recognized as Chu Yi, reported that Mystic Pill Sect disciples had grown stronger, and Elder Sun declared that the sect would become the Blood God Mountain Range.
• Han Yi saw a black illusory bead return to a Meditation Chamber and realized Chu Yi was a Blood God Sect spy.
• Han Yi considered that the Blood God Sect might have planted spies who had already become Foundation Establishment elders, then forced himself to calm down and stayed hidden.

Han Yi reported his discovery of a Blood God Sect spy while keeping his identity concealed, hoping the Mystic Pill Sect would investigate without exposing him. After the Foundation Establishment cultivators searched Red Sun Market and withdrew, Han Yi remained wary inside Nine Dragon Shop.

• Han Yi decided he had to report the Blood God Sect spy but avoid becoming entangled in the sect struggle.
• Han Yi chose Red Sun Market as a place to deliver his report anonymously and wrote down the details of his discovery.
• Han Yi disguised himself, circled the market, and threw the report tied to a knife through the doors of the sect's monitoring tower.
• Three Foundation Establishment cultivators released their auras across Red Sun Market, then withdrew them within three breaths.
• He Fangwei asked Han Yi whether he had come to sell Gold-Silver Pills, and Han Yi replied that he wanted to buy materials.

Han Yi reported a Blood God Sect spy and suspected a Foundation Establishment elder was involved, prompting the Mystic Pill Sect to activate its formations and investigate. Three days later, Sect Master Yuan Shun appeared at Han Yi’s courtyard to question him.

• Han Yi returned to his courtyard after delivering a spirit talisman and practiced the Sword Control Technique while wondering whether the warning had reached the sect.
• Lu Anping and two other Foundation Establishment cultivators read Han Yi’s talisman and went to report its claims to the Sect Master.
• Three Golden Core cultivators emerged from Mystic Pill Peak, and the sect activated the Heavenly Profound Astral Formation and the peak formations before they quickly settled.
• Han Yi heard rumors that the sect had investigated an abnormality in its spirit vein, but suspected the event was connected to his report.
• Yuan Shun arrived at Han Yi’s courtyard, identified himself as the Sect Master, and said he had come to ask Han Yi a few questions.

Sect Master Yuan Shun questioned Han Yi about exposing Chu Yi and explained how the Mystic Pill Sect tracked activity in its markets. After Yuan Shun assured Han Yi he would not be implicated and hinted that greater challenges lay ahead, Han Yi returned to cultivation, resolved to stay cautious.

• Han Yi recounted seeing Chu Yi address an illusory figure as Elder Sun and explained that he had notified the elders at the Red Sun Market tower.
• Yuan Shun revealed that Chu Yi had been captured, but a secret art destroyed his soul when he was sealed; the sect had nevertheless gained some information from following his trail.
• Yuan Shun explained that the sect could review activity across its Inner and Outer Peak Markets and had erased Han Yi's trace from the Immortal-Seeking Mirror.
• Yuan Shun warned Han Yi that the sect needed powerful new-generation cultivators and that greater challenges awaited him.
• Han Yi reflected on the danger posed by the Blood God Sect, resolved to lie low, and resumed cultivation in his Meditation Chamber.

Han Yi switched to the Fireforce Profound Art and spent the following years cultivating and improving his techniques at Azure Dragon Peak. As three years passed since he reached Qi Refining Layer 7, the Mystic Pill Sect strengthened its ties with the Primordial Beast Sect, while Han Yi remained focused on his steady progress.

• Han Yi chose the Fireforce Profound Art over two more combat-oriented methods and used a Transmission Jade Disk to learn it.
• After a week of practice, Han Yi updated his proficiency panel with the Fireforce Profound Art and learned that it was only safe to cultivate from Qi Refining Layer 7 onward.
• Han Yi entered secluded cultivation and ignored the Outer Peak Grand Competition after realizing he could no longer participate.
• Han Yi focused on improving seven techniques and assessed that he could fight ordinary Qi Refining Layer 8 cultivators and contend with ordinary Layer 9 cultivators.
• The Mystic Pill Sect and the Primordial Beast Sect held a joint competition and planned further cooperation, which Han Yi saw as a way to strengthen their sects against the Blood God Sect.
• Han Yi continued cultivating, and three years passed since he advanced to Qi Refining Layer 7.

After three years of cultivation, Han Yi had mastered four Wind Demon Daggers and learned the Separation Fire Sword Art. He discussed the Mystic Pill Sect’s new policies with fellow disciples, which would force inner sect disciples to hunt demon beasts and compete for rankings or risk losing their resources and Inner Peak residency.

• Han Yi practiced with four Wind Demon Daggers inside his Spirit Lock Formation and combined them with the Separation Fire Sword Art to greatly increase their power.
• Han Yi reflected on the cultivation resources and training opportunities he had received since becoming an Inner Peak disciple.
• Han Yi met Luo Yunzhou, Yan Ru, and Qi Hong at the Immortal Chess House and discussed the sect’s new policies.
• Han Yi explained that Inner Peak disciples had to hunt a same-rank demon beast within six months and submit part of it to the sect.
• Han Yi described the ranking system, Battle Arts Platform requirements, and the loss of Inner Peak residency for disciples with fewer than ten battle points after three years.

Han Yi analyzed the Mystic Pill Sect’s new policies requiring Inner Peak disciples to hunt demon beasts and compete for resources, then was assigned to the first expedition batch. He had hoped to travel with familiar companions, but Luo Yunzhou, Yan Ru, and Qi Hong were assigned to later batches.

• Han Yi concluded that the sect’s policies would force Inner Peak disciples to face danger outside the sect and compete harder, as the Blood God Sect threat loomed over the remaining sixteen years of the deadline.
• Yan Ru asked Han Yi to travel with her if they were assigned to the same batch, and Luo Yunzhou also expressed interest in joining him.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard, reviewed his cultivation progress, and trained the Body Lightening Technique.
• Three days later, Han Yi learned that he had been assigned to the first batch for the Myriad Demon Mountains mission.
• Han Yi discovered that Luo Yunzhou, Yan Ru, and Qi Hong were not in his batch, leaving him the only one among them selected.

Han Yi met Zheng Hai for drinks before setting out for the Myriad Demon Mountains, then accepted Chu Jinmo’s invitation to travel with her group of White Tiger Peak disciples. He left his solo-travel plan behind and prepared to join the group, hoping their stronger cultivation would make the journey safer and help him pass the trial.

• Han Yi and Zheng Hai shared drinks, and Zheng Hai suggested that Han Yi team up with Guan Di for the journey, but Han Yi declined.
• Han Yi arrived at White Tiger Market, where several hundred disciples gathered beside three Calamity-Crossing Immortal Ships bound for the Myriad Demon Mountains.
• Chu Jinmo greeted Han Yi and invited him to travel with her and five White Tiger Peak senior brothers.
• Han Yi initially prepared to refuse Chu Jinmo’s offer, but changed his mind and agreed to join the group.

Han Yi joined Chu Jinmo and five White Tiger Peak disciples on a mission to the Myriad Demon Mountains, where they would hunt demonic beasts while guarding against Blood God Sect ambushes. After reaching the mountains, the group set out together, and Han Yi remained close behind despite being the least advanced cultivator among them.

• Chu Jinmo introduced Han Yi to five White Tiger Peak disciples, including Qi Refining Layer 9 cultivator He Fengdi, who treated her with marked respect.
• Han Yi and the group boarded an immortal ship and traveled for two days to the Myriad Demon Mountains.
• He Fengdi explained the difference between demonic beasts and demon cultivators, then warned the group that Blood God Sect disciples might disguise themselves as rogue cultivators and attack.
• Han Yi reflected on He Fengdi's Cave Heaven Trial experience and judged that he could avoid defeat against him by using all his trump cards.
• The immortal ship's Foundation Establishment elder ordered the disciples to disembark, and He Fengdi led the group into the mountains.
• Chu Jinmo noted that Han Yi kept pace with the group despite his lower cultivation, while more than three hundred Mystic Pill Sect disciples scattered into the mountains in groups or alone.

He Fengdi led Han Yi and five White Tiger Peak disciples into the Myriad Demon Mountains to hunt demon beasts. After Han Yi helped the group escape a dangerous tree demon, a demon beast attacked their concealment array, leaving the team on alert.

• He Fengdi explained the team's plan and assigned everyone roles for encounters with demon beasts before leading them into the mountains.
• Shen Ru identified and killed a third-tier Crimson Spider, and the group continued deeper into the mountains before camping in a concealed cave.
• Seven days later, the team encountered a powerful ninth-tier tree demon, and Han Yi used three Explosion Talismans to help the group escape.
• He Fengdi praised Han Yi for his quick response, while Han Yi noticed the other disciples showed Chu Jinmo unusual reverence.
• A violent tremor struck the tree hollow, and Li Yi warned that a demon beast was attacking the Spirit Concealment Array.

Han Yi and the others fled after their Spirit Concealment Array was broken, only to face a crazed peak ninth-rank Tiger Demon. He Fengdi and the group launched a coordinated attack, with Han Yi secretly sending his Shadowless Sword toward the beast.

• He Fengdi ordered the group to flee, but Li Yi's array disk broke as a demon beast shattered the Spirit Concealment Array.
• A gigantic, mad Tiger Demon crashed through a tree, and the group recognized it as a peak ninth-rank threat.
• He Fengdi attacked with his Devouring Gold Cauldron and Gold-Eating Insects, while Liu Ke, Shen Ru, Li Yi, and He Ze unleashed their artifacts and techniques.
• Chu Jinmo revealed her spirit sword, exposing that she cultivated the path of the Sword Immortal.
• Han Yi sent his Shadowless Sword silently around the others, and the group's attacks struck the Tiger Demon together.