Recaps

Han Yi and countless cultivators charged Imperial Demon City to fight its demons for the Jade Capital Grand Void Token. The battle began, while a giant demon deep inside the city awakened with a thousand-year-old longing.

• Han Yi learned that cultivators from across the region had gathered around Imperial Demon City, including the legendary Rong E of the Ruthless Sect.
• A month later, the Void Light Pillar appeared, and eight Jade Capital Mountain legends, including its holy maiden, emerged as the cultivators prepared to fight for the token.
• Zuo Lie explained that the token could enable a first-grade immortal foundation and urged Han Yi to show no mercy in the battle for the immortal path.
• Thousands of Qi Refining cultivators charged as Imperial Demon City's gates opened and a towering demon led an army into battle.
• The two forces collided in a chaotic battle, while a giant demon deep within the city opened its eyes, longing to return after more than a thousand years.

Han Yi fought his way into Imperial Demon City as cultivators and demons clashed across the battlefield, and he encountered a rock demon as strong as a legendary Qi Refining cultivator. He realized his sword could barely harm it, leaving him blocked from advancing toward the Jade Capital Grand Void Token.

• A bronze-armored giant demon killed several cultivators before more than thirty legendary Qi Refining cultivators joined forces to destroy it.
• Han Yi spotted Geng Changxu leading Mystic Pill Sect disciples in a spirit formation, with He Fengdi among them, while other groups advanced toward Imperial Demon City.
• Han Yi killed a rock demon and rushed through the city gate toward the pillar of light, where the Jade Capital Grand Void Token awaited.
• A five-meter-tall rock demon intercepted Han Yi and damaged one of his daggers with its black axe.
• Han Yi struck the rock demon's neck with the Shadow-Bearing Sword, but the blow only knocked off a few stone fragments.

Han Yi escaped a Rock Demon after learning how overwhelming legendary Qi Refining cultivators could be, then reached the plaza where the remaining contestants awaited the Jade Capital Grand Void Token. A blood-red curtain sealed the plaza as nine tokens descended, and a demon heartbeat sounded beneath the ruins.

• Han Yi detonated the Crimson Radiance Sword and used a God-Slaying Talisman to delay the Rock Demon, then escaped with an Evasion Talisman.
• Han Yi became more cautious, using artifacts and talismans to evade demons as he made his way through Imperial Demon City.
• More than thirty legendary Qi Refining cultivators gathered around the Demon Emperor's corpse and wondered why the Void Light Pillar had not vanished.
• Han Yi arrived at the plaza, where more than five hundred cultivators waited along its edge.
• Blood-red light erupted from the Demon Emperor's corpse and formed a curtain that sealed the plaza, causing the Void Light Pillar to turn into nine descending tokens.
• A heartbeat began beneath the ruins of the Demon Emperor's corpse.

A ten-meter demon emerged from the ruins and revealed that the blood-red curtain trapped the cultivators in a realm where death was permanent. As the surviving cultivators panicked, a Jade Capital Mountain disciple called on them to unite against the demon.

• A ten-meter demon emerged from beneath the ruins and appeared to be in the Threshold State, the highest power allowed by the world's rules.
• The demon killed a Jade Capital Mountain cultivator with one punch, wiping out many Qi Refining Peak cultivators in the blast's path.
• The demon revealed that the Corpse Shroud isolated its space from the outside world, so the dead could not return to the Tai Xu Illusory Realm, and said he planned to break through the Threshold State and become a demon god.
• The survivors tried to escape or destroy the blood-red curtain, but their attacks had no effect.
• One of the surviving Jade Capital Mountain cultivators urged the others to join forces and kill the demon.

Han Yi and the other cultivators failed to harm the demon god and fought to seize the Jade Capital Grand Void Tokens as a possible means of survival. Just as Han Yi tried to swallow the token he claimed, an azure-robed figure appeared and stopped time throughout the blood-colored space.

• The demon god effortlessly shattered the cultivators’ combined attacks, and Han Yi realized they needed to escape rather than fight.
• Han Yi used his daggers to seize a Jade Capital Grand Void Token, fending off Fu You and other cultivators who tried to take it.
• With enemies closing in, Han Yi prepared to swallow the token, while the demon god watched the cultivators turn against one another.
• A solemn voice warned a junior brother to stop playing with fire, and another voice replied that everything was within the plan.
• The demon god attacked as an azure-robed figure appeared and brought the entire blood-colored space, including time, to a standstill.

Li Changsheng appeared in Imperial Demon City, destroyed the demon and removed the blood-colored barrier, before Han Yi died amid the resumed fighting and returned to the Tai Xu Illusory Realm with a Jade Capital Grand Void Token. He exchanged the token for a strange stone worm said to improve his innate aptitude, then swallowed it.

• Li Changsheng introduced himself as a cultivator of Jade Capital Mountain, erased the demon, removed the blood-colored barrier, and vanished.
• Time resumed, and Han Yi killed his Tai Xu Body to escape Xie Jingshan’s attack; Xie Jingshan then joined the scramble for the remaining tokens.
• Han Yi returned to the Tai Xu Illusory Realm with the Jade Capital Grand Void Token and reflected on the losses and mysteries of the Cave Heaven Trial.
• Han Yi descended into the Crimson Radiance Tribe, exchanged the token with Shaman Red Radiance for a strange stone worm, and returned to the Tai Xu Illusory Realm.
• Han Yi swallowed the stone worm, following the shaman’s instructions for using the spiritual item.

Han Yi and the other Mystic Pill Sect disciples were abruptly expelled from Chaozhen Tai Xu Tian, ending the Cave Heaven Trial early. As they returned to the sect, Han Yi suspected that Li Changsheng’s acquisition of the Corpse Shroud had triggered a version upgrade of the Cave Heaven.

• Han Yi found that the stone bug had caused no visible change, then discovered that his Tai Xu Body could not pass through the light gate.
• The light gate vanished, the Chaozhen Mark shattered, and Han Yi and the other disciples were expelled from the Tai Xu Illusory Realm beside Jade Capital Lake.
• Fu Xuanxu announced that Jade Capital Mountain had ended the trial and took the disciples back aboard the Crossing Tribulation Immortal Boat.
• Fu Xuanxu questioned the disciples about their experiences and concluded that something had happened inside Chaozhen Tai Xu Tian.
• Han Yi reviewed his gains, including the stone bug and a fragment of Chaozhen Tai Xu Tian’s origin aura, and suspected that Li Changsheng’s acquisition of the Corpse Shroud had caused the Cave Heaven to shut down for a version upgrade.
• Feng Jingyu asked Han Yi whether he had gained anything as the disciples continued to carry the murderous temperament of battle.

Han Yi realized that repeated deaths in the Cave Heaven World could erode cultivators’ reverence for death and damage their Dao hearts, but Feng Jingyu accepted the risk as the price of a rare opportunity. After Feng Jingyu began reflecting on his gains, He Fengdi approached Han Yi to discuss his performance in the trial.

• Feng Jingyu told Han Yi that he had died more than thirty times in the Cave Heaven World and described repeatedly fighting a powerful Fire Demon.
• Han Yi warned Feng Jingyu that repeated deaths could numb cultivators to death and leave flaws in their Dao hearts.
• Feng Jingyu acknowledged that many senior brothers from the previous trial had died but considered the side effect worth the opportunity.
• Feng Jingyu stopped talking and began digesting his gains from the journey.
• He Fengdi asked Han Yi about his gains, praised his strength, and invited him to exchange pointers after they returned to the sect.

After returning from the Cave Heaven Trial, Han Yi reviewed his gains and losses, then returned to the Mystic Pill Sect and assessed his resources. He went to find He Fangwei at the Nine Dragon Shop on Battle Arts Peak, where He Fangwei greeted him and asked whether he wanted to sell Magic Artifacts or buy talismans.

• He Fengdi invited Han Yi to exchange pointers and drink at Immortal Chess House, and Han Yi accepted while asking him to keep a low profile.
• Han Yi reviewed the Cave Heaven Trial, noted his losses and gains, and planned to buy a sword and high-grade daggers.
• In Lingfu Commandery, Fu Canghai and Su Changkong left the Immortal Boat and returned with sect master Yuan Shun, after which the boat accelerated and reached the Mystic Pill Sect seven days early.
• Han Yi returned to Azure Dragon Peak, inventoried his Magic Artifacts, talismans, and more than 2,800 Medium-grade Spirit Stones, and decided he could afford a top-grade sword.
• Han Yi visited the Nine Dragon Shop in Red Sun Market, learned that He Fangwei had moved to Battle Arts Peak, and chose not to sell anything there.
• Han Yi went to the Nine Dragon Shop on Battle Arts Peak, where He Fangwei greeted him and asked whether he wanted to sell Magic Artifacts or buy talismans.

Han Yi sold Magic Artifacts to He Fangwei, bought the Jiuli Daggers, and reserved the Green Duckweed Sword. After learning that You Wu had died in a duel with Mo Wen, Han Yi returned to his courtyard and resolved to stay cautious on the immortal path.

• Han Yi sold several Magic Artifacts, including the Silver Makeup Mirror, to He Fangwei for a total that brought his funds to three thousand five hundred Medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• He Fangwei showed Han Yi three top-grade sword artifacts and a set of Jiuli Daggers, and Han Yi decided to buy the daggers and reserve the Green Duckweed Sword.
• Han Yi paid the deposit for the Green Duckweed Sword and left Nine Dragon Shop with the Jiuli Daggers in his storage pouch.
• Han Yi heard that You Wu had died three days earlier after Mo Wen defeated him with three saber strikes at Dragon-Slaying Abbey.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard, calmed himself, and took You Wu's death as a warning against carelessness and arrogance.

Han Yi tested the Green Duckweed Sword and discovered that the strange stone worm had improved his spiritual roots, accelerating his cultivation prospects. As he entered seclusion, the Mystic Pill Sect introduced new programs to strengthen the sect, and the chapter ended with the conflict with the Blood God Sect still ongoing fourteen years later.

• Han Yi and He Fengdi discussed You Wu’s death and the sect’s public announcement, then Han Yi said he planned to cultivate toward Qi Refining Layer 9.
• Han Yi collected the Green Duckweed Sword from He Fangwei, and Fu Canghai ordered that Han Yi’s purchase be kept secret and that future trades receive no special treatment.
• Han Yi tested the Green Duckweed Sword and Jiuli Daggers, then discovered through repeated spirit-stone cultivation that the strange stone worm had raised his spiritual energy absorption rate by ten percent.
• Han Yi calculated that his improved spiritual roots could cut his estimated time to Qi Refining Layer 9 from four years to two, then resumed cultivation rather than relying on pills.
• The Mystic Pill Sect introduced the Escort Program, the Advisory Elder Program, and the New Peak Master Plan, and subsequent rounds brought new Foundation Establishment disciples and consultant elders into the sect.
• Fourteen years after the Mystic Pill Sect and Blood God Sect began their all-out conflict, Han Yi was forty-three and had been in the world for twenty-two years.

After reaching Qi Refining Layer 9, Han Yi assessed his resources and decided to prepare for Foundation Establishment by improving his alchemy until he could refine Foundation Establishment Pills himself. He bought a large supply of Gold-Silver Pill ingredients, then considered an alchemy mission that would take him back to Mengshan City, where he had first been assigned after transmigrating.

• Han Yi met Yan Ru, learned Chu Jinmo had not returned, and declined to compete for an Outer Peak Master position.
• Han Yi sold surplus Magic Artifacts to He Fangwei, who told him about an upcoming Tong City auction featuring a set of peak high-grade daggers.
• Han Yi counted his Magic Artifacts and Spirit Stones, inspected a high-grade Spirit Stone, and resolved to prepare for Foundation Establishment by raising his Alchemy Technique to Pinnacle Mastery.
• Han Yi bought one thousand sets of Gold-Silver Pill ingredients and one thousand jin of spirit sand from Azure Dragon Palace.
• A duty deacon reminded Han Yi to complete an inner sect mission, and Han Yi asked about alchemy missions after hearing one would take him to Mengshan City.

Han Yi accepted an alchemy mission from the Gu Clan in South Huai City and discovered that its Yin-Yang composite pill used human bodies or souls as ingredients. When Gu Tongxuan confronted him with a bronze mirror and a formation surrounding the courtyard, Han Yi realized the Gu Clan had anticipated his discovery and trapped him.

• Han Yi chose the South Huai City mission and traveled to the Gu Clan estate, where Gu Tongxuan asked him to swear secrecy before showing him a copied pill formula with unnamed ingredients.
• Han Yi agreed to try refining the composite Yin and Yang Pills, set a limit of five failed batches, and began work in a private courtyard.
• Han Yi heard an infant-like shriek while refining the Yang Pill and used his Aura Observation Technique to discover that the black medicinal liquid contained the shrunken forms of infants.
• Han Yi inspected the remaining ingredients and found that at least nine components of the Yin Pill came from living people’s bodies or souls, so he stored the evidence and planned to report the Gu Clan.
• Gu Tongxuan arrived with two Qi Refining Peak elders, and Han Yi spotted a formation around the courtyard before Gu Tongxuan revealed a bronze mirror that had recorded his actions.

Han Yi exposed the Gu Clan’s scheme to refine Yin-Yang Soul-Replenishing Pills, killed three clan elders, and was attacked by Gu Zhijing while fleeing South Huai City. Fu Canghai killed Gu Zhijing and revealed that Sect Master Yuan had sent him to follow Han Yi.

• Gu Tongxuan demanded that Han Yi continue refining the Yin-Yang Soul-Replenishing Pill, but Han Yi refused and destroyed the magic artifacts of Gu Tongxuan and two other Gu Clan elders with the Green Duckweed Sword.
• Han Yi killed the three elders, burned their bodies, escaped South Huai City, and headed toward Tong City to return to the Mystic Pill Sect.
• Gu Zhijing ambushed Han Yi on the road, but Han Yi defended himself with the Green Duckweed Sword and realized the old Foundation Establishment cultivator was near the end of his lifespan.
• Fu Canghai appeared and incinerated Gu Zhijing, his black pagoda, and his storage pouch with a fire dragon.
• Fu Canghai told Han Yi that Sect Master Yuan had sent him to follow him and praised his abilities.

Fu Canghai explained how the Blood God Sect manipulated the Gu Clan and gifted Han Yi a powerful dagger set before returning him to the Mystic Pill Sect. Back at the sect, Han Yi learned about the approaching Mountain-Sea Immortal Gathering and its connection to Foundation Establishment Pills, giving him a reason to consider joining despite the danger.

• Fu Canghai told Han Yi that the Blood God Sect had used rogue cultivators to lure the Gu Clan into arranging Han Yi’s death and explained Gu Zhijing’s plan to impersonate him in Tong City.
• Fu Canghai gave Han Yi the Heavenly Capital Daggers, and they returned to Azure Dragon Peak before Fu Canghai departed for Mystic Pill Peak.
• Han Yi destroyed the Yin-Yang Soul-Replenishing Pill ingredients recovered from the Gu Clan, then sold the damaged Magic Artifacts at Nine Dragon Shop.
• He Fangwei told Han Yi that the Mountain-Sea Immortal Gathering would take place soon and that the Mystic Pill Sect would send a team to the Myriad Star Sea.
• Han Yi learned that the Gathering was tied to the Eastern Sea demon race and Foundation Establishment Pills, and that returning disciples would receive support toward Foundation Establishment.

Han Yi accepted Yuan Shun’s request to attend the Mountain-Sea Immortal Gathering and obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill Formula, learning that demon cultivator inner cores could be used to make the pills. After cultivating the Separation Fire Sword Art for half a month, he joined four other Qi Refining disciples and five Foundation Establishment cultivators aboard the Crossing Tribulation Immortal Boat bound for the Myriad Star Sea.

• Han Yi agreed to attend the Mountain-Sea Immortal Gathering after Yuan Shun summoned him to Mystic Pill Peak and explained its demon-slaying purpose.
• Han Yi requested the Foundation Establishment Pill Formula, and Yuan Shun granted it while warning him not to copy or share it.
• Han Yi studied the three pill-making methods and concluded that obtaining White Jade Dragon Lingzhi or a demon cultivator’s inner core would be difficult at his current cultivation level.
• Han Yi cultivated the Separation Fire Sword Art for half a month before receiving notice that the sect’s party would soon depart.
• Han Yi met Zhao Ruida, Fei Qing, Su Yan, and Shi Lengyan at Mystic Pill Peak, where they gathered with five Foundation Establishment cultivators, including Fire Phoenix Daoist.
• Zhuge Wuyou briefed the group, and the ten cultivators boarded the Crossing Tribulation Immortal Boat bound for the Myriad Star Sea.

Han Yi and the Mystic Pill Sect arrived at the Myriad Star Sea for the Mountain-Sea Immortal Gathering, where they witnessed the power of Divine Transformation Dao Lords and gathered for the opening demonstration. The chapter ended after Su Wanqing defeated Pang Quan, whose brief expression hinted at concealed resentment.

• Zhuge Wuyou explained the Immortal Gathering’s demonstration and demon-slaying stages as the Mystic Pill Sect approached the Myriad Star Sea.
• Dao Lord Seven-Kill and Dao Lord Qingxu arrived, and their overwhelming presence left the gathered cultivators unable to move until they departed.
• Han Yi settled into a Meditation Chamber and cultivated for half a month before Zhuge Wuyou led the Mystic Pill Sect to the demonstration island.
• Fei Qing identified the Blood God Sect’s legendary Qi Refining cultivators, Zeng Zixuan and Xue He, while Han Yi learned that Mystic Pill Sect’s Wu Hui had also earned the title but could not attend.
• Su Wanqing challenged the gathering, and Pang Quan of the Great Qian Immortal Kingdom answered; Su Wanqing trapped him with her Water Prison Art and won.
• Pang Quan returned to his group smiling, but Han Yi noticed a flash of dark coldness on his face.

Han Yi joined the Demon-Slaying Assembly and was assigned to island Number Nineteen, where he chose to lie low and cultivate. After surviving a swift variant beast and hearing the roars of a nearby demon cultivator, he spent a year and a half training and advanced to veteran Qi Refining Layer 9.

• The legendary cultivators and higher-realm masters demonstrated their abilities before the Myriad Star Sea began the demon-slaying mission and sent Han Yi and the others out aboard the Kunpeng Immortal Boat.
• Han Yi landed on island Number Nineteen, decided to avoid drawing attention, and ventured into the forest to hunt demon beasts and find a place to cultivate.
• Han Yi killed a swift, fiery-red variant beast with his Heavenly Capital Daggers and Green Duckweed Sword, recorded its death, and stored its corpse.
• Han Yi set up a Spirit Concealment Array in a tree hollow and resumed cultivating after hearing a powerful roar that he suspected came from the variant beast's parent, a demon cultivator.
• After a year and a half of cultivation, Han Yi advanced to veteran Qi Refining Layer 9 and judged that he could now contend with legendary Qi Refining cultivators.

Han Yi tried to leave Island Number Nineteen after several legendary cultivators arrived to hunt a wounded Flame Radiance Demon. When Xue He of the Blood God Sect attacked him, Han Yi killed him and prepared to flee, but the demon then burst from the forest with pursuers close behind.

• Han Yi saw Su Wanqing enter the island to hunt a Flame Radiance Demon, followed by Shen Yuan and other legendary cultivators.
• After learning the wounded demon had returned to Island Number Nineteen, Han Yi decided to leave rather than draw attention to himself.
• Xue He arrived and attacked Han Yi with his blood sword, but Han Yi swiftly killed him despite Xue He's Five-Thunder Divine Talisman.
• Han Yi took Xue He's storage bag and blood sword, destroyed the corpse, and prepared to cross the sea.
• A gigantic demon resembling the beast Han Yi had killed a year and a half earlier charged from the forest as seven or eight cultivators pursued it.

Han Yi killed the Flame Radiance Demon after it attacked him, earned praise from True Lord Gu Xi, and escaped the islands safely. Back at the Mystic Pill Sect, he concealed his role in the demon’s death and learned that many cultivators, including two of his fellow disciples, had not returned.

• The Flame Radiance Demon teleported beside Han Yi and attacked, so Han Yi used his Golden Light Shuttle and two talismans to stun it before killing it with the Green Duckweed Sword.
• True Lord Gu Xi captured the demon’s soul, credited Han Yi with great merit, and departed; Han Yi retrieved his weapon, stored the demon’s corpse, and fled to Island No. 18.
• Han Yi reflected on the battle and resolved to learn a soul secret art before the Immortal Boat collected him and returned him to the Myriad Star Sea.
• Han Yi reunited with Zhao Ruida and Shi Lengyan, learned that Fei Qing and Su Yan were missing, and concealed his encounter with the Flame Radiance Demon.
• The Blood God Sect party returned with only five of its eight participants, and Zhao Ruida and Shi Lengyan speculated that Xue He had died to the Flame Radiance Demon.
• Half a month later, four of the five Foundation Establishment cultivators who had accompanied Zhuge Wuyou returned from the deep-sea region.

After the Mountain-Sea Immortal Gathering, Han Yi ranked fourth among Qi Refining cultivators for killing the Flame Radiance Demon and received generous rewards from the Ten Thousand Star Sea. Back at the Mystic Pill Sect, he secured four years of undisturbed cultivation and prepared to grow stronger before the conflict with the Blood God Sect resumed.

• Zhuge Wuyou taught the demon-hunt survivors about the gathering’s dangers, and Han Yi improved his Sword Control Technique through questions and comprehension.
• Han Yi ranked fourth on the Demon Hunt Rankings for slaying the Flame Radiance Demon, surprising his fellow Mystic Pill Sect cultivators and drawing their attention.
• The Ten Thousand Star Sea awarded Han Yi three thousand Medium-grade Spirit Stones, a Top-grade Magic Artifact, and a flawless Foundation Establishment Pill before the group departed.
• Yuan Shun promised Han Yi four years of undisturbed cultivation, offered resources, and gave him a second-rank upper-grade defensive formation, while warning that he would need to help when the sect conflict returned.
• Han Yi set up the Seven-Star Profound Origin Formation and sorted his rewards, then extracted the Flame Radiance Demon’s fiery-red inner core and learned it could be refined into a Foundation Establishment Pill.

After two and a half years of seclusion, Han Yi reached Qi Refining Peak and reunited with Zheng Hai, sharing resources and learning about changes in the sect. He Fengdi then hinted that conflicts were resuming behind the Mystic Pill Sect’s peaceful appearance.

• Han Yi exchanged demon beast and demon cultivator corpses at Azure Dragon Palace for more than 1.3 million contribution points, then secluded himself to cultivate.
• Two and a half years later, Han Yi awoke at Qi Refining Layer 9 with 91/100 progress, reaching Qi Refining Peak.
• Han Yi met Zheng Hai, learned that Li Heng had established his foundation and that the sect’s Escort and Advisory Elder programs had stopped, and gave Zheng Hai cultivation resources.
• Han Yi met He Fengdi and joined him for a drink at Ascending Immortal Pavilion, where He Fengdi revealed that conflicts had begun anew in the shadows.

Han Yi learned that the sect’s conflict with the Blood God Sect had already begun and studied Foundation Establishment while preparing for his own breakthrough. Meanwhile, Heavenly Soul Sect trapped and killed Su Changkong, then publicly blamed him for destroying its medicinal garden and slaughtering its disciples, leaving Mystic Pill Sect facing a crisis.

• He Fengdi told Han Yi that the war had begun six years earlier with You Wu’s death and warned him to prepare for the conflict.
• Han Yi studied Foundation Establishment, its three gates and five tribulations, and the grades of immortal foundations in the library.
• Han Yi inspected the sect rankings and his magical artifacts, spirit stones, and flawless Foundation Establishment Pill before continuing to cultivate.
• Su Changkong entered Mystic Pill Sect’s hidden medicine base at Hanyang Mountain and was trapped by cultivators from Heavenly Soul Sect and their allies.
• Heavenly Soul Sect announced that Su Changkong had destroyed its medicinal garden and killed more than a thousand disciples, and demanded an explanation from Mystic Pill Sect.

After learning that Mystic Pill Sect faced both the Blood God Sect and the Heavenly Soul Sect, Han Yi sought a soul art to protect himself. He chose the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, an inheritance rumored to help form a first-grade immortal foundation, and received its initial transmission while taking on a huge debt to the sect.

• Feng Jingyu told Han Yi that a Golden Core Supreme Elder had died and the Heavenly Soul Sect had provoked Mystic Pill Sect, leaving the sect facing enemies on two fronts.
• At Azure Dragon Palace, Gu Yu explained three available soul arts and said the Ninefold Soul Pagoda could potentially create a soul phenomenon that helped form a first-grade immortal foundation.
• Han Yi chose the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, paid 1.3 million points, and owed Mystic Pill Sect the remaining 8.7 million points.
• Qin Wuxian used Hengyuan Ancient Jade to transmit the Ninefold Soul Pagoda inheritance to Han Yi, causing an illusory pagoda to appear in his sea of consciousness.
• Qin Wuxian sent Han Yi back to the foot of Mystic Pill Peak, and Han Yi returned to his courtyard to stabilize the soul art.

After cultivating the Ninefold Soul Pagoda for a year and eight months, Han Yi emerged to learn that the Mystic Pill Sect was losing cultivators in a widening war against the Heavenly Soul Sect and Blood God Sect. Though urged to establish his foundation and join the battle, he asked Fu Xuanxu for another year so he could pursue a first-grade immortal foundation.

• Han Yi cultivated the Ninefold Soul Pagoda in seclusion, strengthening his divine consciousness until he could manifest a soul sword, but he still had not condensed the pagoda’s first level.
• Han Yi visited Nine Dragon Shop, where He Fangwei told him the Heavenly Soul Sect had invaded, the Blood God Sect was secretly involved, the Primordial Beast Sect had withdrawn much of its support, and Mystic Pill Sect had suffered heavy losses.
• He Fangwei explained that Great Qian had helped create the twenty-year mineral-vein dispute to weaken the sects and later seize their resources.
• Fu Xuanxu summoned Han Yi and said his near-Foundation-Establishment divine consciousness and peak Qi Refining cultivation made him ready to break through and support the war.
• Han Yi refused to establish his foundation yet and asked Fu Xuanxu for another year to stabilize his foundation and advance the Ninefold Soul Pagoda; Fu Xuanxu reluctantly let him go.