Chapter Summaries

Han Yi defeated Li Yuanyi with his newly advanced Sword Control Technique, but Li Yuanyi transformed into a bizarre being whose blood eye shattered Han Yi’s soul pagoda. Han Yi awakened the second level of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda and unleashed the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword to destroy the being and halt a distant gaze, then fled toward Shu Capital badly injured.

• Han Yi used his returning-to-simplicity Sword Control Technique to shatter Li Yuanyi’s azure sword, break his green magic treasure, and pierce his brow.
• Blood patterns overtook Li Yuanyi, a blood-red eye formed between his brows, and its gaze shattered Han Yi’s soul pagoda and froze him.
• Han Yi activated the second level of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, learned its second soul art, and struck Li Yuanyi with the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword.
• Han Yi’s strike pierced the blood eye and blasted Li Yuanyi into powder, destroying the Immortal Boat and dispersing the gaze gathering above the battlefield.
• Han Yi swallowed several pills, found his damaged swords, disguised himself as a rugged man with a Qi Refining Layer 3 aura, and ran toward Shu Capital.

After surviving Li Yuanyi’s bizarre possession and recovering from his injuries in Shu Capital, Han Yi set out to buy a new Immortal Boat but was pursued by Lu Jie, a Golden Core cultivator and Wenxiang Cult hall master. Han Yi’s breakthrough in the Body Lightening Technique let him evade a sword strike, though Lu Jie remained in pursuit.

• The Four Sages Immortal Formation suppressed the presence beneath the cave after Han Yi destroyed Li Yuanyi’s blood-red eyeball, while Liu Shentong and his companions learned that Han Yi belonged to Heaven’s Will Sect and left him alone.
• Han Yi reached Shu Capital gravely injured, collapsed in an inn, and spent weeks recovering his body, soul, and spiritual sea.
• After leaving the inn, Han Yi headed for the Eighth Immortal Ring to replace his destroyed Immortal Boat and damaged sword artifact.
• A Golden Core cultivator pursued Han Yi, who recognized him as Lu Jie, a Wenxiang Cult hall master, and fled into a mountain forest.
• Lu Jie chased Han Yi after identifying him through information obtained with help from a Wenxiang Cult protector in the Six Ministries.
• Han Yi pretended to detonate the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword to gain time, then advanced his Body Lightening Technique to Return to Original Simplicity as Lu Jie’s sword struck where he had been.

Han Yi fled Lu Jie toward Mirage Immortal Mountain, where the red-glowing Years token triggered the Mirage Immortal Illusion Realm and transported them away. Han Yi survived Lu Jie’s sword strike in an abandoned street, recovered the treasure sword, and cautiously surveyed his unfamiliar surroundings.

• Han Yi used talismans and the Five-Thunder Pearl to fend off Lu Jie while fleeing toward Mirage Immortal Mountain, but Lu Jie’s Lesser Celestial Minister Talisman blocked the pearl’s attack.
• As Han Yi’s spiritual power dwindled, the Years token on his person began glowing red, and Lu Jie took a pill to accelerate his pursuit.
• The Mirage Immortal Illusion Realm enveloped the mountain, transporting Han Yi, Lu Jie, Li Changsheng, and the other cultivators present into different outcomes.
• Han Yi was transported to an abandoned street, where spatial distortion caused Lu Jie’s silver sword to miss him and devastate a nearby pavilion.
• Han Yi treated his injuries, retrieved the silver sword from the crater, and rose cautiously to inspect the ruins around him.

After escaping into the Mirage Immortal Illusion Realm, Han Yi recovered in an abandoned city before a black mist trapped him and unleashed shadow creatures. He killed the monsters and collected the treasures they left behind, then questioned the Qi Refining cultivator Mu Yao, who had been watching him.

• Han Yi hid in a ruined courtyard, studied the Years-and-Candle token and the Silver Frost sword, then cultivated for seven days and improved his skills.
• Han Yi killed a shadow creature in the black mist, provoking more than a hundred monsters to appear and attack him.
• Han Yi used the Flame Mist Sword to kill the shadow monsters, causing the black mist to disperse and reveal Mu Yao.
• Han Yi gathered the spiritual items left by the fallen monsters, including a damaged Dharma treasure and precious spirit herbs.
• Han Yi noticed Mu Yao's greed and asked her who she was.

Han Yi learned that the Mirage Immortal Realm was falling into the Void Domain and discovered a black mark that pulled him through its increasingly terrifying layers. A mysterious token then triggered another plunge, and he was violently dragged upward toward a black bead before collapsing from his injuries.

• Han Yi questioned Mu Yao, who explained the Void Domain, its beasts, and the danger of invasion zones, then offered to lead him to a sect’s hidden grounds.
• Han Yi left Mu Yao and avoided a nearby invasion zone, but discovered a black snowflake-shaped mark on his hand that transported him and the surrounding area into the Void Domain.
• Han Yi found a ruined sect’s Book Repository and activated a recording jade disc from Du Rufeng, who said the world was falling into the Nine-Layer Void Domain.
• Han Yi tried to settle in the ruins, but his black token glowed and sent him plunging through successive, increasingly dangerous layers as the mark spread across his hand.
• Han Yi sensed a black bead and was violently pulled upward; his body and divine soul were badly injured, and he passed out.

After enduring years in the Mirage Immortal Illusion Realm, Han Yi escaped its expanding Void Domain invasion zones and returned to Mirage Immortal Mountain. He went to Myriad Immortals Pavilion to sell the Silver Frost Sword, and Shangguan Yun recognized it as the weapon of Daoist Lu Jie of the Southern Dipper Divine Palace.

• Han Yi recovered from his injuries in a cellar, killed Mu Yao when she tried to rob him, and fled the encroaching Void Domain invasion zone without killing any Void Beasts.
• Han Yi spent years evading the expanding invasion zones and cultivating, then returned to Mirage Immortal Mountain in the seventh year after entering the illusion realm.
• Han Yi disguised himself and flew to Myriad Immortals Pavilion, where Shangguan Yun welcomed him, believing only two months had passed.
• Han Yi asked Shangguan Yun to appraise the Silver Frost Sword, and she identified it as the magical treasure of Daoist Lu Jie of the Southern Dipper Divine Palace.
• Shangguan Yun realized Han Yi had likely killed Daoist Lu Jie, but she suppressed her alarm and told Han Yi there was no problem.

Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect after an eight-year journey, sold the Silver Frost Sword, and stocked up on weapons and talismans. He broke through to late-stage Foundation Establishment, stabilized his realm, and healed his hidden injuries.

• Han Yi sold the Silver Frost Sword to Shangguan Yun at the Myriad Immortals Pavilion for seven hundred and eighty high-grade Spirit Stones, then bought weapons, talismans, pills, and an Immortal Boat.
• Yan Tu learned from Shangguan Yun that Han Yi had killed Lu Jie and accepted a Myriad Immortals Token, and he ordered her to dismiss the matter after praising her handling of it.
• Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect after crossing several commanderies and told Shen Ping he might participate in the selection of elders for the sect's new outposts.
• Han Yi reviewed the dangers and mysteries of his eight-year journey, examined the black bead in his sea of consciousness, and planned to use the Spirit Jade to heal his lingering injuries during a breakthrough.
• Han Yi exchanged for three Evil Warding Pills and broke through to late-stage Foundation Establishment, overcoming the Heavenly Demon trial and consuming his Spirit Jade to stabilize his realm.
• Ten days later, Han Yi emerged from seclusion with his late Foundation Establishment realm stabilized and his hidden injuries healed.

After returning to the Mystic Pill Sect, Han Yi learned how rapidly the sect had grown and was pressed to serve either as a garrison elder or help establish a major Great Qian business. Zhuge Wuyou’s concern about hidden dangers left Han Yi suspicious that the Mystic Pill Death Tribulation might not truly be over, so he went to search the sect’s records.

• Han Yi returned He Fangwei’s storage pouch, heard about the sect’s expanding strength, and declined the garrison elder position.
• Han Yi inspected the rankings on Battle Arts Peak and found himself eighteenth on the Heaven Ranking, while Yan Ru appeared on the Earth Ranking.
• Zhuge Wuyou asked Han Yi to choose between becoming a garrison elder and accompanying Elder Qin to help establish the Mystic Immortal Pavilion, and gave him three days to decide.
• Zhuge Wuyou thanked Han Yi for fulfilling Fu Canghai’s final wish and urged him to reach Golden Core, hinting that the sect faced undisclosed troubles.
• Han Yi considered whether the Mystic Pill Death Tribulation or its enemies still threatened the sect, then asked Lu Li to let him examine the sect’s recent records.

Han Yi reviewed the sect’s records, accepted an assignment to the Great Qian Immortal Capital, and searched unsuccessfully for Yan Ru before leaving with Qin Wuxian’s group. After a year of cultivation in the capital, Han Yi was invited to a Heavenly Secrets Banquet and set out to attend at Qin Wuxian’s request.

• Han Yi searched the sect archives, found no serious problems, and agreed to travel to the Great Qian Immortal Capital with several inner sect disciples.
• The elders appointed Qin Wuxian as resident elder in the capital and Han Yi as his deputy, while Han Yi failed to find Yan Ru in East Cauldron City or Red Deer City.
• Qin Wuxian led Han Yi, Bai Wanqing, and other cultivators to the Qian Capital, where they relocated the Mystic Immortal Pill Shop and opened the Mystic Immortal Pavilion.
• Han Yi spent the following year cultivating at the pavilion’s base and repeatedly asked the sect for news of Yan Ru, but received none.
• Liu Ruyan told Han Yi that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had invited him to a banquet, and Han Yi decided to go after learning Qin Wuxian had asked him to support the Mystic Immortal Pavilion.

Han Yi accepted an invitation to the Heavenly Secrets Ceremony, where he was to appear as a Heaven's Will Sect disciple before leaving as a Mystic Pill Sect elder, and traveled to Star River Court. Along the way, he broke through the Wind Wall Technique and experimented with fusing it with his Fire Shield Technique, then arrived at the ceremony's final stop.

• Liu Ruyan told Han Yi that Qin Wuxian had arranged his invitation and asked him to help defend the Mystic Immortal Pavilion from groups preparing to target it, and Han Yi agreed to attend the ceremony.
• Han Yi advanced the Wind Wall Technique to Return to Original Simplicity, then tried combining its shield with the Fire Shield Technique; the blackened shield exploded and wrecked the meditation chamber.
• Han Yi disguised himself and used his Myriad Immortals Token to board an Immortal Boat bound for Star River Court.
• Dou Yu explained that the Heavenly Secrets Ceremony would reveal the Qian Dragon Ranking and True Person Ranking and give cultivators a chance to seek guidance or discipleship, but he doubted Han Yi had received an invitation.
• After ten days aboard the Kirin Immortal Boat, Han Yi arrived at Star River Court.

Han Yi arrived at Star River Court for the Heavenly Secrets Ceremony, reunited with Zuo Lie, and confronted the hostility of Fu You. While waiting for the ceremony, he perfected a new defensive spell, the Windfire Shield; the chapter ended as the rankings ceremony began.

• Han Yi met Zuo Lie, who was astonished by Han Yi’s late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and his invitation to the ceremony.
• Zuo Lie introduced Han Yi to Jadeheart True Person, and Han Yi registered under the Mystic Pill Sect rather than Heaven’s Will Sect.
• Fu You recognized Han Yi and resolved to kill him, while Han Yi dismissed Fu You as worth only one sword strike.
• Han Yi fused Wind Wall Technique and Fire Shield Technique into the stable Windfire Shield while staying in his assigned courtyard.
• Han Yi took his seat at Star River Square, where a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion cultivator arrived with a blank stone stele and announced the start of the ceremony.

At the Heavenly Secrets Ceremony, Han Yi watched the Heavenly Secrets Stele reveal the rankings and saw cultivators compete for spirit items. After Han Yi was challenged, he faced Ding Jiansheng of the Crimson Sky Sword Sect, whose opening sword attack began their duel.

• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion activated the Myriad Phenomena Star River Spirit Formation and revealed the True Person Ranking and Qian Dragon Ranking on the Heavenly Secrets Stele, listing Han Yi ninth.
• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion announced a contest of techniques for spirit items, and Luo Mao of the Star-Moon Sect defeated Han Tianci of the Blazing Han Clan to claim a prize.
• As Han Yi took the stage, Dou Yu tried to profit by soliciting female cultivators to become Han Yi’s attendants.
• Ding Jiansheng of the Crimson Sky Sword Sect challenged Han Yi, and Han Yi accepted after recognizing the proud sword cultivator from Jade Palace Treasure-Jade Heaven.
• Ding Jiansheng attacked with his ancient bronze sword, followed by his snowy azure and fiery red swords.

Han Yi defeated Ding Jiansheng at the Heavenly Secrets Ceremony and received the Demon-Slaying Dagger, a magic treasure, but learned that Blood River True Person Jiang Ji uge sought revenge for his father, Jiang Yichuan. While traveling with White Jade Tower, Han Yi was caught in a Southern Dipper Divine Palace ambush, and he fled with Zuo Lie as the attack began.

• Han Yi dodged Ding Jiansheng's three swords and secretly demonstrated the speed of his Thunder Marsh Sword, prompting Ding Jiansheng to concede; the Heavenly Secrets Stele awarded Han Yi the Demon-Slaying Dagger, a magic treasure.
• Blood River True Person pressured Han Yi with killing intent, and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion host took a closer interest in him as cultivators recognized his strength.
• Han Yi left Star River Court aboard White Jade Tower's Jade Immortal Boat and learned from Jadeheart True Person that Blood River True Person was Jiang Ji uge, son of the Blood God Sect's former master, Jiang Yichuan, whom Yuan Shun had killed.
• The Southern Dipper Divine Palace trapped the Jade Immortal Boat with a Spirit-Trapping Talisman, and Jadeheart True Person flew out to confront Blood River True Person.
• A Southern Dipper Divine Palace Golden Core cultivator struck the Jade Immortal Boat with the Six-Spirit Immortal-Slaying Talisman, disabling its defenses; Zhu Changxia and Qiao Yuxi fled, while Han Yi pulled Zuo Lie into the forest.

Han Yi escaped an ambush by seven Southern Dipper Divine Palace cultivators, killing two before fleeing and disguising himself at a market. While waiting for an Immortal Boat, he encountered Dou Yu, who mistook his disguised appearance for a chance to pass him off as the famous Han Yi.

• Han Yi split from Zuo Lie and drew the seven pursuing Southern Dipper Divine Palace cultivators away from him.
• Han Yi used his speed and a Teleportation Talisman to kill two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and wound a late-stage cultivator before escaping Yu Hao.
• Yu Hao abandoned the pursuit, and True Person Yuxin returned to the Jade Immortal Boat injured; she concluded Han Yi had escaped and praised his strength.
• Han Yi reached a market, changed his appearance several times, and waited under the identity of an ordinary Rogue Cultivator.
• Dou Yu recognized Han Yi from an earlier journey and tried to recruit him as a customer for a follower, then proposed that he pretend to be Han Yi.
• When seven female cultivators confronted Dou Yu, he introduced the disguised Han Yi as the Qian Dragon Ranking’s ninth-ranked Han Yi and urged him to play along.

Han Yi returned to the Mystic Immortal Pavilion outpost, learned that the Mystic Pill Sect faced pressure from the Ten Thousand Arts Sect, and began improving his soul arts. At the Southern Dipper Divine Palace, Liu Su True Monarch discussed hiring assassins to kill Han Yi while warning Blood River not to act rashly against the Mystic Pill Sect.

• Han Yi forced Dou Yu to return the spirit stones he had taken from seven female cultivators, then traveled with him to Peaceful Ward and continued on to the outpost.
• Qin Wuxian told Han Yi that Jiang Jiuge was Jiang Yichuan’s son and that the Ten Thousand Arts Sect posed the greater threat to the Mystic Pill Sect.
• Han Yi examined the Demon-Slaying Dagger, planned to improve his Ninefold Soul Pagoda, Separation Fire Sword Art, and Spirit Void Finger, and began cultivating the Soul Pagoda.
• Jiang Jiuge reported his encounter with Han Yi to Liu Su True Monarch, who suggested hiring Black God Tower to assassinate Han Yi.
• Liu Su True Monarch warned Blood River not to expose himself or interfere with the Mystic Pill Sect before reaching Nascent Soul, then recalled a frightening secret connected to Mystic Pill Peak.

After Han Yi declined Ding Jiansheng’s invitation to visit Crimson Sky Mountain, he was sent to Jinyun Immortal City to investigate Zhuo Qun’s disappearance. He reached the city ahead of a Black God Tower assassin who had been assigned to kill him.

• Han Yi advanced the Separation Fire Sword Art to Return to Original Simplicity and demonstrated the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword’s power.
• Ding Jiansheng invited Han Yi to Crimson Sky Mountain, but Han Yi postponed the trip because he could not leave the Mystic Immortal Pavilion.
• Liu Ruyan told Han Yi that Zhuo Qun had vanished in Jinyun Immortal City and that Martial Uncle Zhuge had ordered Han Yi to investigate first.
• Han Yi departed for Jinyun Immortal City aboard an Earth Immortal-grade Immortal Boat, leaving the pursuing assassin Yan Bu unable to catch up.
• Yan Bu revealed that he was a Black God Tower assassin assigned to kill Han Yi and resolved to continue pursuing him.

Han Yi disguised himself to investigate Zhuo Qun’s disappearance in Jinyun Immortal City, where he learned that Wei Tushen had gone mad and been killed. After sneaking into the sealed Mystic Immortal Pavilion, Han Yi found hidden documents marked with a cryptic clue.

• Han Yi posed as a furious customer at the Myriad Immortals Pavilion and learned that Zhuo Qun had disappeared ten days earlier.
• The Myriad Immortals Pavilion shopkeeper told Han Yi that Wei Tushen had killed several people in a frenzy and had been killed in turn, prompting the Great Qian Six Departments to seal the Mystic Immortal Pavilion.
• Han Yi confirmed the account at the Myriad Immortals Inn, learned that Wei Tushen had been killed by a passing Foundation Establishment cultivator, and booked a room.
• After nightfall, Han Yi disguised himself as Zheng Hai and used the Demon-Slaying Dagger to cut through the formation around the Mystic Immortal Pavilion.
• Han Yi searched the sealed pavilion and found hidden documents in a secret compartment, with a note on top reading, "Primordial beast, Que Chen!"

Han Yi discovered evidence linking Zhuo Qun’s disappearance and Wei Tushen’s rampage to Que Chen of the Primordial Beast Sect, then was ambushed with Spirit-Wrecking Demon Venom. The black bead removed the venom, allowing Han Yi to counterattack and kill Que Chen just as he reached the Ten Thousand Arts Sect compound.

• Han Yi found Zhuo Qun’s hurried note naming the Primordial Beast Sect and Que Chen, then learned from Tian Chengxu that Wei Tushen had gone berserk before being killed.
• Han Yi returned to his inn room, where Spirit-Wrecking Demon Venom entered his divine soul and drove him toward a murderous rampage.
• Que Chen attacked Han Yi with his Golden Ni Beast, but the black bead absorbed the venom and freed Han Yi from its effects.
• Han Yi destroyed the Golden Ni Beast and pursued the wounded Que Chen through the city.
• Han Yi shattered Que Chen’s defensive talisman with the Blacklight Broken Sword and killed him with the Demon-Slaying Dagger.
• A figure rose from the Ten Thousand Arts Sect compound and challenged whoever had caused trouble there.

Han Yi killed Que Chen after exploiting his and the Golden Ni Beast’s carelessness, but Ying Pengrui destroyed Que Chen’s soul to conceal the Ten Thousand Arts Sect’s role in the conspiracy. As Yan Bu’s poisoned ambush forced Han Yi out of Jinyun Immortal City, Han Yi fled north toward the Myriad Demon Mountains.

• Han Yi killed the Golden Ni Beast and Que Chen, then escaped as Ying Pengrui arrived at the Ten Thousand Arts Sect encampment.
• Ying Pengrui trapped Que Chen’s divine soul in a formation and scattered it to hide evidence linking the Ten Thousand Arts Sect to the Primordial Beast Sect’s actions.
• Han Yi pieced together the sects’ involvement in Zhuo Qun’s disappearance and Wei Tushen’s madness, then tried to find a place to hide for the night.
• Yan Bu ambushed Han Yi with a poisoned shortsword, and Han Yi’s Poison-Transforming Pill only briefly eased the poison’s effects.
• Han Yi tried to reach Great Qian’s official residence by Immortal Boat, but Yan Bu bound the boat and blocked his escape toward the city center.
• Han Yi fled Jinyun Immortal City on his sword and headed north, while Yan Bu pursued him toward the Myriad Demon Mountains.

After Yan Bu poisoned him and pursued him into the Myriad Demon Mountains, Han Yi survived by cultivating the Ancient God Visualization Method, which let his body expel most of the poison. A year later, he reached Great Qin’s Southern Sky Immortal City, but left the final poison in his spirit sea unresolved, and someone rapidly approached his hiding place.

• Yan Bu chased Han Yi into the Myriad Demon Mountains, where Han Yi concealed his aura and fled deeper into the range while Black Prison Powder poisoned his body and spirit sea.
• Han Yi used a Hengyuan Ancient Jade to learn the Ancient God Visualization Method and cultivated it while relying on Poison-Dispelling Pills and healing talismans to stay alive.
• Han Yi’s body awakened and began absorbing spirit stones, expelling deadly poison; he gradually recovered and advanced the method while traveling through the mountains.
• After a year, Han Yi crossed into Great Qin and spotted Southern Sky Immortal City, then retreated to a cave near the mountains’ edge to continue cultivating.
• Han Yi reached Comprehensive Mastery in the Ancient God Visualization Method and recovered most of his dharma power, but a stubborn remnant of poison remained in his spirit sea.
• One month later, Han Yi sensed someone rapidly approaching his hiding place.