Chapter Summaries

Ke Yao fled the Ao Clan with the Foundation Establishment Pill and stumbled into Han Yi’s secluded cave, where he killed her pursuers and their arriving elder. Han Yi reached Southern Sky Immortal City, bought powerful talismans and an Immortal Boat at the Supreme Pavilion, and settled into an inn to cultivate.

• Ke Yao was cornered by Ao Hongyi and two cultivators, but escaped into Han Yi’s cave and asked him to save her in exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ao Hongyi and his companions decided to kill Han Yi after realizing he knew about the pill, and the Ao Clan’s Third Elder arrived to confront him.
• Han Yi killed the Third Elder and the three Ao Clan cultivators, collected their storage bags, and ignored Ke Yao’s plea to become his disciple.
• Ke Yao fled deeper into the Myriad Demon Mountains while Han Yi disguised himself and traveled to Southern Sky Immortal City.
• Han Yi bought two Immortal-Slaying Talismans and a Tiger Vanguard Immortal Boat at the Supreme Pavilion, received a Black Iron inscription plate, and rented a Meditation Chamber.

Han Yi traveled from Tiannan Immortal City to Jinyun Immortal City while investigating the poisons that had nearly killed him. He learned that the first poison was Spirit-Wrecking Demon Venom from the Primordial Beast Sect and the second was Black Prison Powder from Black God Tower, then set out for Mystic Immortal Pavilion.

• Han Yi decided to return to Great Qian because his strength had recovered, he could not remove the last of the poison in his spiritual sea, and he feared what had happened since Que Chen's death.
• Han Yi boarded an Immortal Boat bound for Jinyun Immortal City and watched Wu Gang kill a flock of avian demon beasts with his zither.
• Han Yi spoke with He Xuan, Lu Yi, Yang Heda, and Meng Yangyu, who explained that Yuanlao Mountain's ancient holy land fragments were drawing cultivators to the area.
• Han Yi disguised his own poisonings as the deaths of two fellow Daoists, and the four identified the first poison as Spirit-Wrecking Demon Venom from the Primordial Beast Sect.
• Yang Heda and He Xuan identified the second poison as Black Prison Powder, a deadly poison possessed by Black God Tower, but they knew of no antidote.
• After reaching Jinyun Immortal City, Han Yi observed the four cultivators, changed his appearance, and flew toward Mystic Immortal Pavilion.

Han Yi returned to the Mystic Immortal Pavilion in Qian Capital and learned that the Mystic Pill Sect had withdrawn from Jinyun Immortal City after the events surrounding Que Chen. After a year of cultivating, Han Yi advanced his Ancient God Visualization Method and expelled the last of the Black Prison Powder from his body.

• Han Yi returned to Qian Capital, where Liu Ruyan and Qin Wuxian welcomed him and heard how he survived the attacks in Jinyun Immortal City and escaped through the Myriad Demon Mountains.
• Liu Ruyan explained that the Primordial Beast Sect had concealed Que Chen’s death while the Mystic Pill Sect withdrew its outlying branches and suspected the Ten Thousand Arts Sect was behind the plot.
• Qin Wuxian promised to seek an antidote for Han Yi’s Black Prison Powder, while the Mystic Pill Sect began planning to destroy the Primordial Beast Sect.
• Han Yi cultivated for a year at the Mystic Immortal Pavilion, advancing the Ancient God Visualization Method to Peak Mastery.
• Han Yi used his strengthened body to expel the remaining Black Prison Powder from his spiritual sea.

After reaching Foundation Establishment Peak and purging the residual Black Prison Powder, Han Yi left Qian Prefecture to return to the Mystic Pill Sect and prepare for core formation. Yan Bu of the Black God Tower pursued him and trapped him in a third-tier Spirit-Killing Illusion Array, where Han Yi faced a sudden attack.

• Han Yi advanced his Ancient God Visualization Method to Peak Mastery, cleared the poison, and cultivated until he reached Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Han Yi told Bai Wanqing that the residual poison was gone and that he intended to leave Qian Prefecture to form his core back at the sect.
• Yan Bu spotted Han Yi leaving Qian Capital and pursued him, having been ordered to finish the assassination mission or repay its bounty.
• Near the border of Qian Prefecture and Shu Province, Yan Bu trapped Han Yi's Immortal Boat with a Spirit-Trapping Talisman and activated a third-tier formation.
• Yan Bu used the Spirit-Killing Illusion Array to vanish into dense mist, while Han Yi prepared his sword and talismans for battle.
• Han Yi cut through an illusory attacker, but a second black-robed figure appeared above him and stabbed down.

Han Yi used two third-tier talismans and his swords to defeat Yan Bu, a mid-stage Golden Core assassin, but survived Yan Bu’s soul-sealing attack only because the mysterious black bead absorbed it. After returning to the Mystic Pill Sect, Han Yi examined the bead and was left puzzled by what he found.

• Han Yi used four swords to distract Yan Bu, then activated a Three-Spirit Immortal-Slaying Talisman to disrupt the array and locate him.
• Han Yi unleashed a Six-Spirit Immortal-Slaying Talisman, severely wounding Yan Bu as he tried to escape through a spirit-killing body.
• Yan Bu struck Han Yi with a Yin-Slaying Soul-Sealing Talisman, but the black bead absorbed its attack and Han Yi’s soul re-formed.
• Han Yi killed Yan Bu with the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword, then destroyed Yan Bu’s escaping soul with the Five Decays of the Soul.
• Han Yi collected Yan Bu’s storage ring and array disks, escaped the wilderness, and returned to the Mystic Pill Sect three days early.
• Han Yi inspected the black bead in his Meditation Chamber and opened his eyes after fifteen minutes, puzzled.

After killing the Black God Tower assassin, Han Yi examined the spoils, confirmed that he had purged the Black Prison Powder, and met Zhuge Wuyou at the Mystic Pill Sect. Zhuge gave him materials on forming a core and described the sect’s campaign against the Primordial Beast Sect, before Han Yi asked about the Ten Thousand Arts Sect and the Southern Dipper Divine Palace.

• Han Yi reviewed his dangerous victory over the Black God Tower assassin, resolved to avoid fighting across realms, and prioritized breaking through to Golden Core.
• Han Yi opened Yan Bu’s Cosmos Ring and found spirit stones, weapons, talismans, formations, pills, and two Immortal Boats, including a mid-grade Heaven Immortal-grade one.
• Han Yi met Zhuge Wuyou, who saw that Han Yi had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment and confirmed that no Black Prison Powder remained in his body.
• Zhuge Wuyou gave Han Yi a jade slip of core-formation materials and promised to protect him when he was ready to form a core.
• Zhuge Wuyou reported that the Mystic Pill Sect had killed three Primordial Beast Sect Golden Core cultivators and planned to bring the weakened sect into its sphere of influence.
• Han Yi asked whether the Ten Thousand Arts Sect and the Southern Dipper Divine Palace had made further moves, and Zhuge Wuyou’s expression darkened.

Han Yi learned about the Mystic Pill Sect’s hidden protection and the dangers of breaking through to Golden Core, then followed a lead on Yan Ru to Lingchuan City. The lead ended with him finding a bloodstained strip of cloth she had left in storage.

• Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that the Ten Thousand Arts Sect was the Mystic Pill Sect’s main threat and that Mystic Pill Peak’s secret kept Nascent Soul cultivators from approaching the sect.
• Han Yi learned that Yan Ru had visited a shop in Lingchuan City a year earlier, and Lu Li gave him the records.
• Han Yi studied Zhuge Wuyou’s jade slip, which explained the Three Transformations of the Spirit Sea and the Three Calamities of the Golden Core.
• Han Yi found that He Fangwei had closed Nine Dragon Shop, then left the sect for Lingchuan City to investigate Yan Ru’s whereabouts.
• Zhang Kun told Han Yi that Yan Ru had left an item in storage and gave him the box she had entrusted to the shop.
• Han Yi opened the box outside Lingchuan City and found a bloodstained strip of cloth inside.

Han Yi tracked Yan Ru’s bloodied cloth to Yuanlao Mountain, where he discovered the corpse of Lu Yi and searched the ruins for her. Wen Zhen’s deception led three Golden Core cultivators to ambush Han Yi, leaving him facing their combined attack.

• Han Yi used the Yiyao Secret Art to follow Yan Ru’s blood aura east to Yuanlao Mountain.
• Wen Zhen revealed that he had planted Yan Ru’s cloth as bait and followed Han Yi with the Mother-Child Blood-Killing Disk.
• Han Yi found Lu Yi’s corpse in a ruined palace, buried him, and continued searching Yuanlao Mountain for Yan Ru.
• Wen Zhen’s allies arrived at Yuanlao Mountain, and three Golden Core cultivators attacked Han Yi together with magic treasures.
• Han Yi faced the golden ruler, massive saber, and battle flags as killing intent overwhelmed the area.

Han Yi survived an ambush by three Golden Core cultivators by breaking the Nine-Spirit Killing Formation and sacrificing his Immortal Boat, then struck back and killed Shi Heng. He faced the remaining Wen Zhen and Pang Li in the sky and launched his sword at them.

• Han Yi used a Blazing Solar Flame Talisman to destroy a battle flag, broke the formation’s seal, and evaded the attackers’ first barrage.
• Wen Zhen trapped Han Yi with the Golden Thunder Ruler and activated a Void Fire Source Talisman as Pang Li sent his battle flags crashing down and Shi Heng gathered his slashes into a devastating blade strike.
• Han Yi threw out his mid-grade Dharma treasure Immortal Boat to block the attacks, but the vessel was pierced, split apart, and destroyed in the resulting explosion.
• Han Yi emerged from the dust and beheaded Shi Heng with the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword, then clashed with Pang Li’s battle flags.
• Wen Zhen and Pang Li regrouped in the air as Han Yi assessed them and launched the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword toward them.

Han Yi used Voidreturn Powder to poison Wen Zhen and Pang Li, forcing both Golden Core cultivators to flee after their ambush failed. He pursued the weakened Wen Zhen into a Spirit-Killing Illusion Array, where Wen Zhen tried to bargain for his life by offering information about Yan Ru.

• Wen Zhen attacked Han Yi with the Golden Thunder Ruler while Pang Li sent a fused six-colored battle flag against Han Yi's sword, but Han Yi evaded their attacks and the Voidreturn Powder weakened both of their souls.
• Pang Li swallowed a Seven-Fragrance Pill to recover temporarily, then fled, while Wen Zhen—unable to purge the poison—also escaped.
• Han Yi retrieved the shattered Immortal Boat, noted that the slain bald cultivator's body and saber had vanished, and chose to pursue Wen Zhen rather than Pang Li.
• A rogue Golden Core cultivator arrived at the battlefield, concluded that a Foundation Establishment cultivator had defeated three Golden Core ambushers, and departed as other cultivators gathered.
• Han Yi tracked Wen Zhen through Yuanlao Mountain, trapped him inside a Spirit-Killing Illusion Array, and attacked with nine spirit-slaying bodies and his swords.
• Recognizing that he had little chance of survival, Wen Zhen told Han Yi that he knew Yan Ru's whereabouts.

Han Yi killed Wen Zhen and learned that the Wenxiang Cult had targeted him, so he fled to the Crimson Sky Sword Sect to lie low. As he reviewed his journey there, he suspected Yan Ru’s bloodstained cloth and its box had allowed the cult to track him.

• Han Yi used the Spirit-Killing Illusion Array and his soul art to kill Wen Zhen, whose soul restriction triggered when he tried to reveal Wenxiang Cult secrets.
• Han Yi escaped to a hidden valley, deduced that the Wenxiang Cult had infiltrated the chain of people connected to Yan Ru’s clues, and chose to seek shelter at the Crimson Sky Sword Sect.
• A Daoist in the Star-Moon Sect learned that Wen Zhen had died and noted Han Yi’s killings of two Wenxiang Cult Hall Masters, but focused on the Demon Cave’s reopening in eight years.
• Han Yi reached the Crimson Sky Sword Sect and, after learning Ding Jiansheng had not returned, arranged to stay at the Guest Reception Pavilion until Ding came back.
• Han Yi set up his Spirit-Killing Illusion Array in his chamber and reviewed his journey, then suspected the bloodstained cloth and its box had enabled the Wenxiang Cult to track him.

Han Yi discovered that the black box from Wen Zhen’s belongings could be used to track him, and decided to keep it as a possible lure for pursuers. After ascending Crimson Sky Mountain with Ding Jiansheng and leaving a sword imprint, Han Yi received the sword art Sword Realm and resolved to conceal it from the Crimson Sky Sword Sect.

• Han Yi broke the restriction on Wen Zhen’s storage ring, found his Ruthless Sect identity and a directional Array Disk, and confirmed that the black box was what the disk tracked.
• Han Yi chose not to discard the black box, considering whether he could use it to trap or mislead anyone pursuing him, then spent a month cultivating.
• Ding Jiansheng escorted Han Yi to Sword Mountain and explained why the Crimson Sky Sword Sect invited outside swordsmen to leave sword imprints.
• Han Yi used his Aura Observation Technique to glimpse Sword Mountain’s terrifying sword imprints, then demonstrated his Sword Control Art and Separation Fire Sword Art.
• Sword Mountain accepted Han Yi’s display and sent him the sword art Sword Realm, which could form a small world through nine perfected sword formulas.
• Han Yi decided to keep Sword Realm secret because he feared the Crimson Sky Sword Sect might detain him or seize the art.

Han Yi searched Yuanlao Mountain for Yan Ru, concluded that her body had likely died while her soul survived elsewhere, and then witnessed a vast fragment of the ancient Yuanlao Holy Land fall from a spatial rift. He rushed toward the newly revealed treasure site as cultivators across the region converged on it.

• An ancient sword master sensed an anomaly in the Crimson Firmament Immortal Sword, investigated Han Yi and Ding Jiansheng, and found no clear cause.
• After Ding Jiansheng left to enter seclusion, Han Yi hid the Wenxiang Cult’s marked black box inside a demon beast, disguised himself, and returned to search Yuanlao Mountain.
• Han Yi failed to find Yan Ru and reasoned that she had likely died in body while her soul remained intact, possibly taken away by another cultivator.
• A gigantic fragment of the Yuanlao Holy Land fell from a spatial rift, and Han Yi survived the ensuing destruction before rushing toward the palaces.
• Cultivators throughout Yuanlao Mountain headed for the fallen fragment, while He Xuan, Yang Heda, and Meng Yangyu chose to leave and return Fellow Daoist Lu’s remains to Rosy Cloud Mountain.

Han Yi explored a fallen Yuanlao Holy Land fragment, found a seemingly lifeless Heavenly Craft corpse, and followed the Green Duckweed Sword to a second identical sword that fused with it into a low-grade magic treasure. After fleeing a battle between powerful Golden Core cultivators, he witnessed True Monarchs and many other experts converging on Yuanlao Mountain and escaped westward.

• Han Yi searched several fragment palaces and collected pills, talismans, artifacts, and jade slips before discovering a silver-eyed Heavenly Craft creation whose immense weight made it difficult to store.
• The Green Duckweed Sword led Han Yi north to a vast palace, where it fused with an identical sword and became a low-grade magic treasure.
• Han Yi killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator who ambushed him, then recognized Wu Gang fighting an official cultivator of Great Qian.
• Wu Gang and the Great Qian cultivator's battle wrecked half the palace, so Han Yi fled Yuanlao Mountain with his gains.
• Han Yi saw True Monarch cultivators and numerous Golden Core cultivators converge on Yuanlao Mountain, then sped west to escape.

After returning to the Mystic Pill Sect, Han Yi prepared for a Golden Core breakthrough, inspected the mysterious gains from Yuanlao Mountain, and successfully condensed his Golden Core. The Heavenly Demon trial proved unexpectedly weak, but the Calamity of Lifespan descended as his breakthrough continued.

• Han Yi met Yuan Shun at Mystic Pill Peak, confirmed that his spirit-sea poison was gone, and learned that he could begin forming his core.
• Han Yi set up defensive formations, examined the fused Green Duckweed Sword and ancient female cultivator's corpse, and reviewed his accumulated treasures and cultivation progress.
• Han Yi noticed that Sword Realm appeared on his status panel as an incomplete technique requiring nine sword arts.
• Han Yi spent a month preparing, then gathered spiritual qi until his spirit sea produced and transformed a Golden Core over the following months.
• Han Yi underwent the Three Transformations of the Spirit Sea and faced a minor Heavenly Demon that offered only a faint temptation before retreating.
• Han Yi rejoiced at the weak Heavenly Demon trial, then stiffened as the Calamity of Lifespan descended.

Han Yi endured the Longevity Calamity, living for years in a vivid recreation of his mortal life before recovering his memories and returning to his Golden Core breakthrough. After three months of consolidating his new realm, he emerged from seclusion and sensed an angry crowd at Battle Arts Peak, though he first went to Azure Dragon Palace.

• Han Yi’s memories of his mortal family and life on Earth grew clearer as the Longevity Calamity made him forget the Jade Balance Realm.
• Years later, Han Yi recovered his memories after seeing a reminder of the dream he had recorded, then watched the recreated world and his family fade away.
• Han Yi awoke in the Mystic Pill Sect with a Golden Core, tears on his face, and an unshakable sense that he must not forget what he had experienced.
• Han Yi spent three months filling his expanded Spirit Sea with spiritual power, using more than eight hundred high-grade spirit stones.
• Han Yi left seclusion after more than nine months, flew as a Golden Core cultivator, sensed a group’s anger at Battle Arts Peak, and entered Azure Dragon Palace instead.

After breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, Han Yi learned that the Profound Blood Branch Sect faced a dire assault by Blood Sea demonic creatures and Primordial Beast Sect forces. Yuan Shun ordered him to reinforce the branch, and Han Yi arrived to find the region in chaos as a demon cultivator attacked a swordsman.

• Han Yi met Wo Changyun at Azure Dragon Palace and learned that Shen Ping and other cultivators had gone to reinforce the besieged Profound Blood Branch Sect, where Si Hongxue had been severely wounded in a Primordial Beast Sect ambush.
• Han Yi sought Yuan Shun at Mystic Pill Peak but received no response, so he visited Huo Ming and learned that Yuan Shun's whereabouts were unknown.
• Yuan Shun sent Han Yi to reinforce the Profound Blood Branch Sect and assured Huo Ming that the sect would be safe; Han Yi departed aboard the Jade Immortal Boat Yuan Shun had sent him.
• During the two-day journey, Han Yi planned to prioritize improving his Sword Control Technique.
• Han Yi arrived at Profound Blood City and saw a massive demon cultivator slam a sword-wielding middle-aged cultivator through the air, then attacked with Seven Stars Rise.

Han Yi arrived at Profound Blood Branch Sect, killed the Azure Flame Tapir, and joined the battle against the Primordial Beast Sect’s attackers. After the Little Four Saints Formation fell, he abandoned his plan to lure the enemies apart and struck at Xie Puxuan.

• Han Yi appeared before Shen Ping and killed the Azure Flame Tapir with a single sword strike, then destroyed its demon soul with his aura of fear.
• Shen Ping told Han Yi that Tian Boyi had defected, poisoned Zhuge Wuyou, and helped besiege Profound Blood Peak, while the teleportation formation had been destroyed.
• Han Yi assessed the six Golden Core enemies and planned to draw them away from the peak so he could kill them one or two at a time.
• Tian Boyi and Xie Puxuan approached Han Yi and Shen Ping; Tian Boyi attacked Shen Ping while Xie Puxuan trapped Han Yi in his Demon-Binding Banner.
• The Little Four Saints Formation was breached, so Han Yi stopped pretending to be injured and sent the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword at Xie Puxuan.

Han Yi arrived at Profound Blood Peak as the Mystic Pill Sect faced an assault and revealed that he had already reached Golden Core, swiftly killing two of the attackers. Huang Yu unleashed a Nine Heavens Sun-Breaking Talisman, but Han Yi survived with a mist-escape technique and ended the fight by killing Huang Yu and the last early-stage Golden Core cultivator.

• Lian Tingxi used Zhuge Wuyou's Azure Glaze Furnace to block the four attackers' strike, then crashed down from the backlash as Zhuge Wuyou and Si Hongxue prepared to fight.
• Han Yi reached Profound Blood Peak and killed Nie Guan and the Dark Demon Wolf with concealed sword and dagger attacks, shocking Huang Yu and the wounded Mystic Pill Sect cultivators.
• Han Yi secretly set up a Spirit-Killing Illusion Array and joined Lian Tingxi as Shen Ping flew toward the battle.
• Huang Yu activated the Nine Heavens Sun-Breaking Talisman, and its lightning pierced Han Yi's Immortal Boat and struck his body.
• Han Yi transformed into mist to evade the fatal blow, reappeared near Huang Yu, and killed Huang Yu and the remaining early-stage Golden Core cultivator with one sword strike.

Han Yi survived Huang Yu’s third-tier high-grade spirit talisman, killed Huang Yu and several other Golden Core enemies, and helped turn the battle at Profound Blood Peak. After Zhuge Wuyou sent Han Yi and Shen Ping to aid the besieged cities, Han Yi reached Profound Blood City and cleared the demonic creatures outside it.

• Huang Yu used a third-tier high-grade spirit talisman against Han Yi, who blocked it with the Jade Immortal Boat and killed Huang Yu and an unfamiliar Golden Core cultivator with one sword.
• Huang Yu’s soul entered Han Yi’s sea of consciousness and used Soul Sacrifice, but Han Yi’s Soul Tower endured the attack and his twenty-four Soul Swords destroyed Huang Yu’s soul.
• Han Yi reunited with Shen Ping and Lian Tingxi, learned that he had killed six Golden Core enemies, and collected several spoils before Zhuge Wuyou ordered him and Shen Ping to aid the besieged cities.
• Han Yi and Shen Ping descended to Profound Blood City, where Han Yi encountered He Fengdi fighting outside the formation and saw Gu Yu helping defend the city.
• Han Yi wielded five swords to slaughter the demonic creatures outside Profound Blood City, clearing the gathered enemies within a quarter-hour.