Chapter Summaries

Han Yi cleared monsters from several immortal cities with the Demon-Slaying Dagger and rescued Lian Juyong at Fireforging City. He then reached the Blood Sea to investigate the monster surge, where Song He, a Northern Suppression Envoy, appeared and warned him not to look deeper.

• Han Yi and Shen Ping divided the endangered immortal cities between them, and Han Yi flew to protect the cities on the right.
• Han Yi cleared the monsters outside Pillspirit City, and Ling Feng recognized him as the Foundation Establishment cultivator he had seen nine years earlier.
• Han Yi discovered that the Demon-Slaying Dagger could prevent Blood Sea monsters from reassembling, though stronger monsters sometimes required multiple strikes.
• Han Yi saved Lian Juyong at Fireforging City, cleared most of its monsters, and told the cultivators to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
• Han Yi flew to the Blood Sea to investigate the surge, but Song He appeared and identified himself as one of the Northern Suppression Envoys.

Han Yi and Song He discovered that a Blood Demon had emerged in the Blood Sea, but the crisis rapidly worsened as numerous Blood Demons fled the sea in fear of something within it. Han Yi led the evacuation of the Profound Blood region as Blood Demons destroyed its cities and shattered Profound Blood Peak.

• Song He explained that the Blood Sea’s fleeing demonic creatures signaled the appearance of a Blood Demon, and he promised to remain and help defend the region.
• Han Yi returned to Profound Blood Peak, where Zhuge Wuyou revealed he had been poisoned with Spirit-Locking Powder and discussed the coming reinforcements and rewards.
• A Nascent Soul-level Blood Demon appeared, and the injured Song He warned everyone to flee as more Blood Demons emerged from the Blood Sea.
• Han Yi and Zhuge Wuyou organized an evacuation by Immortal Boat, carrying most of the region’s cultivators away from the Blood Sea.
• Blood Demons destroyed several immortal cities and smashed Profound Blood Peak while Han Yi’s group escaped, and Zhuge Wuyou concluded that the Blood Demons feared something in the sea.

After returning to Mystic Pill Sect, Han Yi learned that Primordial Beast Sect had vanished overnight and that the Blood Sea crisis had drawn powerful cultivators from across the region. He chose Vermilion Bird Peak as his cultivation ground, then traveled with Qin Wuxian toward the Blood Sea, where he learned it had collapsed.

• Han Yi returned to Mystic Pill Sect, sorted the spoils from his journey, and began cultivating, but left seclusion three days later when unease over the Blood Sea unsettled him.
• Shen Ping told Han Yi that every cultivator and contracted beast at Primordial Beast Sect had vanished overnight, while the sect itself remained intact and the investigation found no clues.
• Shen Ping explained that six True Lords had gathered near the Blood Sea and that Mystic Pill Sect planned to send Qin Wuxian with a support team; he also reported that Huo Ming had taken cultivators to establish a branch sect at Primordial Beast Sect.
• Han Yi visited Zheng Hai in Mengshan City without disturbing him, then returned to Mystic Pill Sect and chose Vermilion Bird Peak as his Inner Peak.
• Qin Wuxian returned to Mystic Pill Sect and took Han Yi toward the Blood Sea, warning him to avoid unnecessary danger and revealing that the Blood Sea had collapsed.

Qin Wuxian told Han Yi that the Blood Sea had collapsed across the Big Dipper Domain because a peak Deity Transformation cultivator was attempting to forge the Blood Sea Immortal Path. At the crisis site, Han Yi encountered powerful allies and enemies, then Heavenly Heart Daoist unexpectedly claimed him as a disciple of both Heaven’s Will Sect and Mystic Pill Sect.

• Qin Wuxian explained the Immortal Paths and warned Han Yi that the collapsing Blood Sea could unleash Blood Demons across the regions it touched.
• Han Yi and Qin Wuxian reached the Blood Sea, where Duke State-Guarding and cultivators from major factions had gathered to contain the spreading waters and Blood Demons.
• Marquis Tan Xiao praised Han Yi before True Monarchs tied to Mystic Pill Sect’s enemies, and Qin Wuxian warned Han Yi to beware of their schemes.
• Heavenly Heart Daoist arrived with Lü Bai, who challenged Han Yi to survive a sword strike, while Qin Wuxian defended Han Yi’s background and invoked Yuan Shun’s invitation.
• Heavenly Heart Daoist proposed that Han Yi remain a Mystic Pill Sect disciple while also becoming his disciple in Heaven’s Will Sect.

Han Yi and Qin Wuxian fled the Blood Sea battlefield after a powerful Profound Blood Demon injured Qin Wuxian, then warned the Mystic Pill Sect that a Soul Formation-level Blood Demon had appeared. Yuan Shun ordered the entire sect to relocate to the Primordial Beast Sect while he stayed behind, leaving Han Yi and Lian Tingxi suspicious of his sudden decision.

• Heavenly Heart Daoist hinted that Han Yi might someday join the Heaven's Will Sect, but Han Yi firmly declined, and Qin Wuxian warned him to be cautious.
• After three months of waiting, the Blood Sea boiled, its formation shattered under a horde of Blood Demons, and the cultivators began fighting to keep them from entering Great Qian.
• Han Yi fought Profound Blood Demons alongside Qin Wuxian, then fled with the badly injured Qin Wuxian when a powerful demon struck him down and a Soul Formation-level Blood Demon appeared.
• Han Yi and Qin Wuxian reached the Mystic Pill Sect and reported the danger to Yuan Shun, who ordered the Foundation Establishment elders and all Inner and Outer Peak disciples to evacuate.
• Yuan Shun gave Han Yi and two other elders spatial rings containing the sect's treasures, then stayed behind as the rest of the Mystic Pill Sect departed.
• Aboard Huo Ming's Immortal Boat, Han Yi and Lian Tingxi exchanged suspicions that Yuan Shun's sudden, absolute relocation order concealed other circumstances.

After the Mystic Pill Sect relocated to the Primordial Beast Sect, Han Yi learned more about the secret of Mystic Pill Peak and inspected the sect master's cache while keeping watch for Blood Demons. He returned to hear that Mystic Pill Mountain had been destroyed and that Yuan Shun had killed Jiang Ji uge and gravely wounded Liu Su True Monarch, leaving the sect's fate unexplained.

• Qin Wuxian and Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that three disguised True Monarchs had died upon approaching Mystic Pill Peak decades earlier, and that Yuan Shun's relocation plan was tied to its secret.
• The Mystic Pill Sect settled at the Primordial Beast Sect, where Han Yi was assigned to watch for Blood Demons and examined the treasures Yuan Shun had entrusted to him.
• After keeping watch for fifteen days, Han Yi received Huo Ming's summons and returned to the sect's main hall.
• Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that Mystic Pill Mountain had become a domain of corpses and its spirit veins had scattered seven days earlier.
• Zhuge Wuyou reported that Yuan Shun appeared on the Blood Demon Battlefield, killed Jiang Ji uge with a flick of his finger, and severely wounded Liu Su True Monarch.

Han Yi investigated the ruined Mystic Pill Mountain Range and confirmed that it had become a corpse domain with all its spirit veins dead. With Mystic Pill Sect unable to return and Yuan Shun still missing, its Golden Core cultivators chose Primordial Beast Mountain as their new home and planned to use Yuan Shun’s reputation to deter threats.

• Qin Wuxian outlined the search for Yuan Shun, the investigation of Mystic Pill Mountain, and preparations to rebuild Mystic Pill Sect at Primordial Beast Mountain; the group sent Han Yi to inspect the old sect.
• Han Yi condensed the third level of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda and gained the Soul Search art, then set out for Mystic Pill Mountain in disguise.
• Han Yi found Mystic Pill Mountain shrouded in corpse qi, its buildings decayed, its dead risen as corpses, and every spirit vein reduced to a dead vein.
• Han Yi returned to Primordial Beast Sect and reported his findings, after which Qin Wuxian and the others accepted that Mystic Pill Sect could not return to its old home.
• Zhuge Wuyou proposed presenting Yuan Shun as a powerful protector who might return at any time, and the seven agreed to rebuild Mystic Pill Sect at Primordial Beast Mountain.
• The elders announced their rebuilding decisions to the sect, stirring the entire community.

Seven years after the Mystic Pill Sect relocated, Han Yi had grown stronger and disguised himself as Yuan Shun to maintain the sect’s confidence. Sent to Qian Capital to handle a huge Mystic Immortal Pavilion deal and investigate Huo Ming’s disappearance, he arrived just as three cultivators decided to target him.

• Han Yi reviewed seven years of cultivation progress, including his Disguise Art reaching Return to Original Simplicity and the Ancient God Visualization Method reaching Peak Perfection.
• Zhuge Wuyou told Han Yi that Huo Ming had disappeared after leaving Qian Capital three months earlier, and Han Yi agreed to investigate while supporting the Mystic Immortal Pavilion’s major transaction.
• Han Yi reached Qian Capital and learned from Liu Ruyan that the Yu Clan had ordered 537,000 high-grade spirit stones’ worth of goods, with most of the price already paid in advance.
• Three cultivators watched the Mystic Immortal Pavilion and decided to kill Han Yi, whom they identified as a newly advanced Golden Core cultivator, while pursuing a Yu Clan girl.
• Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect residence, activated the Grand Profound Heaven-Earth Array, and began cultivating as he waited for the transaction.

Han Yi traveled from Great Qian to Southern Sky Immortal City to complete the Mystic Immortal Pavilion’s transaction, taking precautions against pursuers along the way. Aboard the Immortal Boat, he heard rumors about Yuan Shun and the Mystic Pill Sect, while three suspicious Golden Core cultivators showed interest in the discussion.

• Han Yi agreed to carry the transaction token to Southern Sky Immortal City after Liu Ruyan explained that the buyers had moved the meeting place and paid extra travel expenses.
• Han Yi disguised himself, evaded three Golden Core cultivators tracking him in Qian Capital, and traveled through Jinyun Immortal City aboard a commercial Immortal Boat.
• Han Yi listened to fellow passengers discuss Great Qin’s Sacred Lands, Academies, Heavenly Sects, and the Blood Demon disaster.
• Han Yi asked about the Mystic Pill Sect and Yuan Shun, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator claimed Yuan Shun had gained power through a sinister technique that severed corpses.
• Han Yi noticed three Golden Core cultivators react when the passenger mentioned Yuan Shun and the Mystic Pill Sect.

Han Yi accepted Yu Qian’s offer to protect her for a month while she delivered cultivation resources, learning that the Yu Clan was being squeezed by the Zhang Clan after refusing Zhang Tu’s demand to marry Yu Ling. As they approached the Yu Residence, three Golden Core cultivators ambushed them, and Han Yi recognized them as the same men who had discussed attacking the Mystic Pill Sect aboard the Immortal Boat.

• Han Yi traveled to Southern Sky Immortal City, disguised himself as a saber-wielding cultivator, and waited at Cloudvoid Lodge for Yu Qian.
• Yu Qian offered Han Yi ten thousand Medium-grade Spirit Stones to protect her for a month, and he agreed after questioning her about the Zhang Clan’s strength and the dangers involved.
• Yu Qian explained that Zhang Tu had demanded to become Dao companions with Yu Ling, and that the Zhang Clan had obstructed the Yu Clan’s business after Yu Ling refused.
• Yu Qian and Han Yi left for the Yu Residence, but their Immortal Boat struck a Spirit-Binding Talisman and became trapped in an ambush.
• Tuoba Li, Tuoba An, and Tuoba Di confronted Yu Qian and Han Yi, and Han Yi recognized them as the three Golden Core cultivators from the Immortal Boat.

Han Yi killed Tuoba An, Tuoba Di, and Tuoba Li in moments when they ambushed him and Yu Qian, then entered the Yu Clan under the name Wang Lin. The injured Yu Clan head welcomed him and said Yu Qian’s agreed payment was too little, proposing to give him more.

• Tuoba Li ordered Tuoba An and Tuoba Di to attack Han Yi while the Yu Clan’s Golden Core cultivators rushed to help.
• Han Yi severed the Thousand-Mechanism Spirit-Imprisoning Net and killed Tuoba An and Tuoba Di, then slew Tuoba Li and searched the souls of the brothers.
• Han Yi collected the brothers’ storage rings and weapons, dispelled a Spirit-Binding Talisman, and joined Yu Qian on the way to the Yu Clan.
• Yu Qian led Han Yi through the Yu Clan’s Golden Radiance Ten-Thousand-Mile Formation and introduced him to Yu Wei, Yu Liang, and Yu Chen.
• Yu Wei welcomed Han Yi as Wang Lin and said the Yu Clan intended to pay him more than the agreed ten thousand high-grade spirit stones per month.

Han Yi renegotiated his deal with Yu Qian to escort her toward Yu Prefecture Immortal City, learning that the Yu Clan faced ruin because the Zhang Clan was sabotaging its contract with the Supreme Pavilion. After uncovering clues about Huo Ming and leaving with Yu Qian, Han Yi prompted Zhang Hai to move against the Yu Clan.

• Yu Wei offered Han Yi one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones to resolve the Yu Clan’s troubles, but Han Yi refused and insisted that their original agreement covered only Yu Qian’s safety.
• Yu Wei told Yu Chen and Yu Liang that the Zhang Clan had colluded with Supreme Pavilion cultivators to obstruct Yu Qian’s delivery, putting the Yu Clan at risk of a ruinous penalty.
• Han Yi clarified that he could retreat if danger exceeded his ability, and Yu Qian explained the Yu Clan’s contract, its losses, and why its Golden Core members could not escort her.
• Yu Qian offered Han Yi thirty thousand high-grade Spirit Stones for the journey and two chances to repel attacks; they swore oaths, and Han Yi accepted the revised agreement.
• Han Yi examined the soul shadows of Tuoba Li and Tuoba An, learned that the four Tuoba brothers had obstructed the Yu Clan and that Huo Ming had been trapped, then departed with Yu Qian aboard his Red Moon Immortal Boat.
• Zhang Hai learned that Tuoba Li, Tuoba An, and Tuoba Di had died, suspected the Yu Clan was responsible, and set out to seize Yu Qian for the sake of his son Tu’er.

Han Yi brought Yu Qian to Yu Prefecture Immortal City to complete the Yu Clan’s deal with Withered Wood True Lord, but repeated delays at Supreme Pavilion suggested someone was interfering. When Tuoba Tu appeared disguised and came for them, Han Yi recognized him and launched a surprise attack.

• Han Yi used the Disguise Art and took a detoured route to bring Yu Qian safely to Yu Prefecture Immortal City.
• Han Yi and Yu Qian visited Supreme Pavilion, but Withered Wood True Lord was absent, and the pavilion repeatedly postponed their meeting.
• Han Yi arranged a double watch from Cloud-Crossing Inn while he and Yu Qian stayed at Spirit Immortal Inn, where they waited for Withered Wood True Lord to appear.
• After another delay, Han Yi led Yu Qian toward Spirit Immortal Inn and noticed a disguised cultivator approaching; he recognized him as Tuoba Tu from the soul-shadow images.
• Han Yi activated a Taiyi Golden Light Talisman and sent three swords at Tuoba Tu, who realized that Han Yi was the person he had been hunting.

Han Yi killed Tuoba Tu but was forced into a deadly talisman battle with Zhang Hai, the Zhang Clan patriarch. After surviving Zhang Hai’s lightning barrage and countering with powerful talismans, Han Yi left Zhang Hai facing another attack as the chapter ended.

• Tuoba Tu used an indestructible fragmentary inner armor to survive Han Yi’s Taiyi Golden Light Talisman, but Han Yi severed his hand, killed him with the Heavenchill Sword, and destroyed his divine soul.
• Zhang Hai arrived and attacked Han Yi with the Phantomflame Cauldron and a barrage of third-tier high-grade lightning talismans.
• Han Yi evaded the lightning strikes until he used Tuoba Tu’s corpse to block one and gained time to activate the Holy Spirit Dao-Sacrifice Talisman.
• Han Yi followed with the Nine Heavens Black-Yellow Talisman as the Heavenchill Sword and Han Yi himself closed in on Zhang Hai.
• Zhang Hai used the Phantomflame Cauldron to block Han Yi’s golden-light attack, but black-yellow qi pierced through the shattered light toward him.

Han Yi killed Tuoba Tu and Zhang Hai after Zhang Hai nearly overwhelmed him with spirit talismans, then completed the Yu Clan’s transaction with Withered Wood True Lord and learned that Bao Zheshen had obstructed them. Han Yi and Yu Qian fled Yu City aboard separate Immortal Boats, reunited in Contemplation Ward, and headed for Contemplation Academy while Bao Zheshen pursued Han Yi.

• Han Yi destroyed the Seven-Star Kunwu Sword to pierce Zhang Hai’s defenses, finished him with the Heavenchill Sword, and seized the cultivators’ bodies and spoils.
• Withered Wood True Lord arrived after the battle, accepted the Yu Clan’s transaction, and secretly warned Han Yi to beware Bao Zheshen.
• Han Yi learned from Yu Qian that Bao Zheshen was a powerful Supreme Pavilion supervisor, then fled Yu City while Yu Qian changed her appearance and returned to warn her family.
• Bao Zheshen ordered a subordinate to track and kill Han Yi, while Withered Wood True Lord chose not to intervene further.
• Han Yi and Yu Qian separately boarded Immortal Boats to the Seventh Immortal Ring; they reunited in Springsea Ward, where Han Yi collected the Yu Clan’s remaining payment.
• Han Yi and Yu Qian traveled together to Contemplation Ward and headed for Contemplation Academy.

Han Yi and Yu Qian fled an assassination attempt near Contemplation Academy, and Han Yi sought refuge inside by applying to become an instructor. He passed the assessment and settled into the academy’s inner grounds as an alchemist instructor.

• A concealed Golden Core peak cultivator attacked Han Yi and Yu Qian, but Han Yi escaped into Contemplation Academy’s outer grounds, where a True Monarch drove the pursuer away.
• Han Yi parted from Yu Qian, altered his appearance, and decided to enter the academy’s inner grounds by registering as an instructor.
• Han Yi took the assessment before Shi Hao, Mo Wuwen, and Wei Qiong, demonstrating his sword control and other skills while withholding his soul arts.
• Han Yi scored seventy-one points, passed the assessment, and accepted the academy’s decision to make him an alchemist instructor.
• Mo Wuwen completed Han Yi’s admission, and Han Yi settled into an instructor’s Meditation Chamber after learning about the academy’s dual-instructor and points systems.

Han Yi uncovered the Zhang Clan’s scheme to seize Yu Ling for her Lunar Yin Physique and collected valuable treasures from Zhang Hai and Tuoba Tu. While he settled into teaching and refining pills at Contemplation Academy, an ancient corpse in his storage ring secretly consumed two supreme-grade spirit stones.

• A gray-robed cultivator tracked Han Yi to Contemplation Academy’s inner courtyard and stayed nearby to confirm whether he was an instructor.
• Han Yi searched Tuoba Tu’s memories, learned that Huo Ming had escaped to the Jade Cauldron Sect, and discovered that Zhang Hai and Zhang Tu planned to seize Yu Ling for her Lunar Yin Physique.
• Han Yi identified and stored the talismans, treasures, and Dharma artifacts taken from Zhang Hai and Tuoba Tu, then wore Zhang Hai’s damaged inner armor.
• Han Yi began refining Gold-Silver Pills, and the ancient female cultivator corpse in his Heaven-Earth Ring swallowed two supreme-grade spirit stones without his knowledge.
• Han Yi joined the Pill Hall’s teaching assignments, bought a Five-Elements Convergence Furnace, and taught eight Qi Refining students how to refine Gold-Silver Pills.
• Han Yi taught classes, refined pills, and cultivated at Contemplation Academy for nine months.

Han Yi refined a flawless Foundation Establishment Pill and advanced the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, gaining the Soul Severing art. After learning that Qin Wuxian had died, Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect and set out to investigate Qin’s disappearance in Shu Capital.

• Han Yi refined a flawless Foundation Establishment Pill and discovered that two supreme-grade spirit stones had vanished from his storage ring.
• The Ninefold Soul Pagoda broke through to Transcending Mortality and Entering Sainthood, granting Han Yi the Soul Severing secret art.
• Huo Ming sent Han Yi a message reporting Qin Wuxian’s death and urging him to return to the Mystic Pill Sect.
• Han Yi left Contemplation Academy and traveled back to the Mystic Immortal Pavilion in Qian Capital.
• Huo Ming told Han Yi that Qin Wuxian had gone to Shu Capital to investigate a lead concerning Yuan Shun, and Han Yi agreed to investigate in secret.
• Han Yi departed Qian Capital aboard the Nine-Aperture Immortal Boat, bound for Shu Capital.

Han Yi reached the Shu Capital, learned that Qin Wuxian had passed through half a year earlier, and devised a ruse to draw out the person responsible for his death. After posing as Yuan Shun and offering a reward for Zhang Tu, Han Yi tracked a Wenxiang Cult hall master and attacked him.

• Bao Zheshen and Zhang Tu failed to track Han Yi into the Myriad Demon Mountains and decided to deal with the Yu Clan before pursuing him further.
• Han Yi visited Zhou Su at the Mystic Immortal Pavilion, learned Qin Wuxian had left the Shu Capital half a year earlier, and found no sign that Zhou Su was involved in anything unusual.
• Han Yi disguised himself as Yuan Shun, announced a reward for capturing Zhang Tu, then returned in disguise to watch who responded.
• When a Golden Core cultivator attacked him, Han Yi killed him in one strike and used the commotion to identify a pursuer whose aura belonged to a Wenxiang Cult hall master.
• Han Yi recognized the hall master as Shi Heng, followed him in secret, and struck him down from behind.

After killing Shi Heng, Han Yi learned that Star River True Lord had killed Qin Wuxian and was connected to the Wenxiang Cult. He returned to the Mystic Pill Sect, shared the news, advanced to middle Golden Core, and was then confronted by a Demon Cave eruption in Shu Capital.

• Han Yi killed Shi Heng and used Soul Search to uncover memories linking the Wenxiang Cult and Star River True Lord to Qin Wuxian's death.
• Star River True Lord investigated Shi Heng's death, suspected Yuan Shun, and headed toward the deeper Immortal Rings to report to the Saint Lord.
• Han Yi told Zhuge Wuyou and Si Hongxue that Qin Wuxian was dead and identified Star River True Lord as a Wenxiang Cult Protector; Zhuge said the sect would inform Shen Ping and wait for Yuan Shun's return.
• Han Yi returned to Vermilion Bird Peak and broke through from early to middle Golden Core, while no Heavenly Demon appeared during his tribulation.
• Han Yi began cultivating the Sword Control Technique, but half a month later the Demon Cave erupted in Shu Capital.