Chapter Summaries

Han Yi returned to Demon Witch Mountain and told its Mountain Lords that the First Mountain Lord had likely died in a forbidden land, then agreed to protect the mountain for several thousand years. After preparing in seclusion for two thousand years, Han Yi reached the moment to begin his tribulation preparations.

• Han Yi returned to Fuheng and went to Demon Witch Mountain, where he informed its eight highest-ranking Mountain Lords that the First Mountain Lord had likely perished in a forbidden land.
• Mountain Lord Wangxi questioned Han Yi about the death omen and the forbidden land, and Han Yi said the land lay beyond the Dao Spirit Chaos World and that he held the First Mountain Lord's key.
• Han Yi promised to protect Demon Witch Mountain for several thousand years, help any Harmony Dao Mountain Lord attempting a breakthrough, and leave behind a spirit body when he departed.
• After Han Yi left, Mountain Lord Wangxi temporarily sealed the other seven Mountain Lords' memories to protect the secret of the First Mountain Lord's fate.
• Han Yi cultivated in his grotto-heaven for two thousand years, and only Mountain Lord Wangxi knew he was there.
• Han Yi opened his eyes and said the time had come.

Han Yi left Demon Witch Mountain and began crossing the Celestial Venerable Tribulation alone in the Fuheng Northern Realm. He passed the Three Voids and reincarnation tribulation, then faced the karma tribulation as powerful enemies sensed his location and Sui Zhu Celestial Venerable recognized him.

• Han Yi told Mountain Lord Wangxi that he was departing and left a spiritual body behind in Ninety-Third Mountain Lord's grotto-heaven in case Demon Witch Mountain needed help.
• Han Yi chose a remote region of chaos in the Fuheng Northern Realm and began the Celestial Venerable Tribulation, enduring the bodily, soul, and Dao voids.
• Han Yi entered the reincarnation world, where divine power he had hidden in the Yueguang Divine Spear awakened him and let him break free.
• Han Yi began the karma tribulation and severed the thread connecting him to Zhuge Wuyou, while sensing the malice of the Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable and Yuehua Celestial Venerable.
• Han Yi severed the karmic threads, and Sui Zhu Celestial Venerable sensed his tribulation and recognized him.

Han Yi faced the final three Celestial Venerable Tribulations and overcame them with the strength of his Divine Venerable body and the Yueguang Ancient Artifact. The tribulations ended without further danger, and his vitality, lifespan, body, Dao soul, and Dao world began rising toward the Celestial Venerable realm.

• Sui Zhu Celestial Venerable feared the consequences of Han Yi’s God Clan identity, while the Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable watched without acting.
• Qin Yi witnessed Han Yi’s tribulation through their karmic connection and recognized that Han Yi’s path to Celestial Venerable would surpass his own.
• Han Yi endured the Time Tribulation, aged into a frail old man, then used divine power to restore his vitality while his lifespan remained near a hundred years.
• The Yin-Yang Grand Millstone, Destruction Tribulation, and Chaos Tribulation struck Han Yi simultaneously, and he wielded the Yueguang Ancient Artifact to repel the millstones and withstand the assaults.
• After an hour, the three tribulations subsided, and Han Yi’s stripped vitality and lifespan returned as his Dao world began transforming toward a Celestial Venerable World.

Han Yi completed the Celestial Venerable Tribulation’s dangerous trials, reached the ninth layer of chaotic space, and formed a rudimentary Celestial Venerable Sword Domain. He returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, established his Celestial Venerable presence there, and began developing the domain, but found his Dao swords inadequate.

• Han Yi explored the layers of chaotic space and endured the ninth layer’s crushing pressure.
• Han Yi comprehended chaos power and formed a rudimentary sword Dao domain that extended one li around him.
• Han Yi left the ninth layer after a month, completed the Celestial Venerable Tribulation, and headed toward the Eastern Realm while the Karma Tribulation continued.
• Han Yi returned to the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and spread his Celestial Venerable aura throughout it, marking it as protected by him.
• Han Yi used thirty-three high-level Dao swords to develop his Celestial Venerable Sword Domain, but put them away after ten years because they could not withstand enough chaos power.

Han Yi disguised himself as Dongfang He and intercepted Celestial Venerable Lei Yan and Baili Xi, who were locked in a deadly pursuit. After pretending to mediate, he sided against Baili Xi and attacked him with the Dark Might Divine Sword.

• Han Yi considered visiting the Myriad Travel Palace to exchange the Qingfeng Ancient Hammer for an ancient sword, then sensed Celestial Venerable Lei Yan fleeing from Baili Xi.
• Han Yi realized Lei Yan might be carrying Dao Ancestor Houtu and decided to intervene without revealing his own identity.
• Han Yi disguised himself as Dongfang He of Ancestor God Star and blocked Lei Yan’s path, offering to mediate between the pursuer and the fugitive.
• Baili Xi identified himself as a hall master of the Heaven-Controlling Dao Palace and ordered Han Yi to stay out of the conflict.
• Han Yi declared his allegiance to Ancestor God Star, drew the Dark Might Divine Sword, and struck at Baili Xi.

Han Yi, disguised as the Divine Venerable Dongfang He, drove Baili Xi away and saved Celestial Venerable Lei Yan. After revealing his identity to Lei Yan, he met Dao Ancestor Houtu, who appeared before him in shock.

• Han Yi used the Dark Might Divine Sword to overwhelm Baili Xi, who resisted with his silver ancient bow and then fled injured.
• Han Yi let Baili Xi escape to avoid provoking the Heaven-Controlling Dao Palace into greater conflict.
• Lei Yan thanked the mysterious Divine Venerable, and Han Yi transformed back into his true appearance and introduced himself.
• Lei Yan was stunned to learn that the powerful swordsman was Han Yi, then thanked him for saving his life.
• Han Yi inferred that Houtu had told Lei Yan about him, and Lei Yan summoned Houtu, who recognized Han Yi in surprise.

Han Yi reunited with Houtu, recounted his dangerous experiences, and warned her not to return to the Primordial Grand World because of the Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable. After entrusting her to Celestial Venerable Lei Yan, Han Yi traveled to the Myriad Travel Palace to trade for a Celestial Venerable ancient artifact.

• Han Yi met Houtu and revealed that he had become both a Divine Venerable and a Celestial Venerable.
• Han Yi and Houtu shared their experiences, and Han Yi explained that the Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable made the Primordial Grand World dangerous for Celestial Venerables.
• Han Yi gave Houtu a Great Wilderness Dao Palace token and asked Celestial Venerable Lei Yan to protect her.
• Han Yi activated his Myriad Travel Token and reached the Myriad Travel Palace in three hours.
• Han Yi introduced himself as Desolate of the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and requested a trade for a Celestial Venerable ancient artifact.

Han Yi visited Myriad Travel Palace to buy a Sword Dao ancient artifact and negotiated with Celestial Venerable Xuanmang and Celestial Venerable Wanye. He traded the Qingfeng Giant Hammer and a damaged ancient sword for Cloud Dusk, with the palace agreeing to return five source crystals.

• Celestial Venerable Wanye escorted Han Yi into Myriad Travel Hall, where Celestial Venerable Xuanmang recognized him from an ancient-artifact battle thirty thousand years earlier.
• Han Yi introduced himself as Desolate, master of Great Wilderness Dao Palace, and asked to buy an ancient sword.
• Han Yi offered the Qingfeng Giant Hammer in exchange for an Immortal Dao Celestial Venerable-level ancient sword, and Xuanmang had Wanye retrieve Cloud Dusk.
• Han Yi also offered the damaged Thunder Ancient Sword, which Wanye confirmed could be restored by nourishing it with lightning power.
• Xuanmang and Wanye offered Cloud Dusk and five source crystals in exchange for Han Yi's two ancient artifacts, and Han Yi accepted.

After Han Yi traded with Celestial Venerable Xuanmang and Celestial Venerable Wanye, he discovered their hidden tracking imprint and realized they intended to rob him. He used an incarnation to draw them into an ambush, then attacked the two Celestial Venerables without holding back.

• Han Yi traded five Source Crystals for the Cloud Dusk Ancient Sword and left Myriad Travel Palace, while Xuanmang and Wanye decided to pursue and kill him.
• Xuanmang and Wanye followed an imprint hidden in a Cold Valley Source Crystal and planned to conceal their attack with the Guangyan Concealment Formation.
• Han Yi absorbed the Source Crystals, detected the imprint, changed direction, and sent an incarnation carrying it ahead while his true body moved through the fifth layer of space.
• Xuanmang and Wanye pursued Han Yi north and tried to block his path, but Han Yi appeared nearby before Wanye could deploy the formation.
• Han Yi attacked Xuanmang and Wanye with the Yueguang Divine Spear, the Origin Divine Domain of All Realms, and the Celestial Venerable Sword Domain.

Han Yi ambushed Heavenly Venerable Xuan Mang, tore apart his Chaos Azure Python form, and pursued Heavenly Venerable Wan Ye. After defeating Wan Ye and collecting the fallen enemies’ artifacts and the trap’s formation bases, Han Yi destroyed the battle site’s spacetime imprints and left.

• Han Yi struck Heavenly Venerable Xuan Mang with the Axe Radiance Ancient Spear and Dark Might Divine Sword, broke his defenses, and tore his Chaos Azure Python form into two halves.
• Heavenly Venerable Wan Ye tried to repel the Dark Might Divine Sword, saw Xuan Mang being torn apart, and fled as Han Yi pursued him.
• Wan Ye begged Han Yi for mercy, then detonated his black mirror ancient artifact when Han Yi continued the chase.
• Han Yi hurled Xuan Mang’s python body into the mirror’s blast, then struck Wan Ye with the other half and destroyed him.
• Han Yi collected the enemies’ remains, Xuan Mang’s undetonated ancient artifact, and the nine black formation altars, then destroyed the region’s spacetime imprints and departed.

Han Yi escaped after killing Celestial Venerables Xuanmang and Wanye, while Wuxiang’s hidden incarnation awakened and took control of Myriad Travel Palace. Back aboard Great Wilderness Dao Palace, Han Yi reviewed his spoils and learned that Wuxiang was trapped in the Taixu Ancient Realm.

• Wuxiang’s Chaos incarnation suppressed the deaths’ phenomena, turned Myriad Travel Palace around, and investigated the site where Xuanmang and Wanye had fallen.
• Wuxiang found no clues and returned to the palace, deciding not to pursue Han Yi until his main body came back from the Taixu Ancient Realm.
• Han Yi returned to Great Wilderness Dao Palace, steered it north through Fu Heng, and began examining his gains.
• Han Yi learned from Wanye’s soul fragments about the Guangyan Concealment Formation and Wuxiang’s flight into the Taixu Ancient Realm.
• Han Yi recovered Xuanmang’s ancient artifacts, a damaged Chaos Azure Python corpse, and thirteen Origin Crystals, then absorbed the crystals and gained over 1.8 million Life Seeds.

Han Yi refined the Cloud Dusk Ancient Sword and developed his Celestial Venerable Mira Sword Domain, then assessed his Chaos God Clan and Immortal Dao abilities. After weighing the risks and limits of his other cultivation paths, he left the Great Wilderness Dao Palace for Destiny Continent.

• Han Yi used a million Life Seeds to refine the Cloud Dusk Ancient Sword in twenty years.
• Han Yi merged Sword Control and the Void Sword Realm with his Sword Dao Domain, forming the Mira Sword Domain and advancing his cultivation technique to the Mira Profound Truth Sword Scripture.
• Han Yi tested the Mira Sword Domain in chaos, leaving behind a place where Dao Realm cultivators could gain insight into the Sword Dao.
• Han Yi took stock of his Chaos God Clan arts, Immortal Dao combat system, Wanming Book, and Realm Force, noting his limits and future cultivation needs.
• Han Yi left the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and set out for Destiny Continent.

Han Yi traveled to Profound Fortune Dao City to sell ancient artifacts taken from Heavenly Venerable Xuan Mang and buy ancient swords for his Celestial Venerable Sword Domain. Liu Yuan recognized Xuan Mang’s long whip and began to suspect Han Yi had killed him; Han Yi received forty-three Source Crystals and agreed to return in three days to choose among more swords.

• Han Yi chose Destiny Continent as a place to trade his ancient artifacts, avoiding Myriad Travel Palace and Water-Controlling Dao City.
• In Profound Fortune Dao City, Han Yi introduced himself to Liu Yuan as Desolate and asked to buy Heavenly Venerable-level ancient swords.
• Han Yi presented a green long whip, a silver ancient pearl, and damaged inner armor for appraisal, and Liu Yuan recognized the whip as Heavenly Venerable Xuan Mang’s natal artifact.
• Liu Yuan appraised the three artifacts at forty-three Source Crystals, which Han Yi accepted in exchange for them.
• Han Yi asked to choose among several low-grade ancient swords, and Liu Yuan agreed to obtain two more for him within three days.
• After Han Yi left, Liu Yuan wondered whether Han Yi had killed Xuan Mang and possibly other Myriad Travel Palace Heavenly Venerables.

Han Yi bought the Crescent and Nine Realms ancient swords from the Fate Dao Palace, then discovered that his old acquaintance Qin Yi had become a Heavenly Venerable and was being pursued. Han Yi intervened, but a Heavenly Venerable from the Guanghan Dao Palace warned him to withdraw or become its enemy.

• Liu Yuan Heavenly Venerable provided four ancient swords for Han Yi to inspect, and Han Yi bought Crescent and Nine Realms for forty Origin Crystals.
• After Han Yi left, Liu Yuan Heavenly Venerable warned Heavenly Blade Heavenly Venerable that Han Yi was dangerous and might have killed Heavenly Venerable Xuan Mang.
• Han Yi spent three months hiding and erasing his traces before setting out toward the border between the Heaven-Controlling Dao Palace and the Fate Dao Palace.
• Han Yi recognized Qin Yi's aura in a Heavenly Venerable battle and pursued it, finding Qin Yi under attack by a spear-wielding Heavenly Venerable.
• The spear-wielding Heavenly Venerable identified himself as an enemy of Qin Yi and warned Han Yi that the Guanghan Dao Palace would treat him as an enemy if he did not withdraw.

Han Yi rescued Qin Yi from Xi Ling Celestial Venerable and learned that the Dao Tomb’s third stage would soon bring the Chaos World to self-destruction. The two headed to Han Yi’s Great Wilderness Dao Palace, with Qin Yi agreeing to stay there.

• Han Yi overwhelmed Xi Ling Celestial Venerable with the Cloud Dusk Ancient Sword, grievously wounded him, and let him flee after Qin Yi explained their dispute began over treasure from a Chaos ruin.
• Han Yi and Qin Yi traveled together to the Fuheng Dao Domain, where Qin Yi learned of the gathering at Kunlun Mountain and speculated that Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable sought to seize the Immemorial World’s origin and destiny.
• Han Yi invited Qin Yi to stay at the Great Wilderness Dao Palace, and Qin Yi accepted.
• Qin Yi told Han Yi that the Dao Tomb Ripple’s third stage would arrive within fifty thousand years and that this ninth eruption would engulf the Chaos World.
• Qin Yi explained that the third stage would cause the Chaos World to self-destruct, scatter Dao laws, and make those who had not become World Venerables face the end of their lifespans.

Han Yi learned that the Dao Tomb’s third stage would impose terrifying lifespan limits, and realized the Heavy Profound Dao Stele might shelter people from the calamity. As he sought ways to grow stronger before it arrived, he began a sword duel with Qin Yi before watching cultivators gathered at the Great Wilderness Dao Palace.

• Qin Yi explained that the third stage of the Dao Tomb Ripple would turn all Daos into tombs and limit immortals’ lifespans, and described the Radiant Flame Dao Boat’s plan to resist the calamity with separate Dao laws.
• Han Yi speculated that the Heavy Profound Dao Stele could shelter him and those connected to him, but decided to preserve his world force until he understood it better.
• Qin Yi agreed to let Han Yi arrange for his descendants to leave the Big Dipper Immortal Hall, and Han Yi instructed the High Priest of Purgatory Island to bring them over and remain at the Great Wilderness Dao Palace.
• Han Yi refined the Nine Realms Ancient Sword with Life Seeds, found that refining the Crescent Ancient Sword would take too long, and concluded that he urgently needed Origin Crystals to grow stronger before the Dao Tomb erupted.
• After Qin Yi drove away a Grave Beast, Han Yi invited him to a sword duel; their destruction and rebirth sword qi clashed in Chaos as cultivators watched from the Great Wilderness Dao Palace.

Han Yi concluded his three-day sword demonstration with Qin Yi, then returned covertly to the Intellect Realm to gather source crystals and accelerate his cultivation. After plundering the Fourth Wisdom Vein and discovering that Zhi might be the source of the realm’s vast crystal reserves, he headed for the Third Wisdom Vein to continue.

• Han Yi and Qin Yi ended their three-day sword duel, whose lingering sword intent helped Daoist Jian Chen break through to the Outer Dao Realm; Han Yi rewarded him with a high-grade Dao sword.
• Han Yi left the Great Wilderness Dao Palace and entered the Intellect Realm in disguise as Demon Progenitor Riftspace, intending to collect source crystals without attracting attention.
• Han Yi transformed the Fourth Wisdom Vein’s affiliated Dao Realm cultivators into Wanming Incarnations and stole source crystal fragments from their races and Heaven Lords.
• Han Yi gathered more than three million six hundred thousand Life Seeds and concluded that Zhi might be producing the Intellect Realm’s source crystals through mechanisms that persisted after his fall.
• Han Yi changed his disguise back to Demon Progenitor Riftspace and descended into the Third Wisdom Vein to continue gathering source crystals.

Han Yi gathered Origin Crystals from the Third and Second Wisdom Veins, bringing his Life Seeds to twelve million and deciding to postpone further risks until he advanced. When Sky Tide Wisdom Exalted One sensed his intent and attacked him in her domain, Han Yi killed her, seized her Origin Crystals, and fled into the chaos.

• Han Yi collected sixty-three Origin Crystals from the Third Wisdom Vein and learned that Grave Beasts had diverted attention from his earlier intrusion.
• Han Yi gathered seventy-eight Origin Crystals from the Second Wisdom Vein's Heaven Domain, bringing his Life Seeds to twelve million.
• Han Yi decided to leave Sky Tide Wisdom Exalted One's reserves untouched until he became stronger, but she sensed his hostile intent and pursued him.
• Sky Tide Wisdom Exalted One attacked Han Yi with her ancient obelisk, and Han Yi destroyed it and split her body with a sword strike.
• Han Yi finished off Sky Tide Wisdom Exalted One, seized her Origin Crystals, converted them into Life Seeds, and escaped into the chaos.

Han Yi killed Sky Tide Wisdom Venerable in the Intellect Realm and escaped before Wisdom Venerable Suhui could catch him. After absorbing his spoils and heading toward Ancestor God Star to advance his Divine Clan cultivation, Han Yi found traces of Ni Han Divine Venerable and tracked him back to Chaos God City.

• Han Yi slew Sky Tide Wisdom Venerable, severed her obelisk, and fled without taking her treasures.
• Wisdom Venerable Suhui used the Intellect Realm to reverse the scene, recognized Han Yi's overwhelming sword, and pursued him into the chaos but lost his trail.
• Han Yi absorbed twenty-one source crystals for 2.2 million Life Seeds and decided to return to Ancestor God Star to advance his Divine Clan cultivation.
• Han Yi crossed the chaos toward Ancestor God Star, passed several juvenile Grave Beasts, and sensed the remnants of a battle between Divine Venerables.
• Han Yi recognized Ni Han Divine Venerable's frost aura, used a tracking dao art to follow it, and reached Chaos God City.

Han Yi tracked Divine Venerable Ni Han to Chaos God City and killed him and Huyan Xian in a battle over a vast lake. When seven Divine Venerables arrived, Han Yi identified himself as a Primordial God Clan elder acting against the Divine Nest, but one attacked him, and their clash left the other six stunned.

• Han Yi followed the frigid aura to a vast lake in Chaos God City and revealed Divine Venerable Ni Han and Huyan Xian beneath the waters.
• Han Yi struck both Divine Venerables with Yueguang, killing Ni Han and then piercing Huyan Xian through the head with a thrown spear.
• Seven Divine Venerables arrived, and one accused Han Yi of killing a Supreme Extremity God Clan elder.
• Han Yi claimed he had come at Dongfang He's request to eradicate the Divine Nest and said Huyan Xian had been allied with Ni Han.
• A middle-stage Divine Venerable attacked Han Yi with a punch, and Han Yi met it head-on, shocking the six other observers with the result.