Chapter Summaries

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.

Han Yi completed the first level of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, then used his promised protection to attempt Foundation Establishment as the Mystic Pill Sect faced destruction. He passed the foundation-establishment trials and began an extraordinary transformation, prompting Yuan Shun to believe the sect still had a chance to survive.

• Han Yi secluded himself for eight months and condensed the first level of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda, learning the soul art Five Decays of the Soul as the Mystic Pill Sect suffered heavy losses and withdrew to defend five cities.
• After discovering that the sect was surrounded and Yuan Shun had been grievously wounded, Han Yi reported his intention to establish his foundation and was sent to Supreme Elder Huo Ming on Zhurong Peak.
• Han Yi took a flawless-quality Foundation Establishment Pill and ten flawless-quality Evil Warding Pills, then began breaking through under Huo Ming's protection.
• Han Yi quickly escaped the mortal world tribulation, resisted the Heavenly Demon and emotions-and-desires tribulations, accepted his karma, and passed the Dao Heart tribulation.
• After Foundation Establishment, Han Yi's sea of consciousness expanded eighty-eightfold and his spirit sea began expanding further.
• Yuan Shun arrived on Zhurong Peak, saw Han Yi's transformation, and declared that the Mystic Pill Sect still had a path to survival.

Han Yi completed his Foundation Establishment, fusing the Ninefold Soul Pagoda with his divine soul, while Yuan Shun witnessed the transformation and left with a new understanding. When the Mystic Pill Calamity struck, Han Yi joined a Mystic Pill Sect strike force sent to Red Luan City, where Huo Ming attacked a hidden enemy marketplace with Abyssfire.

• Yuan Shun and Huo Ming guarded Han Yi as he expanded his spirit sea eighty-eightfold and completed Foundation Establishment.
• The Ninefold Soul Pagoda fused with Han Yi's divine soul, and Yuan Shun departed after witnessing the transformation.
• Han Yi stabilized his cultivation, chose the Great Sun Divine Force, and answered the Mystic Pill Sect's nine bells announcing the calamity.
• Fu Xuanxu assigned Han Yi to accompany Gu Yu to Red Luan City as the sect sent elders to strike enemy positions.
• Huo Ming led nine elders to a hidden marketplace and unleashed Abyssfire, drawing out more than a dozen enemy cultivators, including a powerful Golden Core cultivator.

Han Yi fought through the Mystic Pill Sect’s battle against the enemy cultivators, then confronted Mo Wen to protect the gravely wounded Gu Yu. Han Yi’s two sword artifacts clashed with Mo Wen’s Blood Blade, and the chapter ended with the swords returning to Han Yi, one of them damaged.

• Huo Ming destroyed the market town with Abyssfire and fought its Golden Core cultivator as the Mystic Pill Sect forces attacked the survivors.
• Han Yi dodged an elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator’s attacks, wounded him with the Green Duckweed Sword and Clear Spring Sword, and drove him to flee with a feigned artifact detonation.
• Han Yi rescued the badly wounded Gu Yu after Mo Wen’s blood-red blade aura tore through Gu Yu’s sea of clouds.
• Mo Wen challenged Han Yi and overwhelmed his Spirit Void Finger barrage and Golden Light Shuttle, wounding him.
• Han Yi sent both sword artifacts against Mo Wen’s Blood Blade, but the clash blasted him back and left the silver-white sword damaged.

Han Yi killed Mo Wen by combining his swords with a concealed Blood Sword, then destroyed Mo Wen’s soul when it tried to possess him. After collecting the battlefield spoils, Han Yi and Gu Yu moved to aid An Xin but were confronted by Yu Ming of the Heavenly Soul Sect, whose bell launched a divine-soul attack that Han Yi withstood.

• Han Yi resisted Mo Wen’s Blood Sea secret art and used the hidden Blood Sword and Green Duckweed Sword to destroy Mo Wen’s body.
• Mo Wen’s soul entered Han Yi’s sea of consciousness, where Han Yi’s nine Soul Swords shredded it into fragments.
• Han Yi collected Mo Wen’s storage bag and Blood Blade, checked his damaged artifacts, and destroyed the corpse with an Explosion Talisman.
• Han Yi and Gu Yu agreed to help An Xin after Han Yi confirmed Gu Yu could still fight.
• Yu Ming appeared and attacked Han Yi and Gu Yu with a bronze bell’s divine-soul assault, which Han Yi endured while pretending to remain dazed.

Han Yi defeated Yu Ming’s possession attempt with the Soul Art · Five Soul Decays, then escaped the battlefield with the gravely wounded Gu Yu. After the Mystic Pill Sect’s ambush ended, the survivors learned that the sect had suffered devastating losses, leaving only three Golden Core cultivators fit to fight.

• Yu Ming attacked Han Yi and Gu Yu with his split souls, discovered Han Yi’s vast sea of consciousness, and abandoned his body to possess him.
• Yu Ming used Soul Art · Soul Rend and Soul Art · Soul-Severing against Han Yi, but Han Yi countered with Soul Art · Five Soul Decays and destroyed Yu Ming’s soul.
• Han Yi recovered enough to destroy Yu Ming’s remains, retrieve the Green Duckweed Sword, and flee with Gu Yu before reaching Shen Ping and receiving Soul Pills.
• Huo Ming gathered the surviving cultivators aboard the Immortal Boat, and the Mystic Pill Sect’s teams returned after brutal fighting near the five immortal cities.
• Han Yi learned that Fu Canghai and Fu Xuanxu had died, other elders were gravely wounded, and only Qin Wuxian, Zhuge Wuyou, and Huo Ming remained fit to fight.

After learning the Mystic Pill Sect faced an overwhelming siege, Han Yi recovered his soul, prepared for escape, and learned that Azure Dragon Peak’s cultivators planned to gather in Windrock City if the mountain fell. The assault began with powerful spirit talismans that shattered the Heavenly Profound Astral Formation, leaving Han Yi ready to break out.

• Han Yi learned that Fu Canghai and Fu Xuanxu had died and returned to his courtyard to absorb Mo Wen’s soul fragments and memories, discovering that the enemy planned a full-scale assault.
• Han Yi warned Shen Ping about the coming attack, but Shen Ping said the sect already knew and intended to resist; Han Yi gathered his belongings and cultivated until his soul recovered.
• Han Yi could not find Zheng Hai, then spoke with Bai Wanqing, who explained the sect’s plan to flee after the mountain gate was breached and told him Azure Dragon Peak’s survivors would gather at Windrock City.
• Feng Wusheng, Jiang Yichuan, and Shou Rong led the attackers as Shou Rong used spirit talismans to strike the sect’s formation.
• The attackers’ third-rank and fourth-rank talismans broke the Heavenly Profound Astral Formation, and the hidden Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators surged toward the Mystic Pill Sect.

The Blood God Sect and Heavenly Soul Sect attacked the Mystic Pill Sect, and Han Yi fled as the defenders were overwhelmed. Yuan Shun emerged from Mystic Pill Peak, survived Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation, and turned the battle around, but his return to the peak left Han Yi concerned about his condition.

• Jiang Yichuan and Feng Wusheng led the assault, while their forces slaughtered Mystic Pill Sect cultivators and Mu Jianxu died fighting Feng Wusheng.
• As Han Yi fled toward the forest, Yuan Shun emerged from Mystic Pill Peak and endured six heavenly tribulations, reaching the Nascent Soul realm as the Supreme Mysterious Origin Eight Trigrams Furnace transformed into a half-step spirit treasure.
• Yuan Shun crushed Jiang Yichuan with the pill furnace, swallowed the self-detonating vice sect masters, and drove Feng Wusheng and the remaining invaders to flee or die.
• Yuan Shun unleashed the Mysterious Origin Six-Ding Divine Fire on the invading forces, then pursued the Golden Core cultivators who escaped.
• Han Yi returned to the Mystic Pill Sect and killed fleeing enemies before Yuan Shun came back and descended into Mystic Pill Peak; Han Yi sensed something was wrong with his complexion and returned to his courtyard to recover.

After the Mystic Pill Sect defeated the Blood God Sect and Heavenly Soul Sect, Han Yi learned that the sect had become a Nascent Soul power but suffered devastating losses. Yuan Shun then revealed that Great Qian required the Mystic Pill Sect to take over the Blood God Sect’s duty of guarding the Blood Sea, leaving the sect facing a new burden.

• Han Yi reflected on the battle, resolved to cultivate in seclusion until reaching the Golden Core Stage, and began restoring his mana.
• Gu Yu told Han Yi that the Mystic Pill Sect had won a great victory but lost most of its Foundation Establishment elders and several Supreme Elders.
• Yuan Shun summoned the surviving sect elders to Mystic Pill Peak, where they discussed reconstruction and plans to cultivate more Foundation Establishment and Golden Core experts.
• Yuan Shun told the elders that Great Qian required the Blood God Sect to guard the Blood Sea, and that the Mystic Pill Sect had to assume the duty after destroying the sect.
• Li Wenbin protested Great Qian’s demand, but Yuan Shun said the sect had no choice and that the Blood Sea could not be left unattended.

Mystic Pill Sect assigned Han Yi to a temporary expedition to guard the Blood Sea, where he received powerful weapons and learned more about the Ninefold Soul Pagoda. After preparing for the journey, Han Yi joined Zhuge Wuyou and Huo Ming’s party as it departed for the Blood Sea.

• Zhuge Wuyou announced a rotating Blood Sea assignment, and the Heavenly Secrets Diagram selected Han Yi among the ten cultivators sent.
• Yuan Shun revealed that Han Yi’s cultivation of the Ninefold Soul Pagoda was an orthodox path that might lead to the Dao Lord realm, then rewarded him with the Black Radiance Sword and a Xuandu Yang Fire Talisman.
• Han Yi wondered about the secrets surrounding Mystic Pill Peak, searched unsuccessfully for Zheng Hai, and settled into his new elder’s meditation chamber.
• Han Yi selected the Spirit Flame Technique to prepare for fighting the Blood Sea’s demonic creatures.
• Zhuge Wuyou and Huo Ming led Han Yi, fourteen other Foundation Establishment cultivators, and more than a hundred late-stage Qi Refining cultivators aboard an Immortal Boat toward the Blood Sea.

Han Yi helped the Mystic Pill Sect clear the Blood Sea region and establish Profound Blood City and Profound Blood Peak, then spent seven months guarding the shore and improving his cultivation. He learned the sect planned to lease out new spirit-vein cities, and that cultivators could soon choose whether to remain at the branch or return to the main sect.

• Han Yi and the Mystic Pill Sect cultivators exterminated demonic creatures around the ruined Blood Sea City and discovered a surviving fifth-grade spirit vein on Blood God Peak.
• Zhuge Wuyou established the Little Four Saints Formation, and the sect rebuilt the area as Profound Blood City and Profound Blood Peak.
• Han Yi spent seven months guarding the Blood Sea, stabilizing his Early Foundation Establishment realm and advancing his Spirit Flame Technique and Separation Fire Sword Art.
• He Fengdi told Han Yi that the sect planned to develop immortal cities around Profound Blood City, and Gu Yu explained that the sect would split and lease out spirit veins to cultivation families and Rogue Cultivators.
• Gu Yu told Han Yi that in three months cultivators could choose whether to stay at the Blood Sea branch or return to the Mystic Pill Mountain Range, and Han Yi welcomed the chance to return.