Chapter Summaries

Gu Han traveled through the Plane Sea toward the Heavenly Profound Continent while learning about its invasion by the Strange Demon Clan and the Symbol Ancestor’s changes to its cultivation system. He reached the continent’s Space Node and prepared to learn more from the Symbol Ancestor.

• Gu Han used the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique to navigate the Plane Sea and found a meteorite that would carry him toward the Heavenly Profound Continent’s Space Node.
• Gu Han refined the Devouring Demon Clan’s demonic body and learned that the Strange Demon Clan had invaded the Heavenly Profound Continent under the command of three Demon Kings.
• Gu Han learned that the Symbol Ancestor had sacrificed himself to seal a Demon King and the Plane Rift, leaving the King Halls as the remnants of the invading Demon Guards.
• Gu Han deduced how the Symbol Ancestor had altered the Heavenly Profound Continent’s cultivation system and compared its realms with those of the Dou Qi Continent and the Great Thousand World.
• Gu Han arrived at the Heavenly Profound Continent and said he would learn the exact situation through the Symbol Ancestor.

Gu Han entered the void region beyond the Heavenly Profound Continent and cultivated for a year beside the Symbol Ancestor’s seal, reaching the Ninth Grade Sovereign level in his Sovereign Body. He concluded that he needed to enter the continent to find stronger nourishment and learned that the Symbol Ancestor, Wan Fu, had once sought the Plane Embryo to gain a path toward the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

• Gu Han opened the Space Node and traveled through the Realm Passage to the ancient formation sealing the Plane Rift.
• Gu Han identified the formation as the seal created by the Symbol Ancestor and absorbed purified Strange Demon aura beside it.
• After a year, Gu Han had refined a Low-Rank Demon General’s body and advanced his Sovereign Body to the Ninth Grade Sovereign level.
• Gu Han judged that the purified aura was insufficient for rapid growth and decided to find a way into the Heavenly Profound Continent without breaking the seal.
• Gu Han learned that the Symbol Ancestor was Wan Fu, who had gathered the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and sought the Plane Spirit and Plane Embryo to pursue the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

Gu Han learned how the Symbol Ancestor's sacrifice, the Plane Embryo, and Lin Dong's reincarnation were connected, then sent his divine soul through the seal to seek Supreme Power. He entered the Heavenly Profound Continent and reached the East Profound Region, where he noticed something unexpected.

• Gu Han concluded that Lin Dong was the Symbol Ancestor's reincarnation, created by the Plane Embryo after the Symbol Ancestor sacrificed himself to seal the Strange Demon Emperor.
• Gu Han realized he could not force his way through the seal and needed Supreme Power, so he chose to send his divine soul ahead while his body absorbed the Strange Demon Emperor's purified aura.
• Gu Han used the Bodhi Ancient Tree to simulate reincarnation aura and sent his divine soul through the plane seal.
• After several hours, Gu Han sensed the Heavenly Profound Continent's different laws and determined that Lin Dong was thirteen and his story had not yet begun.
• Gu Han identified his location in the West Profound Region, traveled to the East Profound Region, and noticed something that struck him as a coincidence.

Gu Han rescued Ling Ziyun, the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace’s Palace Master, from a Strange Demon’s trap and gave her a White Jade Token before departing for Qingyang Town. There, he prepared to guide Lin Dong’s cultivation through a ring and began creating a powerful cultivation method for him.

• Ling Ziyun destroyed a Strange Demon, but its Demon Transformation Seal trapped her until Gu Han froze and erased the demonic aura.
• Ling Ziyun thanked Gu Han and gave him a White Jade Token, while Gu Han identified himself as the Hall Master of the Black Tortoise Hall and left.
• Gu Han used the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique to reach Qingyang Town and found Lin Dong training on a back mountain.
• Gu Han forged the Black Tortoise Ring to guide Lin Dong’s cultivation and retrieved the Zu Shi, discovering the injured Yan and the recovering Heavenly Demon Marten within it.
• After studying the Zu Shi’s cultivation methods, Gu Han began creating the Heavenly Martial Canon for Lin Dong, left the ring behind, and started setting up an array in the void.

Gu Han transferred Zu Shi's spirit Yan into Lin Dong's Black Tortoise Ring, then seized the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and destroyed the Strange Demons beneath the Great Desolation Sect. He discovered the Ice Master had left the Ice Ancestor Symbol in the far north and decided to claim it and recruit her as an ally.

• Gu Han offered Yan a place in the Black Tortoise Ring, and Yan agreed so he could follow the Symbol Ancestor's reincarnation, Lin Dong.
• Gu Han moved Yan and the Heavenly Demon Marten demon spirit into Lin Dong's Black Tortoise Ring, leaving behind a powerful soul strike and trials while instructing Yan to help Lin Dong join the Black Tortoise Hall.
• Gu Han entered the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet, took the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and used its power to devour the Strange Demons sealed beneath the Great Desolation Sect.
• Gu Han sensed Jiang Yinyin at Eagle Martial Hall but chose not to awaken her Reincarnation Seal, deciding to pursue the remaining Ancestral Symbols first.
• Gu Han located the Ice Ancestor Symbol in the Extreme North Snowfield and learned the Ice Master had left Ice Origin within it to aid her recovery, so he resolved to take the symbol and recruit her.

Gu Han claimed the Ice Ancestor Symbol and strengthened his divine soul before checking on Lin Dong, whose progress earned him the Black Tortoise Ring. He then traveled to the Dao Sect, where Ying Xuanzi greeted him as a Reincarnation Realm expert.

• Gu Han used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to destroy the Strange Demons in the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss and nourish the Ice Ancestor Symbol and his divine soul.
• Gu Han branded his Soul Seal onto the Ice Ancestor Symbol, became its second master, and spent two months comprehending Ice Law.
• In Qingyang Town, Lin Dong reached the seventh level of the Body Tempering Realm, and Gu Han gave him the Black Tortoise Ring before his soul fragment entered slumber.
• Gu Han considered Lin Qingtian as a possible disciple, then set out for the Dao Sect with the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• Ying Xuanzi sensed Gu Han's arrival, went to meet him, and respectfully welcomed the Reincarnation Realm expert.

Gu Han visited Dao Sect to take the Great Desolation Monument, destroy the Strange Demon King it suppressed, and ask Ying Huanhuan to become his personal maid. He offered Ying Xuanzi a Bodhi Seed capable of helping him reach the Reincarnation Realm, then agreed that Ying Huanhuan should decide for herself.

• Ying Xuanzi welcomed Gu Han and learned that he intended to take the Great Desolation Monument, eliminate a Strange Demon, and choose a woman as his personal maid.
• Gu Han revealed that the monument suppressed a Strange Demon King at the First Reincarnation Tribulation level and promised to leave the Great Desolation Scripture with Dao Sect.
• Gu Han named Ying Huanhuan as his choice and disclosed that he had reached the peak of the Triple Reincarnation Realm.
• Gu Han offered Ying Xuanzi a Bodhi Seed that could help him attain the Reincarnation Realm, and Ying Xuanzi agreed to let Ying Huanhuan decide whether to serve Gu Han.
• Ying Xuanzi brought Gu Han to the main hall, summoned his daughters and the Venerable Elder, and Ying Huanhuan arrived while talking about her attempt to learn the Great Desolation Scripture.

Ying Xuanzi explained the Strange Demon threat and Gu Han’s plans for the Great Desolation Monument and Scripture. After Gu Han revealed that he wanted Ying Huanhuan as his personal maid, Ying Xuanzi left the choice to her.

• Ying Huanhuan mistook her intense familiarity with Gu Han for love at first sight, while Gu Han suspected it came from the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• Ying Xuanzi told Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan that the Great Desolation Monument suppressed a powerful Strange Demon that could destroy Dao Sect if freed.
• Ying Huanhuan worried that Gu Han taking the monument would prevent Dao Sect disciples from learning the Great Desolation Scripture, but Ying Xuanzi assured her Gu Han would leave the martial art behind.
• Gu Han demonstrated his Ice Attribute power and explained that Ying Huanhuan was a rare Ice Attribute prodigy who needed proper guidance.
• Ying Xuanzi told Ying Huanhuan that Gu Han wanted her as his personal maid and said the decision was hers; Gu Han then described his three existing personal maids.

Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao agreed to become Gu Han’s maidservants, and he gave Ying Xuanzi treasures to help Dao Sect grow stronger. After learning of Yuan Sect’s alliance with the Strange Demons, Gu Han revealed that Zhou Tong’s primordial spirit survived and that he could be revived.

• Ying Huanhuan agreed to become Gu Han’s maidservant after he promised she could reach the Reincarnation Realm within five years.
• Gu Han gave Ying Xuanzi a Bodhi Seed, the Sky Cold Seal, and a Phoenix Tail Zither, then accepted Ying Xiaoxiao as a maidservant and gave her another Bodhi Seed.
• Ying Huanhuan described Yuan Sect’s persecution of Dao Sect and Zhou Tong, and Gu Han promised to help destroy Yuan Sect.
• Gu Han warned that Yuan Sect had pledged allegiance to the Strange Demons and possessed a Great Heavenly Demon Corpse powerful enough to rival the peak of the first Reincarnation Tribulation.
• Gu Han revealed that Zhou Tong’s primordial spirit survived because he obtained the Space Ancestor Symbol, so he could be revived and cultivate again.

Gu Han defeated the Strange Demon King beneath the Dao Sect’s Great Desolation Monument and turned the thousand-year Cold Jade Pillar into the Great Desolation Pillar. He then took Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao to the Xuanwu Secret Realm, where Cai Die welcomed them.

• Ying Xuanzi agreed to give Gu Han the Space Ancestor Symbol as payment for rescuing Zhou Tong.
• Gu Han sealed the area around the Great Desolation Monument and unleashed the Strange Demon King beneath it.
• Gu Han used the White Jade Pillar and the Great Desolation Monument’s power to slay the Strange Demon King and create the Great Desolation Pillar.
• Gu Han told Ying Xuanzi that qualified Dao Sect members could study the Great Desolation Scripture near the new pillar.
• Gu Han released spiritual liquid across the Dao Sect, then took Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao to the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Cai Die introduced herself as Gu Han’s Dao Companion and offered to help the sisters settle in.

Zi Yan emerged from seclusion as a Seventh Grade Sovereign, met Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao, and quickly bonded with Ying Huanhuan. Meanwhile, Gu Han traveled to the Flame God Hall, where Mo Luo discovered him sitting nearby.

• Zi Yan completed her breakthrough and transformed into a Seventh Grade Sovereign Dragon Phoenix who could fight a Triple Reincarnation Realm expert.
• Zi Yan mistook Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan for Gu Han's concubines, then apologized when Gu Han threatened to cancel their outing.
• Zi Yan encouraged Ying Huanhuan to act as she pleased, promised to protect her, and pulled her away to eat and improve her cultivation.
• Cai Die reassured Ying Xiaoxiao and offered to introduce her to Qing Xuan so she could study the Dao of music.
• Gu Han crossed the Heavenly Profound Continent and appeared beside the cultivating Mo Luo at the Flame God Hall, startling him.

Gu Han traded Mo Luo a Bodhi Seed for the Flame Ancestor Symbol and then gathered the Thunder Ancestral Symbol, bringing his collection to four. In the Sea of Chaos, he found Mu Lingshan, who embraced the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and met the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s three elders.

• Gu Han offered Mo Luo a Bodhi Seed for the Flame Ancestor Symbol and explained that the Flame Master would soon awaken to reclaim it.
• Mo Luo agreed to the trade, and Gu Han gave him a Fallen Heart Flame Seed as an additional gift.
• Gu Han claimed the Thunder Mansion and Thunder Ancestral Symbol, sent the Thunder Emperor’s remaining spirit to the Heavenly Tomb, and planned how to obtain other Ancestor Symbols.
• Gu Han used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to draw Mu Lingshan to him, and she hugged the symbol when he appeared before her.
• Mu Tian and the other two elders of the Undying Sacred Whale Clan arrived and greeted Gu Han as the controller of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

Gu Han visited the Undying Sacred Whale Clan and explained how he would separate Mu Lingshan from the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol while restoring both her and the Master of Life and Death. After gathering the Primordial Ancestral Symbol, he went to the Dragon Clan’s Demon Prison and found the Darkness Master.

• Gu Han revealed Mu Lingshan’s origins and promised Mu Tian and the other elders he would give her and the Master of Life and Death new life while obtaining the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol.
• Gu Han took Mu Lingshan to the Xuanwu Secret Realm and left the Undying Sacred Whale Clan a strand of the Yin Yang Twin Flames to strengthen them for the coming war.
• Gu Han used the Master of Primordial’s aura to locate the Primordial Ancestral Symbol, helped him recover, and told him that the Ice Master and the Master of Life and Death had reincarnated.
• Gu Han obtained the Primordial Ancestral Symbol, bringing his total to six, then teleported to the Dragon Clan’s Demon Prison.
• Gu Han reached the prison’s bottom and saw the Darkness Master seated beyond a cracked barrier covered in dark runes.

Gu Han met the Darkness Master in the Demon Suppressing Prison, explained the Great Thousand World and his plan to gather the Ancestral Symbols, and offered to reveal the Symbol Ancestor’s reincarnation in exchange for the Darkness Ancestor Symbol. He identified the reincarnated Symbol Ancestor as Lin Dong and left the Darkness Master stunned by revealing that he also had the Ice Master in his hands.

• Gu Han used the Black Tortoise Immortal-Suppressing Technique to devour Strange Demon aura, prompting the Darkness Master to awaken and ask who he was.
• Gu Han introduced himself and explained the Great Thousand World, the Strange Demon Clan, and the cultivation required to reach higher realms.
• Gu Han showed the Darkness Master five Ancestral Symbols and asked her to help him obtain the Darkness Ancestor Symbol.
• When the Darkness Master demanded a reason to help, Gu Han told her that the Symbol Ancestor had reincarnated, and she urgently asked about her Teacher.
• Gu Han revealed that the Symbol Ancestor had reincarnated as thirteen-year-old Lin Dong in Qingyang Town and that Yan was staying with him.
• The Darkness Master questioned Gu Han’s willingness to share the information, and he said he did not need to seize the symbol by force and revealed that he had the Ice Master in his hands.

Gu Han took control of the Darkness Ancestor Symbol and left the former Demon Suppressing Prison as an Ice Abyss. Bo Ningshuang reunited with Ying Huanhuan in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, where Ying Huanhuan recovered her memories of being Ice Master.

• Darkness Master attacked Gu Han after he mentioned Ice Master, but Gu Han froze her chains and offered to let her see her junior sister in exchange for the Darkness Ancestor Symbol.
• Gu Han suppressed the Demon Suppressing Prison, and Darkness Master left to retrieve the symbol; over three days, Gu Han absorbed the prison and turned it into an Ice Abyss.
• Gu Han brought Zi Yan to the Dragon Clan's territory to pursue the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor's inheritance, then Darkness Master returned with the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, which Gu Han claimed.
• Bo Ningshuang entered the Xuanwu Secret Realm and met Ying Huanhuan, who initially did not recognize her.
• Bo Ningshuang awakened Ying Huanhuan's Reincarnation Seal, restoring her memories as Ice Master, then told her about the battles that followed her reincarnation.

Ying Huanhuan learned from Bo Ningshuang what had happened after the Symbol Ancestor sent her into reincarnation, then confronted Gu Han over deceiving her and keeping the Ice Ancestor Symbol. Gu Han restored the power she had left in the symbol, bringing Ying Huanhuan back to the Reincarnation Wheel Realm and fully awakening her former self.

• Bo Ningshuang told Ying Huanhuan that the Devouring Master had helped several of their fellow masters survive or enter reincarnation, while the Symbol Ancestor's soul remained alive.
• Ying Huanhuan accused Gu Han of knowing her identity and tricking her into calling him Master, then tried and failed to reclaim the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• Ying Huanhuan attacked Gu Han and tried to bite him, but he restrained her, while Bo Ningshuang questioned him about deceiving her junior sister.
• Ying Huanhuan told Bo Ningshuang not to interfere in her dispute with Gu Han, and Gu Han returned some of the Ice Master's power through the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• Ying Huanhuan's cultivation rose to the Reincarnation Wheel Realm, and her Reincarnation Seal fully emerged as she recovered her memories and sense of self.

Ying Huanhuan learned that her Teacher had reincarnated as Lin Dong and planned to take him as a disciple, then used Gu Han’s portal to visit her fallen Second Senior Brother in the Heavenly Tomb. Gu Han traveled to a vast formation beneath the Sea of Chaos, where the Flame Master was suppressing the Great Heavenly Demon King.

• Ying Huanhuan offered to help Gu Han gather the Ancestral Symbols and divine objects, but Gu Han teased her and agreed to lend them to her so she could restore her peak strength.
• Bo Ningshuang explained that Teacher had reincarnated as a new person who would not recover his past-life memories, and Ying Huanhuan proposed that she and the other disciples take Lin Dong as their student.
• Gu Han told Ying Huanhuan that her Second Senior Brother had left a remnant soul in the Devouring God Hall and could be revived as an alternative energy body within the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Han opened a portal to the Heavenly Tomb for Ying Huanhuan, where six days passed for every day outside.
• Gu Han left the Demon Domain’s affairs to Zi Yan and assigned the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox clan to Qing Lin before traveling beneath the Sea of Chaos.
• Gu Han discovered that the Flame Master presided over a vast magma formation suppressing the Great Heavenly Demon King.

Gu Han used the Ice Ancestor Symbol to freeze the Great Heavenly Demon King and the Strange Demons imprisoned beneath Flame Master, who helped him refine them and planned to seek out the other Ancient Masters. Over the next month, the Dragon Phoenix Emperor united the Demon Domain’s major clans against the Strange Demons, while Darkness Master returned to the Darkness Hall.

• Gu Han entered the Demon Suppressing Prison beneath Flame Master and froze the Great Heavenly Demon King and the million Strange Demons within it.
• Flame Master sensed the powerful Ice Ancestor Symbol, realized its wielder was not Ice Master, and helped Gu Han refine the Strange Demons while healing himself.
• A new Dragon Emperor visited the Nine Phoenix Clan, was accepted as Phoenix Emperor, and became the Dragon Phoenix Emperor who commanded both clans.
• The Dragon Phoenix Emperor suppressed the Kunpeng Clan, revealed a Devouring Heavenly Corpse, and allied with the Heavenly Demon Marten Clan after helping it deal with Strange Demons.
• The Dragon Phoenix Emperor led a campaign to purge Strange Demons across the Demon Domain.
• Darkness Master returned to the Darkness Hall while its injured Hall Master, Bo Xuan, searched for a successor.

Gu Han reached the peak of the Sovereign Realm in Spirit Soul cultivation and explained the gap between the Ancient Masters, the Ancestor Realm, and the Strange Demon Emperor to the Flame Master. He reunited Bo Ningshuang and Ying Huanhuan with the Flame Master, leaving Ying Huanhuan arguing with Gu Han while the Flame Master watched in heartbreak.

• The Darkness Master helped Bo Xuan recover, while the Darkness Hall hunted Strange Demons and the Dao Sect reopened under Ying Xuanzi, who had entered the Reincarnation Realm and passed its first tribulation.
• Gu Han revealed that his Spirit Soul had reached Half-Step Earth Sovereign level after refining the Great Heavenly Demon King and a million Strange Demons, and explained the Great Thousand World's cultivation ranks to the Flame Master.
• Ying Huanhuan and the Darkness Master wondered when Gu Han would let them out, and Gu Han offered to help the Flame Master deal with the Strange Demons before opening a portal for them.
• Bo Ningshuang and Ying Huanhuan stepped through the portal and reunited with the Flame Master, who was delighted to see them.
• Gu Han hosted the three Ancient Masters with wine and fruit, then teased Ying Huanhuan about being a minor or an old hag until she threatened to fight him to the death.

Gu Han revealed that his Spirit Soul had reached the Half-Step Earth Sovereign level and said he could eventually use Strange Demons as nourishment to approach the Half-Ancestor realm. He revived the Master of Life and Death as Jiang Yinyin, leaving the senior sisters reunited.

• Gu Han suppressed Ying Huanhuan and explained his strength, his plans to eliminate the Strange Demons, and his ability to grow stronger by absorbing them.
• Gu Han gave the Flame Master over a hundred drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid to help the Thunder Master recover and said his people would assist the Space Master.
• Gu Han, Ying Huanhuan, and Bo Ningshuang traveled to Great Desolation Prefecture, while Bo Ningshuang teased Ying Huanhuan about her feelings for Gu Han.
• Gu Han awakened the Master of Life and Death's memories in Jiang Yinyin, who recognized Bo Ningshuang and Ying Huanhuan as her junior sisters.