Chapter Summaries

Hanyu survived Xin Yin’s probing strike, but Wu Yin’s sound-based attacks battered him until the bottle in his Sea of Consciousness helped him resist. As Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin moved to capture him, Soul Split recognized the danger of underestimating Hanyu but stayed silent.

• Hanyu recovered from Xin Yin’s strike and fled with the badly injured Liu Zongyuan, but Wu Yin trapped him in a silent sound domain.
• Wu Yin’s bell-like attacks shattered Hanyu’s sea-of-fire domain and battered him with ghostly figures, though his body endured the blows.
• Wu Yin’s pipa melody shook Hanyu until Artifact Spirit urged the bottle to help, and the bottle’s clanging sound countered the music.
• Wu Yin grew furious at the bottle’s noise while Xin Zhui and Xin Yin joined the attack, each trying to capture Hanyu.
• Soul Split recognized the situation as resembling Peddler’s downfall, but kept quiet as Gu Feng and Doctor waited to see Hanyu humiliated.

Hanyu fled as Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin pursued him, while the Soul Split bargained with the old Daoist to retrieve Liu Zongyuan. Hanyu remained trapped under relentless attacks and feared capture as the bottle stayed unresponsive.

• Xin Yin tried to capture Hanyu, but Wu Yin’s intervention let Hanyu break free and run.
• Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin split up the land and chased Hanyu, while Gu Feng and Doctor went to watch.
• The old Daoist asked the Soul Split to retrieve Liu Zongyuan, and the Soul Split negotiated two clones in exchange.
• The Soul Split accepted the old Daoist’s promise and headed across the sea to find Liu Zongyuan.
• Hanyu endured the three pursuers’ attacks and urged the Artifact Spirit to make the bottle help before he was captured.

Hanyu used a chain of deceptive Fire Element transformations to make Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin believe he had vanished, then hid at the bottom of the sea. Meanwhile, the Soul Split chose to take the defeated Liu Zongyuan back toward his allies, leaving Hanyu still in hiding and the three old men searching for him.

• The Glazed Bottle produced a mist, and Hanyu and the Artifact Spirit realized it might help him evade detection once he distracted his pursuers.
• Hanyu hid within a blaze and sent out Azure Dragons, white-dragon clones, fire lotuses, and sparks, drawing Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin away from his real position.
• After the three men destroyed every apparent offshoot of Hanyu's power, they found no trace of him, while the Doctor and Gu Feng watched in disbelief.
• The Soul Split found the injured Liu Zongyuan and decided to take him to his allies, warning that he would kill him if they encountered anyone from the Soul Split's side.
• Hanyu sank to the bottom of the sea, and the Artifact Spirit praised his deception as he reflected that his power had reached its control and range limits.

Hanyu avoided the three elders and headed for a deserted island where he had buried a Soul Split and left a discarded clone. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dao Sect arranged to trade two clones for Liu Zongyuan, while Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin argued over their failed attempt to capture Hanyu and agreed on how to cooperate next time.

• Hanyu decided to hide on the deserted island where the Artifact Spirit had buried a Soul Split, and used his compass and water-element escape technique to travel there.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect members celebrated Liu Zongyuan's rescue, and the Soul Split reminded the old Daoist that they had agreed to exchange two clones for Liu Zongyuan.
• The Soul Split told the old Daoist that Hanyu had escaped Xin Zhui and the others, leaving the elders unable to find him in the sea.
• Xin Zhui and the others ordered Doctor to search for Hanyu with his puppet constructs, despite Doctor's losses and reluctance.
• Xin Yin and Wu Yin blamed each other for Hanyu's escape, while Xin Zhui said they had to stop interfering with one another.
• Xin Zhui told Wu Yin to stand aside during the next attempt, and Wu Yin reluctantly agreed to let the others make the move.

Hanyu traveled beneath the sea after escaping three ancient cultivators, while the Artifact Spirit teased him for courting danger. On the deserted island, the Soul Split tried to change a deal exchanging two clones for Liu Zongyuan, hoping to test a risky idea involving his clones.

• Hanyu realized he had been pursued for an entire day and discussed his dangerous habits with the Artifact Spirit.
• The Glazed Bottle spat out a pill, prompting Hanyu to accept that he was restless and prone to courting trouble.
• Liu Zongyuan observed that the Soul Split’s Heaven and Earth Four Divisions Art had blurred the boundary between the original and its clones.
• The three clones asked the old Daoist not to hand them over and offered information about Yanluo Hall and the other clones.
• The Soul Split cursed the clones’ plan and decided to include the ruthless, weakened clone in the exchange.
• The Soul Split asked Liu Zongyuan to help him reclaim two clones, promising him a favor in return, and admitted he intended to try something unprecedented.

Hanyu decided to use the Demon Slaying Pill against Xin Zhui and the other pursuers, then exposed his position by lighting up the night sky. Meanwhile, Soul Split returned to the deserted island with Liu Zongyuan and made a deal with the Heavenly Dao Sect.

• Hanyu considered the Demon Slaying Pill’s power to force nearby beings into Dao insight while their heart demons took half their abilities, and chose to risk using it on Xin Zhui and the others.
• Xin Zhui, Gu Feng, and Doctor spotted the fire in the sky and pursued Hanyu, while Doctor and Gu Feng decided to follow them.
• Soul Split used Hanyu’s commotion as cover to approach the deserted island with Liu Zongyuan, and his fear and excitement intensified as he neared it.
• The three clones on the deserted island begged Soul Split for mercy and revealed the locations of everyone except Xin Zhui and the other two.
• Soul Split returned with the half-dead Liu Zongyuan, who stopped the Heavenly Dao Sect from attacking and explained that he had made a deal with Soul Split.
• Soul Split promised the old Daoist that he would return the Heavenly Dao Sect’s favor after they helped him.

Soul Split rejected his identity as one of twelve divided selves and used a reversed Heaven and Earth Four Divisions Art to devour two avatars. He left the Heavenly Dao Sect, declaring that he no longer wanted to be Soul Split, while the remaining avatars faced an uncertain fate.

• The old Daoist agreed to let Soul Split take two avatars, but Soul Split returned Liu Zongyuan and said he had not come to rescue himself.
• Soul Split argued that the original Soul Split had died when he divided himself into twelve and rejected the other avatars’ claim that they were all the same person.
• Soul Split used a reversed Heaven and Earth Four Divisions Art to devour the cultivator avatar, severing the others’ ability to share his thoughts and memories.
• Soul Split devoured the crippled avatar as well, then told the Heavenly Dao Sect he would remember their favor and could sense the remaining avatar’s emotions.
• Liu Zongyuan asked whether Soul Split was still Soul Split, and Soul Split said he no longer wanted to be him before leaving.
• The old Daoist worried that their deal might cost them dearly, while Liu Zongyuan guessed that the remaining eight avatars were in danger.

Hanyu endured the attacks of Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin while waiting for the right moment to ignite a pill. After the three men struck him together, the pill burned away at close range, leaving its result unclear.

• Hanyu hid underwater as Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin searched for him and churned the sea for half an hour.
• Hanyu burst from the water and attacked with Azure Dragons, but the three men trapped and wounded him with their techniques.
• Xin Yin decided Hanyu had to be killed, and the three men intensified their attacks until Hanyu was pinned again.
• Hanyu released a sea of fire and retreated, then was struck by all three men before he could escape two li.
• Hanyu laughed as the ignited pill flashed within three zhang of the three men and burned away.

Hanyu's pill created a heavenly vision that gave Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin insights into their cultivation, while Gu Feng and Doctor were shown impossibly grand paths. Hanyu escaped as everyone stayed behind to pursue their insights, and the Artifact Spirit explained that the pill had dangled unreachable cultivation paths before Gu Feng and Doctor.

• Hanyu's pill initially seemed ineffective, but golden light, falling lotuses, auspicious clouds, and Dao sounds soon appeared around the group.
• Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin gained insights into advancing their techniques, while Gu Feng and Doctor envisioned themselves commanding all living beings and mastering inner demons.
• Hanyu fled while the others became absorbed in their revelations, and Xin Zhui ultimately chose not to pursue him.
• Hanyu asked the Artifact Spirit about Gu Feng and Doctor's strange behavior, and it explained that the pill had shown them powerful paths without ensuring they could follow them.

Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin each had an inner demon tear free, taking half their strength as they reached a crucial moment of Dao comprehension; all three chose to continue their cultivation. Hanyu escaped and devised a plan to capture and hide their inner demons, which could leave them permanently weakened.

• As Xin Zhui reached a crucial step in his Fixed Light Technique, a monster resembling him emerged from his back and fled with half his strength and cultivation.
• Xin Zhui realized the others were facing the same choice between pursuing their inner demons and completing their Dao comprehension.
• Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin chose to continue their cultivation and cursed Hanyu as their inner demons escaped.
• Hanyu raced away and wondered whether he should inform Liu Zongyuan that the others had been affected by the pills.
• Hanyu proposed capturing and hiding the three inner demons, and the Artifact Spirit recognized that the plan could keep their owners permanently weakened.

The Heavenly Dao Sect reconsidered Han Yu after learning about his deadly pills and his clashes with Yanluo Hall, but Old Daoist refused to make room for him. Soul Split, buried and sealed by the sect, feared that a rebellious clone would merge with the others and erase him.

• Liu Zongyuan told Old Daoist that Han Yu had killed Yi Hong and Wen Xiong, captured Duopo, and drawn Xin Zhui and the other old devils out of hiding.
• Old Daoist discussed Han Yu’s refusal to join the Heavenly Dao Sect but rejected Liu Zongyuan’s suggestion to make room for him.
• Soul Split cursed the traitorous clone and feared it would hunt down the remaining clones, merge with them, and cause him to disappear.
• Old Daoist explained that the Heavenly Dao Sect had buried and sealed Soul Split because bringing him to their hideout was unsafe and he had little further use.
• Liu Zongyuan recognized that Soul Split’s rebellion could make cultivators fear clone techniques more than ever.

Hanyu unexpectedly reunited with Liu Zongyuan and the Heaven Dao Sect, then offered them a way to hurt Xin Zhui and the others in exchange for joining their hidden refuge. Meanwhile, Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin discovered they had lost half their strength and set out to recover their heart demons.

• Hanyu and Liu Zongyuan were both astonished to meet again, and Hanyu said the three Yanluo Hall elders were too busy to pursue him.
• Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin realized their cultivation insights had come at the cost of losing half their strength, while Gu Feng and Doctor had gained nothing from the experience.
• Xin Zhui decided they had to find their heart demons and recover their stolen abilities, then enlisted Doctor's puppets to help search the Endless Sea Domain.
• Hanyu offered the Heaven Dao Sect a present that could leave Xin Zhui and the others badly weakened, but demanded that they take him to their hidden little world.
• The old Daoist asked whether Hanyu's present concerned Xin Zhui and the other Yanluo Hall elders, and the Heaven Dao Sect members awaited his decision.

Hanyu followed Heaven's Dao Sect into a hidden small world after the sect opened a sealed Bronze Door over the sea. He learned that the sect had created the isolated realm, but Liu Zongyuan stopped him from joining the others at the mountain hall.

• The old Daoist agreed to protect Hanyu and led Heaven's Dao Sect toward a location in the sea.
• Liu Zongyuan asked how Hanyu escaped Xin Zhui and the others, and Hanyu revealed his severe chest injury.
• Heaven's Dao Sect's twelve members formed a Star River and opened a Bronze Door that led into a hidden world.
• Hanyu entered last and found himself at the foot of a mist-shrouded mountain, where Liu Zongyuan warned him about a spatial storm beyond the mist.
• The Artifact Spirit doubted that the twelve Divine Platform Realm cultivators could have created the small world alone.
• Liu Zongyuan stopped Hanyu from flying up to the hall with the others and told him to wait below.

Hanyu explored the area at the foot of the mountain while Liu Zongyuan tried to keep him from breaking the rules. As the old Daoist reported recent events to a mysterious voice in the great hall, Hanyu suddenly burrowed underground, leaving Liu Zongyuan and the Artifact Spirit stunned.

• Liu Zongyuan let Hanyu wander at the foot of the mountain but warned him not to touch the mist or go up the mountain.
• Hanyu walked farther and faster across the area while Liu Zongyuan struggled to follow him on his Green Leaf spirit treasure.
• The old Daoist offered incense at an altar and told a mysterious voice about Yanluo Hall, the Peddler, and Hanyu.
• The voice sensed Hanyu at the foot of the mountain and revealed that he was burrowing underground.
• Hanyu disappeared underground to investigate, stunning Liu Zongyuan and the Artifact Spirit.

Hanyu accidentally punctured the boundary of the small world and was nearly dragged into the deadly chaotic void beyond it. An unknown voice sealed the breach and flung him back to the surface, where the Heavenly Dao Sect group saw him emerge unconscious.

• Hanyu burrowed beneath the small world and poked a hole in its fragile boundary.
• Chaotic currents pulled Hanyu toward the void, and he struggled to hold himself in place as the force tore at his body.
• Liu Zongyuan and the Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators arrived and feared Hanyu had been killed after spending nearly half an hour underground.
• Hanyu saw the deadly void beyond the boundary and prepared to blast himself backward, but an unknown voice interrupted him and knocked him unconscious.
• The unknown force repaired the boundary and hurled Hanyu upward through the soil.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect group felt the ground rumble and watched Hanyu burst out of the earth.

Hanyu woke in the Heavenly Dao Sect’s hidden world after a powerful cultivator rescued him, then told the sect that Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin had lost half their strength when their heart demons escaped. The sect agreed to hunt the heart demons, while Hanyu remained under watch in the hidden world.

• Hanyu learned from the Artifact Spirit that an incomprehensibly powerful cultivator had saved him after he broke through the hidden world’s restrictions.
• The old Daoist explained that the restrictions protected the small world from spatial turbulence and warned Hanyu not to approach the mountaintop or damage them again.
• After the old Daoist reminded him about the promised gift, Hanyu revealed that Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin’s heart demons had escaped with half their strength.
• Hanyu suggested that the Heavenly Dao Sect capture the heart demons and could even cripple them before returning them to their owners.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect members agreed to search for the heart demons, and the old Daoist returned to the mountaintop after leaving eleven people to watch Hanyu.

Xin Zhui and the others continued searching for the missing heart demons while Wang Xingzhi learned that the great figure he served was too ill-tempered to help. Hanyu prepared to leave the little world, hoping Yanluo Hall and the Heavenly Dao Sect would be too busy fighting to pursue him.

• Xin Zhui and the others ordered Doctor and Gu Feng to keep searching after their puppets failed to find the heart demons.
• Wang Xingzhi told the voice on the Divine Platform about Hanyu, but the great figure warned him not to underestimate Hanyu and said it would investigate his background.
• The great figure revealed that Wang Xingzhi had offered incense while it was on the toilet, then tossed him down the mountain after sensing his disrespectful thoughts.
• Wang Xingzhi announced that the Heavenly Dao Sect would leave, and Hanyu reasoned that Yanluo Hall and the sect would be distracted by the missing heart demons.
• The Artifact Spirit reminded Hanyu to collect Quan Xiaotong's sixty years of fortune, and the group summoned a Star River to open the bronze gate.

Soul Split defeated his remaining clones and used the Heaven and Earth Four Divisions Art to become whole, taking the name Soul Chaser. Just as he declared his resolve to crush his enemies, Hanyu appeared and punched him into the sea.

• Soul Split brought two clones to the island where the anomaly had been born and killed one while the other threatened to blame him for the clones’ crimes.
• Soul Split reversed the Heaven and Earth Four Divisions Art, absorbed the remaining clone, and declared that his new name was Soul Chaser.
• Hanyu and the twelve members of the Heavenly Dao Sect returned to the island and found Soul Chaser proclaiming that he would crush his enemies.
• Soul Chaser tried to explain that he was no longer Soul Split, but Hanyu charged before the old Daoist could stop him.
• Hanyu punched Soul Chaser into the sea, sending waves surging a hundred feet high.

Soul Chaser joined Wang Xingzhi and the others after explaining that Yanluo Hall might pursue him for his actions. He offered an alliance but revealed that he, like most members of both factions, did not know where Yanluo Hall’s entrance was, leaving Hanyu and the Artifact Spirit considering a return to the Central Continent to claim their fortune.

• Hanyu nearly killed Soul Chaser until Wang Xingzhi and Liu Zongyuan confirmed that Soul Chaser was an ally.
• Soul Chaser explained that Yanluo Hall might be hunting him after he killed four of Soul Split’s clones, and he denied being Soul Split himself.
• Soul Chaser proposed an alliance with Wang Xingzhi, who asked him to reveal Yanluo Hall’s location.
• Soul Chaser said he did not know where Yanluo Hall was, explaining that most of its members were pawns and that its entrance might not be in the Endless Sea Domain.
• Hanyu and the Artifact Spirit discussed retreating to the Central Continent and decided to claim their fortune first.

Wang Xingzhi let Hanyu leave, believing Hanyu had already drawn Yanluo Hall’s hatred onto himself, while Soul Chaser arranged cautious cooperation with the Heavenly Dao Sect. In New Haishi City, Ji Maodan brought Ling Wuce White Lotuses to treat his injuries and explained why he had chosen to stay and guard the Eastern Sea Region.

• Wang Xingzhi told Liu Zongyuan that Hanyu had already turned Yanluo Hall against himself, and suggested they could worsen the conflict by revealing plans to capture the inner demons.
• Wang Xingzhi asked Soul Chaser to turn against Yanluo Hall, but Soul Chaser instead offered to share its plans in exchange for the Heavenly Dao Sect’s protection if it attacked him.
• Soul Chaser and the Heavenly Dao Sect agreed to cooperate, and Soul Chaser chose a new destination.
• Ji Maodan brought Ling Wuce two White Lotuses, which could ease injuries, though Ling Wuce struggled to stomach their source.
• Ling Wuce asked why Ji Maodan had refused Quan Xiaotong’s offer to return to Dengque Tower, and Ji Maodan said the Eastern Sea Region needed him to guard it.