Chapter Summaries

Su Han completed the Sealing Technique by fusing the five fragments into a white jade tablet, then collapsed from exhaustion. After three days of Fairy Yue Hua caring for him, he woke and agreed to rest before examining the technique.

• Su Han fused the five fragments into a white jade tablet engraved with natural runes, completing the Sealing Technique, then lost consciousness.
• Master Xuanqing examined Su Han and said his spiritual power was depleted but his Chaos Dao Body had strengthened his Divine Soul.
• Fairy Yue Hua carried Su Han away and stayed by his bedside, tending to him throughout his three-day unconsciousness.
• Su Han woke to find Fairy Yue Hua asleep beside him, and she tearfully told him not to risk his life again.
• Fairy Yue Hua urged Su Han to rest for half a month before using spiritual power or examining the Sealing Technique, and he agreed.

Su Han learned that he would have to remain in the Nether Cold Abyss and continuously supply Chaos Power to reinforce its failing seal. He and Fairy Yue Hua arrived at the abyss, where the widening cracks showed that the seal could collapse within three months.

• Master Xuanqing gave Su Han the completed Sealing Technique and explained how to use it to reinforce the Nether Cold Abyss seal.
• Su Han agreed to endure the dangerous reinforcement process and asked Master Xuanqing to look after Fairy Yue Hua if anything happened to him.
• Two days later, Su Han, Fairy Yue Hua, and Master Ten Thousand Swords departed aboard a Qingyun Sect Flying Boat.
• During the journey, Su Han and Fairy Yue Hua discussed Lord of the Nether's strength and the realms above Void Refinement.
• Ten days later, Su Han and Fairy Yue Hua reached the Nether Cold Abyss and found its seal badly cracked, with Nether energy leaking into the valley.

Su Han restored the Nether Cold Abyss seal by channeling nearly all his Chaos Power into the Sealing Technique, temporarily preventing the Lord of the Nether from escaping. Three months later, fully recovered at Qingyun Sect, Su Han showed signs of breaking through to the Void Refinement stage.

• Su Han placed the Sealing Technique into the seal and began restoring it while Fairy Yue Hua and Master Ten Thousand Swords watched from the Flying Boat.
• The Lord of the Nether violently attacked the seal as Su Han continued channeling Chaos Power for two days and two nights.
• Su Han used his last wisp of Chaos Power to close the final crack and fully restore the seal, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Fairy Yue Hua rushed to Su Han and celebrated with him, while Master Ten Thousand Swords praised his achievement.
• Three months later, Su Han had recovered at Qingyun Sect and his cultivation showed signs of advancing beyond Deity Transformation to Void Refinement.

Master Xuanqing told Su Han that his Chaos Power was needed to open a passage to the Immortal Realm and seek a way to destroy the sealed Lord of the Nether. After three years of secluded cultivation, Su Han survived the Void Refinement Heavenly Tribulation and stood on the threshold of a new stage.

• Fairy Yue Hua brought Su Han to Master Xuanqing, who revealed that he needed Su Han to use Chaos Power to open the Gate of the Immortal Realm.
• Master Xuanqing ordered Su Han to remain in seclusion on the Back Mountain until he reached the Void Refinement stage, with Fairy Yue Hua tending to him.
• Su Han and Fairy Yue Hua grew closer during his secluded cultivation, sharing their stories and companionship without crossing the line between them.
• After three years, Su Han reached the Void Refinement threshold and faced the Heavenly Tribulation as Fairy Yue Hua, Master Ten Thousand Swords, and Master Xuanqing watched.
• Su Han absorbed all nine bolts of heavenly lightning without injury, and the Tribulation Cloud dispersed.

Su Han reached the Void Refinement stage, opened the Gate of the Immortal Realm, and entered it to seek a way to destroy the Lord of the Nether. After arriving in the Immortal Realm, he was attacked by an unknown assailant.

• Su Han broke through to the Void Refinement stage, and Fairy Yue Hua embraced him as Master Xuanqing and Master Ten Thousand Swords watched.
• Su Han spent half a year stabilizing his cultivation before Master Xuanqing planned an attempt to open the Gate of the Immortal Realm.
• Master Xuanqing explained that one day in the Immortal Realm equaled one year in the mortal world, and Su Han promised Fairy Yue Hua he would return.
• Su Han used the Five Elements Fusion Array to open the Gate of the Immortal Realm and leaped through it, leaving Fairy Yue Hua behind.
• Su Han arrived in the Immortal Realm and was nearly struck by a sword attack from an unseen assailant.

Su Han entered the Immortal Realm seeking a way to destroy the Lord of the Nether, and Bai Yu revealed that Su Han’s Chaos Power made him the inheritor of the lost Chaos Supreme Treasure. Bai Yu brought Su Han to the High Heaven Immortal Sect, where Su Han learned how powerful the Immortal Realm’s cultivators were.

• Su Han met Bai Yu, who explained that destroying the Lord of the Nether required Heavenly Dipper Righteous Qi, World-Purifying Buddha Light, and the lost Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Bai Yu sensed Su Han’s Chaos Power and identified him as the inheritor chosen by the Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Bai Yu warned that other Immortal Realm forces would target Su Han if they learned of his Chaos Power, then offered to take him to the High Heaven Immortal Sect for protection and training.
• Su Han accepted Bai Yu’s offer, and they flew to the High Heaven Immortal Sect on Lingxiao Mountain.
• Bai Yu explained the Immortal Realm’s cultivation ranks and led Su Han to a palace in the center of the sect’s immortal city.

Su Han met Immortal Emperor Lingxiao, learned that his Chaos Power came from the shattered Chaos Supreme Treasure, and entered the Chaos Cave to cultivate. After reaching the Earth Immortal realm, he faced the first Chaos Tribulation and was left badly injured by its final bolt.

• Immortal Emperor Lingxiao told Su Han about the Chaos Supreme Treasure and the Ninefold Chaos Tribulation, then made him a disciple of the High Heaven Immortal Sect.
• Bai Yu led Su Han to the Chaos Cave, where time flowed far faster than outside, and guarded the entrance as Su Han began cultivating.
• Su Han absorbed the cave’s violent chaos qi, broke through to the Earth Immortal realm, and continued cultivating.
• The First Chaos Tribulation began, and Su Han endured the first eight bolts of heavenly lightning despite his injuries.
• Su Han punched at the ninth bolt, but the lightning struck him and hurled him into the cave wall.

Su Han endured successive Chaos Tribulations in the Chaos Cave while the Immortal Realm’s forces sought to seize his Chaos Power. After reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm, he faced the Heart Demon Tribulation and vowed to master his power so he could defeat the Lord of the Nether.

• Su Han survived the Earth Fire and Gale Wind Tribulations by drawing their power into himself and transforming it with Chaos Power.
• Immortal Emperor Cangwu demanded that Immortal Emperor Lingxiao hand over Su Han, but Lingxiao refused and the two emperors faced off for three days without fighting.
• Three Golden Immortals sent by Cangwu Immortal Sect tried to reach the Chaos Cave, but Bai Yu drove them back.
• Inside the Chaos Cave, Su Han passed the Sixth Chaos Tribulation and advanced from the Earth Immortal realm to the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• During the Seventh Chaos Tribulation, Su Han resisted an illusion of the Lord of the Nether destroying the Human Realm and vowed to master complete Chaos Power.

Su Han overcame the final Chaos Tribulation and reached the Golden Immortal realm, then returned to the Human Realm to prepare to face the Lord of the Nether. He reunited with Fairy Yue Hua, who had been waiting for him and wept when he appeared.

• Su Han endured the Myriad Thunder Tribulation, consolidated his cultivation, and overcame the final Chaos Tribulation, reaching the Golden Immortal realm.
• Su Han met Bai Yu and told Immortal Emperor Lingxiao that he wished to return to the Human Realm and destroy the Lord of the Nether.
• Immortal Emperor Lingxiao said Su Han needed Heavenly Dipper Righteous Qi and World-Purifying Buddha Light, and advised him to visit Fairy Yue Hua before traveling to the Buddhist Realm.
• Su Han learned that less than three months had passed in the Human Realm and returned to the Back Mountain of Qingyun Sect.
• Su Han found Fairy Yue Hua holding a letter and called to her; she dropped it and began crying when she saw him.

Su Han returned from the Immortal Realm after reaching the Golden Immortal realm and learned that the Lord of the Nether's seal could fail within three months. He brought Fairy Yue Hua to the Immortal Realm to cultivate, gathered Heavenly Dipper Righteous Qi, and reached the West Heaven Gate to seek the World-Purifying Buddha Light.

• Su Han reunited with Fairy Yue Hua and told her he had become a Golden Immortal.
• Fairy Yue Hua reported that the Lord of the Nether's seal was weakening, and Su Han said he needed the World-Purifying Buddha Light to destroy it.
• Su Han and Fairy Yue Hua consulted Master Xuanqing and Master Ten Thousand Swords, who said the seal might last at most three months.
• Su Han opened a gate to the Immortal Realm and brought Fairy Yue Hua to the High Heaven Immortal Sect to cultivate.
• Su Han obtained Heavenly Dipper Righteous Qi from Immortal Emperor Lingxiao and flew west for three days to the West Heaven Gate.
• A golden-armored guard stopped Su Han at the West Heaven Gate and demanded to know who he was.

Su Han entered the Buddhist Realm to seek the World-Purifying Buddha Light and began the three trials atop Spirit Mountain. He passed the trials of kindness and wisdom, then continued climbing the tower in the trial of perseverance, where his progress remained unresolved.

• Su Han entered the Buddhist Realm after learning that he had to pass its trials to seek the World-Purifying Buddha Light.
• An elderly monk explained the three trials and sent Su Han up Spirit Mountain.
• Su Han helped a child on an illusory battlefield try to revive his dead parents, and the monk declared that he had passed the kindness trial.
• Su Han studied Buddhist scriptures to understand and escape a changing maze, passing the wisdom trial.
• Su Han began climbing a tower with nine hundred and ninety-nine floors, enduring mounting pressure as his strength dwindled.

Su Han endured the crushing trials as he climbed the Buddhist Realm's tower, refusing to use his last reserve of Heavenly Dipper Righteous Qi. At floor 990, he was still clinging to the wall despite a broken finger, with the trial unfinished.

• Su Han climbed past floor 940 despite his bleeding hands and the old monk warning that the final fifty floors held immense pressure.
• At floor 960, Su Han lost his sight but continued climbing by tracing the Sanskrit characters from memory and instinct.
• As he climbed, Su Han recalled the Human Realm's victims and resolved to do what he could to help them.
• At floor 980, Su Han saw memories left by Buddhist cultivators, whose perseverance guided him through the darkness.
• At floor 990, Su Han broke the little finger on his right hand but kept gripping the wall and looked down into the abyss.

Su Han endured the final levels of the tower by abandoning his failed climbing method and reaching the summit with cloth-wrapped hands. The old monk healed him and revealed that the third trial tested innate wisdom as well as perseverance.

• Su Han used the Heart-Protecting Pill to regain enough clarity to continue climbing.
• Su Han wrapped his hands in strips of his Daoist robe and used Heavenly Dipper Righteous Qi to inch upward through friction.
• Su Han climbed the final levels despite his hands being burned down to exposed bones and collapsed onto the summit platform.
• The old monk healed Su Han and told him he had passed the third trial.
• The old monk revealed that he had been the young monk in Su Han's vision and explained how he built a Scripture Repository after giving up on the climb.
• The old monk praised Su Han for choosing a method suited to his condition, calling it innate wisdom.

Su Han reached Buddha after passing the three trials and asked for the World-Purifying Buddha Light to destroy an awakening evil entity. Buddha showed him that the light could only be comprehended through a pure heart, and Su Han witnessed an old woman’s selfless love for her son illuminate the void.

• Su Han entered the Great Thunder Sound Temple and asked Buddha to grant him the World-Purifying Buddha Light for the sake of the Human Realm.
• Buddha explained that the World-Purifying Buddha Light was a state of purity that could be comprehended, not taken or bestowed.
• Buddha sent a vision into Su Han’s mind, where he watched an old woman endure hardship to care for her sick son.
• The old woman saw her son leave and never return, yet continued to live generously without resentment, and the golden light at her brow grew brighter.
• The old woman died beneath the village scholar tree, and the golden light became a lotus that illuminated the snowy void.
• Su Han returned to the hall in tears and told Buddha that the old woman’s light surpassed any Buddha light he had seen.

Su Han learned that the World-Purifying Buddha Light came from kindness within people, not from a treasure he could take, and the Buddha told him to return to the Human Realm as a protector. After leaving the Buddhist Realm with Bodhi Beads and a changed aura, Su Han headed home and learned that the Human Realm's situation had worsened.

• The Buddha explained that the World-Purifying Buddha Light arose from the old woman's kindness and told Su Han to let go of his desire to obtain it.
• Su Han remembered his master's selfless care and accepted the Buddha's guidance to return with the heart of a protector.
• The Buddha gave Su Han eighteen Bodhi Beads as a keepsake, and Su Han passed through the hall door to the West Heaven Gate.
• The gate guard noticed that Su Han's aura had changed, and Su Han flew toward the Human Realm.
• High Heaven Immortal Sect disciples met Su Han at the Immortal Realm border and warned him that the Human Realm's situation was not looking good.

Su Han returned from the Buddhist Realm and awakened the World-Purifying Buddha Light by realizing that its power came from his wish to protect others. He destroyed the evil entity, and later continued teaching at the High Heaven Immortal Sect, keeping the Bodhi Beads as a reminder of how he should live.

• A disciple told Su Han that the awakened evil entity had destroyed three cities and that the Sect Master had gone to fight it.
• Su Han assured the disciples he had obtained the World-Purifying Buddha Light and went with them to the Human Realm.
• Su Han understood that the Buddha Light came from the people he wished to protect, and golden light manifested in his palm.
• Su Han’s Buddha Light purified the evil entity, sealed the fissure, and ended the battle.
• Su Han returned to the High Heaven Immortal Sect, where he later told a young disciple that the Bodhi Beads reminded him what kind of person he should be.

After the battle, Su Han discovered that his cultivation was growing and that he could see the vitality in all living things, awakening the Heavenly Eye. Three months later, visitors from across the cultivation world arrived at the High Heaven Immortal Sect to meet him, and A-Yuan summoned him to the main hall.

• Su Han told the young disciple to keep warmth and light in his heart, and she declared that she had light in hers.
• Over the next three months, Su Han's Qi Sea grew and his different powers began to merge as he continued living on the Back Mountain.
• Su Han discovered he could see the vitality surrounding living things, and the Sect Master identified his ability as the Heavenly Eye and told him to keep it secret.
• A-Yuan hurried to Su Han and said cultivators and other visitors had come to the sect to see the man who destroyed an evil thing with one palm strike.
• Su Han put on his shoes and followed A-Yuan toward the main hall, asking how long the visitors had been waiting.

Su Han explained to a gathering of cultivators that the World-Purifying Buddha Light came from warmth in his heart, not a power he could teach. After escaping their questions, he found a young woman who had fought beside him waiting in the courtyard.

• Xuanjizi of the North Nether Sword Sect asked whether the light that destroyed the evil had truly been Buddha light.
• Su Han recounted the three illusions Buddha had shown him and explained how remembering an old woman carrying firewood brought warmth to his heart and made the light shine.
• Xuanjizi asked whether Su Han could teach others to find that warmth, and Su Han said they would have to find it themselves.
• Cultivators from several sects crowded Su Han with questions until the Sect Master invited them to stay and exchange ideas over a vegetarian meal.
• Su Han slipped out of the hall and found a young woman who had fought on the defensive line waiting beneath a parasol tree; she smiled and called him Brother Su.

Su Han spoke with Shen Qingdai about the light he had unleashed in battle and learned that she wanted to seek him out if she faced difficulties. At a banquet, he struggled to explain his enlightenment, and the red-robed elder’s thanks prompted him to ask how the people beneath Fire Cloud Valley were doing.

• Shen Qingdai thanked Su Han for saving her arm and asked what he had been thinking during the battle.
• Su Han told Shen Qingdai that he had seen a light in a ruined city and imagined someone waiting beneath it to be rescued.
• Shen Qingdai said she might visit Su Han if she encountered a challenge she could not overcome, and he told her he lived in a courtyard with a peach tree on the Back Mountain.
• At the High Heaven Immortal Sect banquet, Su Han said that light had already been in his heart, and Xuanjizi recalled his master’s advice to look within for the Dao and Buddha.
• After the red-robed elder thanked Su Han for saving the towns beneath Fire Cloud Valley, Su Han asked how their people were doing.

Su Han reflected on the light in people’s hearts after the banquet and promised A-Yuan he would remember to live by it. On Grain Rain Day, High Heaven Immortal Sect held a vast celebration honoring those who had fought on the Human Realm’s front lines.

• The red-robed elder told Su Han that Fire Cloud Valley’s people had survived the disaster and were rebuilding with the disciples’ help, and Su Han said he wanted to visit them.
• Xuanjizi gave Su Han a North Nether Sword Sect Communication Jade Talisman and said he wanted to see more of what made him extraordinary.
• Beneath the peach tree, Su Han sensed a warm glow in the moonlight and realized the light he carried was in his heart.
• A-Yuan showed Su Han the Bodhi Beads on her wrist, and he adjusted them before they made a pinky promise to remind each other to keep light in their hearts.
• On Grain Rain Day, High Heaven Immortal Sect held a grand celebration, where Su Han watched cultivators from many sects feast and mingle.
• Su Han saw that the celebrants had fought on the Human Realm’s front lines three months earlier, and some had suffered lasting injuries or lost their ability to cultivate true qi.