Recaps

Ye Han cultivated the Blood Refining Art in the gravity chamber and broke through to its fifth layer, while Zhang Qingshan continued making slower progress. After the purple-gold lightning below finally stopped, they went to investigate, and the Purple Cauldron trembled as they reached the opening.

• Ye Han gave Zhang Qingshan a Body Tempering Pill, but Zhang Qingshan explained that fifth-layer Blood Refining Art required high-rank demon beast essence blood.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan cultivated in the hall while purple-gold lightning continued striking the metal puppet below; Ye Han rapidly refined Body Tempering Pills in the intense gravity.
• After three days, Ye Han broke through to the fifth layer of the Blood Refining Art, and the spatial aura on his wounds disappeared.
• Ye Han switched to applying demon beast essence blood when Body Tempering Pills became less effective, while Zhang Qingshan continued cultivating.
• Seven or eight days later, Ye Han noticed the lightning had stopped, and he and Zhang Qingshan headed down to investigate.
• As they reached the opening, Ye Han felt the Purple Cauldron tremble in his divine sense sea.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan discovered that the Purple-Gold Lightning formation had exhausted its power, leaving behind a dangerous Purple-Gold Metal Ball. Trusting the Purple Cauldron’s reaction despite Zhang Qingshan’s warning, Ye Han approached the ball, and the Purple Runes Vortex absorbed it.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan found a Purple-Gold Metal Ball after the formation’s Purple-Gold Lightning destroyed the Metal Puppets and ran out of power.
• Zhang Qingshan warned Ye Han that the ball was dangerous, while Ye Han sensed that the Purple Cauldron wanted it.
• Ye Han tested the passage with a chunk of metal, confirmed that the formation no longer struck, and prepared safeguards before approaching the ball.
• Ye Han stepped toward the ball as the Purple Cauldron grew more excited, and the ball’s lightning flared in warning.
• The Purple Cauldron released a Purple Runes Vortex that pulled in the Purple-Gold Metal Ball, shocking Zhang Qingshan.

Ye Han absorbed the Purple-Gold Metal Ball into the Purple Cauldron, where its lightning caused another Little Sapling to sprout. He and Zhang Qingshan continued through the passage until a massive metal gate blocked their way, as the lightning formation seemed to recover.

• The Purple Cauldron drew in the Purple-Gold Metal Ball and absorbed its lightning, causing a Little Sapling to sprout on its lid.
• Ye Han reassured Zhang Qingshan that the metal ball was dangerous to him but harmless to Ye Han.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan hurried through the passage, wary that the lightning formation might recover.
• The two found a gigantic metal gate decorated with a Two-Winged Demon Beast relief blocking the passage.
• The lamps stopped flickering, and Ye Han told Zhang Qingshan to look for a keyhole.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan used the keys to open the metal doors while the passage’s formation recovered and struck them with Purple-Gold Lightning. They escaped inside just before a stronger bolt hit the doors, then found themselves in a demonized cavern filled with powerful Demonic Qi and wondered whether a Devil Race member was sealed there.

• Ye Han spotted keyholes in the winged Demon Beast relief and showed Zhang Qingshan the two keys they had collected.
• As the formation’s white lights steadied, Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan tried the keys, swapped them, and unlocked the doors just as Purple-Gold Lightning struck.
• Ye Han’s Creation Heaven Cube shielded him from the bolt, while Zhang Qingshan endured it with his physical defenses.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan slipped through the opening before a stronger bolt hit the doors, blackening them and stopping the formation’s attack.
• Inside, Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan found a demonized cavern saturated with formidable Demonic Qi, and Ye Han asked Zhang Qingshan whether he sensed good fortune or ill.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan braved the pure demonic qi and descended a cliff after Zhang Qingshan judged the other routes deadly. They discovered a vast field of Heavenly Treasures below, but Ye Han noticed something wrong with Zhang Qingshan.

• Zhang Qingshan warned Ye Han that the demonic qi was purer than that in the Darkness Forbidden Ground and gave him a Demon-Warding Pearl for protection.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan raced through the passage as the demonic qi grew stronger, then reached an immense cliff above a bottomless abyss.
• Zhang Qingshan judged that crossing to the opposite passage or climbing upward meant death, while descending offered a chance of survival, so they climbed down.
• As the demonic qi weakened, Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan sensed pure spiritual energy and medicinal fragrance below.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan saw a vast field filled with Heavenly Treasures, and Ye Han frowned and questioned Zhang Qingshan’s reaction.

Ye Han discovered that a mind-bewildering aura had made Zhang Qingshan mistake demonized treasures for a great opportunity, then helped him recover. Zhang Qingshan sensed that Ye Han held the only auspicious sign in the basin, just as Ye Han spotted someone hiding behind a boulder.

• Zhang Qingshan realized demonic qi was affecting his state of mind, while Ye Han used the Creation Heaven Cube to see through the false vision of ancient treasures.
• Ye Han used a Mind-Calming Talisman to free Zhang Qingshan from the illusion and lent him a Heart-Guarding Jade Pendant.
• Zhang Qingshan used his Fortune and Disaster Prediction ability and found no auspicious direction in the basin, then sensed an overwhelming auspicious sign on Ye Han.
• Ye Han sensed someone behind a boulder and fired icy sword qi at it, prompting the hidden person to call out for him to wait.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan encountered Binglian, a chained young woman who claimed to be the daughter of the Immortal Emperor of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. While Zhang Qingshan believed her story, Ye Han stayed wary and ended the chapter by turning his sword toward her neck.

• A streak of gray light blocked Ye Han's sword strike, revealing Binglian on a large rock.
• Binglian claimed the Immortal Emperor had sent Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan to rescue her, then said she was the Immortal Emperor of the Heavenly Spirit Realm's daughter, imprisoned by a devil for thousands of years.
• Zhang Qingshan promised to help Binglian, but Ye Han remained suspicious when he could sense no spell power or demonic qi from her.
• Ye Han realized the gold-and-silver runic chain around Binglian's feet was sealing her power.
• Ye Han pretended he would cut the chain, then redirected the Soul-Slaying Sword toward Binglian's neck.

Ye Han exposed Binglian as the imprisoned Ice Refining Prince of the Demon God Race and refused to help him escape. The prince summoned a horde of Demon Beasts and sent them after Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan.

• Ye Han beheaded Binglian after recognizing his golden eyes as matching Devil Lord Shadow’s, but the severed head kept speaking.
• Ye Han accused Binglian of being a fiend, and Binglian revealed his true form as the Ice Refining Prince of the Demon God Race.
• The Ice Refining Prince demanded that Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan kneel, but Ye Han refused to help him and threatened to leave.
• The Ice Refining Prince chanted an incantation that summoned hundreds of metal-and-flesh Demon Beasts from the surrounding holes.
• Ye Han told Zhang Qingshan to take down the Ice Refining Prince first as the Demon Beasts charged at them.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan discovered that the Ice Refining Prince was unharmed by their attacks and commanded a pack of powerful demon-beast puppets to capture them. As the two fled under pursuit, Ye Han’s Creation Heaven Cube blocked the puppets’ attacks, prompting the Ice Refining Prince to recognize him as a bastard from the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan attacked the Ice Refining Prince, but he transformed into demonic qi and revealed his true form atop a two-winged demon beast.
• The Ice Refining Prince ordered his demon-beast puppets to capture Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan alive.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan fled through the pursuing puppets, with Zhang Qingshan using his shield and axe to force a path forward.
• The Ice Refining Prince pursued from above on his two-winged demon beast and urged the puppets to keep chasing the pair.
• The puppets fired beams of demonic qi at Ye Han, but his Creation Heaven Cube blocked every attack.
• The Ice Refining Prince recognized Ye Han’s protection and angrily called him a bastard from the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan fled the Ice Refining Prince and his demon beast puppets through a Hollow, avoiding a deadly hurricane attack. The furious Ice Refining Prince ordered his forces to pursue them into the underground passage.

• Ye Han used the Creation Heaven Cube to withstand the demon beast puppets’ demonic qi beams without wasting spell power, while Zhang Qingshan struggled to endure them with his treasures.
• The Ice Refining Prince ordered his demon beast puppets to stop firing and chase Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan, then pursued them overhead on the Two-Winged Demon Beast.
• The Two-Winged Demon Beast unleashed a hurricane of saber-like Wind Blades that dragged Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan toward it.
• Ye Han used Ghost Step Pace to reach Zhang Qingshan and asked him to throw him into a nearby Hollow.
• Zhang Qingshan hurled Ye Han toward the Hollow, and Ye Han used the Vine Soul Technique to pull Zhang Qingshan along with him as they plunged inside.
• The Ice Refining Prince raged at their escape and ordered his forces to follow them into the Hollow.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan escaped the hurricane by plunging into the caves, but the Ice Refining Prince sent demon beast puppets after them. Zhang Qingshan’s prediction revealed every route was dangerous, and the pair ended trapped between pursuing puppets and four more ahead.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan crashed through the mountain wall into a cave as the hurricane shattered the cliffs behind them.
• The Ice Refining Prince ordered his demon beast puppets into the caves to hunt them down, then discovered Zhang Qingshan’s battle-axe attack had left a troubling aura in his body.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan raced through the cave passages to avoid being surrounded by the puppets.
• At a four-way fork, Zhang Qingshan used his Fortune and Disaster Prediction and found that every passage brought an ill omen.
• Four demon beast puppets emerged from the passages ahead as another pursued from behind, trapping Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan between them.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan fought through a pack of demon beast puppets toward the tunnel, with Ye Han destroying a massive two-horned puppet in their path. After they advanced a few hundred yards, another horned puppet charged at them with a spinning vortex of blood-red light.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan agreed that Ye Han would lead the charge while Zhang covered their rear.
• Ye Han used the Vine Soul Technique to snare the pursuing puppets as Zhang Qingshan battered them back with his battle axe.
• Ye Han trapped the two-horned puppet with the Thorn Bracelet, blocked its demonic qi beam with the Creation Heaven Cube, and severed its head with the Soul-Chasing Sword.
• Ye Han struck the two-horned puppet with a powerful punch and charged onward while Zhang Qingshan disrupted the puppets pursuing them.
• A helmeted demon beast puppet appeared ahead, spun its huge horn spike into a blood-red vortex, and charged at Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan fought through a pursuing horde of Demon Beast puppets and chose a passage to escape, only to discover it was a dead end. As the pursuers closed in, a massive Demon Beast erupted through the floor and lunged at them.

• Ye Han decapitated a Demon Beast puppet while Zhang Qingshan used his Battle Axe to slow the pursuing puppets.
• At a four-way junction, Ye Han bound two puppets with Vine Soul Technique and led Zhang Qingshan down the passage they had not emerged from.
• Ye Han wondered at the Battle Axe’s strength and resistance to Demonic Qi as Zhang Qingshan fought off their pursuers.
• Two puppets became wedged in a narrow stretch of passage, but Zhang Qingshan sensed a terrifying omen ahead and warned Ye Han that the path was a dead end.
• As the trapped puppets broke through the walls and pursued them, the ground collapsed and a huge Demon Beast burst out to swallow Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan fought modified demon beast puppets in the cavern, but Zhang Qingshan was dragged into a great hole while Ye Han faced two more attackers. Zhang Qingshan called for Ye Han to go ahead, claiming he had his own way out.

• Ye Han escaped the fanged puppet's suction with his Blood Escape Talisman, while Zhang Qingshan used his golden transformation and battle axe to shatter its fangs.
• The fanged puppet clamped down on Zhang Qingshan's axe and dragged him into a great hole despite his efforts to break free.
• Ye Han turned back to help Zhang Qingshan, but a modified Burrowing Rat Demon puppet attacked with volleys of blood-red blade rays.
• Ye Han countered with his Soul-Slaying Sword and Millennium Ironwood Swords, but the Burrowing Rat Demon puppet's attacks overwhelmed his sword-rays.
• A second puppet joined the assault by spewing blue-violet flames at Ye Han.
• Zhang Qingshan shouted from the great hole, telling Ye Han to go ahead because he had his own way out.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan decided to split up so they could escape the Demon Beast Puppets without hindering each other. Ye Han raced into another passage, where he used a Blood Escape Talisman to slip past the guardians and turn their attacks against one another.

• Zhang Qingshan told Ye Han they would be safer if they split up, and Ye Han agreed to seek another route while Zhang fought below.
• Ye Han used a Tailwind Talisman to flee down a cave passage, dodging the Demon Beast Puppets’ attacks rather than fighting them head-on.
• Ye Han encountered two Demon Beast Puppets guarding a passage while the burrowing rat demon puppet attacked him from behind.
• Ye Han activated a Blood Escape Talisman to teleport past the armored puppet, causing the puppets’ attacks to collide with one another.
• Ye Han continued through the opening, pale from using the talisman, and reflected that his improved Body Refining Art had another benefit.

After his Blood Refining Art reached the fifth layer, Ye Han used his strengthened blood essence to escape the Demon Beast Puppets through the underground passages. He set traps and blocked routes to shake off his pursuers as he searched for an exit and planned to investigate the Ice Refining Prince.

• Ye Han used the chaos among the Demon Beast Puppets to race into a passage, then trapped one puppet with an earth spell and buried it beneath rocks blasted loose by Fireburst Talismans.
• Ye Han chose passages without puppets, reasoning that they would take him farther from the routes the creatures had used to surround him and Zhang Qingshan.
• At a three-way junction, Ye Han destroyed all three entrances with Fireburst Talismans before fleeing down one branch, concealing which way he had gone.
• Ye Han decided to leave the underground maze through another exit and hide while investigating the Ice Refining Prince.
• At a junction with four branches, Ye Han planted trigger talismans along every route instead of collapsing the entrances, then continued with his escape plan.

Ye Han concealed himself and planned to escape the caves before confronting the Ice Refining Prince, while seeking to reunite with Zhang Qingshan. The Ice Refining Prince turned his attention to Zhang Qingshan and flew into the caves to take his Battle Axe, leaving Ye Han worried that his senior brother was in danger.

• Ye Han used the Invisibility Cloak and a Purification Talisman to hide his presence as he searched for an exit and planned to deal with the Ice Refining Prince.
• The Ice Refining Prince learned that Ye Han had vanished and Zhang Qingshan had slain three Demon Beast Puppets, including a Fourth Tier one.
• The Ice Refining Prince decided that Zhang Qingshan and his Battle Axe posed the greater threat and might help him break the Demon-Sealing Chains.
• The Ice Refining Prince rode the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet into a cave to attack Zhang Qingshan.
• Ye Han saw the Ice Refining Prince enter the cave and realized that he had gone after Zhang Qingshan.

Ye Han escaped the caves using the Invisibility Cloak and found the Ice Refining Prince’s lair, hoping to discover a weakness in the Demon Beast Puppets. Inside, he spotted a powerful sword being tempered just as footsteps approached.

• Ye Han emerged from the cave unseen and watched the Ice Refining Prince receive a message before flying into the caves on the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet.
• Ye Han realized the Ice Refining Prince was likely going after Zhang Qingshan, but decided that searching for the puppets’ weaknesses was more important than trying to rescue him.
• Ye Han climbed to the cliff and found the Ice Refining Prince’s residence, surrounded by puppet parts, Demon Beast skeletons, and a large portrait of the prince.
• Ye Han entered the building and saw a formidable longsword being tempered in an enormous furnace.
• Footsteps sounded nearby, and Ye Han wondered whether someone else was inside the lair.

Ye Han secretly explored the Ice Refining Prince’s lair while a Binglian Metal Puppet tended the furnace refining a powerful sword. After stripping one room of valuable materials and collecting puppet research, he found a sword design just as strange noises sounded outside.

• Ye Han hid from the Binglian Metal Puppet as it fed blue-green crystals into the furnace, intensifying the flames refining the sword.
• Ye Han entered a nearby room and took more than a hundred metal blocks and over twenty unfinished Spirit Artifacts.
• Ye Han searched the puppet research room, gathered its plans and Jade Slips, and found a design for the sword in the furnace.
• A strange clicking sound came from outside, and Ye Han turned to look.

Ye Han discovered that the Ice Refining Prince was forging a sword to sever his chains, then searched the lair for valuables and found a room filled with Binglian statues. After he took the statues, a sudden wave of freezing air engulfed the building.

• Ye Han studied the sword blueprint and realized the Ice Refining Prince was making a weapon to cut the chains binding his feet.
• Ye Han found hundreds of sealed bottles and jars of heavenly treasures and pills, but left them untouched so the Ice Refining Prince would not be alerted yet.
• Ye Han entered another room and discovered it was crowded with lifelike statues of Binglian made from valuable white spirit jade.
• Ye Han collected every Binglian statue into his Storage Bags.
• A powerful burst of freezing air swept through the hall and covered the building in icicles.

Ye Han endured the icy sword’s emergence from the furnace and fought to claim it, losing his Fire Spirit Pearl in the process. He caught the sword but was immediately frozen by its chill as Binglian attacked him with a barrage of Sword-Rays.

• Ye Han activated the Fire Profound Art and used his Fire Spirit Pearl to shield himself from the cold pouring out of the furnace.
• The cold overwhelmed the pearl’s barrier, so Ye Han unleashed its full power to withstand the strongest wave before the Fire Spirit Pearl shattered.
• Ye Han rushed for the blue-glowing sword above the opened furnace, but a Sword-Ray from behind the furnace drove him back and disrupted his attempt to seize it.
• Ye Han used Vine Hands to catch the sword, then caught it himself after Sword-Rays cut through the vines.
• The sword’s cold froze Ye Han’s arm, and Binglian charged in and attacked him with dozens of Sword-Rays.

Ye Han stole the Furnace Treasure Sword and escaped the Binglian Puppet by using Fireburst Talismans and his Invisibility Cloak, while learning how the puppets lost track of concealed targets. Elsewhere underground, Zhang Qingshan charged into a passage and found the Ice Refining Prince riding a Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet.

• Ye Han stored the freezing Furnace Treasure Sword, blasted the Binglian Puppet back, and fled through the doorway.
• Ye Han used Fireburst Talismans to halt the Binglian Puppet, then escaped down the cliff with Ghost Step Pace and his Invisibility Cloak.
• The Binglian Puppet failed to find Ye Han after he concealed himself, revealing that she could not independently track a hidden target beyond a certain range.
• Zhang Qingshan fought off two Demon Beast Puppets and charged into a passage, where he encountered the Ice Refining Prince riding a Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet.

Zhang Qingshan charged the Ice Refining Prince and the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet, but the prince abruptly abandoned the fight after learning Ye Han had stolen his Absolute Frost Divine Sword. As the prince escaped through the cavern ceiling, Zhang Qingshan followed an auspicious sign in a different direction.

• Zhang Qingshan encountered the Ice Refining Prince and the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet, though his divine ability still marked their direction as auspicious.
• The Ice Refining Prince recognized Zhang Qingshan’s powerful body and battle axe and decided to turn him into a puppet.
• Zhang Qingshan attacked, and the Ice Refining Prince prepared the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet to unleash its divine ability.
• The Ice Refining Prince sensed that Ye Han had stolen the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, which he had spent a thousand years refining to escape.
• The Ice Refining Prince ordered the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet to blast open the cavern ceiling and carry him out.
• Zhang Qingshan recognized that Ye Han had enraged the prince, then changed course after spotting another auspicious direction.

The Ice Refining Prince discovered that Ye Han had stolen the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and other valuables, then sent his Demon Beast Puppets to hunt him down. Ye Han remained hidden in a hollow beneath the cliff, preparing to take advantage of the prince’s reaction.

• The Ice Refining Prince returned to his house and found the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and several other valuables missing.
• The Ice Refining Prince kicked the Binglian Puppet off the cliff and ordered his Demon Beast Puppets to search for Ye Han.
• The Ice Refining Prince flew out on the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet to hunt Ye Han himself.
• Ye Han stayed concealed beneath the cliff in his Invisibility Cloak, expecting the Ice Refining Prince to return after the sword was taken.

Ye Han took advantage of the Ice Refining Prince throwing the Binglian Puppet off the cliff to return to the prince’s house and loot its remaining rooms. After checking on a lightning-charged sapling growing inside the Purple Cauldron, Ye Han entered the house and was surprised by something in Binglian’s room.

• Ye Han realized the wandering Binglian Puppet could not return to the house without a new command from the Ice Refining Prince.
• Ye Han swallowed twelve Spiritual Qi Pills and let the Purple Cauldron absorb their spell power.
• Ye Han inspected a new sapling in the Purple Cauldron, which had grown several leaves and flickered with purple-gold lightning.
• Ye Han climbed back up the cliff and cautiously checked the Ice Refining Prince’s house for traps.
• Ye Han entered the house, decided to take the furnace, and went to Binglian’s room, where he exclaimed in surprise at what he saw.