Recaps

Ye Han learned that Heavenly Secret Mountain was an ancient sect’s hidden mountain gate, not an Immortal’s Tomb, and that its powerful Heavenly Secret Soldiers were transformed mechanism men. After collecting a fortune from fallen cultivators, he learned that the Black Mountain Cult Leader and the Demon Kings had fled up the mountain, and Teacher Lan Qing pointed him toward the Treasure Pagoda.

• Teacher Lan Qing explained that Heavenly Secret Mountain had once been an ancient cultivation sect’s mountain gate and dismissed the claim that it was an Immortal’s Tomb.
• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that the Heavenly Secret Soldiers were mechanism men whose armor had been strengthened by years of exposure to spiritual energy.
• Ye Han sorted the Storage Bags taken from fallen Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators and gathered treasures worth more than ten million Spirit Stones.
• Ye Han asked where the Black Mountain Cult Leader and the Demon Kings had gone, and Teacher Lan Qing said they had fled up the mountain while pursued by the Heavenly Secret Soldiers.
• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that the Heavenly Secret Token could help him find an opportunity at the Treasure Pagoda.

Ye Han followed Teacher Lan Qing’s directions to the Treasure Pagoda, where the Black Mountain Cult Leader was drawing away its guards. Inside, Ye Han disguised himself and confronted Young Master Zhuge, who had entered ahead of him.

• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that the Treasure Pagoda was accessible with his Heavenly Secret Token and asked for a soul-nourishing treasure.
• Ye Han gave Teacher Lan Qing a Jadeite Gourd, and Teacher Lan Qing entered it before guiding Ye Han toward the pagoda.
• Ye Han saw the Black Mountain Cult Leader fighting four Heavenly Secret Soldiers to lure them away from the Treasure Pagoda.
• Ye Han reached the unguarded pagoda, disguised himself, and entered its vast, mostly empty hall.
• Ye Han found Young Master Zhuge at the barrier to the second floor and approached him with a threatening pose.

Ye Han bluffed Young Master Zhuge into believing he was a Golden Core Stage cultivator and forced him to surrender his storage bag and spatial ring. Young Master Zhuge left, but the Black Mountain Cult Leader returned just as Ye Han collected the treasures.

• Young Master Zhuge mistook Ye Han for a Golden Core Stage cultivator and obeyed when Ye Han ordered him to leave.
• Ye Han demanded Young Master Zhuge’s storage bag, and Young Master Zhuge surrendered it rather than risk a fight.
• Ye Han recognized Young Master Zhuge’s spatial ring and forced him to hand it over too.
• Young Master Zhuge left after Ye Han collected the treasures, and the Black Mountain Cult Leader entered and asked what had happened.

Ye Han trapped the Black Mountain Cult Leader in a Dragon-Trapping Formation and escaped through the restriction to the second floor. The Black Mountain Cult Leader pursued him, while Young Master Zhuge concealed how Ye Han had tricked him out of his treasures.

• Ye Han released his Dragon-Trapping Formation Flags and ran toward the stairs as the Black Mountain Cult Leader returned.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader shattered the formation, but Ye Han had vanished from the hall.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader used his Secret Method to search the hall and detected Ye Han’s trail leading to the second floor.
• Young Master Zhuge claimed Ye Han had come from inside and urged the Black Mountain Cult Leader to catch him and recover the treasures.
• Young Master Zhuge hid that he had handed over his Storage Bag and spatial ring, while the Black Mountain Cult Leader suspected the fugitive was Ye Han.

The Black Mountain Cult Leader realized Ye Han had entered the Treasure Pagoda’s second-floor restriction but could neither break it nor follow him. Young Master Zhuge hid from returning Heavenly Secret Soldiers, while Ye Han explored the chamber beyond the restriction.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader recognized Ye Han and realized the second-floor restriction could swallow his divine sense, leaving him unable to force it open.
• Young Master Zhuge urged the Black Mountain Cult Leader to open the restriction but hid the fact that Ye Han had swindled him out of his Storage Bag and Space Ring.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader told Young Master Zhuge that Ye Han must have a Token or another way to pass through the restriction, and privately wondered whether Ye Han possessed a Fortune Treasure.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge concealed themselves when the Heavenly Secret Soldiers returned.
• Ye Han entered the space beyond the restriction and found the second floor filled with shelves.

Ye Han found the second floor empty, took Young Master Zhuge’s treasures, and used the Blue Pearl Ring to store his many Storage Bags. He passed through the restriction to the third floor, where a dazzling treasure radiance greeted him just as a fierce Sword-Ray struck.

• Teacher Lan Qing praised Ye Han for outwitting Young Master Zhuge, and Ye Han explained that he had avoided killing him to conceal his strength and treasures.
• Ye Han learned from Teacher Lan Qing that the second floor was empty and that a difficult restriction blocked the third floor.
• Ye Han broke Young Master Zhuge’s Divine Sense Marks and found numerous treasures, including two high-grade spirit artifacts and a spatial Blue Pearl Ring.
• Ye Han confirmed the Blue Pearl Ring could hold other Storage Bags, placed his bags inside it, and climbed to the third floor.
• Ye Han passed through the third-floor restriction and was met by a brilliant radiance of treasures and a fierce Sword-Ray.

Ye Han encountered Azure Phoenix Fairy on the third layer of the Treasure Pagoda and learned that Thousand Mountains School cultivators had ambushed her and killed two of her fellow disciples. He told her he had killed the three attackers, and they realized they had both entered with Heavenly Secret Tokens as they prepared to choose a treasure.

• Ye Han blocked Azure Phoenix Fairy's sword-ray with the Creation Heaven Cube and recognized her after restoring his appearance.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy explained that she had followed a map into the treasure site after escaping wounded from the Thousand Mountains School's ambush, which had killed two disciples.
• Ye Han told Azure Phoenix Fairy he had killed the three Thousand Mountains School cultivators who attacked her and their fellow disciples.
• Ye Han described how Giant Mountain appeared in Upper Tomb Land and explained that he had entered the site by chance.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy revealed her Heavenly Secret Token, and the two confirmed they could each choose one treasure from the stands.

Ye Han discovered that the Treasure Pagoda’s third layer held Ancient Treasures he could claim with his Heavenly Secret Token, while Azure Phoenix Fairy explained the token’s origins and began healing her injuries. When her nine yin divine physique manifested, Teacher Lan Qing urged Ye Han to take advantage of her condition, but Ye Han first removed the Jadeite Gourd so Teacher Lan Qing could not watch.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy told Ye Han that the Heavenly Secret Token let its holder claim one treasure from the third layer of an ancient school’s Treasure Pagoda.
• Ye Han gave Azure Phoenix Fairy a Hundred-Spirit Pill and a Six Harmonies Rejuvenation Pill, and she swallowed both to heal her injuries.
• As Ye Han searched the treasure platforms, the Purple Cauldron in his Divine Sense Sea trembled, drawing him to a matching purple cauldron labeled Nameless Cauldron.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy’s nine yin divine physique manifested while she healed, and Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han she was an ideal Furnace Cauldron for dual cultivation.
• Ye Han removed the Jadeite Gourd from the third layer and tossed it onto the second layer before returning to Azure Phoenix Fairy.

Ye Han removed the restriction around a second Purple Cauldron, which merged with the one in his divine sense sea and strengthened its abilities. As he began cultivating, Azure Phoenix Fairy suddenly erupted in scorching flames, leaving him startled by the sight.

• Ye Han found that the Purple Cauldron on the third layer matched the one in his divine sense sea and used the Heavenly Secret Token to remove its restriction.
• The second Purple Cauldron transformed into Purple-Gold Runes and merged with Ye Han's original cauldron, expanding its inner space and improving its storage and spiritual-energy production.
• Ye Han tested the upgraded cauldron with Spiritual Qi Pills and found that it absorbed more medicinal aura and helped him cultivate faster and recover his injured foundation.
• Ye Han began meditating while Azure Phoenix Fairy continued healing, but scorching flames suddenly surged from her body and burned away her clothes.

Ye Han cultivated in the Treasure Pagoda after the Purple Cauldron absorbed its counterpart, while the Black Mountain Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge waited on the First Layer to ambush him. Azure Phoenix Fairy recovered enough to speak with Ye Han, then asked whether he had seen her.

• Ye Han realized the Purple Cauldron had increased his cultivation speed and suspected the Treasure Pagoda's cauldron was an imitation of an ancient treasure.
• Ye Han continued cultivating while the Black Mountain Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge waited behind a blocked entrance, hoping to catch him.
• Young Master Zhuge urged the Black Mountain Cult Leader to search elsewhere, and the Black Mountain Cult Leader agreed to leave after setting more traps.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy approached Ye Han after recovering to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and asked him, "Did you see?"

Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy discussed their injuries, their reasons for entering Upper Tomb Land, and the danger waiting at the entrance. Azure Phoenix Fairy revealed that the treasures might offer another way out, leaving Ye Han hopeful of escaping his pursuers.

• Ye Han explained that the Purple Cauldron was helping him recover, while his lost lifespan could not be restored.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy said she had hidden in the area for twenty-one days after a battle with Thousand Mountains School disciples, whom Ye Han told her he had killed.
• Ye Han explained that he had entered Upper Tomb Land alone to obtain Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow essence blood for repairing the Ancient Times Teleportation Array, and Azure Phoenix Fairy doubted he had killed the beasts.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy explained that Eldest Senior Brother had guided and helped her, and insisted she believed he was still alive.
• Ye Han told Azure Phoenix Fairy that enemies were likely waiting for him at the entrance, and she said the treasures might provide another way out.

Ye Han learned that attacking the Treasure Vault’s restrictions would teleport him and Azure Phoenix Fairy to the damaged Discipline Hall, but they could not risk losing access to the remaining treasures. After Ye Han went to the second layer, Teacher Lan Qing claimed he knew how to obtain more treasures.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy explained that attacking a treasure’s restriction would trigger teleportation to the Discipline Hall, where they could leave safely.
• Ye Han concealed what he knew about Azure Phoenix Fairy’s healing and asked whether they could take the other treasures, but she said she had found no way and warned that teleportation might prevent them from returning.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy asked Ye Han not to reveal what happened while she was healing; he insisted he had seen nothing and went to the second layer to cultivate.
• After Ye Han left, Azure Phoenix Fairy muttered that he was playing dumb and resumed refining the pills’ medicinal power.
• Teacher Lan Qing asked Ye Han whether anything had happened with Azure Phoenix Fairy, then claimed he knew how to open the restrictions and obtain more treasures.

Ye Han bargained with Teacher Lan Qing for advice on taking more treasures from the Treasure Pagoda, offering him the Jadeite Gourd in exchange. Teacher Lan Qing explained a risky way to seize treasures during the instant the teleportation restriction opened a crack, leaving Ye Han with a chance to take one or two before being expelled.

• Ye Han tried to persuade Teacher Lan Qing to reveal how he could obtain more treasures, first offering help with escaping the Heavenly Secret Hall and then joking about taking him to the Happy Red Courtyard.
• When Teacher Lan Qing refused to answer, Ye Han threatened to leave him on the First Layer, prompting Teacher Lan Qing to offer advice in exchange for the Jadeite Gourd.
• Teacher Lan Qing said the Jadeite Gourd could help heal his Primordial Spirit, and Ye Han agreed to give it to him while hoping to gain a connection with a powerful cultivator.
• Teacher Lan Qing warned Ye Han that forcibly taking a treasure would trigger teleportation and explained that he must grab treasures during the instant the pagoda's restriction opened a crack.
• Teacher Lan Qing cautioned Ye Han not to take more than two treasures, and Ye Han realized his knowledge of formations could help him use the brief opening safely.

Ye Han learned that black-gold dragonwhisker grass grew in Treasure Mountain’s guarded Medicine Garden, while Teacher Lan Qing prepared to merge with the Jadeite Gourd. After sorting his treasures, Ye Han discovered that Young Master Zhuge had sought a matching set of keys held by the Young Lord of Black Mountain.

• Ye Han asked Teacher Lan Qing about the black-gold dragonwhisker grass, and Lan Qing identified it as an ingredient for Golden Core advancement pills found in the Medicine Garden, which a fifth-rank demonic beast guarded.
• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that the Medicine Garden was not his objective, then began merging his primordial spirit with the Jadeite Gourd.
• Ye Han organized his treasures and searched Young Master Zhuge’s Blue Pearl Ring, finding an ancient map, two bronze keys, and a jade slip in a storage bag.
• Ye Han compared the bronze keys with three similar keys from the Young Lord of Black Mountain’s storage bag and realized Young Master Zhuge had come to obtain them.
• Ye Han put the keys away and brought out the Truefire Gourd to refine it.

After recovering and advancing to the second layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm, Ye Han refined several treasures and considered how to build a powerful elemental formation. He rejoined Azure Phoenix Fairy on the third floor, where she was searching for a way to take the ancient treasures with them, and offered to help secure one more.

• Ye Han finished recovering with the Purple Cauldron's aura and broke through to the second layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Ye Han stored the refined Truefire Gourd and reflected that he lacked metal- and thunder-type treasures for his planned formations.
• Ye Han entered the third floor and found Azure Phoenix Fairy recovering well and examining the treasures' restrictions.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy told Ye Han she hoped to take the ancient treasures with them, and Ye Han said he knew a way to obtain one more.

Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy used the treasure pagoda’s teleportation restrictions to seize ancient treasures during a brief opening. Ye Han secured the Heavenly Thunder Drum and Heavenly Water Bottle, but after surviving their backlash, he realized Azure Phoenix Fairy was missing.

• Ye Han explained Teacher Lan Qing’s method and warned Azure Phoenix Fairy to take no more than three treasures during the restriction’s brief opening.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy chose the Flying Shuttle Shoes, while Ye Han selected the Heavenly Thunder Drum and Heavenly Water Bottle for his ancient treasure formation.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy attacked the restriction around the Flying Shuttle Shoes, seized them when the barriers vanished, and was teleported away.
• Ye Han attacked the restriction around the Heavenly Thunder Drum and grabbed both it and the Heavenly Water Bottle before restrictive lightning struck him and hurled him into a wall.
• Ye Han recovered from the blow and wondered where Senior Sister Qing Feng had gone.

Ye Han recovered from the restriction lightning in one Discipline Hall and realized Azure Phoenix Fairy had been transported to the other, which lay across Treasure Mountain. He claimed and began refining two ancient treasures, then set out toward the nearby Medicine Garden.

• Ye Han expelled the restriction lightning from his meridians and found himself alone in an empty hall with a faint Demon King's aura.
• Ye Han consulted the Treasure Mountain Beast-Skin Map and discovered that Treasure Mountain had two Discipline Halls, so Azure Phoenix Fairy was likely in the other one.
• Teacher Lan Qing explained that ancient sects separated Discipline Halls by sex and said the other hall was probably safe, while teasing Ye Han about rescuing Azure Phoenix Fairy.
• Ye Han claimed the two ancient treasures, then began refining the Thunder Spirit Root and Heavenly Water Bottle with the Treasure Refining Art.
• Ye Han studied the map and told Teacher Lan Qing they were close to the Medicine Garden, proposing that they go there.

Ye Han headed for the Medicine Garden to seek black-gold dragonwhisker grass and possibly find a way to rescue Teacher Lan Qing. He reached the guarded garden as a Golden Core cultivator revealed himself to be the Black Mountain Cult Leader and urged the gathered cultivators to join forces against its demonic beast.

• Ye Han rejected Teacher Lan Qing's warning and decided to investigate the Medicine Garden, hoping it might also hold a way to free him.
• Ye Han left the Discipline Hall in disguise and noticed that the Five-Colored Spirit Light above Treasure Mountain had weakened as outside cultivators attacked its restriction.
• Ye Han traveled through battle-scarred terrain, found no Heavenly Secret Soldiers, and concealed himself from the Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered near the Medicine Garden.
• Ye Han slipped past the hidden cultivators and saw that restrictions and a rune-covered fence concealed the Medicine Garden.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader arrived and called on the gathered cultivators to unite against the demonic beast guarding the garden, while Ye Han hid in a tree.

Ye Han recognized the disguised Black Mountain Cult Leader and watched as he and Young Master Zhuge persuaded cultivators to join an attack on the Medicine Garden. The chapter ended with the Black Mountain Cult Leader exposing a hidden cultivator and Young Master Zhuge attacking him.

• Ye Han recognized the Black Mountain Cult Leader, decided to abandon the Medicine Garden, and prepared to rescue Azure Phoenix Fairy at the Discipline Hall.
• Young Master Zhuge questioned whether the Black Mountain Cult Leader would share the treasures, and Ye Han recognized his voice and suspected the two were plotting together.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader promised to take only three treasures and invoked Young Master Zhuge's family name, convincing more than thirty Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators to emerge.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader ordered the remaining hidden cultivators to leave, then used a blood-light hand to drag one out of the woods after ten breaths passed.
• Young Master Zhuge shouted for the cultivator to be killed and fired a Golden Light Sword attack at him.

The Black Mountain Cult Leader gathered the Cultivators to attack the demonic beast guarding the Medicine Garden, while Ye Han stayed hidden. As the battle began, Teacher Lan Qing urged Ye Han to slip into the garden.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader killed a hidden Cultivator, drove others out of hiding, and sealed the woods with black flags.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader took command of the gathered Cultivators, and Young Master Zhuge agreed to follow his orders while demanding that he keep his promise.
• The Three-Faced, Four-Armed Demonic Beast emerged from the formation and attacked the Black Mountain Cult Leader with a massive halberd strike.
• Young Master Zhuge and the other Cultivators joined the fight, while the Black Mountain Cult Leader blocked the beast's attacks with skull shields.
• Ye Han watched from hiding, and Teacher Lan Qing told him to use the battle as a chance to enter the Medicine Garden.

Ye Han watched the Black Mountain Cult Leader’s group battle the Three-Faced, Four-Armed Demonic Beast while suspecting the leader was using the Foundation Establishment cultivators as fodder. Young Master Zhuge slipped past the Medicine Garden’s restriction, leaving Ye Han determined not to let him claim its treasures alone.

• Teacher Lan Qing urged Ye Han to enter the Medicine Garden while the demonic beast was drawn away, but Ye Han suspected the Black Mountain Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge had their own plans.
• Ye Han crept toward the Medicine Garden as the Black Mountain Cult Leader and the Foundation Establishment cultivators fought the Three-Faced, Four-Armed Demonic Beast.
• The demonic beast’s spell disrupted the cultivators’ powers, killed several of them, and left the survivors struggling to evade its spear-rays.
• Ye Han noticed the Black Mountain Cult Leader was letting the cultivators bear the danger while the leader attacked the beast, and he saw Young Master Zhuge quietly approach the Medicine Garden.
• Young Master Zhuge used golden runes to pass through the Medicine Garden Restriction, and Ye Han resolved to follow him in.

Ye Han saw through Young Master Zhuge and the Black Mountain Cult Leader's scheme and entered the Medicine Garden, where he confronted Zhuge. After recognizing Ye Han, Young Master Zhuge faced his attack as the battle began.

• Ye Han warned the Foundation Establishment cultivators that Young Master Zhuge and the Black Mountain Cult Leader were working together, then slipped through the Medicine Garden Restriction.
• Ye Han found Young Master Zhuge harvesting herbs and sensed the Purple Cauldron responding to a treasure deeper in the garden.
• Young Master Zhuge recognized Ye Han from their encounter at the Treasure Pagoda, and Ye Han attacked him with the Truefire Gourd.
• Young Master Zhuge blocked the firebirds with a golden shield, but Ye Han followed with eight Millennium Ironwood Swords.
• Young Master Zhuge recognized the swords and exclaimed that Ye Han was his attacker.

Young Master Zhuge recognized Ye Han as the killer of the Fourth Young Master and transformed with a demonization secret method to fight him. After Young Master Zhuge’s enhanced body withstood Ye Han’s sword attacks, Ye Han enlarged himself with the Blood Refining Art and counterattacked with his sword and the Millennium Ironwood Swords.

• Young Master Zhuge recognized the Millennium Ironwood Swords and realized Ye Han had killed the Fourth Young Master and taken his map and key.
• Young Master Zhuge used a demonization secret method, transforming into a towering half-demon form.
• Ye Han attacked Young Master Zhuge with the Millennium Ironwood Swords, but the blades could not pierce his body.
• Young Master Zhuge shattered Ye Han’s illusions and broke the light barrier from the Creation Heaven Cube with a claw strike.
• Ye Han enlarged himself with the Blood Refining Art, summoned the Soul-Slaying Sword, and attacked Young Master Zhuge with sword techniques and Azure Profound Sword-Ray.

Ye Han fought Young Master Zhuge with close-combat techniques, flying swords, and relentless taunts, while secretly laying talismans as he retreated. After Young Master Zhuge unleashed a blood-powered burst of speed and blasted Ye Han away, the vines and sword Ye Han had prepared turned his attack against his own foot, and crimson flames rose around him.

• Ye Han used the Millennium Ironwood Swords and his close-combat skills to fight Young Master Zhuge while mocking him about his stolen treasures and demonized form.
• Young Master Zhuge grew enraged, spat out essence blood, and strengthened his demonized body, while Ye Han endured attacks with the Hundred-Gold Armor and Creation Heaven Cube.
• Ye Han fought while retreating and secretly released talismans onto the ground.
• Young Master Zhuge infused himself with more blood and doubled his speed, seized Ye Han's Soul-Slaying Sword, and struck Ye Han with a claw shadow.
• Vines suddenly coiled around Young Master Zhuge, and the Soul-Slaying Sword veered off course, nearly severing his foot as he cut himself free.
• Ye Han mocked the injured Young Master Zhuge as a ring of crimson flames surged up around him.

Ye Han used the Truefire Gourd and Teacher Lan Qing’s sword intent to kill Young Master Zhuge and devour his primordial spirit. Afterward, the Purple Cauldron trembled.

• Young Master Zhuge wounded his own foot when Ye Han’s vines tricked him into using the Soul-Slaying Sword, then Fireburst Talismans and the Truefire Gourd trapped and attacked him.
• Ye Han called on Teacher Lan Qing, whose sword intent empowered the Millennium Ironwood Swords to form a devastating Sword-Ray.
• Young Master Zhuge broke free of the flames, healed his wounds, and formed a Gold-and-Silver Long Spear, but Ye Han’s Sword-Ray shattered it and severed his body.
• Young Master Zhuge’s primordial spirit fled and pleaded with Ye Han by offering the secret of the Treasure Map, but the Jadeite Gourd swallowed it at Ye Han’s command.
• Teacher Lan Qing remarked on Ye Han daring to attack the Zhuge Family, and Ye Han said he could not have defeated Young Master Zhuge without his help.
• The Purple Cauldron trembled.