Recaps

Ye Han used a maze and decoy Talisman Formations to escape Baleful Yin Ancestor, who realized his pursuer was not Bloodlight Ancestor. Guided by the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass, Ye Han reached a great hall radiating gold-and-silver spirit light.

• Ye Han abandoned the Little Heaven-Covering Formation to trap Baleful Yin Ancestor briefly, then fled through the shifting maze using the compass for guidance.
• At the maze's forks, Ye Han placed Talisman Formations as obstacles and decoys to send Baleful Yin Ancestor down false routes.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor smashed through the formations, realized Ye Han's methods did not belong to the Blood Cloud Sect, and concluded that Ye Han was not Bloodlight Ancestor.
• Ye Han moved farther through the maze until Baleful Yin Ancestor could no longer track him.
• Ye Han followed the compass to an enormous hall shining with gold-and-silver spirit light.

Ye Han activated a gold-and-silver compass that opened a spatial passage, escaping the Heavenly Secret Hall’s maze. After arriving in another empty hall and approaching its exit, he heard an aged voice welcome him as the fated one.

• Ye Han sent a Metal Puppet ahead and found a giant gold-and-silver compass matching the one Qin Jiuzhen had given him.
• Ye Han’s compass flew into the giant compass, opening a spatial passage that he judged was not a Teleportation Array.
• Fearing the Baleful Yin Ancestor would find him and hoping to escape danger, Ye Han entered the passage with his defenses ready.
• Ye Han emerged in another great hall as a compass formed from golden and silver runes and flew into his body.
• Ye Han approached the brightly lit exit and heard an aged voice welcome him as the fated one.

Ye Han discovered a lush garden and a sealed wooden hut in the Heavenly Secret Hall, where the Heavenly Secret Daoist offered him a legacy. After cautiously approaching the Daoist’s preserved body, Ye Han was told to kneel and receive the legacy, and his eyes flashed with a strange glint.

• Ye Han heard the Heavenly Secret Daoist claim he had left a legacy for a fated successor who would become master of the Heavenly Secret Hall and the Earth Realm.
• Ye Han found a garden with abundant spiritual energy and discovered that his Divine Sense could not penetrate its wooden hut.
• Ye Han sent a Metal Puppet to open the hut, revealing the preserved body of the Heavenly Secret Daoist among glowing books and ancient texts.
• The Heavenly Secret Daoist’s aura enveloped Ye Han, and he praised Ye Han’s metal spirit root before ordering him to kneel and receive the legacy.
• Ye Han’s heart stirred, and a strange glint flashed through his eyes.

Ye Han saw through the supposed Heavenly Secret Daoist’s legacy as a possession trap and lured the intruder into his divine sense. He trapped the enemy in the Purple Cauldron Space, where the false Daoist realized Ye Han had turned the ruse against him.

• The Heavenly Secret Daoist urged Ye Han to relax his mind and accept the legacy, then sent his consciousness into Ye Han’s body.
• Ye Han switched to the Thunderclap Art and Heavenly Thunder Divine Art, revealing that he suspected the legacy transfer was a trap.
• The intruder broke through Ye Han’s divine sense defenses, discovered the Purple Cauldron, and tried to escape Ye Han’s body.
• Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron’s purple-gold vortex to pull the Heavenly Secret Daoist into the Purple Cauldron Space, where Ye Han confronted him.
• Ye Han concluded that the intruder was a cultivator seeking possession, not the real Heavenly Secret Daoist, and explained how he had detected the scheme.

Ye Han trapped Wu Xuankong’s primordial spirit and soul inside the Purple Cauldron Space after Wu Xuankong tried to possess his body. Wu Xuankong threatened to fight to the death, leaving Ye Han facing his opponent’s destructive aura.

• Ye Han realized the Purple Cauldron had changed his spirit roots, foiling Wu Xuankong’s attempt to possess him and trapping Wu Xuankong inside the cauldron’s space.
• Wu Xuankong asked Ye Han what kind of spirit roots he had and admitted that Ye Han’s purple-gold lightning had damaged his primordial spirit and soul.
• Ye Han told Wu Xuankong that he would not let him escape after he had tried to possess his body and had seen the Purple Cauldron.
• Wu Xuankong identified himself as a true disciple of the Northern Lu Immortal Sect and offered Ye Han a reward if he released him.
• Wu Xuankong threatened to fight until both sides were destroyed, and Ye Han grew solemn as a destructive aura surged around him.

Ye Han trapped Wu Xuankong’s primordial spirit and soul in the Purple Cauldron space and defeated his attempts to bargain or escape. He fed Wu Xuankong to the Ghost Skull Mirror, which began absorbing him, and suspected the promised five elements cultivation art was hidden in the wooden hut.

• Ye Han rejected Wu Xuankong’s threat to detonate his primordial spirit and attacked with the Treasure Refining Furnace and Heavenly Thunder Drum.
• Wu Xuankong offered Ye Han a five elements cultivation art in exchange for his life and tried to flee.
• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to catch Wu Xuankong, then knocked him into the Treasure Refining Furnace with purple-gold lightning.
• Ye Han sent the Ghost Skull Mirror into the furnace, where its skulls devoured Wu Xuankong’s primordial spirit and soul.
• Ye Han reasoned that Wu Xuankong’s cultivation art was likely in the wooden hut and that he might have hidden his valuables there.

Ye Han saw through Wu Xuankong’s false claim of possessing a five elements cultivation art and trapped him in the Purple Cauldron, then returned to find a deadly sword formation guarding the wooden hut. He sent another Metal Puppet inside to probe the formation and see if he could claim it.

• Ye Han deduced that Wu Xuankong had lied about the cultivation art and had learned of Ye Han’s five elements spirit root by stealing a trace of his aura.
• Ye Han emerged from the purple cauldron space, retrieved the Purple Cauldron, and found only Wu Xuankong’s white Daoist robe inside the hut.
• Ye Han sent a Metal Puppet into the hut, where a golden sword formation quickly blasted it apart.
• Ye Han suspected Wu Xuankong had prepared the sword formation as a defense and considered taking it for himself.
• Ye Han sent another Metal Puppet into the hut with a bronze bell and shield to test the formation.

Ye Han used his remaining metal puppets to probe the Sword Formation in the wooden hut and finally unraveled it by striking its second formation eye. The formation collapsed, leaving Ye Han with Wu Xuankong’s thirty-two formation flags.

• Ye Han sent a metal puppet protected by blue spirit barriers into the Sword Formation while he continued deducing the location of its formation eyes.
• The puppet dodged the golden sword rays, but Ye Han’s first strike shattered a formation rune and triggered an even fiercer barrage.
• Ye Han realized the Sword Formation had dual formation eyes and drove the damaged puppet toward another suspected eye.
• The puppet lost both legs but struck a golden rune, causing the Sword Formation to collapse.
• Ye Han collected the thirty-two formation flags, then noticed something surprising as he examined them.

Ye Han recovered Wu Xuankong’s Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and searched for the cultivator’s hidden Space Ring. When Ye Han used spell power to draw over Wu Xuankong’s seemingly ordinary Daoist robe, it erupted into poisonous moths.

• Ye Han examined the Formation Flag and two Formation Disks, identified them as the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, and took them for himself.
• Ye Han realized Wu Xuankong might have hidden a Space Ring in the wooden cabin, but his divine sense could not find it.
• Ye Han suspected Wu Xuankong’s ordinary Daoist robe concealed the ring and pulled the robe toward him with spell power.
• The Daoist robe burst into dark-green flames, transformed into a swarm of poisonous moths, and rushed at Ye Han as purple-gold lightning surrounded him.

Ye Han survived another poison trap left by Wu Xuankong and obtained the Green Pearl Ring and the Wooden House Treasure. He stored the dangerous magic treasure in his purple cauldron space, then decided to recover and inspect Wu Xuankong’s Storage Bags.

• Ye Han used his demon-breaking divine thunder and the Creation Heaven Cube’s barrier to withstand poison gas and dark-green moths released by Wu Xuankong’s trap.
• Ye Han found Wu Xuankong’s Green Pearl Ring, discovered it contained five Storage Bags, and claimed the valuable ring.
• Ye Han tested the wooden house and realized its runes identified it as a magic treasure too large for his rings to hold.
• Ye Han cleared space in his purple cauldron and stored the Wooden House Treasure atop four metal pillars, leaving its traps untouched.
• Ye Han found a broad area rich in pure spiritual energy and chose to stay, recover, and examine Wu Xuankong’s Storage Bags for the Five Elements Cultivation Method.

Ye Han cautiously continued through the Heavenly Secret Hall, then searched Wu Xuankong’s belongings for supplies and clues. Though the haul held few resources, he discovered a trove of ancient books and the powerful Nine-Turn Vajra Art.

• Ye Han judged the exit to be far away from the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass’s faint guidance and decided to proceed cautiously.
• Ye Han considered Han Yuwan’s cautious nature and hoped she might still be alive somewhere in the Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Ye Han sorted Wu Xuankong’s Green Pearl Ring and found little in the way of pills, Spirit Stones, or treasures.
• Ye Han discovered a Storage Bag packed with ancient books, including cultivation records and secret manuals.
• Ye Han found a Jade Slip containing the Northern Lu Immortal Sect’s metal-type Nine-Turn Vajra Art and recognized it as an exceptional cultivation method.
• Ye Han noticed something unexpected among Wu Xuankong’s belongings.

Ye Han pieced together several Black Metal Strips and discovered they formed an incomplete map of the Heavenly Secret Hall, revealing its rough layout. After assessing his valuable spoils from Wu Xuankong, he prepared to recover and cultivate in a secluded area, leaving the story with him studying a powerful sword formation to defend against possible threats.

• Ye Han joined the Black Metal Strips he had collected and found they formed an incomplete plaque marked with a rough Heavenly Secret Hall map.
• Ye Han used the map to identify the hall's five sections and realized he had passed through the maze and was in the second area, though at least three pieces were missing.
• Ye Han reviewed his gains from Wu Xuankong, including the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, a Wooden House Treasure, and the Green Pearl Ring.
• Ye Han decided to recover from his tribulation injuries and cultivate before moving on, wary that other Cultivators or Baleful Yin Ancestor might emerge from the spatial passage.
• Ye Han set up a Great Dragon-Trapping Formation and a Talisman Formation, then began studying how to deploy the sword formation's thirty-two Formation Flags.

Ye Han realized that his limited swordsmanship and lack of mastery over metal-attribute cultivation prevented him from unleashing the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation’s full power. He resolved to improve his cultivation, sword art, and formation skills, leaving himself focused on the arduous path ahead.

• Ye Han failed to control the golden sword gleams while practicing the Great Geng Sword Art and decided to study the Nine-Turn Vajra Art first.
• Ye Han understood that his weak metal-attribute cultivation and swordsmanship limited the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation to mostly defensive use.
• Ye Han recalled that Wu Xuankong, a metal-rooted sword cultivator, had been the formation’s intended master and had possessed far greater skill than he did.
• Ye Han concluded that he needed to master the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, comprehend a move of the Great Geng Sword Art, and deepen his understanding of the sword formation.
• Ye Han reaffirmed his determination to keep cultivating and pursuing opportunities despite the dangers and difficulties of the path.

After more than half a year of cultivation, Ye Han completed the first turn of the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, strengthened his spell power, and broke through the sixth layer of the Blood Refining Art. He planned to pursue the Great Geng Sword Art and refine a matching set of metal-attribute swords, but sensed that the Blood-Spotted Ants were about to hatch.

• Ye Han completed the first turn of the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, enduring a painful transformation of his skin, flesh, qi, and blood.
• Ye Han tested his new spell power by firing a golden sword ray that cracked the chamber wall, and realized his metal-attribute attacks had grown much stronger.
• Ye Han broke through the sixth layer of the Blood Refining Art and found that his physical defenses were comparable to those of a mid-grade spirit artifact.
• Ye Han left the chamber and considered cultivating the Great Geng Sword Art and refining a complete set of metal-attribute swords.
• Ye Han sensed that the Blood-Spotted Ants were about to hatch.

Ye Han entered the Purple Cauldron Space to inspect his Blood-Spotted Ants and witnessed a golden ant hatch with an established bond to him. The newly hatched ant began devouring its own kind, and Ye Han suspected it was evolving through cannibalism.

• Ye Han checked on the Purple Cauldron Space’s medicine garden and noted that several rare plants still needed time to mature, while the treasures sustaining the garden were running low.
• Ye Han found hundreds of thousands of Blood-Spotted Ant larvae hatching in the Insect Chamber and sensed that the golden-rune egg was ready to hatch.
• Ye Han soothed the golden egg, and a large, fierce golden Blood-Spotted Ant emerged and ate its shell.
• Ye Han tested his control over the golden Blood-Spotted Ant, which rushed to his hand and displayed an aura comparable to a Second-Rank Demon Beast.
• The golden Blood-Spotted Ant attacked and devoured another ant, prompting Ye Han to recall that spirit insects could evolve by consuming their own kind.

Ye Han fed his Golden Blood-Spotted Ant Corpse-Rot Pills, secured the Purple Cauldron, and spent nearly two years cultivating the Great Geng Sword Art. His training ended when a powerful aura appeared beyond the secret chamber, signaling that someone had entered through the Teleportation Passage.

• The Golden Blood-Spotted Ant devoured other Blood-Spotted Ants, then used its golden aura to make the survivors fight each other.
• Ye Han gave the Golden Blood-Spotted Ant Corpse-Rot Pills and planned to raise more insects for his Insect-Driving Art.
• Ye Han returned the Purple Cauldron to his Divine Sense Sea and considered the limits of the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda and his cultivation.
• Ye Han reflected on his recovery from the heavenly tribulation strike and began cultivating the Great Geng Sword Art.
• After nearly two years of seclusion, Ye Han's sword intent shattered and wrecked the secret chamber and nearby hill.
• Ye Han sensed a powerful aura from a distant cave and realized someone had entered through the Teleportation Passage.

Ye Han sensed the injured Blue Lake Demon King approaching the second layer of the Heavenly Secret Hall and prepared to face him. After destroying Ye Han’s Great Dragon-Trapping Formation, the Demon King found him, and Ye Han warned him to stop or die.

• Ye Han detected an intruder at the second-layer entrance and recognized the Blue Lake Demon King’s weakened aura.
• The Blue Lake Demon King used a strange technique to locate Ye Han and charged through the cave entrance.
• The Blue Lake Demon King shattered the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation with blasts of dark green demon aura.
• Ye Han emerged from the secret chamber and sensed that the Blue Lake Demon King had suffered injuries and carried a familiar Heavenly Tribulation aura.
• Ye Han warned the Blue Lake Demon King not to approach or he would die.

Ye Han baited the Blue Lake Demon King into pursuing him by claiming he had hidden formations, then fled after their attacks showed he could not match the Demon King directly. The Demon King caught up and triggered Ye Han’s Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.

• The Blue Lake Demon King suspected Ye Han was bluffing but decided to charge through the supposed traps.
• The Blue Lake Demon King blasted apart the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation and attacked Ye Han with a demon-aura water column.
• Ye Han dodged the attack and unleashed the Azure Profound Sword Formation, but the Blue Lake Demon King’s demon aura overwhelmed it.
• Ye Han fled toward the other side of the mountain, and the Blue Lake Demon King pursued him.
• As the Blue Lake Demon King appeared behind Ye Han, Ye Han activated the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.

Ye Han lured the Blue Lake Demon King into the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and unleashed its power. The formation’s golden and black sword intent began to revolve around the trapped Demon King, leaving him horrified.

• The Blue Lake Demon King used Instantaneous Movement to catch Ye Han, but Ye Han escaped with the Thunder Escape Technique and activated the hidden sword formation.
• Ye Han explained that he had feigned flight because the Blue Lake Demon King would pursue him into the formation’s effective range.
• Ye Han poured his spell power and sword intent into the formation, surrounding the Blue Lake Demon King with golden sword-rays.
• The Blue Lake Demon King formed a scaled defensive phantom and used dark green demon aura to block and crush many of the sword-rays.
• Ye Han drove the formation harder with the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, splitting its sword light into scorching golden and icy black currents that began revolving around the Demon King.

Ye Han fought the Blue Lake Demon King with the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and the Heavenly Thunder Drum, eventually landing a devastating strike. The Blue Lake Demon King survived the blow and fled into the sky, threatening Ye Han as he went.

• Ye Han's sword formation broke through the Blue Lake Demon King's Water Demon Dragon Pearl, but the demon king used scales from his body to push the sword-rays back.
• Ye Han summoned the Heavenly Thunder Drum, and its demon-breaking divine thunder struck the Blue Lake Demon King and triggered the tribulation power within him.
• Ye Han formed a golden sword-wielding figure in the formation and slashed the Blue Lake Demon King while lightning kept him from mobilizing his power.
• The sword-ray split the Blue Lake Demon King's head, and he roared a threat before surging into the sky.

Ye Han killed the Blue Lake Demon King and captured his demon soul and Demon Core with the Ghost Skull Mirror. After considering how the Heavenly Tribulation and his hidden Purple Cauldron had helped him win, Ye Han noticed a strange aura coming from the Demon Core.

• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror’s golden-toothed skulls to seize the Blue Lake Demon King’s demon soul and Demon Core.
• The Blue Lake Demon King’s soul was dragged into the mirror, his Demon Core was expelled, and his corpse and scale treasures fell inside the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.
• Ye Han realized the demon-breaking divine thunder had pursued the Demon King because both carried the aura of Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ye Han reflected that the Demon King’s injuries, the sword formation, and the Purple Cauldron’s spell power had all contributed to his victory.
• Ye Han caught the Demon Core and sensed that something about its aura was strange.

Ye Han studied the Blue Lake Demon King's remains, recovered from his injuries, and cultivated to the peak of the fifth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm. He began exploring the Second Layer of the Heavenly Secret Hall and encountered a gigantic Stone Man behind a Light Barrier.

• Ye Han recognized his aura inside the Blue Lake Demon King's Demon Core and considered refining it into a tracking treasure.
• Ye Han took the Demon King's scales, body, and Storage Bag, finding treasures including a Water Demon Dragon Pearl that could strengthen the Heavenly Water Bottle.
• Ye Han reflected that his techniques were still insufficient against Demon Kings and Golden Core Stage beings, then set up the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and began healing and cultivating.
• After a year and three months, Ye Han's injuries had healed and his cultivation had reached the peak of the fifth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Ye Han explored nearby mountains in the Second Layer of the Heavenly Secret Hall and found a Light Barrier formed by enormous Formation Pillars.
• A Giant Stone Man appeared beyond the Light Barrier and struck it with its enormous stone hand.

Ye Han spotted the Baleful Yin Ancestor hiding beyond the Restrictive Barrier and provoked the Mountain Giant into attacking him. The Baleful Yin Ancestor escaped the giant’s strike, and the Mountain Giant pursued him as Ye Han watched from inside the barrier.

• Ye Han discovered the Mountain Stone Giant battering the Restrictive Barrier and realized he could not return if he left.
• Ye Han recognized the Baleful Yin Ancestor hiding beyond the barrier, while the Ancestor wondered who the young Cultivator inside was.
• The Mountain Giant sensed the Baleful Yin Ancestor and drove him from his cave, but the Ancestor escaped into hiding again.
• Ye Han fired a weakened sword-ray at the cave, shattering rocks and drawing the Mountain Giant’s attention.
• The Mountain Giant smashed the mountain summit, forcing the Baleful Yin Ancestor to burst out and curse Ye Han.
• The Mountain Giant roared and swung at the Baleful Yin Ancestor as he fled.

Ye Han watched the Mountain Giant drive Baleful Yin Ancestor into flight and concluded that the second layer held dangers far beyond his cultivation. He realized the restriction protected his current area but that following the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass would eventually force him outside, just as someone urgently called for him to wait.

• The Mountain Giant attacked Baleful Yin Ancestor, and Ye Han watched while considering which of his abilities might harm the giant.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor recognized Ye Han as the one who had exposed him, cursed him, and tried to evade the Mountain Giant’s pursuit.
• The Mountain Giant turned his fist into a magma-coated weapon on a chain and drove Baleful Yin Ancestor away as he fled down a hillside.
• Ye Han reasoned that the second layer had multiple entrances, other Golden Core cultivators or demon kings, and a restriction that kept outsiders from entering his protected area.
• Ye Han decided not to leave the restriction without a safe plan, but an urgent voice called, “Fellow Daoist! Fellow Daoist! Please wait!”

Ye Han exposed a hidden Golden Core cultivator who had survived as a primordial spirit and escaped through the Restrictive Barrier. The old fox tried to recruit Ye Han for a dangerous undertaking, while Ye Han feigned weakness and sought to learn the stranger’s origins.

• Ye Han used his powerful divine sense to reveal the hidden cultivator’s primordial spirit, which fled beyond the Restrictive Barrier.
• The primordial spirit praised Ye Han’s divine sense and warned that dangers outside had stripped even a late Golden Core cultivator of his body.
• The old fox proposed that Ye Han cooperate with him, but Ye Han pretended to fear the Mountain Stone Giant and declined.
• Ye Han claimed that Baleful Yin Ancestor was pursuing him and asked the old fox which sect he belonged to.
• The old fox disparaged Baleful Yin Ancestor and asked whether Ye Han held a grudge against him.