Recaps

Ye Han realized the Wolf Howl King was trapped inside the exit-blocking restriction and lured him into believing he was badly injured. The Wolf Howl King took the bait and crept toward Ye Han, intending to kill and devour him.

• Ye Han deduced that the hidden observer was the Wolf Howl King, who had fled after seeing him kill the Mountain Spirit King.
• Ye Han confirmed that the restriction allowed entry but prevented escape, and that only his Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass could activate the Teleportation Array.
• Ye Han pretended to be gravely wounded, cursed Old Fox, and hid behind formations and puppets beneath a bank of mist.
• The Wolf Howl King watched Ye Han's preparations from a ravine and believed he was too injured to fight back.
• The Wolf Howl King concealed his aura and crept toward Ye Han, hoping to kill and devour him.

The Wolf Howl King discovered that Ye Han’s unusually pure qi and blood could help him break through his bottleneck, and greed overcame his suspicions. Ye Han had deliberately used that aura to lure him into the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation, and the Wolf Howl King launched his attack as he approached.

• The Wolf Howl King cautiously crept toward Ye Han, suspecting that the injured cultivator might be setting a trap.
• The Wolf Howl King sensed Ye Han’s exceptionally pure qi and blood and realized that devouring him could help break his cultivation bottleneck.
• Ye Han deliberately released his qi and blood to draw the Wolf Howl King toward the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation, where he had prepared killing moves.
• The Wolf Howl King convinced himself that Ye Han was weakened and struck first, unleashing his demon aura and summoning a Gray Light Long Saber.

Ye Han lured the Wolf Howl King into the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and used Thunder Escape Technique and powerful punches to drive him back inside. The Wolf Howl King fought back with the Gray Light Long Saber as Ye Han strengthened the formation, leaving their battle raging within it.

• The Wolf Howl King shattered Ye Han's Great Dragon-Trapping Formation with the Gray Light Long Saber and chased him with sonic wolf heads.
• Ye Han used Thunder Escape Technique to evade the attack and draw the Wolf Howl King into the hidden sword formation.
• The Wolf Howl King sensed the sword formation and used his Instantaneous Movement Divine Ability to escape its first strike.
• Ye Han appeared beside the Wolf Howl King and blasted him back into the formation with two powerful punches.
• The Wolf Howl King wielded the Gray Light Long Saber to clash with the formation's golden sword-rays while Ye Han strengthened the formation with sword qi, sword intent, and spell power.

Ye Han trapped Wolf Howl King in the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, then summoned the Golden Snake Sword and his other ancient treasures to unleash the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation. The five-element attack descended on Wolf Howl King, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Wolf Howl King donned his Blood-Red Metal Armor and used its power to break free of the sword formation’s slowing pressure.
• Ye Han kept Wolf Howl King trapped while relying on the Purple Cauldron to replenish his spell power.
• Ye Han released six ancient treasures, including the Golden Snake Sword, and prepared the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation.
• Ye Han combined the five elemental treasures into a vast pillar of spirit light and blasted it toward Wolf Howl King.
• Wolf Howl King sensed the attack’s terrifying power and realized he was in danger.

Ye Han killed the Wolf Howl King with his formations, lightning, and sword attacks, then captured the Demon King's soul in the Ghost Skull Mirror. With little power left and wary of Old Fox, Ye Han activated the Teleportation Array and entered its passage, where he sensed dangerously powerful spatial force.

• The Wolf Howl King resisted the Five-Elements Pillar until Ye Han's sword strikes pierced him and severed his head.
• The Wolf Howl King's primordial spirit and soul fled with his Demon Core, but Ye Han captured them in the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• Ye Han collected his treasures and cut the Wolf Howl King's corpse into pieces to store it, since the Purple Cauldron Space already held the Mountain Spirit King's remains.
• Low on pills and worried Old Fox might find him, Ye Han hurried to the Teleportation Array and activated it with the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass.
• Ye Han entered the Teleportation Passage under the protection of the Creation Heaven Cube, then sensed that its spatial power was unusually strong.

Ye Han emerged from a perilous Teleportation Passage into a vast desert inside an unknown part of the Heavenly Secret Hall, unsure which continent he had reached. Following the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass out of the desert, he spotted an enormous tower ahead.

• Ye Han survived the Teleportation Passage after defending himself against its crushing spatial force, but emerged with severe injuries.
• Ye Han healed his wounds with medicinal liquid and wondered whether the array had sent him to another continent or another Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Ye Han planted a Locator Talisman by the Teleportation Array and used the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass to find his direction.
• Ye Han raced southwest across the desert, where spiritual energy and vegetation gradually increased.
• Ye Han left the desert and saw an enormous tower ahead, which he suspected was another Inheritance Tower.

Ye Han followed the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass through a barren, depleted region of the Heavenly Secret Hall, passing a ruined Inheritance Tower and reaching another Teleportation Array. As an unseen presence watched him and the Compass’s aura weakened, Ye Han wondered whether to teleport again and worried about Qin Jiuzhen and Ye Lingzhi.

• Ye Han found a weathered Inheritance Tower, sensed no unusual response from the Purple Cauldron, and chose not to enter.
• An unseen pair of eyes watched Ye Han leave the tower, and he felt a chilling sense that something was observing him.
• Ye Han activated the Myriad Images Mask and the Red Mask to conceal his aura as he followed the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass.
• Ye Han reached a mountain bearing a Primordial Ancient Beast statue and a Teleportation Array, and wondered why the surrounding region had been so depleted that its restrictions had failed.
• Ye Han found the Compass pointing to the Teleportation Array, noticed its aura weakening, and hesitated over whether to teleport again as he worried about Qin Jiuzhen and Ye Lingzhi.

Ye Han used the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor to survive a teleportation passage and arrived in a lush, spiritually abundant region, where he suspected he had returned to the Heavenly Secret Hall on the Heaven's Mandate Continent. As he searched for an exit, a powerful divine sense approached him.

• Ye Han entered the teleportation passage wearing the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor and emerged unharmed in a region rich in spiritual energy.
• Ye Han found that the area’s heavenly treasures had already been gathered and that the teleportation array’s restrictions were gone.
• Ye Han concluded that the region might be the Treasure Mountain Heavenly Secret Hall on the Heaven's Mandate Continent and wondered whether three Heavenly Secret Halls existed.
• Ye Han questioned why the Purple Cauldron was not reacting and considered whether its target treasure had been taken or lay in another spatial layer.
• Ye Han sensed that the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass was weakening and felt a powerful divine sense sweep toward him.

Ye Han reunited with Han Yuwan in the Heavenly Secret Hall after her clone detected him near the Teleportation Array. They met in her hidden cavern, where Han Yuwan asked how he had known she was there.

• Han Yuwan's clone found Ye Han hiding near the Primordial Ancient Beast statue by tracking a scent he had picked up at the Teleportation Array.
• Ye Han revealed himself to Han Yuwan, and she recognized him beneath his Red Mask before inviting him to follow her.
• Han Yuwan's clone returned to her hidden cavern and merged with her true body, where Ye Han learned she had reached the late stage of foundation establishment.
• Ye Han sensed that Han Yuwan possessed an opportunity that interested the Purple Cauldron, but concealed its reaction from her.
• Han Yuwan asked Ye Han whether he had really come to find her and how he had known she was in the Heavenly Secret Hall.

Ye Han reunited with Han Yuwan in the Heavenly Secret Hall and learned that their chances of escape depended on a Teleportation Token and their compasses. After combining their Heavenly Secret Hall Compasses, they prepared to leave together, but Han Yuwan waited for Ye Han to say something personal.

• Ye Han showed Han Yuwan the Teleportation Token Ye Lingzhi had given him, and Han Yuwan confirmed it could help them escape.
• Han Yuwan warned Ye Han that getting out of the Heavenly Secret Hall would still be difficult and challenged him for asking about her cultivation and the dangers instead of showing concern.
• Han Yuwan guessed Ye Han had followed a treasure to her, then revealed her Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass and discovered their Heavenly Secret Hall Compasses could merge.
• Han Yuwan merged her compass with Ye Han's, restoring its power and improving their chances of escape.
• Han Yuwan asked Ye Han whether he had anything to say to his senior sister, and Ye Han smiled and said he did.

Ye Han reunited with Han Yuwan and told her about his travels and suspicions concerning the Heavenly Secret Hall. Han Yuwan revealed that the Fourth Elder had used a secret method on her, then tried to get Ye Han to help remove the lingering yin energy through dual cultivation.

• Ye Han told Han Yuwan how he had used an ancient teleportation array to reach the Northern Lu Province Continent and met Ye Lingzhi at its Heavenly Secret Hall Treasure Mountain.
• Ye Han shared his suspicions that Heavenly Secret Halls had appeared on all three continents and might be traps.
• Han Yuwan said the Fourth Elder had taken her as a disciple and brought her to the Heavenly Secret Hall for her own purposes.
• Han Yuwan revealed that the Fourth Elder's secret method had left yin energy in her cultivation, and Ye Han sensed a connection between it and his Purple Cauldron.
• Han Yuwan urged Ye Han to examine her injuries, caught his hand, and began removing her clothes when he hesitated to help through dual cultivation.

Ye Han broke through to late Foundation Establishment after months of dual cultivation with Han Yuwan, whose treasure strengthened his Purple Cauldron and expanded its space. After acknowledging their bond and mutual gains, they prepared to work together to defeat Qin Shanzun, who guarded their way out.

• Ye Han reached the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, and Han Yuwan entered his chamber to congratulate him.
• Han Yuwan confessed that she wanted to cherish their time together, and Ye Han accepted her affection despite uncertainty about his feelings.
• Ye Han realized Han Yuwan's treasure had strengthened his Purple Cauldron, expanded its space by thirty percent, and helped him advance; it had also helped her unlock a seal and counter her injury's secret method.
• Han Yuwan explained that Qin Shanzun, a Golden Core cultivator, had been pursuing her and blocking their escape route.
• Han Yuwan told Ye Han that their combined strength should now be enough to defeat Qin Shanzun and leave.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan raced toward the Immortal Vine Passage Tree, planning to overcome Qin Shanzun, who guarded their route out of this layer. They reached the tree and prepared to confront him.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan agreed to join forces and escape the Heavenly Secret Hall after Qin Shanzun hunted Han Yuwan and blocked the way out.
• Han Yuwan explained that Qin Shanzun was a powerful Golden Core cultivator guarding the passage, and Ye Han considered their combined methods and possible escape plans.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan raced through the forest toward the Immortal Vine Passage Tree beside an Inheritance Tower whose treasures Han Yuwan had already taken.
• Han Yuwan confirmed that Qin Shanzun was waiting on the Immortal Vine Passage Tree and told Ye Han to prepare his arrangements.

Qin Shanzun meditated on the Immortal Vine Passage Tree, expecting to hunt down the Foundation Establishment Realm woman who had taken the opportunities he wanted. When she appeared and fled, he pursued her through the tree, only to emerge ahead of her as she smiled strangely.

• Qin Shanzun sensed someone climbing the Immortal Vine Passage Tree and discovered the woman had slipped past his detection.
• Qin Shanzun attacked with a giant net of vines, forcing the female cultivator in the Red Mask to reveal herself and blast through it with her fiery Sword-Ray.
• The Red Mask woman used her fiery-red winged ancient treasure to break through Qin Shanzun's attacks and race down the tree.
• Qin Shanzun pursued her using Wood Escape, confident that his higher cultivation would let him catch her.
• Qin Shanzun emerged ahead of the fleeing woman, but her strange smile made him sense danger.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan sprang their carefully planned ambush on Qin Shanzun at the Immortal Vine Giant Tree. They drove him into Ye Han’s Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, where Qin Shanzun formed a giant tree of blue light to defend himself.

• Ye Han’s Dragon-Binding Bracelet struck Qin Shanzun’s Cup Treasure as Ye Han burst from the Immortal Vine Giant Tree and blasted Qin Shanzun downward with two Golden Light Fist Barrier Qi punches.
• Qin Shanzun crashed into the ground and realized he had been driven into Ye Han’s sword formation.
• Han Yuwan flew into the air and called on her junior brother Ye Han to attack with her.
• Ye Han unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, sending a vast rain of golden sword lights toward Qin Shanzun.
• Qin Shanzun roared that their plot would fail and formed an immense blue light giant tree around himself for protection.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan combined the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation with the Fire God Chains to battle Qin Shanzun, whose wood-element vitality healed every wound. They bound him with a blazing chain net, and Ye Han appeared before him, unleashing a surge of cold.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan joined their powers to strike Qin Shanzun with a towering Fire God wielding golden sword light.
• Qin Shanzun transformed into a giant wooden warrior and healed the deep wound their attack carved into his arm.
• Qin Shanzun overwhelmed their combined assault, forcing Ye Han and Han Yuwan to pour more power into their treasures.
• Han Yuwan's Fire God Chains spread into a vast net and bound Qin Shanzun as he struggled against them.
• Ye Han appeared before the restrained Qin Shanzun, declared him dead, and released boundless cold.

Ye Han used the Absolute Frost Divine Sword to pierce Qin Shanzun and freeze him, but the attack badly injured Ye Han with its chilling backlash. As Han Yuwan tried to help him, Qin Shanzun’s ice sculpture began to tremble.

• Qin Shanzun sent his Divine Wood Staff at Ye Han, but Ye Han drew the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and froze the staff.
• Ye Han unleashed a full-power sword strike that pierced Qin Shanzun’s armor and rapidly froze his body, soul, and primordial spirit.
• The Absolute Frost Divine Sword also froze Ye Han’s arm and sword formation, leaving him severely weakened after it returned to his Storage Bag.
• Han Yuwan landed beside Ye Han and used a fire lotus to dispel some of the frostbite, but Ye Han said the sword’s cold was too difficult to remove.
• Qin Shanzun’s frozen body began to tremble, alarming Ye Han and Han Yuwan.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan watched Qin Shanzun's frozen body transform into an Immortal Vine Fruit, which Ye Han captured and stored in his Purple Cauldron Space. After defeating Qin Shanzun and examining the spoils, they prepared to leave, but Han Yuwan insisted that the badly injured Ye Han heal first.

• Cracks spread through Qin Shanzun's frozen body as Greenlight Runes transformed him into an Immortal Vine Fruit.
• Ye Han shattered the ice sculpture and caught the Immortal Vine Fruit before it could reach the Immortal Vine Giant Tree.
• Ye Han used the Azure Profound Art to calm the fruit and placed it in the jade spirit liquid inside his Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han saw that Blood-Spotted Ants had devoured much of the Mountain Spirit King's corpse and were sleeping with demon aura as if nearing evolution.
• Han Yuwan collected Qin Shanzun's belongings, questioned Ye Han about changing his spirit root, and urged him to heal before they left.

After killing Qin Shanzun, Ye Han and Han Yuwan recovered through dual cultivation and prepared to leave the Immortal Vine Giant Tree. Ye Han assembled the black metal map, which acknowledged him as its master and revealed an incomplete map of places he had visited in the Heavenly Secret Hall, prompting them to return to the First Layer.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan practiced dual cultivation for more than a day, restoring their spell power and easing Ye Han's frostbite.
• Three days later, they set out upward along the Immortal Vine Giant Tree to leave the area.
• Ye Han took Qin Shanzun's Ten Thousand Wood Spirit Art and Wood God Staff, while giving most of the other spoils to Han Yuwan.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan combined their black metal strips with two strips from Qin Shanzun's Storage Bag and Han Yuwan's final strip to complete the map.
• The Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass flew into the map, which acknowledged Ye Han as its master and formed an incomplete spirit-light map of locations he had visited in the Heavenly Secret Hall.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan followed the map’s warning signs to a damaged Teleportation Array route and climbed the Immortal Vine Giant Tree through a spatial opening. They returned to the First Layer, where Han Yuwan sensed that its aura had changed.

• Ye Han noticed cracks on the map around the Teleportation Array and decided with Han Yuwan to leave the Heavenly Secret Hall rather than explore its unknown regions.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan climbed nearly ten thousand zhang up the Immortal Vine Giant Tree and found Qin Shanzun’s defensive formation around a spatial opening.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan broke through the Restriction Formation and entered the swirling opening, using the Immortal Vine to travel upward.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan emerged from the Immortal Vine into a vast hall on the First Layer.
• Han Yuwan noticed that the aura on the First Layer felt different from when she had first arrived.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan followed the growing demonic qi through the Heavenly Secret Hall toward the Teleportation Array, discovering that the Fourth Elder’s aura was mixed into it. They reached the great hall and found the Fourth Elder sitting atop one of the array’s pillars.

• Han Yuwan warned Ye Han that the demonic qi grew stronger as they approached the Teleportation Array, and Ye Han suspected the qi was connected to changes shown on the map.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan passed heaps of Heavenly Secret Beast and Heavenly Secret Soldier wreckage that demonic qi had corroded beyond use.
• As the demonic qi intensified, Ye Han and Han Yuwan raised their defenses and sensed the Fourth Elder’s aura within it.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan concealed their auras and cautiously crept toward the great hall at the end of the passage.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan saw the Fourth Elder sitting cross-legged atop a Formation Pillar of the enormous Teleportation Array.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan discovered that the supposedly dead Fourth Elder had become surrounded by demonic qi and attacked them. Ye Han fought her with purple-gold lightning while Han Yuwan sealed the passage with the Fire God Chains, but Ye Han appeared to be at a disadvantage.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan recognized the scantily clad, demonic figure atop the Formation Pillar as the Fourth Elder, whom they had believed dead.
• The Fourth Elder sensed them, unleashed demonic shadows, and attacked.
• Ye Han drew the Fourth Elder's attention and used purple-gold lightning to destroy the demonic shadows.
• Han Yuwan summoned the Fire God Chains and formed a barrier across the passage to prevent the Fourth Elder from escaping.
• Ye Han and the Fourth Elder began fighting, and Han Yuwan worried as Ye Han seemed to fall behind.

Ye Han fought the Fourth Elder in the Great Hall, using Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder and his powerful body to turn her demonic attacks against her. As the battle continued, the Fourth Elder used a seductive charm spell and lunged at Ye Han, enraging Han Yuwan.

• Ye Han injected Purple-Gold Lightning into the Fourth Elder's demonic qi serpents, then used runes to make them attack her.
• The Fourth Elder vanished into black qi and reappeared behind Ye Han, striking with a huge demonic qi kick that he met with a golden punch.
• Ye Han and the Fourth Elder traded powerful blows, but his Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder began scorching her body and wearing her down.
• The Fourth Elder unleashed a charm spell with seductive cries, briefly distracting Ye Han and making Han Yuwan recognize what she was doing.
• The Fourth Elder lunged at Ye Han, and Han Yuwan grew furious at her for laying hands on her junior brother.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan fought the demonized Fourth Elder, whose demonic power was sealed and whose body was killed while the demon possessing her was captured. Han Yuwan struggled with the fact that her master had recognized her before dying, and Ye Han suggested they inspect the Teleportation Array.

• Ye Han used the Demon-Sealing Chains to restrain the Fourth Elder and began charging the Heavenly Thunder Drum.
• A demon attacked Ye Han's mind, but the Purple Cauldron shielded him, while Han Yuwan trapped the fleeing Fourth Elder with Fire God Chains.
• Ye Han joined his spell power with Han Yuwan's, and their flames and lightning weakened the demon inside the Fourth Elder.
• When the Fourth Elder briefly recognized Han Yuwan and begged for her life, Han Yuwan hesitated, so Ye Han pierced her throat with the Soul-Slaying Sword.
• The Ghost Skull Mirror swallowed the demon, and Ye Han stored the Fourth Elder's empty body for the Seventh Elder.
• Han Yuwan misunderstood why Ye Han took the corpse, and Ye Han invited her to inspect the Teleportation Array.

Ye Han defeated the demonized Fourth Elder and took her intact body to return to his master, the Seventh Elder. At the Teleportation Array, he discovered that his black map could activate it, giving him and Han Yuwan a chance to leave together.

• Ye Han explained that he had taken the Fourth Elder's body because he believed his master had shared a special relationship with her.
• Han Yuwan revealed that she had wanted Ye Han to use her Teleportation Token to escape alone, but he pointed out that it could transport only one person.
• Ye Han noticed the black map's runes reacting to the enormous Teleportation Array and began activating it.
• Runes streamed from the map into the array, filling it with brilliant spirit light as Han Yuwan watched with delighted surprise.