Recaps

Ye Han and Han Yuwan used the Black Teleportation Token to escape the Heavenly Secret Hall and return to Upper Tomb Land. After confirming their location, Han Yuwan asked what they would do about Ye Lingzhi and Ye Han’s friend.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan emerged through a teleportation passage in a secluded ravine in Upper Tomb Land.
• Ye Han confirmed their location and examined the Black Teleportation Token, which had recognized him as its master and could carry Han Yuwan along.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan had found that the token used the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass’s aura, leaving them with only enough for one teleportation.
• Ye Han used the token to open a passage to the one reachable destination outside the Heavenly Secret Hall and brought Han Yuwan with him.
• Han Yuwan asked Ye Han what they would do about Ye Lingzhi and his friend.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan left the Heavenly Secret Hall, but their depleted Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass aura prevented them from returning. Ye Han concealed the Teleportation Array and set off for the Azure Profound Sect, choosing a route to avoid someone he feared encountering.

• Ye Han told Han Yuwan that Ye Lingzhi and Qin Jiuzhen might survive on Treasure Mountain if they avoided the Heavenly Secret Hall and stayed hidden.
• Ye Han reflected that the Heavenly Secret Hall could be a trap for Earth Realm cultivators, and that his search for his Eldest Senior Brother had failed after the Fifth Elder disrupted his teleportation.
• Ye Han buried the Teleportation Array, disguised the mound with vegetation, and placed a locating Talisman there for future use.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan boarded the Cloud-Piercing Boat and headed toward the Azure Profound Sect.
• Han Yuwan asked why Ye Han chose a longer route, and he said he was afraid of running into someone who liked lecturing the girls at the Happy Red Courtyard.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan left the Heavenly Secret Hall aboard the Cloud-Piercing Boat, choosing to return to the Azure Profound Sect rather than risk searching for Teacher Lan Qing. On their way, they encountered Senior Brother Wang and Mo Lan being overwhelmed by pursuers, and the boat turned back toward the battle.

• Ye Han told Han Yuwan they should leave the Heavenly Secret Hall because they were too weak to safely pursue its remaining opportunities.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan traveled southwest in the Cloud-Piercing Boat, and Ye Han reflected on how the Azure Profound Sect had become his home.
• Senior Brother Wang and Mo Lan fled eight cultivators from the Thousand Mountains School and the Black Water Sect, who had plotted against their people.
• Senior Brother Wang and Mo Lan turned to fight, but the stronger pursuers wounded them and threatened to kill them.
• Ye Han's fast flying boat passed through the battle, then turned around and stopped nearby.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan rescued Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan from eight Black Water Sect cultivators, and Ye Han learned that the Black Water Sect had allied with two other sects to attack the Azure Profound Sect. The chapter ended with Ye Han and Han Yuwan realizing their sect was in danger.

• Ye Han turned the Flying Boat back after recognizing Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan among the Black Water Sect's targets.
• Ye Han killed all eight Black Water Sect cultivators with his swordsmanship and lightning techniques.
• Han Yuwan greeted Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, who recognized her as Senior Sister Han and Fairy Yuwan.
• Ye Han revealed his identity, and Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan were astonished to see him alive.
• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that the Black Water Sect, Thousand Mountains School, and Green Mountain Sect had allied to attack the Azure Profound Sect.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan reunited with Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, who warned them that the Azure Profound Sect was facing war with the other great sects. As they rushed back aboard Ye Han’s Cloud-Piercing Boat, Wang Chunyang explained that the Thousand Mountains School had allied with the Green Mountain Sect and dealt the Azure Profound Sect a devastating surprise attack.

• Wang Chunyang initially suspected Ye Han and Han Yuwan were impostors, but Mo Lan reminded him that they had been missing for years.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan boarded Ye Han’s Cloud-Piercing Boat and urged him to return to the Azure Profound Sect before it was besieged.
• Ye Han powered the Cloud-Piercing Boat with spirit stones and spell power, accelerating toward the Azure Profound Sect.
• Han Yuwan asked Wang Chunyang why Black Water Sect cultivators had pursued him and Mo Lan, and Wang Chunyang described the Azure Profound Sect’s conflict with the Thousand Mountains School.
• Wang Chunyang explained that the Thousand Mountains School had joined forces with the Green Mountain Sect, leaving the Azure Profound Sect unprepared and suffering enormous losses.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan learned that the Azure Profound Sect was under attack from the Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect, while the Black Water Sect had secretly joined them. Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan revealed that they were hunted after uncovering the plot, as the Azure Profound Sect faced a war on three fronts.

• Mo Lan told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that the Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect had secretly joined forces against the Azure Profound Sect, possibly at a powerful outside sect’s urging.
• Wang Chunyang explained that the Black Water Sect had claimed neutrality while waiting for the other sects to weaken each other.
• Wang Chunyang said Zhang Qingshan had slain many enemies, improving the Azure Profound Sect’s position in the war.
• Wang Chunyang revealed that spiritual energy and auspicious clouds at Seven Mysteries Peak suggested Ye Han’s master, the Seventh Elder, was close to advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan disclosed that the Black Water Sect had secretly allied with the other two sects and hunted them after they discovered the plan to destroy the Azure Profound Sect.

Ye Han and his companions debated whether Black Water Sect disciples had revealed a true plan to open the Azure Profound Sect’s Mountain-Protecting Grand Array or were spreading a trap. Ye Han suspected Nascent Soul Realm infiltrators might be involved, then sensed an ambush.

• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that he and Mo Lan had overheard Black Water Sect disciples describing a plan for the three sects to attack the Azure Profound Sect from within and without.
• Ye Han questioned how Foundation Establishment Realm disciples could know such a secret and whether the story might be a ploy to sow discord.
• Mo Lan and Wang Chunyang insisted they had heard the conversation themselves and argued that their pursuers’ relentless attack suggested the plan could be genuine.
• Ye Han concluded the secret might be true but suspected something was strange about how they had discovered it.
• Ye Han wondered whether Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had infiltrated the negotiating parties, then sensed an ambush.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan discovered around 150 Thousand Mountains School cultivators ambushing them near the Azure Profound Sect. They decided to attack the ambushers themselves while Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan returned to warn the sect, then vanished from sight.

• Ye Han halted the Cloud-Piercing Boat after sensing an ambush, and Han Yuwan confirmed that cultivators were concealed in the mountain mist.
• Ye Han identified around 150 hidden cultivators as likely members of the Thousand Mountains School, alarming Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan decided to attack the ambushers, telling Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan to send a warning to the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan used spells to vanish, leaving Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan unable to sense their auras.

Wang Chunyang sent a Messaging Talisman toward the horizon while he and Mo Lan worried about Ye Han and Han Yuwan facing the Thousand Mountains School. In a hidden mountain ravine, Ye Han and Han Yuwan killed two disciples who had discovered their hiding place, alerting the Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder and the other disciples.

• Wang Chunyang sent a Messaging Talisman and refused Mo Lan’s suggestion that they go help Ye Han and Han Yuwan, saying they would only become a burden.
• Two masked Thousand Mountains School disciples discussed their plan to attack the Azure Profound Sect and the other sects involved.
• Ninth Senior Brother spotted someone leaving the ravine, and he and another disciple chased after the figure while he sent a warning talisman to the Fourth Elder.
• The Fourth Elder received the warning, saw that a disciple’s Life Token had shattered, and alerted the Thousand Mountains School disciples to the enemies.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan stood over the bodies of Ninth Senior Brother and the disciple who had pursued them.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan lured the Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder away from his disciples and drew him into a fight. After evading his attacks, they revealed a sword formation that caught the elder off guard.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan prepared an ambush after discovering the Thousand Mountains School’s mission against the Azure Profound Sect.
• Han Yuwan drew two Thousand Mountains School disciples away, and Ye Han killed them to provoke the Fourth Elder into pursuit.
• Ye Han challenged the Fourth Elder and threatened to reveal his location to the Azure Profound Sect, prompting the elder to attack as they fled.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan escaped the Fourth Elder’s gray hands and binding chains with talismans and other techniques.
• The Fourth Elder blocked their path and unleashed his blood-red Life-Bound Treasure, but golden sword-rays erupted from Ye Han’s formation and startled him.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan trapped the Fourth Elder in the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and overwhelmed him with lightning, sword strikes, and the Fire God Chains. The Fourth Elder was bound and burned, while the Thousand Mountains School disciples began to stir in the Mountain Ravine.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan vanished from the Fourth Elder's attack, luring him into the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.
• The Fourth Elder used his Life-Bound Treasure to break a hole in the formation, but Ye Han struck him with Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder and forced him back inside.
• Ye Han renewed the formation's assault, leaving the Fourth Elder struggling to resist its golden Sword-Rays.
• The Fourth Elder began activating a secret method, but Han Yuwan sent the Fire God Chains and Fire God Phantom to attack him.
• The Fire God Chains bound the Fourth Elder as flames burned him, and the Thousand Mountains School disciples began stirring in the Mountain Ravine.

The Thousand Mountains School's Fourth Elder escaped Ye Han's Fire God Chains and called his disciples to overwhelm Ye Han and his companion, but Ye Han's puppets and formations trapped them. Desperate to survive, the Fourth Elder unleashed the Headless Blood Demon, which shattered Ye Han's Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and left him injured.

• The Fourth Elder broke free of the Fire God Chains at the cost of much of his strength and ordered the Thousand Mountains School disciples to attack Ye Han and his companion.
• Ye Han's Metal Puppets emerged and trapped the Thousand Mountains School disciples in Great Dragon-Trapping Formations, while the Binglian Puppet led the assault.
• The Fourth Elder realized his forces were trapped and released the Headless Blood Demon, then hid inside its body.
• The Headless Blood Demon withstood the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation's attacks and broke its Sword Barrier Qi with one punch, causing Ye Han to spit up essence blood.

The Fourth Elder unleashed the Thousand Mountains School’s Headless Blood Demon against Ye Han and Han Yuwan, while the school’s plan to attack the Azure Profound Sect remained underway. After the demon broke through their defenses, Ye Han and Han Yuwan launched another assault, and the chapter ended as the Fourth Elder sensed a terrifying aura.

• The Fourth Elder’s Headless Blood Demon punched through Ye Han’s sword formation, injuring Ye Han and consuming the Fourth Elder’s lifespan and cultivation.
• Han Yuwan attacked the Headless Blood Demon with the Fire God Chains, but the Fourth Elder poured more power and lifespan into the demon and drove back both her flames and Ye Han’s formation.
• The Headless Blood Demon drew a double-headed axe from its body and shattered the sword formation and Fire God Chains with a massive blast of axe light.
• Vines burst from the ground and briefly tried to bind the demon, while Ye Han activated the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and Han Yuwan sent twelve flaming flying swords against it.
• The Fourth Elder sensed an utterly terrifying aura erupting through the air.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan killed the Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder and his Headless Blood Demon with the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation. As Han Yuwan gathered the spoils and Ye Han went after the remaining enemies, a newcomer arrived at Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, asking whether they had sent the intelligence.

• The Fourth Elder empowered the Headless Blood Demon, but Ye Han unleashed demon-breaking divine thunder from the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation.
• Ye Han’s Fire God Chains bound the Headless Blood Demon, allowing the formation’s thunder to blast through the demon and kill the Fourth Elder.
• Han Yuwan praised Ye Han’s formation, and Ye Han sent her to gather the spoils while he headed for the Thousand Mountains School members trapped by the Metal Puppet and Great Dragon-Trapping Formation.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan worried about the battle’s outcome from a distant hill until a figure arrived and asked whether they had sent the intelligence.

Elder Liu arrived at the ravine after Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan realized their message had reached the Azure Profound Sect. Ye Han and Han Yuwan finished destroying the Thousand Mountains School force, and Elder Liu appeared before them, leaving Ye Han startled by his apparent strength.

• Elder Liu flashed past Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, praised the fighter he spotted, and vanished toward the battle.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan headed to the ravine, where they found signs of a fierce battle and rushed toward the remaining fighting.
• Ye Han used his puppets and the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation to kill the Thousand Mountains School disciples, while Han Yuwan warned him that his killing intent was too strong.
• Elder Liu appeared and praised Ye Han for defending the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan recognized Elder Liu, and Ye Han wondered whether his cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Elder Liu rescued Ye Han, Han Yuwan, Wang Chunyang, and Mo Lan and brought them back to the Azure Profound Sect, where they learned the sect had repelled its attackers. Ye Han realized Elder Liu may have saved him before, and was stunned when Azure Profound Daoist treated the apparently even more powerful elder with respect; a venomous gaze then fell on Ye Han.

• Elder Liu told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that their message had helped the Azure Profound Sect repel the Black Water Sect, Thousand Mountains School, and Green Mountain Sect, and said he had come to rescue them.
• Ye Han claimed the sect should reward them for their service, and Elder Liu asked whether Ye Han had obtained his unusual Puppets in the Burial Ground of the Immortals.
• Ye Han asked whether Elder Liu had saved him from the Black Mountain Cult, and Elder Liu dismissed the matter as a coincidence before taking them back to the sect.
• Elder Liu carried Ye Han, Han Yuwan, Wang Chunyang, and Mo Lan to Azure Profound Peak, where they saw signs of battle and entered the Azure Profound Great Hall.
• Azure Profound Daoist stood and respectfully addressed Elder Liu, who told him to report the situation; Ye Han then felt a venomous gaze sweep toward him.

Ye Han reported how he and the others uncovered the allied sects’ plot and warned the Azure Profound Sect, while withholding details of their battle. As the four disciples prepared to leave after being dismissed, the Fifth Elder stopped Ye Han and demanded to know how he had repelled the Thousand Mountains School.

• The Fifth Elder glared at Ye Han over Wang Fa’s death but fell silent when Elder Liu gave him a sharp look.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master asked Ye Han and the others to explain how they had uncovered the enemy’s plot, and Ye Han offered to speak for them.
• Ye Han recounted the disciples’ discovery, their escape and warning to the sect, and their encounter with an ambush, but omitted the details of the battle.
• The old Daoist Azure Profound praised the four disciples and dismissed them, saying the sect would reward them later.
• The Fifth Elder stopped the departing group and demanded that Ye Han explain how he had driven back the Thousand Mountains School disciples.

Elder Liu vouched for Ye Han and Han Yuwan, ending questions about their loyalty and ordering that they be made True Disciples after taking the Ancient Mystery Cave trial. As they left under his protection, the Fifth Elder continued to suspect Ye Han had killed Wang Fa and vowed to avenge him.

• The Fifth Elder questioned Ye Han's identity and demanded to know how he had driven back the Thousand Mountains School disciples.
• Elder Liu declared that he had witnessed what happened and stopped further questioning, then told Xuanhong to make Ye Han and Han Yuwan True Disciples.
• The Fifth Elder urged that Ye Han and Han Yuwan take the Ancient Mystery Cave trial first, and Elder Liu agreed while assuring Ye Han he would handle matters.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan thanked Elder Liu and left after the Azure Profound Sect Master warned them not to go down the mountain.
• The Fifth Elder wondered whether Ye Han had killed Wang Fa and vowed to avenge him, while the Azure Profound Sect Master began discussing the battles ahead.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect after the battle and reflected on Elder Liu's support and the sect's conflict with three rival sects. He headed back to his cave abode, where he spotted White Snow instructing disciples and noticed her surprising cultivation breakthrough.

• Ye Han and his companions left the Great Hall and found a Restriction Formation blocking their perception of the elders inside.
• Ye Han learned that the Azure Profound Sect was at the center of a sect war and that the Thousand Mountains School had suffered heavy losses.
• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han that Lin Hongde and Wang Hongying had been badly injured by the Green Mountain Sect and were recovering in seclusion.
• Ye Han parted from Han Yuwan, then Wang Chunyang warned Mo Lan not to reveal their encounter or details about Ye Han and Han Yuwan.
• Ye Han flew toward Seven Mysteries Peak and saw White Snow instructing disciples, with her cultivation having made an astonishing breakthrough.

Ye Han returned to Seven Mysteries Peak, where White Snow had become a respected guide for its disciples. After giving the disciples High-Grade Magic Artifacts, Ye Han asked White Snow to explain what had happened in the battle involving the Black Water Sect envoys.

• Ye Han arrived at Seven Mysteries Peak, and White Snow and the disciples greeted him as their master and martial uncle.
• White Snow said he had become Seven Mysteries Peak’s manager and was guiding its disciples.
• Ye Han gave each disciple a High-Grade Magic Artifact, and White Snow warned them to keep the gifts secret and stay alert to danger.
• Ye Han dismissed the disciples and told White Snow to explain what he knew about the earlier battle.
• White Snow confirmed Ye Han had warned the sect about the Black Water Sect envoys and began recounting the complicated events.

White Snow explained to Ye Han how the Black Water Sect had used a marriage tournament to soften the Azure Profound Sect while demanding harsh terms amid an approaching invasion. Elder Liu rejected those demands and startled the Black Water Sect, but Old Devil Blackwater gave the Azure Profound Sect only two hours to decide.

• White Snow entered seclusion in Ye Han’s cave abode, and Ye Han reflected on how White Snow had made himself at home and gathered information across Seven Mysteries Peak.
• White Snow told Ye Han that the Black Water Sect had proposed an alliance and marriage tournament, promising safety and cultivation benefits to winning disciples while weakening the Azure Profound Sect’s will to fight.
• The Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect sent word that several thousand cultivators were approaching, while Old Devil Blackwater demanded concessions including three peaks for the Black Water Sect.
• Azure Profound Daoist hesitated over the Black Water Sect’s demands, but Elder Liu appeared and rejected them, alarming the Black Water Sect.
• Old Devil Blackwater remained defiant and gave the Azure Profound Sect two hours to consider his terms.

White Snow recounted how the Black Water Sect’s betrayal triggered attacks inside and outside the Azure Profound Sect, but the sect repelled the invasion after Ye Han and Han Yuwan had unknowingly disrupted the Thousand Mountains School’s plan. After hearing the account and giving White Snow cultivation supplies, Ye Han was interrupted by a familiar woman calling to him from outside his Cave Abode.

• Elder Liu and Azure Profound Daoist moved against Blackwater Old Devil, only to discover that the figure in the Side Hall was a fake and the Black Water Sect had already launched its attack inside the Azure Profound Sect.
• Black Water Sect disciples bewitched Azure Profound Sect disciples into attacking their fellow disciples, while Elder Liu rallied the sect and tracked down the infiltrators.
• The Thousand Mountains School and Green Mountain Sect attacked the Azure Profound Sect from outside, but Blackwater Old Devil and a Thousand Mountains School Nascent Soul Cultivator were driven out by two pursuers.
• The Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder and four Headless Blood Demons never arrived because Ye Han, Han Yuwan, and the others had destroyed their force of disciples.
• The Black Water Sect’s infiltrators were killed or captured, and the Thousand Mountains School and Green Mountain Sect retreated after failing to breach the Azure Profound Sect’s Mountain-Protecting Grand Array.
• Ye Han gave White Snow cultivation supplies and returned to his Cave Abode, where a familiar woman asked through a voice transmission whether he was back.

Azure Phoenix Fairy visited Ye Han with Mo Lan to thank him for rescuing her disciple and question him about Eldest Senior Brother. Ye Han revealed that his teleportation to Northern Lu Province Continent had failed, and Azure Phoenix Fairy ended by asking what he thought of Mo Lan.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy brought Mo Lan to Ye Han’s Cave Abode, where they thanked him for saving her.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy sent Mo Lan away and asked Ye Han about his search for Eldest Senior Brother.
• Ye Han said the Ancient Times Teleportation Array had sent him toward Northern Lu Province Continent, but an attacker had blasted him out midway.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy asked whether Ye Han had encountered the Fifth Elder at Green Ox Village, and Ye Han denied it.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy said the Teleportation Array could no longer be used, then asked Ye Han what he thought of Mo Lan.

Ye Han teased Azure Phoenix Fairy about her disciple Mo Lan, then learned she was troubled by Mo Lan's dual cultivation and her own cultivation bottleneck. He gave Azure Phoenix Fairy pills to strengthen her cultivation as war approached the Azure Profound Sect, and Zhang Lingjun called for him from outside.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy asked whether Ye Han was interested in Mo Lan, and Ye Han teased her while probing whether she would keep his secrets about the Fifth Elder.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy revealed that Mo Lan seemed to have practiced dual cultivation with a male disciple and admitted she had initially thought Ye Han was involved.
• Ye Han noticed Azure Phoenix Fairy had reached a cultivation bottleneck, and she hinted that her difficulties were painful to discuss.
• Ye Han offered Azure Phoenix Fairy several rare pills to help her cultivation and protect the Azure Profound Sect ahead of war.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy accepted the pills and vowed to live or die with the Azure Profound Sect, then Zhang Lingjun called to Ye Han from outside.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect, reunited with Zhang Lingjun, and was summoned by the Seventh Elder. Meanwhile, the sect's leaders discussed the threat posed by the three great sects and the force secretly stirring up trouble behind them.

• Zhang Lingjun found Ye Han with Azure Phoenix Fairy, who explained that she had come to thank him for saving Mo Lan; Mo Lan returned from completing Mission Hall missions, and the two women departed.
• Zhang Lingjun noticed Ye Han's remarkable cultivation progress and said the Seventh Elder had sent him to fetch Ye Han.
• Zhang Lingjun led Ye Han toward the Seventh Elder's cave abode and praised Zhang Qingshan's strength and loyalty as Ye Han reflected on the opportunities other cultivators had found.
• At Azure Profound Peak, Azure Profound Daoist, the sect master, the five great elders, and Elder Liu discussed their response to the three great sects and the hidden force stirring up trouble behind them.