Recaps

The Azure Profound Sect declared all-out war against the three allied sects, with Elder Liu promising to strengthen the sect and revealing that its reserves and future prospects were strong. As Ye Han visited the Seventh Elder’s cave abode, the Purple Cauldron stirred in response to something inside.

• Elder Liu and the Azure Profound Sect Master rejected negotiations and ordered the sect to prepare for war against the three great sects.
• Elder Liu announced that the sect would open the Ancient Mystery Cave, treasures, and book collections to strengthen its disciples.
• The elders arranged for Ningyu to oversee Seven Mysteries Peak while the Seventh Elder remained in seclusion.
• Elder Liu reassured Azure Profound Daoist that he could protect the Azure Profound Sect for another two or three hundred years and gave him a streak of spirit light.
• Ye Han arrived at the Seventh Elder’s cave abode, where the Seventh Elder summoned him and the Purple Cauldron stirred toward something inside.

Ye Han returned the Protective Ring and gave pill immortal grass to the Seventh Elder, hoping to aid his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm. Before entering seclusion, the Seventh Elder gave Ye Han sword-cultivation insights and told him to support Ningyu as she temporarily took charge of Seven Mysteries Peak amid the sect’s siege.

• The Seventh Elder asked Ye Han for the Protective Ring, and Ye Han returned it, believing he no longer needed its protection.
• Ye Han offered several stalks of pill immortal grass preserved in jade spirit liquid, and the Seventh Elder said they would greatly improve his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Seventh Elder gave Ye Han a jade slip containing his sword-cultivation insights to help him advance his sword intent.
• The Seventh Elder told Ye Han that Ningyu would temporarily serve as Peak Master of Seven Mysteries Peak and ordered him and Zhang Lingjun to support her.
• Ye Han agreed to assist Ningyu and left as the Seventh Elder prepared to enter seclusion.

Blackwater Old Devil met with Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy to discuss their failed assault on the Azure Profound Sect and how to unite their sects against it. He proposed a joint army and revealed that his Black Water Sect had identified the saboteur, leaving the others asking who it was.

• Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy blamed Blackwater Old Devil for the losses suffered in their failed operation against the Azure Profound Sect.
• Blackwater Old Devil urged the three sects to unite against the Azure Profound Sect after receiving its declaration of war.
• Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy questioned Blackwater Old Devil’s motives and his ties to the Zhuge Family.
• Blackwater Old Devil proposed forming a joint army with unified command to prevent infighting and coordinate their forces.
• Blackwater Old Devil claimed his sect had identified who sabotaged their operation, and Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy demanded to know who it was.

Blackwater Old Devil told Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord that Foundation Establishment cultivator Ye Han had ruined their operation, explaining that his puppets and formations could account for his victory. The two agreed to prioritize watching Ye Han and supported Blackwater Old Devil’s proposal to form a coalition army.

• Thousand Mountains Fairy demanded that Blackwater Old Devil identify the person who had destroyed her school’s forces and sabotaged their plans.
• Blackwater Old Devil named Ye Han of Seven Mysteries Peak, prompting Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord to doubt that a Foundation Establishment cultivator could defeat the Headless Blood Demon and more than a hundred disciples.
• Blackwater Old Devil said Ye Han was Ming Jing’s personal disciple, had killed the Black Mountain Cult’s young cult master, and had mastered powerful puppets and formations.
• Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord accepted that Ye Han might have defeated their forces and resolved to keep him under close watch.
• Blackwater Old Devil asked whether they would form a coalition army, and both Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord agreed to the proposal.

Ye Han gave Zhang Lingjun a generous return gift, then supplied the Azure Profound Sect with treasures that enabled it to halve exchange prices as it prepared for war. He and Han Yuwan arrived at the Ancient Mystery Cave to begin their true disciple trial, whose rewards remained uncertain.

• Zhang Lingjun congratulated Ye Han on becoming a true disciple and gave him a piece of geng metal, and Ye Han returned the favor with cultivation resources for Zhang Lingjun.
• Ye Han saw that the Azure Profound Sect was demoralized by its impending war against the Three Great Sects of Heavenly Billows and returned to his Cave Abode.
• Ye Han turned over many of his unused treasures to the sect in exchange for sect merit, helping it open the Treasury Pavilion and Scripture Repository with exchange costs cut in half.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master granted Ye Han unrestricted access to the Scripture Pavilion in recognition of his contributions.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master brought Ye Han and Han Yuwan to the Ancient Mystery Cave for their true disciple trial and warned that the benefits inside would depend on their fortune.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan entered the Ancient Spirit Cave to take the True Disciple trial, while the Azure Profound Sect prepared for war against the Three Great Sects. Inside the cave, Han Yuwan confronted Ye Han for neglecting her after his return and accused him of meeting the Azure Phoenix Fairy.

• The Azure Profound Sect Master gave Ye Han and Han Yuwan tokens for the True Disciple trial and promised Ye Han a reward for his contributions to the sect.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan entered the Ancient Spirit Cave as the Azure Profound Sect prepared its disciples and resources for war.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master suspected that someone inside the sect had helped Blackwater Old Devil and his allies.
• Han Yuwan complained that Ye Han had not visited her since returning, and Ye Han claimed he had been busy recovering from his injuries.
• Han Yuwan accused Ye Han of meeting the Azure Phoenix Fairy.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan entered the True Disciple trial site after betting that the first to pass would earn a request from the other. The trial transported Ye Han to a lush forest, where a gigantic two-headed skeletal bird attacked him, leaving him dodging its dive.

• Han Yuwan challenged Ye Han to race through the True Disciple trial, and they wagered that the winner could make one request of the loser.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan activated their Tokens and entered the Ancient Mystery Cave’s trial passage.
• Ye Han sensed the Purple Cauldron respond to something inside the trial site before a spatial vortex transported him away.
• Ye Han arrived in a vibrant forest filled with rich wood-element spiritual energy, but a violent storm soon swept across it.
• A two-headed skeletal bird drained the forest’s spiritual energy, grew enormous, and dove at Ye Han.
• Ye Han unleashed the Cloud-Chasing Divine Art to dodge the bird’s attack.

Ye Han discovered that the trial’s seed and skeletal bird were helping him comprehend the Wood-Type Spell Power Mantra, while a masked cultivator learned that he had returned to the Azure Profound Sect. The Golden-Masked Cultivator agreed to hear Blackwater Old Devil’s proposal for cooperation.

• The Two-Headed Skeletal Giant Bird trapped Ye Han in death aura and sealed his spell power, pulling him into a dark trial.
• Ye Han realized the trial involved a sprouting seed and repeatedly tried to keep the bird from devouring it while sensing its life aura.
• Ye Han formed mysterious mantra runes and began comprehending the Wood-Type Spell Power Mantra.
• At the Black Mountain Range, the Golden-Masked Cultivator confronted Blackwater Old Devil when he appeared in her hall.
• Blackwater Old Devil told her Ye Han had returned and disrupted the attack on the Azure Profound Sect, then asked her to cooperate.

The gold-masked cultivator agreed to cooperate with Blackwater Old Devil in exchange for help opening the Darkness Forbidden Ground’s restrictions. At the Azure Profound Sect, Han Yuwan passed the true disciple assessment, while Azure Profound Daoist assured her that Ye Han remained inside the Ancient Mystery Cave to claim the sect’s true inheritance.

• The gold-masked cultivator warned Blackwater Old Devil not to underestimate Ye Han, then agreed to join him after he promised to help open the Darkness Forbidden Ground’s restrictions.
• Han Yuwan told the Azure Profound Sect Master that she had passed the assessment but worried because Ye Han had exceeded the Ancient Mystery Cave trial’s time limit.
• Azure Profound Daoist reassured Han Yuwan and the sect master that Ye Han was pursuing a special opportunity and would obtain the Azure Profound Sect’s true inheritance.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master gave Han Yuwan her true disciple identity token and credited it with two top-tier treasure selections and thirty million sect merit.
• Han Yuwan returned to the Ancient Mystery Cave and wondered what inheritance Ye Han had obtained.

After emerging from the Ancient Mystery Cave, Ye Han reunited with Han Yuwan and revealed that he had obtained all five of the Azure Profound Sect’s legacy cultivation arts. The Purple Cauldron had also grown a five-elements sapling, and Han Yuwan’s mention of the Treasury Pavilion reminded Ye Han that it had reacted there before.

• While waiting for Ye Han outside the cave, Han Yuwan prepared to leave and join the Azure Profound Sect’s war against the Black Water Sect, the Thousand Mountains School, and the Green Mountain Sect.
• Ye Han emerged from the Ancient Mystery Cave, and he and Han Yuwan joked about their wager and congratulated each other on obtaining true disciple legacies.
• Ye Han explained that he had passed the trials for all five elements and obtained the Azure Profound Sect’s complete set of Five Elements legacy cultivation methods.
• After Ye Han completed the final trial, a five-elements sapling appeared on the Purple Cauldron, and its reaction to the Ancient Mystery Cave disappeared.
• Han Yuwan told Ye Han he could claim a treasure from the Treasury Pavilion, prompting him to remember that the Purple Cauldron had reacted there before.

Ye Han claimed his reward as a newly promoted True Disciple and learned that the Three Great Sects had placed a bounty on him. He entered the Treasury Pavilion, where the Purple Cauldron reacted strongly to a treasure inside, and prepared to choose his rewards.

• The Azure Profound Sect Master gave Ye Han permission to choose two treasures from the Treasury Pavilion, with extra items charged against his sect merit.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master warned Ye Han that the Three Great Sects had placed a bounty on him for ruining their plans and killing Thousand Mountains School Cultivators.
• Ye Han flew to the Treasury Pavilion, reflecting that the bounty threatened his plans to keep a low profile and that Han Yuwan had returned to her mountain peak.
• The Treasury Pavilion Manager recognized Ye Han's Identity Token and opened the restriction so he could select his treasures.
• Ye Han felt the Purple Cauldron's response grow stronger as he entered the Treasury Pavilion.

Ye Han visited the Treasury Pavilion to claim two treasures as the Azure Profound Sect prepared for war against the Three Great Sects. He took a replica of the Purple Cauldron and a White Jade Light-Chaser, then returned to his cave abode and brought out the replica.

• Ye Han found most of the third-floor treasures already redeemed and went up to the fourth floor, where the Purple Cauldron sensed a treasure.
• Ye Han discovered a replica Purple Cauldron and used his True Disciple Token to open its restricted compartment.
• Ye Han put the replica in his Storage Bag so he could let the Purple Cauldron in his divine sense sea devour it later.
• Ye Han chose the White Jade Light-Chaser as his second treasure because it suited his needs as a foundation establishment cultivator.
• Ye Han left the Treasury Pavilion, returned to his cave abode, activated its defensive restrictions, and took out the replica Purple Cauldron.

Ye Han absorbed an imitation Purple Cauldron and discovered that his true cauldron could now generate and absorb spiritual energy more effectively. As he began refining the White Jade Light-Chaser, a woman called for him from outside his cave abode.

• Ye Han examined the imitation Purple Cauldron and absorbed it into the Purple Cauldron in his divine sense sea.
• The Purple Cauldron Space expanded and began generating purer, more abundant spiritual energy, while the cauldron gained a stronger aura of life.
• When Ye Han tried to inspect the coffin inside the Purple Cauldron, the cauldron repelled his divine sense and protected the woman within.
• Ye Han realized the Purple Cauldron could now absorb spiritual energy automatically, aiding his recovery and cultivation even when he lacked pills and spirit medicines.
• Ye Han took out the White Jade Light-Chaser to refine it, but a woman outside his cave abode called his name.

Martial Uncle Ningyu appointed Ye Han to reinforce the Heavenly Surge City Defense Line in Azure Profound Sect’s war against the Three Great Sects. She told him to take charge of Skyward City, drive out the demonic beasts that had infiltrated it, and prepare for another assignment she had yet to explain.

• Ye Han welcomed Ningyu into his cave abode and learned that she had become Seven Mysteries Peak’s acting peak master while the Seventh Elder was in seclusion.
• Ningyu told Ye Han that the sect needed him to contribute to the war and assigned him to reinforce the Heavenly Surge City Defense Line.
• Ningyu explained that the Heaven-Worship Mountain Range Defense Line was holding under Zhang Qingshan, while Han Yuwan had gone to reinforce the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line.
• Ningyu ordered Ye Han to take charge of Skyward City, where demonic beasts had infiltrated, and hold the city.
• Ningyu said she had another matter for Ye Han to handle, and he asked what it was.

Ningyu assigned Ye Han to escort supplies to Skyward City and investigate suspected spies behind its shortages. Ye Han set out for Seven Mysteries Hall, carrying concern for Ningyu’s lingering injuries and preparing to use his newly acquired White Jade Light-Chaser.

• Ningyu told Ye Han that Skyward City was short of supplies and spirit stones, suggesting that something had gone wrong within its defenses.
• Ningyu ordered Ye Han to escort the supply convoy, stabilize Skyward City, and root out any spies, authorizing him to execute suspects first if necessary.
• Ye Han noticed that Ningyu’s injuries remained serious and feared that her lifespan was running short.
• Ye Han left cultivation supplies for White Snow and headed to Seven Mysteries Hall after learning Han Yuwan had gone to reinforce the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line.
• Ye Han considered the White Jade Light-Chaser’s speed and heavy spell-power consumption as he arrived at Seven Mysteries Hall, where five disciples were waiting, including someone he knew well.

Ye Han led Wang Chunyang and the other Azure Profound Sect disciples on a high-speed mission to deliver supplies to Skyward City. As they traveled aboard Ye Han’s flying boat, a gray beam suddenly burst from the forest and attacked them.

• Ye Han met Wang Chunyang and the other disciples who would join the mission, and they welcomed him as their leader.
• Ningyu assigned Ye Han to lead the group, gave each disciple lifesaving talismans, and entrusted him with four sealed Storage Bags to deliver to Skyward City within two days.
• Ye Han led the disciples out of Seven Mysteries Peak aboard his Cloud-Piercing Boat and flew southeast at full speed.
• As Ye Han’s group crossed a lush mountain forest, a huge gray beam shot toward their flying boat, and Ye Han realized they were under attack.

Ye Han destroyed a group of masked Cultivators who ambushed his Flying Boat with ghost spirit cannons on the way to Tianchong City. After returning to the boat, he suspected someone in Wang Chunyang’s group had helped the attackers locate them.

• Ye Han intercepted a ghostly cannon blast and crushed it with his Nine-Turn Vajra Art before charging into the mountain forest.
• Ye Han smashed two ghost spirit cannons and attacked six black-clad Cultivators, who recognized him as Ye Han.
• Ye Han killed the fleeing attacker and collected his treasures after defeating the ambushers in fewer than ten breaths.
• Wang Chunyang asked which sect had sent the attackers, and Ye Han told him to focus on killing them before continuing toward Tianchong City.
• Ye Han suspected a spy among Wang Chunyang and the other four disciples had revealed their route, but wondered how the spy had escaped Martial Uncle Ningyu’s notice.

Ye Han suspected an enemy had learned the supply convoy’s route and searched the Flying Boat for a spy. He discovered a blood-red insect inside Junior Brother Zhang and captured it before continuing toward Skyward City.

• Ye Han changed the Flying Boat’s course and secretly used his divine sense to search the passengers, noticing Junior Brother Zhang’s odd reaction.
• Ye Han seized Junior Brother Zhang when he sensed something suspicious, while Wang Chunyang and the others demanded to know why he had attacked him.
• Ye Han used purple-gold lightning to force a blood-red insect out of Junior Brother Zhang and sealed it inside the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Wang Chunyang and the others realized the insect could have revealed the convoy’s route and endangered their mission.
• Ye Han adjusted the Flying Boat’s course again and continued toward Skyward City as the shaken disciples watched Junior Brother Zhang.

Ye Han rescued Junior Brother Zhang by extracting a hidden gu insect that had been signaling the enemy, then studied it in the Purple Cauldron Space. From its control runes, he realized his Insect-Driving Art lacked a complete method for commanding his evolving Blood-Spotted Ants.

• Ye Han gave Junior Brother Zhang an Eight-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill after forcing a gu insect out of his body with demon-breaking divine thunder.
• Ye Han explained that the gu insect had secretly revealed the group’s location to the enemy, rather than proving Junior Brother Zhang had betrayed the Azure Profound Sect.
• Junior Brother Zhang thanked Ye Han, and Wang Chunyang and the others praised Ye Han for rescuing them and exposing the enemy’s scheme.
• Ye Han examined the captured gu insect in the Purple Cauldron Space and noticed runes containing the essence blood of its master.
• Ye Han realized the runes could teach him a control method for his Blood-Spotted Ants, whose growing strength had made them increasingly difficult to command.

The Skull Mask cultivator lost track of his gu insect and ordered his subordinate to return to the ambush while he went to investigate. At Skyward City, fighting had spread around the fortified mountain range, and a patrol spotted a huge Flying Boat approaching.

• The Skull Mask cultivator learned that his subordinate had failed to intercept the Azure Profound Sect convoy and sent him back to support the ongoing attack.
• The Skull Mask cultivator flew toward the place where his gu insect’s aura had disappeared to investigate what had happened.
• The chapter described Skyward City’s defensive formations and its strategic role in the Black Water Sect’s invasion.
• Cultivators from several sects fought around Skyward City as patrols watched the area.
• A patrol spotted an enormous Flying Boat in the distance.

Three Black Water Sect Flying Boats launched a massive assault on Skyward City while the Second Elder struggled with shortages and suspected traitors. The city’s defensive barrier shook under a blast from an enemy main cannon.

• Three Black Water Sect Flying Boats arrived outside Skyward City carrying more than three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators and one Golden Core cultivator apiece.
• The Second Elder ordered cultivators from every lineage to prepare for battle as Azure Profound Sect disciples took their defensive positions.
• The Second Elder realized Skyward City’s defenses were weakened by depleted spirit stones and suspected a defecting lineage had helped cause the energy leak.
• Black Water Sect disciples deployed their enormous Spirit Cannons from the Flying Boats.
• A Flying Boat’s main cannon struck Skyward City’s Restrictive Barrier, making it tremble and shaking several Formation Pillars.

The Black Water Sect’s three Flying Boats and Skyward City exchanged Spirit Cannon fire, draining the defenders’ resources while neither side gained an advantage. The Second Elder feared the city’s defenses would fail before reinforcements arrived, especially after seeing the Blackwater Three Demons take the field.

• The Second Elder ordered Skyward City’s disciples to reinforce the defensive restriction and return fire with Azure Profound Spirit Cannons.
• The Black Water Sect’s Flying Boats attacked the city, and Skyward City’s cannons answered, but the boats’ defenses reflected the city’s shots.
• Both sides sustained a costly Spirit Cannon exchange, with Skyward City replenishing its barrier while the Black Water Sect defended its vessels with sweeping wards.
• The Second Elder worried that Skyward City lacked the Spirit Stones and cultivators to withstand a breach, and wondered why the sect’s supply disciples had not arrived.
• The Second Elder recognized Baleful Heavenly Venerable, Red Dragon Girl, and Sound Demon aboard the Black Water Sect’s Flying Boats.

The Second Elder prepared Skyward City for a possible Black Water Sect assault from within while worrying that the Azure Profound Sect's supply convoy could be intercepted. The Black Water Sect's leaders launched their original plan, and a devastating blast struck a corner of Skyward City.

• The Second Elder ordered increased patrols and kept Skyward City's reserves ready to reinforce other defenses.
• The Second Elder feared the Black Water Sect would target the Azure Profound Sect's supply convoy because the sect lacked Golden Core cultivators to escort it.
• The Red Dragon Girl, Baleful Heavenly Venerable, and Sound Demon agreed to stop waiting for news and begin their plan to breach Skyward City.
• The Red Dragon Girl sent out three blood-red talismans and ordered the flying boats to retreat a thousand zhang while their spirit cannons kept firing.
• A tremendous roar and storm-wreathed pillar of light erupted from a corner of Skyward City, shocking the Second Elder.

The Black Water Sect destroyed Formation Pillar No. 72 with suicidal attackers, leaving Skyward City’s defenses weakest where the enemy Flying Boats were turning to strike. As the Second Elder organized reinforcements, he nearly admitted four supposed supply-carrying disciples before someone warned that they were impostors.

• The Black Water Sect’s three Flying Boats turned toward the gap created by the destruction of Formation Pillar No. 72.
• The Second Elder killed five blood-red cultivators, but their bodies detonated and gravely injured the Azure Profound Sect disciples nearby.
• The Second Elder ordered combat squads, Spirit Cannons, and lineage reserves to reinforce Formation Pillar No. 72.
• A red-armored disciple reported that four disciples were waiting outside with supplies, and the Second Elder flew over to inspect them.
• The Second Elder questioned the four supposed Heavenly Profound Peak disciples and was about to admit them when someone aboard a golden Flying Boat shouted that they were impostors.

Ye Han and the other Azure Profound Sect disciples arrived at Skyward City with urgently needed supplies, where they exposed and fought four impostors. Ye Han killed their leader and entered through the city restriction, but he sensed a new danger closing in on the Second Elder.

• Ye Han spotted the battle and the damaged restrictions at Skyward City, then drove his flying boat through the Black Water Sect patrols to deliver the supplies.
• The Second Elder recognized Ye Han and Wang Chunyang, while the four impostors attacked the arriving disciples.
• Ye Han countered the burly impostor's hidden strike, trapped him with the Ghost Skull Mirror, and killed him.
• Wang Chunyang and the other four disciples drove the remaining impostors back as the Second Elder opened the restriction for Ye Han.
• Ye Han entered the opening, then shouted a warning as a dangerous aura rushed toward the Second Elder.