Recaps

Ye Han used his puppets and Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation to counter the Devil Lord’s increasingly powerful attacks. The chapter ended with Ye Han’s purple-gold lightning repeatedly blasting apart the Devil Lord’s Demonic Soul Ghost Claws, leaving the Devil Lord injured and shocked.

• The Devil Lord summoned more than thirty Baleful Demon Puppets to break through Ye Han’s sword formation.
• Ye Han activated the Puppet God Technique and sent Metal Puppets to hold the Baleful Demon Puppets back.
• The Devil Lord unleashed four Demonic Soul Demon Claws, made from cultivators he had refined after escaping the Darkness Forbidden Ground.
• Ye Han activated the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation using six treasures and channeled its power into the Heavenly Thunder Drum.
• Ye Han’s purple-gold lightning repeatedly blasted apart the Demonic Soul Ghost Claws, and the Devil Lord spat blood in disbelief at the demon-breaking divine thunder.

Ye Han battered the Devil Lord with demon-breaking divine thunder, destroying his Demonic Soul Ghost Claw and forcing him to use a powerful black talisman. The Devil Lord transformed through the talisman’s demon soul, and Ye Han launched his formations against the newly empowered threat.

• Ye Han channeled the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and Heavenly Thunder Drum to bombard the Demonic Soul Ghost Claw with demon-breaking divine thunder.
• The thunder shattered the Ghost Claw, grievously wounding the Devil Lord and making him fear that Ye Han’s spell power was inexhaustible.
• The Devil Lord summoned a pitch-black talisman and infused it with spell power and demonic qi.
• The talisman’s Flying Dragon Demon Beast soul fused with the Devil Lord, transforming Lin Hongyan’s body and greatly increasing his aura.
• Ye Han recognized the talisman as a demon soul fusion talisman and unleashed his lightning, sword formation, and puppets against the transformed Devil Lord.

Ye Han fought the Devil Lord with his full strength, using the Purple Cauldron to sustain his attacks, but the Devil Lord broke through his formations and injured him. Ye Han enlarged his body and charged back into battle, then revealed the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, startling the Devil Lord.

• Ye Han poured his spell power into his formations and treasures, while the Purple Cauldron restored him at triple the usual pill cost because the coffin and terrifying woman consumed most of the pill aura.
• The Devil Lord blocked much of Ye Han’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder with black lightning, broke through the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, and attacked Ye Han with claws that wielded the destruction law.
• Ye Han blocked the Devil Lord’s claws with the Nine-Turn Vajra Art and escaped with the Thunder Escape Technique, but the Devil Lord damaged the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and injured Ye Han’s mind and spirit.
• Ye Han activated the Nine-Turn Vajra Art and Blood Refining Art, enlarged his body, and charged the Devil Lord Shadow.
• As the two prepared to clash, Ye Han drew the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, and the Devil Lord reacted in shock.

Ye Han used the Absolute Frost Divine Sword to cut down the demonized Devil Lord, then struck his fleeing primordial spirit and demonic soul with the Ghost Skull Mirror. As Ye Han tried to pull the Devil Lord into the mirror, a swarm of black insects and a ghostlike figure suddenly intervened.

• Ye Han unleashed the Absolute Frost Divine Sword with the Great Geng Sword Art, overcoming its freezing backlash with the Kui Water Spirit Art and his body-strengthening arts.
• Ye Han's sword strike pierced the Devil Lord's shield, spears, and defenses, splitting his body and freezing it as the Devil Lord's primordial spirit and demonic soul fled.
• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to blast the fleeing Devil Lord and trap his primordial spirit and demonic soul with its skulls.
• The Devil Lord resisted the mirror's pull with golden runes as Ye Han poured in more Spell Power.
• A cloud of black insects swept toward Ye Han, and a ghostlike figure reached for the Devil Lord's primordial spirit and demonic soul.

Ye Han stopped the Demon Insect Evil Immortal from rescuing the Devil Lord, but the Golden Core cultivator escaped with an unknown object. Ye Han pursued him, only to lose his trail after defeating the poison mosquitoes sent to cover the escape.

• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal attacked the Ghost Skull Mirror but failed to free the Devil Lord’s primordial spirit and soul, then fled with an unknown object.
• Ye Han recognized the newcomer as the Demon Insect Evil Immortal and chased him with the Thunder Escape Technique and the White Jade Light-Chaser.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal sent Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes to attack Ye Han while he veered down toward a forest.
• Ye Han used the Truefire Gourd and Darkwater Heaven-Earth Bag to burn and freeze the mosquitoes.
• Ye Han lost the Demon Insect Evil Immortal’s aura and considered whether to pursue him into the forest.

Ye Han fled after defeating the Devil Lord, wary of the Demon Insect Evil Immortal and the Blackwater Three Demons. The Demon Insect Evil Immortal contacted the three demons, who arrived and set off after Ye Han.

• Ye Han decided not to pursue the Demon Insect Evil Immortal and flew away, fearing an ambush by the Blackwater Three Demons.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal blamed Ye Han for ruining his Spirit-Insect Formation and coveted the treasure he suspected Ye Han possessed.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal revealed that he had taken the Devil Lord's Green Pearl Ring and sent a blood-red bug to notify the Black Water Sect.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal gathered his spirit insects into Spirit-Insect Bags and sensed three powerful auras approaching.
• The Blackwater Three Demons arrived and asked whether Ye Han had killed the Masked Guest Official.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal told the Blackwater Three Demons that Ye Han had just left, and they immediately pursued him.

After Ye Han killed the Devil Race Guest Elder, the Blackwater Three Demons questioned Demon Insect Evil Immortal and inspected the battlefield, realizing Ye Han could match Golden Core cultivators. A message revealed Ye Han had headed southwest instead of returning to Skyward City, and the four set out after him.

• Sound Demon questioned Demon Insect Evil Immortal about why he had not helped the Devil Race Guest Elder, and Demon Insect Evil Immortal said he had tried but could not defeat Ye Han.
• Red Dragon Girl, Baleful Heavenly Venerable, and Sound Demon agreed that Ye Han was dangerous and speculated that he possessed a powerful treasure or extraordinary opportunity.
• The four Golden Core cultivators reached the battlefield and found evidence of a fierce clash between powerful cultivators, including a mountain split by Ye Han's icy sword intent.
• Baleful Heavenly Venerable wondered whether Ye Han was truly in the Foundation Establishment Realm, and Demon Insect Evil Immortal suspected he was a reborn old monster beyond the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Red Dragon Girl received a Messaging Talisman saying Ye Han had gone southwest rather than returning to Skyward City, and the four decided to pursue him.

The Devil Lord revived in a prepared Black Water Sect disciple’s body and fled, blaming Ye Han for his defeat and vowing revenge. Ye Han hunted Black Water Sect cultivators away from Skywater City, but the Purple Cauldron did something unexpected as the Ghost Skull Mirror tried to absorb their souls.

• Golden light entered the Devil Lord’s body and revived him, allowing him to take control of the Black Water Sect disciple.
• The Devil Lord recalled how he had escaped Ye Han and the Golden Core Stage cultivator, then used mysterious runes and energy to prepare his next move.
• The Devil Lord left his secret chamber, judged the Black Water Sect’s plans likely to fail, and flew away while promising to kill Ye Han.
• Ye Han killed four Black Water Sect cultivators and sent their fleeing primordial spirits and souls toward the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• As the mirror began drawing in the four souls, Ye Han noticed the Purple Cauldron behaving unexpectedly.

Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron intercepted the souls of four Black Water Sect cultivators and sent them to the mysterious woman in its coffin, driving Ye Han’s consciousness away when he tried to interfere. He suspected the woman had recovered through the pills and spell power the cauldron siphoned from him, and Fairy Jade Orchid contacted him as he considered how to deal with her.

• The Purple Cauldron opened a Purple Runes Vortex, pulled the four cultivators’ souls away from the Ghost Skull Mirror, and sent them into the coffin, then expelled Ye Han’s consciousness when he tried to investigate.
• Ye Han stored the four cultivators’ bodies in the Insect Chamber to feed the Blood-Spotted Ants and collected their Storage Bags and treasures.
• Ye Han reflected on the Purple Cauldron’s growing disobedience, its diversion of pills aura to the coffin, and its new habit of feeding the woman souls from his kills.
• Ye Han suspected the woman had recovered spell power from the pills he used during his battle with the Devil Lord and decided he needed to get rid of her.
• Fairy Jade Orchid called out to Ye Han and said she had something to discuss with him.

Ye Han spoke with Fairy Jade Orchid about bathing in medicinal liquid and using his jade spirit liquid, then considered how to expand the Purple Cauldron Space’s usefulness and manage its risks. He decided to develop the space to generate more spiritual energy, while remaining concerned about the mysterious woman inside the coffin and the Purple Cauldron’s habit of intercepting the souls of cultivators he killed.

• Fairy Jade Orchid asked Ye Han whether he could see everything inside the Purple Cauldron Space and explained that she wanted to bathe in medicinal liquid in private.
• Ye Han assured Fairy Jade Orchid that she could use the secret chamber and agreed to let her use some jade spirit liquid.
• Fairy Jade Orchid entered the secret chamber to cultivate, while Ye Han reflected on how the Purple Cauldron Space had expanded into a small hidden realm.
• Ye Han decided to add more Heavenly Treasures to the Purple Cauldron Space so it could generate more spiritual energy and help restore his cultivation and spell power.
• Ye Han remained troubled by the mysterious woman in the coffin and by the Purple Cauldron intercepting the primordial spirits and souls of cultivators he killed.

Ye Han considered how to keep the mysterious woman in the Purple Cauldron from consuming Cultivators’ spirits, then investigated the Black Water Sect’s plans in Skywater City and found evidence that it had confined the mortals there. After warning the sect and opening the Devil Lord’s storage bag, Ye Han discovered a vast hoard of spoils and spotted a pitch-black talisman.

• Ye Han decided he could destroy captured Cultivators’ primordial spirits and souls to stop the mysterious woman from absorbing them, though he worried about exposing the Purple Cauldron’s treasures.
• Ye Han sensed Fairy Jade Orchid inside the Purple Cauldron Space, briefly saw her figure, and chose to leave without approaching her.
• Ye Han reached Skywater City, found that the Black Water Sect had confined its mortals, and killed four Cultivators guarding the city.
• Ye Han concluded the Black Water Sect would likely abandon its plan to summon demonic beasts after the Devil Lord’s death, and he warned the sect by killing several of its Cultivators near the city.
• Ye Han opened the Devil Lord’s black-and-gold storage bag and found an immense collection of treasures, then noticed a pitch-black talisman.

Ye Han examined the Devil Lord’s unfinished Demon God Talisman and learned how it could seal a demon beast’s power, while worrying that the Devil Lord might still be alive. As a hexagonal Metal Block appeared from his Blue Pearl Ring, the Purple Cauldron reacted eagerly to it.

• Ye Han found an unfinished Demon God Talisman and a Jade Slip describing how to refine talismans with a demon beast’s power.
• Ye Han considered using the Primordial Ancient Beast’s aura in a talisman but noted the immense physical demands and the danger of backlash.
• Ye Han cremated Lin Hongyan’s body and performed rites for her passing.
• Ye Han suspected the Devil Lord might have survived despite losing his body and having his primordial spirit and demonic soul absorbed by the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• The Blue Pearl Ring trembled, and Ye Han produced a hexagonal Metal Block that stirred the Purple Cauldron.

Ye Han examined the Metal Block that contained the Primordial Ancient Beast, then studied the Devil Lord’s Thirteen Soul-Suppressing Spears to regain insight into the Great Geng Sword Art. He planned to hide and cultivate while preparing a way to force the Black Water Sect to negotiate, as rumors of his victory spread across Heavenly Billows.

• Ye Han suppressed the Purple Cauldron’s craving and put away the Metal Block after cautiously testing how much of the Primordial Ancient Beast’s aura it could release.
• Ye Han studied the Thirteen Soul-Suppressing Spears, hoping to recreate the Great Geng Sword Art strike he had used to kill the Devil Lord.
• Ye Han decided to disappear and cultivate in the mountain while developing a plan to make the Black Water Sect yield without provoking its strongest cultivators.
• News spread that Ye Han had killed a Golden Core Stage guest elder of the Black Water Sect while he was still at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• People across Heavenly Billows began searching for Ye Han and speculating that he had obtained a remarkable opportunity and treasure.

Azure Cloud City cultivators discussed Ye Han’s reported kills and the three sects’ doubled bounty on him while he remained missing. Elsewhere, a youthful-looking man went to the House of Red Delights, and Black Water Sect disciples continued their stalled campaign against Skyward City.

• Cultivators in Azure Cloud City debated whether Ye Han had killed golden core cultivators and speculated that he possessed a powerful treasure.
• Second Chubby confirmed that the Black Water Sect, the Thousand Mountains School, and the Green Mountain Sect had doubled the bounty on Ye Han.
• Second Chubby said Ye Han had vanished after his latest kill, prompting some cultivators to wonder whether he was injured and vulnerable.
• A youthful-looking man left the tavern, remarked that Ye Han might help him, and headed to the House of Red Delights.
• Black Water Sect disciples complained that their year-long siege had failed to take Skyward City and blamed Ye Han, who remained missing.

Ye Han and Fairy Jade Orchid infiltrated the Black Water Sect’s Flying Boat base, where she began copying the restriction formation so they could sabotage the base. Ye Han kept watch as an approaching group of escape lights threatened to expose them.

• Ye Han secretly traveled through the forest, avoiding Black Water Sect patrols and reaching a Formation Pillar beside the sect’s Restrictive Barrier.
• Ye Han brought Fairy Jade Orchid out of his spatial vortex and showed her the Black Water Sect’s three super Flying Boats.
• Fairy Jade Orchid estimated that breaking through the pillar’s formation would take two days and began copying its runes into a Jade Slip while Ye Han stood guard.
• Ye Han planned to destroy the Flying Boat base to pressure the Black Water Sect into reopening peace negotiations and ending the costly war.
• A swath of escape light suddenly flew toward Ye Han and Fairy Jade Orchid, making Ye Han suspect they had been discovered.

Ye Han concealed himself from Black Water Sect patrols after bringing Fairy Jade Orchid into the Purple Cauldron Space. Red Dragon Girl tightened security around Skyward City as pressure mounted over her stalled campaign, while Fairy Jade Orchid’s Earth God Reversal Formation began slowly transforming Ye Han’s fertile soil.

• Ye Han drew Fairy Jade Orchid into the Purple Cauldron Space, erased their traces, and hid inside a tree using the Life-Giving Wood Spirit Art.
• More than twenty Black Water Sect disciples arrived and searched the area for intruders while Red Dragon Girl swept the surroundings with her spiritual sense.
• Red Dragon Girl ordered stricter patrols, then returned to the Flying Boat, frustrated by her failure to take Skyward City and worried about Ye Han’s unknown plans.
• Ye Han remained hidden as the Foundation Establishment Realm disciples continued searching.
• Ye Han inspected the Purple Cauldron Space, where Fairy Jade Orchid had built an Earth God Reversal Formation to gradually turn his bright-spirit fertile soil into bright-spirit divine soil.

Fairy Jade Orchid completed the Earth God Reversal Formation, restoring the Purple Cauldron Space’s spiritual energy and improving its growth and cultivation potential. After four days, she found a one-time opening in the Black Water Sect Flying Boat’s defenses and prepared to explain how Ye Han could exploit it.

• Fairy Jade Orchid modified the Earth God Reversal Formation, more than tripling the Purple Cauldron Space’s spiritual energy and helping its bright-spirit soil and Heavenly Treasures develop.
• Ye Han saw that the revived Pill Immortal Grass could now grow and that Fairy Jade Orchid had transformed the space’s gardens and buildings, but he decided the Purple Cauldron was too dangerous to expose lightly.
• Fairy Jade Orchid studied the formations protecting the Black Water Sect’s Flying Boat while Ye Han stayed hidden and waited for her to find a weakness.
• After four days, Fairy Jade Orchid told Ye Han she had found a way through the formation and warned him that the opening would appear only once.
• Ye Han promised to be careful as Fairy Jade Orchid prepared to explain how he could break through.

Ye Han prepared to break the Black Water Sect's powerful formation restriction using Fairy Jade Orchid's formation method, while taking precautions to avoid escalating the sect war. As he began laying a formation near a Formation Pillar, cultivators arrived from all directions.

• Ye Han told Fairy Jade Orchid to rest rather than risk injury, and reflected on her extraordinary formation skill and weak combat abilities.
• Fairy Jade Orchid gave Ye Han a method to break the Black Water Sect's restriction by using another formation.
• Ye Han considered the wider sect war, the outside forces stirring it up, and the suffering of Heavenly Billows' mortals as he chose to bring the conflict to an end quickly.
• Ye Han spent more than six hours preparing the surrounding area before beginning his plan at a Formation Pillar.
• Ye Han sent out twelve golden Formation Flags and began laying a formation, but escape lights suddenly approached from every direction.

Ye Han used Fairy Jade Orchid’s formation-breaking method to infiltrate the Black Water Sect’s barrier while Metal Puppets distracted its cultivators. He slipped inside, captured an approaching elder, and escaped through the trees; Red Dragon Girl arrived and recognized the remaining puppet as possibly belonging to Ye Han.

• Ye Han sent golden Formation Flags into the Black Water Sect’s barrier while three Metal Puppets attacked it elsewhere to distract the cultivators and Formation Master.
• An old Black Water Sect elder arrived and tried to send a Messaging Talisman, so Ye Han opened a gap in the barrier and entered.
• Ye Han pulled the elder and his talismans into a Purple Runes Vortex, then fled through the trees using Wood Escape.
• Red Dragon Girl investigated the disturbance, found the Metal Puppets under attack, and bound the last one with a blood-red chain.
• Red Dragon Girl suspected the puppet belonged to Ye Han, and it began releasing a savage force.

Red Dragon Girl and the Black Water Sect disciples found that Ye Han’s Metal Puppets had self-destructed, then searched for him. Ye Han watched from hiding as the old Black Water Sect formation master he had captured remained imprisoned in the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda inside the Purple Cauldron Space.

• Red Dragon Girl restrained one Metal Puppet, but all three puppets self-destructed and destroyed their bodies before the Black Water Sect could examine them.
• Red Dragon Girl searched for Ye Han, while the disciples claimed they had seen the puppets attacking the restrictions but had not seen him.
• Red Dragon Girl suspected a distraction and hurried toward the place where she had first sensed the disturbance, followed by the disciples.
• Ye Han stayed hidden in a cliff crevice and observed the captured Black Water Sect old man bound and unconscious inside the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Ye Han’s Spirit Gathering Array and two golden cores powered the pagoda, which he had prepared to trap cultivators brought into the Purple Cauldron Space.

Ye Han prepared the Purple Cauldron Space to capture Black Water Sect cultivators and seize their flying boats, then activated a formation outside the sect's barrier. Black Water Sect disciples and Red Dragon Girl rushed toward the lights, where sword attacks suddenly struck from within the mist.

• Ye Han decided to capture Black Water Sect cultivators and seize their flying boats rather than kill them and provoke a war.
• Ye Han raised stone pillars and formed a protective curtain inside the Purple Cauldron Space so the captured flying boats would not damage its contents.
• Ye Han gave Fairy Jade Orchid the formation books he had taken from a Black Water Sect formation master.
• Ye Han activated twenty-one beams of light outside the Black Water Sect's restriction formation, drawing in spiritual energy and alarming the sect's disciples.
• Red Dragon Girl sensed danger and led the Black Water Sect cultivators toward the beams, where sword light shot out of the mist at them.

Red Dragon Girl recognized that the Azure Profound Sect had trapped the Black Water Sect position with a Sword Formation and another barrier, and she hurried toward the cliffs, fearing an attack by Spirit Cannons. Meanwhile, an infiltrator disguised as a Black Water Sect disciple lured two guards away and attacked them.

• Red Dragon Girl blocked the Azure Profound Sect's sword-rays and warned the Black Water Sect disciples that they were under attack from a Sword Formation.
• Red Dragon Girl ordered the disciples to break the formation and flew toward the cliffs, suspecting the Azure Profound Sect planned to fire Spirit Cannons from the ravines.
• Black Water Sect disciples left their Flying Boats to reinforce the position as explosions continued nearby.
• A disguised cultivator told two Black Water Sect disciples that enemies had infiltrated the area and urged them to investigate with him.
• When one guard questioned his identity, the disguised cultivator summoned a Purple Runes Vortex and attacked the two disciples.

Ye Han infiltrated the Black Water Sect's formation and secretly captured its disciples while drawing them away with a false attack. Red Dragon Girl realized the danger and raced back after signal flares revealed an enemy inside the position.

• Ye Han captured two Black Water Sect disciples with his Purple Cauldron Space and found more than a dozen unconscious disciples already imprisoned in the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Ye Han continued capturing isolated disciples, using Fairy Jade Orchid's formation-breaking method and modified Demon-Sealing Chains to raid the Black Water Sect's position.
• Red Dragon Girl searched the surrounding cliffs but found no enemy, while the Black Water Sect disciples outside broke the Little Heaven-Covering Formation and exposed Ye Han's puppets.
• Red Dragon Girl noticed that disciples were missing and hurried back toward the position.
• Red signal flares rose from inside the Black Water Sect's position, and Red Dragon Girl and the returning disciples rushed in, realizing their home base was under attack.

Ye Han defeated and captured most of the Black Water Sect disciples surrounding him, then began hauling away their enormous flying boat with his puppets and Purple Runes Vortex. The remaining disciples cursed him but did not dare intervene.

• Ye Han captured two Black Water Sect disciples with his Golden Light Giant Hand and threw them into Purple Runes Vortexes.
• Ye Han pursued the other disciples, capturing all but two or three and bringing his total number of captives to more than a hundred and twenty.
• Ye Han sensed that the Little Heaven-Covering Formation had been broken and the Golden Core Stage cultivators were returning.
• Ye Han summoned metal puppets and opened a huge Purple Runes Vortex in front of the Black Water Sect flying boat.
• More than a hundred puppets lifted the flying boat and pushed it into the vortex while the remaining Black Water Sect disciples watched and protested without attacking.

Ye Han repelled a Black Water Sect disciple and used his puppets to push the sect’s flying boats into the Purple Cauldron Space. When the third boat arrived with more Black Water Sect disciples aboard, they flew toward the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, unaware Ye Han was controlling events.

• A Black Water Sect disciple attacked Ye Han, who shattered his broom treasure and dragged him into the spatial rift with the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• Ye Han controlled over a hundred puppets to push the second flying boat into the Purple Cauldron Space while the remaining Black Water Sect disciples retreated.
• The second flying boat was lowered beside the first inside the crowded Purple Cauldron Space, and the prow of a third boat entered.
• Black Water Sect disciples emerged from the third boat, intending to rescue their captured companions.
• Purple runes dragged one disciple into the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, and the others flew toward it, unknowingly following Ye Han’s plan.