Recaps

Ye Han used the Immortal Palace token to lead Fairy Ningyu out of the chamber after the Purple Cauldron produced a mysterious crystalline bamboo shoot. As they entered the passage, Ye Han reconsidered whether the Ascension Immortal Palace was a genuine opportunity site when something ahead made his expression change.

• The ten-thousand-year sword-thunder violet lightning bamboo withered as a translucent, crystalline bamboo shoot emerged from the Purple Cauldron and appeared in Ye Han's hand.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu not to let revenge disturb her composure, and she agreed to listen to him.
• Ye Han revealed that he had the Immortal Palace token and used it to activate a Formation Pillar, opening a stone door and passage out of the room.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu left through the passage, and Ye Han said the Ascension Immortal Palace might be a genuine Fortuitous Opportunity Site.
• Ye Han's expression changed as he looked ahead, suggesting the passage held a new danger.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu encountered Heavenly Dragon Archers in the Ascension Immortal Palace and fought to survive their powerful, spell-piercing arrows. After Ye Han killed the first twelve archers, more than twenty appeared and fired at them.

• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu concealed themselves as twelve Heavenly Dragon Archers marched down the corridor.
• The archers detected them and fired powerful arrows that pierced the walls and Fairy Ningyu's mist defenses.
• Ye Han revealed himself, dodged the arrows, and rushed the archers after realizing their weapons were valuable.
• Ye Han bound the archers with vines from his Ten Thousand Wood Spirit Art and severed their necks with the Soul-Slaying Sword.
• More than twenty Heavenly Dragon Archers emerged and unleashed a barrage of arrows at Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu fought through the Heavenly Dragon archers and entered the Restrictive Barrier, where Red Dragon Girl was located. Inside, they found a valley where archers were attacking an enormous black-and-blue serpent.

• Fairy Ningyu unleashed an Icicles Storm while Ye Han used his Great Geng Sword Art to kill the Heavenly Dragon archers and collect their corpses, bows, arrows, and armor.
• Ye Han sensed that Red Dragon Girl was inside the Restrictive Barrier and decided to enter with Fairy Ningyu.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu crossed the barrier, weathered its violent gales, and reached a rocky valley.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu saw Heavenly Dragon archers firing arrows at an immense black-and-blue serpent.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu found themselves facing a legendary Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent and a battle matching the murals at the Ascension Immortal Palace. They reached Red Dragon Girl in a cliffside cave, where Fairy Ningyu recognized her as Sister Hong, leaving Ye Han confused by their apparent familiarity.

• The Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent shrugged off the Heavenly Dragon Archers' arrows and struck back with blasts of black-and-blue energy, while Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu defended themselves.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu realized the battle resembled the palace murals, and Ye Han led them toward Red Dragon Girl, whose presence he had sensed inside the Restrictive Barrier.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached a secluded canyon, where Red Dragon Girl called them from a cliffside cave while disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint.
• Fairy Ningyu recognized Red Dragon Girl and called her Sister Hong, and Red Dragon Girl sealed the cave entrance before revealing her true appearance.

Ye Han reunited with Red Dragon Girl and learned how she and Fairy Ningyu had become close despite belonging to rival sects. Red Dragon Girl explained that she had split up the powerful cultivators in the Ascension Immortal Palace Trial, while warning that their enemies might have gained great strength; Ye Han then asked whether Sword Twenty-Nine had been among the Yin-Yang Sword Sect cultivators she encountered.

• Fairy Ningyu recognized Red Dragon Girl as Sister Hong, and explained that Red Dragon Girl had once saved her life without revealing her Black Water Sect identity.
• Ye Han asked Red Dragon Girl how she had reached the Ascension Immortal Palace and where Blackwater Old Devil, Sword Twenty-Nine, and the others had gone.
• Red Dragon Girl confirmed that she had left a trace to guide Ye Han down a different staircase and deliberately led the others along a dangerous route to split them up.
• Red Dragon Girl said that half a year earlier she had triggered the Immortal Palace Trial, which separated the group, and explained that the palace was a Trial Ground of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race.
• Red Dragon Girl revealed that her cultivation had grown greatly and that she had encountered two Yin-Yang Sword Sect cultivators with powerful gains, raising concerns about the other separated enemies.
• Ye Han concealed that the Black God Sea Demon Emperor was already dead and asked Red Dragon Girl whether Sword Twenty-Nine had been among the Yin-Yang Sword Sect cultivators she met.

Fairy Ningyu agreed to heed Ye Han's warning and wait for a safe chance to take revenge on Sword Twenty-Nine. Red Dragon Girl explained that their current trial required them to lead the Heavenly Dragon Archers in killing a nearly impervious Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, and Ye Han said he had found a way to defeat it.

• Red Dragon Girl warned Fairy Ningyu that Sword Twenty-Nine was far stronger than she could handle, and Ye Han promised to help kill him when an opportunity arose.
• Fairy Ningyu thanked Ye Han and Red Dragon Girl for their support and agreed to listen to Ye Han.
• Red Dragon Girl noticed the close exchange between Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu, then shifted their attention to the battle outside the cave.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that they were trapped in a trial requiring them to help the Heavenly Dragon Archers slay the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent.
• Red Dragon Girl said her attacks and traps had failed and challenged Ye Han to handle the creature, and Ye Han claimed he had a way to defeat it.

Ye Han proposed using the Heavenly Dragon Archers to create a formation on the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, drawing inspiration from the Ascension Immortal Palace murals. Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu understood the idea but asked how Ye Han had found the hint in the murals.

• Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu warned Ye Han not to underestimate the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, and Ye Han asked whether Red Dragon Girl could control the Heavenly Dragon Archers.
• Red Dragon Girl revealed the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead and explained that even the archers' strongest ranged attacks and formations had failed against the serpent.
• Ye Han said the murals showed how the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race had dealt with the serpent, prompting Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu to question what he had noticed.
• Ye Han explained that he intended to use the archers' arrows to set up a formation on the serpent itself, since the archers could attack from beyond its dangerous range.
• Red Dragon Girl realized Ye Han meant to use the arrows as formation pieces, and Fairy Ningyu asked how he had found that clue in the murals.

Ye Han identified a formation clue in the murals and borrowed Red Dragon Girl’s Demon-Controlling Divine Bead to study how to counter the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpents. After he left the cave, Red Dragon Girl pressed Fairy Ningyu about her relationship with him, but a serpent’s roar shook the cave before Ningyu could answer.

• Ye Han explained that the arrows in the murals carried a formation aura that only a Formation Master like him had noticed.
• Ye Han asked Red Dragon Girl for the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead, and she gave it to him along with its incantation and Control Method.
• Fairy Ningyu stayed in the cave to talk with Red Dragon Girl while Ye Han went outside to inspect the battle.
• Red Dragon Girl restored the cave restriction and questioned Fairy Ningyu about her relationship with Ye Han and the benefits he received for helping her.
• A Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent roared, shaking the cave, and Red Dragon Girl wondered what Ye Han had done.

Ye Han returned after wounding the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent and revealed that he had a plan to defeat it with the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead. After several days of preparation, he and Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu left the cave to put their plan into action.

• Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu saw the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent rage and attack after Ye Han wounded its belly.
• Red Dragon Girl assured Fairy Ningyu that Ye Han could protect himself, then teased her by pretending she wanted Ye Han as her dual cultivation partner.
• Ye Han returned with the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead and explained that he needed Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu to distract the serpent while he set up a formation.
• Ye Han and the two women planned their roles and practiced coordinating their attacks for seven or eight days.
• The three left the cave, and Ye Han said he would gather the Heavenly Dragon Archers and control them when the women attacked.

Ye Han, Red Dragon Girl, Fairy Ningyu, and several thousand Heavenly Dragon Archers attacked the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent. The arrows formed a sealing formation that immobilized the serpent, while the archers unexpectedly flew toward him despite the Flight Prohibition Restriction.

• The Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent destroyed the icy storm and ice mountains that attacked him.
• Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu emerged from a ravine and fought the serpent, using Instantaneous Movement to evade his destructive black-and-blue spheres.
• Ye Han arrived with several thousand Heavenly Dragon Archers and prepared them to attack while Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu kept the serpent occupied.
• On Ye Han's command, the archers fired arrows into the gaps between the serpent's scales, forming a formation that sealed him and left him unable to move.
• The Heavenly Dragon Archers rose into the air and flew toward the serpent, despite the Flight Prohibition Restriction.

Ye Han used a restraining formation and the Heavenly Dragon Archers to trap the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, then sacrificed the archers in a massive self-detonation to kill it. Red Dragon Girl charged into the blast as Ye Han pushed the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead beyond its limits, leaving her purpose unclear.

• Ye Han's golden-thread formation immobilized the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent while he directed the Heavenly Dragon Archers through the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead.
• Red Dragon Girl rushed toward the trapped serpent, warned Fairy Ningyu not to follow, and ignored Ye Han's efforts to control the battle.
• Ye Han poured more power into the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead, causing cracks to spread across it as the archers reached the serpent.
• Ye Han made the Heavenly Dragon Archers pierce themselves on the arrows and sacrifice their lives to build a destructive formation.
• The Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent failed to escape the restraints as the archers detonated, and Red Dragon Girl charged into the resulting blood-red explosion in her Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint form.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu helped destroy the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, but Red Dragon Girl seized a red orb from its remains and teleported away. Ye Han feared she had taken the key to the trial, then sensed the Purple Cauldron trembling.

• Ye Han chose to prioritize killing the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent despite suspecting Red Dragon Girl had her own plan.
• Thousands of Heavenly Dragon Archers self-detonated, destroying the serpent while Red Dragon Girl endured the blast behind a misty gray barrier.
• Red Dragon Girl seized a red orb from the serpent's shattered remains, bid Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu farewell, and teleported away.
• Ye Han concluded that Red Dragon Girl had taken the trial's key, while Fairy Ningyu regretted not following her.
• Ye Han noticed the Purple Cauldron in his divine sense sea trembling faintly.

After Red Dragon Girl took the red orb, Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu followed the Purple Cauldron’s growing response into a vast hollow beneath the serpent’s remains. They found ancient spirit iron and continued deeper, drawn toward a greater treasure whose nature remained unknown.

• The Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent’s remains dissolved, revealing a huge hollow that the Purple Cauldron pointed toward.
• Ye Han reassured Fairy Ningyu about Red Dragon Girl and urged her not to compare her with Sword Twenty-Nine.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu entered the hollow and discovered massive pillars wrapped in ancient spirit iron chains.
• Ye Han sent the Binglian Puppet and metal puppets to harvest the ancient spirit iron for future puppet crafting.
• The Purple Cauldron’s response grew stronger as Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu moved deeper into the cavern.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached a chamber containing a saint bone and a mysterious purple orb that drew in Ye Han’s divine sense and stirred the Purple Cauldron. Suspecting the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race might have left a dangerous restriction, Ye Han activated the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, and the saint bone began to tremble.

• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu followed the Purple Cauldron’s growing response through the cave to a table made from bizarre Demon Beast legs.
• They found a golden, many-limbed skeleton seated on the table, holding a purple orb that absorbed Ye Han’s divine sense.
• Fairy Ningyu recognized the skeleton as saint bone, and Ye Han realized its owner must have been a Demon Saint.
• Ye Han stopped Fairy Ningyu from approaching and warned that they should not touch anything carelessly in the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race Trial Grounds.
• Ye Han activated the second layer of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, and the saint bone began to tremble.

Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron disguised his aura as that of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race, prompting the saint bone to create a Dark-Gold Manual before crumbling. When Ye Han reached for the Purple Bead, the Purple Cauldron protected him, swallowed it, and began absorbing its runes.

• The Purple Cauldron shielded Ye Han from the saint bone’s probing gaze and made him appear to belong to the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race.
• The saint bone released its ancient runes into a Dark-Gold Manual, then crumbled into dust and dropped the Purple Bead.
• Ye Han took the harmless manual and, guided by the Purple Cauldron’s warning, reached for the Purple Bead with its protection around him.
• The Purple Bead’s aura immobilized Ye Han and tried to draw out his soul and primordial spirit, but the Purple Cauldron blocked it and swallowed the bead.
• The Purple Cauldron absorbed uncanny runes from the Purple Bead as Ye Han felt its space churn around a mysterious vortex.

The Purple Bead transformed Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron, and he told Fairy Ningyu his Medicine Garden space had changed while hiding the cauldron’s existence. Trapped in the cave after the Red Dragon Girl took the Red Orb, they discovered a hidden passage when Fairy Ningyu’s anger overturned the strange table.

• The Purple Cauldron absorbed the Purple Bead, grew darker, and gained a steadier, more mysterious aura.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu that his spirit medicine space had changed and teased her about living and cultivating together there.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu realized they were still trapped because the Red Dragon Girl had taken the Red Orb, which might have been their way out.
• Fairy Ningyu grew angry at Sword Twenty-Nine and released icy spell power that overturned the strange table.
• The table’s claws struck the cave wall and activated a mechanism, opening a stairway underground.

Fairy Ningyu accidentally revealed that the strange table was a mechanical key, opening a passage beneath it. Ye Han followed the Purple Cauldron’s guidance down one of two corridors with Fairy Ningyu, but the passage seemed endless, leaving them unsure whether they had been led astray.

• Fairy Ningyu’s spell power turned the strange table and revealed it was an enormous mechanical key that opened a passage.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu descended the passage and followed a corridor to a fork with two identical routes.
• The Purple Cauldron reacted to the left passage, so Ye Han chose it and Fairy Ningyu followed.
• The right passage silently sealed itself as Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu traveled more than a dozen li down the left corridor without finding an end.
• Fairy Ningyu wondered if they had fallen into another trick, and Ye Han began to question whether the Purple Cauldron had pointed them in the wrong direction.

Ye Han identified the saint-bone manual as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race’s Eightfold Bone Refining Art and explained its connection to the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art. He gave Fairy Ningyu the Blood Refining Art and body-tempering pills, and the two reached the end of the passage, where they were met with a shocking sight.

• The Purple Cauldron protested Ye Han’s doubts about its guidance, and Ye Han decided to keep following it with Fairy Ningyu.
• Ye Han studied the saint-bone manual and recognized its writing as an ancient form of Heavenly Dragon Demon Race Script.
• Ye Han deciphered the manual’s name as the Eightfold Bone Refining Art, a method for refining bones that complemented the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art.
• Ye Han promised to teach Fairy Ningyu the method after deciphering it and gave her the Blood Refining Art and body-tempering pills to build her foundation.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu raced several hundred li through the passage and reached its end, where they were shocked and horrified by what they saw.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu navigated a series of deadly forks, with the Purple Cauldron guiding Ye Han toward the safe passages. After Ye Han concluded the paths tested luck, they passed dozens of junctions and saw spirit light ahead, apparently reaching the end.

• At a fork, Ye Han sent a Metal Puppet down the left passage while he and Fairy Ningyu took the right, and the Puppet was destroyed.
• The Purple Cauldron guided Ye Han left at the next fork, and he concluded that each junction tested whether a Cultivator could choose the safe path by luck.
• Ye Han concealed the Purple Cauldron's guidance from Fairy Ningyu, joked with her, and dodged her Sword-Ray as they continued onward.
• Following the Purple Cauldron through dozens of forks, Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu finally saw waves of spirit light ahead.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached a chamber with a statue resembling the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and eighteen numbered doors, which Ye Han believed marked the heart of the Ascension Immortal Palace. They found that each door required an Immortal Palace Coin, and when they realized they had only one left, Ye Han remembered someone who might have more.

• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached a vast chamber containing a statue resembling the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and eighteen numbered doors.
• Ye Han deduced that the statue depicted the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s ancestor, who may have owned the saint bone and mastered the Ascension Immortal Palace.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu discovered that each door had a slot for an Immortal Palace Coin, while the Purple Cauldron could not reveal what lay inside.
• Fairy Ningyu gave Ye Han their last Immortal Palace Coin, and Ye Han realized they needed another way to enter more than one room.
• Ye Han suddenly remembered that someone he called a damned bastard might still have Immortal Palace Coins, leaving Fairy Ningyu wondering who he meant.

Ye Han searched the Black God Sea Demon Emperor’s belongings and found an Immortal Palace Coin, then gave Fairy Ningyu the Water Element treasures. When they could not choose among eighteen doors, Fairy Ningyu noticed the statue pointed toward the sixth and tenth doors, leaving them to consider whether the gesture was a trap.

• Ye Han erased the lingering aura on the Black God Sea Demon Emperor’s Storage Bags and Space Rings, then found an Immortal Palace Coin among his belongings.
• Ye Han gathered the remaining treasures and gave Fairy Ningyu the Water Element treasures and cultivation methods.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu examined the eighteen doors, but the Purple Cauldron revealed no clues.
• Fairy Ningyu noticed that the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statue pointed toward the sixth and tenth doors.
• Ye Han confirmed the statue’s gestures but wondered whether they were a trap.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu realized the passage was likely a shortcut left for the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's descendants, and they considered how to choose among the doors. Fairy Ningyu used the Immortal Palace Coin to enter the sixth door, leaving Ye Han to decide what to do next.

• Ye Han sensed Red Dragon Girl approaching and reasoned that the passage was a shortcut that let them reach the Ascension Immortal Palace's greatest Fortuitous Opportunity Site ahead of her group.
• Ye Han tried to use the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's soul and the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art to identify a door, but nothing happened.
• Fairy Ningyu placed the Immortal Palace Coin in the sixth door and was teleported away.
• Ye Han sensed that Fairy Ningyu was safe as the sixth door vanished, then decided to leave the others some trouble.

Ye Han altered the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statue’s directions before using an Immortal Palace Coin to enter a vast hall filled with sword-practicing statues and mysterious red flames. He discovered the hall held forty-eight statues and powerful sword arts, but he could not activate either his Storage Bag or Space Ring.

• Ye Han rotated the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statue toward the third and seventh doors, then erased the traces of his spell power and checked that Fairy Ningyu appeared safe.
• Ye Han placed an Immortal Palace Coin in the tenth door and was teleported far beyond the Token’s sensing range into an enormous, star-lit hall.
• Ye Han found Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statues holding swords in varied stances and a furnace containing red flames that repelled his divine sense and resisted his Eye Spirit Art.
• Ye Han examined sword marks on the hall’s walls and saw that their sword intent resembled aspects of his Great Geng Sword Art, Immortal Race Swordsmanship, and the Yin-Yang Sword Sect’s swordsmanship.
• Ye Han counted forty-eight statues and tried to put one into his Storage Bag, but discovered that neither his Storage Bag nor his Space Ring could be activated.

Ye Han discovered that the chamber sealed his spatial treasures and most of his techniques, then was attacked by a Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statue. He survived the sword strike with the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and the Creation Immortal Stone’s azure-blue flame, and suspected that only Heavenly Dragon Demon Race cultivation methods worked there.

• Ye Han found that he could not access the Purple Cauldron Space, the Purple Cauldron in his Divine Sense Sea, or his stored supplies, so he decided to rely on himself.
• Ye Han approached a Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statue, which animated and slashed at him with a sword-ray carrying stellar sword intent.
• Ye Han found that the Thunder Escape Technique and demon-breaking divine thunder were sealed, so he blocked with the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and suffered cuts to both arms.
• The Creation Immortal Stone’s azure-blue flame shattered the remaining sword-ray and sent Ye Han crashing into a wall.
• Ye Han noticed that the flame’s corrosive power over his right arm seemed slightly reduced, then tested his techniques and found that his Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art worked while his other cultivation methods did not.

Ye Han studied the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race Statues’ swordsmanship and deduced that the Ascension Immortal Palace held the legacy of a splinter lineage driven from the race. He discovered the sword forms complemented the Eightfold Bone Refining Art and began studying both, while worrying about Fairy Ningyu and Sword Twenty-Nine’s trials.

• Ye Han found that his sword arts still worked and realized he had to study the statues’ swordsmanship to reach the fire furnace.
• As he watched the statues, Ye Han sensed grief and defiance in their sword forms and deduced that the palace’s master had led a lineage away from the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race after a conflict.
• Ye Han noticed that the statues’ sword stances complemented the Eightfold Bone Refining Art, which he had obtained from the saint bone.
• Ye Han sat down to study the Eightfold Bone Refining Art, the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, and the statues’ swordsmanship, then worried about Fairy Ningyu and Sword Twenty-Nine.