Recaps

After Red Dragon Girl left to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, Ye Han recovered in seclusion and spent ten years cultivating and refining his Life-Bound Treasure. Elder Liu then sent him a voice transmission, announcing his return.

• Red Dragon Girl said goodbye to Ye Han and flew off to prepare for her breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Han reflected on how helping Red Dragon Girl had nearly drained him but had transformed his body and cultivation.
• Ye Han stayed in seclusion, restoring his body, cultivating, refining treasures, and turning away disciples who sought to become his apprentices.
• Over ten years, Ye Han infused supreme-grade strange flame spirit stone into the Chaos Divine Wood Golden Cudgel, bringing it closer to becoming a Five Elements Golden Cudgel.
• Elder Liu sent Ye Han a voice transmission, and Ye Han wondered if Elder Liu had returned.

While refining his Life-Bound Treasure, Ye Han received a visit from Elder Liu, who warned him that the Earth Realm was growing unsettled and urged him to return to the Heavenly Secret Hall to build up his cultivation. Ye Han agreed and accepted a Storage Bag of supplies, while wondering whether Elder Liu and Teacher Lan Qing had coordinated their recommendations.

• Elder Liu found Ye Han refining his Life-Bound Treasure and warned that his cultivation was advancing too slowly amid growing unrest in the Earth Realm.
• Elder Liu urged Ye Han to revisit the Heavenly Secret Hall and build up his cultivation there.
• Ye Han wondered why Teacher Lan Qing and Elder Liu had both directed him to the Heavenly Secret Hall and suspected their invitations might be connected.
• Ye Han agreed to go, and Elder Liu gave him a Storage Bag of supplies and offered to answer questions while he remained on the mountain for two years.

After completing the Five Elements Golden Cudgel, Ye Han examined the three items Elder Liu had prepared for his trip to the Heavenly Secret Hall. He went to consult Elder Liu, who suddenly enveloped him in overwhelming spell power.

• Ye Han finished refining the Five Elements Golden Cudgel and mastered the Ape God Chapter and Monkey God Chapter of the Heaven-Mixing Eight Demon Staff Art.
• Ye Han opened Elder Liu’s Storage Bag and found maps of the Heavenly Secret Hall, a mysterious six-part Teleportation Talisman, and a black Heavenly Secret Token made of the same material as his map.
• Ye Han left his cave abode, kicked White Snow away, and ignored three female disciples who hoped to approach him.
• Ye Han flew to Elder Liu, who was asleep beneath a tree, and greeted him respectfully.
• Elder Liu enveloped Ye Han in a terrifying wave of spell power that left him unable to resist.

Ye Han met with Elder Liu, who explained that the Heavenly Secret Hall might offer opportunities to help him survive and revealed that several powerful elders were raising disciples for a dangerous purpose. As other races grew active in the Earth Realm, Elder Liu warned Ye Han that he and Zhang Qingshan were in grave danger.

• Elder Liu drew Ye Han into a hidden secret-realm space, and Ye Han realized Elder Liu did not know about his Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han asked why Elder Liu had sent him to the Heavenly Secret Hall, and Elder Liu said he hoped Ye Han would find opportunities and survive.
• Elder Liu told Ye Han that other powerful elders were raising disciples for a task whose success would benefit them, while failure would leave neither able to attain immortality or change the outcome.
• Elder Liu warned Ye Han that other races were learning of their plans and that the Earth Realm was becoming increasingly unsettled.
• Ye Han recalled signs of schemes by the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race, the Sea Dragon Demon Emperor, the Devil Lord, and the Ice Refining Prince.

After receiving intensive guidance from Elder Liu, Ye Han prepared to cultivate and eventually return to the Heavenly Secret Hall, while keeping his secrets about the Purple Cauldron and Water Spirit Coffin hidden. He invited Fairy Jade Orchid to accompany him, but she chose to attempt her Golden Core breakthrough in the Azure Profound Sect, and Han Yuwan remained in seclusion.

• Elder Liu guided Ye Han in his cultivation arts, divine abilities, and the operation of the Azure Profound Divine Palace, and urged him to bring White Snow to the Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Ye Han learned that important disciples from other sects also sought opportunities in the Heavenly Secret Hall, and he decided to keep the Water Spirit Coffin and Purple Cauldron secret from Elder Liu.
• Ye Han visited Fairy Jade Orchid, invited her to cultivate in the Heavenly Secret Hall, and gave her resources and Dustfall Pills after she chose to attempt her breakthrough in the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han visited Han Yuwan, but she remained in seclusion practicing a spell, so he returned to his cave abode.

Ye Han refined his treasures and prepared for the Fifty-Year Pact before meeting Teacher Lan Qing in Azure Cloud City. As they set off for the Heavenly Secret Hall, Lan Qing revealed that its entrance at Treasure Mountain had disappeared and they would have to open another one.

• Ye Han spent days using the Treasure Refining Spirit Formula on his treasures while deliberately suppressing his Golden Core cultivation to avoid taking the lead in the Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Ye Han left the Azure Profound Mountain Range, while disciples learned that Master White had gone with a true disciple and Han Yuwan read her Messaging Talisman.
• Ye Han met Teacher Lan Qing at the Immortal Delight Courtyard, and the two immediately flew out of Azure Cloud City toward the Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Ye Han asked whether they would enter through Treasure Mountain, and Teacher Lan Qing explained that its entrance had disappeared and they would have to open one themselves.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing traveled to Fire Spirit Land to use a spatial rift as another route into Heavenly Secret Hall, whose entrance in Upper Tomb Land had sealed. As they crossed the barren, heat-poisoned region, Ye Han reflected on the turmoil spreading across the Earth Realm and the secrets hidden in Heavenly Secret Hall.

• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing flew into Fire Spirit Land after traveling from Azure Cloud City for more than ten days.
• Ye Han recalled that Teacher Lan Qing had suggested they enter Heavenly Secret Hall through a spatial rift in Fire Spirit Land because its Upper Tomb Land entrance had sealed.
• Ye Han learned during the journey that devil activity, factional conflicts, sect wars, and other disasters were spreading across the Earth Realm.
• Ye Han considered the mysteries of the Earth Realm and Heavenly Secret Hall, including the powerful woman trapped in the inheritance tree and Elder Fox, whom he intended to kill if they met again.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing continued through Fire Spirit Land, where deadly heat poison made the abundant fire spirit energy dangerous to living creatures.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing entered the Fire-Devouring Insects’ nesting grounds and discovered a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect battling a vast swarm. Ye Han then recognized the hidden Insect Tamer controlling it as an enemy and prepared to intervene.

• Teacher Lan Qing warned Ye Han that they were approaching the Fire-Devouring Insects’ nests, but Ye Han wanted to acquire some despite the danger.
• A sudden wave of freezing air revealed a battle ahead, and Ye Han persuaded Teacher Lan Qing to sneak closer rather than go around it.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing found over ten thousand Fire-Devouring Insects attacking a gigantic Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect in the valley.
• Teacher Lan Qing detected the hidden Insect Tamer controlling the Snow Ice Insect, and Ye Han recognized the tamer as an enemy.

Ye Han recognized Venerable Poison Insect, his old enemy, secretly targeting the Fire-Devouring Insects with a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect. As the insect battle turned against Venerable Poison Insect, he joined the fight and released strange powders that made every insect fall.

• Ye Han identified the hidden Insect Tamer as Venerable Poison Insect and told Teacher Lan Qing they could wait for him to weaken the Fire-Devouring Insects.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect attacked the Fire-Devouring Insects, but their fiery counterattack overwhelmed it.
• Venerable Poison Insect released swarms of Snow-Ice Insects and used blood essence to strengthen the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect.
• Venerable Poison Insect revealed himself and threw bottles that burst above the valley, releasing a strange powder that made all the insects fall.

Ye Han ambushed Venerable Poison Insect while he was collecting Fire-Devouring Insects, destroying his escape talisman and trapping him in the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation. Unable to escape, Venerable Poison Insect unleashed the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect and charged Ye Han with an Icicles Storm.

• Venerable Poison Insect used Spirit-Insect Bags to collect more than half the immobilized Fire-Devouring Insects.
• Ye Han struck Venerable Poison Insect with a stone stele, then appeared beside him and surrounded him with the Azure Profound Sword Formation.
• Venerable Poison Insect tried to escape with a Random Teleportation Talisman, but an azure lightning bolt destroyed it.
• Ye Han attacked with the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation, binding Venerable Poison Insect and battering him with blasts of five elements spell power.
• Venerable Poison Insect spat out blood essence and sent the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect charging at Ye Han with an Icicles Storm.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing killed Venerable Poison Insect after he attacked them with swarms of insects, then collected his corpse and the remaining creatures and eggs. As they flew onward, Lan Qing discovered Ye Han had mastered Thunder Element Spells and gave him a booklet of Thunder Arts, hoping Ye Han would help restore his physical body.

• Ye Han blasted back the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ice Insect and smashed Venerable Poison Insect's defenses, while Teacher Lan Qing's azure lightning destroyed the enemy's fleeing Primordial Spirit and soul.
• Ye Han collected Venerable Poison Insect's corpse, the Spirit-Insect Bags, the weakened Snow Ice Insect, and Fire-Devouring Insect eggs before leaving with Teacher Lan Qing.
• While they flew, Ye Han asked Teacher Lan Qing about his Thunder Arts and demonstrated his own purple-gold lightning.
• Teacher Lan Qing realized Ye Han had mastered Thunder Element Spells and gave him a booklet, saying he hoped Ye Han would help him recover his physical body.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing approached the spatial rift leading into the Heavenly Secret Hall, where they prepared to cross a dangerous lava vortex. As they charged into the rift, Ye Han recognized how Teacher Lan Qing used the power of the stars.

• Ye Han reflected on the Thunder-Control Divine Art and kept the truth about the Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder from Teacher Lan Qing.
• Teacher Lan Qing and Ye Han summoned their protective armor, and Teacher Lan Qing recognized Ye Han's Nine-Turn Vajra Art and warned him about the Northern Lu Immortal Sect.
• The pair followed the heat and lava toward a massive spatial rift, where the Fire Spirit Land's energy and molten rock formed a dangerous vortex.
• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han to follow him through the rift without hesitation, then charged in as Ye Han activated the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor and followed.
• As Teacher Lan Qing's armor released star-like runes, Ye Han wondered whether this was how the power of the stars was used.

Ye Han followed Teacher Lan Qing through the magma vortex’s spatial rift toward the Heavenly Secret Hall, relying on Lan Qing to force a path through its deadly spatial turbulence. They emerged into surging water, but Ye Han had glimpsed a pair of terrifying eyes in the passage behind them.

• Ye Han followed Teacher Lan Qing into the magma vortex’s spatial rift, where flames and spatial forces battered the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor.
• Teacher Lan Qing blasted openings through the twisting rift, warned Ye Han of danger, and used his Thunder-Control Divine Art and Instantaneous Movement to enter a distorted gap.
• Ye Han followed with his Sword Escape Art as his armor shattered, and Teacher Lan Qing seized him and led him through the spatial passage with a powerful Furnace Treasure.
• Ye Han saw a pair of terrifying eyes vanish in the passage behind them as he and Teacher Lan Qing burst out of the rift.
• Ye Han felt gentle spiritual energy and plunged into surging water, unsure where he had arrived in the Heavenly Secret Hall.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing fought their way through the Phantom Spirit Area and used the Divine Communion Formula to strengthen their senses. Teacher Lan Qing gave Ye Han a Forbidden-Breaking Staff, but a Ghost Claw suddenly reached from the void to steal it.

• Teacher Lan Qing warned Ye Han that they had entered the Phantom Spirit Area, and Ye Han killed a rat-like Phantom Spirit with flaming sword-rays.
• Teacher Lan Qing destroyed several Phantom Spirits with lightning, driving the others away, and led Ye Han onward.
• Teacher Lan Qing urged Ye Han to use the Divine Communion Formula, and Ye Han revealed that he had cultivated it to the second layer.
• Ye Han asked about rescuing Teacher Lan Qing's physical body, but Teacher Lan Qing said they first needed to find treasures and ways to undo restrictions.
• Teacher Lan Qing gave Ye Han the Forbidden-Breaking Staff to refine, but a blood-spotted Ghost Claw tore through the void to grab it, and Teacher Lan Qing attacked with lightning.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing lured out the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast, who stole the Forbidden-Breaking Staff and escaped. Teacher Lan Qing explained the beast's stealth and cunning, then tracked its direction as they set out to pursue it.

• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast snatched the Forbidden-Breaking Staff despite Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing's attacks and vanished into a spatial storm.
• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that he had tampered with the staff as bait to draw out the treasure-stealing beast.
• Teacher Lan Qing explained that the beast was difficult to detect but weak in a direct fight, and that it used deceptive movements to avoid pursuit.
• Teacher Lan Qing led Ye Han away from the direction he claimed to sense, then revealed that the beast was headed northwest.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing discussed the Heavenly Secret Hall’s origins before Teacher Lan Qing made Ye Han take the lead against returning phantom spirits. After giving Ye Han swordsmanship advice, Teacher Lan Qing sensed the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast escaping and urged them to chase it.

• Ye Han asked Teacher Lan Qing whether the Heavenly Secret Hall was a trap, and Teacher Lan Qing said it may have arisen from special circumstances and might be connected to the Earth Realm’s difficulties.
• Teacher Lan Qing attacked approaching phantom spirits with lightning, then told Ye Han to stop holding back and take the lead.
• Ye Han used Divine Insight Swordsmanship to kill phantom spirits and collected the energy they left behind with the Heavenly Water Bottle.
• Teacher Lan Qing praised Ye Han’s swordsmanship but advised him to seek its true essence and improve his control of swords with divine sense.
• Teacher Lan Qing sensed the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast was about to flee and told Ye Han to chase it.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing pursued the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast into the Falling Wind Desert, where flight was forbidden and powerful falling winds made travel beneath the sand safer. Ye Han began secretly placing formation beads near the beast’s dangerous hiding place, but the ground suddenly shook, leaving them unsure whether they had alerted it.

• Teacher Lan Qing and Ye Han chased the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast out of the Phantom Spirit Land and used Earth Escape to cross the Falling Wind Desert.
• Teacher Lan Qing sensed that the beast had stopped near a source of dangerous aura and concealed himself while Ye Han hid his presence with his arts and masks.
• Ye Han offered to set formations around the beast, and Teacher Lan Qing agreed as long as they remained undetected.
• Ye Han silently burrowed toward the dangerous aura and placed a formation bead in the ground.
• The ground shook violently, and Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing feared they had alerted the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast.

Ye Han set a hidden formation while Teacher Lan Qing descended to fight a powerful Demon Beast underground. Suspecting the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast was waiting to escape, Ye Han baited it with refined sharp gold, and it finally appeared to steal the treasure.

• Ye Han placed over a hundred hidden Formation Beads across the area while a Falling Wind Tornado rumbled overhead.
• Teacher Lan Qing praised Ye Han’s formation, then went deeper underground and told him to act as the situation demanded.
• When a furious roar and violent battle erupted underground, Ye Han deduced that the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast was likely waiting nearby rather than fighting Teacher Lan Qing.
• Ye Han arranged a Great Heaven-Covering Formation and used refined sharp gold as bait, but the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast stayed hidden as the battle shook the area.
• As Ye Han’s attention wavered, a Ghost Claw tore through the void, seized the refined sharp gold, and withdrew.

Ye Han trapped the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast in four layers of the Great Heaven-Covering Formation and attacked it with the Treasure Refining Furnace, but the beast repeatedly vanished from his senses. The chapter ended with its Ghost Claw appearing behind Ye Han as he remained unaware of the danger.

• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast stole the refined sharp gold from Ye Han and disappeared inside the first Great Heaven-Covering Formation.
• Ye Han tightened the formation and swept it with flames from the Treasure Refining Furnace, but the beast remained hidden.
• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast escaped the first formation only to crash into a second, revealing that Ye Han had prepared four layers.
• Ye Han sent a fire dragon from the Treasure Refining Furnace at the beast, breaking its golden defensive barrier as it vanished again.
• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast's Ghost Claw appeared behind Ye Han, who had not sensed its approach.

Ye Han fought the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast after it donned black armor that gave it a terrifying Nascent Soul Realm aura. He struck its treasure chest with the Five Elements Golden Cudgel, sending its stolen treasures flying and charging toward the creature as it lay covered in sealing spell power.

• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast clawed Ye Han, but his Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art protected him when his other defenses failed.
• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast transformed with gray-black energy and black armor, revealing an unusual Immortal Race aura and attacking Ye Han with enhanced Ghost Claws.
• Ye Han fought back with the Five Elements Golden Cudgel and the Great Heaven-Covering Formation, but the creature repeatedly escaped his attacks and ambushed him.
• Ye Han predicted the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast's next attack and smashed its mottled treasure chest with the Five Elements Golden Cudgel.
• The chest burst open and released the creature's stolen treasures, including Ye Han's refined sharp gold and the Forbidden-Breaking Staff.
• Ye Han used the Great Heaven-Covering Formation to seize the treasures, then charged at the Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast while five-elements sealing spell power covered its body.

Ye Han fought a strange beast that escaped by abandoning its treasure chest, and Teacher Lan Qing suspected it belonged to the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race. After they reached the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s underground lair and found a Myriad Treasures Spirit Pool, Ye Han asked Teacher Lan Qing to explain the mysterious race.

• The Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast escaped through a black vortex, leaving its treasure chest and several treasures behind as Ye Han’s attack destroyed the chest.
• Teacher Lan Qing returned carrying the head of the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor, and Ye Han described his battle with the beast.
• Teacher Lan Qing said the beast might have been an exiled member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race rather than a Heaven-Stealing Divine Beast.
• Teacher Lan Qing led Ye Han to the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s underground palace, where they found a pool filled with spirit liquid and rare medicines.
• Teacher Lan Qing entered the Myriad Treasures Spirit Pool, and Ye Han asked him what the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race was.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing divided the treasures taken from the Immortal-Thief Outsider and drained the Myriad Treasures Spirit Pool while recovering. They sheltered in the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s lair, where Ye Han began refining the Forbidden-Breaking Staff and remained wary of an ambush.

• Ye Han questioned Teacher Lan Qing about the Immortal-Thief Outsider’s origins and escape, and Teacher Lan Qing warned that it might retaliate after a good opportunity arose.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing haggled over the captured treasures, and Ye Han obtained the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s demon beast soul and primordial spirit, the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda, and several other items.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing absorbed the Myriad Treasures Spirit Pool’s energy in half a day, with each secretly using a powerful treasure to draw in its energy and medicinal power.
• Teacher Lan Qing proposed that they recover in the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s lair, and Ye Han erected four layers of the Great Heaven-Covering Formation against a possible ambush.
• Teacher Lan Qing gave Ye Han the Forbidden-Breaking Staff and told him to perform Blood-Drip Recognition and refine it with the Treasure Refining Spirit Formula.
• Ye Han sat in the secret chamber before a rune-covered Strange Long-Necked Bottle as he prepared to cultivate.

Ye Han released the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s Primordial Spirit and demon beast soul and used the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell to absorb them, strengthening the treasure. While it refined them, he attuned the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda and began studying the Fire-Devouring Insect-Driving Art he had taken from Venerable Poison Insect’s Storage Bag.

• Ye Han used Teacher Lan Qing’s sealing incantation to release the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s Primordial Spirit and demon beast soul from the bottle treasure.
• The Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell restrained the Sinking Sand Demon Emperor’s soul and Primordial Spirit and pulled them inside for Ye Han to refine and absorb.
• Ye Han performed Blood-Drip Recognition on the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda and studied its law runes and abilities.
• Ye Han took out the Fire-Devouring Insect-Driving Art from Venerable Poison Insect’s Storage Bag and began studying its methods for controlling, nurturing, and evolving the insects.

Ye Han collected Venerable Poison Insect’s materials and planned to expand his insect-rearing and puppet-making operations while he and Teacher Lan Qing pursued their cultivation. Elsewhere in the Heavenly Secret Hall, an Immortal-Thief Outsider complained about being struck by a human cultivator and suggested that the same person might be able to free the chained figure.

• Ye Han gathered Venerable Poison Insect’s insect-raising materials and planned to use the Purple Cauldron Space for breeding spirit insects and making puppets.
• Ye Han continued studying the Thunder-Control Divine Art while Teacher Lan Qing prepared to strengthen a treasure and a divine ability with refined sharp gold.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider crashed into a metal pillar in the secluded part of the Heavenly Secret Hall and raged about the loss of his Exquisite Treasure Pagoda.
• The chained figure mocked the Immortal-Thief Outsider for his defeat and asked whether the undying old thieves had come.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider claimed the cultivator who hit him might be able to help free the chained figure, who asked, “The one who hit you?”

The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race discovered that the Earth Realm cultivator’s staff was a Five Elements Supreme Treasure and proposed using it to free himself and Chains Shadow. Chains Shadow agreed to consider the plan, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race went to follow the cultivators, while an unseen pair of eyes watched him disappear.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race told Chains Shadow that the cultivator’s staff held the Five Elements Supreme Treasure they had been seeking.
• Chains Shadow sensed balanced five-element power in the treasure chest and realized the cultivator had a Five Elements Spirit Root.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race urged Chains Shadow to help draw the cultivator to them, but Chains Shadow chose to observe before deciding.
• Chains Shadow ordered the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race to follow the cultivators and report what happened.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race repaired the cracked Heaven-Hiding Treasure Chest with blood-red talismans, entered it, and vanished as a pair of bright eyes briefly appeared in the air.