Recaps

Nine Wounds Devil Lord reached Demonic Flame Mountain and argued with Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord over the loss of his clone and the Devil Race’s failed revenge. Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord persuaded him to reconsider fleeing by claiming the Earth Realm’s peak experts were in trouble, leaving Nine Wounds Devil Lord tempted by their plans.

• Nine Wounds Devil Lord arrived at Demonic Flame Mountain, the Devil Race Army’s headquarters in the fallen Stratagem and Scroll Country.
• At the mountain’s central formation, Nine Wounds Devil Lord cursed Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord for rushing into revenge and leaving him stuck leading the war.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord demanded to know what had happened to his clone, and Nine Wounds Devil Lord said it might have been killed.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord realized his clone had likely been sealed, and Nine Wounds Devil Lord blamed him for acting too soon.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord began preparing to hide, but Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord claimed the Earth Realm’s peak experts were in trouble and urged him to pursue their plans.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord asked whether the claim was true, and Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord insisted he would not deceive him.

Nine Wounds Devil Lord rejected Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord’s plan to attack Ye Han until he was offered a way to restore his cultivation and a chance to return to his throne. He agreed to target Ye Han and the Azure Profound Sect, then asked Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord to send his woman a message saying he missed her.

• Nine Wounds Devil Lord became furious when Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord called him smart, and Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord apologized by calling him clever instead.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord told Nine Wounds Devil Lord that his woman had taken his Devil Lord Throne and that finding the Earth Realm’s secret was his only chance to return, but Nine Wounds Devil Lord defended her.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord claimed Ye Han might possess the Earth Realm’s secret treasure and urged Nine Wounds Devil Lord to attack Ye Han and the Azure Profound Sect.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord refused to fight Ye Han because he lacked the strength, so Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord offered to return what he had taken and teach him the Blood Restriction Divine Ability.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord agreed to deal with Ye Han in exchange for the promised aid and asked Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord to tell his woman that he missed her.

Ye Han refined a Soul-Restoring Pill for Fairy Ningyu, and its pill tribulation brought Azure Profound Daoist and the Azure Profound Sect elders to his cave abode. After Ye Han smashed the tribulation clouds with one punch and sent everyone away, he hoped the pill would finally awaken Fairy Ningyu.

• A heavenly tribulation descended on Ye Han's cave abode, and Azure Profound Daoist told the gathered elders that Ye Han was likely refining a powerful treasure or pill.
• Ye Han blasted the tribulation lightning and storm clouds apart with a single fist, then asked everyone to leave while he continued refining pills.
• Five-colored light and medicinal fragrance emerged from Ye Han's cave abode before its restrictions sealed shut, and the elders wondered what pill he had made.
• Ye Han examined the successfully refined Soul-Restoring Pill and recalled that he had succeeded after two failed attempts using the heart of a Sharp-Toothed Fish Emperor.
• Ye Han turned his divine sense toward Fairy Ningyu and hoped the Soul-Restoring Pill would awaken her.

Ye Han used the Soul-Restoring Pill to treat Fairy Ningyu’s wounded divine soul in the Purple Cauldron Space, while staying wary of a powerful observer outside. The pill greatly accelerated her recovery, though Ye Han still did not know when she would awaken, and he wondered how Han Yuwan was doing.

• Ye Han kept his physical self out of the Purple Cauldron Space because he sensed a powerful presence watching him and feared exposing the Purple Cauldron.
• Ye Han used his divine sense to bring out the Water Spirit Coffin and explained that Fairy Ningyu’s body had healed, but Sword Twenty-Nine’s strike had badly damaged her divine soul.
• Ye Han placed the Soul-Restoring Pill in Fairy Ningyu’s mouth and guided its medicinal power through her body with the surrounding healing treasures and spiritual energy.
• Fairy Ningyu’s divine soul aura began recovering dozens of times faster than before, though Ye Han could not tell when she would regain consciousness.
• Ye Han felt relieved by the pill’s effects and wondered how Han Yuwan was doing.

Ye Han reflected on Han Yuwan and Fairy Ningyu’s incomplete recoveries, the growing turmoil, and his need to strengthen himself, then began refining a Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion. More than three months later, a treasure tribulation descended over Seven Mysteries Peak, revealing that Ye Han had refined a powerful treasure and startling the watching cultivators.

• Ye Han checked on Han Yuwan and found her body recovering, but her shattered golden core and damaged divine soul still threatened her cultivation and lifespan.
• Ye Han considered how his alchemy had advanced and how the turmoil across the Heaven's Mandate Continent and the Earth Realm made it urgent to prepare for greater crises.
• Ye Han decided to refine a Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion and went into the artifact refining room.
• More than three months later, heavenly tribulation lightning gathered above Seven Mysteries Peak as a beam of treasure light burst from Ye Han's cave abode.
• Azure Profound Daoist and the other high-level cultivators realized Ye Han's artifact had triggered a treasure tribulation and scattered to avoid being caught in it.

Ye Han refined the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion into a supreme-grade magic treasure, while Azure Profound Daoist recognized the benefits Ye Han could bring to the Azure Profound Sect and visited him. Ye Han declined an offer to move to a more prestigious cave abode and wondered whether the Purple Cauldron space would survive if the Purple Cauldron were stolen.

• Azure Profound Daoist told the elders not to disturb Ye Han or spread news of his affairs, then went to visit him.
• Ye Han examined the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion, which he had refined into a supreme-grade magic treasure after it survived a thirteen-strike heavenly tribulation.
• Azure Profound Daoist praised Ye Han's alchemy and artifact refining and invited him to choose a more suitable cave abode.
• Ye Han thanked Azure Profound Daoist but declined to move because he was accustomed to his current cave abode and had the Purple Cauldron space.

Ye Han agreed to attempt refining Azure Profound Daoist’s Sevenfold Pills and the Azure Profound Sect’s Azure Profound Divine Swords, while making clear that he would not be responsible for failures. Azure Profound Daoist had prepared multiple sets of materials, and Ye Han was about to name his compensation.

• Azure Profound Daoist asked Ye Han to refine a Sevenfold Pill and a set of twelve Azure Profound Divine Swords.
• Ye Han examined the pill formula and sword plans, judged both difficult but within his abilities, and agreed to try.
• Ye Han warned Azure Profound Daoist that the materials might be lost if the refining failed and that he would not bear the risk.
• Azure Profound Daoist said he had prepared three sets of Sevenfold Pill ingredients and materials for the swords, and accepted the possibility of failure.
• Ye Han insisted that Azure Profound Daoist pay the compensation he requested, and Azure Profound Daoist asked him to state his terms.

Ye Han agreed to refine Azure Profound Daoist’s Sevenfold Pill and twelve Azure Profound Divine Swords in exchange for the materials left over after successful attempts. After Azure Profound Daoist left, Ye Han began studying the refining scrolls, but a familiar voice called for him.

• Ye Han offered to refine the pill and swords in exchange for the remaining materials from Azure Profound Daoist’s three prepared sets.
• Azure Profound Daoist trusted Ye Han, handed over three storage bags of materials, and promised to provide anything else within his means.
• After Azure Profound Daoist left, Ye Han inspected the materials and considered how they could help him refine medicines and strengthen his treasures.
• Ye Han began reading the scrolls, but a familiar voice called out to him.

Azure Phoenix Fairy brought several Golden Core Stage elders to Ye Han, asking him to help strengthen the sect amid the chaos in the Earth Realm. Ye Han exchanged superior finished pills and treasures for two sets of materials from each elder, then wondered why Mo Lan’s dual cultivation partner, Qin Jiuzhen, was absent.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy led Mo Lan and several Golden Core Stage elders to Ye Han’s cave and asked him to aid the sect by supplying pills and treasures.
• Ye Han explained that he had little time to refine more items and offered to exchange finished pills or treasures for two sets of materials.
• The Second Elder requested a Fire God Dragon Spirit Pill, and Ye Han gave him a better Heavenly Fire Nine-Turn Pill in exchange for the requested materials.
• The Sixth Elder and the other elders made requests, and Ye Han provided suitable finished items in exchange for two sets of materials from each.
• After the elders left, Ye Han noticed that Azure Phoenix Fairy and Mo Lan had remained silent and wondered where Qin Jiuzhen was.

Ye Han purged the poison afflicting Qin Jiuzhen after Mo Lan asked for his help. Back at Seven Mysteries Peak, he resolved to stabilize the Heaven's Mandate Continent by eliminating the Devil Race and driving back the demon emperors.

• After the elders left with their refined pills and treasures, Ye Han asked Mo Lan why she had come and learned Qin Jiuzhen was gravely poisoned.
• Mo Lan led Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy to Qin Jiuzhen, whom the Poison Wolf Demon Emperor had poisoned during a search for heavenly treasures.
• Ye Han drew the strange poison from Qin Jiuzhen and helped him wake, then told Mo Lan to treat his remaining injuries.
• Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy returned to Seven Mysteries Peak, where he said the Heaven's Mandate Continent had to be stabilized.
• Ye Han declared that he would kill the Nine Wounds Devil Lord and force the demon emperors to retreat.

Ye Han sent White Snow to investigate the Demon Race Alliance, the Demon Emperor, and the Devil Race Army, while reorganizing the Azure Profound Sect’s cultivation guidance and refining pills and treasures. Over the next several years, frequent tribulations and flashes of treasure light left the disciples wondering what Ye Han was preparing.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy left Ye Han after refusing to stay, uncertain about the nature of their relationship.
• Ye Han ordered White Snow to leave the Azure Profound Sect and investigate the Demon Race Alliance, its Demon Emperor, and the Devil Race Army.
• Ye Han welcomed Golden Core Stage elders, refined pills and treasures for them, offered cultivation guidance, and asked for news about threats and other sects.
• Ye Han urged the elders to take on more disciples and arrange guidance for disciples throughout the Azure Profound Sect.
• Over the next several years, heavenly tribulations and treasure light repeatedly appeared above Seven Mysteries Peak, prompting disciples to speculate that Ye Han was preparing something big.

Ye Han took charge of the Azure Profound Sect after Azure Profound Daoist prepared to enter seclusion for a breakthrough. With the Sect Command Token in hand, Ye Han headed to the Treasury Pavilion to investigate the treasure that had once stirred the Purple Cauldron.

• Ye Han strengthened the sect's preparations by guiding its craftsmen, improving its Spirit Cannons and formations, distributing talismans, and refining puppets.
• Azure Profound Daoist admired the twelve Azure Profound Divine Swords Ye Han had refined and received the completed Sevenfold Pill.
• Azure Profound Daoist gave Ye Han the Sect Command Token and entrusted him with the sect's affairs while he entered seclusion, with Elder Liu also away.
• Ye Han accepted responsibility and listened as Azure Profound Daoist instructed him on sect matters and relations with the Black Water Sect.
• After Azure Profound Daoist left, Ye Han flew to the Treasury Pavilion to investigate what had previously drawn the Purple Cauldron's attention.

Ye Han secretly entered the Azure Profound Sect’s Treasury Pavilion and took a Purple Cauldron Replica, which the Purple Cauldron absorbed and used to evolve. As the new purple energy began strengthening his divine sense, Ye Han noticed that the Three Realms Gourd appeared to have withered.

• Ye Han used the Sect Command Token to pass the Treasury Pavilion’s restrictions and reach its fifth layer undetected.
• Ye Han found the Purple Cauldron Replica, labeled an Ominous Cauldron, and took it with the token.
• The Purple Cauldron absorbed the replica, shattered it, and opened two tiny holes that released strange purple energy into Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea.
• Ye Han sensed that the energy was strengthening his divine sense and might help him advance to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Ye Han checked the Three Realms Gourd and found that its vine had stopped growing and the gourd appeared withered.

Ye Han redirected the Purple Cauldron’s energy to revive the withered Three Realms Gourd and inspected the Treasury Pavilion without taking its treasures. He then appeared before a female disciple and presented her with dozens of treasures, leaving her to ask why he had brought so many.

• Ye Han discovered the Three Realms Gourd had withered after the Purple Cauldron absorbed its energy, while the gourds on the cauldron’s vine remained immature.
• Ye Han found that energy from the Purple Cauldron Replica was slowly restoring the Three Realms Gourd, so he closed the cauldron’s two holes to send more energy into it.
• Ye Han worried that the purple energy might cause problems and considered why spirit transformation stage cultivators had not intervened in the Earth Realm’s turmoil.
• Ye Han inspected the Treasury Pavilion’s treasures but took none, intending instead to contribute treasures to the sect.
• Ye Han gave a female disciple cultivation advice and placed dozens of treasures before her; she recognized him as Grand Supreme Elder Ye Han and asked why he had brought them.

Ye Han strengthened the Azure Profound Sect while preparing to end the chaos on the Heaven's Mandate Continent, and the Night Lord ordered the Wuxie Sect to investigate the Earth Realm's secret. The chapter ended as the Night Lord demanded an explanation for why the secret might be connected to Ye Han.

• Ye Han gave unused treasures to the Azure Profound Sect and used his authority to prepare the sect for the continent's turmoil.
• Ye Han checked Han Yuwan's recovery and Fairy Ningyu's soul, then entered seclusion to cultivate while ordering production of defensive resources.
• The Night Lord contacted the white-robed Wuxie Sect cultivator and questioned him about True Devilfolk attacking the Earth Realm.
• The cultivator said the devil army had gone quiet after losses at the Azure Profound Sect and reported rumors that Ye Han had killed its leader.
• The Night Lord ordered close surveillance of the Devil Race and an investigation into whether the Earth Realm's secret lay at the Azure Profound Sect.
• The white-robed cultivator said the secret might lie with Ye Han, and the Night Lord asked what supported that conclusion.

The Night Lord warned Wuxie Scholar that the Earth Realm’s secret must not fall into the Devil Race’s hands, then the Northern Lord King questioned Wuxie Scholar about the devil. Meanwhile, Ye Han tested an improved Azure Profound Spirit Cannon and planned further upgrades as his sect prepared for a major war.

• The Night Lord ordered Wuxie Scholar to watch the devil and investigate Ye Han, while warning him to keep the Earth Realm’s secret from the Devil Race and monitor the Immortal Race.
• The Northern Lord King appeared, and Wuxie Scholar reported the Night Lord’s suspicions and information about the devil.
• Ye Han’s improved Azure Profound Spirit Cannon struck a target ten thousand zhang away, impressing the gathered disciples and elders.
• Ye Han refused to begin mass production because the cannon consumed too many spirit stones and too much spell power, and he planned to add a formation and artifact to absorb and store spiritual energy.
• The elders considered how Ye Han’s Mecha Puppets could let Qi Refining disciples fight at Foundation Establishment strength, and they realized he was preparing for a major war.

As Heaven's Mandate Continent descended further into war, Ye Han strengthened the Azure Profound Sect by recruiting new disciples and preparing weapons and defenses. He left the sect poised for a new conflict by declaring war on the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance.

• Ye Han expanded the Azure Profound Sect's forces by recruiting cultivators displaced by war and using the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm trial to screen applicants.
• Over three years, warfare worsened as the Demon Race Alliance attacked human settlements and the Devil Race spread its demonic territory.
• The Azure Profound Sect remained secure under Ye Han's protection, while other powers grew wary of its preparations for war.
• Ye Han summoned the sect's disciples and declared war on the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance.
• The disciples answered Ye Han's declaration with cries to fight for humanity and Heaven's Mandate Continent.

Ye Han led the Azure Profound Sect to declare war on the Demon Race Alliance and Devil Race, preparing to fight while using the call for a human alliance to deter rival sects from attacking openly. The Black Water Sect joined him, but the other major sects stayed silent as Ye Han anticipated their next move.

• Ye Han persuaded the Azure Profound Sect's elders that the sect had to confront the Demon Race Alliance and Devil Race to protect humanity and restore its strength.
• Ye Han relied on White Snow's intelligence and infiltration of the Demon Race Alliance while recognizing that the Nine Wounds Devil Lord and rival human sects posed serious threats.
• Ye Han ordered the Azure Profound Sect to prepare its Spirit Cannons and armored puppets for war.
• Ye Han had the Azure Profound Sect Master urge the major sects to form an alliance and declare war alongside them.
• The Black Water Sect, led by Red Dragon Girl, joined the declaration of war, while the other major sects gave no reply.

White Snow persuaded the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to use the Azure Profound Sect’s declaration of war as a chance to gain prestige in the Demon Race Alliance. The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor agreed to let White Snow lead the attack while he focused on his cultivation.

• The chapter described how the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ruled Upper Tomb Land and built Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City as a show of his ambitions.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor hosted White Snow, a fellow Demon Emperor, and considered how White Snow could strengthen his standing in the Demon Race Alliance.
• White Snow argued that the Azure Profound Sect had only pretended to repel the Devil Race Army and was hiding behind its defensive formation.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor agreed that attacking the Azure Profound Sect could expose its bluff and raise his faction’s influence.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor said he was at a crucial stage in his cultivation, and White Snow volunteered to handle the matter.

White Snow persuaded the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to send a vast Demon Beast army out of Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City. As the army departed, the Azure Profound Sect launched an attack on the city, catching the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor by surprise.

• White Snow convinced the suspicious Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to let him lead his clansmen out by reminding him that he held White Snow’s demon beast soul.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor agreed after White Snow provoked his anger by mentioning the Hundred Flowers Demon Emperor.
• White Snow rode out with thousands of Demon Beasts while the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor wished them victory from the city wall.
• A black-feathered Demon Beast reported that the Azure Profound Sect was attacking Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City.
• A golden Crescent Moon Flying Boat appeared on the horizon and flew toward the city.

The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor realized that the Azure Profound Sect was attacking and accused White Snow of being a spy. White Snow overpowered the demon kings with his aura and claimed he was taking them to run for their lives, but the Black Monkey Demon King questioned whether he planned to surrender them to the humans.

• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor spotted the Azure Profound Sect's Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and sent a warning ordering the demon kings to return, calling White Snow a spy.
• The demon kings heard the warning and saw the approaching flying vessel, then turned on White Snow in confusion and suspicion.
• White Snow released a demon emperor aura stronger than the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor's and cowed the assembled demon kings and beasts.
• The Black Monkey Demon King challenged White Snow about serving the humans, and White Snow laughed before saying he was taking them to run for their lives.
• White Snow criticized the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor for hiding behind his city, while the Black Monkey Demon King demanded to know whether White Snow intended to take them to the humans.

White Snow persuaded the Demon Kings to abandon the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor and follow him toward another Demon Emperor, while Ye Han’s forces approached Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City. The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor discovered White Snow had deceived him and activated the city’s defenses as the Azure Profound Sect prepared to attack.

• White Snow convinced the Demon Kings to leave the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor and declared them his subordinates.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor received no response to his orders as the Demon Beast army continued away from him.
• The Crescent Moon Divine Vessel advanced with golden light, and the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor realized the Azure Profound Sect was about to attack.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor destroyed White Snow’s Demon Beast Soul Pearl, discovered it held another soul, and concluded White Snow was a human spy.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor activated Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defensive formation and sent its Demon Beasts and Demon Kings into action.
• Ye Han watched the city from the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and reflected on the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s attempt to establish a demon kingdom.

Ye Han led the Azure Profound Sect in an assault on Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City, using long-range spirit cannons and Mecha Puppets to overwhelm the demon defenders. The Red-Winged Demon King rushed to protect her forces as the Mecha Puppets closed in.

• Ye Han ordered the Azure Profound Sect to attack Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City.
• Zhang Lingjun sent the First Mecha Puppet Division forward while the Second Elder ordered the spirit cannons to fire at the city's restrictions.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ordered the Red-Winged Demon King to send her flamebird demon beasts against the Mecha Puppets.
• The spirit cannons battered the city's barrier, then struck the flamebird demon beasts as they tried to return behind it.
• The Red-Winged Demon King used flame storms to block the remaining beams as over a thousand Mecha Puppets charged in.

More than a thousand Mecha Puppets trapped the Red-Winged Demon King in the Azure Profound Sword Formation and slaughtered her Flamebird forces, while their talismans and defensive formation held off her attacks. As the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor refused to rescue her and called for outside aid, Azure Profound Sect’s Spirit Cannons began tearing apart Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defenses.

• The Mecha Puppets formed the Azure Profound Sword Formation, trapped the Red-Winged Demon King, and cut down the Flamebird demon beasts with a rain of sword-rays.
• The Red-Winged Demon King attacked the puppets with her Flame Bead Treasures, but their Vajra Talismans shielded them from the blasts.
• The Mecha Puppets shifted into a defensive formation and withstood the Red-Winged Demon King’s continued bombardment as her Flamebird forces were wiped out.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor refused the other Demon Kings’ request to rescue the Red-Winged Demon King, saying he would seek help from other Demon Emperors instead.
• Azure Profound Sect’s Spirit Cannons battered Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defensive barrier, and the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ordered the Demon Kings to reinforce its formation nodes.

Ye Han ordered the Azure Profound Sect's Mecha Puppets to kill the Red-Winged Demon King while explaining why powerful cultivators avoided slaughtering weaker beings themselves. The puppets destroyed her body, Demon Core, and soul, while Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City remained under attack.

• Ye Han recognized that the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor had stayed away out of cowardice, and decided to follow his original plan rather than attack the city himself.
• Ye Han reflected that slaughtering weaker beings could provoke heavenly retribution and that his own excessive killing had damaged his state of mind.
• Ye Han ordered the Mecha Puppets to attack the Red-Winged Demon King and strike the formation's Kan and Dou positions.
• More than a thousand Mecha Puppets combined their Azure Profound Sword Intent into a massive sword-ray that cleaved the exhausted Red-Winged Demon King in two.
• The Red-Winged Demon King's Demon Core and soul tried to escape, but the Mecha Puppets destroyed them with rune beams.
• Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City remained in trouble as the attack continued.