Recaps

Ye Han accepted Han Yuwan’s advice to avoid the dangerous Black Market and received a white jade token to trade his spoils safely at Heavenly Peace Market in Azure Cloud City. After recovering from his injuries in seclusion, he left Seven Mysteries Peak for the city to exchange most of his spoils for Spirit Stones and cultivation resources.

• Han Yuwan accepted Ye Han’s Healing Pills, Qi Refining Pills, and fire-attribute saber, then warned him that his other spoils could attract attention if sold within the sect.
• Ye Han said he planned to sell the spoils at the Black Market, but Han Yuwan cautioned him about dangerous cultivators there and offered a safer alternative.
• Han Yuwan explained that trusted sect and lineage marketplaces bought goods of unknown origin through introductions, and Ye Han agreed to visit one.
• Han Yuwan gave Ye Han a white jade token for Heavenly Peace Market in Azure Cloud City and told him to present it to the shopkeeper.
• Ye Han spent seven or eight days recovering in his cave abode, then left Seven Mysteries Peak for Azure Cloud City.

Ye Han traveled toward Azure Cloud City in disguise while struggling with damaged cultivation and the Purple Cauldron’s sinister changes. Near the city, a panicked female cultivator ran up to him and begged for help.

• Ye Han activated the Thousand-Faces Mask and wore the Cloud-Treading Boots as he set out for Azure Cloud City.
• Ye Han avoided relying on the blackened Purple Cauldron, whose aura stirred murderous intent and threatened to drive him into cultivation deviation.
• Ye Han determined that depleted qi and blood and damage to his meridians and foundation had weakened his cultivation, and learned that a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill could speed his recovery.
• Ye Han traveled through mortal settlements toward the Azure Cloud Mountains and decided he would visit Green Ox Village after reaching Azure Cloud City.
• As Ye Han passed a valley, a beautiful female cultivator ran toward him and cried, “Fellow Daoist! Save me!”

Ye Han escaped a suspicious female Cultivator who pursued him, then reached Azure Cloud City and its guarded entrance. As he joined the queue to enter, he spotted the woman again.

• A wounded-looking female Cultivator begged Ye Han for help, but he recognized her speed and appearance as suspicious and fled.
• The woman chased Ye Han, hoping to take his valuable Cloud-Treading Boots, while he used a Tailwind Talisman to widen the gap.
• The woman stopped pursuing Ye Han, cursed him, and introduced herself as the Red Lady before leaving to seek another target.
• Ye Han ran farther to make sure the Red Lady was gone, then continued toward Azure Cloud City and noticed patrols protecting the area.
• Ye Han reached the city gate, joined the queue after seeing Cultivators pay two Spirit Stones to enter, and spotted the Red Lady nearby.

Ye Han entered Azure Cloud City and went to Heavenly Peace Market to buy pills, while a suspicious female cultivator continued following him. After he showed the market assistant Han Yuwan’s white jade token, the assistant recognized him as an honored guest.

• Ye Han recognized a seductive female cultivator who had approached him before and reflected on how his growing cultivation and the Purple Cauldron might have intensified his murderous nature.
• Ye Han entered Azure Cloud City after paying two Spirit Stones and observed the city’s cultivators, shops, and bustling stalls.
• Ye Han found Heavenly Peace Market, sensed the female cultivator following him, and entered without her.
• Ye Han told the assistant he wanted pills, then presented his white jade token once the female cultivator was outside.
• The assistant examined the token, treated Ye Han as an honored guest, and invited him to follow.

Ye Han used Han Yuwan’s White Jade Token to receive honored-guest treatment at Heavenly Peace Market and brought goods to sell. After seeing the value of his additional Storage Bags, the market’s Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator changed his attitude and began a careful appraisal.

• An attendant recognized Ye Han’s White Jade Token and escorted him to a side hall, where a middle-aged Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator received him.
• Ye Han asked to sell goods, and the cultivator appraised his first Storage Bag at four hundred and thirty-two spirit stones, confirming the token earned him a fair price.
• Ye Han produced six more Storage Bags, prompting the cultivator to discover valuable goods, including two second-rank demon beast carcasses and high-grade magic artifacts.
• The cultivator asked Ye Han to wait while he appraised everything and ordered spirit tea for him.

Ye Han sold a large haul of seized treasures at Heavenly Peace Market, while his deliberate disguise convinced the appraiser that he was a powerful cultivator. After agreeing to sell everything for 13,362 Spirit Stones, Ye Han noticed that the appraiser, Han Qiushui, shared Han Yuwan’s surname.

• Ye Han drank the Spirit Tea while Han Qiushui grew more convinced that Ye Han concealed formidable cultivation and wealth.
• Han Qiushui appraised the Storage Bags’ contents and inferred that Ye Han had killed at least seven or eight cultivators to obtain the mixed collection of treasures.
• Han Qiushui presented Ye Han with an itemized list valuing the goods at 13,362 Spirit Stones, including 3,300 for a High-Grade Magic Artifact saber.
• Ye Han confirmed that nothing was missing and agreed to sell all the listed items to Heavenly Peace Market.
• Han Qiushui introduced himself, and Ye Han wondered whether his surname connected him to Han Yuwan.

Ye Han sold his stored materials at Heavenly Peace Market and used the proceeds to buy cultivation supplies, while placing a deposit for scarce three-hundred-year wood dragon root. As he left the market, a beautiful female cultivator confronted him, accusing him of being heartless and trying to run away.

• Ye Han showed Han Qiushui a list of expensive cultivation supplies and asked him to buy as much as the market could provide with the proceeds from his materials.
• Han Qiushui explained the market's purchase limits, and Ye Han agreed to buy the available items despite the lack of three-hundred-year wood dragon root.
• Han Qiushui returned with Ye Han's purchases and the remaining spirit stones, then offered to search for the missing wood dragon root in exchange for a deposit.
• Ye Han paid two thousand spirit stones toward a three-month reservation for three-hundred-year wood dragon root and left the market with only a few hundred spirit stones.
• A beautiful female cultivator appeared in front of Ye Han and accused him of being heartless and trying to escape.

Ye Han turned Red Lady’s public accusation back on her, then slipped out of the Heavenly Peace Market through a back door to avoid her. He disguised himself with the Thousand-Faces Mask and left Red Lady waiting outside.

• Red Lady accused Ye Han of abandoning her, but Ye Han claimed she had betrayed him and taken his treasures, turning the onlookers against her.
• Red Lady claimed she was carrying Ye Han’s child, and Ye Han dismissed her and went back into the Heavenly Peace Market.
• Han Qiushui arranged for Ye Han to leave through the back door, while guards kept Red Lady outside.
• Ye Han rewarded the attendant with two Qi Refining Pills, changed his clothes, and used the Thousand-Faces Mask to disguise himself.
• Ye Han saw Red Lady still waiting outside and decided to avoid provoking her because her cultivation was higher than his.

Ye Han followed the Purple Cauldron’s reaction to a talisman seller in Azure Cloud City and became interested in the man’s unusually powerful talismans. He bought a large quantity as a way to investigate what the Purple Cauldron had sensed on the seller’s person.

• Ye Han wandered through Azure Cloud City’s market and noticed the Purple Cauldron trembling inside his Storage Bag.
• Ye Han traced the reaction to a pale, gaunt Cultivator selling many kinds of talismans.
• Ye Han questioned the seller about his prices and learned that he claimed the talismans were thirty percent more powerful than ordinary ones.
• Ye Han agreed to buy ten of each talisman at the seller’s asking price so he could investigate the object that had interested the Purple Cauldron.

Ye Han bought talismans from the rogue cultivator Ye Chunsheng and learned how to contact him, while suspecting an object on Ye Chunsheng’s person had attracted the Purple Cauldron. After leaving Azure Cloud City, Ye Han heard Ye Chunsheng confronting someone called Red Lady and stopped to investigate.

• Ye Han bought 120 basic-grade and 20 intermediate-grade talismans from Ye Chunsheng for 480 Spirit Stones.
• Ye Chunsheng said he was a rogue cultivator, gave Ye Han a Messaging Talisman, and denied having unusual talismans while covering his chest.
• Ye Chunsheng ended his stall rental and left, and Ye Han watched him head into the market to spend his Spirit Stones.
• Ye Han found no other sign that the Purple Cauldron reacted, left Azure Cloud City in disguise, and put on his Invisibility Cloak beyond the patrol zone.
• Ye Han heard spell explosions in a secluded valley and recognized Ye Chunsheng shouting at Red Lady, so he stopped to check whether Ye Chunsheng was in danger.

Ye Han secretly watched Ye Chunsheng battle Red Lady, who was trying to capture him. When Red Lady feigned retreat and ambushed Ye Chunsheng, Ye Han intervened with three sword strikes.

• Ye Han followed the Purple Cauldron’s reaction into the valley and found Ye Chunsheng fighting Red Lady.
• Red Lady attacked Ye Chunsheng with ghostly souls from her Soul-Summoning Banner while he defended himself with talismans.
• Ye Chunsheng revealed a powerful Sword Talisman, and Red Lady appeared to give up and retreat.
• Ye Chunsheng tried to leave, but Red Lady stabbed him through the chest with a bone spike and sent a skeletal fist toward his head.
• Ye Han sent three streaks of sword light at Red Lady from behind.

Ye Han ambushed Red Lady to stop her from finishing off Ye Chunfeng, then seized the injured man and fled. Red Lady recognized Ye Han and raced after him, determined not to let him escape.

• Ye Han attacked Red Lady with spells and talismans while vines and illusions failed to keep her from evading him.
• Red Lady unleashed yin souls from her Soul-Summoning Banner, while Ye Han saw that Ye Chunfeng was gravely wounded by a bone spike.
• Ye Han used a Tailwind Talisman to rush to Ye Chunfeng, grabbed him, and tried to flee rather than risk exposing the Purple Cauldron.
• Red Lady sent bone spikes after Ye Han, but he escaped their reach with his Cloud-Treading Boots and carried Ye Chunfeng away.
• Red Lady recognized Ye Han despite his changed appearance and pursued him after boosting her speed with a Tailwind Talisman.

Ye Han fled with the injured Ye Chunfeng as Red Lady pursued them, attacking him and coveting his Black Bone Shield. Red Lady’s blood-burning spell began to close the gap, and Ye Chunfeng, near death, recognized Ye Han and asked him for a favor.

• Red Lady recognized Ye Han and chased him with a Tailwind Talisman while he carried Ye Chunfeng toward safety.
• Red Lady attacked Ye Han with her blood-red sword, but the Black Bone Shield blocked and reflected the strike, prompting her to covet it.
• As Ye Han’s Tailwind Talisman faded, he used one made by Ye Chunsheng to speed up, while Red Lady burned her qi and blood to catch him.
• Red Lady continued closing in despite Ye Han boosting the Cloud-Treading Boots, and Ye Chunfeng warned that he was dying.
• Ye Chunfeng recognized Ye Han as the cultivator who had bought his talismans and asked him for a favor.

Ye Han fled Red Lady through an exhausting pursuit, then suddenly stopped and revealed that his spell power had recovered and his killing intent had transformed. Red Lady attacked him with bone spikes, yin souls, and sword rays, but Ye Han evaded the spikes as the confrontation turned in his favor.

• Red Lady chased Ye Han for over a hundred li, repeatedly attacking his Black Bone Shield while he used talismans and speed-enhancing shoes to stay ahead.
• Ye Chunfeng asked Ye Han to deliver two Spirit-Calming Pills to Fairy Jade Orchid, but Ye Han tossed him aside and fled alone.
• Without Ye Chunfeng slowing him down, Ye Han increased his speed, while Red Lady continued pursuing despite the toll the Blood Transformation Art took on her.
• Ye Han abruptly stopped and revealed that his spell power had fully recovered, releasing a killing intent that alarmed Red Lady.
• Red Lady attacked Ye Han with bone spikes, yin souls from the Soul-Summoning Banner, and dozens of sword rays, but he dodged the bone spikes.

Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron to restore his spell power and unleash its killing intent against Red Lady, who answered with powerful treasures and a horde of yin souls. Red Lady’s demon beast skeleton broke through Ye Han’s defenses, leaving him backed against the Black Bone Shield as the battle continued.

• Ye Han lured Red Lady into a long pursuit to exhaust her, then secretly took out the Purple Cauldron and regained his spell power.
• Ye Han used the Azure Profound Sword Technique and Thorn Bracelet to repel Red Lady’s sword attacks and yin souls.
• Red Lady swallowed a blood-red pill, strengthened herself with a blood essence technique, and unleashed more powerful yin souls from her gourd.
• Red Lady summoned a ten-foot demon beast skeleton and rode it into battle against Ye Han.
• The skeleton broke through the Thorn Bracelet’s defenses, forcing Ye Han to use the Black Bone Shield while Red Lady’s attacks drove him backward.

Ye Han fought Red Lady with the Azure Profound Sword Technique, but her Demon Beast skeleton damaged his Flying Scale Dagger and broke the technique. He replenished his Spell Power with the Purple Cauldron and struck back with the Ghost Skull Mirror, leaving Red Lady badly wounded and reconsidering the fight.

• Red Lady attacked Ye Han with Yin Souls and taunted him, believing he would become her prey.
• Ye Han empowered the Flying Scale Dagger with Essence Blood and unleashed the Azure Profound Sword Technique, revealing his connection to the Azure Profound Sect.
• Red Lady used the Demon Beast skeleton to block the sword rays and damaged the Flying Scale Dagger with its foul black vapor, breaking Ye Han's technique.
• Ye Han drew on the Purple Cauldron to replenish his Spell Power and summoned the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• The mirror's skeletal hand struck the Demon Beast skeleton, cracking its bones and wounding Red Lady through their connection.
• Red Lady realized Ye Han had overwhelmed her and, filled with resentment, reached for something in her hand.

Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to stop Red Lady’s escape and devoured her, then collected her belongings. After sensing the Purple Cauldron’s influence on his mind, he put it away and hurried back to check on Ye Chunsheng.

• Red Lady used an escape treasure to flee, but Ye Han struck her down with the Ghost Skull Mirror’s Ghost Shadow Break.
• Red Lady begged Ye Han to spare her and offered to become his Furnace Cauldron, but he refused and let the Ghost Skull Mirror devour her.
• The Ghost Skull Mirror absorbed Red Lady’s soul and spat out her remains, Storage Bags, and treasures, which Ye Han collected.
• Ye Han realized the Purple Cauldron was fueling his bloodlust and threatening to cloud his mind, so he sealed it in a Storage Bag.
• Ye Han rushed back to where he had left Ye Chunsheng.

Ye Han returned to find Ye Chunsheng after killing Red Lady, but the Purple Cauldron’s lingering influence nearly drove him to murder the wounded man for his treasures. Ye Chunsheng confronted him and offered to bargain over the item Ye Han sought, leaving Ye Han facing a favor he did not want to grant.

• Ye Han hurried back toward Ye Chunsheng while reflecting on how the Purple Cauldron’s killing intent had made him torture Red Lady and fear losing control of himself.
• Ye Han found Ye Chunsheng missing, followed his trail, and spotted him staggering nearby.
• Ye Han felt an overwhelming urge to kill Ye Chunsheng and take his treasures, and summoned the Flying Scale Dagger before its damaged spirituality made him hesitate.
• Ye Han recognized that the Purple Cauldron’s influence still lingered, suppressed his murderous urge, and asked Ye Chunsheng how he was after he turned around.
• Ye Chunsheng said he was dying and asked Ye Han for a favor, but Ye Han refused; Ye Chunsheng then warned that Ye Han would not get what he carried unless he agreed.

Ye Han struggled to control the murderous influence of the Purple Cauldron as the dying Ye Chunsheng asked him to deliver two Soul-Calming Pills to Fairy Jade Orchid and protect her. Ye Chunsheng died after giving Ye Han a mysterious purple-gold rune, leaving Ye Han to wonder why he had trusted him.

• Ye Han restrained his urge to kill Ye Chunsheng and recognized that the Purple Cauldron's killing intent had damaged his state of mind and created a heart demon.
• Ye Chunsheng explained that Red Lady's spell had fatally wounded him and that a treasure within him would disappear unless Ye Han agreed to help.
• Ye Han gave Ye Chunsheng a Healing Pill, then accepted his request after realizing the treasure was fading and calming his murderous impulse.
• Ye Chunsheng asked Ye Han to deliver two Soul-Calming Pills to Fairy Jade Orchid within five days and tell her not to wait for him.
• Ye Chunsheng summoned a purple-gold rune, asked Ye Han to protect Fairy Jade Orchid, and died; Ye Han wondered why he had trusted him.

Ye Han buried Ye Chunsheng’s ashes, then hid in a secluded cave to recover his depleted qi and blood with a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill. While sorting through Red Lady’s spoils, he found something that might help him reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.

• Ye Han put Ye Chunsheng’s Purple-Gold Runes in a separate Storage Bag and promised to honor the trust Ye Chunsheng had placed in him.
• Ye Han collected Ye Chunsheng’s belongings, burned his corpse, buried the ashes beneath a small tree, and left.
• Ye Han sealed himself inside a secluded cave with the Invisibility Cloak and swallowed a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill.
• Ye Han circulated the Nine-Turn Azure Profound Art until the pill restored his qi and blood to about seventy percent.
• Ye Han inspected Red Lady’s Storage Bag and discovered an item that might help him advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Ye Han examined the treasures and records left in Red Lady’s and Ye Chunsheng’s Storage Bags, discovering a map to a dangerous ancient Cave Abode that might help him reach Foundation Establishment. Ye Chunsheng’s belongings revealed his devotion to Fairy Jade Orchid, and Ye Han decided to honor his final request to deliver her two Spirit-Calming Pills, though he did not know where to find her.

• Ye Han studied Red Lady’s notebook and Bronze Map, learning they pointed to a dangerous ancient Cave Abode containing treasures that could aid advancement to Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Han put away the map and notebook, along with useful items from Red Lady’s Storage Bag, including a Bloodburst Pill and the Blood Transformation Art.
• Ye Han searched Ye Chunsheng’s Storage Bag and found two Spirit-Calming Pills, realizing Ye Chunsheng had spent his wealth to obtain them for Fairy Jade Orchid.
• Ye Han discovered Ye Chunsheng’s detailed talisman manuals and notebooks, along with a Spirit-Drawing Brush that improved talisman-making success.
• Ye Han decided to fulfill Ye Chunsheng’s final request and deliver the pills to Fairy Jade Orchid, but he did not know where to find her.

Ye Han traveled to Magnolia Valley to deliver the Spirit-Calming Pill to Fairy Jade Orchid, evading ambushes on the way. At the valley, he was attacked by two cultivators who mistook him for Ye Chunsheng and ordered his death.

• Ye Han learned Fairy Jade Orchid’s location from the Shunfeng Shop and set out for Magnolia Valley under his Invisibility Cloak.
• Ye Han avoided two groups of cultivators lying in ambush along the road.
• Ye Han recovered his qi and blood after refining a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill, then continued toward the valley.
• Ye Han reached Magnolia Valley, found its restrictive formations, and called for Fairy Jade Orchid.
• An earthen hand and a flurry of blade lights attacked Ye Han, but his Black Bone Shield repelled the blades.
• Two cultivators emerged, recognized that Ye Han was not Ye Chunsheng, and one ordered the other to kill him anyway.

Ye Han pretended to surrender to two cultivators ambushing him near Jade Orchid Valley, then attacked them with a barrage of talismans and Bone Spikes. The Bone Spikes pierced both men and began devouring them as Ye Han demanded they stop.

• The black-armored cultivator and the gray-robed cultivator demanded Ye Han's Storage Bags and Black Bone Shield, threatening to kill him.
• Ye Han acted frightened and surrendered his Storage Bags and Black Bone Shield, prompting both men to reach for the shield.
• Ye Han suddenly unleashed dozens of Lightning, Fireball, Wind Blade, and Rock Talismans at close range.
• The barrage cracked the gray-robed cultivator's Silver Iron Plaque and the black-armored cultivator's Copper Gong, injuring both men.
• As the two cultivators prepared a counterattack, Bone Spikes burst from the ground, pierced their defenses and bodies, and began devouring their flesh and blood.
• Ye Han roared at the Bone Spikes to stop.

Ye Han killed two cultivators guarding Magnolia Valley and delivered Ye Chunfeng’s Spirit-Calming Pill to Fairy Jade Orchid. After admitting Ye Chunfeng had died, he tried to leave, but Fairy Jade Orchid warned that he could not go.

• Ye Han used talismans and the Black Bone Shield’s bone spikes to kill the two cultivators, then suppressed the shield’s demonic killing intent with the Purple-Gold Talisman.
• Ye Han burned the cultivators’ corpses, collected their belongings, and called to Fairy Jade Orchid from outside Magnolia Valley.
• Fairy Jade Orchid opened the valley’s formation and invited Ye Han in, but he refused and handed the Spirit-Calming Pill to the Red-Robed Woman.
• The Red-Robed Woman asked why Ye Chunfeng had not come, and Ye Han revealed that Ye Chunfeng had died after entrusting him with the pill.
• As Ye Han turned to leave, Fairy Jade Orchid warned him that he could not leave now.

Ye Han learned that Young Master Black Mountain had come to Magnolia Valley to threaten Fairy Jade Orchid and was trapped inside her formation as Black Mountain’s followers arrived. The chapter ended with Young Master Black Mountain ordering his men to attack the formation.

• Fairy Jade Orchid activated Magnolia Valley’s restriction formation, and the girl in red told Ye Han it was meant to keep Young Master Black Mountain out.
• The girl in red explained that Young Master Black Mountain had injured Ye Chunsheng and that Ye Han had killed two of his subordinates.
• Young Master Black Mountain arrived and demanded that Fairy Jade Orchid hand over Ye Chunsheng, while she refused and defended him.
• Seven or eight of Young Master Black Mountain’s Qi Refining Realm subordinates arrived, and the girl in red warned Ye Han not to leave the formation.
• Young Master Black Mountain ordered his followers to break through the formation, and they began attacking it with spells and magic artifacts.