Arc 71The Star-Seizing Tower

Ye Han entered the Star-Seizing Tower with Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider, survived the Unfixed Immortal Ladder, and gained new power through the Purple Cauldron. The group crossed into a frozen foreign homeland, where Ye Han found a qilin-like ice beast and sensed someone approaching.

  • Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider met Bai Daozi at the Star-Seizing Tower, learned how to enter, and joined forces to hunt the cultivators in the Water Spirit Coffins for their treasures and Starry Sky Stones.
  • After the Immortal-Thief Outsider’s ability broke through, Ye Han entered the Star-Seizing Tower with him and Bai Daozi, then climbed the Unfixed Immortal Ladder while facing trials shaped by painful memories.
  • Wu Xuantian allied with the Moon God, entered the tower, and followed him onto the ladder as Ye Han continued toward a treasure detected by the Purple Cauldron.
  • Ye Han reached the ladder’s summit, fought the Blood Souls Wraith, and used the Purple Cauldron to subdue it and the Stone Gourd, which the cauldron absorbed along with a replica of itself.
  • Ye Han discovered that the Purple Cauldron could convert pills into power for cultivation and secret methods, advanced the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries, and waited for Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider to finish their trials.
  • Ye Han, Bai Daozi, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider passed through the great hall’s sealed doorway and reached an ice-covered land beneath three moons, which Bai Daozi identified as a possible Foreign Race Homeland.
  • Ye Han led the group through the Frozen Land, sensed unusual chilling qi in a valley, and approached it alone, where he saw a qilin-like ice beast as someone drew near.
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Ch. 1751Feifei Insect

Ye Han studied the insect-control methods he had taken from foreign-race cultivators, identified his mysterious egg as a feifei insect, and decided to keep it despite the risks of raising one. After refining the Five Elements crystal stone into his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, he killed a powerful tree demon and found that only three regions on his map remained unexplored.

  • Ye Han used foreign-race insect cultivators’ methods and reference books to improve his insect-raising plans and learned that his mysterious egg belonged to one of the Three Great Fiend Insects.
  • Ye Han considered the danger and expense of raising the feifei insect, then decided to keep the egg in his purple cauldron space for now.
  • Ye Han recalled Teacher Lan Qing’s advice to gather resources for the Ancient Human Race and accepted that he had taken the Five Elements crystal stone from the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator.
  • More than four months later, Ye Han used his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel to kill a mutated tree demon with a single strike and collected four Starry Sky Stones.
  • Ye Han let the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator collect the tree demon’s corpse and soul, then counted forty-eight Starry Sky Stones and saw that three regions remained unexplored.

Ch. 1752Star-Seizing Tower

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider chose to enter the Star-Seizing Tower area rather than risk the central dragon and demon-beast regions, hoping to reunite with Azure Profound Sect members. They arrived at the colossal tower and discovered many Water Spirit Coffins before a sinister voice greeted them.

  • Ye Han studied the completed map and decided to visit the Star-Seizing Tower first, arguing that the remaining central areas were too dangerous and that the Nine Dragons should not grow stronger.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider agreed with Ye Han, and the two spent more than six years preparing pills, restoring spell power, and strengthening their abilities.
  • Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider emerged from a Starry Sky Gate into the Star-Seizing Tower area, where a vast tower rose before them.
  • They noticed restriction formations and numerous Water Spirit Coffins across the plaza, some damaged and empty, and realized many cultivators had died there.
  • A chilling chuckle sounded, and a strange voice called Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider fools who did not know their limits.

Ch. 1753Old Thief, drag him out!

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider encountered a boastful Red Sect Clan cultivator sheltered in a powerful formation around his Water Spirit Coffin. After the cultivator refused to explain how to enter the Star-Seizing Tower, Ye Han ordered the Immortal-Thief Outsider to drag him out.

  • Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider traced a mocking voice to a Water Spirit Coffin protected by an intact formation.
  • The Red Sect Clan cultivator taunted them and claimed they could not even get through the Star-Seizing Tower's doors, but refused to share what he knew.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider threatened to drag the cultivator out, and the man revealed himself lounging atop his lavish coffin.
  • Ye Han recognized the strength of the cultivator's formation, then told the Immortal-Thief Outsider to drag him out.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider agreed and vowed to drink the cultivator's spirit tea.

Ch. 1754Bai Daozi of the Red Sect Clan

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider outmaneuvered Bai Daozi, forcing the Red Sect Clan cultivator to surrender. After learning his name, Ye Han asked about the Star-Seizing Tower, and Bai Daozi urged them not to go there.

  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider used Steal Heaven and Replace the Sun to swap places with Bai Daozi, pulling him out of his Water Spirit Coffin and into Ye Han’s formations.
  • Ye Han intimidated the trapped Bai Daozi with his aura, and Bai Daozi pleaded for them not to attack.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider drank Bai Daozi’s lifespan-extending spirit tea while Bai Daozi lamented the waste and accepted that he could not resist.
  • Ye Han introduced himself and asked Bai Daozi about his time there; Bai Daozi identified himself as the Northern Dragon King, Bai Daozi.
  • Bai Daozi warned Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider to give up if they planned to go to the Star-Seizing Tower.

Ch. 1755This Guy Actually Knew Elder Liu?

Ye Han learned from Bai Daozi that entering the Star-Seizing Tower required twelve Starry Sky Stones and Star Palace Disciple status, while the route there offered no way back. After Ye Han paid him with a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit, Bai Daozi revealed that he knew Elder Liu.

  • Bai Daozi told Ye Han that entering the Star-Seizing Tower required twelve Starry Sky Stones and Star Palace Disciple status, and said he had never seen anyone return from it.
  • Ye Han offered to join forces with Bai Daozi, but Bai Daozi refused because his lifespan was nearly exhausted and asked for a valuable benefit in exchange for information.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race challenged Bai Daozi's talk of Cultivator rules, and Ye Han gave him a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit.
  • Bai Daozi accepted the fruit and warned Ye Han that the Star-Seizing Tower was dangerous and that the teleportation formation could bring them there but could not take them away.
  • Bai Daozi asked Ye Han whether he had enough Starry Sky Stones because Elder Liu had told him about them, surprising Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race.

Ch. 1756Shall We Do Something Wicked First?

Ye Han and the immortal-thief outsider agreed to let Bai Daozi join them in entering the Star-Seizing Tower after he offered his Starry Sky Stones and knowledge of the tower. Bai Daozi then proposed they first do something wicked.

  • Ye Han learned that Elder Liu and his companions had entered the Star-Seizing Tower centuries earlier and had not returned.
  • Bai Daozi offered to join Ye Han and the immortal-thief outsider, then released the outsider from the Water Spirit Coffin.
  • The immortal-thief outsider told Bai Daozi to prove his sincerity, and Bai Daozi offered twenty-six Starry Sky Stones.
  • Ye Han accepted Bai Daozi as a companion, and the immortal-thief outsider agreed but warned him not to hold them back.
  • When the others suggested going to the Star-Seizing Tower, Bai Daozi insisted they first do something wicked.

Ch. 1757Time to Hunt

Ye Han and Bai Daozi killed a Foreign-Race Cultivator inside his Water Spirit Coffin using a coordinated ambush, then prepared to continue hunting the surviving cultivators in the Star-Seizing Tower. Bai Daozi moved to release the Immortal-Thief Outsider so they could divide the captured treasures.

  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider used Steal Heaven and Replace the Sun to swap places with a Foreign-Race Cultivator in a Water Spirit Coffin.
  • Bai Daozi’s formation trapped the Foreign-Race Cultivator as Ye Han’s swords and purple-gold divine thunder destroyed his body, and the Ghost Skull Mirror captured his soul.
  • Bai Daozi withdrew the formation while Ye Han collected the Twelve Azure Profound Divine Swords and the Ghost Skull Mirror.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider demanded release, and Bai Daozi joked that he and Ye Han would split the cultivator’s treasures.
  • Ye Han told Bai Daozi to release the Immortal-Thief Outsider so they could divide the loot, and Bai Daozi went to the restriction formation.
  • The three had agreed to hunt the remaining Foreign-Race Cultivators in the Star-Seizing Tower by using the Immortal-Thief Outsider’s swap ability, Bai Daozi’s formations, and Ye Han’s attacks.

Ch. 1758A Huge Windfall

Ye Han, Bai Daozi, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator cleared the Water Spirit Coffins in the plaza and amassed a huge haul. After the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator’s divine ability broke through, they prepared to enter the Star-Seizing Tower, but Ye Han was surprised when the twelve Starry Sky Stones began to vanish as he activated its formation.

  • Bai Daozi trapped the cultivators emerging from the Water Spirit Coffins while Ye Han killed them, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator used Steal Heaven and Replace the Sun to swap them out.
  • Ye Han agreed to let the group rest when the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator said his innate divine ability was close to breaking through, and the three divided the dead cultivators’ treasures, including eight Starry Sky Stones.
  • Ye Han and his companions fought off cultivators who discovered their scheme, then cleared the surviving and dead occupants of the plaza’s Water Spirit Coffins and gathered a vast haul.
  • After three months of rest, the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator’s divine ability broke through, and the three went to the Star-Seizing Tower’s entrance.
  • Ye Han sent Bai Daozi into a Space Ring, inserted twelve Starry Sky Stones into the formation, and exclaimed when the stones began to disappear.

Ch. 1759Wu Xuantian Arrived

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator opened the Star-Seizing Tower and entered despite the danger, while Wu Xuantian arrived at the plaza moments later. Wu Xuantian sensed Ye Han’s lingering aura and realized Ye Han had reached the tower before him.

  • Ye Han watched the Starry Sky Stones melt into the formation, which opened the Star-Seizing Tower’s enormous gate after both cultivators passed its Star Palace Disciple check.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator entered the tower’s starry vortex first, and Ye Han followed him inside as the gate closed behind them.
  • Wu Xuantian emerged from a teleportation formation and declared his intention to ascend to the upper realm and become an Immortal Race Holy Son.
  • Wu Xuantian noticed traces of spell combat and recognized Ye Han’s aura, realizing Ye Han had arrived at the Star-Seizing Tower before him.

Ch. 1760Unfixed Immortal Ladder

Wu Xuantian found that Ye Han had taken the treasures from the Star-Seizing Tower’s plaza, so he prepared to recover before pursuing him. Inside the tower, Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race learned that its shifting Unfixed Immortal Ladder led to trials and an inheritance star, and Ye Han paused before climbing to contact Elder Liu.

  • Wu Xuantian discovered that Ye Han had already entered the Star-Seizing Tower and taken the Water Spirit Coffins’ treasures, then swallowed pills, set up defensive formations, and meditated to recover.
  • Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race entered the Star-Seizing Tower and heard an ancient voice welcome them as Star-Seizing Warriors undertaking a challenge.
  • The tower’s plaza shifted into a network of stairways spiraling upward, and Ye Han released Bai Daozi from his Space Ring.
  • Bai Daozi explained that the Unfixed Immortal Ladder changed with each decision, leading to different trials and an inheritance star left by the Ancient Human Race.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race proposed climbing the ladder, but Ye Han stopped them to see whether he could contact Elder Liu.

Ch. 1761We'll go right!

Ye Han failed to contact Elder Liu and led Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member up the Unfixed Immortal Ladder, where its trials also strengthened his cultivation. At a fork with no visible clues, Ye Han released the Purple Cauldron’s seal, chose the right-hand path, and watched the left path disappear.

  • Ye Han activated his Legacy Disciple Token but could not contact Elder Liu, then insisted that Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan were likely safe.
  • Ye Han stepped onto the Unfixed Immortal Ladder and used the Heart-Calming Immortal Art to dispel illusory demonic beasts while his cultivation advanced.
  • Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member followed Ye Han, and Bai Daozi warned that higher steps would bring genuine divine soul attacks.
  • Ye Han continued climbing through increasingly fierce attacks and found that the ladder accelerated his cultivation.
  • At a fork, Ye Han could not probe either route, so he unsealed the Purple Cauldron and chose the right-hand path.
  • Ye Han stepped onto the right-hand stairs, and the left-hand branch shuddered and vanished.

Ch. 1762Moon God?!

Ye Han and his companions were drawn into visions by the staircase inside the Star-Seizing Tower, while Wu Xuantian encountered the Moon God outside and learned he wanted Ye Han dead. The Moon God offered to join forces with Wu Xuantian to reclaim what he said belonged to him.

  • A leaf-clad sprite appeared before Ye Han and sang, drawing him into memories of a cradle and two blurred figures.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator failed to reach Ye Han with a voice transmission, while Bai Daozi and the cultivator also stepped onto the staircase and were swept into their own memories.
  • Wu Xuantian worried about entering the Star-Seizing Tower alone and resolved to kill Ye Han and take his Starry Sky Stones.
  • The Moon God appeared beside Wu Xuantian, who recognized him from the Immortal Race's intelligence.
  • The Moon God offered to cooperate with Wu Xuantian, explaining that Ye Han had a grudge against his physical body and that he intended to kill Ye Han and reclaim what belonged to him.

Ch. 1763I'm the One Giving You This Opportunity

Wu Xuantian agreed to help the Moon God enter the Star-Seizing Tower in exchange for guidance toward what he and the Immortal Race sought. The Moon God transformed into a crescent-marked Starry Sky Stone, and Wu Xuantian carried him through the tower’s entrance.

  • Wu Xuantian questioned why the Moon God wanted to cooperate and learned he needed a Star Palace Disciple to enter the Star-Seizing Tower.
  • The Moon God offered to lead Wu Xuantian to what he wanted—or, more precisely, what the Immortal Race wanted—and Wu Xuantian agreed to join forces.
  • Wu Xuantian suspected the Moon God might be the legendary traitor of the ancient human race but did not ask him about it.
  • Wu Xuantian activated the entrance formation with a Starry Sky Stone, and the Moon God transformed into a crescent-marked Starry Sky Stone.
  • Wu Xuantian carried the Moon God’s stone through the doorway and entered the Star-Seizing Tower as its enormous door closed behind him.

Ch. 1764Not Far Now, Right?!

Wu Xuantian entered the Star-Seizing Tower with the Moon God, who explained the dangers of its Unfixed Immortal Ladder and agreed to guide him toward valuable treasures. Ahead of them, Ye Han endured the ladder’s trials by following the Purple Cauldron’s sense of a nearby treasure.

  • The Moon God told Wu Xuantian that the Star-Seizing Tower held real secrets but its stories were partly intended to lure outsiders into deadly trials.
  • The Unfixed Immortal Ladder rose through the hall, and the Moon God led Wu Xuantian onto it, promising to guide him to valuable things.
  • Wu Xuantian asked whether they could catch up with Ye Han, but the Moon God said they should proceed carefully and strengthen themselves first.
  • Ye Han reached a fork in the ladder and noticed Bai Daozi following close behind the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member.
  • Ye Han recalled that the ladder tested Cultivators’ Dao hearts by confronting them with painful memories, and that failed challengers could have their divine souls absorbed.
  • Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron to choose his path toward a treasure it sensed, and its vibrations grew stronger as he neared it.

Ch. 1765Have we arrived?

Ye Han defeated another blood soul on the Unfixed Immortal Ladder and waited there to cultivate while Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member caught up. After several months, Ye Han was nearing a breakthrough and stepped onto the ladder’s final step, where the Purple Cauldron trembled.

  • Ye Han froze and shattered a golden-haired cultivator, then sealed the attacker’s blood soul in White-Light Runes.
  • Ye Han reached another step of the Unfixed Immortal Ladder and realized Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member were still behind him in their trials.
  • Ye Han decided to wait and cultivate on the ladder, hoping to improve his cultivation and extend his limited lifespan.
  • Ye Han tried to contact Elder Liu with his Legacy Disciple Token but received no response, leaving him worried about Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan.
  • After several months of cultivation, Ye Han saw Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member arrive, then stepped onto the final ladder step as the Purple Cauldron trembled.

Ch. 1766Huh? The Purple Cauldron?!

Ye Han followed the Purple Cauldron’s increasingly intense vibrations to a chamber inside the Star-Seizing Tower, where he discovered a sinister pool of purplish-red spirit liquid. The Purple Cauldron reacted to an object among the bones beneath the pool that looked like a corner of the Purple Cauldron, and the object’s awakening sent a terrifying aura through the chamber.

  • Ye Han reached the top of the Unfixed Immortal Ladder after more than seven years of cultivation and entered a vast chamber containing a gourd pouring purplish-red spirit liquid into a pool.
  • Ye Han spotted shadows moving beneath the pool’s surface and used his vision to discover countless cultivators’ bones at the bottom.
  • Ye Han sensed that the Purple Cauldron was responding to something beside the pool and cautiously followed the wall toward it.
  • Ye Han used the Bright-Eyed Divine Formula to identify an object among the bones that looked like a corner of the Purple Cauldron.
  • The apparent corner trembled and released rings of purple runes, making the pool shake as a terrifying aura erupted.

Ch. 1767Blood Souls Wraith?

Ye Han fought a violet-red giant formed from the bones and blood souls in the pool, discovering that the strange stone gourd became armor for the Blood Souls Wraith. After destroying its summoned blood souls with Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder, he faced the Wraith as it drew a blood-red saber and attacked.

  • Ye Han's Gods-and-Devils Hand clashed with a violet-red liquid arm, but the arm drained its demonic qi and power until he used the Radiant Light Art to break through.
  • The pool's liquid and bones formed a giant, and Ye Han sensed that an object resembling a Purple Cauldron was inside it.
  • The giant seized the stone gourd, which split into armor scales and covered its body as the Blood Souls Wraith charged Ye Han.
  • Ye Han used Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder to destroy the blood soul figures summoned by the Wraith.
  • The Blood Souls Wraith pulled a blood-red saber from its mouth and slashed at Ye Han.

Ch. 1768What Kind of Treasure Was This Stone Gourd?!

Ye Han fought the Blood Souls Wraith as it unleashed powerful saber and sword techniques, but the creature withdrew into its Stone Gourd before he could strike its main body. Ye Han's sword-rays failed to leave a mark on the gourd, leaving him to wonder what kind of treasure it was.

  • The Blood Souls Wraith's blade-light anticipated Ye Han's escape, forcing him to use Baleful Ghost Body and endure an attack that struck at his soul and divine sense.
  • Ye Han drew his Bone-Refining Bone Swords and fought off the wraith's blade-rays and blood maws with Golden Vast Swordsmanship and Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder.
  • The Blood Souls Wraith formed a storm of saber and sword attacks, and Ye Han used Thunder Escape Technique to appear before it and attack its main body.
  • The Blood Souls Wraith withdrew into its gourd armor, which closed into the Stone Gourd and withstood Ye Han's sword-rays without taking a mark.

Ch. 1769What Was the Purple Cauldron Doing?

Ye Han fought to subdue the Blood Souls Wraith and the Stone Gourd after the gourd’s power prevented him from using his spell power. With Ye Han’s help, the Purple Cauldron sealed both creatures and returned to his Divine Sense Sea, though he wondered what it was doing.

  • Ye Han’s sword-rays failed to damage the Stone Gourd, which unleashed a restraining power that stopped him from mobilizing his spell power.
  • The Purple Cauldron emerged from Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea, struck the Stone Gourd, and bound it and the Blood Souls Wraith with rune chains.
  • Ye Han used the Abyss-Slaying Long Halberd to drive the Blood Souls Wraith into the Purple Cauldron, while the Abyss-Slaying Art’s runes restrained him.
  • Ye Han poured his spell power, star power, and nascent soul power into the Purple Cauldron, helping it suppress and seal both the Blood Souls Wraith and the Stone Gourd.
  • The Purple Cauldron returned to Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea with both creatures subdued, and Ye Han wondered what it was doing.

Ch. 1770The replica reappeared!

Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron absorbed a powerful replica hidden in the Blood Souls Wraith, growing stronger and beginning to sprout a new sapling from the auras of the Wraith and Stone Gourd. After the hall opened a path onward, Ye Han fortified himself and cultivated, discovering that the Purple Cauldron’s gains had improved its absorption of spiritual energy, star power, and traces of law power; he ended with a sudden realization that confirmed his suspicion.

  • The Purple Cauldron tore the replica cauldron out of the Blood Souls Wraith and absorbed it, increasing its aura and strengthening its divine abilities.
  • The Purple Cauldron absorbed the Blood Souls Wraith’s and Stone Gourd’s auras, forming a new purplish-red sprout on its lid.
  • Ye Han worried that the Purple Cauldron’s release had drawn the attention of a powerful being, then saw that the hall had cleared and an enormous palace gate led onward.
  • Ye Han set up Formation Beads for protection and cultivated on the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion while waiting for the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race and Bai Daozi.
  • Ye Han found that the Purple Cauldron absorbed spiritual energy faster, could draw in more star power and traces of law power, and had expanded the Purple Cauldron Space by more than a tenth.
  • Ye Han swallowed a pill and was delighted when events confirmed his suspicion.

Ch. 1771The Purple Cauldron Evolves

Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron’s new ability to convert pills into ancient dragon aura and strengthen his Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries. After breaking through to the sixth mystery, he sensed a faint call from the enormous door in the great hall.

  • The Moon God sensed a powerful treasure ahead on the Unfixed Immortal Ladder and continued climbing while Wu Xuantian followed behind.
  • Ye Han discovered that the Purple Cauldron could convert pills into power for secret methods and cultivation techniques, though the process wasted much of their potency and only worked well for methods he had cultivated sufficiently.
  • Ye Han used converted pills to advance the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries because he needed to strengthen the Nine Dragons to undo Nine Dragons Locking the Sky.
  • Ye Han recalled that he had not found Teacher Lan Qing at the Central Star Palace Temple and feared that Teacher Lan Qing might not have survived the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s scheme.
  • After more than half a month of cultivation, Ye Han broke through to the sixth mystery, and the Nine Dragons transformed into powerful purple-gold patterns around him.
  • The enormous door in the great hall trembled faintly as though it were calling to Ye Han.

Ch. 1772A mysterious summons

Ye Han waited in the Great Hall after sensing a mysterious summons connected to the Nine Dragons, while he trained with the Purple Cauldron and considered its growing power. Nearly a year later, the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race and Bai Daozi finally emerged from the Unfixed Immortal Ladder.

  • Ye Han stopped activating the Nine Dragons and waited for Bai Daozi and the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race, unable to see past the Restrictive Barrier at the Great Hall entrance.
  • Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron to convert pills into power of the stars and tested how different pills and grades affected the conversion rate.
  • Ye Han noticed that the Purple Cauldron’s sapling had grown two rune-marked leaves and wondered what fruit it would produce after absorbing the unusual being and the Stone Gourd.
  • Ye Han reflected on how he and the Purple Cauldron depended on and strengthened each other.
  • Nearly a year later, the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race emerged from the Unfixed Immortal Ladder, followed by Bai Daozi, and Ye Han complained that they had taken too long.

Ch. 1773Someone Else Had Entered the Unfixed Immortal Ladder

Ye Han learned that latecomers had entered the Unfixed Immortal Ladder and asked whether they could follow his route, while Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider questioned what he had found in the Great Hall. Ye Han defended keeping his solo gains and urged them to continue before the newcomers could claim more treasures.

  • Bai Daozi told Ye Han that hidden, powerful blood souls had injured him and the Immortal-Thief Outsider, while other cultivators had stirred the blood souls up.
  • Ye Han asked whether the latecomers could follow the same route, but Bai Daozi explained that they could only share some paths, not travel the exact route taken by the three who entered together.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider asked Ye Han what treasures he had found in the Great Hall, and Ye Han reminded them that their agreement let each person keep what they obtained alone.
  • Ye Han noticed that Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider had recovered from their injuries and improved their cultivation, then urged them to keep moving rather than rest.

Ch. 1774Foreign Race Homeland

Ye Han, the Immortal-Thief Outsider, and Bai Daozi entered a frozen world in the Star-Seizing Tower, where Bai Daozi identified the place as a Foreign Race Homeland. He explained how foreign races and remnants of the Ancient Human Race had settled inside the tower, and the group wondered whether their former ties would make passage safer.

  • Ye Han and Bai Daozi discussed the dangers ahead, and Ye Han urged the group to leave the Great Hall together.
  • Ye Han, the Immortal-Thief Outsider, and Bai Daozi crossed the sealed doorway and arrived in a silent, ice-covered world beneath three moons.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider questioned Bai Daozi about their destination, and Bai Daozi admitted he did not know the place but suspected it was foreign race territory.
  • Bai Daozi explained that foreign races and Ancient Human Race remnants had entered the Star-Seizing Tower long ago and made new territories there called Foreign Race Homelands.
  • The Immortal-Thief Outsider asked whether the homeland's ties to the Ancient Human Race would make it easier for them to pass through.

Ch. 1775Don't Call Me Fellow Daoist Bai-My Surname Isn't Bai!

Ye Han, Bai Daozi, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider crossed the Frozen Land while discussing the Star-Seizing Tower and the foreign races’ homelands. Ye Han sensed a powerful presence in a valley and discovered a massive ice beast resembling a qilin.

  • Bai Daozi said he and his companions had not entered the Star Continent of their own accord and insisted that Bai was not his surname.
  • Ye Han led Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider onward through the Frozen Land as powerful restrictions limited their divine sense.
  • Using his ice-attribute spirit root and the Cold Art, Ye Han sensed strange chilling qi in a distant valley and guided the others toward it.
  • Ye Han concealed himself and approached the valley alone while Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider waited for his signal.
  • A surge of frost flame stopped the valley’s absorption of moonlight and chilling qi, and Ye Han saw a huge ice beast resembling a qilin.
  • Ye Han sensed that someone was approaching.
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