Arc 82The Sky-Suppressing Tower

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing pursued the hurricane strange flame, then separated after reaching the Immortal Race Continent. Ye Han entered a secret selection trial and began the Sky-Suppressing Tower’s tests of strength and endurance.

  • Ye Han escaped the Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent with Zhuge Baiqing, learned the Thousand Illusions Strange Flame had already been taken, and agreed to help her enter Immortal Land in exchange for her guidance to the hurricane strange flame.
  • Ye Han trained at Ten-Thousand-Li Blue Lake, then traveled with Zhuge Baiqing into Hurricane Land and fought the Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King as a hurricane frenzy approached.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing fled the Hurricane God-Devil, but Ye Han later refined the hurricane strange flame and reached Spirit Transformation Stage Great Perfection after more than two years of cultivation.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing reached the Immortal Race Continent and parted ways, while Ye Han followed a special Token to a restricted valley and entered a secret selection trial.
  • Ye Han overcame the trial’s physical challenges, collected eight bronze fragments, and entered the Heavenly Mystery Tower, where he absorbed the spirit pool’s power before being sent to the Sky-Suppressing Tower.
  • Ye Han entered the tower’s first test, endured the crushing weight and electrical shocks of the metal fragments, and received Primordial Ancient Beast essence blood after collapsing on the staircase.
  • Ye Han completed the first blood refinement, chose a triangular metal block, and began enduring the flames unleashed by the next steps.
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Ch. 2026Immortal Race Genealogy??

Ye Han escaped the Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent with the white-haired female cultivator, then learned she recognized his Vajra Fire God Art and might know where to find the Thousand Illusions Strange Flame. She revealed that someone had taken the flame from the Thousand Illusions Land, but had not yet said where it was.

  • The white-haired female cultivator sealed Ye Han inside the Cloud-Net Umbrella and drove it through a demonic face to escape the pursuing Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent.
  • Ye Han accidentally blasted the white-haired female cultivator out of the umbrella with his Vajra Fire God Art, then demanded to know what she had said about strange flame.
  • The white-haired female cultivator guessed Ye Han belonged to the Immortal Race Genealogy after he reacted strongly to their close contact.
  • The white-haired female cultivator recognized Ye Han's Vajra Fire God Art and asked whether he had sought the Thousand Illusions Strange Flame.
  • Ye Han asked where the flame was, and the white-haired female cultivator explained that someone had taken it from the Thousand Illusions Land.

Ch. 2027Zhuge Baiqing

Ye Han learned that the thousand illusions strange flame had been taken long ago, but Zhuge Baiqing offered to help him find the hurricane strange flame. He agreed to cooperate in exchange for helping her enter the Immortal Land, leaving her to recover before they set out.

  • Ye Han learned that the Fire Spirit Divine Lord had taken and refined the thousand illusions strange flame several thousand years earlier.
  • Zhuge Baiqing told Ye Han that she knew the precise location of the hurricane strange flame and could help him find it using her wind spirit root.
  • Zhuge Baiqing asked Ye Han to recommend her for entry into the Immortal Race's Immortal Land if they obtained the flame, and Ye Han agreed on that condition.
  • Ye Han gave Zhuge Baiqing healing pills so she could recover, and she introduced herself and asked his name.

Ch. 2028Hurricane Strange Flame!?

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing set off toward Hurricane Land, where they would wait for the hurricanes to weaken before entering. Along the way, Ye Han slaughtered Blue Lake Water Beasts for their valuable flesh, while the Nethergod Devil Lord killed the pursuing Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent and followed Ye Han’s trail.

  • Ye Han gave Zhuge Baiqing his real name and warned her not to plot against him as she led him toward a place to recover before their journey to Hurricane Land.
  • The Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent raged after Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing escaped, but the Nethergod Devil Lord appeared and crushed it into a bloodlight orb.
  • The Nethergod Devil Lord collected the serpent’s remains, noted Ye Han’s good fortune, and vanished through a spatial rift.
  • Ye Han used metal puppets to kill Blue Lake Water Beasts and harvest their flesh for refining Demon Blood Spirit Pills.
  • Zhuge Baiqing questioned Ye Han about gathering the beasts when the lake’s spirit vein could provide spiritual energy, and Ye Han remained silent about his interest in the lake.

Ch. 2029Mastering the Dao Follows Nature Secret Method

Ye Han practiced the Dao Follows Nature secret method in the Ten-Thousand-Li Blue Lake and finally learned to conceal his presence from nearby demon beasts. After a pulse of spell power startled the fish, he checked his mirror treasure and found that the pills White Fairy was refining were ready.

  • Ye Han used the lake’s spiritual energy and spirit-rich water to practice Dao Follows Nature, a method he had learned from the Blood Soul King Beast’s records.
  • Ye Han recalled that Zhuge Baiqing had claimed the spirit vein and established a protected cave abode in the area.
  • Ye Han reflected on the dangers of the Heavenly Spirit Realm and how hunting three Void Refinement Stage king beasts had led to the Nethergod Devil Lord capturing him and sealing his divine soul.
  • Ye Han’s spell power startled the silver fish when it rippled through the water.
  • Ye Han checked his mirror treasure, saw that White Fairy had finished refining the pills, and flew toward his temporary cave abode.

Ch. 2030Who Could Say What the Future Held?

Ye Han refined Demon-Blood Spirit Pills and cultivated the Dao Follows Nature secret method before setting off with Zhuge Baiqing toward Hurricane Land to find a strange flame. Elsewhere in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, three figures raced through Black Mountain Land toward an auspicious position.

  • Ye Han produced more than a thousand Third-Tier Demon Blood Spirit Pills and recognized that the pills’ bloody aura could disturb his state of mind.
  • Ye Han continued practicing the Dao Follows Nature secret method and prepared to refine fifth-rank pills from the Blood Soul King Beast’s flesh and blood.
  • After three months, Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing left Ten-Thousand-Li Blue Lake and flew toward Hurricane Land.
  • Three figures sped through Black Mountain Land, and one pointed out an auspicious position for them to pursue.

Ch. 2031Hurricane Land

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing crossed Hurricane Land in search of the hurricane strange flame, while Ye Han worried about his enslavement to the Nethergod Devil Lord. Twelve days later, they reached a canyon where a powerful attacker struck down a giant eagle demon beast, but the chapter ended before revealing the attacker.

  • Zhuge Baiqing used her wind element spirit root to lead Ye Han through Hurricane Land toward Hurricane Canyon.
  • Ye Han reflected on Zhuge Baiqing's desire to enter Immortal Land, his soul lock, and the sealed woman inside the Water Spirit Coffin.
  • The pair fought wind element demon beasts and encountered a few cultivators as they traveled deeper into Hurricane Land.
  • Twelve days later, a giant eagle demon beast was hurled through the stone pillars in a vast canyon.
  • Whirlwind chains restrained the giant eagle demon beast, and a fiery-red sword-ray pierced its throat.

Ch. 2032Giant Eagle King Beast

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing killed the Giant Eagle King Beast near Hurricane Valley, revealing the Ghost Skull Mirror’s immense power. As they prepared to enter the valley, Zhuge Baiqing warned that a hurricane frenzy would begin in three months, and they suspected the beast’s arrival meant something had emerged.

  • Ye Han used the evolved Ghost Skull Mirror to drain the Giant Eagle King Beast’s flesh, blood, and soul while Zhuge Baiqing restrained it.
  • Ye Han took the beast’s flesh and blood, leaving its feathers and bones to Zhuge Baiqing.
  • Zhuge Baiqing warned that they had three months to find the hurricane strange flame and leave before the next hurricane frenzy.
  • Ye Han suspected the Giant Eagle King Beast’s appearance near the valley was no coincidence, and Zhuge Baiqing wondered whether a certain thing had emerged.
  • Ye Han asked Zhuge Baiqing what she meant by that thing.

Ch. 2033Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing encountered the Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King in the Hurricane Canyon and fled its attacks. Ye Han escaped the azure flame vortex, but the Spirit King transformed its pursuing flames into a giant bird that was about to catch Zhuge Baiqing.

  • Ye Han battled the Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King, whose wind-and-fire powers were amplified by the Hurricane Canyon.
  • The Spirit King revealed its two-headed, lotus-shaped true form as Ye Han wondered whether Zhuge Baiqing had been killed.
  • Zhuge Baiqing burst from a nearby wind cave and flew toward Ye Han while dodging two streams of pursuing azure flame.
  • The two streams of flame fused into a fast Flame Giant Bird, which reached for Zhuge Baiqing.

Ch. 2034Absolute Ice Seal!

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing exploited the Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King's imbalance during Hurricane Land's gathering frenzy to defeat and freeze him. Just as Zhuge Baiqing celebrated, they sensed a boundlessly terrifying aura.

  • Ye Han's Vajra Fire God Art punched through the Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King's azure flame bird, and the Spirit King trapped Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing in lotus-flame vortices as the hurricane frenzy gathered.
  • Ye Han recognized that the surging wind element had destabilized the Spirit King's wind and fire elements, and Zhuge Baiqing confirmed the imbalance.
  • Zhuge Baiqing poured her wind element spell power into the Spirit King's storm vortices, extinguishing their azure flames and making the storms cancel one another out.
  • Ye Han struck the Spirit King with the Vajra Fire God Art, splitting him in two, then unleashed Absolute Ice Seal and froze him into icicles.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing sensed a boundlessly terrifying aura just as Zhuge Baiqing celebrated their victory.

Ch. 2035Hurricane God-Devil

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing captured the hurricane strange flame, but the Hurricane God-Devil attacked them as Hurricane Frenzy began. They escaped through prepared Teleportation Arrays and fled onward, leaving the flame behind as the God-Devil pursued them.

  • Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to capture the struggling hurricane strange flame spirit king while Zhuge Baiqing recognized the approaching Hurricane God-Devil.
  • The Hurricane God-Devil crushed down on Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing with a massive storm hand, pinning them to the ground and damaging Ye Han's Immortal-Breaking Divine Armor.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing activated Teleportation Talismans and escaped to an underground cavern three thousand li away.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing used another pair of Teleportation Talismans to leave the cavern before the Hurricane God-Devil's next attack struck.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing continued fleeing through their prepared Short-Distance Teleportation Arrays, abandoning their chance to obtain the hurricane strange flame as Hurricane Frenzy erupted.

Ch. 2036Escape from Hurricane Land

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing escaped Hurricane Land with the hurricane strange flame, then traveled to a hidden cave where Ye Han prepared to cultivate it with the Vajra Fire God Art. As the flame began to stir his cultivation, Ye Han sensed the third layer nearing a breakthrough.

  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing used the final Teleportation Array to escape Hurricane Land while the Hurricane God-Devil pursued them.
  • Zhuge Baiqing told Ye Han that a special restriction confined the Hurricane God-Devil to Hurricane Land, and they set out together for Heavenly Mirror Immortal City.
  • More than ten days later, Ye Han checked the Ghost Skull Mirror and found that it had absorbed the Hurricane Strange Flame Spirit King's divine soul.
  • Ye Han released the hurricane strange flame and began refining it with the Vajra Fire God Art.
  • The flame's aura entered the art's Golden Light Runes, stirring Ye Han's stagnant cultivation of its third layer.

Ch. 2037Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Stage

After more than two years absorbing the Hurricane Strange Flame, Ye Han broke through to the fourth layer of the Vajra Fire God Art and the ninth layer of the Spirit Transformation Stage. He agreed to accompany Zhuge Baiqing to the Immortal Race Continent, and the chapter ended with him examining a strange talisman aboard her flying boat.

  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing sparred across the Heaven-and-Earth Grassland, and he battered her Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure before calling a halt.
  • Zhuge Baiqing congratulated Ye Han on his breakthrough and acknowledged that his speed and power surpassed hers, though they had not fought with all their abilities.
  • The chapter revealed that Ye Han had reached Spirit Transformation Stage Great Perfection after cultivating with the Hurricane Strange Flame for more than two years.
  • Zhuge Baiqing urged Ye Han to stop wandering and travel to the Immortal Race Continent, and he agreed.
  • Ye Han asked to use Zhuge Baiqing's flying boat because his own was damaged, and he later took out a strange talisman inside the boat.

Ch. 2038The Boundless Immortal Dao

Ye Han tested and modified a talisman while traveling by Flying Boat toward the Immortal Race Continent. Elsewhere, three cultivators hid in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, while the Void Spirit Heaven-Devouring Beast appeared over the Star Continent and began devouring cultivators.

  • Ye Han activated a gray-rune talisman he had crafted, briefly gaining a strange demon-beast aura before the runes shattered and the effect failed.
  • Ye Han took out more talismans and continued studying and modifying them during the Flying Boat journey.
  • Three cultivators cautiously crossed ruins in the Heavenly Spirit Realm and hid in a cavern while discussing their pursuers and Junior Brother Ye.
  • A massive Void Spirit Heaven-Devouring Beast appeared above the Star Continent, drawing in spiritual energy and forcing the battling cultivators to flee.
  • Three beautiful female cultivators formed a formation and raced away as White Snow stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Ch. 2039Immortal Race Continent

Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing crossed the dangerous Sea of Chaotic Winds and reached the Immortal Race Continent. Ye Han told Zhuge Baiqing they would travel separately, then gave her communication Tokens before setting off alone with a special Token.

  • Ye Han blasted a path through towering waves as he and Zhuge Baiqing flew across the Sea of Chaotic Winds.
  • Ye Han told Zhuge Baiqing that they would part ways upon reaching the Immortal Race Continent, but assured her he would still help with what he had promised.
  • Ye Han and Zhuge Baiqing emerged from the storm and saw the continent's pure spiritual energy, huge Flying Boats, and many traveling cultivators.
  • Ye Han gave Zhuge Baiqing instructions and refined communication Tokens so they could contact each other, then they separated.
  • After Zhuge Baiqing flew out of sight, Ye Han took a special Token from his Storage Bag.

Ch. 2040Heavenly Mirror Immortal City

Ye Han followed the Nethergod Devil Lord’s token through Heavenly Mirror Immortal City for more than ten days, but its intermittent guidance had not led him to its destination. As he continued wandering, a beautiful red-haired woman called out to him.

  • Ye Han explored Heavenly Mirror Immortal City while the token in his sleeve gave him intermittent directions.
  • Ye Han reflected on the city’s cultivation resources and the Immortal Race’s practice of eliminating fetuses without useful spirit roots.
  • Ye Han avoided entering the city’s shops because he suspected the Immortal Race had a reason for staying away from them.
  • A red-haired female cultivator called to Ye Han and looked at him with delight.

Ch. 2041Two Chance Encounters?!

Ye Han followed the Nethergod Devil Lord’s token through Heavenly Mirror Immortal City and discovered that a red-haired female cultivator carried an identical one. When the token led him to a mountain valley, he met her again and both approached its restrictive barrier as an arrogant voice invited participants inside.

  • Ye Han denied possessing a token when the red-haired female cultivator showed him one, though he recognized it as identical to the Nethergod Devil Lord’s.
  • Ye Han continued observing Heavenly Mirror Immortal City and followed the token whenever it reacted, while Zhuge Baiqing repeatedly tried to contact him.
  • After more than twenty days, Ye Han followed the token’s signal to a mountain valley and severed Zhuge Baiqing’s communication.
  • Ye Han encountered the red-haired female cultivator at the valley and said he could have obtained the token since they last met.
  • An arrogant voice called to those who wanted to participate, and Ye Han and the red-haired female cultivator approached the barrier as their tokens released gray runes.

Ch. 2042A mysterious trial

Ye Han and the red-haired female cultivator entered a concealed valley where masked Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators gathered for a mysterious trial. After thirty-one participants passed the first test, they received maps and were teleported to a barren place to begin the next stage.

  • A token concealed Ye Han and the red-haired female cultivator’s auras and altered their appearances, though she recognized Ye Han and promised to keep his identity secret.
  • Ye Han and the red-haired female cultivator entered the restricted valley, where Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators gathered under orders from an unseen speaker.
  • After more cultivators arrived, the speaker announced that all thirty-one of them had passed the first test and warned them to follow instructions without asking questions.
  • The speaker gave each cultivator a map and ordered them to reach a place to the north within two days without attracting attention.
  • The meditation cushions activated as teleportation arrays and sent Ye Han to a barren place, where he sensed that his appearance had changed again.

Ch. 2043The second test

Ye Han entered a sealed secret realm for the second test, where his divine sense, flight, and spell power were restricted and he had two days to reach a marked location. He followed a distant tremor and found a cultivator relying on physical strength and blade techniques to fight a massive four-armed puppet.

  • Ye Han examined the map and realized the first test had likely involved hiding his identity and intentions in Heavenly Mirror Immortal City.
  • Ye Han concluded that the barren land was an artificial sealed realm designed for the test, but he could not determine his location on the map.
  • Ye Han sensed a faint tremor to the west and raced toward it.
  • Ye Han found a golden, enlarged cultivator fighting a huge four-armed black puppet with enormous clubs.
  • Ye Han observed that the cultivator used no spell power and wondered whether the test measured physical strength.

Ch. 2044He Couldn't Use His Spell Power?!

Ye Han watched a cultivator battle the Four-Armed Puppet and realized the trial prevented escape and allowed only success. After the puppet killed the cultivator, Ye Han captured his fleeing soul with the Ghost Skull Mirror, but the trial master’s restriction sealed Ye Han’s spell power.

  • Ye Han observed that the Four-Armed Puppet overwhelmed a golden-lit cultivator with its four Black Metal Rods, while Ye Han inferred that the trial demanded exceptional physical strength.
  • The cultivator fled, but spatial runes teleported him back into the puppet’s attacks and repeatedly foiled his escape abilities.
  • The Four-Armed Puppet shattered the cultivator’s defenses and body, then a crystal Skull Head swallowed his fleeing soul.
  • Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to capture the cultivator’s soul before the Mountain Cave’s master could seize it.
  • Gray light surged from the Four-Armed Puppet and sealed Ye Han’s spell power.

Ch. 2045Shattered with a Single Punch!!

Ye Han shattered the Four-Armed Puppet with one punch, collected its bronze fragment and metal rods, and continued through a trial that tested physical combat. After defeating eight strange creatures and gathering their fragments, he reached an eerie tower built from bones.

  • Ye Han blasted the Four-Armed Puppet apart with a single punch and collected its bronze fragment and four metal rods.
  • A hidden watcher observed Ye Han and remarked that the trial would not stop him, though he was greedy.
  • Ye Han destroyed a Thorn Vines nature spirit with one punch, and the Ghost Skull Mirror swallowed its fleeing essence soul.
  • Ye Han collected the thorn-patterned bronze fragment and noted that it was his eighth piece.
  • Ye Han reflected that the trial tested physical strength and that he had defeated eight creatures in just over six hours.
  • Ye Han reached an enormous tower built from the bones of unknown demon beasts and ancient beasts.

Ch. 2046Claim Your Reward

Ye Han exchanged eight bronze fragments for entry into the Heavenly Mystery Tower and found a spirit pool containing diluted immortal land water. As he recovered from the backlash of his cultivation, the tower’s hidden observer considered his strength and suspected his mysterious origins.

  • Ye Han placed eight bronze fragments into the Formation Disk, which teleported him into the Heavenly Mystery Tower.
  • Ye Han discovered a pool of diluted immortal land water and entered it to absorb its medicinal power and spiritual energy.
  • Ye Han realized that the secret realm’s controller had been watching him and suspected the reward had been prepared for him.
  • A hidden observer praised Ye Han’s physical strength, wondered whether the Immortal Race had sent him, and decided to keep observing him.
  • Ye Han opened his eyes after hitting another cultivation bottleneck.

Ch. 2047One Hundred Years?!

Ye Han reached a bottleneck in body cultivation, collected all the Spirit Pool's liquid, and studied its formation runes before being transported to the third trial. He learned that six cultivators remained and that they had one hundred years to reach the top of a tower.

  • Ye Han realized his Vajra Fire God Art had hit a bottleneck and could no longer absorb the Spirit Pool's spiritual essence.
  • Ye Han used a bottle treasure to collect all the Spirit Pool's liquid, then studied the formation runes carved on a bone.
  • A hidden voice cursed Ye Han for taking the spirit water but decided to wait and see whether he survived the third trial.
  • Ye Han was transported alongside five other cultivators, bringing the selection's remaining group to six.
  • The voice announced that the third trial required the cultivators to reach the top of a tower within one hundred years, astonishing them.

Ch. 2048The Third Trial

Ye Han entered the Sky-Suppressing Tower for the third trial, which was meant to push the cultivators beyond their limits over a hundred years. Inside, he discovered a plaza filled with metal blocks resembling the Hexagonal Metal Block he had found in the Inheritance Tower, and began examining them.

  • The voice announced that the third trial would take place in the Sky-Suppressing Tower and would test the cultivators’ potential over a hundred years.
  • Ye Han reasoned that the earlier trials had selected cultivators with strong fundamentals and that the tower was meant to develop their abilities.
  • The tower’s stone doors opened, and Ye Han entered one before the other five cultivators chose their own doors.
  • After the door sealed behind him, Ye Han sensed an unusual aura in the passage that made his blood and qi surge.
  • Ye Han reached a plaza of rune-covered metal blocks and recognized their surface material as similar to the Hexagonal Metal Block from the Inheritance Tower.
  • Ye Han noticed the plaza’s blocks were made of a different material beneath their outer layer and approached one to inspect it.

Ch. 2049Mysterious Metal

Ye Han endured the crushing weight and electrical shocks of the Sky-Suppressing Tower’s metal armor as he climbed its eighteen-step staircase. At the top, he found a triangular recess and collapsed; the armor fragments returned to the black Metal Block, and his body suddenly felt light.

  • Ye Han put on the metal fragments, which sealed his spell power and forced him to bear their immense weight with his physical strength.
  • Ye Han stepped onto the staircase and discovered that each step increased the armor’s weight and sent painful electrical shocks through him.
  • Ye Han continued climbing despite his body burning and nearing collapse, reaching the thirteenth step and then pressing onward.
  • After four days, Ye Han reached the eighteenth step and saw a triangular recess in the wall beyond the staircase.
  • Ye Han collapsed and spat out essence blood as the metal fragments burst away from his body and reassembled around the black Metal Block.
  • Ye Han felt his body suddenly become light.

Ch. 2050The Essence Blood of a Primordial Ancient Beast?

Ye Han absorbed Primordial Ancient Beast essence blood that restored and strengthened his body, then chose a triangular metal block to continue the mountain trial. A mysterious golden-eyed figure watched him with high hopes as Ye Han faced the trial’s next attack: scorching flames.

  • Blood-red runes surrounded Ye Han and infused him with Primordial Ancient Beast essence blood, healing his injuries and strengthening his body.
  • A golden-eyed figure watched Ye Han complete the first blood refinement and decided to prepare better essence blood for his next attempt.
  • After absorbing the essence blood for more than a month, Ye Han finished refining it and realized he needed a triangular metal block to proceed.
  • Ye Han selected a triangular metal block, endured its crushing weight, and carried it toward the steps.
  • The steps unleashed powerful flames around Ye Han, who realized the trial also used attacks corresponding to the other elements and resolved to endure them.
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