Recaps

Ye Han evaded Devil Lord Shadow’s forces through Demonheart Cliff, discovered a powerful White Jade Flower Trough, and broke the curse that let Shadow track him. The cliff erupted as Ye Han escaped, while Gu Changdao submitted to Shadow and received the Black Demon Sword to help hunt the others.

• Ye Han escaped the pursuing beasts and drew them into a battle with the One-Eyed Spiders, then fought off a third-tier beast and two Demonized Cultivators.
• Devil Lord Shadow captured Sun Houde and Lin Hongyan, learned about the Five-Element Restriction and Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda, and sent his forces after Ye Han.
• Ye Han entered Demonheart Cliff with Zhang Lingjun’s High-Tier Mind-Steadying Talisman and used Zhang Qingshan’s Demon-Warding Pearl to withstand the demonic qi.
• Ye Han evaded Shadow’s divided pursuit, gathered golden thread grass, and unearthed a White Jade Flower Trough that repelled the Blade Mantis Magic Beast and other attackers.
• Ye Han realized Shadow tracked him through a curse connected to a Demonized Cultivator he had killed, then used Ye Chunfeng’s talismans and Purple-Gold Runes to destroy the curse spirit.
• Qin Minghui plunged into a blue-lit cavern, while Gu Changdao surrendered to Devil Lord Shadow and offered to help capture Ye Han and the others.
• Ye Han followed the outward-flowing demonic qi out of Demonheart Cliff, but the cliff erupted and threatened to pull him inside before he anchored himself with vines.
• Devil Lord Shadow sent Gu Changdao to find Ye Han and Qin Minghui, gave him the Black Demon Sword, and rode toward Demonheart Cliff seeking the Devil Master’s Heart.

Ye Han survived the Darkness Forbidden Ground by hiding, cultivating, and learning to destroy the Devil Lord Shadow’s curse spirits, then joined forces with Gu Changdao and the others to escape. The group reached the Five Elements Restriction and began opening it as the Devil Lord Shadow attacked, leaving Ye Han struggling to hold the formation together.

• Ye Han hid from the Devil Lord Shadow’s cursed searchers, cultivated in the White Jade Flower Trough, and broke through to the tenth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
• Ye Han crafted Spell-Breaking Talismans, exposed and destroyed Cursed Blood Shadows, and joined forces with Gu Changdao after they met in the canyon.
• Ye Han used Gu Changdao to rescue Sun Houde and Lin Hongyan, then reunited with Qin Minghui, who revealed that the repaired restriction left the Treasure Pagoda as their only escape route.
• Qin Minghui led Ye Han, Gu Changdao, Lin Hongyan, and Sun Houde through the Mist Land to the Five Elements Restriction and shielded them with the Creation Heaven Cube.
• The five cultivators activated the formation, and a phantom of the Nine-Story Treasure Pagoda appeared as Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron and Creation Heaven Cube reacted.
• Devil Lord Shadow arrived with a Six-Clawed Lightning Dragon Magic Beast and a host of beasts and demonized cultivators, then attacked the group behind Qin Minghui’s barrier.
• Qin Minghui urged everyone to keep powering the formation as the barrier weakened, while Ye Han struggled under the force of the five elements.

Ye Han survived the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda’s pursuit, escaped the Darkness Forbidden Ground, and defeated Gu Changdao with Qin Minghui’s help. Back at the Azure Profound Sect, he became the Seventh Elder’s full disciple while concealing the treasures and facing Ningyu’s questions about the Creation Heaven Cube.

• Ye Han escaped Devil Lord Shadow’s attacks as the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda followed him, then the Purple Cauldron absorbed the pagoda and protected him from the Six-Clawed Lightning Dragon Magic Beast’s self-destruction.
• Ye Han and Qin Minghui fought Devil Lord Shadow, and Gu Changdao helped kill him before betraying Qin Minghui and attacking Ye Han.
• Ye Han and Qin Minghui defeated Gu Changdao, and Ye Han captured his fleeing primordial spirit with the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• Ye Han and Qin Minghui’s soul and physical body hid in the Creation Heaven Cube while Ye Han searched Gu Changdao’s belongings and made a plan with Qin Minghui to conceal their treasures.
• Ye Han emerged from the collapsing spatial rift with Qin Minghui, and he and Ningyu upheld a cover story about the lost disciples and Treasure Pagoda.
• The Seventh Elder and Fourth Elder fled Old Blackwater Ghost and his allies, while Ming Jing confronted the pursuers and Ye Han warned the Fourth Elder of a possible ambush.
• The Fourth Elder brought Ye Han back to the Azure Profound Sect, where the Seventh Elder gave him Ningyu’s soul, offered to make him a full disciple, and gave him a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ningyu visited Ye Han, received her Storage Bags back, warned him about the Fourth Elder, and asked whether he still had the Creation Heaven Cube.

Ye Han grew the Purple-Gold Little Sapling with Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients, won a duel against Wang Fa, and earned a place in the Ancient Spirit Cave. There, he faced a strange trial that forced him to master the Fire Mystic Art.

• Ningyu gave Ye Han the Creation Heaven Cube control method and warned him against the Four Sects’ Foundation Establishment Pills, while Ye Han hid his spoils and recovered from his injuries.
• Ye Han found more Foundation Establishment Pills in Gu Changdao’s Storage Bag, and the Purple Cauldron grew a Purple-Gold Little Sapling after he swallowed three pills.
• Ye Han studied alchemy, prepared Foundation Establishment Pill Spirit Liquid, and used it to grow the sapling’s leaves as his cultivation advanced.
• Ye Han helped Zhang Qingshan by giving him a Bronze Map, then accepted the Seventh Elder’s recommendation to cultivate in the Ancient Spirit Cave.
• When the Fifth Elder tried to give Wang Fa Seven Mysteries Peak’s Ancient Spirit Cave spot, the Seventh Elder challenged Wang Fa to fight Ye Han for it.
• Ye Han defeated Wang Fa by breaking through his Black Tortoise Shield and won a Foundation Establishment Pill and a place in the Ancient Spirit Cave.
• After Ye Han fed the sapling more spirit liquid, sinister energy filled the cavern and Gray-Aura Figures pursued him.
• Ye Han faced a Fire Element cultivator in his Divine Sense Sea, comprehended the Fire Mystic Art during their battle, and defeated the opponent with a pillar of fire.