Recaps

Ye Han broke through to Foundation Establishment, uncovered a possible route to finding Eldest Senior Brother, and faced Black Mountain Cult pursuers while traveling toward the Heavenly Demon Valley. After entering the Demon Sky Battlefield, he claimed five Millennium Gourd Fruits and fled from a pursuing cultivator as a black shadow attacked them.

• Ye Han used the Golden Fruit to establish his foundation in the Ancient Spirit Cave, then left after further cultivation and received gifts from Han Yuwan and the Seventh Elder.
• Ye Han reconciled with Jin Feng, learned Zhang Qingshan had not returned, and decided to search for him.
• Ye Han visited Azure Phoenix Fairy, and they found an Ancient Times Teleportation Array in the cave near Green Ox Village that might have been used by Eldest Senior Brother.
• Ye Han completed sect missions and sold treasures at Heavenly Peace Market, where Han Qiushui identified him to a Black Mountain Cult avenger.
• Ye Han escaped three Black Mountain Cult cultivators, killed Liu Zhi, and continued toward the Heavenly Demon Valley while the Cult Leader ordered a search for him.
• Three masked cultivators trapped Ye Han in a formation, but he broke free, killed them, and entered the Demon Sky Battlefield.
• Ye Han found a tree bearing eight Millennium Gourd Fruits, claimed five in a clash with a middle-aged cultivator, and fled as the cultivator pursued him and a black shadow attacked.

Ye Han reunited with Zhang Qingshan in the Burial Ground of the Immortals, and the two navigated Spatial Rifts, ancient formations, and Metal Puppets while following Zhang’s auspicious signs toward a possible escape. After defeating a giant puppet and finding a second key, they discovered a passage guarded by Purple-Gold Lightning and began using the puppet’s metal to test and drain the formation.

• Ye Han saved Wang Lan, Wang Chunyang, and Liu Jingzhi from two Foundation Establishment attackers, then parted from them as they continued toward Demon Mountain Ravine.
• Ye Han followed a dangerous route toward Heavenly Demon Valley, collected Heavenly Treasures, and became trapped in the Burial Ground of the Immortals.
• Ye Han found Zhang Qingshan, who revealed that he had reached Foundation Establishment and sensed a possible escape route with Ye Han’s help.
• Zhang Qingshan guided Ye Han through Spatial Rifts and Metal Puppets, and they crossed an ancient pillar formation before reaching a cavern with murals and more puppets.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan defeated a towering Metal Puppet in the Great Hall and found a metal key resembling one Ye Han already possessed.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan discovered that Purple-Gold Lightning filled a passage beneath the puppet, then began feeding the puppet’s metal into the formation.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan returned to the Great Hall and practiced the Blood Refining Art under the formation’s pressure.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan crossed a demonic cavern, exposed the Ice Refining Prince’s deception, and fought through his Demon Beast Puppets. Ye Han stole the prince’s Absolute Frost Divine Sword and other valuables, while Zhang Qingshan took another route and Ye Han returned to the prince’s house.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan found a Purple-Gold Metal Ball after the lightning formation went dark, and the Purple Cauldron absorbed it and sprouted a Little Sapling.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan passed through the metal gate into a demonic cavern, saw through an illusion of treasures, and discovered Binglian was the Ice Refining Prince of the Demon God Race.
• The Ice Refining Prince summoned Demon Beast Puppets and pursued Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan through the caves, but they were separated when Zhang Qingshan was dragged into a hole and Ye Han fled by another passage.
• Ye Han hid in the Ice Refining Prince’s residence, searched its rooms and research plans, and stole the Absolute Frost Divine Sword after the Binglian Puppet attacked him.
• The Ice Refining Prince learned Ye Han had taken the sword, abandoned his pursuit of Zhang Qingshan, and ordered his puppets to search for Ye Han.
• Ye Han waited beneath the cliff, let the Purple Cauldron absorb the power of Spiritual Qi Pills, and climbed back into the prince’s house, where he was surprised by what he saw in Binglian’s room.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan defeated the Ice Refining Prince and his Demon Beast Puppets, then navigated a lightning formation and killed the Blood Daoist. They escaped the passage, but Ye Han began to suspect Zhang Qingshan was less guileless than he seemed.

• The Purple Cauldron absorbed the Metal Sphere and formed a cold, spatial realm, while Ye Han laid a concealed talisman trap and escaped with the Ice Refining Prince’s treasures.
• The Ice Refining Prince’s trap exploded, but Ye Han evaded the Demon Beast Puppets and discovered that their Beast Crystals were their weakness.
• Zhang Qingshan absorbed the Millennium Rebirth Medicinal Liquid and reached the seventh layer of the Blood Refining Art, while Ye Han destroyed several Demon Beast Puppets.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan joined forces to defeat the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet and the restored Ice Refining Prince, with Ye Han killing the prince using the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan dismantled the remaining puppets, recovered, and found a passage guarded by a Purple-Gold Lightning formation.
• The Blood Daoist confronted Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan, but they lured him into the lightning passage, where the formation destroyed him and his primordial spirit.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan exhausted the formation’s remaining power and escaped, and Ye Han noticed his Purple Cauldron’s sapling had grown slightly as he began to doubt Zhang Qingshan’s apparent guilelessness.