Recaps

Ye Han survived the Black Mountain Cult’s pursuit, returned to Azure Profound Sect, and strengthened his powers while studying formations and the Demon Race Script. After preparing to seek spirit-beast materials and the Thunderclap Art in Upper Tomb Land, he left Qing Xuan Mountain in disguise.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan escaped the Demon Sky Battlefield, but Senior Brother Sima and a female Black Mountain Cult cultivator ambushed them, and an unknown expert intervened and let Ye Han escape.
• Ye Han returned to Azure Profound Sect and learned that Sima Xiong and Fairy Blue Phoenix had killed Wang Lan and Liu Jingzhi, then vowed to avenge them and acquired Martial Uncle Ningyu’s Myriad Images Mask.
• Ye Han studied the Demon Race Script, learned that the Devil Lord might still be alive, and helped Fairy Jade Orchid investigate repairs to the Ancient Times Teleportation Array.
• Ye Han cultivated the Purple Cauldron’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder fruit, gained a Thunder Immortal Root, and expelled the frost injury from his right arm.
• Ye Han learned the Thunder Escape Technique and continued studying formations with Fairy Jade Orchid while White Snow reached the third tier.
• Ye Han cultivated for 231 days and reached the peak of the first layer of Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Ye Han accepted several Upper Tomb Land missions, including one involving the Thunderclap Art, put on the Myriad Images Mask, and left Qing Xuan Mountain.

Ye Han entered the Upper Tomb Land to gather resources and hunt Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrows, but his battles with Black Mountain Cult members drew the Cult Leader onto his trail. After evading the Cult Leader with his treasures and Thunder Escape Technique, Ye Han ran out of pills and chose to gamble rather than keep fleeing.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge pursued Ye Han into the Upper Tomb Land as Ye Han fought off three disguised Foundation Establishment cultivators and continued toward the snow-covered region.
• Ye Han freed a Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow from Sima Xiong, Fairy Blue Phoenix, and Senior Brother Wang, then lured them into his formations and killed all three.
• Ye Han tracked the sparrows to their cliff territory and killed several with his formations, puppets, and sword-rays, but a gray-clad Thousand Mountains School disciple stole the Beast Crystals before Ye Han killed him.
• Ye Han found a Heavenly Secret Hall token among the gray-clad man’s belongings, then killed the last sparrow and collected its eggs and Beast Crystal as the Black Mountain Cult approached.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader pursued Ye Han through the forest, using Instantaneous Movement and blood-based attacks, while Ye Han repeatedly escaped with his Thunder Escape Technique and demon-breaking divine thunder.
• Ye Han hid inside a tree with the Red Mask Ancient Treasure and Creation Heaven Cube, but the Qing Xuan Divine Body’s resistance to the Blood Restriction Method drained his power and cultivation foundation.
• Ye Han exhausted his Three-Turn Spirit Refining Pills while fleeing the Golden Core Stage Cult Leader and decided to gamble when he could no longer keep escaping.

Ye Han escaped the Black Mountain Cult, survived the upheaval around the Heavenly Secret Hall, and used his token to pass its guardians. Inside, he reunited with Teacher Lan Qing, who revealed the hall’s remaining treasures and invited him to explore them.

• Ye Han hid inside a tree from the Black Mountain Cult Leader, then slipped away when the Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge went toward a floating mountain.
• Ye Han was trapped inside the sealed Upper Tomb Land, recovered from his injuries, and killed three Thousand Mountains School cultivators after learning they had attacked Azure Profound Sect members.
• Ye Han found a Heavenly Secret Hall Token and map, then used the token to pass the Heavenly Secret Soldiers and interfere with the Black Mountain Cult’s attack on one of them.
• Ye Han and the Heavenly Secret Soldiers killed the Black Mountain Cult members, including the Black-Robed Elder, while the Black Mountain Cult Leader learned that his subordinates had died.
• The Black Snake King, other Demon Kings, Qin Shanzun, and the Black Mountain Cult Leader fought their way up the Heavenly Ladder as Heavenly Secret Soldiers attacked the cultivators.
• Ye Han gathered the fallen cultivators’ Storage Bags and treasures, climbed the Heavenly Ladder, and entered the Heavenly Secret Hall without being attacked by its soldiers.
• Ye Han revealed himself to Teacher Lan Qing, who explained that his primordial spirit had been trapped in the hall for more than three years and that Ye Han’s token could help him escape.
• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that the Medicine Garden, Scripture Repository, and Treasury Pavilion remained unopened, then asked whether Ye Han wanted to enter them.

Ye Han explored Treasure Mountain, claimed ancient treasures, and reunited with Azure Phoenix Fairy before entering the Medicine Garden. There he killed Young Master Zhuge with Teacher Lan Qing’s help, and the Purple Cauldron trembled.

• Teacher Lan Qing guided Ye Han into the Treasure Pagoda, where Ye Han tricked Young Master Zhuge into surrendering his Storage Bag and spatial ring before slipping past the Black Mountain Cult Leader to the upper floors.
• Ye Han met Azure Phoenix Fairy on the third floor, helped her heal, and claimed a matching Purple Cauldron that merged with his own and accelerated his recovery and cultivation.
• Ye Han learned how to exploit brief openings in the treasure restrictions, took the Heavenly Thunder Drum and Heavenly Water Bottle, and was teleported to a Discipline Hall separate from Azure Phoenix Fairy.
• Ye Han left the hall and approached the Medicine Garden as the Black Mountain Cult Leader rallied cultivators to fight its Three-Faced, Four-Armed Demonic Beast.
• Young Master Zhuge entered the garden to harvest herbs, and Ye Han followed him through the restriction before attacking him with the Truefire Gourd and Millennium Ironwood Swords.
• Young Master Zhuge transformed into a half-demon and overwhelmed Ye Han’s weapons and defenses, but Ye Han used hidden talismans and Teacher Lan Qing’s sword intent to trap and kill him.
• Young Master Zhuge’s primordial spirit pleaded with Ye Han and offered the Treasure Map’s secret, but Ye Han ordered the Jadeite Gourd to swallow it, and the Purple Cauldron trembled.