Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After ninety-nine years in the Sky-Suppressing Tower, Ye Han endured its punishing Trial and climbed to the final step, but the changing recesses kept making him repeat his ascent. He brought nine differently shaped Metal Blocks on his latest attempt, yet a crushing stone block struck as he stepped forward.

• Ye Han fought through combined elemental attacks and an enormous hammer while climbing the staircase with a black Metal Block.
• Ye Han recalled that each Trial round had increased the number of armor suits, Metal Blocks, and body-tempering attacks, while the Tower restored him with Primordial Ancient Beast essence blood after each success.
• Ye Han reached the final round’s last step for the sixth time, but the required recess shape changed on every attempt and invalidated his Metal Blocks.
• Ye Han carried nine differently shaped Metal Blocks, hoping one would fit, and climbed another step.
• An enormous stone block fell on Ye Han; he caught it, but his shoes burst, his feet began to crack, and he spat blood as he sank under its weight.

Ye Han endured the Sky-Suppressing Tower’s final trial and reached a formation containing divine beast blood. As he absorbed it and activated his cultivation techniques, his body began cracking, alarming the Heavenly Profound Star King.

• Ye Han forced himself up the final steps under the crushing weight of nine sets of elemental armor and relentless mechanical attacks.
• Ye Han fitted five black Metal Blocks into the recesses, dispelling the armor’s tempering power and opening a corridor to the Formation Pillars.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King declared Ye Han his chosen one and revealed a drop of divine beast blood as his reward.
• Ye Han entered the formation, absorbed the golden divine beast blood, and rapidly recovered as its power flooded his body.
• Ye Han circulated several body-refining techniques while the Heavenly Profound Star King praised his potential, but his body suddenly began to crack.

Ye Han endured the violent effects of the Qilin divine beast blood for more than fifteen years and reached the peak of Spirit Transformation Stage Great Perfection, while the Heavenly Profound Star King abandoned the remaining trials and considered what to do next. As Ye Han finished absorbing the blood and sensed the power of law born of strength, the Heavenly Profound Star King appeared before him.

• The Heavenly Profound Star King watched Ye Han's body swell and burst as he absorbed the divine beast blood, then saw him stabilize by circulating Dao Follows Nature.
• After seven days, the Heavenly Profound Star King decided Ye Han was the strongest candidate and called off the remaining trials, while wondering how to test Ye Han's dao fortune and advance his plan.
• Ye Han's body transformed as he absorbed the Qilin blood, and he emerged with purplish-black hair and a terrifying force that manifested as law born of strength.
• Ye Han reached the peak of Spirit Transformation Stage Great Perfection and realized he had spent more than fifteen years absorbing the blood, far beyond the hundred-year trial period.
• Spatial ripples appeared, and the Heavenly Profound Star King emerged before Ye Han.

Ye Han met the Heavenly Profound Star King, who ended the trial and gave him a token to stay with the Yuwen Lineage in Heavenly Mirror Immortal City. After being teleported to the valley where he had first followed the Nethergod Devil Lord’s token, Ye Han reflected on his hard-won cultivation and the powerful beings controlling his path, then sensed a communication token trembling.

• Ye Han met the Heavenly Profound Star King and hid his suspicions about the Star King’s connection to the Nethergod Devil Lord.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King ended the trial, gave Ye Han his token, and ordered him to stay with the Yuwen Lineage in Heavenly Mirror Immortal City until he was summoned.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King teleported Ye Han to the deserted valley he had reached by following the Nethergod Devil Lord’s token.
• Ye Han recognized that his cultivation had reached peak Spirit Transformation Stage Great Perfection, but resolved to grow stronger despite being under the control of two powerful beings.
• Ye Han sensed a communication token trembling in his storage bag and wondered whether the woman contacting him was still searching for him over the Immortal Land.

Ye Han listened to Zhuge Baiqing’s accumulated messages but chose not to reply, then headed toward the Yuwen Lineage in Heavenly Mirror Immortal City. Along the way, someone delivered him a Storage Bag that revealed an unexpected identity and left him stunned.

• Ye Han listened to Zhuge Baiqing’s messages, which had accumulated during his more than a hundred years inside the Heavenly Profound Star King’s trial.
• Ye Han decided not to contact Zhuge Baiqing because he did not understand the Immortal Land and feared exposing uncertainty about his identity.
• Ye Han left the valley and reflected that the trial’s secret realm had blocked communication through the messaging tokens.
• Ye Han walked through Heavenly Mirror Immortal City toward the Yuwen Lineage, avoiding flight and deciding to keep a low profile.
• A stranger handed Ye Han a Storage Bag on behalf of an unknown fellow Daoist, and Ye Han recognized its contents with shock.

Ye Han received the Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent’s remains from the Nethergod Devil Lord and considered using them to refine sixth-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pills. He entered the Yuwen Lineage with the Heavenly Profound Star King’s Token, leaving under the escort of a patrol guard whose destination for him remained unclear.

• Ye Han accepted a Storage Bag from a young golden core cultivator and sensed the Nethergod Devil Lord’s aura within it.
• Ye Han discovered that the bag contained the purified remains of the Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent, which the Nethergod Devil Lord had killed, and considered refining sixth-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pills from its flesh.
• Ye Han reflected on the powerful figures in the Heavenly Star Realm and on the pills, immortal arts, and cultivation he had pursued while tempering his body in the Sky-Suppressing Tower.
• Ye Han approached the Yuwen Lineage’s palace and showed the Heavenly Profound Star King’s Token to a female patrol guard.
• The patrol guard treated the Token with great reverence and led Ye Han through the Yuwen Lineage’s archway and into its grand palace complex.

Ye Han arrived in the Yuwen Lineage and was offered a safe place to cultivate by Old Ancestor Yuwen. Elsewhere, three travelers vanished into a storm surrounding a Primordial Ancient Beast, while two powerful figures argued over Ye Han’s disappearance.

• A female patrol guard used a Teleportation Array to bring Ye Han before Old Ancestor Yuwen, who accepted the Yuwen Divine Order and sent her away with a reward.
• Old Ancestor Yuwen welcomed Ye Han, returned his Yuwen Divine Order, and offered him a place to cultivate without asking about his affairs.
• Ye Han entered the palace and considered his new safe haven and the power of the Heavenly Profound Star King.
• Three figures argued over their changing directions as they flew through a storm over a boundless ocean, then entered a vast darkness and vanished.
• In a star-filled void, two figures fought and argued over where Ye Han had gone, with one accusing the other of tampering with the Blood Soul Old Devil’s heart.

After Immortal King Kui Ning and the Gray-Light Figure exchanged threats and parted, Ye Han used his new elder status in the Yuwen Lineage to visit its Myriad Books Tower and learn about the Heavenly Spirit Realm. He entered the library ready to explore its books.

• The Gray-Light Figure dismissed Immortal King Kui Ning’s accusations, warned her to stay out of his affairs, and vanished after their exchange of blows.
• Ye Han walked through the Yuwen Lineage grounds, where disciples and clanspeople respectfully greeted him because he wore an elder’s Identity Token.
• Ye Han asked a familiar patrol disciple to show him the Scripture Pavilion, and she led him by flight to the Myriad Books Tower.
• Ye Han gave the patrol disciple a bottle of pills, then entered the tower, where his elder Token granted him access to the first four floors.
• Ye Han found the tower’s vast interior and prepared to read books about the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Ye Han spent three years in the Yuwen Lineage’s Myriad Books Tower, learning about the Heavenly Spirit Realm, its races, and the wider cosmic realms. While refining sixth-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pills, he received an urgent message from someone trapped on Broken Pagoda Mountain.

• Ye Han rapidly read books in the Myriad Books Tower and learned about uncivilized demon beasts, demon cultivators, and the competing powers of the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Ye Han discovered that the ancient human race had a branch in Ancient Human Sky City and still controlled the Pangu Realm, though he did not consider joining them.
• Ye Han read about countless realms and races, thought of the Azure Profound Sect and the women he had left behind, and reflected on the loneliness of cultivation.
• Ye Han stayed with the Yuwen Lineage for three years and received a message from someone trapped on Broken Pagoda Mountain asking him to save them.

Ye Han ignored Zhuge Baiqing’s plea for help while he refined eight sixth-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pills from the Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent. The Heavenly Profound Star King then ordered him to search a newly emerged pagoda in Broken Pagoda Mountain, where he encountered a familiar woman in the Yuwen Lineage’s great hall.

• Ye Han received Zhuge Baiqing’s message saying she was trapped in Broken Pagoda Mountain, but he chose not to reply or risk rescuing her.
• Ye Han and White Fairy refined the Three-Tailed Soaring Serpent’s essence blood into Demon-Blood Spirit Pills, and White Fairy advanced during the process.
• After three months, Ye Han completed eight sixth-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pills to aid his future attempt to reach the Void Refinement Stage.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King ordered Ye Han to find something in a newly emerged pagoda at Broken Pagoda Mountain and promised him assistance.
• Ye Han went to the Yuwen Lineage’s great hall at Old Ancestor Yuwen’s summons and saw a familiar woman he thought was still alive.