Chapter Summaries

Ye Han woke from a vision in the body of a young cattle herder and spent the day grazing his employer’s cattle. After falling asleep, he discovered the cattle had vanished and followed their tracks into mountains where a tiger was said to lurk.

• Ye Han awoke in a haystack after seeing a vision of snake-tailed cultivators performing a sacrifice and fighting a huge black creature.
• Ye Han ate a steamed bun, drove five cattle into the hills, and went to Old Zhang’s wedding feast for a meal.
• Ye Han rested beside the grazing cattle and fell asleep beneath the warm sun.
• Ye Han woke near sunset, realized the cattle had disappeared, and worried that Old Liu would punish him.
• Ye Han found fresh dung and hoofprints leading into the mountains and followed them despite the danger of a tiger.

Ye Han dreamed that he fled Green Ox Village, reached Qingyang City, and stole a money pouch from Teacher Lan Qing before being attacked. He woke in dry grass, apparently back in his familiar life, still troubled by the strange sense that something was wrong.

• Ye Han turned back from the dangerous woods, then left Green Ox Village after hearing Elder Liu Laocai's family search for him.
• Ye Han walked through the night and reached Qingyang City, where he spotted Teacher Lan Qing entering the Happy Red Courtyard.
• Ye Han sneaked into the courtyard, stole a money pouch, and was confronted by three burly men in an alley.
• Ye Han screamed as the men attacked him, then abruptly woke in a pile of dry grass.
• Ye Han remembered the Old Zhang Household's wedding feast and planned to eat his saved half bun before seeking food there.

Ye Han relived his life in Green Ox Village, gradually recovering memories of being a cultivator and realizing that something was trapping him in a repeating illusion. He recalled the Purple Cauldron and found a hidden cave, but stopped outside when he sensed a powerful demon beast within.

• Ye Han woke in a straw pile in Green Ox Village, confused by memories of demon beasts and a future he could not clearly recall.
• Ye Han herded Elder Liu Laocai's cattle to the mountain, where a demon beast attacked and knocked him unconscious.
• Ye Han woke in the straw again and recognized that he had returned to Green Ox Village after many years, though he had not truly come back.
• Ye Han remembered the Purple Cauldron, ignored the cattle, and searched the mountain until he found a hidden cave.
• Ye Han heard the powerful demon beast breathing inside the cave and decided not to enter recklessly.

Ye Han escaped a divine soul trial after the Purple Cauldron awakened him, discovering that he had cultivated to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Stage during more than nine hundred years in the sacrificial site. As an enormous stone door began to open, he braced for whatever lay beyond it.

• Ye Han wounded an ox to lure the cave’s demon beast away, then entered the cave and retrieved a hidden treasure.
• The Purple Cauldron released purple light, and Ye Han awoke inside an ancient hall on an altar, realizing he had been trapped in a divine soul trial.
• Ye Han recalled living through repeated versions of Green Ox Village and taking a different path in which he cultivated as a rogue cultivator.
• Ye Han discovered that the Purple Cauldron had sustained his cultivation for more than nine hundred years, bringing him to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Stage.
• An enormous stone door bearing a human-and-snake statue began to open, and Ye Han grew wary.

After the stone gate opened, Ye Han sensed a dangerous yin aura and chose to stay back while he examined the immense changes to his cultivation and Purple Cauldron Space. He spent more than a year preparing in the Great Hall, leaving the perilous gate unopened and Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member cultivating in his Purple Cauldron Space.

• Ye Han opened the stone gate, sensed powerful spiritual energy and chilling yin energy beyond it, and decided not to enter because he felt danger inside.
• Ye Han inspected his Purple Cauldron Space and discovered it had grown, its treasures had flourished, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit and Snow Dragon Sea King had reached the spirit transformation stage.
• Ye Han discovered that his clone and White Fairy had been dual cultivating and had both reached the fifth level of mid void refinement, while his own cultivation and secret arts had greatly improved.
• Ye Han realized he had absorbed more than a third of the Ancient Human Race's inheritance, strengthening his divine soul and helping him escape the divine soul trial's control.
• Ye Han spent more than a year in the Great Hall mastering his cultivation, then shielded Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member from the Three Heavens' gravity and moved them into his Purple Cauldron Space.

Ye Han entered the second passage, where a Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast ambushed him and attacked his divine soul. The beast pulled his soul into its body, leaving Ye Han facing it in a strange landscape.

• Ye Han stepped through the second doorway, and the stone door shut behind him.
• Ye Han advanced through the passage and sensed a hidden creature watching him.
• Ye Han attacked a gray shadow with blasts of strange flame and recognized it as a legendary Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast.
• The Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast countered Ye Han’s flames with gray light and struck his divine soul.
• The beast used its Soul-Devouring Art to pull Ye Han’s divine soul into its body, then charged at him with a golden staff.

Ye Han defeated the Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast in a divine soul battle and returned to the passage. The beast’s body transformed into a divine soul bead, which the Purple Cauldron containing the Divine Soul Fruit sapling absorbed.

• The Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast attacked Ye Han with its divine soul staff techniques, but Ye Han countered with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.
• Ye Han overwhelmed the beast’s attacks and crushed its divine soul despite its transformation into a gigantic, blood-red war god form.
• Ye Han returned to the passage and found the Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast’s body lifeless after its divine soul was destroyed.
• The beast’s corpse transformed into a Gray Bead filled with concentrated divine soul aura and yin energy.
• The Purple Cauldron holding the Divine Soul Fruit sapling drew the Gray Bead into itself, and Ye Han wondered whether its yin energy would affect the fruit.

Ye Han discovered that the Divine Soul Bead nourished the fruit on his Purple Cauldron, while its yin energy accelerated growth in Ye Tianyu's Purple Cauldron. As he continued through the passage under the gaze of an unknown presence, two Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts attacked, but his Soul Suppression Divine Art held off their soul-devouring technique.

• Ye Han watched his Purple Cauldron absorb the Divine Soul Bead and nourish its soul fruit with divine soul energy.
• A strand of evil yin energy flowed into Ye Tianyu's Purple Cauldron, accelerating the growth of its yin-yang sapling.
• Ye Han realized an unknown, powerful presence was still watching him after he killed the first Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast, so he swallowed pills and pressed onward.
• Ye Han noticed a change in his five senses after the Purple Cauldron absorbed the Divine Soul Bead.
• Two Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts attacked Ye Han, but he used the Soul Suppression Divine Art to resist their soul-devouring power as they lunged at him.

Ye Han defeated two Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts with his swordsmanship and Ghost Skull Mirror, then advanced toward six more that attacked in formation. Elsewhere in the God-Offering Altar, Zhang Qingshan fought a powerful Iron Tiger Ancient Beast.

• Ye Han used his Bone-Refining Bone Swords and Divine Insight Swordsmanship to wound two Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts, then destroyed them with the Ghost Skull Mirror and collected their Divine Soul Beads.
• Ye Han absorbed the Divine Soul Beads into the Purple Cauldron and continued down the passage, sensing that a stronger presence was still nearby.
• Six Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts formed a formation and sent phantom beasts charging at Ye Han, who attacked them with Divine Insight Swordsmanship.
• Zhang Qingshan clashed with the Iron Tiger Ancient Beast in another passage, trading powerful blows that shook the corridor.

Zhang Qingshan defeated an Iron Tiger Ancient Beast and pressed deeper into the passage, determined to break through his physical cultivation. Ye Han fought through groups of Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts, then retreated to recover and investigate the growing danger while trusting Zhang Qingshan to survive.

• Zhang Qingshan battered the Iron Tiger Ancient Beast into meat paste and destroyed its divine soul, but sensed a stronger threat ahead.
• Zhang Qingshan resolved to push forward and break through his physical cultivation, then advanced into the passage as mysterious Golden Runes appeared on his body.
• Ye Han killed Soul-Devouring Spirit Beasts and gathered their Divine Soul Beads, but noticed the beasts grew stronger and seemed to vanish unnaturally when slain.
• Ye Han suspected a hidden existence or the God-Offering Altar was behind the beasts, so he retreated, set up formations, and found that no more beasts pursued him.
• Ye Han rested and planned to replenish his strength and wait for the Divine Soul Fruit to ripen, while worrying about Zhang Qingshan and reaffirming his trust in him.

Zhang Qingshan broke through to mid Void Refinement and recovered using his final seventh-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pill, while Ye Han waited for the Divine Soul Fruit to ripen. Two days later, the fruit ripened, leaving Ye Han ready to claim its power.

• Zhang Qingshan defeated the Two-Headed Iron Tiger Ancient Beast and broke through to mid Void Refinement, surpassing his physical limits.
• Zhang Qingshan took his last seventh-tier Demon-Blood Spirit Pill to restore his qi, blood, and spell power before stabilizing his cultivation.
• Ye Han continued using Thunder Arts Body Tempering while waiting for the Purple Cauldron to ripen the Divine Soul Fruit with Divine Soul Beads.
• Ye Han sensed the Divine Soul Fruit's power surge two days later and realized it had ripened.

Ye Han ate the Divine Soul Fruit, which split his divine soul and began forming a second one. As he continued absorbing its power, he sensed the hidden watcher moving and sent his clone and the White Fairy to delay it, but the watcher quickly broke through his formation.

• Ye Han swallowed the matured Divine Soul Fruit, and its power caused his divine soul to swell against its bottleneck.
• Divine soul power leaked from Ye Han's original soul and gathered into a second divine soul resembling him.
• Ye Han realized the fruit was splitting his divine soul, and his original soul began recovering as the new one grew.
• Ye Han sensed the hidden watcher stir and sent his clone and the White Fairy toward the passage to hold it off.
• The watcher broke through Ye Han's formation, and his clone and the White Fairy charged into the attack.

Ye Han's clone and White Fairy joined forces against the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast, whose soul-absorbing powers failed because neither had a divine soul. When the beast overwhelmed them, Ye Han interrupted his absorption of the Soul Suppression fruit's aura and stepped in to fight it.

• Ye Han's clone and White Fairy combined their powers of gods and devils to attack the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast, but its divine soul techniques could not affect them because they had no divine souls.
• The beast attacked with a golden staff, and White Fairy and the clone struggled to defend themselves under the Three Heavens' thousandfold gravity.
• The red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast shattered their defenses, struck White Fairy, and prepared to kill the clone.
• Ye Han intervened with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, saving the clone and engaging the beast before he had finished absorbing the Soul Suppression fruit's aura.
• Ye Han and the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast exchanged rapid staff blows that shook the spatial passage.

Ye Han fought the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast, which overpowered him in staff combat until he turned the battle around with his arts and demon-breaking divine thunder. The beast then dragged both of Ye Han’s divine souls into its soul space, where they fought back against it.

• The red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast matched Ye Han’s staff techniques and pushed him onto the defensive.
• Ye Han activated the Vajra Fire God Art and the Great Ape Chapter, using demon-breaking divine thunder to drive the beast back.
• The beast opened its third eye and used its soul-devouring ability to pull Ye Han’s divine souls into its soul space.
• The red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast was shocked when two identical divine souls appeared and attacked it.
• Ye Han’s two divine souls wielded the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel and clashed with the beast inside its divine soul space.

Ye Han’s divine souls grew stronger as they fought the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast, fueled by the Divine Soul Fruit’s ongoing absorption. They broke through their bottleneck and gained a third eye, forcing the beast to flee; Ye Han returned to his body and prepared to pursue it.

• The red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast drew yin energy from the tombstones and skeletons, strengthening its attacks against Ye Han’s two divine souls.
• Ye Han’s divine souls continued growing stronger because his body was still absorbing the Divine Soul Fruit.
• As the fruit’s final aura was absorbed, Ye Han’s two divine souls broke through their bottleneck and each gained a third eye.
• Ye Han’s divine soul storm shattered the skeletal arms and damaged the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast’s divine soul space.
• The red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast used its power to escape the divine soul space, and Ye Han’s souls returned to his body.
• Ye Han saw the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast flee and resolved not to let it escape.

Ye Han defeated the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast with demon-breaking divine thunder, but discovered that it had been a token possessed by a dangerous black yin energy. After destroying the apparition and recovering the token, he prepared to face whatever terrifying creature lay farther down the passage.

• Ye Han chased the red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast through the Three Heavens passage and blasted aside its attack of evil yin energy with demon-breaking divine thunder.
• Ye Han struck the beast with lightning, grievously wounding it as the Three Heavens' thousandfold gravity prevented it from escaping.
• The red-furred Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast transformed into an ape-shaped token, and Ye Han realized its apparent defeat might be a trap.
• A black yin-energy skull erupted from the token and lunged at Ye Han, but his demon-breaking divine thunder reduced it to corrosive black liquid.
• Ye Han bombarded the token until it stopped reacting, then retrieved it, took pills to recover, and looked warily farther down the passage.

Ye Han entered the hall beyond the stone gate and recognized its statue as the mysterious woman inside the Water Spirit Coffin. The Water Spirit Coffin began trembling, and the statue suddenly lit up with runes, leaving Ye Han facing an unexpected reaction.

• Ye Han continued through the passage after defeating the Red-Haired Soul-Devouring Spirit Beast and reached a partly open stone gate.
• Ye Han checked on his clone and White Fairy, found White Fairy severely wounded, and entered the hall alone.
• Ye Han found a vast ceremonial hall centered on a statue of a beautiful woman whose face seemed familiar.
• Ye Han realized the statue depicted the mysterious woman inside the Water Spirit Coffin when the Purple Cauldron began trembling.
• The Water Spirit Coffin shook violently as the statue radiated runes and spirit light, alerting Ye Han that something was wrong.

Ye Han was trapped in the God-Offering Altar as the Mysterious Woman’s statue awakened and prepared to kill him. The Mysterious Woman emerged from the Water Spirit Coffin, destroyed the statue, and left Ye Han holding a Silver Token whose connection to her remained unclear.

• The stone doors shut, and the altar’s formation restrained Ye Han as the statue awakened and formed a yin-powered longsword to attack him.
• Ye Han struggled against the restraints and prepared his defenses, while the Water Spirit Coffin forced its way out of the Purple Cauldron.
• The Mysterious Woman shouted that she was not dead yet, and the Water Spirit Coffin absorbed the blood-red light and yin energy surrounding the statue.
• A jade-white arm emerged from the coffin and smashed the statue, revealing a Silver Token before the coffin returned to Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron.
• Ye Han picked up the Silver Token, saw images of the Mysterious Woman and a serpent-tailed figure on it, and wondered how the statue was connected to her.

Ye Han connected the Mysterious Woman in the Water Spirit Coffin to the God-Offering Altar and wondered whether she might help him after absorbing the altar’s energy. He found a metal gate marked with a matching notch and inserted the Silver Token, leaving the gate’s response unknown.

• Ye Han recalled the Mysterious Woman’s ties to the Heavenly Secret Hall, the Six-Sided Metal Block, and the statue at the God-Offering Altar, and suspected she had intervened to help him.
• Ye Han sensed that the Mysterious Woman had fallen asleep again after absorbing the altar’s spiritual and yin energy, and worried she might recover enough power to threaten him over the Purple Cauldron.
• Ye Han collected the altar’s bottles, jars, and plates, then entered the passage behind the statue.
• Ye Han reached a metal gate bearing a human-torso-and-snake-tail relief and noticed a notch shaped like the Silver Token.
• Ye Han pressed the Silver Token into the notch, and a crisp click sounded as he watched the gate warily.

After eight years trapped behind the Metal Gate, Ye Han finally saw it react to the Silver Token. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Profound Star King ordered Old Ancestor Yuwen to gather rare resources while studying the Wilds Ancient Stele and watching the Nethergod Devil Lord.

• Ye Han tried the Silver Token again, but the Metal Gate remained unresponsive, leaving him to wait for Zhang Qingshan while continuing his cultivation.
• Old Ancestor Yuwen told the Heavenly Profound Star King that no word had come from Ye Han and that the Three Heavens Entrance remained missing.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King told Old Ancestor Yuwen to keep watch on the Nethergod Demon Land and obtain more immortal land water and Immortal Race essence blood.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King examined blood-red mushrooms growing on the Wilds Ancient Stele and warned that he knew the Nethergod Devil Lord's plans.
• Ye Han inserted the Silver Token once more, and the Metal Gate began rattling as its mechanisms stirred.