Chapter Summaries

Ye Han removed the Broken Stele Stone from the Giant Tree Spirit, and its runes flowed into Ye Tianyu inside the Water Spirit Coffin, offering hope for his recovery. After the Giant Tree Spirit collapsed and its victims were attacked by insects, Ye Han escaped and found scattered treasures, while the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race called to him from the Purple Cauldron.

• The Broken Stele Stone drifted to Ye Tianyu's Water Spirit Coffin, and its runes entered him as the Purple Cauldron absorbed its aura too.
• Ye Han captured the weakened Giant Tree Spirit's divine soul in the Ghost Skull Mirror, and the spirit's depleted body crumbled as strange insects devoured it and attacked its former controlled victims.
• Ye Han emerged from the collapsed tree, used an Invisibility Talisman, and hurried along its fallen trunk toward the Third Heaven.
• Ye Han found surviving Storage Bags, Space Rings, and other treasures among the broken branches, then gathered them up.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race called to Ye Han from the Purple Cauldron, and Ye Han answered through a voice transmission.

Ye Han learned that Saint As wanted help breaking through to the Void Refinement Stage and retrieving his true body. Saint As offered a method to withstand the Three Heavens’ gravity and a way to evade Heavenly Tribulation, but Ye Han still faced the danger of helping him inside the Purple Cauldron Space.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race summoned Ye Han and revealed that Saint As wanted to speak with him.
• Saint As emerged from the Treasure Chest at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Stage and asked whether they were in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Ye Han confirmed they were in the Three Heavens and warned Saint As that its crushing gravity made it unsafe to leave the secret realm.
• Saint As asked Ye Han for pills and a suitable place to attempt his Void Refinement Stage breakthrough, and Ye Han hesitated over the danger to his Purple Cauldron Space.
• Saint As offered Ye Han a secret method to withstand the Three Heavens’ gravity and asked him to retrieve his true physical body if Ye Han managed to leave.
• Saint As assured Ye Han that he could evade Heavenly Tribulation with a special method.

Ye Han learned that Saint As could evade heavenly tribulation at the cost of his lifespan, a method that seemed connected to Ye Han’s own unexplained lifespan loss. He agreed to help Saint As advance and received the Ninefold Lightness Secret Method, then secluded himself to cultivate it and examine the treasures he had collected.

• Ye Han asked Saint As whether heavenly tribulation could be evaded, and Saint As explained that his method cost him a great deal of lifespan and could only be used by him.
• Ye Han concealed his own lifespan problem and agreed to prepare the pills and other supplies Saint As needed to advance to the Void Refinement Stage.
• Saint As inscribed the Ninefold Lightness Secret Method onto a Jade Slip and said its nine layers could help Ye Han withstand gravity and improve his movement.
• Ye Han had his clone help Saint As build an island in the Four Seas Spirit Pool and prepare a formation to gather spiritual energy.
• Ye Han collected nearby Storage Bags and spatial treasures, found a secluded cavern, and began cultivating Ninefold Lightness; he quickly realized the method was extraordinary.

Ye Han mastered the fourth stage of Ninefold Lightness, gaining a powerful way to counter the Second Heaven’s gravity, but he could not advance further without a rare Nine-Layer Fruit. He checked on Saint As’s breakthrough to the Void Refinement Stage and suspected Saint As had attempted it before, deepening his curiosity about the man’s background.

• Ye Han tested the fourth stage of Ninefold Lightness and found that it greatly reduced gravity and the cost of using his abilities, though its heavy magic power consumption kept him from maintaining it constantly.
• Ye Han recalled that reaching the fifth stage required Lightness Pills, but he lacked the irreplaceable Nine-Layer Fruit needed to make them.
• Ye Han inspected Saint As cultivating in seclusion within the Purple Cauldron Space and observed his steady progress toward the Void Refinement Stage.
• Ye Han concluded that Saint As’s unusually stable breakthrough suggested he had attempted to reach that stage before, and wondered about his background.

Ye Han reviewed Saint As’s unusual cultivation plan and his own discoveries among the Giant Tree Spirit’s treasures before setting out again. He found a Ten Thousand Years Purpleleaf Fruit guarded by a powerful scaled horse demon beast, which charged at him after knocking away his sword.

• Ye Han realized Saint As was cultivating his divine soul and physical body separately in preparation for an unusual Heavenly Tribulation breakthrough.
• Ye Han found the complete instructions for Dao Follows Nature among the Giant Tree Spirit’s treasures and placed most of the remaining items in the Purple Cauldron Space to strengthen its Myriad Treasures Formation.
• Ye Han left his temporary cave abode and traveled using the second stage of Ninefold Lightness to balance speed and spell-power consumption.
• Ye Han detected Ten Thousand Years Purpleleaf Fruit and sensed a hidden presence nearby.
• Ye Han attacked the scaled giant horse demon beast with the Sword Emperor Divine Sword, but the beast knocked it away and charged at him.
• The scaled giant horse demon beast charged through Ye Han’s figure, causing him to disappear.

Ye Han killed the Scaled Giant Horse Demon Beast guarding the Ten Thousand Years Purpleleaf Fruit, then transplanted the fruit into his purple cauldron space. He continued searching for powerful creatures and captured a Spiked Strange Insect alive to feed his Feifei Insect egg.

• Ye Han used Ninefold Lightness to evade the Scaled Giant Horse Demon Beast, pierced it with the Sword Emperor Divine Sword, and sealed its escaping demon nascent soul.
• Ye Han sent the Scaled Giant Horse Demon Beast's corpse into the purple cauldron space for his clone to process.
• Ye Han dug up the Ten Thousand Years Purpleleaf Fruit and transplanted it into the purple cauldron space, where the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit revived it with spirit liquid.
• Ye Han continued through the Second Heaven, hoping to find powerful strange insects for his Feifei Insect egg to devour.
• Ye Han dodged the Spiked Strange Insect's attacks, struck it down, and pulled it into the purple cauldron space.

Ye Han continued searching the Second Heaven for a way to reach the Third Heaven while feeding strange insects to the Feifei Insect egg. In an empty cave abode, he discovered a map labeled “Third Heaven” and copied it into a Jade Slip.

• Ye Han watched the Feifei Insect egg devour another strange insect and wondered how many it would need before hatching.
• Ye Han continued exploring the Second Heaven, finding dead cultivators’ abodes and gaining treasures but no route to the Third Heaven.
• The Nethergod Devil Lord said Ye Han had become difficult to fathom and asked for news from Heavenly Mirror Immortal City.
• An attendant reported that the Heavenly Profound Star King remained in seclusion with the Yuwen Lineage and that no new information had arrived.
• Ye Han found an empty cave abode and spotted a map on its ceiling labeled “Third Heaven” in Ancient Times Script.
• Ye Han copied the map into a Jade Slip using a secret method.

Ye Han suspected that the map leading to the third heaven was a trap, so he sent his clone ahead through the palace ruins. The clone triggered an ambush by Earth Spirit Venerable, who trapped them inside a sealing barrier and attacked.

• Ye Han explored the ancient palace ruins and doubted that the collapsed site was the route into the third heaven.
• Ye Han suspected someone had left the map as bait and sent his clone ahead while he followed in hiding.
• Ye Han's clone found the tower marked on the map and narrowly dodged an enormous earthen hand when the platform collapsed.
• A light curtain sealed the area, and Earth Spirit Venerable emerged and revealed that he had been ambushing cultivators for their resources.
• Earth Spirit Venerable questioned how Ye Han's clone had reached the Second Heaven, then attacked it with another enormous earthen hand.

Ye Han’s clone escaped Earth Spirit Venerable’s crushing attack, but Earth Spirit Venerable pinpointed Ye Han’s real body and trapped him inside a vast formation. The chapter ended with Ye Han struggling under the formation’s amplified gravity while Earth Spirit Venerable stood unaffected.

• Earth Spirit Venerable’s gravity-enhanced earthen hand immobilized Ye Han’s clone, but Ye Han summoned a Purple Runes Vortex and withdrew it into a secret realm.
• Earth Spirit Venerable recognized that he had attacked a clone and sensed Ye Han’s real body nearby.
• Ye Han appeared before Earth Spirit Venerable and proposed that they cooperate as members of the Immortal Race, but Earth Spirit Venerable demanded his treasures instead.
• Ye Han warned that cooperation would help them survive the Three Heavens, but Earth Spirit Venerable activated a hand-shaped treasure and unleashed a vast formation.
• Metal Formation Pillars rose around Ye Han, and the formation’s restraining force made his body feel as if it were under more than two thousand times normal gravity while Earth Spirit Venerable remained unaffected.

Ye Han fought Earth Spirit Venerable, who used the Gravity Formation and earthen attacks to try to kill him. Ye Han broke free with his Ninefold Lightness Divine Ability and struck Earth Spirit Venerable, who vanished just before the sword-ray hit him, leaving Ye Han facing an unknown danger.

• Earth Spirit Venerable revealed that he could control the Gravity Formation with his Golden Gauntlets and increased the crushing gravity around Ye Han.
• Earth Spirit Venerable attacked Ye Han with earthen spikes, but Ye Han dodged the first and charged toward him despite the weight.
• Earth Spirit Venerable unleashed a barrage of earthen spikes, but Ye Han used the fourth stage of the Ninefold Lightness Divine Ability to escape the formation's influence.
• Ye Han appeared before Earth Spirit Venerable and slashed with the Sword Emperor Divine Sword and Great Geng Divine Insight Swordsmanship.
• Earth Spirit Venerable blocked much of the sword attack with a Bronze Statue Giant and an earthen wall, then vanished as the sword-ray struck the ground.
• Ye Han sensed an extremely dangerous threat after Earth Spirit Venerable disappeared.

Ye Han survived Earth Spirit Venerable’s deadly saber attack when Dao Follows Nature put him into an instinctive state that let him dodge. With both men resolved to kill rather than cooperate, Ye Han summoned the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and unleashed the full power of his Cold Art to end the fight quickly.

• Earth Spirit Venerable’s saber-light pierced Ye Han’s fist barrier qi, but Dao Follows Nature guided Ye Han into an emptiness state that let him evade the fatal strike.
• Ye Han’s fist barrier qi struck Earth Spirit Venerable and sent him flying, though Earth Spirit Venerable recovered and was shocked that his attack had failed.
• Ye Han decided that Earth Spirit Venerable could not be spared, and Earth Spirit Venerable likewise rejected cooperation and prepared another attack.
• Earth Spirit Venerable formed hand seals as blade intent gathered, while Ye Han transformed his spirit root into an ice-cold attribute and drove the Cold Art to its limit.
• Ye Han summoned the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, spreading terrifying chilling qi throughout the formation as he prepared to kill Earth Spirit Venerable swiftly.

Ye Han unleashed the Absolute Frost Divine Sword against the Earth Spirit Venerable, who attacked with the Immortal-Slaying Saber. Ye Han dodged the saber strike and countered with a devastating icy attack that began freezing his opponent.

• Ye Han summoned the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, and the Earth Spirit Venerable recognized its chilling power as a threat to his bloodline.
• The Earth Spirit Venerable offered to cooperate, then secretly powered up the Immortal-Slaying Saber and struck first.
• Ye Han used Dao Follows Nature to sense the saber strike’s laws and evade it, while the attack carved a massive trench through the ground and destroyed the formation.
• Ye Han charged the Absolute Frost Divine Sword with his power and the Purple Cauldrons, then unleashed a ten-thousand-zhang icy sword strike.
• The Earth Spirit Venerable raised dust defenses and burrowed underground, but frost flames and icicles spread through the ground and formed across his body.

Ye Han killed Earth Spirit Venerable with the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, then escaped the spreading ice with the Venerable’s corpse and Immortal-Slaying Saber. After treating the sword’s backlash, he wondered whether Earth Spirit Venerable’s storage bag contained a way to reach the Third Heaven.

• Earth Spirit Venerable was frozen and unable to use his spell power as Ye Han’s Absolute Frost Divine Sword struck him down.
• Ye Han captured Earth Spirit Venerable’s corpse in the Ghost Skull Mirror, swallowed pills to replenish his strength, and fled the expanding ice storm.
• Ye Han escaped to ruined buildings and examined the Immortal-Slaying Saber he had taken from Earth Spirit Venerable.
• The Absolute Frost Divine Sword’s backlash injured Ye Han’s meridians, so he used light-attribute spell power and flames to counter it.
• Ye Han wondered whether Earth Spirit Venerable’s storage bag held a way to enter the Third Heaven.

Ye Han recovered from the Absolute Frost Divine Sword’s backlash while refining Earth Spirit Venerable’s frozen corpse and then began opening the treasures he had looted. He broke through the first storage bag’s powerful Divine Sense Mark, revealing a huge haul, though he still hoped to find a way into the Third Heaven.

• Ye Han used Ninefold Lightness to escape Earth Spirit Venerable’s gravity formation and reasoned that it had increased his weight rather than altered gravity.
• Ye Han hid in secluded ruins, released Earth Spirit Venerable’s corpse from the Ghost Skull Mirror, and placed it in the Treasure Refining Furnace to thaw.
• After three months of cultivation, Ye Han had healed less than half of his injuries and finished refining the ice from Earth Spirit Venerable’s corpse.
• Ye Han removed eight storage bags, at least twenty-three spatial treasures, and other equipment from the corpse.
• Ye Han repeatedly attacked the Divine Sense Mark sealing a storage bag until he opened it and discovered a huge haul.

Ye Han searched the Earth Spirit Venerable’s spatial treasures for a way into the Third Heaven and found valuable cultivation resources, including a Nine-Layer Fruit and the Earth God Flawless Art. He eventually uncovered the promised method: enormous Spirit Cannon components and a hide depicting the weapon, though how it could lead to the Third Heaven remained unclear.

• Ye Han found a Nine-Layer Fruit in the Earth Spirit Venerable’s Storage Bag and sent it to his clone to refine Lightness Pills.
• Ye Han had his clone sort the treasures and manuals from the Storage Bags while he continued searching for a way into the Third Heaven.
• Ye Han uncovered Space Rings containing Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, Water Spirit Coffins, and the supreme-grade Earth God Flawless Art.
• Ye Han’s divine sense broke through to a new level as he used the Purple Cauldron’s aura to endure and unravel the Earth Spirit Venerable’s Divine Sense Marks.
• Ye Han opened a Space Ring and released enormous metal components, followed by a demon-beast hide bearing a complex drawing of a Spirit Cannon.

Ye Han spent decades recovering, cultivating, and charging the Restriction-Breaking Spirit Cannon to break into the third heaven. As the cannon remained only partly charged, Saint As reached the Void Refinement Stage without triggering a heavenly tribulation, revealing a way for Ye Han to restore his normal lifespan.

• Ye Han assembled the Restriction-Breaking Spirit Cannon and had his clone and White Fairy build a formation to feed it spiritual energy while he recovered from the Absolute Frost Divine Sword's backlash.
• Ye Han's clone refined Earth Spirit Venerable's spoils into pills, allowing Ye Han to resume cultivating the fifth layer of Ninefold Lightness as the cannon slowly charged.
• Over the next thirty years, Ye Han mastered the fifth layer of Ninefold Lightness and the second layer of the Earth God Flawless Art, established the Myriad Treasures Formation, and advanced to the middle stage of his current Void Refinement layer.
• The formation drained the Second Heaven's spiritual energy, but about a tenth of the cannon's red runes remained uncharged, so Ye Han decided to supplement it with energy from the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Saint As broke through to the Void Refinement Stage without triggering a heavenly tribulation, and Ye Han realized this could restore his normal lifespan.

Ye Han learned how Saint As had reached the Void Refinement Stage without triggering a heavenly tribulation, then used the restriction-breaking Spirit Cannon to enter the Third Heaven. The cannonball burst apart after breaking through, and Ye Han reached the Third Heaven.

• Saint As split his divine soul, divine sense, Nascent Soul, and physical body to advance each separately, then fused them into a Void Refinement Stage cultivator without triggering a heavenly tribulation.
• Ye Han realized his own missing lifespan came from advancing without undergoing tribulations and decided to ask Saint As how to make up for it later.
• Ye Han sensed a change in the Three Heavens and accelerated the restriction-breaking Spirit Cannon's energy supply until its red rune turned blue.
• Ye Han entered a golden metal cannonball, strengthened his defenses, and used the cannon's Token to fire himself toward a weak point in the Third Heaven.
• The cannonball blasted through the sky and rocks, then burst apart and hurled Ye Han into the Third Heaven.

Ye Han entered the Third Heaven, endured its crushing gravity, and searched for the great opportunity recorded by Earth Spirit Venerable. After traveling hundreds of thousands of miles, he found an immense lake of spirit liquid that seemed to be the source of the realm’s abundant spiritual energy, but sensed danger within it.

• Ye Han broke through into the Third Heaven, where its two-thousand-times gravity battered him and shattered his treasure shoes when he fell to the ground.
• Ye Han realized that the Third Heaven’s abundant spiritual energy must come from a powerful source and recalled Earth Spirit Venerable’s record of a great opportunity there.
• Ye Han used the third level of Ninefold Lightness to follow a faint trace of water spiritual energy while his spell power and supplies rapidly dwindled.
• After more than ten days and hundreds of thousands of miles, Ye Han reached an enormous lake whose water was entirely spirit liquid.
• Ye Han sensed danger and suffocation coming from the lake and wondered whether the great opportunity lay inside it.

Ye Han tested the lake’s deadly waters, then found a giant statue of a woman with a serpent tail while searching for a way around it. When both Purple Cauldrons reacted to the statue, it began to awaken and turned its blood-red gaze toward him.

• Ye Han hurled a Metal Puppet over the lake, and a water pillar destroyed it instantly.
• Ye Han tried to circle the lake but, after sprinting more than a hundred thousand li, still could not find a way around it.
• Ye Han spotted what appeared to be a person on the horizon, then discovered it was a huge statue of a beautiful woman with a serpent tail.
• Ye Han approached the statue cautiously and wondered whether it was connected to the Mysterious Woman in the Water Spirit Coffin and to a realm beyond the Myriad Realms.
• Both Purple Cauldrons hummed excitedly, and the statue trembled as runes spread across it.
• The statue’s eyes glowed blood red, and it turned its gaze toward Ye Han.

Ye Han trapped the statue inside his Purple Cauldron Space and used the Myriad Treasures Formation to cut off its supply of spiritual energy. The statue’s growth stopped at the peak of the Void Refinement Stage’s great perfection, but it smashed a hole through the formation and charged toward escape.

• Ye Han saw the statue absorb the Third Heaven’s spiritual energy and opened a passage to pull it into his Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han, his clone, White Fairy, and the gathered spirits activated the Myriad Treasures Formation around the statue.
• The formation drained and cut off the surrounding spiritual energy, halting the statue’s growth at roughly the peak of the Void Refinement Stage’s great perfection.
• The statue summoned two wooden hammers and blasted the formation’s barrier with blue-gray lightning.
• The statue transformed into gray light and charged through the hole it had blasted, wielding its hammers amid blue-gray lightning.