Chapter Summaries

Ye Han and his four Body Integration Realm clones and puppets attacked the Fish-Man Ancient Beast with five immortal treasures, using their assault to create an opening for Ye Han’s Demon-Extinguishing Thunder Art. The Fish-Man Ancient Beast recognized the trap as Ye Han’s immense purple-gold lightning strike descended.

• Ye Han’s four clones and puppets joined him in unleashing five immortal treasures against the Fish-Man Ancient Beast.
• The Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda caught the beast’s halberd, while the Immortal Flame Refining Heaven Furnace’s flames failed to overcome his water arts.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast summoned a powerful Purple Giant Cauldron that blocked the Immortal-Slaying Saber and absorbed the Yin-Yang Divine Swords’ sword-rays.
• Ye Han used the time his allies bought to empower the Thunderous Heaven-Shaking Trident with the Demon-Extinguishing Thunder Art.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast realized Ye Han had trapped him as a hundred-thousand-zhang purple-gold lightning strike crashed down toward him.

Ye Han trapped the Fish-Man Ancient Beast by draining away the surrounding seawater, then unleashed the Thunderous Heaven-Shaking Trident’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder. The Fish-Man Ancient Beast’s cauldron shattered, and the thunder struck his true form, leaving him immobilized and despairing.

• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast realized Ye Han had used flames and other attacks to drain the seawater and block his escape.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast hid inside his Purple Giant Cauldron, but Ye Han’s Thunderous Heaven-Shaking Trident cracked and destroyed it.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast revealed his enormous true form and formed a defensive armor of demon aura and immortal qi.
• Ye Han’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder struck the Fish-Man Ancient Beast’s head, paralyzing his body and divine soul.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast tried to activate a stronger defense, but he felt that he was finished.

Ye Han pursued the gravely wounded Fish-Man Ancient Beast after blasting apart its Purple Giant Cauldron and capturing a Purple Metal Rune. The beast fled toward a cluster of buildings resembling an Immortal Palace Side Hall, where spear-rays suddenly attacked.

• Ye Han caught the Purple Metal Rune with a hand formed from Purple-Gold Runes, but the Fish-Man Ancient Beast escaped through Water Escape.
• Ye Han chased the wounded beast while his clones and puppets collected heavenly treasures and spirit medicines from the Sky-Piercing Pillar.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast used Water Escape again, worsening his injuries, and decided to seek refuge in an Immortal Palace Side Hall.
• Ye Han tracked the beast with the Immortal Soul Altar and followed him through seawater rich in immortal qi.
• Ye Han spotted seabed buildings resembling an Immortal Palace Side Hall, and a vast barrage of spear-rays erupted toward him.

Ye Han and another outsider cultivator trapped the wounded Fish-Man Ancient Beast near the Immortal Palace Side Hall and overwhelmed him with attacks. As the Fish-Man Ancient Beast lost the ability to use his powers, Ye Han brought a spatial vortex down on him.

• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast fled toward the Immortal Palace Side Hall but was struck by spear-rays erupting from beneath it.
• A starlight-wreathed outsider charged out and battered the Fish-Man Ancient Beast, while a divine soul attack also struck him.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast retaliated with his trident-headed long halberd, but the attack collided with an enormous Pillar Stone Stele.
• Ye Han appeared in his Stars Demonic Armor and attacked the Fish-Man Ancient Beast with beams of starlight.
• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast summoned the Eighteen Treasure Token to form a defensive matrix, but Ye Han's attack wounded him and forced him to retreat.
• Black-gold manacles stopped the Fish-Man Ancient Beast from using his powers, and Ye Han appeared above him and sent a purple spatial vortex crashing down.

Ye Han captured the Fish-Man Ancient Beast inside the Purple Cauldron Space and claimed its three-pronged long halberd before the Heavenly Profound Star King could seize it. The two reunited near another Immortal Palace Side Hall, where the Heavenly Profound Star King said he did not know where Saint As and the others had gone.

• The Fish-Man Ancient Beast tried to resist Ye Han's attack, then begged for mercy, but Ye Han dragged him into the Purple Cauldron Space, where the Myriad Treasures Formation and other restraints awaited him.
• Ye Han grabbed the Fish-Man Ancient Beast's three-pronged long halberd just before the Heavenly Profound Star King reached it.
• Ye Han recognized the Heavenly Profound Star King and put away the halberd, while both men set aside their past grievances amid the dangers of the True Immortal Secret Realm.
• Ye Han asked whether Saint As and the others were nearby, and the Heavenly Profound Star King replied that he did not know where they had gone.
• After the Heavenly Profound Star King hesitated, Ye Han asked whether something had happened and revealed that he had just come out of an Immortal Palace Side Hall.

Ye Han reunited with the Heavenly Profound Star King beneath the sea and learned that a spatial anomaly had expelled the Star King from the Immortal Palace Side Hall over a hundred years earlier. As they compared their different experiences, the distant side hall erupted in a violent disturbance, and the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron began trembling in Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea.

• The Heavenly Profound Star King was surprised that Ye Han had only just emerged from the Immortal Palace Side Hall and noticed his greatly increased cultivation.
• Ye Han asked what had happened, and the Heavenly Profound Star King said an anomaly had forced him out over a hundred years earlier and sent him into danger before he found the underwater side hall.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King explained that he had waited there for the others because contact between them was blocked and they needed to gather five treasures from five side halls.
• Ye Han said he had encountered different circumstances and did not explain the opportunities that had strengthened him.
• A brilliant light and violent tremors erupted from the distant Immortal Palace Side Hall, shaking the sea as the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron trembled in Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea.

Ye Han and the Heavenly Profound Star King were caught in a powerful formation that dragged them toward the Immortal Palace Side Hall, while a golden light figure arrived too late to stop the sea from being sealed. Ye Han was swept into a spatial passage and realized he had been dragged into the Immortal Palace Side Hall again.

• Golden-rune pillars erupted from the seabed, and their formation power pulled Ye Han and the Heavenly Profound Star King toward the Immortal Palace Side Hall.
• The sea region was sealed by enormous pillars as waves and storms swept Ye Han and the Heavenly Profound Star King away.
• A golden light figure reached the sea, saw the pillars rise, and stopped before using his golden spear to attack the formation.
• The golden light figure decided to gather the others before returning and flew away.
• Ye Han crashed through a spatial passage, stabilized his soul with the Soul Suppression Divine Art, and felt the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron tremble in his Divine Sense Sea.

Ye Han reconsidered the dangers of the True Immortal Secret Realm and cautiously raced through an Immortal Palace Side Hall, where the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron sensed a treasure. Believing the Purple Metal Rune could aid him as danger mounted, he began feeding its power to the cauldron.

• Ye Han realized the Golden Light Figure hunting the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron made the True Immortal Secret Realm far less safe than he had thought.
• Ye Han wondered where the Heavenly Profound Star King, Saint As, and the others had gone, and whether the Golden Light Figure's Long Spear was one of the treasures needed to find the True Immortal.
• Ye Han sensed dense immortal qi and a treasure of interest to the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron inside the Immortal Palace Side Hall.
• Ye Han weighed the danger of strengthening the cauldron against the Purple Metal Rune's potential benefits and his urgent need to reach the mahayana stage.
• Ye Han summoned the Purple Metal Rune and activated the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron to devour its aura.

Ye Han absorbed the Purple Metal Runes into the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron, strengthening its alchemy abilities and releasing more of its seal. As he continued through the dangerous passage, a Mahayana Stage Immortal Spirit Puppet attacked him, and Ye Han sent his own puppet to fight it.

• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron absorbed the Purple Metal Runes, strengthening Ye Han’s alchemy and its ability to restore spell power and heal injuries while releasing another two percent of its seal.
• Ye Han sent his demonic qi clone to test the improved alchemy and continued down the passage, wary of the danger he sensed.
• A giant Metal Arm wielding a rune-covered saber attacked Ye Han, who met its strike with his Bone-Refining Bone Swords and Stars Demonic Armor.
• A hundred-zhang twin-saber Mahayana Stage Immortal Spirit Puppet appeared and charged at Ye Han.
• Ye Han summoned his two-headed, six-armed Immortal Spirit Puppet, which intercepted the attacker’s sabers and began battling it.

Ye Han captured and killed the twin-saber Immortal Spirit Puppet, then continued deeper into the Immortal Palace Side Hall. The passage still seemed endless, and he suspected a restriction had kept him from moving forward at all.

• Ye Han used the Black-Gold Shackles to seal the twin-saber Immortal Spirit Puppet and dragged him into the purple cauldron space.
• Ye Han and his allies overwhelmed the puppet there, knocked its immortal soul from its body, and took its two sabers and other belongings.
• Ye Han recalled the Fish-Man Ancient Beast’s death and the treasures and materials he had obtained from it.
• Ye Han raced farther through the passage, wary that stronger beings remained in the side hall.
• Ye Han stopped when he realized he might have been trapped by a restriction that made him seem to move while staying in place.

Ye Han remained trapped in the spatial passage for 131 years, reaching the great perfection of the Body Integration Realm before attempting to break through to the Mahayana Stage. After the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron absorbed one pill, Ye Han swallowed another himself, and a vast heavenly tribulation gathered over the sea.

• Ye Han realized the passage’s restrictive illusion kept him marking time and could find no way to escape, so he established the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and waited.
• After 131 years, Ye Han reached the great perfection of the Body Integration Realm and prepared to break through to the Mahayana Stage.
• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron absorbed the first Mahayana Heaven-Defying Pill Ye Han took and began growing a Mahayana Stage fruit.
• Ye Han restrained the cauldron’s devouring power and swallowed a second pill, using the Everlasting Immortal Flower Art to withstand its terrifying medicinal power.
• Blood-red tribulation lightning spread across the sky above the sea, forming heavenly tribulation clouds over a radius of ten thousand li.

Ye Han failed to break through to the Mahayana Stage and suspected a path-severing tribulation was blocking his progress. He concluded that a fruit from the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron might be his best chance to overcome it.

• Ye Han ended his seclusion after his breakthrough attempt failed, though he had sensed the aura of someone else's Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ye Han wondered whether the Heavenly Profound Star King had triggered the tribulation and successfully advanced to the Mahayana Stage.
• Ye Han noticed that he could not trigger his own Heavenly Tribulation and suspected an unusual force was obstructing his breakthrough.
• Ye Han considered whether he had encountered a path-severing tribulation that prevented exceptionally powerful cultivators from advancing.
• Ye Han connected the problem to the True Immortal Secret Realm and decided that a Mahayana Stage Fruit from the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron might break the impasse.

Ye Han fed Mahayana Heaven-Defying Pills to the Mahayana Fruit Tree in the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron, which began absorbing immortal qi and growing toward maturity. As he trained while trapped in the strange space, he suddenly sensed a dangerous change in its previously still energy.

• Ye Han swallowed his last Mahayana Heaven-Defying Pill, and the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron drew its medicinal energy into the Mahayana Fruit Tree.
• The Mahayana Fruit Tree grew and formed rune-covered leaf cocoons that absorbed immortal qi, giving Ye Han hope that its fruit could mature sooner.
• After half a year, Ye Han's Demonic Qi Clone produced two successful Mahayana Heaven-Defying Pills, and Ye Han fed one to the tree.
• The tree grew further, its immortal qi absorption accelerated, and a tiny fruit blossom appeared.
• Ye Han refined the Thunderous Heaven-Shaking Trident while waiting in the strange space, then sensed a dangerous energy stirring there.

Ye Han was ambushed in the passage by the Heavenly Profound Star King, who had reached the Mahayana stage but had fallen into qi deviation. Ye Han called on two Mahayana-stage puppets to fight back, then flashed beside his enemy as the battle continued.

• Ye Han put away his cultivation resources and activated the Stars Demonic Armor when he sensed danger.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King appeared and attacked Ye Han with a powerful starlight technique.
• Ye Han blocked the attack with the Starflare Halberd, then realized the Heavenly Profound Star King was suffering from qi deviation.
• Ye Han summoned the Twin-Blade Immortal Spirit Puppet and the Twin-Headed Puppet, both at the Mahayana stage, to counter the Star King's spear attacks.
• Ye Han flashed beside the Heavenly Profound Star King as his puppets surrounded him.

Ye Han attacked the Heavenly Profound Star King with the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and his Immortal Spirit Puppets, then tried to seize the Wilds Ancient Stele using the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron. The Heavenly Profound Star King fought back with his clones and unleashed his full power as Ye Han clung to the stele.

• Ye Han and the twin-blade puppet surrounded the Heavenly Profound Star King with sword and blade attacks, forcing him to defend himself with the Wilds Ancient Stele.
• Ye Han pierced the stele’s barrier with the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, while the Heavenly Profound Star King summoned four armored clones to attack him.
• Ye Han ignored the clones and charged the stele, using the six-armed Immortal Spirit Puppet to block its primordial attacks.
• Ye Han seized the Wilds Ancient Stele with a purple-rune hand and used the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron to try to wrest control from the Heavenly Profound Star King.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King resisted Ye Han’s devouring power, but Ye Han wrapped his arms around the stele with his vajra body.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King suffered backlash and unleashed blood-red star power, vowing to fight Ye Han to the death.

Ye Han seized the Wilds Ancient Stele, causing the Heavenly Profound Star King to demonize and attack him. Ye Han destroyed the Star King’s body with demon-breaking divine thunder, and the Ghost Skull Mirror swallowed his fleeing divine soul.

• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron swallowed the Wilds Ancient Stele, triggering a backlash that caused the Heavenly Profound Star King to demonize.
• Ye Han unleashed the Thunderous Heaven-Shaking Trident and used demon-breaking divine thunder to suppress the Star King’s demonic qi.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King merged his clone with his true form and counterattacked with his spear treasure, but Ye Han’s lightning drove him back and injured him.
• The Heavenly Profound Star King claimed he had suffered qi deviation and pleaded for Ye Han to stop, but Ye Han continued his assault.
• Ye Han’s thunder destroyed the Heavenly Profound Star King’s physical body, and the Ghost Skull Mirror swallowed his fleeing divine soul.

After defeating the Heavenly Profound Star King, Ye Han was nearly consumed and possessed by the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron as its seal broke further. Just as he began to lose hope, golden runes blocked the cauldron’s attack, and Ye Han’s body, bloodline, and divine soul began to transform.

• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron unleashed a devastating backlash after devouring the Wilds Ancient Stele, and Ye Han realized it had been concealing its power to seize his body.
• Ye Han used his twin divine souls, Dao Follows Nature, the Seventy-Two Tongling Chapters, and the Soul Suppression Divine Art to resist, but the cauldron devoured his power as its seal broke to seventeen percent.
• The seal reached twenty-five percent, covering Ye Han in purple runes and metallic sheen as phantom images of beings the cauldron had devoured emerged from him.
• Ye Han refused to surrender, but the cauldron’s devouring power overwhelmed his resistance and left him believing he had reached the end.
• Boundless golden runes surged through Ye Han’s divine sense sea and blocked the cauldron, restoring his appearance and strengthening his divine soul and divine sense.
• Ye Han felt his bloodline changing as his Immortal Race and Ancient Dragon Race bloodlines melted into it, and he wondered how he had recovered.

Ye Han's ancient human race inheritance stopped the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron from possessing him and purified his mixed bloodline into a pure ancient human race bloodline. After confirming the Heavenly Profound Star King was dead, Ye Han found treasures among his belongings that might help him advance to the Mahayana Stage.

• The ancient human race inheritance suppressed the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron's backlash and transformed Ye Han's bloodline into a pure ancient human race bloodline.
• Ye Han survived the cauldron's attempt to seize his body and considered how the inheritance had previously sealed the cauldron.
• Ye Han concluded he needed to reach the Mahayana Stage to escape the restriction and checked his Life Soul Token, finding the Heavenly Profound Star King's life soul gone.
• Ye Han's two clones returned with the Heavenly Profound Star King's belongings, and Ye Han discovered treasures that gave him hope of advancing to the Mahayana Stage.

Ye Han consumed the ripe Mahayana Fruit and began advancing to the Mahayana stage, triggering an overwhelming heavenly tribulation. He concluded that his only chance of survival was to avoid undergoing the tribulation at all.

• Ye Han cultivated inside the Tree Cocoon and realized how powerfully his activated ancient human race bloodline helped him absorb and refine energy.
• Ye Han examined the Wilds Ancient Stele relief within the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and resolved to avoid using the cauldron because thirty percent of its seal had been undone.
• Ye Han obtained the ripe Mahayana Fruit, which had matured after twenty-three years and accelerated growth from pills found in the Heavenly Profound Star King's Storage Bag.
• Ye Han ate the Mahayana Fruit, and its medicinal power transformed his divine souls and nascent soul as he advanced toward the Mahayana stage.
• Ye Han sensed the Mahayana heavenly tribulation and calculated that none of his defenses could withstand it, so he decided to use the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron to avoid undergoing the tribulation.

Ye Han faced an unprecedentedly powerful Mahayana heavenly tribulation while hiding inside the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron, whose mysterious tremors suggested a powerful treasure was approaching. The tribulation spread beyond the Golden Light Barrier and chased the fleeing Great Star Divine Emperor and the Star Clan Cultivators.

• The Great Star Divine Emperor and the Star Clan Cultivators fled after sensing the terrifying heavenly tribulation near the Golden Light Barrier.
• The tribulation clouds expanded and unleashed indiscriminate lightning, battering the Sky-Piercing Pillars and weakening the Golden Light Barrier.
• The Great Star Divine Emperor realized the tribulation was chasing his group and escaped at full speed, followed by the other Star Clan Cultivators.
• Ye Han remained inside the trembling Heaven-Devouring Cauldron as he endured the tribulation and worried that its detected treasure would draw a powerful being to him.