Chapter Summaries

Azure Ox Old Daoist fled Heaven-Burning Old Ancestor and Thousand Faces by entering a strange black hole, with the two pursuers following him inside. Ye Han awoke in a freezing mountain cave, unable to move or sense his spell power, and heard footsteps approaching.

• Azure Ox Old Daoist realized Ye Han had escaped his secret realm and siphoned away much of its immortal qi and spiritual energy.
• Heaven-Burning Old Ancestor and Thousand Faces tracked Azure Ox Old Daoist through the Star Sea Void, where he entered a vast black hole and they pursued him.
• Ye Han woke in a cold, damp mountain cave, weak and numb, and feared he had become mortal again.
• Ye Han heard footsteps coming from the far end of the cave and worried that he could not defend himself.

Ye Han survived his transport out of Azure Ox Old Daoist's Secret Realm Space but was left helpless and sealed by the violent power of the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and the Reincarnation Ring. A Ling and her father rescued him, and after seven or eight days he remained bedridden, unable to use his cultivation.

• Ye Han struggled to survive in a cavern until A Ling and her father found him, and A Ling realized he was alive.
• A Ling and her father argued over whether to help Ye Han, then carried him to their crude wooden hut.
• Ye Han spent seven or eight days lying helpless while A Ling fed him folk medicine and he tried unsuccessfully to cultivate.
• Ye Han realized the Cauldron and Ring's escape had drained his power and left his energy sealed, while his dao heart kept him alive.
• A Ling slipped into the hut again as Ye Han lay in bed, helplessly recognizing her as a nuisance.

A Ling watched over the immobile Ye Han while her family pressured her to marry Jin Fu, and Ye Han considered how to restore his body and cultivation as his lifespan rapidly dwindled. The chapter ended when Jin Fu kicked open the door to confront the man A Ling was hiding.

• A Ling nearly kissed Ye Han, but a man's call interrupted her and she left to work.
• A Ling argued with her uncle, refusing to marry Jin Fu, while her uncle insisted she could not rely on him for support.
• Ye Han recalled A Ling's circumstances and stayed silent to avoid revealing himself to the True Immortal and True Buddha pursuing him.
• Ye Han realized he needed to restore his body's vitality and felt his lifespan draining rapidly.
• Jin Fu kicked open the flimsy door and charged inside, demanding to see the man A Ling was hiding.

Ye Han used a faint glance to kill Jin Fu, then absorbed the Purple Metal Runes from Jin Fu’s pendant and regained a trace of sensation and power. He sat up as A Ling asked who he was.

• Jin Fu attacked the motionless Ye Han with a carrying pole, while A Ling tried to stop him and her uncle and aunt restrained her.
• Ye Han glanced at Jin Fu, who froze in terror, spat blood, and died.
• Ye Han sensed spiritual energy in Jin Fu and drew the Purple Metal Runes from his pendant onto himself.
• The runes entered Ye Han’s body, causing intense pain as he felt a trace of spell power and his bloodline’s pulse return.
• Ye Han moved a finger, sat up, and realized his Storage Bag and treasures were gone.
• A Ling asked Ye Han who he was as the purple light faded.

Ye Han accompanied A Ling to the Mountain Cave to recover the possessions buried there, while considering whether to help her pursue cultivation. When A Ling firmly said she wanted to enter the cultivator world, a cultivator flew overhead and Ye Han hid them both among the icicles.

• A Ling led Ye Han along the mountain path toward the cave where she and her father had buried his possessions.
• Ye Han explained that cultivators were not true immortals and considered offering A Ling help because she had a spirit root and had saved him.
• A Ling asked if she could become an immortal and insisted she still wanted to enter the cultivator world despite its dangers.
• As Ye Han was about to answer, he sensed a cultivator approaching and concealed himself and A Ling among the icicles.

Ye Han hid A Ling from a searching Golden Core Stage cultivator and considered whether their location was the Earth Realm. After the cultivator left, he offered A Ling a chance to become stronger, then told her they needed to retrieve the things she had hidden for him.

• Ye Han hid A Ling beneath ice and sensed that the passing Golden Core Stage cultivator was searching for something, possibly connected to the Purple-Gold Metal Rune he had found on Jin Fu.
• Ye Han suspected that he had been transported to the Earth Realm, where he had once lived, and reflected on the realm's secrets and the danger posed by the Devil Race and Immortal Race.
• After the cultivator flew away, Ye Han broke the ice covering them, and A Ling praised his strength and said she wanted to become like him.
• Ye Han told A Ling she could become strong through her own opportunities and cultivation, but said she was not qualified to become his disciple and that he would give her a chance.
• Ye Han told A Ling they had to find the things she had hidden for him, and she agreed.

Ye Han and A Ling recovered the spatial treasures that had been hidden after his teleportation, though he could not yet open them because his Divine Sense was sealed. He created a concealed, warm cultivation cave and decided to teach A Ling Immortal Arts, beginning with the basics of reading.

• A Ling dug up Ye Han’s two Storage Bags and Space Ring, which she and her father had hidden in separate places.
• Ye Han realized he could not open the treasures because he could not use his divine sense, but believed he could do so after some time.
• Ye Han blasted the cavern smooth, sealed its entrance, and drew spiritual energy from the surrounding area and a Spirit Vein to form a warm cultivation space.
• A Ling asked Ye Han how he had changed the cavern, and he told her he would teach her Immortal Arts.
• A Ling told Ye Han that her father had taught her a little, but that she knew few characters, so Ye Han offered to teach her the basics first.

Ye Han cultivated in a hidden cave as A Ling underwent a transformation, while three disciples searching for their missing Eldest Senior Brother discovered the cave. Ye Han confronted them and ordered them inside, leaving the disciples terrified by his power.

• Ye Han cultivated amid formation runes while A Ling's body transformed and demon-beast bones lay nearby.
• Three sect disciples followed a Spiritual Qi Formation Disk to a cave where Heaven and Earth spiritual energy gathered, near the place their Eldest Senior Brother had disappeared.
• The disciples speculated that their Eldest Senior Brother had died and hoped to claim his treasures and fortuitous opportunities.
• Ye Han appeared without warning, and Third Senior Brother stopped the female disciple from attacking and respectfully apologized.
• Ye Han told the three disciples to come inside, and they felt overwhelmed by his pressure.

Ye Han used three Green Bamboo Sect cultivators and A Ling to power a formation that opened his storage bag while he recovered from severe injuries. The bag opened, but the exhausted sect members were left aged and helpless, wondering whether Ye Han had deceived them.

• Ye Han forced three Green Bamboo Sect cultivators to spend their lifespan and spell power driving a formation to help him open his storage bag.
• A Ling also exhausted her cultivation and lifespan to strengthen the formation elsewhere.
• The formation released several bottles of pills and heavenly treasures from Ye Han's storage bag, then lost its power as the cultivators reached their limits.
• The three Green Bamboo Sect cultivators lay aged and too weak to move, and the female cultivator asked Third Senior Brother whether they had been deceived.

A Ling killed the wounded Green Bamboo Sect third senior brother after he and the other disciples turned on one another over Ye Han’s spirit liquid. Ye Han left A Ling to survive on her own, judging that she had promise, while his own cultivation remained uncertain.

• The Green Bamboo Sect cultivators recovered their cultivation with Ye Han’s spirit liquid and began breaking through.
• The third senior brother attacked the other two cultivators to seize their spirit liquid, and all three fought until only he remained alive, badly weakened.
• A Ling killed the third senior brother with an icy sword-ray after Ye Han sent her to complete her final test.
• Ye Han gave A Ling a bundle, told her to rely on herself, and vanished as she begged him not to leave.
• Ye Han walked out of the cavern, called A Ling a girl with promise, and flew away.

Ye Han left the depleted spirit vein after partially restoring his cultivation and ensuring A Ling was ready to face the dangers of the Cultivation World. As he flew onward, a bamboo-armored cultivator approached him with a question.

• Ye Han used diluted pill-derived spirit liquid to recover some cultivation, but his injuries, damaged divine sense, and binding laws still prevented him from restoring his full strength.
• Ye Han decided to leave the underground spirit vein, which had nearly withered after more than a year of drawing on its spiritual energy.
• Ye Han reflected that he had shown A Ling the Green Bamboo Sect cultivators' treachery so she would understand the dangers of the Cultivation World, and he felt reassured by her resolve.
• A middle-aged cultivator wearing bamboo-like armor recognized Ye Han as someone he had seen before and flew over to ask him a question.

Ye Han encountered a late Golden Core Stage Cultivator from the Green Bamboo Sect who demanded an explanation for the deaths of three disciples. Ye Han killed him with a flick of his finger, took his belongings, and the chapter then shifted to a vast mountain range filled with spiritual energy and Demon Beasts.

• A Green Bamboo Sect Cultivator approached Ye Han and asked whether he had seen three missing Foundation Establishment disciples.
• The Cultivator accused Ye Han of killing the disciples, and Ye Han admitted they had died by his hand.
• The Green Bamboo Sect Cultivator attacked Ye Han with azure sword-rays, but Ye Han repelled them with a flick of his finger.
• Ye Han's gang qi shattered the Cultivator's Bamboo Armor and destroyed his body, Golden Core, and Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Han collected the Cultivator's Storage Bag and Space Ring, finding a few pills that might help restore his cultivation.
• The scene shifted to a mist-covered mountain range where Demon Beasts roared and a fierce hurricane surged overhead.

Ye Han emerged from years of healing inside the Great Jinling Mountain Range after his cultivation drew in its spiritual energy and triggered a spectacular phenomenon. As he flew away with a trace of divine sense restored, he sensed the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and Reincarnation Ring within his Divine Sense Sea and was astonished by their condition.

• Two figures pursuing the Azure Ox Old Daoist encountered a huge humanoid body forcing its way through the Starry Sky Trench and hurried toward it.
• Cultivators from several sects gathered at the Great Jinling Mountain Range, where a mysterious phenomenon had been drawing in spiritual energy for years.
• A vortex gathered spiritual energy across the mountains, and a pillar of five-colored light shot toward the horizon as the mist dispersed.
• Ye Han flew away from the mountain range after years of cultivation and injury recovery, having restored a trace of divine sense.
• Ye Han sensed the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and Reincarnation Ring in his Divine Sense Sea and was astonished by their condition.

Ye Han examined the damaged Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and discovered that it could absorb a supreme-grade Five Elements Spirit Restoration Pill, though it would not release the pill’s aura to help him recover. As he worried about his dwindling supply of pills and the Earth Realm’s uncertain restrictions, the cauldron’s eye and pupil began to stir, giving him hope.

• Ye Han restored his ability to mobilize his divine sense and examined the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron in his divine sense sea.
• Ye Han saw that the Reincarnation Ring appeared to have merged with the cauldron and noticed Purple-Gold Runes near its eye and pupil.
• Ye Han swallowed a supreme-grade Five Elements Spirit Restoration Pill to test whether the cauldron could absorb it and help him recover.
• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron absorbed the pill’s aura but kept it instead of releasing it for Ye Han’s use.
• Ye Han worried that he had returned to the resource-poor Earth Realm and could not sense his Heaven-Devouring Cauldron Space.
• The cauldron’s eye and pupil released faint fluctuations, and Ye Han thought there seemed to be hope.

Ye Han discovered that the Purple-Gold Rune made the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron return a fraction of the pills’ energy, greatly accelerating his recovery. After feeding the cauldron more pills, he faced the backlash he had feared as its power erupted while he was still severely weakened.

• Ye Han sensed the Purple-Gold Rune release time-law energy that helped repair his injuries and restore his cultivation.
• Ye Han concluded that the rune Jin Fu had given him may have been why the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and Reincarnation Ring brought him to the Earth Realm.
• Ye Han swallowed a bottle of supreme-grade Spirit-Replenishing Pills and had the cauldron absorb the remaining twenty-three pills, accelerating his recovery.
• Ye Han worried that the cauldron might retaliate after absorbing so many pills while his body and soul were weak.
• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron suddenly trembled and unleashed a powerful backlash against Ye Han.

Ye Han survived the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron’s attempt to seize his body when the Purple-Gold Metal Rune suppressed it, forcing the cauldron to release aura that healed him. After falling into a crater, Ye Han sensed that the area was rich in spiritual energy and that a treasure nearby had stirred the cauldron.

• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron attacked Ye Han’s divine soul while he was severely injured, but he could not muster enough strength to resist.
• The Purple-Gold Metal Rune trembled and suppressed the cauldron, breaking its rune chains and ending its backlash against Ye Han.
• Ye Han realized that the rune had stopped the cauldron and suspected it had brought him to the Earth Realm to gather more such runes.
• The Heaven-Devouring Cauldron reluctantly released aura to restore Ye Han’s cultivation and heal his injuries.
• Ye Han found himself in a crater surrounded by abundant spiritual energy, and the cauldron began trembling in response to a nearby treasure.

Ye Han followed the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron’s weakening signal toward a moving treasure, convinced that its appearance in the Earth Realm was no coincidence. After killing a demon beast, he reached a mist-filled valley and used his power to stir the demonic aura, revealing something that astonished him.

• Ye Han realized the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron had detected a treasure that was moving, then rushed after its fading signal.
• A huge Nascent Soul Realm demon beast erupted from the ground and attacked Ye Han.
• Ye Han killed the demon beast with a kick, collected its demon nascent soul and divine soul, and continued onward.
• Ye Han arrived above a deep valley filled with demonic aura and heard demon beasts roaring below.
• Ye Han used gang qi and spell power to stir the mist, and an astonishing sight appeared.

Ye Han found and forced open a hidden treasure Secret Realm, then tracked down the cultivator carrying the treasure detected by the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron. After extracting a Purple Spirit Rune from him, Ye Han learned there might be more.

• Ye Han discovered a hidden passage beneath the misty valley and followed it past traps to an ancient building containing a Secret Realm gate.
• Ye Han studied the gate’s Formation Matrix and opened it without a key or token by using his superior cultivation.
• Ye Han entered the Secret Realm and subdued a cultivator beside a Water Spirit Coffin.
• Ye Han extracted a purple-gold metal rune from the cultivator, who offered to lead him to a place where more Purple Spirit Runes could be found.

Ye Han captured Xu Lin in a secret realm and learned about Purple-Gold Runes, the Azure Profound Sect, and the changed Earth Realm. As Xu Lin led him toward the place where he had found his rune, Ye Han remained cautious about the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron and kept his identity hidden.

• Ye Han captured Xu Lin and absorbed Xu Lin's Purple-Gold Metal Rune into the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron, slightly restoring its aura.
• Xu Lin told Ye Han how he had obtained the rune and offered to guide him to its source, so Ye Han spared him and let him keep most of the secret realm's treasures.
• Ye Han considered the cauldron's dangerous backlash and avoided feeding it more pills while he recovered his cultivation and injuries.
• Xu Lin told Ye Han that the Earth Realm had changed over ten thousand years, that the Heaven's Mandate Continent had split in two, and that the Azure Profound Sect had become the world's strongest sect.
• Xu Lin revealed that cultivators from the Great Star Realms had recruited Azure Profound Sect disciples and were keeping the sect under surveillance, so Ye Han decided to stay hidden.

Xu Lin told Ye Han about the Earth Realm’s strange changes and the Purple-Gold Metal Runes, while Ye Han discovered his merged Nascent Souls had become a three-headed, six-armed being. As Ye Han and Xu Lin crossed the Boundless Sea, a huge creature with scarlet eyes emerged from the waters.

• Xu Lin explained that purple light pillars, treasures, stronger spiritual energy, and cultivators from the Upper Realm had appeared in the Earth Realm.
• Xu Lin said he had seized one of four Purple-Gold Metal Runes in the True Spirit Mountain Range, while two vanished into a secret realm.
• Ye Han and Xu Lin flew across the Boundless Sea, where Ye Han sensed demon aura in the storms.
• Ye Han found that his two Nascent Souls had merged into a three-headed, six-armed being, but it remained too weak for him to use its power.
• The sea surged into a massive tsunami, and a pair of enormous scarlet eyes appeared in the water.