Chapter Summaries

Ye Han saved four Immortal Race cultivators and recruited them for a dangerous task connected to the Great Hell, concealing his true identity and cultivation. After explaining what he had learned about the battlefield and the Great Hell, he asked how many battle merits they had accumulated.

• Ye Han absorbed the Devil Race cultivator's corpse, divine soul, and nascent soul into his White Little Bowl, and the four Immortal Race cultivators pledged to serve him.
• Ye Han explained that his task was dangerous but promised them tremendous benefits if they succeeded.
• Ye Han recounted his observations that powerful cultivators from several races were secretly gathering on the Immortal-Demon Battlefield ahead of the Great Hell's opening.
• Ye Han suspected that the Great Hell was connected to the Mysterious Secret Realm and described its dangers, treasures, and reports of cultivators reaching the half-step true immortal realm.
• Ye Han asked the four Immortal Race cultivators how many battle merits they had accumulated, and they exchanged surprised glances.

Ye Han helped the Immortal Race Four Spirits defeat and kill three Devil Race Cultivators, then urged them to collect the spoils before more enemies arrived. He continued helping them earn Immortal Race battle merits so they could exchange them for a token to enter the Great Hell.

• Ye Han’s hidden power strengthened the Immortal Race Four Spirits’ sword formation as they battled three Devil Race Cultivators.
• Ye Han secretly struck the Devils with an overwhelming pressure, allowing the golden sword rays to pierce their defenses and kill them.
• Ye Han captured the three Devils’ fleeing souls in a white-jade bowl and told the Immortal Race Four Spirits to gather the corpses and spoils before more enemies came.
• The Immortal Race Four Spirits collected their rewards and reflected on how Ye Han’s help had multiplied their battle merits.
• Ye Han’s reason for helping the Immortal Race Four Spirits was to earn enough merits for a Great Hell entry token, since he could not disguise himself as a Devil Race Cultivator or earn merits himself.

Ye Han obtained the Great Hell restriction token with help from the Four Spirits of the Immortal Race, then gave them rewards and departed. After the Four Spirits decided to leave the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, a black figure followed their trail, and the female cultivator sensed they were in danger.

• The Four Spirits of the Immortal Race killed a wanted Devil Race woman and collected enough battle merits to obtain the Great Hell restriction token.
• Ye Han accepted the Great Hell restriction token from the Four Spirits of the Immortal Race and paid them with storage bags before flying away.
• The Four Spirits of the Immortal Race discussed Ye Han's suspicious identity, then agreed to leave the Immortal-Demon Battlefield rather than enter Great Hell.
• A black figure emerged from a fissure and followed the Four Spirits of the Immortal Race through space.
• The female cultivator sensed that the Four Spirits of the Immortal Race were in danger.

Ye Han obtained a Great Hell restriction token through the Immortal Race Four Spirits and avoided drawing attention as he traveled toward the Immortal Race’s guarded entrance. After more than half a month, he reached the entrance but learned that the token might not be enough to get inside.

• Ye Han stored the restriction token and left the Immortal Race Four Spirits to face a concealed half-step True Immortal from the Devil Race on their own.
• Ye Han reasoned that the Great Hell would open soon and continued to avoid battles and powerful cultivators on the Immortal-Demon Battlefield.
• Ye Han skirted a clash between Immortal Race and Devil Race cultivators and another half-step True Immortal’s ambush.
• More than half a month later, Ye Han reached the Immortal Race’s guarded entrance to the Great Hell.
• A guard in Golden Light Armor told Ye Han that he could not enter even with a restriction token.

Ye Han reached the Great Hell entrance but was blocked by new screening rules introduced after someone impersonated an Immortal Race member to obtain a token. He agreed to undergo a bloodline test and sensed a powerful half-step true immortal watching him.

• Ye Han released his Mahayana Stage pressure when the guard refused to admit him with his restriction token.
• The guard explained that orders required careful screening after an impostor had obtained a token, and said outsiders, especially Devil Race members, could not enter.
• Ye Han demanded to know who had issued the orders and threatened the guard with his killing intent.
• Ye Han agreed to undergo the Immortal Race bloodline test, and the guard led him toward a protected High Tower.
• Ye Han followed calmly, confident that his preserved supreme-grade direct-line Immortal Race bloodline would pass the test, while sensing a powerful observer nearby.

Ye Han passed the Immortal Race bloodline test and entered the cavern leading to the Great Hell, where he planned to cultivate while waiting for it to open. After receiving news from his clone about a new Purple Metal Rune and the Feifei Insect’s needs, he headed deeper into the cavern and sensed an intense light attribute ahead.

• The Immortal Race Guard identified Ye Han as possessing a peerless bloodline and let him enter after the bloodline test.
• Ye Han was teleported to the cavern entrance of the Great Hell and sensed its rich spiritual energy, spatial laws, and star power.
• Ye Han traveled deeper into the cavern, pleased that the area was quiet and protected by the Immortal Race’s restriction.
• Ye Han received a message from his clone that it had found another Purple Metal Rune and that the Feifei Insect needed to devour cultivators or high-rank demon beasts to advance.
• Ye Han continued onward to find a safe place to cultivate, then sensed a dazzling white light with an intense light attribute ahead.

Ye Han encountered a rare light-attribute oil lamp in a cavern, but its white flame transformed into a phoenix and attacked him. He countered with his strange flames and True Dragon Fire God Seal, yet the battle continued to shake the cavern.

• Ye Han sensed spatial ripples and discovered a small oil lamp covered in light-attribute runes.
• The lamp released a huge phoenix-shaped strange flame that attacked Ye Han and battered his body and soul.
• Ye Han activated the Fire God Vajra Formula and unleashed three kinds of strange flame to resist the white fire.
• Ye Han changed his elemental spirit root to light attribute and used the True Dragon Fire God Seal to summon three flame dragons.
• The flame dragons gained the upper hand against the phoenix, but could not quickly destroy it as the cavern shook around them.

Ye Han subdued the White Little Lamp and stored it before an Immortal Race woman recognized the Vajra Fire God Art. As he spoke with her, a hostile voice from afar asked which Star Realm lineage he belonged to.

• Ye Han used his three-headed, six-armed Vajra form to destroy the flame phoenix and pin down the White Little Lamp.
• A beautiful Immortal Race woman arrived and asked whether Ye Han was the Vajra Immortal Emperor after recognizing the Vajra Fire God Art.
• Ye Han sensed the woman was connected to Fairy Ice Spirit and put the White Little Lamp, which he identified as a light-attribute Supreme Immortal Treasure, into his Storage Bag.
• The woman remarked that Ye Han was lucky to find a treasure, and he dismissed it as chance.
• A cold voice from the distance asked Ye Han which Star Realm lineage he belonged to.

Immortal Emperor Balin confronted Ye Han in Great Hell, suspecting him of belonging to the lineage he was searching for, while Ye Han challenged his motives and invoked the Immortal Emperor's authority. Glacier Immortal Emperor intervened to calm them, and the tense exchange ended with Ye Han offering to leave unless they had more to say.

• Immortal Emperor Balin arrived and questioned Glacier Immortal Emperor before demanding to know Ye Han's lineage.
• Ye Han answered defiantly, and Immortal Emperor Balin unleashed killing intent and demanded an explanation for his disrespect.
• Ye Han resisted Balin's pressure, claimed the Immortal Emperor had sent him, and warned Balin not to interfere with that business.
• Glacier Immortal Emperor stepped between them and urged them to speak civilly, while considering Ye Han's strength and possible value to her.
• Immortal Emperor Balin suspected Ye Han might be the person he sought, and Ye Han offered to leave unless either Immortal Emperor had more to say.

Immortal Emperor Balin backed down from confronting Ye Han, who then accepted Immortal Emperor Glacier’s invitation to her secluded cave abode. There, Glacier stunned him by proposing that they engage in dual cultivation.

• Immortal Emperor Balin decided not to provoke Ye Han and left after exchanging polite farewells with him and Immortal Emperor Glacier.
• Immortal Emperor Glacier invited Ye Han to her nearby cultivation abode, and he accepted after sensing an unusual attraction between them.
• Immortal Emperor Glacier led Ye Han into a hidden palace filled with rich spiritual energy and explained that she wanted to discuss something with him.
• Immortal Emperor Glacier told Ye Han that she wanted to engage in dual cultivation with him, leaving him startled.

Ye Han and Immortal Emperor Glacier spent eight days dual cultivating, each using the other's power to advance their cultivation and address their difficulties. Immortal Emperor Glacier reached the point of attempting a breakthrough, while Ye Han continued cultivating in the spirit pool with a new idea.

• Ye Han and Immortal Emperor Glacier completed eight days of dual cultivation in the spirit pool.
• Immortal Emperor Glacier's aura changed, and she separated from Ye Han to attempt a breakthrough.
• Ye Han continued cultivating as strange rune-lights and changes surged through his body.
• Immortal Emperor Glacier revealed that she was Fairy Ice Spirit's aunt and recognized Ye Han's true identity through what Fairy Ice Spirit had told her.
• Ye Han and Immortal Emperor Glacier continued their mutually beneficial cultivation, and Ye Han formed a bold idea about the spirit pool.

Ye Han used the purple-gold gourd to secretly draw spirit liquid and spiritual energy into the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron Space while Glacier Immortal Emperor attempted a breakthrough. He then brought out the Phoenix Divine Lamp and prepared to bind it to himself.

• Ye Han used the purple-gold gourd as a life-bound treasure to conceal and channel the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron's aura.
• Ye Han decided to harvest the spirit pool's liquid and the spiritual energy eye's power to replenish his cultivation resources before Great Hell opened.
• Ye Han activated the gourd, drawing five-colored spirit light and spiritual energy from the pool into the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han took out the White Little Lamp, identified it as the Phoenix Divine Lamp, and prepared to perform Blood-Drip Recognition.

Immortal Emperor Balin failed another cultivation attempt and decided he might have to enter Great Hell to find the person he sought. After more than a century of cultivation, Ye Han left the depleted spirit pool and met the Glacier Immortal Emperor, but their argument was interrupted when Great Hell began to open.

• Immortal Emperor Balin coughed up blood after a failed cultivation attempt, healed himself with pills, and considered entering Great Hell to find the person he sought.
• Ye Han finished refining the Phoenix Divine Lamp after more than a hundred and thirty years of cultivation, recovering to the middle Mahayana stage.
• Ye Han opened the spirit pool’s restrictions and encountered the Glacier Immortal Emperor as she emerged from seclusion.
• The Glacier Immortal Emperor confronted Ye Han about depleting her lineage’s treasured cultivation grounds, and Ye Han claimed the spiritual energy had begun leaking away on its own.
• A violent rumbling shook the area, and the Glacier Immortal Emperor announced that Great Hell was about to open.

Ye Han and the Glacier Immortal Emperor sensed that the Great Hell entrance was opening early and hurried toward it, where they encountered Immortal Emperor Balin. They reached an immense Spatial Rift filled with churning black-and-red energy, apparently the entrance to the Great Hell.

• Ye Han and the Glacier Immortal Emperor felt their restriction Tokens react and agreed to hurry to the Great Hell entrance, postponing their discussion of Ye Han's drained cave abode.
• As they flew, Ye Han and the Glacier Immortal Emperor joked about how he would make things up to her with more dual cultivation.
• Immortal Emperor Balin appeared and recognized that Ye Han and the Glacier Immortal Emperor had grown stronger, while privately resenting their partnership and plotting against them.
• The Glacier Immortal Emperor and Ye Han declined Immortal Emperor Balin's offer to join forces, but Balin insisted that the members of their race should cooperate.
• Ye Han, the Glacier Immortal Emperor, and Immortal Emperor Balin reached a vast Spatial Rift filled with turbulent black-and-red energy.

Ye Han and the others gathered at the entrance to the Great Hell as it began to open, surrounded by dozens of Immortal Race cultivators. When Ye Han's Phoenix Divine Lamp started trembling and Glacier Immortal Emperor warned him that something was wrong, a massive wave of spatial fluctuations erupted from the vortex.

• Ye Han, Immortal Emperor Balin, and Glacier Immortal Emperor reached the cliff wall as the entrance to the Great Hell began to fluctuate.
• Dozens of Immortal Race cultivators, including several half-step true immortals, arrived and gathered before the entrance.
• Ye Han examined the Immortal Race restrictions and counted fifty-six cultivators, while concealing that he was not actually a member of the Immortal Race.
• Ye Han's Phoenix Divine Lamp began trembling before the secret realm had opened, puzzling him.
• Glacier Immortal Emperor warned Ye Han to be careful and said they should focus on surviving together.
• A tremendous wave of spatial fluctuations burst from the expanding vortex.

A flood of powerful treasures with living treasure spirits poured from the Great Hell Secret Realm, drawing cultivators into a struggle to seize them. A gigantic white-flamed phoenix then emerged and suppressed everyone’s souls and cultivation, turning the treasures against their attackers as Ye Han watched with delight.

• A bronze mirror with a two-headed tiger-leopard treasure spirit emerged from the spatial vortex, fought off cultivators, and was seized by a bald Immortal Race Half-Step True Immortal.
• Ye Han noticed the mirror’s treasure spirit resembled the Phoenix Divine Lamp’s and wondered why the Great Hell Secret Realm’s treasure spirits had gone unmentioned.
• Numerous treasures, including many supreme immortal treasures, poured from the vortex, and cultivators rushed to seize them while Ye Han, Immortal Emperor Balin, and Glacier Immortal Emperor sensed danger and held back.
• A gigantic phoenix wreathed in white flames burst from Great Hell and suppressed the cultivators’ souls, Nascent Souls, spell power, and abilities.
• The treasures turned on the cultivators, reversing the battle, while Ye Han looked delighted.

Ye Han watched as the treasure spirits in the Great Hell overwhelmed the Immortal Race cultivators, and the white flame phoenix’s attacks drew his attention. After the phoenix killed a cultivator and grew stronger, Ye Han recognized his chance to act.

• Ye Han held back while the treasure spirits and white flame phoenix drove the Immortal Race cultivators into retreat.
• Immortal Emperor Balin attacked the white flame phoenix with golden spear-rays, while the Glacier Immortal Emperor targeted a Supreme Immortal Treasure with an ice dragon spirit.
• The other half-step true immortals joined the battle as the abyss’s restrictions contained the clashes.
• A demon beast treasure spirit killed an Immortal Race cultivator, and the white flame phoenix burned up his fleeing divine soul and nascent soul.
• The white flame phoenix absorbed the cultivator’s essence, grew stronger, and unleashed a silver flame formation that suppressed the Immortal Race cultivators.
• Ye Han saw the phoenix’s attack as his opportunity.

Ye Han merged his white-flame phoenix with the one attacking Immortal Emperor Balin and rode it into the Great Hell entrance. The treasure spirits and treasures followed him inside, leaving the Immortal Race cultivators furious as they gave chase.

• The white-flame phoenix killed two Immortal Race cultivators, absorbed the aura left by their deaths, and drove Immortal Emperor Balin back with its attacks.
• Ye Han summoned another white-flame phoenix, and the cultivators were shocked that he could wield the same power.
• The two phoenixes circled and merged, and Ye Han appeared on the larger phoenix's back.
• Ye Han poured spell power into the phoenix and rode it through the spatial entrance to the Great Hell.
• The treasure spirits and treasures abandoned their fights and chased Ye Han into the entrance.
• Immortal Emperor Balin, the Glacier Immortal Emperor, and the other cultivators attacked and pursued the treasures, cursing Ye Han for taking them all.

Glacier Immortal Emperor and Immortal Emperor Balin entered the Great Hell Secret Realm, where she discovered its unexpected riches and began seeking nearby treasures. Ye Han emerged elsewhere after subduing a white-flame phoenix, then encountered Immortal Emperor Balin at a distance.

• Immortal Emperor Balin blamed Glacier Immortal Emperor for the lost treasures, but she retorted that he had failed to seize them.
• Immortal Emperor Balin charged into the Great Hell Secret Realm, and Glacier Immortal Emperor followed him inside.
• Glacier Immortal Emperor discovered the realm was teeming with spiritual energy, powerful laws, and treasures, and realized its entrance had teleported people to random locations.
• Glacier Immortal Emperor flew toward a nearby Heavenly Treasure instead of searching for Ye Han.
• Ye Han emerged in another part of the realm after subduing the white-flame phoenix, then spotted Immortal Emperor Balin ahead.

Ye Han confronted Immortal Emperor Balin after they emerged near each other from the Great Hell entrance, but Balin refused to join forces and attacked him. Balin unleashed his Three Hundred Sixty Vajra Steles formation against Ye Han, who had recovered to the eighth level of the Mahayana stage and gained control of the Phoenix Divine Lamp’s restored treasure spirit.

• Immortal Emperor Balin emerged from the spatial entrance and sensed Ye Han nearby, deciding to seize his treasures and opportunities.
• Ye Han suggested that they join forces, but Immortal Emperor Balin accused him of not belonging to the Immortal Race and demanded that he surrender.
• Ye Han warned Balin that he would lose if they fought, while recalling how he had fused the white-flame phoenix with the Phoenix Divine Lamp and avoided fighting the Immortal Race cultivators outside the Great Hell.
• Immortal Emperor Balin rejected Ye Han’s warning and unleashed his Three Hundred Sixty Vajra Steles, forming a vast sealing formation around him.