Chapter Summaries

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan escaped the Burial Ground of the Immortals through a passage that emerged in the Heavenly Demon Valley, then spent seven days finding their way out of the Demon Sky Battlefield. As they flew toward the Azure Profound Sect, two approaching streaks of light brought new trouble.

• Ye Han collected several intact Metal Puppets from the passage after he and Zhang Qingshan found that the Blood Daoist had destroyed them.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan emerged beneath a cliff in the Heavenly Demon Valley and realized the formation in the Burial Ground of the Immortals had drained the area's spiritual energy and demonic qi.
• Zhang Qingshan led Ye Han through the Demon Sky Battlefield, and they evaded fourth-tier demon beasts and cultivators seeking their treasures before reaching the outskirts seven days later.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan flew toward the Azure Profound Sect, but two streaks of light approached them, and Ye Han warned Zhang Qingshan they were in trouble.

Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan were pursued by two Black Mountain Cult cultivators who wanted to kill them for revenge and seize their treasures. Ye Han stopped to hold off the pursuers while Zhang Qingshan escaped, and Senior Brother Sima ordered his companion to focus on Ye Han.

• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan flew away from the Demon Sky Battlefield but were caught by Senior Brother Sima and a female Black Mountain Cult cultivator.
• The female cultivator urged Senior Brother Sima to notify the Cult Leader, but he chose to attack Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan himself to keep the spoils.
• Ye Han told Zhang Qingshan to flee because he had a protective treasure, but Zhang Qingshan initially refused to leave him behind.
• Ye Han stopped the Cloud-Piercing Boat and ordered Zhang Qingshan to go, and Zhang Qingshan flew away on the Jade Ruyi.
• Senior Brother Sima told the female cultivator not to pursue Zhang Qingshan and ordered her to attack Ye Han.

Ye Han fought Senior Brother Sima and a female cultivator while Zhang Qingshan escaped, then used a Blood Escape Talisman to flee. Senior Brother Sima stopped him with a rope treasure that bound him in midair.

• Senior Brother Sima and the female cultivator attacked Ye Han with their treasures, but his Millennium Ironwood Swords and Thorn Bracelet held them off.
• Senior Brother Sima summoned three gray-furred Fierce Hounds, and the female cultivator added a storm of freezing rain while Ye Han fought back.
• After Zhang Qingshan escaped, Ye Han decided to flee rather than risk being surrounded by Black Mountain Cult reinforcements.
• Ye Han activated a Blood Escape Talisman, but Senior Brother Sima used a rope treasure to interrupt his escape and bind him several hundred feet away.

Ye Han was rescued from Senior Brother Sima and the female cultivator by a mysterious expert, allowing him to escape the Demon Sky Battlefield. The expert suspected the Black Mountain Cult might be spying and wondered whether Ye Han was connected to the sudden loss of spiritual energy; hours later, Ye Han was safe in a forest and wondered who had saved him.

• Ye Han broke free of the pitch-black rope after an unseen force snapped it, then drove back the three fierce hounds and blocked the female cultivator’s freezing rain with his Earth Spirit Shield.
• Ye Han sank into the earth and escaped while Senior Brother Sima and the female cultivator called out to the unknown expert.
• The mysterious expert ordered Senior Brother Sima and the female cultivator to leave, and they fled without pursuing Ye Han.
• The expert suspected the Black Mountain Cult might be spying and wondered whether Ye Han was connected to the Demon Sky Battlefield’s sudden loss of spiritual energy before vanishing.
• Three hours later, Ye Han emerged from a tree in a distant forest and wondered who had saved him.

Ye Han cautiously returned to the Azure Profound Sect after escaping the Black Mountain Cult’s pursuit, reflecting on his need for stronger abilities and faster means of escape. At the sect gate, he encountered a battered Wang Chunyang and learned that Wang Lan and Liu Jingzhi were missing.

• Ye Han decided to return to the Azure Profound Sect in disguise, worried that the mysterious cultivator who saved him might follow and that he lacked enough abilities to escape future threats.
• The Black Mountain Cult continued searching for Ye Han and offered two hundred thousand Spirit Stones and two Spirit Artifacts for his capture or death, making him notorious for killing the Young Cult Master.
• After eight days, Ye Han reached Qing Xuan Peak and flew toward the Mountain Gate, relieved to be returning to the safety of his sect.
• Ye Han spotted the dejected Wang Chunyang at the gate and asked what had happened to him and where Wang Lan and Liu Jingzhi were.
• Wang Chunyang recognized Ye Han as Martial Uncle Ye, and Han Yuwan arrived and greeted him.

Ye Han returned to the sect and learned that Sima Xiong and Fairy Blue Phoenix had killed Wang Lan and Liu Jingzhi, prompting him to vow revenge. As he flew away with Han Yuwan, he offered her an Everlasting Beauty Pill, which she took as an insult to her looks.

• Han Yuwan welcomed Ye Han back and told him Zhang Qingshan was waiting outside his cave abode.
• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han that Sima Xiong and Fairy Blue Phoenix had killed Wang Lan and Liu Jingzhi in the Demon Sky Battlefield.
• Ye Han blamed himself for the deaths and vowed to kill Sima Xiong and Fairy Blue Phoenix and retaliate against the Black Mountain Sect.
• Han Yuwan offered to accompany Ye Han on his next trip, while Ye Han promised to help Wang Chunyang and then departed with Han Yuwan.
• Ye Han asked Han Yuwan where she had bought his Cloud-Piercing Boat and gave her an Everlasting Beauty Pill, prompting her to ask whether he thought she was no longer pretty.

Ye Han reunited with Zhang Qingshan at the Azure Profound Sect after they both survived their dangerous journey, and they discussed the cost of their escape and the spoils from killing the Ice Refining Prince. Zhang Qingshan refused to share the spoils, saying his gains already far exceeded Ye Han’s, leaving Ye Han surprised.

• Han Yuwan took Ye Han’s Everlasting Beauty Pill after he suggested she could exchange it for Spirit Stones, then flew away.
• Ye Han returned to Seven Mysteries Peak and found Zhang Qingshan teaching White Snow a Demon Race body refining technique.
• Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan went inside the Cave Abode and confirmed that Zhang Qingshan had safely returned to the Azure Profound Sect four days earlier.
• Ye Han expressed regret that Zhang Qingshan had sacrificed so much of his lifespan, but Zhang Qingshan said their risk had been necessary to survive.
• Ye Han proposed dividing the spoils from killing the Ice Refining Prince, but Zhang Qingshan refused and said his gains already far exceeded Ye Han’s.

Ye Han returned to his cave abode and gave Zhang Qingshan Spirit Stones to help him choose a better cave. While sorting his haul from the Ice Refining Prince's lair, Ye Han was interrupted by a familiar woman demanding that he open the door.

• Zhang Qingshan explained that the Ice Refining Prince's medicinal liquid had helped him reach the seventh level of the Blood Refining Art, then left to report his Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• Ye Han gave Zhang Qingshan all his remaining Spirit Stones so he could choose a better cave abode.
• Ye Han saw White Snow cultivating on a tree, then returned to his cave and sorted through his Storage Bags.
• Ye Han set aside puppet materials and inventoried hundreds of ancient spirit medicines and over a hundred bottles of pills from the Ice Refining Prince's lair.
• White Snow cried out that a senior had arrived, and a familiar woman shouted for Ye Han to open the door.

Ye Han gave Martial Uncle Ningyu five Millennium Gourd Fruits for her injuries and received an Ancient Treasure, the Myriad Images Mask, in return. Ningyu warned that Ye Han faced great danger and hinted that she had little time left, leaving him asking what she meant.

• Ye Han cleared away traces of his treasures before opening his cave abode to Martial Uncle Ningyu, who had restrained White Snow with glowing runes.
• Ningyu inspected Ye Han's injuries and asked whether the Black Mountain Cult had inflicted them; Ye Han blamed the cult and jokingly asked her for treasures and pills.
• Ningyu admitted she had come to ask whether Ye Han still had golden thread grass and to warn him that he was in trouble.
• Ye Han offered Ningyu five Millennium Gourd Fruits, which she accepted in exchange for the Ancient Treasure Myriad Images Mask that concealed its user's aura and changed their appearance.
• Ningyu said the mask might keep Ye Han alive because he faced great danger, then revealed that she had few days left even if her injuries healed; Ye Han asked what she meant.

Martial Uncle Ningyu warned Ye Han that the Devil Lord might have survived and escaped Demon-Subduing Island, then gave him an Ancient Treasure mask. She pointed him to his master for help reading a devil-script puppet blueprint, and the chapter ended with the Seventh Elder summoning him to see his master.

• Martial Uncle Ningyu gave Ye Han the Myriad Images Mask and explained that she no longer needed it.
• She told Ye Han that a restriction on Demon-Subduing Island had burst apart and warned that the Devil Lord might still be alive and seeking revenge.
• Ye Han asked about Qin Minghui, and Martial Uncle Ningyu said Qin Minghui had failed her first Foundation Establishment Pill but would probably succeed with her second.
• Ye Han showed Martial Uncle Ningyu a Demon Beast Puppet Blueprint, and she said its devil script was too complex for her but suggested asking his master, Ming Jing.
• After Martial Uncle Ningyu left, Ye Han examined the Myriad Images Mask and its Jade Slip, then received a Messaging Talisman from the Seventh Elder summoning him to see his master.

Ye Han met with the Seventh Elder, who restored the Protective Ring and cautioned him to cultivate carefully. After learning that Ye Han had found items written in devil race script, the Seventh Elder lent him a book of basic characters and said he had one more matter to discuss.

• Ye Han visited the Seventh Elder, who praised him for surviving after the Black Mountain Cult placed a bounty on him.
• The Seventh Elder renewed the Protective Ring's protective Restriction with a spell and essence blood, then warned Ye Han to use it cautiously.
• The Seventh Elder asked whether Martial Uncle Ningyu had given Ye Han the Myriad Images Mask, and Ye Han confirmed that she had.
• Ye Han asked the Seventh Elder for help reading devil race script, and the Seventh Elder lent him a book of basic characters to copy and return within three days.
• The Seventh Elder told Ye Han there was one more matter to discuss.

After recovering from his mission, Ye Han turned in his Demon-Hunting Missions and received substantial rewards. Back at his Cave Abode, he offered White Snow a chance to earn cultivation supplies, then showed him a White Jade Silver Blossom.

• The Seventh Elder told Ye Han to complete sect missions and seek additional Devil Race Script references, and Ye Han agreed.
• Ye Han submitted his completed Demon-Hunting Missions at the Mission Hall and received the highest completion ratings, earning over twenty thousand Spirit Stones and over ten thousand Sect Merit.
• Ye Han returned to Seven Mysteries Peak, mindful of the Devil Lord and Black Mountain Cult as potential threats.
• White Snow asked Ye Han for cultivation pills, and Ye Han offered benefits in exchange for help with a task.
• Ye Han showed White Snow a flower, and White Snow identified it as a White Jade Silver Blossom.

Ye Han tested White Snow’s knowledge with rare treasures and pressed him to explain his mysterious origins. White Snow claimed to be a Phoenix, then agreed to identify Ye Han’s unknown Heavenly Treasures in exchange for cultivation medicine and the White Jade Silver Blossom.

• Ye Han showed White Snow a White Jade Silver Blossom, and White Snow recognized it and asked for it to help him become a third tier demon beast.
• Ye Han questioned White Snow about his identity, and White Snow insisted that he was a Phoenix.
• Ye Han showed White Snow a Fourfold Vermilion Fruit, which White Snow identified as an ingredient for Breakthrough Pills.
• Ye Han offered White Snow spirit medicine and the White Jade Silver Blossom if he identified his unknown Heavenly Treasures, then activated the Cave Abode’s restriction to keep him from escaping.
• White Snow agreed to identify the treasures and asked Ye Han for paper and a brush, surprising him by saying he could write.

Ye Han had White Snow identify the Heavenly Treasures while he studied and copied the Devil Race Script Tome. After copying more than three hundred pages, Ye Han paused and found White Snow had sorted the treasures accurately, though several items remained unidentified.

• White Snow used spell power to write labels for the Heavenly Treasures, and Ye Han left him to work while entering the Cultivation Room.
• Ye Han compared the Devil Race Script Tome with the Ice Refining Prince’s diagrams and realized he would need further study to translate them.
• Ye Han copied the tome onto refined Demon Beast hides, using his Divine Sense to transfer its characters and strengthening his control as he worked.
• After copying more than three hundred pages, Ye Han stopped because his Divine Sense was exhausted and went to check on White Snow.
• White Snow showed Ye Han the accurately sorted treasures and asked for the White Jade Silver Wings, but Ye Han said he would check the results first.

Ye Han studied the Devil Race Script and sought knowledge about his lingering frostbite, while a mysterious woman attacked the Green Bamboo Sword Sect and spoke his name. Azure Phoenix Fairy visited Ye Han and asked about his research on the Ancient Times Teleportation Array.

• Ye Han gave White Snow the White Jade Silver Wings and Body Tempering Pills, then silenced his noisy farewell with the cave abode’s restrictions.
• Ye Han delivered the Devil Race Canon to the Seventh Elder, then entered the Scripture Pavilion to research the Devil Race Script and the cold energy in his right arm.
• A beautiful woman with golden pupils drained a Green Bamboo Sword Sect cultivator, took the sect’s Storage Bags, and murmured Ye Han’s name before leaving.
• After studying the Devil Race Script for over a month, Ye Han struggled to understand the Puppet Arts terms in a Demon Beast Puppet blueprint.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy visited Ye Han, and he invited her into his cave abode before she asked how his research on the Ancient Times Teleportation Array was progressing.

Ye Han told Azure Phoenix Fairy he had made no progress repairing the Ancient Times Teleportation Array, but revealed he possessed the rare heavenly hero white jade it required. Azure Phoenix Fairy said a formation master had arrived at Azure Profound Sect, and she and Ye Han set off to discuss showing her the formation diagram.

• Ye Han told Azure Phoenix Fairy he had examined the damaged teleportation array but could not repair it yet.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy explained that the array required large pieces of rare heavenly hero white jade.
• Ye Han retrieved several large pieces of heavenly hero white jade from his Storage Room and gave them to Azure Phoenix Fairy to inspect.
• Ye Han explained that he had taken the jade from a formation platform in Wilds Valley after he and Han Yuwan defeated the Earthwalker Demon Beast.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy said the jade gave them hope of repairing the array and revealed that a formation master had arrived at Azure Profound Sect.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy invited Ye Han to discuss showing the formation master the ancient formation diagram, and Ye Han agreed.

Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy visited Qing Xuan Peak to seek help from a Formation Master, who turned out to be Fairy Jade Orchid, an old acquaintance of Ye Han. After recognizing him and learning the Black Mountain Cult had placed a bounty on him, Fairy Jade Orchid warned that Young Master Black Mountain had a more complicated identity than his title suggested.

• Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy flew to Qing Xuan Peak to ask a reclusive Formation Master for help with the ancient teleportation array.
• They found Fairy Jade Orchid living in a magnolia grove, and Ye Han realized she had moved Magnolia Valley there.
• Fairy Jade Orchid recognized Ye Han by the aura he had used when bringing pills on Ye Chunsheng's behalf.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy connected Ye Han's killing of Young Master Black Mountain to Fairy Jade Orchid's flight from the Black Mountain Cult and told her about the bounty on Ye Han.
• Fairy Jade Orchid warned Ye Han not to underestimate Young Master Black Mountain because his true identity was not simple.

Ye Han, Azure Phoenix Fairy, and Fairy Jade Orchid discussed the Black Mountain Cult’s vendetta and the possibility that Young Master Black Mountain had a powerful hidden identity. Jade Orchid agreed to repair an ancient teleportation array, while Azure Phoenix left after receiving a summons from her master.

• Fairy Jade Orchid revealed that Young Master Black Mountain had once hinted his true status was far above that of the Black Mountain Cult’s Young Cult Master.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy warned Ye Han that the Black Mountain Cult’s bounty might be linked to Young Master Black Mountain’s hidden identity, and Ye Han agreed to stay alert.
• Ye Han suspected Han Qiushui of Heavenly Peace Market had uncovered his identity while he disposed of Young Master Black Mountain’s Storage Bag and treasures.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy asked Fairy Jade Orchid to repair the Ancient Times Teleportation Array, and Jade Orchid estimated the work would take at least a year around her other duties.
• A talisman summoned Azure Phoenix Fairy to her master, and Ye Han said he would ask Fairy Jade Orchid for guidance on formations.

Ye Han sought Fairy Jade Orchid’s guidance on formations, then returned to his cave abode to cultivate and study while waiting for the purple-gold lightning sapling to mature. Eight months later, the sapling bore a ripe fruit of Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy teased Ye Han about Fairy Jade Orchid before leaving them to talk about formations.
• Fairy Jade Orchid assessed Ye Han’s knowledge, taught him formation principles, and guided him in refining his first formation set.
• Ye Han gave Fairy Jade Orchid soul-healing pills and returned to his cave abode, where White Snow continued to grow stronger.
• Ye Han inspected the Purple Cauldron’s lightning sapling and continued cultivating and studying on Seven Mysteries Peak.
• After eight months, Ye Han watched the sapling produce a ripe purple-gold fruit of Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder.

Ye Han swallowed a fruit infused with Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder and gained a mutated Thunder Spirit Root, while also healing the frost injury in his arm. As he began considering how to develop his new power and claim the Binglian Metal Puppet, he realized the Purple Cauldron had another extraordinary ability.

• Ye Han examined the purple-gold fruit and heavy metal sphere, then swallowed the fruit, hoping to gain control of Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder.
• The fruit transformed Ye Han's Spirit Root and completely expelled the frost injury from his right arm as purple-gold runes appeared in his meridians.
• After five days, Ye Han awoke with a Thunder Immortal Root and tested the Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder flickering around his hand.
• Ye Han noted that he still needed thunder-element cultivation techniques and spells, and that healing his arm would let his cultivation advance again.
• The Binglian Puppet approached as Ye Han considered replacing the formation components that bound her to the Ice Refining Prince.
• Ye Han reflected on his progress studying formations, artifact refining, and Devil Race Script, and recognized another extraordinary power of the Purple Cauldron.