Chapter Summaries

Ye Han pursued the gray-clad man who stole the Beast Crystals from the Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrows he had killed. Ye Han killed the thief, but the Beast Crystals he had thrown away to distract Ye Han exploded, leaving Ye Han with none of them.

• The gray-clad man stole all five Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow Beast Crystals while Ye Han chased the remaining birds.
• Ye Han caught up with the thief using the Thunder Escape Technique, but the gray-clad man escaped his first attack with a Substitute Talisman and golden-winged flight.
• The gray-clad man offered to return the Beast Crystals and threw them in three directions, but Ye Han ignored them and continued the pursuit.
• Ye Han used the Dragon-Binding Bracelet to interrupt the gray-clad man's escape and blasted him into charcoal with demon-breaking divine thunder.
• The five Beast Crystals exploded, and Ye Han realized he had lost them all.

Ye Han killed the gray-clad man who had stolen the Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow’s beast crystal, then found a trove of treasures on his corpse. He discovered the man was from the Thousand Mountains School and uncovered a token marked “Heavenly Secret Hall,” whose meaning he did not know.

• Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique and Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder to kill the gray-clad man, spending a great deal of stored spell power in the process.
• Ye Han collected the man’s red ancient mask, golden Flying Wing Talisman, storage bags, and other belongings, then found his hoard of treasures and spirit stones.
• Ye Han discovered an Identity Token identifying the dead man as a disciple of the Thousand Mountains School.
• Ye Han burned the corpse, noticed a golden token among the ashes, and found it marked with the words “Heavenly Secret Hall.”

Ye Han killed the gray-clad cultivator, collected the Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow corpses, and pursued the last wounded bird for its beast crystal. The Black Mountain Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge arrived nearby, intent on making Ye Han pay for their people’s deaths.

• Ye Han put away the Heavenly Secret Hall token and collected the corpses and beast crystals of two Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrows killed by the Binglian Puppet.
• Ye Han swallowed Three-Turn Spirit Refining Pills to restore his spell power and decided to hunt the last sparrow before leaving the Upper Tomb Land.
• The wounded Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow blasted the Binglian Puppet away, swallowed eggs from its nest, and fled as Ye Han pursued it.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader led more than a dozen cultivators toward the cliff with Young Master Zhuge, who asked whether Ye Han had killed their people.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader said he would make the killer pay and identified the cliff as the sparrows’ territory.

The Black Mountain Cult Leader investigated the deaths of three subordinates and traced them to Ye Han, whom he believed was traveling with a group. After hearing disturbances near the Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrows' territory, he led his forces there and rushed ahead to pursue Ye Han.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader discovered that Sima Xiong, Fairy Blue Phoenix, and Senior Brother Wang had died and recalled how he had blamed Ye Han for the Fourth Young Master Zhuge's death.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader found traces of the Azure Mystic Art, lightning spells, a formation, and sword techniques at the three subordinates' death site, concluding that Ye Han had taken part in the killings.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader regrouped his forces, believing Ye Han was traveling with a powerful party of cultivators.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader heard disturbances near the Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrows' territory and led his men in pursuit.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader told Young Master Zhuge he would go ahead, then sped toward the cliff to catch Ye Han.

Ye Han killed the last Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow and collected its valuable eggs and Beast Crystal, completing the hardest part of his Thunderclap Art mission. As he prepared to leave the Upper Tomb Land, he discovered a Golden Core cultivator on the dead tree and saw the Black Mountain Cult approaching.

• Young Master Zhuge ordered Xue Bing and Xue Xue to accelerate their Flying Boat, and the Black Mountain Cult members followed their Cult Leader toward the mountain.
• Ye Han killed the last Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow with a lightning-wreathed Sword-Ray and retrieved its eggs and Beast Crystal.
• Ye Han considered the remaining mission requirements and decided to retreat because the Black Mountain Cult had reached the Upper Tomb Land.
• Ye Han lost contact with the Metal Puppets he had left near the enormous tree and used the Spirit Eye Art to investigate.
• Ye Han spotted a Golden Core cultivator standing on the dead tree and noticed the Black Mountain Cult approaching in the distance.

Ye Han fled through the mountain forest after the Black Mountain Cult Leader spotted him, using a Flying Wing Talisman to boost his speed. The Golden Core cultivator caught up and launched a giant skeletal-hand treasure at him.

• Ye Han saw the Black Mountain Cult Leader approaching, recalled the Binglian Puppet, and ran into the forest.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader found the Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrows' empty lair and spotted Ye Han fleeing in the distance.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader pursued Ye Han, who used a high-tier Flying Wing Talisman to accelerate through the trees.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader increased his speed with an incantation and summoned a giant gray skeletal hand to attack Ye Han.

Ye Han escaped the Black Mountain Cult Leader’s skeletal-hand attack with the Thunder Escape Technique, revealing demon-breaking divine thunder and a treasure that rapidly restored his spell power. The Cult Leader became determined to capture Ye Han and uncover his secrets, then used Instantaneous Movement to appear behind him.

• Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique to evade the Black Mountain Cult Leader’s skeletal-hand attack and fled with his Golden Light Flying Wings.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader recognized Ye Han’s Purple-Gold Lightning as demon-breaking divine thunder and pursued him, believing Ye Han possessed a priceless treasure.
• Ye Han replenished his depleted spell power with the Purple Cauldron, and the Black Mountain Cult Leader sensed the sudden recovery and grew even greedier.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader used a secret method to increase his speed, then activated Instantaneous Movement and appeared behind Ye Han.

Ye Han used his talismans, Azure Mystic Art, and Thunder Escape Technique to break the Black Mountain Cult Leader’s restraints and evade his attacks. The Black Mountain Cult Leader could not capture him with the Bloodlight Skull Hand or Skull Chain and finally brought out his Life-Bound Treasure, a bloodlit longsword.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader seized Ye Han with the Bloodlight Skull Hand, but Ye Han’s Substitute Talisman carried him dozens of zhang away.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader bound Ye Han again, but Ye Han used the Azure Mystic Art to break the Blood Restriction Method and escape with the Thunder Escape Technique.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader pursued Ye Han using Instantaneous Movement, but Ye Han escaped again and his demon-breaking divine thunder damaged the skulls in the Bloodlight Skull Hand.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader attacked Ye Han with a Skull Chain, but Ye Han’s demon-breaking divine thunder shattered its bloodlight and black vapor.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader, unable to overcome Ye Han’s defenses, spat out his bloodlit Life-Bound Treasure longsword.

The Black Mountain Cult Leader tried to kill Ye Han with his Life-Bound Treasure, but Ye Han repeatedly escaped with the Thunder Escape Technique while replenishing his spell power with Three-Turn Spirit Refining Pills. After Ye Han fled beyond the Cult Leader's divine sense range, the Cult Leader pursued him, determined to seize his treasure.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader unleashed his Blood Sword, his Life-Bound Treasure, to attack Ye Han as he emerged from a Thunder Escape.
• Ye Han evaded the Blood Sword with another Thunder Escape, leaving an afterimage and shocking the Black Mountain Cult Leader.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader infused the Blood Sword with his essence blood, while Ye Han swallowed Three-Turn Spirit Refining Pills and repeatedly used Thunder Escape.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader chased Ye Han with his Instant-Movement Secret Method but could not keep up as Ye Han crossed the mountain and escaped his divine sense range.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader used more essence blood to increase his speed and continued pursuing Ye Han, determined to obtain his treasure.

Ye Han escaped the Black Mountain Cult Leader’s pursuit by hiding inside a tree, while the Cult Leader searched for the treasure he believed Ye Han possessed. Ye Han had burned through his pills and nearly half his life to activate the Qing Xuan Divine Body, leaving his next escape uncertain.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader lost track of Ye Han and searched the area, convinced Ye Han’s recovery ability came from a supreme treasure he had to seize.
• The Cult Leader swept a ten-li radius with his senses, sight, and hearing but found no trace of Ye Han.
• Ye Han concealed himself inside a tree using the Red Mask Ancient Treasure and the Creation Heaven Cube, suppressing his heartbeat, blood flow, and aura.
• Ye Han activated the Qing Xuan Divine Body to counter the Blood Restriction Method, but the forbidden technique rapidly consumed his spell power, lifespan, and cultivation foundation.
• Ye Han repeatedly used the Thunder Escape Technique and Three-Turn Spirit Refining Pills to flee, exhausting all the pills he had carried.
• With no pills left to restore his spell power, Ye Han could not keep fleeing from the Golden Core Stage Cult Leader and decided to gamble.

Ye Han hid inside a great tree using the Red Mask and the Creation Heaven Cube to conceal himself from the Black Mountain Cult Leader. The leader failed to find him and began suspecting that Ye Han might be hiding in another tree.

• Ye Han used the Red Mask, the Creation Heaven Cube, and his cultivation technique to merge his aura with a great tree and halt his senses and bodily functions.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader searched the area with his divine sense but could find no trace of Ye Han.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader detected a strange aura in a tree, crushed its tree spirit embryo, and continued searching.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader realized Ye Han might be hiding inside a tree and considered destroying every tree nearby.

The Black Mountain Cult Leader failed to catch Ye Han and realized the young cultivator possessed numerous rare treasures and techniques. When Young Master Zhuge arrived demanding news of Ye Han and his belongings, the two men concealed their motives and became rivals over what Ye Han carried.

• The Black Mountain Cult Leader concluded that Ye Han had escaped using a heaven-defying treasure and considered searching the area with spells.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader put away his Black Gourd when Young Master Zhuge arrived on a flying boat.
• Young Master Zhuge asked whether the Black Mountain Cult Leader had caught Ye Han and taken his storage bags.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader suspected Young Master Zhuge sought an item inherited by Fourth Young Master Zhuge and decided to hide Ye Han's other treasures from him.
• Young Master Zhuge grew suspicious that the Black Mountain Cult Leader had found Ye Han's treasures, while the Black Mountain Cult Leader told him to search for Ye Han himself.

The Black Mountain Cult Leader placated Young Master Zhuge while concealing his inability to catch Ye Han and the treasures Ye Han carried. A tremor and five-colored light revealed a huge mountain rising in the Upper Tomb Land, and Young Master Zhuge led the group toward it as the Cult Leader secretly ordered his subordinates to keep searching for Ye Han.

• Young Master Zhuge apologized to the Black Mountain Cult Leader, who blamed Ye Han’s escape on a possible Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator accompanying him.
• Young Master Zhuge asked whether the Azure Profound Sect had a cultivator with a thunder spirit root, and the Black Mountain Cult Leader claimed it did not.
• The ground shook, and the group saw five-colored spirit light rise over the mountains as heaven and earth spiritual energy surged toward it.
• Young Master Zhuge ordered Xue Bing and Xue Xue to pilot the Flying Boat toward the phenomenon, and the Black Mountain Cult Leader followed.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader secretly ordered his subordinates to search nearby for Ye Han as an enormous mountain slowly rose on the horizon.

A colossal mountain rose amid a five-colored radiance in the Upper Tomb Land, drawing cultivators and demon beasts toward what might be an immortal’s tomb. Young Master Zhuge set out with Xue Bing and Xue Xue, while the Black Mountain Cult Leader secretly continued searching for Ye Han, who felt the earth shake from inside a possessed tree.

• A gigantic mountain emerged from the range as storms, spiritual light, and tremors swept across the surrounding area.
• Young Master Zhuge urged the Black Mountain Cult Leader to hurry toward the phenomenon and ordered Xue Bing and Xue Xue to speed up their flying boat.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader went along with Young Master Zhuge but worried about powerful rivals and the danger of seeking treasure, while still hoping to capture Ye Han.
• The Black Mountain Cult Leader ordered his subordinates to search for Ye Han, and they suspected he was hiding information about the fugitive.
• Ye Han felt the violent tremors and wondered what was causing the upheaval in the earth and spiritual energy.

Ye Han realized that a rising ancient treasure ground had drawn the Black Mountain Cult Leader away, giving him a chance to escape his hiding place despite his weakened condition. As Ye Han watched the mountain rise, the Purple Cauldron and an object in his Storage Bag began to tremble in response.

• Ye Han overheard the Black Mountain Cult Leader's subordinates say that the Cult Leader and Young Master Zhuge had gone toward the disturbance while they searched for him.
• Ye Han reasoned that Young Master Zhuge's demands had forced the Black Mountain Cult Leader to leave, creating a rare chance to escape.
• As the tremors intensified, the subordinates spotted an enormous mountain rising into the air and debated whether to go there.
• Ye Han used the Red Mask to slip out of the tree and saw the distant mountain covered in ancient buildings and spiritual light.
• The Purple Cauldron and an object in Ye Han's Storage Bag began trembling as he looked toward the mountain.

Ye Han suppressed his desire to investigate the newly appeared mountain and tried to retreat while wounded, wary of the Black Mountain Cult and powerful beasts converging there. Silver lights attacked the approaching cultivators and demon beasts, then the mountain released a vast pillar of five-colored light, leaving Ye Han with an ominous premonition.

• Ye Han sensed that the Purple Cauldron and the Heavenly Secret Hall plaque were reacting to the distant mountain, but decided that pursuing its treasures was too dangerous while he was injured and low on pills.
• Ye Han used the Mind-Clearing Art to restrain his greed and quietly withdrew, judging that his damaged formations and poor condition left him unable to fight the Black Mountain Cult cultivators.
• Ye Han saw cultivators and enormous demon beasts racing toward the suspended mountain as five-colored spiritual energy gathered around it.
• Silver lights shot from the mountain and clashed with the approaching cultivators and demon beasts, filling the horizon with explosions.
• A towering pillar of five-colored light erupted from the mountain and formed a spreading field of runes, giving Ye Han a deeply ominous premonition.

A spreading five-colored restriction grounded cultivators and demon beasts, suppressed divine sense, and sealed the Upper Tomb Land, trapping Ye Han inside. While recovering in a cavern, he heard two men mention traps in the Heavenly Secret Hall and search for Junior Brother Yang, leaving him to wonder whether the hall’s appearance was deliberate.

• A curtain of five-colored spirit light spread from the massive mountain, grounding the Black Mountain Cult members and suppressing Ye Han’s flight and divine sense.
• Ye Han ran toward the outskirts of the Upper Tomb Land but found its boundary sealed by an immense barrier that even powerful demon beasts could not damage.
• Ye Han failed to escape through the barrier with a Blood Escape Talisman and retreated to a sealed cavern to recover from his injuries.
• Two men nearby complained that the Heavenly Secret Hall contained traps and decided to search for Junior Brother Yang, prompting Ye Han to question whether the hall’s appearance was a coincidence.

While recovering from the Qing Xuan Divine Body, Ye Han overheard three Thousand Mountains School cultivators discussing how their actions had triggered the Heavenly Secret Hall’s emergence and sealed the area. He realized the dead gray-robed Junior Brother Yang had been involved, then learned the Thousand Mountains School had killed Azure Profound Sect members.

• Ye Han hid inside a mountain hollow and used a Yin-Yang Essence-Transmutation Pill to recover from the forbidden spell’s damage.
• Ye Han overheard three injured Thousand Mountains School cultivators blame Junior Brother Yang’s absence and discuss the Heavenly Secret Hall, its powerful Heavenly Secret Soldiers, and the restriction trapping them.
• Ye Han deduced that the dead gray-robed Junior Brother Yang had been the man who tried to steal his Three-Eyed Vermilion Sparrow spoils.
• The Thousand Mountains School cultivators said they had killed several Azure Profound Sect members, and Ye Han’s gaze turned cold.

Ye Han decided to ambush three injured Thousand Mountains School cultivators after learning they had killed Azure Profound Sect disciples and held useful treasures. He struck while they healed, but a silver flash appeared behind him as the Heavenly Secret Soldiers arrived.

• Ye Han overheard the cultivators discuss Junior Brother Yang, the Heavenly Secret Hall token, and the Heavenly Secret Soldiers.
• Ye Han resolved to kill the three cultivators for revenge and supplies, then concealed himself with the Red Mask Ancient Treasure and prepared his Soul-Slaying Sword.
• Ye Han attacked the healing cultivators with a golden sword-ray and a pitch-black rope while a gray-lit figure sent blue sword-rays at the female cultivator.
• The middle-aged cultivator’s sword was knocked back, vines bound his legs, and Ye Han’s sword pierced his throat as purple-gold lightning immobilized his primordial spirit.
• One cultivator was bound by the rope and another was beheaded, while the middle-aged cultivator saw a silver flash and realized the Heavenly Secret Soldiers had appeared behind Ye Han.

Ye Han survived an attack by a Heavenly Secret Soldier by revealing a Heavenly Secret Token, which redirected the soldier toward his last Thousand Mountains School opponent. After looting the slain cultivators, he discovered their supplies completed his Thunderclap Art mission and began examining his spoils.

• Ye Han ambushed the three wounded Thousand Mountains School cultivators, but a Heavenly Secret Soldier appeared and nearly struck him down; Ye Han dodged with Ghost Step Pace.
• Ye Han showed the Heavenly Secret Token, and the Heavenly Secret Soldier killed the young cultivator bound by Ye Han's rope treasure before leaving.
• Ye Han looted the three cultivators' Storage Bags, burned their corpses, and fled to another mountain to conceal himself.
• Ye Han found forty-three ripe Azure Worry Spirit Fruits and eight bottles of Bloodbone Beast essence blood, completing the remaining Thunderclap Art mission requirements.
• As Ye Han inspected his spoils, the Purple Cauldron trembled when he picked up an ordinary-looking medicinal herb.