Chapter Summaries

Ye Han learned that he was in the Northern Lu Province Continent’s Dacheng Region and spent over a year cultivating in seclusion, studying several crafts and refining his first ancient treasure. Just as he considered seeking opportunities beyond seclusion, a demon king struck his formation, leaving him facing a powerful threat.

• The Black-Robed Elder told Ye Han about the Blackwind Demon King’s battle with the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect and shared details about the region’s sects and Treasure Mountain.
• Ye Han let the three cultivators leave with the Mountain-Breaking Armadillo Demon Beast’s corpse, erased his traces, and moved to a remote mountain to cultivate.
• Ye Han set up the Little Heaven-Covering Formation and spent more than a year in seclusion, making progress in various crafts but failing to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Ye Han successfully refined his first ancient treasure, a long spear, and considered leaving seclusion to seek opportunities.
• A powerful strike hit Ye Han’s Little Heaven-Covering Formation, and he sensed the aura of a demon king.

Ye Han trapped the severely wounded Blackwind Demon King inside his Little Heaven-Covering Formation and used Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder to stop him from escaping. The Blackwind Demon King mistook Ye Han for an attacker from the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect and began burning his beast blood to fight back.

• The Blackwind Demon King blasted a hole through the Little Heaven-Covering Formation and tried to escape.
• Ye Han struck through the opening with purple-gold Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder, forcing the Blackwind Demon King to halt while the formation sealed the gap.
• Ye Han recognized the intruder as the Blackwind Demon King and realized he was badly wounded and vulnerable to his thunder arts.
• The Blackwind Demon King accused Ye Han of serving the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect and began burning his beast blood to go berserk.

Ye Han used his puppets and the Little Heaven-Covering Formation to trap and fight the Blackwind Demon King, then prepared his improved Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation. The Blackwind Demon King spat out his Demon Core and began a desperate transformation as Ye Han’s lightning-charged treasures gathered power.

• Ye Han deployed eight Metal Puppets and the strengthened Binglian Puppet in the Qing Xuan Sword Formation against the Blackwind Demon King.
• The Blackwind Demon King burned his beast blood and attacked the puppets, but their formation defended against his blows while Binglian struck his golden armor.
• When the Blackwind Demon King tried to escape, the Little Heaven-Covering Formation blocked him with giant hands of gray light as Ye Han strengthened it from within.
• Ye Han summoned the Dragon-Binding Bracelet, Heavenly Water Bottle, Heavenly Thunder Drum, Thick Earth Iron Mountain, and Treasure Refining Furnace to form his improved Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation.
• Ye Han concentrated the other treasures’ power into the Heavenly Thunder Drum, and the Blackwind Demon King spat out his Demon Core and erupted in a blood-colored gale.

Ye Han used the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation to defeat the Blackwind Demon King and absorb his Demon Core. As the demon king lay blasted into the ground, more than a dozen cultivators arrived, including two Golden Core Stage sword cultivators who turned their attention toward Ye Han.

• The Blackwind Demon King enlarged his true form, battered the Metal Puppets, and injured the Binglian Puppet before blasting a hole through a mountain with his Demon Core.
• Ye Han withdrew the Little Heaven-Covering Formation before the Blackwind Demon King could destroy it, foiling his attempt to escape.
• Ye Han summoned the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation, while Vine Hands caught the Blackwind Demon King's feet and halted his flight.
• Ye Han shifted the formation around the Treasure Refining Furnace, whose vortex swallowed the Blackwind Demon King's Demon Core before the lightning pillar struck him.
• More than a dozen cultivators approached, and two Golden Core Stage sword cultivators swept their divine sense over Ye Han.

Ye Han killed the Blackwind Demon King and took its corpse and demon core, then fled when two Golden Core cultivators arrived. He escaped their pursuit and continued away in his flying boat, leaving the Blackwind Demon King’s demon core in his Treasure Refining Furnace.

• Ye Han collected his formation treasures and puppets, then retrieved the Blackwind Demon King’s valuable corpse from the crater.
• Two Golden Core cultivators spotted Ye Han with the dead demon king and rushed toward him.
• Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique repeatedly to escape their divine sense range, leaving the cultivators unable to catch him.
• The two cultivators searched the nearby area, suspecting Ye Han was hiding, while he drove his Chasing Wind Boat far away.
• Ye Han stopped after flying more than a hundred li and revealed the Treasure Refining Furnace holding the Blackwind Demon King’s demon core.

Ye Han considered the strengths and flaws of the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation as he refined the Blackwind Demon King's demon core while traveling. When he flew over a mountain range, he heard a familiar woman confront someone named Wang Sanlei inside a hidden cave.

• Ye Han reflected that the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation required enormous spell power and took too long to cast, so he needed to trap opponents first with the Little Heaven-Covering Formation.
• Ye Han switched the formation's primary treasure to the Treasure Refining Furnace, which swallowed the Blackwind Demon King's demon core before Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder destroyed the demon king's body.
• Ye Han used the Treasure Refining Furnace's gold-and-silver flames to refine the berserk demon aura from the demon core as the Chasing Wind Boat continued flying.
• Ye Han traveled toward spiritually depleted areas, intending to explore the continent, search for his Eldest Senior Brother, and find a way back to Heaven's Mandate Continent.
• Ye Han heard a familiar woman inside a hidden mountain cave accuse Wang Sanlei of laying a hand on her.

Ye Han discovered Wang Sanlei trying to force the Clear Mystery Sect’s female Cultivator into becoming his furnace cauldron and intervened after the Purple Cauldron reacted to something she possessed. Ye Han killed Wang Sanlei, and the rescued woman recognized him.

• Ye Han sensed the familiar auras of Wang Sanlei and the female Clear Mystery Sect Cultivator inside a secluded cave, where Wang Sanlei had bound her and tried to assault her.
• Wang Sanlei attacked Ye Han with vines and flying swords, but Ye Han dodged and shattered the sword-rays with his Soul-Chasing Sword Technique.
• Wang Sanlei struck his Bronze Bell Treasure to unleash sonic blasts, but Ye Han’s golden fist sent the bell flying and gravely injured him.
• Wang Sanlei tried to escape through the mountain wall, but the Binglian Puppet pierced him with a sword, and the Truefire Gourd burned him to ashes.
• The female Cultivator recognized Ye Han and cried out to him in delighted surprise.

Ye Han discovered that a female cultivator he had rescued carried a mysterious purple treasure fused with her dantian, which had caught the Purple Cauldron’s attention. Unable to extract it by force, he demanded that she surrender it, but she refused and insisted on negotiating two conditions.

• The female cultivator recognized Ye Han’s Binglian Puppet, and Ye Han collected Wang Sanlei’s belongings before examining her.
• Ye Han sensed purple light fused with the female cultivator’s dantian and tried to investigate it, while she mistook his touch for improper intentions.
• Ye Han’s spell power failed to locate or extract the treasure, and he suspected it might be like the Purple-Gold Runes he had obtained from Ye Chunfeng.
• Ye Han threatened the female cultivator and offered rewards if she willingly surrendered the treasure.
• The female cultivator refused to yield and demanded that Ye Han agree to two conditions, saying he could not obtain the treasure even if he killed her.

Ye Han negotiated with Ouyang Changning over her mysterious treasure and learned how the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect destroyed her sect. He agreed to try entering the Clear Mystery Sect’s treasury alone, but refused to take her with him.

• Ye Han rejected Ouyang Changning’s request to avenge her father, then listened as she offered the treasure in exchange for help opening her sect’s Secret Treasury.
• Ouyang Changning explained that the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect attacked the Clear Mystery Sect after its Golden Core Stage Grand Elder died, and Wang Sanlei betrayed them.
• Ouyang Changning revealed that she knew a secret passage into the sect and that the two Golden Core Stage cultivators responsible had gone to Black Demon Mountain.
• Ye Han agreed to try reaching the Secret Treasury but told Ouyang Changning to give him the route and said he would go alone.

Ye Han weighed Ouyang Changning’s request to help recover the Clear Mystery Sect’s hidden treasure, suspecting the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect was behind the sect’s destruction. He rejected her offer to become his Furnace Cauldron but agreed to help retrieve the treasures and aid her cultivation, leaving Ouyang Changning stunned.

• Ye Han connected the two Golden Core Cultivators he had encountered near Black Demon Mountain with the Cultivators who destroyed Ouyang Changning’s Clear Mystery Sect.
• Ouyang Changning explained that only she could open the Secret Treasury and said a secret passage could help them avoid discovery.
• Ye Han asked how Ouyang Changning could trust him not to kill her after they recovered the treasure.
• Ouyang Changning offered to become Ye Han’s Furnace Cauldron in exchange for his protection, help cultivating, and eventual aid in avenging her sect.
• Ye Han refused that condition but agreed to help retrieve the treasures and help her cultivate, warning her not to demand more.
• Ouyang Changning was bewildered by Ye Han’s refusal and thought he had misunderstood her offer.

Ye Han and Ouyang Changning swore blood oaths before setting out to retrieve the Clear Mystery Sect’s hidden treasure. Ouyang Changning explained her sect’s decline and led Ye Han to a cliff overlooking its mountain gate.

• Ye Han offered to swear a blood oath promising not to take Ouyang Changning’s treasures or harm her after they retrieved the treasure.
• Ye Han and Ouyang Changning each swore a blood oath, and they set off together.
• Ye Han followed Ouyang Changning toward the Clear Mystery Sect while reflecting on his Cloud-Piercing Boat and thinking of Han Yuwan.
• Ouyang Changning explained that her father had hidden the sect’s treasures and resources before the sect’s decline and told only her where they were.
• A day later, Ye Han and Ouyang Changning hid atop a spiritual-energy-rich cliff overlooking the Clear Mystery Sect’s mountain gate.

Ye Han and Ouyang Changning slipped through the Clear Mystery Sect’s weakened mountain formation and entered a concealed passage leading toward the sect’s treasure vault. Their progress stopped when they heard a woman ahead ask Senior Brother Zhang how he had discovered the passage.

• Ye Han warned Ouyang Changning not to let hatred cloud her mind as they waited for the formation to weaken at sunset.
• When the formation’s defenses weakened, Ouyang Changning and Ye Han used Blood Escape Talismans to pass through before the barrier returned to normal.
• Ouyang Changning concealed herself with a bead while Ye Han vanished using his masks, then he gave her a Substitute Talisman for protection.
• Ouyang Changning led Ye Han through a mountain forest and opened a concealed entrance beneath a large rock.
• As they proceeded through the old passage, Ye Han warned Ouyang Changning that she had spoken too soon, and a woman ahead asked Senior Brother Zhang how he knew about it.

Ye Han and Ouyang Changning encountered Zhang Qian and Xu Huangnu in the supposedly secret passage, where Ye Han killed them both. Ouyang Changning then revealed that the entrance behind them had been sealed, leaving their way back blocked.

• Zhang Qian and Xu Huangnu approached through the passage, discussing hidden sect treasures and the Clear Mystery Sect’s troubles.
• As Zhang Qian tried to force himself on Xu Huangnu, she stabbed and attacked him, revealing that she served the Golden Sword Master.
• Ye Han ambushed them with the Treasure Refining Furnace and Dragon-Binding Bracelet, captured both cultivators, and refined them to ashes.
• Ouyang Changning joined Ye Han, who rebuked her for the passage’s lack of security.
• Ouyang Changning told Ye Han that the door they had entered through was sealed shut, and he demanded to know what she meant.

Ye Han and Ouyang Changning navigated a trapped passage and used a blood-activated teleportation array to reach the Ouyang Family’s hidden Treasure Vault. Ouyang Changning opened the vault, and the Purple Cauldron in Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea trembled.

• Ouyang Changning explained that the passage entrance only allowed people in and its exit only allowed people out, then reaffirmed her blood oath to Ye Han.
• Ye Han set up talisman formations as Ouyang Changning led him through forks, traps, and illusion formations to the passage’s end.
• Ouyang Changning activated a Silver Formation Disk with her essence blood and used a Silver Token to teleport herself and Ye Han to a cavern before the vault.
• Ouyang Changning opened the metal vault door with her essence blood, releasing treasure light and spiritual energy.
• Ye Han felt the Purple Cauldron in his Divine Sense Sea tremble.

Ye Han accepted Ouyang Changning’s Purple-Gold Metal Rune, which fused with Ye Chunfeng’s rune inside the Purple Cauldron and strengthened his control over it. As Ye Han and Ouyang Changning teleported away from the Treasure Vault, they found themselves surrounded by storm winds and realized the array was a trap.

• Ouyang Changning offered Ye Han a treasure from the vault but refused to give him the old box, then joked that she would hand it over if he became her dual cultivation partner.
• Ye Han declined the other treasures, and Ouyang Changning gathered everything in the vault before deciding to give him the Purple-Gold Metal Rune she carried.
• Ouyang Changning willingly gave Ye Han the rune, which entered the Purple Cauldron and fused with the rune Ye Chunfeng had given him, strengthening Ye Han’s connection to the cauldron.
• Ye Han destroyed a talisman formation in the secret passage because he suspected the Teleportation Array was unsafe, but Ouyang Changning activated the array and they vanished.
• Ye Han and Ouyang Changning arrived in a cavern’s Teleportation Array, where tremendous storm winds surrounded them and they realized they had been trapped.

Ye Han and Ouyang Changning were ambushed by Demon-Slaying Sword Sect disciples after teleporting into a cavern, but Ye Han broke their formation and attacked from hiding. The fight continued as the middle-stage cultivator escaped Ye Han’s first strike with a Substitute Talisman and tried to summon help.

• Ye Han used the Creation Heaven Cube and eight Millennium Ironwood Swords to break the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation, revealing severed Formation Flags and the Teleportation Array.
• Ye Han concealed himself and sent the Binglian Puppet underground as three Demon-Slaying Sword Sect disciples entered and recognized Ouyang Changning as the Clear Mystery Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• The disciples formed a sword formation around Ouyang Changning, but the Binglian Puppet emerged and deflected their attacks while Ye Han struck their middle-stage leader.
• The leader survived Ye Han’s surprise attack by using a Substitute Talisman, while Ouyang Changning fought the other two disciples.
• The leader tried to send a Messaging Talisman for help, but Ye Han destroyed it and closed in with his Ghost Skull Mirror and Soul-Slaying Sword.

Ye Han defeated the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect disciples guarding the Teleportation Array and concealed Ouyang Changning inside the Treasure Refining Furnace. As he fled, a Golden Core cultivator recognized him, forcing Ye Han to escape with the Thunderclap Art.

• Ye Han, the Binglian Puppet, and Ouyang Changning killed the three Demon-Slaying Sword Sect disciples at the Teleportation Array, and the Ghost Skull Mirror captured one disciple’s soul.
• Ye Han explained why he had expected an ambush and persuaded Ouyang Changning to hide inside the Treasure Refining Furnace while he escaped.
• Ye Han burned the corpses, collected the disciples’ belongings, and used explosions to draw cultivators away from his route.
• A female Golden Core cultivator sensed Ye Han near the passage exit and sent a message to notify the other Golden Core cultivator.
• Ye Han used the Thunderclap Art to flee, and the female cultivator identified him as the man she had pursued and vowed not to let him escape.

Ye Han fled from Sword Lady after she recognized him as the cultivator who killed the Blackwind Demon King. Sword Lady pursued him relentlessly, and the chapter ended as she sensed an extreme danger.

• Sword Lady and Golden Sword returned to the Clear Mystery Sect, then split up to investigate tremors in the mountain interior.
• Sword Lady sensed Ye Han watching her at the cave entrance and notified Golden Sword.
• Ye Han used a Substitute Talisman and the Thunder Escape Technique to escape, but Sword Lady recognized his lightning and pursued him in sword form.
• Sword Lady realized Ye Han was only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and suspected he possessed treasures that replenished his spell power.
• Ye Han repeatedly used the Thunder Escape Technique and unleashed a stream of Mid-Grade Talismans, but Sword Lady cut through their attacks.
• Sword Lady continued pursuing Ye Han until she sensed a hint of extreme danger.

Ye Han used a Sword Talisman to delay Sword Lady, but Golden Sword intercepted him and pierced him with a sword-ray. His Substitute Talisman saved him and sent him farther away than expected, letting him resume his escape as both Golden Core pursuers burned their cultivation and lifespan to catch him.

• Ye Han hid a Sword Talisman among his other talismans, delaying Sword Lady while he fled a thousand zhang with the Thunder Escape Technique.
• Golden Sword moved ahead of Ye Han's escape route and pierced his body with a golden sword-ray.
• Ye Han's Substitute Talisman activated, sending him to a mountain peak more than three hundred zhang away and shocking Golden Sword and Sword Lady.
• Golden Sword and Sword Lady burned their cultivation and lifespan, transformed into sword-rays, and pursued Ye Han at greater speed.
• Ye Han realized the Purple-Gold Metal Rune had strengthened the Substitute Talisman and took out another talisman bearing a trace of spatial power.

Ye Han used enhanced Random Teleportation Talismans to escape Golden Sword and Sword Lady, then tested the effects of the completed runes while fleeing. He realized he needed to release Ouyang Changning, who emerged from the Treasure Refining Furnace pale and motionless.

• Ye Han activated a Random Teleportation Talisman and reappeared over a thousand zhang away, surprising Golden Sword and Sword Lady.
• Ye Han used another talisman to vanish beyond their divine sense range, and Golden Sword and Sword Lady split up to search for him.
• Golden Sword and Sword Lady pursued Ye Han because they believed he had taken the Clear Mystery Sect's Secret Treasury and the item their superiors wanted.
• Ye Han escaped on the Chasing Wind Boat and realized the completed Purple-Gold Runes had enhanced the teleportation talisman's range and the Purple Cauldron's effects.
• Ye Han released Ouyang Changning from the Treasure Refining Furnace, and she fell to the ground pale and motionless.