Chapter Summaries

Ye Han lured the Baleful Yin Ancestor into pursuing him, using High-Grade Spirit Stones to drive the Cloud-Piercing Boat at tremendous speed. The Baleful Yin Ancestor cautiously followed and began closing the distance, while Ye Han believed his plan was unfolding as intended.

• Ye Han prepared to confront the Baleful Yin Ancestor and planned to use the Binglian Puppet to draw his attention.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor appeared and chose to pursue Ye Han rather than the Binglian Puppet.
• Ye Han fed High-Grade Spirit Stones into the Cloud-Piercing Boat, making it accelerate dramatically.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor activated his Bloodlight Runes and chased after the boat while staying wary of Ye Han's scheme.
• Ye Han sensed the Baleful Yin Ancestor slowly gaining on him and concluded that the cautious cultivator would no longer be able to control the outcome.

Ye Han used the Cloud-Piercing Boat’s speed and his severed-hand threat to manipulate the Baleful Yin Ancestor during their pursuit. The Baleful Yin Ancestor refused to back down and vanished in a burst of killing intent.

• Ye Han infused the Cloud-Piercing Boat with Thunderclap Art spell power, boosting its speed and making the Baleful Yin Ancestor struggle to keep up.
• Ye Han taunted the Baleful Yin Ancestor and accelerated again, prompting the pursuer to unleash a blood-red cloak that became wings and helped him catch up.
• Ye Han pretended to beg for mercy and offered to return the Baleful Yin Ancestor’s severed hand, revealing that he could threaten to destroy it.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor rejected the threat, erupted with killing intent, and vanished as a streak of gray light.

Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron to block Baleful Yin Ancestor’s surprise attack and escape aboard the Cloud-Piercing Boat. He deliberately exposed the treasure to provoke Baleful Yin Ancestor’s greed, and the ancestor teleported after him again, intent on seizing it.

• Baleful Yin Ancestor teleported behind Ye Han and struck him with a huge hand of killing intent.
• Ye Han summoned the Purple Cauldron, which absorbed Baleful Yin Ancestor’s full-powered attack, then withdrew it as the Cloud-Piercing Boat sped away.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor recognized the cauldron as a supreme treasure and pursued Ye Han, consumed by greed.
• Ye Han reasoned that only one of them could leave the Inheritance Tower’s Third Layer alive and used the cauldron as bait to make Baleful Yin Ancestor reckless.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor activated his Instantaneous Movement Divine Ability again, ready to seize the Purple Cauldron if Ye Han used it once more.

Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique and talismans to evade the Baleful Yin Ancestor while trying to exhaust his spell power. The chase led them back to an enormous mountain, where the Baleful Yin Ancestor sensed a dangerous aura.

• Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique to dodge the Baleful Yin Ancestor’s attack and keep the Purple Cauldron out of reach.
• Ye Han teleported repeatedly, activated Tailwind and Lightwing Talismans, and fled while the Baleful Yin Ancestor pursued him.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor swallowed pills to restore his spell power and pressed on, intent on taking Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron.
• As the Lightwing Talisman began to fade, Ye Han plunged toward an enormous mountain, and the Baleful Yin Ancestor followed with killing-intent swords ready.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor realized they had returned to the mountain and sensed an exceedingly dangerous aura.

Ye Han lured Baleful Yin Ancestor into a powerful sword formation and threatened to destroy the severed hand he had fused into the Binglian Puppet. When Baleful Yin Ancestor attacked anyway, Ye Han cut off the hand and threw it toward him, leaving the ancestor baffled about Ye Han’s intentions.

• Baleful Yin Ancestor followed Ye Han into the mountain forest, drawn by the Purple Cauldron and convinced he could overcome any danger.
• Ye Han’s sword formation unleashed a barrage of sword-rays, which Baleful Yin Ancestor absorbed with his skull-shaped shield treasure.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor discovered Ye Han in the formation beside the Binglian Puppet and realized his severed hand had been fused into it.
• Ye Han threatened to destroy the hand, but Baleful Yin Ancestor summoned a Killing Intent Ghost Shadow and attacked regardless.
• Ye Han ordered the Binglian Puppet to cut off the hand and throw it toward Baleful Yin Ancestor, who suspected a trick.

Ye Han used his severed hand, infused with demon-breaking divine thunder, to destroy Baleful Yin Ancestor’s hand and damage his treasures. Enraged, Baleful Yin Ancestor charged into Ye Han’s sword formation, where his killing-intent blades began to overpower it.

• Baleful Yin Ancestor used his killing-intent ghost shadow to seize his severed hand, triggering the demon-breaking divine thunder Ye Han had hidden inside it.
• The lightning destroyed Baleful Yin Ancestor’s severed hand and ghost shadow, injured him, and severely damaged his Skull Shield.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor recognized the lightning as possibly being demon-breaking divine thunder and charged at Ye Han in a fury.
• Ye Han activated the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and warned Baleful Yin Ancestor that entering it meant death.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor summoned thirty-two blood-red killing-intent blade lights, which overwhelmed the sword lights and drove Ye Han’s formation toward collapse.

Ye Han retreated into a Heaven-and-Earth Treasure wooden hut and used his Purple Cauldron and taunts to lure the Baleful Yin Ancestor inside. After the ancestor nearly shattered Ye Han’s sword formation, he entered the hut wearing his defensive armor, just as Ye Han had planned.

• Ye Han fled into the wooden hut, leaving the Purple Cauldron visible in its center while hiding his own aura.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor recognized the hut as a Heaven-and-Earth Treasure but suspected Ye Han had set a trap inside.
• Ye Han taunted the Baleful Yin Ancestor and boasted that his Purple Cauldron was his only means of resisting him.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor unleashed his thirty-two Killing Intent Short-Blade Treasures and nearly broke the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.
• The Baleful Yin Ancestor donned his defensive armor and charged into the wooden hut, and Ye Han smiled from inside the Purple Cauldron space.

Ye Han lured Baleful Yin Ancestor into the wooden cabin Heaven-and-Earth Treasure and attacked him with its defenses and a hundred Metal Puppets. Baleful Yin Ancestor split the spatial treasure apart, but Ye Han deployed the Puppet Grand Formation as they were ejected, leaving the ancestor facing the descending puppet net.

• Baleful Yin Ancestor entered the wooden cabin after being tempted by Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron, and Ye Han revealed himself and activated the treasure’s wooden hands.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor destroyed the wooden hands with his thirty-two short blades and fired blade radiance at Ye Han, who vanished into the cabin floor.
• Ye Han summoned a hundred Metal Puppets through a Purple Runes Vortex, and Baleful Yin Ancestor recognized the Puppet God Cult’s Puppet Grand Formation.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor unleashed a massive Killing Intent Ghost Shadow that split the wooden cabin Heaven-and-Earth Treasure apart, collapsing its space and ejecting everyone.
• Ye Han controlled the hundred Metal Puppets in midair and formed a vast arched net that descended toward Baleful Yin Ancestor.

Ye Han trapped Baleful Yin Ancestor in a hundred-puppet grand formation and overwhelmed his strongest defense with a metal puppet giant and Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder. The golden sword-ray split Baleful Yin Ancestor’s baleful-ghost form and cleaved a mountain in two.

• Ye Han used the Purple Cauldron and Puppet God Technique to unleash the hundred-puppet grand formation on Baleful Yin Ancestor.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor summoned the Soul-Chasing Baleful God Lamp, fused it with his armor and thirty-two short blades, and formed a headless killing-intent figure to meet the puppet formation’s attack.
• Ye Han merged the hundred puppets into a giant metal puppet and sent a massive golden sword-ray crashing down on Baleful Yin Ancestor.
• Baleful Yin Ancestor burned his spell power, cultivation, and lifespan to counterattack, but Ye Han’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder struck and weakened the headless figure.
• Ye Han’s golden sword-ray tore through the headless figure and carved a trench through the ground, splitting a thousand-zhang mountain in two.

Ye Han killed the Baleful Yin Ancestor and captured his escaping soul with the strengthened Ghost Skull Mirror, opening the way to the next layer of the Inheritance Tower. After collecting the Baleful Yin Ancestor’s spoils and lamenting the heavy cost of the battle, Ye Han entered the teleportation passage, where the Purple Cauldron reacted to something on the fourth layer.

• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror’s four skulls to seize the Baleful Yin Ancestor’s fleeing primordial spirit and soul, then imprisoned and tormented him inside the mirror.
• A spatial vortex opened after the Baleful Yin Ancestor’s death, and Ye Han sent his puppets to collect the dead cultivator’s treasures, remains, and the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.
• Ye Han judged that the damaged, killing-intent-filled treasures and depleted supplies made the battle a costly victory.
• As the Teleportation Passage began to weaken, Ye Han hurried inside before its entrance disappeared.
• The Purple Cauldron trembled as Ye Han entered the passage, and he realized something on the fourth layer had caught its interest.

Ye Han arrived on the fourth layer of the Inheritance Tower, where the Purple Cauldron sensed a powerful treasure amid a strange sinister aura. Still weakened after killing the Baleful Yin Ancestor, Ye Han concealed himself and descended beneath the clouds to investigate, wary of the dangers around him.

• Ye Han appeared on a vast platform atop a sky-piercing pillar surrounded by countless pillars and clouds.
• Ye Han sensed an unusual sinister aura that suppressed his divine sense and recalled Teacher Lan Qing’s warning that the Heavenly Secret Hall was designed to weaken Earth Realm cultivators.
• Ye Han felt the Purple Cauldron pointing toward a treasure but suppressed its reaction so its aura would not attract a dangerous presence.
• Ye Han used the Myriad Images Mask and the Red Mask to conceal himself, then descended into the mist beneath the platform.
• Ye Han spotted enormous claw marks on the pillar and remained cautious because he had spent most of his pills and strength fighting the Baleful Yin Ancestor.

After killing Baleful Yin Ancestor with a carefully prepared trap, Ye Han nearly fell into the Fourth Layer’s clouds, whose restriction sealed his cultivation and spell power. He escaped with the Binglian Puppet, reached a pillar platform, and sensed that the distant object calling to the Purple Cauldron had moved.

• Ye Han recalled how he had drained Baleful Yin Ancestor’s spell power and lured him into the Heaven-and-Earth Wooden House, where the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and Puppet Grand Formation helped kill him.
• Ye Han fled toward the clouds but found that touching them sealed his cultivation, spell power, and divine sense, sending him falling.
• Ye Han released the Binglian Puppet, which caught him with its detached, chained arm and flung him clear of the clouds.
• Ye Han climbed to the platform atop the stone pillar and realized the Fourth Layer’s cloud restriction made descending impossible.
• Ye Han examined the nearby pillars and sensed through the Purple Cauldron that the distant object had moved.

Ye Han discovered that the treasure sensed by the Purple Cauldron was drawing closer, so he cut off its connection and cautiously examined the Green Pearl Ring taken from the Baleful Yin Ancestor. After assembling more of the black mini-map and inspecting the Hexagonal Cube from the Third Layer, he was abruptly dragged into the air by the cube.

• Ye Han sensed the treasure shifting toward him and severed the Purple Cauldron's connection to it.
• Ye Han broke the Baleful Yin Ancestor's Divine Sense Mark on the Green Pearl Ring and found five Black Metal Strips inside.
• Ye Han added the strips to the black mini-map, revealing a Hexagonal Cube and a partial Flying Dragon Demon Beast relief.
• Ye Han recognized the cube on the map as the object he had collected on the Third Layer and took it out to examine it.
• The Hexagonal Cube flared with Gold-and-Silver Runes and pulled Ye Han off the ground despite his grip.

Ye Han was carried through the Fourth Layer by the Hexagonal Cube, which destroyed the pillars behind him and forced him onward. A gigantic demon beast attacked from the mist, leaving Ye Han defending himself with Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder as his spell power dwindled.

• Ye Han discovered that the Hexagonal Cube ignored the Fourth Layer’s flight restriction and carried him through the air.
• As Ye Han passed, the pillars behind him collapsed, cutting off his path back and forcing him to continue forward.
• A gigantic creature surged out of the mist and reached for Ye Han, but an unseen barrier stopped its claw.
• The creature unleashed demonic shadows, and Ye Han used the Thunderclap Art to shield himself with Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder.
• The shield repelled the shadows, but their attacks drained Ye Han’s spell power as the creature prepared to strike again.

Ye Han evaded a colossal demon beast’s tail by releasing the Metal Block and tethering himself to it with ten-thousand-year golden cicada silk. The beast then forced its enormous maw through the misty cloud restriction and lunged at him.

• The colossal demon beast struck at Ye Han with its massive tail after its claws failed to reach him.
• Ye Han let go of the Metal Block and leapt upward, avoiding the tail as the cloud restriction stopped the beast from pursuing him.
• Ye Han used ten-thousand-year golden cicada silk to stay tethered to the Metal Block and was dragged back toward it through the storm.
• The enraged demon beast dived and sent a gigantic, mountain-toothed maw through the clouds to bite Ye Han.

Ye Han fought to escape the Primordial Ancient Beast’s attacks while riding the metal cube through the misty cloud layer. He reached the passage to the next level, only to find the beast had broken through its restrictions and landed in his way.

• Ye Han recognized the enormous creature as a Primordial Ancient Beast and clung to the cube as its maw unleashed a powerful suction force.
• The cloud-layer restrictions repelled the beast and saved Ye Han from being swallowed, though the golden cicada silk cut into his hands.
• The Primordial Ancient Beast repeatedly attacked Ye Han with its claws, tail, and maw, while he used the silk to dodge.
• Ye Han spotted the spatial passage to the next level on a distant cliff.
• The Primordial Ancient Beast broke through the restrictions and landed on the cliff, blocking the passage.

Ye Han was trapped before the ancient beast and prepared to risk wielding the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, but the Six-Sided Square cube revealed a power that restrained and attacked the beast. The ancient beast began shrinking inside the cube’s cage as Ye Han realized the cube had another function.

• The ancient beast emerged from beneath the misty cloud layer and blocked Ye Han’s route to the Teleportation Passage.
• Ye Han prepared to draw the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, knowing its backlash and the ancient beast’s strength made survival unlikely.
• The Six-Sided Square cube released Gold-and-Silver Runes, slowing the ancient beast and breaking apart into numbered cubes.
• The cubes enlarged, surrounded the ancient beast, and formed a cage that bombarded it with beams of gold and silver light.
• The ancient beast screamed as its evil energy collapsed and its body shrank, and Ye Han put away the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• Ye Han wondered whether the cube was closely connected to the ancient beast because both appeared in the little black map’s final images.

Ye Han sealed the Primordial Ancient Beast inside the Metal Block and survived the Fourth Layer. With his Purple Cauldron nearly drained, he hesitated before the passage to the Fifth Layer, then realized the treasure it had sensed might have been carried by the beast.

• The Metal Block transformed into a cage, shrank the Primordial Ancient Beast, and sealed it inside as Ye Han regained his Divine Sense and ability to fly.
• Ye Han retrieved the Metal Block and found its numbered faces replaced by runes depicting the Primordial Ancient Beast.
• Ye Han questioned whether the Inheritance Tower’s dangers were trials, but remembered Old Fox’s warning that the Fifth Layer held the true key.
• Ye Han worried that his depleted Purple Cauldron left him vulnerable as he considered entering the passage to the Fifth Layer.
• Ye Han unblocked the Purple Cauldron’s treasure-sensing ability, discovered its earlier reaction had vanished, and suspected the treasure was on the Primordial Ancient Beast.

Ye Han confirmed that the Purple Cauldron wanted the Primordial Ancient Beast sealed inside the Metal Block, but kept the block in his Storage Bag. After restoring the Purple Cauldron with millions of Spirit Stones, he entered the fifth layer and sensed danger near the end of the passage.

• Ye Han brought out the Metal Block and confirmed that the Purple Cauldron reacted to the Primordial Ancient Beast sealed inside it.
• Ye Han returned the Metal Block to his Storage Bag, unwilling to let the Purple Cauldron absorb it before he entered the next layer.
• As the Teleportation Passage began to weaken, Ye Han swallowed more than ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to restore and petrify the Purple Cauldron.
• Ye Han activated his defensive techniques and plunged into the passage to the fifth layer.
• Near the passage’s end, Ye Han suddenly sensed danger.

Ye Han reunited with Old Fox on the Fifth Layer, where Old Fox promised him the inheritance beyond a dangerous bridge and offered to teach him a secret method to control the Puppet Grand Formation. As Old Fox began teaching the formulas, Ye Han realized he had been drawn into his scheme.

• Ye Han emerged from the teleportation array and stopped Old Fox's Metal Puppets from attacking him by revealing his identity.
• Old Fox welcomed Ye Han in the Great Hall and explained that the passage ahead led to the Inheritance Bridge, guarded by Darkwater Soul Beasts.
• Ye Han pretended to be excited about reaching the inheritance but claimed his injuries and lack of power might prevent him from helping Old Fox.
• Old Fox offered to teach Ye Han a secret method that would improve his Puppet God Technique by thirty percent.
• Old Fox recited the method's formulas and cultivation insights, and Ye Han realized he had fallen into Old Fox's trap.