Chapter Summaries

Ye Han and Han Yuwan combined the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation with the Fire God Chains to battle Qin Shanzun, whose wood-element vitality healed every wound. They bound him with a blazing chain net, and Ye Han appeared before him, unleashing a surge of cold.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan joined their powers to strike Qin Shanzun with a towering Fire God wielding golden sword light.
• Qin Shanzun transformed into a giant wooden warrior and healed the deep wound their attack carved into his arm.
• Qin Shanzun overwhelmed their combined assault, forcing Ye Han and Han Yuwan to pour more power into their treasures.
• Han Yuwan's Fire God Chains spread into a vast net and bound Qin Shanzun as he struggled against them.
• Ye Han appeared before the restrained Qin Shanzun, declared him dead, and released boundless cold.

Ye Han used the Absolute Frost Divine Sword to pierce Qin Shanzun and freeze him, but the attack badly injured Ye Han with its chilling backlash. As Han Yuwan tried to help him, Qin Shanzun’s ice sculpture began to tremble.

• Qin Shanzun sent his Divine Wood Staff at Ye Han, but Ye Han drew the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and froze the staff.
• Ye Han unleashed a full-power sword strike that pierced Qin Shanzun’s armor and rapidly froze his body, soul, and primordial spirit.
• The Absolute Frost Divine Sword also froze Ye Han’s arm and sword formation, leaving him severely weakened after it returned to his Storage Bag.
• Han Yuwan landed beside Ye Han and used a fire lotus to dispel some of the frostbite, but Ye Han said the sword’s cold was too difficult to remove.
• Qin Shanzun’s frozen body began to tremble, alarming Ye Han and Han Yuwan.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan watched Qin Shanzun's frozen body transform into an Immortal Vine Fruit, which Ye Han captured and stored in his Purple Cauldron Space. After defeating Qin Shanzun and examining the spoils, they prepared to leave, but Han Yuwan insisted that the badly injured Ye Han heal first.

• Cracks spread through Qin Shanzun's frozen body as Greenlight Runes transformed him into an Immortal Vine Fruit.
• Ye Han shattered the ice sculpture and caught the Immortal Vine Fruit before it could reach the Immortal Vine Giant Tree.
• Ye Han used the Azure Mystic Art to calm the fruit and placed it in the jade spirit liquid inside his Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han saw that Blood-Spotted Ants had devoured much of the Mountain Spirit King's corpse and were sleeping with demon aura as if nearing evolution.
• Han Yuwan collected Qin Shanzun's belongings, questioned Ye Han about changing his spirit root, and urged him to heal before they left.

After killing Qin Shanzun, Ye Han and Han Yuwan recovered through dual cultivation and prepared to leave the Immortal Vine Giant Tree. Ye Han assembled the black metal map, which acknowledged him as its master and revealed an incomplete map of places he had visited in the Heavenly Secret Hall, prompting them to return to the First Layer.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan practiced dual cultivation for more than a day, restoring their spell power and easing Ye Han's frostbite.
• Three days later, they set out upward along the Immortal Vine Giant Tree to leave the area.
• Ye Han took Qin Shanzun's Ten Thousand Wood Spirit Art and Wood God Staff, while giving most of the other spoils to Han Yuwan.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan combined their black metal strips with two strips from Qin Shanzun's Storage Bag and Han Yuwan's final strip to complete the map.
• The Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass flew into the map, which acknowledged Ye Han as its master and formed an incomplete spirit-light map of locations he had visited in the Heavenly Secret Hall.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan followed the map’s warning signs to a damaged Teleportation Array route and climbed the Immortal Vine Giant Tree through a spatial opening. They returned to the First Layer, where Han Yuwan sensed that its aura had changed.

• Ye Han noticed cracks on the map around the Teleportation Array and decided with Han Yuwan to leave the Heavenly Secret Hall rather than explore its unknown regions.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan climbed nearly ten thousand zhang up the Immortal Vine Giant Tree and found Qin Shanzun’s defensive formation around a spatial opening.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan broke through the Restriction Formation and entered the swirling opening, using the Immortal Vine to travel upward.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan emerged from the Immortal Vine into a vast hall on the First Layer.
• Han Yuwan noticed that the aura on the First Layer felt different from when she had first arrived.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan followed the growing demonic qi through the Heavenly Secret Hall toward the Teleportation Array, discovering that the Fourth Elder’s aura was mixed into it. They reached the great hall and found the Fourth Elder sitting atop one of the array’s pillars.

• Han Yuwan warned Ye Han that the demonic qi grew stronger as they approached the Teleportation Array, and Ye Han suspected the qi was connected to changes shown on the map.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan passed heaps of Heavenly Secret Beast and Heavenly Secret Soldier wreckage that demonic qi had corroded beyond use.
• As the demonic qi intensified, Ye Han and Han Yuwan raised their defenses and sensed the Fourth Elder’s aura within it.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan concealed their auras and cautiously crept toward the great hall at the end of the passage.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan saw the Fourth Elder sitting cross-legged atop a Formation Pillar of the enormous Teleportation Array.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan discovered that the supposedly dead Fourth Elder had become surrounded by demonic qi and attacked them. Ye Han fought her with purple-gold lightning while Han Yuwan sealed the passage with the Fire God Chains, but Ye Han appeared to be at a disadvantage.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan recognized the scantily clad, demonic figure atop the Formation Pillar as the Fourth Elder, whom they had believed dead.
• The Fourth Elder sensed them, unleashed demonic shadows, and attacked.
• Ye Han drew the Fourth Elder's attention and used purple-gold lightning to destroy the demonic shadows.
• Han Yuwan summoned the Fire God Chains and formed a barrier across the passage to prevent the Fourth Elder from escaping.
• Ye Han and the Fourth Elder began fighting, and Han Yuwan worried as Ye Han seemed to fall behind.

Ye Han fought the Fourth Elder in the Great Hall, using Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder and his powerful body to turn her demonic attacks against her. As the battle continued, the Fourth Elder used a seductive charm spell and lunged at Ye Han, enraging Han Yuwan.

• Ye Han injected Purple-Gold Lightning into the Fourth Elder's demonic qi serpents, then used runes to make them attack her.
• The Fourth Elder vanished into black qi and reappeared behind Ye Han, striking with a huge demonic qi kick that he met with a golden punch.
• Ye Han and the Fourth Elder traded powerful blows, but his Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder began scorching her body and wearing her down.
• The Fourth Elder unleashed a charm spell with seductive cries, briefly distracting Ye Han and making Han Yuwan recognize what she was doing.
• The Fourth Elder lunged at Ye Han, and Han Yuwan grew furious at her for laying hands on her junior brother.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan fought the demonized Fourth Elder, whose demonic power was sealed and whose body was killed while the demon possessing her was captured. Han Yuwan struggled with the fact that her master had recognized her before dying, and Ye Han suggested they inspect the Teleportation Array.

• Ye Han used the Demon-Sealing Chains to restrain the Fourth Elder and began charging the Heavenly Thunder Drum.
• A demon attacked Ye Han's mind, but the Purple Cauldron shielded him, while Han Yuwan trapped the fleeing Fourth Elder with Fire God Chains.
• Ye Han joined his spell power with Han Yuwan's, and their flames and lightning weakened the demon inside the Fourth Elder.
• When the Fourth Elder briefly recognized Han Yuwan and begged for her life, Han Yuwan hesitated, so Ye Han pierced her throat with the Soul-Slaying Sword.
• The Ghost Skull Mirror swallowed the demon, and Ye Han stored the Fourth Elder's empty body for the Seventh Elder.
• Han Yuwan misunderstood why Ye Han took the corpse, and Ye Han invited her to inspect the Teleportation Array.

Ye Han defeated the demonized Fourth Elder and took her intact body to return to his master, the Seventh Elder. At the Teleportation Array, he discovered that his black map could activate it, giving him and Han Yuwan a chance to leave together.

• Ye Han explained that he had taken the Fourth Elder's body because he believed his master had shared a special relationship with her.
• Han Yuwan revealed that she had wanted Ye Han to use her Teleportation Token to escape alone, but he pointed out that it could transport only one person.
• Ye Han noticed the black map's runes reacting to the enormous Teleportation Array and began activating it.
• Runes streamed from the map into the array, filling it with brilliant spirit light as Han Yuwan watched with delighted surprise.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan used the Black Teleportation Token to escape the Heavenly Secret Hall and return to Upper Tomb Land. After confirming their location, Han Yuwan asked what they would do about Ye Lingzhi and Ye Han’s friend.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan emerged through a teleportation passage in a secluded ravine in Upper Tomb Land.
• Ye Han confirmed their location and examined the Black Teleportation Token, which had recognized him as its master and could carry Han Yuwan along.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan had found that the token used the Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass’s aura, leaving them with only enough for one teleportation.
• Ye Han used the token to open a passage to the one reachable destination outside the Heavenly Secret Hall and brought Han Yuwan with him.
• Han Yuwan asked Ye Han what they would do about Ye Lingzhi and his friend.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan left the Heavenly Secret Hall, but their depleted Gold-and-Silver Runes Compass aura prevented them from returning. Ye Han concealed the Teleportation Array and set off for the Azure Profound Sect, choosing a route to avoid someone he feared encountering.

• Ye Han told Han Yuwan that Ye Lingzhi and Qin Jiuzhen might survive on Treasure Mountain if they avoided the Heavenly Secret Hall and stayed hidden.
• Ye Han reflected that the Heavenly Secret Hall could be a trap for Earth Realm cultivators, and that his search for his Eldest Senior Brother had failed after the Fifth Elder disrupted his teleportation.
• Ye Han buried the Teleportation Array, disguised the mound with vegetation, and placed a locating Talisman there for future use.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan boarded the Cloud-Piercing Boat and headed toward the Azure Profound Sect.
• Han Yuwan asked why Ye Han chose a longer route, and he said he was afraid of running into someone who liked lecturing the girls at the Happy Red Courtyard.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan left the Heavenly Secret Hall aboard the Cloud-Piercing Boat, choosing to return to the Azure Profound Sect rather than risk searching for Teacher Lan Qing. On their way, they encountered Senior Brother Wang and Mo Lan being overwhelmed by pursuers, and the boat turned back toward the battle.

• Ye Han told Han Yuwan they should leave the Heavenly Secret Hall because they were too weak to safely pursue its remaining opportunities.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan traveled southwest in the Cloud-Piercing Boat, and Ye Han reflected on how the Azure Profound Sect had become his home.
• Senior Brother Wang and Mo Lan fled eight cultivators from the Thousand Mountains School and the Black Water Sect, who had plotted against their people.
• Senior Brother Wang and Mo Lan turned to fight, but the stronger pursuers wounded them and threatened to kill them.
• Ye Han's fast flying boat passed through the battle, then turned around and stopped nearby.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan rescued Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan from eight Black Water Sect cultivators, and Ye Han learned that the Black Water Sect had allied with two other sects to attack the Azure Profound Sect. The chapter ended with Ye Han and Han Yuwan realizing their sect was in danger.

• Ye Han turned the Flying Boat back after recognizing Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan among the Black Water Sect's targets.
• Ye Han killed all eight Black Water Sect cultivators with his swordsmanship and lightning techniques.
• Han Yuwan greeted Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, who recognized her as Senior Sister Han and Fairy Yuwan.
• Ye Han revealed his identity, and Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan were astonished to see him alive.
• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that the Black Water Sect, Thousand Mountains School, and Green Mountain Sect had allied to attack the Azure Profound Sect.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan reunited with Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, who warned them that the Azure Profound Sect was facing war with the other great sects. As they rushed back aboard Ye Han’s Cloud-Piercing Boat, Wang Chunyang explained that the Thousand Mountains School had allied with the Green Mountain Sect and dealt the Azure Profound Sect a devastating surprise attack.

• Wang Chunyang initially suspected Ye Han and Han Yuwan were impostors, but Mo Lan reminded him that they had been missing for years.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan boarded Ye Han’s Cloud-Piercing Boat and urged him to return to the Azure Profound Sect before it was besieged.
• Ye Han powered the Cloud-Piercing Boat with spirit stones and spell power, accelerating toward the Azure Profound Sect.
• Han Yuwan asked Wang Chunyang why Black Water Sect cultivators had pursued him and Mo Lan, and Wang Chunyang described the Azure Profound Sect’s conflict with the Thousand Mountains School.
• Wang Chunyang explained that the Thousand Mountains School had joined forces with the Green Mountain Sect, leaving the Azure Profound Sect unprepared and suffering enormous losses.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan learned that the Azure Profound Sect was under attack from the Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect, while the Black Water Sect had secretly joined them. Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan revealed that they were hunted after uncovering the plot, as the Azure Profound Sect faced a war on three fronts.

• Mo Lan told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that the Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect had secretly joined forces against the Azure Profound Sect, possibly at a powerful outside sect’s urging.
• Wang Chunyang explained that the Black Water Sect had claimed neutrality while waiting for the other sects to weaken each other.
• Wang Chunyang said Zhang Qingshan had slain many enemies, improving the Azure Profound Sect’s position in the war.
• Wang Chunyang revealed that spiritual energy and auspicious clouds at Seven Mysteries Peak suggested Ye Han’s master, the Seventh Elder, was close to advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan disclosed that the Black Water Sect had secretly allied with the other two sects and hunted them after they discovered the plan to destroy the Azure Profound Sect.

Ye Han and his companions debated whether Black Water Sect disciples had revealed a true plan to open the Azure Profound Sect’s Mountain-Protecting Grand Array or were spreading a trap. Ye Han suspected Nascent Soul Realm infiltrators might be involved, then sensed an ambush.

• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that he and Mo Lan had overheard Black Water Sect disciples describing a plan for the three sects to attack the Azure Profound Sect from within and without.
• Ye Han questioned how Foundation Establishment Realm disciples could know such a secret and whether the story might be a ploy to sow discord.
• Mo Lan and Wang Chunyang insisted they had heard the conversation themselves and argued that their pursuers’ relentless attack suggested the plan could be genuine.
• Ye Han concluded the secret might be true but suspected something was strange about how they had discovered it.
• Ye Han wondered whether Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had infiltrated the negotiating parties, then sensed an ambush.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan discovered around 150 Thousand Mountains School cultivators ambushing them near the Azure Profound Sect. They decided to attack the ambushers themselves while Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan returned to warn the sect, then vanished from sight.

• Ye Han halted the Cloud-Piercing Boat after sensing an ambush, and Han Yuwan confirmed that cultivators were concealed in the mountain mist.
• Ye Han identified around 150 hidden cultivators as likely members of the Thousand Mountains School, alarming Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan decided to attack the ambushers, telling Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan to send a warning to the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan used spells to vanish, leaving Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan unable to sense their auras.

Wang Chunyang sent a Messaging Talisman toward the horizon while he and Mo Lan worried about Ye Han and Han Yuwan facing the Thousand Mountains School. In a hidden mountain ravine, Ye Han and Han Yuwan killed two disciples who had discovered their hiding place, alerting the Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder and the other disciples.

• Wang Chunyang sent a Messaging Talisman and refused Mo Lan’s suggestion that they go help Ye Han and Han Yuwan, saying they would only become a burden.
• Two masked Thousand Mountains School disciples discussed their plan to attack the Azure Profound Sect and the other sects involved.
• Ninth Senior Brother spotted someone leaving the ravine, and he and another disciple chased after the figure while he sent a warning talisman to the Fourth Elder.
• The Fourth Elder received the warning, saw that a disciple’s Life Token had shattered, and alerted the Thousand Mountains School disciples to the enemies.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan stood over the bodies of Ninth Senior Brother and the disciple who had pursued them.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan lured the Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder away from his disciples and drew him into a fight. After evading his attacks, they revealed a sword formation that caught the elder off guard.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan prepared an ambush after discovering the Thousand Mountains School’s mission against the Azure Profound Sect.
• Han Yuwan drew two Thousand Mountains School disciples away, and Ye Han killed them to provoke the Fourth Elder into pursuit.
• Ye Han challenged the Fourth Elder and threatened to reveal his location to the Azure Profound Sect, prompting the elder to attack as they fled.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan escaped the Fourth Elder’s gray hands and binding chains with talismans and other techniques.
• The Fourth Elder blocked their path and unleashed his blood-red Life-Bound Treasure, but golden sword-rays erupted from Ye Han’s formation and startled him.