Chapter Summaries

Ye Han and Han Yuwan trapped the Fourth Elder in the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and overwhelmed him with lightning, sword strikes, and the Fire God Chains. The Fourth Elder was bound and burned, while the Thousand Mountains School disciples began to stir in the Mountain Ravine.

• Ye Han and Han Yuwan vanished from the Fourth Elder's attack, luring him into the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation.
• The Fourth Elder used his Life-Bound Treasure to break a hole in the formation, but Ye Han struck him with Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder and forced him back inside.
• Ye Han renewed the formation's assault, leaving the Fourth Elder struggling to resist its golden Sword-Rays.
• The Fourth Elder began activating a secret method, but Han Yuwan sent the Fire God Chains and Fire God Phantom to attack him.
• The Fire God Chains bound the Fourth Elder as flames burned him, and the Thousand Mountains School disciples began stirring in the Mountain Ravine.

The Thousand Mountains School's Fourth Elder escaped Ye Han's Fire God Chains and called his disciples to overwhelm Ye Han and his companion, but Ye Han's puppets and formations trapped them. Desperate to survive, the Fourth Elder unleashed the Headless Blood Demon, which shattered Ye Han's Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and left him injured.

• The Fourth Elder broke free of the Fire God Chains at the cost of much of his strength and ordered the Thousand Mountains School disciples to attack Ye Han and his companion.
• Ye Han's Metal Puppets emerged and trapped the Thousand Mountains School disciples in Great Dragon-Trapping Formations, while the Binglian Puppet led the assault.
• The Fourth Elder realized his forces were trapped and released the Headless Blood Demon, then hid inside its body.
• The Headless Blood Demon withstood the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation's attacks and broke its Sword Barrier Qi with one punch, causing Ye Han to spit up essence blood.

The Fourth Elder unleashed the Thousand Mountains School’s Headless Blood Demon against Ye Han and Han Yuwan, while the school’s plan to attack the Azure Profound Sect remained underway. After the demon broke through their defenses, Ye Han and Han Yuwan launched another assault, and the chapter ended as the Fourth Elder sensed a terrifying aura.

• The Fourth Elder’s Headless Blood Demon punched through Ye Han’s sword formation, injuring Ye Han and consuming the Fourth Elder’s lifespan and cultivation.
• Han Yuwan attacked the Headless Blood Demon with the Fire God Chains, but the Fourth Elder poured more power and lifespan into the demon and drove back both her flames and Ye Han’s formation.
• The Headless Blood Demon drew a double-headed axe from its body and shattered the sword formation and Fire God Chains with a massive blast of axe light.
• Vines burst from the ground and briefly tried to bind the demon, while Ye Han activated the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and Han Yuwan sent twelve flaming flying swords against it.
• The Fourth Elder sensed an utterly terrifying aura erupting through the air.

Ye Han and Han Yuwan killed the Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder and his Headless Blood Demon with the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation. As Han Yuwan gathered the spoils and Ye Han went after the remaining enemies, a newcomer arrived at Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, asking whether they had sent the intelligence.

• The Fourth Elder empowered the Headless Blood Demon, but Ye Han unleashed demon-breaking divine thunder from the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation.
• Ye Han’s Fire God Chains bound the Headless Blood Demon, allowing the formation’s thunder to blast through the demon and kill the Fourth Elder.
• Han Yuwan praised Ye Han’s formation, and Ye Han sent her to gather the spoils while he headed for the Thousand Mountains School members trapped by the Metal Puppet and Great Dragon-Trapping Formation.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan worried about the battle’s outcome from a distant hill until a figure arrived and asked whether they had sent the intelligence.

Elder Liu arrived at the ravine after Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan realized their message had reached the Azure Profound Sect. Ye Han and Han Yuwan finished destroying the Thousand Mountains School force, and Elder Liu appeared before them, leaving Ye Han startled by his apparent strength.

• Elder Liu flashed past Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan, praised the fighter he spotted, and vanished toward the battle.
• Wang Chunyang and Mo Lan headed to the ravine, where they found signs of a fierce battle and rushed toward the remaining fighting.
• Ye Han used his puppets and the Great Dragon-Trapping Formation to kill the Thousand Mountains School disciples, while Han Yuwan warned him that his killing intent was too strong.
• Elder Liu appeared and praised Ye Han for defending the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan recognized Elder Liu, and Ye Han wondered whether his cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Elder Liu rescued Ye Han, Han Yuwan, Wang Chunyang, and Mo Lan and brought them back to the Azure Profound Sect, where they learned the sect had repelled its attackers. Ye Han realized Elder Liu may have saved him before, and was stunned when Qing Xuan Daoist treated the apparently even more powerful elder with respect; a venomous gaze then fell on Ye Han.

• Elder Liu told Ye Han and Han Yuwan that their message had helped the Azure Profound Sect repel the Black Water Sect, Thousand Mountains School, and Green Mountain Sect, and said he had come to rescue them.
• Ye Han claimed the sect should reward them for their service, and Elder Liu asked whether Ye Han had obtained his unusual Puppets in the Burial Ground of the Immortals.
• Ye Han asked whether Elder Liu had saved him from the Black Mountain Cult, and Elder Liu dismissed the matter as a coincidence before taking them back to the sect.
• Elder Liu carried Ye Han, Han Yuwan, Wang Chunyang, and Mo Lan to Qing Xuan Peak, where they saw signs of battle and entered the Qing Xuan Great Hall.
• Qing Xuan Daoist stood and respectfully addressed Elder Liu, who told him to report the situation; Ye Han then felt a venomous gaze sweep toward him.

Ye Han reported how he and the others uncovered the allied sects’ plot and warned the Azure Profound Sect, while withholding details of their battle. As the four disciples prepared to leave after being dismissed, the Fifth Elder stopped Ye Han and demanded to know how he had repelled the Thousand Mountains School.

• The Fifth Elder glared at Ye Han over Wang Fa’s death but fell silent when Elder Liu gave him a sharp look.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master asked Ye Han and the others to explain how they had uncovered the enemy’s plot, and Ye Han offered to speak for them.
• Ye Han recounted the disciples’ discovery, their escape and warning to the sect, and their encounter with an ambush, but omitted the details of the battle.
• The old Daoist Qing Xuan praised the four disciples and dismissed them, saying the sect would reward them later.
• The Fifth Elder stopped the departing group and demanded that Ye Han explain how he had driven back the Thousand Mountains School disciples.

Elder Liu vouched for Ye Han and Han Yuwan, ending questions about their loyalty and ordering that they be made True Disciples after taking the Ancient Mystery Cave trial. As they left under his protection, the Fifth Elder continued to suspect Ye Han had killed Wang Fa and vowed to avenge him.

• The Fifth Elder questioned Ye Han's identity and demanded to know how he had driven back the Thousand Mountains School disciples.
• Elder Liu declared that he had witnessed what happened and stopped further questioning, then told Xuanhong to make Ye Han and Han Yuwan True Disciples.
• The Fifth Elder urged that Ye Han and Han Yuwan take the Ancient Mystery Cave trial first, and Elder Liu agreed while assuring Ye Han he would handle matters.
• Ye Han and Han Yuwan thanked Elder Liu and left after the Azure Profound Sect Master warned them not to go down the mountain.
• The Fifth Elder wondered whether Ye Han had killed Wang Fa and vowed to avenge him, while the Azure Profound Sect Master began discussing the battles ahead.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect after the battle and reflected on Elder Liu's support and the sect's conflict with three rival sects. He headed back to his cave abode, where he spotted White Snow instructing disciples and noticed her surprising cultivation breakthrough.

• Ye Han and his companions left the Great Hall and found a Restriction Formation blocking their perception of the elders inside.
• Ye Han learned that the Azure Profound Sect was at the center of a sect war and that the Thousand Mountains School had suffered heavy losses.
• Wang Chunyang told Ye Han that Lin Hongde and Wang Hongying had been badly injured by the Green Mountain Sect and were recovering in seclusion.
• Ye Han parted from Han Yuwan, then Wang Chunyang warned Mo Lan not to reveal their encounter or details about Ye Han and Han Yuwan.
• Ye Han flew toward Seven Mysteries Peak and saw White Snow instructing disciples, with her cultivation having made an astonishing breakthrough.

Ye Han returned to Seven Mysteries Peak, where White Snow had become a respected guide for its disciples. After giving the disciples High-Grade Magic Artifacts, Ye Han asked White Snow to explain what had happened in the battle involving the Black Water Sect envoys.

• Ye Han arrived at Seven Mysteries Peak, and White Snow and the disciples greeted him as their master and martial uncle.
• White Snow said he had become Seven Mysteries Peak’s manager and was guiding its disciples.
• Ye Han gave each disciple a High-Grade Magic Artifact, and White Snow warned them to keep the gifts secret and stay alert to danger.
• Ye Han dismissed the disciples and told White Snow to explain what he knew about the earlier battle.
• White Snow confirmed Ye Han had warned the sect about the Black Water Sect envoys and began recounting the complicated events.

White Snow explained to Ye Han how the Black Water Sect had used a marriage tournament to soften the Azure Profound Sect while demanding harsh terms amid an approaching invasion. Elder Liu rejected those demands and startled the Black Water Sect, but Old Devil Blackwater gave the Azure Profound Sect only two hours to decide.

• White Snow entered seclusion in Ye Han’s cave abode, and Ye Han reflected on how White Snow had made himself at home and gathered information across Seven Mysteries Peak.
• White Snow told Ye Han that the Black Water Sect had proposed an alliance and marriage tournament, promising safety and cultivation benefits to winning disciples while weakening the Azure Profound Sect’s will to fight.
• The Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect sent word that several thousand cultivators were approaching, while Old Devil Blackwater demanded concessions including three peaks for the Black Water Sect.
• Qing Xuan Daoist hesitated over the Black Water Sect’s demands, but Elder Liu appeared and rejected them, alarming the Black Water Sect.
• Old Devil Blackwater remained defiant and gave the Azure Profound Sect two hours to consider his terms.

White Snow recounted how the Black Water Sect’s betrayal triggered attacks inside and outside the Azure Profound Sect, but the sect repelled the invasion after Ye Han and Han Yuwan had unknowingly disrupted the Thousand Mountains School’s plan. After hearing the account and giving White Snow cultivation supplies, Ye Han was interrupted by a familiar woman calling to him from outside his Cave Abode.

• Elder Liu and Qing Xuan Daoist moved against Blackwater Old Devil, only to discover that the figure in the Side Hall was a fake and the Black Water Sect had already launched its attack inside the Azure Profound Sect.
• Black Water Sect disciples bewitched Azure Profound Sect disciples into attacking their fellow disciples, while Elder Liu rallied the sect and tracked down the infiltrators.
• The Thousand Mountains School and Green Mountain Sect attacked the Azure Profound Sect from outside, but Blackwater Old Devil and a Thousand Mountains School Nascent Soul Cultivator were driven out by two pursuers.
• The Thousand Mountains School’s Fourth Elder and four Headless Blood Demons never arrived because Ye Han, Han Yuwan, and the others had destroyed their force of disciples.
• The Black Water Sect’s infiltrators were killed or captured, and the Thousand Mountains School and Green Mountain Sect retreated after failing to breach the Azure Profound Sect’s Mountain-Protecting Grand Array.
• Ye Han gave White Snow cultivation supplies and returned to his Cave Abode, where a familiar woman asked through a voice transmission whether he was back.

Azure Phoenix Fairy visited Ye Han with Mo Lan to thank him for rescuing her disciple and question him about Eldest Senior Brother. Ye Han revealed that his teleportation to Northern Lu Province Continent had failed, and Azure Phoenix Fairy ended by asking what he thought of Mo Lan.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy brought Mo Lan to Ye Han’s Cave Abode, where they thanked him for saving her.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy sent Mo Lan away and asked Ye Han about his search for Eldest Senior Brother.
• Ye Han said the Ancient Times Teleportation Array had sent him toward Northern Lu Province Continent, but an attacker had blasted him out midway.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy asked whether Ye Han had encountered the Fifth Elder at Green Ox Village, and Ye Han denied it.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy said the Teleportation Array could no longer be used, then asked Ye Han what he thought of Mo Lan.

Ye Han teased Azure Phoenix Fairy about her disciple Mo Lan, then learned she was troubled by Mo Lan's dual cultivation and her own cultivation bottleneck. He gave Azure Phoenix Fairy pills to strengthen her cultivation as war approached the Azure Profound Sect, and Zhang Lingjun called for him from outside.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy asked whether Ye Han was interested in Mo Lan, and Ye Han teased her while probing whether she would keep his secrets about the Fifth Elder.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy revealed that Mo Lan seemed to have practiced dual cultivation with a male disciple and admitted she had initially thought Ye Han was involved.
• Ye Han noticed Azure Phoenix Fairy had reached a cultivation bottleneck, and she hinted that her difficulties were painful to discuss.
• Ye Han offered Azure Phoenix Fairy several rare pills to help her cultivation and protect the Azure Profound Sect ahead of war.
• Azure Phoenix Fairy accepted the pills and vowed to live or die with the Azure Profound Sect, then Zhang Lingjun called to Ye Han from outside.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect, reunited with Zhang Lingjun, and was summoned by the Seventh Elder. Meanwhile, the sect's leaders discussed the threat posed by the three great sects and the force secretly stirring up trouble behind them.

• Zhang Lingjun found Ye Han with Azure Phoenix Fairy, who explained that she had come to thank him for saving Mo Lan; Mo Lan returned from completing Mission Hall missions, and the two women departed.
• Zhang Lingjun noticed Ye Han's remarkable cultivation progress and said the Seventh Elder had sent him to fetch Ye Han.
• Zhang Lingjun led Ye Han toward the Seventh Elder's cave abode and praised Zhang Qingshan's strength and loyalty as Ye Han reflected on the opportunities other cultivators had found.
• At Qing Xuan Peak, Qing Xuan Daoist, the sect master, the five great elders, and Elder Liu discussed their response to the three great sects and the hidden force stirring up trouble behind them.

The Azure Profound Sect declared all-out war against the three allied sects, with Elder Liu promising to strengthen the sect and revealing that its reserves and future prospects were strong. As Ye Han visited the Seventh Elder’s cave abode, the Purple Cauldron stirred in response to something inside.

• Elder Liu and the Azure Profound Sect Master rejected negotiations and ordered the sect to prepare for war against the three great sects.
• Elder Liu announced that the sect would open the Ancient Mystery Cave, treasures, and book collections to strengthen its disciples.
• The elders arranged for Ningyu to oversee Seven Mysteries Peak while the Seventh Elder remained in seclusion.
• Elder Liu reassured Qing Xuan Daoist that he could protect the Azure Profound Sect for another two or three hundred years and gave him a streak of spirit light.
• Ye Han arrived at the Seventh Elder’s cave abode, where the Seventh Elder summoned him and the Purple Cauldron stirred toward something inside.

Ye Han returned the Protective Ring and gave pill immortal grass to the Seventh Elder, hoping to aid his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm. Before entering seclusion, the Seventh Elder gave Ye Han sword-cultivation insights and told him to support Ningyu as she temporarily took charge of Seven Mysteries Peak amid the sect’s siege.

• The Seventh Elder asked Ye Han for the Protective Ring, and Ye Han returned it, believing he no longer needed its protection.
• Ye Han offered several stalks of pill immortal grass preserved in jade spirit liquid, and the Seventh Elder said they would greatly improve his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Seventh Elder gave Ye Han a jade slip containing his sword-cultivation insights to help him advance his sword intent.
• The Seventh Elder told Ye Han that Ningyu would temporarily serve as Peak Master of Seven Mysteries Peak and ordered him and Zhang Lingjun to support her.
• Ye Han agreed to assist Ningyu and left as the Seventh Elder prepared to enter seclusion.

Blackwater Old Devil met with Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy to discuss their failed assault on the Azure Profound Sect and how to unite their sects against it. He proposed a joint army and revealed that his Black Water Sect had identified the saboteur, leaving the others asking who it was.

• Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy blamed Blackwater Old Devil for the losses suffered in their failed operation against the Azure Profound Sect.
• Blackwater Old Devil urged the three sects to unite against the Azure Profound Sect after receiving its declaration of war.
• Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy questioned Blackwater Old Devil’s motives and his ties to the Zhuge Family.
• Blackwater Old Devil proposed forming a joint army with unified command to prevent infighting and coordinate their forces.
• Blackwater Old Devil claimed his sect had identified who sabotaged their operation, and Angry Mountain Lord and Thousand Mountains Fairy demanded to know who it was.

Blackwater Old Devil told Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord that Foundation Establishment cultivator Ye Han had ruined their operation, explaining that his puppets and formations could account for his victory. The two agreed to prioritize watching Ye Han and supported Blackwater Old Devil’s proposal to form a coalition army.

• Thousand Mountains Fairy demanded that Blackwater Old Devil identify the person who had destroyed her school’s forces and sabotaged their plans.
• Blackwater Old Devil named Ye Han of Seven Mysteries Peak, prompting Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord to doubt that a Foundation Establishment cultivator could defeat the Headless Blood Demon and more than a hundred disciples.
• Blackwater Old Devil said Ye Han was Ming Jing’s personal disciple, had killed the Black Mountain Cult’s young cult master, and had mastered powerful puppets and formations.
• Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord accepted that Ye Han might have defeated their forces and resolved to keep him under close watch.
• Blackwater Old Devil asked whether they would form a coalition army, and both Thousand Mountains Fairy and Angry Mountain Lord agreed to the proposal.

Ye Han gave Zhang Lingjun a generous return gift, then supplied the Azure Profound Sect with treasures that enabled it to halve exchange prices as it prepared for war. He and Han Yuwan arrived at the Ancient Mystery Cave to begin their true disciple trial, whose rewards remained uncertain.

• Zhang Lingjun congratulated Ye Han on becoming a true disciple and gave him a piece of geng metal, and Ye Han returned the favor with cultivation resources for Zhang Lingjun.
• Ye Han saw that the Azure Profound Sect was demoralized by its impending war against the Three Great Sects of Heavenly Billows and returned to his Cave Abode.
• Ye Han turned over many of his unused treasures to the sect in exchange for sect merit, helping it open the Treasury Pavilion and Scripture Repository with exchange costs cut in half.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master granted Ye Han unrestricted access to the Scripture Pavilion in recognition of his contributions.
• The Azure Profound Sect Master brought Ye Han and Han Yuwan to the Ancient Mystery Cave for their true disciple trial and warned that the benefits inside would depend on their fortune.