Chapter Summaries

A Black Water Sect disciple ambushed the Second Elder with a self-detonating demonic beast, but Ye Han rescued him by hurling the attacker beyond Skyward City's barrier. As the Black Water Sect disciples escaped amid the blast, Ye Han recognized a familiar aura and feared someone had escaped.

• The red-armored disciple attacked the Second Elder from behind, shattered his barrier, and used demonic power to prevent his escape.
• Ye Han summoned his Vajra Avatar and threw the self-detonating figure through Skyward City's restrictions, where it exploded outside the city.
• The blast shook the surrounding area, allowing the three Black Water Sect disciples to escape with Blood Escape Talismans.
• The Second Elder realized Ye Han had saved him and wondered how the Foundation Establishment cultivator had used such powerful abilities.
• Ye Han sensed a familiar aura from the self-detonating demonic beast and wondered whether someone had escaped.

Ye Han saved the Second Elder and Skyward City from a demonized cultivator’s self-detonation, recognizing the Devil Lord’s aura in the attack. The Black Water Sect’s assault continued after its spies destroyed a defensive pillar, but its leaders learned that Azure Profound Sect supplies had arrived.

• Ye Han stopped the demonized cultivator from detonating beside the Second Elder and blasted him outside Skyward City.
• Ye Han sensed the Devil Lord’s aura on the demonic beast and suspected the Devil Lord had survived and was aiding the Black Water Sect.
• The Second Elder thanked Ye Han and revealed that spies had destroyed one of Skyward City’s Formation Pillars.
• Red Dragon Girl, Sound Demon, and Baleful Heavenly Venerable realized their prepared attack had failed to kill the Second Elder.
• Disguised cultivators reported to Red Dragon Girl that the Azure Profound Sect’s supplies had arrived.

Red Dragon Girl, Baleful Heavenly Venerable, and Sound Demon directed the Black Water Sect’s flying boats to attack the weakened section of Skyward City’s defenses. Ye Han went to repair the destroyed formation pillar while the Second Elder organized the city’s counterattack, but the first enemy blast nearly overwhelmed the barrier.

• Red Dragon Girl ordered the Black Water Sect’s flying boats to target the defensive formation’s missing pillar.
• Ye Han gave the Second Elder the delivered supplies and offered to repair the formation while the Second Elder prepared the spirit cannons and assigned disciples to guard him.
• Ye Han flew to the ruined Number Seventy-Two Formation Pillars and examined the hole left by the Devil Lord’s attack.
• The Black Water Sect’s three flying boats turned toward Skyward City and opened fire with their massive spirit cannons.
• A gray beam struck the barrier, making its light dim and buckle as the Azure Profound Sect disciples feared it would collapse after a few more blasts.

Ye Han used the Puppet God Technique to turn over a hundred metal puppets into a formation pillar after Black Water Sect’s spirit cannons blasted open Skyward City’s barrier. The barrier began drawing power through the new pillar as enemy cultivators charged toward the breach.

• Red Dragon Girl ordered two super spirit cannons to fire, and their blasts shattered Skyward City’s restrictive barrier.
• Ye Han released over a hundred metal puppets while the Second Elder and Azure Profound Sect prepared to face the incoming attack.
• Red Dragon Girl ordered Black Water Sect’s Foundation Establishment Realm disciples to charge through the breach, and the Second Elder commanded his forces to prepare for battle.
• Ye Han used the Puppet God Technique to stack the puppets into a towering formation pillar that connected with the surrounding pillars and sent runic spirit light into the barrier.

Ye Han used his Metal Puppets to create a temporary Formation Pillar and restore Skyward City's defensive barrier before the Black Water Sect could breach it again. The Black Water Sect's advancing cultivators were left outside the repaired barrier, unsure whether to attack.

• Ye Han rearranged his Metal Puppets into a Formation Pillar that linked with Skyward City's remaining Formation Pillars and began sealing the breach.
• Sound Demon ordered the Spirit Cannons to fire again, but the barrier closed and repelled their barrage.
• Ye Han explained through his actions that the Puppet God Technique let him use the puppets' built-in formation runes to replace the destroyed Formation Pillar.
• The Second Elder praised Ye Han after the defensive formation was restored, and Ye Han fed Mid-Grade Spirit Stones into the puppet formation pillar to strengthen it.
• More than three hundred Black Water Sect Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators reached the barrier and hesitated over whether to attack.

Ye Han used the Metal Puppets to reinforce Skyward City's damaged defensive formation and make it launch sword attacks against the Black Water Sect. The Blackwater Three Demons were forced to watch their assault falter as Spirit Cannons and the formation drove their disciples back.

• The Blackwater Three Demons recognized that Skyward City's repaired formation might be weak, and Red Dragon Girl ordered the Black Water Sect to attack it with cultivators and Spirit Cannons.
• The Black Water Sect's attacks nearly overwhelmed the defensive barrier, while its charging disciples came under fire from more than a hundred Spirit Cannons inside Skyward City.
• Ye Han used the Puppet God Technique to channel energy from the Metal Puppets into the formation, restoring the barrier's strength.
• Ye Han made the barrier unleash golden Sword-Rays, driving back and wounding Black Water Sect disciples as the Spirit Cannons continued firing.
• The Blackwater Three Demons watched their attack falter, and Red Dragon Girl demanded to know who Ye Han was.

Ye Han restored Skyward City's defenses and enabled its super Spirit Cannons to fire, disrupting the Black Water Sect's assault. The Blackwater Three Demons survived the first blast and ordered their Flying Boats to retreat, but the city still threatened them with further cannon fire.

• Baleful Heavenly Venerable and Red Dragon Girl decided they would have to attack Skyward City's defenses themselves.
• A Black Water Sect disciple identified Ye Han as the brat who had restored the formation and delivered supplies to the city.
• Red Dragon Girl ordered the Blackwater Three Demons to attack while the other forces fired their Spirit Cannons.
• Skyward City fired a super Spirit Cannon at the Blackwater Three Demons' Flying Boat, and they combined their strength to block the blast.
• Red Dragon Girl ordered the Flying Boats to retreat two thousand yards to escape the super Spirit Cannons' most powerful range.

The Second Elder ordered Skyward City’s disciples and spirit cannons to counterattack the Black Water Sect, while Ye Han strengthened the city’s Restrictive Barrier with his puppet formation. Red Dragon Girl recognized that the assault had failed and ordered a retreat, leaving the Blackwater Three Demons frustrated.

• The Second Elder ordered the spirit cannons to fire on the Black Water Sect’s flying boats and sent Azure Profound Sect disciples to attack the enemies near the barrier.
• Azure Profound Sect’s disciples overwhelmed the Black Water Sect fighters, killing several as the Restrictive Barrier blocked their counterattacks.
• A super flying boat’s cannon blasted the Restrictive Barrier inward, but Ye Han replenished its power with his metal puppets and surrounding spiritual energy.
• Sound Demon and Baleful Heavenly Venerable cursed Ye Han and urged an all-out assault, while Red Dragon Girl ordered the Black Water Sect forces to retreat.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that continuing the attack would cause further losses and warned that the Second Elder could pass through the barrier to attack their disciples.

Ye Han helped Skyward City repel the Black Water Sect’s attack, then reinforced its defenses while awaiting the formation master. Four or five hours later, a familiar voice called out to him.

• The Blackwater Three Demons blocked another Qing Xuan Great Spirit Cannon blast as Red Dragon Girl ordered the Black Water Sect to retreat.
• Ye Han continued replenishing Skyward City’s formation, and the Second Elder thanked him for saving the city and his life.
• Ye Han requested three million Spirit Stones to reinforce the defenses, and the Second Elder sent him two Storage Bags.
• The Second Elder ordered Wang Chunyang and the others to guard Ye Han and follow his instructions.
• After four or five hours, someone arrived and called, “Senior Brother Ye?! It really is you?!”

Ye Han reunited with Fairy Jade Orchid in Skyward City, where she improved his Puppet Formation and helped begin repairs to the city’s defensive formation. Outside the city, the Black Water Sect’s battle command base was confronted by a masked figure demanding to know why the attack had failed.

• Ye Han recognized Fairy Jade Orchid, his former formation mentor, when she arrived to inspect the Puppet Formation pillar.
• Fairy Jade Orchid praised Ye Han’s design, then identified changes that would reduce its spirit stone consumption and strengthen its defenses.
• Ye Han and Fairy Jade Orchid adjusted the formation while other Foundation Establishment disciples brought materials and helped with repairs.
• Several dozen li outside Skyward City, the Black Water Sect gathered at a fortified canyon command base.
• A golden-masked figure arrived and demanded to know why the Black Water Sect had failed to breach Skyward City.

The Golden-Masked Guest Elder arrived at the Black Water Sect’s siege and demanded to know why the Blackwater Three Demons had failed to break through the Azure Profound Sect’s defenses. When she learned Ye Han had disrupted their plans, she revealed a fierce grudge against him and went inside to discuss his abilities.

• The Black Water Sect disciples recognized the golden token of the Golden-Masked Guest Elder and bowed to her.
• The Golden-Masked Guest Elder rebuked Red Dragon Girl, Baleful Heavenly Venerable, and Sound Demon for failing to breach the Azure Profound Sect’s defenses despite her help.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that Ye Han had arrived early, saved the Azure Profound Sect’s Second Elder, and repaired the damaged formation pillars.
• The Golden-Masked Guest Elder erupted with murderous intent when she learned Ye Han had interfered again, then agreed to discuss his mysterious abilities with the Blackwater Three Demons.
• The Golden-Masked Guest Elder ordered the disciple she had singled out to accompany her, and a strange aura emanated from her eyes.

The Golden-Masked Guest Elder learned about Ye Han’s abilities and decided to plan a careful way to deal with him. In Skyward City, Fairy Jade Orchid repaired the defensive formation, and Ye Han gave her a Spirit-Restoring Jade Orchid Hairpin before she began to tell him something.

• Red Dragon Girl described Ye Han’s abilities to the Golden-Masked Guest Elder, who concluded that he could not be treated like an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator and called for a secluded chamber.
• The Blackwater Three Demons discussed the threat posed by the Azure Profound Sect and agreed not to underestimate it.
• Ye Han stored his Metal Puppets while Fairy Jade Orchid and the disciples completed repairs to Skyward City’s defensive formation.
• Fairy Jade Orchid explained that she still needed to modify the formation to reduce its energy consumption and strengthen its defenses.
• Ye Han gave Fairy Jade Orchid the Spirit-Restoring Jade Orchid Hairpin, and she accepted it before saying she had something to tell him.

Ye Han helped Fairy Jade Orchid modify Skyward City’s defensive formations, then was summoned to the Skyward Great Hall while a hidden observer watched them. On the Black Water Sect’s flying boat, the masked guest elder successfully transformed a disciple and joined the elders’ debate over how to attack Skyward City.

• Fairy Jade Orchid taught Ye Han formation techniques as they repaired Skyward City’s Formation Pillars, and she offered to modify his formation puppets.
• Ye Han sensed a hostile watcher in the forest, then received a summons from the Second Elder and told Wang Chunyang to guard Fairy Jade Orchid.
• The masked guest elder completed a demonic transformation of a Black Water Sect disciple, who awoke with his aura appearing normal and obeyed her.
• The masked guest elder asked whether the elders were present and went to their meeting in the flying boat’s Great Hall.
• Baleful Heavenly Venerable and Sound Demon argued over whether to bypass Skyward City or continue attacking it as Red Dragon Girl considered their options.

The masked guest elder met with the Blackwater Three Demons after their failed attempt against Skyward City and warned that Ye Han and the Azure Profound Sect were protected by fortune. She proposed killing Ye Han and bringing in stronger helpers, revealing that she could summon demonic beasts.

• The masked guest elder entered the Blackwater Three Demons’ meeting with a disciple whose sealed soul and rapid cultivation growth concealed his demonic nature.
• She said Ye Han had ruined their opportunity to strike and that the Azure Profound Sect had repaired its formation and increased patrols.
• Red Dragon Girl asked how they could proceed, and the masked guest elder urged them to kill Ye Han, whom she identified as the Azure Profound Sect’s bearer of fortune.
• Sound Demon asked what stronger helpers the masked guest elder could provide, and she revealed a secret method for summoning demonic beasts.
• The Blackwater Three Demons reacted with alarm because summoning demonic beasts betrayed the cultivator races of the Earth Realm continent.

The Masked Guest Official revealed that she belonged to the Devil Race and tempted the Blackwater Three Demons with powerful demonic cultivation techniques. She persuaded them to sacrifice nearby mortals to summon demonic beasts, promising to help them kill Ye Han and conquer Skyward City.

• The Masked Guest Official admitted to the Blackwater Three Demons that she was a member of the Devil Race.
• She gave the three demons Jade Slips containing powerful but incomplete Demonic Path techniques that could help them overcome their cultivation bottlenecks.
• Red Dragon Girl asked what the Masked Guest Official wanted in return, and the Masked Guest Official pointed out that the three demons had little lifespan left.
• The Masked Guest Official proposed sacrificing nearby mortals to open the Demon Realm and summon demonic beasts, and Red Dragon Girl agreed to cooperate.
• The Masked Guest Official said her plan would let them deal with Ye Han, take Skyward City for the Black Water Sect, and then crush the Azure Profound Sect.

Ye Han attended a council meeting in Skyward City, where the Second Elder put him in charge of rooting out enemy spies. After an explosion was reported and a disciple said formation masters were under attack, Ye Han rushed to the scene.

• Ye Han met Skyward City's lineage representatives, who praised him and offered to cooperate with the Azure Profound Sect.
• The Second Elder seated Ye Han beside him and tasked him with finding enemy spies in the city; Ye Han agreed, suspecting the Devil Lord might be involved.
• The Second Elder reviewed the defenses at Heaven-Sacrificial Mountain and the Heavenly Abyss, noting Han Yuwan and Zhang Qingshan's military achievements.
• An explosion sounded, and a disciple reported that someone was attacking the formation masters.
• Ye Han transformed into a streak of cold light and rushed outside.

Ye Han rushed to the Formation Pillars, where Fairy Jade Orchid and the others were under attack by gray-clad cultivators and Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes. He froze and captured the insects, then carried the poisoned Fairy Jade Orchid away to treat her while the Second Elder dealt with the attackers.

• Ye Han used Cloud-Chasing Divine Steps and the White Jade Light-Chaser to reach the battle, where Fairy Jade Orchid fought a swarm of Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes as Wang Chunyang and other disciples battled gray-clad cultivators.
• Ye Han attacked the mosquitoes with the Truefire Gourd, then switched to the Heavenly Water Bottle and froze them with a blast of icy water.
• Ye Han drew the frozen mosquitoes into the Purple-Rune Space Vortex and stored them in the Purple Cauldron Space after sensing a familiar aura.
• The Second Elder subdued the gray-clad attackers with a Rope Treasure while Fairy Jade Orchid collapsed from mosquito venom.
• Ye Han gave Fairy Jade Orchid a blue pill, caught her, and told the Second Elder he would treat her before activating the secret chamber's Restriction Formation and summoning the Purple Cauldron.

Ye Han brought the poisoned Fairy Jade Orchid into the Purple Cauldron Space and used Blood-Spotted Ants, bright-spirit fertile soil, and pill immortal grass to detoxify and heal her. After waking, Fairy Jade Orchid recognized the soil and told Ye Han she had a treasure that could make it evolve.

• Ye Han released the Purple Cauldron and carried Fairy Jade Orchid into its space after a Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquito poisoned her.
• Ye Han opened Fairy Jade Orchid's wound and directed his evolved Blood-Spotted Ants to suck out the venom a mouthful at a time.
• Ye Han buried her poisoned leg in bright-spirit fertile soil and gave her refined pill immortal grass to help purge the poison and heal her.
• After a little over two hours, Fairy Jade Orchid woke and thanked Ye Han for saving her.
• Fairy Jade Orchid recognized the bright-spirit fertile soil and told Ye Han she had a treasure that could make it evolve.

Fairy Jade Orchid revealed that her Earth God Spirit Pearl could evolve Ye Han’s bright-spirit fertile soil into bright-spirit divine soil. Ye Han agreed to let her stay in his Purple Cauldron Space, and she said she would need several things to perform the transformation.

• Fairy Jade Orchid recognized Ye Han’s bright-spirit fertile soil and brought out a pearl that stirred it and the nearby spirit medicines.
• Fairy Jade Orchid identified the treasure as the Earth God Spirit Pearl and explained that a formation could use it to evolve the soil.
• Ye Han teased Fairy Jade Orchid about her offer, and she said she wanted to stay and cultivate in his spatial Medicine Garden.
• Ye Han agreed to let Fairy Jade Orchid stay in the Purple Cauldron Space, and she warned him that the transformation would require several things.

Ye Han left Fairy Jade Orchid inside the Purple Cauldron Space to recover and transform its medicine garden, then learned that the Demon Insect Evil Immortal was behind the Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes. Concerned about threats around Skyward City, Ye Han obtained a token to leave and set out to deal with the Devil Lord, while a concealed blood-red light followed him.

• Ye Han emerged from the Purple Cauldron Space alone, leaving Fairy Jade Orchid to heal and prepare the transformation of its medicine garden.
• Ye Han told the Second Elder that Fairy Jade Orchid needed time to recover, and the Second Elder identified the Demon Insect Evil Immortal as the owner of the Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes.
• The Second Elder warned Ye Han that the Demon Insect Evil Immortal was a dangerous Golden Core Stage enemy with a grudge against the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han considered the threats facing Skyward City and decided he could no longer wait passively for the Devil Lord to act.
• Ye Han obtained a restriction token from the Second Elder and flew out of Skyward City, followed by a concealed thread of blood-red light.