Chapter Summaries

Ye Han laid Warning Talismans and Monitoring Talismans across the mountain forest as he sought to draw out the Devil Lord and strike at the Black Water Sect. He discovered three Black Water Sect cultivators attacking a female cultivator and intervened, but the fight remained underway as one of them launched a black-gray flame at him.

• Ye Han flew through the forest, planting talismans to alert him to nearby cultivators and demon beasts.
• Ye Han decided to take the initiative against the Black Water Sect and lure out the Devil Lord, whom he suspected of plotting amid the sect war.
• Ye Han sensed a fight in a valley and concealed himself with clouds and mist.
• Three Black Water Sect cultivators cornered an armored female cultivator, blocking her attempts to escape while threatening her.
• Ye Han attacked one of the Black Water Sect cultivators with a golden sword-ray, then seized him with a lightning-wreathed golden hand after a Vine Hand trapped his feet.
• The Black Water Sect cultivator spat a black-gray flame toward Ye Han.

Ye Han rescued a Rogue Cultivator from three Black Water Sect disciples and learned that the sect was preparing a Blood Sacrifice using abducted mortals. The Rogue Cultivator had been heading to Skyward City to seek help, and Ye Han was left shocked by her revelation.

• Ye Han defeated three Black Water Sect disciples with his techniques and captured their souls in the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• Ye Han questioned the Female Cultivator, who said she was a Rogue Cultivator and thanked him for saving her.
• The Female Cultivator revealed that she was traveling to Skyward City to seek help.
• The Female Cultivator told Ye Han that the Black Water Sect had abducted mortals from several cities for a Blood Sacrifice, shocking him.

Ye Han learned that the Black Water Sect planned to sacrifice the mortals of Skywater City to summon demons and open a passage to the Demon Realm. He traveled toward the city with Yang Qinglü, but stopped after sensing a powerful aura ahead and concealed himself, leaving Yang Qinglü to wonder whether he had seen through her.

• Yang Qinglü told Ye Han that the Black Water Sect had sealed off Skywater City and planned to take its mortals for a blood sacrifice.
• Ye Han agreed to investigate, concealed his identity as True Disciple Ye, and introduced himself as Zhang Qingshan; Yang Qinglü gave her name and asked to accompany him.
• Ye Han and Yang Qinglü traveled toward Skywater City on foot to avoid drawing attention from Black Water Sect patrols.
• Ye Han sensed a powerful aura ahead and told Yang Qinglü to hide while he went to investigate.
• Yang Qinglü waited, then wondered whether Zhang Qingshan had seen through her.

Ye Han lured the Devil Lord out and exposed him when he appeared disguised as Yang Qinglü. The Devil Lord revealed himself as Lin Hongyan and tried to ensnare Ye Han with Demonic Soul Art, but Ye Han resisted, leaving the Devil Lord’s surprise attack in doubt.

• Yang Qinglü realized Ye Han had escaped, but Ye Han appeared behind her and struck; she transformed into a demonic maw and counterattacked.
• Ye Han smashed the demonic maw with his Vajra Giant Fist and identified the masked attacker as the Devil Lord.
• Ye Han explained that he had suspected the Devil Lord because his movement technique and story did not fit an ordinary cultivator, and that he had deliberately drawn him out.
• The Devil Lord boasted that Ye Han could not escape, then removed his mask and revealed Lin Hongyan’s face.
• The Devil Lord used Demonic Soul Art to make Ye Han fixate on Lin Hongyan and sent thirteen blood-red spears toward him, but Ye Han resisted and called the spell filthy and low-down.

Ye Han trapped the Devil Lord in the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and fought off his thirteen demonic spears. As the formation struggled to hold, Ye Han studied the Devil Lord’s spear techniques during their life-and-death clash.

• Ye Han revealed that he had used his conversation with the Devil Lord, disguised as Yang Qinglü, to finish setting up the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and other measures.
• The Devil Lord attacked with thirteen spear treasures, but Ye Han evaded the barrage and activated the formation around him.
• Ye Han poured spell power and Great Geng Sword Art sword intent into the formation, which summoned golden figures to attack the Devil Lord.
• The Devil Lord empowered his thirteen spears with demonic qi, and their spear-rays shattered the golden sword-rays, though the formation’s many figures held them back.
• Ye Han continued to sustain the formation while studying the power and spear intent of the Devil Lord’s techniques.

Ye Han used his puppets and Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation to counter the Devil Lord’s increasingly powerful attacks. The chapter ended with Ye Han’s purple-gold lightning repeatedly blasting apart the Devil Lord’s Demonic Soul Ghost Claws, leaving the Devil Lord injured and shocked.

• The Devil Lord summoned more than thirty Baleful Demon Puppets to break through Ye Han’s sword formation.
• Ye Han activated the Puppet God Technique and sent Metal Puppets to hold the Baleful Demon Puppets back.
• The Devil Lord unleashed four Demonic Soul Demon Claws, made from cultivators he had refined after escaping the Darkness Forbidden Ground.
• Ye Han activated the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation using six treasures and channeled its power into the Heavenly Thunder Drum.
• Ye Han’s purple-gold lightning repeatedly blasted apart the Demonic Soul Ghost Claws, and the Devil Lord spat blood in disbelief at the demon-breaking divine thunder.

Ye Han battered the Devil Lord with demon-breaking divine thunder, destroying his Demonic Soul Ghost Claw and forcing him to use a powerful black talisman. The Devil Lord transformed through the talisman’s demon soul, and Ye Han launched his formations against the newly empowered threat.

• Ye Han channeled the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and Heavenly Thunder Drum to bombard the Demonic Soul Ghost Claw with demon-breaking divine thunder.
• The thunder shattered the Ghost Claw, grievously wounding the Devil Lord and making him fear that Ye Han’s spell power was inexhaustible.
• The Devil Lord summoned a pitch-black talisman and infused it with spell power and demonic qi.
• The talisman’s Flying Dragon Demon Beast soul fused with the Devil Lord, transforming Lin Hongyan’s body and greatly increasing his aura.
• Ye Han recognized the talisman as a demon soul fusion talisman and unleashed his lightning, sword formation, and puppets against the transformed Devil Lord.

Ye Han fought the Devil Lord with his full strength, using the Purple Cauldron to sustain his attacks, but the Devil Lord broke through his formations and injured him. Ye Han enlarged his body and charged back into battle, then revealed the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, startling the Devil Lord.

• Ye Han poured his spell power into his formations and treasures, while the Purple Cauldron restored him at triple the usual pill cost because the coffin and terrifying woman consumed most of the pill aura.
• The Devil Lord blocked much of Ye Han’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder with black lightning, broke through the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation, and attacked Ye Han with claws that wielded the destruction law.
• Ye Han blocked the Devil Lord’s claws with the Nine-Turn Vajra Art and escaped with the Thunder Escape Technique, but the Devil Lord damaged the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and injured Ye Han’s mind and spirit.
• Ye Han activated the Nine-Turn Vajra Art and Blood Refining Art, enlarged his body, and charged the Devil Lord Shadow.
• As the two prepared to clash, Ye Han drew the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, and the Devil Lord reacted in shock.

Ye Han used the Absolute Frost Divine Sword to cut down the demonized Devil Lord, then struck his fleeing primordial spirit and demonic soul with the Ghost Skull Mirror. As Ye Han tried to pull the Devil Lord into the mirror, a swarm of black insects and a ghostlike figure suddenly intervened.

• Ye Han unleashed the Absolute Frost Divine Sword with the Great Geng Sword Art, overcoming its freezing backlash with the Kui Water Spirit Art and his body-strengthening arts.
• Ye Han's sword strike pierced the Devil Lord's shield, spears, and defenses, splitting his body and freezing it as the Devil Lord's primordial spirit and demonic soul fled.
• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to blast the fleeing Devil Lord and trap his primordial spirit and demonic soul with its skulls.
• The Devil Lord resisted the mirror's pull with golden runes as Ye Han poured in more Spell Power.
• A cloud of black insects swept toward Ye Han, and a ghostlike figure reached for the Devil Lord's primordial spirit and demonic soul.

Ye Han stopped the Demon Insect Evil Immortal from rescuing the Devil Lord, but the Golden Core cultivator escaped with an unknown object. Ye Han pursued him, only to lose his trail after defeating the poison mosquitoes sent to cover the escape.

• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal attacked the Ghost Skull Mirror but failed to free the Devil Lord’s primordial spirit and soul, then fled with an unknown object.
• Ye Han recognized the newcomer as the Demon Insect Evil Immortal and chased him with the Thunder Escape Technique and the White Jade Light-Chaser.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal sent Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes to attack Ye Han while he veered down toward a forest.
• Ye Han used the Truefire Gourd and Darkwater Heaven-Earth Bag to burn and freeze the mosquitoes.
• Ye Han lost the Demon Insect Evil Immortal’s aura and considered whether to pursue him into the forest.

Ye Han fled after defeating the Devil Lord, wary of the Demon Insect Evil Immortal and the Blackwater Three Demons. The Demon Insect Evil Immortal contacted the three demons, who arrived and set off after Ye Han.

• Ye Han decided not to pursue the Demon Insect Evil Immortal and flew away, fearing an ambush by the Blackwater Three Demons.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal blamed Ye Han for ruining his Spirit-Insect Formation and coveted the treasure he suspected Ye Han possessed.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal revealed that he had taken the Devil Lord's Green Pearl Ring and sent a blood-red bug to notify the Black Water Sect.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal gathered his spirit insects into Spirit-Insect Bags and sensed three powerful auras approaching.
• The Blackwater Three Demons arrived and asked whether Ye Han had killed the Masked Guest Official.
• The Demon Insect Evil Immortal told the Blackwater Three Demons that Ye Han had just left, and they immediately pursued him.

After Ye Han killed the Devil Race Guest Elder, the Blackwater Three Demons questioned Demon Insect Evil Immortal and inspected the battlefield, realizing Ye Han could match Golden Core cultivators. A message revealed Ye Han had headed southwest instead of returning to Skyward City, and the four set out after him.

• Sound Demon questioned Demon Insect Evil Immortal about why he had not helped the Devil Race Guest Elder, and Demon Insect Evil Immortal said he had tried but could not defeat Ye Han.
• Red Dragon Girl, Baleful Heavenly Venerable, and Sound Demon agreed that Ye Han was dangerous and speculated that he possessed a powerful treasure or extraordinary opportunity.
• The four Golden Core cultivators reached the battlefield and found evidence of a fierce clash between powerful cultivators, including a mountain split by Ye Han's icy sword intent.
• Baleful Heavenly Venerable wondered whether Ye Han was truly in the Foundation Establishment Realm, and Demon Insect Evil Immortal suspected he was a reborn old monster beyond the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Red Dragon Girl received a Messaging Talisman saying Ye Han had gone southwest rather than returning to Skyward City, and the four decided to pursue him.

The Devil Lord revived in a prepared Black Water Sect disciple’s body and fled, blaming Ye Han for his defeat and vowing revenge. Ye Han hunted Black Water Sect cultivators away from Skywater City, but the Purple Cauldron did something unexpected as the Ghost Skull Mirror tried to absorb their souls.

• Golden light entered the Devil Lord’s body and revived him, allowing him to take control of the Black Water Sect disciple.
• The Devil Lord recalled how he had escaped Ye Han and the Golden Core Stage cultivator, then used mysterious runes and energy to prepare his next move.
• The Devil Lord left his secret chamber, judged the Black Water Sect’s plans likely to fail, and flew away while promising to kill Ye Han.
• Ye Han killed four Black Water Sect cultivators and sent their fleeing primordial spirits and souls toward the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• As the mirror began drawing in the four souls, Ye Han noticed the Purple Cauldron behaving unexpectedly.

Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron intercepted the souls of four Black Water Sect cultivators and sent them to the mysterious woman in its coffin, driving Ye Han’s consciousness away when he tried to interfere. He suspected the woman had recovered through the pills and spell power the cauldron siphoned from him, and Fairy Jade Orchid contacted him as he considered how to deal with her.

• The Purple Cauldron opened a Purple Runes Vortex, pulled the four cultivators’ souls away from the Ghost Skull Mirror, and sent them into the coffin, then expelled Ye Han’s consciousness when he tried to investigate.
• Ye Han stored the four cultivators’ bodies in the Insect Chamber to feed the Blood-Spotted Ants and collected their Storage Bags and treasures.
• Ye Han reflected on the Purple Cauldron’s growing disobedience, its diversion of pills aura to the coffin, and its new habit of feeding the woman souls from his kills.
• Ye Han suspected the woman had recovered spell power from the pills he used during his battle with the Devil Lord and decided he needed to get rid of her.
• Fairy Jade Orchid called out to Ye Han and said she had something to discuss with him.

Ye Han spoke with Fairy Jade Orchid about bathing in medicinal liquid and using his jade spirit liquid, then considered how to expand the Purple Cauldron Space’s usefulness and manage its risks. He decided to develop the space to generate more spiritual energy, while remaining concerned about the mysterious woman inside the coffin and the Purple Cauldron’s habit of intercepting the souls of cultivators he killed.

• Fairy Jade Orchid asked Ye Han whether he could see everything inside the Purple Cauldron Space and explained that she wanted to bathe in medicinal liquid in private.
• Ye Han assured Fairy Jade Orchid that she could use the secret chamber and agreed to let her use some jade spirit liquid.
• Fairy Jade Orchid entered the secret chamber to cultivate, while Ye Han reflected on how the Purple Cauldron Space had expanded into a small hidden realm.
• Ye Han decided to add more Heavenly Treasures to the Purple Cauldron Space so it could generate more spiritual energy and help restore his cultivation and spell power.
• Ye Han remained troubled by the mysterious woman in the coffin and by the Purple Cauldron intercepting the primordial spirits and souls of cultivators he killed.

Ye Han considered how to keep the mysterious woman in the Purple Cauldron from consuming Cultivators’ spirits, then investigated the Black Water Sect’s plans in Skywater City and found evidence that it had confined the mortals there. After warning the sect and opening the Devil Lord’s storage bag, Ye Han discovered a vast hoard of spoils and spotted a pitch-black talisman.

• Ye Han decided he could destroy captured Cultivators’ primordial spirits and souls to stop the mysterious woman from absorbing them, though he worried about exposing the Purple Cauldron’s treasures.
• Ye Han sensed Fairy Jade Orchid inside the Purple Cauldron Space, briefly saw her figure, and chose to leave without approaching her.
• Ye Han reached Skywater City, found that the Black Water Sect had confined its mortals, and killed four Cultivators guarding the city.
• Ye Han concluded the Black Water Sect would likely abandon its plan to summon demonic beasts after the Devil Lord’s death, and he warned the sect by killing several of its Cultivators near the city.
• Ye Han opened the Devil Lord’s black-and-gold storage bag and found an immense collection of treasures, then noticed a pitch-black talisman.

Ye Han examined the Devil Lord’s unfinished Demon God Talisman and learned how it could seal a demon beast’s power, while worrying that the Devil Lord might still be alive. As a hexagonal Metal Block appeared from his Blue Pearl Ring, the Purple Cauldron reacted eagerly to it.

• Ye Han found an unfinished Demon God Talisman and a Jade Slip describing how to refine talismans with a demon beast’s power.
• Ye Han considered using the Primordial Ancient Beast’s aura in a talisman but noted the immense physical demands and the danger of backlash.
• Ye Han cremated Lin Hongyan’s body and performed rites for her passing.
• Ye Han suspected the Devil Lord might have survived despite losing his body and having his primordial spirit and demonic soul absorbed by the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• The Blue Pearl Ring trembled, and Ye Han produced a hexagonal Metal Block that stirred the Purple Cauldron.

Ye Han examined the Metal Block that contained the Primordial Ancient Beast, then studied the Devil Lord’s Thirteen Soul-Suppressing Spears to regain insight into the Great Geng Sword Art. He planned to hide and cultivate while preparing a way to force the Black Water Sect to negotiate, as rumors of his victory spread across Heavenly Billows.

• Ye Han suppressed the Purple Cauldron’s craving and put away the Metal Block after cautiously testing how much of the Primordial Ancient Beast’s aura it could release.
• Ye Han studied the Thirteen Soul-Suppressing Spears, hoping to recreate the Great Geng Sword Art strike he had used to kill the Devil Lord.
• Ye Han decided to disappear and cultivate in the mountain while developing a plan to make the Black Water Sect yield without provoking its strongest cultivators.
• News spread that Ye Han had killed a Golden Core Stage guest elder of the Black Water Sect while he was still at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• People across Heavenly Billows began searching for Ye Han and speculating that he had obtained a remarkable opportunity and treasure.

Azure Cloud City cultivators discussed Ye Han’s reported kills and the three sects’ doubled bounty on him while he remained missing. Elsewhere, a youthful-looking man went to the House of Red Delights, and Black Water Sect disciples continued their stalled campaign against Skyward City.

• Cultivators in Azure Cloud City debated whether Ye Han had killed golden core cultivators and speculated that he possessed a powerful treasure.
• Second Chubby confirmed that the Black Water Sect, the Thousand Mountains School, and the Green Mountain Sect had doubled the bounty on Ye Han.
• Second Chubby said Ye Han had vanished after his latest kill, prompting some cultivators to wonder whether he was injured and vulnerable.
• A youthful-looking man left the tavern, remarked that Ye Han might help him, and headed to the House of Red Delights.
• Black Water Sect disciples complained that their year-long siege had failed to take Skyward City and blamed Ye Han, who remained missing.

Ye Han and Fairy Jade Orchid infiltrated the Black Water Sect’s Flying Boat base, where she began copying the restriction formation so they could sabotage the base. Ye Han kept watch as an approaching group of escape lights threatened to expose them.

• Ye Han secretly traveled through the forest, avoiding Black Water Sect patrols and reaching a Formation Pillar beside the sect’s Restrictive Barrier.
• Ye Han brought Fairy Jade Orchid out of his spatial vortex and showed her the Black Water Sect’s three super Flying Boats.
• Fairy Jade Orchid estimated that breaking through the pillar’s formation would take two days and began copying its runes into a Jade Slip while Ye Han stood guard.
• Ye Han planned to destroy the Flying Boat base to pressure the Black Water Sect into reopening peace negotiations and ending the costly war.
• A swath of escape light suddenly flew toward Ye Han and Fairy Jade Orchid, making Ye Han suspect they had been discovered.