Chapter Summaries

Ye Han reached the golden core stage and discovered that his five elements spirit roots had formed a powerful five elements golden core. He wondered how to leave the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and realized the Purple Cauldron might hold the key to its greater secret.

• Ye Han reunited with Fairy Jade Orchid in the Medicine Garden and acknowledged their mutual feelings after years of dual cultivation.
• Ye Han emerged from the Purple Cauldron Space and grew wary because the Purple Cauldron had stopped absorbing most of the pills aura for its strange coffin.
• Ye Han examined his five elements golden core, which could release Five Elements Restraining Power to weaken opponents' five elements spells.
• Ye Han considered how to leave the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and begin refining his Life-Bound Treasure, then suspected the Purple Cauldron was connected to the palace's greater secret.

Ye Han restored the Purple Cauldron’s ability to sense the outside world, hoping it could help him escape the Qing Xuan Divine Palace. The Purple Cauldron absorbed the palace into its space, where Ye Han found himself amid icicles as the Absolute Frost Divine Sword began to tremble.

• Ye Han considered bringing out the Purple Cauldron because he had run low on cultivation resources and needed to escape the Qing Xuan Divine Palace.
• Ye Han planned a life-bound treasure called the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel but realized he still lacked the materials and needed to refine the design.
• Ye Han restored the Purple Cauldron’s ability to sense the outside world.
• The Purple Cauldron sent purple runes into the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and absorbed its pillars, floors, and walls into its space.
• Ye Han found himself amid a field of icicles as a strange aura rose from below and the Absolute Frost Divine Sword trembled in his Storage Bag.

After advancing to the golden core stage, Ye Han followed the Absolute Frost Divine Sword’s reaction into a cavern beneath the Qing Xuan Divine Palace. He reached the cavern floor, studied the openings releasing chilling qi, and entered one to search for what the sword sensed.

• Ye Han recalled that White Snow had claimed the Qing Xuan Divine Palace held a Control Method for the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, but he had never found it there.
• Ye Han descended into the cavern, relying on his golden core cultivation and refined body to withstand the chilling qi.
• Ye Han reached the cavern floor and found spiraling currents of chilling qi rising from openings in the walls.
• Ye Han examined the openings, noticed that their chilling qi differed, and entered one of them.

Ye Han followed a strange aura through a freezing underground maze, using the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor to withstand the storm. He reached a warm cavern where blue-green flames surrounded a treasure, hoping it would help him control the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.

• Ye Han entered the opening after sensing an aura like the one associated with the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, though the Purple Cauldron did not react.
• He found that the ice walls were warm despite containing the power of the Water-Ice Law, and pressed farther into the cavern.
• As the freezing storm grew stronger, Ye Han activated the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor and continued through the branching passages by following the familiar aura.
• Ye Han passed through the maze until the freezing storm vanished and azure-blue flames appeared ahead.
• Ye Han stepped into a vast open cavern and saw a treasure radiating brilliant blue-green flames.

Ye Han discovered a powerful Cyan-Blue Crystal and watched it collide with and alter the Absolute Frost Divine Sword. When he reached for the sword, its new runes blasted him back.

• Ye Han found a fingernail-sized Cyan-Blue Crystal whose aura matched the crystals from the Ice Refining Prince's lair.
• An unexplained voice warned Ye Han not to hesitate, so he drew the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and used demon-breaking divine thunder to suppress its chill.
• The Absolute Frost Divine Sword flew at the Cyan-Blue Crystal, struck it, and was chipped by the impact.
• The crystal moved into the sword, repaired the chipped blade, inscribed it with blue-cyan runes, and drew its icy chill back inside.
• Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique to reach for the sword, but its runes released cyan-blue flames that knocked his hand away.

Ye Han’s Absolute Frost Divine Sword rebelled, wounded him, and rampaged through his Purple Cauldron Space, nearly killing Fairy Jade Orchid. He subdued it with his golden-core strength and Demon-Sealing Chains, but the sword remained dangerous.

• The Absolute Frost Divine Sword tried to escape, wounded Ye Han with its icy slash, and fled into the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Inside the space, the sword unleashed icy sword-rays that destroyed spirit medicine and cut apart Fairy Jade Orchid’s Bamboo House.
• Fairy Jade Orchid escaped the sword’s attack with a Blood Escape Talisman, and Ye Han expelled the sword from the space.
• Ye Han seized the sword’s hilt, forced it to quiet down, and bound it with two Demon-Sealing Chains.

Ye Han restrained the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, but its rampage injured his arm and devastated the Medicine Garden in the Purple Cauldron Space. After clearing most of the damage, he agreed that Fairy Jade Orchid could travel with him when he returned to the Azure Profound Sect, while the sword’s flames still burned on his arm.

• Ye Han bound the Absolute Frost Divine Sword with two Demon-Sealing Chains and stored it, but the sword left his arm numb and aflame.
• Fairy Jade Orchid told Ye Han that the sword had ravaged the Medicine Garden, where its icicles and azure-blue flames threatened the spirit medicines.
• Ye Han used Purple Runes Vortex and Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder to clear nearly all the icicles from the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Fairy Jade Orchid asked to travel and seek new insights because her cultivation and progress in the Way of Formation had stalled.
• Ye Han agreed that Fairy Jade Orchid could leave the Purple Cauldron Space when he returned to the Azure Profound Sect, then thought of his sect and the people he missed.
• A stab of pain brought Ye Han back to the present as the azure-blue flames continued burning on his arm.

Ye Han escaped the glacier with White Snow after the Creation Immortal Stone injured his arm, but he concealed that he had captured the stone inside the Absolute Frost Divine Sword. As they set off for Heavenly Billows, neither knew the way out of the Heavenly Snow Mountain Range, and White Snow realized they were lost.

• Ye Han used the Nine-Turn Vajra Art to clear the cyan-blue flames from his wounded arm, then found the route out of the glacier frozen shut.
• Ye Han summoned White Snow, who broke through the glacier wall and carried him outside.
• White Snow recognized Ye Han's injury as the work of a Creation Immortal Stone and explained its immense value, while Ye Han hid that he had imprisoned it inside the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• Ye Han and White Snow headed toward Heavenly Billows, but without the Palace Gate Spirit Stone to guide them, they flew for hours and got lost.

Ye Han and White Snow escaped the Heavenly Snow Mountain Range by following the wind and reached the crater left by the Black Dragon's tribulation. As White Snow celebrated their progress, blue-glowing icicles suddenly attacked them.

• White Snow admitted that he had gotten Ye Han lost in the snowstorm.
• Ye Han told White Snow to follow the wind blowing outward from the mountain range's depths.
• White Snow flew with the wind, and the pair stopped circling the same area.
• Ye Han and White Snow recognized the vast crater left by the Black Dragon's tribulation transcendence.
• Blue-glowing icicles suddenly shot toward Ye Han and White Snow, and Ye Han sensed someone familiar.

Ye Han and White Snow encountered the Glacier King, one of the Demon Kings who had pursued them before, and fought him above his frozen lake. The Glacier King coveted Ye Han’s unusually pure physical aura and attacked, while White Snow charged to defend his master.

• White Snow countered the Glacier King’s icicle barrage with gold-and-silver wind blades, then clashed with his enormous rune-covered claw using a giant fist of ice.
• The Glacier King recognized Ye Han and White Snow as the pair who had taken the blood-formed flower, and recalled surviving the Black Dragon’s rampage that killed the Ice Mist King and many other Demon Kings.
• Ye Han deliberately revealed his pure physical aura to lure the Glacier King out, knowing the enemy would covet his body.
• White Snow cursed the Glacier King for wanting to devour Ye Han and charged at him.
• The Glacier King tore ice from his body to form two battle axes, then met White Snow’s charge with a wave of freezing wind and crossed strikes.

Ye Han and White Snow fought the Glacier King, and Ye Han’s Great Geng Sword Art combined with demon-breaking divine thunder pierced the king’s defenses. The Glacier King regenerated and fled toward the frozen lake, but three golden Vajra Avatars burst out to intercept him.

• The Glacier King sealed the surrounding space and attacked Ye Han and White Snow with spinning icicle battle axes.
• White Snow countered with gold-and-silver feather sword-rays, while the Glacier King attacked with weapons formed from his body.
• Ye Han vanished from White Snow’s back and struck the Glacier King from behind with a purple-gold lightning sword-ray, breaking his icicle armor and piercing him.
• The Glacier King re-formed his body with his innate divine ability and decided to flee rather than continue fighting Ye Han and White Snow.
• As the Glacier King plunged toward the frozen lake, three golden Vajra Avatars burst out of the ice to intercept him.

Ye Han and White Snow overwhelmed Glacier King with their combined attacks, and Ye Han killed him with the Great Geng Sword Art. When a streak of icy energy fled from Glacier King's corpse, Ye Han told White Snow to eat it as the Purple Cauldron trembled in his divine sense sea.

• Glacier King rushed toward the frozen lake while Ye Han formed the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation to trap him.
• Glacier King shattered the formation's pillar and froze its rune chains, but White Snow struck his back and helped the chains bind him.
• Glacier King tried to break free and begged Ye Han for mercy, but Ye Han unleashed the Great Geng Sword Art and split him in two.
• White Snow pecked Glacier King's corpse, and a streak of icy energy escaped as Ye Han ordered White Snow to eat it.
• The Purple Cauldron trembled in Ye Han's divine sense sea.

Ye Han ordered White Snow to devour Glacier King's escaping primordial spirit and demon beast soul, preventing the mysterious woman in the Purple Cauldron from taking them. Afterward, Ye Han collected Glacier King's remains for a purpose of his own.

• White Snow swallowed Glacier King's primordial spirit and demon beast soul with its Demon Core, despite Glacier King's plea for mercy.
• Ye Han explained that he had meant to capture the souls with the Ghost Skull Mirror, but chose White Snow to keep them from the mysterious woman in the Purple Cauldron.
• The Purple Cauldron trembled in anger as White Snow consumed the souls, while Ye Han worried the woman might become dangerous if she revived.
• Ye Han cut Glacier King's corpse into pieces, retrieved its Demon Core and Beast Crystal, and asked White Snow if it wanted the corpse.
• White Snow refused to eat Glacier King's corpse, so Ye Han stored it in the Treasure Refining Furnace for an important use.

Ye Han fed his newly bred Poison Centipede Insects the Glacier King's remains while flying on White Snow, then considered the severe injury to his right arm. He suspected the Qing Xuan Divine Palace might be connected to the Creation Immortal Stone and could hold a way to heal him.

• Ye Han teased White Snow about serving as his mount, then put the Treasure Refining Furnace into the purple cauldron space.
• Ye Han released thousands of Poison Centipede Insects to devour a huge piece of the Glacier King's corpse.
• Ye Han reflected on how his numb, injured right arm blocked cultivation and could cause lasting damage to his body.
• Ye Han recalled finding the Creation Immortal Stone in the Ice Cave Hollow after the Purple Cauldron took the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and wondered whether the palace could help heal his arm.

Ye Han examined the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and discovered a tiny hole pierced through it by the Creation Immortal Stone, then gained insight from studying the ancient traces left on its surface. After White Snow carried him out of the Heavenly Snow Mountain Range, Ye Han refused to return directly to the Azure Profound Sect and said they had to go somewhere else first.

• Ye Han inspected the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and found that a fingernail-sized hole passed through its base and roof, apparently made by the Creation Immortal Stone.
• Ye Han suspected the Creation Immortal Stone’s attack was connected to the Azure Profound Sect’s decline and recognized that the palace’s ancient battle scars could teach him about old spells and Divine Abilities.
• Ye Han reflected on his hardships, entered a profound state of insight, and devoted himself to studying the marks on the palace.
• White Snow carried Ye Han out of the Heavenly Snow Mountain Range and suggested they return to the Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han told White Snow they needed to go somewhere else first, and White Snow asked where.

Ye Han arrived in Storm City after a beast tide and searched for windspirit cold iron to refine his life-bound treasure. He heard that Zhang Qingshan had fought the Storm Demon King and wondered whether the cultivator was his Senior Brother Zhang.

• Ye Han reached Storm City and learned from the guards that the city had recently survived a beast tide.
• Ye Han entered the city, where cultivators were selling demon beast carcasses and materials from the battle.
• Ye Han searched the street vendors for windspirit cold iron but found nothing suitable.
• Ye Han headed toward the largest shop and overheard cultivators praising Zhang Qingshan and a powerful fairy for facing the Storm Demon King.
• Ye Han recognized Zhang Qingshan's name and wondered if he was his Senior Brother Zhang.

Ye Han questioned three cultivators in Storm City about the beast tide and heard that Daoist Spirit had stolen the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell from a secret realm. Their description made them suspect Ye Han was Daoist Spirit, but he denied it and asked about Zhang Qingshan.

• Ye Han stopped three foundation establishment cultivators and asked about the beast tide and Zhang Qingshan.
• The female cultivator explained that a rumored treasure-filled secret realm in Storm Gorge had drawn cultivators into the Storm Demon King's territory.
• The cultivators said the Storm Demon King and other demon kings had entered the secret realm, where Daoist Spirit took the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and escaped.
• The two male cultivators added that Daoist Spirit had used Storm City as a decoy and described him as a young golden core cultivator from Heavenly Billows.
• The three cultivators suspected Ye Han was Daoist Spirit, but he denied it and asked how Zhang Qingshan had held off the Storm Demon King.

Ye Han learned that Zhang Qingshan and a fire-using female cultivator had helped defend Storm City from a Beast Tide, then failed to find enough windspirit cold iron for his Life-Bound Treasure. As he set off toward Heavenly Billows, Storm City’s defensive formation activated and a new Beast Tide approached.

• Ye Han questioned three cultivators and heard that Zhang Qingshan had held off the Storm Demon King while a female cultivator used fire spells to fight the Beast Tide.
• Ye Han gave the three cultivators Spirit Artifacts and left to search Storm City’s largest shop for windspirit cold iron.
• Ye Han found only a reserved, fist-sized piece of windspirit cold iron and bought materials for refining pills and crafting talismans instead.
• Ye Han decided not to abandon the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel and set off toward Heavenly Billows to return to the Azure Profound Sect.
• Storm City’s defensive Restriction Formation activated, and a warning announced that a Beast Tide was approaching.

A second, larger beast tide approached Storm City, led by three demon kings while the city's defenses remained damaged. Ye Han tried to leave but was mistaken for Daoist Spirit, and the Storm City lord flew toward him.

• Ye Han flew to the city wall after hearing that another beast tide was coming and saw hundreds of demon beasts, including at least three demon kings.
• The cultivators on the wall panicked as Storm City's lord considered whether the city could be defended without its repaired restrictions and the departed Zhang Qingshan.
• The Storm Demon King advanced with the Purple-Scaled Demon King and the Land Calamity Demon King, seeking the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and planning to attack Storm City.
• The cultivators spotted Ye Han in the sky and accused him of being Daoist Spirit, blaming him for provoking the beast tide.
• Ye Han realized something was wrong when a cultivator claimed to recognize him, and Storm City's lord shouted “Daoist Spirit!” as he flew toward Ye Han.

Ye Han denied being Daoist Ling and warned the Lord of Storm City that the city’s damaged defenses could not withstand the three Demon Kings. As the Demon Beasts attacked Storm City, the Storm Demon King identified Ye Han as Daoist Ling and claimed he carried the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell, while Ye Han recognized the demon king’s saber as Windspirit cold iron.

• Ye Han denied being Daoist Ling and said Storm City’s defensive formation would fail against the three Demon Kings.
• The Lord of Storm City accused Ye Han of bringing the Demon Beasts and urged the Cultivators to defend the city.
• The Demon Beast army attacked Storm City’s Restrictive Barrier, and the Cultivators fought back.
• The Storm Demon King pointed out Ye Han and told the Purple-Scaled Demon King and the Land Calamity Demon King that he had the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell.
• The Storm Demon King brought out a massive black saber, and Ye Han identified its material as Windspirit cold iron.