Chapter Summaries

Ye Han confronted a female Golden Core sword cultivator from the Yin-Yang Sword Sect, who challenged him over using the sect’s sword intent. Their duel escalated into a three-sword formation, and Ye Han unleashed a devastating strike that swept aside her attacks.

• Ye Han denied impersonating a member of the Yin-Yang Sword Sect after the female sword cultivator accused him of using its sword intent.
• The female cultivator questioned Ye Han about the sect’s swordsmanship, and he criticized it as too conservative before inviting her to spar.
• The female cultivator accepted and attacked Ye Han with one of her three swords, while Ye Han met her strike with the Soul-Slaying Sword and the Great Geng Sword Art.
• The female cultivator accused Ye Han of holding back and summoned her other two swords to form a sword formation against him.
• Ye Han unleashed the full sword intent of the Great Geng Sword Art and swept aside the formation with a thousand-zhang golden sword-ray.

Ye Han defeated Ning Buhui in a sword exchange, then advised her to follow her resolve to pursue yin swordsmanship to its extreme. After introducing himself under the alias Cold Night, he prepared to ask Ning Buhui about the Yin-Yang Sword Sect.

• Ye Han shattered Ning Buhui's sword attacks and stopped the fight, saying he had no wish to kill her.
• Ye Han pointed out that Ning Buhui's yin swordsmanship was held back by her wavering resolve and her cultivation of yang swordsmanship.
• Ning Buhui introduced herself as a newly appointed elder of the Yin-Yang Sword Sect and asked Ye Han how to reach the extreme of sword intent.
• Ye Han urged Ning Buhui to hold fast to her Dao heart, then introduced himself as Cold Night, an ordinary rogue cultivator from Great Feng.
• Ning Buhui expressed envy of Ye Han's travels, and he said he had a question for her about the Yin-Yang Sword Sect.

Ye Han questioned Ning Buhui about Sword Twenty-Nine and tried to draw him into a swordsmanship contest. Ning Buhui explained that the Great Elder remained on the mountain, then asked Ye Han to spar with her instead.

• Ye Han asked Ning Buhui to arrange a meeting with Sword Twenty-Nine, and she warned that the Great Elder's heartless sword Dao made any fight a duel to the death.
• Ye Han declared that he wanted to test his swordsmanship against Sword Twenty-Nine, impressing Ning Buhui with his confidence.
• Ning Buhui said Sword Twenty-Nine had stayed on the mountain since Blackwater Old Devil wounded him five years earlier and had no intention of taking action.
• Ning Buhui challenged Ye Han's claim that his involvement with the Three Divine Sects was coincidental, pointing out that he had used the Yin-Yang Sword Sect's sword intent.
• Ye Han admitted he had meant to impersonate Sword Twenty-Nine to lure him out, and Ning Buhui suggested that he spar with her instead.

Ye Han sparred with Ning Buhui to study the Yin-Yang Sword Sect’s techniques, then used the prospect of leaving Golden Soil to coax her into seeking a meeting with her grand elder, Sword Twenty-Nine. Ning Buhui revealed that Sword Twenty-Nine was cultivating a powerful sword art, leaving Ye Han concerned about facing him.

• Ye Han ended his sword spar with Ning Buhui, claiming that continuing would force him to use lethal trump-card techniques.
• Ning Buhui thanked Ye Han for guiding her, and Ye Han said he planned to leave Golden Soil because the Yin-Yang Sword Sect was preparing for war.
• Ning Buhui asked Ye Han to stay while she returned to the sect to ask whether her grand elder would spar with him.
• Ning Buhui let slip that Sword Twenty-Nine was probably only slightly injured and was cultivating a formidable sword art, then tried to take back the information.
• Ye Han gave Ning Buhui a messaging talisman and agreed to remain in Golden Soil as she flew back to the sect.
• Ye Han watched Ning Buhui leave and concluded that Sword Twenty-Nine would be difficult to defeat.

Ye Han reunited with Fairy Ningyu after drawing away the Three Divine Sects’ Golden Core Cultivators and reported that Sword Twenty-Nine might not be injured, but secretly cooperating with Blackwater Old Devil. Fairy Ningyu doubted the new information and worried they could no longer take revenge, but Ye Han insisted the possibility was actually good for them.

• Fairy Ningyu waited anxiously for Ye Han, who arrived safely and teased her before explaining his delay.
• Fairy Ningyu said she had followed their plan by using talismans to stir up trouble, then escaping to their meeting place.
• Ye Han reported that Yin-Yang Sword Sect members had appeared and warned that Sword Twenty-Nine might be pretending to be injured while secretly cultivating a sword technique.
• Fairy Ningyu argued that her intelligence was reliable and suspected the Yin-Yang Sword Sect member had lied, but Ye Han suggested Sword Twenty-Nine could be colluding with Blackwater Old Devil.
• Fairy Ningyu asked whether they had to abandon their revenge if Sword Twenty-Nine was unharmed, and Ye Han said that would be a good thing for them.

Ye Han explained to Fairy Ningyu why Sword Twenty-Nine’s alliance with Blackwater Old Devil could create opportunities for them, and urged her to gather more intelligence before acting. He sent her to investigate the lands bordering the Black God Sea while he planned to use his so-called handsome man ploy.

• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu that Sword Twenty-Nine might be plotting with Blackwater Old Devil, making Golden Soil’s situation chaotic enough for them to exploit.
• Ye Han said he had contacted a Golden Core cultivator from the Yin-Yang Sword Sect and planned to monitor the Three Divine Sects while waiting for more reliable information.
• Fairy Ningyu asked who had shared the intelligence, and Ye Han claimed a beautiful fairy had fallen for his handsome man ploy.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu to investigate the lands bordering the Black God Sea because the Black God Sea Demon Emperor might know why the other powers were moving against Golden Soil.
• Fairy Ningyu agreed to investigate while Ye Han said he would put his handsome man ploy to work.

Red Dragon Girl activated the Three Divine Sects’ defensive formation and ordered her vanguard to hold its position while she waited for reinforcements. A summons from her Storage Bag drew her away to a cavern, where she greeted someone as her Master.

• Formation Master Jin activated the defensive formation around the Three Divine Sects’ position as Red Dragon Girl and the other Golden Core cultivators watched.
• Sound Demon and Baleful Heavenly Venerable questioned Sword Twenty-Nine’s feint, and Red Dragon Girl told the group to defend their territory and avoid unnecessary risks.
• Red Dragon Girl ordered Sound Demon and Baleful Heavenly Venerable to take the next ten days of guard duty, with two Golden Core cultivators remaining on watch at all times.
• Red Dragon Girl’s Storage Bag hummed, so she left the formation and flew alone to a ravine several hundred miles away.
• Red Dragon Girl descended into a pitch-black cavern and answered the voice inside by calling its speaker Master.

Red Dragon Girl reported Ye Han’s appearance to her mysterious master, who ordered her to keep Ye Han in place while he prepared to deal with him. After suffering the master’s transformation ritual, she encountered Ye Han disguised as Sword Twenty-Nine and hesitated when he claimed he could save her.

• Red Dragon Girl told her master that Ye Han had appeared in Golden Soil and suggested he might possess the treasure the master sought.
• Her master ordered her to find Ye Han, keep him there, and notify him, then performed a ritual that transformed her body and left her weakened.
• Red Dragon Girl flew toward Ye Han with murderous intent, swallowing pills to strengthen herself after the ordeal.
• Ye Han appeared on a distant hill, and Red Dragon Girl prepared to summon Sound Demon and the others before he warned that he would flee if she did.
• Red Dragon Girl put away her Messaging Talisman to keep Ye Han from escaping, but he claimed he had come to save her and knew what had happened to her.
• Red Dragon Girl hesitated with her master’s token in hand after Ye Han’s words made her wonder how much he knew.

Ye Han subdued Red Dragon Girl’s attacks and revealed that her sect had sacrificed her to satisfy a demon, using her defeat as an excuse. After calming her with the Mind-Clearing Art, he told her he had come to save her.

• Red Dragon Girl attacked Ye Han with her fingernail spirit treasure and Bloodlight Long Saber, but his fifth-turn Vajra Avatar blocked both strikes.
• Ye Han reined in his power and persuaded Red Dragon Girl to hear him out instead of summoning her master.
• Ye Han told Red Dragon Girl that Blackwater Old Devil had used her defeat as an excuse and that the sect had planned to sacrifice her to the demon.
• Red Dragon Girl’s dao heart collapsed, and Ye Han used the Mind-Clearing Art to calm her.
• Red Dragon Girl asked whether Ye Han had come to mock her, and he said he had come to save her.

Ye Han persuaded Red Dragon Girl to join him in opposing the Sacred Lord of Blackwater Pool and the Three Divine Sects. Red Dragon Girl agreed but demanded to know how Ye Han had learned what happened to her.

• Red Dragon Girl rejected Ye Han's offer to save her, but he used the Mind-Clearing Art and reminded her of his past success against stronger opponents.
• Ye Han realized the Sacred Lord was a Demon Saint, while Red Dragon Girl warned him that the enemy was too powerful and revealed she could summon her master with a token.
• Ye Han claimed the Demon Saint might not have recovered his full strength and said he had a way to escape, prompting Red Dragon Girl to reconsider her despair and resentment toward her sect and master.
• Red Dragon Girl agreed to help Ye Han kill the Sacred Lord and oppose the Three Divine Sects.
• Ye Han accepted her alliance, and Red Dragon Girl asked how he had learned about her ordeal.

Ye Han explained how he had deduced Red Dragon Girl’s torment and tried to recruit her into a partnership against Blackwater Old Devil, the Demon Saint, and Sword Twenty-Nine. Red Dragon Girl agreed that their interests aligned, then warned Ye Han that the Demon Saint was already in Golden Soil and was coming for his treasures.

• Red Dragon Girl confronted Ye Han about how he knew the Holy Master had tormented her, and Ye Han said he had sensed her true demon race aura and noticed changes in her figure.
• Ye Han told Red Dragon Girl that he had come to Golden Soil to deal with Sword Twenty-Nine, not to help the Yin-Yang Sword Sect against the Three Divine Sects.
• Ye Han proposed that they target Blackwater Old Devil, the Demon Saint, and Sword Twenty-Nine while joining forces to seize the coming opportunities and treasures.
• Red Dragon Girl accepted that their interests could align and warned Ye Han that the Demon Saint was already in Golden Soil and was coming for his treasures.

Ye Han persuaded Red Dragon Girl to join him in striking the Demon Saint, revealing that the Heavenly Dragon Demon weakened for twenty-four hours after assaulting her. Red Dragon Girl agreed to cooperate, and Ye Han began explaining his plan.

• Ye Han and Red Dragon Girl discussed the Demon Saint's hunt for treasures and Ye Han's suspicion that the Purple Cauldron drew powerful beings to the Earth Realm.
• Ye Han identified the Demon Saint as belonging to the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race and said he knew how to exploit the race's weakness.
• Ye Han warned Red Dragon Girl that the Demon Saint was cultivating her as a life-bound parasite so he could devour her and restore his cultivation.
• Red Dragon Girl agreed to risk her life to help Ye Han kill the Demon Saint, and Ye Han proposed attacking while the Demon Saint was weakened.
• Ye Han told Red Dragon Girl that the Demon Saint would be vulnerable for twenty-four hours after assaulting her, and she agreed to hear his plan.

Ye Han prepared a trap in Heaven-Splitting Gorge and relied on Red Dragon Girl to lure the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint into it. Red Dragon Girl chose to risk cooperating with Ye Han, and the Demon Saint approached after she activated his token.

• Ye Han showed Red Dragon Girl the formations and puppets he had prepared, and asked her to help weaken the Demon Saint in exchange for the demon beast soul and Demon Core.
• Red Dragon Girl agreed to cooperate, and Ye Han flew into the gorge, believing he needed her help to defeat the Demon Saint and save her from enslavement.
• Ye Han concealed the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and Blood-Spotted Ants in the gorge, then prepared a blood-glowing talisman and the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell.
• Red Dragon Girl weighed betraying Ye Han against remaining the Demon Saint's captive, then chose to gamble on their plan and activated the token he had given her.
• A vast cloud of black-and-red mist carrying the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's presence surged toward the gorge.

Red Dragon Girl lured the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint into Ye Han’s ambush in Heaven-Splitting Gorge, but the weakened Demon Saint still struck Ye Han with overwhelming force. As Ye Han fled into the mountain, Red Dragon Girl rushed after the Demon Saint and tossed him a small bottle.

• Red Dragon Girl told the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint that Ye Han was hiding in Heaven-Splitting Gorge and persuaded him to go there without calling for help.
• Red Dragon Girl led the Demon Saint into the gorge, where Ye Han’s formation kept his divine sense from searching effectively.
• Red Dragon Girl lured Ye Han into a staged fight, and the Demon Saint caught her after Ye Han blasted her toward him.
• The Demon Saint’s punch crushed Ye Han’s golden fist and sent him crashing through the gorge before he fled into a mountain wall.
• Red Dragon Girl rushed to the Demon Saint’s side and threw him a small bottle.

Ye Han used the Demon-Subduing Potion to weaken the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and battled him with formations and Metal Puppets. The Red Dragon Girl escaped through a spatial treasure, while the clash between Ye Han’s puppet fist and the Demon Saint’s enormous fist left the canyon collapsing.

• The Red Dragon Girl splashed Demon-Subduing Potion onto the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint, who severed his contaminated arm but still began losing strength.
• Purple-gold lightning and a spatial vortex rescued the Red Dragon Girl, severing the Demon Saint’s control over her.
• Ye Han admitted he had arranged the attack, then launched the Immortal-Slaying Yin-Yang Sword Formation and Great Heaven-Covering Formation against the weakened Demon Saint.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint repelled Ye Han’s attacks, grew to ten thousand zhang tall, and swung a crushing fist at him.
• Ye Han unleashed a fist formed from a hundred Metal Puppets, and its collision with the Demon Saint’s fist shattered rocks and mountains.

Ye Han used formations, Blood-Spotted Ants, demon-breaking lightning, and the Demon God Talisman to weaken and fight the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint. He then summoned the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell, which grew to a hundred zhang and crashed toward the demon saint as he was overwhelmed by its force.

• Ye Han's Blood-Spotted Ants swarmed the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint, who blasted apart the canyon while trying to shake them off.
• Ye Han's Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation struck the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint with Purple-Gold Lightning, weakening him and forcing him to defend with a black pearl.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint charged at Ye Han, who used the Demon God Talisman to transform and block his claw with a bloodlight spectral claw.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint broke through Ye Han's formations, but the Blood-Spotted Ants gnawed away much of his feet and forced him to his knees.
• Ye Han summoned the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell, whose sound waves twisted the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's body as Purple-Gold Lightning struck him.
• The Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell expanded to a hundred zhang and crashed toward the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's head.

Ye Han used the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and the Purple Cauldron to capture Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s primordial spirit and demon beast soul, freeing Red Dragon Girl from his control. Ye Han left her the corpse and flew away as someone approached, while Red Dragon Girl realized he had taken the most valuable loot.

• Ye Han distracted Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint by revealing why the woman had betrayed him, then used the Purple Cauldron’s power to strengthen the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and draw in his primordial spirit and demon beast soul.
• Ye Han restrained Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s spirit and soul inside the bell, searched his body, and took his Space Ring.
• Ye Han summoned Red Dragon Girl from the Purple Runes Vortex and told her that her restrictions had been removed and Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint was dead.
• Ye Han claimed Red Dragon Girl deserved credit for helping weaken Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint, then gave her the corpse while keeping the demon beast soul and Demon Core.
• Ye Han sensed someone approaching and flew away, and Red Dragon Girl stored the corpse before cursing him for taking all the good treasures.

Fairy Ningyu returned to the Black God Sea to watch the demon beasts and discovered a vast gathering of them. Meanwhile, Ye Han opened the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s Space Ring and found a huge piece of sharp gold, a key material for his Life-Bound Treasure.

• Fairy Ningyu remembered her younger sister at the Black God Sea, vowed to avenge her, and flew off in disguise.
• Fairy Ningyu spotted churning waves and surging demon aura ahead, then quietly approached the gathering of demon beasts.
• Ye Han reflected on Red Dragon Girl’s help in killing the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and why he had let her go.
• Ye Han broke the blood-bound seal on the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s Space Ring and found only a heavy metal block and a jade-like statue.
• Ye Han recognized the metal block as sharp gold, hauled it out, and put it away as a vital material for his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.

Ye Han discovered the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race’s inherited Body Refining Art and began studying it while refining sharp gold for a future Life-Bound Treasure. Meanwhile, Red Dragon Girl reflected on her unexpected breakthrough and Ye Han’s mercy, and Ning Buhui brought Sword Twenty-Nine news about someone using his name to challenge the Three Divine Sects.

• Ye Han recognized the inscription on the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s statue as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race’s inherited Body Refining Art and began studying it.
• Ye Han put a large chunk of sharp gold into his Treasure Refining Furnace and activated his truefire to refine it.
• Sound Demon and Baleful Heavenly Venerable remarked that their Senior Sister had seemed unusually cheerful since returning from her trip.
• Red Dragon Girl celebrated escaping the Holy Master’s enslavement and breaking through in cultivation, then wondered why Ye Han had spared her.
• Ning Buhui told Sword Twenty-Nine that an expert had been using his name to provoke the Three Divine Sects in hopes of exchanging sword techniques with him.

Ye Han cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and received a message from Ning Buhui asking him to meet. As he headed to their old training spot, Sword Twenty-Nine had refused to meet him, and Ye Han’s efforts to repair his treasures and regain control of the Absolute Frost Divine Sword remained stalled.

• Sword Twenty-Nine questioned Ning Buhui about her improved swordsmanship, then refused to meet Ye Han and warned her to have less contact with him.
• Ye Han practiced the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, enduring its punishing reversal of his qi and blood for about a quarter of an hour.
• Ning Buhui sent Ye Han a message asking him to meet at their old place, and Ye Han suspected she had made no progress persuading Sword Twenty-Nine.
• Ye Han checked the weakened Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s soul in the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and reflected on his stalled efforts to repair his treasures and control the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• Ye Han left the cavern and flew toward the plain where he had first taught Ning Buhui swordsmanship.