Chapter Summaries

Ye Han met Ning Buhui on the plains of Golden Soil, learned that the Yin-Yang Sword Sect's Grand Elder had refused his challenge, and agreed to spar with her instead. Their sword exchange began as both cultivators sought a breakthrough at their respective bottlenecks.

• Ning Buhui welcomed Ye Han and thanked him for his earlier guidance, showing that her Sword Dao had advanced greatly.
• Ning Buhui told Ye Han that the Grand Elder had declined his challenge and that he could leave Golden Soil whenever he wished.
• Ye Han said he planned to stay in Golden Soil to seek opportunities, while Ning Buhui offered to guide him and then asked to exchange swordsmanship.
• Ning Buhui explained that the Grand Elder, Sword Twenty-Nine, was practicing a sword art at a critical stage and might otherwise have accepted Ye Han's challenge.
• Ye Han released the Great Geng Sword Art at Ning Buhui, who answered by sending her three swords and thousands of sword-rays against him.

Ye Han ended his sparring with Ning Buhui and continued using her to draw out Sword Twenty-Nine while preparing for the growing turmoil in Golden Soil. After cultivating in a secluded cave, he received word that Fairy Ningyu had returned, and she soon arrived with possible news from the Black God Sea.

• Ye Han stopped sparring with Ning Buhui after she recognized the gap in their sword attainments and thanked him for his guidance.
• Ning Buhui asked Ye Han for a Messaging Talisman, and he gave her one while planning to use her progress to entice Sword Twenty-Nine into a fight.
• Ye Han assessed that he had only a thirty percent chance against Sword Twenty-Nine in a contest of swordsmanship, so he resolved to remain cautious and rely on his other methods if needed.
• Ye Han reflected on the mounting tensions in Golden Soil and his growing suspicion that several powerful figures might be targeting him.
• Ye Han built a cave abode in a mountain and cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art until Fairy Ningyu's Golden Light Talisman announced her return.
• Fairy Ningyu arrived at Ye Han's cave, and he greeted her while wondering whether she had brought news from the Black God Sea.

Fairy Ningyu reported that Black God Sea demon beasts were secretly digging a water channel toward Heaven-Splitting Gorge, and Ye Han explained how this could connect the Black God Sea Demon Emperor and the Three Divine Sects to the conflict in Golden Soil. Ye Han urged caution while plotting against their enemies, and revealed that he had arranged to cooperate with Red Dragon Girl.

• Fairy Ningyu told Ye Han that Black God Sea demon beasts were excavating a channel toward Heaven-Splitting Gorge, where the Yin-Yang Sword Sect had built defenses.
• Ye Han reasoned that Blackwater Old Devil might have allied with the Black God Sea Demon Emperor to attack the Yin-Yang Sword Sect.
• Ye Han suspected Sword Twenty-Nine was deliberately allowing the demon beasts to dig the passage and warned Fairy Ningyu not to act rashly.
• Fairy Ningyu agreed to follow Ye Han's lead as they sought revenge on Sword Twenty-Nine.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu that he had arranged to cooperate with Red Dragon Girl, then claimed his handsome-man stratagem had won her over.

Ye Han practiced the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art in a cavern, improving his body and slightly restoring movement to his injured arm while relying on the Purple Cauldron to heal the damage from training. After checking the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell, he saw that his sharp-gold refining had produced a drop of molten metal, giving him hope of repairing the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and recovering control of the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.

• Ye Han mastered the first movement of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, and its surging qi and blood slightly reopened the damaged meridians in his right arm.
• Ye Han decided to keep cultivating with Fairy Ningyu rather than act against the Yin-Yang Sword Sect while the factions in Golden Soil remained unusually still.
• Ye Han rested after training and used the Purple Cauldron's aura to restore his body before continuing his cultivation.
• Ye Han found that the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell had absorbed nearly half of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's primordial spirit and demon beast soul, and he sent it away to keep refining them.
• Ye Han discovered that the Treasure Refining Furnace had produced a fingernail-sized drop of molten sharp gold, which he planned to use to repair the Qing Xuan Divine Palace.

Ye Han successfully repaired a breach in the Qing Xuan Divine Palace after discovering that the Creation Immortal Stone's aura had spread around it. He then went to check on the recovering Blood-Spotted Ants and found them motionless.

• Ye Han enlarged the damaged area to remove the Creation Immortal Stone's aura, then sealed it with molten metal, runes, truefire, and chilling qi.
• The Qing Xuan Divine Palace's runes flowed seamlessly across the repaired breach, confirming that Ye Han had repaired it successfully.
• Ye Han realized that more than a dozen breaches remained and that repairing them all would require years of work and additional rare materials.
• Ye Han visited the Spirit Insect Room to check on the Blood-Spotted Ants, which had suffered heavy losses in his battle against the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint.
• Ye Han found the Blood-Spotted Ants completely motionless and asked what was wrong.

Ye Han discovered that the Blood-Spotted Ants were evolving after feeding on the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint, and he fed two more Demon King corpses to his Poison Centipede Insects. Red Dragon Girl contacted him to discuss something, and he flew to meet her on a mountaintop at midnight.

• Ye Han found the Blood-Spotted Ants unconscious as their bloodlines changed, and judged that many might evolve to the peak of the fourth tier.
• Ye Han saw the Poison Centipede Insects advancing after eating a Demon King's flesh and fed them the Purple-Scaled Demon King and Storm Demon King corpses.
• Ye Han left the Purple Cauldron and received a bird-shaped Messaging Talisman from Red Dragon Girl asking to speak with him.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu he was going out and followed the talisman to meet Red Dragon Girl on a barren mountaintop.
• Ye Han greeted Red Dragon Girl with a teasing remark about her inviting him to admire the moon at midnight.

Ye Han met Red Dragon Girl, who proposed cooperating after revealing why the Three Divine Sects had occupied Golden Soil. The chapter ended with Ye Han asking how she had learned that the Ascension Immortal Palace would appear there.

• Red Dragon Girl accused Ye Han of keeping the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s best spoils, while Ye Han claimed he had suffered heavy losses.
• Ye Han noticed Red Dragon Girl’s cultivation had advanced to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage and asked why she had summoned him.
• Red Dragon Girl said she knew Ye Han had come to Golden Soil to avenge Fairy Ningyu and proposed that they cooperate.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that she no longer cared about the Three Divine Sects that had abandoned her and wanted only to pursue immortality and the Dao.
• Red Dragon Girl revealed that the Three Divine Sects had occupied Golden Soil after learning the Ascension Immortal Palace would soon appear there.
• Ye Han asked whether the Zhuge Family knew about the palace, and Red Dragon Girl denied it before he asked how she had found out.

Red Dragon Girl warned Ye Han that the Ascension Immortal Palace was a trap set by the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race and proposed they cooperate to claim its inheritance and oppose their enemies. Ye Han agreed, and they prepared to stage a battle so Red Dragon Girl could report results to her sect.

• Red Dragon Girl told Ye Han that the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and Blackwater Old Devil planned to lure cultivators into the Ascension Immortal Palace and seize their treasures.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that she wanted the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race Inheritance Relic inside the palace and offered to help Ye Han fight Sword Twenty-Nine and their other enemies.
• Ye Han agreed to join forces with Red Dragon Girl to pursue their goals in the Ascension Immortal Palace.
• Red Dragon Girl asked Ye Han to help her produce battle results for her sect, and they bantered about his reward.

Red Dragon Girl’s group ambushed Sword Twenty-Nine, who escaped after losing an arm, and returned to find Blackwater Old Devil waiting. After she suggested their attacker might not have been the real Sword Twenty-Nine, Blackwater Old Devil dismissed everyone and privately demanded to know where the Holy Master had gone.

• Sword Twenty-Nine fought off the attackers and escaped after sacrificing his severed arm in a bloodlight explosion.
• Sound Demon and the others praised Red Dragon Girl for arranging the trap, while she privately reflected on her alliance with Ye Han and her lack of loyalty to the Black Water Sect.
• Red Dragon Girl led the group back to their ships, where they found Blackwater Old Devil waiting on his jade throne.
• Blackwater Old Devil rebuked the group for attacking Sword Twenty-Nine without his orders and warned that the Yin-Yang Sword Sect might have been scheming against them.
• Red Dragon Girl suggested the attacker might not have been the real Sword Twenty-Nine, prompting Blackwater Old Devil to send everyone away and privately ask where the Holy Master had gone.

Red Dragon Girl deceived Blackwater Old Devil about the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and the Sword Cultivator, while Ye Han recovered slight movement in his right arm and reflected on their plans. Blackwater Old Devil secretly headed for the Yin-Yang Sword Sect as the war entered its decisive phase.

• Blackwater Old Devil questioned Red Dragon Girl about the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint, and she claimed he had left after saying his plan was nearly complete.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that the Sword Cultivator who harassed their positions only resembled Sword Twenty-Nine, and Blackwater Old Devil praised her and rewarded her with a Spirit Treasure.
• Blackwater Old Devil told Red Dragon Girl he was going to seek the Sea Demon Emperor's help, then secretly flew toward the Yin-Yang Sword Sect instead.
• Ye Han moved his right arm slightly after cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, aided by the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and Qing Xuan Divine Palace.
• Ye Han considered cooperating with Red Dragon Girl over the Flying Heaven Immortal Palace and anticipated that its arrival would bring chaos to Golden Soil.
• The war between the Three Divine Sects and the Yin-Yang Sword Sect entered its decisive phase before the Ascension Immortal Palace arrived.

The Black God Sea’s Demon Beasts unleashed a massive flood through Heaven-Splitting Gorge and attacked the Yin-Yang Sword Sect’s Crosscut Cliff stronghold. The sect’s defenses barely held against the first impact as the elder feared the position would fall.

• A Yin-Yang Sword Sect disciple warned the Crosscut Cliff defenders that a flood from the Black God Sea was approaching.
• A towering torrent filled with Demon Beasts surged through Heaven-Splitting Gorge toward the stronghold.
• A Golden Core elder ordered the defenders to activate the restrictions, fire the Spirit Cannons, and reinforce the barrier.
• The Spirit Cannons blasted many Demon Beasts, but the torrent slammed into the walls and made the defensive barrier buckle.
• Water-element Demon Beasts surrounded the barrier and attacked it, prompting the elder to declare that the Crosscut Cliff was finished.

The Black God Sea Demon Emperor flooded Heaven-Splitting Gorge and joined the Three Divine Sects in a coordinated assault that left the Yin-Yang Sword Sect under heavy pressure. Ye Han prepared to act with Fairy Ningyu as the Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor faced the possibility that his sect could not withstand the combined forces.

• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor diverted Black God Sea into Heaven-Splitting Gorge, destroying the Yin-Yang Sword Sect’s defenses there while the Three Divine Sects attacked its line in the Gray Mist Mountain Range.
• Red Dragon Girl told Ye Han that the Three Divine Sects were about to take the Gray Mist Mountain Range, that the demon emperor had seized Heaven-Splitting Gorge, and that the Ascension Immortal Palace would descend nearby within three days.
• Ye Han replied to Red Dragon Girl, then went to Fairy Ningyu’s temporary cave abode to discuss preparations.
• The Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor cursed the demon emperor and considered the danger posed by attacks on both fronts as Ning Buhui began to suggest what the sect should do.
• Sword Twenty-Nine entered the hall and interrupted Ning Buhui, asking what she had been about to propose.

Sword Twenty-Nine challenged the Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor’s leadership and led nearly all the elders to fight the Three Divine Sects. After Ning Buhui suggested seeking help from the Azure Profound Sect, the Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor suspected Sword Twenty-Nine had deliberately prevented the proposal from being raised.

• Sword Twenty-Nine confronted the Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor, revealed that his sword intent had advanced, and asked permission to lead the disciples against the Three Divine Sects.
• Sword Twenty-Nine departed with nearly all the elders, while Ning Buhui stayed behind before following him as well.
• The Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor recalled Ning Buhui and asked whether Sword Twenty-Nine had guided her swordsmanship; Ning Buhui said her improvement came from a sudden insight.
• Ning Buhui proposed asking the Azure Profound Sect for help, and the Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor explained that Sword Twenty-Nine’s falling-out with the sect had weakened their ties.
• The Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor realized Sword Twenty-Nine may have deliberately interrupted Ning Buhui’s proposal and suspected that the Grand Elder had planned the situation in advance.

The Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor gave Ning Buhui the Yin-Yang Sword Sect’s inheritance jade pendant and sent her to receive its inheritance, while warning her about Sword Twenty-Nine. Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu headed for the Gray Mist Mountain Range, but Ning Buhui’s message made Ye Han realize they had gone to the wrong place.

• The Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor cursed after realizing an old rival had laid a plan, then gave Ning Buhui the inheritance jade pendant and told her to visit the Sword Ancestor Tomb.
• The Yin-Yang Sword Ancestor explained that he chose Ning Buhui because she cared about the Yin-Yang Sword Sect’s survival, unlike Sword Twenty-Nine, and told her to keep the inheritance secret.
• Ning Buhui flew toward the Sword Ancestor Tomb and sent Ye Han a message asking him to help the Yin-Yang Sword Sect, adding that Sword Twenty-Nine had gone to the Gray Mist Mountain Range.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu traveled toward the Gray Mist Mountain Range, reasoning that the Ascension Immortal Palace might appear there or at Heaven-Splitting Gorge.
• Ning Buhui’s message reached Ye Han, and he declared that he and Fairy Ningyu had gone to the wrong place.

Ye Han realized that the Three Divine Sects’ attack on the Gray Mist Mountain Range was a smokescreen and that Blackwater Old Devil and Sword Twenty-Nine had gone to Heaven-Splitting Gorge. As Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu raced there, Sword Twenty-Nine joined Blackwater Old Devil and the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, and the waters began to churn as the treasure’s emergence seemed imminent.

• Ye Han deduced that Sword Twenty-Nine and Blackwater Old Devil were targeting Heaven-Splitting Gorge, where the Ascension Immortal Palace was expected to descend, and set off with Fairy Ningyu.
• Fairy Ningyu realized the Black God Sea Demon Emperor had flooded Heaven-Splitting Gorge to block other cultivators from reaching the site.
• Blackwater Old Devil and the Black God Sea Demon Emperor waited above the flooded gorge and discussed their preparations for the treasure’s emergence.
• Sword Twenty-Nine arrived with six Yin-Yang Sword Sect elders and greeted Blackwater Old Devil and the Black God Sea Demon Emperor as allies pursuing the same objective.
• The ground shook and the waters of Heaven-Splitting Gorge churned, prompting the group to wonder if the treasure was about to appear.

The Ascension Immortal Palace emerged from a spatial rift and sank beneath Heaven-Splitting Gorge, where its presence changed the lake’s spiritual energy. The Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint arrived to guide the group inside, but Blackwater Old Devil sensed something was off about him.

• The Ascension Immortal Palace appeared above Heaven-Splitting Gorge as spiritual energy gathered and the lake formed a vast whirlpool.
• The palace descended into the lake, whose water concealed its aura while growing rich with spiritual energy.
• Blackwater Old Devil and the others realized the lake could hide the palace’s appearance and prepared to enter it.
• Sword Twenty-Nine asked how they could reach the palace without their Demon Race guide, and the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint arrived.
• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint led the group toward Heaven-Splitting Gorge, while Blackwater Old Devil wondered what was wrong with him.

Blackwater Old Devil and his allies approached the Ascension Immortal Palace hidden beneath Heaven-Splitting Gorge, while Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu followed in disguise inside a demon beast. Ye Han realized that the apparent Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint was Red Dragon Girl in disguise, and both groups descended toward the palace.

• The Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint claimed to have concealed her cultivation and led Blackwater Old Devil, the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, Sword Twenty-Nine, and the Yin-Yang Sword Sect elders toward the Ascension Immortal Palace.
• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor summoned the water-element demon beasts, whose presence and the lake concealed and guarded the palace beneath Heaven-Splitting Gorge.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu hid inside a peak fourth-tier demon beast after spotting the powerful group, then took control of it and headed toward the palace.
• Fairy Ningyu asked Ye Han why the supposedly dead Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint had appeared, and Ye Han identified her as Red Dragon Girl in disguise.
• Ye Han inferred that Red Dragon Girl had absorbed the dead Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint's remains and was impersonating him to cooperate against Blackwater Old Devil and the others.
• Blackwater Old Devil and the others plunged into the water and descended toward the palace through a protective gray spiritual-energy barrier as Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu hurried after them.

Red Dragon Girl led the group to the Ascension Immortal Palace’s entrance, where a demon beast soul formation awakened and attacked them. The group fought through the rune Demon Beasts as they charged deeper into the palace.

• The group descended toward the Ascension Immortal Palace, and the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint warned them that its restrictions allowed entry only through the main entrance.
• Red Dragon Girl, secretly disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint and allied with Ye Han, led the group toward the spiritual energy flowing out of the palace.
• The group found the entrance inside the enormous stone maw of a dragon-shaped Demon Beast and entered despite the powerful spiritual energy surging outward.
• Inside, flight and divine sense restrictions activated, and rune-lit Demon Beast silhouettes gathered to form giant beasts that charged at the intruders.
• Red Dragon Girl urged everyone to avoid fighting head-on and charge through as she blasted apart the attackers.
• Blackwater Old Devil, the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, and Sword Twenty-Nine and the others attacked the rune Demon Beasts, repeatedly breaking them apart as the group pushed forward.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached the entrance to the Ascension Immortal Palace, where they attacked Crab Demon King, the guard blocking the way. Their coordinated assault shattered his defenses and sent him flying, but the fight was still underway.

• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu found Crab Demon King guarding the spiritual-energy maw that led into the Ascension Immortal Palace.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu charged him on a demon beast, which Crab Demon King sliced in two with water-shaped pincers.
• Fairy Ningyu attacked Crab Demon King with icicles and an ice-blue spear, but his underwater defenses held against her assault.
• An unseen sword-ray broke Crab Demon King's defensive barrier as icicles from Fairy Ningyu's spear froze his pincers.
• Crab Demon King summoned a trident to intercept the sword-ray, but the collision sent him flying, and he roared, "Who?"

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu killed the Crab Demon King and entered the Ascension Immortal Palace, where Fairy Ningyu fought off the palace’s runic beasts while Ye Han dealt with the captured demon king. The Crab Demon King continued resisting inside the Purple Cauldron Space until a giant woman’s hand emerged from the void and seized his body.

• Ye Han trapped the Crab Demon King with an ancient ring, and a golden sword ray severed its head before Ye Han sealed the palace entrance with the Little Heaven-Covering Formation.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu fought through the surrounding demon beasts and entered the Ascension Immortal Palace.
• Ye Han asked Fairy Ningyu to guard him as she attacked the palace’s runic demon beasts with her spear and sword.
• Inside the Purple Cauldron Space, the Crab Demon King’s headless body broke formation chains and knocked away the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda while poison centipede insects swarmed it.
• A giant woman’s hand reached out of the void and seized the Crab Demon King’s body, startling Ye Han.