Chapter Summaries

Ye Han lost the Crab Demon King's spoils when the mysterious woman in the coffin dragged him into it through the Purple Cauldron. Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu then pressed deeper into the Ascension Immortal Palace, following the trail of Sword Twenty-Nine and Red Dragon Girl as Ye Han spotted something promising.

• The mysterious woman’s jade-white arm seized the Crab Demon King and pulled him into the coffin, repelling Ye Han’s attempts to stop her.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu he had suffered a small loss and urged her to move on rather than keep fighting the rune demon beasts.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu found traces showing Sword Twenty-Nine had brought Yin-Yang Sword Sect elders into the Ascension Immortal Palace.
• Ye Han warned Fairy Ningyu not to act rashly against Sword Twenty-Nine and promised to help her seek revenge later.
• Ye Han followed the traces left by Red Dragon Girl and suddenly spotted something that delighted him.

Ye Han used the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell to absorb the weakened Demon Beast remnant souls guarding the approach to the Ascension Immortal Palace, then entered the palace with Fairy Ningyu. After finding signs that Red Dragon Girl and the others had recently passed through, they hurried after them.

• Fairy Ningyu asked about the weak runic Demon Beasts, and Ye Han released the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell to absorb their remnant souls.
• The bell’s demon beast souls devoured the runic Demon Beasts as Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu advanced toward the palace, strengthening the treasure.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached the enormous palace gate, entered it, and found a vast corridor decorated with scenes from the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race’s history.
• Ye Han sensed Red Dragon Girl’s unusual position and found two enormous Demon Beast skeletons with lingering spell power nearby.
• Ye Han said Red Dragon Girl and the others had just passed through, and he and Fairy Ningyu hurried after them.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu followed Red Dragon Girl’s clue down into a garden beneath the Ascension Immortal Palace, where they found verdant blood jade sprouts among the withered Heavenly Treasures. After preparing to preserve the rare plants, Ye Han hinted that something even more valuable remained.

• Ye Han noticed Red Dragon Girl’s demon-aura claw mark on the downward stairs and chose to descend with Fairy Ningyu.
• Ye Han reflected on Fairy Ningyu’s unwavering focus on avenging her younger sister as they followed the route Red Dragon Girl had indicated.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu entered a vast garden where nearly all the Heavenly Treasures had withered.
• Fairy Ningyu identified the surviving buds as verdant blood jade sprouts, which nourished divine sense and increased lifespan.
• Ye Han brought out jade spirit liquid to preserve the sprouts, then told Fairy Ningyu that the finest treasure was still ahead.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu harvested Verdant Blood Jade Sprouts and spiritual soil before advancing into a passage that led to a mysterious Spirit Spring. When Ye Han stopped Fairy Ningyu from approaching, a giant woman formed from the water attacked and declared that intruders would be killed without mercy.

• Ye Han harvested the Verdant Blood Jade Sprouts, split them with Fairy Ningyu, and stored his share in the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han dug up jade-bi soil and bright-spirit fertile soil, then warned Fairy Ningyu that something might have caused the other Heavenly Treasures to wither.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu crossed a long passage and found an enormous pool of unfamiliar Spirit Spring Water.
• Ye Han pulled Fairy Ningyu back and blocked an invisible attack with his Vajra Avatar of Gang Qi, which cracked under the blow.
• A giant woman formed from the Spirit Spring Water, radiated an aura beyond the Golden Core Stage, and warned the intruders that they would be killed without mercy.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu encountered a Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit, whose strange, powerful bubble attacks chased them through the passage. Ye Han turned to fight back with the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor and Soul-Slaying Sword as Fairy Ningyu joined him, and the spirit roared over the destruction of his bubble children.

• Ye Han recognized the spring-born humanoid as a Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit whose aura surpassed the Golden Core Stage.
• The Water Spirit attacked Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu with invisible bubbles that broke through Ye Han's defenses and pursued them when they retreated.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu's sword-rays and spear-rays slid off the bubbles, which then revealed baby faces and copied their attacks.
• Ye Han donned the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor, enlarged his body, and charged the bubbles with the Soul-Slaying Sword.
• Ye Han sliced through the baby-faced bubbles while Fairy Ningyu summoned eighteen icy sword-wielding figures to attack them.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit roared that Ye Han was killing his precious children.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu fought the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit in the Ascension Immortal Palace and cut off the spiritual energy empowering him. Ye Han trapped the weakened spirit inside the Treasure Refining Furnace and demanded that he surrender.

• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit attacked Ye Han with twin swords, while Fairy Ningyu's eighteen bead-formed figures trapped him in an ancient sword formation.
• Ye Han discovered that the dragon head above the Spirit Pool was supplying the spirit with water spiritual energy, and Fairy Ningyu urged him to sever the supply.
• Ye Han used the Treasure Refining Furnace's truefire to block the energy flowing from the pool, weakening the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit shattered Fairy Ningyu's sword formation and tried to escape, but Ye Han opened the furnace and Fairy Ningyu knocked him toward it with her Icicles Shield.
• Ye Han bound the spirit inside the Treasure Refining Furnace with flaming chains and demanded that he surrender or be burned to death.

Ye Han forced the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit to surrender its Spirit Crystal and bound it as his servant. He released the spirit into his Purple Runes Vortex, where it restored its power with the Four Seas Spirit Spring and began sending spring water into Ye Han’s space.

• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit resisted Ye Han inside the Treasure Refining Furnace, but he intensified the flames until it agreed to surrender.
• Ye Han demanded the spirit’s Spirit Crystal, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit handed it over after he threatened to burn it.
• Ye Han used his essence blood and a binding spell to make the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit his servant, then asked whether it could bring its Four Seas Spirit Spring along.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit explained that it needed a place to store its true form, and Ye Han opened his Purple Runes Vortex for it.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit drew the Four Seas Spirit Spring from the dragon heads, restored its power, and sent spring water into Ye Han’s space.

Ye Han absorbed the Four Seas Spirit Spring into his purple cauldron space and assigned the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit to water his spirit medicines. He and Fairy Ningyu continued through the Ascension Immortal Palace, and she asked whether he and Han Yuwan were cultivation partners.

• The Four Seas Spirit Spring suddenly drained, leaving Red Dragon Girl and the others confused before they continued onward in search of treasures.
• Ye Han brought the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit and the Four Seas Spirit Spring into his purple cauldron space.
• Ye Han told the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit to water his spirit medicines, and the spring’s rain made them grow rapidly.
• Ye Han offered Fairy Ningyu access to his secret-realm space, and she accepted.
• Fairy Ningyu asked Ye Han whether he and Han Yuwan were cultivation partners.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu were swept into a shifting chamber in the Ascension Immortal Palace, where a hidden formation summoned an ancient demon beast skeleton. The skeleton destroyed Ye Han’s metal puppets and blocked his powerful punch, leaving the two facing a formidable enemy.

• A violent disturbance rearranged the passage stones, and Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu stayed together as they were carried into a vast circular hall.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu suspected Red Dragon Girl’s group had triggered the mechanism and hoped the group had been separated, but they found the hall had no visible exit.
• Ye Han sent two metal puppets onto the floor, triggering a formation that summoned a huge skeletal claw and shattered both puppets.
• An armored ancient demon beast skeleton emerged from the formation and charged Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu.
• Ye Han enlarged himself with the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor and struck with the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, but the skeleton casually blocked his punch.

Ye Han activated the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and discovered that its aura countered the Ancient Demon Beast skeleton, causing it to crumble under his attack. After collecting its armor and a blue rune-covered bead, he triggered a new disturbance in the chamber as an enormous Demon Beast arm rose from the ground.

• Fairy Ningyu attacked the Ancient Demon Beast skeleton with her Long Spear Magic Treasure, but it shattered against the beast's head.
• Ye Han activated the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, grew to a hundred zhang, and struck the skeleton with a claw.
• The skeleton's runes failed and its body crumbled into bone dust, leaving metal armor and a blue rune-covered bead.
• Fairy Ningyu recognized that Ye Han's cultivation method had countered the skeleton, and Ye Han explained that it belonged to the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race.
• Ye Han collected the armor and picked up the blue bead, which released runes and Spirit Light as an enormous Demon Beast arm rose from the ground.

After taking an Immortal Palace Coin from a statue, Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu rose to a new level and found a stele presenting a cryptic Heavenly Dragon Demon Race trial. They realized they might be trapped until they solved it, then resumed teasing each other about their relationships.

• Ye Han took the Immortal Palace Coin from the carved Demon Beast arm, causing the floor to rise through the mist.
• Ye Han sent out a Metal Puppet, and an enormous stele inscribed in Heavenly Dragon Demon Race characters rose from the floor.
• Ye Han translated the stele's cryptic phrases and learned that they had three chances to comprehend its mysteries.
• Fairy Ningyu found the back of the stele blank, and Ye Han suspected they had to solve its trial to escape.
• Ye Han joked that Fairy Ningyu would suffer if they were trapped together, and she demanded to know whether he and Han Yuwan were Cultivation Partners.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu struggled to decipher the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race inscription, and their meditation left them increasingly restless. Fairy Ningyu wished they had someone from the race to help, prompting Ye Han to realize he might be able to become one himself.

• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu that he cherished his cultivation partners and every chance to grow stronger, leading her to reflect on her past mistakes and her sister's death.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu sat before the stone stele and tried to interpret its cryptic inscription.
• After fourteen to sixteen hours, Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu admitted they had gained no insights and were becoming agitated.
• Fairy Ningyu suggested that a member of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race might help them understand the inscription.
• Ye Han excitedly proposed that he could become a member of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race.

Ye Han used the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s soul to understand the writing on the stone stele and began comprehending a basic Heavenly Dragon secret method. As Fairy Ningyu guarded him, a strange purple aura appeared and Ye Han abruptly cursed an unseen presence.

• Ye Han summoned the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and revealed that it had absorbed the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s soul and primordial spirit.
• Ye Han used the bell and the demon saint’s remnant aura to take on a half-human, half-demon form and approach the stone stele.
• Ye Han deciphered the stele’s writing and realized it described a foundational secret method of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race.
• Ye Han memorized the secret method and began contemplating it alongside the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art while Fairy Ningyu stood guard.
• A bizarre purple runic aura erupted from Ye Han, and he suddenly cursed something, leaving Fairy Ningyu confused.

Ye Han stopped the woman in the Mysterious Coffin from stealing the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s spirit, then used what he had learned to pass the stone stele trial with Fairy Ningyu. The next floor revealed an exit filled with rich spiritual energy and the scent of medicinal herbs.

• The Purple Cauldron slammed the Mysterious Coffin shut when Ye Han cursed at it, forcing the woman’s hand back inside.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu that he had deciphered the stele’s Heavenly Dragon Demon Race cultivation technique with the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint’s spirit, then withdrew the spirit from his body.
• Ye Han used the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art to activate the stele, producing an Immortal Palace Coin and breaking through the art’s first layer.
• Ye Han gave the coin to Fairy Ningyu, and the floor trembled and rose to reveal an exit carrying spiritual energy and the fragrance of medicinal herbs.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu discovered a Medicine Garden guarded by the Blood Saint Immortal Venerable, a sinister tree spirit bearing rare Blood Saint Fruits. As they fought its attacks, Ye Han used the Heavenly Water Bottle to freeze it, but the tree spirit animated its fruits into bloodthirsty creatures.

• Ye Han sent a Metal Puppet into the Medicine Garden, but a huge root destroyed it and alerted the thousand-zhang tree spirit.
• The Blood Saint Immortal Venerable charged at Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu, and they recognized the infant-like fruits on its vines as rare Blood Saint Fruits.
• The tree spirit attacked them with roots, while Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu dodged its strikes.
• Ye Han unleashed the Heavenly Water Bottle, whose icy rain covered the tree spirit in icicles.
• The Blood Saint Immortal Venerable chanted strange incantations, causing faces to emerge from its trunk and burrow into the Blood Saint Fruits, which sprouted arms and legs.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu faced the Blood Saint Immortal Venerable, but the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit overwhelmed the tree spirit with his sea power of law. After the Blood Saint Immortal Venerable died, the Water Spirit returned with his Blood Saint Fruits and began to reveal the medicine garden's secret.

• The Blood Saint Immortal Venerable sent Golden Core-level blood men to attack Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu.
• Ye Han summoned the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit, causing the Blood Saint Immortal Venerable to flee in terror.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit pursued the Blood Saint Immortal Venerable and destroyed his blood men and branches with bubbles.
• Ye Han explained that the Water Spirit's true form was the Four Seas Spirit Spring, whose sea power of law suppressed wood spirits.
• Ye Han rejected the Blood Saint Immortal Venerable's plea for mercy, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit killed him and collected more than a hundred Blood Saint Fruits.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit asked Ye Han for a Nine-Heaven Immortal Vine fruit as a reward, then offered to tell him the medicine garden's secret.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu discovered that the Medicine Garden was a trap and decided to wait there for Sword Twenty-Nine or other enemies to arrive. After preparing an ambush and hiding for four days, they saw a huge stone platform rise nearby.

• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit warned Ye Han that the Medicine Garden was a trap, and Ye Han recalled it to his space.
• Ye Han explained that the Blood Saint Fruit Tree’s evil qi made the garden suspect and that its fruit could be refined into the Little Immortal Spirit Pill.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu decided to wait for Sword Twenty-Nine, the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, or Blackwater Old Devil to appear.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu cleared the battle traces and set up formations, puppets, and talismans around the garden.
• Ye Han cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race Basic Art while they hid, and after four days a thousand-foot stone platform rose from the ground.

The Black God Sea Demon Emperor arrived at the Medicine Garden and cautiously sent a water demon to test its barriers. When the barrier broke, a towering black-gray figure burst from the garden and attacked him.

• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor reached the Medicine Garden and sent a water demon ahead to scout.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu to conserve her spell power and warned the Purple Cauldron and the Mysterious Coffin to help him fight the demon emperor.
• The water demon entered a garden plot and struck its Restrictive Barrier with a beam of demonic light.
• A black-gray Ghost Claw seized and crushed the water demon after the barrier shattered.
• A towering figure of black-gray flames lunged at the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, who shouted for it to get lost.

The Black God Sea Demon Emperor was trapped by cursed black-flame ghosts in the Medicine Garden and forced to spend his nascent soul’s power to destroy their cursed blood essence. Ye Han ambushed him with purple-gold lightning and the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation, leaving the Demon Emperor facing the attack with a shield, his trident, and his body enlarged to a hundred zhang.

• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor discovered that the Medicine Garden held cursed jars instead of spirit medicine, and he dodged the cursed blood essence released by the black-flame ghosts.
• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor used his nascent soul’s blue flame to burn away the cursed blood essence, then wielded the Trident Spirit Treasure to freeze and shatter the encircling ghosts.
• A streak of purple-gold lightning struck the Demon Emperor’s blue-flame barrier, allowing cursed blood essence to enter his body before his nascent soul forced it out at the cost of considerable spell power.
• Ye Han appeared and unleashed the five ancient treasures of the Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation against the weakened Demon Emperor.
• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor summoned a rune-inscribed shield, seized his trident, and expanded to a hundred zhang tall as Ye Han’s five treasures closed in.

Ye Han fled from the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, but the mysterious woman inside the coffin in his Purple Cauldron intervened and killed the demon emperor. Ye Han was left wondering who the woman was.

• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor shattered Ye Han's Five Elements Ancient Treasure Formation and pursued him as he tried to flee.
• The demon emperor immobilized Ye Han with his Spirit-Settling Secret Method, but purple runes broke the spell and Ye Han's sword and great formations blocked the trident's attack.
• A giant hand emerged from a purple spatial vortex, shattered the demon emperor's trident, and bound him with purple rune chains.
• The demon emperor's nascent soul escaped his body, but another hand seized it and dragged it into the vortex before the first hand discarded his body.
• Ye Han realized the mysterious woman in the coffin inside his Purple Cauldron had acted, then asked her who she was.