Chapter Summaries

Ye Han learned that the mysterious woman in the coffin would be absent for a hundred years after she killed the Black God Sea Demon Emperor, while the Purple Cauldron healed him from her backlash. He and Fairy Ningyu prepared to use the Medicine Garden as a trap for Sword Twenty-Nine and the other enemies who might appear in the next trial.

• The mysterious woman jolted Ye Han's divine sense out of the coffin and told him she would be absent for a hundred years, then the Purple Cauldron healed his injury.
• The Black God Sea Demon Emperor's body collapsed, and Ye Han realized his formations had barely restrained the Nascent Soul Realm opponent before the woman killed him.
• Fairy Ningyu arrived and asked whether Ye Han could use the mysterious woman's power against Sword Twenty-Nine, but Ye Han explained that he could not control her.
• Ye Han stored the Black God Sea Demon Emperor's body in the purple cauldron space and urged Fairy Ningyu to prepare for Sword Twenty-Nine and other enemies to appear in the next trial.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu cleared the traces of battle, then began turning the Black God Sea Demon Emperor's trap into a convincing Medicine Garden using puppets and spirit soil.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu abandoned their ambush after Sword Twenty-Nine and Blackwater Old Devil failed to appear, then found an ancient teleportation array beneath a Heavenly Dragon Demon Race statue. Ye Han sent Fairy Ningyu into his Purple Cauldron space and used an Immortal Palace Coin to teleport, while the Purple Cauldron began trembling.

• Ye Han decided he and Fairy Ningyu had waited long enough, packed away their hidden formations, and retrieved the spirit medicines and soil from their Medicine Garden.
• Ye Han set off Fireburst Talismans to release the creatures with cursed auras, hoping they would delay anyone who came after them, and led Fairy Ningyu toward a nearby mountain.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached a statue of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race and discovered an ancient teleportation array with a recess sized for an Immortal Palace Coin.
• Ye Han rejected Fairy Ningyu's plan to teleport together, brought her into his Purple Cauldron space, and placed one Immortal Palace Coin into the array.
• The array activated, Ye Han vanished, and the Purple Cauldron in his divine sense sea began to tremble.

Ye Han was diverted from the teleportation passage by the Purple Cauldron and emerged beside a grove of ten-thousand-year sword-thunder violet lightning bamboo. The cauldron swallowed the grove, strengthening Ye Han’s connection to it, and Ye Han noticed something in the now-empty flower bed.

• The Purple Cauldron shattered the Immortal Palace Coin’s teleportation runes and tore open a passage that sent Ye Han to another location.
• Ye Han emerged in a Heavenly Dragon Demon Race courtyard and recognized a grove of ten-thousand-year sword-thunder violet lightning bamboo.
• The bamboo attacked Ye Han with sword qi and lightning, and he countered with the Great Geng Sword Art.
• The Purple Cauldron appeared, withstood the bamboo’s attacks, and engulfed the entire grove, crushing the surrounding statues.
• The cauldron returned to Ye Han’s divine sense sea, where a purple bamboo shoot began growing and Ye Han’s connection to the cauldron strengthened.
• Ye Han looked toward the empty flower bed and asked what was there.

Ye Han examined the sealed chamber where the Purple Cauldron had consumed the ten-thousand-year sword-thunder violet lightning bamboo and found an ancient bamboo sword that crumbled to dust. After reassuring Fairy Ningyu inside the Purple Cauldron Space, he followed the cauldron’s guidance and uncovered a small, aura-filled hole beneath the flower bed, which he believed was the way out.

• The Purple Cauldron consumed the ten-thousand-year sword-thunder violet lightning bamboo, leaving a bamboo sword that Ye Han tried to retrieve before it crumbled into dust.
• Fairy Ningyu asked whether she could leave the Purple Cauldron Space, and Ye Han told her he had teleported safely and that she should wait until it was safe.
• Fairy Ningyu marveled at the treasures and abundant spiritual energy in the Purple Cauldron Space, while Ye Han invited her to cultivate there and she told him not to joke around.
• Ye Han explored the sealed chamber and found that its solid walls and floor were protected by restrictions.
• The Purple Cauldron directed its aura toward the flower bed, and Ye Han dug through the spiritless soil until he uncovered a small hole leaking aura.

Ye Han followed a hidden passage from the flower bed where the Purple Cauldron had absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Sword-Thunder Violet Lightning Bamboo, reaching a formation that concentrated spiritual energy. He discovered a human cultivator meditating inside a white jade furnace, leaving him to wonder who the young man was and why he was in the Ascension Immortal Palace.

• Ye Han shrank himself and slipped through the tiny hole beneath the flower bed, following a passage filled with concentrated spiritual energy.
• Ye Han reflected on the Purple Cauldron absorbing the bamboo and considered how its growth and changing abilities might benefit him.
• Ye Han reached the passage's opening and sensed someone nearby, so he concealed his aura and approached cautiously.
• Ye Han found a vast circular formation with Formation Pillars, a white jade furnace, and holes that carried concentrated spiritual energy elsewhere.
• Ye Han saw a young man meditating inside the furnace and realized that he was a human Cultivator, not a member of the Heavenly Dragon Clan.

Ye Han ambushed an elder of the Yin-Yang Sword Sect inside the white jade furnace, using the Binglian Puppet, the Dragon-Binding Bracelet, and his golden sword to attack him. The elder countered Ye Han’s strike with a hidden sword attack from behind, leaving Ye Han in immediate danger.

• Ye Han identified the cultivator in the white jade furnace as an elder of the Yin-Yang Sword Sect and concealed himself with the Kui Water Spirit Art.
• Ye Han sent the Binglian Puppet to attack the elder, but the elder repelled it with his paired yin-yang swords.
• Ye Han struck the elder with the Dragon-Binding Bracelet and a golden sword-ray, breaking his Eight Trigrams Taiji sword barrier and knocking him back.
• The elder cut through Ye Han’s golden serpent attack with his Life-Bound Treasure, the Golden Light Longsword.
• Ye Han appeared behind the elder and attacked with the Soul-Slaying Sword, but the elder revealed that he had prepared a yin-yang sword strike against Ye Han from behind.

Ye Han killed the Yin-Yang Sword Sect elder, captured his fleeing golden core and primordial spirit with the Ghost Skull Mirror, and collected his possessions. He then examined the White Jade Furnace that had let the elder absorb spiritual energy at an extraordinary rate.

• The Yin-Yang Sword Sect elder dodged Ye Han's first attack, but another Ye Han appeared behind him and pierced him with the Soul-Slaying Sword.
• The elder's golden core and primordial spirit fled, but four skulls from Ye Han's Ghost Skull Mirror seized them and dragged them inside.
• Ye Han confirmed that the strange woman in the coffin was still refining the Black God Sea Demon Emperor's essence and would remain dormant for a hundred years.
• Ye Han burned the elder's corpse in the Treasure Refining Furnace, collected his treasures and Immortal Palace Coin, and retrieved the Binglian Puppet's swords.
• Ye Han inspected the White Jade Furnace and wondered what it was, since it had enabled the elder to absorb spiritual energy at an unusual rate.

Ye Han discovered that the White Jade Furnace greatly accelerated cultivation and invited Fairy Ningyu to use it. After she identified it as a Dual Cultivation Furnace Cauldron, she proposed that they try dual cultivating, leaving Ye Han startled.

• Ye Han cultivated inside the White Jade Furnace and absorbed a powerful flow of pure metal-element spiritual energy.
• Ye Han released Fairy Ningyu from the Purple Cauldron Space and showed her the furnace.
• Fairy Ningyu cultivated in the furnace while Ye Han examined the surrounding Formation Pillars.
• Ye Han suggested they stay and cultivate there, and Fairy Ningyu identified the furnace as a Dual Cultivation Furnace Cauldron.
• Fairy Ningyu asked Ye Han to dual cultivate with her, and he reacted with alarm.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu cultivated in the white jade furnace, and Fairy Ningyu broke through to the ninth layer of the Golden Core stage while Ye Han gained little. As Fairy Ningyu reflected on her feelings and prepared to take the next step, she called Ye Han over.

• Fairy Ningyu advanced to the ninth layer of the Golden Core stage after more than ten days of dual cultivation, while Ye Han's cultivation improved only slightly.
• Ye Han continued studying the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and strengthening his treasures, reasoning that the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell was already too powerful for him to use if it absorbed the Black God Sea Demon Emperor's soul.
• Ye Han reflected on his growing feelings for Fairy Ningyu and the loneliness of outliving the people he had known in Green Ox Village.
• Fairy Ningyu wondered whether loneliness and her feelings for Ye Han had prompted her impulsive choice, and decided to cherish the present.
• Fairy Ningyu called Ye Han up to her, and he protested that obeying her command would cost him face.

Ye Han mastered the second layer of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art after months of cultivation with Fairy Ningyu, and his cultivation reached the bottleneck of the first layer of the Golden Core Stage. As they prepared to leave the weakening formation, the Purple Cauldron trembled in Ye Han’s divine sense sea.

• Ye Han advanced to the second layer of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art, further healed his injuries, and reached the Golden Core Stage bottleneck.
• Fairy Ningyu asked Ye Han to find a way out because the formation’s Heaven and Earth spiritual energy was dwindling.
• Ye Han copied the formation’s runes into a jade slip so he could study and reproduce it in his Spatial Medicine Garden.
• Fairy Ningyu told Ye Han to keep their relationship secret from Han Yuwan, and Ye Han agreed.
• As Ye Han considered where to go next, the Purple Cauldron in his divine sense sea trembled faintly.

Ye Han used the Immortal Palace token to lead Fairy Ningyu out of the chamber after the Purple Cauldron produced a mysterious crystalline bamboo shoot. As they entered the passage, Ye Han reconsidered whether the Ascension Immortal Palace was a genuine opportunity site when something ahead made his expression change.

• The ten-thousand-year sword-thunder violet lightning bamboo withered as a translucent, crystalline bamboo shoot emerged from the Purple Cauldron and appeared in Ye Han's hand.
• Ye Han told Fairy Ningyu not to let revenge disturb her composure, and she agreed to listen to him.
• Ye Han revealed that he had the Immortal Palace token and used it to activate a Formation Pillar, opening a stone door and passage out of the room.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu left through the passage, and Ye Han said the Ascension Immortal Palace might be a genuine Fortuitous Opportunity Site.
• Ye Han's expression changed as he looked ahead, suggesting the passage held a new danger.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu encountered Heavenly Dragon Archers in the Ascension Immortal Palace and fought to survive their powerful, spell-piercing arrows. After Ye Han killed the first twelve archers, more than twenty appeared and fired at them.

• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu concealed themselves as twelve Heavenly Dragon Archers marched down the corridor.
• The archers detected them and fired powerful arrows that pierced the walls and Fairy Ningyu's mist defenses.
• Ye Han revealed himself, dodged the arrows, and rushed the archers after realizing their weapons were valuable.
• Ye Han bound the archers with vines from his Ten Thousand Wood Spirit Art and severed their necks with the Soul-Slaying Sword.
• More than twenty Heavenly Dragon Archers emerged and unleashed a barrage of arrows at Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu fought through the Heavenly Dragon archers and entered the Restrictive Barrier, where Red Dragon Girl was located. Inside, they found a valley where archers were attacking an enormous black-and-blue serpent.

• Fairy Ningyu unleashed an Icicles Storm while Ye Han used his Great Geng Sword Art to kill the Heavenly Dragon archers and collect their corpses, bows, arrows, and armor.
• Ye Han sensed that Red Dragon Girl was inside the Restrictive Barrier and decided to enter with Fairy Ningyu.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu crossed the barrier, weathered its violent gales, and reached a rocky valley.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu saw Heavenly Dragon archers firing arrows at an immense black-and-blue serpent.

Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu found themselves facing a legendary Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent and a battle matching the murals at the Ascension Immortal Palace. They reached Red Dragon Girl in a cliffside cave, where Fairy Ningyu recognized her as Sister Hong, leaving Ye Han confused by their apparent familiarity.

• The Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent shrugged off the Heavenly Dragon Archers' arrows and struck back with blasts of black-and-blue energy, while Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu defended themselves.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu realized the battle resembled the palace murals, and Ye Han led them toward Red Dragon Girl, whose presence he had sensed inside the Restrictive Barrier.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu reached a secluded canyon, where Red Dragon Girl called them from a cliffside cave while disguised as the Heavenly Dragon Demon Saint.
• Fairy Ningyu recognized Red Dragon Girl and called her Sister Hong, and Red Dragon Girl sealed the cave entrance before revealing her true appearance.

Ye Han reunited with Red Dragon Girl and learned how she and Fairy Ningyu had become close despite belonging to rival sects. Red Dragon Girl explained that she had split up the powerful cultivators in the Ascension Immortal Palace Trial, while warning that their enemies might have gained great strength; Ye Han then asked whether Sword Twenty-Nine had been among the Yin-Yang Sword Sect cultivators she encountered.

• Fairy Ningyu recognized Red Dragon Girl as Sister Hong, and explained that Red Dragon Girl had once saved her life without revealing her Black Water Sect identity.
• Ye Han asked Red Dragon Girl how she had reached the Ascension Immortal Palace and where Blackwater Old Devil, Sword Twenty-Nine, and the others had gone.
• Red Dragon Girl confirmed that she had left a trace to guide Ye Han down a different staircase and deliberately led the others along a dangerous route to split them up.
• Red Dragon Girl said that half a year earlier she had triggered the Immortal Palace Trial, which separated the group, and explained that the palace was a Trial Ground of the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race.
• Red Dragon Girl revealed that her cultivation had grown greatly and that she had encountered two Yin-Yang Sword Sect cultivators with powerful gains, raising concerns about the other separated enemies.
• Ye Han concealed that the Black God Sea Demon Emperor was already dead and asked Red Dragon Girl whether Sword Twenty-Nine had been among the Yin-Yang Sword Sect cultivators she met.

Fairy Ningyu agreed to heed Ye Han's warning and wait for a safe chance to take revenge on Sword Twenty-Nine. Red Dragon Girl explained that their current trial required them to lead the Heavenly Dragon Archers in killing a nearly impervious Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, and Ye Han said he had found a way to defeat it.

• Red Dragon Girl warned Fairy Ningyu that Sword Twenty-Nine was far stronger than she could handle, and Ye Han promised to help kill him when an opportunity arose.
• Fairy Ningyu thanked Ye Han and Red Dragon Girl for their support and agreed to listen to Ye Han.
• Red Dragon Girl noticed the close exchange between Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu, then shifted their attention to the battle outside the cave.
• Red Dragon Girl explained that they were trapped in a trial requiring them to help the Heavenly Dragon Archers slay the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent.
• Red Dragon Girl said her attacks and traps had failed and challenged Ye Han to handle the creature, and Ye Han claimed he had a way to defeat it.

Ye Han proposed using the Heavenly Dragon Archers to create a formation on the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, drawing inspiration from the Ascension Immortal Palace murals. Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu understood the idea but asked how Ye Han had found the hint in the murals.

• Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu warned Ye Han not to underestimate the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent, and Ye Han asked whether Red Dragon Girl could control the Heavenly Dragon Archers.
• Red Dragon Girl revealed the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead and explained that even the archers' strongest ranged attacks and formations had failed against the serpent.
• Ye Han said the murals showed how the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race had dealt with the serpent, prompting Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu to question what he had noticed.
• Ye Han explained that he intended to use the archers' arrows to set up a formation on the serpent itself, since the archers could attack from beyond its dangerous range.
• Red Dragon Girl realized Ye Han meant to use the arrows as formation pieces, and Fairy Ningyu asked how he had found that clue in the murals.

Ye Han identified a formation clue in the murals and borrowed Red Dragon Girl’s Demon-Controlling Divine Bead to study how to counter the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpents. After he left the cave, Red Dragon Girl pressed Fairy Ningyu about her relationship with him, but a serpent’s roar shook the cave before Ningyu could answer.

• Ye Han explained that the arrows in the murals carried a formation aura that only a Formation Master like him had noticed.
• Ye Han asked Red Dragon Girl for the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead, and she gave it to him along with its incantation and Control Method.
• Fairy Ningyu stayed in the cave to talk with Red Dragon Girl while Ye Han went outside to inspect the battle.
• Red Dragon Girl restored the cave restriction and questioned Fairy Ningyu about her relationship with Ye Han and the benefits he received for helping her.
• A Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent roared, shaking the cave, and Red Dragon Girl wondered what Ye Han had done.

Ye Han returned after wounding the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent and revealed that he had a plan to defeat it with the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead. After several days of preparation, he and Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu left the cave to put their plan into action.

• Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu saw the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent rage and attack after Ye Han wounded its belly.
• Red Dragon Girl assured Fairy Ningyu that Ye Han could protect himself, then teased her by pretending she wanted Ye Han as her dual cultivation partner.
• Ye Han returned with the Demon-Controlling Divine Bead and explained that he needed Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu to distract the serpent while he set up a formation.
• Ye Han and the two women planned their roles and practiced coordinating their attacks for seven or eight days.
• The three left the cave, and Ye Han said he would gather the Heavenly Dragon Archers and control them when the women attacked.

Ye Han, Red Dragon Girl, Fairy Ningyu, and several thousand Heavenly Dragon Archers attacked the Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent. The arrows formed a sealing formation that immobilized the serpent, while the archers unexpectedly flew toward him despite the Flight Prohibition Restriction.

• The Three-Transformation Soaring Serpent destroyed the icy storm and ice mountains that attacked him.
• Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu emerged from a ravine and fought the serpent, using Instantaneous Movement to evade his destructive black-and-blue spheres.
• Ye Han arrived with several thousand Heavenly Dragon Archers and prepared them to attack while Red Dragon Girl and Fairy Ningyu kept the serpent occupied.
• On Ye Han's command, the archers fired arrows into the gaps between the serpent's scales, forming a formation that sealed him and left him unable to move.
• The Heavenly Dragon Archers rose into the air and flew toward the serpent, despite the Flight Prohibition Restriction.