Chapter Summaries

Ye Han consumed the ice-attribute Spirit Root Fruit, which reshaped his body and spirit root over more than a month. He successfully gained an ice-attribute aura and wondered whether he could now wield the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, while Teacher Lan Qing remained trapped in the Eternal Ancient Tomb.

• Ye Han considered whether to eat the ice-attribute Spirit Root Fruit and whether to risk rescuing Teacher Lan Qing, who had become trapped in the Eternal Ancient Tomb.
• Ye Han decided to follow his plan and swallowed the ice-attribute Spirit Root Fruit.
• The fruit released a powerful chill that froze Ye Han inside spreading icicles as it transformed his body and spirit root.
• After more than a month, Ye Han broke free of the ice and dispersed the frost and chilling qi with a gesture.
• Ye Han sensed that he had gained an ice-attribute aura and wondered whether he could wield the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.

Ye Han developed an excellent ice-attribute spirit root and quickly advanced in the Ice God Spirit Art while continuing to refine the Demon God's Hand. After reaching the art’s second layer, he decided he was ready to try controlling the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.

• Ye Han studied the Ice God Spirit Art and held off on taking out the strengthened Absolute Frost Divine Sword until he had improved his ice cultivation.
• Ye Han reflected on how his Purple Cauldron let him manage seven spirit roots, and recalled that Teacher Lan Qing had gained a thunder spirit root after entering the Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Ye Han began circulating the Ice God Spirit Art, immediately mastered its first layer, and used its icy power as he continued extracting demonic patterns into his arm.
• Ye Han relied on the sixth turn of the Nine-Turn Vajra Art and the Pills Teacher Lan Qing had sent to withstand the demonic will while refining the Demon God's Hand.
• In less than half a month, Ye Han reached the second layer of the Ice God Spirit Art and decided to try controlling the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.

Ye Han tried to control the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, but it broke free and attacked him. The Demon God's Eye and Hand reacted to the sword, leaving it entwined with Ye Han’s arm as he realized the two demonic treasures were linked.

• Ye Han surrounded himself with defensive treasures, took pills to replenish his aura, and drew the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• The sword’s power overwhelmed Ye Han’s control, broke through his defenses, and slashed toward his neck.
• The Demon God's Eye opened, and its hand seized the sword, causing blood-red tendrils to bind the sword to Ye Han’s arm.
• Ye Han used the Demon-Sealing Chains to restrain the sword, but the sword and the Demon God's Hand continued resisting each other.
• Ye Han realized the sword and the Demon God's Hand were both supreme Devil Race treasures and thought of a solution.

Ye Han tried to subdue the Absolute Frost Divine Sword while completing the Demon God's Hand by using the final demonic treasure's demon marks. After six months, the hand was complete and the Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure took form, drawing a heavenly tribulation to Purple Mansion Immortal Mountain.

• Ye Han used pills to fuel the Purple Cauldron as he suppressed the Demon God's Hand and the Absolute Frost Divine Sword, feeding the hand demon marks while repeatedly attempting Blood-Drip Recognition on the sword.
• Over the next three months, Ye Han gradually suppressed the clashes between the sword and the hand, and his bloodline aura began taking root in the sword.
• During six months of struggle, Ye Han discovered that the Demon God's Hand could absorb the essence blood the sword rejected, and he gave the blood to the hand.
• Ye Han sent the final demonic treasure's demon marks into the Demon God's Hand, completing its refinement as the treasure turned to stone.
• The Demon God's Eye moved to Ye Han's shoulder, reshaped into a large eye, and opened as waves of demonic qi erupted.
• Heaven and earth spiritual energy gathered over Purple Mansion Immortal Mountain, and Ye Han realized the Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure had formed and a heavenly tribulation was coming.

Ye Han used Teacher Lan Qing’s method to smuggle the Demon God's Hand past its heavenly tribulation, then fought off the Evil Dragon hidden inside the Demon God's Eye. After destroying it, he gained complete control over the Demon God's Hand and was ready to deal with the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.

• Ye Han sent a blood-red phantom of the Demon God's Hand beyond Purple Mansion Immortal Mountain, drawing the heavenly tribulation away from the real treasure.
• As the Demon God's Hand fused with his arm, the Absolute Frost Divine Sword struggled against the Demon-Sealing Chains, and the Evil Dragon's will emerged to attack Ye Han.
• Ye Han struck the Evil Dragon phantom with purple-gold demon-breaking divine thunder, and the Demon God's Eye followed with Golden Light Runes that destroyed it.
• Ye Han realized the Evil Dragon had hidden inside the Demon God's Eye and had been waiting to possess him, and he gained complete control over the Demon God's Hand.

Ye Han subdued the Absolute Frost Divine Sword and mastered the Demon God's Hand, but found both treasures costly and dangerous to use. He weighed whether to rescue Teacher Lan Qing from the Eternal Ancient Tomb and ultimately made his decision, though the chapter did not reveal what it was.

• Ye Han used the Demon God's Hand's devil-race bloodline to overcome the Absolute Frost Divine Sword's resistance and claim it, but its chilling aura still threatened him when used.
• Ye Han put the sword in his Storage Bag and assessed the Demon God's Hand's strength, discovering that activating it consumed enormous reserves of purple cauldron aura or his cultivation and lifespan.
• Ye Han considered rescuing Teacher Lan Qing from the Eternal Ancient Tomb, but worried about the tomb's danger, the cost of using the Demon God's Hand, Teacher Lan Qing's motives, and exposing his treasures.
• Ye Han sighed, retracted the Demon God's Hand until his arm looked normal, and made his decision.

Ye Han traveled to the Falling Wind Desert to find the Eternal Ancient Tomb and rescue Teacher Lan Qing, despite suspecting his teacher had kept secrets and used him. The Eternal God Statue’s token transformed into the statue and carried Ye Han across the desert in search of the tomb.

• Ye Han retracted the Demon God's Hand into his right hand and reflected on its growing power and the benefits it gave him.
• Ye Han decided to rescue Teacher Lan Qing, remembering his teacher’s past guidance and help despite his suspicions.
• Ye Han followed the jade slip’s directions toward the Eternal Ancient Tomb and concluded Teacher Lan Qing had likely searched the treasure sites before him.
• After more than a month, Ye Han reached the shifting sands of the Falling Wind Desert.
• Ye Han summoned the Eternal God Statue with its token, climbed aboard, and rode it across the desert.

Ye Han crossed the dangers of the Eternal Ancient Tomb and fought through its defenses to reach the gate of the Great Hall where Teacher Lan Qing was trapped. He prepared to face the final, powerful tomb-guarding puppet.

• Ye Han followed the Eternal Ancient Token to the hidden Eternal Ancient Tomb and entered with his defenses activated.
• Ye Han used Teacher Lan Qing’s map to cross the tomb’s cleared outer passages and found the remains of Eternal God Statues.
• Ye Han fought through the tomb’s mechanisms and formations, then discovered that the Eternal God Statues depended on a rune-covered crystal stone inside their heads.
• Ye Han used the Demon God's Hand to destroy the remaining Eternal God Statues and reach the gate to the Great Hall.
• Ye Han took Five-Turn True Spirit Pills and prepared to face the tomb-guarding puppet that Teacher Lan Qing could not defeat.

Ye Han used the Demon God's Hand to destroy the Eternal God Statue, paying a severe price in lifespan, cultivation, divine sense, and blood essence. After the attack broke through the tomb's defenses, Teacher Lan Qing emerged from behind a stone gate.

• Ye Han poured pills and spell power into the Demon God's Hand while his treasures and abilities held back the Eternal God Statue.
• Ye Han unleashed the Demon God's Hand, crushing the Eternal God Statue and blasting a vast pit through the ground and the tomb's defenses.
• Ye Han swallowed more pills and used the Purple Cauldron to recover, realizing the strike had consumed decades of lifespan and cultivation as well as much of his divine sense and blood essence.
• Ye Han called for Teacher Lan Qing at the cracked stone gate, and Teacher Lan Qing answered before opening it.
• Ye Han saw Teacher Lan Qing's shadow and cried out in surprise at his condition.

Ye Han found Teacher Lan Qing badly maimed after his costly battle with the tomb’s master, but Lan Qing urged him to use the Gods-and-Devils Hand in the Tower of Hell. Ye Han agreed to help and received a mysterious, immensely heavy golden bottle to refine before they set out.

• Ye Han saw Teacher Lan Qing emerge from the ruined chamber with white hair, a frail aura, and a wooden foot, then inspected the destruction left by Lan Qing’s battle with the tomb’s master.
• Teacher Lan Qing praised Ye Han for refining the Gods-and-Devils Hand, and Ye Han demonstrated its power while cautiously probing Lan Qing’s condition.
• Teacher Lan Qing explained that he needed the Tower of Hell to recover his body and warned Ye Han that the journey was more dangerous than the three great perilous lands.
• Ye Han promised to accompany Teacher Lan Qing into the Tower of Hell, relying on the Gods-and-Devils Hand and the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• Teacher Lan Qing gave Ye Han a golden bottle so heavy that Ye Han nearly dropped it, telling him to refine the treasure before they left.

Ye Han broke through to the fourth stage of the Eightfold Bone Refining Art and the fifth layer of the middle Golden Core Stage after refining the Eternal Ancient Marrow. Teacher Lan Qing planned for them to prepare for a year before returning to the Tower of Hell, while the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race argued with Chains Shadow over the item he had retrieved from the God-Slaying Land.

• Ye Han broke through to the fourth stage of the Eightfold Bone Refining Art and the fifth layer of the middle Golden Core Stage.
• Teacher Lan Qing explained how he obtained the Eternal Ancient Marrow and told Ye Han to keep cultivating while they prepared for the Tower of Hell.
• Teacher Lan Qing declared that they would enter the Tower of Hell after a year of preparation, and Ye Han resumed cultivating.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race returned to Chains Shadow with the item from the God-Slaying Land and complained about the danger of retrieving it.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race refused to give the item to Chains Shadow unless Chains Shadow begged for it.

Chains Shadow used the Immortal-Slaying Thunder Arts and absorbed the Black Bead, then sent the Immortal-Thief Outsider to watch the Tower of Hell for Ye Han and his companions. Meanwhile, Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing struggled through a hurricane canyon toward the tower, and Ye Han noticed the Purple Cauldron had briefly reacted.

• Chains Shadow struck the Immortal-Thief Outsider with black lightning, then demanded the item he had been sent to retrieve.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider gave Chains Shadow the Black Bead, which Chains Shadow absorbed after briefly revealing his face.
• Chains Shadow told the Immortal-Thief Outsider to watch the Tower of Hell for the human boy and his companion, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider left.
• Chains Shadow wondered why something had reacted as black lightning crackled around him.
• Ye Han led Teacher Lan Qing through the hurricane canyon toward the Tower of Hell, then said the Purple Cauldron had reacted and gone still.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing crossed the Hurricane Canyon toward the Tower of Hell, while Ye Han wondered about a distant treasure that had briefly stirred the Purple Cauldron. Teacher Lan Qing dismissed the Heavenly Dao as Ye Han sensed someone approaching.

• Ye Han recalled that the Purple Cauldron had shuddered once before falling silent, and suspected it had sensed something inside the Tower of Hell.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing activated their Wind-Calming Pearls and pushed through the corrosive hurricanes while conserving spell power.
• Ye Han reflected on why he had agreed to risk entering the Tower of Hell, considering the treasures Teacher Lan Qing had offered and the promise of a treasure that could aid his advancement.
• Ye Han asked Teacher Lan Qing about the Heavenly Dao, and Teacher Lan Qing declared that cultivators reigned supreme.
• Ye Han sensed someone nearby and turned his gaze toward their approach.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing battled through a canyon full of Hurricane Evil Spirits as they hurried onward. After Ye Han’s flames drove off the spirits, an Immortal-Thief Outsider Race figure watched them and considered testing the strength of Ye Han’s Demon God’s Hand.

• Ye Han sensed a concealed presence nearby, but a Hurricane Evil Spirit suddenly attacked him and Teacher Lan Qing.
• Ye Han used the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda and the Truefire Spirit Art to burn the first Hurricane Evil Spirit and repel the spirits that followed.
• After Ye Han killed more than a dozen spirits, the survivors scattered, and Teacher Lan Qing warned him to avoid the Hurricane Evil Spirit King.
• Ye Han used the Six-Gate Cosmic Armor and the Wind-Calming Pearl to clear a path through the storm while Teacher Lan Qing followed.
• An Immortal-Thief Outsider Race figure watched Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing, remarked on Ye Han’s increased strength, and disappeared.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing crossed Hurricane Canyon and reached the entrance to the Tower of Hell, where a powerful aura began draining their spell power. As they searched for a safe place to descend, Ye Han sensed the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member nearby and called for him to come out and talk.

• Ye Han used his physical strength and fist barrier qi to lead Teacher Lan Qing through the increasingly fierce hurricane.
• Teacher Lan Qing warned Ye Han about demon spirits and identified the vast black opening as the Tower of Hell's entrance.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing reached the precipice and used gold-and-silver rune talismans to shield themselves from the spell-draining aura.
• Teacher Lan Qing led Ye Han along the edge to find a place to descend, while Ye Han suspected they were being watched.
• Ye Han stopped and called out to the hidden Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member, who hesitated in the void.

Ye Han forced the Immortal-Thief Outsider out of hiding with the Five Elements Golden Cudgel and beat him until he agreed to speak. The Immortal-Thief Outsider proposed cooperating to explore the dangerous Tower of Hell, but Ye Han demanded to know what benefits he would get.

• Ye Han attacked the hidden Immortal-Thief Outsider with the Five Elements Golden Cudgel, knocking him out of hiding and driving him into the ground.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider dodged most of Ye Han's blows, then vanished and reappeared on a cliff below the Tower of Hell.
• Ye Han found the Immortal-Thief Outsider and told him to speak, but threatened to leave when he began boasting instead of explaining himself.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider changed his approach and proposed that he and Ye Han cooperate to find treasures and opportunities in the Tower of Hell.
• Ye Han asked what benefits the Immortal-Thief Outsider was offering and remarked that he wanted the treasure chest on his back.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing agreed to work with the Immortal-Thief Outsider to explore the Tower of Hell, but became wary after he drove away a group of Demon Spirits. Teacher Lan Qing recognized that the Outsider had used a demon mark to control them.

• Ye Han eyed the Immortal-Thief Outsider's treasure chest, and the Outsider protested while still insisting on calling him a Fellow Daoist.
• Teacher Lan Qing supported joining forces, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider said he knew the Tower of Hell well and wanted their help finding its treasures.
• Demon Spirits emerged near the abyss, and Teacher Lan Qing warned Ye Han that they could only be harmed with divine sense.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider roared, causing the Demon Spirits to withdraw into the Tower of Hell, then vanished and reappeared before Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider urged them to cooperate by boasting that the Demon Spirits feared him, and Teacher Lan Qing identified his trick as a demon mark that controlled them.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing negotiated an alliance with the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member to pursue treasures in the Tower of Hell. They agreed to visit the Land of Despair first, but their guide revealed that entering it required killing an old man from the Blood Baleful Race.

• Teacher Lan Qing exposed the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member's unusual abilities, and the two sides agreed to cooperate for treasures in the Tower of Hell.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member said he sought a Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure on the lowest level and proposed using a Divine Vessel to cross the Immortal-Demon Bridge.
• Teacher Lan Qing insisted that they first seek treasures in the Land of Despair and recover his physical body, and Ye Han agreed.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member offered to guide them into and out of the Land of Despair in exchange for first choice of one treasure.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member led them toward a cliff and said they first had to kill an old man from the Blood Baleful Race, who held the key item for entering the Land of Despair.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing followed an Immortal-Thief Outsider Race cultivator down a safer route into the Tower of Hell, where spirit-devouring evil qi drained their power. The outsider revealed that a Blood Baleful Race remnant soul in the Hidden Dragon Heavenly Abyss had been connected to Ye Han and the Gods-and-Devils Hand, leaving Teacher Lan Qing to question whether the hand alone could open the Land of Despair.

• The outsider led Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing down the Tower of Hell to a stone pillar and showed them a stairway that safely reached the true entrance.
• Ye Han felt the spirit-devouring evil qi consuming his spiritual energy and relied on Teacher Lan Qing's talisman and his Purple Cauldron Space to endure it.
• Ye Han asked which Blood Baleful Race figure they needed to deal with, and the outsider explained that a person in the Hidden Dragon Heavenly Abyss had possessed a remnant soul of the Blood Baleful Old Devil.
• Teacher Lan Qing realized the outsider knew about their Gods-and-Devils Hand and asked whether possessing it was still insufficient to enter the Land of Despair.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing followed the Immortal-Thief Outsider deeper into the Tower of Hell, learning that a ten-thousand-year Ghost Spirit Fruit could help them survive the Land of Despair. As they crossed the bridge toward the tower’s entrance, demonic apparitions surrounded them and the two giant statues began to move.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider said the Blood Baleful Old Ancestor possessed a ten-thousand-year Ghost Spirit Fruit that could shield them in the Land of Despair.
• Ye Han wondered whether Teacher Lan Qing or the Immortal-Thief Outsider had misled him about their chances of recovering his physical body.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider led Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing down a hidden spiral staircase to a massive bridge and the Tower of Hell’s true entrance.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider warned them not to make a sound as they crossed, and Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing concealed their auras and movements.
• Demonic beasts and the figures of cultivators Ye Han had killed appeared on the bridge, roaring and cursing him.
• Ye Han saw the gigantic demon statues atop the tower spire begin to move.