Chapter Summaries

After half a month of fruitless searching for Teacher Lan Qing and the Big-Eared Moon Race rabbit, Ye Han persuaded the Immortal-Thief Outsider to check the Land of Despair’s exit, hoping the Hell Messenger had left. Ye Han kept the rabbit’s death and its aura being absorbed by the Purple Cauldron secret as they headed toward the entrance.

• Ye Han stopped searching and urged the Immortal-Thief Outsider to give up because their supplies and lifespan were running low.
• Ye Han noted that the Purple Cauldron was absorbing the dead Big-Eared Moon Race rabbit’s aura, causing a glowing golden sprout to grow on its lid.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider suspected Ye Han knew what had happened to the rabbit after its aura disappeared following a streak of purple light.
• Ye Han argued that the rabbit might have escaped and that the Hell Messenger could have pursued it, leaving the entrance unguarded.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider agreed to check the exit, and Ye Han followed him.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider tried to escape the Land of Despair while the Hell Messenger fought Spirit-Devouring Beasts, but the Hell Messenger attacked them at the Gate. Ye Han dodged his strike and charged into battle, leaving the Hell Messenger trembling with fear.

• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider watched the Hell Messenger fight the Spirit-Devouring Beasts outside the Gate of Despair and decided to use the distraction to escape.
• Ye Han persuaded the Immortal-Thief Outsider to lead the way by promising him twenty Baleful Spirit Pearls.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider passed through the restriction, but the Hell Messenger's blade aura struck him and hurled him into the city wall.
• Ye Han followed, summoned his Thunderclap Divine Armor, drew the Bone-Refining Bone Sword, and dodged the Hell Messenger's scythe attack.
• Ye Han charged the Hell Messenger with a sword strike, and the Hell Messenger recognized him as the first person in years to dare attack him and the one who made him tremble with fear.

Ye Han killed the Hell Messenger with a devastating strike of the Great Geng Divine Insight Swordsmanship, then discovered that the Yin-Yang Pearl had greatly strengthened the Purple Cauldron. The wounded member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race emerged from the rubble and asked Ye Han if he had killed the Hell Messenger.

• Ye Han unleashed a three-hundred-kilometer sword-ray that broke the Hell Messenger’s scythe, split his body, and annihilated the charging Spirit-Devouring Beasts.
• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to watch for the Hell Messenger’s escaping soul, but found no trace of his aura.
• Ye Han reached for the Yin-Yang Pearl in the Hell Messenger’s corpse, and the Purple Cauldron absorbed it, restoring much of Ye Han’s strength and expanding its space.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member burst from the rubble with a broken shield, cracked armor, and severe injuries.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member saw that the Hell Messenger was gone and asked Ye Han if he had killed him.

Ye Han killed the Hell Messenger and discovered that the Purple Cauldron had stored the treasures hidden inside the Messenger’s Yin-Yang Pearl. After Ye Han’s sword strike triggered a rupture in the floor, he and the Immortal-Thief Outsider realized they had broken through it.

• Ye Han told the frightened Immortal-Thief Outsider that he had killed the Hell Messenger after the Messenger had weakened himself fighting the Spirit-Devouring Beast.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider praised Ye Han and pretended to believe his explanation, while privately fearing his power and deciding not to ask about the spoils.
• Ye Han asked the Immortal-Thief Outsider to search the Hell Messenger’s corpse for treasures, but the Immortal-Thief Outsider found nothing beyond the severed scythe.
• The Purple Cauldron released a hoard of treasures into Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron Space, and Ye Han realized they had been stored inside the absorbed Yin-Yang Pearl.
• Golden light erupted beneath the ground as the floor cracked, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider told Ye Han that his sword strike had pierced through the floor.

Ye Han and the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race discovered a crescent-shaped Divine Vessel hidden beneath the Tower of Hell and used a Formation Disk to enter it. They stood on its vast deck, but still did not know how to make the vessel move.

• Ye Han and the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race found a glowing crack beneath the Tower of Hell and saw a crescent-shaped vessel below.
• The member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race identified it as a Divine Vessel capable of crossing the Gods and Devils River and revealed that he had its control Formation Disk.
• Ye Han let the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race descend first, then followed with his defenses activated.
• The member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race used the Formation Disk to open the vessel's Restrictive Barrier, and the two entered.
• Ye Han and the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race surveyed the vessel's enormous, city-like deck and wondered how to propel it.

A gold-and-silver-eyed figure discovered that the owner of the Ominous Cauldron had entered the Land of Despair and followed him inside. Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider crossed the Barren Land toward the Gods and Devils River, fleeing a terrifying being said to dwell there.

• A gold-and-silver-eyed figure recognized traces of the Hell Messenger’s death and concluded that the Ominous Cauldron’s owner had killed him.
• The figure realized Ye Han had entered the Land of Despair and charged through the Gate of Despair after him.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider raced across the Barren Land with the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel stowed in the Immortal-Thief Outsider’s Treasure Chest to avoid its heavy cost and attracting powerful enemies.
• Ye Han assessed the treasures and the greatly expanded Purple Cauldron Space he had gained from the Hell Messenger’s Yin-Yang Pearl.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider insisted that they leave the energy-barren region for the Gods and Devils River because an even more terrifying being lived there.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race crossed the barren land in search of the thief’s missing soul, spirit, and body, then discovered the dead King of the Barren Land. Ye Han wanted the King’s bone-refined skeleton, but the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race warned that claiming it might not be simple.

• Ye Han questioned the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race about the imprisoned beings in the Tower of Hell, but the thief refused to explain.
• After seven or eight days of travel without encountering the King of the Barren Land, Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race reached a range of steep mountains.
• Ye Han spotted a huge crater containing a dark-gold skeleton, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race identified it as the King of the Barren Land.
• Ye Han recognized the skeleton’s potential for advancing his bone-refining art and claimed it, while the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race warned him about the danger of taking it.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider investigated the King of the Barren Land’s remains and followed signs of a powerful killer toward the Gods and Devils River. They reached the river and prepared to cross in the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel, while Ye Han activated his defenses.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider asked Ye Han for spirit treasures, but Ye Han refused and broke apart the King of the Barren Land’s skeleton to seek marrow for his Eightfold Bone Refining Art.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider found recent traces of battles and dead Desolate Ancient Beasts, and suspected the killer was heading toward the Gods and Devils River.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider assured Ye Han that their pursuer could not cross the Gods and Devils Bridge without the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel, though Ye Han doubted his reliability.
• After traveling for several dozen days, Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider reached the Gods and Devils River and agreed to cross using the vessel.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider summoned the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel from his Treasure Chest, while Ye Han activated his Thunderclap Divine Armor and prepared his magic formations.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member boarded the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and began rowing it across the Gods and Devils River. After destroying a hidden surveillance talisman, they pushed into the river’s relentless attacks, but an enormous whirlpool began forming ahead.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member brought out the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel, which withstood the river’s waves but could not fly across.
• As they prepared to board, Ye Han sensed a hidden watcher and destroyed a paper Talisman figure concealed in a distant boulder.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member entered the vessel as chaos-energy sword lights and other river-born creatures attacked its defenses.
• They activated the formation and extended the vessel’s giant oars, slowly rowing it across the Gods and Devils River.
• After they had advanced several thousand zhang, an enormous whirlpool began taking shape in the river.

A Gold-and-Silver-Pupiled figure escaped the Land of Despair aboard the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel after repairing its broken tip, while Teacher Lan Qing secretly hid inside the tip. Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race emerged from the Gods and Devils River’s vortex storm, only to encounter an enormous Crescent Moon Divine Vessel.

• The Gold-and-Silver-Pupiled figure fought off a one-eyed demon and hurried up the black staircase as the infant pursued him.
• The figure spotted the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel, summoned an octagonal Formation Disk, and flew up to it.
• Teacher Lan Qing saw the figure and slipped into the broken hook tip Ye Han had detached from the vessel.
• The Gold-and-Silver-Pupiled figure used Gold-and-Silver Runes to retrieve and reattach the hook tip, then piloted the vessel away from the Land of Despair.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race powered their vessel through the Gods and Devils River’s vortex storm.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race spotted an enormous Crescent Moon Divine Vessel rushing toward them.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member encountered the colossal Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and watched it battle a deadly storm on the Gods and Devils River. As the vessel charged onward, they hooked its mast with a golden chain, hoping to hitch a ride.

• Ye Han recognized the colossal Crescent Moon Divine Vessel as the one whose hook he had damaged, while the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member wondered if Saint As had deceived him.
• A figure with Gold-and-Silver Pupils appeared aboard the giant vessel and stared down Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member.
• The Gods and Devils River erupted into a violent storm, and a vast tornado with a demonic eye struck the colossal vessel.
• The figure with Gold-and-Silver Pupils vanished as the colossal vessel unleashed golden runes and smashed through the tornado and demonic eye.
• Ye Han urged the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member to use the vessel for a ride, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member hooked its mast with a golden chain.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider crash the Crescent Moon Divine Vessels into a Giant Mountain while crossing the Gods and Devils River, then flee from the Gold-and-Silver Pupils figure pursuing them. The Immortal-Thief Outsider leads Ye Han into a chained Mountain Cave, leaving Ye Han unsure whether it is really the exit.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider clung to the mast as the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel towed his boat, and Ye Han chained him to it to keep him from being flung away.
• The vessels crashed into a Giant Mountain, shattering the great vessel's Restrictive Barrier and knocking both Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider senseless.
• Ye Han freed the Immortal-Thief Outsider, and they realized they had crossed the river and hurried to escape the Gold-and-Silver Pupils figure.
• The Gold-and-Silver Pupils figure sensed a powerful aura from Ye Han and pursued him and the Immortal-Thief Outsider despite the local restrictions.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider rushed into a Mountain Cave flanked by chained Sky-Piercing Pillars and called Ye Han inside, while Ye Han doubted that it was the exit.

Ye Han followed the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow into the Mountain Cave after Saint As warned that the Chaos King was pursuing him for the Purple Cauldron. The Chaos King entered after them, and as the group fled deeper into the passages, one of his blood-red tracking lights caught the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow while another raced toward Ye Han.

• Ye Han hesitated at the Mountain Cave entrance until Saint As revealed that the Chaos King was coming for him and urged him to join forces.
• Ye Han ordered the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow to lead the way, and they escaped into the cave as the Chaos King's attack was dissolved by the chains' black lightning barrier.
• The Chaos King charged into the cave unhindered, reached a three-way fork, and sent two blood-red lights down the right-hand passage to track the fugitives.
• Ye Han followed the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow through passages of increasingly powerful restraints while considering how to survive and what Saint As intended.
• One blood-red light caught up with the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow and entered his body, while the other carrying the Chaos King's aura rushed toward Ye Han.

Ye Han escaped the Chaos King’s pursuit and reached the imprisoned Saint As, who promised him a fortuitous opportunity if he could break the restraints. The Chaos King was closing in as Saint As told Ye Han to use essence blood infused with his five-elements spirit power on marked pillars.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race lured the Chaos King away while Ye Han ignored his misleading directions and followed Saint As’s guidance through the middle passage.
• Ye Han released puppets, insects, and talismans to disrupt the Chaos King’s pursuit and obscure his trail.
• Ye Han reached a vast chamber where Saint As hung bound by chains between formation pillars.
• Saint As told Ye Han he could free him by applying essence blood infused with five-elements spirit power to the marked pillars.
• The ground shook as the Chaos King caught up, and Ye Han hesitated over the cost of damaging his foundation.

Ye Han tried to free Saint As from the formation while the Chaos King attacked, but the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member’s intervention and a last-second escape only delayed the danger. The chapter ended with the Chaos King’s tracking seal descending over Ye Han after his Thunder Escape Technique.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member returned and used his Bronze Mirror to deflect the Chaos King’s blast, while Ye Han began activating all five Azure Profound Sect legacy cultivation methods.
• The Chaos King attacked Ye Han, but the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member exchanged places with him, leaving Ye Han free to send his essence blood toward Saint As’s marked formation runes.
• Saint As used Black Lightning to block the Chaos King’s beams as Ye Han’s five-elements essence blood struck the Sky-Piercing Pillars, and the Purple Cauldron restored Ye Han’s depleted strength.
• The Chaos King shattered the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member’s Bronze Mirror, then appeared behind Ye Han and unleashed a sealing ring.
• Ye Han escaped with the Thunder Escape Technique, but the Chaos King’s gold-and-silver rune halo tracked his movement and descended over him.

Ye Han struggled against the Chaos King's restraining spell until Saint As broke free and revealed himself as a member of the Heaven-Dominating Race. Saint As refused the Chaos King's offer to join forces and attacked him, while Ye Han noticed the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow had vanished again.

• Ye Han used the Gods-and-Devils Hand to resist the Chaos King's restraining ring, but the spell overwhelmed him until Saint As tore a Sky-Piercing Pillar free and shattered it.
• Saint As uprooted the remaining formation pillars, freed himself from his chains, and shrank the pillars into weapons.
• The Chaos King recognized Saint As as belonging to the Heaven-Dominating Race and proposed they join forces to escape to the Upper Realm.
• Saint As rejected the offer and attacked the Chaos King with Immortal-Destroying Divine Thunder and the formation pillars.
• Ye Han wondered where the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow had gone as the Chaos King summoned a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure fan and struck back.

Ye Han joined Saint As to fight the Chaos King, whose strength overwhelmed their attacks. The Chaos King’s gold-and-silver dragons broke through Saint As’s thunder vortex, and Ye Han’s strike from behind failed against a chaos-energy shield as danger closed in.

• Saint As called on Ye Han to help withstand the Chaos King’s Gold-and-Silver Fan, and Ye Han chose to fight because the Chaos King knew about his Purple Cauldron.
• Ye Han unleashed Great Geng Divine Insight Swordsmanship, splitting the fan’s storm before the Chaos King twisted the sword-rays aside with chaos spell power.
• Saint As formed a lightning vortex from his restriction chains and Formation Pillars, then sent it toward the Chaos King.
• The Chaos King summoned enormous golden and silver dragons from the Gold-and-Silver Fan, and they crushed Saint As’s Immortal-Destroying Divine Thunder Vortex Storm.
• Ye Han appeared behind the Chaos King and attacked with countless sword-rays, but the Chaos King blocked them with a chaos-energy vortex shield, leaving Ye Han sensing imminent danger.

Ye Han fought to escape the Chaos King’s attacks, using Saint As’s intervention to break free and drawing on the Demon God Talisman and his other powers. The Chaos King evaded Ye Han’s counterattack with his baleful ghost body and struck back with two chaos ghost claws.

• The Chaos King sealed Ye Han’s escape and struck him with a ghost claw, blasting him away and pursuing him with a gold-and-silver demon head.
• Saint As sent the Sky-Piercing Pillars against the Chaos King, disrupting the attack and helping Ye Han break free of the encirclement.
• Ye Han shattered the lingering restraints with five elements spell power and used the Demon God Talisman to transform into a powerful half-human, half-demon form.
• Ye Han swung the Five Elements Golden Cudgel and damaged both gold-and-silver giant dragons, angering the Chaos King.
• The Chaos King appeared behind Ye Han and attacked with chaos light, but Ye Han’s cudgel and sword passed through his baleful ghost body.
• The Chaos King formed two gold-and-silver chaos ghost claws and struck at Ye Han.

Ye Han and Saint As fought the Chaos King, whose command of chaos laws overwhelmed their attacks and let him replenish his spell power. The mountain imprisoning Saint As collapsed, but the Chaos King still held the advantage as the battle continued.

• Ye Han poured the Purple Cauldron aura into himself and attacked the Chaos King with his sword and Five Elements Golden Cudgel.
• The Chaos King summoned the Heaven-Destroying Battle Axe and smashed it against Ye Han’s cudgel, unleashing a blast that shattered the mountain imprisoning Saint As.
• Ye Han realized the Chaos King’s chaos laws could disrupt his spell power, sword intent, and star power, weakening his attacks.
• The Chaos King charged past Ye Han with his Gold-and-Silver Fan, sending its giant dragons against him as Saint As unleashed his formation pillars.
• Ye Han and Saint As joined forces against the Chaos King, but he blocked their attacks, maintained the upper hand, and absorbed chaos energy to replenish his spell power.

Ye Han, Saint As, and the Chaos King clashed amid the ruins of the Giant Mountain, with Saint As and Ye Han pressuring the Chaos King from different directions. The Chaos King fought off their attacks but became wary of Ye Han’s seemingly inexhaustible tricks and power.

• A figure aboard the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel saw the Giant Mountain collapse and hurried toward it, suspecting Ye Han was fighting the Chaos King.
• The Chaos King’s golden hurricane rune dragon blasted Ye Han through the mountain and into the sky while the Formation Pillars attacked the Chaos King.
• The Chaos King summoned armored Skeleton Warriors from a skull bracelet, and Saint As answered with blood-black monsters that were gradually driven back by the warriors’ chaos-law attacks.
• Ye Han evaded the Chaos King’s gold-and-silver dragon with the Thunder Escape Technique and unleashed an army of strange insects.
• The Chaos King’s Chaos Fire destroyed many of Ye Han’s insects, but Fire-Devouring Insects consumed the flames and charged him before his Gold-and-Silver Fan swept them back.
• The Chaos King grew wary as he wondered how Ye Han possessed so many tricks and apparently inexhaustible spell power.