Chapter Summaries

Ye Han explained how his past encounters with the Devil Lord had led to the Nine Wounds Devil Lord joining the Devil Race Army, and the Seventh Elder recognized the demon’s aura on a shattered shield. The chapter ended with Ye Han learning that Han Yuwan was injured and asking how serious it was.

• Ye Han told the Seventh Elder and Qing Xuan Daoist that he and Fairy Ningyu had killed a lurking Devil Race member in the Darkness Forbidden Ground, preventing an earlier attack.
• Ye Han revealed that the Devil Lord had revived twice after escaping his earlier defeats and displayed the Devil-Race Skull Shield he had used.
• The Seventh Elder recognized the shield’s aura as belonging to the Nine Wounds Devil Lord, and Qing Xuan Daoist concluded that the two Devil Lords had joined forces.
• Ye Han realized that the Devil Lord he had wounded had rescued the Nine Wounds Devil Lord from the Darkness Forbidden Ground.
• Ye Han learned that the Seventh Elder had been injured by the Nine Wounds Devil Lord, then was shocked to hear that Han Yuwan was injured too.

Ye Han learned that Han Yuwan had been gravely injured and that Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan had vanished while seeking a fortuitous opportunity. After discussing the Azure Profound Sect’s future amid a worsening continental crisis, he flew to Elegant Beauty Peak to visit Han Yuwan.

• Qing Xuan Daoist and the Seventh Elder told Ye Han that Han Yuwan had suffered a serious divine-soul injury, lost most of her cultivation, and was recovering in seclusion.
• Ye Han learned that Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan had disappeared more than two hundred years earlier, and that the sect could no longer contact them.
• Qing Xuan Daoist and the Seventh Elder discussed the Azure Profound Sect’s strategy and the changing situation across the continent with Ye Han.
• Ye Han learned that the Devil Race Army had devastated regions while the Demon Race Alliance claimed resource-rich territories, making cultivation resources harder for human cultivators to obtain.
• After leaving Qing Xuan Hall, Ye Han flew toward Elegant Beauty Peak, wondering how Han Yuwan was doing.

Ye Han found Han Yuwan gravely injured, with her golden core destroyed and her cultivation, lifespan, and divine soul severely damaged. He promised to do everything he could to heal her and prepared to take her somewhere with better conditions, leaving her about to discover where he would send her.

• Ye Han learned from Qing Xuan Daoist and the Seventh Elder that Han Yuwan had been gravely injured.
• Ye Han visited Han Yuwan and examined her, discovering that her golden core had been destroyed and her condition was worse than he had been told.
• Han Yuwan tried to reassure Ye Han and questioned whether healing her was worth spending precious pills and treasures.
• Ye Han promised to heal Han Yuwan and asked her to pack so he could take her somewhere with richer spiritual energy.
• Han Yuwan packed her belongings, and Ye Han told her to close her eyes before he sent her there.

Ye Han brought Han Yuwan into the Heavenly Earth Secret Realm so she could stabilize her injuries and begin repairing her foundation and soul. After she entered seclusion, he visited Fairy Jade Orchid, who told him she had improved the formation he had asked her to work on, and he realized it was the furnace cauldron dual cultivation formation.

• Han Yuwan explored the Heavenly Earth Secret Realm and was astonished by its spiritual energy and treasures.
• Ye Han told Han Yuwan that Elder Liu had lent him the secret realm and directed her to pills and a secret chamber to heal.
• Han Yuwan and Ye Han bantered before she entered seclusion to treat her injuries.
• Ye Han flew to Magnolia Valley and found Fairy Jade Orchid waiting for him.
• Fairy Jade Orchid said she had improved a formation for Ye Han, and he recognized it as the furnace cauldron dual cultivation formation.

Ye Han reunited with Fairy Jade Orchid, left her to attempt a breakthrough, and returned to his cave abode, where he reflected on his past and the Earth Realm’s growing turmoil. He resolved to let fate guide his search for Ye Tianyu and prepared to refine a Soul-Restoring Pill for Fairy Ningyu.

• Ye Han learned that Fairy Jade Orchid had perfected the Dual Cultivation Cauldron Formation for him, warned her not to share it, and confiscated it.
• After dual cultivation with Ye Han, Fairy Jade Orchid began attempting to break through to the seventh layer of the Golden Core Stage, and Ye Han left her cushions and pills to aid her.
• Ye Han returned to his cave abode and found White Snow instructing Azure Profound Sect disciples who treated White Snow as their master.
• Ye Han remembered how the Seventh Elder had helped him and wondered what Ye Tianyu was doing on the Northern Lu Province Continent, but decided to let fate take its course.
• Ye Han considered the threats facing the Earth Realm and prepared to refine a Soul-Restoring Pill for Fairy Ningyu now that he had gathered the required heavenly treasures.

Nine Wounds Devil Lord reached Demonic Flame Mountain and argued with Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord over the loss of his clone and the Devil Race’s failed revenge. Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord persuaded him to reconsider fleeing by claiming the Earth Realm’s peak experts were in trouble, leaving Nine Wounds Devil Lord tempted by their plans.

• Nine Wounds Devil Lord arrived at Demonic Flame Mountain, the Devil Race Army’s headquarters in the fallen Stratagem and Scroll Country.
• At the mountain’s central formation, Nine Wounds Devil Lord cursed Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord for rushing into revenge and leaving him stuck leading the war.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord demanded to know what had happened to his clone, and Nine Wounds Devil Lord said it might have been killed.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord realized his clone had likely been sealed, and Nine Wounds Devil Lord blamed him for acting too soon.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord began preparing to hide, but Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord claimed the Earth Realm’s peak experts were in trouble and urged him to pursue their plans.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord asked whether the claim was true, and Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord insisted he would not deceive him.

Nine Wounds Devil Lord rejected Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord’s plan to attack Ye Han until he was offered a way to restore his cultivation and a chance to return to his throne. He agreed to target Ye Han and the Azure Profound Sect, then asked Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord to send his woman a message saying he missed her.

• Nine Wounds Devil Lord became furious when Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord called him smart, and Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord apologized by calling him clever instead.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord told Nine Wounds Devil Lord that his woman had taken his Devil Lord Throne and that finding the Earth Realm’s secret was his only chance to return, but Nine Wounds Devil Lord defended her.
• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord claimed Ye Han might possess the Earth Realm’s secret treasure and urged Nine Wounds Devil Lord to attack Ye Han and the Azure Profound Sect.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord refused to fight Ye Han because he lacked the strength, so Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord offered to return what he had taken and teach him the Blood Restriction Divine Ability.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord agreed to deal with Ye Han in exchange for the promised aid and asked Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord to tell his woman that he missed her.

Ye Han refined a Soul-Restoring Pill for Fairy Ningyu, and its pill tribulation brought Qing Xuan Daoist and the Azure Profound Sect elders to his cave abode. After Ye Han smashed the tribulation clouds with one punch and sent everyone away, he hoped the pill would finally awaken Fairy Ningyu.

• A heavenly tribulation descended on Ye Han's cave abode, and Qing Xuan Daoist told the gathered elders that Ye Han was likely refining a powerful treasure or pill.
• Ye Han blasted the tribulation lightning and storm clouds apart with a single fist, then asked everyone to leave while he continued refining pills.
• Five-colored light and medicinal fragrance emerged from Ye Han's cave abode before its restrictions sealed shut, and the elders wondered what pill he had made.
• Ye Han examined the successfully refined Soul-Restoring Pill and recalled that he had succeeded after two failed attempts using the heart of a Sharp-Toothed Fish Emperor.
• Ye Han turned his divine sense toward Fairy Ningyu and hoped the Soul-Restoring Pill would awaken her.

Ye Han used the Soul-Restoring Pill to treat Fairy Ningyu’s wounded divine soul in the Purple Cauldron Space, while staying wary of a powerful observer outside. The pill greatly accelerated her recovery, though Ye Han still did not know when she would awaken, and he wondered how Han Yuwan was doing.

• Ye Han kept his physical self out of the Purple Cauldron Space because he sensed a powerful presence watching him and feared exposing the Purple Cauldron.
• Ye Han used his divine sense to bring out the Water Spirit Coffin and explained that Fairy Ningyu’s body had healed, but Sword Twenty-Nine’s strike had badly damaged her divine soul.
• Ye Han placed the Soul-Restoring Pill in Fairy Ningyu’s mouth and guided its medicinal power through her body with the surrounding healing treasures and spiritual energy.
• Fairy Ningyu’s divine soul aura began recovering dozens of times faster than before, though Ye Han could not tell when she would regain consciousness.
• Ye Han felt relieved by the pill’s effects and wondered how Han Yuwan was doing.

Ye Han reflected on Han Yuwan and Fairy Ningyu’s incomplete recoveries, the growing turmoil, and his need to strengthen himself, then began refining a Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion. More than three months later, a treasure tribulation descended over Seven Mysteries Peak, revealing that Ye Han had refined a powerful treasure and startling the watching cultivators.

• Ye Han checked on Han Yuwan and found her body recovering, but her shattered golden core and damaged divine soul still threatened her cultivation and lifespan.
• Ye Han considered how his alchemy had advanced and how the turmoil across the Heaven's Mandate Continent and the Earth Realm made it urgent to prepare for greater crises.
• Ye Han decided to refine a Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion and went into the artifact refining room.
• More than three months later, heavenly tribulation lightning gathered above Seven Mysteries Peak as a beam of treasure light burst from Ye Han's cave abode.
• Qing Xuan Daoist and the other high-level cultivators realized Ye Han's artifact had triggered a treasure tribulation and scattered to avoid being caught in it.

Ye Han refined the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion into a supreme-grade magic treasure, while Qing Xuan Daoist recognized the benefits Ye Han could bring to the Azure Profound Sect and visited him. Ye Han declined an offer to move to a more prestigious cave abode and wondered whether the Purple Cauldron space would survive if the Purple Cauldron were stolen.

• Qing Xuan Daoist told the elders not to disturb Ye Han or spread news of his affairs, then went to visit him.
• Ye Han examined the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion, which he had refined into a supreme-grade magic treasure after it survived a thirteen-strike heavenly tribulation.
• Qing Xuan Daoist praised Ye Han's alchemy and artifact refining and invited him to choose a more suitable cave abode.
• Ye Han thanked Qing Xuan Daoist but declined to move because he was accustomed to his current cave abode and had the Purple Cauldron space.

Ye Han agreed to attempt refining Qing Xuan Daoist’s Sevenfold Pills and the Azure Profound Sect’s Qing Xuan Divine Swords, while making clear that he would not be responsible for failures. Qing Xuan Daoist had prepared multiple sets of materials, and Ye Han was about to name his compensation.

• Qing Xuan Daoist asked Ye Han to refine a Sevenfold Pill and a set of twelve Qing Xuan Divine Swords.
• Ye Han examined the pill formula and sword plans, judged both difficult but within his abilities, and agreed to try.
• Ye Han warned Qing Xuan Daoist that the materials might be lost if the refining failed and that he would not bear the risk.
• Qing Xuan Daoist said he had prepared three sets of Sevenfold Pill ingredients and materials for the swords, and accepted the possibility of failure.
• Ye Han insisted that Qing Xuan Daoist pay the compensation he requested, and Qing Xuan Daoist asked him to state his terms.

Ye Han agreed to refine Qing Xuan Daoist’s Sevenfold Pill and twelve Qing Xuan Divine Swords in exchange for the materials left over after successful attempts. After Qing Xuan Daoist left, Ye Han began studying the refining scrolls, but a familiar voice called for him.

• Ye Han offered to refine the pill and swords in exchange for the remaining materials from Qing Xuan Daoist’s three prepared sets.
• Qing Xuan Daoist trusted Ye Han, handed over three storage bags of materials, and promised to provide anything else within his means.
• After Qing Xuan Daoist left, Ye Han inspected the materials and considered how they could help him refine medicines and strengthen his treasures.
• Ye Han began reading the scrolls, but a familiar voice called out to him.

Azure Phoenix Fairy brought several Golden Core Stage elders to Ye Han, asking him to help strengthen the sect amid the chaos in the Earth Realm. Ye Han exchanged superior finished pills and treasures for two sets of materials from each elder, then wondered why Mo Lan’s dual cultivation partner, Qin Jiuzhen, was absent.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy led Mo Lan and several Golden Core Stage elders to Ye Han’s cave and asked him to aid the sect by supplying pills and treasures.
• Ye Han explained that he had little time to refine more items and offered to exchange finished pills or treasures for two sets of materials.
• The Second Elder requested a Fire God Dragon Spirit Pill, and Ye Han gave him a better Heavenly Fire Nine-Turn Pill in exchange for the requested materials.
• The Sixth Elder and the other elders made requests, and Ye Han provided suitable finished items in exchange for two sets of materials from each.
• After the elders left, Ye Han noticed that Azure Phoenix Fairy and Mo Lan had remained silent and wondered where Qin Jiuzhen was.

Ye Han purged the poison afflicting Qin Jiuzhen after Mo Lan asked for his help. Back at Seven Mysteries Peak, he resolved to stabilize the Heaven's Mandate Continent by eliminating the Devil Race and driving back the demon emperors.

• After the elders left with their refined pills and treasures, Ye Han asked Mo Lan why she had come and learned Qin Jiuzhen was gravely poisoned.
• Mo Lan led Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy to Qin Jiuzhen, whom the Poison Wolf Demon Emperor had poisoned during a search for heavenly treasures.
• Ye Han drew the strange poison from Qin Jiuzhen and helped him wake, then told Mo Lan to treat his remaining injuries.
• Ye Han and Azure Phoenix Fairy returned to Seven Mysteries Peak, where he said the Heaven's Mandate Continent had to be stabilized.
• Ye Han declared that he would kill the Nine Wounds Devil Lord and force the demon emperors to retreat.

Ye Han sent White Snow to investigate the Demon Race Alliance, the Demon Emperor, and the Devil Race Army, while reorganizing the Azure Profound Sect’s cultivation guidance and refining pills and treasures. Over the next several years, frequent tribulations and flashes of treasure light left the disciples wondering what Ye Han was preparing.

• Azure Phoenix Fairy left Ye Han after refusing to stay, uncertain about the nature of their relationship.
• Ye Han ordered White Snow to leave the Azure Profound Sect and investigate the Demon Race Alliance, its Demon Emperor, and the Devil Race Army.
• Ye Han welcomed Golden Core Stage elders, refined pills and treasures for them, offered cultivation guidance, and asked for news about threats and other sects.
• Ye Han urged the elders to take on more disciples and arrange guidance for disciples throughout the Azure Profound Sect.
• Over the next several years, heavenly tribulations and treasure light repeatedly appeared above Seven Mysteries Peak, prompting disciples to speculate that Ye Han was preparing something big.

Ye Han took charge of the Azure Profound Sect after Qing Xuan Daoist prepared to enter seclusion for a breakthrough. With the Sect Command Token in hand, Ye Han headed to the Treasury Pavilion to investigate the treasure that had once stirred the Purple Cauldron.

• Ye Han strengthened the sect's preparations by guiding its craftsmen, improving its Spirit Cannons and formations, distributing talismans, and refining puppets.
• Qing Xuan Daoist admired the twelve Qing Xuan Divine Swords Ye Han had refined and received the completed Sevenfold Pill.
• Qing Xuan Daoist gave Ye Han the Sect Command Token and entrusted him with the sect's affairs while he entered seclusion, with Elder Liu also away.
• Ye Han accepted responsibility and listened as Qing Xuan Daoist instructed him on sect matters and relations with the Black Water Sect.
• After Qing Xuan Daoist left, Ye Han flew to the Treasury Pavilion to investigate what had previously drawn the Purple Cauldron's attention.

Ye Han secretly entered the Azure Profound Sect’s Treasury Pavilion and took a Purple Cauldron Replica, which the Purple Cauldron absorbed and used to evolve. As the new purple energy began strengthening his divine sense, Ye Han noticed that the Three Realms Gourd appeared to have withered.

• Ye Han used the Sect Command Token to pass the Treasury Pavilion’s restrictions and reach its fifth layer undetected.
• Ye Han found the Purple Cauldron Replica, labeled an Ominous Cauldron, and took it with the token.
• The Purple Cauldron absorbed the replica, shattered it, and opened two tiny holes that released strange purple energy into Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea.
• Ye Han sensed that the energy was strengthening his divine sense and might help him advance to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Ye Han checked the Three Realms Gourd and found that its vine had stopped growing and the gourd appeared withered.

Ye Han redirected the Purple Cauldron’s energy to revive the withered Three Realms Gourd and inspected the Treasury Pavilion without taking its treasures. He then appeared before a female disciple and presented her with dozens of treasures, leaving her to ask why he had brought so many.

• Ye Han discovered the Three Realms Gourd had withered after the Purple Cauldron absorbed its energy, while the gourds on the cauldron’s vine remained immature.
• Ye Han found that energy from the Purple Cauldron Replica was slowly restoring the Three Realms Gourd, so he closed the cauldron’s two holes to send more energy into it.
• Ye Han worried that the purple energy might cause problems and considered why spirit transformation stage cultivators had not intervened in the Earth Realm’s turmoil.
• Ye Han inspected the Treasury Pavilion’s treasures but took none, intending instead to contribute treasures to the sect.
• Ye Han gave a female disciple cultivation advice and placed dozens of treasures before her; she recognized him as Grand Supreme Elder Ye Han and asked why he had brought them.

Ye Han strengthened the Azure Profound Sect while preparing to end the chaos on the Heaven's Mandate Continent, and the Night Lord ordered the Wuxie Sect to investigate the Earth Realm's secret. The chapter ended as the Night Lord demanded an explanation for why the secret might be connected to Ye Han.

• Ye Han gave unused treasures to the Azure Profound Sect and used his authority to prepare the sect for the continent's turmoil.
• Ye Han checked Han Yuwan's recovery and Fairy Ningyu's soul, then entered seclusion to cultivate while ordering production of defensive resources.
• The Night Lord contacted the white-robed Wuxie Sect cultivator and questioned him about True Devilfolk attacking the Earth Realm.
• The cultivator said the devil army had gone quiet after losses at the Azure Profound Sect and reported rumors that Ye Han had killed its leader.
• The Night Lord ordered close surveillance of the Devil Race and an investigation into whether the Earth Realm's secret lay at the Azure Profound Sect.
• The white-robed cultivator said the secret might lie with Ye Han, and the Night Lord asked what supported that conclusion.