Chapter Summaries

Ye Han suspected Fairy Ningyu’s Water Spirit Coffin had hidden her from a lifespan heavenly tribulation, causing it to strike him instead. He removed her from the coffin to test the idea, and her eyelids began to tremble.

• Ye Han worried that his lifespan heavenly tribulation had arrived early and wondered whether the Purple Cauldron was involved.
• He recalled Fairy Ningyu’s old injuries and considered whether her lifespan heavenly tribulation had been transferred to him or targeted him because it could not find her.
• Ye Han inspected Fairy Ningyu in the Water Spirit Coffin and realized its power might have placed her in a state of feigned death.
• Ye Han summoned the Water Spirit Coffin from the Purple Cauldron and lifted Fairy Ningyu out.
• Fairy Ningyu’s eyelids trembled as Ye Han wondered whether she was about to wake.

Fairy Ningyu woke and returned to the Azure Profound Sect, where Ye Han handed the Sect Command Token to Qing Xuan Daoist before announcing he would confront the devil race alone. Qing Xuan Daoist was shocked by Ye Han’s decision.

• Fairy Ningyu woke, thanked Ye Han for saving her, and embraced him as she realized she could not let him go.
• Ye Han and Fairy Ningyu returned to the Azure Profound Sect, where she planned to cultivate and pursue a possible breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Han saw that the Azure Profound Sect had grown stronger through its control of the Upper Tomb Land and its disciples’ access to demon beasts and opportunities.
• Ye Han congratulated Qing Xuan Daoist on reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage and gave him the Sect Command Token, explaining that he planned to leave the sect.
• Ye Han told Qing Xuan Daoist he intended to deal with the devil race alone, leaving his senior brother stunned.

Ye Han pursued the Devil Race Army into the Many-Gold Land, intending to confront Nine Wounds Devil Lord and advance his cultivation. He exposed a masked woman following him, and she became trapped in an illusory formation as she tried to escape.

• Ye Han left Heavenly Billows alone to deal with Nine Wounds Devil Lord and the demonized forces of the Devil Race Army.
• Ye Han reached the Many-Gold Land, much of which the Black Water Sect controlled after years of turmoil.
• Ye Han found lingering demonic qi in the barren mountains and sensed a masked woman tracking him.
• The Masked Woman tried to flee with her Azure Wings, but Ye Han's Golden Light Sword Rays pursued her.
• Ye Han's formation trapped the Masked Woman in an illusion of her past, where she had entered the Wuxie Sect and seized another disciple's opportunity.

Ye Han trapped the masked woman inside the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and defeated her after taking her Ten Thousand Mountains Painting. With the spy eliminated, he flew southeast to confront the Nine Wounds Devil Lord.

• The masked woman fought illusions of a man she had killed long ago and used her Azure Light Fan and Ten Thousand Mountains Painting to resist the Qing Xuan Divine Palace’s attacks.
• Ye Han revealed that he had lured the masked woman out to prevent her from exposing his secrets before he dealt with the Nine Wounds Devil Lord.
• The Gods-and-Devils Hand seized the masked woman’s painting, and Ye Han’s Bronze Pillar chains bound her and dragged her into a pillar.
• The masked woman succumbed to the illusions within the Qing Xuan Divine Palace and died.
• Ye Han put away the Ten Thousand Mountains Painting and flew southeast to face the Nine Wounds Devil Lord.

Wuxie Scholar learned that the Upper Realm’s Immortal Race and Devil Race planned to break the Pangu Restriction and seize the ancient human race’s secret. He considered going to rescue Elder Liu Head and the others, then asked whether the Northern Lu Immortal Sect had left the Heavenly Secret Hall.

• Zhuge Qingshan reported that Junior Sister Qingshan’s Life Token and Soul Token had shattered, and Wuxie Scholar said Ye Han had deliberately exposed his strength to eliminate threats and cultivate in peace.
• Wuxie Scholar revealed that the Immortal Race and Devil Race had joined forces to break the Pangu Restriction and enter the Earth Realm through a trap where Elder Liu Head and others were in trouble.
• Wuxie Scholar said he might go to rescue Elder Liu Head, but would find helpers once he had definite news.
• Wuxie Scholar explained that the Pangu Restriction protected the Earth Realm while keeping the ancient human race confined, and suspected Elder Liu Head had known more about the Upper Realm’s scheme than he had let on.
• Wuxie Scholar asked Zhuge Qingshan whether the people from the Northern Lu Immortal Sect had left the Heavenly Secret Hall.

Wuxie Scholar and Zhuge Qingshan discussed the Northern Lu Immortal Sect's search of the Heavenly Secret Hall and Ye Han's likely plans against the devil race. Wu Xuantian, Dao Tianji, and two female cultivators emerged from the hall after losing their chance to reach the Tower of Hell, then set off to find Ye Han.

• Wuxie Scholar told Zhuge Qingshan that Ye Han would likely target the devil race while the Wuxie Sect preserved its strength for coming upheaval.
• Wuxie Scholar suspected Elder Liu Head knew the Earth Realm's true secret and had been plotting against him.
• Wu Xuantian, Dao Tianji, and two female cultivators emerged from the Heavenly Secret Hall as a bloodlit ghost claw attacked them.
• Wu Xuantian and Dao Tianji concluded Ye Han had entered the Tower of Hell ahead of them and gained power in the Heavenly Secret Hall.
• Wu Xuantian said Ye Han had killed his brother and taken the Nine-Turn Vajra Art, then led the group to find Ye Han.
• The immortal-thief outsider appeared after the four had flown away.

An Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member overheard news about Ye Han and hurried to tell Saint As, while the Ning Heaven Lands continued to be corrupted by demonic qi. Ye Han’s ten thousand metal puppets swept across the region, cutting down demonized beings and destroying their Demonic Qi Shadows.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member decided to report what he had overheard to Saint As and considered involving Teacher Lan Qing to make Ye Han ask for help.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s demonized beasts and cultivators spread demonic qi across the ruined Ning Heaven Lands, threatening to corrupt the entire Heaven's Mandate Continent.
• A golden sword ray killed a demonized cultivator, and a silver beam destroyed the Demonic Qi Shadow that rose from his corpse.
• More than ten thousand of Ye Han’s metal puppets marched into view, drawing the attention of the charging demonized creatures.
• The puppets unleashed golden sword rays to slaughter the attackers, then fired silver light from their mirror treasures to erase the Demonic Qi Shadows.
• Ye Han watched from atop an enormous metal puppet mount as the puppets he had forged from Azure Profound Sect and Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City resources destroyed the demonic forces.

Ye Han led his Metal Puppets into the Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s territory, using their swords and Demon-Extinguishing Mirrors to destroy Demonic Beasts, demonized creatures, and the demonic shadows that could spread corruption. As the enemy hordes grew stronger and vastly more numerous, the Nine Wounds Devil Lord noticed the invasion and summoned the Demon Dragon.

• Ye Han’s Metal Puppets slew Demonic Beasts and demonized creatures with sword strikes, then used their Demon-Extinguishing Mirrors to destroy the demonic shadows within them.
• Ye Han replenished the Puppets with Spirit Stones and drove them toward the Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s distant stronghold, determined to stop the demonic corruption from spreading.
• Tens and then hundreds of millions of creatures swarmed the advancing Puppets, whose ranks Ye Han replenished as stronger enemies began to inflict losses.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord sensed Ye Han’s assault, cursed the Human Race, and called for the Demon Dragon.
• Demonic qi and blood-red runes surged through countless blood pools as the world shook in response to the Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s roar.

The Nine Wounds Devil Lord unleashed a vast army of demonic beasts and demonized beings, preparing to face Ye Han and seize the Earth Realm’s secret. Ye Han fought through the horde with his metal puppets as a strange aura began transforming his divine sense and soul, then sensed someone approaching.

• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord mounted his Demon Dragon with an alluring woman and sent his demonic army charging forward.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord reflected on the Earth Realm’s cultivation restriction, his past defeat, and his plan to take the secret from Ye Han.
• Ye Han and more than ten thousand metal puppets in a Circular Formation slaughtered the advancing demonic beasts and demonized beings, though their numbers kept growing.
• As Ye Han killed the horde, a strange aura entered him and began transforming his divine sense and soul.
• Ye Han sensed someone approaching and looked toward the horizon.

Ye Han faced a powerful Devil Race Army reinforcement as over a thousand Golden Core demon cavalry charged his metal puppets. The Nine Wounds Devil Lord appeared on the horizon, and the cavalry launched a devastating attack toward Ye Han’s forces.

• Ye Han recognized the arriving storm as a stronger Devil Race Army and identified the demon cavalry as a force secretly created by the Nine Wounds Devil Lord.
• The demon cavalry’s charge battered the metal puppets’ sword attacks with hurricanes and shield defenses.
• Demonized cultivators and demonic beasts joined the assault as Ye Han spotted a vast dragon silhouette and realized the Nine Wounds Devil Lord had arrived in person.
• The demon cavalry swooped down and unleashed thousand-zhang spear-rays at the metal puppets, while Ye Han prepared to stop them.

Ye Han withdrew his Metal Puppets and unleashed a million Blood-Spotted Ants against the Devil Race Army while the Nine Wounds Devil Lord merged demonized cultivators and Demonic Beasts into giant monsters. As the Demon Cavalry battered Ye Han’s defensive formation and drained his spell power, he dismissed it and summoned fiery-red lights from the Purple Cauldron Space.

• Ye Han used the Five Elements Magic Treasure Formation to shield his Metal Puppets from the Demon Cavalry’s spear-rays, then recalled the Puppets to spare them from destruction.
• Ye Han opened a Purple Runes Vortex and released a million Blood-Spotted Ants, startling the Nine Wounds Devil Lord and prompting him to suspect Ye Han possessed a powerful spatial treasure.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord chanted spells that fused demonized cultivators and Demonic Beasts into enormous monsters and sent them charging at Ye Han.
• Ye Han ordered the Blood-Spotted Ants to tear into and devour the enemy creatures as the two sides clashed in a bloody battle.
• The Demon Cavalry continued assaulting Ye Han’s formation, forcing him to spend more spell power, so he put away the Formation Beads and summoned fiery-red lights from the Purple Cauldron Space.

Ye Han used his Fire-Devouring Insects alongside the Metal Puppets and Blood-Spotted Ants to break the Demon Cavalry’s assault and slaughter the demonic forces. The Nine Wounds Devil Lord then unleashed enormous evil demons that absorbed nearby creatures and grew stronger as they charged at Ye Han.

• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord infused the Demon Cavalry with demonic qi and spell power, sending them charging at Ye Han.
• Ye Han released over three hundred golden-core Fire-Devouring Insects, whose flames scorched the Demon Cavalry and slowed their crow mounts.
• Ye Han redeployed the Metal Puppets, which attacked demonic shadows while the Blood-Spotted Ants and Fire-Devouring Insects continued slaughtering the enemy.
• Ye Han sensed that killing the demonic creatures strengthened a mysterious aura within him without causing murderous energy or heavenly retribution.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord sent enormous evil demons toward Ye Han; they absorbed nearby demonic creatures, grew larger, and developed additional limbs.

Ye Han turned the battle against the Nine Wounds Devil Lord by combining more than ten thousand Metal Puppets into a giant Mechanism Puppet and unleashing its weapons. The Nine Wounds Devil Lord claimed to have a trump card, though he grimly watched Ye Han destroy the forces he had painstakingly raised.

• The enlarged Eight-Armed Evil Demons restored the demons’ advantage, and both sides continued losing fighters.
• Ye Han combined more than ten thousand Metal Puppets around his metal Qilin mount to create a huge Mechanism Puppet.
• Ye Han activated the puppet’s Spirit Cannons, whose golden beams and demon-breaking divine thunder blasted apart the Eight-Armed Evil Demons.
• Ye Han advanced in the Mechanism Puppet, firing its cannons and Demon-Extinguishing Mirrors at the demons and their Demonic Qi Shadows while trampling enemies underfoot.
• A woman on the Demon Dragon asked the Nine Wounds Devil Lord what they should do, and he said he still had a trump card while privately lamenting his losses.

The Nine Wounds Devil Lord summoned the Qiongyan Devil King to attack Ye Han, but Ye Han abandoned his Mechanism Puppet and unleashed his Great Ape Staff Art with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel. The cudgel smashed through the Qiongyan Devil King’s defenses and struck his body.

• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord summoned the Qiongyan Devil King, a headless demonic puppet with peak Nascent Soul Realm strength.
• The Qiongyan Devil King charged Ye Han’s Mechanism Puppet and deflected its spirit cannon beams with his battle axe.
• Ye Han left the Mechanism Puppet to fight the other creatures and faced the Qiongyan Devil King himself.
• Ye Han formed a gigantic vajra that transformed into an ape, then swung the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.
• The Qiongyan Devil King’s battle axe shattered against the cudgel, and his flames failed to stop it from striking his body.

Ye Han destroyed Qiongyan Devil King's body and charged at Nine Wounds Devil Lord, who fought back by unleashing the demon dragon's black-red flames. Ye Han smashed the nine flame demons with his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Ye Han's Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel annihilated Qiongyan Devil King and swept away tens of thousands of demonic beasts and demonized creatures.
• The woman urged Nine Wounds Devil Lord to retreat, while Ye Han declared that he would attack him next and charged forward.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord refused to retreat and commanded the demon dragon to attack Ye Han.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord channeled demonic qi into the demon dragon, which unleashed black-red flames that formed nine enormous demonic beast figures.
• Ye Han used the Great Ape Staff Art to smash all nine black-red flame demons with his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.

Nine Wounds Devil Lord attacked Ye Han with his Hell Prison Blade Art, hoping to capture him and learn what he knew about the Ice Refining Prince. Ye Han evaded the killing blow and counterattacked, but both fighters were shocked when their powers collided.

• Nine Wounds Devil Lord realized Ye Han's purple-gold lightning might be the demon-breaking divine thunder and decided that Ye Han could lead him to the Ice Refining Prince.
• The female demon cultivator urged Nine Wounds Devil Lord to retreat, but he refused and summoned his Life-Bound Treasure, Sever Ten Thousand Spirits.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord unleashed the Hell Prison Blade Art, sending a deadly slash imbued with the death law toward Ye Han.
• Ye Han's life-law aura surged, and he vanished in a burst of purple-gold lightning to evade the blade.
• Ye Han struck back with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, while Nine Wounds Devil Lord turned Sever Ten Thousand Spirits into a giant blood-red demon to block the attack.
• The blade light and staff shadow collided amid purple-gold lightning, and Ye Han and Nine Wounds Devil Lord both cried out, "Impossible!!"

Ye Han clashed with the Nine Wounds Devil Lord, whose saber strike failed to kill him despite its destructive force. Ye Han revealed the Gods-and-Devils Hand and counterattacked, then shouted for someone to act, making the Nine Wounds Devil Lord turn toward the Demoness Cultivator.

• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord realized Ye Han's demon-breaking divine thunder had blunted his saber art and demanded to know where the Ice Refining Prince was.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord unleashed a powerful Bloodlight Long Saber strike, while Ye Han inferred that he had come to the Earth Realm seeking the Ice Refining Prince.
• Ye Han activated the Gods-and-Devils Hand and used it to empower the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, smashing apart much of Slay Myriad Spirits' Bloodlight Blade Aura.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord summoned his demonic nascent soul and strengthened his blade aura to block Ye Han's counterattack, and the clash blasted him and the Demon Dragon backward.
• Ye Han shouted, "Do it!!" and the Nine Wounds Devil Lord sensed danger before turning toward the Demoness Cultivator.

Ye Han wounded Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s Demon Dragon, forcing him to sacrifice his nearby forces to strengthen himself. As Nine Wounds Devil Lord watched Ye Han warily, a gray-black sword suddenly pierced his chest.

• The Demoness Cultivator tried to deny being a spy, but Nine Wounds Devil Lord attacked her with a demonic orb.
• A clone made from Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord’s body ambushed Nine Wounds Devil Lord and pierced the Demon Dragon with a giant saber.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord sacrificed nearby Demonic Beasts, Demonization Beings, evil demons, and Demon Riders to empower his Nine Wounds Demon Cultivation Technique.
• Ye Han recalled his clone and shouted for the attack, while Nine Wounds Devil Lord braced himself for another trick.
• A gray-black longsword pierced through Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s chest.

The Demoness Cultivator stabbed Nine Wounds Devil Lord after realizing he had tried to kill her, and Ye Han shielded her from his counterattack. Nine Wounds Devil Lord fled into an illusion created by Ye Han’s Qing Xuan Divine Palace, but quickly recognized the trap and tried to break free.

• The Demoness Cultivator stabbed Nine Wounds Devil Lord because he had tried to kill her when he suspected she was a spy.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord summoned demons to attack the Demoness Cultivator, but Ye Han appeared and protected them with the Qing Xuan Divine Palace.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord pretended to fight Ye Han, then used his flesh wings to flee while realizing Ye Han had weakened him by killing his subordinates.
• Ye Han’s illusory realm trapped Nine Wounds Devil Lord, who summoned a bronze lamp and its nine demon statues to break through.
• Nine Wounds Devil Lord recognized the illusion and wondered how Ye Han had persuaded the Demoness Cultivator to betray him.

Ye Han used the Qing Xuan Divine Palace, his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, and two Demon-Sealing Chains to defeat the Nine Wounds Devil Lord and capture his demonic soul. As the Demoness Cultivator watched, a golden sword ray pierced her, and a young man from the Northern Lu Immortal Sect appeared behind her.

• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord attacked Ye Han with his Hell Prison Blade Art, but Ye Han’s ape formation kept bombarding him.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord saw through Ye Han’s illusory realm, but Demon-Sealing Chains trapped him and thwarted his escape.
• Ye Han’s staff shadows battered the Nine Wounds Devil Lord into dust, and the Purple Cauldron captured his demonic soul.
• The Demoness Cultivator watched Ye Han defeat the Nine Wounds Devil Lord, then a golden sword ray pierced her.
• Ye Han recognized the golden-light young man behind the Demoness Cultivator as someone from the Northern Lu Immortal Sect.