Chapter Summaries

Ye Han fought Red Lady with the Qing Xuan Sword Technique, but her Demon Beast skeleton damaged his Flying Scale Dagger and broke the technique. He replenished his Spell Power with the Purple Cauldron and struck back with the Ghost Skull Mirror, leaving Red Lady badly wounded and reconsidering the fight.

• Red Lady attacked Ye Han with Yin Souls and taunted him, believing he would become her prey.
• Ye Han empowered the Flying Scale Dagger with Essence Blood and unleashed the Qing Xuan Sword Technique, revealing his connection to the Azure Profound Sect.
• Red Lady used the Demon Beast skeleton to block the sword rays and damaged the Flying Scale Dagger with its foul black vapor, breaking Ye Han's technique.
• Ye Han drew on the Purple Cauldron to replenish his Spell Power and summoned the Ghost Skull Mirror.
• The mirror's skeletal hand struck the Demon Beast skeleton, cracking its bones and wounding Red Lady through their connection.
• Red Lady realized Ye Han had overwhelmed her and, filled with resentment, reached for something in her hand.

Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to stop Red Lady’s escape and devoured her, then collected her belongings. After sensing the Purple Cauldron’s influence on his mind, he put it away and hurried back to check on Ye Chunsheng.

• Red Lady used an escape treasure to flee, but Ye Han struck her down with the Ghost Skull Mirror’s Ghost Shadow Break.
• Red Lady begged Ye Han to spare her and offered to become his Furnace Cauldron, but he refused and let the Ghost Skull Mirror devour her.
• The Ghost Skull Mirror absorbed Red Lady’s soul and spat out her remains, Storage Bags, and treasures, which Ye Han collected.
• Ye Han realized the Purple Cauldron was fueling his bloodlust and threatening to cloud his mind, so he sealed it in a Storage Bag.
• Ye Han rushed back to where he had left Ye Chunsheng.

Ye Han returned to find Ye Chunsheng after killing Red Lady, but the Purple Cauldron’s lingering influence nearly drove him to murder the wounded man for his treasures. Ye Chunsheng confronted him and offered to bargain over the item Ye Han sought, leaving Ye Han facing a favor he did not want to grant.

• Ye Han hurried back toward Ye Chunsheng while reflecting on how the Purple Cauldron’s killing intent had made him torture Red Lady and fear losing control of himself.
• Ye Han found Ye Chunsheng missing, followed his trail, and spotted him staggering nearby.
• Ye Han felt an overwhelming urge to kill Ye Chunsheng and take his treasures, and summoned the Flying Scale Dagger before its damaged spirituality made him hesitate.
• Ye Han recognized that the Purple Cauldron’s influence still lingered, suppressed his murderous urge, and asked Ye Chunsheng how he was after he turned around.
• Ye Chunsheng said he was dying and asked Ye Han for a favor, but Ye Han refused; Ye Chunsheng then warned that Ye Han would not get what he carried unless he agreed.

Ye Han struggled to control the murderous influence of the Purple Cauldron as the dying Ye Chunsheng asked him to deliver two Soul-Calming Pills to Fairy Jade Orchid and protect her. Ye Chunsheng died after giving Ye Han a mysterious purple-gold rune, leaving Ye Han to wonder why he had trusted him.

• Ye Han restrained his urge to kill Ye Chunsheng and recognized that the Purple Cauldron's killing intent had damaged his state of mind and created a heart demon.
• Ye Chunsheng explained that Red Lady's spell had fatally wounded him and that a treasure within him would disappear unless Ye Han agreed to help.
• Ye Han gave Ye Chunsheng a Healing Pill, then accepted his request after realizing the treasure was fading and calming his murderous impulse.
• Ye Chunsheng asked Ye Han to deliver two Soul-Calming Pills to Fairy Jade Orchid within five days and tell her not to wait for him.
• Ye Chunsheng summoned a purple-gold rune, asked Ye Han to protect Fairy Jade Orchid, and died; Ye Han wondered why he had trusted him.

Ye Han buried Ye Chunsheng’s ashes, then hid in a secluded cave to recover his depleted qi and blood with a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill. While sorting through Red Lady’s spoils, he found something that might help him reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.

• Ye Han put Ye Chunsheng’s Purple-Gold Runes in a separate Storage Bag and promised to honor the trust Ye Chunsheng had placed in him.
• Ye Han collected Ye Chunsheng’s belongings, burned his corpse, buried the ashes beneath a small tree, and left.
• Ye Han sealed himself inside a secluded cave with the Invisibility Cloak and swallowed a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill.
• Ye Han circulated the Nine-Turn Azure Mystic Art until the pill restored his qi and blood to about seventy percent.
• Ye Han inspected Red Lady’s Storage Bag and discovered an item that might help him advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Ye Han examined the treasures and records left in Red Lady’s and Ye Chunsheng’s Storage Bags, discovering a map to a dangerous ancient Cave Abode that might help him reach Foundation Establishment. Ye Chunsheng’s belongings revealed his devotion to Fairy Jade Orchid, and Ye Han decided to honor his final request to deliver her two Spirit-Calming Pills, though he did not know where to find her.

• Ye Han studied Red Lady’s notebook and Bronze Map, learning they pointed to a dangerous ancient Cave Abode containing treasures that could aid advancement to Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Han put away the map and notebook, along with useful items from Red Lady’s Storage Bag, including a Bloodburst Pill and the Blood Transformation Art.
• Ye Han searched Ye Chunsheng’s Storage Bag and found two Spirit-Calming Pills, realizing Ye Chunsheng had spent his wealth to obtain them for Fairy Jade Orchid.
• Ye Han discovered Ye Chunsheng’s detailed talisman manuals and notebooks, along with a Spirit-Drawing Brush that improved talisman-making success.
• Ye Han decided to fulfill Ye Chunsheng’s final request and deliver the pills to Fairy Jade Orchid, but he did not know where to find her.

Ye Han traveled to Magnolia Valley to deliver the Spirit-Calming Pill to Fairy Jade Orchid, evading ambushes on the way. At the valley, he was attacked by two cultivators who mistook him for Ye Chunsheng and ordered his death.

• Ye Han learned Fairy Jade Orchid’s location from the Shunfeng Shop and set out for Magnolia Valley under his Invisibility Cloak.
• Ye Han avoided two groups of cultivators lying in ambush along the road.
• Ye Han recovered his qi and blood after refining a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill, then continued toward the valley.
• Ye Han reached Magnolia Valley, found its restrictive formations, and called for Fairy Jade Orchid.
• An earthen hand and a flurry of blade lights attacked Ye Han, but his Black Bone Shield repelled the blades.
• Two cultivators emerged, recognized that Ye Han was not Ye Chunsheng, and one ordered the other to kill him anyway.

Ye Han pretended to surrender to two cultivators ambushing him near Jade Orchid Valley, then attacked them with a barrage of talismans and Bone Spikes. The Bone Spikes pierced both men and began devouring them as Ye Han demanded they stop.

• The black-armored cultivator and the gray-robed cultivator demanded Ye Han's Storage Bags and Black Bone Shield, threatening to kill him.
• Ye Han acted frightened and surrendered his Storage Bags and Black Bone Shield, prompting both men to reach for the shield.
• Ye Han suddenly unleashed dozens of Lightning, Fireball, Wind Blade, and Rock Talismans at close range.
• The barrage cracked the gray-robed cultivator's Silver Iron Plaque and the black-armored cultivator's Copper Gong, injuring both men.
• As the two cultivators prepared a counterattack, Bone Spikes burst from the ground, pierced their defenses and bodies, and began devouring their flesh and blood.
• Ye Han roared at the Bone Spikes to stop.

Ye Han killed two cultivators guarding Magnolia Valley and delivered Ye Chunfeng’s Spirit-Calming Pill to Fairy Jade Orchid. After admitting Ye Chunfeng had died, he tried to leave, but Fairy Jade Orchid warned that he could not go.

• Ye Han used talismans and the Black Bone Shield’s bone spikes to kill the two cultivators, then suppressed the shield’s demonic killing intent with the Purple-Gold Talisman.
• Ye Han burned the cultivators’ corpses, collected their belongings, and called to Fairy Jade Orchid from outside Magnolia Valley.
• Fairy Jade Orchid opened the valley’s formation and invited Ye Han in, but he refused and handed the Spirit-Calming Pill to the Red-Robed Woman.
• The Red-Robed Woman asked why Ye Chunfeng had not come, and Ye Han revealed that Ye Chunfeng had died after entrusting him with the pill.
• As Ye Han turned to leave, Fairy Jade Orchid warned him that he could not leave now.

Ye Han learned that Young Master Black Mountain had come to Magnolia Valley to threaten Fairy Jade Orchid and was trapped inside her formation as Black Mountain’s followers arrived. The chapter ended with Young Master Black Mountain ordering his men to attack the formation.

• Fairy Jade Orchid activated Magnolia Valley’s restriction formation, and the girl in red told Ye Han it was meant to keep Young Master Black Mountain out.
• The girl in red explained that Young Master Black Mountain had injured Ye Chunsheng and that Ye Han had killed two of his subordinates.
• Young Master Black Mountain arrived and demanded that Fairy Jade Orchid hand over Ye Chunsheng, while she refused and defended him.
• Seven or eight of Young Master Black Mountain’s Qi Refining Realm subordinates arrived, and the girl in red warned Ye Han not to leave the formation.
• Young Master Black Mountain ordered his followers to break through the formation, and they began attacking it with spells and magic artifacts.

Ye Han waited outside Fairy Jade Orchid’s bamboo house while Young Master Black Mountain’s followers attacked Magnolia Valley’s warding formation. As the barrier began to weaken, Fairy Jade Orchid emerged and said she had a formation to deal with the attackers, then asked whether Ye Han had Ye Chunfeng’s Sword Talisman.

• Young Master Black Mountain’s followers bombarded Magnolia Valley’s barrier while Fairy Jade Orchid had Little Red bring her the Spirit-Calming Pills.
• Ye Han waited outside the bamboo house, considered asking the Azure Profound Sect for help, and watched the attackers slowly drain the warding formation.
• After more than four hours, the barrier’s glow dimmed, and Ye Han asked Little Red whether they should replenish it with Spirit Stones.
• Fairy Jade Orchid emerged from the house and claimed she had a formation to handle the attackers.
• Fairy Jade Orchid asked Ye Han whether he had Ye Chunfeng’s Sword Talisman.

Fairy Jade Orchid used Ye Chunfeng’s Sword Talisman to activate a sword formation hidden in the magnolia trees around Magnolia Valley. The formation’s petals overwhelmed Young Master Black Mountain’s men, while his fate remained unresolved.

• Ye Han gave Fairy Jade Orchid Ye Chunfeng’s Sword Talisman after sensing her desire to avenge Ye Chunfeng.
• Fairy Jade Orchid promised to kill Young Master Black Mountain and his men with a sword formation and offered Ye Han their belongings.
• Fairy Jade Orchid planted thirty-six silver formation flags in the magnolia trees and embedded the Sword Talisman in a rock to activate the formation.
• The magnolia trees moved to block Magnolia Valley’s entrance as Young Master Black Mountain’s men broke through the valley’s restriction formation.
• The magnolia blossoms unleashed Sword Qi that pierced the attackers’ defensive treasures and bodies, while Young Master Black Mountain sensed danger.

Fairy Jade Orchid used Magnolia Valley’s formation to kill Young Master Black Mountain’s followers and fight off his attack. She shattered his Black-Light Greatsword at the cost of her essence blood, leaving him badly injured as he tried to retreat.

• Young Master Black Mountain used the female cultivator who had sought his protection as a shield, but the Magnolia Sword Glints killed her and his other followers while his Gray Shield held.
• Young Master Black Mountain rode his golden flying sword into Magnolia Valley and attacked with eight Black Swords as Fairy Jade Orchid reshaped the formation and concealed the valley in mist.
• Young Master Black Mountain combined the eight Black Swords into a Black-Light Greatsword and sent it crashing toward the Bamboo House.
• Ye Han prepared to use the Purple Cauldron’s aura if the attack reached them, while Fairy Jade Orchid poured her essence blood into the Formation Flag.
• Fairy Jade Orchid’s Sword Intent Storm shattered the Black-Light Greatsword and grievously wounded Young Master Black Mountain, who tried to flee.

Fairy Jade Orchid’s magnolia sword formation battered Young Master Black Mountain until its Sword Talisman ran out, allowing him to escape the valley badly injured. As he flew away, Ye Han used the Skull-Encircled Mirror to disable his flying sword and smash him into the ground.

• Fairy Jade Orchid’s magnolia Sword Qi trapped Young Master Black Mountain and destroyed his defensive treasures as Ye Han gathered the fallen cultivators’ belongings and obstructed him with the Vine Soul Technique.
• Young Master Black Mountain swallowed a Pitch-Black Pill and forced his way out of the sword formation, suffering severe injuries along the way.
• The Sword Talisman’s remaining sword intent vanished, and Young Master Black Mountain fled on his Golden Flying Sword while threatening revenge.
• Ye Han’s Skull-Encircled Mirror struck Young Master Black Mountain with gray light, disabled his flying sword, and crushed him into a crater.
• Ye Han appeared before the injured Young Master Black Mountain and grinned, “Didn't see that coming, did you?”

Ye Han helped Fairy Jade Orchid defeat Young Master Black Mountain, then killed him and captured his primordial spirit in the Ghost Skull Mirror. After burning the bodies and collecting the treasures, Ye Han prepared to leave as Fairy Jade Orchid warned him that the Black Mountain Cult would soon search for its missing Young Master.

• Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror and a flying sword to kill the wounded Young Master Black Mountain.
• The Ghost Skull Mirror swallowed Young Master Black Mountain’s escaping primordial spirit, and Ye Han burned his body and collected his treasures.
• Ye Han burned the other cultivators’ corpses and destroyed their Identity Tokens before returning to Magnolia Valley.
• Fairy Jade Orchid told Ye Han that the Black Mountain Cult would search for Young Master Black Mountain, and said she and Little Red had a safe place to go.
• Ye Han said farewell, but Fairy Jade Orchid stopped him and offered him something.

Ye Han accepted Fairy Jade Orchid’s formation books and left her before returning to the Azure Profound Sect after a dangerous journey. Back at the sect, he resolved to improve his cultivation, escape abilities, and divine sense before venturing out again.

• Ye Han realized Fairy Jade Orchid had sacrificed her lifespan to avenge Ye Chunfeng, then accepted her formation books and promised to put them to good use.
• Fairy Jade Orchid gave Ye Han a Nine-Turn Blood-Replenishing Pill and prepared to leave with Little Red for a place that would shelter them from the Black Mountain Cult.
• Ye Han raced toward the Azure Profound Sect alone, using talismans, his Cloud-Treading Boots, and later his Invisibility Cloak to avoid hostile cultivators.
• After four days, Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect and reflected on how his weak cultivation and lack of escape techniques had left him vulnerable during his journey.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect with the spoils from his dangerous trip, then learned that Jin Feng had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. In his cave abode, he examined the valuable treasures taken from Young Master Black Mountain and his followers.

• Ye Han entered the sect and overheard disciples say that Jin Feng had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm after finding a treasure in an ancient cultivator's cave abode.
• Ye Han worried that Jin Feng's advancement could cause trouble, though he thought his status as the Seventh Elder's registered disciple might protect him.
• Ye Han returned to his cave abode and found scorching heat coming from Han Yuwan's cultivation room, so he left her undisturbed as she attempted her breakthrough.
• Ye Han activated his room's restrictions and opened the storage bags he had brought back from the trip.
• Ye Han found Young Master Black Mountain's damaged Eight Black Swords, a set of spirit artifacts, and his damaged Hundred-Beast Armor, along with more than ten thousand spirit stones.

Ye Han sorted through Young Master Black Mountain’s spoils, finding weapons and cultivation resources that could strengthen him as his cultivation advanced. He also considered studying talismans and formations, while planning to sell what he could not use at Heavenly Peace Market.

• Ye Han found six high-grade wood-element Wood Spirit Flying Swords and planned to erase Young Master Black Mountain’s Divine Sense Marks, though he could not yet wield all six.
• Ye Han examined the loot, including a Golden Flying Sword he could not operate yet and the Ghost Step Pace Movement Technique Young Master Black Mountain had not mastered.
• Ye Han replaced his Storage Bags with one that held ten feet of space and set aside materials and treasures to sell at Heavenly Peace Market in two months.
• Ye Han kept Red Lady’s damaged Demon Beast Skeleton and considered studying Ye Chunsheng’s talisman art, particularly Demon Beast possession talismans.
• Ye Han recalled Fairy Jade Orchid’s failing condition and her gift of formation insights and diagrams, then made cultivation plans that included studying formations.

Ye Han recovered from his battle with Red Lady and chose to cultivate without relying on the Purple Cauldron, focusing especially on the Blood Refining Art. At the Scripture Pavilion, he learned that Azure Profound Sect might have a divine sense cultivation art for him, but a Messaging Talisman arrived before he could pursue it.

• Ye Han finished refining a Medium-Grade Qi Refining Pill and decided to cultivate in his cave abode without using the Purple Cauldron because its killing intent unsettled him.
• Ye Han trained with pills and the Blood Refining Art, recognizing that his strengthened body and qi and blood had helped him survive recent battles.
• Ye Han visited the Scripture Pavilion and asked Ye Lingzhi for a cultivation art that strengthened divine sense.
• Ye Lingzhi told Ye Han that Seven Mysteries Peak had no divine sense cultivation arts for Qi Refining cultivators, but suggested he check the Azure Profound Sect's larger Scripture Pavilion.
• Ye Lingzhi warned Ye Han that exchanges there might require sect merit or completed missions, and a Messaging Talisman suddenly arrived before him.

Ye Han was summoned by the Seventh Elder and met his third senior brother, Zhang Lingjun, before being introduced to the Fourth Elder and her disciple, Qin Minghui. The elders discussed Ye Han’s cultivation and proposed that he spar with Qin Minghui to test his combat ability.

• Ye Han said goodbye to Ye Lingzhi and hurried to the summit of Seven Mysteries Peak after receiving the Seventh Elder’s summons.
• Zhang Lingjun introduced himself as the Seventh Elder’s third disciple and flew Ye Han to the elder’s secluded valley.
• The Seventh Elder praised Ye Han’s progress, and the Fourth Elder examined him and noted his solid foundation, strong body, and strong divine sense.
• The Seventh Elder introduced Ye Han to the Fourth Elder and her disciple, Qin Minghui, and the two disciples exchanged greetings.
• The Fourth Elder suggested that Ye Han and Qin Minghui spar to assess Ye Han’s actual combat ability.