Chapter Summaries

Ye Han and the others discovered that a mountain giant was attacking the Silver Spatial Passage’s formation, then watched him swallow an Ancient Times Stone Stele and begin cultivating. Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable urged them to kill the giant for the stele, and the group prepared a coordinated, concealed attack.

• Ye Han and the others followed Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable to the ruins near the Silver Spatial Passage and found a mountain giant smashing the ancient buildings.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable explained that the normally quiet giant had formed from a mountain and questioned why he was attacking the passage formation.
• The mountain giant swallowed an Ancient Times Stone Stele and began absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy as he cultivated.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable identified the stele as a treasure and told the group to find the giant’s sentient core and kill him.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others activated their Divine Sense Masks and Stellar Robes, vanishing as they approached the giant.

Ye Han and the others concealed themselves near the Mountain Giant, waiting for the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable to strike. When the Venerable launched a sword attack, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As joined the assault, but the Venerable vanished afterward and Ye Han still held back.

• Ye Han approached the Mountain Giant under the cover of the Divine Sense Mask and Stellar Robe, waiting for the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable to make a move.
• Ye Han sensed the Purple Cauldron tremble and noticed that all seven gourds on the Three Realms Gourd vines had ripened.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable revealed himself and struck the Mountain Giant with a massive silver sword-ray, then vanished when the Mountain Giant swung its staff at him.
• Teacher Lan Qing attacked the Mountain Giant with azure lightning dragons, while Wuxie Scholar and Saint As followed with spear-rays and a blue-and-red sword-ray.
• The Mountain Giant fought off the three attackers with its staff, rock shield, and storms as Ye Han continued to hold back.

Ye Han discovered that the Nine Dragons within him were drawn to a spot on the Mountain Giant and launched a fierce assault there. He blasted open the giant’s body, revealing a dazzling golden light.

• Ye Han watched the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and Teacher Lan Qing’s group hold back while he studied the Mountain Giant.
• The Nine Dragons stirred as Ye Han approached, guiding him toward the right side of the Mountain Giant’s body.
• Ye Han activated the Nine-Turn Vajra Art and charged at the spot, dodging the Mountain Giant’s Stone Dragon attacks.
• Ye Han summoned the twelve Qing Xuan Divine Swords and used the Qing Xuan Sword Formation to cut through the Stone Dragons and batter the Mountain Giant.
• Ye Han blasted a huge hole in the Mountain Giant’s body, where a piercing golden light appeared.

Ye Han and his allies fought the Mountain Giant after a golden attack emerged from its body, while the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable struck the glowing opening. The giant eventually toppled, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable rushed toward it as Teacher Lan Qing and the others followed, suspecting a hidden motive.

• Ye Han broke free of the golden pillar’s restraining power and blocked its attack while Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar joined the assault on the Mountain Giant.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable appeared and drove a black spear into the Mountain Giant’s golden-lit opening, triggering a furious surge of power and indiscriminate club attacks.
• The Mountain Giant blasted Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar away, while Ye Han used the Thunder Escape Technique to dodge its blows.
• Ye Han sensed an aura moving inside the Mountain Giant, charged it, and was hurled through several mountains into a crater.
• The Mountain Giant staggered and crashed to the ground, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable emerged from a mountainside and rushed toward it as the others followed.

The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others found an empty metal chamber inside the fallen Mountain Giant and learned that its spirit body had escaped with the Ancient Times Stone Stele. Ye Han returned with the stele, leaving the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable eager to know what happened to the spirit body.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable rushed into the Mountain Giant’s hollow body seeking treasure, and Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar followed him into an empty chamber.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable revealed that the Mountain Giant’s spirit body had escaped with the Ancient Times Stone Stele, while the others questioned his explanation.
• The ground shook, and Ye Han arrived in the chamber as the others wondered whether he had sensed the Mountain Giant’s spirit body.
• Ye Han said he had attacked the spot the Mountain Giant protected, then hinted that the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had concealed the chamber’s secret.
• Ye Han produced the Ancient Times Stone Stele and said he had taken it from the Mountain Giant’s spirit body, prompting the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable to ask whether the spirit body had escaped.

Ye Han concealed that he had captured the Mountain Giant's Spirit Body and instead claimed he had only recovered the ancient Stone Stele. As everyone settled inside the Mountain Giant to cultivate, Teacher Lan Qing privately asked Ye Han whether his story was true.

• Ye Han explained that he had anticipated the Mountain Giant's Spirit Body would flee underground and had trapped and sealed it in the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Ye Han told Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable that the Spirit Body had escaped but that he had seized the ancient Stone Stele.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable doubted Ye Han but accepted his explanation and said he would study the stele.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable suggested that everyone recover by cultivating in the Mountain Giant's abdomen, where the spiritual energy was pure and abundant.
• As Ye Han sat down to cultivate, Teacher Lan Qing privately asked whether he had really failed to capture the Mountain Giant's Spirit Body.

Ye Han secretly told Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar that he had captured the Mountain Giant's spirit body, an Ancient Dragon's dragon soul useful to his Nine Dragons. As the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable questioned him about it, Ye Han concealed the truth and wondered whether the man's own Ancient Dragon aura meant he possessed the Nine Dragons too.

• Ye Han told Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar that he had captured the Mountain Giant's spirit body and warned them not to let the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable find out.
• Wuxie Scholar asked what the spirit body was for, and Ye Han explained that it was an Ancient Dragon's dragon soul useful to the Nine Dragons.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable asked Ye Han whether he had failed to intercept the Mountain Giant's spirit body.
• Ye Han claimed the spirit body had escaped using the Earth Escape Technique and said he had only recovered the Ancient Times Stone Stele.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable admitted the spirit body would have helped his cultivation technique, while Ye Han wondered whether the man also possessed the Nine Dragons and sought to open Nine Dragons Locking the Sky.

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable deciphered the Ancient Times Stone Stele and said it revealed how to control the Silver Spatial Passage and why Star Palace disciple status was needed to enter the Central Star Palace Temple. The group agreed to continue toward the Number Eight Continent, while Ye Han quietly considered how to claim the Mountain Giant’s immense Spirit Stone body.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable said the stele described a way to control the Silver Spatial Passage and indicated that Star Palace disciples could safely enter the Central Star Palace Temple.
• Ye Han asked how they could become Star Palace disciples, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable suggested the Number Eight Continent might hold treasures or tokens that granted that status.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable dismissed the stele’s other contents as an unneeded low-level cultivation technique and let Ye Han take it.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable urged everyone to leave the Mountain Giant and head for the Number Eight Continent, and Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar agreed.
• Ye Han considered the Mountain Giant’s huge Spirit Stone body a valuable addition to his Purple Cauldron Space and thought of a way to obtain it.

Ye Han left his clone behind to harvest the Mountain Giant’s spiritual rocks for his Purple Cauldron Space while he and the others headed to Number Eight Continent. The clone uncovered a huge Star Crystal and eventually carried the Mountain Giant’s head into the space before their connection weakened.

• Ye Han and the others agreed to leave for Number Eight Continent, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led them away.
• After the group departed, Ye Han’s clone emerged inside the Mountain Giant and used the Purple Runes Vortex to haul its spiritual rocks into the Purple Cauldron Space.
• While excavating, the clone discovered a massive heart-shaped Star Crystal and sent it into the Purple Cauldron Space.
• The clone continued transferring the Mountain Giant’s rocks until the growing distance from Ye Han threatened their connection.
• The clone lifted the Mountain Giant’s remaining head and entered the Purple Cauldron Space with it.

Ye Han and his companions saw another cultivator undergoing a Spirit Transformation Stage heavenly tribulation, but chose to circle around rather than risk getting involved. As they left, several powerful beings headed toward the tribulation, and a massive bolt of red lightning struck the mountaintop.

• Ye Han sensed changes in the Purple Cauldron Space as he followed the others, then noticed a vast heavenly tribulation gathering on the horizon.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and Teacher Lan Qing recognized it as a breakthrough tribulation for someone advancing to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Wuxie Scholar and Saint As suggested investigating for an opportunity, but Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing argued that joining in would waste time and invite trouble.
• Wuxie Scholar, Saint As, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable agreed to avoid the tribulation, and Ye Han and the others flew around it toward the Number Eighty-Three Continent.
• Ye Han saw a Ten-Thousand-Zhang Figure covered in trees, a giant Humanoid Monster silhouette, and another concealed presence approach the tribulation.
• A huge thundercloud hand formed above the mountaintop and unleashed a ten-thousand-zhang bolt of red lightning.

Ye Tianyu triggered a spirit transformation breakthrough and fought off a terrifying heavenly tribulation with the Purple Giant Cauldron. Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron sensed a powerful treasure at the tribulation site, but Ye Han suppressed its signal and continued on, noticing the seven gourds had grown stranger.

• Ye Tianyu began his spirit transformation breakthrough and used the Purple Giant Cauldron to withstand the blood-red tribulation hand and its lightning.
• Ye Tianyu unleashed 108 rune-wreathed longswords from the cauldron to attack the Tribulation Cloud Figure as his nascent soul absorbed spirit transformation power.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led Ye Han and the others toward the heavenly tribulation after Ye Han’s Purple Cauldron sensed an alluring treasure nearby.
• Ye Han sealed the Purple Cauldron’s sensing ability again and chose not to return to the tribulation site, despite the fighting erupting there.
• While sealing the Purple Cauldron, Ye Han noticed that its seven gourds seemed even stranger.

Ye Han considered whether the seven gourds growing from the Purple Cauldron could solve his lifespan problem, but postponed investigating them until the group reached Number Eight Continent. As Ye Han and his companions crossed Continent Number Fifty-Six, he gathered rare medicinal herbs for his Purple Cauldron Space before an astonishing spiritual-energy surge and medicinal fragrance erupted from a distant valley.

• Ye Han examined the seven gourds on the Purple Cauldron and concluded that the Three Realms Gourd was not a treasure for ascending to the Upper Realm.
• Ye Han wondered if the gourds’ life force could resolve his lifespan problem, but decided to wait until they reached Number Eight Continent before studying them.
• A distant heavenly tribulation ended amid tremendous tremors, and Teacher Lan Qing and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned Ye Han to avoid the dangerous conflict and stay focused on their goal.
• With powerful beings drawn toward the tribulation site, Ye Han and his companions traveled across Continent Number Fifty-Six without encountering major threats.
• Ye Han dug up immature, rare medicinal herbs and planned to grow them in the Medicine Garden within his Purple Cauldron Space.
• As Ye Han began explaining that he could grow the herbs, a powerful surge of spiritual energy and an intoxicating medicinal fragrance rose from a hazy valley.

Ye Han and the others found a ten-thousand-year purple lotus undergoing a heavenly tribulation, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable moved to protect it while the others prepared to harvest it. Ye Han collected the pool’s life-nourishing spiritual water, but a furious demon beast roared nearby, signaling the lotus’s guardian had arrived.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others detected a tribulation-triggering spirit medicine and hurried toward the valley.
• Ye Han recognized the spirit medicine as a ten-thousand-year purple lotus floating in a pool.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable deflected the descending tribulation lightning, while Teacher Lan Qing approached the lotus and Saint As sealed the valley.
• Ye Han used his Bottomless Bottle to collect the pool’s life-essence-rich spiritual water.
• A furious demon beast roared in the distance, revealing that the guardian of the ten-thousand-year purple lotus was approaching.

After stealing the ten-thousand-year purple lotus and spirit pool, Ye Han and the others escaped the returning Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Spirit. Ye Tianyu separately escaped to an ancient hall and began recovering from his injuries, while Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable announced that the group would rest for thirty to fifty years.

• Teacher Lan Qing collected the ten-thousand-year purple lotus, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led the group out of the valley as Ye Han took the spirit pool.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Spirit returned to find its treasures stolen, then pursued the wrong direction and failed to catch the group.
• Ye Tianyu emerged from a spatial formation into an ancient hall, treated his injuries, and set up defenses before meditating to recover and stabilize his new spirit transformation stage cultivation.
• After the group defeated Star Continent Demon Beasts among ancient ruins, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable told Ye Han and the others they would rest and recuperate there for thirty to fifty years.

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable proposed resting at the Silver Spatial Passage formation and using a method from the Ancient Times Stone Stele to skip several Star Continents. Teacher Lan Qing agreed on the condition that he refine the Ten-Thousand-Year Purple Lotus into Nine-Turn Lifespan Pills, leaving Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable wary as Ye Han and the others backed Lan Qing.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable explained that his new Silver Spatial Passage method could save time and avoid dangerous Star Continents.
• Wuxie Scholar questioned whether waiting thirty to fifty years would waste too much lifespan, but Teacher Lan Qing agreed to the plan if he could refine the Ten-Thousand-Year Purple Lotus.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable argued for making Six-Turn Lifespan Pills, citing their higher success rate and warning that a failed Nine-Turn Lifespan Pill would squander the lotus.
• Teacher Lan Qing said he had refined Nine-Turn Lifespan Pills before and was confident they could add more than five hundred years of lifespan.
• Ye Han, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar supported Teacher Lan Qing, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable narrowed his eyes.

The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable agreed to help Teacher Lan Qing refine a Nine-Turn Lifespan Pill while the group waited for a Silver Spatial Passage cycle. Elsewhere, Wu Xuantian received a captured demon beast’s spirit for his breakthrough, and Ye Han cultivated in seclusion to strengthen his abilities.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable agreed to the group’s plan to refine a Nine-Turn Lifespan Pill and wait thirty to fifty years for the Silver Spatial Passage cycle.
• The old ancestors captured an ancient demon beast and gave its spirit transformation soul to Wu Xuantian to help him advance.
• Wu Xuantian accepted the treasure while suspecting that the old ancestors had hidden motives.
• Ye Han cultivated in the Qing Xuan Divine Palace, absorbing the Mountain Giant’s spirit body to advance his Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries.
• Ye Han’s clone sat before one of the seven gourds born after the Purple Cauldron absorbed the Three Realms Gourd.

Ye Han used his clone to absorb the aura from the gourd while his Purple Cauldron Space grew richer in spiritual energy and cultivation resources. After thirteen years of cultivation, he sensed a Heavenly Tribulation.

• Ye Han had his clone absorb the gourd's aura, strengthening the clone's cultivation and law comprehension while feeding progress back to him.
• Ye Han's Purple Cauldron Space expanded and its spiritual energy increased after his clone moved the Mountain Giant's body inside and he enriched the Four Seas Spirit Pool.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Water Spirit and Snow Dragon Sea King advanced their cultivation and helped improve the space's resources; the Snow Dragon Sea King reached the Nascent Soul late stage.
• Ye Han used the Qing Xuan Divine Palace to cultivate and to make others believe it was responsible for his rapid progress.
• Thirteen years passed, and Ye Han sensed a Heavenly Tribulation while cultivating.

Teacher Lan Qing successfully refined nine Nine-Turn Lifespan Pills, and Ye Han accepted one along with compensation from the other cultivators. After twenty-nine years of cultivation and waiting, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable activated a Silver Spatial Passage to take them to another Star Continent.

• Teacher Lan Qing refined nine Nine-Turn Lifespan Pills, while Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others blocked the pill tribulation.
• Teacher Lan Qing and the other seniors gave Ye Han one pill and offered him compensation, which he accepted.
• Ye Han exchanged cultivation and alchemy insights with the Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators and continued cultivating with their guidance.
• Twenty-nine years passed as the group waited for the time to travel to another Star Continent.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable activated the ancient formation, opening a Silver Spatial Passage into the starry sky.

Ye Han and the others traveled through an unusually long Silver Spatial Passage toward Continent Number Nineteen, while Ye Han worried that a Nine-Turn Lifespan Pill had restored far less of his lifespan than expected. The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable announced they were about to arrive at the next continent.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable used a method from the Ancient Times Stone Stele to open a passage spanning a great distance toward a continent closer to Number Eight Continent.
• Ye Han reached the Nascent Soul Realm late stage, eighth layer, while his clone absorbed one of the six gourds and gained stronger life aura.
• The Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators benefited from their Nine-Turn Lifespan Pills, but Ye Han gained only a little over a hundred years from his pill and kept the problem secret.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable announced that they were about to reach Continent Number Nineteen.

Ye Han and the others found Number Nineteen Star Continent far more spiritually depleted than the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable remembered, then spent months crossing it around enormous holes punched through its land. They reached a vast abyss that might prevent them from finding the ancient formation to continue their journey.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable said Number Nineteen Star Continent had once held abundant spiritual energy and many treasures, but the continents had been growing barren over time.
• Ye Han noticed the stars above the continent looked dim and wondered if a Void Spirit Heaven-Devouring Beast had drained its spiritual energy.
• After seven or eight months, the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable stopped the group before a colossal hole that split the mountain and opened onto a star-filled abyss.
• The group recalled detouring around many other holes that had slowed their journey across the continent.
• Teacher Lan Qing suggested they go around the abyss, but the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable questioned whether they could still find the ancient formation.