Chapter Summaries

Ye Han discovered that absorbing a golden rune had caused the Purple Cauldron’s golden Little Sapling and its fruit to shrink, then found himself on the thirty-sixth step of the mountain stairway. He continued alone and entered another rune-filled space, where Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable appeared.

• Ye Han saw that the golden Little Sapling and its fruit had shrunk after absorbing the golden character, and accepted that the Purple Cauldron was beyond his control.
• Ye Han found himself on the thirty-sixth step and realized the Immortal-Thief Outsider might have been separated from him.
• Ye Han concluded that solving the chess puzzle had made the Immortal-Thief Outsider a Star Palace Disciple, then decided to continue without him.
• Ye Han sensed an aura like the golden Little Sapling’s on the steps and climbed to the next one.
• Ye Han entered a white-lit space filled with swirling runes and spirit light, where Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable appeared.

Ye Han encountered an apparent phantom of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, then continued through strange spaces where the Purple Cauldron absorbed Golden Light Runes and transformed. After the third rune, he sensed an unprecedented change in the cauldron and saw something astonishing inside it.

• Ye Han watched the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable take a Golden Rune in an illusion, but realized the man was only a phantom and the rune remained in place.
• A Golden Light Rune entered Ye Han’s Divine Sense Sea and merged into the golden-light sapling in the Purple Cauldron, shrinking it and filling it with intricate Heavenly Dao law patterns.
• Ye Han appeared thirty-six steps farther up, entered another space, and let the Purple Cauldron absorb a different Golden Light Rune.
• Ye Han reasoned that the steps might lead to separate spaces and continued without changing his actions as the sapling shrank further and the Purple Cauldron began to change.
• After the Purple Cauldron absorbed a third Golden Light Rune, Ye Han sensed an unfamiliar aura and witnessed an astonishing scene inside it.

Ye Han reached the summit after the Purple Cauldron absorbed all one hundred Golden Runes, strengthening its aura and expanding its space. As he stepped onto the plaza before the Mysterious Sun Palace, a huge figure surrounded by white radiance and flames appeared.

• Ye Han discovered that the Purple Cauldron had absorbed Golden Rune energy and formed a small golden cauldron, then sealed its interior against his divine sense.
• Ye Han climbed all 3,600 steps, and the Purple Cauldron absorbed all one hundred Golden Runes as the golden sapling grew a rune-covered fruit that still did not ripen.
• Ye Han reached the summit and saw the Mysterious Sun Palace, its garden, and no sign of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member.
• Ye Han decided to proceed without waiting for the missing outsider, concerned that the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable might already be inside.
• Ye Han stepped onto the plaza, where an enormous figure wreathed in white radiance and flames appeared.

Ye Han defeated the hundredth golden double and entered the Mysterious Sun Palace after opening its doors with a Starry Sky Stone. The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race arrived later, defeated his own golden double, and found himself unable to enter while Ye Han’s stone remained in the door.

• Ye Han killed the hundredth golden figure, collected its light-attribute bead, and headed for the Mysterious Sun Palace.
• Ye Han placed the Starry Sky Stone in the palace door, entered, and watched the doors close behind him.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race emerged from the steps injured, recovered with pills, and fought the golden double that appeared when he approached the palace.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race reached the entrance three days later but could not remove Ye Han’s Starry Sky Stone or enter, so he waited for Ye Han to return.

The Immortal-Thief Outsider broke through in swordsmanship while waiting outside the Mysterious Sun Palace, then faced a terrifying treasure tribulation that vanished before striking. Inside the palace, Ye Han absorbed light attribute power as his spirit root began changing.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider broke through and believed his swordsmanship had reached a level comparable to Ye Han's.
• A powerful treasure tribulation gathered over the Mysterious Sun Palace, and the palace radiated brilliant light attribute energy.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider was unable to leave the mountain peak, so he equipped defensive treasures and formations against the tribulation.
• The palace's light suddenly vanished, and the tribulation clouds dispersed without striking, leaving the Immortal-Thief Outsider bewildered.
• Ye Han absorbed light attribute power within a formation, and his spirit root attribute began changing.

Ye Han discovered that the Mysterious Sun Palace had already been plundered by the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, but he found a formation whose light-attribute energy helped the Golden-Light Little Sapling ripen a Spirit Root Fruit. After consuming it and absorbing its power with the Purple Cauldron’s help, Ye Han confirmed that he had gained a light-attribute spirit root and began testing how it combined with his water-attribute power.

• Ye Han found the Mysterious Sun Palace empty of treasures and sensed that the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had killed its guardians and stripped it of its resources.
• Ye Han discovered a formation pouring out light-attribute spiritual energy, and the Purple Cauldron absorbed it as the Golden-Light Little Sapling began to grow.
• Ye Han used the light-attribute beads he had collected to accelerate the sapling’s growth, and after several years its fruit ripened and triggered a terrifying heavenly tribulation.
• Ye Han swallowed the golden Spirit Root Fruit, ending the tribulation, and the Purple Cauldron helped him absorb its power in just three days.
• Ye Han confirmed that he had gained a light-attribute spirit root and merged its golden aura with the water-attribute Kui Water Spirit Art.

Ye Han gained a light-attribute spirit root, which strengthened his cultivation and extended his lifespan, but he found the Mysterious Sun Divine Hall’s formation depleted and its treasures gone. He left the palace and encountered the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member waiting outside.

• Ye Han fused the light-attribute power with his water-attribute spell power and discovered the new spirit root could break restrictions, though it lacked a cultivation method and had a weak aura.
• Ye Han realized the light-attribute fruit had increased his lifespan by more than five hundred years, while the formation’s spiritual energy had dwindled severalfold.
• Ye Han copied the formation’s runes and concluded that Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had taken the palace’s core treasure and other valuables before him.
• Ye Han searched the Mysterious Sun Palace, found nothing else, and decided Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had become a greater threat.
• Ye Han headed out, and the palace doors opened as the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member greeted him and asked whether he had gained anything.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race followed Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s lingering aura through the mountains, hoping it would lead them toward the Star-Seizing Tower. Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable hid from a passing figure, then spotted a ten-thousand-year Ginseng Fruit tree and believed its fruit could restore his lifespan.

• Ye Han gave the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race a bottle of Mysterious Baleful True Pills to quiet his complaints about Ye Han’s supposed gains in the Mysterious Sun Palace.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race used his secret tracking method to follow Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s lingering aura along a mountain path, and Ye Han followed him.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable hid in a ravine and wondered who had been tracking him after the pursuit nearly disrupted his plans.
• A radiant figure swept past the ravine without noticing Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, who then took the opportunity to leave his hiding place.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable found a giant tree bearing human-shaped fruit and recognized it as ten-thousand-year Ginseng Fruit that could help him break through and restore his lifespan.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider lost their trail of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and followed a great disturbance toward a fight and a possible heavenly treasure. They found traces of the Divine Venerable’s power and spotted what the Immortal-Thief Outsider believed was a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit.

• The Immortal-Thief Outsider could no longer sense the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s aura, so he and Ye Han decided to search the mountain realm on their own.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider heard a distant rumble, concealed their figures and auras, and rushed toward it.
• As they approached the disturbance, Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider sensed abundant spiritual energy and signs of a fierce fight.
• Ye Han recognized the power left in the craters as the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s aura and showed killing intent.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider spotted a shining wall and excitedly identified what he thought was a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race found a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit Tree while the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable fought its guardian nearby. They agreed to seize the tree and fruits before the guardian returned, and Ye Han flew into the courtyard to try to take the tree.

• Ye Han spotted the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit Tree and realized the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable was likely fighting its guardian.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race urged Ye Han to seize the fruits while the guardian was occupied, and Ye Han agreed.
• They found that the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had damaged the courtyard’s defenses and cut off a branch, while hundreds of fruits remained on the tree.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race proposed that Ye Han take the tree in exchange for an extra hundred fruits for himself.
• Ye Han examined the tree, warned that uprooting it would be difficult, and flew toward the courtyard to try.

Ye Han broke through the restrictions around the ten-thousand-year-old Ginseng Fruit tree and used the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda to capture it in the Purple Cauldron Space. Just as he succeeded, he sensed the guardian returning and realized he and the Immortal-Thief Outsider were in danger.

• Ye Han used the Five Elements Magic Treasure Formation to blast an opening through the barrier around the Ginseng Fruit tree.
• Ye Han entered the barrier alone while the Immortal-Thief Outsider stood guard.
• Ye Han summoned the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda from the Purple Cauldron Space and used it to suppress the Ginseng Fruit tree despite the tree's restrictions attacking it.
• Ye Han swept the captured tree into the Purple Cauldron Space, and the Immortal-Thief Outsider celebrated.
• Ye Han sensed a dangerous presence approaching and realized the guardian was coming back.

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable escaped the bronze guardian after sacrificing over a hundred years of lifespan and cultivation, while Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member faced the guardian after taking the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit Tree. The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member used a technique to send the guardian away temporarily, and Ye Han fled with him as it returned in pursuit.

• The bronze guardian overwhelmed Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, who sacrificed more than a hundred years of lifespan and cultivation to block its attack.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable chose not to return for the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit and hurried down the Cliff.
• Ye Han stored the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit Tree, including its spirit soil and flower bed, in the Purple Cauldron Space and sensed the bronze guardian approaching.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member used four talismans and shouted "Steal Heaven and Replace the Sun," making the bronze guardian vanish temporarily.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member warned Ye Han to run, and they fled together as the bronze guardian reappeared and pursued them.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider fled from the Bronze Guardian after it appeared near the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruits. Ye Han used the Thunder-Control Divine Art and a Flying Wing Talisman to escape, but the Guardian drew on the Central Star Palace Temple’s power and began catching up.

• Ye Han overtook the Immortal-Thief Outsider as they fled from the Bronze Guardian’s overwhelming presence.
• Ye Han sent the Immortal-Thief Outsider into his Space Ring so he could fly faster.
• Ye Han changed to the Thunder-Control Divine Art and used the Thunderclap Shoes to accelerate, but the Bronze Guardian pursued him at greater speed.
• Ye Han used a Flying Wing Talisman to summon Golden Light Flying Wings and increase his speed.
• The Bronze Guardian summoned massive Bronze Wings by drawing on the Central Star Palace Temple’s spiritual energy and rapidly closed the distance to Ye Han.

Ye Han discovered that the Bronze Guardian drew power from the Central Star Palace Temple, then decided he could defeat him by cutting off that connection. After trading devastating blows, Ye Han fled while taunting the guardian into pursuing him.

• Ye Han realized the Bronze Guardian absorbed the Central Star Palace Temple's energy to strengthen himself and identified a way to sever that supply.
• The Bronze Guardian unleashed a huge Long Halberd attack that immobilized Ye Han, but Ye Han broke free with his body-refining arts.
• Ye Han struck the descending Long Halberd with the Gods-and-Devils Hand, and the clash sent both combatants hurtling away.
• The Bronze Guardian charged at Ye Han again, and Ye Han shouted that he had only feared the guardian would not come before speeding away.

Ye Han lured the Bronze Guardian into a cave and tried to force him into the Purple Cauldron Space, but the Guardian resisted and drew on the Central Star Palace Temple’s power. As the Purple Cauldron Space’s runic chains wrapped around him and its entrance surged closer, the outcome remained uncertain.

• The Bronze Guardian chased Ye Han relentlessly, using the Central Star Palace Temple’s power to launch halberd strikes that forced Ye Han to evade with the Thunder Escape Technique.
• Ye Han fled into a mountain cave and opened a gateway to the Purple Cauldron Space, hoping to cut the Guardian off from the temple’s power.
• Ye Han combined ice-elemental and light-attribute laws to bombard the Bronze Guardian with white light and frost, covering his armor in spreading icicles.
• When the Bronze Guardian began drawing on the temple’s power again, Ye Han struck him from behind and sent him flying toward the Purple Cauldron Space gateway.
• The Bronze Guardian halted himself before the gateway, but purple runic chains shot out, bound him, and the gateway surged toward him.

Ye Han trapped the Bronze Guardian in the Purple Cauldron Space, drained his power, and sealed him in the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda. After recovering the guardian’s Abyss-Slaying Long Halberd, Ye Han found spiritual light still shining from the collapsed mountain cave and discovered something astonishing inside.

• Ye Han pulled the Bronze Guardian into the Purple Cauldron Space, where the Snow Sea Dragon King, Fire-Devouring Insects, puppets, and his clone overwhelmed him.
• Ye Han bound the powerless Bronze Guardian inside the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, though the battle depleted much of the space’s energy and damaged its defenders.
• Ye Han retrieved the Bronze Guardian’s Abyss-Slaying Long Halberd and wondered whether it was an immortal treasure.
• Ye Han told the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member to remain in the Space Ring while he investigated the collapsed cave.
• Ye Han cleared rubble from the cave and found something astonishing at its far end.

Ye Han found an ancient coffin whose decay had been caused by mysterious insect eggs that he collected for study. He released the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race, who immediately asked whether Ye Han had killed the Bronze Guardian.

• Ye Han found a decayed Water Spirit Coffin containing a skeleton and a crescent-moon Starry Sky Stone.
• Ye Han discovered divine-sense-blocking insect eggs in the ground and placed them in the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han concluded that the dead cultivator’s fate suggested leaving the Central Star Palace Temple would be difficult.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race demanded to be released, and Ye Han brought him out of the Space Ring.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race looked around and asked Ye Han whether he had killed the Bronze Guardian.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider divided the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruits, with Ye Han keeping the tree in his Purple Cauldron Space. After the Immortal-Thief Outsider ate three fruits, he urged Ye Han to seek out the injured Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and Ye Han agreed before asking whether he needed to cultivate.

• Ye Han told the Immortal-Thief Outsider that the Bronze Guardian had chased him away, concealing how he had defeated it inside his Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han warned that picked Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruits quickly lost their spiritual energy, then offered to store the Immortal-Thief Outsider's share.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider brought out a jade cauldron, and Ye Han picked 123 fruits for him while keeping the tree and more than a hundred fruits from his share.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider ate the three fruits that would not fit in his cauldron, and Ye Han teased him for not tasting them.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider suggested they find the injured Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and Ye Han agreed before asking if he needed to cultivate after eating the fruits.

Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race tracked the injured Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, hoping to kill him and seize his treasures and knowledge of the Central Star Palace Temple. As they pursued him, Ye Han ate a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit and argued with his companion over how many fruits to give Saint As.

• Ye Han decided to pursue the wounded Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable before he could recover with the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race used a secret method to locate the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and Ye Han followed while eating a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruit.
• Ye Han felt the fruit restore his spell power, advance his cultivation, extend his lifespan slightly, and harmonize his disordered energy.
• The Immortal-Thief Outsider Race proposed giving Saint As some fruit, and Ye Han made him agree to provide three.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race continued tracking the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable through the mountains.

The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable recovered from his wounds and used a talisman puppet to mislead Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member. After the trail went cold, Ye Han and his companion planned to cultivate before seeking the Star-Seizing Tower, but Ye Han sensed Elder Liu’s aura.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable ate Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruits while healing and used a substitute treasure carrying his aura to divert his pursuers.
• Ye Han and the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race member found and destroyed the talisman puppet, then failed to track the real Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable.
• Ye Han said they would eventually meet the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable at the Star-Seizing Tower’s ascension passage, while his companion asked which way to go.
• Ye Han and the outsider decided to find a safe place to refine their Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Fruits before continuing.
• Ye Han sensed a trace of aura from his Legacy Disciple token and exclaimed that it belonged to Elder Liu.