Recaps

Han Li imposed the Star Palace’s rule over the conquered Mulan Grassland and directed its resources toward rebuilding and military expansion. After uncovering the Yin Luo Sect’s plans in Great Jin, he resolved to seek a breakthrough there while perfecting the third level of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art.

• Han Li granted the Nine Nations Alliance and Heavenly Dao Alliance thirty percent of Mulan’s resource sites, but required Star Palace oversight and ordered Lu Yun’s battalion to occupy the former Heavenly Lan Holy Temple site and relocate submissive Mulan forces.
• Zhou Tong and Shi Mang organized the conversion of Mulan materials into pills, weapons, and armor, while Nangong Wan began transforming the grassland’s spirit veins and the Mystic Division gathered intelligence on Mulan and Great Jin.
• Han Li studied the demon-tainted Origin Bright Lamp and concluded that he would need an opportunity in Great Jin to reach Deity Transformation.
• Han Li considered the Yin Luo Sect’s Blood Sacrifice plan, then began refining his true demon qi to perfect the third level of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art.

Han Li forced Yue Li to lead him to Venerable Cang Kun’s cave abode in the Ancient Cultivator Ruins, where he defeated the ancient cultivator’s lingering divine soul and claimed several treasures. He left with the Heavenly Secrets Mirror fragment and other relics, while Yue Li’s faith in her ancestral spirit was shattered.

• Han Li revealed that the Mulan Grassland’s ancestral spirit inheritance came from Venerable Cang Kun and compelled Yue Li to guide him to the Ancient Cultivator Ruins.
• Han Li used the Six Harmonies Banners to open the formation beneath a ruined altar and entered Venerable Cang Kun’s cave abode with Yue Li.
• Han Li found Venerable Cang Kun’s remains, a Heavenly Secrets Mirror fragment, and three other treasures, but the skeleton awakened and attacked.
• Han Li smashed the skeleton with his demonic body and devoured Venerable Cang Kun’s Deity Transformation Stage divine soul phantom with True Demon Soul Devouring.
• Han Li collected the Jade Slip, crystal, ancient book, and mirror fragment, then told the terrified Yue Li that her ancestral spirit was only a failure’s lingering obsession.

Han Li discovered a hidden underground legacy beneath Venerable Cang Kun's cave abode and used the Little Green Bottle to absorb Cang Kun's final nine drops of primal essence blood. He left with Yue Li, realizing the bottle's awakening might help him break through to Deity Transformation.

• Han Li sensed the Little Green Bottle reacting to the cave abode and discovered an underground world hidden beneath it.
• Han Li used the Great Evolutionary Sword Art to reveal a concealed stairway, then took Yue Li down into the cavern below.
• Han Li found Cang Kun Hall, a jade box, and the Heavenly Mystery Token at the heart of a vast spiritual vein.
• The jade box activated a Nine Palaces Spirit-Locking Formation, but Han Li absorbed its nine law-infused pillars and broke the barrier with Chaos Sword Qi.
• The Little Green Bottle drew in Venerable Cang Kun's nine drops of primal essence blood and awakened further, and Han Li carried Yue Li out of the cavern.

Han Li refined Venerable Cang Kun’s essence blood, perfecting the third layer of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art and bringing his body and divine soul to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. As he studied the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light for a path to Deity Transformation, the Yin Luo Sect ordered preparations for its Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation, setting up a future clash with Han Li.

• Han Li absorbed the nine drops of Venerable Cang Kun’s essence blood, which transformed his body and pushed the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art’s True Demon Condensation to perfection.
• Han Li’s divine soul reached its peak, leaving him one final step from Deity Transformation, and he began studying the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light recorded in Venerable Cang Kun’s jade slip.
• Nangong Wan managed Star Palace affairs, Lu Yun reorganized its surviving forces, and Zhou Tong and Shi Mang turned seized resources into supplies and Nascent Soul-Breaking Pills.
• Ling Yuling focused on stabilizing the Chaotic Star Sea while the Suanni King and Sea Flood Dragon King continued maneuvering in secret.
• An elder of the Yin Luo Sect learned Han Li had obtained Venerable Cang Kun’s legacy and ordered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation preparations accelerated for Blood Moon Night.
• Han Li rose from seclusion and vowed to test his Primordial Magnetic Divine Light against the Yin Luo Sect’s formation.

Han Li entered Great Jin through a Spatial Node and discovered that the Yin Luo Sect was plotting to use living souls to power a formation and dominate the Great Jin Demonic Dao. After learning of Kunwu Mountain and several Deity Transformation cultivators, he left the outpost intending to investigate the sect and pursue a path toward Deity Transformation.

• Han Li infiltrated Great Jin through the unstable Spatial Node and hid when two fleeing Yin Luo Sect disciples passed by.
• The disciples revealed that the Yin Luo Sect had placed a bounty on Han Li and was preparing a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation requiring living souls.
• Han Li followed the disciples to a valley outpost and secretly listened as an elder discussed using Barbarian Tribes as sacrifices for the formation.
• The elder spoke of Kunwu Mountain, a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure Fragment, and powerful Deity Transformation cultivators in Great Jin.
• Han Li departed the outpost, planning to uncover the formation's secrets and make the Yin Luo Sect his first challenge in Great Jin.

Han Li visited Heavenly Mechanism City to obtain intelligence about Kunwu Mountain and Great Jin’s Deity Transformation cultivators. He learned that the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light might be hidden in Kunwu Mountain and that Tianjizi also sought it.

• Han Li entered Heavenly Mechanism City disguised as a Core Formation rogue cultivator and went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Han Li traded an eight-thousand-year-old Purple Monkey Flower to Shi Jian for Kunwu Mountain information and a map of Great Jin’s Deity Transformation cultivators.
• Han Li examined the intelligence, which listed six powerful cultivators, including Xiang Zhili, Tianjizi, and Venerable Hanli, whom Han Li had killed.
• Shi Jian told Han Li that the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light might be hidden in Kunwu Mountain and that Pavilion Master Tianjizi intended to obtain it.
• Han Li left the pavilion, reflecting that Great Jin’s Deity Transformation cultivators would be crucial to his next steps.

Han Li sought the Red Essence Fire Lotus at the Heavenly Talisman Sect but witnessed a demonic attack stopped by Master Fakong of Diamond Temple. After the battle, Han Li searched the mountains for Meltfire Cave while Master Fakong recognized that he was an unusual cultivator from outside Great Jin.

• Han Li concealed himself near the Heavenly Talisman Sect while searching for the Red Essence Fire Lotus in Meltfire Cave.
• A black-robed Heavenly Demon Sect cultivator attacked the Heavenly Talisman Sect's master and demanded half of the Red Essence Fire Lotus.
• Master Fakong arrived and forced the black-robed cultivator to retreat after warning him to stop his assault.
• Han Li slipped away, then searched the mountains behind the sect for Meltfire Cave.
• Master Fakong told the Heavenly Talisman Sect Master that Han Li seemed to be no cultivator native to Great Jin.

Han Li entered the Wildlands Mountain Range seeking Wildlands Spirit Milk and rescued the Azure Bull Tribe from Yin Luo Sect cultivators. After discovering that the tribe’s totem power seemed connected to space laws, he arranged to exchange cultivation methods for the tribe’s insights.

• Han Li detected a battle and found three Yin Luo Sect cultivators attacking the Azure Bull Tribe and its high priest for a sacred relic and Wildlands Spirit Milk.
• Han Li introduced himself as Li Feiyu and shattered one attacker’s flying sword before the high priest could be struck.
• The three Yin Luo Sect cultivators attacked Han Li with the Three Talents Soul-Refining Formation, but he destroyed their banners and forced them to flee.
• Han Li examined the high priest’s Azure Bull totem and sensed that its power contained a trace of nascent space laws.
• The high priest invited Han Li to take some Wildlands Spirit Milk, and Han Li offered to exchange Heavenly South cultivation methods for knowledge of totem power.

Han Li perfected the fourth layer of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art, then discovered the Yin Luo Sect was using the Origin Bright Lamp's core to build the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation. He seized the formation's Ancestral Spirit Crystal Core and captured surviving disciples, who were to lead him to their sect master.

• Han Li absorbed Wildlands Spirit Milk and used the Wilds Spirit Crystal to break through to perfection in the fourth layer of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art.
• The Heavenly Secrets Token core fragment revealed that the Yin Luo Sect was using the Origin Bright Lamp's core to build a formation in Ten Thousand Souls Valley.
• The Yin Luo Sect elder planned to use the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation and Mystic Yin Death Qi to raise his sect above the Heavenly Demon Sect, sacrificing captured Azure Bull Tribe warriors.
• Han Li arrived at the White Bone Tower, pulled the Ancestral Spirit Crystal Core from the formation, and killed the elder with his True Demon Finger.
• Han Li sealed the remaining Yin Luo Sect disciples and ordered them to lead him to their sect master.

Han Li sought Xiang Zhili in the Void Rift for guidance on using the primordial magnetic divine light origin to break through to Deity Transformation. Xiang Zhili taught him the Space Folding Art and pointed him toward Kunwu Mountain, where Han Li hoped to find what he needed for his breakthrough.

• Han Li traveled through the Gobi Desert with captured Yin Luo Sect disciples and endured the Void Rift’s spatial suction, refining its power with his True Demon Qi and strengthening his body.
• Xiang Zhili emerged from the spatial rift and recognized Han Li as the famed cultivator Han the Old Devil.
• Han Li showed Xiang Zhili the primordial magnetic divine light origin and asked for help invoking the laws of heaven and earth for a Deity Transformation breakthrough.
• Xiang Zhili warned Han Li that using the origin could trigger the Three-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation, then taught him the Space Folding Art to stabilize space during his breakthrough.
• Xiang Zhili agreed to help Han Li in the Spirit Realm someday and told him that Kunwu Mountain held Deity Transformation Insights and Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure fragments.

Han Li and Shi Jian entered Kunwu Mountain after the ancient forbidden land opened, joining hundreds of cultivators racing toward Kunwu Hall. As the Righteous and Demonic Paths clashed over the palace, Han Li kept to the shadows, intent on claiming the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and a chance to reach Deity Transformation.

• Han Li and Shi Jian surveyed the factions gathered at Kunwu Mountain as the Righteous Path, Demonic Path, Demon Tribe, and rogue cultivators assembled.
• A space rift opened in Kunwu Mountain, and cultivators streamed through it without starting a large-scale fight at the entrance.
• Han Li and Shi Jian entered the mountain and found themselves in a plaza before the ancient Kunwu Hall.
• A Heavenly Demon Sect Grand Elder charged toward Kunwu Hall, and the Taiyi Sect master led the righteous cultivators after him.
• Han Li slipped into the shadows at the edge of the plaza and watched the sealed doors, determined to seek the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and a path to Deity Transformation.

Han Li activated the twelve sky-pillaring stone columns to open Kunwu Hall, then followed the other cultivators inside. The group encountered deadly traps in the entry corridor, and Han Li spotted a half-open door ahead that appeared to lead to the first chamber.

• Han Li realized the twelve stone columns formed the Heavenly Circumference Stars Grand Array while the Taiyi Sect's sect master and the Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder clashed and triggered Kunwu Hall's restrictions.
• Han Li awakened the Night-Luminescent Pearls atop the columns with Chaos Sword Qi, sending star-power beams into the hall doors until they swung fully open.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder, the Taiyi Sect's sect master, and the other cultivators rushed into Kunwu Hall, followed by Han Li.
• In the shadowy corridor, rogue cultivators triggered poisoned-arrow traps and died, while the Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder blocked the arrows and the Taiyi Sect's sect master warned the group to proceed carefully.
• Han Li stopped at the rear of the group and noticed a half-open door glowing with spiritual light at the end of the corridor.

The cultivators found a phantom image of the Kunwu Cauldron in a black altar, but Han Li realized the altar was a formation nexus hiding a deeper passage. After absorbing the altar’s unstable spatial power and opening a fissure, Han Li descended below, followed by the Taiyi Sect Master and the Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder.

• The Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder touched the altar, summoning a silver pillar of light that displayed the phantom image of the Kunwu Cauldron.
• The Taiyi Sect Master and the Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder fought over the apparent treasure while Han Li sensed that the altar concealed an underground passage.
• As the altar began to collapse, Han Li used the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art to devour its spatial fluctuations and advance his body cultivation.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder attacked Han Li, but Han Li dispersed the banner sheets with the Great Evolutionary Sword Art and disrupted the altar with another sword strike.
• Han Li's attack opened a fissure in the altar, and he plunged into the deeper level as the Taiyi Sect Master and the Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder followed.

Han Li discovered the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light sealed in an underground star core and seized it after the Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder tried to absorb it and was destroyed. With the divine light inside him, Han Li increased his chances of reaching Deity Transformation, leaving the Taiyi Sect's sect master and Shi Jian stunned.

• Han Li found a small star core powering the underground staircase and sensed a trace of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light within it.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect's Grand Elder and the Taiyi Sect's sect master raced to the underground hall and fought over the gigantic star core containing the divine light.
• A crack opened in the star core, and the Grand Elder forcibly absorbed the beam of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, which began tearing apart his body.
• Han Li killed the Grand Elder with his True Demon Finger and devoured his body and nascent soul.
• Han Li absorbed the stabilized Primordial Magnetic Divine Light into his dantian, while the Taiyi Sect's sect master and Shi Jian stared at him in shock.

Han Li refined the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, perfected the fourth level of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art, and broke through to Deity Transformation Early Stage after enduring the tribulation. He emerged from the Underground Abyss and turned his attention to the Yin Luo Sect and its Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation.

• Han Li refined the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and used it with true demon qi to perfect True Demon Condensation, the fourth level of the Brahma Saint True Demonic Art.
• Han Li warned the Taiyi Sect's sect master and Shi Jian to keep the Underground Abyss's secrets, then began drawing in the Star Core's power to break through.
• Han Li's attempt triggered the Deity Transformation Tribulation, and the Taiyi Sect's sect master and Shi Jian fled to Sky-Pillaring Square.
• Nine tribulation lightning bolts struck the square before the storm ended, and Han Li emerged as a Deity Transformation Early Stage cultivator.
• The Taiyi Sect's sect master and Shi Jian congratulated Han Li, who then focused on the Yin Luo Sect and the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation.

After surviving the lightning tribulation, Han Li ascended to the deity transformation realm, but Kunwu Mountain’s hidden realm began collapsing. He destroyed the Yin Luo Sect Grand Elder and devoured the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation, then turned toward the exit, ready to confront the sect’s remaining schemes.

• Han Li completed his transformation into a deity transformation cultivator, and the Taiyi Sect's sect master and Shi Jian congratulated him.
• Kunwu Hall collapsed from the damage caused by Han Li’s tribulation, prompting the cultivators to flee the hidden realm.
• The Yin Luo Sect's Grand Elder activated the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Formation and attacked the escaping cultivators, injuring the Taiyi Sect's sect master.
• Han Li killed the Yin Luo Sect's Grand Elder with true demon qi, destroying his body and nascent soul.
• Han Li devoured the formation’s black net, let the surviving Yin Luo Sect elders flee, and headed toward the Space Rift.

After reaching Deity Transformation, Han Li rejected offers to join the Taiyi Sect and Heavenly Mechanism City and flew west to settle his score with the Yin Luo Sect. At its headquarters, Blood Fiend Old Devil learned of Han Li’s power and sought help from Hu Qinglei, while Han Li continued toward the sect to attack.

• Han Li concealed his aura, refused the Taiyi Sect Master’s and Shi Jian’s recruitment offers, and departed toward western Great Jin.
• The Taiyi Sect Master and Shi Jian watched Han Li leave and concluded that the Yin Luo Sect faced a calamity.
• Blood Fiend Old Devil learned from a surviving elder that Han Li had reached Deity Transformation and wielded the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
• Blood Fiend Old Devil ordered the Yin Luo Sect’s formations activated and sent a messenger to ask Hu Qinglei for aid.
• Han Li flew toward the Yin Luo Sect and vowed to offer its blood in commemoration of his new Deity Transformation realm.

Han Li attacked the Yin Luo Sect headquarters, devoured the Blood Fiend Grand Formation, and killed Blood Fiend Old Devil. After destroying the sect’s Skeleton Tower, he turned his attention toward the Heavenly Demon Sect and Hu Qinglei.

• Han Li killed the two Yin Luo Sect disciples guarding the mountain gate, prompting the sect to raise the alarm.
• Blood Fiend Old Devil confronted Han Li and activated the Blood Fiend Grand Formation after learning Han Li had reached deity transformation.
• Han Li devoured the formation’s blood-colored pillar with his true demon qi, severely weakening Blood Fiend Old Devil.
• Han Li killed Blood Fiend Old Devil and spared the fleeing Yin Luo Sect elders.
• Han Li reduced the Skeleton Tower to dust, declared the Yin Luo Sect erased, and looked toward the Heavenly Demon Sect and Hu Qinglei.

Han Li found Zi Ling being forced to become Hu Qinglei’s concubine and prepared to rescue her from the Heavenly Demon Sect. He confronted Hu Qinglei at the sect gates, leaving the two facing off as Han Li apologized to Zi Ling for arriving too late.

• Han Li discovered that Zi Ling was at the Heavenly Demon Sect for Hu Qinglei’s concubine-taking ceremony and struggled to contain his fury.
• Han Li pushed his Brahma Saint True Demonic Art toward a breakthrough, then contacted Shi Jian and secretly arranged a Trapping Formation around the sect.
• Hu Qinglei paralyzed Zi Ling when she tried to end her life rather than become his concubine.
• A disciple reported trouble at the gates, and Hu Qinglei flew out with more than a dozen elders to confront the intruder.
• Han Li revealed himself before the Heavenly Demon Sect and told Zi Ling he had come too late.

Han Li confronted Hu Qinglei and the Heavenly Demon Sect at its gates, overpowering their battle formation while a distraction drew Hu Qinglei away. Han Li entered the Main Hall and found Fairy Zi Ling, who recognized him.

• Han Li demanded that Hu Qinglei release Fairy Zi Ling, then devoured the Heavenly Demon Battle Formation’s power with True Demon Qi.
• A disciple reported that the Myriad Demon Cave and storehouse were under attack, and Hu Qinglei accused Han Li of using a scheme to divert the sect.
• Hu Qinglei led most of the elders to the rear mountains and left five or six to guard Han Li.
• Han Li killed five pursuing elders with the Great Evolutionary Sword Art and rushed into the Main Hall.
• Han Li found Fairy Zi Ling supported by two cultivators, and she recognized him through her tears.

Han Li rescued Zi Ling from Hu Qinglei’s control and learned that Hu Qinglei had forced her to take a Spirit-Locking Pill. He rushed to the Myriad Demon Cave, where Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators were fighting Hu Qinglei’s forces, and confronted him.

• Han Li entered the Heavenly Demon Sect’s great hall, destroyed the two cultivators holding Zi Ling, and freed her from the qi sealing her meridians.
• Zi Ling told Han Li that Hu Qinglei had forced her to take a Spirit-Locking Pill, and Han Li expelled its medicinal potency.
• Han Li unleashed a terrifying pressure and flew toward the rear mountain as the sect elders fled.
• At the Myriad Demon Cave, Hu Qinglei confronted two Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators who had attacked the sect’s storehouse on Shi Jian’s orders.
• Hu Qinglei’s elders formed the Heavenly Demon Battle Formation, but one Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivator dispersed its phantom with a single sword strike.
• Han Li arrived and demanded to know what Hu Qinglei had done to his Dao companion.

Han Li arrived at the Heavenly Demon Sect’s ruined storehouse after the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators destroyed it and took its treasures. Hu Qinglei faced Han Li’s threat as the two sides prepared to clash.

• Hu Qinglei confronted two Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators over their theft of the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Spirit Stones and pills.
• Hu Qinglei ordered his elders to form the Heavenly Demon Battle Formation, but one cultivator broke it with Heavenly Mechanism: Starburst.
• Han Li arrived at the rear mountains, revealing that he had reached the early stage of Deity Transformation.
• The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators reported to Han Li that they had taken the storehouse’s contents as instructed.
• Han Li told Hu Qinglei that his time had run out and threatened to make him taste true despair.

Han Li used his newly revealed power to destroy the Heavenly Demon Sect and kill its Grand Elder, Hu Qinglei. After razing the Myriad Demon Cave, he turned toward the sect’s Main Hall and said it was time to take Zi Ling home.

• Han Li appeared outside the Myriad Demon Cave and declared that the Heavenly Demon Sect would cease to exist.
• Han Li used True Demon Qi: Devouring to drain and destroy the sect’s weakened elders.
• Hu Qinglei tried to resist and threatened Han Li, but Han Li devoured him and his nascent soul.
• The two Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators watched as Han Li collapsed the Myriad Demon Cave into dust.
• Han Li looked toward the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Main Hall and said, “Zi Ling, let’s go home.”

Han Li destroyed the Heavenly Demon Sect and shattered the Myriad Demon Stele, devouring the remnant souls within it. He freed Zi Ling from her restraints and reunited with her, but his attention turned toward the sect’s Main Hall beneath the black mist.

• Han Li confirmed that the Heavenly Demon Sect had been wiped out and learned that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators had stolen the sect’s supplies and hidden its spirit stones.
• Han Li drew the Myriad Demon Stele from the ruins, shattered it, and devoured the remnant souls sealed inside.
• Han Li went to the Main Hall, where Zi Ling waited, and killed the two cultivators supporting her.
• Han Li dissolved the black energy sealing Zi Ling’s meridians and embraced her as she wept with relief.
• Han Li told Zi Ling that Hu Qinglei was dead and looked toward the Main Hall and the black mist surrounding the sect.

Han Li rescued Zi Ling from the Heavenly Demon Sect, accepted the sect’s gathered treasures, and left with her for the heartland of Great Jin. The sect’s destruction alarmed powerful cultivators across the region, who chose not to pursue him while they tried to assess his strength.

• Han Li removed the remaining demonic qi and the Spirit-Locking Pill’s effects from Zi Ling, then carried her out of the empty Main Hall.
• Han Li used his spiritual sense to confirm that the Heavenly Demon Sect’s surviving Elders had fled and that no Nascent Soul cultivators remained.
• At the mountain gates, two Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion cultivators gave Han Li a Storage Bag of treasures gathered from the sect’s storehouse.
• Han Li thanked Shi Jian for his help and departed west with Zi Ling, intending to find her a safe place to recover and study his recent insights.
• Powerful cultivators from the Taiyi Sect, the Great Jin Imperial City, and the Myriad Demon Valley sensed Hu Qinglei’s death and the Heavenly Demon Sect’s destruction, but did not pursue Han Li.