Recaps

Han Li and Zi Ling gathered the ingredients and recovered the Star-Water Token and Illusory Star Banner while crossing the Shattered Star Sea. They returned toward Hundred Herb Island to investigate the Nine Questions of the Pill Dao, still lacking clues for three questions needed to perfect the Water-Congealing Pill Formula.

• Han Li and Zi Ling gathered star-tear grass on Hundred Herb Island, then calmed a Moonshadow Deer so Zi Ling could collect illusory star grass from its antlers.
• Han Li and Zi Ling solved the Star-Orbit Maze Formation on the Star-Gazing Platform and found the Star-Water Token, along with clues pointing them toward the Illusory Star Banner and the Nine Questions of the Pill Dao.
• Han Li and Zi Ling fought off three remnant souls near the Mist Islands, then opened Starfall Valley's barrier with the Star-Water Token and their formations.
• Han Li and Zi Ling defeated three guardian puppets in Starfall Valley and recovered the Illusory Star Banner by restoring the missing Horn Mansion position.
• Zi Ling revealed the Nine Questions of the Pill Dao in the Pill Pavilion Record of Rare Medicinal Herbs, and Han Li realized they needed to visit the Pillheart Pavilion to resolve the sixth, seventh, and eighth questions.

Han Li and Zi Ling unlocked the Water-Condensing Pill recipe at Pillheart Pavilion and gathered jade silkworm shells needed to prepare for the Two-Yi Hall. They confirmed their route and defenses for Void Sky Hall and ended the chapter preparing to refine the Two-Yi Pill.

• Han Li and Zi Ling combined water and fire spiritual power to activate the Fire-Spirit Stele, revealing three answers from the Nine Questions of the Pill Dao and completing the Water-Condensing Pill recipe.
• Han Li and Zi Ling entered Spirit-Insect Valley, drove off a Jadeite Mantis, collected jade silkworm shells, and found notes about raising the silkworms into butterflies.
• Han Li used the Star-Water Token, Illusory Star Banner, and pill recipe to project a map of Void Sky Hall and learned that the Two-Yi Hall held the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual.
• Han Li and Zi Ling agreed to face the dangers of Void Sky Hall together and reviewed their formations and defenses.
• Zi Ling planned to borrow the pavilion master's Nine-Aperture Spirit-Gathering Furnace so she could refine the Two-Yi Pill.

Han Li and Zi Ling crossed the Remnant-Soul Vortex and opened the Two-Yi Hall, where they obtained the complete Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual and unlocked array-pill dual cultivation. They left with their powers beginning to resonate, ready to practice together and pursue breakthroughs.

• Han Li used the system to plot a route through the Remnant-Soul Vortex, and Zi Ling prepared Water Condensation Pills for the journey.
• Han Li and Zi Ling combined their formations and the Illusory Star Banner to guide the Flowing Cloud Shuttle through the vortex to the Void Sky Hall.
• Han Li and Zi Ling placed the Star-Water Token and Illusory Star Banner in the Two-Yi Hall’s door, then entered the passage and learned that formations and pills had to be united.
• Han Li and Zi Ling worked together to break the Two-Yi Maze Formation and reached the hall’s core, where the complete Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual awaited them.
• Han Li received the manual’s inheritance, unlocking array-pill dual cultivation as the First Hall Master’s phantom appeared and their powers began to resonate.
• Han Li and Zi Ling left the Two-Yi Hall, and Zi Ling said they could practice array-pill dual cultivation together to overcome their bottlenecks.

Han Li and Zi Ling entered Void Sky Hall, where they fought off Chu Wuqing and uncovered a deadly formation trapping cultivators in the ruins. They seized the formation core and looted the battlefield before leaving, while Han Li remained indifferent to the conspiracy behind the hall.

• Zi Ling brought Han Li a distress signal from the Pill Pavilion, and the two were intercepted by Chu Wuqing and eleven Enforcement Hall cultivators.
• Han Li and Zi Ling used their formations to repel Chu Wuqing's attack, and he withdrew after hinting that the grand elder was interested in Han Li.
• Inside Void Sky Hall, Han Li and Zi Ling watched five core formation cultivators fight over a Spirit-Gathering Pool before remnant souls trapped them in the killing formation.
• Chu Wuqing revealed himself and attacked the trapped cultivators, but the battle left him gravely injured and the formation core vulnerable.
• Han Li and Zi Ling destroyed the formation's seven nodes, seized its core, and ended the killing formation.
• Han Li took the cultivators' Storage Bags and departed Void Sky Hall with Zi Ling, focused on using the spoils to grow stronger.

Han Li sorted the spoils from Void Sky Hall, refined pills and a spatial formation during secluded cultivation, and defeated three cultivators who tried to rob him. He returned to Hundred Herb Island with Zi Ling and resolved to build his strength without letting any faction control his path.

• Han Li told Zi Ling he did not care about the cultivators who died over the Spirit-Gathering Pool and used Li Canghai's agreement with the Blood Saber Gate to explain why.
• Han Li exchanged spirit stones for rare materials, assigned Zi Ling to purify the Blood-Drinking Saber, and designed the Void Sky Space-Locking Formation using fragments from Void Sky Hall.
• Han Li secluded himself on a deserted island, concealed his aura, refined formation flags, and made five-marked Essence-Nourishing Foundation-Stabilizing Pills that brought him close to a Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• Han Li trapped three early Core Formation cultivators who came searching for his spoils, disarmed one, and left them bound in the formation before returning to Hundred Herb Island.
• Han Li gave Zi Ling a Void Sky Space-Locking Formation Flag and told her he would strengthen himself and refuse to be controlled by the Star Palace, the Enforcement Hall, or anyone else.

Han Li and Zi Ling explored the Lost Trail Forest, where they defeated the Shadow Marten King and obtained Concealment Fruits. Han Li used one to refine a pill and broke through to the foundation establishment middle stage, while the threats of the Star Palace and Void Sky Hall remained ahead.

• Han Li and Zi Ling entered the Lost Trail Forest, where Han Li killed a Mist Python and learned that cultivators were fighting over the Concealment Fruit.
• Zi Ling distracted three followers of Li Canghai with illusions while Han Li killed them and rescued a wounded old man, who revealed the route to the Hidden Spirit Pool.
• Han Li and Zi Ling activated the Stars Shift and Dipper Turn Formation, then defeated the Shadow Marten King and collected seven Concealment Fruits.
• Han Li returned to Hundred Herb Island, refined a Concealment Foundation Establishment Pill, and broke through to the foundation establishment middle stage after three days of seclusion.
• Zi Ling congratulated Han Li on his breakthrough, and Han Li reflected that he still needed strength to face the Star Palace and the Void Sky Hall.

Han Li spent ten years in seclusion at the Pill Pavilion, advancing his alchemy and combining formations with pill refinement while strengthening his cultivation. After learning that a Core Formation cultivator from the Central Province Pill Tower was seeking his Twofold Formation Pills, he prepared to leave Hundred Herb Island with Zi Ling.

• Han Li returned to Hundred Herb Island, gave Zi Ling the remaining Concealment Fruits, and entered Red Glow Cave to devote ten years to alchemy.
• Han Li used the system's guidance and the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual to refine increasingly advanced pills, improving his alchemy and developing pills with formation patterns.
• Zi Ling visited Han Li regularly, and Pavilion Master Chen Fengyang noticed his growing pill-making skill after he refined Star-Tear Pills.
• Han Li emerged from seclusion with a store of premium pills and showed Zi Ling three Twofold Formation Pills that could briefly create defensive formations.
• Han Li reached the peak of Foundation Establishment middle stage, while Zi Ling observed that the Pill Dao had begun to shape his state of mind.
• Zi Ling told Han Li that an early Core Formation pill fanatic from the Central Province Pill Tower was searching for Twofold Formation Pills, and Han Li left with her to investigate.

Han Li left the Pill Pavilion to study artifact refining, using his mastery of formations and pills to impress Lu Dun and join the Artifact Refining Pavilion. After combining pill power with formation patterns in a new formation flag, he learned that a Pill Tower visitor was seeking the Twofold Formation Pill and set out to confront him.

• Han Li asked Chen Fengyang to transfer him from the Pill Pavilion to the Artifact Refining Pavilion, and Chen Fengyang approved while giving him artifact-refining notes and a mineral map.
• Han Li passed Lu Dun's ore-identification, material-melting, and pattern-carving trials, becoming an inner disciple after his carved formation patterns resonated on their own.
• Han Li studied artifact refining, mined void stone with Lu Dun, and discovered that Zi Ling's star-tear grass could help combine pill power with magical treasures.
• Han Li inscribed formation patterns into star-patterned steel and embedded a Star-Water Essence Condensation Pill, increasing a formation flag's sealing range by fifty percent.
• After hearing that Pill Enthusiast had arrived seeking the creator of the Twofold Formation Pill, Han Li ended his seclusion early and left to meet him.

Han Li defeated Mo Chen of the Central Province Pill Tower by combining formations, artifacts, and pill power, then learned that Mo Canglan was conspiring with the Pill Tower over the Void Sky Hall's formation core. After Zi Ling sent him part of the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual, Han Li refined stronger Pill-Flame Formation Flags and prepared to continue improving his strength.

• Han Li used his improved Void Sky Space-Locking Formation and Pill-and-Artifact Synergy to defeat Mo Chen and force him to reveal the Pill Tower's interest in the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual fragment.
• Mo Chen told Han Li that Mo Canglan had negotiated with the Pill Tower to trade the fragment for the Void Sky Hall's formation core, and Han Li sent the Pill Tower a warning before letting Mo Chen leave.
• Han Li collected Mo Chen's belongings, while the system rewarded him with artifact-refining progress and unlocked Pill-Flame Formation Control.
• Zi Ling told Han Li that she had found half of the second volume of the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual and sent him its Array-Pill Form Transformation method.
• Lu Dun taught Han Li the Molten-Flame Engraving Method, and Han Li used Mo Chen's pill flame crystal to forge Pill-Flame Formation Flags that increased the formation's power by fifty percent.

Han Li refined a Twelve-Turn Linglong Pill from mutated star-tear grass and used it to break through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage. The chapter ended with Chu Wuqing and two Star Palace Enforcement Hall cultivators confronting him to seize the pill formula and Formation-Pill Manual clues.

• Han Li learned that his cultivation had reached the brink of a breakthrough and identified the ingredients needed for a Nine-Turn Linglong Pill.
• Zi Ling told Han Li about mutated star-tear grass bearing twelve stellar patterns, and Han Li used it to refine a Twelve-Turn Linglong Pill.
• Han Li swallowed the pill and stabilized his breakthrough by activating the Void Sky Space-Locking Formation and combining three protective methods.
• After seven days and seven nights, Han Li reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and gained the Crystallized Spiritual Power skill.
• The system warned Han Li that three early-stage Core Formation cultivators from the Star Palace's Enforcement Hall were approaching.
• Chu Wuqing and two disciples demanded Han Li hand over the pill formula, then realized he had already advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Han Li used crystallized spiritual power and formations to defeat Mo Canglan and Liu Wugou after they accused him of forbidden pill refining. With the Pill Tower now watching him, Han Li prepared to travel to the Mist Islands and investigate Void Sky Hall.

• Han Li tested his crystallized spiritual power sword technique, then hurried to the Pill Pavilion after Elder Sun warned that Mo Canglan had surrounded it and demanded the Twelve-Turn Linglong Pill formula.
• Han Li presented the Nine-Aperture Spirit-Gathering Furnace as evidence, but Liu Wugou ordered the Enforcement Hall disciples to attack him.
• Han Li repelled the sword formation, trapped Liu Wugou and Mo Canglan with his Pill Flame Toxic Miasma Formation and Nine-Star Strangulation Formation, and forced Mo Canglan to retreat.
• Han Li gave Elder Sun an Image-Recording Pearl of Mo Canglan and Liu Wugou framing him, then returned to secluded cultivation on Hundred Refinement Peak.
• Zi Ling told Han Li that Mo Canglan had been suspended and that the Pill Tower had noticed his pill; Han Li agreed to visit the Mist Islands and seek Void Sky Hall.

Han Li and Zi Ling fought their way through the Mist Islands to uncover the Void Sky Legacy, then Han Li remained at Void Sky Hall for three years to master spatial formations, forge a powerful flying treasure, and advance to the peak of Foundation Establishment late stage. Zi Ling returned as promised, and they set off aboard the Starfall Boat toward new conflicts with the Pill Tower, the Star Palace, and the mastermind behind Mo Canglan.

• Han Li and Zi Ling defeated a Wave-Swallowing Flood Dragon and the Seven Fiends of the Black Wind as they crossed the Mist Islands.
• At Void Sky Hall, Han Li used the Three-Talents Key to open the legacy casket and claim the Void Sky Formation Compendium, falling star iron, and a Star-Origin Soul-Stabilizing Pill recipe.
• Han Li asked Zi Ling to return to Hundred Herb Island while he stayed behind to cultivate for three years, and she reluctantly departed.
• Han Li comprehended the Void-Folding Formation, forged the Starfall Boat, refined Star-Origin Soul-Stabilizing Pills, and advanced to peak Foundation Establishment late stage.
• Zi Ling returned after three years, and Han Li left Void Sky Hall with her aboard the Starfall Boat to face the Pill Tower, the Star Palace, and the mastermind behind Mo Canglan.

Han Li and Zi Ling reached Tianxing City, uncovered the history of the traitor Ling Xiaozi, and confronted him in the Hundred-Grass Pavilion. They escaped the city with a clue that Mo Canglan had entered Myriad Demon Valley, setting their next course.

• Han Li used the Void-Folding Formation to cross the Fallen Star Strait, then passed the Pill Tower's entry assessment by refining a three-marked Heart-Questioning Pill.
• Han Li showed Master Danyang Elder Mo's Black-Jade Token and evidence linking the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual to the Seven-Star Alchemy Classic, and Master Danyang identified Ling Xiaozi as the likely mastermind behind the old thefts.
• Master Danyang granted Han Li Guest Elder status, and Han Li and Zi Ling searched the Hundred-Grass Pavilion, where they found Ling Xiaozi.
• Han Li and Zi Ling fought Ling Xiaozi, and Han Li's Starfall Boat swept him and the pavilion into a space rift.
• After Tianxing City launched a lockdown and hunt, Han Li and Zi Ling fled aboard the Starfall Boat with a Star-Illusion Token revealing that Mo Canglan had entered Myriad Demon Valley to seek the Demon Emperor's essence blood.

Han Li and Zi Ling entered Myriad Demon Valley, overcame its defenses, and discovered that Ling Xiaozi had completed the Blood Soul Pill and planned to control Mo Canglan. They escaped the Blood Soul Pearl’s attack with a token fragment that could track Ling Xiaozi, then prepared to use the surviving Enforcement Hall disciples to find Mo Canglan.

• Han Li and Zi Ling crossed the Venomfang Archipelago, where Han Li killed the Red-Eyed Poison Spider Swarm with his Crystal-Spike Formation Flags.
• Han Li used formation techniques and the Void Sky Space-Locking Formation Core Array Disk to break through the Myriad Souls Heart-Devouring Formation and enter Myriad Demon Valley.
• Han Li and Zi Ling found cursed skeletons bearing a message that Mo Canglan had completed the Blood Soul Pill, then discovered three injured Star Palace Enforcement Hall disciples and rescued them from Blood-Eyed Demon Wolves.
• Han Li and Zi Ling found a bone altar where a masked black-robed cultivator used the Blood Soul Pearl to attack them and claimed Mo Canglan would become his puppet.
• The black-robed cultivator escaped after the Blood Soul Pearl’s suction devastated the area, and Han Li obtained a fragment of Ling Xiaozi’s identity token that unlocked a tracking function.
• Han Li and Zi Ling decided to find Mo Canglan quickly and considered using the two Enforcement Hall disciples following them to gather information.

Han Li and Zi Ling found Elder Mo Canglan refining a Blood Soul Pill in Myriad Souls Cave, but Mo swallowed it and became a maddened Core Formation Stage cultivator. After escaping his attack, Han Li concluded that Ling Xiaozi had manipulated Mo and resolved to uncover the scheme, counter the pill, and restore Mo's sanity.

• Han Li questioned the Enforcement Hall disciples and learned that Mo Canglan had gone to Myriad Souls Cave to refine a Blood Soul Pill, while the disciples carried a recipe fragment and a Demon Tribe contact token.
• Han Li defeated the Ghost-Toothed Crocodile Pack outside Myriad Souls Cave and entered with Zi Ling and the disciples.
• Han Li and Zi Ling found Mo Canglan beside a blood pool with a Blood Soul Pill, but Mo swallowed it, reached the early Core Formation Stage, and lost control of his mind.
• Han Li held off Mo's attacks while Zi Ling led the disciples away, and he escaped the cave badly injured before they fled aboard the Starfall Boat.
• Han Li identified Ling Xiaozi's blood essence as the pill's catalyst and suspected Ling Xiaozi planned to control Mo; he and Zi Ling decided to investigate the Demon Tribe connection and seek a way to save Mo.

Han Li and Zi Ling obtained the ingredients for a Star-Origin Soul-Stabilizing Pill, drove Ling Xiaozi from the Demon Emperor’s Mausoleum, and used the pill to restore Mo Canglan’s mind. They learned that Ling Xiaozi planned to activate the Blood Soul Grand Formation at Blood Soul Abyss in three days, and began preparing to stop him.

• Han Li and Zi Ling traveled to Cold Jade Pool, where Han Li defeated its guardian Ice-Jade Toad and collected mind-cleansing jade marrow.
• Han Li and Zi Ling entered the Demon Emperor’s Mausoleum, where Ling Xiaozi revealed his plan to use the Blood Soul Grand Formation to devour the life essence of nearby creatures.
• Zi Ling obtained a Demon Emperor’s Tear as Han Li fought Ling Xiaozi, who escaped after his Demon Cores were destroyed and warned that the formation would be complete in three days.
• Han Li refined a Star-Origin Soul-Stabilizing Pill and used it with a Soul-Stabilizing Art fragment to restore Mo Canglan’s reason.
• Mo Canglan revealed that the formation’s core was the Heart of Ten Thousand Demons in Blood Soul Abyss, and Han Li, Zi Ling, and Mo Canglan began preparing their formations and Mind-Cleansing Pills.

Han Li, Zi Ling, and Mo Canglan failed to stop Ling Xiaozi’s Blood Soul Grand Formation and escaped Myriad Demon Valley after the Heart of Ten Thousand Demons nearly drained their spiritual power. They headed for the Star Palace to warn it and seek reinforcements as the formation threatened nearby life.

• Han Li, Zi Ling, and Mo Canglan entered the Blood Soul Abyss and attacked Ling Xiaozi’s Blood Soul Grand Formation and the Heart of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Ling Xiaozi unleashed vengeful souls and blood serpents, while the formation bound the Starfall Boat and drained Han Li’s spiritual power.
• Han Li tore open space to escape the abyss, but the Heart of Ten Thousand Demons struck the boat and injured Zi Ling.
• Mo Canglan stayed behind to delay Ling Xiaozi with the Seven-Star Spirit-Locking Formation, allowing Han Li and Zi Ling to flee.
• Han Li warned that the formation would drain all life within a thousand miles in three days and resolved to seek Star Palace reinforcements.
• Zi Ling sent an emergency message to Elder Sun, and the three flew toward the Star Palace.

Han Li and Zi Ling helped Xing Xuanzi destroy Ling Xiaozi’s Blood Soul Grand Formation and were appointed Core Disciples of the Star Palace. At Azure Nether Courtyard, they prepared to train for their three-year assessment while investigating the forces behind Ling Xiaozi and Elder Mo Canglan’s defection.

• Han Li and Zi Ling reported Ling Xiaozi’s Blood Soul Grand Formation to Elder Sun, who ordered the Star Palace’s forces to assemble and summoned Xing Xuanzi.
• Xing Xuanzi led the Star Palace’s formation assault on Myriad Demon Valley, combining the Heavenly Circumference Stars Formation with a miniature Void-Folding Formation to destroy the Heart of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Xing Xuanzi killed Ling Xiaozi with the Starfall Token, ending the Blood Soul Grand Formation, while Zi Ling gathered the scattered blood crystals.
• At a banquet, Xing Xuanzi appointed Han Li and Zi Ling Core Disciples for three years, after which they would have to pass an assessment in formation deduction, pill and artifact refining, and combat.
• Elder Sun escorted Han Li and Zi Ling to Azure Nether Courtyard, where they agreed to prepare for the assessment and investigate the forces behind Ling Xiaozi and Elder Mo Canglan’s defection.

Han Li and Zi Ling prepared for the Core Disciple Assessment while investigating the Blood Lotus Cult’s threat. After they discovered that stolen token fragments revealed a gathering planned for one month later, they began preparing to pass the assessment and confront the cult’s schemes.

• Han Li and Zi Ling visited the Artifact Pavilion, where Elder Mo Canglan revealed a Blood Lotus Token linked to Ling Xiaozi and warned Han Li about the Blood Lotus Cult.
• Han Li studied formation techniques and began developing a Star-Void Combined Strike Formation, while Zi Ling refined Blood-Cleansing Qi-Gathering Pills that could dispel baleful energy.
• Elder Sun delivered the Core Disciple Assessment requirements, and Han Li and Zi Ling planned how to use formations, pills, and artifacts to pass its three trials.
• A disciple reported that Junior Brother Zhang had been knocked unconscious and his Blood Lotus Token fragment stolen; Han Li and Zi Ling joined the fragment to Mo Canglan’s token and discovered an invitation to a Blood Lotus Cult gathering.
• Han Li planned to perfect the combined formation in seclusion, while Zi Ling prepared pills and borrowed an Armor-Piercing Awl for the upcoming assessment.

Han Li and Zi Ling passed the Star Palace’s three core disciple trials, then were ambushed by Blood Lotus Cult remnants demanding the Void Sky Space-Locking Formation Core Array Disk. After tying for first place and gaining core disciple status, they prepared to face the cult at the Myriad Demon Valley Ruins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month.

• Han Li passed the formation trial by trapping three Core Formation puppets with the Star-Void Combined Strike Formation.
• Zi Ling passed the pill trial by refining a toxin-free Blood-Cleansing Heart-Guarding Pill, and Han Li passed the artifact trial by defeating a mechanical puppet.
• Han Li and Zi Ling encountered three Blood Lotus Cult members holding Elder Mo Canglan hostage, and Han Li helped him escape while the pair fled aboard the Starfall Boat.
• The Blood Lotus Cult’s leader challenged Han Li to meet them at the Myriad Demon Valley Ruins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month.
• Three days later, Han Li and Zi Ling tied for first in the core disciple rankings and received permanent residence at Azure Nether Courtyard.
• Han Li and Zi Ling planned to strengthen their cultivation and formations before confronting the Blood Lotus Cult.

Han Li and Zi Ling uncovered the Blood Lotus Cult’s plan to use the Blood Lotus Grand Formation against the Star Palace’s core disciples and rescued Mo Canglan from Myriad Demon Valley. They drove off the cult leader and returned toward Purple Sky Peak to report the threat before the fifteenth day of the seventh month.

• Han Li and Zi Ling traveled to Myriad Demon Valley’s old site and defeated five Blood Shadow Guards in an ambush near the Myriad Souls Cave.
• Han Li and Zi Ling found the Blood Lotus Cult’s plan and Mo Canglan’s warning in a hidden chamber, then followed a teleportation formation to the old Blood Soul Abyss.
• Han Li freed Mo Canglan from his chains as the Blood Lotus Cult leader appeared and activated the Blood Lotus Grand Formation.
• Han Li’s Star-Void Overlapping Wave Formation wounded the cult leader, who fled after crushing a black token and vowed to meet Han Li on the fifteenth day of the seventh month.
• Han Li and Zi Ling brought Mo Canglan aboard the Starfall Boat, and Mo Canglan urged them to warn the Star Palace and prepare its defenses.

Han Li returned to the Star Palace as Xing Xuanzi led its forces to crush the Blood Lotus Cult’s uprising. After recovering at his cave abode, Han Li prepared resources and treasures for Core Formation, leaving ready to pursue the next stage of cultivation.

• Xing Xuanzi ordered the Star Palace forces to surround Myriad Demon Valley and attack the Blood Lotus Cult while the Twin Sages remained in seclusion on Magnetic Essence Mountain.
• Three days later, the Grand Elder reported that the Blood Lotus Cult’s main forces had been destroyed and its formation core broken, while Mo Canglan urged Han Li to rest and prepare for Core Formation.
• Han Li recovered in the Azure Nether Courtyard, reviewed his cultivation gains, and planned which resources and treasures he needed for Core Formation.
• Zi Ling successfully refined two perfect batches of Nascent-Nurturing Pills, and Han Li purified mystic ice soul and fire-yang crystal with the Void-Folding Formation.
• Mo Canglan brought the Grand Elder’s offer of Star Palace support and a possible place among his personal disciples if Han Li achieved Core Formation.

Han Li spent ten years in seclusion in Azure Nether Courtyard and successfully formed a superior-grade golden core, reaching the early Core Formation Stage. After he emerged, Zi Ling delivered news that the Twin Saints had advanced to the early Deity Transformation Stage and wanted to meet him.

• Han Li prepared a protected cave abode in Azure Nether Courtyard, purified the Blood Lotus Token into a Mind-Cleansing Token, and began his core-formation seclusion while Zi Ling guarded him.
• Han Li compressed his spiritual power, formed a core embryo, and used spirit stones to stabilize it as he endured recurring heart demon tribulations.
• In his sixth year, Han Li survived eighty-one days of heavenly thunder, which tempered his core embryo to supreme grade.
• Han Li completed the Nine-Turn Core Refinement in his ninth year and formed a superior-grade golden core, advancing to the early Core Formation Stage.
• After nurturing his golden core for a tenth year, Han Li emerged from seclusion and received a message from Zi Ling about the Grand Elder's invitation and the Twin Saints' request to meet him.

Han Li joined the Star Palace Twin Saints’ trial to select their final disciples, where he passed the first round by deftly redirecting magnetic essence force with his crystal-core spiritual power. He left with the second round approaching and fifty-four elite competitors still in the running.

• Zi Ling told Han Li that the Twin Saints had invited him to compete for one of two final disciple positions.
• At the Star Magnetism Platform, Han Li met fellow competitors Chu Tianhe, Murong Xue, and Lin Wuya before Ling Xiaofeng and Ling Yuling announced the three-round trial.
• Han Li passed the Magnetic Essence Resistance Test by deflecting the magnetic force with a protective membrane and channeling stray force through his Star-Void Overlapping Wave Formation.
• The first round eliminated half the competitors, leaving Han Li and fifty-three others to rest before the afternoon’s second round.

Han Li and the other disciples entered the Star-Illusion Maze Formation to find and activate primordial magnetism nodes, while resisting powerful illusions. Han Li completed the Heavenly Circumference Stars Chart and advanced with seventeen others; the final round for direct discipleship was set for three days later.

• Ling Xiaofeng and Ling Yuling announced that the disciples had to activate thirty-six primordial magnetism nodes inside the maze before one incense stick burned out.
• Han Li resisted the maze's temptations, found nodes with his crystal-core spiritual power, and followed clues with Chu Tianhe to locate more.
• Zi Ling helped Han Li overcome an illusion of the Myriad Demon Valley battle, strengthening his resolve and affinity with primordial magnetic energy.
• Han Li awakened Chu Tianhe and the other disciples from the maze's heart demon illusion, and the nine disciples broke through the dark figures guarding the core.
• Han Li claimed the final node, completed the Heavenly Circumference Stars Chart, and passed the round among the eighteen successful disciples.
• Ling Yuling announced that the third round, which would determine the final direct disciples, would take place in three days.