Chapter Summaries

Reborn Han Li activated the Slaughter and Plunder System and killed an examinee who attacked him during the Seven Mysteries Sect entrance trial. After Han Li reached the summit, Mo Juren took an interest in him and triggered a system quest to stop Mo Juren’s body-possession scheme.

• Han Li awakened in his younger body at the Seven Mysteries Sect entrance examination and activated the Slaughter and Plunder System.
• Han Li killed a hostile examinee on the Sword-Grinding Path, plundered vital essence, and frightened the other candidates into letting him pass.
• Steward Zhang and the other exam supervisors learned Han Li’s name and discussed his unusual skill.
• Mo Juren heard about Han Li, wondered whether he could become a suitable vessel, and decided to observe him.
• Han Li reached the summit first, and the system issued him the Rebounding Blade quest to defeat Mo Juren’s body-possession scheme and plunder his possessions.

Han Li killed a candidate on the Sword-Grinding Path, then revealed a previously unknown dark-attribute variant spiritual root during the second test. Mo Juren secretly planned to possess Han Li’s body, but Han Li discovered the tracking mark in Mo Juren’s gifts and accepted a quest to turn the tables on him.

• Han Li defended his killing before the Seven Mysteries Sect elders, and the white-haired elder sent him to the Spirit-Testing Platform to prove his strength.
• The Spirit-Testing Platform turned dark and revealed Han Li had a never-before-recorded dark-attribute variant spiritual root.
• The news of Han Li’s spiritual root spread through the sect, drawing the interest of a girl in purple and a veiled woman in white.
• Mo Juren decided to prepare to possess Han Li’s body and sent him three Peiyuan Pills and a hundred spirit stones with a concealed tracking mark.
• Han Li received the system’s Turn the Tables quest and planned to use Mo Juren’s resources while hiding his intentions.

After the Seven Mysteries Sect discovered Han Li’s dark spiritual root, its elders ordered him treated as a core disciple while secretly monitoring him. Han Li rejected Li Feiyu’s attempted alliance, noticed Nangong Wan observing him, and returned to cultivating with the pills he had received.

• The elders argued over whether Han Li’s dark spiritual root would bring disaster or opportunity, then decided to report it secretly to the Heavenly South Alliance and have Elder Li watch over him.
• Han Li received a private courtyard, core disciple status, pills, and the Azure Edge Sword, then used the Slaughter System to absorb a Peiyuan Pill’s power rapidly.
• Li Feiyu visited Han Li and proposed that they cooperate, but Han Li rejected him and intimidated one of Li Feiyu’s followers.
• Li Feiyu left angrily with his followers, while Han Li noticed Nangong Wan watching from beneath an ancient pine and learned from the system that she was curious and assessing him.
• Han Li returned to meditation and began devouring his remaining Peiyuan Pills and Qi Condensation Pills to increase his strength.

Han Li rapidly advanced his cultivation by absorbing pills, then concealed his true abilities while Mo Juren tested him and offered a poisoned Yellow Dragon Pill. After the system removed the poison and tracking mark, Han Li resolved to exploit Mo Juren’s schemes while preparing for the growing attention around him.

• Han Li absorbed his Peiyuan Pills and Qi Condensation Pills, advancing to the peak of the second level of Qi Refining.
• Mo Juren visited Han Li, noticed his sudden increase in cultivation, and gave him a Yellow Dragon Pill containing a tracking mark and Meridian-Eroding Powder.
• Han Li pretended to be inexperienced as Mo Juren answered basic cultivation questions and probed his spiritual power and cultivation method.
• After Mo Juren left, Han Li swallowed the Yellow Dragon Pill, and the system removed its poison and tracking mark while granting him ten slaughter points.
• Han Li continued cultivating and welcomed the scrutiny of the Seven Mysteries Sect’s leaders and other factions, intending to use their attention and resources to grow stronger.

Han Li entered the Seven Mysteries Sect’s outer sect tournament and accepted Li Feiyu’s challenge. He stopped Li Feiyu’s sword with two fingers and shattered it, establishing his overwhelming strength before the watching disciples and elders.

• Han Li attended the tournament after reaching the peak of the third level of Qi Refining, while Mo Juren watched from the elders’ platform.
• Li Feiyu defeated several opponents and then challenged Han Li in front of the crowd.
• Han Li appeared in the arena with swift footwork as Li Feiyu launched a powerful sword thrust at him.
• Han Li caught Li Feiyu’s sword between two fingers, shattered it, and left Li Feiyu injured.
• Han Li challenged anyone else to face him, silencing the disciples and shocking the elders.

After Han Li effortlessly defeated Li Feiyu, his reputation spread beyond the Seven Mysteries Sect and drew the attention of powerful figures. Mo Juren accelerated his plan to possess Han Li, while Han Li accepted a new quest to make his name known throughout the Southern Heaven Cultivation World.

• Han Li defeated Li Feiyu by crushing the Azure Edge Sword between two fingers, then advanced as the disciples watched in fear.
• Han Li returned to his courtyard as news of his dark spiritual root and victory spread through the Seven Mysteries Sect and the Southern Heaven Region.
• Mo Juren decided to accelerate his possession plan and requested a Soul-Locking Nail and Spirit-Refining Formation materials from an ally.
• Nangong Wan ordered Han Li watched closely and instructed her people to monitor Mo Juren and other powers without approaching Han Li.
• Han Li received the hidden quest Demon Name Far and Wide and welcomed the attention his growing reputation would bring.

Han Li followed the system’s alert into Jade-Phosphor Miasma Valley, where he found a mysterious pale green bottle that seemed connected to his dark spiritual power. After taking it and harvesting netherfrost grass, he hid when two people arrived at the valley’s clear patch.

• Han Li reached the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer after using the cultivation resources Mo Juren sent him.
• The system detected a possible treasure near Miasma Valley, and Han Li used his dark spiritual power to pass safely through the Jade-Phosphor Miasma.
• Han Li found a pale green bottle beside a pool and discovered that his spiritual sense could not detect or probe it.
• When Han Li held the bottle, his dark spiritual power surged toward it, making an ancient silver rune flash briefly across its surface.
• Han Li took the bottle and harvested netherfrost grass, then hid as two figures arrived at the clear patch.

Han Li ambushed and killed two of Mo Juren’s disciples who were waiting to seize the netherfrost grass, advancing to the fifth level of Qi Refining. He destroyed the evidence and left Mo Juren with an ominous premonition.

• Two fourth-level Qi Refining disciples discovered that the netherfrost grass had been taken and decided to ambush whoever tried to leave Miasma Valley.
• Han Li climbed above the valley entrance and attacked from concealment, killing the short disciple with a black finger blast and reaching the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining.
• Han Li destroyed the tall disciple’s Tortoiseshell Shield, then seized and killed him, advancing to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
• Han Li searched the bodies, found Storage Bags, a Mission Jade Slip, and Mo Juren’s Token, then burned the corpses and left.
• Mo Juren felt an unexplained loss while waiting for the netherfrost grass and sensed that something was wrong.

Han Li attended a birthday banquet at Mo Juren's residence, where he concealed his cultivation progress while Mo Juren probed him. Mo Caihuan arrived and struck up a lively conversation with Han Li, leaving him wary of the hidden motives around the banquet.

• Mo Juren summoned Han Li to the birthday banquet, and Han Li decided to attend while disguising his cultivation and intentions.
• Mo Juren seated Han Li beside him, secretly probing his spiritual power as Han Li pretended his rapid cultivation had left him with poor control.
• Mo Caihuan arrived with a gift for Elder Liu, and Mo Juren introduced her to Han Li and asked her to show him around.
• Mo Caihuan questioned Han Li enthusiastically, while Li Feiyu watched resentfully and Nangong Wan observed from across the hall.
• Han Li drank the Hundred-Flower Fruit Wine, noticed an unusual taste, and continued watching the banquet’s guests and hidden tensions.

At a banquet, Han Li rejected Elder Liu and Mo Juren’s attempt to bind him to Mo Caihuan, further angering Mo Juren and Li Feiyu. Back in his courtyard, Han Li resolved to grow stronger by striking against those who threatened him while continuing to investigate the Small Bottle.

• Mo Caihuan flirted with Han Li while Mo Juren secretly probed him, and Nangong Wan watched their interaction.
• Elder Liu suggested Han Li and Mo Caihuan would make a good match, and Mo Juren responded with tacit approval.
• Han Li rejected the match and declared that he cared only for pursuing the Dao, embarrassing Mo Caihuan and angering Mo Juren.
• Mo Juren escorted Han Li away with a friendly appearance that concealed growing killing intent, while Li Feiyu’s hatred intensified.
• Han Li received a system reward that slightly increased his spiritual sense, then decided he needed to strengthen himself by targeting his enemies.
• Han Li infused spiritual power into the Small Bottle, strengthening his connection to it even though he still could not open it.

Han Li accepted a dangerous mission to investigate the Black Fiend Cult in the Falling Cloud Mountains and crushed Lu Renjia’s attempt to provoke him at the sect market. As Han Li headed toward the outside world, an old man noticed his ruthlessness and considered him a possible contender for the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land.

• Han Li accepted the mission to investigate the Black Fiend Cult’s outlying stronghold in the Falling Cloud Mountains.
• Han Li bought Diamond Talismans, Swift Movement Talismans, and Qi-Replenishing Pills at the Hundred Mechanisms Hall market.
• Lu Renjia mocked Han Li and blocked his way, but Han Li seized him by the neck and hurled him aside, frightening the crowd and Li Feiyu.
• Han Li left the hall with the mission jade slip and prepared to face the dangers beyond the sect.
• An old man in gray watched Han Li leave and wondered whether he could contend for opportunities in the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land.

Han Li met a mysterious gray-robed old man who gave him a Forbidden Land Token and invited him to enter the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land in three years. Han Li decided to go, but first resolved to eliminate Mo Juren, while the old man warned him to beware of Nangong Wan.

• Han Li went to a secluded cliff to assess the Black Fiend Cult mission and plan his next moves.
• A gray-robed old man appeared without Han Li sensing him and revealed that he knew about Han Li and Mo Juren.
• The old man told Han Li that the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land would open in three years and gave him a Forbidden Land Token, inviting him to meet someone at Soulbreak Cliff if he chose to enter.
• The gray-robed old man vanished after warning Han Li to beware of Nangong Wan.
• Han Li decided to enter the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land and resolved to kill Mo Juren before then.

Han Li left the Seven Mysteries Sect after killing Li Feiyu and his two accomplices, then advanced to the qi refinement sixth layer. As Han Li headed into the wider world, Nangong Wan discovered the traces of the fight, while Mo Juren continued preparing to possess him.

• Han Li prepared to leave the sect, but Li Feiyu ambushed him near the mountain boundary with two disciples.
• Han Li defeated the three attackers, searched Li Feiyu’s memories, and learned of the Li Family’s hostility and Mo Juren’s secret collection of sinister materials.
• Han Li killed Li Feiyu and burned the three bodies, then advanced to the qi refinement sixth layer.
• Han Li left Seven Mysteries Mountain for the wider world, vowing to deal with Mo Juren later.
• Nangong Wan examined the battlefield and recognized Han Li’s dark spiritual power and ruthless methods.
• Several days later, the sect attributed the three disciples’ disappearance to misfortune, while Mo Juren continued preparing to possess Han Li.

Han Li reached Falling Cloud Market, bought information about the Black Fiend Cult, and decided to investigate Poison Dragon Marsh for clues and corrosive bone flowers. After two assassins attacked him at the inn, he killed them and advanced to the peak of the sixth layer of qi refinement, then prepared to head northwest.

• Han Li arrived at Falling Cloud Market, surveyed its goods, and bought a detailed map of the Falling Cloud Mountains.
• Han Li purchased information about the Black Fiend Cult from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and learned that a hunting party had disappeared near Poison Dragon Marsh.
• Han Li studied the map and jade slip, connected Poison Dragon Marsh and its corrosive bone flowers to Mo Juren's schemes, and planned to leave the next day.
• A concealed observer watched Han Li leave the shop, and two black-clad men later crept onto the inn roof to attack him.
• Han Li killed both attackers, plundered their cultivation and blood essence, and reached the peak of the sixth layer of qi refinement.
• Han Li burned the bodies and returned to his room, set on traveling to Poison Dragon Marsh.

Han Li entered Poison Dragon Marsh to find corrosive bone flowers and ambushed a Black Fiend Cult patrol, rapidly advancing his cultivation by defeating its members. After learning of the cult’s base at Yin Corpse Cave and an Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Abode, he headed deeper into the marsh to pursue greater danger and opportunity.

• Han Li reached Poison Dragon Marsh, found five corrosive bone flowers, and was ambushed by five Black Fiend Cult members.
• Han Li devoured the cultists’ ghosts and killed one sixth-layer member, advancing to the qi refinement seventh layer.
• Han Li defeated the refined corpse, devoured the leader’s ghosts, killed the leader and two other cultists, and advanced further in the seventh layer.
• Han Li used soul search to learn that the patrol served Yin Corpse Cave, where a foundation establishment early stage deacon led dozens of cultists trying to enter an Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Abode.
• Han Li collected the corrosive bone flowers, recovered his strength, and headed toward the depths of Poison Dragon Marsh.

Han Li discovered the Black Fiend Cult excavating an ancient site in the Poison Dragon Marsh, but their Foundation Establishment deacon detected him and forced him into a desperate fight and flight. Pursued to the Profound Yin Altar, Han Li charged toward it, hoping its power would give him a chance to survive.

• Han Li reached the Mystic Yin Cave and sensed the Black Fiend Cult trying to break a restriction while a powerful Foundation Establishment deacon guarded them.
• The deacon detected Han Li and attacked, but Han Li countered with Soul-Eroding Darkglow and Shadow Shield, then met the deacon's claws with Demonic Fiend Fist.
• Han Li struck down several cultists with Shadow Needles and fled into the marsh as the deacon and surviving cultists pursued him.
• Han Li and the deacon raced deeper into the marsh, trading attacks as Han Li used the terrain and miasma to keep the pursuers at bay.
• Han Li found an ancient altar that stirred his dark spiritual power, and the deacon identified it as the Profound Yin Altar, where mystic yin true fiend aura was nurtured.
• As the deacon sent a ghost claw toward him, Han Li charged straight for the altar's center, hoping it would offer a way to survive.

Han Li absorbed the Profound Yin True Fiend erupting from the altar, then killed the Black Fiend Cult deacon and reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. After learning of Venerable Xuan Gu’s cave abode through a soul search, he set out to explore it.

• Han Li rushed to the Profound Yin Altar, where its eruption of Profound Yin True Fiend devastated the pursuing Black Fiend Cult deacon.
• The Small Bottle absorbed the fiend qi and transformed it for Han Li, rapidly raising his cultivation to the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining.
• Han Li defeated the wounded deacon with his Fiendish Fiend Fist, searched his soul, and killed him.
• Han Li plundered the deacon’s cultivation essence and learned about the Black Fiend Cult, the altar, and Venerable Xuan Gu’s cave abode, reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining.
• Han Li avoided pursuing the fleeing cultists and traveled by a concealed route toward Venerable Xuan Gu’s cave abode.

Han Li discovered Venerable Xuan Gu’s cave abode in Poison Dragon Marsh and inherited the Profound Fiend Asura Art, the Soul-Seizing Bell, and the Shadow Blade. After finding a map marked with a possible spatial node, he left for the Seven Mysteries Sect to settle accounts with Mo Juren.

• Han Li found the concealed entrance to Venerable Xuan Gu’s cave abode and confirmed the underground chamber was safe.
• Han Li read Venerable Xuan Gu’s bone slip, learned the Profound Fiend Asura Art and the artifacts’ incantations, and swore an oath to repay Xuan Gu’s karmic debt by killing Ghost Spirit Child’s descendants.
• Han Li tested the Soul-Seizing Bell and Shadow Blade, memorized the legacy, and destroyed the bone slip.
• Han Li discovered a hidden jade slip bearing a map marked with a possible spatial node, memorized it, and destroyed it.
• Han Li sealed the cave entrance and headed toward the Seven Mysteries Sect, determined to confront Mo Juren.

Han Li returned to the Seven Mysteries Sect and discovered that Li Feiyu’s death had unsettled the sect, while Mo Juren had arranged a trap for him. After learning that Nangong Wan had returned and the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land would soon open, Han Li went to the Medicine Hall to confront Mo Juren.

• Han Li consolidated his cultivation and mastered the Soul-Seizing Bell and Shadow Blade before returning to the Seven Mysteries Sect.
• A guard told Han Li that Li Feiyu and two followers had died, and that the sect’s investigation had found no bodies or clear culprit.
• Han Li found Mo Caihuan’s pastries and spirit wine, detected concealed hallucinatory and tracking energies, and decided to meet Mo Juren anyway.
• Han Li secretly listened near the library pavilion and learned that the investigation had stalled, Nangong Wan had returned, and the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land would soon open.
• Han Li sensed Nangong Wan’s spiritual sense nearby, hid from it, and returned to his courtyard.
• The next morning, Han Li headed to the Medicine Hall to meet Mo Juren.

Han Li exposed Mo Juren’s plan to possess his body and defeated him in a single blow inside the Medicine Hall. As Han Li prepared to search the dying elder’s soul, Nangong Wan burst in and accused him of murdering a sect elder.

• Mo Juren prepared a formation and Heart-Illusion Incense to subdue Han Li, while Mo Caihuan waited anxiously in the pill chamber.
• Mo Juren tried to entice Han Li with the Profound Yin Spirit-Melding Art and activated his trap, but Han Li resisted and destroyed the formation.
• Han Li revealed that he knew of Mo Juren’s poisoning and possession plot, then struck him with the Demonic Fiend Fist and grievously wounded him.
• Han Li prepared to use the Soul Searching Technique on Mo Juren, but Nangong Wan burst into the chamber and rebuked him for attacking an elder.