Recaps

Han Xuanji observed the decline of his descendants in the lower realm and saw Han Shou reach out to the surviving youth Han Yun after the Han Household was destroyed. He discovered that Han Yun possessed great fortune, then returned his attention to his own stalled pursuit of the Eternal Dao Principle.

• Han Xuanji sensed karma from the lower realm and found that the Han Household had declined after its resources were spent and Han Shou died protecting it.
• Enemies slaughtered the Han Household, while its elders sacrificed themselves to help Han Yun escape with the clan’s ancestral ring.
• Han Shou’s remnant soul spoke to Han Yun through the ring and revealed his identity.
• Han Xuanji watched Han Shou intervene, divined that Han Yun was a person of great fortune, and decided to keep an eye on him if he survived.
• Han Xuanji returned to cultivating the Eternal Dao Principle and recognized that he had made little progress toward a breakthrough.

Han Xuanji used the Water of Eternity to deepen his understanding of the Eternal Dao Principle and began advancing toward the Eternal Dao Master Realm. He meditated in the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace as his disciples sensed his growing eternal pressure and wondered what breakthrough their already powerful grandmaster could be making.

• Han Xuanji realized that Chaos could not bring him much closer to the Eternal Dao Principle through cultivation alone.
• He drew a trace of power from the Water of Eternity, whose Dao resonance carried his divine soul into a realm where the Tree of Eternity stood.
• Guided by the Water of Eternity, Han Xuanji understood the Eternal Dao Principle as the root of all Great Daos and felt his own power beginning to transform.
• Han Xuanji suspended the Water of Eternity above his head and meditated, steadily merging his Great Dao origins with the Eternal Dao Principle.
• The growing eternal pressure from Han Xuanji's cultivation reached the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace's disciples, who wondered whether their grandmaster was breaking through again.

Han Xuanji cultivated with the Water of Eternity for a thousand years and condensed his first eternal Dao principle, bringing him halfway to the Eternal Dao Master Realm. During that time, the Immortal Realm and the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace flourished, while Han Xuanji prepared to transform his Wuji Dao Fruit into an Eternal Dao Fruit.

• Yun Wuji sensed Han Xuanji’s profound Dao resonance and wondered when he could reach his master’s level.
• Han Xuanji immersed himself in cultivating with the Water of Eternity, and disciples found that cultivating near the Mystic Heaven Hall benefited them.
• Over a thousand years, the Immortal Ancestor and many Dao Venerables returned to the Immortal Realm, Haotian retired, and Lin Feng became the new Heavenly Emperor.
• Yun Wuji and the other Mystic Heaven Dao Palace disciples advanced in cultivation, while Xiao Hong and the Nether Lord entered Hunyuan Wuji and Little Gold approached its threshold.
• Xiao Hong fought the Nirvana Dao Venerable for three days and nights, then became his sparring partner and friend.
• Han Xuanji condensed an Eternal Fate Dao Principle and planned to integrate it into his Wuji Dao Fruit to enter the Eternal Dao Master Realm.

Han Xuanji fused the Eternal Fate Dao Principle into his Wuji Dao Fruit and broke through to the Eternal Dao Master Realm, becoming the first in Chaos to reach that level. With the Mystic Heaven Realm transformed and under his complete control, he prepared to gather his disciples and teach them before leaving.

• Han Xuanji slowly merged the Eternal Fate Dao Principle into his Wuji Dao Fruit, enduring centuries of pain and using the Water of Eternity to stabilize the process.
• Han Xuanji formed an Eternal Dao Fruit, transformed his body and Law Power, and completed his breakthrough to the Eternal Dao Master Realm.
• Han Xuanji discovered that his new realm granted him eternal vitality and let him perceive past, present, and future.
• The Mystic Heaven Realm expanded dramatically and gained an origin-like power, while Han Xuanji became its sovereign with control over its space, time, and living beings.
• Han Xuanji decided to gather his disciples, teach them the Dao of eternal transcendence, and prepare to leave.

After emerging from seclusion, Han Xuanji found disciples cultivating outside the Mystic Heaven Hall and announced that he would preach the Dao in seven days. His promise to speak of eternal transcendence left the disciples bewildered and led the Supreme Dao Venerable to suspect Han Xuanji had reached a realm beyond Hunyuan.

• Han Xuanji emerged from the Mystic Heaven Hall and found many disciples cultivating nearby in the rich Dao essence.
• Qin Qilin confessed to gathering the disciples, and Han Xuanji realized they had followed Qin Qilin’s discovery of the cultivation opportunity.
• The disciples knelt and asked Han Xuanji to punish them, but he forgave them and raised them with a gentle force.
• Han Xuanji announced that in seven days he would preach the Dao of Hunyuan and eternal transcendence to the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace disciples and Immortal Realm fellow Daoists.
• The Supreme Dao Venerable heard Han Xuanji’s announcement in Chaos and guessed that Han Xuanji had touched a realm beyond Hunyuan.

Han Xuanji invited the foremost experts of Chaos and the Immortal Realm to hear him preach the Dao of eternal transcendence. Seven days later, an unprecedented gathering assembled outside the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, awaiting his sermon.

• Han Xuanji sent invitations to his allies, prompting the Immortal Ancestor, the Supreme Divine Venerable, and others to speculate that he had made progress toward transcendence.
• Heavenly Emperor Haotian, the Dragon Ancestor, and the Star Ancestor resolved to attend, while experts across the Immortal Realm set out for the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.
• Seven days later, countless Hunyuan experts and disciples gathered at the palace for a sermon attended by figures including the Immortal Ancestor, the Primordial Beginning Dao Venerable, and the Supreme Divine Venerable.
• Hun Qianling and the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace's Ancestor Divine Radiance, Yuheng, Yuxuan, and Immortal Lord Yunmiao joined the gathering and reflected on Han Xuanji's rise.

Han Xuanji taught the gathered experts the Hunyuan Dao and explained the mysteries and dangers of Eternal Transcendence. The assembly was left divided between fear of transcendence and the torment of abandoning the pursuit of greater strength.

• Su Ming reflected on his rise from an obscure immortal to a Hunyuan Taiji Realm expert under Han Xuanji's guidance.
• Han Xuanji arrived at the assembly, received the experts' greetings, and began teaching the Hunyuan Dao.
• Han Xuanji's thirty years of instruction helped many Daluo Golden Immortals gain insights and make breakthroughs, while Yun Wuji resolved his questions.
• Han Xuanji explained that Eternal Transcendence meant escaping the Principles of Chaos, forming an Eternal Dao Fruit, and gaining an immortal Dao body, but warned that transcendence carried great dangers.
• The Immortal Ancestor, the Dragon Ancestor, the Star Ancestor, and others considered the risks, while some attendees doubted Han Xuanji had described them accurately.

Han Xuanji explained the dangers of transcendence and urged cultivators not to pursue it blindly, while the strongest experts of Chaos stayed behind to question him. He revealed that he would attempt transcendence first and, if successful, return to guide them through it safely.

• Han Xuanji warned that transcendence could destroy both body and Dao, and advised cultivators to guard against obsession.
• Most experts accepted Han Xuanji's words, though a handful doubted him and suspected he was hiding the true secret of transcendence.
• After the gathering dispersed, the Immortal Ancestor, Primordial Beginning Dao Venerable, Supreme Divine Venerable, Dragon Ancestor, and Star Ancestor stayed to question Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji said he had learned about transcendence from information left by the Dao Ancestor and other channels, and warned that powerful experts beyond Chaos could destroy Chaos with a thought.
• Han Xuanji told the experts not to rush into or abandon transcendence, explaining that he had found a way to deal with the Chaos Will.
• Han Xuanji said he would attempt transcendence first and return to guide the others if he succeeded and stabilized his realm.

Han Xuanji reassured the Chaos experts that he would return to lead them to transcendence after gaining enough strength, and they agreed to protect the Immortal Realm and wait. Having already reached the Eternal Dao Master Realm, Han Xuanji awakened the Chaos Will to deal with it.

• Star Ancestor and Dragon Ancestor accepted Han Xuanji’s plan and pledged to follow his commands.
• Supreme Dao Venerable, Immortal Ancestor, and Supreme Divine Venerable agreed to protect the Immortal Realm and wait for Han Xuanji’s return.
• Han Xuanji promised the experts he would not break his word, then left them in the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.
• Han Xuanji revealed he had broken through to the Eternal Dao Master Realm and went to the Chaos void outside the Immortal Realm.
• Han Xuanji used the Eternal Dao Principle to awaken the Chaos Will, whose presence swept across Chaos and shook the Immortal Realm.

Han Xuanji confronted the awakened Chaos Will and offered terms that would let Chaos’s living beings pursue transcendence without being blindly stopped. Chaos Will rejected his demand, leaving a confrontation with its two enforcers looming.

• Chaos Will awakened and called Han Xuanji an anomaly from beyond Chaos.
• Chaos Will summoned the Forbidden Lord of Darkness and the Primordial Lord of Tribulation, who appeared and stood at its side.
• The Immortal Ancestor and the Supreme Divine Venerable sensed Chaos Will’s awakening and worried about Han Xuanji’s confrontation, while other ancient beings watched in fear.
• Han Xuanji asked Chaos Will to accept terms protecting Chaos’s living beings and allowing them to transcend without obstruction.
• Chaos Will angrily refused to submit to Han Xuanji’s restrictions.

Han Xuanji defeated Chaos Will and its two strongest lords, sealing their Origins inside the Great Dao Pagoda. He returned to the Mystic Heaven Hall, leaving the watching experts of Chaos stunned.

• Chaos Will rejected Han Xuanji’s terms and ordered the Forbidden Lord of Darkness and the Primordial Lord of Tribulation to attack him.
• Han Xuanji stopped the two lords’ combined assault, stripped away their Origins, and reduced them to points of light.
• Han Xuanji suppressed Chaos Will with the Power of Eternity and seized its shrunken form.
• Chaos Will warned that Chaos would fall into disorder without it, but Han Xuanji said he could maintain order himself.
• Han Xuanji sealed Chaos Will and the two lords’ Origins in the Great Dao Pagoda, then returned to the Mystic Heaven Hall as Chaos fell silent.

Han Xuanji effortlessly suppressed Chaos Will, shocking the cultivators of Chaos and confirming their belief in his path to transcendence. Back at Mystic Heaven Hall, he erased three imprisoned Hunyuan Wuji powerhouses, sent their origins to nourish the Mystic Heaven Realm, and faced a submissive Chaos Will begging for its life.

• Han Xuanji suppressed Chaos Will alone, leaving the cultivators of Chaos awed by his power and reconsidering whether they could pursue transcendence.
• Immortal Ancestor and Supreme Divine Venerable recognized that they still depended on Han Xuanji to find a path to transcendence.
• Han Xuanji entered the Great Dao Pagoda and used the Power of Eternity to erase the Devil Ancestor, Spacetime Dao Ancestor, and Juntian Merchant Venerable, including their chances of reincarnation.
• Han Xuanji sent the three Hunyuan Origins into the Mystic Heaven Realm to strengthen its origin and nourish its inhabitants.
• Chaos Will, reduced to a faint, fist-sized ball of light, begged Han Xuanji to spare it and promised to obey him.

Han Xuanji discovered he could seize Chaos Will’s authority but abandoned plans to merge Chaos with the Mystic Heaven Realm because the realm was not strong enough. He bound Chaos Will with an eternal mark, named him Han Husheng, and left him responsible for protecting Chaos while allowing its beings to transcend.

• Han Xuanji confirmed Chaos Will had sincerely submitted and studied the mysteries of his origin.
• Han Xuanji found he could take Chaos Will’s authority and considered merging Chaos with the Mystic Heaven Realm, but stopped when he realized the realm’s foundations could not withstand the fusion.
• Han Xuanji used an eternal secret method to bind Chaos Will to him and ordered him to safeguard Chaos, guide its beings, and follow Han Xuanji’s disciples and Immortal Ancestor in his absence.
• Chaos Will took human form, and Han Xuanji named him Han Husheng.
• Han Xuanji returned to the outside world with Han Husheng, intending to leave him, Immortal Ancestor, and Supreme Divine Venerable in charge while he traveled to the Eternal Continent.

Han Xuanji introduced the subdued Chaos Will, now named Han Husheng, to the Chaos leaders and announced that he would soon transcend to the Eternal Continent. He then summoned his disciples and spirit pets to explain his departure, leaving them worried about the dangers ahead.

• Han Xuanji brought Han Husheng to the Taishang Dao Palace and introduced him as the Chaos Will, who apologized to the Immortal Ancestor and the others and promised to follow Han Xuanji's instructions.
• The Immortal Ancestor, the Supreme Divine Venerable, the Supreme Dao Venerable, and the Primordial Beginning Dao Venerable accepted Han Husheng and agreed to work with him to protect Chaos.
• Han Xuanji announced that he would soon leave for the Eternal Continent, described its dangers, and promised to bring the others there eventually.
• The Immortal Ancestor and the others pledged to maintain order in Chaos while Han Xuanji was away and wished him well.
• Han Xuanji summoned his disciples and spirit pets, who feared his departure, and confirmed that he was heading to the Eternal Continent.

Han Xuanji prepared his disciples and spirit pets for his departure to the Eternal Continent, then sent an avatar to meet his descendant Han Yun in the Immortal Realm. The chapter ended with Han Yun cautiously asking the mysterious visitor what he wanted.

• Han Xuanji entrusted Li Taiqing with Mystic Heaven Dao Palace’s daily affairs and told his disciples to cultivate while awaiting his return.
• Han Xuanji refused Little White’s plea to accompany him and promised to return for everyone once he was stronger.
• Han Xuanji discovered that Han Yun had ascended to the Immortal Realm and sent an avatar to visit him.
• Han Yun declined a female disciple’s invitation to enter the Nine Immortals Sect’s secret realm so he could focus on cultivation.
• Han Xuanji appeared in Han Yun’s herb garden, and Han Yun questioned the powerful stranger while secretly holding a defensive talisman.

Han Xuanji awakened Han Shou and strengthened his soul while Han Yun learned the senior had recognized the spirit in his sea of consciousness. Han Shou recognized Han Xuanji as the lord to whom he had made a promise and joyfully declared that he had kept it.

• Han Xuanji asked Han Yun about his cultivation plans and noticed the soul spirit sleeping in his sea of consciousness.
• Han Xuanji sent a gentle force into Han Yun's sea of consciousness and awakened Han Shou, whose soul also began to grow stronger.
• Han Yun thanked Han Xuanji, while Han Shou asked about his condition and learned he had recovered and become stronger.
• Han Shou emerged from Han Yun's sea of consciousness, bowed to Han Xuanji, and thanked him for saving him.
• Han Shou recognized Han Xuanji as the lord from his sealed memories and exclaimed that he had kept his promise.

Han Xuanji reunited with Han Shou and revealed himself to Han Yun as an ancestor of the Han Household. He brought them to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, where Imperial Lord Yunmiao was considering how to curb arrogant disciples.

• Han Shou tearfully told Han Xuanji that he had kept his promise to protect the Han Household for ten thousand years, and Han Xuanji praised his loyalty.
• Han Yun realized that Han Xuanji was the ancestor Han Shou had once described, then cautiously asked his name.
• Han Xuanji identified himself as Han Xuanji and transported Han Yun and Han Shou from the Nine Immortals Sect's medicine garden to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace.
• Han Yun learned that Han Xuanji was an important figure in the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace and resolved to repay him someday.
• Han Xuanji brought Han Yun and Han Shou to the Spirit Void Palace, where Imperial Lord Yunmiao was considering how to discipline disciples who had been bullying other cultivators.

Han Xuanji brought his clansmen Han Shou and Han Yun to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace to cultivate under Imperial Lord Yunmiao’s care. He gave Han Shou a new body and Han Yun a supreme cultivation method, leaving both with promising paths ahead.

• Han Xuanji introduced Han Shou and Han Yun to his master, Imperial Lord Yunmiao, and arranged for them to stay and cultivate at the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace.
• Han Xuanji fashioned a powerful new body for Han Shou and helped his divine soul merge with it.
• Han Xuanji warned Han Yun not to envy Han Shou’s new body, explaining that Han Yun’s intact body and solid foundation were enough for him to cultivate well.
• Han Xuanji passed Han Yun a supreme cultivation method and said it could lead him to the Great Dao and possibly transcendence.
• Imperial Lord Yunmiao resolved to look after Han Shou and Han Yun, recognizing how much Han Xuanji valued them.

Han Yun and Han Shou were escorted to a fine cave abode in the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace and learned that Imperial Lord Yunmiao was its supreme sect master and Han Xuanji's master. As Li Nantian praised the Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable's legendary deeds, Han Shou asked whether he had ever seen him.

• Imperial Lord Yunmiao ordered Li Nantian to take Han Yun and Han Shou to the Purple Cloud Heavenly Abode and look after them.
• Li Nantian led Han Yun and Han Shou through the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, and they were astonished by its grandeur and his courtesy.
• Li Nantian revealed that Imperial Lord Yunmiao was the palace's supreme sect master, a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, and the Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable's master.
• Li Nantian described the Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable's immense power and victories, leaving Han Yun and Han Shou stunned.
• Han Shou asked Li Nantian whether he had ever seen the Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable.

Han Shou and Han Yun arrived at the Purple Cloud Grotto-Heaven, where Li Nantian told them about the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace and his dream of meeting the Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable. Han Xuanji advised Imperial Lord Yunmiao to discipline unruly disciples, then bid farewell before his divine sense incarnation vanished.

• Li Nantian escorted Han Yun and Han Shou to the Purple Cloud Grotto-Heaven and explained his ambition to win the Hundred Lineages Grand Competition.
• Han Yun asked Han Shou whether he could distinguish himself among the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace's prodigies, and Han Shou encouraged him to cultivate hard.
• Han Xuanji urged Imperial Lord Yunmiao to punish disciples who damaged the sect's reputation and appoint capable law enforcement elders.
• Han Xuanji told Imperial Lord Yunmiao that he would soon leave Chaos and asked him to look after Han Yun and Han Shou.
• Imperial Lord Yunmiao promised to protect Han Yun and Han Shou, and Han Xuanji's divine sense incarnation disappeared from the Spirit Void Palace.

A thousand years after Han Xuanji left the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, Han Yun and Han Shou learned that he was the revered Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable and resolved to meet him through the Hundred-Lineage Grand Competition. As the competition continued, Han Xuanji watched from afar and found it dull, just as a businesslike voice broke the silence.

• Imperial Lord Yunmiao reflected on Han Xuanji’s strength and vowed to protect the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace and care for Han Yun and Han Shou.
• A thousand years passed, and the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace held its Hundred-Lineage Grand Competition for a chance to enter the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.
• Han Yun and Han Shou, both Golden Immortals, watched the matches as Li Nantian reached the round of 328 before losing to a talent from Chaos.
• Li Nantian admitted he had failed to make the top hundred, and Han Shou and Han Yun encouraged him to keep cultivating.
• Han Yun and Han Shou revealed they had pieced together that Han Xuanji was the legendary Supreme Great Heavenly Venerable, and Han Yun vowed to win the competition to meet him.
• Han Xuanji watched the competition from elsewhere, found it dull, and heard a crisp, businesslike voice break the silence.

Hun Qianling finished repairing the Thousand Spirits, and Han Xuanji prepared to leave the Chaos with her for the Eternal Continent. They boarded the warship and began preparing for a journey through the Primordial Sea, where Hun Qianling hoped to hunt Hongmeng Variants.

• Hun Qianling told Han Xuanji that she had repaired the Thousand Spirits and asked whether he was ready to set off.
• Han Xuanji said he was ready, trusting the Immortal Ancestor and Supreme Divine Venerable to maintain order in the Chaos and Immortal Realm.
• Hun Qianling summoned the Thousand Spirits and explained that her father had given it to her and that it could withstand powerful attacks.
• Hun Qianling transported Han Xuanji aboard the warship and showed him its spacious interior and cultivation chambers.
• Hun Qianling explained that the Thousand Spirits could refine Primordial Sea energy into Qi of Eternity and suggested they might hunt Hongmeng Variants, unaware that Han Xuanji had already broken through.

Han Xuanji left Chaos aboard the Thousand Spirits with Hun Qianling, while his disciples resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside him. When Hun Qianling prepared to force their way through Chaos, Han Xuanji opened a passage by contacting the Chaos Will, and they passed through toward the Eternal Continent.

• Hun Qianling taught Han Xuanji to operate the Thousand Spirits, and he mastered its controls after one lesson.
• Han Xuanji declined to say goodbye in person to his family, friends, and disciples, explaining that he had already told them he was leaving.
• Hun Qianling piloted the Thousand Spirits away from the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, and Han Xuanji's disciples began cultivating intensely after sensing his departure.
• Han Xuanji stopped Hun Qianling from forcing the warship through Chaos and contacted Han Husheng instead.
• A fissure opened in Chaos, surprising Hun Qianling, and she piloted the Thousand Spirits through it.

Han Xuanji and Hun Qianling entered the Primordial Sea aboard the Thousand Spirits, where Han Xuanji’s cultivation began to improve as he adjusted to the Qi of Eternity. After assessing his weakened powers and divining that they would reach the Eternal Continent despite dangers, he began cultivating while Hun Qianling searched for their destination.

• The Thousand Spirits emerged from Chaos into the Primordial Sea, and Han Xuanji examined the strange world through his Divine Sense.
• Hun Qianling piloted the warship toward the Eternal Continent while Han Xuanji entered the cultivation chamber to adapt to the new environment.
• Han Xuanji realized the Primordial Sea’s stable laws restricted his former powers and that his treasures and abilities were less effective there.
• Han Xuanji used the Fate Dao Principle to divine their journey and foresaw dangers before they reached the Eternal Continent.
• Han Xuanji dismissed his worries and began cultivating aboard the warship.

Han Xuanji continued consolidating his Eternal Dao Master cultivation until Hun Qianling brought him a Hongmeng Flying Fish to aid his progress. As the Thousand Spirits traveled on autopilot, Han Xuanji began opening the fish to absorb its Qi of Eternity.

• Han Xuanji made considerable progress in his cultivation, aided by the lingering power of the Water of Eternity.
• Hun Qianling brought Han Xuanji a Hongmeng Flying Fish and warned him not to absorb too much of its energy at once.
• Han Xuanji thanked Hun Qianling for the fish and promised to repay her kindness.
• Hun Qianling set the Thousand Spirits to autopilot and kept a smaller Hongmeng Flying Fish for her own cultivation.
• Han Xuanji cut through the fish's scales, releasing a dense surge of Qi of Eternity into the cultivation chamber.