Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji left the Divine Profound Sect to visit his parents in Bluestone City and discovered Devil Cultivators preparing to sacrifice Cangnan Commandery. He killed the guards at their hidden base, and the Heavenly Devil Cult’s third Holy Son, Chen Sheng, realized an unknown intruder had entered.

• Han Xuanji declined Li Shanhai’s offer of a steward position and returned to his cave abode to cultivate.
• Worried by a sudden premonition about his family, Han Xuanji traveled toward Bluestone City and detected Devil Cultivators near the Thousand Mountains Sect.
• Han Xuanji recognized that the Devil Cultivators had wiped out the Thousand Mountains Sect and were preparing to threaten Cangnan Commandery.
• A Golden Core Realm Devil Cultivator attacked Han Xuanji, but Han Xuanji shattered the attack and killed both guards with his Sword Intent.
• Chen Sheng learned that the guards were dead and sensed only a Foundation Establishment presence, suspecting the intruder had concealed their true cultivation.

Han Xuanji ambushed Chen Sheng and the Heavenly Devil Cult cultivators preparing to sacrifice Cangnan Commandery, killing them with ease. Chen Sheng escaped through a life-saving treasure and summoned Venerable Qingming, who hurried to rescue him.

• Chen Sheng ordered the Heavenly Devil Cult cultivators to attack Han Xuanji after Han Xuanji appeared and revealed that their array had been destroyed.
• Han Xuanji killed Chen Sheng with a single strike, then sealed the area and slaughtered the fleeing Devil Cultivators.
• Han Xuanji noticed Chen Sheng's corpse had vanished, collected the spoils, and used the Void-Penetrating Divine Eye to search for him.
• Chen Sheng fled with a life-saving treasure, cursed Han Xuanji, and sent an urgent plea for help to Venerable Qingming.
• Venerable Qingming left the Heavenly Devil Cult's branch headquarters to rescue Chen Sheng, who planned to have him punish Han Xuanji.

Han Xuanji killed Chen Sheng and Venerable Qingming with a single flying sword, then learned that a token left behind was an entry ticket to the Azure Dragon Immortal Abode. The Heavenly Devil Cult began investigating the deaths, while Han Xuanji left with the token and Zhang Xiuyuan’s contact jade slip.

• Venerable Qingming arrived to aid Chen Sheng, but Han Xuanji’s flying sword killed both Devil Cultivators in one strike.
• Han Xuanji found an Azure Dragon Abode Token in the crater and asked Zhang Xiuyuan to identify it.
• Zhang Xiuyuan explained that the token granted entry to the Azure Dragon Immortal Abode, a treasure-filled realm that opened before great calamities and posed no danger to entrants.
• Zhang Xiuyuan gave Han Xuanji a communication Jade Slip, which Han Xuanji accepted before leaving.
• At the Heavenly Devil Cult headquarters, Chen Sheng’s master learned his soul lamp had gone out and ordered his followers to find and kill whoever was responsible.

Han Xuanji returned to Bluestone City to visit his family and protect them from the dangers of remaining ordinary mortals. He gave his parents and younger sister treasured gifts, shared Spirit Cuisine with them, and revealed that he had reached Foundation Establishment at the Divine Profound Sect.

• Han Xuanji flew into Bluestone City and went to the Han Household, where the guards recognized him as the eldest young master.
• Han Xuanji reunited with Han Yaotian, Chu Junling, and his younger sister, Han Wanrou, and gave her a protective necklace and his parents rings.
• Han Xuanji served his family Spirit Cuisine from the Divine Profound Sect, and they talked about his life in cultivation.
• Han Xuanji told his parents that he had reached Foundation Establishment and become an outer sect disciple, leaving Han Yaotian and Chu Junling proud and moved.

Han Xuanji brought his family to Lintian City to seek refuge with the Han Household, where his status as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and Divine Profound Sect disciple earned them a welcome. He learned the clan had been weakened by losses in the war against the Heavenly Devil Cult and now faced an uncertain future.

• Han Xuanji urged Han Yaotian and the family to leave for Lintian City, and Father Han dismissed the household servants before they departed that night.
• Han Xuanji used a flying Law Artifact to carry his family to Lintian City, where they entered after following the city's flight rules and passing inspection.
• Han Xuanji revealed his identity to the Han Household, and an elder welcomed him and promised safe lodging for Father and Mother Han.
• Han Xuanji spoke with Han family members and learned that two Golden Core cultivators and twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators had been sent to fight the devil path, but both Golden Core cultivators died in an ambush.
• Han Xuanji learned that only the newly advanced clan leader and a patriarch in seclusion remained to protect the Han Household, and rumors said the patriarch had failed a breakthrough and might not live much longer.

Han Xuanji discovered that the Han Household ancestor was dying after a failed breakthrough and decided to help him. He revealed his overwhelming power to the clan and began healing the ancestor, whose damaged foundations were restored as he circulated his spiritual power.

• Han Xuanji used his Divine Sense to find the weakened Han Household ancestor and judged that he would not live much longer.
• Han Xiu and the clan elders learned that no one they could reach could fully heal the ancestor, and the ancestor told Han Xiu to take charge of the household.
• Han Xuanji entered the Han Household unseen, and the clan elders retreated under the pressure of his presence.
• The Han Household ancestor recognized Han Xuanji's Han bloodline, while Han Feng knelt and addressed him as an ancestor.
• Han Xuanji tapped Han Yuan on the chest and told him to circulate his spiritual power, repairing his injuries and damaged foundations.

Han Xuanji healed Han Feng and left the Han Household after giving his parents resources and a protective puppet. Back at the Divine Profound Sect, he signed in at Soaring Cloud Palace and received the heaven-tier Movement Method Nine Steps of the Great Void.

• Han Feng recovered completely after Han Xuanji intervened, and the Han Household elders wondered whether he was one of their ancestors.
• Han Feng ordered the household to keep Han Xuanji’s appearance secret and warned them against relying on him to solve their problems.
• Han Xuanji returned to his parents, gave Father Han a spatial ring of cultivation resources and a sentient Nascent Soul puppet, then departed.
• Han Xuanji returned to the Divine Profound Sect and signed in at Soaring Cloud Palace.
• The system granted Han Xuanji the heaven-tier Movement Method Nine Steps of the Great Void.

Han Xuanji learned that the Heavenly Devil Cult was escalating its campaign and resolved to cultivate harder, while Lu Fan sought to grow strong enough to protect him. In the Heavenly Devil Hall, the Third Elder volunteered to investigate the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable and oversee the cult’s operations in Eastern Cang Province.

• Han Xuanji heard that the Heavenly Devil Cult’s Third Elder had entered Eastern Cang Province with many elites and learned that the identity of Protector Qingming’s killer remained uncertain.
• Lu Fan told Han Xuanji that the sect suspected the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable, and Han Xuanji urged Lu Fan to cultivate in preparation for the cult’s attack.
• Lu Fan asked the Devil Venerable to help him reach the Nascent Soul Realm quickly, and the Devil Venerable encouraged him to cultivate for the sake of future revenge.
• In the Heavenly Devil Hall, the Cult Master and the elders discussed Chen Sheng’s death, the failed search for the Heavenly Night Devil Venerable’s inheritance, and the mystery of Protector Qingming’s killer.
• The Third Elder volunteered to oversee matters in Eastern Cang Province, and the Cult Master accepted his proposal before vanishing.

Han Xuanji broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm Ninth Layer and obtained a powerful defensive treasure. As the Sword Discussion Assembly approached, he agreed to go with Lu Fan, intending to explore Heaven-Reaching Peak for better sign-in rewards.

• Han Xuanji broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm Ninth Layer after a year of cultivation.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect master told Nangong Wenjian to attend the Sword Discussion Assembly and seek out the famed Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable.
• Nangong Wenjian agreed to attend, hoping to find a worthy opponent and recruit the sword cultivator if he was not already part of the Divine Profound Sect.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Soaring Cloud Palace and obtained the seventh-tier defensive Law Treasure, the Seven-Star Black Tortoise Shield.
• Lu Fan invited Han Xuanji to watch the Sword Discussion Assembly, and Han Xuanji agreed so he could explore Heaven-Reaching Peak for better sign-in rewards.

Han Xuanji watched Lu Fan win his first match at the Sword Discussion Assembly, then repeatedly slipped into the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall to sign in and gain powerful Sword Dao rewards. The chapter left Han Xuanji continuing to attend the matches and cultivate his Sword Dao while the assembly went on.

• Han Xuanji arrived at Heaven-Reaching Peak for the Sword Discussion Assembly and heard the spectators discuss the leading candidates in the Hidden Dragon and Peerless groups.
• Han Xuanji watched Lu Fan win his first match and recognized his advanced Sword Intent and strong body.
• Han Xuanji entered the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall undetected and signed in to obtain the Sword Dao Sacred Physique.
• Han Xuanji returned to the sword-viewing platform, studied the competitors’ Sword Intent, and remained unable to break through to Sword Intent Forms a World.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the hall again the next day and obtained the heaven-grade technique Great Desolation Sword Finger.
• Han Xuanji continued signing in at the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall once each day while occasionally watching the matches.

After Lu Fan recounted his Hidden Dragon Group results, Han Xuanji signed in at the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall and obtained a mid-grade Immortal Artifact, the Heaven-Reaching Sword. The Peerless Group competition then began with Nangong Wenjian as the overwhelming favorite, and Shangguan Feihong stepped forward to challenge him.

• Lu Fan told Han Xuanji that he had made the Hidden Dragon Group's top ten and described Nangong Wenjian as his future rival.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall and received the mid-grade Immortal Artifact, the Heaven-Reaching Sword.
• Han Xuanji learned the sword's history and gained the Heaven-Reaching Daoist's Sword Dao insights, then resolved to prepare carefully before breaking through to Void Return.
• Nangong Wenjian appeared at the Peerless Group competition, where spectators discussed his reputation and no one volunteered to challenge him.
• Shangguan Feihong of Heaven-Reaching Peak appeared on the platform, already expecting to lose to Nangong Wenjian.

Nangong Wenjian defeated Shangguan Feihong with a single strike, then challenged the Divine Profound Sect’s mysterious Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable. He left the crowd waiting for an answer, offering to fight without asking the Venerable’s identity.

• Nangong Wenjian defeated Shangguan Feihong with a casual thrust of his fingers, sending him crashing into the arena barrier.
• The spectators praised Nangong Wenjian’s swordsmanship, while Lu Fan resolved to become stronger than him.
• Nangong Wenjian challenged the Divine Profound Sect’s Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable, prompting the disciples to speculate about the Venerable’s identity and whether he would appear.
• Nangong Wenjian offered to follow the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable and said he wanted only a battle, not to learn the Venerable’s identity.

Han Xuanji met Nangong Wenjian’s challenge on a secluded mountain and effortlessly overcame his Sword Domain with the Great Desolation Sword Finger. Nangong Wenjian was left badly injured and forced to acknowledge his defeat.

• Nangong Wenjian left Heaven-Reaching Peak and waited for the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable on a remote mountain.
• Han Xuanji appeared behind Nangong Wenjian and confirmed his identity.
• Nangong Wenjian unleashed his Sword Domain and challenged Han Xuanji to fight.
• Han Xuanji erased the Sword Domain and struck Nangong Wenjian’s sword with the Great Desolation Sword Finger.
• Nangong Wenjian was injured and driven back to a pine tree, where he knelt and accepted his defeat.

Han Xuanji defeated Nangong Wenjian with the Great Desolation Sword Finger, then signed in at the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall and obtained the Heart Sword Technique. As Han Xuanji secluded himself to grow stronger, Nangong Wenjian and the Heavenly Sword Sect Master discussed the sword intent behind his defeat.

• Han Xuanji advised Nangong Wenjian to hide his edge before vanishing, and Nangong Wenjian vowed to do better next time.
• Lü Tianxing and Shangguan Feihong concluded that the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable belonged to Heaven-Reaching Peak and celebrated the prospect of winning the Sword Discussion Assembly.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall, obtained the Primordial Spirit secret technique Heart Sword Technique, and returned to seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• At the Heavenly Sword Sect, Nangong Wenjian told his master that Han Xuanji's spiritual power and sword intent were extraordinarily powerful.
• Nangong Wenjian wondered whether Han Xuanji had reached the Sword Intent Forms a Domain stage, but the Heavenly Sword Sect Master dismissed the possibility.

After Nangong Wenjian was defeated by the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable, Great Xia’s leaders considered the growing upheaval as the Heavenly Devil Cult spread its influence. Two years later, Han Xuanji signed in at the Li Fire Pill Heart Hall and obtained a rare Sacred Heart Pill, which he prepared to take back to his cave abode.

• Nangong Wenjian told the Heavenly Sword Sect Master about the Heavenly Devil Cult’s infiltration and his plan to enter seclusion, and the sect master agreed to send disciples to aid the Divine Profound Sect.
• Great Xia’s third prince and Li Yuntian discussed the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable, the coming upheaval, and the dangers of forming ties with a prodigy.
• Over the next two years, Han Xuanji reached the Spirit Transformation Ninth Layer as the Heavenly Devil Cult secretly gathered forces and troubled the Divine Profound Sect.
• After the Dao essence at the Heaven-Reaching Sword Hall ran out, Han Xuanji continued signing in at Spirit Elegance Peak and Pill Cauldron Peak.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Li Fire Pill Heart Hall and received one Sacred Heart Pill, a rare pill rumored to refine the soul and awaken an innate Divine Ability.
• Han Xuanji returned to his cave abode and examined the Sacred Heart Pill as he prepared to take it.

Han Xuanji consumed the Sacred Heart Pill, survived the Heart Demon Tribulation, and reached Spirit Transformation Perfection. He awakened the Heavenly Divination Technique and realized that he had taken on part of his sect’s fortune, leaving him with new insight into the opportunities and rising geniuses of this great age.

• Han Xuanji swallowed the Sacred Heart Pill, which swept into his sea of consciousness and purified his Primordial Spirit.
• Han Xuanji faced the Heart Demon Tribulation, but a multicolored barrier purified the negative thoughts and illusions.
• Han Xuanji broke an invisible shackle and reached Spirit Transformation Perfection, one step from Void Return.
• Han Xuanji awakened the Heavenly Divination Technique and saw the threads of cause and effect connecting all things.
• Han Xuanji realized that the Azure Dragon Abode Token and opportunities beyond the sect reflected the great age’s surging fortunes, and that he had taken on some of his sect’s fortune.

Han Xuanji used the Heavenly Divination Technique to choose a remote mountain range for his Void Return tribulation and began overcoming it. After easily surviving the lightning waves, he sensed danger just as the final Heavenly Baleful Tribulation Lightning descended.

• Han Xuanji decided to keep his Dao heart steady despite the Heavenly Devil Cult’s influence on his fortune and used the Heavenly Divination Technique to find a favorable place to transcend his tribulation.
• Han Xuanji secretly left the Divine Profound Sect and traveled to the Heavenly Gloom Mountain Range in Youzhou.
• Han Xuanji prepared a secluded valley and released his perfected cultivation, drawing down the Void Return Heavenly Tribulation.
• Han Xuanji broke or absorbed the first five waves of varied tribulation lightning with ease, then armed himself with treasures for the final wave.
• As the Heavenly Baleful Tribulation Lightning struck, Han Xuanji noticed danger in another direction and questioned the divination’s promise of safety.

Han Xuanji diverted the final strike of his Void Return tribulation onto a white tiger demon that tried to ambush him, then successfully broke through to the Void Return Realm. The badly injured tiger begged him to spare its life.

• A white tiger demon attacked Han Xuanji as he prepared to face the ninth tribulation lightning.
• Han Xuanji slowed the tiger with the Twilight Seal and redirected the tribulation lightning toward it.
• The lightning struck the tiger, leaving it badly charred but alive as the tribulation clouds dispersed.
• Seven-colored radiance enveloped Han Xuanji as he completed his breakthrough to the Void Return Realm.
• Han Xuanji turned to the trembling tiger, which spoke and begged him to spare its life.

Han Xuanji forced the wounded white tiger Bai Ye to become his spirit pet, then discovered the ancient opportunity she had sought in a hidden cavern. He checked in at its altar and gained the White Tiger Spirit Blessing trait before he and Bai Ye began cultivating there.

• Han Xuanji marked Bai Ye’s demon core with Sword Intent and bound her with a spirit pet contract after she offered to become his master.
• Han Xuanji gave Bai Ye a pill, learned she was seeking a chance to reach Void Return Realm, and found an ancient spatial fissure that led to her opportunity.
• Han Xuanji and Bai Ye entered a cavern containing ancient Demon Race murals, a ruined altar, and tiger bones.
• Han Xuanji checked in at the Geng Metal Sha Altar and gained the White Tiger Spirit Blessing trait.
• Bai Ye began absorbing Sha Qi and Geng Metal Qi on the altar while Han Xuanji collected the bones and cultivated in the cavern.

Han Xuanji cultivated at the Geng Metal Sha Altar, advanced to the Fourth Layer of Void Return, and strengthened himself through daily sign-ins. The little white tiger absorbed diluted White Tiger Essence Blood, reached Void Return, and Han Xuanji's final sign-in yielded the Blade of the White Tiger while the altar's Dao essence ran out.

• Han Xuanji signed in and obtained the Ancient Heavenly Demon Body Forging Method, then used the altar's Sha Qi to cultivate.
• Over two years, Han Xuanji collected and consumed Spirit Sha Fruits, advanced to the Third Layer of Void Return, and gave the little white tiger diluted White Tiger Essence Blood to absorb.
• After another year, Han Xuanji reached the Fourth Layer of Void Return, while the little white tiger stabilized in Void Return after undergoing Tribulation Transcendence.
• Han Xuanji signed in to obtain the Blade of the White Tiger and learned that the Geng Metal Sha Altar's Dao essence had been exhausted.