Chapter 1976: Liao Ying
Chapter 1977: Huo Li Sect
Chapter 1978: Intervention
Chapter 1979: Entering the City
Chapter 1980: Unexpected Trouble
Chapter 1981: Extortion
Chapter 1982: Fury
Chapter 1983: Three Attacks
Chapter 1984: Heavenly Bipolar Formation
Chapter 1985: Crushing Azure Dragon
Chapter 1986: Forced Departure
Chapter 1987: Pull the Weed Out by the Roots
Chapter 1988: Fall of Azure Dragon
Chapter 1989: Repercussions
Chapter 1990: Late-Body Integration Stage (1)
Chapter 1991: Late-Body Integration Stage (2)
Chapter 1992: Late-Body Integration Stage (3)
Chapter 1993: Late-Body Integration Stage (4)
Chapter 1994: Number One Devilish Lord
Chapter 1995: Invitation
Chapter 1996: Heavenly Halberd Talisman
Chapter 1997: Battle of Deep Heaven City (1)
Chapter 1998: Battle of Deep Heaven City (2)
Chapter 1999: Battle of Deep Heaven City (3)
Chapter 2000: Battle of Deep Heaven City (4)
Chapter 2001: Battle of Deep Heaven City (5)
Chapter 2002: Sevenflame Fan and Unbroken Rings
Chapter 2003: Devastating Strike
Chapter 2004: Black Sun
Chapter 2005: Holy Nirvana Physique
Chapter 2006: Vanquishing the Enemy With the Heavenly Halberd
Chapter 2007: Taichi Diagram
Chapter 2008: Might of the Beetles
Chapter 2009: Crushing Victory
Chapter 2010: Unexpected Guest
Chapter 2011: Unforeseen Circumstances
Chapter 2012: Spirit Capturing Heavenly Net
Chapter 2013: Yellow Cloth Puppet
Chapter 2014: Request
Chapter 2015: Meeting Between the Two Races
Chapter 2016: Destiny Copper Coin
Chapter 2017: Cauldron Refinement
Chapter 2018: Heavenly Divination
Chapter 2019: Silenced
Chapter 2020: Barging Through by Force
Chapter 2021: Brilliant Treasured Sacred Flower
Chapter 2022: Tian Qi and He Yan
Chapter 2023: Devilish Origin Sea
Chapter 2024: Eight-Footed Devilish Lizard and Immortal Soul Pill
Chapter 2025: Blooddrop Poria Flower and Celestial Crystal Pagoda
Chapter 2026: Profound Spirit Sealing Talisman
Chapter 2027: Grassland Beast Tide
Chapter 2028: Rescuing the Devils
Chapter 2029: Butterfly Tail Beasts
Chapter 2030: Soul Seal
Chapter 2031: Blood Crow City
Chapter 2032: Foreign Devilish Metal
Chapter 2033: Ball of Light and Green Qi
Chapter 2034: Devilish Auction
Chapter 2035: Dark Blood Five-colored Bells
Chapter 2036: The Holy Brick and the Blood Crow City Lord
Chapter 2037: True Spirit Bone
Chapter 2038: Profound Medicine Spirit
Chapter 2039: Midnight Devilish Shadow
Chapter 2040: Qi Ling's Hidden Treasure
Chapter 2041: Seven Kill Blood Baleful Qi and Blackbone Devilish Insects
Chapter 2042: Taking the Brick
Chapter 2043: Beast Tide and Insect Tide
Chapter 2044: Devouring Devilish Ants
Chapter 2045: Might of the Devouring Devilish Ants
Chapter 2046: Devilish Plains
Chapter 2047: The Four Holy Bricks
Chapter 2048: The Bai Family of Illusion Night City
Chapter 2049: Bai Yunxin
Chapter 2050: Golden Dawn Mouse
Chapter 2051: Illusion Night City
Chapter 2052: Myriad Slave Tower
Chapter 2053: Female Slave
Chapter 2054: Encountering the Maiden Cultivation Art Again
Chapter 2055: Small Spirit Sky
Chapter 2056: Layman Futian
Chapter 2057: Trouble
Chapter 2058: Vast Yin Treasured Mirror
Chapter 2059: Entering the Illusion Howl Desert
Chapter 2060: Field Trip
Chapter 2061: Bloodtooth Rice
Chapter 2062: Blood Essence Pendant
Chapter 2063: Remains and Lava Lake
Chapter 2064: Devilish Beast
Chapter 2065: Fierce Mine Battle (1)
Chapter 2066: Fierce Mine Battle (2)
Chapter 2067: Fierce Mine Battle (3)
Chapter 2068: Victory
Chapter 2069: Encountering Foreign Devilish Metal Again
Chapter 2070: Golden Whale Bead
Chapter 2071: Arrival of Allies
Chapter 2072: Plan
Chapter 2073: Countermeasures
Chapter 2074: Interception
Chapter 2075: Entering the Illusion Howl Desert Again
Chapter 2076: Beast Lord Palace
Chapter 2077: Azure Luan True Blood
Chapter 2078: Unexpected Assailant
Chapter 2079: Interception
Chapter 2080: Battle
Chapter 2081: Iron Sand Ridge
Chapter 2082: Incense Village
Chapter 2083: Entering by Force
Chapter 2084: Battle
Chapter 2085: Success
Chapter 2086: Devilish Origin Sea
Chapter 2087: Lightning Sea
Chapter 2088: Golden Crab
Chapter 2089: The Three Patriarchs
Chapter 2090: Bitter Spirit Island
Chapter 2091: Spiritual Qi Crystallization
Chapter 2092: Patriarch Yuan Yan
Chapter 2093: Faux Immortal Puppet
Chapter 2094: Profound Heavenly Black Dagger
Chapter 2095: Dire Straits
Chapter 2096: The Spirit Monarch and the Realmfall Stone
Chapter 2097: Nirvana Bead
Chapter 2098: Heavenly Fortune Elixir
Chapter 2099: Close Shave
Chapter 2100: Bao Hua's Arrival
Chapter 2101: Holy Nirvana Physique and Profound Heavenly Sword
Chapter 2102: Heavenvoice Lightning Core
Chapter 2103: Re-emergence of the Silver Seed Pod
Chapter 2104: Spiritvoid Pill
Chapter 2105: The Tribulation of the Elder Devil Realm
Chapter 2106: Entering the Pond
Chapter 2107: Clean Spirit Lotus
Chapter 2108: Complete Transformation
Chapter 2109: Devour
Chapter 2110: Two Vials
Chapter 2111: Escape
Chapter 2112: Encountering the Faux Immortal Elixir Again
Chapter 2113: Might of the Sacred Crab
Chapter 2114: Reversal
Chapter 2115: Daoist Xie
Chapter 2116: Change of Plans
Chapter 2117: Death of Xue Guang
Chapter 2118: Profound Heavenly Sacred Tree
Chapter 2119: Blue Waterfall Lake
Chapter 2120: Entering the Lake
Chapter 2121: The Woman in Black
Chapter 2122: Purchases
Chapter 2123: Wu You
Chapter 2124: Vast Origin House
Chapter 2125: Mysterious Young Woman
Chapter 2126: Reuniting With a Soulmate
Chapter 2127: Disciple to Liu Ji
Chapter 2128: Violet Spirit's Crisis
Chapter 2129: Five Elemental Yin Yang True Light
Chapter 2130: Stemborer Queen
Chapter 2131: Private Mine
Chapter 2132: News
Chapter 2133: Mine Slaves
Chapter 2134: Magnetic Light Beast
Chapter 2135: Battling the Beast
Chapter 2136: Obtaining the Crystal
Chapter 2137: Secret Plan
Chapter 2138: Unrest Brewing Beneath the Surface
Chapter 2139: Six Extremes Azure Lightning Formation
Chapter 2141: Battle in the Formation (2)
Chapter 2142: Re-emergence of the Spirit Domain
Chapter 2143: Forced Into Retreat
Chapter 2144: Unexpected Situation
Chapter 2145: Forced Entry
Chapter 2146: Giant Ark in the Passageway
Chapter 2147: Returning to the Wood Tribe
Chapter 2148: Crisis of the Wood Tribe
Chapter 2149: Battling Yuan Cha Again
Chapter 2150: Unexpected Guest
Chapter 2151: Silvermoon and Ao Xiao
Chapter 2152: Art of Indifference
Chapter 2153: Conversation
Chapter 2154: Cottonwood City
Chapter 2155: Mo Jianli
Chapter 2156: Re-emergence of the Devilish Shadow
Chapter 2157: Wood Realm 36 Extremes Formation
Chapter 2158: Mission
Chapter 2159: The Second Formation Core
Chapter 2160: Completion of the Formation
Chapter 2161: The Eight Wood Spirit Disciples
Chapter 2162: Battle of the Wood Tribe (1)
Chapter 2163: Battle of the Wood Tribe (2)
Chapter 2164: Battle of the Wood Tribe (3)
Chapter 2165: Battle of the Wood Tribe (4)
Chapter 2166: Battle of the Wood Tribe (5)
Chapter 2167: Battle of the Wood Tribe (6)
Chapter 2168: Battle of the Wood Tribe (7)
Chapter 2169: Battle of the Wood Tribe (8)
Chapter 2170: Battle of the Wood Tribe (9)
Chapter 2171: Battle of the Wood Tribe (10)
Chapter 2172: Battle of the Wood Tribe (11)
Chater 2173: Battle of the Wood Tribe (12)
Chapter 2174: Battle of the Wood Tribe (13)
Chapter 2175: Abrupt Change
Book 11: The True Immortal Descends Chapter 2176: Seclusion
Chapter 2177: Mastering the Hundred Meridian Refinement Mantra
Chapter 2178: The Third Extreme Mountain
Chapter 2179: Preparations
Chapter 2180: Spirit Tide
Chapter 2181: Five-elemental Tribulation
Chapter 2182: Might of the Heavenly Tribulation
Chapter 2183: True Lightning Tribulation
Chapter 2184: Encountering an Acquaintance
Chapter 2185: Black and White Lightning Ball
Chapter 2186: Beetle Revolt
Chapter 2187: Combating the Devil with Divine Lightning
Chapter 2188: Inner Demon Tribulation
Chapter 2189: Arrival of the Monarchs
Chapter 2190: Slaying the Inner Demon
Chapter 2191: Progressing to the Grand Ascension Stage
Chapter 2192: Mysterious Acquaintance
Chapter 2193: News About the Centipede
Chapter 2194: Boundless Spiritual Journey
Chapter 2195: Fan Paozi and the Dao Fruit Convention
Chapter 2196: Return
Chapter 2197: Holy Island Envoys
Chapter 2198: Du Yu
Chapter 2199: Turning on the Envoys
Chapter 2200: Bullying the Weak
Chapter 2201: Crushed by a Single Attack
Chapter 2202: Reunion
Chapter 2203: Stunning the Two Races
Chapter 2204: Commencement of the Ceremony
Chapter 2205: Revered by Countless Cultivators
Chapter 2206: Envoys and Presents
Chapter 2207: Black Owl Monarch
Chapter 2208: First Grand Ascension Stage Battle
Chapter 2209: Crushing a Grand Ascension Stage Being
Chapter 2210: News About the Blood Soul
Chapter 2211: Blood Curse Insect
Chapter 2212: The Secret of the Cauldron
Chapter 2213: Heavenly Tome Library
Chapter 2214: Entering the Elder Devil Realm Again
Chapter 2215: Stemborers
Chapter 2216: Black Gourd City
Chapter 2217: Stunning Display of Power
Chapter 2218: Sacred Ancestor Xie Lian
Chapter 2219: White Light Realm
Chapter 2220: The Truth
Chapter 2221: Meeting
Chapter 2222: Old Man Copper Crow
Chapter 2223: Starfall Flag and Faux Illusion Sky Mirror
Chapter 2224: Ancient Seal
Chapter 2225: Setting Off
Chapter 2226: Fierce Battle Against the Insect Swarms (1)
Chapter 2227: Fierce Battle Against the Insect Swarms (2)
Chapter 2228: Underground Palace
Chapter 2229: Human-faced Insect
Chapter 2230: Re-emergence of the Lightningwield Technique
Chapter 2231: Slaying the Human-Faced Stemborers
Chapter 2232: Underground Stone Forest
Chapter 2233: Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate
Chapter 2234: Earth Emperor Nail
Chapter 2235: Combined Attack
Chapter 2236: The Little Girl
Chapter 2237: Battle Against the Stemborer Queen (1)
Chapter 2238: Battle Against the Stemborer Queen (2)
Chapter 2239: Battle Against the Stemborer Queen (3)
Chapter 2240: The Fearsome Carcass
Chapter 2241: Mystery
Chapter 2242: Battle in the Spirit Domain
Chapter 2243: Grueling Battle
Chapter 2244: True Extreme Body
Chapter 2245: Profound Immortal
Chapter 2246: Fierce Battle
Chapter 2247: Spiritual Sense Chains and Punishment Lightning
Chapter 2248: Restricted Technique of the True Immortal Realm
Chapter 1: The Village by the Forest
“Second Fool” opened his eyes and stared at the mud and thatch roof over his head. The quilt covering his body was a deep yellow color and had a musty smell. It was so old that its original color could no longer be distinguished.
Next to him lay his second brother, Han Zhu, who appeared to be in a deep slumber. Snores intermittently floated over as he slept.
Five feet from the bed was an earthen wall that had suffered from numerous cracks due to the passage of time. From the other side of the wall came the nagging voice of his mother and the occasional deep breathing of his father who was smoking his pipe.
Second Fool slowly closed his eyes, trying to force himself to sleep. He knew that if he didn’t go to sleep now, he wouldn’t be able to wake up early the next day. If he woke up late, he wouldn't be able to go up to the mountains with his good friends to gather firewood.
Second Fool’s real name was Han Li. This elegant name was not given to him by his parents. When he was born, his parents had offered two pieces of cornbread to the village’s Elder Zhang in exchange for giving the baby Han Li a second name. [1]
When Uncle Zhang was young, he had attended school with the wealthy children in the city. As he was the only one in the village who knew how to read a few words, more than half of the children in the village were named by him.
Han Li was called “Second Fool” by those in the village. Despite his name, he wasn’t stupid looking or foolish. On the contrary, he was actually the smartest person in the village. But just like the other children, aside from when they were home, nobody called him by his official name “Han Li”. Instead, they called him by his pet name “Second Fool”.
The reason why he was nicknamed “Second Fool” was due to the fact that there was already someone named “Fool” in the village.
This type of nickname was nothing though. There were children in the village named “Doggy” and “Dumb Egg”. These names weren’t nearly as pleasant-sounding as “Second Fool”.
Because of this, Han Li felt some consolation even though he wasn't very fond of his nickname.
Physically, Han Li was very ordinary. He was tan and matched the generic descriptions of a child born in a farming village. Deep in his heart however, he had matured faster than others of the same age. Ever since he was
young, he had yearned that one day, he would be able to leave his small village and explore the fertile lands of the outside world that Uncle Zhang had always talked about.
Han Li had never dared to speak of his dreams to anyone else in the village because they would be deeply shocked. After all, leaving this place was a notion that even adults didn’t easily think about, let alone a small child. Children around his age only knew how to chase chickens and pet dogs. They had never entertained the strange notion of leaving the village.
Han Li’s family had a total of seven members, including two older brothers, one older sister and one younger sister. He was the fourth eldest in his family and turned ten this year. Together, they lived a hard yet honest lifestyle. Very rarely did they get to eat meat and fish, but the entire family was content with living with the meager resources they had.
At this moment, Han Li was hovering between the state of sleep and consciousness. As he slowly drifted to sleep, only one thought was on his mind. While in the mountains, he had to pick more red berries for his younger sister whom he doted on the most!
The next morning, at noon, Han Li was shielding himself from the scorching sun overhead in the shade casted by the pile of lumber on his back. Wrapped around his chest was a pouch filled to the brim with red berries that bounced with each step as he walked home. He had no idea that at this moment, there was a guest in his home, a guest that that would change his destiny forever.
This guest was actually someone who had very close blood ties with Han Li. It was his Third Uncle!
It was rumored that his Third Uncle was the shopkeeper of a restaurant in the nearby city. According to his parents, Third Uncle was the most capable within their family. After a few hundred years, the Han family had finally produced someone like his Third Uncle, a figure with status and respect that was unrivaled within the family.
When Han Li was young, he had only met his Third Uncle a few times. Han Li’s older brother became a blacksmith’s apprentice in the city thanks to Third Uncle’s introduction. Every so often, this Third Uncle would even gift some food to his parents to bring home and eat. Because he had looked after Han Li’s family with great consideration, Han Li had a very good impression of him. Even though his parents never said anything, he knew that in their hearts, they were very grateful.
Han Li’s eldest brother was the family’s pride and joy. As an apprentice of a blacksmith, he was able to bring home 30 copper coins every month, minus living expenses. And when he finally graduated from his apprenticeship, he would earn even more money!
Every time his parents talked about their eldest son, their spirits would soar with pride. Although Han Li was young, he was tremendously envious. The best work he could find was to be the apprentice of a craft master and rely on the crafts he made to earn money.
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