# 03 -- Complete Chronological Timeline

## Introduction

This timeline tracks Han Li's journey from birth to final retirement, covering approximately 27,000+ years of cultivation history. Ages are approximate; different fan-compiled timelines show minor variations (e.g., Deity Transformation at 800 vs 855 vs 885 vs 1,007), reflecting in-novel time skips and cultivation period ambiguities. The most commonly cited consensus ages are used below.

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## Mortal World (人界) -- Years 0-1007

| Age | Event | Realm | Location |
|-----|-------|-------|----------|
| 0 | Han Li born in mountain village, Mirror Province, State of Yue | Mortal | Village |
| 10 | Joins Seven Mysteries Sect; becomes Doctor Mo's disciple | Qi Cond. 1 | Seven Mysteries Sect |
| 10 | Discovers Heaven-Palm Bottle in mountain valley | Qi Cond. 1 | Mountain valley |
| 14 | Eternal Spring Art 3rd layer; discovers bottle's plant-accelerating power | Qi Cond. 3 | Seven Mysteries Sect |
| 16 | Doctor Mo attempts body possession; Han Li counter-kills Mo and Yu Zitong | Qi Cond. 6 | Divine Hand Valley (神手谷) |
| 18 | Eternal Spring Art 9th layer; kills Jin Guang Shangren; obtains Ascension Token | Qi Cond. 9 | Seven Mysteries Sect |
| 19 | Attends Tai Nan Small Assembly; uses Ascension Token | Qi Cond. 9 | Tai Nan Mountain |
| 21 | Joins Yellow Maple Valley; enters Bloody Forbidden Land trial; meets Nangong Wan, intimate encounter | Qi Cond. 11 | Yellow Maple Valley / Bloody Forbidden Land |
| 25 | Successfully establishes Foundation; becomes Li Huayuan's formal disciple | **Foundation Est.** | Yellow Maple Valley |
| 31 | Foundation Est. mid-stage; Great Development Art 1st layer; Azure Origin Sword Art 5th layer | Foundation Est. mid | Tiannan battlefront |
| ~32 | Demonic Dao Six Sects invade State of Yue; Yellow Maple Valley abandons disciples | Foundation Est. mid | Battlefront |
| ~32 | Flees via ancient teleportation formation to Scattered Star Seas | Foundation Est. mid | Teleport to Scattered Star Seas |
| ~51 | Foundation Est. late-stage; meets Yuan Yao | Foundation Est. late | Scattered Star Seas |
| ~55 | Qu Hun condenses Sha Core; obtains Gold Devouring Beetles | -- | Scattered Star Seas |
| ~61 | Outer Star Seas demon hunting for resources | Foundation Est. late | Outer Star Seas |
| **~126** | **Successfully forms Golden Core** (三转重元功 2nd cycle, 60 years seclusion) | **Core Formation** | Scattered Star Seas |
| ~147 | Cultivates Golden Thunder Bamboo to ten-thousand-year level; crafts 72 Azure Bamboo Beecloud Swords | Core Formation | Scattered Star Seas |
| ~151 | Enters Void Heaven Hall; obtains Void Heaven Cauldron, Dry Blue Ice Flame, Silvermoon | Core Formation | Void Heaven Hall |
| ~175 | Core Formation mid-stage | Core Formation mid | Outer Star Seas |
| ~195 | Forced by Feng Xi to drink Azure Flame Wine; breakthrough to Core Formation late | Core Formation late | Feng Xi's lair |
| ~196 | Kills Feng Xi and two other transformed demons; obtains Wind-Thunder Wings | Core Formation late | Outer Star Seas |
| ~197 | Ghost Fog -> Land of Yin冥; kills Wen Tianren (Six Paths successor) | Core Formation late | Land of Yin冥 |
| ~198 | Returns to Tiannan continent via Boundless Sea; infiltrates Falling Cloud Sect | Core Formation | Tiannan |
| **~217** | **Forms Nascent Soul** (Azure Origin Sword Art 9th, Great Development Art 4th); breaks Tiannan record | **Nascent Soul** | Falling Cloud Sect |
| ~221 | Mulan War begins; life-death duel battles; turns battle tide | Nascent Soul early | Tiannan-Mulan frontline |
| ~222 | Travels to extreme west; meets Great Development Divine Lord's residual soul | Nascent Soul early | Extreme West |
| ~225 | Enters Falling Demon Valley; fights Ancient Demon Blood Flame | Nascent Soul early | Falling Demon Valley |
| ~225-252 | Falls into Spirit Remote Garden (灵缈园) spatial rift; **27 years seclusion** | -- | Spirit Remote Garden |
| **~252** | **Breakthrough to Nascent Soul mid-stage**; escapes Spirit Remote Garden | **Nascent Soul mid** | Spirit Remote Garden |
| ~256 | Second Nascent Soul complete; begins journey to Great Jin | Nascent Soul mid | Tiannan -> Great Jin |
| ~264-275 | Mortal body poisoned, cultivation sealed; enters Buddhist pagoda; obtains Diamond Sarira; Great Jin trials | Nascent Soul mid | Great Jin |
| ~275 | **Kunwu Mountain** battle: 33+ Nascent Soul deaths; fights Yuan Sha Sacred Ancestor's soul fragment; Silvermoon = Linglong, returns to Spirit Realm | Nascent Soul mid -> late | Kunwu Mountain |
| ~280 | **Minor Extreme Palace** siege; three great demons lead 10,000 demons | Nascent Soul mid | Northern冥 Island |
| ~358 | Obtains Dry Blue Ice Flame origin; over 80 years cultivation | Nascent Soul late | Void Heaven Hall (in Minor Extreme Palace) |
| **~360** | **Breakthrough to Nascent Soul late-stage** | **Nascent Soul late** | Void Heaven Hall |
| ~375 | Returns to Scattered Star Seas; deals with Star Palace Twin Saints; witnesses Luohou vs. Kunpeng battle | Nascent Soul late | Scattered Star Seas |
| ~380 | Returns to Tiannan; formal cultivation partnership ceremony with Nangong Wan | Nascent Soul late | Tiannan |
| ~480 | Awakened from seclusion by Ling Yuling's urgent summons | Nascent Soul late | Scattered Star Seas |
| ~585 | Primordial Magnetic Divine Light 1st layer complete; Profound Heaven Immortal Vine revived | Nascent Soul late | Tiannan |
| ~700 | **Kills Six Paths** (possessed Wan Tianming) for Star Palace; spends night with Fairy Violet Spirit | Nascent Soul late | Scattered Star Seas |
| **~885** | **Breakthrough to Deity Transformation** (元磁神光 complete, Demon Origin Pill, Five Element Cold Flame) | **Deity Transformation** | Tiannan |
| ~893 | Deity Transformation peak | Deity Transformation peak | Tiannan |
| **~1,007** | **Ascends to Spirit Realm** with Ice Phoenix via Five Dragon Sea space node | Deity Transformation | Five Dragon Sea |

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## Spirit Realm (灵界) -- Years ~1,007-11,134

| Age | Event | Realm | Location |
|-----|-------|-------|----------|
| ~1,007 | Arrives in Spirit Realm; **loses all cultivation** (space node backlash); begins body refinement | Mortal (physically) | Green Gauze Desert |
| ~1,007-1,149 | ~150 years as powerless body refiner; cultivates Vajra Art (金刚诀) | Body Refiner | Green Gauze Desert |
| ~1,149 | **Regains Deity Transformation cultivation** | Deity Transformation | Green Gauze Desert |
| ~1,160 | Brahmic Sacred Demon Art complete; breakthrough to **Deity Transformation mid** | Deity Transformation mid | Heavenly Abyss City |
| ~1,199 | Serves as Azure Nether Guard captain; Gold Devouring Beetles matured | Deity Transformation mid | Heavenly Abyss City |
| ~1,220 | Mu Clan intelligence mission; Heavenly Phoenix true blood obtained; Night Yaksha King encounter | Deity Transformation mid | Mu Clan /蛮荒 |
| ~1,305 | Flows to Flying Spirit Tribe territory; impersonates Heavenly Roc Saint Son | Deity Transformation late | Flying Spirit Tribe |
| ~1,315 | Earth Abyss Trial; obtains Awakening from Hibernation Twelve Transformations; **Deity Transformation late** | Deity Transformation late | Earth Abyss |
| ~1,316 | Captured by Earth Abyss Demon King; uses Golden Thunder Bamboo to enter Nether River; reunites with Yuan Yao | Deity Transformation late | Nether River |
| ~1,320 | Meets Qing Yuanzi; escapes; Yuan Yao stays as Qing Yuanzi's disciple | Deity Transformation late | Nether River area |
| ~1,410 | Forcefully enters Thunder Continent; obtains Vast Cold Token | Deity Transformation late | Thunder Continent |
| **~1,415** | **Breakthrough to Void Refinement** (100+ years seclusion) | **Void Refinement** | Black Mist Sea |
| ~1,465 | Enters Vast Cold Realm (广寒界); **Star Chart infusion**: rockets to **Void Refinement peak**; second Nascent Soul also Void Refinement peak | **Void Refinement peak** | Vast Cold Realm |
| ~1,468 | Exits Vast Cold Realm; obtained Profound Heaven Sword; Sabotages Hornet Tribe; learns Refined Spirit Art | Void Refinement peak | Thunder Continent |
| ~1,468+ | Spends ~100 years wandering back to Wind Origin Continent human territory | Void Refinement peak | Wandering |
| **~1,565** | Cultivates Refined Spirit Art 1st layer; **breakthrough to Body Integration** | **Body Integration** | Heavenly Abyss City |
| ~1,605 | Attends Myriad Treasures Assembly; takes disciples; returns Void Heaven Cauldron | Body Integration early | Heavenly Abyss area |
| ~1,806 | Travels seeking news of Nangong Wan | Body Integration early | Various |
| ~1,925 | Ten-Thousand Poison Chaos Body small success; **breakthrough to Body Integration mid** | Body Integration mid | Seclusion |
| ~2,000 | Returns to Earth Abyss to complete Qing Yuanzi transaction; obtains Nether River Divine Milk and Beetle King nurturing method | Body Integration mid | Earth Abyss |
| ~2,332 | Demon spots descend; Demon Realm invasion imminent | Body Integration mid | Heavenly Abyss City |
| ~2,337 | Leaning Heaven City battle; kills multiple Demon Venerables; hunted by Blood Radiance + Yuan Sha for 1.5 years | Body Integration mid | Battlefront |
| **~2,338** | Kills Azure Dragon Superior; absorbs Ice Phoenix's primal yin; **breakthrough to Body Integration late** | **Body Integration late** | Heavenly Abyss City |
| ~2,339 | Heavenly Abyss City final battle; kills First Demon Venerable and Blood Radiance incarnation; grand victory | Body Integration late | Heavenly Abyss City |
| ~2,340 | Enters Demon Realm -- Phantom Sand Desert (40 years), Bitter Spirit Island; obtains Spirit Cleansing; meets Violet Spirit | Body Integration late | Demon Realm |
| ~2,400 | **Body Integration peak**; Blue Waterfall Lake, encounters Violet Spirit again | Body Integration peak | Spirit Realm |
| ~2,468 | Refined Spirit Art 2nd layer complete; **breakthrough to Mahayana** | **Mahayana** | Seclusion |
| ~2,475 | Vast Spirit Dao Fruit Assembly; wide connections established | Mahayana | Various |
| ~2,477 | **Battles Mother of Borers** with Baohua and others; True Immortal He Kang assists; Mother of Borers destroyed | Mahayana | Demon Realm Origin Seal Land |
| ~2,480 | Ao Xiao dies under Heavenly Tribulation; establishes Green Origin Palace | Mahayana | Boundless Sea |
| ~2,482 | Enters Minor Spirit Heaven (小灵天); **reunited with Nangong Wan** after ~1,400 years | Mahayana | Minor Spirit Heaven |
| ~2,488 | True Immortal Ma Liang descends; three siege battles; **Ma Liang killed** by coalition; Han Li honored as Spirit Realm's #1 Mahayana | Mahayana | Blood Sky Continent |
| ~2,500 | Obtains complete Heaven-Palm Bottle (merge with bottle spirit) | Mahayana | -- |
| ~2,890 | Refined Spirit Art 3rd layer complete | Mahayana | Seclusion |
| ~3,190 | Forges Primal Unity Five Peak Mountain (元合五极山) | Mahayana | Seclusion |
| **~11,134** | **Undergoes Ascension Tribulation; ascends to True Immortal Realm!** (original novel ends) | **True Immortal** | Ascension point |

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## True Immortal Realm (仙界) -- Immortal World Sequel

| Age | Event | Realm | Location |
|-----|-------|-------|----------|
| ~11,134 | Ascends to Northern Cold Immortal Domain; **immediately ambushed** by Golden Immortal Tao Yu and Fang Pan | True Immortal | Northern Cold Immortal Domain |
| ~11,134-11,434 | **Falls into Linghuan Realm; loses memory for 300 years**; saved by Liu Leer | Amnesiac | Linghuan Realm |
| ~11,434 | Recovers memory | True Immortal (weakened) | Linghuan Realm |
| ~12,000 | Northern Dipper Star Origin Art complete; forms True Extreme Body (玄仙); breaks realm wall with pure physical strength; returns to Immortal Realm | Mystic Immortal | Realm boundary |
| ~12,000 | Becomes Wu Meng Island Ancestral God in Black Wind Sea; develops Earth Immortal power; restores True Immortal cultivation | True Immortal | Black Wind Sea |
| ~12,500 | Opens 12 immortal apertures; **advances to True Immortal late-stage**; spirit-travels to True Word Sect, hears Miluo Ancestor's lecture, opens 8 more apertures | True Immortal late | Black Wind Sea / True Word Sect (spirit) |
| ~12,600 | Joins Candle Dragon Dao; obtains True Word Transformation Wheel Scripture; begins comprehending Time Law | True Immortal late | Candle Dragon Dao |
| ~12,600 | **Kills Golden Immortal Tao Yu for revenge**; recovers Wind-Thunder Wings and Primal Unity Five Peak Mountain | True Immortal late | -- |
| ~13,016 | Enters Mohan Immortal Mansion; Great Circuit Heavenly Star Origin Art complete; survives aperture-decay tribulation; **advances to Golden Immortal** | **Golden Immortal** | Mohan Immortal Mansion |
| ~13,180 | Cultivates Mysterious Sha Dark Spirit Art for ~1,100 years; **advances to Golden Immortal mid** | Golden Immortal mid | Seclusion |
| ~13,845 | True Word Sect ruins; transported to Grey Realm (灰界);波棱湖 tournament; seeks Sha-Cleansing Pool at Shura City; washes away煞-decay; **breakthrough to Taiyi** | **Taiyi** | Grey Realm |
| ~14,005 | Transported to Demon Domain (魔域); rescues Violet Spirit from Accumulated Scale Empty Realm; Crab Daoist's master resurrected | Taiyi | Demon Domain |
| ~15,503 | **Advances to Taiyi late-stage** | Taiyi late | Various |
| ~15,720 | Great Year Immortal Mansion exploration | Taiyi late | -- |
| ~15,903 | **Hua Zhi space** (time-accelerated cultivation: ~2,000 years inside, ~20 years outside); Great Five Elements Illusory World Art balanced; **breakthrough to Great Luo** | **Great Luo** | Hua Zhi Cave Heaven |
| ~15,948 | Rescues Gold Devouring Immortal (金童) from Nine Origins Temple | Great Luo | Nine Origins Temple |
| ~15,958 | Severs evil corpse (恶尸) with斩尸 Talisman; **advances to Great Luo mid** | Great Luo mid | -- |
| ~15,968 | Yellow Springs Great Marsh; Miluo Ancestor's gift; encounters Violet Spirit and Shi Chuan Kong again | Great Luo mid | Yellow Springs Great Marsh |
| ~16,692 | Acts as doctor couple for 100 years doing good deeds; severs good corpse (善尸); **advances to Great Luo late** (1,800 immortal apertures + 1,800 mystic apertures) | **Great Luo late** | -- |
| ~20,000+ | Final cultivation push; approaches peak strength | Great Luo peak | -- |
| **~27,000+** | **FINAL BATTLE**: Han Li + Samsara Hall Master + Demon Lord vs. Gu Huojin; Han Li achieves **TIME DAO ANCESTOR**; Gu Huojin killed | **DAO ANCESTOR** | Heavenly Court battlefield |
| **Final** | Seals Dao Ancestor origin into Heaven-Palm Bottle to avoid Heavenly Dao assimilation; bottle dissipates; drops to **Great Luo peak**; retires to Black Earth Immortal Domain | **Great Luo peak** | Black Earth Immortal Domain |

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## Key Character Deaths Timeline

| Age | Character | Cause |
|-----|-----------|-------|
| 16 | Doctor Mo (墨居仁) | Killed by Han Li during failed possession |
| 16 | Yu Zitong (余子童) | Killed by Han Li alongside Doctor Mo |
| ~32 | Li Huayuan (李化元) | Died covering disciples' retreat during Demonic Dao invasion |
| ~151 | Xuan Gu Shangren (玄骨上人) | Killed by Han Li in Void Heaven Hall |
| ~197 | Wen Tianren (温天仁) | Killed by Han Li in Land of Yin冥 |
| ~275 | Gan Laomo (乾老魔) | Killed by Han Li at Kunwu Mountain |
| ~275 | Numerous Nascent Soul cultivators (33+) | Kunwu Mountain -- various causes |
| ~217 | Great Development Divine Lord (大衍神君) | Residual soul dissipated peacefully after witnessing Han Li's Nascent Soul |
| ~585-700 | Six Paths (六道) / Wan Tianming | Killed by Han Li for Star Palace |
| ~2,480 | Ao Xiao (敖啸) | Died under Heavenly Tribulation |
| ~2,488 | Ma Liang (马良) | Killed by Han Li and Mahayana coalition |
| ~12,600 | Tao Yu (陶羽) | Killed by Han Li for revenge |
| ~27,000+ | Gu Huojin (古或今) | Killed by Han Li + Samsara Hall Master + Demon Lord |
| ~27,000+ | Gold Devouring Immortal (金童) | Sacrificed to save Han Li in final battle |
| Immortal World | Yuan Yao (元瑶) | Died during ascension tribulation (controversial/debated) |

## Lifespan Summary

| Phase | Duration (approx.) | Realms Covered |
|-------|---------------------|----------------|
| Mortal World | ~1,007 years | Qi Cond. -> Foundation Est. -> Core Form. -> Nascent Soul -> Deity Trans. |
| Spirit Realm | ~10,127 years | Deity T. (recovery) -> Void R. -> Body Int. -> Mahayana |
| Immortal Realm | ~16,000+ years | True Imm. -> Golden Imm. -> Taiyi -> Great Luo -> Dao Ancestor -> Great Luo peak |
| **TOTAL** | **~27,000+ years** | **All 13 realms** |
