# 02 -- Story Arcs / Volumes

## Complete Arc Breakdown

### Volume Structure (15-volume edition with Immortal Realm transition)

| Vol | Title (CN) | Title (EN) | Chapters | Count | Realm |
|-----|-----------|------------|----------|-------|-------|
| 1 | 七玄门风云 | Storm at Seven Mysteries Sect | 1-99 | 99 | Qi Condensation |
| 2 | 初踏修仙路 | First Steps on Cultivation Path | 100-171 | 72 | Qi Cond. -> Foundation Est. |
| 3 | 魔道入侵 | Demonic Dao Invasion | 172-363 | 192 | Foundation Establishment |
| 4 | 风起海外 | Winds Stir Overseas | 364-593 | 230 | Found. Est. -> Core Formation |
| 5 | 名震一方 | Fame Spreads Far and Wide | 594-792 | 199 | Core Form. -> Nascent Soul |
| 6 | 通天灵宝 | Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure | 793-1120 | 328 | Nascent Soul |
| 7 | 纵横人界 | Roaming the Mortal World | 1121-1261 | 141 | Nascent Soul -> Deity Trans. |
| 8 | 初入灵界 | First Steps in Spirit Realm | 1262-1353 | 92 | Deity Trans. (recovery) |
| 9 | 灵界百族 | Hundred Races of Spirit Realm | 1354-1746 | 393 | Deity T. -> Void Refinement |
| 10 | 魔界之战 | Demon Realm War | 1747-2085 | 339 | Void R. -> Body Integration |
| 11 | 真仙降临 | True Immortal Descends | 2086-2220 | 135 | Body Int. -> Mahayana |
| 12 | 初登仙界 | First Steps in Immortal Realm | 2221-2322 | 102 | Mahayana |
| 13 | 祸起萧墙 | Trouble from Within | 2323-2547 | 225 | Mahayana |
| 14 | 仙魔大战 | Immortal-Demon War | 2548-2796 | 249 | Mahayana |
| 15 | 笑傲三界 | Laughing Proudly Across Three Realms | 2797-2951 | 155 | Mahayana -> Ascension |

*(Immortal World sequel is separate, ~1,396 chapters)*

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## Arc 1: Seven Mysteries Sect (七玄门风云)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 1-99 |
| **Setting** | Seven Mysteries Sect, Jiayuan City, Mirror Province, State of Yue |
| **Cultivation** | Mortal -> Qi Condensation 1-9 |
| **Key Events** | Han Li joins Seven Mysteries Sect; becomes Doctor Mo's disciple; discovers Heaven-Palm Bottle; cultivates Eternal Spring Art to layer 3, then 6; Doctor Mo attempts body possession -- is counter-killed; Wild Wolf Gang ambush; kills Jin Guang Shangren; obtains Ascension Token; attends Tai Nan Small Assembly |
| **Characters** | Doctor Mo (墨居仁), Yu Zitong (余子童), Zhang Tie/Qu Hun (张铁/曲魂), Mo Caihuan (墨彩环), Chen Qiaoqian (陈巧倩), Jin Guang Shangren (金光上人) |
| **Items** | Heaven-Palm Bottle (掌天瓶), Ascension Token (升仙令), Eternal Spring Art (长春功), Sword Talisman, Qu Hun puppet |

## Arc 2: First Steps on Cultivation Path (初踏修仙路)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 100-171 |
| **Setting** | Yellow Maple Valley (黄枫谷), Bloody Forbidden Land (血色禁地), State of Yue |
| **Cultivation** | Qi Condensation -> Foundation Establishment |
| **Key Events** | Joins Yellow Maple Valley via Ascension Token; Bloody Forbidden Land trial; meets Nangong Wan, intimate encounter; Foundation Establishment (age 25); becomes Li Huayuan's formal disciple; obtains Azure Origin Sword Art and Great Development Art |
| **Characters** | Nangong Wan (南宫婉), Li Huayuan (李化元), Wang Chan (王蝉), Great Development Divine Lord (大衍神君) |
| **Items** | Foundation Establishment Pills, Azure Origin Sword Art (青元剑诀), Great Development Art (大衍诀), Spirit-Clearing Powder |

## Arc 3: Demonic Dao Invasion (魔道入侵)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 172-363 |
| **Setting** | State of Yue battlefronts, Yan Family Fort (燕家堡), spirit stone mines |
| **Cultivation** | Foundation Establishment (early -> mid) |
| **Key Events** | Yan Family Fort expedition; fights Wang Chan; acquires Blood Jade Spider and ancient teleportation formation token; Demonic Dao Six Sects invade; Yellow Maple Valley abandons disciples; Han Li flees via teleportation formation; promise to Xin Ruyue |
| **Characters** | Wang Chan (王蝉), Xin Ruyue (辛如音), Yan Family Fort cultivators |
| **Items** | Blood Jade Spider (血玉蜘蛛), Ancient Teleportation Formation token, Great Development Art puppet techniques |

## Arc 4: Winds Stir Overseas (风起海外)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 364-593 |
| **Setting** | Scattered Star Seas (乱星海), Kui Star Island, Outer Star Seas, Void Heaven Hall |
| **Cultivation** | Foundation Est. -> Core Formation |
| **Key Events** | Arrives in Scattered Star Seas; settles on Small Universe Island; ~100 years seclusion; forms Golden Core (age 126); obtains Gold Devouring Beetles and Golden Thunder Bamboo; meets Fairy Violet Spirit; crafts 72 Azure Bamboo Beecloud Swords; enters Void Heaven Hall; outwits Nascent Soul old monsters; obtains Void Heaven Cauldron; Insect Demon title; Poison Flood Dragon battle -> Wind-Thunder Wings; Ghost Fog -> Land of Yin冥 -> Boundless Sea -> returns to Tiannan |
| **Characters** | Fairy Violet Spirit (紫灵/汪凝), Yuan Yao (元瑶), Yan Li (妍丽), Silvermoon (银月/雪玲), Wen Tianren (温天仁), Xuan Gu Shangren (玄骨上人), Man Huzi (蛮胡子), Ji Yin (极阴祖师), Wan Tianming (万天明), Feng Xi (风希) |
| **Items** | Void Heaven Cauldron (虚天鼎), Gold Devouring Beetles (噬金虫), Golden Thunder Bamboo (金雷竹), 72 Azure Bamboo Beecloud Swords (青竹蜂云剑), Wind-Thunder Wings (风雷翅), Dry Blue Ice Flame (乾蓝冰焰), Nine Curved Spirit Ginseng (九曲灵参), Heaven Mending Pill (补天丹), Soul-Nourishing Wood (养魂木), Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk (万年灵乳) |

## Arc 5: Fame Spreads Far and Wide (名震一方)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 594-792 |
| **Setting** | Falling Cloud Sect (落云宗), Tiannan continent |
| **Cultivation** | Core Formation -> Nascent Soul (early) |
| **Key Events** | Infiltrates Falling Cloud Sect; resolves Wind Spirit Lock (风灵劲); Silvermoon formally recognizes Han Li as master; forms Nascent Soul (age 217) -- breaks Tiannan speed record; becomes Falling Cloud Sect elder; rescues Nangong Wan from Veiled Moon Sect; Nangong Wan ambushed by Yin Luo Sect, self-seals for 100 years; Han Li kills Yin Luo enforcement elder; obtains Yin Luo Banner |
| **Characters** | Corpse Demon (尸魈), Great Development Divine Lord (大衍神君, residual soul), Yin Luo Sect members |
| **Items** | Yin Luo Banner (阴罗蟠), Nascent Soul cultivation resources |

## Arc 6: Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure (通天灵宝)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 793-1120 |
| **Setting** | Tiannan-Mulan frontline, Falling Demon Valley (坠魔谷), Spirit Remote Garden (灵缈园) |
| **Cultivation** | Nascent Soul early -> Nascent Soul mid |
| **Key Events** | Mulan Spell Warriors invasion; life-death duel battles; trapped in Blood Gauze Shroud, breaks free; destroys Bronze Corpse Army; captures Mulan Ancient Lamp; ceasefire; enters Falling Demon Valley -- #1凶地; Ancient Demon Blood Flame released; Han Li kills Blood Flame main soul; falls into spatial rift (Spirit Remote Garden fragment); 27 years seclusion, breakthrough to Nascent Soul mid; obtains Fire Toad inner core to save Nangong Wan; Three Flame Fan crafted |
| **Characters** | Southern Long Marquis (南陇侯), Ancient Demon Blood Flame (血焰古魔), Mulan Divine Masters |
| **Items** | Three Flame Fan (三焰扇), Fire Toad Inner Core, Spirit Candle Fruit (灵烛果), Creation Pill (造化丹), Stalwart Silver Sand (罡银沙) |

## Arc 7: Roaming the Mortal World (纵横人界)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 1121-1261 |
| **Setting** | Great Jin Empire, Kunwu Mountain (昆吾山), Minor Extreme Palace (小极宫), Scattered Star Seas, Five Dragon Sea |
| **Cultivation** | Nascent Soul mid -> Nascent Soul late -> Deity Transformation |
| **Key Events** | Travel to Great Jin; severely injured by Tianlan pursuers; murderous aura sealed, seeks Buddhist techniques; ultimate puppet crafted; Ginseng King Assembly; Feng Family Demon Cave; Great Jin Imperial auction; Kunwu Mountain opens -- 33+ Nascent Soul deaths; battles Yuan Sha Sacred Ancestor soul fragment; Silvermoon = Linglong revealed; Linglong returns to Spirit Realm; Minor Extreme Palace siege; obtains Dry Blue Ice Flame; returns to Scattered Star Seas, deals with Star Palace; Luohou vs. Kunpeng battle; returns to Tiannan; subdues second Nascent Soul; rescues Nangong Wan; formal cultivation partnership ceremony; kills Six Paths; spends night with Violet Spirit; cultivates Primordial Magnetic Divine Light; breakthrough to Deity Transformation; ascends to Spirit Realm with Ice Phoenix |
| **Characters** | Linglong (玲珑), Yuan Sha Sacred Ancestor (元刹圣祖), Gan Laomo (乾老魔), Ye Family (叶家), Ice Phoenix (冰凤), Six Paths (六道), Tianlan Sacred Beast (天澜圣兽) |
| **Items** | Eight Spirit Ruler (八灵尺), Black Wind Flag fragment (黑风旗), Five Children Heart Demon (五子同心魔), Blood Blade (血刃), Taiyin True Fire (太阴真火), World-Breaking Talisman (破界符), Ghost Gauze Banner (鬼罗幡), Diamond Sarira (金刚舍利), Kunpeng Feather, Primordial Magnetic Divine Light (元磁神光), Second Nascent Soul, Five Element Cold Flame (五色寒焰) |

## Arc 8: First Steps in Spirit Realm (初入灵界)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 1262-1353 |
| **Setting** | Spirit Realm -- Green Gauze Desert, Heavenly Abyss City (天渊城) |
| **Cultivation** | Mortal (power lost) -> Deity Transformation recovery -> Deity Transformation mid |
| **Key Events** | Arrives in Spirit Realm, loses all cultivation; ~150 years as powerless body refiner; cultivates Vajra Art; regains cultivation at age ~1,149; conscripted into Heavenly Abyss City; two-colored lightning tribulation reveals ascended cultivator status; serves as Azure Nether Guard; obtains Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Art; matures Gold Devouring Beetles; Profound Heaven Spirit-Slaying Sword triggers Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking reaction; sent on dangerous Mu Clan mission; encounters Body Integration Night Yaksha King; barely escapes |
| **Characters** | Xiao Xianzi (肖仙子), Ye Ying (叶颖), Long Dong (陇东), Night Yaksha King |
| **Items** | Profound Heaven Spirit-Slaying Sword (玄天斩灵剑), Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Art (百脉炼宝决), Thunder Pattern Battle Armor (雷纹战甲), mature Gold Devouring Beetles |

## Arc 9: Hundred Races of Spirit Realm (灵界百族)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 1354-1746 |
| **Setting** | Flying Spirit Tribe territory (飞灵族), Earth Abyss (地渊), Nether River (冥河), Thunder Continent (雷鸣大陆), Vast Cold Realm (广寒界) |
| **Cultivation** | Deity Transformation mid -> Deity Transformation late -> Void Refinement early -> Void Refinement peak |
| **Key Events** | Flees to Heavenly Roc Clan territory; forced to impersonate Saint Son; Earth Abyss trial; obtains Awakening from Hibernation Twelve Transformations; captured by Earth Abyss Demon King; uses Golden Thunder Bamboo to enter Nether River; reunites with Yuan Yao; meets Green Origin Master (青元子); Qing Yuanzi helps escape; reaches Thunder Continent; obtains Vast Cold Token; enters Vast Cold Realm; teams up with Shi Kun and Liu Shuier; breaks Taiyi Azure Light restriction; obtains Taiyi Azure Mountain; Immortal's mansion: Armor Grass, semi-finished treasures; main hall: Gold Gourd Sword, Void Spirit Pills, Silver Lotus Pod; Star Chart infusion: rockets to Void Refinement peak; second Nascent Soul also reaches Void Refinement peak; nearly explodes; Profound Heaven Sword saves him; sabotages Hornet Tribe schemes; kills Flying Rainbow Fish; saves Moon Immortal; obtains Refined Spirit Art and Golden Seal Script; returns to Wind Origin Continent |
| **Characters** | Qing Yuanzi (青元子), Shi Kun (石昆), Liu Shuier (柳水儿), Blood Shadow (血影), Heavenly Roc Clan elders, Hornet Tribe |
| **Items** | Awakening from Hibernation Twelve Transformations (惊蛰十二变), Vast Cold Token (广寒令), Taiyi Azure Mountain (太乙青山), Gold Gourd Sword (金葫剑), Void Spirit Pills (虚灵丹), Silver Lotus Pod, Star Chart (星空图), Armor Grass (甲衣草), Chaos Origin Ruler (混元尺), Flying Rainbow Fish inner core, Refined Spirit Art (炼神术, 1st-2nd layer), Golden Seal Script (金篆文), Armor Soldier Puppets (甲士傀儡) |

## Arc 10: Demon Realm War (魔界之战)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 1747-2085 |
| **Setting** | Heavenly Abyss City (天渊城), Leaning Heaven City (倚天城), Demon Realm (魔界) |
| **Cultivation** | Void Refinement peak -> Body Integration (early -> mid -> late) |
| **Key Events** | Returns to Heavenly Abyss City after ~100 years wandering; cultivates Refined Spirit Art 1st layer; breakthrough to Body Integration (age ~1,565); takes disciples; Black Domain Trading Fair; True Spirit Assembly; Body Integration mid; returns to Earth Abyss to complete Qing Yuanzi transaction; obtains Nether River Divine Milk and Gold Devouring Beetle King nurturing method; Demon spots descend -- Demon Realm invasion begins; supports Leaning Heaven City; kills three Demon Venerables, Smoke Venerable, Yin Sha; obtains Demon Suppression Lock; hunted by Blood Radiance Sacred Ancestor and Yuan Sha Sacred Ancestor for 1.5 years; meets Baohua Sacred Ancestor and Lei Yunzi; escapes via combined thunder formation; returns to Heavenly Abyss City; kills Azure Dragon Superior who coveted Ice Phoenix; absorbs Ice Phoenix's primal yin; breakthrough to Body Integration late; Heavenly Abyss City final battle: destroys First Demon Venerable and Blood Radiance incarnation; grand victory; enters Demon Realm seeking Spirit Cleansing Pool and Pure Spirit Lotus |
| **Characters** | Baohua Sacred Ancestor (宝花圣祖), First Demon Venerable, Blood Radiance Sacred Ancestor (血光圣祖), Yuan Sha (元刹圣祖), Lei Yunzi (雷云子), Azure Dragon Superior (青龙上人), Linglong Family Ancestor |
| **Items** | Demon Suppression Lock (镇魔锁), Nether River Divine Milk (冥河神乳), Gold Devouring Beetle King nurturing method |

## Arc 11: True Immortal Descends (真仙降临)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | 2086-2220 |
| **Setting** | Demon Realm, Blood Sky Continent (血天大陆), Minor Spirit Heaven (小灵天), Minor Asura Realm (小修罗界) |
| **Cultivation** | Body Integration late -> Mahayana (大乘) |
| **Key Events** | Demon Realm journey: Phantom Sand Desert (40 years), Bitter Spirit Island; Spirit King controls Crab Daoist puppet -> self-destructs; Han Li uses Heaven-Creation Dew to reactivate Crab Daoist; negotiates with Baohua and Yuan She; reaches Spirit Cleansing Pool, meets Fairy Violet Spirit; obtains Demon Metal, Blood Tooth Rice, Great Five Elements True Light; returns to Spirit Realm; breakthrough to Mahayana (age ~2,468); attends Vast Spirit Dao Fruit Assembly; enters Demon Realm Origin Seal Land to rescue Ao Xiao and Mo Jianli; battles Mother of Borers with Baohua and others; True Immortal He Kang assists; Mother of Borers destroyed; learns Refined Spirit Art is forbidden; Void Fish Clan acknowledges Han Li as master; obtains cave heaven treasure; Ao Xiao dies under Heavenly Tribulation; establishes Green Origin Palace; enters Minor Spirit Heaven, finds Nangong Wan; True Immortal Ma Liang descends, performs blood sacrifices; three siege battles; Han Li nearly dies as formation sacrifice; thanks to Crab Daoist and Gold Devouring Beetle King, survives; kills Ma Liang; obtains True Soul Pill; subdues Huo Xuzi and Demon Light; honored as Spirit Realm's #1 Mahayana; over 8,000 years seclusion; refines Primal Unity Five Peak Mountain; ascends to True Immortal Realm |
| **Characters** | Ma Liang (马良), He Kang (何康), Crab Daoist (蟹道人), Gold Devouring Beetle King (噬金虫王), Fan Paozi (樊咆子), Ao Xiao (敖啸, dies), Spirit King (灵王), Huo Xuzi (火须子), Xuan Jiuling (轩九灵), Ming Zun (明尊) |
| **Items** | Primal Unity Five Peak Mountain (元合五极山), True Soul Pill (真魄丹), Vast Spirit Dao Fruit (广灵道果), Great Five Elements True Light (大五行真光), Blood Tooth Rice (血牙米), Demon Metal (异魔金), Crab Daoist (puppet ally), Gold Devouring Beetle King, Heaven-Palm Bottle (complete, merged with bottle spirit) |

## Arc 12: Immortal World Arc (仙界篇, sequel)

| Field | Detail |
|-------|--------|
| **Chapters** | Immortal World sequel ~1,396 chapters |
| **Setting** | Northern Cold Immortal Domain (北寒仙域), Linghuan Realm (灵寰界), Candle Dragon Dao (烛龙道), Grey Realm (灰界), Demon Domain (魔域), Accumulated Scale Empty Realm (积鳞空境), Heavenly Court battlefield |
| **Cultivation** | True Immortal -> Golden Immortal -> Taiyi -> Great Luo -> **Time Dao Ancestor** -> Great Luo peak (final) |
| **Key Events** | Ambushed upon ascension; memory lost for 300 years in Linghuan; saved by Liu Leer; body refinement to Mystic Immortal; returns to Immortal Realm; joins Candle Dragon Dao; obtains time cultivation method; begins comprehending Time Law; recovers lost treasures; advances through True Immortal -> Golden Immortal -> Taiyi; enters Grey Realm; washes away煞-decay; rescues Tianhu Clan Dao Ancestor; transported to Demon Domain; rescues Fairy Violet Spirit from Accumulated Scale Empty Realm; Crab Daoist's master resurrected; advances to Great Luo; severs three corpses; **great revelation**: Samsara Hall Master is another Han Li from previous timeline; Gu Huojin is Ancient Dao Spirit's self-corpse; Heaven-Palm Bottle is Ancient Dao Spirit's Chaos supreme treasure; **final battle**: Han Li + Samsara Hall Master + Demon Lord vs. Gu Huojin; Han Li achieves Time Dao Ancestor; defeats Gu Huojin; seals Dao Ancestor origin in bottle to avoid Heavenly Dao assimilation; drops to Great Luo peak; retires to Black Earth Immortal Domain with Nangong Wan and daughter |
| **Characters** | Liu Leer (柳乐儿), Tao Yu (陶羽), Gongshu Jiu (公输久), Samsara Hall Master (轮回殿主, another Han Li), Gu Huojin/Ancient Dao Spirit (古或今/古道神), Demon Lord/Mo Zhu (魔主), Shi Chuan Kong (石穿空), Han Qing (韩青, daughter) |
| **Items** | True Word Transformation Wheel Scripture (真言化轮经), Great Five Elements Illusory World Art (大五行幻世诀), Time Law comprehension,斩尸 Immortal Talisman, Heaven-Palm Bottle (dissipates), Northern Dipper Star Origin Art (北斗星元功) |
