Chapter Summaries

Li Hao revealed a terrifying aura and learned that he had ranked seventeenth after clearing the Tenth Desolate Domain, while Li Tiemu urged him to keep his achievement secret. As more disciples emerged, Li Hao reunited with Lin Qingying, and Yue Xi discovered that his identification number was ranked nineteenth.

• Li Hao returned to the square with his Extreme Realm aura exposed, then Li Tiemu concealed him and confirmed that he had cleared the Tenth Desolate Domain.
• Li Tiemu warned Li Hao not to reveal his identification number and showed him that Murong Qingwu ranked 2,600, Gu Yan ranked 3,182, and Li Hao ranked seventeenth.
• Xing Lan emerged injured from the desolate regions, and Li Hao later greeted Lin Qingying, who had reached the seventh region and ranked 10,014.
• Li Hao told Li Tiemu that he wanted to visit the Yan-Chu Border to kill ancient demons, but Li Tiemu objected to him going alone.
• Murong Qingwu and Yue Xi returned with poor rankings, and Yue Xi found Li Hao's number 996 ranked nineteenth on the Black Immortal Stele.

Li Hao’s nineteenth-place ranking astonished his fellow disciples, while Gu Yan resolved to improve and Li Hao chose to seek real combat at the border rather than train with the Abyss Master. Back at Great Dream Nine Abyss, Li Hao was summoned to meet the Dream Master, but Lin Mingrong questioned why he had followed her into the hall.

• Yue Xi and Murong Qingwu discovered that Li Hao had ranked nineteenth after breaking through the Tenth Desolate Domain.
• Gu Yan found his own ranking far below Li Hao’s and asked Li Tiemu to arrange swordsmanship instruction from the Abyss Master.
• Li Hao declined the training and said he planned to practice fighting at the border.
• Chu Xiangtian announced the rankings, and the disciples returned to Great Dream Nine Abyss, where Lin Mingrong was recognized as Sword Abyss’s only reported qualifier in the top thousand.
• Li Tiemu privately told Li Hao to meet the Dream Master, and Li Hao followed Lin Mingrong to the hall, where she asked who he was and why he had come.

Li Hao entered the Langya Dream Realm with Great Dream Nine Abyss’s disciples, where the Dream Master revealed that he ranked in the Ancient Immortal Realm’s top hundred and invited him to demonstrate his painting. Impressed by his skill, she offered him a chance to claim the Divine Sword after the Southern Region Assembly Battle.

• Li Hao admired the painted scenery surrounding the palace while Lin Mingrong mistook his delay for reluctance to enter.
• The Dream Master welcomed the thirteen disciples, gave each a Flying Immortal Pill, and offered them three years of cultivation in the Langya Dream Realm.
• The Dream Master revealed that Li Hao’s ranking was in the top hundred and ordered the others to keep it secret, astonishing Lin Mingrong and the other disciples.
• After the others left, the Dream Master asked Li Hao about the pond, and he recognized the Langya Dream Realm as her painting.
• Li Hao formed a moving jiaolong from immortal power, impressing the Dream Master, who offered him the Divine Sword if he could draw it after the Southern Region Assembly Battle.
• On Emperor Sword Mountain, Yun Wumian sneezed again and wondered who was talking about him.

Li Hao left Great Dream Nine Abyss for the Qinghe Border, where he enlisted in the Wildfire Army to fight Ancient Demons. After arriving, he learned that Ji Qingxuan had reached ninety-ninth place on the Immortal Merit Board and met a mysterious Heaven One Sect disciple who promised to make a name for himself.

• The Dream Master gave Li Hao a Primal Tribulation Dao Fish and let him leave the Langya Dream Realm, while Old Han gave him an old iron plate to return when he came back.
• Li Hao traveled through several immortal cities toward the Qinghe Border and entered Qinghe Fallen City despite a guard's warning that volunteers could not turn back.
• Ji Qingxuan's name appeared at ninety-ninth place on the Immortal Merit Board, startling the people in the city.
• A soldier told Li Hao and the other volunteers that they had to prove themselves by earning Immortal Merit or bringing back three Ancient Demon heads before joining the Heavenly Wolf Army.
• Li Hao joined the Wildfire Army, and a young man beside him revealed that he was a Heaven One Sect disciple with written orders and offered to look out for him.

Li Hao entered Qinghe Fallen City under the alias Chong Er and joined the Wildfire Army’s Yinglong Imperial Guard Camp, where Shi Tianjin and the veterans dismissed his low cultivation. While exploring the city with Huo Xiaoqi, Li Hao saw the sect merit boards before a calamity-grade ancient demon attack sounded, and the Wildfire Army prepared to join the battle.

• Li Hao registered as Chong Er, a third-layer true immortal who wanted to slay demons, and received an identity token.
• A guide took Li Hao and Huo Xiaoqi to the Yinglong Imperial Guard Camp, where Shi Tianjin warned the new recruits to obey orders and survive the battlefield.
• Li Hao and Huo Xiaoqi chose neighboring quarters, then visited the sect merit boards; Li Hao saw Ji Qingxuan ranked fourth on their sect’s board.
• Two bell tolls announced a calamity-grade attack, and Shi Tianjin explained that the Tiger Lion Army would lead the battle.
• The Tiger Lion Army and several sect forces, including Ji Qingxuan, Wei Hongye, Lu Wu Chen, and Lin Yu Feng, deployed as Shi Tianjin led the Wildfire Army into battle.

Li Hao left the Yinglong Imperial Guard Camp’s formation to hunt ancient demons alone and reached a breach in the front lines, where he unleashed Ji and his own powers to slaughter the demons. He held back the surge with his Eternal Dao Domain and All Heavens Star Meridian, drawing astonished attention from nearby Tiger Lion Camp soldiers.

• Shi Tianjin explained how the army divided immortal merit and led the recruits toward the front lines.
• Li Hao chose to hunt alone despite Huo Xiaoqi’s warning, then watched the group leave without him.
• Li Hao summoned Ji and charged into a breach, killing ancient demons with Ji and his True Treasure Long Sword.
• Ancient demons attacked Li Hao with a combined black vortex, but Ji broke their formation and Li Hao continued fighting.
• Li Hao activated the All Heavens Star Meridian and used his Eternal Dao Domain to kill dozens of ancient demons and collect their corpses.
• Nearby Tiger Lion Camp soldiers noticed Li Hao holding back the breach and wondered who he was.

Li Hao helped the Tiger Lion Army seal a vast breach, then faced an Ancient Demon Commander and was saved by Xing Lan. After Xing Lan killed the commander, she explained how Identity Tokens tracked immortal merit, while Li Hao remained unsure how much he had earned.

• Li Hao slaughtered ancient demons as the Tiger Lion Army rallied around him and rebuilt the defensive line.
• An Immortal Lord Realm Ancient Demon attacked Li Hao, whose Dao domain briefly restrained it before the Ji Immortal Sword intervened.
• The Ancient Demon Commander drove Li Hao into retreat, but Xing Lan appeared and shielded him from its pursuit.
• Xing Lan defeated the Ancient Demon Commander, stored its corpse, and told Li Hao its death had earned her a hundred thousand immortal merit.
• Xing Lan explained that Identity Tokens absorbed ancient demons' primordial spirit essence to track kills and calculate immortal merit.

Li Hao hunted Ancient Demons across the battlefield, revealing his formidable strength as he killed them and rescued outmatched fighters. As the generals at the Marshal Altar took notice of him, he found Shi Tianjin and the others surrounded by powerful Ancient Demons and in grave danger.

• Li Hao examined the Primordial Spirit Essence in his Identity Token and realized his kills had already earned him a huge amount of Immortal Merit.
• Li Hao joined Xing Lan in hunting Ancient Demons, effortlessly killing a seventh-layer demon and then several more while Xing Lan watched.
• Li Hao and Xing Lan split up, and Li Hao ranged across the battlefield, killing Ancient Demons and helping sect disciples and Wildfire Army battalions in danger.
• At the Marshal Altar, the generals discussed the collapsing defense lines, praised Xing Lan, and noticed Li Hao's battlefield exploits.
• Li Hao spotted Shi Tianjin, Huo Xiaoqi, and the remaining members of their group surrounded by Ancient Demons, including several at the true immortal realm tenth layer.

Li Hao rescued Shi Tianjin, Huo Xiaoqi, and their group, then returned to the front line and cut through the ancient demon horde. After spotting a disguised ancient demon woman with eight wings, he let her lead him away to discover what she intended.

• Li Hao killed the ancient demons surrounding Shi Tianjin and Huo Xiaoqi, then left for the front line despite their invitation to join them.
• Li Hao fought through the ancient demon ranks at the front line while avoiding the area where Immortal Lord Realm Ancient Demons were battling human cultivators.
• Li Hao turned back rather than pursue two ancient demons into the Chaotic Stone Star Region, where a black-dressed woman killed them with a crescent of dark energy.
• The woman concealed her eight black wings and ancient demon aura, grabbed Li Hao, and urged him to flee with her.
• Li Hao recognized the woman as an ancient demon but concealed his knowledge and asked who she was.

Li Hao was caught between an Ancient Demon Woman and two Ancient Demon Commanders, and an attack from a seventh-layer Immortal Lord forced him to reveal his full power. Old Han’s iron fragment summoned the Floating Slaughter Emperor Heart Pagoda, which killed the commander, leaving Li Hao and the woman to head back toward the immortal army together.

• The Ancient Demon Woman pulled Li Hao away from danger, but two Ancient Demon Commanders intercepted them and demanded that she return a mysterious object.
• Li Hao tried to flee, but the commanders attacked him, and the woman intervened, causing them to suspect he carried the object.
• A seventh-layer Immortal Lord Commander caught up with Li Hao, who wounded it with his Nine Flowers Immortal Seal and Sole Self Sword Dao.
• Old Han’s iron fragment summoned the Floating Slaughter Emperor Heart Pagoda, which suppressed and killed the commander.
• The remaining commander fled, and Li Hao accused the Ancient Demon Woman of involving him in her trouble.
• The woman offered to compensate Li Hao, and he chose to return with her to the immortal army without exposing her identity.

Li Hao and Ban Xueyao found the Second Defense Line occupied by Ancient Demons and withdrew to the First Defense Line to avoid the Reincarnation Race's tracking technique. While collecting corpses, Li Hao cooked and ate an Ancient Demon, greatly strengthening his primordial spirit, and Ban Xueyao developed a taste for the meat.

• Li Hao returned toward Qinghe Fallen City with Ban Xueyao, collecting Ancient Demon corpses along the way and deciding to gather more at the First Defense Line.
• They discovered that the Second Defense Line was occupied by an Ancient Demon army, and Ban Xueyao explained that the Reincarnation Race was searching for them using its Three Lives Secret Technique.
• Li Hao nearly approached a mirror that could expose him, so Ban Xueyao pulled him away; they retreated to the First Defense Line to wait for a chance to return.
• After several days of collecting corpses, Li Hao cooked an Ancient Demon and ate it, strengthening his primordial spirit and recovering from fatigue.
• Ban Xueyao tried the roast meat, enjoyed it, and asked Li Hao for more; he told her to find her own ingredients.

Li Hao used his cooking to refine Ancient Demon flesh and strengthen his primordial spirit, while Hua Xueyao struggled to copy his technique and bargained for a share. After two months, they had settled into a routine of Xueyao gathering corpses and Li Hao cooking, with both growing stronger.

• Li Hao cooked Ancient Demon flesh for Hua Xueyao and explained that half the meal was his cooking fee.
• Hua Xueyao discovered the properly prepared flesh strengthened her primordial spirit, but her own cooking attempts failed.
• Hua Xueyao paid Li Hao with more of the corpse so he could cook it, then learned that his skill let her absorb the primordial spirit essence.
• Li Hao refused to let Hua Xueyao belittle cooking, and later raised his share to eighty percent after her repeated failures.
• Hua Xueyao gathered Ancient Demon remains while Li Hao cooked and cultivated, and both strengthened their primordial spirits over the next two months.

Li Hao and Ban Xueyao watched the battle at Qinghe Fallen City while continuing to cultivate on ancient demon remains. The human forces launched a surprise counterattack against the ancient demon tide, and Li Hao and Xueyao discovered that an army had appeared behind the enemy.

• Li Hao and Ban Xueyao approached the Third Defense Line to assess the fighting, but Li Hao concluded the human defenses were holding and returned with her to their hideout.
• Li Hao continued refining ancient demon remains for another month, raising his number of primal spirit bones from seventy-two to eighty-seven.
• At Qinghe Fallen City, the human commanders learned that the Peacock Army was mostly occupied elsewhere and ordered one division to circle behind the ancient demon tide and join Cloud Soldiers.
• Li Hao spotted a crimson signal and hurried with Ban Xueyao toward the battlefield, where two Peacock Army divisions surged into the fight and crushed ancient demons.
• Li Hao and Ban Xueyao saw a hidden force of Immortal Lords attack the ancient demon tide from behind alongside another Peacock Army division, surprising the enemy.

Li Hao and Ban Xueyao watched the Peacock Army attack the ancient demon tide, then joined the battle to help the wounded Original Appearance Immortal God defeat a Ninth Level of Immortal Lord Realm Dijiang Clan demon. Xueyao’s attack exposed her as an ancient demon to her target, and the chapter ended with her denying that she had betrayed her own race.

• The Peacock Army’s Original Appearance Immortal Formation charged into the ancient demon tide, but a king-realm battle erupted when a Dijiang Clan expert struck it with a black gleam.
• The human Old Celestial Master of the Demon Subduing Division engaged the Dijiang Clan king-realm expert above the battlefield as other powerful fighters joined the fighting.
• Li Hao decided to help the Original Appearance Immortal God fight a Ninth Level of Immortal Lord Realm Dijiang Clan demon, and Ban Xueyao followed him despite protesting.
• Ban Xueyao attacked the Dijiang Clan demon with her primordial spirit, and he recognized her as an ancient demon and accused her of betraying her race.
• The Original Appearance Immortal God and Peacock Army joined Ban Xueyao’s assault, grievously wounding the demon and forcing him to flee into the ancient demon tide.
• Ban Xueyao returned to Li Hao and insisted that the demon had been lying, and Li Hao said he knew.

Li Hao and Ban Xueyao faced a powerful Reincarnation Royal Clan ancient demon, forcing Xueyao to reveal her true form and flee with a mysterious Dark Diamond. A human Immortal King then turned the battle around, and Li Hao helped rout the ancient demon tide before returning to Wildfire Army City.

• A Reincarnation Royal Clan ancient demon ambushed Ban Xueyao with a War Spear, forcing her to reveal her true form and use her life-and-death technique.
• Li Hao acknowledged that he knew Ban Xueyao was an ancient demon, and she fled with a mysterious Dark Diamond while the Reincarnation Royal Clan demon pursued her.
• The Reincarnation Royal Clan demon struck Li Hao as it passed, badly injuring his arm before continuing after Ban Xueyao.
• A human Immortal King descended, revealed that he had wounded the Ancient Demon King Di Qiu, and crushed most of the ancient demons with his Immortal Kingdom.
• Li Hao joined the counterattack, slaughtered fleeing ancient demons, and pursued them with the Tiger Lion Army to the Chaotic Stone Star Region.
• Li Hao returned to Wildfire Army City and found Shi Tianjin and the others waiting in the courtyard.

Li Hao returned to the courtyard with 1.37 million immortal merit and was summoned by the Heavenly Master through two Demon Subduing Guards. At Qinghe Fallen City’s Commander-in-Chief’s Residence, the Heavenly Master reviewed the battle and explained how Li Hao’s actions had prevented a chain of military losses.

• Shi Tianjin tallied his merit and said he had earned enough to apply to join the Peacock Army, while Huo Xiaoqi reported earning a little over one hundred thousand immortal merit.
• Li Hao returned to the courtyard, reunited with Huo Xiaoqi, and declined Shi Tianjin’s offer to recommend him to the Demon Subduing Division.
• Li Hao checked his Identity Token and revealed that he had accumulated 1.37 million immortal merit, shocking everyone and filling Shi Tianjin with regret.
• Two Demon Subduing Guards arrived and summoned Li Hao to meet the Heavenly Master, leaving Shi Tianjin and the others stunned.
• At the Commander-in-Chief’s Residence, the Heavenly Master and his companions reviewed the battlefield and discussed how Li Hao’s actions had helped prevent a chain of casualties.

The Celestial Master defended Li Hao against suspicions of colluding with ancient demons and secured him 1.92 million immortal merit for helping turn the battle. While waiting at Water Moon Hall, Li Hao encountered a girl practicing Blue Heaven and demonstrated the sword art’s power, leaving her stunned.

• The Star Domain Miniature showed how the Ancient Demon Woman and Li Hao helped prevent catastrophic losses, prompting the Celestial Master to argue that Li Hao deserved credit rather than interrogation.
• The generals agreed to award Li Hao immortal merit, and their tally reached 1.92 million before the Celestial Master summoned him to Water Moon Hall.
• Li Hao explored the hall’s courtyard while waiting and saw a young girl in pale yellow robes practicing Blue Heaven.
• The girl accused Li Hao of secretly learning her sword technique and attacked him with sword qi, which he pinched apart.
• Li Hao returned a sword gesture, sending a dragon-like streak of sword qi past the girl and carving a fissure through the courtyard.

Li Hao met Gu Changming’s granddaughter, Gu Xingwan, and impressed them with his mastery of the Azure Sky Immortal Technique. Gu Changming recognized Li Hao as the Tian Yang Immortal Emperor’s disciple, concealed his identity, and promised to help make him the youngest spirit official in the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty.

• Li Hao demonstrated a purer Blue Heaven sword intent than Gu Xingwan and learned that she was Gu Changming’s granddaughter.
• Gu Changming invited Li Hao to become his disciple, but Li Hao declined because he already had a master and agreed to join the Demon Subduing Division if he could have an idle post.
• Gu Changming led Li Hao into a hidden hall and awarded him 1.92 million immortal merit for his service in the battle.
• Gu Changming revealed that others suspected Li Hao of being an ancient demon spy, but he had assigned Li Hao the identity of a Demon Subduing Guard named Chong Er for three years.
• Gu Changming identified Li Hao as the Tian Yang Immortal Emperor’s disciple, explained the Heavenly Eye Clan’s history, and promised to help him become the youngest spirit official in the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty.

Li Hao earned enough merit at the Qingcheng Fallen River border to qualify for promotion to spirit official, and Gu Changming told him he could requisition ancient demon corpses. After Li Hao effortlessly defeated Gu Xingwan in a spar, the Immortal Merit Board appeared and revealed his name among its top ranks.

• Gu Changming told Li Hao that his 1.92 million immortal merits awaited approval and that he could later requisition ancient demon corpses as a spirit official.
• Gu Changming introduced Li Hao to Gu Xingwan and said they would both participate in the Southern Region Assembly Battle.
• Gu Xingwan challenged Li Hao after he claimed to have ranked in the top twenty in the Ancient Immortal Realm trial.
• Li Hao used space and time powers to defeat Gu Xingwan before she could complete her sword strike.
• The Immortal Merit Board appeared above the city, revealing Chong Er as a newcomer ranked in the fifties.

Li Hao’s battlefield merit was credited, raising him to nineteenth place on the Immortal Merit Board, while he secluded himself to cultivate by cooking Ancient Demon flesh. A year later, Murong Qingwu, Yue Xi, and Gu Yan arrived at the border city to find their fellow disciples.

• The Great Dream Nine Abyss camp discussed Chong Er’s sudden appearance on the board and worried that their younger disciples would need to excel at the Southern Region Assembly Battle.
• Li Hao’s 1.92 million battlefield merit was approved, bringing his total to 3.29 million and raising him to nineteenth place on the board.
• Gu Changming hosted Li Hao for a banquet, and Li Hao enjoyed Drunken Dragon’s Roar before sleeping at the Water Moon Secret Realm.
• Li Hao declined Gu Xingwan’s offer to stay and cultivate, returned to the Yinglong Imperial Guard Camp, and began cooking Ancient Demon corpses in seclusion.
• Over the next year, Li Hao’s primal spirit golden bones grew from seventy-two to two hundred as he cultivated and continued cooking.
• Murong Qingwu, Yue Xi, and Gu Yan arrived at Qingcheng Fallen River and set out to find Eldest Senior Brother and the others.