Recaps

Li Hao entered the Dao arena and shattered Huang Tianji’s Imperial Dao by exposing its weakness in contention, leaving Huang Tianji stripped of sainthood. When the Buddhist Sect, the Void Sacred Land, and other saints surrounded Li Hao, he began revealing his own Sacred Dao and proclaiming his answer to what the Dao was.

• Li Hao rejected the Primal Chaos Saint’s attempt to dissuade his challengers, then entered the Dao arena to face Huang Tianji.
• Li Hao dissected Huang Tianji’s Imperial Dao as contention and shattered it with his doctrine of non-contention, destroying Huang Tianji’s Sacred Dao and reducing him to an old man.
• The Buddha Lord and Green Lantern Buddha decided Li Hao’s non-contention did not counter their own Daos, then gathered thirteen Three Tribulations Saints to challenge him together.
• The Source Ancestor allowed the debate to proceed but warned the saints to spare Li Hao’s life if they broke his Sacred Dao.
• Li Hao repelled the War Saint’s sacred axe and asked the assembled saints what the Dao was, then proclaimed that the Dao that could be spoken was not the constant Dao and that reversal was the Dao’s movement.

Li Hao’s Sacred Dao revealed itself as the Heavenly Dao, shattering the Sacred Daos of the Saints who had surrounded him. He killed several attackers, while Green Lantern Buddha escaped with a Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon, and Li Hao forced Ancestor Xu out of the void.

• Li Hao recited his definition of the Dao, causing the Saints’ Sacred Daos to crack and the War Saint, Spear Saint, Buddha Lord, and others to lose their power.
• Li Hao killed the fleeing Void Saint and Twin Buddha Child, then destroyed the Buddha Lord’s defenses.
• Green Lantern Buddha escaped inside a Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon after its azure flames pierced Li Hao’s Dao domain.
• Li Hao shattered more Sacred Daos and killed the Spear Saint and Artifact Saint as the remaining Saints pleaded for intervention.
• Ancestor Xu struck Li Hao with a Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon, but Li Hao regenerated, borrowed the power of heaven and earth, and forced Ancestor Xu out of the void.

Li Hao killed twelve Sages during the Dao Discussion Assembly, demanded compensation from their sacred lands, and spread his Dao among the Half-Saints. After the assembly, his fame and incense grew, and he learned that Jiang Tianyu had revived and wanted to help him.

• Li Hao killed Ancestor Xu and eleven other Sages after their sacred Daos failed in the arena, while Green Lantern Buddha escaped.
• Li Hao demanded five Heaven and Earth Treasures from the sacred lands of the Sages he killed, and Thunder Saint had to accept the demand on behalf of the Thunderclap Sacred Land.
• The Half-Saints absorbed insights from Li Hao's Dao Scripture, while Lin Qingying entered a quiet state of enlightenment contemplating nothingness.
• The Dao Discussion Assembly resumed and ended after teachings from Medicine Saint, Primal Chaos Saint, and Source Ancestor, while news of the twelve deaths spread across the heavens.
• Li Hao's fame brought him a surge of incense, and he declined Medicine Saint's invitation to visit the Medical School Sacred Land because he still planned to destroy the Buddhist Sect and Void Sacred Land.
• The Mo Family Supreme Saint told Li Hao that Jiang Tianyu had revived and had asked him to look after Li Hao; Li Hao agreed to visit the Mo Family Sacred Land.

Li Hao traveled to the Azure Wave Realm to destroy the Buddhist Sect’s foundations and confront Green Lantern Buddha. After breaking through the sacred land’s barrier, he fought Green Lantern Buddha, whose immense power drew on the sect’s formation and incense, and split his towering Dharma Form with a sword strike.

• Li Hao declined to establish a sacred land and traveled toward the Azure Wave Realm with the Sword Master, the Sword Saint, and Lin Qingying.
• Lin Qingying refused the Sword Saint’s offer of a place on the Core Saint Child Roster, saying she only loved the sword, and the Sword Master praised her resolve.
• Li Hao reached the Buddhist Sect Sacred Land alone, shattered its barrier, and advanced past its frightened Half-Saints toward the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall.
• Green Lantern Buddha appeared to protect the hall, revealed that he had prepared to ambush Li Hao, and explained that he feared Li Hao would gather Supreme Saints against him.
• Green Lantern Buddha activated the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation and gathered the sect’s incense to enlarge his Dharma Form, but Li Hao cut through its Buddha Palm and split its body with a second sword strike.

Li Hao defeated Green Lantern Buddha, dismantled the Buddhist Sect’s power, and plundered treasures from sacred lands across the heavens. After warning Ying Xiaoxiao about Primal Chaos Saint and giving Old Feng the Void Pearl, he returned to feed treasures to Merit and Fame, while Ying Xiaoxiao learned that the God Race Progenitor had returned.

• Li Hao overcame Green Lantern Buddha’s primordial tribulation power; the Buddha Lamp shattered, and Green Lantern Buddha died after asking Li Hao to spare innocent Buddhist Sect disciples.
• Li Hao declared that the Buddhist Sect would be erased, collected its treasures, and had Evening Primrose absorb its bodhi tree, transforming her with a mingled Buddha-and-demon aura.
• Li Hao plundered the Void Sacred Land and visited other sacred lands to demand compensation, eventually accumulating fifty-four Heaven and Earth Treasures as news spread that he had slain twelve Sages.
• Ying Xiaoxiao warned Li Hao that Primal Chaos Saint would target him, then departed after learning he already knew the danger.
• Li Hao gave Old Feng the Void Pearl and returned to feed Heaven and Earth Treasures to Merit and Fame; meanwhile, Ying Xiaoxiao’s grandmother told her the God Race Progenitor had returned.

Li Hao nurtured Merit and Fame until it became a powerful Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon, then met Ying Xiaoxiao, who asked him to join the God Race’s war against Source Ancestor. He refused to assassinate Source Ancestor but promised to protect Ying Xiaoxiao if she was in danger.

• Ying Qingshuang reported the God Race’s preparations to the revived God King, who ordered Ying Xiaoxiao to recruit Li Hao to ambush Source Ancestor in exchange for Ultimate Dao Power, three Small Worlds, and a possible betrothal.
• Li Hao fed Heaven and Earth Treasures to Merit and Fame, awakening its spirit and sending it through successive lightning tribulations until it became a formidable Second-Tribulation Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon.
• Li Hao sacrificed Ancestor Xu’s Tribulation-Destroying Divine Dagger to strengthen Merit and Fame, which gained the ability to trace and pursue enemies through their names and karmas.
• After spending half a month cultivating Qi Meridians, Li Hao received Ying Xiaoxiao’s message and met her at Wu Ming Mountain outside the Sacred Land.
• Ying Xiaoxiao revealed the God Race’s plans and offered Li Hao rewards for attacking Source Ancestor, but Li Hao refused the assassination and promised to protect only her if she faced danger.

Li Hao refused to join the God Race’s war against the Source Ancestor but promised to help if the God Race’s enemies came after him. While the God King threatened Ying Xiaoxiao and ordered living sacrifices to restore the Candle Dragon God, Li Hao completed the final limit of his circulation realm and gained power over the stars.

• Ying Xiaoxiao asked Li Hao to help the God Race, but he refused to join the war and offered only to fight Three Tribulations Saints who came to him.
• Ying Xiaoxiao told Ying Qingshuang that Li Hao had rejected the offer, and she admitted she had not mentioned the proposed marriage alliance.
• The God King returned with the Candle Dragon God, condemned Li Hao’s refusal, and threatened to test Ying Xiaoxiao’s faith in him when the war began.
• The Candle Dragon God demanded blood to restore his strength, and the God King ordered Ying Qingshuang to prepare Half-Saint sacrifices.
• After half a year of secluded cultivation, Li Hao condensed his 1,465th qi meridian, completed his circulation realm, and formed twenty-eight star meridians and seven dragon-bone qi meridians.

After the God Race seized several small worlds, the Source Ancestor invited Li Hao to join the fight, but Li Hao refused and continued preparing for the Ancient Hall. The conflict dragged on for a year without a decisive battle, while Li Hao suspected it would remain unresolved until the Ancient Hall opened.

• Li Hao broke through to Eighth Dan in Angling while fishing with the Sword Master, Lie Heaven Saint, and Feng Boping, then learned that the God Race had attacked three small worlds and killed the Asura Night Emperor.
• Li Hao returned to the Small Thousand Realm with Feng Boping and Lie Heaven Saint, and they sealed the realm and sacred land as the God Race occupied more worlds and the Source Ancestor prepared to respond.
• The Source Ancestor invited Li Hao to fight the God Race, offering him rewards, but Li Hao declined, citing his injuries and deciding not to break his promise to Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Li Hao and Feng Boping concluded that the other Supreme Saints were staying out of the war, likely because of the Ancient Hall and the coming contest to find the path to becoming an Immortal Deity.
• Li Hao continued cultivating toward the Hearing Dao Extreme Realm as clashes between the God Race and the Source Ancestor spread, and another year passed without either side committing to a decisive battle.

Li Hao refined law essence until his body could withstand power that had defeated a Second Tribulation weapon, then accepted Source Ancestor’s invitation to a Demon Slaying Assembly. At the Void Sky Abyss, he confronted Sages who criticized him for killing Ancestor Xu before the God King and his army arrived, with Ying Xiaoxiao among them.

• Li Hao tested Merit and Fame against his law-infused body and found that his Dao Bones could repel the Second Tribulation sword’s power.
• Feng Boping brought three captured demons to the courtyard, where Li Hao chose one to cook; the Source Ancestor Sacred Land’s Sage invited Li Hao to its Demon Slaying Assembly, and Lie Heaven Saint joined their meal.
• Li Hao and Feng Boping traveled to the Heaven Origin Realm, where Xiao Yu guided them through a distant void rift to the Void Sky Abyss and the assembly.
• At the assembly, Li Hao answered Star Saint’s criticism of his killing Ancestor Xu and rejected another Sage’s appeal to seniority before Source Ancestor called for the gathering to focus on the devils.
• The God King arrived with a vast God Race army, accompanied by Dragon God and Ying Xiaoxiao, and recognized Li Hao as Source Ancestor’s honored guest.

Li Hao entered the battle to protect Ying Xiaoxiao, openly challenging Star Saint as the God Race and the Sages clashed at the Void Sky Abyss. After Ying Qingshuang fell, Li Hao cut the destructive power threatening Ying Xiaoxiao, but the God King suspected he was acting on the Source Ancestor’s orders and left him in danger.

• Ying Xiaoxiao refused to accuse Li Hao, and the God King ordered her to kill him if he joined the battle.
• Ying Qingshuang led the God Race army into the Extreme Dao Imperial Azure Formation and fought Nether Saint with support from six Sages.
• Nether Saint shattered Ying Qingshuang’s golden light with his darkness and Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon, leaving her gravely wounded as Ying Xiaoxiao rushed to her.
• Star Saint and Gluttony Saint joined the battle, and Li Hao confronted Star Saint, warning him not to harm Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ying Qingshuang told Ying Xiaoxiao to protect their race before destructive power began consuming her, and Li Hao severed the power with Sword Qi.
• Ying Xiaoxiao urged the God King to save Li Hao, but he suspected Li Hao was following the Source Ancestor’s plan and demanded that Li Hao prove his allegiance.

Li Hao protected Ying Xiaoxiao and defeated the Star Saint by painting a blazing god sun, then watched the Source Ancestor and the God King begin their decisive battle. As the clash between the two Supreme Saints continued, Li Hao noticed the white-haired Sage had disappeared and refused Ying Xiaoxiao’s offer to flee.

• Li Hao intervened to stop the Star Saint from killing Ying Xiaoxiao, then countered the Star Saint’s attacks with his Eternal Dao Domain and painted stars.
• Li Hao painted a blazing god sun that overwhelmed the Star Saint’s Heaven Sun Star and engulfed him.
• Li Hao detonated the god sun, annihilating the Star Saint’s remaining divine blood as the Source Ancestor and the God King vanished into a void fissure to fight.
• Li Hao watched the Supreme Saints’ battle and noticed the white-haired, white-browed Sage had disappeared from the Demon Slaying Assembly.
• Ying Xiaoxiao urged Li Hao to escape while the Source Ancestor and God King fought, but Li Hao reassured her that he would be safe.

Li Hao watched Source Ancestor and God King’s battle end in God King’s withdrawal, then left with Ying Xiaoxiao as the Sages turned their attention to the Ancient Hall opening in a year. During the year that followed, Li Hao perfected his physical Dao and reached a new Extreme Realm he named Dao Ancestor.

• Source Ancestor and God King fought with their eternal Dao Domains, while God King used the Ancestor God Meridian to turn the tide and draw power from the God Race.
• Source Ancestor and a white-haired elder trapped God King with the Great Azure God Seal, but God King recovered, gathered the God Race, and withdrew through a rift.
• Li Hao departed with Ying Xiaoxiao and Old Feng’s avatar after Source Ancestor warned him that enemies of the Path to Immortality might target him before the Ancient Hall opened in a year.
• Li Hao spent the following year cooking, cultivating, and condensing his laws until his Dao Bone and divine blood reached perfection.
• Li Hao entered the Hearing Dao Extreme Realm, named it Dao Ancestor, and gained the ability to sense and communicate with the Heavenly Dao.

Li Hao joined the Source Ancestor, the God King, and saints from across the heavens to open the Ancient Hall, the rumored path to Immortality. After he crossed its law-filled stairway with ease, the group entered the hall and found a long passage leading to a ruined platform.

• The Primal Chaos Saint and Feng Boping discussed the Ancient Hall, while Li Hao and Feng Boping said farewell before the journey.
• The Source Ancestor and numerous Supreme Saints gathered outside the Small Thousand Realm to escort Li Hao, and the Medicine Saint warned him to beware of Huntian.
• Li Hao met the God King, Ying Xiaoxiao, and the surviving Star Saint before the Source Ancestor opened a rift to the Ancient Hall.
• Li Hao crossed the stairway's surging laws unharmed, while other saints struggled or relied on their own powers to reach the entrance.
• The Source Ancestor and the Supreme Saints opened the Ancient Hall and led the group through its star-filled interior to a ruined platform at the end of a long passage.

Li Hao helped the Sages open the Sealing Dao Platform and entered the Ancient Hall’s inner passage, where they found Immortal Deity remains and fought over powerful treasures. After a meditation cushion transported him away from the others, he appeared beside the Primal Chaos Saint and the Dragon Saint and fled immediately.

• The Source Ancestor explained the Ancient Hall’s platforms and led the Sages to the Sealing Dao Platform, where Li Hao used the eight extreme realm powers to open its formation.
• The Sages rushed through the gateway, and Li Hao followed, finding what appeared to be Immortal Deity remains along the passage.
• The Supreme Saints fought over a broken Dao Tribulation Emperor Weapon and an Amber Orb in the great hall while Li Hao avoided the disputes and sat on a meditation cushion.
• The cushion absorbed Li Hao’s power, and the sculpture transported him to a deeper hall beside the Primal Chaos Saint and the Dragon Saint.
• The Primal Chaos Saint recognized Li Hao’s fear, and Li Hao ran into a side passage to escape him.

Li Hao fought the Primal Chaos Saint on an Ancient Mountain where an Immortal Deity's phantom still resonated with heaven and earth. After revealing the All Heavens Star Meridian and reaching Supreme Saint-level power, Li Hao clashed with the Primal Chaos Saint, and the battle remained unresolved as they prepared to strike again.

• Li Hao fled through the Ancient Mountain's lethal Thunder Light, while the Primal Chaos Saint recognized an Immortal Deity's phantom on its summit and continued the pursuit.
• The Primal Chaos Saint revealed his True Form and overwhelmed Li Hao with his Extreme Force Saint Dao, while his refined body blocked Li Hao's Sword Tide and resisted Merit and Fame.
• Li Hao unleashed his Extreme Realms and Immortal Transformation State, then struck the Primal Chaos Saint with a stronger sword attack powered by the All Heavens Star Meridian.
• The Primal Chaos Saint used his horn to unleash his full power, and Li Hao entered the Second Final Realm as all 1,464 Stars empowered his Immortal Guides the Way strike.
• Li Hao and the Primal Chaos Saint met each other's Supreme Saint-level attacks without either falling, and Li Hao began channeling Heavenly Venerable Will into his next sword strike.

Li Hao fought the Primal Chaos Saint across the Ancient Mountains, using the mountains’ time-preserved Immortal Deity phantoms to escape. He found a broken blade of extraordinary sharpness and turned it against his pursuer, who finally drew his own Emperor Weapon.

• Li Hao’s sword strikes injured the Primal Chaos Saint and shattered his Heaven Imprisoning Prison, but Li Hao realized he could not kill him and tried to flee.
• Li Hao raced across the Ancient Mountains, while their Immortal Deity phantoms attacked the pursuing Primal Chaos Saint and briefly helped Li Hao gain distance.
• Li Hao heard a female Immortal Deity phantom play Nine Rivers Parting Sorrow; she released a sonic blade at the Primal Chaos Saint and then vanished.
• Li Hao found a dustless broken blade on a scorched mountain and claimed it as the Primal Chaos Saint caught up with him.
• The broken blade severed the Primal Chaos Saint’s claws, and Li Hao branded it with his primordial spirit before launching it at his opponent.
• The Primal Chaos Saint raised his Extreme Force Sacred Dao Domain and drew an Emperor Weapon from his shell to face Li Hao’s blade fragment.

Li Hao fought the Primal Chaos Saint with a mysterious fragment, enduring devastating blade strikes through the power of the All Heavens Star Meridian while repeatedly cutting the saint. As Li Hao’s knife work improved and the Primal Chaos Saint weakened, the saint fled to seek the Dragon Saint, with Li Hao pursuing and taunting him.

• Li Hao used the fragment to pierce the Primal Chaos Saint while surviving the saint’s battle blade through rapid regeneration.
• Li Hao imagined cooking the Primal Chaos Saint and used the fragment to cut and dissect him, honing his knife work against the saint’s rapidly healing body.
• The Primal Chaos Saint realized Li Hao was using him to practice and that he could not win the battle of endurance.
• The Primal Chaos Saint retreated toward the Dragon Saint, and Li Hao pursued him while asking why he was running.

Li Hao used the Human Tribulation of his second Sacred Dao to draw the Primal Chaos Saint into a fight, then revealed his three fused Sacred Daos and defeated him. He left the Primal Chaos Saint unable to recover and began burning him with Primal Chaos Divine Fire.

• Li Hao broke the shackles of the Incense Human Tribulation and used its influence to provoke the Primal Chaos Saint into turning back.
• Li Hao baited the Primal Chaos Saint by revealing that the Ancient Hall had sent him onto a possible path to immortality, then taunted him into attacking.
• The Primal Chaos Saint sacrificed his Physical Body Dao to the Heavenly Dao and struck Li Hao with overwhelming power, but Li Hao revealed his three fused Sacred Daos and shattered the attack.
• Li Hao used Immortal Guides the Way to split the Huntian Saint's body, then cut apart his flesh, Primordial Spirit, and bones with the fragment.
• Li Hao reached the Tenth Dan in the Path of Cooking and summoned Primal Chaos Divine Fire, which enveloped the Huntian Saint and began melting his Emperor Weapon.

Li Hao killed Huntian Saint by cooking and devouring his body and Primordial Spirit, then returned to the Ancient Hall and attacked Dragon Saint. As Dragon Saint emerged from a blood-filled well empowered by scarlet bloodflame, Li Hao sensed that Source Ancestor and the God King were approaching and found himself trapped in the courtyard.

• Li Hao used primal chaos divine fire and the fragment to separate Huntian Saint's Primordial Spirit from his body, then cooked and devoured both while fending off Huntian Saint's attacks.
• Li Hao annihilated Huntian Saint's fleeing Primordial Spirit and consumed the rest of his body, gaining strength and absorbing the Extreme Force Saint Dao.
• Li Hao returned to the Ancient Hall, where Dragon Saint was beside a well, and struck him with the fragment before Dragon Saint could react.
• Dragon Saint's Dragon Emperor Dao Domain failed to stop the fragment, so he revealed his dragon form and plunged into the well's blood to transform.
• Li Hao sensed Source Ancestor approaching, then detected the God King as Dragon Saint burst from the well and engulfed the courtyard in bloodflame.

Li Hao, the Source Ancestor, the God King, and the Dragon Saint discovered a sealed gate to the Immortal Deity World, but its defenses wounded the two strongest Sages. After learning Li Hao’s Sixth Extreme Realm power could interact with the gate, the Source Ancestor and God King demanded he teach them how to cultivate it, and Li Hao refused.

• Li Hao resisted the well’s bloodthirsty influence by merging his consciousness with the world, then discovered immortal power leaking through a rift behind the statue.
• The Source Ancestor and God King arrived, restrained the maddened Dragon Saint, and moved the statue to reveal a rift leading into a starry realm.
• The group found an ancient gate radiating immortal qi, but touching it blasted the Source Ancestor and God King and severed part of their Sacred Dao.
• The Source Ancestor suspected Li Hao’s Sixth Extreme Realm power could pass through the gate, and Li Hao pretended his attempt had failed.
• The God King and Source Ancestor demanded that Li Hao reveal how to cultivate the Sixth Extreme Realm, but Li Hao refused and offered to leave instead.
• The God King threatened Li Hao and demanded one last time that he explain the cultivation method.

Li Hao escaped the God King and Source Ancestor by slipping through the Mysterious Female Gate, then explored a desolate battlefield in the Immortal Deity World. There, he met a surviving soldier of the Tian Yang Immortal Emperor, who recognized his talent and warned him to return before a terrible disaster arrived.

• Li Hao delayed the God King and Source Ancestor with false cultivation methods while secretly transferring part of his body through the gate, but they struck him and left him gravely injured as he entered.
• The Saints gathered at the gate, learned Li Hao might sever the Path to Immortality, and began searching for a way to open it while the God King fought the Dragon Saint.
• Li Hao emerged from the Mysterious Female Gate into a dark passage and reached a misty canyon, where the All Heavens Star Meridian rapidly healed him and drew in powerful stellar energy.
• Li Hao explored the canyon, found numerous ancient remains and ruined treasures, and discovered that a seemingly dead soldier beside a Bronze Chariot was still alive.
• The soldier identified himself as a nameless guard of the Tian Yang Immortal Emperor, recognized Li Hao's extreme realms, and warned him that the True Realm had changed and that he would die if he stayed.

Li Hao survived an ancient demon attack with the help of the Middle-Aged Soldier, then learned that the True Realm had been devastated after demons escaped when reincarnation collapsed. While resting on the Heavenly Ancient Road, Li Hao advanced his Imperial Dao to tenth dan, triggering a Path of Sacrifice tribulation and astonishing the soldier.

• The Middle-Aged Soldier fought off a powerful ancient demon while Li Hao sheltered in the Bronze Chariot and defended it from several third-order ancient demons by repeatedly cutting apart their bodies with the Broken Blade.
• The Middle-Aged Soldier returned and explained that the True Realm was the original world, that the Immortal Emperors had sent their descendants into battle after reincarnation collapsed, and that the Mysterious Female Gate had been sealed to preserve the Di Yang Pseudo Realm.
• The Middle-Aged Soldier revealed that he had killed seven first-order ancient demons and was staying behind to guard the gate, while Li Hao chose to remain with him and asked him to preserve future demon corpses for cooking.
• Li Hao laid fishing lines around the chariot, used the Heart of Dao Entry from Cooking to advance Imperial Dao to tenth dan, and expanded his Divine Consciousness beyond a hundred li.
• Li Hao's advancement summoned Path of Sacrifice tribulation clouds, and the Middle-Aged Soldier realized that Li Hao had comprehended a second power at the level of Entering the Dao.

Li Hao endured his saint tribulation, advanced his understanding of primordial spirit arts, and used his new techniques and Broken Blade to kill numerous Ancient Demons while aiding the Middle-Aged Soldier. After they cooked and shared the demons’ flesh, the soldier revealed how he had survived the ancient war and wondered what had become of the True Realm; Li Hao considered whether he could return to the Pseudo-Realm.

• Li Hao passed his saint tribulation unharmed, and the Heavenly Dao’s gift strengthened his primordial spirit and formed a golden line within it.
• Li Hao painted the Middle-Aged Soldier and gained nearly three and a half million Painting Dao experience before Ancient Demons returned.
• Li Hao used the Broken Blade and newly refined primordial spirit sword arts to kill six of the Ancient Demons attacking the Bronze Chariot.
• Li Hao left the chariot to support the Middle-Aged Soldier, killed more Ancient Demons, and helped drive off their Second Order leader.
• Li Hao cooked the fallen Ancient Demons, and the Middle-Aged Soldier explained that he had survived the ancient battle because an Immortal King saved him.
• The Middle-Aged Soldier asked whether Li Hao could return to the Pseudo-Realm, and Li Hao suggested they eat before deciding what to do.

Li Hao and the Middle-Aged Soldier strengthened their Primordial Spirits by cooking and eating ancient demon flesh, then set out to fight their way along the ancient road. They ambushed Zheng’s forces, and Li Hao killed a Second Order Ancient Demon’s exposed Primordial Spirit after its body collapsed.

• Li Hao and the Middle-Aged Soldier ate cooked ancient demon flesh, which nourished their Primordial Spirits and formed new golden meridians.
• After the ancient demon supply dwindled, Li Hao agreed to accompany the Middle-Aged Soldier along the ancient road and help fight the demons.
• The Middle-Aged Soldier scouted ahead and reported that Zheng commanded hundreds of Third Order demons and seven Second Order demons, with more forces farther along the road.
• Li Hao and the Middle-Aged Soldier traveled to Zheng’s territory and launched a coordinated ambush, with the Middle-Aged Soldier drawing out Zheng and its forces.
• Li Hao killed numerous Third Order Ancient Demons and fought a Second Order Ancient Demon, whose body collapsed when Li Hao’s fatal attribute triggered.
• The Second Order Ancient Demon’s Primordial Spirit escaped its collapsing body, but Li Hao struck it with his own Primordial Spirit sword and cleaved it in two.

Li Hao and the Middle-Aged Soldier wiped out the Zheng Demon’s territory, killed the Zheng Demon and the Savage Demon, and feasted on their corpses to grow stronger. After a year of hunting and training, they set out to clear another Ancient Demon territory, where Li Hao launched a swift attack on its forces.

• Li Hao killed the Second Order Ancient Demon and its Third Order companions, then fought off another force of thirty Ancient Demons while the Middle-Aged Soldier battled Zheng.
• Li Hao returned to aid the Middle-Aged Soldier, destroying hundreds of Ancient Demons as the soldier escaped the black mist and fought the Zheng Demon and the Savage Demon.
• The Middle-Aged Soldier killed the Zheng Demon and pursued the fleeing Savage Demon, later returning with its corpse; Li Hao gathered the bodies and found a broken immortal sword.
• Li Hao and the Middle-Aged Soldier spent half a month eating and strengthening their Primordial Spirits, then cleared the Savage Demon's territory and settled there to recover and train.
• Over the following year, they ate their remaining spoils while Li Hao studied the Middle-Aged Soldier's Immortal Dao techniques, and Li Hao's Primordial Spirit grew powerful enough to defeat his former enemies.
• Li Hao and the Middle-Aged Soldier scouted another Ancient Demon territory and attacked; Li Hao's broken sword and Primordial Spirit killed more than a dozen Ancient Demons in a single breath.