Recaps

Li Hao swept the Ninth Heavenly Domain for chaos dao seeds, encountered a mysterious Black-robed Youth whose strength seemed comparable to his own, and completed his hunt. He then visited Elder Qi to watch chess again, while the Ascension Path’s location remained unknown.

• Li Hao hunted chaos dao seeds across the Ninth Heavenly Domain, offered Di Lingshu her agreed share of heavenly dao power, and stopped pressing her when she refused it.
• Li Hao sensed a Black-robed Youth who detected him from thousands of miles away, and both suspected the other might be a reincarnated Great Emperor; they left their contest for the Ascension Path.
• Xue Fei abandoned her wait for the Divine Venerable and hunted alone, recognizing that Li Hao and the Divine Venerable were formidable opponents.
• After two days, Li Hao finished sweeping the Ninth Heavenly Domain and went to the depths of the Endless Heavenly Domain to ask Elder Qi to let him watch chess.
• Elder Qi welcomed Li Hao into the Bamboo Grove, while Elder Ba told him to train and surpass Daoyuan; Elder Qi said the Heavenly Path’s appearance depended on the Heavenly Dao.

Li Hao quietly gained Chess Dao experience while watching two elders play chess, as explorers left the Ninth Heavenly Domain after finding almost no chaos dao seeds. The Ascension Path appeared in the First Heavenly Domain, drawing contenders from across the domains, and Su Wanyi went to find her younger sisters while Luo Ningshuang headed for the path.

• Li Hao watched the two elders play chess and steadily gained Chess Dao experience, while Xue Fei and other explorers found almost no chaos dao seeds in the Ninth Heavenly Domain.
• The Ascension Path appeared in the First Heavenly Domain, carried by seventy-two imprisoned Quasi-Emperor Realm giants, and news of its arrival spread across the heavenly domains.
• Lin Zhixuan and many other contenders hurried to the First Heavenly Domain, while Su Wanyi and Luo Ningshuang also set out for the path.
• Su Wanyi chose to find her younger sisters and take them partway up the Ascension Path, while Luo Ningshuang went ahead and refused Lin Zhixuan's request for help.
• As the crowd fought to approach the Ascension Path, enormous members of the Chaos Ancient Clan charged toward it and shouted for everyone to get out of their way.

Chi Yuan and the other top prodigies began climbing the Ascension Path after the Divine Venerable claimed Li Hao had exhausted his Domain Artifacts. Li Hao left Elder Qi and Elder Ba, advanced his Chaos Dao to the seventh dan, and arrived at the First Heavenly Domain with his Domain Artifacts intact, then surged ahead of the others.

• Chi Yuan confronted Luo Ningshuang and her allies, while Su Wanyi and her sisters stood with them despite Chi Yuan's contempt for their strength.
• The Divine Venerable revealed that his battle with Li Hao had driven his true form from the Endless Heavenly Domain and claimed they had both used all their Domain Artifacts; Chi Yuan believed him and headed for the Ascension Path.
• Elder Ba told Li Hao that the Ascension Path had appeared, and Li Hao thanked Elder Qi and Elder Ba before leaving the Bamboo Grove.
• On his way to the First Heavenly Domain, Li Hao raised his Chaos Dao to the seventh dan and reached the Ascension Path as the others were climbing.
• Li Hao rescued Su Wanqing, Su Muqing, Di Linchen, and their companions from those blocking their ascent, refused their offered Domain Artifacts, and sped ahead toward the summit.

Li Hao climbed the Heavenly Path, killed a Chaos Ancient Clan fighter with a single punch, and confronted a reincarnated Great Emperor who was competing to prove the Heavenly Heart. Their battle began with Li Hao’s sword cutting through the opponent’s domain artifact and striking him.

• Li Hao climbed through the Heavenly Path’s Dao-pattern trials and found Chi Yuan, Gu Xie, Luo Ningshuang, Su Wanyi, and Xue Fei fighting ahead.
• Li Hao ignored their battle and continued upward, then shattered Gu Xie’s domain-artifact attack and killed him with a single punch.
• Chi Yuan and the others pursued Li Hao, but the Heavenly Path’s whispers confused some climbers as Li Hao encountered the Black-robed Youth.
• The Black-robed Youth revealed that he was a reincarnated Great Emperor seeking to refine another Heavenly Heart, and Li Hao challenged him to a fight.
• The Black-robed Youth attacked Li Hao with karmic power, but Li Hao countered with the Chaos Limitless Law and unleashed his Sole Self Sword Kill.
• Li Hao’s sword pierced the Black-robed Youth’s domain artifact and struck him.

Li Hao defeated the Black-robed Youth and reached the summit of the Heavenly Path, where the Heavenly Dao offered him the Heavenly Heart and its power in exchange for becoming its tool. Li Hao rejected the idea of forcing salvation on all living beings and declared that he would follow his own heart, prompting the Heavenly Dao to pin him beneath its overwhelming power.

• Li Hao cut down the Black-robed Youth, who stopped fighting and let him continue toward the summit.
• Chi Yuan and the others encountered the Black-robed Youth, who injured a Chaos Ancient Clan member with his Whip of Fate and warned them not to pursue Li Hao.
• Li Hao resisted illusions of people he knew, shattered them, and reached the summit of the Heavenly Path.
• The Heavenly Dao showed Li Hao visions of the Primordial Era and offered him the Heavenly Heart, which would grant him emperor-level power and the duty to deliver all living beings.
• Li Hao said that all living beings should deliver heaven and refused to become the Heavenly Dao's tool, declaring that he would follow his own heart.
• The Heavenly Dao unleashed its power and forced Li Hao against the summit, suppressing his body and True God Blood.

Li Hao rejected the heavenly heart rather than surrender his will, but the Heavenly Dao unexpectedly granted him king's path authority. After the Heavenly Path vanished with the black-robed youth, Li Hao reunited with his companions and gravely wounded Chi Yuan for mocking his failure.

• Li Hao refused to prove the heavenly heart, endured the Heavenly Dao's pressure, and received king's path authority before leaving the summit.
• The black-robed youth and the other climbers reached the summit, and the youth began proving the heavenly heart while Chi Yuan and the others waited below.
• Li Hao met the Su Clan sisters, Di Linchen, Shen Wuji, and the Ghost Clan Sisters, then carried them up the Heavenly Path as his avatar went to retrieve Gu Yan, Yue Xi, and the others.
• The Heavenly Path shook, expelled its climbers, and vanished into the clouds with the seventy-two Quasi-Emperor Realm giants and the black-robed youth; Su Wanyi confirmed that the youth had proved the heavenly heart.
• Chi Yuan mocked Li Hao, who pierced Chi Yuan's Domain Artifact and gravely wounded him with Chaos Limitless Sword Qi, forcing him to flee.
• Li Hao told his companions that the expedition was over and that they could break through to king-sealing after returning.

After the Endless Heavenly Domain closed, Li Hao reunited with his friends and returned to Extreme Dao Mountain with Shi Miao and Di Lingshu. He told the Dao Source Immortal Emperor about the Ten Elders he met in the Ninth Heavenly Domain and learned that they belonged to an older cultivation age.

• Li Hao told Di Lingshu he had rejected the Heavenly Heart because it did not align with his Dao Heart, then led Di Linchen and others to hunt more Chaos Dao Seeds.
• The Endless Heavenly Domain closed and sent everyone outside Boundary Crossing Mountain; Li Hao found Gu Yan and Yue Xi safe but could not find the Black-robed Youth.
• Li Hao reunited with his friends and resolved not to return to the Southern Region until he became an emperor, while Su Muqing was left speechless when Shi Miao appeared beside him.
• Gu Mofan, Shi Miao, and Di Lingshu accompanied Li Hao back to Extreme Dao Mountain, where Di Lingshu recounted his exploits and his meeting with Elder Qi and Elder Ba.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor identified Elder Qi and Elder Ba as two of the Ten Elders, ancient experts whose cultivation was limited by the previous age’s system.

Li Hao prepared to claim kingship on Extreme Dao Mountain after choosing to abandon the Heavenly Heart rather than compromise his Dao Heart. He broke through into the Immortal King Realm with a spacetime World Domain, then began a second breakthrough by merging his Chess Dao state of mind into the Imperial Dao.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor told Li Hao that refusing the Heavenly Heart was acceptable if accepting it would conflict with his Dao Heart, then approved his plan to break through and claim kingship.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor instructed Di Lingshu to stay and cultivate, while his other disciples left determined not to be overtaken by Li Hao.
• Li Hao calmed himself by playing the Ancient Zither, then embedded his Thirteenth Dan Painting Dao State of Mind into the Path of the Physical Body.
• Li Hao established a spacetime World Domain called the Reverse Time Domain and entered the Immortal King Realm with a Time-Space Symbol on his forehead.
• Li Hao merged his Thirteenth Dan Chess Dao State of Mind into the Imperial Dao, triggering a second burst of divine radiance that astonished the disciples watching from the summit.

After becoming an Immortal King, Li Hao condensed a Time Reversal World Heart and a Formless World Heart, then devised a cycle that let both coexist and expand into two World Domains. He regarded this unstable breakthrough as the prototype of an Emperor Path, and the chapter ended when the Dao Source Immortal Emperor appeared above the Small Courtyard.

• Li Hao formed a Formless World Heart alongside his Time Reversal World Heart, but the two began drawing together and threatening to merge.
• Li Hao tried to keep the World Hearts apart by making them revolve around each other, but they slowed and resumed their approach when he stopped supporting them.
• Li Hao redirected his World Domain's power back and forth between the two World Hearts, stabilizing a cycle that allowed each to receive the full power and form a separate World Domain.
• Li Hao recognized the method as a possible Emperor Path, though he knew it remained a fragile prototype that might not work with more World Hearts.
• Li Hao drew both World Domains into his body, and Shi Miao congratulated him before the Dao Source Immortal Emperor appeared above the Small Courtyard.

After Li Hao became an Immortal King, the Dao Source Immortal Emperor recognized that his two coexisting world hearts might form a new emperor path. Li Hao shaped two world domains from his memories, then learned he would travel to the Eastern Region to assist his fifth senior brother.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor and Li Hao's senior disciples saw that Li Hao's two world hearts coexisted, and the emperor recognized the arrangement as a flawed prototype of an emperor path.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor warned Li Hao that perfecting the path might require overturning his current method, and Li Hao resolved to proceed carefully.
• Li Hao shaped one world domain from memories of the Great Yu Dynasty and another from the Heavenly Realms, nurturing life within both and recognizing his responsibility for their inhabitants.
• After learning that half a month had passed, Li Hao went with Shi Miao to meet the Dao Source Immortal Emperor and discuss his next steps.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent Li Hao to the Eastern Region's Ancestor Dragon Court to assist his fifth senior brother and gain experience as an Immortal King.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor told Li Hao that Immortal Kings had to challenge the Seventh Layer of the Original Demon Cave before leaving the mountain.

Shi Miao explained sovereign world hearts and the Original Demon Cave to Li Hao, while the Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed the Ancient Demon Clan’s origins and prepared Li Hao to travel to the Eastern Region. The chapter left Li Hao equipped with powerful inherited artifacts and a new sword whose gaze struck at his consciousness.

• Shi Miao explained that sovereign world hearts surpassed Peak World Hearts, described her Eternal Time Sequence, and advised Li Hao to keep his two world hearts independent while exploring a path where multiple hearts could coexist.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that the Ancient Demon Clan came from reincarnation and had attacked an Immortal Emperor who offered them a place to live.
• Shi Miao assessed Li Hao’s strength against the Original Demon Cave’s trials, and the Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent him to the Eastern Region under Long Qingge’s protection.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao a sealed set of domain artifacts called the Twilight of the Gods, once worn by the God-Slaying Emperor Lord.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor summoned a pitch-black Ink Sword for Li Hao, and its red eyeball met his gaze and sent a psychic sword cry into his mind.

Li Hao gained the recognition of Finality, an incomplete Emperor Sword, and left Extreme Dao Mountain with Shi Miao to gain experience. Elsewhere, Divine Venerable emerged from the Original Demon Cave plotting to pursue his goals, while Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi prepared to descend the mountain and learned that Li Hao had already left.

• Li Hao accepted Finality after his Sole Self Sword Dao won the sword’s recognition, and Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained its power and limits.
• Daoji parted from Li Hao as his weapon for battle, and Li Hao promised to improve it when his Path of Carving advanced.
• Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao a jade token and sealed three drops of his Divine Blood on Extreme Dao Mountain before Li Hao and Shi Miao descended with Long Qingge’s avatar.
• Divine Venerable left the eighth layer of the Original Demon Cave, resented Li Hao for ruining his opportunity, and resolved to prioritize forging his Emperor Path.
• Chaos Immortal Emperor praised Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi for awakening their Progenitor Emperor Power and told them to return to their clans to gain experience.
• Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi learned that Li Hao had left the mountain without challenging the Original Demon Cave, while Su Wanqing, Su Muqing, and the others reacted to how far ahead he had gone.

Li Hao rejected the Heavenly Dao’s mandate when he attempted to prove the heavenly heart, but received king’s path authority instead. After the Heavenly Path departed with the Black-robed Youth, Li Hao gathered his companions and severely wounded Chi Yuan for mocking his failure.

• Li Hao refused to submit to the Heavenly Dao, abandoned his attempt to prove the heavenly heart, and gained king’s path authority.
• The Black-robed Youth reached the summit and began proving the heavenly heart while Li Hao descended and offered to take the Su Clan sisters and others up the Heavenly Path.
• The Heavenly Path shook, expelled its climbers, and was carried away by the seventy-two Quasi-Emperor Realm giants after the Black-robed Youth proved the heavenly heart.
• Chi Yuan mocked Li Hao, who struck him with Chaos Limitless Sword Qi, pierced his Domain Artifact, and forced him to flee badly wounded.
• Li Hao told his companions that their journey was over and that they could return to pursue king-sealing breakthroughs.

Li Hao returned from the Endless Heavenly Domain after abandoning the chance to prove the Heavenly Heart, reunited with his friends, and went back to Extreme Dao Mountain. The Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed that the two elders Li Hao met were among the Ten Elders, supreme figures from the previous Chaos Era.

• Di Lingshu confronted Li Hao for giving up the chance to become an emperor, but he said the Heavenly Heart did not align with his Dao heart and invited his friends to hunt more Chaos Dao Seeds.
• The Endless Heavenly Domain closed, sending Li Hao and the other survivors outside Boundary Crossing Mountain, where he reunited with Gu Yan, Yue Xi, Shen Wuji, and the others.
• Li Hao decided not to return to the Southern Region until he became an emperor, then said goodbye to his friends and left with Gu Mofan and Shi Miao.
• Su Muqing tried to speak to Li Hao but fell silent when Shi Miao arrived, struck by their identical appearance.
• At the Ultimate Dao Hall, Di Lingshu told the gathered senior siblings about Li Hao clearing the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Domains and meeting Elder Qi and Elder Ba.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor identified Elder Qi and Elder Ba as two of the Ten Elders, supreme experts from the dawn of chaos whose cultivation was limited by the lock of their era.

Li Hao began his breakthrough to the immortal king realm on Extreme Dao Mountain after his master accepted his choice to reject the heavenly heart. He formed a time-space world domain and became an immortal king, then immediately began a second breakthrough by merging his chess dao state of mind into the Imperial Dao.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that rejecting the heavenly heart was acceptable if it conflicted with Li Hao's dao heart, and told Li Hao to prepare to become a king.
• Li Hao returned to the summit courtyard with Shi Miao, calmed his mind by playing the Ancient Zither, and embedded his thirteenth-dan painting dao state of mind into the Path of the Physical Body.
• Li Hao formed the Reverse Time Domain using the spacetime law and broke through into the immortal king realm as disciples across Extreme Dao Mountain watched.
• Li Hao suppressed the heavenly dao authority within him and merged his thirteenth-dan chess dao state of mind into the Imperial Dao.
• A second gray beam of divine radiance rose over the summit, leaving Gu Mofan, Di Wushe, and the others stunned by the new breakthrough beginning in Li Hao's courtyard.

Li Hao broke through to the immortal king realm and discovered a way to keep his time reversal and formless world hearts from merging by cycling the world domain’s power between them. He glimpsed the beginnings of an emperor path, and as he settled his doubled world domains, the Dao Source Immortal Emperor appeared above the courtyard.

• Li Hao condensed a time reversal world heart and a formless world heart, then used his control power to set them spinning around each other.
• Li Hao’s first method failed when he stopped sustaining the rotation, and he began to question whether heaven and earth’s rules could be changed.
• Li Hao cycled the entire world domain’s power between the two world hearts, stabilizing them and causing each to expand into a separate world domain.
• Li Hao realized that finding ways to overcome limits could open emperor paths, then withdrew his aura and settled both world domains inside his transformed body.
• Shi Miao congratulated Li Hao on condensing two world hearts, and the Dao Source Immortal Emperor appeared above the courtyard.

After reaching the Immortal King Realm, Li Hao discovered that his two coexisting world hearts could become the foundation of an emperor path. He shaped two world domains from his memories, then learned that his master planned to send him to the Eastern Region to train under his fifth senior brother.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor and Li Hao’s senior disciples saw his two balanced world hearts, and the emperor recognized them as a flawed prototype of an emperor path.
• Li Hao withdrew into cultivation and shaped one world domain from memories of the Mortal World and another from the Heavenly Realms, nurturing new life in each.
• After half a month, Li Hao awoke and discussed his next destination with Shi Miao, deciding to visit the Dao Source Immortal Emperor.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor told Li Hao to travel to the Ancestor Dragon Court in the Eastern Region and assist his fifth senior brother as he gained experience.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor added that newly advanced Immortal King disciples had to clear the Seventh Layer of the Original Demon Cave before leaving the mountain.

Shi Miao explained Sovereign World Hearts and the Original Demon Cave to Li Hao, while the Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed the Ancient Demons’ origin and sent Li Hao to the Eastern Region with Long Qingge. Before Li Hao departed, his master gave him a sealed set of Domain Artifacts and a mysterious Ink Sword.

• Shi Miao explained that Sovereign World Hearts could command all daos, described her Eternal Time Sequence Domain, and told Li Hao that his independent World Hearts might eventually let him forge an Emperor Path.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that the Ancient Demon Clan came from reincarnation and sought to seize the True Realm after their own world shattered.
• Shi Miao said Li Hao could pass the Original Demon Cave’s seventh-level trial, while those with Progenitor Emperor Power could reach the ninth level.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor assigned Long Qingge to look after Li Hao in the Eastern Region, and Long Qingge promised to protect his junior brother.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao the sealed Domain Artifacts called the Twilight of the Gods, once worn by the God-Slaying Emperor Lord, and presented him with a black Ink Sword whose eye met Li Hao’s gaze.

Li Hao and Shi Miao helped Dragon Gate City repel an ancient demon assault, and Li Hao later entered Dao Realm enlightenment while recovering. Three years later, he awakened to news that Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen.

• Shi Miao used the Six Harmonies Dragon Scale Array to wound and briefly restrain a Ghost Matriarch Array, allowing the Earth Armor Division's dragon to engage it while Long Ying's group retreated.
• Long Potian returned from battle, rallied the Eastern Region forces, and the ancient demon army eventually withdrew after suffering heavy losses.
• Long Ying awarded Shi Miao the foremost merit and nominated Duan Yuan and Haotian for First Class Merit; the others also supported Haotian taking charge of the dragon's body in a future battle.
• Li Hao recovered in a mountain spring and entered Dao Realm enlightenment, while Shi Miao stayed nearby to keep others from disturbing him.
• Long Potian and the commanders discussed the attack on the Teleportation Array and the need for reinforcements, then three years passed as Dragon Gate City recovered.
• Li Hao opened his eyes as a secret dragon blood dispatch arrived, announcing that Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen.

After Dragon Seeing Pass fell to the Ancient Demons, Long Potian sent Dragon Gate City's troops to reinforce Ancestor Dragon City. Meanwhile, Ban Xueyao joined the invasion, and Li Hao reached the Thirteenth Dan of Musical Rhythm, sensing the cold, supreme power of the Heavenly Venerable.

• A scout reported that Dragon Seeing Pass had been devastated and its Divine Dragon Statue destroyed, and the Ancestor Dragon Court confirmed the Candle Dragon Great Emperor had retreated gravely wounded.
• Long Potian ordered Dragon Gate City to send reinforcements to Ancestor Dragon City, while Qing Xuan kept several promising people behind.
• The Ancient Demons, led by the Yama Emperor and other clan leaders, prepared to attack the next city, and Ban Xueyao recalled the human youth who had once saved her.
• Li Hao comprehended the Void Piercing State of Mind and advanced his Musical Rhythm Dao to the Thirteenth Dan.
• Li Hao's deeper perception let him sense the Heavenly Venerable as a cold, supreme force governing the workings of the universe.

Li Hao attained the Heaven and Man Final Realm, giving him powerful protection against dao-based attacks, and shared his breakthrough with Shi Miao. Their celebration ended when Shi Miao told him Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen and the ancient demons were reuniting, leaving Li Hao to consider whether to retreat or fight in the coming war.

• Li Hao comprehended the Heaven and Man Final Realm, his fifth terminal realm, and realized it could greatly weaken attacks from Immortal Kings.
• Li Hao told Shi Miao about his breakthrough and his third world heart, then cooked ancient demon meat with her.
• Shi Miao revealed that Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen, but Long Qingge and the surviving troops had retreated to Ancestor Dragon City.
• Shi Miao explained that the Ancient Demon Clan seemed to be reuniting and warned that the Eastern Region could become the first battlefield of a renewed great war.
• Li Hao asked whether there would be time to leave and grow stronger, then sat alone in silence after Shi Miao departed.

After the Ancient Demons destroyed Dragon Seeing Pass, Su Jiuzhe decided to personally reinforce the Eastern Region and inspire other clans to join him. As he departed, the Lin Clan’s Great Emperor emerged to guard the Northern Region, while Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent disciples to escort Li Hao from the Eastern Region.

• The Northern Region’s major clans learned of Dragon Seeing Pass’s destruction and debated whether they could spare troops to help the Eastern Region.
• Su Jiuzhe told Su Zhenyuan he would personally reinforce the Eastern Region and make the Su Clan’s commitment known across the Northern Region.
• Su Zhenyuan publicly announced Su Jiuzhe’s departure, and Su Jiuzhe opened an imperial path and left Gusu Emperor Star.
• The Lin Clan’s Great Emperor manifested and pledged to guard the Northern Region, prompting other clans to volunteer reinforcements for the Eastern Region.
• Dao Source Immortal Emperor summoned Di Wushe, Gu Mofan, and Zhan Qinghuang to escort Li Hao back from the Eastern Region, while allowing Qingghao to fight for his homeland if he chose.
• Dao Source Immortal Emperor saw Su Jiuzhe’s imperial path and told his disciples to focus on reaching emperorship, promising to intervene himself if the Eastern Region faced a critical moment.

The Ancient Demon Clan attacked Dragon Gate City while its defenses were depleted, and Li Hao chose to stay and defend it alongside Shi Miao. The barrier fell, powerful enemies broke through the walls, and Li Hao’s dragon array began cutting down the ancient demons as the battle intensified.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent Gu Mofan and two others to the Eastern Region, warning that the catastrophe could either forge their Emperor Paths or kill them.
• Ancient demons attacked Dragon Gate City, and Long Ying ordered the outnumbered defenders to reinforce the city's defenses.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao chose to hold Dragon Gate City, while Li Hao vowed to protect Shi Miao if the battle turned desperate.
• Long Potian fought Xing Gu Wang after the ancient demon's imperial attack shattered the barrier, while Ban Xueyao and a Mirror Demon Race youth led powerful arrays against the city.
• Li Hao unleashed his sword techniques against the Nether Ghost Arrays, then used the Six Harmonies Dragon Scale Array to destroy one of them with successive Dragon Tail Sweeps.

Long Ying, Shi Miao, and Li Hao’s formation was overwhelmed by powerful Ancient Demon forces, and the City Lord’s Personal Guard rescued Li Hao and Shi Miao as the defenders prepared to fight to the death. As they tried to escort the two prodigies away, Hua Xueyao appeared and recognized Li Hao, while recalling his cooking and considering how useful he might be.

• Long Ying and Shi Miao fought off Nether Ghost and Ghost Matriarch Arrays, but an unseen arrow split the dragon formation and left Duan Yuan and Gui Xuanbing mortally wounded.
• Four Ghost Matriarch Arrays surrounded the formation, and a Punishment Ghost Array advanced, forcing Long Ying and the others to abandon the battlefield.
• The City Lord’s Personal Guard rescued Li Hao and Shi Miao, explained that the city lord had ordered them to protect the sparks, and urged the remaining defenders to fight to the death.
• As the guards tried to escort Li Hao and Shi Miao to the City Lord’s Mansion, Hua Xueyao appeared with an Ancient Demon formation and sent the guards to meet her.
• Li Hao and Hua Xueyao recognized each other from their encounter several hundred years earlier, and Hua Xueyao considered using his cooking skills to advance her standing among the Ancient Demons.

Hua Xueyao tried to make Li Hao submit to the Ancient Demon Clan, but Shi Miao used her sovereign domain to carry them through another timeline toward the City Lord's Mansion. The battle turned when Li Hao's senior siblings arrived as Quasi-Emperor Realm reinforcements, and they prepared to withdraw him from the Eastern Region as aid gathered.

• Hua Xueyao recognized Li Hao and offered him protection if he submitted, but he refused and vowed to fight the ancient demons.
• Hua Xueyao shattered the Ancestral Dragon Formation and pursued Li Hao, while Shi Miao used her sovereign domain to escape with him into another timeline.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao reached the City Lord's Mansion, but Hua Xueyao caught up as three Quasi-Emperor Realm experts arrived and devastated the ancient demon forces.
• Hua Xueyao's body was destroyed, and Zhan Qinghuang, Gu Mofan, and Di Wushe swept the battlefield clear and reunited with Li Hao and Shi Miao.
• Gu Mofan told Li Hao that the Ancient Demon Cataclysm might be returning and that they would leave the Eastern Region after checking on their Fifth Senior Brother, while reinforcements from other regions were on their way.