Chapter Summaries

Lu Yan brought Yu Dengdeng and their companions to meet Xiao Xuan, who revealed Zhu Rong’s role in Madam Yu’s death and warned that the sealed Killing Intent was close to returning. Xiao Xuan explained two ways to stop it, leaving Yu Dengdeng and Lu Yan facing a danger each was willing to sacrifice themselves to overcome.

• Xiao Xuan told Lu Yan that the drained victims would recover if he found the Spirit Race member responsible, then left him to handle it.
• After the victims recovered, Lu Yan tried to draw out Yun Xi’s Divine Sense by trapping Yu Dengdeng in an array, but her blood broke it; he let her leave and secretly arranged for Spirit Race members to protect her.
• Wei Du visited Xiao Xuan, who praised his breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm and sent him to prepare the Lu Residence for Lu Yan’s return.
• Lu Yan brought Yu Dengdeng and their companions across the barrier, where Wei Du welcomed them and escorted them to Xiao Xuan.
• Yu Dengdeng asked Xiao Xuan about the Dragon Pattern, and he said Zhu Rong had caused Madam Yu’s death and was helping the Killing Intent approach revival.
• Xiao Xuan said they could stop the Killing Intent by returning the Origin Pill to Yu Dengdeng so she could seal it, or by killing either her or the Killing Intent; Yu Dengdeng and Lu Yan were both willing to sacrifice themselves for each other.

Wei Du and Lu Yan recounted the Spirit Race war and the prince’s extraordinary power before Lu Yan nearly died saving Yu Dengdeng from the Black Saintess. Xiao Xuan sacrificed his body to create a new Origin Pill that saved Lu Yan, then departed Jiuzhou and reunited with his original self, whose Primordial Spirit had grown stronger.

• Wei Du explained how the Spirit Race invaded Jiuzhou, General Yan and the prince led the Human Race to victory, and the prince established the Hunter Masters.
• Lu Yan and the others found the Black Saintess, but Lu Yan could not attack her without harming Yu Dengdeng, so he returned the Origin Pill to Yu Dengdeng.
• Yu Dengdeng awakened and destroyed the Black Saintess, while Lu Yan’s life force nearly ran out and she carried him to Xiao Xuan for help.
• Xiao Xuan drew the blood essence from his body to create an Origin Pill, which restored Lu Yan and allowed him to awaken.
• Xiao Xuan told Lu Yan and Yu Dengdeng to live in seclusion, then crossed a rift and reunited with his original self on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Xuan merged with his Primordial Spirit clone and absorbed its experiences, gaining a lifespan beyond five thousand years and beginning to comprehend laws.

After Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Saint, he reunited with Xiao Li and learned that several of their clanmates had also received messages summoning them to the Xiao Realm. The group gathered outside the hidden realm, where Xiao Lan escorted them inside to meet the Young Patriarch and elders.

• Xiao Li visited Xiao Yan in the Star Realm with Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li decided to visit the Xiao Realm after learning that Xiao Wen, Xiao Wu, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ning had received messages too.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li brought Xiao Xiao to the Xiao Realm, where Xiao Wen and Xiao Yu joined them.
• Xiao Lan arrived through a rift in the void and led the group inside, saying the Young Patriarch and elders were waiting.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Xiao Realm, where Xiao Xuan revealed the Xiao Clan’s diminished strength and identified Xiao Yan as the person most likely to become a Dou Emperor. Xiao Xuan then offered him several Heavenly Flames and urged him to break through before eventually ascending to the Upper Realm.

• Xiao Lan led Xiao Yan and the others through the prosperous Xiao Realm, showing them its enormous samsara-rich tree and explaining that only three people had survived beneath it in the past thousand years.
• Xiao Wu introduced the gathered Xiao Clan Dou Saints and explained that they were the clan’s remaining core experts, while Xiao Lan revealed that the Northwestern Xiao Family descended from the Young Patriarch.
• Xiao Xuan appeared on the throne and disclosed that he was the Xiao Clan Patriarch, praising Xiao Yan’s cultivation and saying he was a likely candidate to reach Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan described the origins of Tou She Ancient God and the Emperor Flame, then gave Xiao Yan his Life Flame and asked Xiao Ruoruo and Xiao Chen to give him their Fallen Heart Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to advance to Dou Emperor and said he would eventually ascend to the Upper Realm, where he could help the others follow.

Xiao Yan received several Heavenly Flames from Xiao Xuan, who sent him and the others to cultivate in the Heavenly Tomb. Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan’s incarnation lived as Qin Hao on Mount Eternal, secretly using the sect’s resources to build his strength before venturing into the dangerous Mysterious Region, where he faced a Golden-Winged Roc.

• Xiao Xuan sealed the Heavenly Flames and gave them to Xiao Yan, then sent the group through a vortex to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan’s incarnation was born on Mount Eternal as Qin Hao, where the sect discovered his aptitude and subjected him to bone transplantation.
• Qin Hao persuaded Qin Fa to let him begin his enlightenment early and gained access to Mount Eternal’s resources and the Five Elements Nirvana Technique.
• By age five, Qin Hao had secretly reached the Blood Moving Realm’s limit of one hundred and eight thousand jin through rigorous training.
• Qin Hao ventured alone into the Mysterious Region, fought beasts and gathered herbs, then struck at a Golden-Winged Roc in a primeval forest.

Qin Hao comprehended the Golden-Winged Roc's runes and broke through into the Cave Heaven Realm while tempering himself against Fierce Beasts. After witnessing the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf defeat the Golden Dragon Python, he took the python's flesh and left to roast it.

• Qin Hao escaped to a cave, studied the Golden-Winged Roc's precious bone, and grasped the fundamentals of its treasure technique.
• Qin Hao opened three cave heavens, drawing in divine essence and greatly increasing his strength.
• Qin Hao spotted the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf and the Golden Dragon Python preparing to fight.
• The Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf swallowed the moon, doubled its strength, defeated the Golden Dragon Python, and carried away its corpse.
• Qin Hao hurried to the battlefield, collected the Golden Dragon Python's flesh and severed tail, and began roasting the meat elsewhere.

After returning to Mount Eternal, Qin Hao gave his parents cultivation techniques and left for the Desolate Region. He arrived at Heaven Mending Pavilion with Xia Youyu and reached its mountain gate.

• Qin Hao returned to Mount Eternal, gave his parents the Five Elements Nirvana Technique, and asked his father how to enter the Void God Realm and reach the Desolate Region.
• Qin Hao left a letter and departed Mount Eternal, then paid a Heaven Mending Pavilion team to take him aboard their Void-Breaking Ship.
• Qin Hao crossed into the Desolate Region and agreed to join Heaven Mending Pavilion after Xia Youyu invited him.
• After a month of dangerous travel across the Great Wilderness, Qin Hao and the team arrived at Heaven Mending Pavilion and reached its mountain gate.

Qin Hao entered Heaven Mending Pavilion under the alias Xiao Xuan and met the Bear Boy, who beat him after sharing his roasted meat. He later entered the Void God Realm in disguise, broke multiple Blood Moving Realm records, and left with six Bronze Treasure Book Fragments.

• Qin Hao introduced himself to Heaven Mending Pavilion's Pavilion Master as Xiao Xuan, a nearly seven-year-old who had reached the Blood Moving Realm's extreme limit.
• Qin Hao cultivated at Heaven Mending Pavilion, then met the Bear Boy while roasting a spirit bird and allowed him to share the meal.
• The Bear Boy attacked Qin Hao after eating, but Qin Hao escaped by revealing his four Cave Heavens; the Bear Boy wondered why he felt close to him.
• Qin Hao entered the Void God Realm in disguise and surpassed records in Blood Moving strength, attack power, body strength, speed, soul power, and comprehension.
• Qin Hao collected six Bronze Treasure Book Fragments and planned to earn another by killing Beast Kings after breaking through.

After setting records in the Void God Realm, Qin Hao explored Heaven Mending Pavilion and met its Sacrificial Spirit. He revealed his origins and shared a reincarnation technique, while the Sacrificial Spirit granted him entry to the Ancient Saint Academy.

• Qin Hao recalled Shi Yi’s record of killing nine Beast Kings and vowed to surpass it.
• After leaving the Void God Realm, Qin Hao explored Heaven Mending Pavilion and spotted Shi Yi walking the path to the Ancient Saint Academy.
• Qin Hao met the aged Sacrificial Spirit and explained that he was a descendant of Martial King Manor, born after his parents were targeted for having a naturally born Supreme child.
• Qin Hao asked to enter the Ancient Saint Academy to seek the Heaven Mending Technique and offered the Five Elements Nirvana Great Technique or the Five Elements Great Technique in exchange.
• The Sacrificial Spirit welcomed Qin Hao into the Ancient Saint Academy without demanding either technique.
• Qin Hao gave the Sacrificial Spirit his secret Samsara technique, which the Sacrificial Spirit recognized as a way to begin a new life by taking over an undeveloped fetus.

Qin Hao entered the Ancient Saint Academy and overcame its rune trial, reaching the golden gateway after completing the Spirit Transformation Realm. He entered the academy, only to find a decaying Dead City filled with malice.

• Divine Vine told the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s elders to admit Qin Hao secretly and conceal its coming Nirvana, and the elders agreed.
• Qin Hao entered the trial road and deciphered the runes that formed each floating stair.
• Shi Hao spotted Qin Hao from a distant mountain, and the brothers briefly met each other’s gaze.
• When Qin Hao found a missing stair near the golden gateway, he returned to the beginning in his mind and comprehended his cultivation anew.
• Qin Hao completed the final stair, perfected the Spirit Transformation Realm, and opened the golden gateway.
• Qin Hao entered the Ancient Saint Academy and found its once-sacred city decayed and hostile.

Qin Hao studied the ancient saints’ insights at the Ancient Saint Academy, obtained the Heaven Mending Technique, and finally opened his tenth Cave Heaven. The chapter left him newly transformed, while Shi Yi learned that Qin Hao was a young rival with extraordinary potential.

• Qin Hao spent a year studying the saints’ writings, reached the Nine Cave Heavens, and remained unable to open the tenth.
• Qin Hao discovered an ancient scroll in a palace hall and gained the Heaven Mending Technique.
• Shi Yi obtained the incomplete Nine Qilin Treads, while the woman with Double Pupils told him about Qin Hao’s talent and warned that he had a formidable opponent.
• Qin Hao used spiritual fruits and his deep accumulation to force open the tenth Cave Heaven.
• Qin Hao’s breakthrough released a powerful aura that drove nearby ferocious beast descendants and Beast Kings to the ground in fear.

Qin Hao fused his ten Cave Heavens into a divine ring and perfected the Spirit Transformation Realm after years of cultivation at the Ancient Saint Academy. When he emerged from seclusion, he encountered a gray-clothed woman and a youth whose calm gaze seemed to look down on Shi Yi.

• Qin Hao merged his ten Cave Heavens into a ten-colored divine ring, nearly dying before the Five Elements Nirvana Technique helped him endure the process.
• Qin Hao used the divine ring’s power to nourish his body and began advancing into the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Qin Hao cultivated all three stages of Spirit Transformation simultaneously, transforming his blood, flesh, organs, and bones over the next half year.
• Qin Hao perfected the Spirit Transformation Realm, continued accumulating power, and spent three years at the Ancient Saint Academy before emerging from seclusion.
• Shi Yi watched as a gray-clothed woman arrived with a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old youth whose indifferent gaze made Shi Yi suspect the youth looked down on him.
• The gray-clothed woman praised the remarkable young people and told the youth he was impressive.

After returning from Saint Academy, Qin Hao reunited with Shi Hao in the Shi Kingdom Imperial Capital, and the brothers exchanged precious techniques and treasures while cultivating together. Shi Hao reached the early Array Formation Realm and led Qin Hao toward the village where he had grown up, where the villagers came out to welcome Little Dot.

• Qin Hao returned to Heaven Mending Pavilion, found only the Sacrificial Spirit's empty shell, and informed his parents at Mount Eternal that he and Shi Hao were safe.
• Shi Ziling and his wife rejoiced at the news, and Mount Eternal's Venerables sent Qin Ming to find Qin Hao and remain by his side.
• Shi Hao recognized Qin Hao in the Shi Kingdom Imperial Capital and introduced him to Da Hong and the Nine-Headed Lion.
• Shi Hao and Qin Hao traded rubbings and precious techniques, including the Nirvana Method, the Grass Sword Art, the Kunpeng Technique, the Heaven Mending Technique, and the Five Elements Great Technique.
• After two months of studying and cultivating, Shi Hao used a Quasi-Saint Herb fruit to reach the early Array Formation Realm, while Qin Hao entered the Inscription Realm.
• Shi Hao led Qin Hao toward the village where he grew up, and youths from the village ran out after hearing from the Willow Deity that Little Dot had returned.

Shi Hao brought Qin Hao to Shi Village, where Qin Hao described his painful origins and found a warm welcome. The Willow Deity recognized the value of Qin Hao’s Transcendence Fragment and urged Shi Hao to care for him, while a drunken Da Hong stumbled into a mysterious technique.

• Shi Hao reunited with the villagers and introduced Qin Hao as his junior brother, and they welcomed him as family.
• Qin Hao told Shi Hao that he had been born as part of a scheme to save his eldest brother, but vowed to escape others’ control through strength.
• The Willow Deity examined Qin Hao’s cultivation and explained that the Transcendence Chapter was a supreme treasure worth far more than the techniques Shi Hao had traded for it.
• The Willow Deity told Shi Hao to look after Qin Hao, then struck him after he privately wondered whether Qin Hao was her illegitimate son.
• A drunken Da Hong bumped into something, glimpsed two identical figures and a precious technique, then collapsed asleep.

Qin Hao revealed his real name to Shi Hao and the people of Shi Village, then joined the crowds gathering in the Void God Realm for the long-awaited battle between the Shi brothers. There, Shi Yi recognized Qin Hao and challenged him, and Qin Hao said he could already fight him.

• Shi Hao caught Da Hong and Er Tuzi stealing his spirit wine and beat them before guests arrived at Shi Village.
• Qin Ming found Qin Hao, who told him to keep his identity secret and agreed to let him follow only if he did not interfere except in a life-or-death situation.
• Qin Hao introduced himself as Qin Hao to Shi Hao and the people of Shi Village, explaining that he had not meant to conceal his identity.
• Crowds of powerful figures, including the Fire Emperor, the Human Emperor of Shi Kingdom, and Shi Yi, gathered in the Void God Realm to witness the battle between the Shi brothers.
• Shi Yi recognized Qin Hao from the Ancient Saint Academy, said Qin Hao irritated him, and challenged him to fight.
• Qin Hao rejected Shi Yi's offer to suppress his cultivation realm and said he could already fight him, drawing shocked reactions from the crowd.

Shi Hao arrived at the Void God Realm for his decisive battle with Shi Yi, and the brothers entered the Sky Battlefield as spectators debated who would win. Their first clash shook the arena, and observers recognized that both possessed formidable physical strength.

• Shi Hao made a dramatic entrance through a passage in the Void God Realm and traded teasing insults with Qin Hao before the Domain Envoy opened the Sky Battlefield.
• The Domain Envoy led Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and the spectators along a golden path to an ancient battlefield suspended in the Void.
• The Witch tried to flirt with Qin Hao and then teased him about Yue Chan, but Qin Hao rebuffed her.
• Shi Hao and Shi Yi stepped onto the pale-gold arena as spectators discussed their chances, while Qin Hao declared that Shi Hao would win.
• Shi Hao and Shi Yi launched their first full-power exchange, and their collision shook the arena as onlookers marveled at their physiques.

Shi Hao and Shi Yi fought fiercely in the Sky Battlefield, unleashing the Zhuque and Qilin techniques and damaging the God-Level Arena. After Shi Hao shattered Shi Yi’s Qilin Disk, the two resumed their battle as Shi Yi announced that he would use his Double Pupil.

• Shi Hao and Shi Yi exchanged powerful attacks, then Shi Hao used the Zhuque Four Strikes to wound Shi Yi.
• Shi Yi unleashed the Qilin Step, injuring Shi Hao with its force and revealing his mastery of the Qilin Technique.
• Shi Hao and Shi Yi transformed between Zhuque and Qilin forms as their clash cracked the arena’s foundation and shattered its railings.
• Shi Hao challenged Shi Yi again and shattered the Qilin Disk, sending Shi Yi flying backward.
• Shi Yi told Shi Hao he would use his Double Pupil, and the two charged back into battle.

Shi Hao and Shi Yi fought a brutal battle in the Sky Battlefield, with both using powerful techniques and recovering from grave injuries. Shi Hao absorbed Shi Yi's Heavenly Tribulation Light and killed him with a Soul-Extinguishing Needle, leaving Shi Hao acclaimed as the Desolate Region's young Supreme.

• Shi Hao and Shi Yi traded fierce attacks as Shi Yi healed with the power of his left eye and Shi Hao fought with the Kunpeng Technique.
• Shi Hao unleashed a starry river of lightning, but Shi Yi countered with Double Pupil Heaven Opening and badly wounded him.
• Qin Hao caught and killed an old woman who had attacked Shi Hao with a concealed weapon, then dismissed Yue Chan's thanks.
• Shi Yi used Heavenly Tribulation Light against Shi Hao, but Shi Hao absorbed it with his newly formed Supreme Bone and launched a devastating counterattack.
• Shi Hao drove a Soul-Extinguishing Needle into Shi Yi, destroying his soul and winning the duel.
• The crowd and sects across the Desolate Region reacted in shock as Shi Hao was recognized as its young Supreme.

After defeating Shi Yi, Shi Hao received three Bronze Treasure Book Fragments, while Qin Hao confronted a powerful newcomer on the Sky Battlefield. The newcomer targeted Fairy Yue Chan, and their sudden battle began as he unleashed six precious techniques.

• The Domain Envoy awarded Shi Hao three Bronze Treasure Book Fragments, including the one that had belonged to Shi Yi.
• As onlookers warned that Shi Hao might not survive, Qin Hao threatened them and a man wrapped in divine flames appeared on the Sky Battlefield.
• The divine-flame man attacked Shi Hao, but Qin Hao blocked his strike with the Five Elements Great Technique.
• The man declared his hobbies of collecting peerless beauties, precious techniques, and famous generals, then focused on Fairy Yue Chan.
• Fairy Yue Chan rebuked the man and refused to join him, so he attacked her and unleashed six precious techniques.

After the Double Stone Battle, Qin Hao was named Heaven Mending Pavilion's secret Young Pavilion Master and cultivated until he reached the limit of the Inscription Realm. He emerged as a calamity struck the Lower Realm, bringing down Venerables and tearing open the way to the Upper Realm, while he watched for a chance to grasp its mysteries.

• Qin Hao and Qin Ming left the battlefield, and Qin Hao returned to Heaven Mending Pavilion, where the Pavilion Master praised his strength and gave him the Green-Skinned Gourd Lord Sacrificial Spirit had left behind.
• The Pavilion Master offered to appoint Qin Hao Young Pavilion Master, and Qin Hao agreed on the condition that it remain secret until he rescued his parents from Mount Eternal.
• Qin Hao entered seclusion, used Heaven Mending Pavilion's spiritual medicines and Scripture Depository, and reached the limit of the Inscription Realm in a little over half a year.
• The Gate of the Firmament exploded, and Order Divine Chains descended to bind and seize Venerables across the Lower Realm as the great calamity began.
• Qin Hao watched as powerful beings tried and failed to escape the purge, then comprehended the violent runic laws and mysteries of Order amid the disaster.