Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao encountered Ouyang Hua and the powerless Savages of the Soul Refining Tribe, restored their valley’s protective formation, and learned that True Lord Huang Long had once protected their ancestors. After taking the Demon Crystal, he promised to teach the tribe cultivation and gave Ouyang Hua a Jade Slip of basic Soul Refining Sect methods.

• Ouyang Hua begged Qin Hao to repair the formation before Demon Spirit Night endangered his clan.
• Qin Hao restored the formation and reassured the Savages that he would not slaughter them.
• Yao Xixue recognized True Lord Huang Long in Ouyang Hua’s dwelling, and Qin Hao claimed Huang Long was one of his master’s incarnations.
• Ouyang Hua showed Qin Hao the Demon Crystal and explained that it healed his clan members.
• Qin Hao drew the Demon Crystal to himself, promised to teach the Savages cultivation, and gave Ouyang Hua a Jade Slip of basic methods.

Qin Hao helped Ouyang Hua learn the Soul Refining Method and gave him permission to teach it to his tribe, then settled with Yao Xixue in the Demon Spirit Land. When the Demon Spirit Night began, Qin Hao’s clone confronted Luo Yun, summoned and refined a Heavenly Ghost, and killed Luo Yun.

• Qin Hao cleared Ouyang Hua’s meridians and opened his Sea of Consciousness so he could read the Jade Slip.
• Qin Hao gave Ouyang Hua the Soul Refining Method and allowed him to pass it on to his tribe.
• Qin Hao told Yao Xixue they would stay in the Demon Spirit Land for now and formed a pavilion from spirit stones and Immortal Jade.
• Qin Hao’s clone went outside during the Demon Spirit Night and encountered Luo Yun, who was absorbing Demonic Power from slain creatures.
• Luo Yun summoned a Heavenly Ghost, but Qin Hao’s clone refined it into a Soul Slave.
• Qin Hao’s clone devoured Luo Yun’s life force and refined his Primordial Spirit.

Qin Hao and Yao Xixue held a wedding night in the Chaos Bead Space after Qin Hao reported killing a Heavenly Ghost Dao cultivator. Three months later, Qin Hao gave Ouyang Hua materials for making soul banners and instructed him to distribute them to cultivators who reached the third stage, while Thirteen watched eagerly.

• Qin Hao returned to the Chaos Bead Space and told Yao Xixue he had encountered demon spirits and killed a Heavenly Ghost Dao cultivator.
• Qin Hao and Yao Xixue prepared wedding items, exchanged crossed-cup wine, and spent their wedding night together.
• Over the next three months, Ouyang Hua cultivated the simplified Soul Refining Secret Technique and taught it to youths in the tribe.
• Thirteen reached the technique’s third stage, and Ouyang Hua brought him to meet Qin Hao when summoned.
• Qin Hao gave Ouyang Hua a storage bag containing materials for refining soul banners and told him to provide materials to others who reached the third stage.

Thirteen refined his first Soul Banner, but nearly died when its Flying Lion soul turned on him, prompting Qin Hao to demonstrate the power of the Human Emperor Banner and give Ouyang Hua and Thirteen powerful primary souls. Qin Hao then left for Ancient Demon City with Yao Xixue and the Golden Horned Thunder Beast, considering how the surrounding tribes might strengthen the Soul Refining Tribe.

• Thirteen revealed his Soul Banner and its Flying Lion soul, which attacked him when he could not command it to return.
• Qin Hao stopped the Flying Lion soul and showed the crowd the Human Emperor Banner, which contained more than ten billion souls.
• Qin Hao gave Ouyang Hua and Thirteen a Nascent Soul Soul each to serve as primary souls for their banners.
• Qin Hao departed the Mountain Valley with Yao Xixue and the Golden Horned Thunder Beast, leaving his Wood Spirit Body and the Human Emperor Banner behind.
• As they flew toward Ancient Demon City, Qin Hao saw indigenous tribes activating their defenses and considered the Soul Refining Tribe's potential to expand.

Qin Hao and Yao Xixue arrived at Ancient Demon City, where Yao Xixue sought an audience with the Left Wing Demon General. After Qin Hao revealed overwhelming power, Mo Lihai recognized him as a senior expert, appointed Yao Xixue vice general, and invited Qin Hao to a banquet.

• Qin Hao and Yao Xixue reached Ancient Demon City, and Yao Xixue called for the Left Wing Demon General.
• An Adjutant Elder escorted Qin Hao and Yao Xixue through a Teleportation Array to the palace at the city center.
• The Left Wing Demon General challenged Yao Xixue and offered her a position if she proved her strength.
• Qin Hao ordered the Left Wing Demon General to withdraw, and his Word of Law wounded the general and revealed his power as a Second Step expert.
• Mo Lihai knelt before Qin Hao, appointed Yao Xixue vice general, and invited Qin Hao to a banquet, which Qin Hao accepted.

Qin Hao used Shrink Ground to Inch to find Wang Lin and invited him to explore an ancient cave mansion in the Demon Spirit Land, revealing it was left by Immortal Emperor Qing Lin. Wang Lin agreed and accompanied Qin Hao back to Ancient Demon City.

• Yao Xixue asked Qin Hao whether they should explore the Immortal Emperor's Virtual Mansion, and Qin Hao said they first needed to find Wang Lin.
• Qin Hao recalled that Qing Lin had arranged for anyone surnamed Wang to pass the remnant-soul guardians, then used Shrink Ground to Inch to search for Wang Lin.
• Qin Hao appeared behind Wang Lin, who was traveling on the Mosquito Beast, and explained how he had found him.
• Qin Hao revealed that the Demon Spirit Land was created by Rain Immortal Emperor Qing Lin and invited Wang Lin to help explore an ancient cave mansion with his restriction skills.
• Wang Lin accepted Qin Hao's invitation, and Qin Hao took him back to the palace in Ancient Demon City using Shrink Ground to Inch.

Qin Hao, Yao Xixue, and Wang Lin entered the Path of the Venerable Beast, where Qin Hao gathered runes from its guardians. At the cave abode, Qin Hao blocked the guardian’s sword strike with the Qiankun Cauldron and earned the right to obtain it.

• Yao Xixue activated the Blood Ancestor’s Teleportation Array, and she, Qin Hao, and Wang Lin entered the starry realm during Purple Demon Ascension.
• The three meditated to gain qualification marks, and Qin Hao received a nine-stroke rune while Yao Xixue and Wang Lin each obtained six-stroke runes.
• Yao Xixue led the group along the Body of the Venerable Dragon, where Qin Hao suppressed successive Stone Statues and took their runes.
• At the twelfth platform, a white-clad guardian offered the three a trial of three sword strikes, which Qin Hao chose to face together.
• Qin Hao deflected the guardian’s attack with the Qiankun Cauldron, and the guardian declared him qualified to obtain the cave abode.

Wang Lin, Qin Hao, and Yao Xixue explored Immortal Emperor Qing Lin’s cave estate, where breaking a seal could grant them access rights. After Wang Lin broke an intact restriction, he received a cave abode token and a share of the Immortal Wine, while Qin Hao hinted that the more valuable resources deeper inside would be divided differently.

• The cave estate’s middle-aged guardian revealed that Immortal Emperor Qing Lin owned it and that breaking a seal would grant the successful group access rights.
• Qin Hao, Wang Lin, and Yao Xixue entered the estate and found that earlier visitors had broken many restrictions and taken most of the valuables.
• Wang Lin identified traces of three groups of intruders, and Qin Hao explained the Plum Blossom Eighteen Restrictions and the Power of Origin.
• Qin Hao led the group to a pavilion hall with intact restrictions and offered Wang Lin half of its contents if he broke the seal.
• Wang Lin studied the restriction for three days, then spent two months breaking it with Qin Hao’s help and sword.
• The guardian awarded Qin Hao and Wang Lin cave abode tokens, and Qin Hao divided the ten drops of Immortal Wine among the three.

Qin Hao left the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion with Yao Xixue and returned to the expanding Soul Refining Tribe, where he rewarded its loyal members. He granted Hu Pao a Nascent Soul-level primary soul and allowed him to learn the tribe’s advanced cultivation method.

• Qin Hao, Yao Xixue, and Wang Lin spent four and a half years breaking Restrictions in the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion and collected some treasures, including Immortal Wine.
• Qin Hao proposed leaving the cave mansion to seek War Merit, and Yao Xixue and Wang Lin agreed.
• Qin Hao and Yao Xixue returned to the Soul Refining Tribe, which had expanded across thousands of li by capturing and assimilating other tribes.
• Ouyang Hua presented Qin Hao with the Demon Crystals collected during the tribe’s campaigns, and Qin Hao rewarded him with a Jade Slip containing the next cultivation method.
• Ouyang Hua introduced Hu Pao as the tribe’s leading talent, and Qin Hao granted him a Nascent Soul Realm primary soul and permission to learn the advanced method.

After Thirteen returned crippled from an attack by the Sky Water Tribe, Qin Hao rescued him and destroyed the tribe in retaliation, then named his people the Soul Refining Tribe. Thirteen struggled with his shattered meridians and fell back into hunting, and the chapter ended with him facing a demonized ferocious beast to protect his hunting squad.

• Qin Hao saved Thirteen from the Red Thread, learned that the Sky Water Tribe had stolen his Soul Banner and crippled him, then reached through space and seized the tribe.
• Qin Hao shattered the Sky Water Tribe's Ancient Formation and let souls from the Human Emperor Banner devour its elders and cultivators before giving its surviving people to Ouyang Hua as new Clan Members.
• Qin Hao healed Thirteen's other injuries, chose the Body Refining Technique for his future, and named the tribe the Soul Refining Tribe; its members began tempering their souls in his Yin Qi Black Mist.
• Thirteen, now unable to cultivate through his destroyed meridians, endured mockery and isolation while Qin Hao watched over him and believed his perseverance could lead him to the Third Step.
• When a demonized ferocious beast attacked Thirteen's hunting squad, Thirteen stepped forward to protect the fleeing hunters.

Qin Hao saved Thirteen and taught him body refinement, helping him begin recovering from his shattered meridians. After strengthening the Soul Refining Tribe and leaving Ouyang Hua a jade slip containing three attacks, Qin Hao departed with Yao Xixue for Heavenly Demon City.

• Qin Hao rescued Thirteen from a Demonic Beast and offered to teach him a Body Refining Technique, which Thirteen accepted as his master’s disciple.
• Qin Hao gave Thirteen the modified Giant Demon Body Refining method and cleansed his body with essence blood from Giant Demon Clan Progenitor Lei Ji.
• Thirteen’s body grew stronger under Qin Hao’s guidance, and the Giant Demon blood began restoring his meridians.
• The Soul Refining Tribe expanded, and Qin Hao established a grand formation to protect it from Demon Spirit Night and outside enemies.
• Qin Hao gave Ouyang Hua a Jade Slip containing three of his attacks, then left with Yao Xixue for Heavenly Demon City.

Mo Lihai brought Qin Hao and Yao Xixue to Heavenly Demon City, where Qin Hao contacted Emperor Sword Shuang'er. As Shuang'er flew to meet them, a rival Demon General charged their party and the Golden Horned Thunder Beast destroyed his followers, leaving the disciple's Primordial Spirit threatening Mo Lihai and Qin Hao.

• Mo Lihai left Ancient Demon City with Qin Hao and Yao Xixue, and they teleported to Heavenly Demon City.
• Mo Lihai guided Qin Hao and Yao Xixue toward Hong City while Qin Hao messaged Emperor Sword Shuang'er, who said she would come meet them.
• Emperor Sword Shuang'er flew out of the imperial palace toward the road between Hong City and Xuan City.
• Mo Lihai's household retainers greeted him, then an armored Demon General and his riders charged toward the group.
• The Golden Horned Thunder Beast blasted the charging riders with lightning, leaving only the sixth disciple of the Tian Yunzi Purple Lineage's Primordial Spirit, which accused Qin Hao and Mo Lihai of murder.

Qin Hao killed Demon General Shi Xiao and was summoned by Demon Emperor Gu Yundun to meet Ancient Demon Belo. Belo recognized Qin Hao as a true Ancient and revealed that it intended to devour him to become one itself.

• Qin Hao destroyed Shi Xiao's Primordial Spirit with Blood Lightning, and Mo Lihai feared the Demon Emperor would punish them.
• Emperor Sword Shuang'er arrived, greeted Qin Hao as a friend, and accompanied him to meet Gu Yundun at the Imperial Palace Inner.
• Gu Yundun excused Qin Hao for killing Shi Xiao and said Ancient Demon Belo wanted to see him.
• Gu Yundun led Qin Hao and Yao Xixue to Dragon Pool, where Qin Hao entered Belo's abode alone.
• Ancient Demon Belo sensed Qin Hao's Ancient power and announced that it planned to devour him and become a true Ancient.

Qin Hao fought Ancient Demon Belo, using his Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense, powerful magic treasures, and Spirit Control Seal to overwhelm the weakened demon. He collected Belo’s Demon Drum and gathered the demon aura formed when Belo’s Nascent Soul was blasted apart.

• Ancient Demon Belo attacked Qin Hao with sealing runes and Dao Annihilation, but Qin Hao broke through with his Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense.
• Qin Hao drew the Iron Sword from the Spirit Offering Sheath and destroyed Belo’s condensed body and Ancient Demon Statue, revealing the Demon Drum.
• Qin Hao used the Myriad Realms Soul Sealing Whip to drive Belo’s Nascent Soul from the Demon Drum, then stored the drum in the Chaos Bead Space.
• Qin Hao struck Belo with the Spirit Control Seal, blasting his Nascent Soul into demon aura.
• Qin Hao used the Chaos Bead to collect the demon aura formed from Belo’s collapse.

Qin Hao suppressed and refined Ancient Demon Belo, while a mysterious Spirit Control Seal appeared above Demon Spirit Land. With Belo gone, Fire Demon Prefecture and Water Demon Prefecture invaded Heavenly Demon Prefecture, which struggled to hold its territory.

• Qin Hao trapped Belo with the Qiankun Cauldron and refined his demon qi, converting the power into Ancient God and Ancient Devil power as his body began its fifth reformation.
• A massive palm print bearing the Spirit Control Seal shattered Belo’s protections and struck the sky dome of Demon Spirit Land.
• The Ancient Demons in the other prefectures sensed Belo’s disappearance, and the rulers of Fire Demon Prefecture and Water Demon Prefecture ordered their armies to attack Heavenly Demon Prefecture.
• The two invading armies captured territory across Heavenly Demon Prefecture, forcing its defenders to retreat.
• Gu Yundun told five Elders that Belo and the outsider had vanished, and they decided to hold Heavenly Demon City in case Belo survived.

Qin Hao emerged from seclusion as Fire Demon Prefecture and Water Demon Prefecture besieged Heavenly Demon City. He agreed to spare Gu Yundun and protect Heavenly Demon Prefecture if it submitted to him, while Shuang'er asked him to save her uncle.

• Fire Demon Prefecture and Water Demon Prefecture drove their armies to Heavenly Demon City, where Gu Yundun and Heavenly Demon Prefecture's people resisted despite heavy losses.
• Qin Hao appeared with an overwhelming aura, and the Demon Emperor of Fire Demon Prefecture was injured when Qin Hao rebuked him.
• Gu Yundun offered Qin Hao the sealed pendant sword and asked him to take Shuang'er away; Shuang'er pleaded with Qin Hao to spare her uncle.
• Qin Hao asked Heavenly Demon Prefecture to submit to him, and Gu Yundun and the other experts agreed to honor him as their master.

Qin Hao confronted the armies of Fire Demon Prefecture and Water Demon Prefecture and annihilated them with his Great Annihilation Finger, Slaughter Qi, and soul arts. He ended the battle with over ten million streams of Slaughter Qi and souls for his growth.

• Qin Hao gave the Demon Emperors of Fire Demon Prefecture and Water Demon Prefecture three breaths to withdraw from Heavenly Demon Prefecture, but they refused and prepared to fight.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Great Annihilation Finger, while a Five Elements Spirit Clone used the Myriad Realms Soul Sealing Whip to strip the Demon Emperors and Ancestors of their Primordial Spirits.
• Qin Hao's giant finger shattered the enemy attacks and killed more than a dozen Second Step Experts along with countless soldiers and generals.
• Qin Hao sent millions of streams of Slaughter Qi after the surviving troops, draining their life force and turning them into skeletons.
• Qin Hao's Five Elements Spirit Clones seized the fleeing experts, and he used Soul Vortex to absorb the dead souls of both armies.
• Qin Hao gained over ten million streams of Slaughter Qi and over ten million souls, including more than a dozen Yin Void and Yang Solid souls.

Qin Hao consolidated his control over the Heavenly Demon Prefecture and instructed Gu Yundun to bring its cultivators into the Soul Refining Tribe. Years later, Qin Hao returned to the tribe and discovered that worship of his statue had generated Incense and Fire Power, a key energy for reaching the Third Step.

• Qin Hao gathered over ten million strands of Slaughter Qi and judged that his Slaughter Sacred Art had reached minor mastery.
• Qin Hao ordered Gu Yundun to make every cultivator in the Heavenly Demon Prefecture join the Soul Refining Tribe, and offered to help unify the Nine Prefectures.
• Gu Yundun and the Heavenly Demon Prefecture's soldiers pledged allegiance to Qin Hao as their Old Ancestor.
• Qin Hao summoned Yao Xixue and the Golden Horned Thunder Beast, then left Heavenly Demon City to return to the Soul Refining Tribe.
• Several years later, Qin Hao saw the expanded Soul Refining Tribe worshipping his statue and recognized the light flowing into it as Incense and Fire Power.

Qin Hao returned to the Soul Refining Tribe and learned that Hu Pao had disappeared, possibly taken by the loose devils. He rejected using Incense and Fire Power to cultivate because it was poisonous, and left Hu Pao's fate unresolved.

• Qin Hao considered how Incense and Fire Power could help cultivators reach the Third Step, but concluded that relying on it was poisonous and would prevent advancement through the Void Tribulation.
• Qin Hao's statue shone with golden light, and the Soul Refining Tribe cultivators worshipped him, strengthening its Incense and Fire Power.
• Qin Hao wondered whether the Nine Great Ancient Demon Nascent Soul Avatars had used Incense and Fire Power to restore themselves, and reflected on how the Boundary Sealing Great Array restricted the Inner Realm.
• Ouyang Hua greeted Qin Hao and reported that Thirteen was leading a force to subjugate tribes while Hu Pao had mysteriously vanished.
• Qin Hao suspected that the loose devils had taken Hu Pao for his talent and said he would deal with the matter later.

Qin Hao brought the Soul Refining Tribe to Heavenly Demon City, established the Soul Refining Sect as the prefecture’s state religion, and appointed Gu Yundun, Ouyang Hua, and Thirteen to lead it. He prepared the new sect for a campaign against Fire Demon Prefecture, then the story shifted to an ancient battlefield where an elegant figure entered through its restriction.

• Thirteen returned to the tribe, paid respects to Qin Hao, and agreed to accompany him to Heavenly Demon City.
• Qin Hao took Ouyang Hua, Thirteen, and selected Soul Refining Tribe members to Heavenly Demon City, leaving a Five Elements Spirit Clone behind to protect their homeland.
• Qin Hao named Gu Yundun the Soul Refining Sect Master and appointed Ouyang Hua and Thirteen as its Great Elders.
• Qin Hao distributed powerful souls from the Human Emperor Banner to the sect members and ordered them to prepare for an invasion of Fire Demon Prefecture.
• Qin Hao revealed that he intended to pursue the Ancient Demons and seek the Scattered Devil to find out whether Hu Pao was with him.
• An elegant figure tore through the restriction surrounding the ancient battlefield and entered.