Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao entered the Ancient Battlefield to retrieve Hu Pao, whom the Scattered Devil’s people had taken, and startled the Scattered Devil by using Shrink Ground to Inch. Hu Pao recognized Qin Hao but, believing his Soul Refining Method flaw had been fixed, began to consider killing him.

• The Scattered Devil sensed Qin Hao entering the Ancient Battlefield and asked what he wanted.
• Qin Hao said he had come to bring back Hu Pao, whom his people had captured.
• The Scattered Devil ordered the Demon Guards Feng Yin, Earth Devil, and Hu Pao to appear.
• Qin Hao used Shrink Ground to Inch to arrive before the Demon Guards, shocking the Scattered Devil.
• Hu Pao recognized Qin Hao and recalled his fear of Qin Hao’s power, then believed he was no longer vulnerable to control and began to harbor killing intent.

Qin Hao confronted Hu Pao, who had betrayed him and tried to use his souls to kill him, but Qin Hao subdued Hu Pao and captured his souls. Qin Hao then attacked the Elder at the Black Tower, provoking the Scattered Devil into intervening.

• Qin Hao demanded that Hu Pao return, but Hu Pao refused and accused Qin Hao of treating the Soul Refining Tribe as disposable servants.
• Hu Pao attacked Qin Hao with hundreds of millions of souls and vowed to become the strongest being in the Demon Spirit Land.
• Qin Hao stopped the souls, killed Hu Pao with Slaughter Qi, and collected him and over a hundred million souls in the Human Emperor Banner.
• Qin Hao accused the Elder before the Black Tower of abducting a Soul Refining Tribe genius and declared that he would kill him.
• Qin Hao sent two bolts of red lightning formed from Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense at the Elder, and the enraged Scattered Devil moved to block the attack.

Qin Hao defeated the Loose Devil with Extreme Realm Power, the Sub-Void Nirvana Sword, and the Spirit Control Seal, then claimed the Loose Devil Armor. As he put it on, the Loose Devil’s hidden Demonic Soul entered his body to try to drag him onto the demonic path.

• Qin Hao killed Demon Guard Feng Yin and the Elder with Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense, then refined the Elder’s escaping Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Hao destroyed the Loose Devil’s scythe and Black Tower with the Sub-Void Nirvana Sword, and pursued the Loose Devil as he fled.
• Qin Hao used the Myriad Realms Soul Sealing Whip to pull out the Loose Devil’s Demonic Soul, then killed it with the Spirit Control Seal.
• Qin Hao seized the Loose Devil Armor and put it on, whereupon the Loose Devil’s hidden Demonic Soul plunged into his body in an attempt to corrupt him.

Qin Hao refined a Loose Devil and discovered that Heavenly Demon Prefecture was advancing through Fire Demon Prefecture. After helping Wang Lin locate Zhou Yi in the Tidal Abyss, Qin Hao gained powerful treasures and techniques through the system, including the qualifications to advance to the Third Step.

• Qin Hao used his Ancient Devil power to suppress and refine the Loose Devil, strengthening his avatar beyond the Yang Solid Peak.
• Qin Hao sensed Heavenly Demon Prefecture's forces conquering Fire Demon Prefecture and spotted Wang Lin near the border with Golden Demon Prefecture.
• Wang Lin told Qin Hao he was heading to Cloud Demon Prefecture and asked for help locating Zhou Yi, offering him an Immortal Binding Net.
• Qin Hao found Sword Master Ling Tianhou's seal in the Tidal Abyss, and Wang Lin left to search for Zhou Yi.
• The system rewarded Qin Hao with Sword Qi, an Immortal Treasure, Immortal Techniques, an Immortal Guard crafting method, special Immortal Jades, and a wisp of Power of Origin.

Qin Hao emerged from seclusion and used the Slaughter Sacred Art to devastate the armies attacking the Fire Demon Prefecture, then refined their souls with Soul Vortex. The enemy forces fled as the Heavenly Demon Prefecture’s troops cheered his arrival.

• Qin Hao reviewed his gains, including the Immortal Binding Net, five late-stage Shattering Nirvana Sword Qi attacks, Primal Origin Essence, the Spirit Fixation Technique, and the Immortal Guard puppet refinement method.
• Qin Hao began comprehending the Spirit Fixation Technique in his mountain cave.
• The Golden Demon Prefecture and Earth Demon Prefecture joined the war against the Fire Demon Prefecture, and the Fire Demon Prefecture ceded territory to secure their help against the Heavenly Demon Prefecture.
• Qin Hao emerged from seclusion and unleashed over ten million strands of Slaughter Qi against the armies of the Fire Demon Prefecture, Golden Demon Prefecture, and Earth Demon Prefecture.
• Qin Hao preserved and refined the enemies’ souls with Soul Vortex, while Thirteen, Ouyang Hua, and the Heavenly Demon Prefecture’s army cheered.
• The enemy Yin Void and Yang Solid experts fled the battlefield.

Qin Hao refined the new Demon Emperor of Fire Demon Prefecture into a gold-grade Immortal Guard called Demon Guard, whose strength reached the late Peeking Nirvana stage. They joined the Heavenly Demon Prefecture army outside the imperial capital, where Demon Guard shattered the Ancient Demon’s protective seal and drew its wrath.

• Qin Hao spared the new Demon Emperor of Fire Demon Prefecture and brought him to the Chaos Bead Space to refine him into an Immortal Guard.
• Qin Hao refined the Demon Emperor’s body and Primordial Spirit, producing a gold-grade puppet with late Peeking Nirvana strength.
• Qin Hao named the puppet Demon Guard and brought him to join the army surrounding Fire Demon Prefecture’s imperial capital.
• Qin Hao ordered Demon Guard to break the Ancient Demon’s Demon Curtain, and Demon Guard shattered it with repeated punches.
• The Ancient Demon emerged above the imperial capital as a huge demonic shadow and condemned Qin Hao and Demon Guard.

Qin Hao killed the Fire Demon and refined its power to awaken the Vermilion Bird within the Demon Spirit Land. The Vermilion Bird’s cry revealed his awakening to the other Ancient Demons and drew the attention of Wang Wei, Hu Juan, and Greedy Wolf.

• The Fire Demon attacked Qin Hao with heavenly fire and demonic arts, but Qin Hao froze him with the Spirit Fixation Technique and killed him with the Sub-Void Nirvana Sword.
• Qin Hao destroyed the statue in Demon Valley, suppressed Ancient Demon Belo’s remaining hand bone in the Qiankun Cauldron, and refined the Fire Demon’s power into the Vermilion Bird Imprint.
• When refining the Fire Demon alone proved insufficient, Qin Hao drained the Five Elements Spirit’s fire spirit until a crimson Vermilion Bird emerged from his brow.
• The Vermilion Bird’s cry shook the Demon Spirit Land, alarming the Ancient Demons in the other seven prefectures.
• Wang Wei and Hu Juan recognized the cry as a sign that a Four Sacred Sect cultivator had entered the Immortal Spirit Heaven Realm and awakened.
• In the Tidal Abyss, Greedy Wolf heard the cry and declared his hatred for anyone connected to the Vermilion Bird.

Qin Hao survived the Vermilion Bird Awakening, gaining authority over flames and strengthening his body, then refined Ancient Demon remnant souls and advanced to Peeking Nirvana. The chapter left him a true Second Step cultivator, while his Five Elements fire spirit remained intact and could be nurtured by the Vermilion Bird.

• The Vermilion Bird Nine Sacred Stars revealed Qin Hao's awakening, and the Vermilion Bird Holy Emperor identified him as the Vermilion Bird Sacred Sect's successor.
• Qin Hao endured the awakening's destructive flames, gained a Vermilion Bird Totem and authority over flames, and strengthened his physique without raising his cultivation.
• Qin Hao traveled toward Water Demon Prefecture and refined Ancient Demon remnant souls, strengthening his metal, wood, water, and earth spirits while remaining at peak Five Star Dao Ancient.
• In Cloud Demon Prefecture's imperial capital, Qin Hao triggered the system and absorbed Origin Power and insights into the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Hao's slaughter and time Dao realms entered his body, allowing him to break through into Peeking Nirvana and become a true Second Step cultivator.

After reaching Peeking Nirvana, Qin Hao joined Wang Lin on the way to the Tidal Abyss, where Wang Lin hoped to rescue Zhou Yi. There, they met Du Jian, Xu Fei, and two other cultivators, who invited them to travel together.

• Qin Hao reached Peeking Nirvana and explained how the realm let him see the rules of heaven and earth.
• Wang Lin asked Qin Hao to help him enter the Tidal Abyss and rescue Zhou Yi, and Qin Hao first helped him set up a detection Restriction at its exit.
• Qin Hao warned Wang Lin that Tian Yunzi devoured disciples who cultivated the Slaughter Sword Art, leaving Wang Lin troubled and wary.
• Qin Hao and Wang Lin arrived at the Tidal Abyss entrance in Water Demon Prefecture and met Du Jian, Xu Fei, Murong Zhuo, and a woman in pink.
• Xu Fei explained that she had once belonged to the Xuandao Sect and the Hengyue Sect, and Qin Hao agreed to travel with Du Jian and the others.

Qin Hao led the group through the Tidal Abyss, where he gained the Magic Immunity ability while dealing with a swarm of insects. He then left with Wang Lin and found Marquis Lingtian’s seal, whose powerful Sword Qi forced Wang Lin to retreat before Qin Hao dispersed it.

• Du Jian tried to lure Qin Hao toward a fake flying sword, but Qin Hao forced him to retrieve it, releasing a swarm of insects from the crack.
• The insects ignored the group’s divine abilities, and Qin Hao gained the Magic Immunity ability from the system, which lasted only three breaths per hour.
• Qin Hao killed the insects with Blood Lightning, sealed Du Jian, and handed him to Wang Lin.
• Qin Hao and Wang Lin left the others and traveled deeper into the Tidal Abyss to a cliff wall that Qin Hao identified as the location of Marquis Lingtian’s seal.
• Wang Lin broke through the barrier and was wounded by the Sword Qi that burst out, while Qin Hao waved it away.

Qin Hao and Wang Lin entered the Tidal Abyss to rescue Zhou Yi, and Qin Hao destroyed Marquis Lingtian’s divine sense guarding the seal. Wang Lin gave Zhou Yi hope by revealing that Qing Shuang was the daughter of Immortal Emperor Qing Lin, who might be able to revive her.

• Qin Hao explained the Heavenly Human Decline and told Wang Lin that Tian Yunzi had endured two declines and was facing a third.
• Qin Hao and Wang Lin entered the fissure, where Qin Hao erased Marquis Lingtian’s divine sense with his Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense.
• Ling Tianhou sensed that the sword spirit’s seal had been broken but believed the spirit would still die if he had no desire to live.
• Wang Lin called to Zhou Yi in the Tidal Abyss, but Zhou Yi initially did not respond.
• Wang Lin revealed Qing Shuang’s identity and said Qing Lin might be able to revive her, restoring Zhou Yi’s hope.
• Qin Hao confirmed that Qing Lin was in the Demon Spirit Land and that powerful cultivators would arrive there within a few years.

Zhou Yi freed an Immortal Sword of Rain from its seal, gave Xu Liguo the Ancient Sword Intent, and made another immortal sword Wang Lin’s alone. As Qin Hao and Wang Lin searched the Tidal Abyss for the token, they found Greedy Wolf and the Daluo Sword Sect disciples trapped in purple mist.

• Zhou Yi broke the seal on the pagoda and gave Xu Liguo an inheritance of Ancient Sword Intent, which triggered Qin Hao’s system and granted him an Ancient Sword Spirit.
• Zhou Yi removed the cycle mark from Xu Liguo’s sword, making the immortal sword belong solely to Wang Lin.
• Qin Hao, Wang Lin, and Zhou Yi searched the Tidal Abyss for the token but found no trace of it near the exit of Fire Demon Prefecture.
• Qin Hao detected Cultivators in purple mist, and he and Wang Lin entered while Zhou Yi stayed outside to cover them.
• Wang Lin’s Mosquito Beast flew deeper into the mist, and Qin Hao sensed Greedy Wolf ahead among injured Daluo Sword Sect disciples.
• Chen Long and the disciples greeted Qin Hao and Wang Lin with relief, while Greedy Wolf recognized Qin Hao and remembered their past conflict.

Qin Hao confronted Greedy Wolf inside the purple mist, but both escaped as the mist began contracting. Greedy Wolf revealed that he had waited a hundred years for the mist to return to one, while Chen Long and his disciples were trapped and drained of life.

• Qin Hao demanded two immortal treasures from Greedy Wolf, who attacked him with the Immortal Mountain Soul.
• Qin Hao seized the Mountain Soul, so Greedy Wolf lit Heavenly Maze Incense and fled into the purple mist wearing the Immortal Emperor Crown.
• As the purple mist contracted, Qin Hao used the Chaos Bead to escape with Wang Lin, while Chen Long and his disciples were blocked from leaving.
• The Heavenly Maze Incense put Chen Long and his disciples to sleep, and the contracting mist drained their life force and Immortal Power.
• Outside the purple mist, Greedy Wolf laughed atop the King of Mosquito Beasts and declared that the mist’s return to one would help him obtain the token.

Qin Hao stole the violet-gold token from Greedy Wolf and seized control of the Mosquito Beast swarm. He captured Greedy Wolf’s Second Nascent Soul and took the Immortal Emperor Crown, leaving Greedy Wolf enraged and stripped of another treasure.

• Qin Hao used the Great Cauldron to swap the violet-gold token with a stone before Greedy Wolf could take it.
• Wang Lin’s Mosquito Beast killed the Mosquito Beast King, became the new king, and turned the swarm against Greedy Wolf.
• Greedy Wolf sent his Second Nascent Soul to attack Qin Hao, but Qin Hao defeated and sealed it in the Chaos Bead Space.
• Greedy Wolf summoned the Immortal Emperor Crown, but it flew from his head to Qin Hao when Qin Hao called the Innate Five Elements Spirit into his body.

Qin Hao defeated Greedy Wolf and took his treasures, then exchanged Ling Tianhou’s sword treasures with Wang Lin. As Yunxian’s Dao Companions waited at the Tidal Abyss exit for Qin Hao, he realized how many powerful attacks and immortal treasures he had gained.

• Qin Hao suppressed Greedy Wolf with his Peeking Nirvana cultivation, took his treasures, and spared his life.
• Greedy Wolf fled the Tidal Abyss and told Wang Wei and Hu Juan that Qin Hao had the immortal mansion token.
• Wang Wei confirmed the token was with Qin Hao but chose to wait for him at the exit with Hu Juan.
• Wang Lin traded an Immortal Technique for Ling Tianhou’s Flying Swords and Sword Qi, and Qin Hao gave him all of them.
• The system rewarded Qin Hao with powerful Sword Qi attacks and seven Low-grade Immortal Treasures for Wang Lin’s newly acquired weapons.

Qin Hao gave Wang Lin the Immortal Mansion Token and advised him to flee to the Luotian Star Domain while the group cultivated before opening the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion. Wang Lin set off with Zhou Yi into the Tidal Abyss, while Qin Hao remained behind to refine the Primordial Thunder Dragon.

• Qin Hao explained that Tian Yunzi, Ling Tianhou, and Yunxian’s companion held three Virtual Mansions, so the group should cultivate before opening the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• Qin Hao gave Wang Lin the token and told him that a passage beneath the Tidal Abyss led to the Luotian Star Domain, where he could evade Tian Yunzi.
• Du Jian revealed that Tian Yunzi had devoured Sun Yun, confirming Wang Lin’s fear that his master preyed on his disciples.
• Wang Lin took the token and went with Zhou Yi into the Tidal Abyss to investigate the passage and a mysterious scroll that had called him down.
• Qin Hao sealed himself in a cave dwelling, released Greedy Wolf’s Second Nascent Soul, and swallowed the Primordial Thunder Dragon with his nascent soul.

Qin Hao devoured a young Primordial Thunder Dragon and gained a trace of thunder’s authority before meeting Wang Wei and Hu Juan, who sought the final Immortal Mansion Token to save Qing Lin. He concealed that he had given the token away and proposed waiting for the Four Sacred Artifacts, then surveyed Heavenly Demon Prefecture’s expanding conquest.

• Qin Hao refined the young Primordial Thunder Dragon, transforming his Primordial Spirit and gaining a trace of thunder’s authority.
• Qin Hao said he intended to find Xue'er, check on Thirteen and the others, and then head for the Luotian Star Domain.
• Wang Wei and Hu Juan asked Qin Hao for the final Immortal Mansion Token, but he said he had given it to someone else.
• Qin Hao warned that Ancient Devil Taga possessed the Rain Immortal Emperor and suggested waiting for the Four Sacred Artifacts to arrive.
• Wang Wei and Hu Juan departed after Qin Hao promised to keep his word.
• Qin Hao saw through his divine sense that Heavenly Demon Prefecture had occupied Fire Demon Prefecture and was attacking Water Demon Prefecture.

Qin Hao visited the Heavenly Demon Prefecture procession to bid farewell before the passage opened, and rewarded its leaders with immortal treasures and cultivation methods. He remained in the Demon Spirit Land for now, leaving Thirteen, Gu Yundun, and Ouyang Hua equipped to advance the Soul Refining Sect.

• Qin Hao arrived at the traveling palace, where Thirteen, Gu Yundun, Ouyang Hua, and the others greeted him; Yao Xixue soon arrived with Emperor Sword Shuang'er on the Golden Horned Thunder Beast.
• Qin Hao told the group he would leave once the entrance opened, though he would stay for now to mark the Luotian Star Domain's location.
• Qin Hao offered low-grade immortal treasures, and Yao Xixue chose protective armor for Thirteen and called herself his mistress; Thirteen accepted it and kowtowed to her.
• Qin Hao gave Thirteen, Gu Yundun, and Ouyang Hua Jade Slips containing Soul Refining methods and divine abilities for the sect's direct descendants.
• Qin Hao gave Thirteen further body-refinement methods, an Ancient God Clan cultivation method sealed to unlock at the Ascension stage, and a drop of essence blood.

Qin Hao traveled through the Tidal Abyss into the Luotian Star Domain and marked a new location with the Chaos Bead. Meanwhile, Tian Yunzi, Ling Tianhou, and Blood Ancestor opened the Demon Spirit Gate and demanded that Greedy Wolf appear.

• Qin Hao used his clone to descend through the Tidal Abyss and entered the Luotian Star Domain through its vortex.
• Qin Hao marked a location in the Luotian Star Domain with the Chaos Bead, then returned to the Demon Spirit Land.
• Tian Yunzi and Ling Tianhou gathered with the other Second Step Old Monsters outside the East Sea Demon Spirit Gate and lamented their disciples' deaths and Wang Lin's escape from Tian Yunzi's control.
• Blood Ancestor arrived at Late-stage Pure Nirvana, and Ling Tianhou, Tian Yunzi, and Blood Ancestor opened the Demon Spirit Gate.
• Ling Tianhou appeared above the Demon Spirit Land and called for Greedy Wolf to come out.

Marquis Lingtian confronted Greedy Wolf over the Daluo Sword Sect disciples, while Qin Hao revealed that Wang Lin had taken the Immortal Mansion Token into the Luotian Star Domain. The group sent Greedy Wolf after him under five Restrictions, then left the Demon Spirit Land; Qin Hao explained that he had delayed opening the Immortal Mansion because its dangers required greater strength, and Yao Xixue revealed that he had reached Peeking Nirvana.

• Marquis Lingtian demanded Greedy Wolf’s return, and Greedy Wolf claimed he had not personally killed any Daluo Sword Sect disciples before naming Qin Hao as the Second Step cultivator who had been with them.
• Qin Hao arrived with Yao Xixue and told Tian Yunzi that Wang Lin had taken the Immortal Mansion Token into the Luotian Star Domain.
• Qin Hao warned Wang Wei that Tian Yunzi might intend to sabotage Immortal Emperor Qing Lin’s arrangements, and revealed that Tian Yunzi had reached the Third Heavenly Tribulation.
• The group chose Greedy Wolf to cross into the Luotian Star Domain, placed five Restrictions on him, and sent him through a fissure to capture Wang Lin.
• Qin Hao left the Demon Guard with Thirteen and Ouyang Hua, then departed the Demon Spirit Land with the others and returned to Blood Star.
• Qin Hao told Blood Ancestor that he had sent the token away because the Immortal Mansion was too dangerous to open yet, and Yao Xixue revealed that Qin Hao had reached Peeking Nirvana.