Recaps

Li Qing and the Nine Provinces Four Regions fought off an encirclement by eight world clusters and began seizing enemy worlds during the collision. As the stolen worlds returned to the Nine Provinces Four Regions, the enemy formations weakened and the Lord of Myriad Worlds faced an escalating threat.

• The eight world clusters closed in on the Nine Provinces Four Regions, and Li Qing assigned the Haoran Sage to support the battle while the others prepared to strike.
• Li Qing sent six thousand worlds outward as the world formations collided, while Purple God, Evil Hook, Demon Spirit, and Spirit King intercepted the enemy powerhouses.
• The Nine Provinces Four Regions seized more than a thousand worlds from the Glazed Buddha Lord and the Supreme Ghost God King and began dragging them into its territory.
• Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha stopped the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords while the Nine Provinces Four Regions seized more than thirteen hundred worlds from the Ancient Sword World Group.
• The Lord of Myriad Worlds watched his formation develop flaws as the Nine Provinces Four Regions' power flooded toward it.

After losing thousands of worlds to the Nine Provinces Four Regions, the eight World Clusters’ leaders debated how to respond. Lord of Human Dao urged an immediate full-scale attack and proposed building a super civilization inside the Cosmic Storm Zone if they seized the Nine Provinces Four Regions.

• The Lord of Ten Thousand Swords withdrew to his Main World as the Nine Provinces Four Regions threatened to swallow him, then rebuilt his world formation.
• The leaders of the eight World Clusters met and counted their losses, learning that the Nine Provinces Four Regions had rapidly taken thousands of worlds.
• Glazed Buddha Lord explained that the Nine Provinces Four Regions had used collisions between worlds to capture their forces and could soon match their numbers.
• Lord of Human Dao argued that the newly captured worlds were not fully controlled yet, so the leaders needed to attack immediately.
• Lord of Human Dao revealed that civilizations in the other three great World Clusters had fled their domains to avoid attracting the Nine Great Rulers.
• Lord of Human Dao proposed that the leaders seize the Nine Provinces Four Regions and build a super civilization within the Cosmic Storm Zone, where the Nine Great Rulers could not detect them.

The Nine Provinces Four Regions and the eight world clusters launched an all-out battle as Li Qing coordinated the defense and the annexation of enemy worlds. The invaders pressed toward the homeland, driven by the hope of seizing the Nine Provinces Four Regions’ power and mysterious treasure.

• The Civilization Ruler, Lord of Human Dao, Lord of Ten Thousand Swords, and the other leaders agreed to unite their forces and charge toward the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
• Li Qing’s Present Body projection sent eight spacetime Heavenly Dao powerhouses to delay the invaders while Haoran Sage stayed behind.
• Purple God, Demon Spirit, Evil Hook, and Spirit King joined forces to block the Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Formation, but the enemy formation gradually pushed them back.
• Li Qing directed the battle as six thousand worlds devoured the logic of captured worlds, while the invaders’ forces struggled against the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation’s suppression.
• The eight world clusters breached the Nine Provinces Four Regions’ world formation and advanced toward its homeland, which the invaders expected to reach after at least a quarter of an hour.
• The Glazed Buddha Lord revealed that the Nine Provinces Four Regions possessed a mysterious treasure, prompting the invaders to resolve to break into its homeland before its worlds were annexed.

As the eight world clusters burned their mass to reach the Nine Provinces Four Regions, Li Qing assured his allies that the battle was going according to plan. He stopped the Thorn Sect Leader’s avatar from entering the formation but weighed whether killing another would expose the Nine Provinces Four Regions’ Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.

• Lord of Ten Thousand Swords ordered the world clusters to burn their mass and break through the Nine Provinces Four Regions’ defenses within half an hour.
• Li Qing told Haoran Sage and the others to keep resisting, while Haoran Sage reasoned that Li Qing’s allies might be hidden among the invading world clusters.
• Haoran Sage planned to use the remaining foreign space-time Heavenly Dao powerhouses to exhaust Li Qing’s mysterious weapon, but Li Qing learned of the plan through Spiritual Rhinoceros.
• The Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord sent Tribulation Realm avatars into the Nine Provinces Four Regions, and the Thorn Sect Leader dispatched one as well.
• Li Qing used Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to destroy the Thorn Sect Leader’s avatar as it entered the world formation.
• After the Thorn Sect Leader prepared another avatar, Li Qing considered whether killing it would draw the Sovereign’s attention to the hidden Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.

Li Qing devised a plan to exploit the Thorn Sect Leader’s ignorance while dealing with the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord. The Thorn Sect Leader discovered Heavenly Dao Reincarnation in the Nine Provinces Four Regions and began watching for an opportunity, while Li Qing prepared to monitor and counter him.

• Li Qing concluded that the Thorn Sect Leader would secretly investigate the Nine Provinces Four Regions and planned to manipulate his belief that he was observing from a safe advantage.
• Li Qing planned to kill the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord, destroy the Thorn Sect Leader’s Tribulation Realm avatar, and later evade their surveillance while advancing toward the Immortal Realm.
• The Thorn Sect Leader’s Tribulation Realm avatar infiltrated the Nine Provinces Four Regions and sensed unusual power in its medium and large worlds.
• The Thorn Sect Leader entered a world, recognized its Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, and decided to observe the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord before considering whether to summon his true body.
• Li Qing saw that the Thorn Sect Leader was following his predictions and resolved to watch for changes and eliminate the avatar’s two major incarnations if necessary.

Li Qing secretly used the Heart-Destroying Sword to erase the Flesh Ancestor’s and the Lord of Myriad Buddhas and Teachings’ avatars before their Spacetime Heavenly Dao avatars could arrive. The Haoran Sage sensed the spacetime disturbance and warned the others, while the Nine Provinces Four Regions and eight world clusters neared collision.

• The Flesh Ancestor and the Lord of Myriad Buddhas and Teachings sent Tribulation Realm avatars to investigate and planned to wait for their Spacetime Heavenly Dao avatars to arrive.
• Li Qing used the Heart-Destroying Sword to destroy both rulers’ Tribulation Realm and Immortal Realm avatars.
• The Haoran Sage sensed Li Qing’s attack, suspected the Heart-Destroying Sword could threaten Spacetime Heavenly Dao experts, and warned Purple God and the others.
• Purple God and the others tightened their control over Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power, while Li Qing lamented that they had become more cautious.
• The Nine Provinces Four Regions and the eight world clusters drew close to collision as the two rulers’ Spacetime Heavenly Dao avatars raced toward the battlefield and wondered how their other avatars had been destroyed.

Li Qing activated the Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Formation as the eight world clusters approached the Nine Provinces Four Regions, sealing the Immortal Realm forces of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Glazed World and Ghost God Great World. The Glazed Buddha Lord and Supreme Ghost God King fought back but were gradually trapped as the formation stopped the approaching worlds.

• Flesh Ancestor and the Lord of Myriad Buddhas and Teachings discovered that their avatars had been destroyed and continued toward the storm zone cautiously.
• As the world clusters neared collision, Haoran Sage asked Li Qing whether he could stop them, and Li Qing pointed to the Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Formation.
• Li Qing's Past Body and Future Body took control of the formation and sealed more than four hundred Immortal Realm powerhouses from the two enemy worlds.
• The Glazed Buddha Lord and Supreme Ghost God King unleashed their Logic Prototypes to resist the formation, but Heavenly Dao Reincarnation extinguished the Ghost God King's flames and the sealing power continued to close around both rulers.
• The Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Formation halted the world clusters as the two rulers struggled to break free.

The Supreme Ghost God King and Glazed Buddha Lord destroyed the Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Formation by detonating thousands of worlds, then joined Purple God and the others against Li Qing’s Past Body and Future Body. As the battle became a race to absorb the fragments and defend their world formation, the Thorn Sect Leader suspected that Li Qing was the mysterious figure behind the spread of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.

• The Supreme Ghost God King and Glazed Buddha Lord detonated roughly three thousand worlds and two Main Worlds, shattering the Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Formation and escaping.
• Li Qing’s Past Body and Future Body used Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to gather the exploding world fragments and build a yin-yang world formation around the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds.
• Purple God and three other powerhouses formed a colossal sword of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and logic, then struck at Li Qing’s formation.
• The Glazed Buddha Lord and Supreme Ghost God King joined the attackers, forcing Li Qing’s Past Body and Future Body to divide their power between absorbing fragments and defending the formation.
• The Thorn Sect Leader observed the battle and inferred that a concealed force had spread Heavenly Dao Reincarnation throughout the universe, identifying Li Qing as a likely candidate for the mysterious person sought by the Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord.

As four world clusters closed in on the Nine Provinces Four Regions, Li Qing and Haoran Sage’s forces weighed how to use Heavenly Dao Reincarnation against them. Haoran Sage concluded that Li Qing’s worlds could wield overwhelming power once they finished absorbing the shattered worlds, leaving the remaining enemies a short window to act.

• The Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord realized Li Qing was gaining the advantage and secretly made concealed avatars so they could return if needed.
• The six surviving leaders gathered as their four world clusters neared the Nine Provinces Four Regions, and the Glazed Buddha Lord accused the Lord of Human Dao and the Civilization Ruler of deceiving them.
• The Supreme Ghost God King and the Glazed Buddha Lord offered to hold off their pursuers while the other leaders attacked the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
• Li Qing told Haoran Sage and the others they could withdraw Purple God’s group to unleash the homeland’s full Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power, or leave them in place and use only part of it.
• Haoran Sage told the other leaders that Li Qing stood behind the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds, whose power could rise to at least sixteen world clusters after they absorbed the destroyed worlds.

The Haoran Sage devised an eight-step plan to use the collision of the four great world clusters to strengthen Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power and ultimately defeat Li Qing. The worlds crashed into the Nine Provinces Four Regions, and Li Qing absorbed the resulting Qi Fate as the four clusters settled into place.

• The Haoran Sage told Purple God and the other three to delay the two worlds and use Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power to protect themselves.
• The Haoran Sage outlined a plan to strike the four great world clusters, recruit them during Li Qing's breakthrough, and then seize his secret treasure.
• Spiritual Rhinoceros leaked the plan to Li Qing, who remarked that even a flawless strategy could not account for the human heart.
• The four great world clusters collided with the Nine Provinces Four Regions, causing widespread destruction despite the Heavenly Net and Earthly Web's defenses.
• Li Qing's Present Body absorbed the shock waves while his three bodies gathered Qi Fate from the destruction, though he concluded that more powerful experts needed to die.
• The four great world clusters landed in the former eastern, southern, western, and northern regions.

Li Qing’s Present Body waited for the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds to finish digesting the shattered world groups while the battles on every front intensified. Purple God joined forces with Glazed Buddha Lord and Supreme Ghost God King to assault the new world formation, while Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha gained the upper hand in the Nine Provinces Four Regions.

• Li Qing’s Future Body and Past Body bound the shattered worlds with Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, but needed another quarter of an hour to digest them.
• Purple God called Glazed Buddha Lord and Supreme Ghost God King to join his side and help break the world formation.
• Purple God’s group formed the Cave Heaven Soul-Extinguishing Formation with Glazed Buddha Lord, then fired a devastating attack at the new world array.
• The Lord of Human Dao and the Civilization Ruler gathered the world array’s strength to withstand the attack as their power continued to grow.
• Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha suppressed the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords, while his forces charged into the Ancient Sword World.

Li Qing used the Heart-Destroying Sword to kill the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord while holding Haoran Sage at bay. The Thorn Sect Leader witnessed the deaths, evaded Li Qing’s surveillance, and resolved to find the person behind the attack and claim the treasure they sought.

• Li Qing prepared to strike before Haoran Sage and the others regained control of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation from twelve thousand worlds.
• Li Qing activated the Gravity Spheres and used Way of Changes to predict events and guide the Heart-Destroying Sword toward the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord.
• Li Qing trapped Haoran Sage with the power of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation as the Heart-Destroying Sword struck the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord.
• The sword pierced both men’s logic and destroyed their bodies and avatars.
• The Thorn Sect Leader recognized the dead men, evaded the Gravity Spheres’ detection, and decided to hunt down Li Qing and seize the treasure they wanted.

Li Qing cleared the battlefield of immediate threats and began advancing the derivative logic of his three great bodies while charging the Heart-Destroying Sword. The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord returned as avatars, as Li Qing prepared to break through.

• Li Qing used Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power to destroy the Thorn Sect Leader's Tribulation Realm avatar and conceal the attack's true source.
• The Thorn Sect Leader suspected Li Qing had detected him but chose to wait and gather information rather than act with his true body.
• Li Qing's three great bodies began advancing their derivative logic as fate gathered across the Nine Provinces Four Regions and its allied worlds.
• Li Qing's forces began consuming four world clusters to charge the Heart-Destroying Sword, and his Divine Body took charge of the war.
• The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord reappeared as avatars outside the Cosmic Storm Zone.

As Li Qing began breaking through to the Immortal Realm, Haoran Sage moved to unite the Nine Provinces Four Regions' powerhouses against him. He recruited Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and three allies with promises of authority and power, leaving them poised to join Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.

• The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord set out for the battlefield, planning to attack Li Qing if he emerged victorious.
• Haoran Sage warned Purple God and his allies that Li Qing's mysterious weapon could strike again, then ordered Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha and three others to recruit Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and his allies.
• Li Qing received Spiritual Rhinoceros's report and recognized that Haoran Sage was moving quickly to form an alliance.
• Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha withdrew his power from the battle and brought Lord of Ten Thousand Swords, Myriad Kalpas Undying True Dragon Ancestor, Hell Despair Devil Lord, and Myriad Spirits Divine Emperor to the mental plane.
• Haoran Sage offered the four powerhouses titles and shared authority in Heavenly Dao Reincarnation in exchange for opening their world clusters to it, and they agreed to cooperate.

Haoran Sage and his allies appointed the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and three others as Heavenly Emperors and a Ghost Emperor, redistributing control of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation. As they began devouring four world clusters, Li Qing struck to delay them, and he found that they had committed only about a third of their power to the task.

• Haoran Sage and his allies noticed that the world array had shrunk and gathered the power of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.
• Haoran Sage warned that Li Qing was preparing to break through to the Immortal Realm and urged the group to unify their strength quickly.
• Haoran Sage and eight others used the Investiture of Gods List to appoint the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and three companions as Heavenly Emperors and a Ghost Emperor.
• The Civilization Ruler and the Lord of Human Dao unleashed the combined strength of the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds at Haoran Sage and his companions.
• Haoran Sage and the others blocked the attack with their Concept Logics while Heavenly Dao Reincarnation began devouring the four world clusters.
• Li Qing calculated that Haoran Sage and the others had used only about a third of their Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power.

Li Qing and his opponents raced to refine four World Clusters as both sides prepared for a decisive battle. As the struggle moved into its endgame, Li Qing weighed the cost of his remaining options while the Thorn Sect Leader sent an avatar into the Nine Provinces Four Regions.

• Purple God urged Haoran Sage and the others to hurry as the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds refined the World Cluster fragments faster.
• Haoran Sage relocated the nine experts to the Ancient Sword World, where they sped up Heavenly Dao Reincarnation's devouring of world logic while Li Qing's forces attacked them.
• Li Qing calculated that he had ten to twenty breaths to complete his transformation, considered limiting himself to twelve charges to preserve the Human Dao and Hundred Great World Clusters, and assessed his other trump cards.
• After the Ancient Sword World was completely refined, the nine experts moved to the Supreme Mythology World cluster as attacks from the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds resumed.
• The Thorn Sect Leader sent a Tribulation Realm avatar into the Nine Provinces Four Regions, and Li Qing noticed him but chose not to eliminate him yet.

Li Qing prepared for the final struggle as the four world groups neared complete refinement, while Haoran Sage and the other eight powerhouses launched a surprise attack. The chapter ended with Li Qing’s Divine Body caught between their strike and a pincer attack from the Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds.

• Li Qing calculated that he would need twenty breaths after the four world groups were refined to complete his breakthrough and chose the Human Dao Great World as his first target.
• As Hell World neared complete refinement, Haoran Sage proposed attacking Li Qing before the final breath ended, and the others agreed.
• Haoran Sage and the other eight powerhouses withdrew their refining power and unleashed a combined strike from Hell World toward Li Qing’s Present Body.
• Spiritual Rhinoceros informed Li Qing of the attackers’ plan, and he estimated the forces that the Hundred Great Worlds, Human Dao Great World, and Purple God’s group could wield.
• The Human Dao Great World and the Hundred Great Worlds attacked Li Qing’s Divine Body as Li Qing released his own power in a pincer strike against Haoran Sage’s attack.

Li Qing's Divine Body used the Heart-Destroying Sword to kill Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and Hell Despair Devil Lord, then fled with Li Qing's Present Body as the enemy's power surged. Purple God warned the allies that each sword charge consumed a large share of their worlds' mass, while the opposing forces agreed to reserve most of their power for defense.

• Li Qing's Divine Body struck from afar with the Heart-Destroying Sword, erasing Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and Hell Despair Devil Lord.
• The deaths reduced the attackers' power of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, but the Hell World's logic was devoured and the remaining enemy forces grew stronger.
• Li Qing's Divine Body carried Li Qing's Present Body into deeper space-time, where he prepared to endure twenty more breaths as the Human Dao Great World and Hundred Great Worlds lost mass.
• Purple God told the allies that Li Qing's weapon consumed roughly one-tenth of the worlds' mass per charge and that the enemy could replenish only a few more times.
• Myriad Kalpas Undying True Dragon Ancestor and Myriad Spirits Divine Emperor agreed to reserve most of their power for defense while Haoran Sage and the others maintained their attack.

Li Qing's Present Body and the Divine Body endured a second assault while chaotic power harmed people across the Nine Provinces Four Regions. Li Qing struck at Purple God and his allies to ease the strain on his reinforcements, and Demon Spirit and Evil Hook shifted their positions as his sword reached them.

• Haoran Sage and his allies launched a second attack, and Li Qing's forces barely held against the three-way collision.
• The clash disrupted the Nine Provinces Four Regions, causing city formations to warp and some residents to suffer mental and bodily distortions.
• Li Qing ordered his information network to warn people not to look at the sky and to shelter or support one another.
• Li Qing's Divine Body attacked Purple God and his allies with the Heart-Destroying Sword while the Hundred Great Worlds' power pressed against them from behind.
• The sword pierced the defenses and Conceptual Logic Prototype of Demon Spirit and Evil Hook, who shifted their positions through space to evade it.

Li Qing’s Divine Body killed the Glazed Buddha Lord and the Supreme Ghost God King by using Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to switch their places with the Demon Spirit and Evil Hook, then fled through deep space-time with Li Qing’s Present Body. As the fourth breath approached and their power waned, Li Qing prepared to target one of his pursuers while Purple God and the Haoran Sage coordinated a renewed assault.

• Li Qing used Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to switch the Glazed Buddha Lord and the Supreme Ghost God King with the Demon Spirit and Evil Hook, then killed the two experts with his sword light.
• Li Qing’s Divine Body entered deep space-time with Li Qing’s Present Body as the Hundred Great Worlds’ support and the Human Dao Great World shrank to seventy percent of its peak scale.
• Li Qing calculated that his power had fallen below that of his pursuers and decided to focus his next Heart-Destroying Sword charge on killing one opponent instead of two.
• Purple God told the group that Li Qing’s weapon needed at least one breath to recharge and that they could secure victory by breaking his defenses within that interval.
• The Haoran Sage ordered the gathered experts to pressure Li Qing and expose his remaining trump cards as the fourth breath approached.
• Purple God and the other three unleashed their power against the Hundred Great Worlds and the Human Dao Great World while the twelve-world-cluster torrent pursued Li Qing through space-time.

Li Qing's Divine Body fought another clash against the pursuing Heavenly Dao and Conceptual Logic forces while disrupting the devouring worlds. The Thorn Sect Leader strengthened an avatar and approached cautiously, as Li Qing prepared to eliminate one of the four attackers before they could retreat.

• Li Qing's Divine Body merged the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power under his control with power from beyond the sky and the world formation, then collided with the pursuing torrent for the third time.
• Li Qing disrupted the devouring of worlds beyond the Nine Provinces Four Regions to prevent additional power from joining the battle.
• The Thorn Sect Leader observed the fighting through a Tribulation Realm avatar but decided not to send his true body because it could jeopardize the Nine Great Rulers' plan.
• The Thorn Sect Leader created and linked a new avatar, raising his distant avatar to the limit of spacetime Heavenly Dao strength, then moved closer while hiding in the shadows of different worlds.
• Li Qing noticed the Thorn Sect Leader's approach and planned to kill one of Purple God, Spirit King, Demon Spirit, and Evil Hook, forcing the others to abandon their siege and retreat.
• Li Qing's Divine Body and Haoran Sage's group continued exchanging devastating collisions that shook the Nine Provinces Four Regions and destroyed cities, despite Li Qing's efforts to avoid populated areas.

Li Qing’s Heart-Destroying Sword pierced the defenders’ barrier while Haoran Sage and the others broke through from behind, creating an opening for Li Qing’s Divine Body to flee through deep spacetime. Evil Hook used up his faith-powered substitution-for-death technique, but the sword’s destructive power still erased him completely.

• Li Qing launched the Heart-Destroying Sword at Purple God and the other three, and its anti-immortal substance power began destroying their barrier of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and conceptual logic.
• Haoran Sage and the others struck the barrier from behind, breaking through as Li Qing’s Divine Body escaped into deeper spacetime.
• Way of Changes calculated that Li Qing’s Divine Body could gain one breath of respite while it fled the pursuing flood through spacetime.
• The barrier shook under the pincer attack, and the Heart-Destroying Sword accelerated and pierced Evil Hook’s glabella.
• Evil Hook’s substitution-for-death technique transferred the first strike’s destruction to his faith-built idol, which vanished, but a second streak of sword light destroyed Evil Hook completely.

Li Qing’s Divine Body and Present Body reached the south of the Nine Provinces Four Regions as Purple God, Demon Spirit, and Spirit King fled toward it under pursuit. Li Qing struck with the Heart-Destroying Sword, and its power reached Demon Spirit first.

• Purple God urged the group to retreat after their combined strength failed to stop Li Qing’s sword strike.
• Purple God, Demon Spirit, and Spirit King split apart to evade the pursuing forces of the Civilization Ruler and the Lord of Human Dao.
• Li Qing’s Divine Body and Present Body arrived in the south of the Nine Provinces Four Regions, where Li Qing’s forces joined the battle against their pursuers.
• Li Qing’s Divine Body launched another Heart-Destroying Sword strike at the fleeing trio.
• Haoran Sage told Purple God and the others to sever their karma and enter substitute death bodies if they could not withstand the attack.
• The Heart-Destroying Sword’s power reached Demon Spirit first.

Li Qing’s Heart-Destroying Sword forced the Demon Spirit and Purple God to self-destruct their bodies and escape, then struck the Spirit King, who survived by using his death-substitute statue. Li Qing continued his pursuit, while ten Time-Space Heavenly Dao powerhouses remained alive.

• The Demon Spirit and Purple God abandoned their bodies to evade the Heart-Destroying Sword, weakening its power before it reached the Spirit King.
• The Spirit King took control of the available Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power and tried to withstand the sword strike.
• Li Qing’s Divine Body entered deeper space-time as his power collapsed, while Haoran Sage and the others pursued his trail.
• The Spirit King caught at the sword light, but it pierced his defenses and consumed his death-substitute statue as he survived.
• Purple God and Demon Spirit returned to their peak states using their Substitute statues, and Li Qing noted that his attack had used up all three substitutes.
• Li Qing identified the ten surviving Time-Space Heavenly Dao powerhouses.

Li Qing and the ten surviving powerhouses assessed the strength of their forces and the threat posed by his sword light. The power gap remained small enough for Li Qing to keep fighting briefly, while the powerhouses began planning a deep-spacetime detection network to counter his next attack.

• Li Qing calculated that he could withstand the ten powerhouses for a short time, but would need to reveal his trump cards when the eleventh breath began.
• Purple God asked Spirit King to explain the sword light after their group suffered severe losses.
• Spirit King said the sword light neutralized power and erased existence, and that it could only be stopped by detecting it early and wearing it down with immense power.
• Haoran Sage proposed building a deep-spacetime defensive network while continuing to pursue Li Qing.
• Purple God estimated that Li Qing could currently wield power equivalent to fourteen and a half world-clusters, compared with their seventeen and a half, and judged the difference safe.