Recaps

Formless Ancestor defended holding the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly in the dangerous Lingchang Cave Abode because Half-Step True Gods were the only ones able to claim Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance. The observers watched contestants battle and gather treasures, then saw a young man steal a blooming flower from a True God-Level Fierce Beast and flee.

• Formless Ancestor showed Phantom Shadow True God and Starfall Lord contestants finding treasures such as a Black Mystic Leaf in the Lingchang Cave Abode.
• Starfall Lord questioned whether the Half-Step True Gods could reach the cave abode’s depths, and Formless Ancestor explained that other powers might discover it if the Qiankun Sect waited.
• Formless Ancestor explained that the cave abode’s formation prevented Ancestral Gods from entering and allowed only Half-Step True Gods a chance to obtain Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance.
• The observers watched a young man hide near a blooming flower guarded by a True God-Level Fierce Beast.
• The young man snatched the flower as it bloomed, then fled while the beast discovered him and pursued.

Yun Chang escaped a True God-Level Fierce Beast and continued gathering treasures in the Lingchang Cave Abode, while the observers praised his prospects. Elsewhere, Situ Yu recognized an arrogant young man from the Golden Palace Continent commanding three hundred Half-Step True Gods enslaved by the Soul Enslavement Seal, and fled as they descended on the forest.

• Yun Chang used illusions to escape the True God-Level Fierce Beast, then hid and refined a flower rich in divine strength.
• Formless Ancestor, Phantom Shadow True God, and Starfall Lord watched Yun Chang and noted his growing strength and good fortune.
• The image shifted to an arrogant young man flying with hundreds of followers, who spotted Half-Step True Gods hiding in a forest and sent his followers after them.
• Situ Yu recognized the Soul Enslavement Seal and identified the young man as being from the Golden Palace Continent.
• Situ Yu fled, but the arrogant young man had sensed his aura and would not let him escape.

Surrounded by Yan Zijun’s Soul Enslavement Seal-controlled half-step True Gods, Situ Yu failed to break through and faced a choice between death and submission. Yan Zijun promised to free him after the Disciple Recruitment Assembly, and Situ Yu considered accepting, though submission would cost him his chance to join the Qiankun Sect.

• Situ Yu attacked the half-step True Gods blocking his escape, blasting four away but failing to overcome the two stronger ones.
• More than two hundred half-step True Gods surrounded Situ Yu as the remaining fugitives were killed.
• Yan Zijun mocked Situ Yu and challenged him to choose between dying and submitting.
• Yan Zijun promised to release Situ Yu after the Disciple Recruitment Assembly, and Situ Yu weighed the offer against losing his chance to join the Qiankun Sect.

Situ Yu submitted to Yan Zijun’s Soul Enslavement Seal, while Yan Zijun led his enslaved Half-Step True Gods toward the Sea of Mist to seek Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance. As the observers watched the group reach a stretch of low hills, a powerful surge of cause and effect chaos origin interrupted them.

• Situ Yu knelt and accepted Yan Zijun’s Soul Enslavement Seal, hoping Yan Zijun would free him after the Disciple Recruitment Assembly.
• Yan Zijun planned to use Situ Yu and his other enslaved Half-Step True Gods as scouts while pursuing Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance, intending to let Situ Yu die before granting him freedom.
• Yan Zijun led the procession toward the Sea of Mist, while Situ Yu privately wished Xiao Mingxuan and Bao Weiyuan would also be enslaved.
• Phantom Shadow True God and Starfall Lord condemned Yan Zijun’s conduct but could not intervene because he had broken no Assembly rule.
• When Yan Zijun’s group reached low hills, a dense surge of cause and effect chaos origin erupted, prompting Phantom Shadow True God, Starfall Lord, and Formless Ancestor to watch for a breakthrough.

Qin Hao’s mastery of the chaos origins drew the attention of Phantom Shadow True God, Starfall Lord, and Yan Zijun. As Yan Zijun led his slaves toward Qin Hao’s cave, Phantom Shadow True God resolved to teleport Qin Hao away if necessary.

• Phantom Shadow True God recognized Qin Hao’s aura and told Starfall Lord how he had plundered True Gods in a Fogbound Prison.
• Starfall Lord noticed Yan Zijun sensing Qin Hao’s powerful aura, and Phantom Shadow True God resolved not to let Yan Zijun enslave him if she could prevent it.
• Yan Zijun sensed Qin Hao’s six perfected chaos origins and headed toward the cave, intending to enslave him for the journey across the Sea of Mist.
• Situ Yu found Qin Hao’s aura strangely familiar but ruled him out, then expected Yan Zijun to enslave whoever was cultivating there.

Qin Hao perfected his cause and effect chaos origin with the help of the Cause and Effect Crystal, then emerged from his cave to find himself surrounded by nearly four hundred enslaved Half-Step True Gods. He recognized Situ Yu among them and realized their master, Yan Zijun, had brought them to capture him.

• Qin Hao perfected his cause and effect chaos origin, discovering that its branch veins could fuse and that it was highly compatible with several other chaos origins.
• Qin Hao stored the Cause and Effect Crystal for his time doppelganger and decided to leave the cave to search for Points Tokens.
• Qin Hao sensed nearly four hundred Half-Step True Gods approaching and emerged from the cave as they surrounded him.
• Qin Hao realized the Half-Step True Gods had been enslaved and recognized Situ Yu among them.
• Situ Yu recognized Qin Hao and anticipated that Yan Zijun would enslave him too, while the group waited for Yan Zijun's command.

Qin Hao faced Yan Zijun and more than three hundred enslaved half-step true gods, who attacked on Yan Zijun’s command. Qin Hao’s sword strikes killed and wounded many of them, leaving Situ Yu stunned by how much Qin Hao’s strength had grown.

• Yan Zijun praised Qin Hao’s six perfected chaos origins and demanded his name, intending to enslave him for the journey across the Sea of Mist.
• Qin Hao refused, drew the Heavenly Abyss Sword, and prepared to break through the encirclement.
• Yan Zijun ordered the more than three hundred half-step true gods to attack Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Unerring Sword Scripture, striking in every direction to open a path through the attackers.
• Qin Hao’s sword light killed at least twenty half-step true gods, severely wounded dozens, and hurled many others away.
• Situ Yu watched the battle and realized Qin Hao’s strength had increased dramatically since their fight in Dragon Marquis City.

Qin Hao fought his way through more than three hundred Half-Step True Gods, killing over a hundred while remaining unscathed. As the battle continued, he focused on finding an opening to confront Yan Zijun, who became even more eager to subjugate him.

• Qin Hao counterattacked Situ Yu and two other Half-Step True Gods, killing one, crippling another, and leaving Situ Yu severely wounded.
• Qin Hao realized that defeating the encircling Half-Step True Gods would not let him escape while Yan Zijun remained poised to intervene, so he planned to attack Yan Zijun when an opening appeared.
• Qin Hao continued fighting and killed over a hundred Half-Step True Gods, while the surviving attackers began to fear him.
• Starfall Lord and Phantom Shadow True God recognized Qin Hao's swordsmanship as coming from the Inheritance Shrine, and Phantom Shadow True God grew more confident in him.
• Yan Zijun admired Qin Hao's strength and became even more determined to subjugate him.

Yan Zijun offered Qin Hao resources and a share of Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance in exchange for his submission, but Qin Hao refused. Yan Zijun demanded a final answer, and Qin Hao launched a powerful sword attack at him.

• Yan Zijun stopped the Half-Step True Gods surrounding Qin Hao and offered him resources, treasures, arts, and inheritances if he submitted.
• Yan Zijun revealed that he came from the Golden Palace Continent to seek the inheritance of Ancestral God Lingchang, a Five-Star Ancestral God.
• Yan Zijun promised to reward Qin Hao with treasures and help him reach the True God Realm if they obtained the inheritance.
• Qin Hao rejected Yan Zijun’s offer, refusing to become his servant.
• Yan Zijun angrily demanded that Qin Hao answer again, and Qin Hao attacked him with the sixty-fourth sword of the Unerring Sword Scripture.

Qin Hao rejected Yan Zijun’s recruitment by attacking him, and their clash revealed that Yan Zijun could withstand Qin Hao’s powerful sword strike. As Yan Zijun advanced, Qin Hao prepared to unleash the first revolution of his newly created Ten Thousand Sword Hand.

• Qin Hao struck Yan Zijun with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, and the shockwave blasted nearby Half-Step True Gods backward.
• Yan Zijun answered with his formidable pressure and a forceful attack, leaving wounded Situ Yu struggling to retreat and killing another injured Half-Step True God.
• Qin Hao’s sword strike and Yan Zijun’s counter collided, and both men were forced back by the clash.
• Yan Zijun declared Qin Hao’s strike his strongest move and advanced, but Qin Hao denied it and raised his sword again.
• Qin Hao split the Heavenly Abyss Sword into two blades and began the first revolution of Ten Thousand Sword Hand, the Twin Sword Form.

Qin Hao revealed his self-created Peerless Art and used it to break through Yan Zijun’s Netherworld Flames and sever his right arm. Yan Zijun’s flames then threatened Qin Hao’s Divine Soul, leaving Qin Hao injured and forced to retreat.

• Phantom Shadow True God and Starfall Lord watched Qin Hao and Yan Zijun fight and judged them nearly evenly matched.
• Qin Hao announced that he had never truly unleashed his self-created sword technique and summoned a second Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao’s paired swords pierced Yan Zijun’s Netherworld Flames, extinguishing more than half of them and injuring Yan Zijun.
• Qin Hao drove his sword forward again and severed Yan Zijun’s right arm.
• Yan Zijun sent his Netherworld Flames surging toward Qin Hao, whose Divine Soul suffered their suppression and backlash as he retreated.

Qin Hao and Yan Zijun continued their deadly clash after Qin Hao’s self-created High-Rank Peerless Art nearly killed Yan Zijun. As Qin Hao unleashed the sword technique again, Yan Zijun ordered the surviving Half-Step True Gods to shield him, and Qin Hao’s twin swords struck the Netherworld Flames.

• Yan Zijun recognized Qin Hao’s sword strike as a self-created High-Rank Peerless Art and decided Qin Hao had to die before he could become a future threat.
• Yan Zijun sent the Netherworld Flames after Qin Hao and ordered the surviving Half-Step True Gods to surround and attack him.
• Qin Hao judged that Yan Zijun was injured and not confident enough to face him alone, then prepared another Twin Sword Form strike.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Twin Sword Form at Yan Zijun, who realized he could not release the Netherworld Flames again and shouted for protection.
• The nearly three hundred surviving Half-Step True Gods gathered around Yan Zijun as he moved behind them, and Qin Hao’s twin swords plunged into the Netherworld Flames at the front.

Qin Hao’s Heavenly Abyss Swords destroyed Yan Zijun’s Netherworld Flames and cut through his Half-Step True God guards, then shattered four of his seven defensive divine artifacts. With both fighters nearly exhausted and Yan Zijun apparently holding back a forbidden trump card, Qin Hao withdrew, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Qin Hao’s two Heavenly Abyss Swords overwhelmed and annihilated Yan Zijun’s Netherworld Flames, badly injuring Yan Zijun and damaging Qin Hao’s divine soul.
• Yan Zijun swallowed Life-Force Pills and ordered his Half-Step True Gods to block Qin Hao’s swords, but dozens were killed as the attack swept through their ranks.
• Yan Zijun brought out seven defensive divine artifacts and poured chaos origin into them to stop the swords.
• Qin Hao’s swords shattered four of Yan Zijun’s divine artifacts before their power was exhausted, leaving three artifacts barely intact.
• Qin Hao recognized that his strength was nearly spent and withdrew, while Yan Zijun appeared to hesitate over using another trump card.

Yan Zijun survived his battle with Qin Hao but suffered grievous injuries, lost four divine artifacts, and vowed to kill Qin Hao after obtaining Ancestral God Lingchang’s treasures. Qin Hao recovered in the Marsh Reedbed, reflected on the limits of his Ten Thousand Sword Hand, and checked his low ranking in the Disciple Recruitment Assembly.

• Yan Zijun found that nearly all his enslaved Half-Step True Gods had died and one of his arms was gone, then vowed to kill Qin Hao before he grew stronger.
• Yan Zijun ordered his surviving Half-Step True Gods, including Situ Yu, to guard him while he healed.
• Situ Yu felt relieved to have survived and resolved to stay far away from Qin Hao if they met again.
• Qin Hao killed an insect beast in the Marsh Reedbed, took pills to recover, and reflected on how his perfected Cause and Effect Chaos Origin let him use the Ten Thousand Sword Hand twice.
• Qin Hao resolved to collect Points Tokens quickly and checked his ranking in the Disciple Recruitment Assembly.

Qin Hao weighed the danger of exploring the Sea of Mist, chose to heal first, and was recognized by Qiankun Sect’s elders as a promising recruit. After recovering, he killed a Black-Scaled Insect Beast and climbed to rank 235,682, still short of the top eighty thousand.

• Qin Hao assessed his low ranking and decided to seek Points Tokens while avoiding the Sea of Mist until he was stronger.
• Phantom Shadow True God, Starfall Lord, and Formless Ancestor watched Qin Hao’s battle and agreed that he should join the Qiankun Sect after completing the assembly.
• Qin Hao healed his injuries before returning to hunt in the Lingchang Cave Abode.
• Qin Hao killed a Black-Scaled Insect Beast with one sword strike and collected the Points Tokens on its back.
• Qin Hao checked his standing and found that he had risen to rank 235,682.

Qin Hao avoided the dangerous Sea of Mist and searched the Swamp Region for Points Tokens, while Yan Zijun fought an insect beast inside the mist. As rankings stalled, Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu considered targeting other contestants, and Yun Chang prospered by finding valuable treasures.

• Qin Hao declined to enter the Sea of Mist, saying he was still too weak, and continued searching for Points Tokens as his strength grew.
• Qin Hao left the area without realizing that Yan Zijun was fighting an insect beast in the Sea of Mist with Netherworld Flames.
• Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu struggled to improve their rankings and considered plundering other contestants for Points Tokens.
• Yun Chang found a hidden cave filled with valuable spirit herbs and pills, and his aura and chaos origins had grown more than tenfold.

Yun Chang discovered a glowing ring in the Lingchang Cave Abode after collecting many treasures and improving his strength. He stepped into it and was transported to an empty, sealed stone chamber with no visible way out.

• Yun Chang collected the treasures in a cave, worth over a million Chaos Spirit Crystals, and reflected on how his chaos origins and peerless arts had strengthened him.
• Yun Chang checked his Qiankun Sect Token and found himself ranked around three hundred and sixteen thousand, then felt confident he could reach the top eighty thousand.
• Yun Chang noticed a glowing oval ring on the cave floor and sensed that it concealed an extraordinary treasure, though he could not tell whether it was a formation or restriction.
• Yun Chang reasoned that the ring was likely a teleportation formation and stepped inside it.
• Yun Chang appeared in a bare, sealed stone chamber with no entrance, exit, ring, or treasure, and began examining the room.

Yun Chang became trapped in a hidden chamber inside the Lingchang Cave Abode, while Qin Hao continued collecting Points Tokens in the Swamp Region. Lie Kong tracked the aura of a Half-Step True God to the cave abode and entered the Spatial Rift to hunt him.

• Yun Chang searched the empty stone chamber for nearly half a day and concluded that its teleportation mechanism had no exit.
• Qin Hao's ranking rose as he collected Points Tokens, though the dwindling supply and increased plundering slowed his progress.
• Lie Kong searched for a Half-Step True God near Dragon Marquis City and killed a Heaven and Earth True God with a glance.
• Lie Kong learned that his target had entered the Lingchang Cave Abode and stepped through a black hole into the Spatial Rift.

Qin Hao found three half-step true gods fighting a powerful Black Demon Scorpion and discovered a huge cache of Points Tokens near its lair. The scorpion overwhelmed the three with poisonous mist, leaving Qin Hao to consider the danger and the potential reward.

• Qin Hao searched the wetlands for Points Tokens and headed toward a battle he sensed nearby.
• Qin Hao identified the fighters as three half-step true gods battling a Heaven and earth true god-level Black Demon Scorpion.
• Qin Hao spotted numerous Points Tokens piled outside the Black Demon Scorpion's lair and realized they could boost his ranking into the top eighty thousand.
• The Black Demon Scorpion engulfed the Canyon in poisonous Black Mist, rapidly weakening the three half-step true gods.

Qin Hao attacked the Black Demon Scorpion after it killed three Half-Step True Gods, hoping to seize the Points Tokens in its lair. Another swordsman joined his assault, but the Scorpion unleashed poisonous mist that trapped both men and left them unable to see where it had gone.

• The Black Demon Scorpion killed the three injured Half-Step True Gods in the poisonous mist and devoured their remains.
• Qin Hao decided the Points Tokens were worth the risk and approached the Scorpion, planning to counter its stinger and poisonous mist.
• Qin Hao and a man wielding a long sword attacked the Black Demon Scorpion together and wounded its stinger.
• The enraged Scorpion spread poisonous mist through the Canyon, forcing Qin Hao and the swordsman to retreat and defend themselves.
• The poisonous mist corroded Qin Hao's Defensive Barrier, suppressed his divine sense, and concealed the Black Demon Scorpion.

Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen fought the Black Demon Scorpion inside its poisonous mist and discovered that their sword-force Shockwaves could thin it. They left the scorpion driven back and the mist clearing as Gu Fengchen introduced himself to Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao realized the poisonous mist obscured his senses and gave the Black Demon Scorpion a major advantage.
• Qin Hao noticed a young swordsman nearby, and the stranger warned him when the Black Demon Scorpion attacked.
• Qin Hao and the young swordsman struck the scorpion together and found that their sword-force Shockwaves thinned the poisonous mist.
• Qin Hao and the young swordsman exchanged rapid attacks to clear more of the mist, prompting the Black Demon Scorpion to charge at the young swordsman.
• Qin Hao and the young swordsman struck the scorpion with the Unerring Sword Scripture and Thunderclap Sword Art, driving it back.
• The young swordsman praised Qin Hao’s swordsmanship, and then introduced himself as Gu Fengchen.

Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen joined forces to fight the Black Demon Scorpion, turning their sword attacks into a contest over who could defeat it first. After dispersing the poisonous mist, they wounded the scorpion’s pincers, with Gu Fengchen leading in the number of strikes.

• Gu Fengchen and Qin Hao recognized each other’s Sword Dao skill and agreed to split the Points Tokens from the Black Demon Scorpion.
• Gu Fengchen and Qin Hao raced to attack the scorpion, using their sword force to thin the poisonous mist.
• They drove the scorpion back but initially failed to wound it seriously while the mist weakened their attacks.
• After their attacks dispersed the mist completely, Qin Hao pierced the scorpion’s left pincer and Gu Fengchen attacked its right.
• Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen repeatedly struck the scorpion’s pincers, leaving twenty-eight bloody holes on Qin Hao’s side and thirty-nine on Gu Fengchen’s.

Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen killed a Black Demon Scorpion and approached its lair to collect the Points Tokens. A second scorpion attacked Gu Fengchen from inside, breaking his sword as he tried to defend himself.

• Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen crippled the Black Demon Scorpion’s claws, and Gu Fengchen severed its stinger and killed it with a strike to the head.
• The poisonous mist dispersed, revealing the scorpion’s lair and a pile of Points Tokens.
• Gu Fengchen rushed to the lair entrance and began collecting the tokens while Qin Hao followed.
• A second Black Demon Scorpion shot its stinger out of the lair at Gu Fengchen.
• Gu Fengchen raised his sword to block the sudden attack, but the stinger’s force snapped it.

Qin Hao saved Gu Fengchen from a female Black Demon Scorpion and killed it with three sword strikes. After Gu Fengchen recovered, Qin Hao shared the spoils he had collected from the lair.

• The female Black Demon Scorpion broke Gu Fengchen's sword and attacked him with its poisonous sting.
• Qin Hao severed the scorpion's sting, then killed it with three sword strikes while Gu Fengchen was thrown back by the poison.
• Gu Fengchen thanked Qin Hao and recognized that Qin Hao's strength surpassed his own.
• Qin Hao gathered the Points Tokens and treasures from the lair while Gu Fengchen healed.
• Qin Hao presented Gu Fengchen with the spoils, including Points Tokens worth two hundred and thirty thousand points.

Qin Hao accepted the treasures and Points Tokens from the Black Demon Scorpions after Gu Fengchen refused his share, raising Qin Hao's rank to 8,328. As Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen searched the Swamp Region, Yan Zijun led hundreds of half-step true gods into the mist-wreathed Rubble Forest, trying to reach the Lingchang Cave Abode Core Region.

• Gu Fengchen refused the treasures and Points Tokens because Qin Hao had saved his life and he was already ranked in the one-thousands.
• Qin Hao accepted the Points Tokens, bringing his rank to 8,328 and giving him a chance to compete for the top hundred.
• Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen agreed to search the Swamp Region together for more Points Tokens and powerful Insect Beasts.
• Qin Hao thought Yan Zijun might already have entered the Sea of Mist, though he doubted Yan Zijun could cross it.
• Yan Zijun urged hundreds of half-step true gods to charge into the Rubble Forest despite its powerful Insect Beasts and heavy casualties, seeking the Lingchang Cave Abode Core Region.